CLEAN EATING? JOIN ME

My take on this is that, when maintaining a caloric deficit, you have to make fairly smart food decisions in order to consistently hit what most would consider to be the 'proper' macro ratios of proteins, fats. and carbs. It's very hard to eat like crap and hit your numbers when you are calorie-limited. Now, within your macro limits and assuming you are also getting your necessary micro-nutrients, splitting hairs between whether you get your carbs from a sweet potato versus a reasonable serving of white rice or bread (with the same caloric value as the sweet potato) is entirely up to the individual and how they feel and perform eating certain foods.

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

clean eating will not help you lose weight faster..

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...

i have lost 10 lbs in 10 weeks. I suppose I should have been clearer. I am on a workout/diet routine and was implying that perhaps eating clean would amp up my results a bit. i dont eat garbage now, but there is always room to improve and eating clean might be something to step it up a bit.

Considering you have a lower weight loss goal and you are halfway there already, you should probably reduce your deficit to .5lbs a week.

Clean eating means trying to stay away from processed foods which ultimately does impact your health! Add me for support in this choice

No point. Unfortunately there are a few people regularly on these forums that get off on attacking and trashing anyone who doesn't agree with their point of view. I'm beginning to think their unwarranted aggression maybe down to a nutritional injury. After all, garbage in...garbage out. Let's face it, not all calories are created equal and there is no point in being slim in the short term if you're stacking up health problems for the future. If you can truly stand the misery of counting calories, eating clean foods is the least of your problems. Go for it...your body will appreciate the difference.

I'll never understand the uproar over clean eating. First, why does anyone get all up in arms over what some stranger on the internet chooses to put in their mouths? I like eating clean. My definition of clean is fresh veggies and fruits, whole foods, minimally refined. Throw in a dash of grass-fed cows to supply me with butter and milk, pasture raised beef/pork/chicken, free range eggs. I don't buy cookies for the kids, I bake them myself using what I consider quality ingredients which meet my specifications above. I don't miss out on anything, and if I want to have something not so clean every once in a while, I have it and it's not a big whoop. As far as boring goes, my family doesn't find the meals I prepare boring. But then again, I like to use a lot of variety in spices and funky veggies/produce to impart lots of flavor on whatever it is I've cooked. You just have to learn new methods to find variety that is tasty for you!


Clean eaters unite. No shame in bypassing the poptart aisle at the grocery store. And if that's your gig, more power to you. What other people choose to purchase for groceries is not a boiling point for me.

I eat pretty clean and I track calories like crazy.

My dairy is kinda confusing since I don't really count calories just macros. yes I follow IIFYM I am a recovered bulimic so I have to be careful

add me if you'd like ..I'd be happy to support ya! I am currently going to school to be a Nutritionist too!

I fail to understand why some people can't just live and let live.

An OP starts a harmless thread on wanting to find like-minded people fof support and immediately arrives the "STFU and eat poptarts" crew.

Please don't attempt to convince anyone that you're providing this service for the benefit of the OP, out of some misguided concern for whether her approach is "sustainable" in your usually not so humble opinion or not. You're just doing it to validate your own approach and because you like to hear the sound of your own voice.

She's an adult and can make up her own mind about what she wants to eat, so why try to talk her out of finding like-minded others only because it's not what you chose?? :huh:

right so we are all jerks for giving our opinion on a public forum?

All we are trying to say is that you do not have to eliminate whole food groups, label foods as "good" or bad", or "clean" and "unclean" to lose weight..

Just eat in a calorie deficit, work out, eat reasonably healthy, hit your macros, and you will be on your way ...

The OP didn't say she wanted help losing weight. She said she wanted to eat clean and was looking for friends to help.

I eat mostly clean. I definitely think clean eating is sustainable and healthy, but it depends on your own definition and how strict you adhere to it. For example, I don't usually have time to make everything from scratch at home. When I'm not at home, I try and make more wholesome choices, but I know they won't be ideal. It's about setting realistic goals and priorities you can stick to and that make you feel better, independently of weight loss.