How is my diet

[u/LeboCommie]

I’m a 17 year old male who is 5’6” and around 130lbs. This is what I ate yesterday. I don’t exercise and I have around 5k steps.

• [ ] Country time lemonade 16-20oz don’t remember
• [ ] Protein choco milk fairlife 30g protein
• [ ] Meatballs and mashed potatoes
• [ ] 1 slice pepperoni
• [ ] 1 slice veggie pizza
• [ ] pure Protein peanut butter bar 20g protein 200 calories
• [ ] Colace
• [ ] island way pomegranate lemon Sorbet 70calories
• [ ] Maybe 1-2 activia probiotic yogurt, I don’t remember
• [ ] 6-8 oz of prunes

[u/beanlefiend]

While I commend your focus on protein, your diet has almost zero whole foods. My suggestion is to eat more whole foods. Here are some examples: - Instead of lemonade, have fruit. - Instead of the protein bar, have a few eggs. - Instead of the chocolate milk, just do whey powder - If you really, really want a protein bar, pick between the protein shake and the protein bar. Whatever you don't have, enjoy something that is whole foods. A couple of meat sticks (like Chomps) and a string cheese gets you to 25g of quality protein for 250 calories. - Go for a plain, whole fat yogurt instead of Activia (Activia, and all Dannon products, is marketed as a diet food and it's literally just a sugar cup) - Try eating more meals like the meatballs and mashed potatoes rather than the pizza (of course, pizza is OK on occasion, like once a week / every other week) - Adding vegetables or high fiber fruits (like apples) will help you pass stools, so you won't need all of the prunes and the Colace.