Pro advice: Live better (I'm gonna start tomorrow)

[u/Anonomouds]

[u/HalfMoonMintStars]

As opposed to the fake food that the fae lay out for you. Never take the fae’s food.

[u/kasapin1997 → u/HalfMoonMintStars]

I like the part where good food is 15x more expensive.

[u/TheThink-king → u/kasapin1997]

It does give you 15x more exp

[u/kasapin1997 → u/TheThink-king]

If this was the case I would be eating healthy food. I could eat healthy if months were 10 days and not 30.

[u/Y0urC0nfusi0nMaster → u/kasapin1997]

And the part where real food almost always goes bad way quicker than the cheaper, more filling, easier to prepare fake food

[u/MfkbNe → u/kasapin1997]

But if you would have enough money to afford 15× more expensive food 99% of your problems would be gone.

[u/kasapin1997 → u/MfkbNe]

So true... All problems stem from my cheap hotdogs... Knew it...

[u/TieConnect3072 → u/kasapin1997]

It’s not.

[u/kasapin1997 → u/TieConnect3072]

It is. I can't buy anything other than the most processed shittiest food. The "healthy" stuff has astronomical price tags.

[u/TieConnect3072 → u/kasapin1997]

What is the ‘healthy’ stuff? Are you including heads of broccoli?

[u/kasapin1997 → u/TieConnect3072]

Vegetables

[u/badchefrazzy → u/kasapin1997]

Yep. Rich enough to afford "good" food and time enough to work out at the gym. Bro's got a better life because he's got more money. He can't say shit.

[u/starmen999 → u/kasapin1997]

There actually is a way to eat healthy and cheap. It involves a lot of meal prep and learning how to cook on your own, but it can be done.

[u/Logical-Emotion-1262 → u/starmen999]

The cheap options arent healthy though, that’s exactly the problem.

For example white bread? The cheaper option in general compared to whole wheat, but it’s made with tons of added sugar.

It’s largely impossible to find cheap food thats actually good for you, even in grocery form and not as a pre-made meal.

(Speaking in terms of the US by the way, can’t speak for other countries) 

[u/kasapin1997 → u/starmen999]

Not really, not everyone is American. Also lmao I never said I eat fast food. I "cook" my food.

[u/starmen999 → u/kasapin1997]

I didn't say anything about fast food at all; I don't know why you brought that up.

I'm not judging you at all; I'm pointing out facts. People all over the world somehow manage to survive with much less money and with arguably much healthier food so I don't know why you felt the need to bring up your nationality either.

I'll give you a few basic tips: buy a lot of brown rice and learn how to cook it properly. The instant rice is a lot easier to cook albeit a bit more expensive. Get you a bunch of veggies at a farmer's market, Aldi's or other such store that sells them cheap, Walmart if you're in a pinch. Get some plastic freezer bags and when you get home, slice the veggies, put them in bags and put them in the freezer. Walmart also sells bags of frozen veggies for really cheap. Get bulk packs of cheap meat: chicken leg quarters, fish or beef if you can manage it.

When you're ready to cook for the next few days, just thaw out some chicken leg quarters and bake them while you cook the rice, and pull out a couple bags of veggies from the freezer and fry them. Splurge on a good cooking oil -- get olive or avocado oil; vegetable oil is one of the worst things you could possibly consume and it WILL destroy your insides from cancer and heart disease and such. Sprinkle some salt and pepper on the veggies as you fry them, perhaps some ground garlic or if you have a garlic press, you can squeeze and put in a clove of garlic if you want.

Wham, bam, thank you ma'am, you have chicken for the next few days; possibly even a week's worth for maybe $20 at most.

Get you a slow cooker and you have even more options; you can cook a pot roast in that motherfucker with potatoes and carrots and onions and such, and eat like a king for a week.

Like eating healthy and exercising certainly won't solve all of your problems but it certainly will solve some of them and ameliorate the others, particularly financial issues. And in these trying times, people need all the help and advice they can get. So don't knock it.

