Clean eating has become one of the in things to do or try to lose weight with hashtags trending on Instagram!!
Eating clean basically demonises any foods that are processed and contain any unnecessary ingredients. By eating clean you are limited to only foods which are single food ingredients. This is great and like I've spoken about before at least 80% of your food intake should come from these sources but why is clean eating wrong in my opinion.
Majority of you who have tried clean eating will have not tracked your calories throughout sticking to this diet. You will have eaten pretty bland meals to not know what your daily total calorie totals are for that given day. If you don't know your daily total calories then how do you know your in a calorie deficit of not?
Believe it or not you can still over eat on chicken and broccoli as calories are KING. Granted it would be pretty tough too but it is certainly possible. You also have the issue of that its so bloody boring to eat clean that come the weekend or when you are believed to have earned a cheat day you go absolutely bloody nuts and consume 5000+ calories, creating a surplus for the week and strolling any progress for another week.
If you've tracked and educated yourself on nutritional values of foods you can consume treats on a day to day basis and still progress towards your fat loss goals. The dream is to lose weight and still have a biscuit or 2 a day right?
Well if you knew what you had eaten for that given day then you sure bloody well can. By ensuring you can hit a few targets a day will see results,
- Create a energy deficit
- Consume 25g + of fibre
- Consume at least 1.5g per kilogram of protein from good sources.
- Ensure at least 80% of all food consumed within a day comes from single ingredient foods.
Simples!!!
If you manage to hit these 4 targets consistently, you will have managed to cover all bases in relation to health benefits also.
Be more specific with your nutrition and don't just eat clean so you can post about it. Progress is cooler and why eat bland boring meals when you can still eat controlled amount of great foods and still achieve your goals.
Happy tracking with the odd treat or TWO.
Tom
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