Clean Eating failsauce

Okay, so the first two days went well, but the meal plans were horrible (the salmon and artichoke quesadillas were not good at all, but probably my fault) and the shopping list is misleading. I bought half of most of the fruits and veggies (even though the shopping list says for ONE adult and recipes are laid out for ONE person) in an effort to prevent food from spoiling. Within 4 days half of the fresh foods bought were spoiled or beginning to spoil. I even attempted to cook/use the meals and snacks in the meal plan that were heaviest in fresh foods FIRST. Like rather than cooking the black bean burger and having chips/salsa as a side, I made a turkey burger and had fruit. I ate fruit like it was going out of style for two days in order to waste as little as possible and still ended up throwing most of it away.
Why wouldn't a magazine dedicated to FRESH FOODS put that into consideration? Wouldn't it make sense for the "two weeks shopping list" to have the cereals, grains, and other longer lasting foods first, then have shorter shopping lists every three days or so to purchase the fresh foods?
The point of the shopping list and meal plan for me was to have the planning done for me. I don't see the point in searching through the weeks worth of meals, then analyzing the shopping list to figure all that out. That was the point in buying the magazine.
Perhaps I was asking too much.
So while I was frustrated at the magazine and the failure that went with the list/plan, I failed miserably in the eating healthy realm for about 3 days. Drank soda, ate bad, unhealthy foods, starbucks, etc.
On the positive side of it, I had three TOUGH workouts last week and I've felt noticeably better. I've also dropped a little shy of 5lbs.
Definitely consider that a success!! Probably gained some of it back the last couple days but I have tomorrow off and I feel like I'm in a better place to try this clean eating thing on my own.