Clean Eating Club - Sunday 11/23

cherapple

This "club" is for anyone who wants to eat more natural, "clean" foods. Anyone is welcome to join, and anyone can start the thread each day. Just copy and paste this first message into a new topic. You don't have to follow the diet perfectly, but it's easier than you might think! Let's support each other in the quest to eat whole and natural foods, eliminate cravings, feel full all day long, and melt off body fat. You'll feel like a new person!
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What is clean eating?

"In a nutshell, eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet (S.A.D) These types of food include man-made sugar, bad fats (hydrogenated, trans-fat), preservatives, white bread, and any other ingredients that are unnecessary. An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: If man made it, don’t eat it.

A person who eats clean:

* Eliminates refined sugar
* Eats 5-6 small meals per day
* Combines healthy proteins with complex carbohydrates at every meal, which provides a feeling of fullness
* Drinks a lot of water
* Eliminates alcoholic beverages (or significantly limits them)
* Always eats breakfast.
* Cooks healthy meals
* Packs healthy meals
* Makes healthy choices when dining out."

~Adapted from http://www.eatingcleanworks.com

cherapple

This "club" is for anyone who wants to eat more natural, "clean" foods. Anyone is welcome to join, and anyone can start the thread each day. Just copy and paste this first message into a new topic. You don't have to follow the diet perfectly, but it's easier than you might think! Let's support each other in the quest to eat whole and natural foods, eliminate cravings, feel full all day long, and melt off body fat. You'll feel like a new person!
________
What is clean eating?

"In a nutshell, eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet (S.A.D) These types of food include man-made sugar, bad fats (hydrogenated, trans-fat), preservatives, white bread, and any other ingredients that are unnecessary. An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: If man made it, don’t eat it.

A person who eats clean:

* Eliminates refined sugar
* Eats 5-6 small meals per day
* Combines healthy proteins with complex carbohydrates at every meal, which provides a feeling of fullness
* Drinks a lot of water
* Eliminates alcoholic beverages (or significantly limits them)
* Always eats breakfast.
* Cooks healthy meals
* Packs healthy meals
* Makes healthy choices when dining out."

~Adapted from http://www.eatingcleanworks.com

cherapple

Good morning, clean eaters! :happy: Welcome to our second week!

My morning so far:

Snack of hot cocoa:
1 cup skim milk
1 Tbs. cocoa powder
Stevia

Breakfast:
1/2 cup dry oatmeal, cooked
Apple, sliced
1/4 cup skim milk
1/4 cup egg whites

Angiebangie

2 c. water
Coffe, black
1 shredded wheat bran/raisin muffin, homemade, 1/2 T. smart balance spread

4 c. water
1 c. ham/13 bean soup (ham isn't the best I know, but I love the soup and there's not much ham in it)
1/2 c. green grapes

4 c. water
1 low cal ww tortilla, 1/4 c. veggie rice and bean, 1/2 serv. mozz cheese, salsa, gr. onion, cilantro
bowl of green beans

jessmomof3

Quick checkin, we're off for vacation in an hour!!!!

Ran 6.5 miles w/ my buddies this morning. BRRRR!!!

Breakfast:
1/2 c. old fashioned oatmeal
1/4 c. Fiber one, 1/2 c. whole cranberries
1 T. NM PB, 1 T. flax, 1 T. wheat germ
1/2 c. cottage cheese
Banana

Snack:
Nothing, at church and there was this pecan french toast that looked divine (but I just went for a cup of coffee! )

Lunch:
3/4 c. eggbeaters cooked w/ Laughing cow light cheese spread on a Joseph's Flax Pita
1/2 c. cottage cheese (rest of the carton)
Raw broccoli
Banana (trying to finish up everything fresh so I don't have to toss it! )

Have a super week!!!! I don't know if I'll be able to check in, but I'll try to! Stay warm and keep it clean!

