~ Clean Eaters Thread ~

K, I'm pleased to announce that I have finally lost weight...5.2 lbs! This is my thinnest time of the month, (my weigh in), I've now enjoyed CE and sticking to my calories properly, for almost 2 weeks. I feel and look better. Only thing is, maybe you guys know, I haven't been able to strength train either for that time. Muscle loss too?:huh: (about 3 weeks).

neeter, do you think you are not eating enough? You eat pretty well so you should be losing more. How much more you need to lose? I think you said about 10lbs correct? You might want to change your workouts a bit, make some more intense. Are you lifting?

I went to Whole Foods today, first time. I was overwhelmed. :laugh: I was also in shock with the prices. :noway: :noway: I know, heard and read that organic is supposedly better for you, I am not really totally convinced, but OMG, do organic products have to cost 3-4 times more than the non organic products?? :noway: :grumble: My husband was with me and we did not have much time. So I need to go back with at least a couple of hrs to read ingredients, nutrition labels, etc. :laugh: Who was it that said this could be a full time job??? I totally agree!!! :laugh:

Alf... I am happy to report that today the scale was back down!! Yesterday it said 137.4 but today it said 135.2! That makes a lot more sense because I really have been doing everything perfectly, at least compared to my past up-and-down diets/splurges. I think it was just that my TOM was still sticking around when I thought it was over and done with. So now I have lost 5 pounds and I have another 10 pounds to lose. My workouts are very intense... mostly cardio but I have recently been trying to make sure I get in more lifting, so that may have helped. I see physical results a lot faster with weights than with cardio -- but I love the adrenaline rush of a long, fast run.

I think you are right that I should eat more though... my calories still come in under 1200 net too often. We are going camping this weekend so it should be interesting to see how I manage to eat clean while everyone is gobbling down burgers and hot dogs and beer!! I am bringing fruits and veggies and the low carb tortillas and turkey (deli but at least it's fat free) etc. I am going to allow myself a "splurge" of smores around the campfire. I figure that will help up my calorie intake and I aslo plan to do a long run tomorrow with my dog, so I will really have a lot of extra calories to work with.

I agree about organic food being expensive, and clean eating being time-consuming. I was just telling my boyfriend last night that I think I would need to make this my job to do it correctly, or hire a personal chef!

OK Clean Eaters. I was just thinking of everyone setting a goal for each week. Just think of *one* thing that you can cut out that isn't as clean or replace it with something cleaner. Think of it and post it and we'll start a new goal each Monday. How does that sound? Baby steps, one thing at a time! :bigsmile:

I love the idea - sounds great to me. I don't have an idea yet - but will come up with one

Hey there again..I am about to plan out my meals for tomorrow..any suggestions on the Applebees thing? I just want to make a good decision..I know one meal probably won't matter but honestly I am trying to stay good with it:blushing:

Anytime I go to applebee's anymore (which is rare) I get their oriental chicken salad with plain grilled chicken, no crispy noodles and dressing on the side, the half size. It might not be the cleanest meal but it's better than most options and it's a pretty big salad and fills me up due to the grilled chicken and sliced almonds. It's especially better than getting chinese food which is why I usually go to Applebee's when the craving hits and get this salad because it completely satifies the craving.
I hope I helped a little!

I was only up half a pound, ha ha ha. But I wanted to be heading down and I was afraid the scale would start creeping back up! I guess I am just going to have to trust the process better. I too was thinking about the Subway. Thanks for the help.

*smack* Half a pound??? Seriously?? That's a glass of water! :laugh: Just teasin'! You know the scale is not the best indicator of your progress!!! Just keep at it! :drinker:

Yes ma'am. I can be so silly sometimes. I wanted the scale to go down at least half a pound in a week, not UP. But actually I guess it did go down, it just wasn't reflected yesterday.

Here are my eats/exercise for yesterday (Thurs Aug. 27):

7 am (had to be at work early):
1/2 cup oatmeal
1 scoop chocolate protein powder
1/2 banana
25 blueberries

10 am:
Nonfat plain yogurt
Few slices cantelope
15 almonds

Noon:
6 inch Subway black forest ham sub
with pepperjack cheese and vinegar & oil

Workout - 1:30 pm:
Day 2 of Jillian Michaels' Making the Cut workout
I did each circuit twice.
1 hour workout.

3 pm:
Large salad made of baby spanich, cucumber slices, 1/4 avocado, and chopped tomatos
2 oz grilled tilapia fillet
1 tbsp Asian sesame dressing

6 pm:
Cantelope slices and grades
Leftover salad, with 2 oz chunk light tuna in water

9 pm:
2 oz grilled tilaplia fillet
Grilled fresh green bell pepper, tomatos, and green beans
2 tbsp salsa

I ate about 1550 calories and burned 500 so that's only 1,050 net calories. Otherwise I am pretty happy about the day's eats.

Thanks re-define, you definitely did help! I will take any suggestions you have! I am set on getting one of the salads I just don't know which one to choose and what to leave out of them/what is ok to splurge with and leave on..I usually do get my dressings on the side because I don't like my salads drenched..so that's no problem..Another question for re-define-say I do get that salad, How do you usually log that salad into MFP?
Keep the ideas coming! I'm searching for the healthiest option! lol Thanks

I broke down the salad ingredients once before when I first started getting it to calculate the calories, you can search for applebee's asian garden salad, 1/2 salad (that's what i entered it as). Not including the crispy noodles or dressing, the salad is 357 calories.