Anyone Eating Clean???

Totally! Although I do have to tweek the Clean Eating guide lines just a little to meet my own dietary needs, the principles are really on the mark. I've seen quite a few entries in the food library so there must be other clean eaters out there.

I adore Tosca and her books! She has not only given me motivation but she has also changed the way I see food. I use the clean eating principals, and I have noticed weight loss, energy, and overall health improvement!

Yup! Tosca Reno popularized it, but there are lots of resources out there. It's pretty simple once you get the hang of reading labels and just focusing on eating whole, real food. Ellie Krieger's cookbooks are great. Keeping the fake food chemicals out of your diet will make a big difference in how you feel. We're still figuring out exactly how chemicals affect the body, as there are no long-term studies and most are stored in body fat.

The End of Overeating is another good book if you want to get mad enough to stop eating fast food, chain food, and otherwise "unclean".

I'm not familiar with the Tosca book, but judging by the conversations on this link we've been eating clean for about 3 years. My son was diagnosed with food allergies and pretty much that eliminated almost everything in a box or bag. We now purchase all our veggies through a CSA farm share in season and are members of an organic co-op buying group in the winter. All our meat is raised as nature intended and comes right from a farm, including sausages, lunchmeat, bacon, ect... Our dairy is delivered to our doorstep every Tuesday from a dairy that doesn't use hormones or antibiotics. Our bread is made the old fashioned way -- it rises over days not minutes. Since making the transition many of our new friends have chickens so we always know where our eggs come from and what the chickens have been eating.

The only "problem" with eating clean is that you can't always choose it. If you're on vacation or at a conference or something. Some people get annoyed with me because I choose not to eat certain things unless they come from sources. For instance, haven't had a commercially raised chicken in a long time! Can't see that changing. Good luck with it.

I agree with arfletcher- it is weird but I had noticed that I craved spicy foods. I have been eating clean now for 3 years and try to "spread the gospel" to everyone I know. My husband was resistant at first becuase I was pretty hardcore and he didn't appreciate the way the landscapes of the cupboards and fridges changed..... "What no Deli Meat?!?" but I have now loosened up on a few things, eating clean 90% of my weekly diet. I now enjoy maybe two dirty dinners a week and of course, my wine!

Overall my energy levels have increased, my mood stabalized, my figured and muscle tone changed, sleep patterns, BM regulairty....... Once you start eating clean you just cannot understand why ANYONE would not want to!!!!!