Enders_Shadow's Group - eating clean & getting lean - FULL (Page 4)

I got your e-book!  I'm not sure about the level I want to do.  I think I can get by with the level 1 detox but the level 3  workout plan.  Is it appropriate to do that?

YES!!  my family is a 6 or 7 hour car ride home, and usually that car ride is a free-for-all of junk food at rest stops.  after all the crappy (DELICIOUS) foods i ate for the holidays, i couldn't stomach the thought of a donut or a breakfast burrito.  today i had a bagel, a banana, yogurt, and hummus with pretzels, because it was so hard to find non-junk in a gas station, buy my stomach was just DYING.  

of course, that's not nearly enough calories for a 160-pound woman over 7 hours....

bread - is usually an issue for lunch cause sandwiches are such an easy default.  i eat very little bread...i don't pack sandwiches for lunch - i pack leftovers from the night before's dinner.  i generally never eat bread/rolls with dinner.  when are you eating bread?  it's easier to give alternates when we know when you are eating them!

as for canned refried beans - if they are good ones they are cooked in lard.  technically very clean, but not necessarily very healthy.  its pretty easy to do refried beans - take a can of pinto beans, drain off the liquid, heat them on the stovetop, add different spices (garlic, chili pepper, cumin, try things out) and mash with a fork.  voila!

George - Ideally, I do not eat bread but may appease myself with something called a one-minute muffin made out of Flax Meal.  I'm with Marilyn above on the leftovers for lunch.  Or I prepare and package things in "grab and go" containers on Sunday to last the whole week.

I'm definitely a label reader, and refried beans are one thing you can buy relatively healthy (many other beans have corn syrup in them, so beware!).  I no longer eat beans, but I do have a wonderful re-fried bean recipe that I use on Super Bowl Sunday.  It is a bit time-consuming to cook dried beans, but oh so good!

Beth - I'm just going to incorporate my own normal workout routine along with doing the detox.  But if you feel you are not getting enough energy source from your food when working out, you can look at the page that has modifications for athletes and allows extra dense carb sources. 

Happy New Year's Eve everyone! 

Happy New Years Eve! We're having an exciting night at home watching football. 

George- how much bread are you eating on a daily basis? Why do you think this is more than you should be eating? 

I switched over to bread thins for sandwiches for lunch. One way I guess if you wanted to limit breads but still wanted the carbs would be to replace it with something else like sweet potato's, oatmeal, quinoa, or other grains. 

We don't really eat refried beans. When I do they're normally at a Mexican restaurant (lard) and diet quality isn't on my mind at that point. We tend to eat more black beans and chick peas. 

snacks/sandwiches are hard.  i think that is where i struggle with staying "clean" the most.  i eat a lot of fruit - but that's no good for low glycemic!  i eat eggs a lot....even as a snack.  sometimes with salsa or avocado.  beans are a good option too.  half a sweet potato?  my sister was just telling me how her daughter hates bread and she just rolls slices of turkey and cheese up to pack in her lunches -- sounds like a simple snack too!

so - to try and enforce my 80/20 rule i'm going to score myself from 1 to 10 on the clean-ness of my diet each day, rather than the monotony of logging which i don't really like.  today i'm not even at a 5 out of 10 so far, but mostly because i've been sick the past few days and gatorade and campbell's soup are DEFINITELY not clean.  haha.  feeling better though, so hopefully more color/fiber in my diet later today...

maybe i will do weekly and monthly averages.  i like being able to put numbers to things.  i'm an engineer and i love charts too.  oh the options!

Originally posted by enders_shadow

Originally posted by enders_shadow If you haven't told us yet...1) have you started clean eating already? if not, when's your start date? AND 2) what was your success (or successes) for the holiday season?

I'm guessing for most of us the "clean eating" is probably going to start tomorrow or next week. I'm shooting for tomorrow - today is snacks and beer on the couch watching college football. (Go Hawkeyes!) However, I started the day running a 5K PR!!! Yeah me! That's my success for the holiday season - I'll take it. Here's to many more successes over the next few weeks/months.

this is AWESOME!  i'm still not off the couch for the day yet.  but i am starting to do the clean thing.  i have no successes to speak of over the holiday season.  missed 2 workouts over the weekend for no good reason then got sick this week, so haven't been doing much of working out or clean eating.  blech.  i blame my brother's 4 kiddos for this!

I started today with clean Paleo/Primal.  It is my first day back at work after being off nearly 2 weeks. I did fairly good over the holidays with the exception of alcohol (WAY too much of that!).  I've weighed in and have over 10 lbs to lose (hopefully before my race season kicks in).  So far I am planning:  5K, Spartan, Raleigh Rock "N" Roll Marathon, Carolina Beach Double Sprint, and Raleigh 70.3.  I'm sure I'll add to that and may even do Beach-2-Battle Half to end the season.

No successes worth mentioning, but no epic fails either.

Kristen - Contrats on the PR!  Woot woot!!!

the carolina beach double sprint sounds AWESOME!  it's only about a 4 hour drive for me.  if only it were a different weekend, i think we are heading on vacation around then!  i can't wait to hear about this race.

I was thinking of you in the grocery store last night.  I picked up Tofouyan brand whole wheat pita bread - the ingredient list is pretty short and darn close to clean.  For breakfast today I had 2 scrambled eggs in just one half pita with some salsa, and it was plenty of that bread feel/taste but none of the bulk.  I know they are pretty easy to make and might try that in the future, but for now I'm liking this option.  Going to make some sweet potato and bean burgers and serve them on the pita too!