Eat 100% clean for 7 days!

HeatherBetsy
HeatherBetsy Posts: 19 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Just set up an Eat Clean challenge over in the group forum, if anyone is interested!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1042800-eat-100-clean-for-7-days
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  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    What is the purpose, if I may ask?
  • GetSoda
    GetSoda Posts: 1,267 Member
    Can I eat natural chemicals? Like aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, ergot alkaloids, fumonisins, patulin, trichothecenes (such as deoxynivalenol which is also known as vomitoxin) and zearalenone?
  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    does 72% dark chocolate, protein added skim milk, peanut butter with soy protein added, and canned meat count as clean? if so, count me in...

    Oh wait, do all my fruits and veggies have to be organic? crap, I may be out even assuming the first stipulations.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Exactly how does one eat 100% clean??

    Can you provide a sample meal plan?
  • Seefylol
    Seefylol Posts: 197
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  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    I'm in...I'll start the rebound group "7 Day Binge" for after!
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Oh good, more people focusing on the wrong things and who will eventually wonder why they're not losing weight. Have fun!
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I am not even trying to be snarky. Just want to know the purpose behind doing something like that for 7 days.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    Oh good, more people focusing on the wrong things and who will eventually wonder why they're not losing weight. Have fun!
    yup.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I am not even trying to be snarky. Just want to know the purpose behind doing something like that for 7 days.

    I don't even believe its achievable. I would really like to know what OP plans to eat for the next 7 days.
  • prattiger65
    prattiger65 Posts: 1,657 Member
    I just went and looked at the rules, no chemicals. Looks like a 7 day fast to me.
  • HeatherBetsy
    HeatherBetsy Posts: 19 Member
    Some people have different definitions to clean eating, but to me it means fresh, unprocessed produce.

    But, to each their own! If you have a different version of 'clean eating' that you wish to commit to for one week then please do!

    The point of this, for me personally, is to help me commit to 100% clean eating for one week. I eat clean 80-85% of the time and want to see if I can last a week!

    For me it is as follows: Meat is fine, as long as it's not processed/ Fruit and veg are fine. Carbs for me would be wild/brown rice and sweet potato. No alcohol. No processed drinks. So only water, green tea etc.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/15175-friendly-competition << Here's the link to the group.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I just went and looked at the rules, no chemicals. Looks like a 7 day fast to me.

    That would make sense as to why it's only for 7 days
  • Naomi_13
    Naomi_13 Posts: 33 Member
    I would also be interested in what is meant by 100% clean. Some examples or meal plans would be helpfully.
  • amelia_atlantic
    amelia_atlantic Posts: 926 Member
    I think "no processed foods" for 7 days is a good idea. Then again, I think that's a good idea all days.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Some people have different definitions to clean eating, but to me it means fresh, unprocessed produce.

    But, to each their own! If you have a different version of 'clean eating' that you wish to commit to for one week then please do!

    The point of this, for me personally, is to help me commit to 100% clean eating for one week. I eat clean 80-85% of the time and want to see if I can last a week!

    For me it is as follows: Meat is fine, as long as it's not processed/ Fruit and veg are fine. Carbs for me would be wild/brown rice and sweet potato. No alcohol. No processed drinks. So only water, green tea etc.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/15175-friendly-competition << Here's the link to the group.

    Why not just keep doing your 80/85% thing and enjoy eating some of the things you like? This approach comes dangerously close to turning food into something like a religion, rather than simply fuel and enjoyment. It's not like this site isn't loaded with plenty of us that are successfully enjoying our food and getting very fit in the process.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Some people have different definitions to clean eating, but to me it means fresh, unprocessed produce.

    But, to each their own! If you have a different version of 'clean eating' that you wish to commit to for one week then please do!

    The point of this, for me personally, is to help me commit to 100% clean eating for one week. I eat clean 80-85% of the time and want to see if I can last a week!

    For me it is as follows: Meat is fine, as long as it's not processed/ Fruit and veg are fine. Carbs for me would be wild/brown rice and sweet potato. No alcohol. No processed drinks. So only water, green tea etc.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/15175-friendly-competition << Here's the link to the group.

    But why make it a competition? maybe taking it slow will help you eat more of how you want because you are creating new habits. Making a competition out of it seems kind of like a quick fix thing versus just trying to find people who will "support" what you are doing for the long run.
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Some people have different definitions to clean eating, but to me it means fresh, unprocessed produce.

    But, to each their own! If you have a different version of 'clean eating' that you wish to commit to for one week then please do!

    The point of this, for me personally, is to help me commit to 100% clean eating for one week. I eat clean 80-85% of the time and want to see if I can last a week!

