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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the very basic version is a little bit of everything for each meal. example dinner. potatos, cabbage, meat.
you would have 2/4 cabbage, 1/4 potatos and 1/4 meat meat and fat should always be the smallest ammount on the plate. vegetables and fruits should be the biggest ammount.
fruit as a snack is really great! you dont Have to be so strict on carbs, getting various vegtables and fruits is more important then if you eat it with 1/2 plate of rice.
– type 1 diabetic who’s been to too many dieticians
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