Day 3

Breakfast-2 egg whites and 1 whole egg with green and red peppers chopped. 1/4 of an avocado.

Morning Snack-Turkey breast cutlet(3 ounces cooked in a bit of oil olive)1 Fuji apple

lunch-3 ounce chicken breast, steamed green beans and the ever famous sweet potato

My altered snack-1 piece of whole grain bread, natural peanut butter, sprinkled with flaxseed and 1/4 of a banana. This is yummy

Dinner-3 ounce bison, steamed zucchini, and 1/2 sweet potato
It was a better day. Instead of going to the gym I just did my treadmill at home. I did 30 minutes and ran, walked fast with weights in hand, walked at an incline. Did not have my heart rate monitor on but guess I burned about 250 calories.
I also did not follow the meal exactly as planned and had the bread.
Have not lost much weigh but I am seeing my abs coming through again finally. Keep trucking along!

Day 2

2 egg whites, one whole egg. I tried to do the steel cut oats but could not do it so I had a few slices of cucumber instead.

3 ounce chicken breast with 1/2 apple

I love this meal. The romaine lettuce with sprouts, 3 ounce chicken breast and balsamic vinegar and 1/2 sweet potato

1 scoop protein shake and my 1/2 of apple

Yummy steamed broccoli, 3 ounce chicken breast and 1/2 sweet potato. If I liked fish it would be so much easier.
So yesterday I went to the gym and did 30 minutes of step and 30 minutes of weight training. I burned 600 calories. I did sneak in a piece of whole wheat toast with natural peanut butter.
But ok to be honest, I was talking to my bff and she had me convinced to quit and just live life. Ok so then I read the book so more and realized that this is not just about weight, but it is also about being healthy in general. Off course I would love to loose 10 pounds but having glowing skin and be able to be active my whole life sounds good to me.
But also my husband travels Monday-Friday and my will power at night time is so bad. I have him here on the weekends to keep me in check but not last night. After I got the kids to bed, I sat down to watch "The Bachelor" and was hungry so I snacked on yet another whole wheat bread with just a tiny bit of PB and 1/4 of a sliced banana. Well you might be thinking that is not bad but then I went to let the dogs out and these dang mini ice cream sandwiches were literally calling my name. I caved in and had 2. I was thinking well it is only 160 calories for two cause I am so used to counting calories but it is the sugar that is not good for me when I am doing this cooler one plan. Oh well, it happened I felt horrible afterwards and will try to stay strong today. My kids will get those for dessert today or they are getting thrown out. No more in this house. I can not handle the temptation.
So day 2 not the best but day 3 is going great!!

Day 1

3 egg whites for the first part of breakfast

A bottle of water and steel cut oats with ground flaxseed and wheat germ(1 tbsp each) Breakfast

Snack 1-1 scoop of whey protein powder and 1 organic Fuji apple:)

Lunch-1/2 sweet potatoe and 3 ounce of grilled chicken breast with romaine lettuce(2 handfuls and sprouts) with a bit of balsamic vinegar YUMMY

Snack 2-3 ounce chicken and steamed green beans

Dinner-grilled bison, 1/2 sweet potatoe, and bok choy with 1 tbsp of olive oil.

All went well yesterday expect the steel cut oats, with flaxseed and wheat germ. It was not that great. The taste was just... well had not taste and the texture.... uhh not for me. Today I tried it with a bit of Cinnamon but still not feeling it. I am going to buy some real oats and try that maybe add some fruit for a bit of flavor. I am really stepping out of my comfort zone here. Never had bison before but tastes just like ground beef, it was great. Never had bok choy, I really liked the stalk (white part better). Also never been a big fan of sweet potatoe but giving it a chance and it is growing on me. I also do not eat fish. She does have fish as opinions but since I do not like it I am sticking to bison, chicken, and turkey. I did also have a slice of 100% whole wheat bread with organic all natural peanut butter(1 tbsp). I am feeling like I needed it!!!
But so far so good. I am hoping to keep on chugging along. Yesterday was day off at the gym. I will hit it up today though.

Preparing for Cooler 1 meal plan

All my greens

Some more veggies

Apples and egg(hard boiled some for the week)

Whey protein powder, millet, and steel cut oats

Turkey breast cutlets, bison and grilled chicken

The book I am following
I went to HEB and Sun Harvest and Costco to stock up for this week. I didn't have to go to the all the different locations but Sun Harvest does not carry bison and I was already at Costco.
I love the way all the food looks with all the colors.
To prepare yesterday I divided out all the bison in to 3 ounces and the turkey cutlets into 7 ounces(eat 3 and save the rest for my kids)

So my blog is chaning for a bit....

