Who has lost weight NOT eating clean?

Me. I can lose weight and eat whatever I want. But I gotta make sure im incorporating my same vigorous exercise to go with it. But when Im in situations like I am now, where I am injured and can't lift weights, I am nowhere near as active, and it always catches up to me.

I have.

I do eat a lot more fresh fruits and vegetables, make most of the food we eat from fresh ingredients (try to avoid packaged foods that have added preservatives, sugars and sodium) limit red meat, but do eat lean steak occassionally, avoid eating out at restaurants, bring my lunch to work every day.

I basically count calories. Calories in vs: calories out. Logging it in on MFP. It is working for me.

Not exactly sure what dirty food is,so not something I worry about.Moderation is key for me.What other people do is their business.

Early am,I pretty much plan the days food/calorie count.If we decide to eat out,that's good,I can cut down the food eaten at home that day.Exercise a bit more,but don't stress over numbers.

I track it all,the good or bad .

I figure, I am going to die someday I'd like to enjoy life, and have stuff that doesn't taste like cardboard.

What clean foods do you think taste like cardboard? I think some highly processed diet foods probably taste like cardboard, but that wouldn't be what is typically considered "clean." Most of these foods have a lot of flavor or can be made very flavorful with herbs and spices.

A lot of clean eating foods could probably be considered rabbit foods, though. Maybe that can be the newest diet: The Bunny Rabbit Diet. Only eat it if your bunny friends would. How do rabbits get their protein?

great topic! huge help, thanks!

I ate a piece of cake every day for a week and dropped 1.5 lbs.

NOMNOMNOM CAKE.

i dont eat "clean", but im eating "cleaner" than before.

I did that my first month. I ate talenti gelatos and frozen pizzas. I lost 7 lbs all in my cal limit. When I slowly cut out more processed foods and ate more whole foods I got better results. My waist went down a couple inches(finally). Plus I feel 10x better.

:happy: :happy: :happy: I'm not eating clean all the time, I've incorporated more fruits and veggies into my diet, but I still eat a lot of processed foods. However, I am much more mindful of what is in them and opt for low fat, fat free, suger free versions whenever possible. I've been averaging about a 2 lb a week lossby staying at or below my alotted calorie amount of 1,200 calories a day. In addition to watching my calories, I've also been very careful not to exceed my alotted suger, fat, sodium (although not always very sucessful with that one as most processed foods usually contain a lot of sodium), carbs, and protein. I alomst always exceed my protein allowance and always have a carb deficit, which I'm not sure is a good or bad thing. I weigh or measure EVERYTHING though and when possible I do my diary for the next day in advance the night before, based on what I have in my fridge so that I have it all mapped out for me and am not entering thing into diary after I've already eaten them and can't do much about it. I've found that this really keeps me on track. I also have been drinking a cup of flavored green tea without suger or milk after every meal to boost my metabolism. I do minimal exercise, 10 or 15 minutes of strength training with 5 lb weights split up into 2 to 4 sessions throughout the day when I have time. I find it easier that way then trying to set aside an entire hour to work out which may not be possible everyday. I think it's better to eat what you want in moderation and be happy then to deprive yourself all the time. It's easier to stick with long term as a lifesyle change. So, I say if you are still losing weight eating Jack Burgers, or whatever, then why stop. Just keep up what you are doing, if you're losing then it's obviously working.

:happy: :happy: :happy: I'm not eating clean all the time, I've incorporated more fruits and veggies into my diet, but I still eat a lot of processed foods. However, I am much more mindful of what is in them and opt for low fat, fat free, suger free versions whenever possible. I've been averaging about a 2 lb a week lossby staying at or below my alotted calorie amount of 1,200 calories a day. In addition to watching my calories, I've also been very careful not to exceed my alotted suger, fat, sodium (although not always very sucessful with that one as most processed foods usually contain a lot of sodium), carbs, and protein. I alomst always exceed my protein allowance and always have a carb deficit, which I'm not sure is a good or bad thing. I weigh or measure EVERYTHING though and when possible I do my diary for the next day in advance the night before, based on what I have in my fridge so that I have it all mapped out for me and am not entering thing into diary after I've already eaten them and can't do much about it. I've found that this really keeps me on track. I also have been drinking a cup of flavored green tea without suger or milk after every meal to boost my metabolism. I do minimal exercise, 10 or 15 minutes of strength training with 5 lb weights split up into 2 to 4 sessions throughout the day when I have time. I find it easier that way then trying to set aside an entire hour to work out which may not be possible everyday. I think it's better to eat what you want in moderation and be happy then to deprive yourself all the time. It's easier to stick with long term as a lifesyle change. So, I say if you are still losing weight eating Jack Burgers, or whatever, then why stop. Just keep up what you are doing, if you're losing then it's obviously working.

there is so much wrong with this that it hurts. I can't even... I just.. I'm done with this thread.

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there is so much wrong with this that it hurts. I can't even... I just.. I'm done with this thread.

LOL! Agree to the max.

I don't eat clean if my understanding of that definition is correct (nothing processed, everything "fresh", "whole"), but I eat healthy/low cal. Pretty much everything in my house is the low calorie/light counterpart. I do have a cheat meal about once a week and if I have room for a cookie in my calories for the day, yep, I'm going to eat one. But I don't understand how people eat that way everyday, though. A burger and fry at McDonald's is like half my calories for the day and I would just end up being hungry again in an hour. But if I eat a piece of salmon, some egg whites and half an avocado, it's still yummy, I am satisfied and I have plenty of calories left for the rest of the day. If some people can manage to have whatever they want and still lose weight, more power to them. But that just wouldn't work for me. I have found healthy foods that I love, still have a treat here and there, and don't feel deprived or like I'm missing out on anything. This is something I know I can do for the rest of my life.

I actually lost my first 70-80 pounds not eating clean. I just ate the right portions and exercised a hell of a lot.

I did kind of 'take a break' for about 2 years and am now making an effort to eat clean to lose the rest of my weight.

It's totally doable without eating clean, but I feel for someone such as myself-who feels that I am addicted to processed foods, it is necessary for me to stay away from them altogether. It's too easy to turn 'one' into 'two'.

If you don't have any health issues that keep your from eating what you want, then do it. Just make sure you're getting enough vitamins and essential minerals. I've never really understood what 'eating clean' means anyway considering everyone seems to have their very own expert opinion on the subject. As for me, I just feel healthier and more energetic when I eat less bread/pasta/sweets and more meat/fish/veg...however, I love red wine and pizza...I just gotta factor it in

Hahahaha, total bull****. I eat whatever the hell I want, usually eat chocolate 5 times a week, pancakes, bacon, A LOT of fat and in a few months I've lost 15kg. Those who "eat clean" are missing out and obsessive over vitamins and stuff, it sucks to be in that mindset.