eating clean

i'm going to try eating clean for a while here...

what it is is eating food that is natural and without additives.  loosely translated, it means that you eat your fruits, veggies, white lean meats.  an easier way to translate this is: stay away from packaged goods.  so that means no thinsations (which i love), no crackers, no salad dressing (light or otherwise)...basically reconditioning the mind to reach for healthy snacks free of packaging and odd ingredients.

i'm a label reader.  i have to be in order to succeed in the diet game.  or rather, the lifetstyle change.  diet's the bad word.  ha. 

this diet was proposed by tosca reno, who was a stay at home mom and was miserable.  she was overweight, out of shape, and very unhappy.  something in her changed, maybe it was a desire for happiness, and she started eating right and exercising.  the woman lost a shitload of weight and became a fitness model...all at the age of 40.  in short, she is a huge role model for those of us in a slump.   check out her story here:  http://www.toscareno.com/index.html

i just purchased her eating clean cookbook and i cant wait till it gets here.  for now i'm eating sensibly: fruits and veggies at every meal.  i've even cut out deli meat, which is high in sodium and various additives i can not pronounce.

sushi, thank god, falls into this eating clean lifestyle...naturally, tempura doesnt.  boo!