ok this won't be popular but what the hell!
I'm not sure 'clean and green' is all it's cracked up to be...
*feels Jim staring a hole into the back of my head*
hear me out people!
In the Atkins book, he talks about a 90% carb diet, a 90% protein diet and a 90% fat diet.
The carb diet they stayed the same or gained, I can't remember.
The protein diet they lost an average of 0.7 pounds per day.
The fat diet they lost an average of 0.9 pounds per day.
This was all based on 1000 calories if I remember correctly. Atkins also mentions that the ratio of fat to carbs seems to have an impact on losses. The higher the ratio of fat to carbs the more fat is lost. This is why he recommends macadamia nuts as the perfect Atkins food.
So, clean? Yes. Green? I'm not so sure...
If you could do clean and high fat I think 3 pounds a week is more than achievable. I'm not saying don't have any vegetables. Mushrooms for example are 0.4g per 100g, but the more 'green' you add the higher the carbs and the lower the losses IMO compared to a high fat clean diet.
I've seen many people say lean and green = faster losses. I don't agree...it's just a personal opinion! I'm not saying i'm right!