Eat Clean Diet

I've read the book, but honestly I've found it a bit daunting. I'm trying to clean up my diet little by little, but I'm not a vegetable person so it's been hard. I think the hardest part for me is that I have certain meals that I eat almost daily (breakfast and lunch) that would not be considered clean, but I feel like they work well for me and I feel good after eating them. My toughest meal is dinner - it's hard to feed a family of four when you have one picky eater who is a 12 yo boy (aka the bottomless pit), one 11 yo boy who will eat anything but unfortunately has a tendency to gain weight, and a man who is eating low carb. It's very difficult to find meals that work for all of us, much less clean meals.

I've learned to eat clean through my Beachbody workout programs - I started with a "crash course" at first and then had to adjust my way through as I learned more and more about my nutrition. In January, my husband and I did a month long challenge of only eating off the top 2 tiers of Michi's Ladder (which is all non-processed, totally clean foods) - I wanted to prove I could do it....

Since then, I've found info on transitioning my way to a healthier way of eating. It's much easier to take it one step at a time and transition the way you eat over an 8-week period. In doing so, I've made the changes I need to make that will last a lifetime. It's not a diet... it's a way of life.

Here's the link to the nutrition transition if you want to know more about it: tinyurl.com/nutritiontransition

Just wanted to say thanks to you guys for posting re. Michi's Ladder. I had no idea it even existed but now I'm definitely going to use it as a reference. Love MFP cause I am constantly discovering new things!