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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To me, eating clean and eating low carb are opposites. I eat clean (mostly). Here's what I eat in a day (not necessarily in order):

- 1 generous cup coffee, with half and half
- apple w/ unsweetened sunflower seed butter
- roasted and salted peanuts or other nuts
- roasted seaweed snack
- another apple plain, or maybe some grapes, maybe a few prunes, or other fruit
- hummus w/ some kind of wholesome grain bread or cracker
- roasted veggies w/ some kind of curry or sauce. Tonight it'll be mixed squash, sweet, and red potatoes
- scoop of ice cream for dessert. Probably mint chocolate chip. but generally, some kind of dessert every day.

I work out 6-7 days on this diet, both cardio/running, HIIT, and weights a couple times a week. I feel good, strong, and not deprived. Also maintained a pretty significant weightloss on it! 
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I know what you mean in that they are opposite. I want green veggies, lean meat, and I need help from there. [/quote]

Can you tell us a little about your motivation? low carb tends to include a lot of meat, and eating that much meat and cheese multiple times a day isn't conducive to "clean eating."

If this is about health or sustainably losing weight, I'd suggest going more plant based - that's the easiest road to eating cleanly. [/quote]

[b]I’m going for health and feeling good. [/b]

I’m thinking:
Breakfast: veggie omelette 
Lunch: fajita chicken on a salad
Dinner: soup
Snacks: veggies and hummus,?
Anyway, I’m just uninspired. [/quote]

Those are great goals! But I don't really get why you want to go 'low carb' - it's fine for a crash diet before a wedding or reunion or something, but long term is motivating and unhealthy.  Carbs aren't bad for you, and I don't know why or how this myth gets perpetuated. Especially carbs that are in whole things like fruits, vegetables, beans, etc.

Follow Michael Pollan's advice: "eat food (real food, ie, clean food). mostly plants (fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, nuts, seeds, etc). Not too much (don't stuff yourself silly).

Don't eat food that comes from a box. Eat foods that are whole and look recognizable to what they grew as. Cook. Don't worry about carbs. Eat the apple! Don't eat the cupcake (but sure, once in a while go for it). Carbs are not an enemy nutrient - it's about what kind of food carries the "carb."[/quote]

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