CUCUMBERS AND SALSA

At the coming to the end of almost 2 weeks of trying to eat clean, there are a few things I have learned. 
Eating clean is easy.
I was starving the first 4 days.
I have trigger foods. 
TRIGGER FOODS. TRIGGER FOODS. TRIGGER FOODS..... 
(THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN ECHO?)(maybe I am dreaming of trigger foods...)

Trigger foods for me are foods that create my binge frenzy where I never feel satisfied with a serving. And... then proceeds the guilt, the anger, and the horrible feeling I get that I talked about in my last post. 
One of my favorite foods in the entire world is Chips and Salsa. It is my absolute comfort food. 
In my clean eating cleanse I am doing, you are required to drink protein shakes, a really nasty pro biotic, and a really good no sugar low cal. energy drink called a fizz stick (which are delish), and cut out refined sugars, gluten, and milk products. Focus on eating fresh foods, and whole grains (like brown rice). 
Back to trigger foods, I decided I would have SOME chips and salsa, I had corn tortilla chips totally gluten free and I had some really fresh yummy salsa, the best comes from Sam's Club and I love it. It is uber garlicy and It is so good on fish, one of my new favorite meals. Anyways, when I say SOME I had the intention of eating the 7 chips that are called A SERVING... well, those 7 chips became 14, and before I knew it, I really don't know how much I ended up eating. The next morning I was swollen in my hands and my feet, I had eaten so much sodium that my body could not flush it out. 
So, the next day around my snack time I decided to try something I had done before on my 2nd go around with WW, Cucumbers and Salsa. I had forgotten how much I loved it! It satisfied way better than chips and salsa, low sodium, and low low calories. It is a 0 point snack if you are following WW and it is a clean snack as well. It satisfied my crunch need, my salsa need and I really needed less. It was completely guilt free and I felt amazing for making such a change.
So the conclusion of my rambling... I know that there are healthier alternatives to my favorite comfort foods, ones that wont trigger my binge cravings, and ones that will leave me feeling lighter and better then feeling heavy and guilty. 
Cucumbers and Salsa. 
I have been following the Arbonne cleanse fairly close, and yes I have cheated, at times really bad. But I am focusing on the small changes I have made. Cucumbers and Salsa. And for this fast food junky, I have had 0 fast food in 2 weeks, which is really great. I have packed lunches for work all but 1 day and on that day, I went to Whole Foods and discovered they have a terrific salad bar, and they even have these fresh made salads in their deli that are delish. I had never really been in there before. It is kind of expensive but my heath is worth it. 
On a side note, My sweet sister-in-law Sara gave me a kindle link for a book I am really excited to read called Skinny Thinking, I got it for .99 cents, what a bargain. Thanks Sara! 
So... STATS
I have been weighing myself everyday, which I don't normally do because it proves to be frustrating and discouraging. But, I have actually liked seeing how eating my weight in chips and salsa really does effect my weight in the morning, and seeing how Cucumbers and Salsa really does effect my weight in the morning. 
I wont continue to be weighing myself everyday after the 30 days is up, but I am going to continue eating clean. I feel fantastic. 
So here it is. 
Day 12 and I am down about 7 pounds. Not bad for the cheating little crazy that I am. And also, makes me want to do better. If I had followed it 100 percent. I could be down as much as 12 pounds. But I will not complain. In another week I will be down another 5 pounds. Just you wait.