The checklist diet

Over three months ago, I wrote this:

I’m trying to do that with the help of a habit tracker to check off servings of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and protein. I’ll report back but right now it’s too early; the novelty hasn’t worn off yet.

Now that I’m about four months in, I think it’s safe the say the novelty has worn off and this is still working for me.

Here’s my diet:

I used MyPlate to tell me how many servings of each thing I should be eating per day, then I dumped that into a habit tracker. I also added oily fish, live cultures, and vitamins.

That was 118 days ago, apparently. Since then, every day, I’ve had at least:

• 5 bottles of water
• 3 servings of vegetables
• 2 servings of fruit
• 3 servings of whole grains
• 2 servings of dairy (I added this one later so it has less days)
• 1 servings of nuts/seeds
• 4 servings of protein (I’m trying to build muscle so I went higher than the recommendations)
• 1 serving of something fermented with live cultures (usually Kefir)

(Plus sardines at least twice a week.)

I’m not sure why this is working so well for me, but it is. I’m a gut farmer now!