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My name is Mark and I live in NH . . .
I recently decided to give clean eating a try (*my brother in-law has been doing it w/ some great results).
I'm just getting into it and want to learn as much as possible - Any great ideas and/or suggestions - please feel free to share.0 -
I joined MFP about a month ago, per a friend's recommendation, and out of desperation. I'm a single 57-year old obese type-II diabetic woman, and have been in pretty bad shape for years since it takes time and energy and motivation to eat right and do the things necessary to lose weight.
When I do cook for myself I make very basic things, what I've always called "peasant food". I only learned of the concept of "clean eating" at this website a few days ago, from reading the boards. But I'm familiar with similar concepts from growing up in the hippie 1970s, when I lived in communal group houses that ate vegetarian, so I learned a lot about how to cook and use legumes and whole grains and dairy foods and simple vegetables and fruits.
But eating "clean"/good 80% of the time hasn't been enough for me, at least when I was overeating cheeses and baked goods (among other things) the other 20%. Now that I'm eating clean (though I didn't realize I was doing that) about 95%, I'm feeling much better.
I have some "unclean" weaknesses. One of them is that I'm addicted to Diet Coke and drink a lot of that (I don't do coffee). Another one is beer: I brew my own beer, and also drink craft beers to educate my palate, so I'm not sure how "clean" beer is considered to be. The way I brew it is certainly "clean", as it's just malted barley (or wheat), grains, hops, and yeast. It's unpasteurized beer, so drinking it gives you good bacteria. I also bake sourdough-rye bread from my own starter, and frequently make my own yogurt, so I'm a big fan of fermented foods and of beneficial gut bacteria. I sprout seeds for leafy greens, and lentils for stir fries.0 -
I'm so glad to have found this group! I heard the phrase 'clean eating' after reading Oxygen magazine and browsing some of the Eat Clean magazines and Tosca Reno's books. I really love to cook but in the last few years haven't taken care of my body and it shows. I wouldn't say I am on target 100% of the time but our lifestyle has really changed dramatically and my body feels so much better. I used to struggle with IBS and I feel like my bowels feel better - after some initial discomfort that some others have noted. I got rid of the diet soda that i KNEW was bad for me and after a few days of craving it, I didn't miss it anymore. I found the having substitutions for trigger foods helped. If I need something fizzy I'll have some seltzer water.
Greek yogurt is my wonder food -- it is such a great source of protein and a great substitute in so many recipes.
I have a few foods that I keep that aren't technically clean - dark chocolate chips that i can have (about a tablespoon) to get me over a chocolate/sweet craving when fruit just won't do. But the white flours and pastas and rices are mostly gone and we are consuming so many more lean proteins, fresh fruit and veggies. I love how I feel and my body is starting to respond by losing weight steadily.
I am a stay-at-home mom and do a bit of freelance writing work. I love that there are boards now on MFP. Happy to be here thanks!0 -
Hi Everyone,
I am so excited to find this group. I am fairly new to clean eating so I am looking forward to learning from all of you.
A little about me: I'm 30 years old. I live in Maryland and work for a non-profit. It is a very rewarding job but also very stressful. I work many 10-12 hour days and often have to work weekends as well so it makes meal planning tricky sometimes. Also makes it hard to find time to exercise. I love to cook but it's hard to find the energy to do it after I have worked such a long day.
I am trying to lose weight so I am hoping to make some friends on here who can support me on that journey and hold me accountable. I live alone so it is easy to make bad choices when it comes to eating because there is no one there to encourage me to make better choices. So, to help with accountability, I have made my food journal viewable by friends so they can see what I am eating. Hopefully, knowing that others will be looking at what I am eating will help me to make good choices.0 -
Welcome everyone...hope you find this forum helpful!0
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HI everyone! I'm searching for people who are also, not only trying to drop lbs, but eat well and exercise. I'm just staring to work out more, and reduce portions. If I could afford it I would eat all organic, but I can't! Though I eat/ drink some bad stuff sometimes too.