[u/kasapin1997 → u/starmen999]

I cannot eat rice I have diabetes type 1 it makes my sugar in blood spike.
Veggies? Unless I'm buying potatoes it's insanely expensive. Potatoes raise my sugar blood too since they are full of carbs or wtv. Also eating vegetables doesn't make you feel "full" or whatever.. "Walmart sells" I already said I'm not American. "Get bulk packs of cheap meat", meat is very expensive, only form that I eat is either canned meat or canned tuna and even those are very expensive if I wanted to use it for some proper meal. "Get olive or avocado oil" Olive oil costs about the same as 10-20 breads do here. Idk about avocado oil, haven't ever seen it without astronomical prices. Garlic is most expensive vegetable here that isn't imported, also makes you smell no matter what. "maybe $20 at most", I could buy 2 family pizzas and live of it for a week for that price lol.

[u/Infamous_Stretch_726 → u/[deleted]]

God, you are annoying. edit:(wrong person)

[u/HappyAd6201 → u/starmen999]

I can’t even afford the oil…

[u/Background-Eye778 → u/HalfMoonMintStars]

Or .... Literally ALWAYS accept the fae food? Huh?!

(This message is not affiliated with the High Fae Council for Human relations)

[u/PotatoesMashymash]

I tried that more than two years ago (I even meditated every day) when my mental health was at its lowest in an attempt to improve my mental health, and while exercising and eating healthier diets helped to some degree-healthy living did effectively nothing for relieving and getting to the root causes of my debilitating anxiety/OCD episode(s) at the time.

Getting therapy to address my anxiety-related OCD and being diagnosed with ADHD (alongside therapy and medication for that) was what seriously allowed me to recover and be in a much better place psychologically than eating healthier and exercising ever could. Admittedly, I don't eat as healthy nor exercise as I should or as I used to back then, but I don't doubt getting back into healthier habits would aid in improving my life if for even just a tad bit alongside my improved mental well-being!

Just wanted to share my personal experience.

Good day or evening everybody 🙏🏽.

[u/Scr1bble-]

The advice is sound and will undoubtedly help pretty much anyone, some people will still need more but he’s got a good point. That being said, saying 99% of your problems will disappear is ridiculously hyperbolic, running a marathon won’t get you out of debt or a shitty job

[u/PlumSundae → u/Scr1bble-]

There are two types of advice needed in the world... "okay to great" and "not-okay to okay". This is potentially great advice for the "okay to great crowd" but absolutely misses the point for—and invalidates—the not insignificant "not-okay to okay" crowd.

[u/PotatoesMashymash → u/PlumSundae]

I wholeheartedly agree with what you've said so far.

It is a nuanced thing for sure, it's also a shame some people just don't understand or don't want to understand how complex and nuanced everything is and think that healthier living will somehow magically resolve other's issues-especially if said problems are mental-health illnesses/conditions.

[u/Scr1bble- → u/PlumSundae]

Yeah that’s a good way of putting it. The advice is good but the way he puts it out there is pretty shocking and too generalising (as is often the case with social media), it’s like, “I was sad for a bit but then I did this and I’m happier now so this will work for absolutely everyone.”

I do think it’s important especially in this sub to not disregard decent advice just because it was said in poor taste, because then you really do start to wallow in your own misery. But yes, good food and exercise isn’t alone going to cure debilitating anxiety or depression or a whole load of other things

[u/raven-of-the-sea → u/Scr1bble-]

Part of the reason it gets frustrating is that there are often hurdles that drastically limit the access to those things. But when those barriers are brought up, the people who speak up about them are lazy, or not trying, or it’s not that hard or expensive for them so they think it can’t possibly be out of reach for everyone. I would love to get more sun and exercise, but my chronic pain makes that difficult and the fatigue makes it harder.

I come to this group to vent and blow off steam about this so I can be more gracious and civil to the people who make these suggestions from an honestly kind place.

[u/SipTime → u/PlumSundae]

Maybe more people should realize that not everything is meant for them or is about them. Like when incels think the new Snow White wasn’t hot enough, it’s like ok why do they think this content was made for them in the first place? Why do they take offense about something that’s not for them?

