Clean eating here I come.....
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Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
What???? Are you all on something today?
Where did I state that everyone on here has told OP she's wrong to eat less processed food?
Crikey Moses.0 -
The "Each to their own.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
What???? Are you all on something today?
Where did I state that everyone on here has told OP she's wrong to eat less processed food?
Crikey Moses." certainly seems to imply that someone has. I mean, who's the "each" who thinks it's wrong?
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
The "Each to their own.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
What???? Are you all on something today?
Where did I state that everyone on here has told OP she's wrong to eat less processed food?
Crikey Moses." certainly seems to imply that someone has. I mean, who's the "each" who thinks it's wrong?
Err how's about you stop reading into people's comments too much? I don't eat "clean". So I'm just saying if that's what floats her boat then off she goes.
Honestly I despair with this forum some days. It's not all about jumping on everyone who posts something that you want to misconstrue. I was talking to the OP. No one else.0 -
Well, if you're just saying the same thing that everyone else has said, you could stand to be more clear about it. OP has repeatedly been told that it's fine but not required.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
The "Each to their own.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
What???? Are you all on something today?
Where did I state that everyone on here has told OP she's wrong to eat less processed food?
Crikey Moses." certainly seems to imply that someone has. I mean, who's the "each" who thinks it's wrong?
Err how's about you stop reading into people's comments too much? I don't eat "clean". So I'm just saying if that's what floats her boat then off she goes.
Honestly I despair with this forum some days. It's not all about jumping on everyone who posts something that you want to misconstrue. I was talking to the OP. No one else.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
Well, if you're just saying the same thing that everyone else has said, you could stand to be more clear about it. OP has repeatedly been told that it's fine but not required.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
The "Each to their own.NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »DeguelloTex wrote: »
Can you cite a post in which someone, anyone, stated or implied that there was something wrong with eating less processed food if one wants to?NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
To the OP... There is nothing wrong with eating less processed food if it makes you feel good inside. Each to their own.
What???? Are you all on something today?
Where did I state that everyone on here has told OP she's wrong to eat less processed food?
Crikey Moses." certainly seems to imply that someone has. I mean, who's the "each" who thinks it's wrong?
Err how's about you stop reading into people's comments too much? I don't eat "clean". So I'm just saying if that's what floats her boat then off she goes.
Honestly I despair with this forum some days. It's not all about jumping on everyone who posts something that you want to misconstrue. I was talking to the OP. No one else.
Sigh.
And I'm out.0 -
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kshama2001 wrote: »Re "convenience foods:" my future mother-in-law sent home a box of Pillsbury Pumpkin Quick Bread for me to make for her.
Ingredients: SUGAR, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHEAT STARCH, DRIED PUMPKIN, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: LEAVENING (BAKING SODA, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CELLULOSE, CINNAMON, CANOLA OIL, NONFAT DRY MILK, CORN STARCH, SPICES, SALT, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS, DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES, CELLULOSE GUM, SODIUM STEAROYL-2-LACTYLATE, YELLOW 5, CITRIC ACID AND BHT (ANTIOXIDANTS), RED 40.
Add milk, oil, eggs
It would have taken just a few minutes more for me to measure out the ingredients and make it from scratch:
Pumpkin Bread I
Makes three 7.5 x 3.5 inch loaves
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon salt
3 cups white sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1/2 cup water
(However, for desserts for myself these days I mostly chose options with less flour and table sugar. Like a dried plum or a few chocolate chips.)
Well, good for you for sticking to processed prunes and processed chocolate chips, but you're using sugar, your all-purpose flour is certainly enriched and could be bleached, there is nothing wrong with wheat starch or dried pumpkin (which is only a little more processed than your canned), dextrose is simply a sugar found in plant tissues like pumpkin, you're using leavening, cellulose is a indigestible dietary fiber that comes from plants and was probably added as a bulking agent, propylene glycol is a preservative found in many products (go into your kitchen, open your cupboards, and start reading), monoglycerides are a lipid and give the bread a soft and chewy texture, sodium stearoyl lactylate is a volumizer that is found in a huge variety of goods (again, open your cupboards), and the food dyes are there because the color has been processed out of the pumpkin. It's not such a scary list after all.0 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »
I find HP is kinda like ketchup with worcestershire and other unidentified stuff. Delicious.
I +1 this description. :drinker:0 -
DeguelloTex wrote: »OP has repeatedly been told that it's fine but not required.
If it's "fine", then there's no need to derail the OP's thread by "repeatedly" telling OP that it's not required.
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juliebowman4 wrote: »Apparently it's necessary to stick around until someone draws blood. Is that how this works?