Please feel free to add me, feeling connected to others in this journey really helps.0 -
Hello everyone! I live in Las Vegas unfortunately not the best place to live and raise a child but I'm stuck here until my husband retires in 10 years as his job as a police officer. I've worked retail loss prevention for the last 15 years and love it. I have struggled with my weight since high school. I have tried so many diets and finally got sick of the yo-yo diets. I was at a healthy weight 9 years ago before my son was born I'm 5'2 and weighed 130 lbs. I gained over 70 lbs. during my pregnancy and felt terrible about myself it took me 8 years to lose all the weight. I am currently at my jounior high weight of 122 and a size 4. I stumbled on the clean eating lifestyle thru a Facebook friend that talked about her weight loss and clean eating. I was amazed at her weight loss results so I started researching the life style. I'm new to clean eating been eating clean for about 6 months now and I love the way I feel. Prior to clean eating I would bruise really easy but now I don't have a single bruise anywhere on my body also I have never been able to grow my finger nails because they would crack I now have long strong nails. I can't imagine going back to eating processed foods. I ,like others have watched Food Inc. along with many other good food related documentaries and have thought about going vegetarian which would not be difficult since I don't really like meat. I've tried to get my son and husband to eat clean but neither one wants anything to do with it. My husband doesn't think processed foods are unhealthy and he thinks I'm crazy for eating the way I eat. I try to eat as clean as possible most days I'm about 95%. I did fall off the wagon thru the holiday but managed to maintain my weight.0
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Hey! My name is Tanya and I am from South Carolina. I had a friend who started a clean eating group online. We started Jan. 2nd and I am 3 weeks into it now. I am loving eating clean so far. Beginning to have more energy! Looking forward to being part of this clean eating group!0
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Hi there, this is GREAT to find this site:):):) I am so excited to find others that love to eat clean/raw/whole foods:)
I have not researched what people formally call eating "clean" but I will tell you what I love to and live out now in my new lifestyle change. I eat organic as much as possible, lots of fresh veggies/fruits/grass fed local beef/organic chicken/lots of organic extra virgin coconut oil/EVO/nuts
I have worked to eat this way for several years but JUST now stepped up my game on January 4th and finally took the plunge to cut out ALL refined sugars, ALL breads, potatoes,pasta and everything processed!!! So basically I cook the way I have always cooked lean meats, fresh veggie etc..but without the things above.
When I started my antifungal diet on January 4th I waited 1 week to see how life would be without refined sugars and carbs and I LOVE it..at that point I got rid of a few grocery bags full of items that were in my pantry that had sugar/soy/high fructose corn syrup etc. (I have stayed away from corn and HFC syrup for many years but didn't realize how much "JUNK" crept in my pantry).
I am so excited to meet you and learn from you.
I really need some good recipes to try:)
I have found great recipes on GAPS websites online. We will not go back to gluten again either!
The few items that we eat that are grains are: Oat flour, oats, brown rice flour, rice pasta, coconut flour, almond flour. I only eat of some this on occasion:)0 -
Hi!
My name is Cathy and I do Quality Assurance for a living (Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm the enemy)
I found Clean Eating just through the MFP groups tab. I'm really excited to be a part of this group! I eat fairly healthy, staying away from most processed foods, sticking to lots of fruits, veggies, lean proteins, and dairy products.
I'm looking forward to learning and sharing with all of you!
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Hello from Sandy in California. I volunteer at my kids school and am a practicing autididact / self-learner. I read Eating Clean a while back. I am looking forward to learning from the practice of clean eating (baby steps) and from the experiences of others.0
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I'm Nico and I'm a musician among other things. I've been attempting to eat clean for many years but I feel like I'm only just now starting to really get it right. Best wishes!0
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Hi everyone! I'm Sonya from Myrtle Beach, SC. I'm Certified Nurse Midwife, and I am slowly cleaning up my and my family's diet! We have started green smoothies and some juicing. I used to be vegetarian, but while in grad school as a single mom, I began to depend on fast food more and more. I am back to very rarely having fast food and we are eating more and more vegetables and simple homemade meals. So glad to find this group to learn from. Clean eating is definitely what I would like to move towards.0
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Hi all,
Myself -- Sudama. I currently live near Canton, Ohio. I bumped into this forum while browsing different groups....
Am eager to know what this group is all about and hopefully it helps me with my weight loss.
Great to see all of you here !....
Good luck with your goals !