This guy isn’t invalidating someone who has real problems because he’s not speaking to them in the first place and for most people that’s really obvious. If you’re chronically physically or mentally ill he doesn’t believe eating right and working out will fix that lmao

[u/SufficientDot4099 → u/Scr1bble-]

It's stupid because everyone already knows it's good to eat healthy food and exercise. No shit. It's not some useful thing that needs to be said 

[u/Scr1bble- → u/SufficientDot4099]

Of course but I guess some people underestimate the importance it has and being real a lot of people don’t do it

[u/whatshamilton → u/Scr1bble-]

Yeah unless your problem is, among other things, you can’t afford that “real food” and it’s affecting your physical and mental health but you can’t afford to stop the spiral so you can see exactly what’s causing it but with no ability to provide the solution

[u/totallyalone1234 → u/Scr1bble-]

I'm so sick of this bullshit. Eating "real" food is just snobbery. You could get the nutrition your body needs from a milkshake. Exercise is just a scam designed to make people feel bad about themselves - to give others an excuse to look down on people or to abuse them. Taking a shit releases endorphins. Just being awake burns calories. People who cry "move your body" are just scumbags and grifters.

[u/Candle1ight → u/totallyalone1234]

Exercise is just a scam designed to make people feel bad about themselves

Don't make me side with the idiot tiktok guy please

[u/SpellFree6116 → u/totallyalone1234]

wow, so much to address there

[u/New_Job1231 → u/Scr1bble-]

Yeah it’s no secret corporate soulless garbage food and doomscrolling social media is rotting our lives away. We’re a disgusting species who whine when we’re not comfortable rather than do shit to improve our situation

[u/ParticularRough6225]

Unless I move my body to another continent, my problems aren't going anywhere tbh. (I like the message tho)

[u/jltefend]

Great! My autoimmune diseases are cured

[u/c4gam1ng]

Eating healthy and exercising is a good first step for people to try, but it never has been a magical cure for all ailments and struggles, and it bothers me when people treat it as such.

[u/totallyalone1234 → u/c4gam1ng]

If you WANT to eat healthy and exercise for yourself then great, but most people are coerced into it against their will or better judgement. If you ENJOY running them good for you, but otherwise its nothing more than a waste of time and energy.

[u/c4gam1ng → u/totallyalone1234]

This is very true

[u/justanokbabe → u/c4gam1ng]

Plus; when you are struggling in life and it affects you psychologically, eating heathy and being physically active feels muuuch mooore difficult. It definitely isn't a magical cure and requires some physical & mental wellness for starting most of the times

[u/Accomplished_Dog_647]

I‘d like to move my body. IF I DIDN‘T GET DEBILITATING FATIGUE FOR DAYS AFTERWARDS.

Disability sucks

[u/raven-of-the-sea → u/Accomplished_Dog_647]

Same hat. I go out for LARP weekends when I can and I’m exhausted for days after. Even pushing through just makes worse problems.

[u/synthetics__ → u/raven-of-the-sea]

You both (me included) are probs suffering from long covid. r/covidlonghaulers

[u/raven-of-the-sea → u/synthetics__]

I’m so sorry! However, mine isn’t long COVID. This was the case pre COVID

[u/synthetics__ → u/raven-of-the-sea]

My bad! Well. At least the connection of suffering is still here

[u/Anas645]

Don't forget the water

[u/ButterflyShort]

I'm a homesteader. I have livestock, veggie and flower gardens. I'm outside almost every day doing something. Guess what? Still have depression and anxiety.

[u/spidermans_mom]

“I ate steak and eggs, took a walk, and now my trauma has gone away!”

/s.

[u/Quirky-Local-3563]

100% of my problems would disappear if I didn’t exist.

[u/FlanInternational100]

Easy to cure 99% of your problems is you don't even have real problems.

[u/i-caca-my-pants]

what was the other 1% of this guy's problems? being a solipsistic wanker?

[u/Kinkystormtrooper]

Yeah sports and nice food makes me physically a little better because I'm able bodied. I still have absolutely debilitating cptsd and struggle to maintain myself

[u/20191124anon]

No, just no. What I need is reliable access to healthcare and legal protection of LGTBTQ+ people.

