For those who ''eat clean''

I eat instant oatmeal with splenda for breakfast
A couple of chicken nuggets for lunch with some sweet potato casserole
For dinner I eat spaghetti with garlic bread


Oats, Chicken, Sweet Potatoes all in my diet

It's easy to eat clean

I eat instant oatmeal with splenda for breakfast

I'm pretty certain that Splenda doesn't fall under clean-eating. But like gsarah1 said, perimeter shopping, preferably organic, and healthy meats. Meat that isn't fed a bunch of GMO corn or antibiotics.

Free range, AB free chicken is a good bet, and stay away from pretty much anything that has too many ingredients.

It's pricey and time-consuming, but worth it, especially with the amount of garbage floating around in super markets these days. I'm guessing I'm around 90%+ clean eating-wise, and my diary is public, so feel free to check it out.

I have been trying to eat clean as well. Not always perfect but getting there.

For breakfast I either eat whole grain oatmeal or multigrain hot cereal with half a grapefruit, sometimes with 1 tbsp almond sprinkled on my cereal. Or I have an omlet with tons of veggies and half a grapefruit.

For lunch it't usually stir fry with either chicken or tofu and tons of veggies. This is the one time I use oil when I cook and it's always coconut oil.

Snack time is usually a protein shake with ground flax seed and whey protein powder.

Dinner I like to eat fish or chicken or tofu again with lots of veggies including avocado.

This is just an example because I like to try to get in a least one more piece of fruit somewhere and I also eat Kashi granola bars for the extra calories.

Good luck trying to eat clean. It's difficult in the beginning but it gets easier. Plus read all the nutrients of any boxed, processed food. A lot od them are low cal, but the sodium content is outrageous.

Good question! I'm reading this too!

Breakfast: Protein shake (whey protein, orange juice, blueberries blended with ice)
Lunch: Green veggies and chicken breast
Supper: Sweet potatoe, chicken OR haddock OR ground turkey and green veggies

I like your menu! THAT is CLEAN!

Breakfast: Protein shake (whey protein, orange juice, blueberries blended with ice)
Lunch: Green veggies and chicken breast
Supper: Sweet potatoe, chicken OR haddock OR ground turkey and green veggies

I like your menu! THAT is CLEAN!

Except the protein shake, pretty sure that is counted as processed food and therefore not clean. I find the clean eating trend amusing because most clean eaters seem to classify a lot of supps as clean even though they are the furthest thing from natrual

You're right, clean is a relative term. Even raw vegan protein powder isn't "clean", but sometimes meeting macros is worth sacrificing that.

Pasteurized orange juice, naked juice are also very far from clean. However, I think OP was going for an overall approach to food, rather than strict avoiders of anything touched and processed by mankind. Which, would be impossible to avoid unless you grew your own fruits and vegetables and nurtured your own livestock.

No one can really be true clean eaters unless to resort to that, but they can still eat generally clean in relation to the rest of the population.

Pretty much everyday for me:

Breakfast - eggs with homemade turkey sausage
Lunch - huge salad with grilled chicken and avocado
Dinner - Roasted veggies, some type of protein
Snack - apple with almond butter

Breakfast: Strawberries & cream
Lunch: Cherry tomatoes, broccoli, carrots, and cucumbers, with a container of Siggi's skyr on the side
Dinner: Salad with chicken breast, avocado, tomatoes, and cucumber. Dressed in olive oil & balsamic.

Naked Juice - After reading the ingredients and considering it MUST be refriderated and has a very short experation date...why would it not be considered clean? Just curious as everything in it could be bought and juiced together to produce the same thing. I'll never have time to juice myself so I figured Naked Juice was the closest thing to it. I only drink the Green Machine or Blue Machine so haven't looked at the ingredients of the other ones.

Shakes - I guess they are processed, true. I drink Shakeology as I feel that's the best one out there with the most nutrients...It's not really a weight loss shake per say or a protein shake per say, just a good-for-you shake.

I guess if we are getting down to it, unless you grow your own garden and raise your own meat and never go to the store, then you aren't eating clean. LOL! I think there must be different levels of eating clean. I mean oatmeal is processed and most clean eaters swear by it as clean.

Naked Juice Green Machine is definitely delicious, that's for sure. However, Naked Juice was dealing with a lawsuit in terms of it's claims. Here's a little excerpt:

1) Labeling its products as “Non-GMO” when, in fact, it knowingly used genetically-modified ingredients in its products.

2) False and misleading labeling of its products as “100% Juice”, “100% Fruit” and “All Natural” when the products contained many different synthetic ingredients and synthetic fibers such as:

* Fibersol-2 — a proprietary synthetic digestion-resistant fiber produced by Archer Daniels Midland and developed by a Japanese chemical company.

* Fructooligosaccharides — a synthetic fiber and sweetener.

* Inulin — an artificial and invisible fiber added to foods to artificially increase fiber content with the typical fiber mouth-feel.

3) Intentionally misleading customers.

I couldn't tell you for sure, but apparently the case was dismissed. However, there have been two following suits held against Naked juice, again specifically targeting the "natural" claims the brand makes.

Regardless, it tastes good and it won't kill ya. That's all that matters, no?