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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Just have a varied diet consisting of a good spread of macronutrients, instead of eating the same over and over. Avoid super processed foods and cook yourself as much as possible. Prefer simple carbs over complex carbs, limit shitty fats (butter, (seed) oil etc)
Avoid stuff like keto or meat only etc, its pointless. Controlling Calories in/out should be your go to for weight loss if you want that.
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