Clean eating vs Paleo vs Atkins

I have a lot of people in my life with a lot of opinions on which is the best way to go etc as far as lifestyle changes and dietary needs.

Last month a health scare of a dear friend kind of shifted things for her.  She had a brain tumor removed and is now dare I say scared SHITLESS of this thing killing her.  Honestly so  is her family. But she's also afraid the same thing might happen to people she loves dearly Since I love her dearly and I want to support her!  She's kind of tuned towards the Paleo Diet.

Then another dear friend Kim, her hubby has amazing success with Atkins.

I'm interested in both. I'm interested in changing our lifestyle to simple clean eating.

Which brings me to this- I grew a garden.

I did. And it turned out ok.  I have tons of zucchini, egg plants, cucumbers,tomato, cabbage.  All super delicious! All super healthy.  Thats when I learned I can do this.  I can implement some form of healthy living. I can exercise, eat right, and hopefully lose weight.  This clean living/eating will help me to maintain things and I can hopefully get back to indulging once in awhile the things I love...like chocolate cake.

I should also explain that I am mostly writing this blog to myself.  I want to be able to go back and see that I met my goal. That I documented and help myself accountable.  I can do this.