7 day natural food meal plan for around $50

I promised myself I would not spend the rest of my 20's not loving myself.
That was almost a year ago and since then I've gained 10 pounds. Of course, I had a baby in that time, but now our precious girl is 2 months old and I'm still +10 of my pre-baby weight. I'm miserable.
My husband, who is so awesome, and so tired of listening to me come down on myself (this man still tells me I'm gorgeous, can't figure that one out but I'm glad he thinks so) back to my sentence, is supporting me by getting me a gym membership, and taking care of the kids when I go. He is also eating dinners with a healthy twist and telling me he likes them. Although I know he misses real bacon and ground beef in his diet.

Today is the 1st day of a better life. And now I'm writing about it and sharing it with you, my friends and family, so I pretty much have to be committed to it.

I'm trying a 7 day natural foods meal plan. A fruit and veggie smoothie detox wouldn't be appropriate because I'm nursing. I came up with my own plan. I have no idea if it's going to work. I'll update this post daily with a list of food I consumed. I went shopping this morning and I'm ready to go.

I'm even going to share my weight with you today.

This is my number. I'm not hiding behind strategic selfies or maternity clothing (yes, still!) I'm also tracking my measurements and have taken what I hope to be the before photos but I'm not ready to share those right now. We'll see how this goes!

SEVEN DAY NATURAL FOOD MEAT PLAN

Everything is measured except fruits and vegetables,
I just eat however much of those I want

Day one:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs

Lunch: 4 oz swiss cheese, whole kiwi, baby carrots

Dinner: Grilled salmon, steamed broccoli, salad

Snacks: Grapes and 3 oz of mixed unsalted nuts

Day two:
Breakfast: skipped. Horrible migrane this morning. Would have been 2 hard boiled eggs and some strawberries
Lunch: 4 oz white cheddar cheese, baby carrots
Dinner: Cajun seasoned 4 oz grilled chicken breast, mushrooms sautéed in olive oil, steamed broccoli
Snacks: 3 oz mixed unsalted nuts,  hard boiled egg, tomato seasoned with all natural sea salt grinder

Day three: 
Breakfast: Two hard boiled eggs, strawberries
Lunch: 4 oz monterey jack cheese, baked mushrooms, grapes

Dinner: 4 oz grilled chickem, mushrooms and broccoli sautéed in olive oil with natural sea salt

Snack: 3 oz nuts, carrots, 4 oz swiss cheese

Day four: 

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs

Lunch: 4 oz white cheddar cheese

Dinner: Grilled salmon with fresh lemon, grapes

Snacks: 3 oz nuts, hard boiled egg

Day five:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs

Lunch: 4 oz jack cheese, cup of fresh fruit

Dinner: 6 oz grilled chicken, sautéed mushrooms and green bell peppers

Snacks: hard boiled egg, 3 oz of nuts

(I slipped today and had some banana bread and hot pockets.) Oops!

Day six:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, banana

Lunch: 6 oz cheddar cheese

Dinner: Grilled chicken with sautéed bell pepper and mushroom

Snacks: 3 oz nuts, hard boiled egg

Day seven:

Spent so much time re organizing my kitchen that I hardly ate

Breakfast: skipped

Lunch: 6 oz cheddar cheese

Dinner: Grilled salmon with fresh lemon, broccoli cheese rice (I realize the rice isn't natural but it is the last day and all I had left. 

Snacks: hard boiled egg

Add in 30-40 minutes of cardio 5 of the 7 days

Morning of day 8!!!!

I'm actually glad this week is over. It was very difficult. I have a great meal plan for this next week that has more variety but is still healthy. My new number after 7 days is:

Pounds lost: 5.8! I'm very excited about this it means I lost almost a full pound a day. Who knows, maybe I could have done better without a few moments of weakness throughout the week but I'm not perfect and I still did pretty well. 

Inches lost:

Neck: -.5

Arm: 0

Bust: -3 :( although I can't say if such a huge loss had to do with breastfeeding. I measured this time right after nursing I may not have when I measured the 1st time)

Waist: -1

Hips: -2

Thigh: 0

Calf: 0

6.5 inches all over my body in one week is pretty good I'd say :)

Also my very supportive husband will be home soon with the dunkin iced coffee I've been craving all week. Hey, I deserve it!