I don't think eating well needs to be hard. I think you can get hooked on ultra-processed and ultra-sugary shit quite easily, but I think you can also unhook yourself and that once you do, eating well becomes exponentially easier. Fake food that comes in a box and has infinite shelf life starts tasting like shit once you wean yourself off the idea that fruit and veg are goody-two-shoes foods that automatically taste like shit. Or that indulging yourself automatically needs to mean deep-fried and ultra-processed.
Amen.
Couldn't agree more.
I'm trying cut added sugar as much as possible currently. I'm still having natural sugar through fruits and honey, but anything that has sugar as an added ingredient, I am trying to avoid, even just for a few days a week. I've also been trying to avoid bread, so eggs by themselves without the usual toast. Also salads for lunch. Doing it even two days a week would be a win.
Another thing I do a few days a week is intermittent fasting, last food at 8pm and breakfast the following day at midday. That equates to a 16 hour fast and a break for my body's digestive system.
I feel better in myself when I do this, especially Monday to Friday and then at the weekend, I'm less strict.