Regarding my diet...

TW: medical diets, food allergies.

I tracked my food intake and how that breaks down nutritionally for the first time a few days ago, for a What I Eat In A Day blog post over on Auntie's Allergy-Free Eats. That used to be about the most toxic, controlling thing in the diet culture, making you account for every single thing that goes into your body every single day. Even if it wasn't on social media, it was usually shared with weight loss groups. I refused to participate until now, and that's mostly because people are doing #WIEIAD videos on TikTok where they're being... very honest. And considering I eat a very restricted diet that I have to cook from scratch, I thought that me recording this content, but in blog form with recipes and nutritional content instead of just mukbang videos, might actually help other people getting used to a new, restricted diet get ideas on how to feed themselves day to day.

And I learned that I'm on a slight calorie deficit (which I knew), and getting plenty of protein and carbs, but maybe only half of the unsaturated fat (or even saturated fat) I should be getting. When you can't eat dairy or nuts, you better like eating a lot of avocados, olive oil, and seeds 😅😅

So, I've started to begin and end my day with a serving of dairy-free yogurt substitute, and 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed and a teaspoon of raw honey from my neighbor's hives. The yogurt has 6g of fat, the flax seed also has 6g of fat, and the flax seed has the dietary fiber to feed the probiotics in the yogurt and the honey. So, at least I know I'm getting 24g of fat from plant sources each day, and it'll keep my gut biome healthy.

When did having a body get so ding dong complicated?