Avoid Alcohol

You may be eating all the right things, but what are drinking? I attribute part of my weight-loss success to ridding my diet of alcohol. I used to enjoy a beer with dinner several nights a week. It adds up. Alcohol turns into sugar and can hamper your best efforts to eat clean. The sugar [...]

More Budget Friendly Clean Meals

Eating Clean means you will be consuming 5-6 mini-meals a day. Our discussion of whether or not eating healthy is expensive prompted me to take a closer look at some of my favorite quick & easy snacks. These are things I always keep on hand and readily available:

Natural Peanut Butter on 100% Whole Wheat Toast or Apple
Low-fat Cottage [...]

Is It Really More Expensive to Eat Clean?

One reason often cited for not eating healthy is because it’s more expensive to buy healthy food than it is to buy junk food.  But is it really more expensive to eat healthy?  The answer to that question may surprise you.
We’ve decided to do a cost comparison of clean food vs. junk food.  The following prices are based [...]

Beware of Hidden Sugar in Food

Recently, I decided to ban sugar from my diet.  I knew I would have to really start paying attention to food labels if I wanted to make sure that the only source of sugar I get is from fruit.  On a recent shopping trip, I was surprised to find sugar in a lot of products that [...]

Transitioning to the Clean Eating Lifestyle

Switching from a diet filled with Big Macs, french fries, chips, soda, candy and super-sized portions to a diet made up of fruits and vegetables, lean cuts of meat, and sensible portions can sometimes be difficult. The benefits of eating clean are definitely worth making the switch, but where should you start? Here are a [...]

What is Clean Eating?

So what does eating clean really mean? Basically, eating clean is giving your body proper nutrition with healthy foods and minimizing or completely eliminating junk (processed) food from your diet.  Clean eating involves consuming food in it’s most natural form (think whole foods).  There are varying “degrees” of clean eating.  There are those who eat clean 100% of the [...]