This is example of my week menu. You can change it up or be creative and come up with your own fun menu. I am challenging myself and anyone that wants to join me on an 8 week journey to cut out sugars, processed foods and simple carbs. And also committing to drink at least 64oz of water a day and workout at least 3 times a week of some sort of cardio. We do get one cheat day every 2 weeks :) I will be taking it one step further and not combining my protein's and carbs and beans on the same day. You don't have to do that.

Monday:

breakfast- fruit, egg omlet with LOTS of veggies.
snack- more fruit or nuts (I will combine walnuts and pecans with organic cranberries and raisins and makes a GREAT snack)
lunch-taco salad (I will chop up lettuce, tomatoes and avocado's and put taco meat on top with Pace salsa on top and mix together. I will add my recipe for the taco seasoning to this cause you have to make your own.
snack-avocado dip (mash up avocado's and pour salsa with it. Mix together and cut up cucumber and use those as your "chips". Taste's great)
dinner-chicken soup (LOTS of veggies, chicken broth and cut up chicken. It's a great warm meal.


Tuesday:

breakfast-oatmeal with raisins and cinnamon
snack-fruit
lunch-hashbrowns ( I get about 2-3 potatoes and peel them and grate them. Then fry them in Trader Joe's expeller pressed canola oil for about 20 min then after they are crispy I put sea salt all over and my organic ketchup on top. So hearty!)
snack-salad
dinner-rice spaghetti (I get the Bolles brand at Wal-Mart of rice spaghetti and I stir fry mushrooms, onions and zucchini and put over the top with organic spaghetti sauce).
snack-avocado dip with cucumbers or fried cabbage.


Wednesday:

breakfast-fruit smoothie (blend water, ice and fruit together and you can use ZERO as a sweetener. I get it at Fry's in the organic section. It is so good.)
snack-edamame with sea salt
lunch-steamed veggies with clarified butter and salt and black bean soup. (To make soup I just add a few different cans of beans and tomato sauce. You have to get the tomato sauce that says no salt added cause otherwise it has extra ingredients other than just tomato sauce. I also add in petite diced tomatoes. Look at the ingredients and make sure it doesn't have anything but maybe a few spices. I also add green beans. Then I add my homemade taco seasoning to it and what a delicious meal. You can also add in ground beef.
snack-carrots or fruit
dinner- beans that I would blend with my beaters and add salt and salsa. Get it warm and put on top of lettuce or do a lettuce wrap. Sooo good!
snack-apple crisp (peel and chop apples and add in a tad of water and lemon juice. Then I mix in the Zero sweetener and cinnamon together and mix over the apples and bake for about 40 min on 350. Such a great dessert!)


Thursday:

breakfast-Fruit and egg omelet with salsa on top
snack-veggies or avocado dip
lunch-chicken grape salad (I shred chicken and add expeller pressed mayo and grapes, celery and almonds to it and put over lettuce or do a wrap)
snack-steamed or raw veggies and/or nuts with craisins and raisins
dinner-steak dinner or roast with lots of veggies (season steak with salt, pepper and garlic powder)
snack-fruit smoothie

Friday:

breakfast-fruit and hashbrowns
snack-veggies
lunch-brown rice and sauteed veggies (I will saute my veggies and pour them over rice and add my clarified butter or add in diced tomato's to my stir fry and then mix in my rice. I do a lot of zucchini squash, mushrooms, onions, celery and peppers for my stir fry's)
snack-avocado dip, oatmeal etc
dinner-sweet potato with veggies or rice spaghetti with veggies and a salad.
snack-baked apple


Ok so this isn't a full week's worth but there are so many other ideas and this give you a pretty good idea of what you could do. We could all share different recipes we have found and give ideas as we go. And NO counting calories :)

To make clarified butter get 4 sticks of unsalted butter and melt on low till all melted. Scrape off top foam layer and pour the middle part which is the REAL butter and on the bottom you will see milk. Make sure you don't pour that into your container you are putting the actual butter. Get rid of the milk on the bottom and the foamy stuff on top.

Salad dressing: I use 5 parts oil to 1 part Apple cider vinegar. Mix together and it is so good!

Taco seasoning:

2T chili powder
1T cumin
1T oregemo
1T onion powder
1T sea salt
1T paprika
1T garlic powder
and cilantro to taste