Does anyone have any tips or advice on EATING CLEAN???

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  • PatsyFitzpatrick
    PatsyFitzpatrick Posts: 335 Member
    For me I use MFP diary and work to eat FRESH food. I do eat processed like peanut butter I love Jiff. But everyday my goal is to eat better have more local fresh food. It is what your great grandparents did. Ate from their backyard gardens. Purchased from local dairy farms. If it expires in 1 year or more NOT fresh.:wink:
  • Topsking2010
    Topsking2010 Posts: 2,245 Member
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  • kayemme
    kayemme Posts: 1,782 Member
    I am new to the whole eating clean idea. I get the concept of not eating processed foods and staying away from the whites (sugar, flour, & salt) but how do YOU do it? Any tips for a newbie? Thanks! =)

    take it slow and adopt it into regularity. it takes patience.

    with that said, try to replace an "unhealhty" snack with something you feel is more whole or less processed. do it one snack at a time, then start experimenting with meals.

    really, once you start to get into it, it's fairly easy, it's a transformation, not a change.
  • gmallan
    gmallan Posts: 2,099 Member
    Don't know if this has been said already bit think about starting your own veggie/herb garden. I'm not a massive green thumb but nothing taste better and fresher than veggies grown in your own garden. Can save $$$$ too. You also know how they are grown
  • GlassslippersAndFairyDust
    GlassslippersAndFairyDust Posts: 518 Member
    I'm hoping the notion that "only carlories and macros matter" dies a quick and painless death.

    I certainly agree that for most Americans, weight loss should be their number one priority in terms of improving their health. To do that, calories and macros are key.

    For people whose dietary amibitions have graduated from weight loss to overall health, there's certainly a lot more to it than calories and macros. You can hit your calorie / macro goals by eating turkey and cheese sandwiches all day every day, but vital nutrients required to fight infection, improve immune function, sustain brain function, improve bone density, fight chronic illness, improve digestion, and much more would be seriously lacking.

    It's analogous to learning to play a sport. Start with the basics: passing, catching, blocking, basic play mechanics. Once you've reached a certain level of comfort and competence, if you want to be great, you add-in some of the advanced skills (without forgetting the basics).




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  • Byrdsong1920
    Byrdsong1920 Posts: 336 Member
    Buy a small fold up cooler and couple ice packs...prep your meals on sat/Sunday for the week and try to enter meals night before.... I like easy things like chicken or turkey chili...crockpot,..walk away and done in few hrs. Chop all vegs and fruits on weekends! This way you can easily assemble salads and meals. SHOP AT LOCAL FARMERS MARKETS for better prices and fresh produce.

    Cook few chicken breasts,then cut up. During week, Throw on top of salads, or in fiber wheat shell and throw on George Foreman grill with fresh vegs u chopped and low fat cheese. Done in ten mins! Salmon also cooks in ten mins... I eat on top of salads or on top of spaghetti squash as a "pasta alternative"! Sooo good with Classico Sun dried pesto! Quick! Can eat off of for few days, good in Omega3!

    I cook a lot of Jamie Easons meals, she is with Bodybuilding.com quick and easy and has videos of foods/recipes. http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/jamie-eason-livefit-recipes-main-page.html
    LOVE HER CARROT CAKE PROTEIN BARS, hits the sweet tooth nicely!

    Eating clean doesn't have to be expensive or boring! I eat good and up to 1800 cal/day and still losing!

    Cheers, Shan
    ATL
  • AnJulNZ
    AnJulNZ Posts: 186 Member
    For me I use MFP diary and work to eat FRESH food. I do eat processed like peanut butter I love Jiff. But everyday my goal is to eat better have more local fresh food. It is what your great grandparents did. Ate from their backyard gardens. Purchased from local dairy farms. If it expires in 1 year or more NOT fresh.:wink:
    What is Jiff? Where I live, Jiff is the product you buy to clean the shower ...
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    but like I said, everyone's different. And when someone mentions "clean" eating, they are simply referring to a lifestyle where your diet consists primarily of whole foods and you avoid most highly processed, refined foods from boxes, cans and packages.

    The End.

    Well, thank you for finally posting a well thought out reply rather than your initial rude insult of a post. I think there might be hope for you yet!

    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, because things like rice are a single ingredient whole food. Bread and pasta can be made with a small number a quality ingredients. Any foodstuff can be bought or made too a higher or lesser quality.

    I personally prefer to buy food locally because it lessen the environmental impact of transporting and helps out local producers. But it's not a hard and fast thing and I'll happily have a processed meal if I'm pressed for time and it fits my nutrient requirements.

    If I invented a pill tomorrow that contained exactly the same micros/macros/calories as your favourite wholefood clean meal, then your digestive system wouldn't care whether it grew in a field or was raised in a lab. Now i'd prefer to support the farmer, but that's a moral judgement based on what I believe is important to my local rural community. I would also rather tuck into a steak than swallow a pill, because I find the activities of cooking and eating pleasurable.

    PS putting "The End" ruins a nicely written and presented post. It gives the impression of trying to shut down other possible counter arguments. It looks like you a) either don't believe they could exist (which, of course, is unbelievably arrogant), or b) believe counter arguments may exist but are scared to hear them(which is intellectually weak, which I find hard to believe given your penchant for reason). You can probably do better than that.....
  • CoachReddy
    CoachReddy Posts: 3,949 Member
    but like I said, everyone's different. And when someone mentions "clean" eating, they are simply referring to a lifestyle where your diet consists primarily of whole foods and you avoid most highly processed, refined foods from boxes, cans and packages.

    The End.

    Well, thank you for finally posting a well thought out reply rather than your initial rude insult of a post. I think there might be hope for you yet!

    I guess we'll have to agree to disagree, because things like rice are a single ingredient whole food. Bread and pasta can be made with a small number a quality ingredients. Any foodstuff can be bought or made too a higher or lesser quality.

    I personally prefer to buy food locally because it lessen the environmental impact of transporting and helps out local producers. But it's not a hard and fast thing and I'll happily have a processed meal if I'm pressed for time and it fits my nutrient requirements.

    If I invented a pill tomorrow that contained exactly the same micros/macros/calories as your favourite wholefood clean meal, then your digestive system wouldn't care whether it grew in a field or was raised in a lab. Now i'd prefer to support the farmer, but that's a moral judgement based on what I believe is important to my local rural community. I would also rather tuck into a steak than swallow a pill, because I find the activities of cooking and eating pleasurable.

    PS putting "The End" ruins a nicely written and presented post. It gives the impression of trying to shut down other possible counter arguments. It looks like you a) either don't believe they could exist (which, of course, is unbelievably arrogant), or b) believe counter arguments may exist but are scared to hear them(which is intellectually weak, which I find hard to believe given your penchant for reason). You can probably do better than that.....

    The End was referring to the end of my novel of a post. Sorry that wasn't clear.

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