Eating clean? What does it really mean?
mittencat77
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I have some questions. I am 4'11 and about 101 lbs. I could stand to lose about 5 lbs. I eat 1200 a day. Need to weightlift more (right now about once aweek...bad), but do some pretty intense cardio.
I do not eat anything processed but I eat well...in that I like wine, good chocolate, cheese, sushi, curries. Most of our food is made from scratch.
To strip off this last bit of fat do I need to cut the wine, sugar, carbs? My gluten intolrant husband does most of our cooking so I usually just eat what he gives me...he is very good at it. But I am thinking I may need to take charge of my food to lose.
I once stopped eating bad carbs in at dinner (rice, potatos, pasta) and weight fell off me. I was hoping keeping at 1200 with lots of cardio would be enough but it has been about 5 weeks now and very little progress.
Food seems to be where I fall down. Any advice you have would be great. Oh...I should also note, I don't eat meat...but I do eat fish, eggs.
I do not eat anything processed but I eat well...in that I like wine, good chocolate, cheese, sushi, curries. Most of our food is made from scratch.
To strip off this last bit of fat do I need to cut the wine, sugar, carbs? My gluten intolrant husband does most of our cooking so I usually just eat what he gives me...he is very good at it. But I am thinking I may need to take charge of my food to lose.
I once stopped eating bad carbs in at dinner (rice, potatos, pasta) and weight fell off me. I was hoping keeping at 1200 with lots of cardio would be enough but it has been about 5 weeks now and very little progress.
Food seems to be where I fall down. Any advice you have would be great. Oh...I should also note, I don't eat meat...but I do eat fish, eggs.
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You only eat as soon as you get out of the shower, and your food must be freshly washed as well.0
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Rant,0
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i think eating clean only really matters if you have serious fitness goals. as long as you are on you calorie controlled method then it doeesnt really matter what you eat, as long as you get the right amount of calories.
eating clean is just basically eating anything that doesnt have stuff added like preservatives and flavorings etc, anything natural. i eat clean because i find i run faster and have more energy when i have veg than i do when i eat burgers and fries.
if your weightloss has stalled then maybe try doing some different cardio, maybe zumba or body combat, just something different that gets you to move in a different way rather than spending an hour or the bicycle or xtrainer. also try incorporating some weight training0 -
You only eat as soon as you get out of the shower, and your food must be freshly washed as well.
This!0 -
It means persons glorifying such a ludicrous term are about as pretentious as they come (in my experience).0
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"Clean" means nothing at all. It's one more complication that doesn't actually affect weight loss, body composition, or health metrics. Forget you ever heard it and worry about the stuff that actually matters (calories, protein, fat, fiber, exercise time, etc)0
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In the body building world of means there are foods which contribute to the building of lean mass and do not contribute to body fat accumulation.
From there it's the typical nothing processed...(except protein powder by the bucketloads)
In fact protein powder is typically the one highly processed food that seems to be accepted by everyone.
But in the bodybuilding world, anything with sugar, high glycemic index, or vegetable oils are "crap".
I'd honestly not been exposed to this "organic" only definition of clean until I got here.0 -
It means persons glorifying such a ludicrous term are about as pretentious as they come (in my experience).
^^^ This. As soon as someone starts telling me they're so fabulously healthy because they eat "clean" I start walking the other way.0 -
never go A2.........nm.........Dont eat processed foods.0
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Try weightlifting about 3 times a week for a few months and see what happens. If nothing, then adjust your diet.0
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your most likely underestimating your husbands home cooked meals.. he is probably not worried about calories or measuring things he puts into the food, thus your getting extra calories that way. Just my guess.0
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I have some questions. I am 4'11 and about 101 lbs. I could stand to lose about 5 lbs. I eat 1200 a day. Need to weightlift more (right now about once aweek...bad), but do some pretty intense cardio.
I do not eat anything processed but I eat well...in that I like wine, good chocolate, cheese, sushi, curries. Most of our food is made from scratch.
