Clean Eating

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  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Good for you for attempting to improve the healthfulness of your foods.
    Eating more whole foods is great. Reducing the sheer amount of heavily refined carbs is good.
    Best of luck!
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  • CarrieCans
    CarrieCans Posts: 381 Member
    edited November 2014
    So "Clean" = Unprocessed ???

    I buy 2 bushels of apples every year and i process them myself into 100% pure applesauce with no added ingredients. No added sugar, no spices, no preservatives, etc. This to me sounds clean but because i mashed them and then put them in jars they are no longer healthy?

    I don't buy into that theory.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Sevendust912 wrote: »
    Um isn't every food processed?

    Why yes... yes it is... any food that has been washed or cooked or otherwise prepared to consume has indeed been processed... but hey it's all semantics.

  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Oh and not to be nitpicky or anything... but I don't exactly trust memes that can't spell beginner... especially when it's in REALLY LARGE LETTERS.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Mmmm. I forgot about hot dogs. Have to get some today.
  • Holly_Roman_Empire
    Holly_Roman_Empire Posts: 4,440 Member
    k8blujay2 wrote: »
    Oh and not to be nitpicky or anything... but I don't exactly trust memes that can't spell beginner... especially when it's in REALLY LARGE LETTERS.

    Bahahahaha, now that cracked me up!
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    hollydubs85 wrote: »
    k8blujay2 wrote: »
    Oh and not to be nitpicky or anything... but I don't exactly trust memes that can't spell beginner... especially when it's in REALLY LARGE LETTERS.

    Bahahahaha, now that cracked me up!

    At first I just skimmed it and didn't notice but then I started thinking something just ain't right... and there it was... a misplaced G...

  • melnorwich
    melnorwich Posts: 60 Member
    Big_Bob_Lob wrote: »
    Sincere question: How does the act of grinding meat up before cooking make it "unclean"?

    Qualifier: I have no problem with eating lean, whole grains, fruit and veg, nutrient rich foods. I'm just curious about the meat thing. (no giggity)

    Sincere answer: I don't think that minced up meat is unclean, but it is very difficult to get shop bought minced meat which do not have sulphites added. Even decent butchers add them as it prolongs shelf life. I have a problem with sulphites as they give me these weird, optical migraines (i.e. blurred vision).

  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    k8blujay2 wrote: »
    hollydubs85 wrote: »
    k8blujay2 wrote: »
    Oh and not to be nitpicky or anything... but I don't exactly trust memes that can't spell beginner... especially when it's in REALLY LARGE LETTERS.

    Bahahahaha, now that cracked me up!

    At first I just skimmed it and didn't notice but then I started thinking something just ain't right... and there it was... a misplaced G...

    Brings the whole argument of "if I can't pronounce it, I don't eat it" to a whole new level.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    edited November 2014
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  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    edited November 2014
    Gee, I got flagged already....for having a sense of humor! :smiley:
  • Renibee
    Renibee Posts: 55 Member
    Great job chic, your body responds so well to clean eating, I have been eating clean consistently for a year now, I have had and continue to have great results with my overall health and weightloss goals!! So please feel free to add me, cause on this site certain folks just can't stand to see the word *clean* like they get offensive with it but it is your personal choice, not theirs!!!! They doing them and you doing you!!
  • thornborrow193
    thornborrow193 Posts: 31
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.
  • Renibee
    Renibee Posts: 55 Member
    Well said!!! :)
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    thornborrow193 wrote: »
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.

    That's fine if you choose this way... in fact many do here the majority of the time as well... the only difference is we don't put labels on it and we don't stress over eating an oreo... or even the temptation of eating an oreo...
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    edited November 2014
    thornborrow193 wrote: »
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.

    We are suppose to support the threads that clearly show ED? How about the threads stating they eat 500-700 calories. We should support that?
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    edited November 2014
    Renibee wrote: »
    Great job chic, your body responds so well to clean eating, I have been eating clean consistently for a year now, I have had and continue to have great results with my overall health and weightloss goals!! So please feel free to add me, cause on this site certain folks just can't stand to see the word *clean* like they get offensive with it but it is your personal choice, not theirs!!!! They doing them and you doing you!!
    That's not it at all, but more the fact that we see a lot of threads on clean eating.

    It seems there are many different definitions of clean eating. :smile:

  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    thornborrow193 wrote: »
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.

    No one is cutting you down, we are just having a little fun on a thread that has been posted time and time again. You should run a search if you want to see what others have said.

