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raw fruit diet

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TRVP_ANGELraw fruit diet

yeah that's gotta be it, only dragonfruit and bananas for the next 6 months, I'm sure I'll turn out fine.

Veggies up the asshole

MiIfHunterVeggies up the asshole

What are your favourites?

SebsNotCoreWhat are your favourites?

Pumpkins

Can you eat pumpkins outside of pie and flavoured things or are you kidding

MiIfHunterPumpkins

[posting as a reminder to respond to this at work tomorrow morning]

Do you like chicken? Theres a shit ton you can do with chicken, with the breast being the healthiest. Try some chicken alfredo. Other than that, learn to like some salad, and find a dressing you like. Rice is a good option too. Just be willing to try different things and learn what you like. This is a good opportunity for you to learn to cook as well. Eating healthy doesn't have to taste bad- good luck bro!

Where do you live and do you ever go out to eat with friends or preferably adults?

A good place to start maybe to try some restaurants with healthier or seasonal type cooking and try to emulate some of that at home.

Another idea is to hit the library and check out some cook books. I'd recommend checking out Jamie Oliver, he has some really simple recipes and focuses on seasonal vegetables and stuff.

**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2021 at 10:16:36pm

I'm in the Greater Toronto Area in southern Ontario, and I do eat out quite a bit, almost always with my parents. And yes, most of the "healthy" things I've taken a liking to have been at restaurants, predominantly sushi, though that's not really an option for at-home stuff since you need some experience to do that well.

Yeah, with the previously answered chicken comment, I think I might explore some cookbooks or online recipes to see what I can cobble together.

mystery3Where do you live and do you ever go out to eat with friends or preferably adults?

A good place to start maybe to try some restaurants with healthier or seasonal type cooking and try to emulate some of that at home.

Another idea is to hit the library and check out some cook books. I'd recommend checking out Jamie Oliver, he has some really simple recipes and focuses on seasonal vegetables and stuff.

**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2021 at 10:16:36pm

Swap the milk with old fashioned water

Thai food

ElcheapoThai food

Anything with lots of spice!!!

You could always get started cooking at home. Easier healthy meals include stirfrys (literally frying veggies and chicken in a pan with rice), curry, burrito bowls (load up on veggies). Basically the only way I really like vegetables is from mixing it in to meals, not a huge fan of them on their own. Also chicken and fish are healthiest meats

SebsNotCoreI'm in the Greater Toronto Area in southern Ontario, and I do eat out quite a bit, almost always with my parents. And yes, most of the "healthy" things I've taken a liking to have been at restaurants, predominantly sushi, though that's not really an option for at-home stuff since you need some experience to do that well.

Yeah, with the previously answered chicken comment, I think I might explore some cookbooks or online recipes to see what I can cobble together.

Ayy GTA gang. Rice, beans, and veggies is healthy, and cheap. Also, it really pays to learn how to cook rice well. So that's never a bad starting point.

eat pie

…I’m good.

T.L.eat pie

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**This post was edited on Oct 20th 2021 at 9:24:11pm

how about that kiernan fagan kid I think he might do some diet and working out

Honestly if you can get prepackaged udon and add some buggies tho that it’s pretty good. I make teriyaki bowls— deer, carrot, broccoli. Obviously you can do whatever meat works for you or tofu. Yoghurt with granola and berries are another favorite of mine.

I’ve considered udon before but I’ve never actually acted on it. And I think I might attempt yogurt, haven’t tried that one since I was much younger.

safarisamHonestly if you can get prepackaged udon and add some buggies tho that it’s pretty good. I make teriyaki bowls— deer, carrot, broccoli. Obviously you can do whatever meat works for you or tofu. Yoghurt with granola and berries are another favorite of mine.

SebsNotCoreI’ve considered udon before but I’ve never actually acted on it. And I think I might attempt yogurt, haven’t tried that one since I was much younger.

Plain kinda sucks, get a vanilla or a flavored one to try again. The noosa ones with jam at the bottom are good!

