Did you lose more weight on Clean eaing or calorie deficit

emilycarr71404

Thanks for all the feed back. It was helpful to see what everyone thought. While I will probably still have a day where I eat IIFM for one meal, I will try to eat healthfully. I find I feel better and stick to healthy eating more where I eat healthy rather than indulge in something processed or too junk-foody. I'm not bashing junk food. It isn't realistic to expect never to eat junk food again; however, I will try and focus on a calorie deficit with foods that are healthier.

rjmudlax13

Thanks for all the feed back. It was helpful to see what everyone thought. While I will probably still have a day where I eat IIFM for one meal, I will try to eat healthfully. I find I feel better and stick to healthy eating more where I eat healthy rather than indulge in something processed or too junk-foody. I'm not bashing junk food. It isn't realistic to expect never to eat junk food again; however, I will try and focus on a calorie deficit with foods that are healthier.

I think that is a great diet philosophy. I feel the same way. I like to eat fresh fruits and veges, lean cuts of meat and fish, and whole grains most of the time because I feel much better when I do. However, I am not going to restrict myself from the occasional slice of pizza or ice cream because I can’t imagine going the rest of my life without them! Also, when you restrict yourself so much to eating "clean" food only, I believe you have more of a tendency to binge, especially when you "cheat". You also learn how to eat "junk" food in reasonable quantities which is much more important than whether it is "clean" or not.

I think people get there priorities mixed up when dieting.

-The first priority is to control your calorie intake as well as increasing calorie expenditure as much as reasonably possible.
-Second is to figure out what your macronutrient needs are and hit your set percentages the best you can.
-Third is to obtain an adequate amount of micronutrients and fiber from food and make up any shortcomings with legitimate multi vitamins/minerals, if necessary.

Lastly, after you get the above down pat, you can "clean up" your diet if you'd like to. This can include eating foods that you believe are more sustainable for the planet; figuring out if you have any allergies or intolerances; eating foods that make you feel more energized and limiting foods that drain you; etc.

As a side note, stay away from all the BS such as raspberry ketones, grapefruit diets, mocha coffee milkshake vinegar enemas, etc. Also, I am careful not to forget that there are a lot of medical conditions that exist which could impact all of the above, so you want to make sure you have a good dialog with your doctor.

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