As my husband and I close in on a year of pure clean eating, I can say that we have never felt better and our energy levels are incredible. We are grain, sugar, white potatoes, corn, and mostly dairy free and our health is at the best its ever been. We eat freely and more calories and our weight is at optimal levels. The reason we can eat so many more calories is that we never have the "crash" where we feel tired after eating so we are more active than ever.

Although not everyone can eat the way we do for a number of reasons and I can say that if you're happy where you are with your health and your weight, then more power to you! If not, consider the switch. We eat incredible foods--many of which are just created with simple substitutions in our old favorite recipes. As for bread, I eat it every day--but I eat my healthy grain free bread that I make myself. Don't roll your eyes and say you don't have time, it's a dump recipe with no kneading or rise time and the bread is completely made in 40 minutes (35 of which is in the oven).

Here are a few things that we eat--see if they sound familiar:

Hamburgers and fries
Pancakes and either bacon or sausage
Lasagne
Pizza
Fish tacos
Anything Mexican you can think of!

Of course, we are obsessed with our new food finds in the clean eating world:

Almond butter spinach smoothie
Wraps of all kinds
Incredible bars and bites
Reuban sandwiches (with homeade bread that's amazing)

Now that we've made it a year, I cannot imagine ever eating any of the things we did before. If you're concerned about dropping the wheat, let me say that it is the one thing that caused me the most health problems. I struggled with severe reflux and heartburn and now I have none. This is not unusual with this type of eating.

Anyway, a year is now behind us and I'm looking forward to many more. Food has never tasted so good!

Happy eating!