Yo I eat lots of veggies and my favorite is broccoli. When I feel lazy I just toss some broccoli, onions, maybe a can of jackfruit in a pan with some butter and spices and cook up some couscous or rice. Indian food is a good go-to veggie meal.
I avoid meat, especially chicken, because I used to work at a fried chicken restaurant and processed thousands of pounds of raw chicken and realized how nasty most mass produced meats are. Regardless, chicken and rice with variations of spices and veggies is a super easy healthy meal to make.
Colder weather is coming and it's a great time to make some dank soups, I love a good butternut squash soup or a tasty chili.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/white-chicken-chili-recipe-1922199
That's my favorite chili recipie, but now I sub the chicken for chicken of the woods mushrooms since my partner is vegan.
Also a big thing, if you start learning to cook now you will set yourself up so well for when your in college and want to impress a date, bonus points if you go to some hippy school and can make dank veggie/vegan meals for some hippydippy granola girl.

This is a lot of good tips, and yes, my brother and mother and partially father are vegans, so I have a lot of vegan things/good foods available to me.

No.QuarterYo I eat lots of veggies and my favorite is broccoli. When I feel lazy I just toss some broccoli, onions, maybe a can of jackfruit in a pan with some butter and spices and cook up some couscous or rice. Indian food is a good go-to veggie meal.
I avoid meat, especially chicken, because I used to work at a fried chicken restaurant and processed thousands of pounds of raw chicken and realized how nasty most mass produced meats are. Regardless, chicken and rice with variations of spices and veggies is a super easy healthy meal to make.
Colder weather is coming and it's a great time to make some dank soups, I love a good butternut squash soup or a tasty chili.
https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/patrick-and-gina-neely/white-chicken-chili-recipe-1922199
That's my favorite chili recipie, but now I sub the chicken for chicken of the woods mushrooms since my partner is vegan.
Also a big thing, if you start learning to cook now you will set yourself up so well for when your in college and want to impress a date, bonus points if you go to some hippy school and can make dank veggie/vegan meals for some hippydippy granola girl.

SebsNotCoreThis is a lot of good tips, and yes, my brother and mother and partially father are vegans, so I have a lot of vegan things/good foods available to me.

Oh man, i have a killer lentil soup recipe that’s my favorite fall meal. It’s easy to make and holds really well.

also try chili! There is a lot you can do with it, it’s super filling, and is better than eating a frozen pizza.

bibimbap bowls sound hard but they taste amazing and it’s a good way to get veggies in. It’s like a Korean stir fry.

Learning to cook now is going to do you wonders, bit only will you feel good but you’ll be ready for when you’re out living alone.

safarisamOh man, i have a killer lentil soup recipe that’s my favorite fall meal. It’s easy to make and holds really well.

also try chili! There is a lot you can do with it, it’s super filling, and is better than eating a frozen pizza.

bibimbap bowls sound hard but they taste amazing and it’s a good way to get veggies in. It’s like a Korean stir fry.

Learning to cook now is going to do you wonders, bit only will you feel good but you’ll be ready for when you’re out living alone.

Oh man I fuckin love Bibimbap, I might even get some Whistle Pig for dinner. Best dinner party I ever hosted in college we made a shitload of bibimbap and the night ended with most people on the couch in a food coma

Help me out here, I’ve never heard of it, what’s a bibimbap bowl?

No.QuarterOh man I fuckin love Bibimbap, I might even get some Whistle Pig for dinner. Best dinner party I ever hosted in college we made a shitload of bibimbap and the night ended with most people on the couch in a food coma

SebsNotCoreHelp me out here, I’ve never heard of it, what’s a bibimbap bowl?

It’s a Korean rice dish— so warm rice with veggies (usually cooked in sesame oil/soy sauce though some are very quickly blanched or left raw) you can ad a pro tone to it then mix with an optional egg. It’s really good.

SebsNotCoreHelp me out here, I’ve never heard of it, what’s a bibimbap bowl?

Korean food. It's basicaly rice with cooked veggies and an egg on top. Can have kimchi and meat (usually pork) in it too.

