I Gave Up Junk Food for 30 Days


Hi neglected blog!! I've been so bad about posting and I'm sorry. I have ideas in my head and have been TERRIBLE at actually getting on my computer and writing. If you guys have suggestions on motivation and not being a lazy bum, let me know because I'm struggling. It's actually affecting me mentally because I have always been a more creative person and also love this blog and I hate that my life has just been me working and being tired and lazy to do anything else.

But anyways! I decided to change up my diet for a month. I wasn't following any actual diet, but basically tried to cut out junk food and processed food, and only eat fruits, vegetables, yogurt, eggs, and any type of protein. Obviously cutting out processed food is impossible since basically everything is processed, lol. As a huge snacker, it was extremely difficult and I definitely did not follow my rules all 30 days. But I felt good about doing this and I thought I would share what I ate. Final thoughts and photos will be at the bottom.

FYI: there were days I did skip meals and I am 100% aware that skipping meals is usually not considered healthy and I'm not condoning the idea to skip meals in order to be healthy or lose weight.

June 1st

Breakfast/lunch

Protein bar

Banana

Smoothie

Overnight oats

Watermelon

Dinner 

Salad

Trader Joe’s Kung Pao Chicken

Chobani cookie dough yogurt


June 2nd

Breakfast 

Parfait- Vanilla Greek yogurt, berries, oats

Snack

Protein bar

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Snack 

Protein shake - scoop of protein powder, lemonade, ice, and vanilla Greek yogurt 

Banana

Dinner

Salad - mini cucumber, sweet mini peppers, ginger dressing, EBTB seasoning, chili crunch oil

Apple

Chobani red velvet cheesecake yogurt


June 3rd

Breakfast

Parfait 

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Dinner

Makimono Japanese Korean Cuisine restaurant 

Lambada roll (spicy tuna, salmon, avocado, cucumber topped with spicy mayo, masago, eel sauce, green onion & sesame seed)

Moscow Mule


June 4th

Snack

Apple

Kiwi

Protein bar

Banana

TJ Jalapeño lemonade 

Dinner

TJ King Pao chicken

Salad


June 5th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Banana

Snack

Mango

Protein bar

Lunch

Smoothie

Apple

Snack 

TJ Spicy Chakri Mix

Chobani Strawberry shortcake yogurt

Kiwi

Dinner

Jimmy’s restaurant- Chips and salsa

Taco salad

Mojito 


June 6th

I was trying to order Matt Rife tickets and I forget about hunger when I’m stressed. Skipped breakfast. 

Snack

Protein bar

Lunch 

Omelette 

Blueberries 

Strawberries 

Kiwi

Snack 

Chobani chocolate layer cake yogurt

Dinner

TJ King Pao chicken

Salad


June 7th

Breakfast

Banana

Parfait 

Snack 

Protein bar

Lunch

Kroger salad

Snack

Mango

Dinner

Kroger Poke bowl


June 8th - Travel Day

Breakfast 

Chobani cinnamon yogurt 

Apple

Banana

Snack

Strawberries and blueberries 

Lunch

Kroger salad

Dinner

Sweet Chili Mango bowl from Gusto’s

Snack 

Biscoff Cookies on airplane (forgot)

Cake 


June 9th (In TX)

Breakfast

Orange

Omelette sandwich 

Lunch 

Chicken wrap

Dinner

At a residency graduation at a country club.

Country club appetizers

Fish, chicken, rice, green beans


June 10th (In TX)

Breakfast 

Omelette sandwich 

Lunch 

Tacos from Tacqueria El Paisano

Dinner

El Dovino

Kimchi Lamb Fritters

Divino Salad

Aztec Cream cocktail 


June 11th - Travel day

Breakfast

Protein bar

Snack

Sweet potato chips

Biscoff cookies 

Lunch 

Home Grown restaurant - bacon & skinny chicken plate (grilled chicken, sautéed spinach, scrambled egg whites)

Snack

Butter & Cream - Butterscotch Blondie ice cream 

Chobani s’mores yogurt

Apple


June 12th

Brunch

Protein bar

Omelette sandwich 

Smoothie

Snack 

Kiwi

Fruit salad (mango, peach, strawberry, raspberry)

