Clean Eating

I recently gave up bread, sugar, caffeine & alcohol.  WAIT, WHAT?!?!?!?!?!  Relax, it was only for 3 weeks, but definitely changed a lot of things that I thought I knew about food.  In that 3 weeks I lost 12 lbs., without even trying & it was easy.

I never thought I could do it, but I tried this program out (offered by my local yoga studio) & as crazy as this sounds, giving up all of the above was very easy.  OK, it was not easy to give up Starbucks or wine, but it was just for 3 weeks.  & I usually give up Starbucks for lent, so I knew I could make it.

The best part?  The food is good!  & easy to prepare.  I even went out & bought a juicer & each morning we have juice before work.  Crazy, yes I know.  This from the girl that just love, love loved anything sweet, sticky or bad for her!

It hasn't always been easy, but it's been interesting.  I did have a minor setback when we left NJ & headed off to the Midwest for Memorial Day (yikes all food is processed!!!) but made it back with mild success.

The reason I posted this on my so called Triathlon blog is that I'm thinking of changing the them of my blog to more healthy living posts, rather than workout posts.  I think it's time!  So hope you enjoy some of my recipes & info going forward.  It is definitely going to be a work in progress!

I'll try & post some of the smoothie & juice pics we have been making lately.  Don't worry, they're still super sweet, but from fruit, not sugar & things that you can't even pronounce!  Here's one of my snacks - cherries, blueberries & a medjool date.  Yep, a date!  You can't believe how sweet this is after going without sugar for the past two months!