Try to eat a salad every day. It's real easy to get pre made ones with a dressing kit, and when you figure out what kinds ingredients you like in salad you can start making them from scratch which is cheaper and fresher.
If you cut any kind of root vegetable into thin slices and broil it with some oil and garlic that's an easy tasty crispy side.
Roast cauliflower is really good too. Harissa rub is a great seasoning for it, or just garlic, salt and pepper. Raw veggies like carrots, cucumber, broccoli and hummus or baba ghanouj is always good. Instead of frozen pizzas, make them from scratch (easy) and put your fave veggie toppings on. Making a big pot of soup or chili and freezing portions is a good way to make sure you have veggie-rich meals on hand.

okay so basically in terms of gaining or losing weight, it all pretty much boils down to how many calories you take in vs how many you burn. you burn somewhere around 2000 calories a day just by being alive and then you should also be out doing active stuff as well, burning more. if you want to lose weight, eat fewer calories than you're burning, if you want to stay the same, eat around the same amount as you're burning

nutrition wise there are two big areas to think about, macro nutrients (fat vs protein vs carbs/sugars) and micro nutrients (vitamins and minerals)

for macros, as an american you'll basically be wanting to have a good amount of protein from healthy sources (chicken, beans, fish etc) and limit your fat and carbs. some fats are necessary and good, it's not that you don't want to have fats at all, but in our place and time it's just too easy to have too much of the bad kinds of fats. carbs are similar, you need some and there are better and worse carbs, but in our current world people end up eating way too many carbs and packing on weight. basically, limit your breads and stuff and try not to have much sugar at all, it's just empty calories. try to make the carbs you do eat the more complex healthier ones-- think whole wheat bread rather than sugary white bread.

re: micro nutrients, to keep it simple you can basically just declare that you want to eat a lot of veggies of different colors (that's a simple way to help get different vitamins and minerals). fruits too but fruit has lots of sugar too. we all have our likes and dislikes so you're not obligated to eat every kind, just try to have a good variety of different kinds and find healthy ones you like, for instance i love broccoli and leafy greens so i bang on those more than others. veggies and salads are also low in calories but help fill you up, and keep you staying full unlike carbs which make you hungry again sooner.

everything in moderation, even moderation itself. you can pig out sometimes, just make up for it at the next meal or the next day. i'll eat dozens of wings and a burger on sunday, then eat like a bird the next day or two to account for it. don't think you need to eat a boring awful diet all the time... you'll burn out on it

also processed food isn't good for you, try to eat more things made from scratch whenever you can. don't eat just cause you're bored. try to take long periods of not eating. skipping meals is easy and can be good for you

think of your calorie intake as a budget. you can consume a certain amount of calories a day and from those you want to get your necessary nutrients. so if you eat a big bag of chips, you've wasted a solid amount of your budget for the day: it takes up a good portion of the calories you can eat that day, and only gave you fat and carbs; no protein or nutrients really. so you need to get some good nutrients in from the other stuff you eat that day.

as far as actual food recommendations-- anything with some good lean protein and veggies is great. there are all kinds of chicken and veggie dishes with delicious sauces that are super tasty but are rich in nutrients and won't have you feeling hungry again 30 minutes later. it's as simple as cooking some chicken breasts and veggies and mixing it all up with a good sauce. salads are great. instead of the bulk of a meal being carbs, try to make veggies the lion's share of the plate. make zucchini pizzas (little pizzas with the crust being replaced with slices of zucchini), stuffed peppers (bell peppers filled with rice or quinoa, a little cheese, hot peppers, whatever else), taco salads, sandwiches or wraps with as many veggies as you can bear and wheat tortillas/bread, veggie burgers are fire these days if you find the right brand for you (i like Morning Star Farms spicy black bean burgers), try noodles made of veggies, try other cuisines like thai, eat snacks like apples with peanut butter... lots of good stuff out there that is fun to eat but still good for you

hope this rambling stream of consciousness post helps get you going on it. let me know if i can clarify anything i said or anything. have fun! you're going to feel better and better as you eat well. my advice is don't overdo it and don't alienate people with it. if you're served an indulgent unhealthy meal, great, enjoy it, and on your own time make up for it by eating like a bird and being active

Sushi is pretty healthy and salads, my got to salads are red leaf Leattuce, spinach, green onions, celery then Newman's own creamy ceasar(not to much, can always add more), parmesian chease, stir it all up and squeeze a lemon wedge on it, ate this every morning all summer when I was home and had a ton of energy those days.

