Welcome Friends!

Welcome and thank you for visiting my very first blog, and very first post! The reason I am starting this blog, is because I think...err hope that there are more people out there like me! And by like me, I mean trying to eat cleaner, make smarter choices, get a little "crunchy" and improve overall health for mind, body and spirit.

Over the last year or so, I have been learning more and more about the cleaner lifestyle. Am I one of those skinny girls that's converted to 100% raw vegan, runs 97 miles per day and only buys pure organic products or makes my own while sipping my green juice? No. Gosh no. Not by a long shot actually. I am not skinny, I only run when being chased, and quite frankly...I can't afford to buy pure organic everything! I'm just a woman that's learning how to make better food & lifestyle choices and doing the very best I can, with what I can.

It can get overwhelming, boy can it ever. It seems each day there's something new I read about or hear about is good for you or bad for you, only to be contradicted by the next person. Last April I started my first green smoothie challenge, only to read critic after critic posting warnings of the sugar content from the fruit, the carbs, the calories, or the candida overgrowth it could cause...Canda-what?! Here I thought I was doing something good, no GREAT, for my body by adding all these fruits and veggies to my daily diet, and now these people are warning me against it? Warning me against eating TOO MANY veggies or fruits? Talk about making me scratch my head and wonder!

And that pretty much sums up all of my experiences so far with my cleaner living attempt. It's rough. You've got doctors pushing low-fat, sugar free products and suggesting you watch your calories, you've got weight loss clinics that monitor your carbs down to the microgram, that advise you to limit fruits or vegetables (yes, LIMIT or avoid them...ugh!), and the list goes on and on.

So, I've decided to start this blog so that I can share my experiences and findings with other people that are trying to live and eat cleaner too, but just aren't quite there, or on their way, or only doing what they can, when they can. Like me :)

I hope you enjoy, and let's take this journey together!