Pretty much.
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Clean eating to me means no meat. SO yeah... it's meaning is loosely defined.0
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bronkeekong wrote: »Clean eating to me means no meat. SO yeah... it's meaning is loosely defined.
Clean eating......washing ones fruit and veggies before consuming?0 -
How is multiple people saying the same thing derailing a thread? As opposed to, I don't know, extraneous posts about derailing a thread?DeguelloTex wrote: »OP has repeatedly been told that it's fine but not required.
If it's "fine", then there's no need to derail the OP's thread by "repeatedly" telling OP that it's not required.
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DeguelloTex wrote: »
How is multiple people saying the same thing derailing a thread?DeguelloTex wrote: »OP has repeatedly been told that it's fine but not required.
If it's "fine", then there's no need to derail the OP's thread by "repeatedly" telling OP that it's not required.
Oh my.
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If you can, talk to a certified nutritionist. There's a lot of misinformation out there. For example, you only need to go gluten free if you have celiac disease. Also, soy doesn't have all the benefits some claim. I'm allergic to soy and it's in EVERYTHING these days. Find a good farmers' market-it's fun to pick out fruit and veggies and the vendors are very knowledgable on their produce. You can also, for a price, fine organic dairy and eggs, which avoids some of the hormones in animal feed. As for "organic"-that's a loaded word and although legally it has meaning, in the food world it means many different things. 0
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snickerscharlie wrote: »
Cutting down on packaged and prepared foods is always helpful, because if you can make a similar item yourself at home, you have complete control over the ingredients. Especially with items like sodium. But 'processed foods' aren't the debil - like with all foods, how much you eat of them is what really matters. You can consume only organic bananas and bottled water, for example, and still pack on the pounds. There's no magic. There's only CICO.
Very true. It makes sense for most people to eat more healthy by making as many meals from whole, fresh ingredients as often as possible instead of pre-packaged meals and mixes, but it is almost impossible for most people to cut out all processed foods. I like to say I eat as few "convenience foods" as possible. I make my oatmeal from oats rather than packages. I make pancakes from individual ingredients rather than boxed mixes. I rarely eat a frozen dinner. My taco seasoning is a mix of herbs and spices rather than the high sodium stuff that comes in packets. I don't like the term "clean eating" but I do tend to eat the way many describe. I just don't cut out anything.
This.
So moderation?
And it is, indeed, very well stated, as were earlnabby's other posts here.0 -
NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »NobodyPutsAmyInTheCorner wrote: »I ate a Twinkie once. My other half told me how delicious they were.
He was wrong.
Oh boy was he wrong. It tasted like bath sponge with shaving foam injected into the middle of it.
Shudder.
i fail to see the relevance of this ….
There were so many references to Twinkies and not eating clean that my head sort of exploded.
The only people talking about Twinkies were those tossing out the strawman argument that not "eating clean" (which can mean simply including some Greek yogurt in your day) means eating Twinkies 24/7.
I agree with you about the taste of Twinkies (although I haven't had one since I was 10, so maybe I'd like it better now, who knows), but that still doesn't mean that someone who likes them and chooses to occasionally include them in their overall balanced, nutrient-rich diet has sacrificed their health. I have different ideas of what I prefer my indulgences to be, that's all.0 -
There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!0
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blamundson wrote: »There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!
Don't most cookbooks have recipes with whole food ingredients and minimally processed items? I mean, unless you buy a cookbook specifically focused on something like time saving, like a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade, aren't they all fairly "clean" by the vague definitions we've seen?
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Baking soda!0
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juliebowman4 wrote: »juliebowman4 wrote: »Sarasmaintaining wrote: »chezzabelle82 wrote: »I will still be logging my cals but I thought eating non processed stuff would be better for me all round (including losing weight)
Nope. Weight loss is about calories, math and eating at a calorie deficit. Eating certain foods or not eating certain foods will not help or hinder you, it comes down to if you're eating at an appropriate calorie deficit or not.
I *could* eat 1200 calories in twinkies a day and lose weight.
Or I could eat 1200 calories of fish, veggies, eggs and fruit.....and lose weight.
One IS definitely better.
I think this is what the OP meant.
Why is it always 1200 calories of ***insert "junk" food*** vs. Fish, veggies, eggs etc? I've never seen anyone on MFP advocate a Twinkie diet.
I was simply responding to comments made above mine.......
Saying that certain foods won't help or hinder you has not been my experience.
If I pay no attention to the quality of my caloric intake and only focus on quantity......I don't feel good.
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie.......? Not in my day.
