What Is Stopping You from Eating Healthy Majority of The Time?

Tgb on 26/11/2019 - 19:14

Genuinely curious what are your biggest challenges stopping you from eating a healthy, nutritious, well-balanced diet? E.g. Time / Effort / Not knowing what to make/eat? Or others?

In the current environment of misinformation (conflicting fad diets, Netflix nutrition 'documentaries') I have started writing a Nutrition ebook, which I am aiming to make a concise, scientifically-backed and actionable information resource to help people make the right food choices to live happy, healthy lives.

Is there anything else you would like explained / investigated in the field of nutrition / healthy eating?

I will definitely run a special for OzBargainers once released.

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  • CheeryCheapskate on 29/11/2019 - 14:14

    I have a well-balanced diet and it's more due to my passion for cooking and exploring culinary, especially when I travel. Believe it or not but a few years ago when I had a blood test, my only issue was cholesterol being too low (I'm a runner). I had to bump up my KFC intake!!!

  • Vote for Pedro on 29/11/2019 - 14:27

    Lack of self discipline and excuses

  • xaykogeki on 29/11/2019 - 14:50

    Sometimes eating healthier is more expensive and just the convenience. Cooking for myself is just tiresome on a weekday.

    KFC is a minute walk from my workplace. This week I just bought the 18 pieces wicked wings in KFC for $14.85. Split into three days for lunch at work and I just bring rice from home. For dinner, Just weetbix, coco chex and milk to get my daily fibre needs.

  • ChickenTalon on 29/11/2019 - 16:04
    +1

    Nothing stops me. I tried various diets and ways to lose weight, with little success. Then 2 years ago I started keto, which I loved, and now I just eat mostly meat and drink mostly water. I feel more alive than I've ever felt, my cycling performance is through the roof with less training and I'm down 20Kgs.

    I hope the “science” in your healthy eating book isn’t going to re-hash the same epidemiological shitshow that fuels our current food guidelines.

    Epidemiology is not science.

    • anastasiastarz on 11/12/2019 - 05:38

      What's keto like on the budget?

      • ChickenTalon on 11/12/2019 - 10:13

        It depends on how you want to do it. Compared to junk food, it's expensive. You can go overboard with expensive keto products trying to replicate typical carb-heavy or sweet foods, but none of these are really needed e.g. Low carb breads and snack bars etc. There's no getting around the fact that meat is expensive, and I find myself eating a lot more of it. You can't beat a wagyu tenderloin fried in duck fat! A cup-o-noodles is going to win price-wise, but it's a disaster for your body.

        Flipside is that intense hunger pretty much goes away (well it did for me) so you don't feel the need to eat constantly. I'm eating far less and far less often, so if you add up all the snacks and crap you're not eating then keto can get pretty close in terms of cost.

  • Sheez on 29/11/2019 - 19:41

    Lack of healthy crunchy food that tastes any good.

  • striker5950 on 29/11/2019 - 22:19

    there is something called a cheat day. you can have it once per a week. its a solid system

    • anastasiastarz on 11/12/2019 - 05:39

      But can you have 5 meals that day?

  • BradH13 on 30/11/2019 - 00:14

    Lack of cooking skill past basic staple meals, unwillingness to learn, time would rather be devoted to things I enjoy when I'm not at work, shit food generally tastes better (obviously not as a rule but seems to be the case more often than not, to my buds anyway), laziness to both cook and clean (can't split jobs as I live alone).

    Take your pick of one or all of these.

    Cost definitely isn't a factor though. I do okay for myself and it's only me to feed.

  • DiscoJango on 30/11/2019 - 09:14

    The hurdle i face is that, being an account manager, im on the road most of the time driving from client to client/meeting to meeting. I dont have the luxury of a fridge to keep my home cooked meals cool, or a microwave to re-heat last nights dinner. I therefore cant leave my lunch in my car as it would heat up to room temp. Needing to eat gluten free makes my purchase options limited. I usually go with sushi if its available as its cheap, quick to eat and relatively healthy. I do like the coles $5 trays of pre-washed and mixed salads, they are a good portion and taste good.

    I am trying though, i went to office works and bought one of those kids lunch boxes which has a section to keep an ice pack which in theory keeps the rest of the food cold as well.

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 30/11/2019 - 11:00

    cant say no to 10 pack wicked wings and a frozen pepsi

  • greatlamp on 30/11/2019 - 13:23

    The quality of fresh food in Australia is really poor.

    I see so many comments that healthy food is bland and boring. This makes sense if your idea of an apple is a 'red delicious' that has been in a fridge for 2 months, and your idea of a salad is made from vegetables that will be rotten in a week.

    Not only is the food not fresh at the 'fresh food people', even the varieties of fruits and vegetables farmed here are chosen for productivity over flavour.

    I spend some time living in Europe, and the variety and freshness of supermarket food is better than what you find in the markets here.

    But heres the thing, food there is more expensive, and that is before you consider their lower wages.

    Our population will not pay more for better quality food, and they will not refuse to purchase food that isn't fresh

  • baskinghobo on 30/11/2019 - 19:45

    Dedicating the time to learn good recipes that are quick/cheap/tasty

    • anastasiastarz on 11/12/2019 - 05:40

      Recommend finding a friend to make this a weekly project.

  • Sage on 01/12/2019 - 01:00
    +1

    Honestly, I do stick to a healthy diet.
    Good food makes me feel good. If I have Hungry Jacks or some other junk food I can feel lethargic and sometimes even fall asleep. Just feels dirty inside.
    What makes me NOT stick to a healthy diet is social pressure. Sharing cake, sharing nachos, etc.
    As far as completely "well-balanced" goes. I'd say there's an element of ignorance there for me. I'll have a protein shake, a salad, some roasted vegetables or a soup and maybe plain seeded crackers with dip, but I don't go looking up food charts. I try to have a mix of different things through the week, have some fruit, some diary, etc. But I could be missing some specific nutrients without being aware of it.

  • anastasiastarz on 11/12/2019 - 05:43

    Stress. I think I sometimes stress eat, and I run on stress. It's everyday, everywhere. I wasn't even hungry or craving it till the thing happens.

    Budget - Not really into fast food, but salads are more $ than say a boost juice.

    Serving sizes - just 33% of the plate to go, and you need to buy a box for takeaway, I don't think so. Overeating. Also most places don't do salads say on a rice bowl, but I do try to ask for a side salad and less rice.

    Instagram - all those empty nutrition sometimes foods that pop up way too much. I'm unfollowing 20 a day though. Foods bought for the 'gram - though I'm doing this less, once I realize I don't actually like that dish eg. cotton candy, sugar cookies

    The Kitchen - I'm not allowed in there other than for water and microwave. Disgusting conditions, lady of the house loves it that way and thrives in dirt and filth. How do you force help on someone who loves their mental illness?

    Currently and forever working on my escape plan.
    Youfoodz was a god send - before that there were days we went without. Because I really don't want pizza/pasta - the only thing ubereats delivers around here.

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