Clean Diet???

[Race4Glory]

Can someone please describe to me what a "clean" diet entails? I have received WAY too much unreliable information to figure it out.

Basically I have been killing myself in the gym to get down to where I want to be. My stats started off at 5'11" 218lbs. Through diet and working out (Lots of cardio) I am now down to 5'11" 178lbs and approx. 14-15% BF. I am on DNP right now to loose that last little bit that has been killing me in the gym. Once I get done with the DNP, I want to start an AAS cycle, but want to make sure my diet is perfect before I start.

I eat 5-6x a day. My diet consists of:

Breakfast:
Cup Oatmeal or cream of wheat
1 glass o.j.
1 glass 2% milk
3 eggs (2 whites & 1 whole egg)
Banana

Snack:
Blueberry Yoghurt

Lunch:
Chicken Breast (El Pollo Loco)
Garden Salad w/ Italian dressing (no strips, cheese, or pico de gallo)

Snack:
Chicken Thigh (El Pollo Loco)
Garden Salad w/ Italian dressing (no strips, cheese, or pico de gallo)

Dinner:
Piece of meat (approx 8oz) mixed between fish, red, & poultry
Serving of vegetables (Asparagus, Green Beans, Salad, etc)


My questions are: What type of foods is considered "clean?" I have heard that cheese is a big no no, but some people say yes because of the protien. What about pepperoni? Again, great in protein, but sucks in fats. Penut Butter? etc... I just don't know what is right and what is wrong! Specifically I need things for snacks & options on meals. Eating the same thing 3-4x a week gets old after a couple of months. I do drink approximately 1 gallon of water every day. That is really the only liquid other than the milk & o.j. for breakfast.

I am trying to eat about 1.5g of protein per pound of LBM. I usually work out in the AM and have a protein shake as soon as the workout is over. Breakfast is about 1-1.5 hours later. Normally work out on an empty stomach. Before I start the AAS, I need to make sure that my diet is dead on! Please help.

Thanks Bros!

[bigbench]

Well, it depends on which way you want to go with your diet. Are you wanting to continue to lose, or trying to gain, maintain, etc... I would stay away from cheese and milk if you are trying to diet. And peanut butter is good, but get the natural kind because it contains omega's as its fat. What you want to stay away from, is processed food, and high glycemic carbs (except before and after workout) and foods that have high saturated fats and trans fats (which they have recently started labeling on everything) Those are your BAD fats. As far as your bread products, switch to wheat. And of course, make sure not to be drinking on cokes and sugar drinks all day long

[advanced-stealth]

Originally Posted by bigbench

Well, it depends on which way you want to go with your diet. Are you wanting to continue to lose, or trying to gain, maintain, etc... I would stay away from cheese and milk if you are trying to diet. And peanut butter is good, but get the natural kind because it contains omega's as its fat. What you want to stay away from, is processed food, and high glycemic carbs (except before and after workout) and foods that have high saturated fats and trans fats (which they have recently started labeling on everything) Those are your BAD fats. As far as your bread products, switch to wheat. And of course, make sure not to be drinking on cokes and sugar drinks all day long

Stated very well bigbench.

Some other good fats come from some fish and even some raw almonds if you can manage to get them down.

A bread suggested to me by a personaly trainer of mine is ezekiel bread.

Snack number two I would suggest adding a protein shake with the yogurt. And as always lots of water.

One more thing. How long after dinner do you get to sleep? You may want to add an Isopure protein shake in there if you are going to sleep a few hours after eating your meal, keep your metabolism going. Seems like you need more protein in your diet.