Confessions of a recovering clean eater
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eric_sg61
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Sorry if repost
http://networkedblogs.com/TholQ
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Former clean eater discovers IIFYM, Flexible Dieting
http://networkedblogs.com/TholQ
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Former clean eater discovers IIFYM, Flexible Dieting
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I like this quote from the article - Obviously “clean eating” wasn’t killing me, but it was killing my relationships with people and my passion for life.
ITA with this. I aim to eat healthy most of the time, but I have something processed or unnatural every single day, and I have been the same weight give or take a few pounds I purposely put on, for 9+ years now. In fact, my fitness level is higher today in my 30's than in my 20's when I was the same weight, and I eat IIFYM now. Back then I believed the craze that is clean eating. I still have friends like that now, and while I know why they are doing it (they don't know better), it definitely hinders our fun.
They can't seem to figure out how I maintain my fitness level/weight when I go out drinking beer every weekend.0 -
IIFYM is awesome! May not be everyone's cup of tea but I like it. One can only eat so many meals of chicken, broccoli and brown rice lol0
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I consider IIFYM to be a clean diet. And based on her physic it's pretty easy to agree that she isn't clean.0
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neanderthin I am wondering what you meant by {she isn't clean " ?0
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Sarcasm....lol. Your looking awesome .0
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If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.0
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If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.0
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If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
No, not really.0 -
Sorry if repost
http://networkedblogs.com/TholQ
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Former clean eater discovers IIFYM, Flexible Dieting
Someone who has seen the light! :drinker:0 -
If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
Educate me then? Everything I've seen and read on here is eat anything you want if it fits in your Protein, Carb, Fat macros or some people think it means just as long as you don't go over your calories. Or I hear a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, it doesn't matter what it is.
How can eating clean and IIFYM be the same nutritionally? A Big Mac from McDonalds might fit your macros but nutritionally it's no where near the same nutritional value of the same amount of calories of vegetables, fruits and whole foods. Am I thinking too simple?
***no hostility going on here, I'm just learning***0 -
I liked that article.
Open minded, accepting of other views but putting forward the polite suggestion there may be other ways that can work just as well if not better.
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If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
Educate me then? Everything I've seen and read on here is eat anything you want if it fits in your Protein, Carb, Fat macros or some people think it means just as long as you don't go over your calories. Or I hear a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, it doesn't matter what it is.
How can eating clean and IIFYM be the same nutritionally? A Big Mac from McDonalds might fit your macros but nutritionally it's no where near the same nutritional value of the same amount of calories of vegetables, fruits and whole foods. Am I thinking too simple?
***no hostility going on here, I'm just learning***
Here's a great place to start, for more info-
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/822501-halp-my-sandwich-isn-t-clean
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http://evidencemag.com/clean-eating-iifym/
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http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/research-review/hormonal-responses-to-a-fast-food-meal-compared-with-nutritionally-comparable-meals-of-different-composition-research-review.html0 -
If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
Educate me then? Everything I've seen and read on here is eat anything you want if it fits in your Protein, Carb, Fat macros or some people think it means just as long as you don't go over your calories. Or I hear a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, it doesn't matter what it is.
How can eating clean and IIFYM be the same nutritionally? A Big Mac from McDonalds might fit your macros but nutritionally it's no where near the same nutritional value of the same amount of calories of vegetables, fruits and whole foods. Am I thinking too simple?
***no hostility going on here, I'm just learning***0 -
If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
Educate me then? Everything I've seen and read on here is eat anything you want if it fits in your Protein, Carb, Fat macros or some people think it means just as long as you don't go over your calories. Or I hear a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, it doesn't matter what it is.
How can eating clean and IIFYM be the same nutritionally? A Big Mac from McDonalds might fit your macros but nutritionally it's no where near the same nutritional value of the same amount of calories of vegetables, fruits and whole foods. Am I thinking too simple?
***no hostility going on here, I'm just learning***
Excellent, thank you. We are both really on the same page you know? It's just both the 'clean eaters' and 'IIFYM' can take it to an extreme that isn't really necessary. Just like religion I guess Your definition sounds like a very healthy way to eat/live, but some of the other definitions I've seen have not sounded healthy at all.
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This was a great read, and I love that it's not condescending like some people can be when talking about IIFYM. I think something written like this is far more likely to reach people because it's not aggressive.0
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If your goal is weight loss then IIFYM is just as good as eating clean. If your goal is health and nutrition then it's completely different.
Educate me then? Everything I've seen and read on here is eat anything you want if it fits in your Protein, Carb, Fat macros or some people think it means just as long as you don't go over your calories. Or I hear a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, it doesn't matter what it is.
How can eating clean and IIFYM be the same nutritionally? A Big Mac from McDonalds might fit your macros but nutritionally it's no where near the same nutritional value of the same amount of calories of vegetables, fruits and whole foods. Am I thinking too simple?
***no hostility going on here, I'm just learning***
Excellent, thank you. We are both really on the same page you know? It's just both the 'clean eaters' and 'IIFYM' can take it to an extreme that isn't really necessary. Just like religion I guess Your definition sounds like a very healthy way to eat/live, but some of the other definitions I've seen have not sounded healthy at all.
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Good blog. Nice read.
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I do think that people don't have to eat "clean" all the time, I eat only an abundance of fruits and veggies, and sometimes I can have something other than that on reward day. IIFYM is a great thing for some people, only if they do it right. People have been using IIFYM as an excuse to eat tons of nutritionally deficient foods, and thus, most people are doing IIFYM "wrong", in my opinion, IIFYM is only a stable diet for bodybuilders. Also clean eating doesn't have to be boring, and that's why most people switch to IIFYM. If somebody wants to partake in IIFYM, the right way to do it is by eating a paleolithic diet, not the modern american diet. Don't hate on me, this is just my opinion, and if anyone doesn't accept it, just move on.0
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I do think that people don't have to eat "clean" all the time, I eat only an abundance of fruits and veggies, and sometimes I can have something other than that on reward day. IIFYM is a great thing for some people, only if they do it right. People have been using IIFYM as an excuse to eat tons of nutritionally deficient foods, and thus, most people are doing IIFYM "wrong", in my opinion, IIFYM is only a stable diet for bodybuilders. Also clean eating doesn't have to be boring, and that's why most people switch to IIFYM. If somebody wants to partake in IIFYM, the right way to do it is by eating a paleolithic diet, not the modern american diet. Don't hate on me, this is just my opinion, and if anyone doesn't accept it, just move on.0
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