By Happy Tree Pilates Blog | June 15, 2013 at 07:49 AM EDT |
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A client loaned me this book to read about a two months ago. Surprisingly, it has replaced my previous favorite food book, Eat to Live. I enjoyed every page of the book and it drew fabulous analogies between our bodies and the planet. I've always known that food is the ultimate medicine. I started the Clean Program on June 1 and I have only 1 week left. As many of you know, I am normally a pretty healthy eater, I don't eat meat, I eat dairy about 1x a month. Even with that eating pattern, I still had major cravings. For the first time in several years, I am not craving sugary foods. There is another book that I highly recommend, given to me by the same client, Wheat Belly. It was a great supporting book that gave me the strength to eliminate wheat from my diet. (I felt that would be the hardest part of the clean eating program.) I'm still not finished with this book, but I've read enough to know that wheat was the source of my undying cravings. More on Wheat Belly when I finish it.
In a nutshell, with clean you drink a shake in the morning and a shake for dinner, with one meal at lunch time. Sounds like SlimFast LOL. The foods prohibited on Clean are strawberries, bananas, soy, peppers, wheat, sugar, peanuts and alcohol, to name a few. So, if you decide to start clean, make sure there are no major holidays, I've had to reset twice in my effort to get to 21 days.
I FEEL GREAT! I'll give the full Clean report after day 21!
The question is "What foods will I reintroduce after Clean?"