Going healthy, more than ever is a big priority in my home. The first thing you think of when going healthy is to get off your butt, get moving and “eat” healthy. So if you’re anything like me, you go online and search for Diet Food. But what exactly is Diet Food? Instead of saying you’re going on a diet, which usually means you are going to deprive yourself from one thing or another, why don’t we change the way we look at Diet food? Are you thinking of going on a Vegetarian, Vegan, or Plant Based - Whole Foods diet? What does it all mean and what are the benefits of each? Do you believe in enjoying everything in moderation?

Just to get things straight, I’m not here to sway you to any particular diet. I am however here to motivate you to join me and get healthy.

Vegetarian Diet: In general, a vegetarian is someone who doesn’t eat meat. But there are several kinds of vegetarian diets.

• Lacto-ovo : Vegetarians eat milk products-such as milk, cheese, and yogurt-and eggs, but no meat, poultry, seafood, or fish.
• Lacto-vegetarians : Eat milk products, but not eggs, meat, poultry, seafood, or fish.
• Pescetarian : Is the practice of a diet that includes seafood but not the flesh of other animals.
• Vegans : Total vegetarians. They eat only plant foods. They don’t eat food that comes from animals in any way, including milk products, eggs, honey, and gelatin (which comes from bones and other animal tissue). According to information posted on vegan.org a Vegan is someone who, for various reasons, chooses to avoid using or consuming animal products including, dairy, eggs, fur, leather, wool, down, cosmetics, chemicals and animal testing.
• Semi-vegetarian : Many people are semi-vegetarian or flexitarian - most of the diet is vegetarian, but sometimes they may eat meat, poultry, seafood, fish, and/or eggs.
• Plant based - Whole foods Diet: eat whole or minimally processed plants, primarily fruits, vegetables, whole grains, tubers, and legumes. It excludes or minimizes animal-based foods such as meat (including poultry and fish), dairy, and eggs, as well as refined foods like bleached flour, refined sugar, and oil.

Wheuu… That was a lot of info.

REAL FOOD : Because we see the benefits of each of these “diets”, we have decided moderation is key. But wait, you said you were going healthy! Yes, yes we are, and how you might ask? We are going to be cutting out processed food and switching to REAL FOOD. I will further explain the details on what we are going to be eating and drinking in my next post, but in general we are cutting out the JUNK!

So… Who is in?

I will be sharing a printable grocery list soon for all those willing to join me. Make sure you are my Facebook friend for free downloads!