IT IS SO HARD TO COUNTER CALORIES...

penrbrown

WHEN YOU'RE EATING CLEAN!

You have to work so much harder. All the calorie numbers aren't neatly on a package. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY ENTER YOUR RECIPES!

*throws stuff around* RAWR RAWR RAWRRRRRRR

*huff huff*

But for serious. It's not easy.

Couple of points of advice after struggling with clean eating for years.

1) NEVER guess how much your food is. Always enter your recipe into the recipe maker provided by MFP.

2) Remember how much better you feel when you aren't eating packaged food.

3) Do not binge eat chocolate (unless you want to).

That is all. I'm out. *wanders off to enter more recipes* RAWRIOWEILJSKLFJI

penrbrown

Counter calories? WTF brain. What a stupid spelling mistake... *wanders off again while quietly mocking self under her breath*

SoDamnHungry

Counter calories? WTF brain. What a stupid spelling mistake... *wanders off again while quietly mocking self under her breath*

Sounds like somebody needs to binge on chocolate.

wheird

Block or parry and then follow through with your elbow and go on the offensive, pressing them hard while they are off balance.

TheSlorax

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

SailorKnightWing

How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"

All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.

Holly_Roman_Empire

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Because clean foods = magical properties!

penrbrown

Block or parry and then follow through with your elbow and go on the offensive, pressing them hard while they are off balance.

*practices that* Okay! I got this!

penrbrown

How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"

All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.

Not different at all! And what foods are you buying???? Mine don't come with bar codes. >.<

Holly_Roman_Empire

How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"

All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.

They grow apples with barcodes on them now?! And to think all those years I was a cashier at the grocery store, I had to enter all those PLU numbers...

penrbrown

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Because clean foods = magical properties!

Dum du du DUMMMM!

*eats clean*

*is suddenly skinny*

I've been eating clean for over two years. I am still fat. :P

penrbrown

How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"

All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.

They grow apples with barcodes on them now?! And to think all those years I was a cashier at the grocery store, I had to enter all those PLU numbers...

heheheheheheheheheh.

We just met,
and this is craaaazy,
but I think you're real funny,
so call me maybe?

SailorKnightWing

You guys seriously don't have the bar codes on the stickers?

Escape_Artist

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Because clean foods = magical properties!

Yes cause clean food grows in unicorn poop fertilizer and therefore it has the magical property of never making you gain weight! No matter how much you eat!

penrbrown

You guys seriously don't have the bar codes on the stickers?

Most of my foods don't have bar codes OR stickers. My meat is home grown. My vegetables usually lack any stickers. My bananas are the only fruit that has stickers on them and those stickers lack a bar code that scans.

FredDoyle

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Great news!

<eats 5 x 12 oz steaks and a bushel of apples for dinner>

Holly_Roman_Empire

You guys seriously don't have the bar codes on the stickers?

No, we have stickers that have the PLU number on them, and that's it. The only fruit I've ever scanned is the stuff that comes pre-packaged, like cherry tomatoes.

The fact that your fruit is scannable is a moot point because you still have to weigh it at home to know how many calories you eat. Not every apple at the store is the same.

Escape_Artist

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Great news!

<eats 5 x 12 oz steaks and a bushel of apples for dinner>

You better share some of that :blushing:

tilmoph

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Eh, maybe. I can see where someone might not need to, but then again, I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out how those people would get notably overweight to start with.

I mean the logic makes a bit of sense; high volume of low calorie foods leading to decreased overall calorie consumption, but that makes a lot of assumptions about the person in question, like how their appetite works, how well they receive and process fullness signals, etc. So I wouldn't say it's clean eating in and of itself that wold let you just not care about calorie counting and macro tracking, it would be more on the individual themself, who may or may not have the same ability regardless of specific food restrictions/requirements/however you want to phrase it.

Holly_Roman_Empire

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

Because clean foods = magical properties!

Dum du du DUMMMM!

*eats clean*

*is suddenly skinny*

I've been eating clean for over two years. I am still fat. :P

*eats cereal every morning, pizza lunchable for lunch, and various frozen entrees for dinner*

*still lost 1 pound this week*

SezxyStef

you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.

OMG..seriously..:explode: :explode: :explode:

See clean eating doesn't get bashed...this type of fallacy does...

Get a grip you have to count calories to lose weight.