clean eating dos and don'ts

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mommacody

Cathlete
i am intending to clean up my act starting today, no pun intended. i know that coffee and alcohol are off the clean eating list :( however, i would like to know what i can get away with (look at me cheating already). is a cup of coffee a day going to sabotage my efforts? how about a glass of wine or two on the weekend? yes, i know it's best to cut it out completely, but how bad is a little bit?
 
I don't see what's wrong with an occasional weekend indulgence, esp. if you eat clean 90% of the time. I'd think you'd be more likely to stick with this diet if you allow yourself a little slack now and then. As far as caffeine is concerned. I don't drink coffee but I do enjoy tea everyday. I just don't put any cream or sugar in it.

There are certain trigger foods that can cause you to sabotage your diet, making it tougher to resist the "bad" foods, sugar is mine, but if you know which foods to avoid you should be OK.
 
I second fitnessfreak. Also, you don't have to be squeaky clean perfect, unless of course maybe you are training for something specific. If you want to just b/c, well that is something else, too ;) I think moderation is the key. I tend to be clean 6 days out of 7 and leave 1 for treats such as a little wine and maybe some other fattening delights.


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Debbie
 
I drink one cup of coffee and one cup of green tea every morning (no milk or sugar though). I also let myself have a drink or two one a week if the mood strikes me and it has not sabatoged my efforts at all. However, not everyone is the same so what might work for me, might not work for you. I, however, need my little indulgences once in awhile to keep me sane.

Katie
 
There are not "clean diet police" who are going to arrest you if you are 100% clean.

If you eat well 85-90% of the time (how much "wiggle room" you can have is very individual), that 10-15% of not-quite 'clean' isn't going to have a big effect on your health and fitness. It's what you do MOST of the time that counts.

Personally, I think that coffee offers more harm than benefit (not because of the caffeine, but because of the acids in it), and that green tea is a much better choice, but others would say that coffee is okay.

Most wines contain sulfites, which are not good. But you can get organic wines that do not contain them.

(I personally feel very uncomfortable with the idea of "clean eating" and "cheating" and rules and regulations regarding what to eat or not eat. If anybody told me I COULDN'T eat something, I would be more likely to want to eat it! My current diet (as in "way of eating)Im'sure seems very 'clean' and perhaps restrictive to most people, but it's not because I'm followiing some rules and regulations, or depriving myself of something I really want, it's because I prefer to consider food as fuel for my other activities, and as a means to furnish nutrients to my body, and I avoid 'non-foods' that don't nourish my body.)
 
Kathryn, would you please elaborate on the acids in coffee? What are the detriments? I never drank coffee until I met DH. Now I have 1-2 cups a day.

You know, I was thinking about vegans the other day and wondering if there was such a thing as vegan junk food...:D

Sparrow

Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming ‘Wow - what a ride!’ — Peter Sage
 
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