i dont understand what a "dirty eater" is...??

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  • ironrat79
    ironrat79 Posts: 273 Member
    This is pretty dirty

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    I hope that's cake
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    This is pretty dirty

    59417-messy-baby-eating-birthday-cake-picking-nose.jpeg

    I hope that's cake

    :sick:
  • alisonmarytuck
    alisonmarytuck Posts: 68 Member
    Well i might have known this query would result in some of the very predictable suggestions ....but thankyou also for the sensible ones!!!
  • I just read an article on "clean eating", which is no processed foods, lean meats, whole wheat breads, hard cheeses (once you get to start adding dairy back in), veggies, fruits, etc. (too long to go through it all, but u get the idea) I am assuming "dirty eating" is the opposite. Processed foods, fatty meats, etc.....
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    See this phrase quite a lot in posts ..what does it mean?

    I don't shower between my morning run and my first meal.

    Does that count?
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    what if you drink non-filtered water, does it then make the rest of the meal "dirty"?
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    no processed foods
    whole wheat breads
    hard cheeses

    These are mutually exclusive.

    Whole wheat bread and cheese are prime examples of processed food.
    "clean eating", which is no processed foods, lean meats
    "dirty eating" is.. fatty meats

    Why is lean meat "clean" but fatty meat "dirty"??
  • Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?
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    Bacon cheeseburger: dirty because its made with high fat meats and probably white processed bread. Chicken breast: clean because it is a low fat meat and eaten without bread. I agree with first quote, keep things in moderation and you will lose weight.
  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    See this phrase quite a lot in posts ..what does it mean?

    I don't shower between my morning run and my first meal.

    Does that count?

    Just chew an Orbit and we're all good. :wink: :drinker:

    edited because i'm stoopid.
  • oxers
    oxers Posts: 259 Member
    Yeah, someone already mentioned it, but the most important aspect of "clean eating" as it's usually defined is whole, unprocessed foods. No chemicals, no treatments, no preservatives, that kind of thing. It's a really specious concept that doesn't really work in the modern food culture, if you ask me, and there's definitely an anti-progress, anti-technology undercurrent to it? Clean eaters, paleo, all that nonsense.

    You're better off minding your macros, I think. I eat "clean" most of the time, but damned if I don't snack dirty.
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.

    Fat does not clog arteries.

    The entire idea that fatty meat is "dirty" while lean meat is "clean" is ridiculous beyond belief and is a fundamental violation of the entire history of humanity.
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    See this phrase quite a lot in posts ..what does it mean?

    I don't shower between my morning run and my first meal.

    Does that count?

    Just chew an Orbit and we're all good. :wink: :drinker:

    Oh, there will come a day...!

    :flowerforyou:
  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    I just read an article on "clean eating", which is no processed foods, lean meats, whole wheat breads, hard cheeses ...

    Bread and cheese are both highly processed foods.

    So are lean meats, for that matter.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.

    lol there is nothing wrong with getting x percent of your diet from fat ..I aim for about 30% from fat in my macros...
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    no processed foods
    whole wheat breads
    hard cheeses

    These are mutually exclusive.

    Whole wheat bread and cheese are prime examples of processed food.
    "clean eating", which is no processed foods, lean meats
    "dirty eating" is.. fatty meats

    Why is lean meat "clean" but fatty meat "dirty"??

    fatty meat is dirty because it has the word "fatty" in it....
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    remember when you were a kid and you used to make "mud pie" now, that stuff was freaking DIRTY....
  • CarlaMichelle
    CarlaMichelle Posts: 67 Member
    "Yeah, baby. Gimme that cookie….Oh, you like that cookie? You like it when I bite that cookie? ….. I'm going to lick that chocolate chip right off of you, cookie……Mmmmmm."

    Love this!
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    "Yeah, baby. Gimme that cookie….Oh, you like that cookie? You like it when I bite that cookie? ….. I'm going to lick that chocolate chip right off of you, cookie……Mmmmmm."

    FR sent :love:
  • FatFreeFrolicking
    FatFreeFrolicking Posts: 4,252 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.

    lol there is nothing wrong with getting x percent of your diet from fat ..I aim for about 30% from fat in my macros...

    No one said there was anything wrong with that…
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.

    lol there is nothing wrong with getting x percent of your diet from fat ..I aim for about 30% from fat in my macros...

    No one said there was anything wrong with that…

    As long as it's not animal fat, right?

    Sheesh.
  • DWBalboa
    DWBalboa Posts: 37,259 Member
    I guess it depends on what your eating and how you eat it. ;-)

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  • DamePiglet
    DamePiglet Posts: 3,730 Member
    I guess it depends on what your eating and how you eat it. ;-)

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    thank gawd someone finally posted a pic worthy of this thread title.
    the video is probably more instructional tho.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    Generally it is someone that eats what they want when they want it as long as it fits in their daily calorie/macros goal. So if you want to eat a bacon cheeseburger, fries, pop and a twinkie, you do as long as it fits in your daily goals. Where as a "clean eater" would generally choose chicken breasts, vegetables, fruit, water. Both are fine. You will lose weight as long as you eat at a deficit. I wouldn't recommend eating "dirty" 100% of the time, partly because it would be hard to maintain a deficit, especially if your calorie goal is lower. I think a good rule is 80/20. Eat healthy 80% of the time, but enjoy the things you love. Don't be afraid of "junk" food.

    What makes a bacon cheeseburger dirty and a chicken breast clean? Does the combination of meat, bread, and veggies somehow make it dirty? If you had these things separately, would they go back to their "clean" state?

    Bacon cheeseburger: full of artery-clogging fat and grease.

    Chicken breast: lean, low-fat protein.

    Easy now! Those are fightin' words.
  • lautour
    lautour Posts: 89 Member
    So clean eating is eating a low fat diet? Or eating "non processed" foods? Because I don't see why fatty meat is somehow more "processed" than lean meat, I really don't.
  • LoupGarouTFTs
    LoupGarouTFTs Posts: 916 Member

    lol there is nothing wrong with getting x percent of your diet from fat ..I aim for about 30% from fat in my macros...

    No one said there was anything wrong with that…

    Just labeling a food as "dirty" implies that there's something wrong with it. In my opinion, demonizing any kind of food is just one step away from giving an eating disorder a foothold.
  • ingraha
    ingraha Posts: 99 Member
    I don't think anyone really knows but when people like to write about it they like how it sounds so they just say it
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I guess it depends on what your eating and how you eat it. ;-)

    blake-lively-leighton-meester-ice-cream-750x525_large.jpg

    thank gawd someone finally posted a pic worthy of this thread title.
    the video is probably more instructional tho.

    QFT
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    She's a dirty eater

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  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    . At the root is a way to cut down on process foods and refined sugars, which is always good for helping promote better eating habits.
    In my experience if often leads to unnecessary alarmism and unhealthy outcomes.