Cleanse and healthy grocery shopping

This post is to Help You with your shopping on and OFF the cleanse.  Don't erase all your efforts just because those 10 days are over with.  Continue on but find ways to have your cheat day and then be done and back to your healthy eating.  These are the healthy habits you want to keep for life.  So when you're slipping off the track hop back on.  Try doing the cleanse every 3 months, this will help remind you how eating healthier makes you feel better and it really isn't that hard to say no to sugar......More to come.


No - fried foods, refined sugars, corn or white starch, or bread
No- wheat products  (not as important off the cleanse in moderation
No dairy  (cheese, yogurt, milk)
No alcohol
No coffee or soda
Eat Veggies,leafy greens, spaghetti squash, carrots, peppers, etc....
Eat Fruit, apples berries,grapefruit are best.
Eat Healthy Fats.....avocado, nuts/seeds, olives, olive oil, peanut butter
Eat clean proteins- tuna, salmon, beans, lentils, secondary choices eggs  (egg whites even better), chicken
No processed meat
Eat clean carbs-...brown rice, hummus, oatmeal if needed, couscous, quinoa, wild rice!  (popcorn when desperate)

Drink lots of water

NOTE* Natural things are better for you but just because it has the word natural doesn't mean it isn't processed.  Stay away from processed  especially when on the cleanse.



Herbal Cleanse-advocare.com/11071209

The place best to start when you are deciding to make healthy changes in your diet.

Here are some Ideas for Healthy Eating while ON or OFF the Cleanse

*NOTE* These are meals you can fix for the family but avoid the extras on your own plate, i.e. cheese, sour cream, chips....... (enjoy them when you're not on the cleanse or try and eliminate them as often as possible)

Lunch or Dinner Salad Ideas

Dark Green leafy Kinds of lettuce with any of the following

carrots, green/red/yellow pepper, Cucumber, tomato, avocado, nuts, black beans, Salsa,

Meal Ideas For Dinner NOTE- you can make the meals for the family and leave out the extras you need to avoid during the cleanse. If you are not doing the cleanse Still avoid extras such as cheese, sour cream, corn etc.....

Day 1 Tortilla Soup-Modified for Cleanse

Day 2 Spaghetti squash with home made spaghetti sauce

Day 3 Pozole, make with Chicken during cleanse

Day 4 Breakfast for dinner- Eggs!  

Day 5 White lightening Chili

Day 6 Turkey Burger on whole wheat bread thins

Day 7 Lettuce Wraps

Day 8 Lean Hamburger chili/Taco Soup

Day 9 Fish with Quinoa Pilaf

Day 10 Cilantro soup with Salad

What I buy every week
berries, bananas, apples, celery, carrots, peppers, hummus, cauliflower, broccoli, avocado, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, frozen fruit, grape fruit, Whole wheat thin rounds, Almonds, peanuts, coleslaw or broccoli slaw, Almond milk, eggs, lemons/ limes, 2% milk for my kids

What I buy once in a while, keeping in mind what I make for the week that needs special ingredients will vary my list.  Meal planning has to be done if you want to control what is going in the lips to not stay on the hips!  Pick a few items you will have on your list that is healthy every week.  Do not buy large quantity treats. or make large quantity treats.  If you have it around you'll eat it.  Think baby steps, alert everyone in the house of changes being made.  No one needs treats every day, and lets help our self and kids to think that having something healthy like Blueberries is a treat!



Agave- low glycemic  sweetner
Truvia
Fiber drinks
Peanut butter
Ingredients for Home made granola
Meat,.....turkey burgers, ground chicken/turkey, Fish/salmon/tuna, pork, beef
Lentils, quinoa, couscous,
whole wheat bagels, bread etc..
Honey
Quakers mini rice cakes..blueberry
nutella
wheat thin crackers,
multi grain tortilla chips, tortillas, etc....