Honestly go to the grocery store and get a shit ton of random veggies, and then some rice. I'd recommend red/green peppers, broccy, Swiss chard or kale, radishes, and Brussel sprouts if you want. cut them up, grab the biggest pan in your kitchen and fry them up with some soy sauce and maybe even a little butter. cook that rice and then dump your veggies on top of it. add in whatever sauces you want. sriracha/gochujang is highly recommened. you can add whatever proteins you want too. chicken or pork is great but also you can throw an egg on top too. honestly you can choose any veggie/meat combo and if you fry it up with enough soy sauce it'll taste good. healthy as fuck and cheap to make

also ditch the milk homie, it destroys ur gut, replace it with OJ or something, and I dont wanna push new agey sounding shit on you but Oat milk and Cashew milk are tasty and have similar levels of protein and calcium


also you can buy blank pizza crusts at some stores too, and you can get creative and put whatever shit you want on a pizza, veggies, healthy meats, anything.

Yeah my family is mostly vegan so I always have a lot of soy cashew and whatnot milks in the fridge, I just never really drank it. I think I’m just gonna work on drinking water.

CrunnchyVanManalso ditch the milk homie, it destroys ur gut, replace it with OJ or something, and I dont wanna push new agey sounding shit on you but Oat milk and Cashew milk are tasty and have similar levels of protein and calcium


also you can buy blank pizza crusts at some stores too, and you can get creative and put whatever shit you want on a pizza, veggies, healthy meats, anything.

SebsNotCoreYeah my family is mostly vegan so I always have a lot of soy cashew and whatnot milks in the fridge, I just never really drank it. I think I’m just gonna work on drinking water.

can never go wrong with water. I drink 72oz of water a day and I feel healthy as fuck, would recommend. added bonus your piss gets clear as fuck and you never have to worry about getting drug tested cuz ur system is clean

I used to have this problem. Easiest switch to do is pick put the slightly healthier things you have available to you. It'll be easier to maintain it if you ease into it. Then just ask for your favorite fruits and stuff. I like carrots. Oh and drink water when you wanna eat so you don't have as much

Wow, this is a lot of really great information.. and now that you mention it, that might serve as an explanation for why I’m always hungry, I basically just eat those empty sugars and carbs. Veggie burgers I get a lot of, in fact my house is chocked full of vegan fake-meat food made out of peas or veggies and whatnot, I’ll slowly try to incorporate these into my diet, though slowly may be a loose term since right now, I don’t really have much of my usual processed garbage around.

thanks so much!

SofaKingSickokay so basically in terms of gaining or losing weight, it all pretty much boils down to how many calories you take in vs how many you burn. you burn somewhere around 2000 calories a day just by being alive and then you should also be out doing active stuff as well, burning more. if you want to lose weight, eat fewer calories than you're burning, if you want to stay the same, eat around the same amount as you're burning

nutrition wise there are two big areas to think about, macro nutrients (fat vs protein vs carbs/sugars) and micro nutrients (vitamins and minerals)

for macros, as an american you'll basically be wanting to have a good amount of protein from healthy sources (chicken, beans, fish etc) and limit your fat and carbs. some fats are necessary and good, it's not that you don't want to have fats at all, but in our place and time it's just too easy to have too much of the bad kinds of fats. carbs are similar, you need some and there are better and worse carbs, but in our current world people end up eating way too many carbs and packing on weight. basically, limit your breads and stuff and try not to have much sugar at all, it's just empty calories. try to make the carbs you do eat the more complex healthier ones-- think whole wheat bread rather than sugary white bread.

