7 Days of Whole Foods

Yesterday I decided that I would challenge myself and try to eat mostly whole foods for 1 week.

What's a whole food? Well, the Google dictionary defines it as: Food that has been processed or refined as little as possible and is free from additives or other artificial substances. So there you have it.

I decided to go all out and virtually plan every meal for the next 7 days. I can't figure out how to post an entire Word document in a blog post, so you can find my meal plan in plain text at the bottom of this post.

Something important to realize is that I'm not counting calories in the next week, because I believe that calorie counting is really not something one can keep up long term. It's just not realistic. The main objective of this week is to reintroduce a lot of good, healthy things to my body. I've been eating a lot of junk lately and I really want to feel clean inside by next week. Also, a few pounds of weight loss wouldn't hurt.

Whole food grocery haul Above you can see a picture of what I bought today in preparation of 7 Days of Whole Foods. Things like eggs, salmon and avocado are somewhat rare to my diet. I have been accustomed to convenience food lately; pizza pops, kraft dinner, frozen chicken strips, etc. I'm going to eliminate these things this week, and maybe I'll forget all about them! (In a perfect world.) I spent a total of $70, so $10 a day for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have spent less weekly before, but that's because a package of Mr. Noodles is only like $.39. My meals won't be extravagant, but they should be pretty good. (Notice the chocolate.)  Alright, wish me luck on this one. I've impressed myself before with my willpower, but not in the last year and a half. I'm a little scared about showing up to work tomorrow and not buying a coffee and an oat bar... but some almonds will have to do! Follow-up to come. Meal Plan: Thursday, Jan 17th (Day 1) Breakfast: ·         2 hard-boiled eggs ·         1 serving of fruit Lunch: ·         Whole wheat pb&j sandwich ·         1 serving of veggies ·         1 handful of roasted almonds Dinner: ·         Whole wheat wrap with lettuce, cucumber, avocado, tuna ·         Some dark chocolate Friday, Jan 18th (Day 2) Breakfast: ·         1 bowl of good cereal and some almond milk ·         1 piece of fruit Lunch: ·         Whole wheat pasta with zucchini, mushrooms, olive oil, garlic Dinner: ·         Some salmon ·         Roasted broccoli and nugget potatoes Saturday, Jan 19th (Day 3) Breakfast: ·         2 hard-boiled eggs ·         1 piece of fruit Lunch: ·         Salad with cranberries and almonds ·         Some pretzels Dinner: ·         Brown rice with ground turkey and cranberries ·         Roasted broccoli and carrots Sunday, Jan 20th (Day 4) Breakfast: ·         1 bowl of good cereal and some almond milk ·         1 serving of fruit Lunch: ·         Whole wheat pb&j sandwich ·         1 serving of veggies ·         1 handful of roasted almonds Dinner: ·         Salad with tuna ·         1 serving of fruit ·         Some dark chocolate Monday, Jan 21st (Day 5) Breakfast: ·         2 hard-boiled eggs ·         1 serving of fruit Lunch: ·         Whole wheat wrap with lettuce, cucumbers, avocado and tuna ·         Some pretzels Dinner: ·         Whole wheat pasta with zucchini, mushrooms, olive oil, garlic ·         Some dark chocolate Tuesday, Jan 22nd (Day 6) Breakfast: ·         1 bowl of good cereal and some almond milk ·         1 serving of fruit Lunch: ·         Whole wheat pb&j sandwich ·         1 serving of veggies ·         1 handful of roasted almonds Dinner: ·         Whole wheat wrap with lettuce, cucumber, avocado and tuna ·         Some dark chocolate  Wednesday, Jan 23rd (Day 7) Breakfast: ·         2 hard-boiled eggs ·         1 serving of fruit Lunch: ·         Brown rice with ground turkey and cranberries ·         Roasted broccoli and carrots Dinner: ·         Whole wheat pb&j sandwich ·         1 serving of veggies ·         1 handful of roasted almonds ·         1 serving of fruit