Clean eaters?

I need this info too! Thanks for asking!

I have opened mine up for you. I eat clean usually Sunday through Friday. Saturday is my "cheat" day, and I don't always log everything that day...

I eat mostly organic soup, salad, and stir-fry for lunches and dinners. (Low-cal dressing on the salads and nothing but lemon and garlic on the stir-fry.) Breakfasts are either Kashi Go Lean cereal with soy milk or a scoop of protein mix with soy milk and a banana. Snacks are apple and a handful of nuts or a rice cake with peanut butter.

I eat mostly the same thing every day during the week because it makes things easy, and I know that it works. (Fewer choices = fewer opportunities to mess up.) I've lost over twenty-five pounds in a couple months eating this way. Once I switch to maintenance mode, I will open up my diet and start eating more variety.

I was pretty much brought up this way so i find it strange that people consider it a particular diet. I guess it is if you're idea of eating less calories is to have artificial sugar in everything.

So if you're interested add me then you can see my diary (which is closed otherwise).

Look i'm not completely up to date with what is officially considered a 'Clean diet'. I eat very few processed foods and make almost everything from scratch.

I actually have a food blog exploring some of this:

http://angelacooking.blogspot.com/

I don't necessarily buy everything organic because i can't afford to on my student wage, but i do have a bit of a garden (mostly in pots) where i try and grow as much food as possible (tomatoes, peas, lettuce, herbs, strawberries, and now i have some fruit trees started). I find all this kind of thing easy because i am very passionate about cooking and gardening. And i get bored eating the same things over and over again so am constantly experimenting.

But here are some things i've done which probably would be considered part of the whole 'clean food' diet:

- I've explored all possible available grains. It got sick eating just rice and bread and have explored oats, barley, quinoa etc.

- I eat heaps of nuts and seeds: Almonds are amazing and when i get a pumpkin from the shops i eat every bit of it - the seeds roasted, the flesh and even the skin. I'm going to grow some soon and you can even eat the leaves and flowers!

- i got a veggie spiraliser (veggie twister). Changing the textures of vegetables creates endless possibilities and it makes a great vegetable substitute for regular spaghetti or noodles (i'll be posting a whole list of things on my blog soon).

- I usually make yoghurt, bread, relishes and chutneys, sauces and spice mixes and even alcoholic ciders from scratch. Generally it is cheaper anyway.

- i NEVER use artificial sweeteners. It is either very small amounts of cane sugar (only in desserts though, i never add it to anything else), agave syrup or honey, or just use fruit in recipes as the sweetener. This is mostly because i cannot stand the taste of all artificial sweeteners.

- i do drink 1-2 cups of coffee a day. But it is natural and keeps the metabolism up from the caffeine.

- I love trying new fruit and vegetables. Asian grocery stores are a treasure trove of interesting things.

- I do make desserts, but these are low calorie, from scratch and using all natural ingredients rich in nutrients like eggs, fruit, dates, nuts etc. i try and avoid desserts that require flour and or butter, but that is just because they are generally higher in calories.


Anyway that is just my own person philosophy and approach. Take or leave any or part of it. But what i recommend is explore the variety natural food, be excited about it and experiment!

I'd consider myself a pretty clean eater as well - feel free to add me and you'll have access to my diary if you want a little inspiration