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  • jewelryS
    jewelryS Posts: 24 Member
    Hello my name is Susie. I started on my journey to a healthier lifestyle change truly about 5 years ago. It was a slow process for the first few years and has become more progressive over the last 2. I have been eating fairly clean for over 2 years now; staying about 90% clean when it comes to food. Whole foods, fresh veggies, and fruit, making a majority of my food from scratch including breads is pretty much my normal habits. I like to not only know what’s in the food I’m putting in my body not to mention being able to pronounce what is in it most of the time.
    I am by no means perfect; a French fry now and again is still in the diet. Currently I am finishing up some powdered protein (there are a couple of things in it I can’t pronounce). The decision to change my eating habits, my activity level well basically my life began because I couldn’t stand the way I was feeling anymore. There is way more detail to it that just that but this is an introduction. I love to cook using herbs, fresh produce and I love to create new things from scratch. I hope to learn a few things from others and share some of my own experiences and ideas.
  • MrTolerable
    MrTolerable Posts: 1,593 Member
    I'm Mr. Tolerable.

    I'm a bit over the top, but then just get more obnoxious to boot.

    the goon of glib, the shogun of sarcasm.



    I eat clean about 90-95% of the time.

    but occasionally I goof up.

    I'm here because I hope you guys know how to come up with new creative dishes to try.
  • caitastic24
    caitastic24 Posts: 674 Member
    First off, happy belated birthday Rose! And thanks for organizing this, Abby! I can't believe how many members there are. I can hardly keep up with the posts now aha.

    I'm Caitlin. I'm 25 and currently in physical therapy. My focus right now is mainly my diet since I am limited with my exercises. I was eating really clean at the beginning of the year but have kind of strayed from it. I started dating someone and although we are trying to be in this together, at times we are both a bad influence on one another.

    Anywho, you can read more about me in my bio! I'll try to keep this short.

    My goals for the next 10 days are:
    - to log every day (I'm on a streak :D)
    - to limit my caffeine intake (decaf and switch to herbal teas)
    - to reduce my alcohol consumption
  • mustangEvie
    mustangEvie Posts: 39 Member
    Hi! I just joined the group. I'm new to MFP, just started using it regularly about 3 weeks ago. I started clean eating about a month and a half ago. Taking small steps and following some paleo guidelines too. I love to eat and I love fruit and veggies but not as much as I love cake and cookies! I have a definite sweet tooth.

    I'm doing this to lose weight and get healthy and introduce healthy eating habits for my whole family. So far I've done pretty good I struggle some days because of how time consuming clean eating can be. I joined this group to get support from like mind individuals and for inspiration and recipe ideas.
  • Stacy_of_Oregon
    Stacy_of_Oregon Posts: 28 Member
    Hi Everyone,

    My name is Stacy and I am very new to clean eating - as in so new I'm still reading a book about it!

    I guess you could say I eat "dirty" a lot,...lots of diet soft drinks, designer coffees, Wheat Thins, etc. I tried clean eating about a year ago by reading Tosca Reno's books. The recipes I tried were not very flattering to my palate, and especially not to my family's. so I think I lasted maybe 3 days. Also, Tosca's recipes called for ingredients that just aren't available in the rural community I live in. I'm hoping the book I'm reading now will offer tastier recipes with ingredients I can find locally.

    My goals for the next 10 days are:
    - Finish "The Quick and Clean Diet" book I'm reading
    - Wean off diet soft drinks
    - Wean off designer coffees

    I wish everyone a lot of success in their endeavors to eat clean!

    ~Stacy