To strip off this last bit of fat do I need to cut the wine, sugar, carbs? My gluten intolrant husband does most of our cooking so I usually just eat what he gives me...he is very good at it. But I am thinking I may need to take charge of my food to lose.
I once stopped eating bad carbs in at dinner (rice, potatos, pasta) and weight fell off me. I was hoping keeping at 1200 with lots of cardio would be enough but it has been about 5 weeks now and very little progress.
Food seems to be where I fall down. Any advice you have would be great. Oh...I should also note, I don't eat meat...but I do eat fish, eggs.
Since you are so small and only need to lose 5 lbs, the general advice given is to set your goal to .5 lbs a week. The less weight you have to lose, the harder it is to lose so you'll be better off trying to lose a smaller amount while eating slightly more food so you won't be miserable.
Also, with the smaller amount of weight you have to lose you'd probably be better off just picking exercises to help change your body fat percentage. This generally means resistance training. Weightlifting's supposed to be the best, but some form of strength based exercise is better than nothing.
Exercise, eat back the exercise calories so you have the energy to be a bad *kitten*, and look and feel better. "Clean" and "good v bad carbs" are generally just buzz words.0 -
OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!0 -
This will inevitably lead to people posting pictures of junk food they are going to eat...0
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OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!
I'd advise against joining one of the clean eating groups to ask general questions about "clean eating" because you will, by definition, severely limit the types of responses you will get.
It's better to ask in the general forums where you will get answers from people who have chosen not to adopt "clean eating" as well as those who have.0 -
She could always do both. She could get your "answers" until the mocking and badgering locks the thread AGAIN. AND she could join a group and ask specific questions and have those answered as well. Not a binary option.OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!
I'd advise against joining one of the clean eating groups to ask general questions about "clean eating" because you will, by definition, severely limit the types of responses you will get.
It's better to ask in the general forums where you will get answers from people who have chosen not to adopt "clean eating" as well as those who have.0 -
She could always do both. She could get your "answers" until the mocking and badgering locks the thread AGAIN. AND she could join a group and ask specific questions and have those answered as well. Not a binary option.OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!
I'd advise against joining one of the clean eating groups to ask general questions about "clean eating" because you will, by definition, severely limit the types of responses you will get.
It's better to ask in the general forums where you will get answers from people who have chosen not to adopt "clean eating" as well as those who have.
"Clean eaters" can defend their choices in the general forum just as anyone else can.
Forcing yourself into selection bias when evaluating a decision is counterproductive and silly.0 -
Sometimes it just gets old dealing with the "you're sanctimonious", and "wash your food", "shower first" comments. Get it?
She could always do both. She could get your "answers" until the mocking and badgering locks the thread AGAIN. AND she could join a group and ask specific questions and have those answered as well. Not a binary option.OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!
I'd advise against joining one of the clean eating groups to ask general questions about "clean eating" because you will, by definition, severely limit the types of responses you will get.
It's better to ask in the general forums where you will get answers from people who have chosen not to adopt "clean eating" as well as those who have.
"Clean eaters" can defend their choices in the general forum just as anyone else can.
Forcing yourself into selection bias when evaluating a decision is counterproductive and silly.
But no, you don't. cheers johnny. Have at it.
I won't hijack her thread trying to have a conversation with you, lord no.
OP: do what you'd like. If you'd like to friend me, please do.0 -
Sometimes it just gets old dealing with the "you're sanctimonious", and "wash your food", "shower first" comments. Get it?
She could always do both. She could get your "answers" until the mocking and badgering locks the thread AGAIN. AND she could join a group and ask specific questions and have those answered as well. Not a binary option.OP: join one of the clean eating groups. Folks there will answer your questions.
Here you'll just end up with an off topic, and likely locked, thread.
For some reason the phrase "clean eating" makes folks quite edgy. It brings out the folks who are sanctimonious about folks they deem "sanctimonious".
Best of luck with your 5LB loss!
I'd advise against joining one of the clean eating groups to ask general questions about "clean eating" because you will, by definition, severely limit the types of responses you will get.
It's better to ask in the general forums where you will get answers from people who have chosen not to adopt "clean eating" as well as those who have.
