How to Eat Clean for Weight Loss

The Eat-Clean Diet, developed in a book series written by Tosca Reno, is all about removing processed foods from your diet and replacing them with healthy, whole foods. The Eat-Clean diet claims to help you lose weight while giving you more energy and a healthier lifestyle. The basis of the Eat-Clean diet involves eating lean meats, healthy fats, and complex carbohydrates to prevent hunger and keep you feel satisfied. The Eat-Clean diet does not require that you purchase any special foods or products.

Instructions

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Eat real food. "Real food" means food that doesn't come out of a package or have chemicals and additives. You can have fresh fruits, veggies, organic meat and bread products while eating clean. If you love snack foods such as chips, opt for munching on natural foods like nuts or trail mix when you get a snack craving.

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Eat small meals frequently throughout the day. The Eat-Clean Diet is about keeping yourself satisfied and not being hungry. Eating many small meals instead of three large meals helps boost your metabolism while keeping you full.

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Drink lots of water. The recommended daily amount of water is eight eight-ounce glasses per day, but the Eat-Clean diet suggests you drink between two and three liters. Drinking plenty of water helps keep your body hydrated while flushing toxins out of your system.

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Balance complex carbs with lean proteins. Complex carbohydrates include many fruits and vegetables, as well as whole grains such as buckwheat, barley and oatmeal. Soy beans, lentils and brown rice are also complex carbohydrates. Lean meats include chicken, fish and certain cuts of red meat.

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Cut out or avoid refined foods. Avoid refined sugar, white flour, preservatives, chemicals, coloring, additives and trans fats as much as possible, if not completely. Getting rid of these foods is one of the main principles of "eating clean."

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Give yourself a treat once a week. Part of the Eat-Clean diet is not restricting yourself completely from the foods you love. When you stick to the diet, reward yourself once a week with a piece of chocolate, a cookie or whatever indulgence you prefer.

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Learn your chemicals so you know what to avoid if you do have to buy packaged food. You may be in a situation where you don't have a choice and have to purchase packaged food at some point or another. Partially dehydrogenated soybean oil and high fructose corn syrup are just two of the chemical products you will find on ingredient lists in mass quantities throughout your grocery store.