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Comment by professorTuring

Have you thought why isn’t sustainable for you?

The main problem I faced was giving in “just this time”. Fat and sugar are addictive and when you fall, it makes it easier to fall again.

About healthy food, I had overweight and I mostly ate “healthy food”. I needed to go to a nutritionist and ask him why.

This is what O was eating a year and a half ago:

Breakfast: two bread slices with avocado.

Meal: mostly salads with lettuce, tomato, tuna, avocado, carrots, salt, vinegar and extra virgin olive oil. (I really wanted to lose weight).

Dinner: chicken, sushi, eggs… normally I would add a handful of seeds/nuts.

This is what my nutriotionist told me: you have been eating quite healthy, the problem are the fats: too many healthy fats (extra virgin oil, avocado, nuts… nuts have a lot of fats).

Only add protein shakes when you are trying to gain muscle and you are not able to add normal proteins. I started on protein shakes once I was slim and not able to eat that much food to gain muscle.

A year later I am fully conscious of what I eat. I can have eventually a burger, but I am fully aware that it is really unhealthy.

My proteins today are mainly chicken and salmon, carbs: quinoa, rice, lentils… and almost no fat (I’m trying to get my fat % to 12… it’s quite difficult)

Also read all packaged ingredients you will find nasty surprises in form of fats and sugar in diet / “high protein” meals.

Also no juices!

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