Clean

Clean Eating is the idea that the food you eat should be REAL - not processed within an inch of it's life. Clean eating eliminates white flour, white sugar, chemically and artificially enhanced food.

A good rule of thumb here is that if it expires in 2 weeks, it's probably clean.  

Food List

• Chicken
• Sweet potatoes
• Salad
• Steamed vegetables
• Oats
• Protein powder
• Frozen berries  (for smoothies)
• Whole grain bread
• Rice cakes
• Egg whites
• Green beans, broccoli, asparagus
• Protein bars-  emergency use only!
• Fish
• Greek Yogurt
• Cottage cheese
• Sugar free Jell-o/pudding/fugdesicles
• Fruit- berries, apples, citrus
• Water  (trying to drink about 1 gallon a day)
• Flax seeds, wheat germ, etc
• Fish oil, vitamin D
• Natural peanut, cashew, almond butter

The goal now is to create meal combinations from this list that have protein, carbs and healthy fats in each.

What else do you have on your clean eating list?

 

How beautiful is this picture?

Realize

I've been applying the suggestions we get for working out and eating but I still feel like I'm trying to 'undo' mistakes instead of moving forward.  For example, I ate 3 pretzel sticks today.  Not the best choice, I know, but my week is going to be focused on undoing the harm from those instead of moving on to lose weight.  It's hard to describe but does anyone else have similar experiences? 
Also, I am carb resistant in more ways than one:
- I take synthroid daily to deal with my thyroid
-I am insulin resistant
-I am borderline PCOS
-I am afraid to eat quinoa because it has so many carbs in it
-I'm in a place where 3 pretzel sticks is a 'bad choice'
What I'm realizing is that, for me, sugar and processed anything, white food/carbs can't be in my life anymore and it's a hard breakup!  Maybe when I've maintained my goal weight for a while I'll be able to occasionally partake and not gain 20 lbs.
I've said this before but it's like being an addict.  Once you are one, that's it. You can't stop being one, you can only do your best to control it.