what foods can I eat

FatCopThinCop

I have been eating clean for near 1 month. I lost 12 lbs but haven't lost anymore even though I am killing myself at the gym and saying "No" to foods that I can't have any.longer at the diner table and desert table too. So I thought I would come to this blog to find out what else I should be eating to help promote the weight loss I am longing for.

Any help would be wonderful,

Thanks

FatCopThinCop

WBB55

Eat any food you like, just eat under your calorie goal.

DemoraFairy

Anything you're allergic to, intolerant of, is out of date, or you just don't like.

Other than that, eat away, just fit it into your calorie goal.

msf74

FatCopThinCop wrote: »

but haven't lost anymore even though I am killing myself at the gym

How long has it been since you last lost any weight, in terms of weeks, and when did you first start hitting it hard in the gym?

PinkPixiexox

There is no need to say 'No' to tasty food
Just 'No' to too much.

People have this misconception that to eat healthily,you have to eat bland, colourless, natural foods. It isn't always the case and it CERTAINLY isn't sustainable in the long run. Find out what works for you.

I eat whatever I want - literally anything, even chocolate - but as long as I'm eating at a deficit, I lose weight! You don't need to be 'killing yourself at the gym' either. Don't push yourself too hard.

It's down to you - if you make this hard, you're going to be reluctant to keep it up. It doesn't have to be blood, sweat and tears. You can do this without losing your sanity!

Good luck.

booksandchocolate12

I've lost 40 lbs eating dirty.

I eat what I like, just in lesser quantities.

callsitlikeiseeit

i eat all kinds of 'crap' food and have lost 70 some pounds.

if youre not weighing and accurately logging your food, you might want to consider doing so....

beemerphile1

Eat whatever you want. Weight loss is about calories. Most tend to eat more satiating foods and avoid high calorie foods but that is to avoid excessive hunger. In reality you can eat anything you want providing you stay within your calorie goal.

bpetrosky

FatCopThinCop wrote: »

I have been eating clean for near 1 month. I lost 12 lbs but haven't lost anymore even though I am killing myself at the gym and saying "No" to foods that I can't have any.longer at the diner table and desert table too. So I thought I would come to this blog to find out what else I should be eating to help promote the weight loss I am longing for.

Any help would be wonderful,

Thanks

FatCopThinCop

Firstly, you've lost 12 lbs in a month. That's actually ahead of the curve but a chunk of that is probably initial shedding of water weight. It sounds like you're losing at a rate that is reasonable if you have a fair bit to lose.

You should look into incorporating these ideas into your plan and see how you can make them work best for you:

• Set MFP up to your current stats and rate of weight loss and it will give you a target of calories to eat to.
• Learn about your TDEE, and how the MFP calorie target sets a calorie deficit to promote losing weight.
• Experiment with the mix of proteins, fats, and carbs that help satisfy you while staying in that target
• Learn how to manage social occasions, dining out, and allowing treats by "banking calories" and budgeting for regular treats
• Learn to use a food scale to improve your logging accuracy
• Learn how exercise calories can be overestimated so you should be conservative when eating back the calories you earned.
• Measure your progress. Weight alone is a start, but using tape or calipers and photographs help document progress in more ways
• Understand that weight loss is not linear, there will be plateaus and occasional setbacks
• Weight loss will slow down the closer you get to your goals. 2 lb/wk is reasonable when you have a lot to lose, but it will ultimately get closer to 1 lb/wk and slower as you progress.

Hope this helps, good luck.

LivingtheLeanDream

WBB55 wrote: »

Eat any food you like, just eat under your calorie goal.

^^ +1

kdz526

booksandchocolate12 wrote: »

I've lost 40 lbs eating dirty.

had to giggle at the eating dirty...in my head the word was drug out...diiiirrrtyyy

sheermomentum

Forget about eating "clean." Eat whatever you want as long as you eat fewer calories than your body uses each day, and you will lose weight. You don't mention that you've been logging your eating, so if you haven't, that would be the next step.

lemurcat12

FatCopThinCop wrote: »

So I thought I would come to this blog to find out what else I should be eating to help promote the weight loss I am longing for.

If you aren't losing, eat fewer calories. You can't promote weight loss by choosing specific foods. Eating "clean" usually means eating foods that have fewer calories per volume on average (although not always) and which require more work to prepare (cooking from whole foods), so you avoid snacking on high calorie things, or at least a lot of people do. And lots of people also find getting more fiber and adequate protein (which often happens when you "eat clean" but won't necessarily, as the term doesn't actually mean anything) will result in them being more full and thus happier on less food.

If you are tracking and think your calories are already on the low side, it might be an issue in figuring out the logging--sometimes it's challenging at first, as there are lots of messed up entries in the database and you need to learn to recognize them.

Edit: oh, I missed that you've lost 12 lbs in a month. That's great. It's normal to stall for a week or 2, especially if you've lost a bunch -- when you say you haven't been losing what do you mean?

kristen6350

All of the food. Just less of them.

juggernaut1974

kristen6350 wrote: »

All of the food. Just less of them.

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SaffronSunrise

booksandchocolate12 wrote: »

I've lost 40 lbs eating dirty.

I eat what I like, just in lesser quantities.

Eatin durty. I love it! I had a bagel with cream cheese this morning. Just means I have to eat less for dinner tonight.

esaucier17

If you eat clean...I would find a group. They can give you a lot of ideas. A lot of people here will tell you to eat what you want but less. It's totally up to you. But like I said if you WANT to eat clean...search the groups...good luck

FatCopThinCop

msf74 wrote: »

FatCopThinCop wrote: »

but haven't lost anymore even though I am killing myself at the gym

How long has it been since you last lost any weight, in terms of weeks, and when did you first start hitting it hard in the gym?

FatCopThinCop

It's been awhile again. Like three weeks.

Packerjohn

sheermomentum wrote: »

Forget about eating "clean." Eat whatever you want as long as you eat fewer calories than your body uses each day, and you will lose weight. You don't mention that you've been logging your eating, so if you haven't, that would be the next step.

But make sure to get your macro and micro nutrients for good health..

Protranser

If you're seeing a trend develop over 4-6 weeks of losing and gaining the same pounds, then it's not about what you can't eat, it's about how much you are eating. Eat less of what you're eating now. Get a kitchen scale and start weighing your food if you're not doing this yet.

kshama2001

@FatCopThinCop - I'm all for eating more organic and less ultra processed food, but how much of them is really key for weight loss. Do you use a digital food scale and weigh all your solid foods and measure your liquids?

Kalikel

To lose weight, you can eat absolutely anything, so long as you eat little enough of it.

Healthy food is eaten because you want a healthy body and because it tastes good, when prepared in yummy ways. If you want to learn a little about eating healthy, you can start here:

https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/30/2013/04/HEPApr2013.jpg

http://www.fitness.gov/eat-healthy/how-to-eat-healthy/

Camo_xxx

It may help if you keep those 3 things separate.

Calorie deficit is required to lose fat........ There is now way around this fact
Working out is done for fitness....... Killing yourself in the gym doesn't equal losing fat. Strength and endurance are your goals here
Eating clean is your choice of foods....... Think of "clean eating" as your food fashion or your style.