Clean Eating
ewaters11
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Hi guys. I'm new here and just need some encouragement. I'm clean eating and I'm trying really hard. The hardest part of this is that I have no idea if I'm doing this right. This is my second week and I don't feel any different. I don't drink diet soda anymore and that was a big step by itself. I love diet soda and all of its chemically goodness. I only drink water and coffee. Can't give up my coffee. I guess I'm just wondering when I'm going to start feeling a difference.
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It may take months to start seeing and feeling a difference in your health and appearance. Two weeks in no where near enough time to see improvements. You might want to open your diary and let us see what you are eating since you are just starting out. Do you have any goals?0
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Give it at least 2 months to see a difference. Your body needs time to adjust.0
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Right now I'm 5'6 and 167lbs. To give you an idea of my body type, I'm pretty bottom heavy. Always have been. I was on weight watchers for about 6 months but then I kind of realized that it doesn't matter what you eat as long as you're eating within your given points and that doesn't seem healthy to me. I'd like to be at least 150.0
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i ate clean for years - still do - and i didn't feel any different at all.0
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Calories are calories are calories. It's all in your head.0
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Calories are calories are calories. It's all in your head.
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Calories are calories are calories. It's all in your head.
^^^This... end thread.0 -
What does that mean, it's all in my head?0
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What does that mean, it's all in my head?
You've decided clean eating (or shakes, pills, etc) will make you feel better, and believing that makes it "true."0 -
whats wrong with diet soda ? zero cals0
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Well, this looks new and interesting. What could possibly go wrong with this thread?0
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Well, this looks new and interesting. What could possibly go wrong with this thread?
Nothing. Nothing at all.
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I'd appreciate any advice that you guys could give me. I'm looking for encouragement. Thank you0
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Since you are new here, I will give you some pointers.
1) "clean eating" is a meaningless phrase and does not describe what you are actually eating
2) MFP is just like Weight Watchers in that you eat within your calorie and macro limits (instead of points) and it doesn't matter what you eat, as long as it fits
3) Every day there is a thread about "clean eating"
4) MFP's system works as long as you weigh, measure, and log everything that you eat
5) It doesn't matter what you drink as long as you count any calories it may contain (this includes diet soda. If you want it, drink it)
6) Ultimate success is determined by learning to eat at a calorie deficit and doing it in a way that you can continue for the rest of your life.0 -
I'd appreciate any advice that you guys could give me. I'm looking for encouragement. Thank you
What specific questions do you have?0 -
Hi guys. I'm new here and just need some encouragement. I'm clean eating and I'm trying really hard. The hardest part of this is that I have no idea if I'm doing this right. This is my second week and I don't feel any different. I don't drink diet soda anymore and that was a big step by itself. I love diet soda and all of its chemically goodness. I only drink water and coffee. Can't give up my coffee. I guess I'm just wondering when I'm going to start feeling a difference.0
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What does that mean, it's all in my head?
they just mean that feeling a difference in your body between eating clean and not eating clean is mostly just going to be in your head... the placebo effect, if you will.0 -
What does that mean, it's all in my head?
Don't listen to them, they've drank the Kool-aid. "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" is bull**** that's used to justify eating unhealthily, with the justification that "it's inside my calorie limit". Food is not all the same.0 -
What does that mean, it's all in my head?
Don't listen to them, they've drank the Kool-aid. "a calorie is a calorie is a calorie" is bull**** that's used to justify eating unhealthily, with the justification that "it's inside my calorie limit". Food is not all the same.
Nutrients are different, yes, but calories are the same.
And Kool-Aid is not "clean."0 -
I've always understood clean eating to mean avoiding pre-processed, packaged, additive laden foods - synonymous to the "one-ingredient" theory. It seems reasonable to me on a common-sense level that this can only be better for you. Or have I gotten something wrong here?0
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