[u/4pigeons]

does he think we're in a capsule like in the matrix?

[u/NekulturneHovado]

I have this thing called essential tremor. My whole body (and primarily hands) shake like a fuck to the point where I have trouble to keep soup in my spoon without spilling it. Working out makes it worse. Not only more strength = more shake, but right after exercise I literally can't hold a half full cup of water without spilling it.

[u/RunningPirate → u/NekulturneHovado]

Naw bro, you need “real food” /s

[u/AelisWhite]

99% of my problems would disappear if I disappeared

[u/Ai_777 → u/AelisWhite]

Don’t know about my problems but others problems would disappear for sure.

[u/AelisWhite → u/Ai_777]

Can't have problems if you're dead :p

[u/DestroyTheMatrix_3 → u/AelisWhite]

And the other 1%?

[u/PixelatedMax01]

Steak and eggs? That's super high cholesterol.

[u/DestroyTheMatrix_3 → u/PixelatedMax01]

Better to replace those with healthy alternatives like canola oil, legumes, and refined grains.

[u/Downtown-Side-3010 → u/PixelatedMax01]

So?

[u/PixelatedMax01 → u/Downtown-Side-3010]

"You'll feel so much better if you eat real food" shows picture of a plate with high cholesterol.

Don't get me wrong, that dinner looks banging. But not as well balanced as the text is trying to imply.

[u/SkiIsLife45]

I did this (eating better, working out) and things did start getting better. Not 100% but quite a bit better. And it's no replacement for therapy or friends

The key is doing what you can do and being cool with that. Everything starts smewhere.

[u/throwmeawaymommyowo]

66% of my problems are that I can't seem to eat real food or move my body.

[u/Waerfeles]

I have MS, which destroyed my appetite and makes exercise difficult. But SUURRRRE.

[u/thatsuperRuDeguy]

Ah, yes, because eating overpriced organic food and exercising every day will totally just scare my anxiety over whether or not i’ll be able to afford a house in the next 10 years just magically go away

[u/Available-Damage5991]

oh, sure, I'll do that when I'm not fucking panicking about the rise of fascism in America.

[u/Celestial_Hart]

If this is true then why do little debbie cakes force my brain to make the good sauce huh?

[u/1Killag123]

Thats one crusty ass banana…

[u/HelpingMeet → u/1Killag123]

*scrolls back up to look at banana

*scrolls back down to updoot and comment on factually correct comment

[u/Onebraintwoheads]

"I'm cured," said the guy with gastric issues and a broken neck.

[u/Consistent-Power1722]

And probably have a large ass house complete with all the equipment you'll ever buy, for just four or six digit figures of $s.

[u/Soapy---wooder]

If i could afford to have the money and time to do these things, 75% of my problems would already be gone before i even start

[u/brocketman59]

To be fair that food looks pretty freaking appetizing haha

[u/AccomplishedAerie333]

I walk over 5km everyday and still feel sad. Aren't I moving enough :(

[u/NeighborhoodAdept420]

Since when did the most basic advice become conspiracy theorist talking points? I'm surprised there wasn't a 3rd pic that said "stop taking all your meds"

[u/El_Morgos]

Getting myself physically fit to live on the streets.

[u/manusiapurba]

But real food costs money problem

[u/potatoloaves]

This doesn’t “fix” my genetic disorder or autoimmune disease, though it does help “manage” my symptoms

[u/Bit-Jungle]

Depends what your problems are. What if you already eat real food and move but you are suffering poverty or loneliness or abuse?

[u/Vvvv1rgo]

I'd say that would solve like 9% of your problems, maybe help you become healthier physically and slightly help depression. I can't think of much else it would fix.

[u/L0nlySt0nr]

99% of your problems would disappear if you... ate real food moved your body.

That's some high-quality advice you got there, OOP.

[u/CacklingMossHag]

I cannot in good conscience trust somebody who is serving banana in the same plate as eggs, steak and carrots. They have no valuable advice to give.

[u/SoggyWetWater]

Start today not tomorrow.

