Post Clean eating - before and after (Pictures)

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Asher_Ethan
Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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TL;DR -The pictures on the LEFT are when I was 100% clean eating.... Yes the pictures on the left. Pictures on the right are my diet of pizza, french fries and pasta! 37b0eejb8sjw.jpg

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I was told by MANY people that, "Oh all you need to do is eat clean and you can eat as much as you want!" And for someone that is always hungry and never full, I thought this was awesome. Well after a year of clean eating I did lose 15 pounds but then I started gaining weight... I was so confused. I was spending soooooo much money on whole organic foods and gaining weight?! I decided to try MFP... I set it to lose .5 pounds a week (because if I was eating all healthy food I would probably lose like 2 pounds a week <--- what I actually thought) I started coming on the forums and I learned everything I have learned about losing weight is wrong:

A calorie is a calorie no matter what?
I can eat pizza and lose weight?
I can eat butter and lose weight?! (butter is my favorite food)
I don't HAVE to eat breakfast if I don't want to?
Eating 5 small meals during the day WON'T make my metabolism faster?
I can still drink alcoholic beverages?
I can eat after 7pm and it won't be stored as fat?! <
Once I learned this wasn't true... the last 7 pounds just fell off.


The picture on the left I'm about 168 and the picture on the right I'm about 149. The 2 pictures were taken 4 months apart.

I still have 15 pounds to lose to my, "goal weight," but I want to weigh that much by July 2016 so I'll still with my .5 pounds a week to lose until then.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,575 Member
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    Oh my gosh. Thank you for sharing this.
  • megeandemos
    megeandemos Posts: 1 Member
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    So what exactly do you eat now? I've been eatting clean and lost some weight but I was told to do a flexible diet now.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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    WTG OP!!!! :)
  • DuckReconMajor
    DuckReconMajor Posts: 434 Member
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    yeeehaw. you go!

    Actually, I have about 13 lb left to go, July 2016 seems like a reasonable time frame. I think I'll adopt it!
  • VeganAmandaJ
    VeganAmandaJ Posts: 234 Member
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    Very cool and I love it! This is why flexible eating wins.
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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    megeandemos wrote: »
    So what exactly do you eat now? I've been eatting clean and lost some weight but I was told to do a flexible diet now.


    I eat what I want now... But in moderation... I will still eat vegetables because those are lower and calories... But I still get butter when it fits in my calories and that's amazing...

  • carlhall3
    carlhall3 Posts: 1 Member
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    I have to agree with you. For the longest time I tried the same thing as far as eating healthy and working out and nothing came off. So after reading more and doing some research, I learned if your body burns off more calories than it takes in, you will drop the pounds. If anyone looks at my eating log they will see this is true.
  • AlexanderAmelia
    AlexanderAmelia Posts: 29 Member
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    How tall are you? p.s. you look amazing!

  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
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    AlexanderAmelia wrote: »
    How tall are you? p.s. you look amazing!

    5'9"
  • eatgoodeat
    eatgoodeat Posts: 180 Member
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    Its-so-beautiful.gif
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,626 Member
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    You do NOT look like a person with fifteen pounds to lose.

    Congratulations of your successful loss. Be careful, though. Don't get too thin.
  • eshnna
    eshnna Posts: 109 Member
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    Congratulations you are an inspiration
  • eshnna
    eshnna Posts: 109 Member
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    eatgoodeat wrote: »
    Its-so-beautiful.gif


    :D
  • pariskathryn
    pariskathryn Posts: 173 Member
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    Yaaaasssss
  • gherring2014
    gherring2014 Posts: 16 Member
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    Thank you, thank you, thank you for sharing this! It's ALL true! And when you tell people this, no one believes you! Pft.
  • meddaugh48
    meddaugh48 Posts: 41 Member
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    You look great!
  • rocky11200
    rocky11200 Posts: 3 Member
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    awsome job
  • MommysLittleMeatball
    MommysLittleMeatball Posts: 2,064 Member
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    I love this post so much I want to marry it.

    However, I also agree with this comment:
    Kalikel wrote: »
    You do NOT look like a person with fifteen pounds to lose.

    Congratulations of your successful loss. Be careful, though. Don't get too thin.

    You look great!
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
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    Awesome job. You look fabulous!
  • vinerie
    vinerie Posts: 234 Member
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    Great job!!

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