CLEAN EATING? JOIN ME
jodie_is_on_it
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Hi!
Im trying to do this clean eating thingy... Anyone else do it and want to be friends!? Add me
I have a nice group of supportive MFP Friends already im just looking for like-minded attempting clean eating people to steer me in the right direction as im new to it all!
Lots of Love
Jodie x
Im trying to do this clean eating thingy... Anyone else do it and want to be friends!? Add me
I have a nice group of supportive MFP Friends already im just looking for like-minded attempting clean eating people to steer me in the right direction as im new to it all!
Lots of Love
Jodie x
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do you power wash or laundry wash your food..?
I prefer the power wash method, as when I laundry wash my food I am picking food out of the washer for weeks...0 -
I wash all my vegetables and fruits before eating them!0
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Sending request now!
I'm not a 100% clean eater, but I'm a million times better than before when all I ate was pre-packaged and processed. Be prepared to get a lot of sarcasm in regards to clean eating on the forums, but if you can handle it, then have atter!0 -
Hi Jodie,
I'm just starting my food diary today (on here)...I eat pretty clean...whole foods anyway...depending on what definition is used. Feel free to add me (and anyone else that's eating "real" food).
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Yes, why is that? Shouldn't we all be supportive of whatever people are doing as long as they're trying to better themselves? I don't get it...:(0
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Hi. First. Ignore the many many many snarky comments you're going to get. Something about the phrase clean eating seems to make lots of folks here apoplectic, irrational and snarky.
Something about the name. They can't get past it. But "lifting heavy" is fine to most of them.
I eat primarily whole foods. I don't eat many packaged convenience foods, I don't eat many fast foods, I don't eat foods with much added sugar, and no frankensugars, andI aim to choose the more nutritious options with the fewest unnecessary ingredients and fewest adulterations. (especially in my breads)
Feel free to add me.
Also there are a few groups you can join if you'd like to see posts by some folks with the same goals, without sifting through all the laundry posts. cheers0 -
It's really tough to sustain "clean eating" for any length of time. It's important you understand that it's not necessary for health and weight loss. If you start to find it difficult or you eventually give in to your desires and eat some "unclean" food, please realize that's not a failure. What's important for your weight loss is to hit your calorie goal, not how clean your food is.
A lot of people dislike "clean eating" because it demonizes foods that are perfectly healthy and sets people up for failure when they eat something unclean.0 -
WOW Great post jonny. Seriously. I mean it.It's really tough to sustain "clean eating" for any length of time. It's important you understand that it's not necessary for health and weight loss. If you start to find it difficult or you eventually give in to your desires and eat some "unclean" food, please realize that's not a failure. What's important for your weight loss is to hit your calorie goal, not how clean your food is.
I'm not sure I agree about the health part, but great job.0 -
i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks0
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WOW Great post jonny. Seriously. I mean it.It's really tough to sustain "clean eating" for any length of time. It's important you understand that it's not necessary for health and weight loss. If you start to find it difficult or you eventually give in to your desires and eat some "unclean" food, please realize that's not a failure. What's important for your weight loss is to hit your calorie goal, not how clean your food is.
I'm not sure I agree about the health part, but great job.
Your health markers are more heavily impacted by your body composition, weight, etc. rather then food selection.0 -
It's really tough to sustain "clean eating" for any length of time. It's important you understand that it's not necessary for health and weight loss. If you start to find it difficult or you eventually give in to your desires and eat some "unclean" food, please realize that's not a failure. What's important for your weight loss is to hit your calorie goal, not how clean your food is.
A lot of people dislike "clean eating" because it demonizes foods that are perfectly healthy and sets people up for failure when they eat something unclean.
^ Nicely put, makes real sense 0 -
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It's really tough to sustain "clean eating" for any length of time. It's important you understand that it's not necessary for health and weight loss. If you start to find it difficult or you eventually give in to your desires and eat some "unclean" food, please realize that's not a failure. What's important for your weight loss is to hit your calorie goal, not how clean your food is.
A lot of people dislike "clean eating" because it demonizes foods that are perfectly healthy and sets people up for failure when they eat something unclean.
Exactly. Because you don't want this scene to happen,
Yes it is extreme and has a rather mocking tone, but this is the unnecessarily dramatic situation I can sometimes end up in when I try to go to such extremes by limiting myself when it comes to food instead of just taking the sensible route of moderation.0 -
clean eating will not help you lose weight faster..i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
Eating in a calorie deficit will lead to weight loss.
