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OK so this is not pure "clean" food but it seems to be a good snack option. I tried these and then place my order on Amazon since I did not find them locally. They are not cheap but are the first product in a while that is tasty and (somewhat) healthy.

The Real Deal - veggie Chips Baked. 1oz = 1 1/2 vegetable servings. Made in Easton PA. The main ingredient is peas! But it has a pistachio taste to me.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Real-Deal-Natural-Snacks/dp/B00A48LU5M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1390959661&sr=8-1&keywords=real+deal+veggie+chips
 
Retrodeb54

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If anyone is interested...

Live Better America Looks like a great site to get ideas recipes and help for the turn around.

With google search first link is to sign up only, I picked the second link to see some of the site first and then decided to sign up.


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vraiblonde

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GURPS said:
sorry NO that does not qualify


you would have to make your own cheese, slaughter your own cow ....
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You know, you actually could make clean chili queso nachos. I find that most of the crap I enjoy can be made righteous without too much effort. Diet Dr. Pepper is my only real challenge, with it's impossible to recreate chemical goodness.
 
acommondisaster

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We've slowly moved away from highly processed food. No packaged meals (except for Ina Garten's 4 cheese skillet penne pasta meal, which I refuse to give up and my husband's cravings for ramen noodles). It was an unconscious thing that just sort of happened. Food tastes better when it's homemade, and while there's no effort to not use salt, I'm sure our sodium intake's a lot lower. Cholesterol levels for both of us is better; just wish my weight would go down the way my husband's has. :-/
 
Toxick

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vraiblonde said:
I've been eating clean (no preservatives, chemicals, artificial crap, processed/refined foods, nothing I can't pronounce, etc) for awhile now, fell off over the holidays, and now I'm back in the saddle.
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Sounds like a variation (or just a different name for) a diet I had heard about and followed for a long time.

The Caveman Diet.

If you can't picture a caveman eating it, you don't eat it.



So you could eat, say, a salad, but you couldn't put dressing on it. You could eat a burger, but no bun, nor cheese, ketchup or mayonnaise on it, and you steered clear of those 7-11 Soy Disasters on a Bun.

All processed/fake burgers are out. Any non-processed meat (Grinding up beef doesn't really count as "processing", so ground chuck and ground beef are A-OK), fish, chicken - all good to go. All fresh fruit is good to go (Especially from a farmer's market).

No hotdogs. No Pringles. Pretty much anything out of a tube or a box was out.



I was in the best shape of my life when I followed that diet.

A friend of mine takes it to the next level. He cooks nothing. Everything he eats, he eats in its natural state. I think he's insane, but he's convinced that cooking food introduces enough carcinogens to choke a horse.


I should go back to that.
 
RoseRed

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Toxick said:
Sounds like a variation (or just a different name for) a diet I had heard about and followed for a long time.

The Caveman Diet.

If you can't picture a caveman eating it, you don't eat it.

So you could eat, say, a salad, but you couldn't put dressing on it. You could eat a burger, but no bun, nor cheese, ketchup or mayonnaise on it, and you steered clear of those 7-11 Soy Disasters on a Bun.

All processed/fake burgers are out. Any non-processed meat (Grinding up beef doesn't really count as "processing", so ground chuck and ground beef are A-OK), fish, chicken - all good to go. All fresh fruit is good to go (Especially from a farmer's market).

No hotdogs. No Pringles. Pretty much anything out of a tube or a box was out.

I was in the best shape of my life when I followed that diet.

A friend of mine takes it to the next level. He cooks nothing. Everything he eats, he eats in its natural state. I think he's insane, but he's convinced that cooking food introduces enough carcinogens to choke a horse.

I should go back to that.
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Even raw chicken and pork?
 
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Chasey_Lane said:
Honest truth. You feel better and make better choices. When I eat something that's junk, I feel gross, my stomach hurts, and I'm tired. Clean eating has many benefits and is a much better option for me.
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I agree and some stuff never really did entice me like mainstream candy bars, processed cakes, cookies, etc. I much prefer to pay more and get the real deal from quality candy makers and bakeries that don't use junk.

I am fortunate that I don't find most food particularly appealing, and I get full or lose interest after 5 to 8 bites usually. I don't eat a lot of food, but I do eat quality goodies that have fat and calories that make up for he extra bites I don't eat LOL.

Vrai made me go buy another birthday cake from Wall's (the one prior was Oct) and since I finished the most recent one, my craving for it has dropped. I am sure it will rebound in time, and I will buy another birthday cake. Ever had cake for breakfast? Mmmmm.

Oh, I made my own beef soup the other day and it's gone, so next I will make chicken soup (No not MY chickens lol). It does make you feel better to eat better. If I could keep the bugs off my home grown food (that's a different thread), I could eat better that way.
 
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acommondisaster said:
We've slowly moved away from highly processed food. No packaged meals (except for Ina Garten's 4 cheese skillet penne pasta meal, which I refuse to give up and my husband's cravings for ramen noodles). It was an unconscious thing that just sort of happened. Food tastes better when it's homemade, and while there's no effort to not use salt, I'm sure our sodium intake's a lot lower. Cholesterol levels for both of us is better; just wish my weight would go down the way my husband's has. :-/
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I wanna :barf: every time I see a roll of Jennie-O fake turkey meat (or whatever meat it is) EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.
 
vraiblonde

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ArkRescue said:
Vrai made me go buy another birthday cake from Wall's
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Hey, life is short. Eat the cake.

It's usually pretty easy for me to stay away from junk food with weird ingredients because I cook my own meals most of the time. But from the time I left for New Orleans in November to just a couple weeks ago my social life was such that I was eating in restaurants a lot and eating as a guest in peoples' homes where they would feed me, oh, fried chicken and little piggies in blankets. It was an orgy of delicious but bad for me goodies, and you do not want to know how much weight I gained. :lol:

But it's time to get my #### back together.
 
RoseRed

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My nutrients must be lacking, I have been craving fruits and vegie's. so I got a salad from the deli for lunch. Want more...
 
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vraiblonde said:
Hey, life is short. Eat the cake.

It's usually pretty easy for me to stay away from junk food with weird ingredients because I cook my own meals most of the time. But from the time I left for New Orleans in November to just a couple weeks ago my social life was such that I was eating in restaurants a lot and eating as a guest in peoples' homes where they would feed me, oh, fried chicken and little piggies in blankets. It was an orgy of delicious but bad for me goodies, and you do not want to know how much weight I gained. :lol:

But it's time to get my #### back together.
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Aside from the holiday eating (I did that too) .... unlike most people who eat due to stress and being generally unhappy, I am the opposite. I've been getting progressively happier the past 18 months or so, and due to that I have been eating more, and I actually gained enough weight to get me up to a size 12P grrr. Now I have clothes that go from 8P-12P so I'm covered, but I don't like having this weight around my mid-section. Makes me feel short and dumpy :frown:.
 
RoseRed

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MJ said:
Oh, you definitely should be checked out a doctor! :lol:

I have an apple on my desk so I won't be tempted to go to the vending machine....sigh.
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I have never had much of a sweet tooth, and the older I get, the less appealing sweets are. :shrug:
 
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MJ said:
Oh, you definitely should be checked out a doctor! :lol:

I have an apple on my desk so I won't be tempted to go to the vending machine....sigh.
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I had one on my desk too, and ate it, but still wanted more sweet stuff.
 
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