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Hi! My name is Jessie and I live in Norwich, New York. I am a branch manager at a Community Bank. I am married with a beautiful daughter named Elise! My sister has been clean eating for awhile and highly recommended it to me. I have been struggling with infertility for 15 months now and decided that getting my body in order and reaching my optimal health nutritionally is a component that may be missing for me. While I feel that I was eating healthily and restricting my calories, I was still putting a lot of chemicals in my body and am highly addicted to sugar. I am just starting to eat clean, so I'm still figuring things out, but I'm excited to know the feeling of having a clean body!! I'm really hoping that it will aide in my fertility, and help with my PCOS, but I'm also looking forward to a new lifestyle that will set a good example for my family and daughter!
Here's to clean eating!0 -
Hi Everyone, my name is Leslie. I live in MD, am a single mom to two teenage daughters. I've been hearing about clean eating on the site, I figured I'd check it out. A lot of stuff I had already been doing. So my task is bread and pasta. Trying to lose fat and build muscle, this seems like the way to go.0
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Hello Everybody!
I am so excited to join this group! I had posted a topic about clean eating and this group was suggested to me. My new year's resolution was to cut out processed foods this year. The "be on a diet" resolution has obviously not been working, year after year after year. So, I've been working very hard this year in cutting out the junk. My blood pressure was starting to rise (although not bad yet) and I have a looooooong family history of heart disease. Time to nip this in the bud before it's too late! I don't eat very much meat and I'm slowly working on cutting back the dairy. I was raised by a vegetarian, so I definitely love my fruits, veggies, and alternative sources of protein besides a hunk of meat. Looking forward to sharing recipes and ideas!0 -
Hi, pleased I found this group. I eventually decided filling my body with loads of chemicals couldn't be doing it any good so decided to eat as much unprocessed food as possible. This was at the same time I joined MFP. All I can say is it's been unbelievable. I've never been one for veg or "rabbit food", but I'm totally enjoying it, even looking forward to my new food! I always seem to be full, and my energy levels are more consistent than they were.
But an unexpected bonus is that a persistent cough I've had for at least 15 years has almost gone. And that's only within 2 weeks, so I can only imagine what's been going on inside me!
Sorry for going on a bit, but I'm still excited about these changes. My food diary is open so anyone with any feed back, let me know!
Before you all rush though, you need to consider I drive a truck so cooking and preparing meals isn't the easiest thing!0 -
Hi, pleased I found this group. I eventually decided filling my body with loads of chemicals couldn't be doing it any good so decided to eat as much unprocessed food as possible. This was at the same time I joined MFP. All I can say is it's been unbelievable. I've never been one for veg or "rabbit food", but I'm totally enjoying it, even looking forward to my new food! I always seem to be full, and my energy levels are more consistent than they were.
But an unexpected bonus is that a persistent cough I've had for at least 15 years has almost gone. And that's only within 2 weeks, so I can only imagine what's been going on inside me!
Sorry for going on a bit, but I'm still excited about these changes. My food diary is open so anyone with any feed back, let me know!
Before you all rush though, you need to consider I drive a truck so cooking and preparing meals isn't the easiest thing!
That's awesome! We are really doing well by our bodies with the positive changes we make in our diet! I am realizing it more and more!0 -
Hello Everyone!
Drop by and say hello! Where are you from? What do you do for a living? How did you stumble upon Clean Eating?
My name is Susan and I'm a full time homemaker from West Texas. I've been married to my high school sweetheart for 34 years and counting. I was underweight until my mid-30's. The last few years of my forties were one major life change after another including a hysterectomy, the death of both my parents and a major move. I felt a bit like Rip Van Winkle just waking up. You can sure pack on the pounds during stressful times!
I began my MFP journey in mid-February of 2009, and lost 44 pounds, but it took me 16 months to do it. All this time I THOUGHT I was eating healthy but I was using lots of artificial sweeteners and "diet" foods. I gradually returned to old habits and regained 20 of those pounds in a 6 month period.
Then I began eating clean in January of this year after reading Jillian Michael's book "Master Your Metabolism". Its amazing how getting all the artificial and refined food out of my system has improved my mental clarity and overall health. The desire to binge on sweets has gone! I lost 10 lbs the first 2 weeks :happy: I eat every 3-4 hours and make everything from scratch. The standing joke around our house now is what kind of beans will I fix today.0 -
Hi! I'm 32 female five-foot-two that lives in Shanghai, China. I joined MFP because I need the support and sharing of fitness goals and food diary.