So if you want to lose weight, create a 500 cal per day deficit and maintain it over the long term...and you can still have you thanksgiving and xmas blow out...0 -
i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
What is it about your aunt's Thanksgiving dinner that isn't "clean?" Just curious, because if you ate at my house it would be pretty sparkling "clean." I can't think of one thing I'm serving that's not "clean," but I guess it depends on the definition. 0 -
I'm fat and I eat clean. You can eat too much of a good thing
Eating clean has never been about losing weight for me...it's about avoiding all the unnecessary things that they put in food. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...which is directly caused by environmental food choices...I try to put things that are as unprocessed as possible into my stomach now...as a means to control my sickness...
And no, I don't think eating clean is unstainable...It's definitely more challenging than eating processed, but it's a lifestyle choice...you just make most things yourself instead of picking up it in the deli. 0 -
i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
What is it about your aunt's Thanksgiving dinner that isn't "clean?" Just curious, because if you ate at my house it would be pretty sparkling "clean." I can't think of one thing I'm serving that's not "clean," but I guess it depends on the definition.
Just thinking back to my family's Thanksgiving dinners.... candied yams made with sugar, marshmallows, canned cranberry sauce, pies made with sugar, mac&cheese made with regular pasta and evaporated milk with preservatives, etc etc.0 -
do you power wash or laundry wash your food..?
I prefer the power wash method, as when I laundry wash my food I am picking food out of the washer for weeks...
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I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...which is directly caused by environmental food choices...
More like "hypothesized to be partly caused by environmental food choices." There are apparently a number of other factors and the food choices thing is not proven.0 -
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...which is directly caused by environmental food choices...
More like "hypothesized to be partly caused by environmental food choices." There are apparently a number of other factors and the food choices thing is not proven.
It has not been proven to cause harm nor has it been proven not to cause harm. So at the end of the day just trust your gut (no pun intended) and make the best choice for yourself.0 -
I'm fat and I eat clean. You can eat too much of a good thing
Eating clean has never been about losing weight for me...it's about avoiding all the unnecessary things that they put in food. I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...which is directly caused by environmental food choices...I try to put things that are as unprocessed as possible into my stomach now...as a means to control my sickness...
And no, I don't think eating clean is unstainable...It's definitely more challenging than eating processed, but it's a lifestyle choice...you just make most things yourself instead of picking up it in the deli.
Just for clarification, I don't think Ulcerative Colitis is caused by environmental food choices, but triggered by environmental food choice. That is to say, you will not get it because of what you eat, but if you have it (and I don't think a cause for it is known), what you eat can cause it to flare up.
Just wanted to make that distinction because of the topic.0 -
clean eating will not help you lose weight faster..i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
Eating in a calorie deficit will lead to weight loss.
So if you want to lose weight, create a 500 cal per day deficit and maintain it over the long term...and you can still have you thanksgiving and xmas blow out...
True that you need a calorie deficit to lose weight, but if you are only clean eating you tend to get fuller off less calories than usual. People get confused when others say its all about calories, because they suddenly think processed **** is great because it has 90calories. But a granola bar at 90 calories wont fill you up any more than a serving of baby carrots at 30 calories, so in a sense.....eating clean alone will cause you to lose weight.0 -
I was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis...which is directly caused by environmental food choices...
More like "hypothesized to be partly caused by environmental food choices." There are apparently a number of other factors and the food choices thing is not proven.
It has not been proven to cause harm nor has it been proven not to cause harm. So at the end of the day just trust your gut (no pun intended) and make the best choice for yourself.
Controlling flare ups is difficult through food alone because it can take up to a month for a food reaction to occur
But my GI specialist believes that there is only a 0.5% increase in your chance of having UC through genetics (unlike Crohns, which genetics plays a huge role)...and that it is mostly an environmental disease.
I think everyone does need to do what feel right for them....eating clean isn't something that should be mocked. We should be trying to uplift and support people that are making better choices... eating clean is going to help some people lose weight because they'll not be eating McDs or Pizza Hut as a primary food source.0 -
I prefer to think of it in terms of nutrition. Is the food I'm eating providing vitamins, minerals, fiber etc.? Is it full of empty calories? Has it been processed to the point it can sit on a store shelf for years? Are there chemicals in it?
Don't be discourage by the negative people. Good luck.0 -
I prefer to think of it in terms of nutrition. Is the food I'm eating providing vitamins, minerals, fiber etc.? Is it full of empty calories? Has it been processed to the point it can sit on a store shelf for years? Are there chemicals in it?
Don't be discourage by the negative people. Good luck.
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clean eating will not help you lose weight faster..i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
Eating in a calorie deficit will lead to weight loss.
