Does anyone follow the Eat Clean Diet???

I would like to hear also, I just purchased that book too!!!! But I need help getting started!!

Hello! Welcome back! :flowerforyou:

I am an "on-and-off" follower of the Clean Eating Diet. I try to eat as clean as possible at all times, but I've fallen of teh wagon a bit this summer. (Cookouts, beer, birthday and graduation parties, weddings, etc. :blushing: )

I have to tell you: I feel 100% better when I follow the diet. I'm not sure how to describe it, but I just feel healtiher, happy, more awake, more energized.

I subscribe to the Clean Eating magazine. It's great--filled with fun, easy recipes and information. The recipes always give me other ideas for creating my own clean recipes. I recommend subscribing if you want to follow the Clean Eating lifestyle.

Good luck!

I'm (re)starting this whenever I move into my apartment!

Hi all,

I'm so glad someone started this post. I have been wanting to see who else is doing it, and I for one would like to see it continue on as a regular support group. I just finished reading Tosca's new book, Recharged, and have gone through quite a few recipes and made up a menu for the entire upcoming week.

Made a run to the store on Friday to get the most important things to get started and will then go from there. I was on it off it a few weeks ago, and I have to say I felt great. Hard to restrain myself from my wine, but you know, when I had it over the past week, I just felt awful the next day, even just two glasses. Then I had fish and chips and I thought I might die I felt so sick.

I really like her program, it makes sense, and I've been totally on today, so I know I'll feel good tommorrow. I luv her idea about putting your oatmeal and boiled water in a bowl to sit while you get ready for your day. I guess it's like any other way of eating, planning is really important, but all in all with my weight training and cardio regime, this is the plan that works for me. I could kick myself for falling off but I hadn't read enough of the book before we went away to be properly prepared. Now I know, and I'm sure this is the way to go.

I'll be trying some of her recipes for the first time this week, so I'll keep you "posted" if I make any great finds!

Looking forward to hearing more from like minded folks.

KC

I too follow the Eat Clean Diet! I do however have some problems with the recipes or the guide line that you are suppose to follow when you first start because I don't like a lot of the food. Im not into seafood. The closes I come to is Tuna in a can of water and even that I have to add lemon juice, pinch of sea salt, black pepper & garlic to drown out the taste! So that right there cuts out a lot of the recipes that I can have.

However I too have fallen off the wagon and need to start a round 2! Looking for someone who will kick me in the butt when im sitting on it instead of doing something. Slapping my hand when I am going for that candy bar that has way to many calories. I also need to train my car not to stop at McDonalds in the morning for my McFrappa! Today I stopped and got the strawberry - banana smoothie. I was -25 for my sugar right off the bad for the day for a medium. I figure maybe if I cut it back to a small it wouldn't be bad. BUT I looked it up and I would still be over. I figure the smoothie would be a better choice seeing how it would give me fruit and dairy but it really isn't good FOR ME!

I too follow the Eat Clean Diet! I do however have some problems with the recipes or the guide line that you are suppose to follow when you first start because I don't like a lot of the food. Im not into seafood. The closes I come to is Tuna in a can of water and even that I have to add lemon juice, pinch of sea salt, black pepper & garlic to drown out the taste! So that right there cuts out a lot of the recipes that I can have.

I follow the Eat Clean Diet, too. Like Maidofastrolat, I'm vegetarian and use processed soy products for my proteins at times. Eating out is tough, but I do the best I can. I would say, given these 2 issues, I probably eat 75-80% clean. It's made such a huge difference in the way I feel!

Both my husband and I have totally changed our bodies following this lifestyle. We have a couple of the cookbooks and cook from them regularly. I used to be a sugar addict and since eliminating it from my diet feel so much better! It was my daughter's birthday last week and we picked up a small cake from Whole Foods - I couldn't even eat it, it was just too sweet. That's such a huge change for me

The Kitchen Table - http://eatcleandiet.com/the_kitchen_table/
Members of a community, much like this, post success stories, recipes, meeting Tosca, challenges, etc. at this site. What I found really helped with my EC journey this go round was the easy, quick, delicious recipes that everyday people post. If you haven't been there, I suggest you check it out!

Clean Eating Magazine - http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/minisite/ce_index.htm
Ah! Amazing recipes, my DH even eats them!
My favorite is the 'Clean Mac 'n Cheese'...yummy!


I did this wrong again, so sorry!
but thank you for the awesome websites, they are bookmarked!

So glad you enjoyed them - I've been following them for about 2 1/2 weeks now and my pregnancy weight gain has slowed down tremendously! The delicious recipes keep me fuller much longer, especially since I have this little man growing inside of me

Yay, good for you. You have to eat healthy for the little guy! And I am glad that you are full, that's encouraging for ME! I am SO loving those websites!!!!! I signed up for the newsletter's too. :-)

@ jmlowry - Check out my earlier post. I found that helped me ease into the transition of ECD a lot eaiser!

@chickabittie - How are we doing?!