"Clean eaters" can defend their choices in the general forum just as anyone else can.
Forcing yourself into selection bias when evaluating a decision is counterproductive and silly.
But no, you don't. cheers johnny. Have at it.
I won't hijack her thread trying to have a conversation with you, lord no.
OP: do what you'd like. If you'd like to friend me, please do.
Yeah, I imagine it does get tiring dealing with people using logic, reason, and science to critique your choice of eating when you try to push it on others.
It's probably pretty nice having a special place where your ridiculous, anti-science, counterfactual claims can't be challenged. Of course you'd want to get people in there so you could spout nonsense without fear of critique.0 -
i think eating clean only really matters if you have serious fitness goals. as long as you are on you calorie controlled method then it doeesnt really matter what you eat, as long as you get the right amount of calories.
I disagree with that ^^^^^ So I have serious goal but I est a lot of processed foods and sugar. Will I fail to meet my goals?
Maybe we can finally get the answer to the elusive question, what is clean eating?
do Olympians eat at McDonalds?0 -
i think eating clean only really matters if you have serious fitness goals. as long as you are on you calorie controlled method then it doeesnt really matter what you eat, as long as you get the right amount of calories.
I disagree with that ^^^^^ So I have serious goal but I est a lot of processed foods and sugar. Will I fail to meet my goals?
Maybe we can finally get the answer to the elusive question, what is clean eating?
do Olympians eat at McDonalds?
Uh, yes, they do. Olympians and other professional athletes are notorious for eating food people deem "unhealthy."
Eating clean has nothing to do with how "serious" your fitness goals are.0 -
It means stress out without good reason over the food you consume. I'd also like to say that if you weigh 100lbs you hardly need to lose weight.0
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i think eating clean only really matters if you have serious fitness goals. as long as you are on you calorie controlled method then it doeesnt really matter what you eat, as long as you get the right amount of calories.
I disagree with that ^^^^^ So I have serious goal but I est a lot of processed foods and sugar. Will I fail to meet my goals?
Maybe we can finally get the answer to the elusive question, what is clean eating?
do Olympians eat at McDonalds?
All. The. Time.0 -
This will inevitably lead to people posting pictures of junk food they are going to eat...
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sorry but i have to disagree with this, i know for a fact that when i eat junk i feel down, fat and tired. and my run time is atleast 30-60 seconds off my usual pace. after 2 weeks eating fresh good food i immediately dropped over 1 min of my 1.5mile time and 4 mins off my 5km. my body and skin look so much more healthy and i feel fantastic. im not saying i dont eat junk occasionally because i do and have just had kfc tonight. but i do think better results will be obtain if you do cut junk0
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sorry but i have to disagree with this, i know for a fact that when i eat junk i feel down, fat and tired. and my run time is atleast 30-60 seconds off my usual pace. after 2 weeks eating fresh good food i immediately dropped over 1 min of my 1.5mile time and 4 mins off my 5km. my body and skin look so much more healthy and i feel fantastic. im not saying i dont eat junk occasionally because i do and have just had kfc tonight. but i do think better results will be obtain if you do cut junk
Never underestimate the power of the human mind for you to see what you want (or expect) to see.
Also, the phone isn't actually more likely to ring when you're in the shower.0 -
I hate the term "eat clean". It does not really mean anything because not everyone gets effected by food in the same way. When I was in my early 20's, I could eat all the junk I wanted with no ill effects. Fast forward 20 years... now at 41 the same food that did not bother me then does now. I just do not feel or perform well when I eat junk.
This of course does not mean I don't now and then eat junk. I still like it... it just makes me feel like crap when I do. So I pick my spots and make peace with the fact that the next day I will not be at my best.0 -
"Clean" means whatever a person *needs* it to mean in order for them to feel superior about their food choices...
It is laughable to see just how junk filled some of the diaries of the clean eaters are.0 -
"Clean" means whatever a person *needs* it to mean in order for them to feel superior about their food choices...
It is laughable to see just how junk filled some of the diaries of the clean eaters are.
Well it WOULD be, but most of their diaries are closed...0
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