The last supper

Okay, well it's not actually my last supper, but this may be the last day that I actually feel full after eating supper. That's the one thing about clean eating so far - Even though I read about all these people who are having trouble finishing their plates and are just too full to eat more than 5 meals a day, I assure you, this is not me. I am an eater and I am always starving about two hours after I finish my latest meal/snack.

I know this because this last week has been sort of a trial-run. I wanted to see if it's something there was even a remote possibility of me sticking to before actually committing to a full 30 days of it.

Yep, I'm actually that type A.

Anyway, so far I've been doing well every day, following the plan more or less except for the tiny little issue of my cheating.

I. cheat. daily.

One day it might be a few scoops of full fat, full sugar vanilla yogurt - the next day it might be a tablespoon or two of nutella (we've gotten rid of everything else chocolate in the house, I was desperate). And so because of this, I need to come up with some anti-cheating strategies, or I know I will be confessing to a cheat meal every day and that's not going to be good for my results.

So today I am off to purchase some "cheat" ideas that aren't really cheating. Some of the suggestions I've gotten from my lovely facebook friends have been:

- Chocolate Almond Milk
- Skinnycow popsicles and ice-cream sandwiches
- Kashi go lean granola bars
- Different homemade "clean" baking ideas

I know it's better not to add these in right away, so I'm going to aim to completely eliminate all traces of chocolate from my body (Sorry Aila) for at least a week before I add them back in, if needed, but at least it will help to have something somewhat allowable in the house instead of stealing my kids nutella at 100 calories a tablespoon.