I am starting this eat clean diet for 2 weeks. I am going to have this blog to keep me accountable. Every day I am going to post my meals and that way if someone else wants to try it, great. It is geared though people that need help with the last 5-10 pounds(ding,ding,ding) about to do a photo shoot, hitting plateaus, and muscle definition. This is not a diet but a lifestyle change. Get all the processed food out of your house, no more eating out and change the way you feel. This week, I have been trying to eat cleaner and get ready for next week. I hope to see some great results. Maybe help some people that are in a habit of eating all processed canned, frozen food. It is not great for you or your kids. I will also let you know if it is more expensive. I am thinking it should be about the same. My friend Carla is one week a head of me and doing great. She says the prices were about the same. You are only supposed to this meal plan for 2 weeks and then switch to another one that allows dairy and carbs. In this one we are only getting carbs from your fruit mainly and oatmeal. I hope some others will try this out. I am following a book from Tosca Reno, The Eat-clean Diet recharged!

Stay tuned going to the store tomorrow to buy my food for Sunday.

Happy New Year

Hope everyone had a great New Year's eve and day. With this comes resolutions. I wanted you all to check out what my family is going to do. We are going to "eat clean" no processed food for 30 days and hopefully change it to a full time deal. Check out on www.youtube.com and search for fikes0422. She has 2 boys and is going to cooking for her family. Her theory is eat more like Jesus! As you will see she is not big but wants to be lean. Same with me, I would say I am not big but could stand to loss the fat and gain muscle.
Anyway, wanted to jump on here and share it with you. We are going to try it out. It is not a diet but hopefully a lifestyle change!!!!

Addi is out from school... So we will play!

Princess? I prefer the natural look!!

Make up time

Being so still

Super Dad and Addisyn

Cambry getting her nails down

See what I was talking about.

Singing away

The hair begins

Loves to perform

Waiting for her turn

Take it away addisyn
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Pump It Up time

PJ day at school
So Addisyn had a 2 week break from school and I and 2 week break from watching the little kids I watch on Tuesday and Thursday so it just so happened Daddy was not busy with work so we have been having some fun times around here. Also we got a surprise visit from our beloved cousin who drove in from Arizona. The girls were so excited(we were too of course). They came for a quick trip but anytime we get with them is great!
We went to Pump it Up with them and had a blast! We had slumber party over here with them and then the girls and I went to princess playtime where they got their hair, nails, and make up done. Ok, so they asked Addisyn if she wanted her hair to be straight or curly and she chose straight. Wow, that is all I have to say, check out the pics and you will see why I said wow! You will see super dad meet me up there. He is such a good dad. It was open to the public so I figured there would be a lot of people there, but we were the only ones so I pleaded for him to come up and meet me.
We also hit up the children's museum and lots of time at Grandma's. The girls also got to spend the night at GeGa's and look at Christmas lights with her and drink hot coco. We have been busy.
Next will be the Christmas post!

Addi preforms ad MORE ear infections

Being Silly! I love Addisyn's eyes

Waiting at the doctors office

This ear hurts

This is my sister

About to preform.
We had a busy weekend. Addisyn had 2 performances. She sang at her "Breakfast with Santa" at her school. Video below, please bare with the bad filming, I was holding Cambry and trying to film. The we headed off to watch her gymnastics debut. She did really great. There were tons of people there and her group was the first to go on. What a change from last year! She would not even sing last year but this year, front row performing little Queen. She told me she is done with gymnastics but she wants to do cheerleading(I did not push that) so I told her she needs to keep up gymnastics if she wants to do cheerleading. I was really big into cheerleading and not to toot my own horn but caught on really easily and I was pretty good. I thought Cambry would follow in my footsteps but if Addisyn wants to try I am all for it. Kind of, it is very expensive to have them do all-stars at a young age. We will cross that bridge when we get there!
Thursday Addisyn was complaining her ear hurt so I made an appointment for Friday. But she was complaining all day so we decided to go that night. They have this after hours doctors office which my girls now love cause they give you a Popsicle and you get to go to the treasure box on the way out! But Addisyn did have a double ear infection. Well Saturday Cambry had fever and was acting really grumpy. So she said her ear hurt but I was thinking she just wanted to go to the doctor like Addisyn. On Thursday she was really sad the doctor did not "doctor her". But she had an ear infection as well and both girls go Popsicles and treasure box treats again. Poor girls, I thought we had grown out of these ear infections. But glad to say they are a lot less grumpy this week:)

Santa visits

Sis enjoying the elevator

All the kids(not very happy)

Bass pro shop Santa

The girls

Writing to Santa

The Dowlearns Christmas 2010

Daddy and his girls

Sisters

Addisyn

Cambry big smiles

Talking to Mrs. Clause and cuddling with Santa

Talking away

Smiles
We went to Bass Pro shop who has a Santa and gives a picture away for free. We go there every year. The girls love that store. It is kind of like going to the zoo for them. It is a really neat store with all kinds of stuffed animals(real, not kids stuffed animals) and a huge fish tank. This year we went with 4 other families. It was really fun to see all the kids reaction. Some cried, well lots cried but our 2 were at the age this year where they were really excited and told Santa what they wanted. Addisyn wants Penbo a robot penguin and Cambry wants a walking baby!
Saturday we saw Santa at Addisyn's school where they hosted breakfast with Santa and Mrs. Clause. They were so at ease with them and hugged them both. It was really cute.