Post Clean eating - before and after (Pictures)

Asher_Ethan

TL;DR -The pictures on the LEFT are when I was 100% clean eating.... Yes the pictures on the left. Pictures on the right are my diet of pizza, french fries and pasta!




I was told by MANY people that, "Oh all you need to do is eat clean and you can eat as much as you want!" And for someone that is always hungry and never full, I thought this was awesome. Well after a year of clean eating I did lose 15 pounds but then I started gaining weight... I was so confused. I was spending soooooo much money on whole organic foods and gaining weight?! I decided to try MFP... I set it to lose .5 pounds a week (because if I was eating all healthy food I would probably lose like 2 pounds a week <--- what I actually thought) I started coming on the forums and I learned everything I have learned about losing weight is wrong:

A calorie is a calorie no matter what?
I can eat pizza and lose weight?
I can eat butter and lose weight?! (butter is my favorite food)
I don't HAVE to eat breakfast if I don't want to?
Eating 5 small meals during the day WON'T make my metabolism faster?
I can still drink alcoholic beverages?
I can eat after 7pm and it won't be stored as fat?! <

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Once I learned this wasn't true... the last 7 pounds just fell off.


The picture on the left I'm about 168 and the picture on the right I'm about 149. The 2 pictures were taken 4 months apart.

I still have 15 pounds to lose to my, "goal weight," but I want to weigh that much by July 2016 so I'll still with my .5 pounds a week to lose until then.

arditarose

Oh my gosh. Thank you for sharing this.

megeandemos

So what exactly do you eat now? I've been eatting clean and lost some weight but I was told to do a flexible diet now.

Serah87

WTG OP!!!!

DuckReconMajor

yeeehaw. you go!

Actually, I have about 13 lb left to go, July 2016 seems like a reasonable time frame. I think I'll adopt it!

VeganAmandaJ

Very cool and I love it! This is why flexible eating wins.

Asher_Ethan

megeandemos wrote: »

So what exactly do you eat now? I've been eatting clean and lost some weight but I was told to do a flexible diet now.

I eat what I want now... But in moderation... I will still eat vegetables because those are lower and calories... But I still get butter when it fits in my calories and that's amazing...

carlhall3

I have to agree with you. For the longest time I tried the same thing as far as eating healthy and working out and nothing came off. So after reading more and doing some research, I learned if your body burns off more calories than it takes in, you will drop the pounds. If anyone looks at my eating log they will see this is true.

AlexanderAmelia

How tall are you? p.s. you look amazing!

Asher_Ethan

AlexanderAmelia wrote: »

How tall are you? p.s. you look amazing!

5'9"

eatgoodeat

Kalikel

You do NOT look like a person with fifteen pounds to lose.

Congratulations of your successful loss. Be careful, though. Don't get too thin.

eshnna

Congratulations you are an inspiration

eshnna

eatgoodeat wrote: »

pariskathryn

Yaaaasssss

gherring2014

Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this! It's ALL true! And when you tell people this, no one believes you! Pft.

meddaugh48

You look great!

rocky11200

awsome job

MommysLittleMeatball

I love this post so much I want to marry it.

However, I also agree with this comment:

Kalikel wrote: »

You do NOT look like a person with fifteen pounds to lose.

Congratulations of your successful loss. Be careful, though. Don't get too thin.

You look great!

auddii

Awesome job. You look fabulous!

vinerie

Great job!!

TheVirgoddess

Great job!

TavistockToad

You have 15lbs to lose from the picture on the right? :huh:

mwebster01

Kalikel wrote: »

You do NOT look like a person with fifteen pounds to lose.

Congratulations of your successful loss. Be careful, though. Don't get too thin.

I was thinking that too.

DeterminedFee201426

Asher_Ethan wrote: »

TL;DR -The pictures on the LEFT are when I was 100% clean eating.... Yes the pictures on the left. Pictures on the right are my diet of pizza, french fries and pasta!




I was told by MANY people that, "Oh all you need to do is eat clean and you can eat as much as you want!" And for someone that is always hungry and never full, I thought this was awesome. Well after a year of clean eating I did lose 15 pounds but then I started gaining weight... I was so confused. I was spending soooooo much money on whole organic foods and gaining weight?! I decided to try MFP... I set it to lose .5 pounds a week (because if I was eating all healthy food I would probably lose like 2 pounds a week <--- what I actually thought) I started coming on the forums and I learned everything I have learned about losing weight is wrong:

A calorie is a calorie no matter what?
I can eat pizza and lose weight?
I can eat butter and lose weight?! (butter is my favorite food)
I don't HAVE to eat breakfast if I don't want to?
Eating 5 small meals during the day WON'T make my metabolism faster?
I can still drink alcoholic beverages?
I can eat after 7pm and it won't be stored as fat?! <

---

Once I learned this wasn't true... the last 7 pounds just fell off.


The picture on the left I'm about 168 and the picture on the right I'm about 149. The 2 pictures were taken 4 months apart.

I still have 15 pounds to lose to my, "goal weight," but I want to weigh that much by July 2016 so I'll still with my .5 pounds a week to lose until then.

WoW! nice!

MamaOfThree88

WTG! Unfortunately, this does not apply to everyone. As someone with autoimmune disease, it is best to do an AIP Paleo/Gluten Free lifestyle. In the 3 months I've done it, I lost 33lbs and counting! Not saying that what you are doing is wrong, but clean eating is the way to go for some!

Hornsby

Love this thread...just sayin'.

Watch_Me_Rise

Are you strength training as well?

Drewlssix

Good job, I downed an entire pint of icecream last night, was still down this morning

stephanierosemfp

Love this post! Thank you for sharing!

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