How to start eating CLEAN?

Pick up any of Tosca Reno's books... they are loaded with advice and recipes.

try this... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/livestrongcom/clean-eating-5-simple-ste_b_632545.html

i am starting this as well.
what i am doing is trying my hardest to do NO boxes of anything. only fresh meats and veggies.
im not perfect but working on it!!

You can also check out eatcleandiet.com. That site is pretty helpful and there are recipes and a community etc.

I have not read the books :clean eating" But from what I understand clean eating is choosing "God made" foods over processed foods. Whole foods like fruits and veggies in their purest form. Instead of frozen vegetables in a bag with creamy sauces, just steam them fresh. Lean meats fresh from the butcher in stead of pre-made patties or pressed and formed meats. Grains in their purest most unprocessed form such as 100% whole wheat breads instead of white bread. The less processed the more pure and whole and clean the food.

Have a great day and congrats for wanting to improve your diet by taking in healthier foods.
Deb:flowerforyou:

Oxygen Magazine has has some great articles and recipies

i myself cannot tell you what clean eating is.....but I would assume it would be eating healthy things for your body to use! I am really really new to MFP....and it has helped me more than ever. I didnt realize what a bite of this and a lil of that was costing me. I am pretty positive that I have never ate this healthy in my life. I look on the back of everything now.....I know that salsa is healthy and not many cals.....but the dang chips are what kill ya. I looked on the back and I am like 12chips really with my 2 cups of salsa....not gonna work hu? So I found myself eating the 12 chips and way less salsa and still felt satisfied. I honestly grabbed the left over celery from my soup and started munching on it....I know you said you are eating what you can get away with instead of what is good for you.....but it really is mind over matter and to hit your calorie goal with eating at McDonalds you know is not good.....Having some microwave popcorn might be a better choice that is still satisfying and what some may call not GOOD for you. Dont deprive yourself of all good things....you will just want them more....I guess this is my opinion, and if it has nothing to do with clean eating I am sorry....I just really think it is a choice and mind thing!

From eatingcleanworks.com..
.."eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet (S.A.D) These types of food include man-made sugar, bad fats (hydrogenated, trans-fat), preservatives, white bread, and any other ingredients that are unnecessary. An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: "if man made it, don't eat it." ..."

Google "Clean Eating".

If I would have wanted to Google clean eating, I would have done that first. This is a community where I seek advice, from fellow MFP users. That's the whole point.

I agree with you... Let me give you a hint though....

Go to google, type in "clean eating site:myfitnesspal.com" and you get the benefits of a powerful search engine, but all of the results will come from this site....

Tha being said, start by eating only fresh foods... Nothing from a can or a box. If it grew in, walked on the ground or swam... Eat it, otherwise skip it....

I try to do that, but one exception I chose to do was eat tofu and veggie burgers instead of meat breaking the in the box rule but I eat pretty clean....

Lot's of opinions, I'm sure.

Here is what I think it means... Eat food as close to their natural state as possible. Brown Rice... Good, White rice... Not good, Rice pudding.... very bad :-). AND... when eating meat, eat lean cuts of meat, avoiding saturated fat as much as you can. So mostly fish, chicken breast (no skin), lean cuts of red meat (and limit red meat in general).

Another way to think about it is avoid refined carbohydrates and saturated fat. Sugar is obviously a refined carbohydrate. But generally, it is any plant that has been modified to strip away fiber and fats and results in a more concentrated carbohydrate. So, Sugar, White Rice, Enriched White flour, and stuff made from all that (Enriched Pasta, white bread, stuff with and "ose"s in it... Sucrose, Fructose, High-Fructose Corn Syrup (or plain corn syrup for that matter)... they are all just different forms on refined sugars.

I think that is a basic definition of "eating clean". You still have to pay attention to macro nutrients. But I think this is a start to answering your question.