What does a healthy daily diet even look like

It's going to vary according to an individual's needs, preferences, and lifestyle. There is no one "healthy diet."

Depends on your goals and what you like to eat.

Getting enough protein is important for muscle, hair and skin health. Getting enough fat is important for brain health. Getting enough fiber is good for bowel health.

As for individual foods? Just try to find a balance and variety. You don't need to cut out junk food entirely - a daily "unhealthy" treat won't hurt you. Just aim to get a nice mix of fruit, veggies, proteins, fats and carbs.

A healthy diet is just one where you are getting adequate nutrition and an amount of calories that allows you to sustain or reach a healthy weight, and that is it. There are infinite possibilities there.

I just picked a random day from when I was dieting to lose weight. Didn't try to pick an "ideal" day just any old day.

Here is another, still losing weight

Depends on your goals! For me, I feel my best when my diet looks some thing like this:

Oats or cereal and a banana for breakfast
Salad with protein or a deli meat and cheese wrap with some whole grain chips and a small piece of chocolate for lunch
Dinner is usually veggies and protein and if I need to up my calories or I am really hungry I throw in some quinoa and then a small treat for dessert if calories allow
I have an afternoon snack of almonds and sometimes an additional snack of string cheese
At night I usually have a 100 calorie snack of popcorn or something similar.
I feel good and my blood work is all excellent, so I would call this a healthy diet? I feel full most days and allow days to eat "junk" meals. I don't have any real junk cravings so I think allowing them sometimes keeps it at bay. I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything.

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Balanced. There are no ''evil'' foods and ''superfoods''. Just calories and macros/nutrients. To me a healthy diet is trying to balance good carbs, vitamins, lean proteins and good fats in a ratio that fits my needs on a daily basis with rare but important moments where I allow myself to indulge in something I've been craving for a while (I usually plan ahead with a bigger calorie deficit the few days before to fit in my weekly calorie goal).

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0831227 wrote: »

Aaron_K123 wrote: »

Here is another, still losing weight

As someone on a 1,200 cal diet I am looking at this with tears in my eyes

Yeah...sorry for that. I mean, 6' tall guy who was fairly active at that time so I think those two I linked one was a low cal day one was a high cal day. I averaged like 2500 cal to lose a pound a week. Can always trade more activity for more calories, your choice.

Healthy eating is very individual. For me it's anything I'm not allergic to. I have multiple food allergies and my diet looks very strange and unbalanced to most people. The foods I have most trouble with are grains, fruits and vegetables.

For me a healthy diet is one where I hit at least minimum requirements for protein, fat, fibre and all those micronutrients while hitting my calorie goals. A wide variety of foods will achieve these results but a good range of different coloured vegetables is always a great start. If I am eating food I don't enjoy simply because I think it is healthy then I believe it really isn't healthy for me because health incorperates mind, body and soul. The same could be said with totally eliminating foods you love which are deemed bad. Moderation is key.

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