When a diet doesn't fit: Learning to eat for life, not just for looks
In the end, the best diet isn't the most extreme or restrictive. It's the one you can sustain, that supports your lifestyle, performance, and long-term health.
Scroll through Instagram long enough, and you'll find a hundred people telling you how to eat. Keto, paleo, intermittent fasting, carnivore, vegan; there's no shortage of confident influencers promising fat loss, energy boosts and total life transformation. And when they come with six-packs and dramatic before-and-after photos, it's easy to get sucked in.
I'm guilty of falling for diet fads that spoke to my physical insecurities, and here's what I've learnt: Don't follow a diet just because someone online says it works, no matter how legit the influencer is. Instead, ask who that diet is designed for, and whether it supports your lifestyle.
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