    You are right. You do get to choose. You should eat what makes you happy. I think the poster you posted was just a little off and that's why people jumped on it. Because, honestly, you can get fresh meat and and fresh cheese and make a cheeseburger that is not coming out of a box.
  • dpwellman
    dpwellman Posts: 3,271 Member
    Whole foods? Yes. I ate a whole pizza. It was good.
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    I choose Cheez-Its and cake.
  • KKJackson91
    KKJackson91 Posts: 69 Member
    GiveMeCoffee wrote: »
    1. Nah I like my diet soda a couple times a week.. burgers???
    2. 1 tablespoon of sugar?? Why?? How will I bake if I stick to that?
    3. I cook my own meals 90% of the time - because I love to cook & bake
    4. 5-6 meals why??? I prefer 1-2 meals a day and what's this "right food" stuff?
    5. Why am I switching from white to brown?? I prefer white rice...

    Why do you have to make this change? What are you thinking is going to happen if you do this for 8 weeks? I wouldn't survive a week let alone 8 ..

    This! Eating clean makes no sense to me. I would rather just eat what I want and log it and practice portion control than to make myself suffer for 8 weeks.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    edited November 2014
    I just don't get all the stress placed on this. I eat "clean" about 85-90 % of the time and I never once thought hard about it. It's just how life and eating works. Am I going to eat processed food all the time? No. It makes my stomach hurt. Sometimes actually gives me a headache.

    Actually, maybe I don't eat clean. Every time I see a post or an article about it I ignore it, so who knows.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    thornborrow193 wrote: »
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.

    This is wonderful, and I choose to eat many of the same things-fresh fruits, veggies, my homemade bread and peanut butter, organic lactose free cheeses, and I cook 99% of my meals at home from fresh foods. 95% of what we ate was from the garden or the tree and canned, or it was simply fresh from the garden. This is simply how my mom taught me how to cook years ago, and this is how we cook here (without the garden now).

    It didn't have a label then, and I don't understand the labeling now.

    Nobody is being non-supportive, but people are inserting humor, some of it dry. :smile:
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I just don't get all the stress placed on this. I eat "clean" about 85-90 % of the time and I never once thought hard about it. It's just how life and eating works. Am I going to eat processed food all the time? No. It makes my stomach hurt. Sometimes actually gives me a headache.

    Actually, maybe I don't eat clean. Every time I see a post or an article about it I ignore it, so who knows.

    I had a Banquet Chicken Pot Pie last night for the first time in years. It was not that great.

    Next time I'm going to try Marie Calendar's Chicken Pot pie. :smile:
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    SLLRunner wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I just don't get all the stress placed on this. I eat "clean" about 85-90 % of the time and I never once thought hard about it. It's just how life and eating works. Am I going to eat processed food all the time? No. It makes my stomach hurt. Sometimes actually gives me a headache.

    Actually, maybe I don't eat clean. Every time I see a post or an article about it I ignore it, so who knows.

    I had a Banquet Chicken Pot Pie last night for the first time in years. It was not that great.

    Next time I'm going to try Marie Calendar's Chicken Pot pie. :smile:

    Oh yeah, that sounds good. I saw this thread and thought "mmmm hot dogs". Good source of protein.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    PRMinx wrote: »
    thornborrow193 wrote: »
    My choice is to eat healthier to eat smarter and to not add sugar into my diet.
    Again, I state "my choice."

    I choose to not eat food that comes out of a box

    I choose to eat whole foods

    I choose to not add or eat foods with sugar.

    I ate real oatmeal today

    I will eat chick pea salad with kale

    I will eat chicken breast and veggies for dinner

    I will drink my water.

    I choose not to eat breads. Not only because I do not want to but because it bothers my stomachs.

    I do eat meat but not meat out of a box, protein in which I bake myself.

    The running theme is, I choose.

    You may not like my decision or agree with my chooses but this thread was a request for other people who are making the same choice to encourage and praise my accomplishments with like minded choices.

    Please respect my decision even if you choose not to agree with it

    I am making a choice for myself. For my life and to be who I am.

    We are not on MFP to cut people down for their self proclaimed lifestyle acclamations but to encourage, praise and applaude.

    No one is cutting you down, we are just having a little fun on a thread that has been posted time and time again. You should run a search if you want to see what others have said.

    You are right. You do get to choose. You should eat what makes you happy. I think the poster you posted was just a little off and that's why people jumped on it. Because, honestly, you can get fresh meat and and fresh cheese and make a cheeseburger that is not coming out of a box.

    And this... all of this! *waves hand over reply*
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  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    SLLRunner wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    I just don't get all the stress placed on this. I eat "clean" about 85-90 % of the time and I never once thought hard about it. It's just how life and eating works. Am I going to eat processed food all the time? No. It makes my stomach hurt. Sometimes actually gives me a headache.

    Actually, maybe I don't eat clean. Every time I see a post or an article about it I ignore it, so who knows.

    I had a Banquet Chicken Pot Pie last night for the first time in years. It was not that great.

    Next time I'm going to try Marie Calendar's Chicken Pot pie. :smile:

    I only like the beef ones... kinda tastes like stew...
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