[u/Vesperia_Morningstar]

Yeah neither is going to cure my tourettes so it’s not gonna solve a chunk of my problems. Might help the other ones a lil thou

[u/krauQ_egnartS]

forgot the most life-changing one of all

[u/foxxiesoxxie]

100% of my problems need figuring out first before I can fix them. I've only figured out that a bitch ain't one...so 99 to go.

[u/crusher23b]

I'm a disabled veteran. 99% of my problems would disappear if I simply wasn't.

[u/IllegalGeriatricVore]

How does that make the government stop ruining my future?

[u/WindmillCrabWalk]

Lol I didn't even realise there were more photos at first and my brain automatically finished the sentence with "died"

[u/Horseface4190]

Weird. I eay real food and move my body but I still have more than 1% of my problems.

Should I go vegan, or nah?

[u/Marcodaneismypimp]

I'm pretty sure a few million dollars would solve about 99% of my problems.

[u/annievancookie]

I do but that doesn't fix the fact that I am autistic, broke and can't get a job. It doesn't make the generalized anxiety disorder go away either. Does this person live inside of a box or sth?

[u/SemajLu_The_crusader]

the government is definitely more than 1% of my problems and neither of those are helping that

[u/Amireeeeeez]

Free time and quality food are more expensive

[u/Sir_Richard_Dangler]

I do both and I've still got plenty of problems

[u/foxsalmon]

No offense but that food looks like it's made by someone who wants to pretend to eat healthy but can't even fry an egg. Eggs and meat are underdone, carrots look overdone and I don't wanna know what they did to that banana - this might be "real food" but it won't give you any benefits in that state.

[u/Natural1forever]

Stephen Hawking wants a word

[u/irrelevantTomatoMan]

I’m not gonna take advice from a walking leek who shaves his legs.

[u/FishWitch-]

Damn sorry didn’t realize my mobility issues would be better if I moved and my stomach issues would be better if I ate more food

Such a shame all those doctors were right in the end and my years of chronic pain would be solved if I just tried these steps one more time

[u/-SKYMEAT-]

100% of your problems would disappear if you...

My legal counsel has advised me not to finish that statement.

[u/starrypriestess]

Good pieces of advice any idiot can tell you. Not a revelation. However, 99% is a hell of a stretch. Eating right and moving my body gave me even more problems because I ended up developing an eating disorder 😂

Solutions just aren’t that simple. There are major problems in health that basic body maintenance can’t solve.

[u/[deleted]]

I do both and it doesn’t even matter that much. Bedrotting is more comfortable anyways

[u/quay-cur]

It’s always steak and eggs on a cutting board with these people

[u/Comfortable-Box5917]

Ate real food: alredy do I eat healthier than 99% of my country's ppl. Still traumatised and autistic. Moved more: dude Im ohisically disabled what do you expect me to DO-

[u/Chemical_Second_6663]

sometimes all you need is psychiatric medication man

[u/rather_short_qu]

Nothing against "real food" but WTF is it? Or whats the opposite?

[u/the_sauviette_onion]

I’ve literally had phases in my life where I ate super healthy and ran like 4-5 marathons a year and guess what? My life was about the same.

[u/fibstheman]

It's so funny because both of those things require spare money and free time, and these idiots don't realize what order the cause and effect goes in

[u/Yuki_lyrcist]

I read this as

“99% if your problems disappear if you do” and thought it was a joke post

And then I realized what sub this is and realized I read it wrong

[u/Y0urC0nfusi0nMaster]

This works great if you don’t have problems.

[u/Weary-Half-3678]

“Moved your body” I’m DISABLED

[u/Kimb0_91]

Not 99% but at least half. Unfortunately people need time, money and acces for these things. A lot of the other half of problems people live with prevent at least one of those three.

[u/Clintwood_outlaw]

That would only solve like 10% of my problems

[u/Admirable_Cold289]

I mean good nutrition and exercise can be contributing factors to dealing with challenges but 99% is massively overstated...

[u/IamREBELoe]

If you are able bodied, this isn't untrue, though.

Ok, not 99%, but it will help far more than most give it credit for.

There are a lot of cruddy colloquialisms, but that doesn't mean you have to crap all over actual good advice.