I have a really poor relationship with food. Growing up, my parents never enforced the idea of ‘eat your greens,’ and my mom was mostly focused on body shaming. I’m trying not to slip back into an ED spiral, as I’ve just gotten out of it, and I’m working on disciplining myself—something I was never really taught. I’ve read countless articles, but I’m still struggling to grasp what a balanced diet actually looks like. For example, if I have mostly fats and carbs for lunch, fruit as a midday snack, and protein for dinner, is that balanced? Or should I have a little bit of everything in each meal? And those percentages they mention in articles—how do you even figure those out? I naturally have a small appetite, and I find it really hard to eat as much as I’m ‘supposed’ to. Honestly, I’m clueless when it comes to balanced meals and would love some clarity.
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Balanced diet is not eating the same foods over and over. For example, it is okay to eat oatmeal everyday, but it is beneficial to switch up the ingredients. One day have them with blueberries and honey, other day with banana, nuts and maple syrup. Or one day you can skip the oats entirely and just have some eggs and toast. Similarly with rice for example, have it with chicken and brocolli one day and ground beef and some baby carrots the next day.
So lets say for your lunch/dinner you pick either rice or potatoes as the main component, and then choose a few possible accompanying proteins, veggies and spices and then mix and match between them.
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