Dinner

TJ Kung Pao chicken

Salad

Chobani key lime pie yogurt


June 13th

Breakfast

Protein bar

Protein shake

Parfait 

Snack

Fruit salad

TJ Organic Popcorn 

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Dinner

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 

Salad

Chobani s’mores yogurt


June 14th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Banana

Protein bar

Snack

Kiwi

Spicy Chakri Mix

Lunch

Smoothie 

Fruit salad

Snack 

Cliff bar

TJ Organic popcorn 

Dinner

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 

Salad

TJ Turkey cold cuts


June 15th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Banana

Protein bar

Snack

Fruit salad

Lunch

Smoothie

TJ Turkey cold cuts

Snack

Kiwi

3 wings

Dinner

Okiboru - Ramen


June 16th

Breakfast

Banana

Protein bar

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Snack

Kiwi

Salad

Dinner

Indian dinner-Rice, veggies, fish

Fruits


June 17th

Brunch

Dosa & chutney

Dinner

Chicken Biriyani

Eggplant casserole 


June 18th

Brunch

Dosa & chutney

Dinner

Chicken biriyani

Chobani yogurt

Protein bar


June 19th

Breakfast 

Smoothie

Protein bar

Lunch

Poke bowl

Snack

TJ Turkey cold cuts

Dinner

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 

Chicken biriyani 

Apple


June 20th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Banana

Snack

TJ Organic popcorn 

Lunch 

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Snack

Protein bar

Dinner

Salad

Chobani cookie dough yogurt 


June 21st

Breakfast

Parfait 

Banana

Protein bar

Snack

Pineapple 

Lunch

TJ chickpea, kale, and crispy red rice salad

Snack

Skinny pop 

Dinner

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 

Bread 


June 22nd

Breakfast 

Banana

Protein bar

Snack

Pineapple 

Lunch

Southwest salad

Snack

Pineapple 

TJ organic popcorn 

Dinner

Kroger sushi


June 23rd

Breakfast 

Banana

Parfait 

Protein bar

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Dinner

Mujo - Omakaze restaurant. Sushi


June 24th

Breakfast 

Smoothie

Lunch

Parfait

Snack

Dark chocolate covered almonds 

Dinner

True Kitchen - Kimchi bowl

Movie theater Popcorn


June 25th

Brunch

Indian church lunch - rice, vegetable curry, and other various vegetarian dishes

Snack

Buc-cees cookie dough 

Smoothie

Leftovers from True Kitchen

Dinner

Lost power and it was just a stressful day so I did not eat dinner. 


June 26th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Chobani key lime yogurt

Protein bar

Banana

Lunch

TJ salad 

Snack

Pineapple 

Mini cupcake

TJ organic popcorn 

Dinner

Salad


June 27th

Breakfast

Protein bar

Banana

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Snack 

Cake

Dinner

Salad

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 


June 28th

Breakfast

Banana

Protein bar

Parfait 

Lunch

TJ turkey cold cuts 

Smoothie

Snack

Auntie Anne’s 

Chobani Chocolate Hazelnut yogurt


June 29th

Breakfast 

Parfait 

Banana

Protein bar

Lunch

Smoothie

TJ turkey cold cuts

Snack

TJ organic popcorn 

Dinner

Salad

TJ BBQ Teriyaki Chicken 

Chobani s’mores yogurt 


June 30th (I got engaged!)

Breakfast 

Protein bar

Parfait 

Snack

TJ organic popcorn 

Lunch

Egg + spinach + Trader Joe’s EBTB smoked salmon sandwich 

Dinner

Rumi’s kitchen - Persian food


Final thoughts: This was hard. I'm sure you guys are looking at this and thinking how on earth did I even function because most of the meals don't look filling. And you're right! I was hungry a lot. And I felt like I had to do extra meal prepping? I felt like I spent more money on groceries trying to be healthy, but was more hungry in the end? Lunch during the work week when I was in the office was the toughest. I felt like nothing filled me up or I didn't know what to pack. But part of it was a me problem because packing lunch the night before is the most miserable thing for me to do haha. Like if I made a sandwich the night before, maybe I would have been less hungry. Would I do this again? Yes, but I have to figure out healthy filling meals.


Here are some before and after pictures. I don't really a difference which is a bummer, but this was only a month long challenge and you really have to stick with a lifestyle change for a long period of time to see significant difference. (And sorry to my family for posting "inappropriate" photos haha)








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