A little more about the food

The hardest part about shopping for the cleanse was trying to figure out what foods would replace what I currently eat.  In looking over my grocery purchases, I decided to take side by sides of what I bought for the cleanse versus what I usually eat.

From a financial standpoint this might be the hardest pill for me to swallow.  The 1/2 gallon of unsweetened soymilk was $4.29.  The gallon of skim milk was $2.19.   Our family goes through 2 gallons of milk a week with our current diet.  Assuming our whole family stayed made unsweetened soymilk a mainstain and we consumed as much as we do now this would be a cost difference of $17.16 versus $4.38 a week or $892.32 a year as opposed to $227.76.

This is a change I hope I can get on board with.  

I actually love oatmeal but this one just makes me sad because I love Honey Bunches of Oats even more : (

I don't enjoy the price difference but I don't forsee this being an issue for me.

This is another one I hope to get on board with.  Or even better I hope the cleanse inspires me to make homemade healthy marinara.

Another easy one to get on board with for me.

Dear Brown Rice Loaf~  I haven't even tasted you yet but I already dislike you.  I love my breads!  My mom always bought wheat bread when my sibling and I were kids.  I remember going to babysit and eating white bread at other people's houses thinking it was a treat.  Now as a mom, I realize this probably made the mom's I babysat for irate when they went to pack lunches on Monday morning and were mysteriously missing half a loaf of bread.  hahaha!  Don't take it personal Brown Rice Loaf.  My love for breads has been around for a long time!

My sister introduced me to Agave a couple of years ago.

In the bag is brown rice (nothing added).  It is such a healthier option and since I'm not a huge fan of the rice sides to begin with this should be easy to incorporate.

I like rice cakes : )

Coca-Cola is my kryptonite.  Undoubtedly it is the route of many of my extra pounds.

There are a few other things I should mention that I did not take pictures of.  I will be using flax to replace eggs in recipes.  This will be completely new to me.  I'll let you know how it goes.

Hummus and nutritional yeast are often used to substitute cheese in recipes.


Grocery shopping was a little overwhelming, however it provided me with great perspective.  I mentioned already that I am not a label reader, but it quickly became apparent that there were numerous ingredients that I knew nothing about.  And between my three shopping trips I texted my sister and called my mom a combined 14 times to ask whether certain ingredients were allowed.

Finally I want to leave you with a little label comparison...

Here's the two things I noted when looking at the labels of my beloved Honey Bunches of Oats compared to the Steel Cut Oats.  My Honey Bunches of Oats has 19 ingredients and Steel Cut Oats has one.  More importantly I don't know what several of those 19 ingredients are.  And secondly of the first five ingredients in my Honey Bunches of Oats, two of those are sugar : (