Jess

cherapple

Here's a clean food list that I just found on another forum (I don't agree with all the items, specifically the ones containing artificial sweeteners):

PROTEINS

Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast
Tuna (water packed)
Fish (salmon, seabass, halibut)
Shrimp
Extra Lean Ground Beef or Ground Round (92-96%)
Venison
Buffalo
Ostrich
Protein Powder
Egg Whites or Whole Eggs
Ribeye Steaks or Roast
Top Round Steaks or Roast (aka Stew Meat, London Broil, Stir Fry)
Top Sirloin (aka Sirloin Top Butt)
Beef Tenderloin (aka Fillet, Fillet Mignon)
Top Loin (NY Strip Steak)
Flank Steak (Sir Fry, Fajita)
Eye of Round (Cube Meat, Stew Meat, Bottom Round , 96% LeandGround Round)
Ground turkey, Turkey Breast Slices or cutlets (fresh meat, not deli cuts)
Soy Burgers
Low-fat cottage cheese

SLOW BURNING/COMPLEX CARBS

Oatmeal (Old Fashioned or Quick Oats)
Sweet Potatoes (Yams)
Beans (pinto, black, kidney)
Oat Bran Cereal
Rye Cereal
Grape Nuts
Brown Rice
Farina (Cream of Wheat)
Multigrain Hot Cereal
Whole wheat or Spinach Pasta
100% Stoneground Whole Wheat Bread

FIBROUS CARBS

Green Leafy Lettuce (Green Leaf, Red, Leaf, Romaine)
Broccoli
Asparagus
String Beans
Okra
Spinach
Bell Peppers
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower
Cabbage
Celery
Cucumber
Eggplant
Green or Red Pepper
Onions
Pumpkin
Garlic
Tomatoes
Zucchini

FRUIT

Apples
Grapefruit
Peaches
Strawberries
Blueberries
Raspberries
Lemons or Limes

HEALTHY FATS

Natural Peanut Butter
Olive Oil or Safflower Oil
Nuts (peanuts, almonds)
Flaxseed Oil
Coconut Oil

BEVERAGES

Crystal Light
Green Tea
Other Tea (without sugar)
Coffee (without sugar)

CONDIMENTS

Mayonnaise
Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
Reduced Sodium Teriyaki Sauce
Balsamic Vinegar
Salsa
Hot Peppers and Hot Sauce
Chili powder
Mrs. Dash
Steak Sauce
Sugar Free Maple Syrup
Chili Paste
Mustard
Extracts (vanilla, almond, etc )
Low Sodium beef or chicken broth
Plain or reduced sodium tomatoes sauce, puree, paste)
Stevia (natural sweetener)

cherapple

This is one person's "15-minute shopping list." This is all she buys every week. (I wish I could shop this way, minus a couple of the items! Alas, I have a husband and two children who don't eat clean. Yet....)

Chicken Breast ( bone in..so much cheaper!)
Tuna
Trout
Xtra Lean ground beef
Pork Tenderloin
EGGS EGGS EGGS ( I buy 3 Economy pack cartons at a time..my boyfriend and I inhale them)
Cheese
Cottage cheese
Whole grain bread ( for carb up days)
Peanut Butter
Spinach
Broccoli
Green and Red peppers
cucumber
ASPARAGUS ( YUM!)
Brussel Sprouts
Apples
Tangerines ( the best this time of year)
Bananas ( Great for carb up!)
Oatmeal
Sugar free Jell-O ( keeps my sweet tooth at bay...not that nutritous...but hey, it works)
Bottled Water
Diet Pepsi ( again, not so good for you, but when you're dieting you need a little diet pepsi )

cherapple

Angie, way to go with the water! I don't think I'm getting enough. I lose track of how much I'm drinking when I'm guzzling at the gym and just keep refilling my bottle.

Here's the rest of my meals for the day:

Green salad
Lemon and vinegar dressing
1 slice whole wheat bread
2 oz. turkey
1 Tbs. hommus
mesculin lettuce

14 almonds
apple
1/2 cup low fat plain yogurt
1 Tbs. peanut butter

Banana
1 Tbs. peanut butter

Black bean soup
Green salad
1 Tbs. Drew's dressing
1/3 cup cottage cheese
1/2 cup peaches

The problem? I burned over 700 calories at the gym this afternoon and I still have almost 600 to eat after dinner, and it's 7:30! This is the disadvantage of working out in the afternoon versus the morning. When I work out in the morning, I know how many calories to eat during the day. I wasn't completely sure that I was going to have time to work out today, so I was conservative with my eating all day. I did manage to work out, though, and I did my long cardio workout for the week. Now I have all these surplus calories that I'm not going to be able to eat. I'm stuffed!