Eating Cleaner

I'm not where I want to be in my diet (meaning overall way of eating) but am getting closer. I had two super-good weeks in late May and I so reaped the benefits; more energy, way reduced "female complaints" (really, you don't want the details, do you?), and more. I've slipped a little bit this month (5+ family events, all involving food -- most with cake, in one month did not help), but I'm still feeling pretty good in general.

My goal is to eat by the recommendations at http://www.drmcdougall.com/, with help from recipes from http://www.fatfreevegan.com/. I'll write more about why later, but poke around the McDougall site (especially the medical info area and the newsletter archives) and get an education.

I don't expect you to give a flying fig about what I eat, especially on a daily basis, but I'm going to try to post it here. This is primarily a means to keep me "honest," shame me into cooking more and hopping out for carry-out less, and to show how really simple (and very yummy) eating healthfully can be.

Today was not fabulous. What was good was that I had a high-fiber, partly-whole-grain, no HFCS English muffin spread with apple butter made with nothin' but apples. I also made pizza from scratch (white-whole-wheat crust, oil-free sauce). The less stellar parts: flavored instant coffee; two Diet Rite sodas; half a cookie; two mini-cupcakes; and the cheese on the pizza, though soy based, contained casein, the protein most highly associated with the formation of cancers.

Tomorrow will be better! Minestrone is already on the menu, and I'll share the recipe.