Our Clean Change

Last week I decided to make a huge change for our family. Our diet had to get under control. Sugar and processed foods were taking over! At first I thought about Paleo, but its much too restrictive, especially for kids. So clean eating was my choice. We re-enrolled in emeals.com under the clean rating plan. This is very helpful to me as I learn the does and don'ts. We have had some delicious meals! E has been eating all of her fruits and veggies like a champ. She has had raw spinach as a snack two different times over the last week. 

Tonight we had Beef (aka venison in our house), spinach, and red quesadillas, not the most creative name, but the most delicious thing I have eaten in a long time!  We also had minted strawberries. Everything was so good I brought this dead blog back to life, you know to save FB another food post! 

I've had several people ask me about it, so I thought this would be a good way to share the details. I can't say I have complied 100%, but I am finding the more I follow the rules the less I want the junk. I had a brownie today and threw most of it away. I felt yucky! That is something I never would have done before. I usually would have gone back for another! 

This was from our first night. It is a spinach salad with grilled chicken, strawberries, and nectarines plus lots of fresh herbs. We had it along with these yummy grilled whole wheat pitas topped with olive oil and garlic.

I hope we're making this a lifestyle change. I don't see why it will not work for us. 

Since January, I have lost 25 pounds. Now I feel like I am at a plateau. So I also started CrossFit last week. I am not strong at all, but I am trying my hardest. I am very sore...so I know I'm doing something. 

Hopefully, I'll update the blog more with the details of our lifestyle change. I want to include some clean eating recipes we try also plus keep adding a few funny stories from those beautiful kiddos that opened this post!