re: micro nutrients, to keep it simple you can basically just declare that you want to eat a lot of veggies of different colors (that's a simple way to help get different vitamins and minerals). fruits too but fruit has lots of sugar too. we all have our likes and dislikes so you're not obligated to eat every kind, just try to have a good variety of different kinds and find healthy ones you like, for instance i love broccoli and leafy greens so i bang on those more than others. veggies and salads are also low in calories but help fill you up, and keep you staying full unlike carbs which make you hungry again sooner.

everything in moderation, even moderation itself. you can pig out sometimes, just make up for it at the next meal or the next day. i'll eat dozens of wings and a burger on sunday, then eat like a bird the next day or two to account for it. don't think you need to eat a boring awful diet all the time... you'll burn out on it

also processed food isn't good for you, try to eat more things made from scratch whenever you can. don't eat just cause you're bored. try to take long periods of not eating. skipping meals is easy and can be good for you

think of your calorie intake as a budget. you can consume a certain amount of calories a day and from those you want to get your necessary nutrients. so if you eat a big bag of chips, you've wasted a solid amount of your budget for the day: it takes up a good portion of the calories you can eat that day, and only gave you fat and carbs; no protein or nutrients really. so you need to get some good nutrients in from the other stuff you eat that day.

as far as actual food recommendations-- anything with some good lean protein and veggies is great. there are all kinds of chicken and veggie dishes with delicious sauces that are super tasty but are rich in nutrients and won't have you feeling hungry again 30 minutes later. it's as simple as cooking some chicken breasts and veggies and mixing it all up with a good sauce. salads are great. instead of the bulk of a meal being carbs, try to make veggies the lion's share of the plate. make zucchini pizzas (little pizzas with the crust being replaced with slices of zucchini), stuffed peppers (bell peppers filled with rice or quinoa, a little cheese, hot peppers, whatever else), taco salads, sandwiches or wraps with as many veggies as you can bear and wheat tortillas/bread, veggie burgers are fire these days if you find the right brand for you (i like Morning Star Farms spicy black bean burgers), try noodles made of veggies, try other cuisines like thai, eat snacks like apples with peanut butter... lots of good stuff out there that is fun to eat but still good for you

hope this rambling stream of consciousness post helps get you going on it. let me know if i can clarify anything i said or anything. have fun! you're going to feel better and better as you eat well. my advice is don't overdo it and don't alienate people with it. if you're served an indulgent unhealthy meal, great, enjoy it, and on your own time make up for it by eating like a bird and being active

SebsNotCoreWow, this is a lot of really great information.. and now that you mention it, that might serve as an explanation for why I’m always hungry, I basically just eat those empty sugars and carbs. Veggie burgers I get a lot of, in fact my house is chocked full of vegan fake-meat food made out of peas or veggies and whatnot, I’ll slowly try to incorporate these into my diet, though slowly may be a loose term since right now, I don’t really have much of my usual processed garbage around.

thanks so much!

very welcome! you're honestly halfway there just by being cognizant of what you're eating and learning about it. lots of good healthy foods out there, you truly do not have to choose between enjoying food and being healthy

Yeah it’s taken me a while to realize that, I was the pickiest eater in the world for my whole life essentially, my aunt had suggested I may have a selective eating disorder, but I’m not sure I buy that. It’s just been such an active problem with me for so long and I didn’t really wanna pay for a nutritionist when I was pretty aware of what I had to do to fix it, I just didn’t know how to eat new things, but apparently, Newschoolers has solved that problem primarily. Somehow…

SofaKingSickvery welcome! you're honestly halfway there just by being cognizant of what you're eating and learning about it. lots of good healthy foods out there, you truly do not have to choose between enjoying food and being healthy

Find your favorite veggie and tell them to cook that shit.


my diet is basically (all homemade cuz I’m broke af atm) breakfast burritos, fried rice, Greek salad, and a parfait - yogurt gronola honey and berries mixed up

greek salad is the fucking best, I can’t handle normal salads because lettuce dosent hit harden enough. You can make a big batch and take out of it for like two weeks. It gets better as it marinates. I get the tomatoes out of the back of the house I’m renting. Def the best part.


