In a calorie deficit but not losing weight

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  • leah9985
    leah9985 Posts: 66 Member
    yirara wrote: »
    leah9985 wrote: »
    Sijomial - I don’t actually know why to be honest. I think because when I see these diet plans from a lot of personal trainers etc, there isn’t a slice of cheese in site. If there is then it’s protein cheese (which I recently found out was a thing!). I guess I’m scared to eat anything other than non processed foods. The worst thing in my diet at the moment is a little bit of salad cream or Mayo on my salad 🤦🏻‍♀️

    For some reason clean eating is a buzzword. It's marketing. If you don't put it into your diet plan or poster at the gym then you appear backwards and not up to the task of giving your client the wonderful, fitnessmodel-like body so many people dream of. It's nothing more than advertising. It's the same as business buzzwords like synergy, vertical, dynamic, cyber, strategy, etc. It means nothing but makes you look cool, up to the task, knowledgeable.

    Eat what you like. If you want to make changes or experiment then just do it. Maybe try small changes at a time and don't be afraid to stop if it doesn't work. What food works for you, makes you happy and feel satiated is totally individual. You can learn to like certain foods where you now say Eeeeewww! but your body might not learn to feel full on certain types of food. Genetics. Also, enjoy your cheese, log it, be happy. I leave about 200-300 calories each day just for snacks. That might include a dessert, bit of candy, but also fruit (fruit doesn't fill me up but is yummy).

    Wow! I never actually thought of it like this, that it is like a form of advertising. That completely makes sense. It’s scary that you can be made to feel that only eating certain foods will make you lose weight, whereas, after speaking to all of you on here, that clearly isn’t the case.

    I want to eat to feel good and actually enjoy my food, so it’s good to get some clarity on all of this.

    Thank you so much for your advice and help, I massively appreciate it x
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    ninerbuff wrote: »
    leah9985 wrote: »
    That’s great thank you all so much! It’s so good to get what I would say is an expert opinion. You all sound like experts!
    I will of course stick with it, I had no intention of quitting as I feel great and I will celebrate the change regardless of whether the number on the scales moves.
    Just one other thing, I’m not sure if anyone knows, but is cream cheese (such as phillidelphia), acceptable on a clean eating diet? I know cheese seems to be a big no no (especially cheddar), but I’m not sure where I stand with soft cheeses. I am thinking of lunchtime choices and wondered if eating ryvita and cream cheese is an option. I want to be as lean as possible so don’t want to risk eating a food that could prevent that. Thanks in advance xx
    Leanness come's from low body fat and that has more to do with your calorie deficit than what you're eating overall. You could eat pizza and get lean. I know cause I've done it many times.

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    Well now, you can't pick the example of eating only the perfect food and getting great results - that's to be expected.

    Ditto's to pizza. Especially if you have your own few recipes to rotate between.
    Of course I didn't do that - don't even want to mention the "processed" versions I was eating!
  • KickboxFanatic
    KickboxFanatic Posts: 184 Member
    leah9985 wrote: »
    I am 5ft 2inch tall and I weigh 61.2kg. My goal weight is 54kg.

    Hi Leah,

    I've not seen anyone mention this yet but as you're already at a healthy BMI (5'2" 61.2kg (135lb) of 24.7, weight loss is going to come very slowly. Hopefully you've chosen a healthy rate of loss of half a pound (.23 kg) per week.

  • Tami_H
    Tami_H Posts: 67 Member
    Thanks for all the great ideas here. I am trying to clean up my eating too. This is a good reminder not to be too strict. The article above was great!
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Shall we play the game "Let's judge if my lunch was clean or unclean."?
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    Avocado - High fat, high calories but oh so trendy and fashionable so lets say clean.
    Bacon - Dirty! Dirty! Dirty! Far too tasty to be clean and of course processed.
    Cannellini beans - Fibre and protein, a bit trendy for the plant-based eaters so must be clean. But wait, they came in a can so does that make a virtuous item unclean as it was processed and packaged in a factory?
    Toasted pine nuts - Not actually a nut but must be a good single ingredient item and as they are seeds maybe a superfood (whatever that means). But wait - they were browned in the same frying pan as the bacon so are they now "contaminated" and therefore now unclean?
    Lettuce - Salad and raw so clean. Virtually no calories with reputation you burn more calories eating it than you get from it (false). Hurrah, the more you eat the slimmer you will be! (False.)
    Tomato - Clean! Not as good as my home-grown and no doubt grown under glass but I will forgive them for that to get fresh tomatoes in January.
    Balsamic vinegar dressing - if only it had been ACV the weight would be dropping off me!!!! ;)

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