I joined clean living because I was brought up eating healthy and clean. Little oil in food. However, I started getting rebellious and wanted to try out other foods with zero guilt like soda, greasy take out, gourmet foods that is heavy in butter. Then, health started happening. I started having zero time for gym because of work, I cannot balance a healthy lifestyle with my social life. The real push came when I stood on the scale at 62kg, the heaviest I had ever been and having a neck excema that wouldn't go away in 2 years (tried cortisone cream and nothing worked).
I also met a great guy with whom I feel I can balance a relationship and a healthy lifestyle, he is also wanting all this. And that gave me the encouragement to join his gym and also hit my fitness goal. BUT, with that said, dating also means eating. Now that we are more stable with plans to move with each other in the near future, I think we can and I can maintain a clean eating home.
Would love to know recipes, what is healthy to eat outside. I realized I hate processed food but I still keep my special K as part of my food routine. If I can, I would make my own breads and I realized that I am enjoy cooking....I really do! I hope this group can spark my inspiration that will turn into motivation for my honey, provide us the support for clean living and I might go back to my old weight and my good health.
Oh yes, and it does kinda suck that most Chinese food is so high in calories and what makes it worse is, its hard to get anything healthy that fits into my work lifestyle. I stopped going to group lunches already and make it a point to either bring my own lunch or order from this meditteranean/israeli restaurant that provides pretty healthy and filing options!
Lovely to meet you guys!!!0 -
Hi, I am 53 years old from NC. I have been on a weight loss journey for about the 4th time (gained it all back 3 times). I decided to join a gym to try to develop a way to keeping the weight off, and the person I met with suggested I start weight training to build muscle. My trainer suggested this website, and I have been scouring it for suggestions on eating. I also read Jillian Michaels metabolism book, and was horrified at what processed foods, growth hormones in meat and dairy, and artificial sweeteners do to our bodies. I have already vastly improved my diet with things such as Greek yogurt, lots of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, etc. but have not started really eating clean yet. I will have to go very slowly, for budget sake and time sake (it takes longer to fix things from scratch). I thought I would start with organic milk, cereal, whatever organic fruits and vegetables I can find at Kroger,organic Greek yogurt and possibly Perdue chicken (it's all natural, isnt it?). Any other suggestions of easy things to start with?0
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Hello Everyone!
Drop by and say hello! Where are you from? What do you do for a living? How did you stumble upon Clean Eating?
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Just started strictly eating clean two days ago and I feel good! Tried it before a long time ago, and went back to my old habits. I plan on sticking with it for good this time. I will do this! I stumbled on clean eating after seeing, buying, and reading the Eat Clean book by Tosca Reno. I love the fact I eat throughout the day as I am never hungry. Love that feeling! I live in MO. and work for a health insurance company. I didn't realize there were groups out there, and so happy to have found an eat clean group! Glad to be here 0 -
Hi everyone!
I just started eating clean about 3 weeks ago. I am very interested in learning as much as I can about it and finding new recipes. Question: Did anyone have any issues transitioning into this way of eating? I have been having frequent stomachaches eating this way and I am trying to figure out why. Thanks for any suggestions that you have
Being bloated and gassy when getting into this type of diet (per Tosca Reno) will happen and is normal. It will disapte after a while. Good thing right? I'm the same way....0 -
im from glasgow (scotland :-)), i work as a nurse, and i found out about clean eating through MFP and i start tomorrow x0
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Just joined this group now. Kept on reading about clean eating in people's post on the forum so decided to check it out. Hope I can live up to expectation
I eat mixed vegetables from a tin and I also regularly buy tinned pineapples. I guess these 2 are banned??0 -
Well... I actually found the idea of clean eating before I started trying to lose weight.... which in a strange sense, makes this journey easier.
Over the years I gained an increasing awareness of the problems with the way our country eats, and slowly started switching to more whole foods, then the dirty dozen organic. I still don't eat COMPLETELY clean (I hear the siren call of convenience organic foods sometimes... or Luna bars, plus we eat out quite a bit. I also have a love of soft serve frozen yogurt, which has many mystery ingredients). While my and my husband's diet was healthier, I love cheese, make homemade bread and desserts... all of which are calorie bombs. So, now I am trying to watch what I eat, while still eating real food... novel though, huh?
All of my previous attempts at weight loss have relied heavily on non-foods in the form of snackwells and fat free everything.
I would love to have some friends who eat the same way! Maybe Some of you could even inspire me to eliminate some of the lingering not so clean things in my diet.0
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