Eating Clean
katieeweiss
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What are your tips/suggestions for those who want to eat clean?? How do YOU avoid processed foods?
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I buy all my fruit/veg from the farmers market. Locally grown and they don't have hormones or chemicals. I also buy whole grains and things like that. I just literally do not buy food I don't want to eat or that's real bad for me.0
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What are your tips/suggestions for those who want to eat clean?? How do YOU avoid processed foods?
Start slow and take it one meal at a time. Replace one canned, packaged or processed food with something natural and fresh. Over time, your whole day will be as clean as you make it. Here's a good place for info: http://www.cleaneatingonline.com/0 -
Stay out of the middle of the grocery store. Stick to the produce sections, meat and deli sections, and frozen fruits/vegetable sections. Avoid anything in a box, can, or jar. It's really that simple. Of course, you also need to know how to cook. :laugh:0
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I buy fresh veggies and fruit (frozen if fresh not avail)
I have chicken and fish or grain feed beef
there are still some items i purchase pre-packaged
special k cereals, flax seed pitas but i try to be very
careful about reading lables I dont think i will ever
be 100% clean but i find different ways and foods
every day by reading uo on it, try clean eating magazine
its a really good resource0 -
Listen to 'bjohs' ... she knows her stuff. Shop on the outside perimeter of the grocery store or farmers market. Slowly try new things as well until you find what works for you. Try to cut out unneccersary things asap (candy, soda, 'white grains')0
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I started reading labels.....it took a while to completly clean my diet up. I started slowly, like with peanut butter. If there are to many ingredients on the label and there are things I dont recognize, I dont buy it.0
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Don't buy processed stuff then you're not tempted to eat it0
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the thing that has helped me most: don't buy things with barcodes on them.
if it has a barcode, let it be one ingredient on the label.0 -
the thing that has helped me most: don't buy things with barcodes on them.
if it has a barcode, let it be one ingredient on the label.
Oh, this is good.
It's actually very simple once you make the commitment.0 -
Hard to be 100% clean, I don't eat alot of processed food, but If I do I stick to the brand Kashi or Amy's0
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Stay out of the middle of the grocery store. I try to avoid processed food and fast food as much as possible. If I do indulge, boy does my stomach let me know. I am so sick after.
A carrot is a carrot, a potato is a potato. A roaster chicken is a chicken (I think). I eat Ezekiel bread which is sprouted grain and use whipped butter and eat lots of fruit and veggies. I don't eat coldcuts and stay away from powdered drink mixes. I drink seltzer instead of soda and make homemade chili with ground turkey,, salad with homemade croutons, homemade granola.
If you see a pattern there is more homemade. I tend to make bigger batches and put leftovers in containers for quick and easy reheating and lunches. I don't believe I can be 100% but I really made an effort. I spend so much more time at the grocery store because I feel like I'm reading lots of labels so if I make it myself, I know what I'm really getting.
Try reading some of the books by Michael Pollan - that got me started. As he said in one of his books...........Don't buy the food to fuel your body at the same place you buy the fuel for your car!!!
When I was in sales, I ate out at a lot of luncheons, cocktail parties and client meetings at Starbucks, etc. If a client broke a lunch date, I'd run through a drive-thru or pick up a quick salad at the deli that I thought was healthy. That's some of what got me into the mess I was in......now it's Plan, Plan, Plan.0 -
I am by no means perfect but I try to eat as clean as possible (well, lately I have been bad but getting in to the swing of things). Here are some tips I have found work to avoid processed/preserved foods:
-Plan your meals around what fruits/veg are in season or at least available. I typically hit the produce first and plan what I will cook based on what I can find and what looks good. I find this give me more balanced meals and helps me to cook instead of relying on prepackaged stuff.
-When I cook dinner for myself and my BF, I make recipes that serve 4, and save the rest in two portions in tupperware or bags, and freeze them. Instant meals when you are in a hurry.
-Buy a few good cookbooks. Don't have to be diet ones (I find alot, not all, of diet cookbooks rely on prepackaged, low fat, sugar free ingredients). I really like the Joy of Cooking. It has every recipe ever in it, all with real ingredients.
-Give yourself a little slack. So many people have an "all-or-nothing" mentality about eating, like your diet has to be perfect or you fail. The fact is, if you are eating one meal better than you did before, that is a success.0 -
I have made real effort not to buy boxed things (except whole grain cereals and pastas pretty much), instant anything, stopped drive thru foods except oj. I keep a Luna bar in my bag for on the go instead but I try to wait to get home(I know its not exactly 'clean' but it works for me). I'm not making an all out effort to go "clean" but am certainly cleaning up our act.
I've been cooking from the clean eating website and subscribed to the mag so I have many fresh, whole meal ideas to serve us. I have been really surprised how easy it has been to get my husband (omni) to eat the meals from there. He is eating more grilled chicken and fish than he ever though he would and has found some fresh veggies he didn't know he liked. There are a lot of great vegetarian recipes there too so I have found new yummies too.
It's all about educating yourself and making the right choices. They go hand in hand I think.0 -
Search the topic Mug Bread on this forum. The ingredients are wholesome , you can sub splenda with agave or applesauce. I like this recipe and would recommend this to add to your list.0
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Anything you can get from a package you can make for yourself. Usually cheaper and healthier. If you can't make it yourself it's too processed and you shouldn't have it to begin with. My execptions are whole wheat low carb bread, tortilla's, pita, whole grain pasta, cheese and yogurt. Check online for recipes.0
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