So does my own experience cancel out your experience then? Because I've had fantastic results focusing on CICO and eating at a calorie deficit, and continuing to eat ALL the foods I like. That includes things like veggies, whole grains, eggs, fish etc. It also includes things like the ice cream sandwich I just ate, the Subway sandwich I had for lunch yesterday and the Fiesta Salad, served in an awesome tortilla bowl, that I had last night for supper at Big Boy. I don't arbitrarily label any food 'good' or 'bad' and instead eat a wide variety of foods that I like, fitting them into my calorie, nutrition and fitness goals.
The results for me have been an almost 60lb weight loss, and now successful maintenance. More importantly- it's resulted in improved health, including the pretty awesome fact that I'm no longer seeing glucose numbers in the pre-diabetic range. I'm healthy, happy and doing this whole thing in a way that's sustainable for me, for the long term
And I stand by my earlier statement-Weight loss is about calories, math and eating at the appropriate calorie deficit.
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blamundson wrote: »There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!
Don't most cookbooks have recipes with whole food ingredients and minimally processed items? I mean, unless you buy a cookbook specifically focused on something like time saving, like a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade, aren't they all fairly "clean" by the vague definitions we've seen?
^This. Why special recipes?
I was thinking I didn't want to even with another clean eating thread, but she had to mention recipes. I read cook books like other people read novels.
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mamapeach910 wrote: »blamundson wrote: »There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!
Don't most cookbooks have recipes with whole food ingredients and minimally processed items? I mean, unless you buy a cookbook specifically focused on something like time saving, like a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade, aren't they all fairly "clean" by the vague definitions we've seen?
^This. Why special recipes?
I was thinking I didn't want to even with another clean eating thread, but she had to mention recipes. I read cook books like other people read novels.
Ha me too, I'm an avid baker and have hundreds or recipes scattered around my house. I'm that nerd who actually checks out cookbooks from the library
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mamapeach910 wrote: »blamundson wrote: »There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!
Don't most cookbooks have recipes with whole food ingredients and minimally processed items? I mean, unless you buy a cookbook specifically focused on something like time saving, like a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade, aren't they all fairly "clean" by the vague definitions we've seen?
^This. Why special recipes?
I was thinking I didn't want to even with another clean eating thread, but she had to mention recipes. I read cook books like other people read novels.
To the bolded... To sell a product of course! Why not capitalize on the "clean eating" trend by posting recipes that can be found in any cook book in my kitchen already today!
To be fair, that's no different than any other collection of recipes that are rebranded to sell a cookbook, believe me, I have dozens of them myself, and as much as I love them, I rarely use them anymore, but still can't part with them...
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Sarasmaintaining wrote: »mamapeach910 wrote: »blamundson wrote: »There's a great magazine called Clean Eating that has good recipes. Focuses on whole food ingredients and minimal processed items. Good luck!
Don't most cookbooks have recipes with whole food ingredients and minimally processed items? I mean, unless you buy a cookbook specifically focused on something like time saving, like a Sandra Lee Semi Homemade, aren't they all fairly "clean" by the vague definitions we've seen?
^This. Why special recipes?
I was thinking I didn't want to even with another clean eating thread, but she had to mention recipes. I read cook books like other people read novels.
Ha me too, I'm an avid baker and have hundreds or recipes scattered around my house. I'm that nerd who actually checks out cookbooks from the library
Me too!!
I had hubby build me special shelves when we did a kitchen reno......for my collection of cookbooks.
I work in a mostly Mennonite community, they love to give me hand written recipes0 -
My prized possessions? A Women's Day Encylopedia of Cookery from 1965. Twelve volumes of ... I can't begin to describe it. It has so many of those gawd-awful 1950's and early '60's recipes in it. It was given to me by a man my mother dated. It had belonged to his ex, she left it behind when she moved out.
The other is a home ec book that my grandmother had in high school back in the late 1930's, early 1940's (too lazy to get up now and check the publishing date). It has recipes and "homemaking" instruction.0 -
Ohmygod I can so relate!mamapeach910 wrote: »My prized possessions? A Women's Day Encylopedia of Cookery from 1965. Twelve volumes of ... I can't begin to describe it. It has so many of those gawd-awful 1950's and early '60's recipes in it. It was given to me by a man my mother dated. It had belonged to his ex, she left it behind when she moved out.
The other is a home ec book that my grandmother had in high school back in the late 1930's, early 1940's (too lazy to get up now and check the publishing date). It has recipes and "homemaking" instruction.
I found a first edition Better Homes and Gardens at a garage sale.
I'm still giddy about that one and it's been years!
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