fried rice is easy to make and hard to make perfect. It’s a great way to get into cooking

Stir fry is an easy one. Get stir fry beef and frozen stir fry vegetables if you’re lazy. Cool them in a pan. Add soy or Thai chili or whatever sauce you want after (or cook it in it).
The oven is your best friend. It’s so easy to marinate a tenderloin and then cook it in the oven. Literally you don’t have to do anything. Chicken in the oven is good. Try to sauté zucchini and peppers and onions in olive oil with garlic salt in a pan. That’s an easy one. Boil broccoli then drain and throw some rib rub or any seasoning on them. Boil petite potatoes then throw some butter and salt and dill on them.
Cook salmon in the oven with rosemary or dill or ginger (whatever you prefer).

The sky is the limit

Cabbage is pretty good for ya, here's a couple cole slaw recipes that are killer imo, the first one is a Japanese style one and the second is a southern style one. The first is with 1/2 head cabbage making it tonight actually.

Mexican rice is gas. Super easy just add onions, garlic, and bell peppers and fry in olive oil. Then once that is good about 5-6 minutes, add a few spoonfuls of tomatoe paste and stir it up for a few minutes. Then add paprika, garlic and onion powder. Cumin and Chile powder if you got it. Add rice, for every one cup of rice, add two cups of liquid. My fav is chicken stock but water works. Mix it up, then boil and then cover for the rest until rice is done.


add meat if hku want to, chorizo is my fav

SebsNotCoreI’ll keep this short and hope I don’t get shit on for it.

I’m a teenager, my diet consists mostly of ramen, frozen pizzas, other such frozen foods, and a shit ton of milk. I keep telling my parents I want to eat healthier and to get me healthier food so I can improve, which I genuinely want to.

the only problem is; They always ask “what do you want?” And I don’t fucking know. Im ashamed of my diet and I can’t fix it because I’ve essentially refused green food and veggies since I was 10. I still occasionally eat “healthy” things, but not enough, I need to find things to incorporate into my diet regularly.


so I ask anybody, just throw down some things that are healthier than my shitty processed diet, I’m desperate for any recommendations.

cop a foreman grill and make rice beans and whatever the fuck else with some cheese in a dilla

-Get some spinach, the next time you eat pizza put 1 handful on each slice and add balsamic. It’s not insanely healthy but it’s healthier than just eating pizza.

- eggs are really good for you, you can mix in some veggies and have a good scramble, or you can make a sandwich with arugula, jam and Canadian bacon.

- get some carrot sticks and dip em in hummus as a snack

- frozen fruit in the freezer and fruit juice in the fridge so you can make smoothies

- black beans and lime rice is a killer combo and super healthy, mix in some veggies or salsa and a lil cheese and you got yourself a taco bowl

- Lima beans + scallions + salt and pepper + chopped tomatoes + olive oil and you got yourself a real tasty bean dish

- keep stuff like granola bars and apples around to snack on

- bananas are tasty, and if you don’t eat them before they get mushy then you can just bake em into banana bread

- take a box of Annie’s white shells and cheddar, mix a can of tuna and a bag of frozen peas into it

Lmk if you want like actual recipes too, I have a few good cookbooks laying around that are filled with great healthy recipes, and most are super easy to make.

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it took me being completely unable to eat shitty food to stop eating shitty food

Your parents never cook and just feed you ramen lol?

Also bro pay attention in health class. They totally go over how to eat healthy.

And some quick fixes would be avoiding processed foods, refined (white) grains, and sugary foods/drinks.

Easy breakfast: cook your own breakfast. Eggs, salsa, old fashioned oats.... Or if you're a cereal person, swap cereal for old fashioned oats. Milk or protein powder. Skip the sugar and throw some berries in there.

