This. Researching the optimal diet and the optimal exercise is the intelligent person’s way to procrastinate about actually eating better and actually exercising.
If you are curious, don’t ask whether what you are doing is optimal, only whether there are some obvious dangers. Is your current diet missing something important? Is there a risk you can hurt yourself when exercising the way you do now? If everything is ok (not optimal, just okay), continue doing what works for you… until you keep your healthy habits for at least a few months. Then you have my blessing to do some research, because now I can trust you it is not just another excuse to do nothing. Switching from less optimal diet/exercise to more optimal is way easier than actually starting the good habits, so you can do that later.
(FWIW; I’ve been working out 4-5x per week for the last months (from home), and cut out all fast food/candy/folk-nutrition-bad-seeming-foods for the same period. I have a very solid routine down and am at no risk of procrastinating. The major failure mode for me right now is plateauing or injury. In fact, the majority people I know who have had a gym habit seem to have plateaued.)
Congratulations! That means, from my perspective, that you asked at exactly the right time.
For nutrition, others have already mentioned Dr. Greger; I would add a link to his “daily dozen” as a quick check which categories of food you may be missing.
If you get your blood analyzed, you may find which specific nutrients you miss—as opposed to just getting general nutrition advice for the average reader.
This. Researching the optimal diet and the optimal exercise is the intelligent person’s way to procrastinate about actually eating better and actually exercising.
If you are curious, don’t ask whether what you are doing is optimal, only whether there are some obvious dangers. Is your current diet missing something important? Is there a risk you can hurt yourself when exercising the way you do now? If everything is ok (not optimal, just okay), continue doing what works for you… until you keep your healthy habits for at least a few months. Then you have my blessing to do some research, because now I can trust you it is not just another excuse to do nothing. Switching from less optimal diet/exercise to more optimal is way easier than actually starting the good habits, so you can do that later.
(FWIW; I’ve been working out 4-5x per week for the last months (from home), and cut out all fast food/candy/folk-nutrition-bad-seeming-foods for the same period. I have a very solid routine down and am at no risk of procrastinating. The major failure mode for me right now is plateauing or injury. In fact, the majority people I know who have had a gym habit seem to have plateaued.)
Congratulations! That means, from my perspective, that you asked at exactly the right time.
For nutrition, others have already mentioned Dr. Greger; I would add a link to his “daily dozen” as a quick check which categories of food you may be missing.
If you get your blood analyzed, you may find which specific nutrients you miss—as opposed to just getting general nutrition advice for the average reader.