Mine would be to take at least a couple weeks to count calories so you get a better idea of how much you’re eating. People tend to not eat enough when “eating healthy” and tend to eat too much when just going by what they want.
Mine would be to take at least a couple weeks to count calories so you get a better idea of how much you’re eating. People tend to not eat enough when “eating healthy” and tend to eat too much when just going by what they want.
Two things: also wall o text warning
All the exercise in the world won’t make up for a bad diet. Not a “a lot of food” diet. Not a “high calorie” diet. Not a " high fat/carb" diet. A “BAD” diet. I’m talking lots of refined and processed trash. You could eat fucking sweet potatoes for 90% of your food source and be perfectly healthy. It’s the doughnuts, cookies, cornpuff whatever bullshit fried in refined, oxidized seed oils, high fructose corn syrup and sugar infused trash that will ruin your body. Some of that here or there? Ok maybe. But on a regular basis and you are doing yourself a disservice. The exercise might keep it at bay but every time you stop, miss a day, or just “slow down” as you age those trash foods will catch up little by little and drag you down.
I eat for protein first (for this bit assume whole food protein because macronutients, they go hand in hand). Food without protein is essential useless in my mind. The body wants protein (also macronutrients). It needs protein. It’s the main thing we eat for from an evolutionary standpoint. Protein is what builds your body. Sure, fat is used too for cells too but not nearly as important as protein. Carbs are the least important but are still necessary for some functions. In the end though those last two are almost entirely used for fuel. Protein is the building blocks. And unless you are just chugging protein shakes all day (which you shouldn’t do for a number of reasons) eating high protein foods will still get you ALL the fat and/or carbs you need if you are meeting your protein needs.
Studies show that those who eat more protein, whole food protein (also high in macronutrients), become fuller, quicker, and eat overall less calories because of it. It’s pretty much impossible to eat too much, because you don’t store protein like fat or carbs. If you eat too much you burn it as heat and piss/shit it out. Want to know where the “meat sweats” come from? One part digestion of the protein and fats, the other part is your body burning excess protein. (Which I guess is also a part of digestion but whatever.) What’s worse is as diets incorporate more and more refined processed shit the amount of protein decreases because those foods are typically significantly lacking in that department. So our bodies want to eat more to compensate. So try to always have a decent amount of protein in every meal/food item. Beans/lentils, cabbage family, are you best vegetable sources. Not vegeteble…meat is well, meat. Dairy, things like Greek yogurt and cheeses. Not saying you can’t splurge occasionally just be mindful.
Also I’m not saying exercise isn’t also VERY important, but that a healthy diet in general is more so.
Another good answer. I definitely agree with the first one 100% and I generally agree with the second only that can be cost prohibitive if your source of protein is meat. I like to have a carb heavier diet because it’s cheaper…
Beans are cheap and high protein and the fiber helps reduce the insulin impact of the carbs and also other non-bean carbs.
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Vegan here, beans, lentils, seitan, chickpeas, and tofu are all high in protein, and most of those are incredibly versatile and cheap staples. I use lentils to make a ton of vegan seitan steak that I use in various recipes throughout the week.
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