Classic health foods and other stuff:
-Almonds and other nuts
-Watch the types of cheeses you eat. Choose healthier kinds higher in protein and lower in fat. Or omit cheese. Cottage cheese (fat free) is good. Fat free American cheese is kinda gross but works out OK in omelets.
-Skip the booze, sugary sodas, and junk food.
-Old fashioned oats
-Eggs (limit to 2 whole eggs, but have as many egg whites as u want)
-Salsa and hot sauces can make boring meals more exciting. Also get good with spices.
-Avocados
-Bananas after workouts
-Any fruit with -berry in the name tend to have less sugar per volume. Avoid the real sugary ones like apples, grapes, watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, etc.
-Skinless chicken breasts
-Lean types of beef
-Turkey breast
-Lean ground turkey. Getting 98% lean ground turkey is usually cheaper than an equivalently lean ground beef.
-Fish. Talapia is a cheaper healthy fish you can get indivually packaged in the freezer section. Salmon is good too.
-Tuna in a can. Gross but does its job.
-Brown rice or other types of unrefined rices (white rice is not a complex carb)
-Wheat pasta
-Potatoes any kind
-Broccoli, spinach, asparagus are some easy to cook veggies
-If you cook em good, brussel sprouts are the shit.
-Beef jerkey
-Peanut butter (the real kind with just peanuts and no other oils. JIF is my favorite)
-Olive oil (canola is OK too)
-Skim milk
-Protein powder to fit in between meals, or after workouts, or to spike your meal such as in your oatmeal.
-Make a smoothie. You can literally do anything with this. I'll even toss oats, peanut butter, protein powder, fruit, milk, and spinach in the same shake.
-Take a multivitamin. Any old men's multivitamin will do.

Beans.

Both of my parents are working and my mom likes different things than I do, and besides that, I live in the downstairs apartment of the house-with my grandma, so to go upstairs to where my parents and brother live I go outside and up to the upper floor, so I’ve been fairly independent with food choice and whatnot since I moved down there when I was 11 or 12.

HypeBeastYour parents never cook and just feed you ramen lol?

Also bro pay attention in health class. They totally go over how to eat healthy.

And some quick fixes would be avoiding processed foods, refined (white) grains, and sugary foods/drinks.

Easy breakfast: cook your own breakfast. Eggs, salsa, old fashioned oats.... Or if you're a cereal person, swap cereal for old fashioned oats. Milk or protein powder. Skip the sugar and throw some berries in there.

Classic health foods and other stuff:
-Almonds and other nuts
-Watch the types of cheeses you eat. Choose healthier kinds higher in protein and lower in fat. Or omit cheese. Cottage cheese (fat free) is good. Fat free American cheese is kinda gross but works out OK in omelets.
-Skip the booze, sugary sodas, and junk food.
-Old fashioned oats
-Eggs (limit to 2 whole eggs, but have as many egg whites as u want)
-Salsa and hot sauces can make boring meals more exciting. Also get good with spices.
-Avocados
-Bananas after workouts
-Any fruit with -berry in the name tend to have less sugar per volume. Avoid the real sugary ones like apples, grapes, watermelon, cantelope, honeydew, etc.
-Skinless chicken breasts
-Lean types of beef
-Turkey breast
-Lean ground turkey. Getting 98% lean ground turkey is usually cheaper than an equivalently lean ground beef.
-Fish. Talapia is a cheaper healthy fish you can get indivually packaged in the freezer section. Salmon is good too.
-Tuna in a can. Gross but does its job.
-Brown rice or other types of unrefined rices (white rice is not a complex carb)
-Wheat pasta
-Potatoes any kind
-Broccoli, spinach, asparagus are some easy to cook veggies
-If you cook em good, brussel sprouts are the shit.
-Beef jerkey
-Peanut butter (the real kind with just peanuts and no other oils. JIF is my favorite)
-Olive oil (canola is OK too)
-Skim milk
-Protein powder to fit in between meals, or after workouts, or to spike your meal such as in your oatmeal.
-Make a smoothie. You can literally do anything with this. I'll even toss oats, peanut butter, protein powder, fruit, milk, and spinach in the same shake.
-Take a multivitamin. Any old men's multivitamin will do.

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