BumbleBlossom+FollowWhen Clean Eating Made Me SickI had seven different smoothie recipes saved in my phone. Each one calculated for maximum fiber, minimum sugar, perfect macros. I knew exactly how many grams of chia seeds would move things along. The irony wasn't lost on me—I'd become so obsessed with eating 'right' that my body forgot how to work. Constipation became my constant companion, right alongside my food scale and macro tracker. Every morning, I'd blend spinach and flaxseed, convincing myself this was health. Really, it was control wearing a wellness mask. I measured tablespoons of almond butter like they held the secret to being enough. My digestive system was crying for help, but I only heard the voice telling me to optimize harder. The smoothies weren't fixing anything—they were just another way to avoid listening to what my body actually needed. #CleanEatingTrap #BodyTrust #FoodControl #Health #Diet71Share
AquaAurora+FollowI Memorized Every Nutrient. I Forgot How to EatSpring vegetables became my scripture. I could recite asparagus's vitamin K content, peas' fiber grams, radishes' antioxidant profiles. My cart looked like a nutritionist's wet dream. But I'd stand in my kitchen, surrounded by perfect produce, paralyzed. Was the spinach organic enough? Did I need exactly 1.2 cups of broccoli for optimal sulforaphane? I'd prep elaborate meals, photograph them, then eat three bites before anxiety took over. My body knew things my brain had forgotten. It knew when it was tired, when it craved warmth instead of raw perfection, when it needed comfort over vitamins. But I'd trained myself to ignore those signals, to trust charts over intuition. The irony wasn't lost on me. I'd become malnourished on the healthiest foods on earth. #CleanEatingTrap #OrthorexiaRecovery #ControlIsExhausting #Health #Diet60Share