    For me it is as follows: Meat is fine, as long as it's not processed/ Fruit and veg are fine. Carbs for me would be wild/brown rice and sweet potato. No alcohol. No processed drinks. So only water, green tea etc.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/15175-friendly-competition << Here's the link to the group.

    Well that sounds doable, but you do realize that your definition of "processed" would actually preclude meat, right?
  • HeatherBetsy
    HeatherBetsy Posts: 19 Member
    Oh good, more people focusing on the wrong things and who will eventually wonder why they're not losing weight. Have fun!

    I don't understand how wanting to eliminate processed food from my diet is focusing on the wrong thing?

    I will still get all the food elements, protein, carbs, sugar etc... Just from natural, unprocessed food. And I certainly won't be starving myself!
  • Frantotallyready
    Frantotallyready Posts: 2
    There is no such thing as “clean" food.

    There is no such thing as “dirty" food.

    It’s science.

    You can eat processed foods. You can drink all the diet soda you want. You can eat poptarts. You can eat pizza. You can eat snickers bars.

    The key is to fit it in to your macronutrients. Make food work for you instead of cowering in fear like the mass majority. You can still enjoy the foods you love. Yes it’s in moderation. You can still even lose fat, eat at a caloric deficit, gain muscle mass and eat poptarts. I promise.

    I wish everyone would stop the fear mongering with carbs, processed foods and paleo bull****.

    This
  • HeatherBetsy
    HeatherBetsy Posts: 19 Member
    Not if I buy organic meat. Which I do.

    Well that sounds doable, but you do realize that your definition of "processed" would actually preclude meat, right?
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  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    Not if I buy organic meat. Which I do.

    Well that sounds doable, but you do realize that your definition of "processed" would actually preclude meat, right?
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    I'm really not trying to derail this... but you have to process meat in order to make it edible.
  • ami5000psu
    ami5000psu Posts: 391 Member
    Unprocessed meat? Does that mean I have to slaughter my own chicken or just eat the chicken while it's still alive?
  • Lrdoflamancha
    Lrdoflamancha Posts: 1,280 Member
    The best definition that I have heard is one ingredient foods. So apple, lettuce, beef, etc. not saying that I agree with it. But this is how I define it. I try to stay out of the middle isles of the grocery store and only shop the perimeter.
  • Seefylol
    Seefylol Posts: 197
    Not if I buy organic meat. Which I do.

    Well that sounds doable, but you do realize that your definition of "processed" would actually preclude meat, right?

    I'm really not trying to derail this... but you have to process meat in order to make it edible.
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    Naw man. I hunt my meat alive and eat them on the spot.
  • TheRealJigsaw
    TheRealJigsaw Posts: 295 Member
    Then what after the 7 days?
  • bcampbell54
    bcampbell54 Posts: 932 Member
    I wash all my food. Dishes too.
  • HeatherBetsy
    HeatherBetsy Posts: 19 Member
    Unprocessed meat? Does that mean I have to slaughter my own chicken or just eat the chicken while it's still alive?

    I buy my meat fresh from my butcher on the day I plan on eating it. I don't buy mass produced chicken etc. from supermarkets.
  • agdyl
    agdyl Posts: 246 Member
    Oh good, more people focusing on the wrong things and who will eventually wonder why they're not losing weight. Have fun!

    It isn't necessarily focusing on the wrong things.

    My weight loss is from a caloric deficit to be sure, but the caloric deficit I've achieved is from eating "clean". I eat vegetables, meat, some fruit, raw nuts, olive and coconut oil and that's pretty much it. I get the nutrients I need and I can pretty much eat all I want of those things and still be at a reasonable number of calories. (I am logging food though, so if my weight loss stalls, I can, for example cut back on the nuts to lower total intake as necessary.) Plus I feel amazing when I eat foods like that.

    Is it the only way to lose weight? Of course not. But some of us enjoy it. And it works just fine. If you don't like it, don't do it.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Oh good, more people focusing on the wrong things and who will eventually wonder why they're not losing weight. Have fun!

    I don't understand how wanting to eliminate processed food from my diet is focusing on the wrong thing?

    I will still get all the food elements, protein, carbs, sugar etc... Just from natural, unprocessed food. And I certainly won't be starving myself!

    Because "processed" is a loaded term and once you go down that road you'll be encouraged by your fellow "clean eaters" to start cutting out entire food groups. I get eating fresh vegetables, fruits and meats. I get making sure your macros are sufficient and that you're getting sufficient micronutrients and fiber. What I don't get is even bothering with the terms "processed" or "clean." Cooking is processing, preparing olive oil is processing, baking bread is processing, pasteurizing milk is processing, etc. Focus on what matters and don't get drawn into the morass which is the clean eating/paleo movements.

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