Can Just Eating Clean Makes You Lose Weight

If you are trying to lose weight or struggling with weight loss. This is how I have lost 50 pounds with a clean eating lifestyle. Eating clean has me lighter, fitter and feeling better.

Have you heard of clean eating? I admit that I have heard the term but never really knew what it meant. If you are unsure of what is clean eating, well, from my understanding, it’s eating real food, unprocessed and as natural as possible. Eating clean means avoiding processed food and sticking with vegetables, fruit and natural proteins.

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I shouldrewind and tell you my‘why’. When I was still working, I worked late nights and got very little sleep. No rest, busy days, long nights and not so great eating habits can lead to an unhealthy self and weight gain. So after retiring fromthe NYPD, I had my standard bloodwork done. My numbers were not good at all. Especially, my cholesterol, whichwas way higher than it has ever been and higherthan I would ever want it to be. That in conjunction with the fact that I knew I was overweight was an eye-opener for me. My nutritionist actually looked at my bloodwork and then said to me “what the hell are you doing?” I need to lose weight and Ineed to get healthy for myself, my kids, my family. (psst, you can read about my retiring from the NYPD here: NYPD ). I also noticed myself in the mirror for the first time in a while and could see that I didn’tlook the way I wanted to look. I also didn’tfeel the way that I wanted to feel. But those things often do go hand in hand. This is my ‘before’ photo. I keep it as a motivator for me. This photo was taken in June when I attempted to start jump roping. I ordered myself a great set of jump ropes and started jumping in the backyard every day. This was great until I injured my knee. Jumping rope was a great workout and Ilost 5 lbs. But once I hurt my knee my jump roping was over and my husband has taken possession of my amazing jump ropes. If you are looking for weighted jump ropes, you can find the ones we have HERE or any jump ropes HERE.

Now that I explained my ‘why’ I can get into the how. I can assure you of a few things from the start:

This is a personal story about my own success with clean eating, but if you are new to clean eatingin general, make sure to check out Everything You Need to Know about a Clean Eating Diet .

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But Im guessing that you already know these things. So from the jumping rope, I am down 5 lbs which isn’tmuch and I held steady at that weight from June until September when I retired. In October I joined a gym and started working out anywhere from 3 to 5 days a week. I dress for the gym before taking the kids to school so that once I drop them off I can head straight to the gym with no excuses. My typical day at the gym consists of starting on the elliptical machine, then weight training then the treadmill. Because I actually enjoy jogging. I started off spending about an hour at the gym, but lately, I find myself spending an hour and a half there. I made sure to take the jogging slow and steady to avoid any new knee injury. Once I started to exercise I lost another 5 lbs. (10 total) I also wear my Fitbit all the time to make sure that I am up and moving enough. You can get a fit bit here if you want one: Fitbit

Next, I started doing a little research on how to avoid knee injuries because I didn’twant to hinder my progress. I looked up bone broth and how it helps your joints. After reading review after review I decided to start using Collagen. Every day after the gym, and even days that I skipped the gym I would put a scoop of collagen peptides in my morning coffee. Later I put this in my smoothies. Low and behold (knock on wood) my knees have been great and I’ve been slowly increasing how long I jog and how fast. As an added bonus, collagen is great for your hair and nails! This is the Collagen that I use and I love that its dissolvable and has zero taste. (Collagen peptides) It’s also gluten-free, paleo friendly and more.

I continued to go to the gym and couldn’t understand why I wasn’t losing any more weight. I felt better but needed something else. When I started going to the gym I also slowly started to replace my morning coffee with a shot of apple cider vinegar. I make sure to get the kind with ‘the mother’ and order it here: Apple Cider Vinegar Each morning starts the same with a shot of ACV followed by a glass of water with lemon.

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If you don’t want to take a straight shot you can opt for a less harsh Apple Cider Detox Drink with Honey .

Now that I am down 10 pounds but not losing any moreweight I was feeling frustrated. I ran across a video on Facebook, like so many that we see and I stopped to watch it. I really wasn’t quite sure about it, but my husband talked me into joining this 30-day challenge.

So I signed up to start the 30-day challenge in the beginning of January. I can tell you that my first glance at the website made me unsure. It came across very ‘sale-sy’. But I took a chance and sent my $47. I figured hey, why not. Basically, for $47 I got a grocery list for the 3 Day Detox, a full meal plan with recipes, exercise videos, and daily meditations to stay positive.

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I have printed all of the clean eating recipes and created a binder in my kitchen that I grab daily to pick out what to eat each day. My type A personality shines through here because I have highlighted all the breakfast meals with pink, lunch in green, dinner in blue, snacks in yellow. hehe This way I can skim by color to find the meal that I want. I’m a sucker for organization. As I make each recipe, I then add little notes as to whether I like it or not, and if needed a little something more like lemon or salt for example. I should also add that the recipes are all rather easy to make and can also be made rather quickly and are real food.

There is also a free app that I use on my cell phone called Lose It! The app allows me to add the recipes and food that I eat each day. (My OCD is showing) I set up my profile with my current weight and my goal weight. I enter when I exercise and the app calculates how many calories I can have each day. So when I prepare a meal or snack from the 30-day challenge I log it into the app. You don’t have to be as anal retentive as me, but this works for me. Here is the app if you’d like to check it out: Lose It

There is also a Facebook group for everyone who participates in the 30-day challenge where people from all over the world participate and support one another. It is a very active group full of questions, sharing experiences and even a few women who prepare some of the meals for you on live video, which is always fun and helpful.

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There are some recipes that call for Greek yogurt, kefir or protein powders. You don’t have to use the protein powders but I like them. Once I got going I decided to add these additional products to my normal routine. Here are a few of the products that I use, most are added to smoothies: (I use all of these and would not suggest anything here that I don’t use myself)

Many evenings I also enjoy a cup of Turmeric Tea, also called Turmeric milk or golden milk. I started off using the pricey stuff which is delicious. But I have researched, read reviews and just ordered a more affordable version, This is the pricey one that I use HERE , and this is the much more affordable version HERE . As far as I can tell, they have pretty much the same ingredients and offer the same benefits.

Now that I’m adding all of these new foods to our household I realized that I need a way to organize the fridge.

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