So if you want to lose weight, create a 500 cal per day deficit and maintain it over the long term...and you can still have you thanksgiving and xmas blow out...
True that you need a calorie deficit to lose weight, but if you are only clean eating you tend to get fuller off less calories than usual. People get confused when others say its all about calories, because they suddenly think processed **** is great because it has 90calories. But a granola bar at 90 calories wont fill you up any more than a serving of baby carrots at 30 calories, so in a sense.....eating clean alone will cause you to lose weight.
There are multiple problems with this.
First, eating clean alone will not cause you to lose weight. It is entirely possible to eat clean and gain weight.
Second, satiety is certainly a factor in food choices but it's not the only factor. 90 calories of carrots may fill me up more than a 90 calorie granola bar, but I f'in hate carrots and carrots won't give me that sweet, after-lunch-dessert snack satisfaction the 90 calorie granola bar will.
Third, it implies that eating everything clean is inherently just better. Yes, foods commonly thought of as "clean" like lean meats and veggies will generally fill you up the most per calorie. It's fine and good to base your diet around these foods. I often recommend just that. But the danger is that if you're in the "clean eating!" mentality, then everything needs to be clean and the "not clean" foods are bad. This leads to guilt for eating them, and avoidance of them for no good reason.0 -
i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
What is it about your aunt's Thanksgiving dinner that isn't "clean?" Just curious, because if you ate at my house it would be pretty sparkling "clean." I can't think of one thing I'm serving that's not "clean," but I guess it depends on the definition.
Just thinking back to my family's Thanksgiving dinners.... candied yams made with sugar, marshmallows, canned cranberry sauce, pies made with sugar, mac&cheese made with regular pasta and evaporated milk with preservatives, etc etc.
Well, that's not how I cook. I do brown rice with toasted almonds, roasted sweet potatoes with butter, fresh green beans sauteed in olive oil, homemade cranberry sauce, though that does contain sugar and booze. So any sort of sugar is considered "dirty?" My amazing apple, pumpkin, and pecan pies are made from fresh ingredients but have lots of sugar. hmm...guess I'm "dirty" after all.0 -
I prefer to think of it in terms of nutrition. Is the food I'm eating providing vitamins, minerals, fiber etc.? Is it full of empty calories? Has it been processed to the point it can sit on a store shelf for years? Are there chemicals in it?
Don't be discourage by the negative people. Good luck.
This is exactly my way of thinking. I try to eat whole foods and primarily plant based. But I have moments where I chow down on junk but thr majority of my diet is based off nutritional foods full of fiber and lean proteins! Feel free to add me if we seem like a match. 0 -
clean eating will not help you lose weight faster..i want to try clean eating. i can only do it until thanksigving but then well, i have to skip thanksigivng and get back on eating clean after that until xmas LOL. cant miss my aunts yummy meal! but i think this would really help me lose a few extra over the next few weeks
Eating in a calorie deficit will lead to weight loss.
So if you want to lose weight, create a 500 cal per day deficit and maintain it over the long term...and you can still have you thanksgiving and xmas blow out...
True that you need a calorie deficit to lose weight, but if you are only clean eating you tend to get fuller off less calories than usual. People get confused when others say its all about calories, because they suddenly think processed **** is great because it has 90calories. But a granola bar at 90 calories wont fill you up any more than a serving of baby carrots at 30 calories, so in a sense.....eating clean alone will cause you to lose weight.
There are multiple problems with this.
First, eating clean alone will not cause you to lose weight. It is entirely possible to eat clean and gain weight.
Second, satiety is certainly a factor in food choices but it's not the only factor. 90 calories of carrots may fill me up more than a 90 calorie granola bar, but I f'in hate carrots and carrots won't give me that sweet, after-lunch-dessert snack satisfaction the 90 calorie granola bar will.
Third, it implies that eating everything clean is inherently just better. Yes, foods commonly thought of as "clean" like lean meats and veggies will generally fill you up the most per calorie. It's fine and good to base your diet around these foods. I often recommend just that. But the danger is that if you're in the "clean eating!" mentality, then everything needs to be clean and the "not clean" foods are bad. This leads to guilt for eating them, and avoidance of them for no good reason.
This is where, IMO, intermittent fasting acts as a valuable tool in energy balance. Sure, what you eat is very important, that said, how you eat is as important, if not more so. It is not a diet but more of an eating pattern that takes the "good" and "bad" out of food selection. There really is not a lot of room for guilt with that lifestyle.
Food selection should be a personal choice based on what makes you look, feel and perform at your best.0
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