The Problem Isn’t That You Don’t Know What to Eat — It’s That You’re Overcomplicating It

I’ve gotta be honest with you — most of you aren’t struggling with what to eat because they don’t know. We ALL know what healthy eating looks like. We can GOOGLE or use AI to create a healthy meal. We have a ton of recipes saved in our IG account…it’s not for lack of information. They struggle because they’re trying to do too much, too perfectly, all at once. It’s an overwhelm of information and feeling like they need to do it all.

You’re drowning in Pinterest recipes, protein hacks, and meal prep TikToks. Every meal feels like it needs to be high protein, high fiber, blood-sugar friendly, macro-balanced, and aesthetically pleasing... all at the same time.

And honestly? That gets exhausting. Fast. I GET IT!

The truth is — nutrition doesn’t have to be this complicated.

Simplicity isn’t lazy.

It’s smart.

Your nervous system actually thrives when you reduce decision fatigue and lower the effort required to follow through. If it’s easier to do, it’s more likely to be done consistently. That’s not a failure of willpower — that’s just how humans work.

One of my clients came to me feeling completely overwhelmed by dinner. She was spending over 45 minutes trying to pull together a balanced, creative, protein-packed meal, making something different for her than her kids & husband because she had different goals - and it all felt really overwhelming, and doing this a few days during the week made her just want to order take-out by Thursday.

So we zoomed out. And simplified.

We didn’t overhaul everything. We just created a few fallback meals that felt realistic and repeatable. Things like egg bites for breakfast, ground beef with frozen veggies and rice for lunch or dinner. Turkey burgers with bagged salad and potato wedges. Taco night towards the end of the week, build your own homemade pizza night at home on Fridays to get the family fix for pizza nights - and to make it fun!

Not flashy. Not TikTok-worthy. But they got made.

And more importantly — they got eaten - and dare I say…they enjoyed it??

Because consistency doesn’t come from making every meal a masterpiece. It comes from having a few things in your back pocket that you can make on autopilot, even when you’re tired, busy, or just not in the mood to think about it.

This is where I love leaning into the “pantry-staple” strategy.

Instead of asking yourself what you should eat, ask: what simple ingredients do I like, have access to, and can throw together in under 15 minutes? That is what you stock your kitchen/pantry/freezer with. Making sure they are always on your grocery list so you have these easy things available to you.

A rotisserie chicken with rice and cucumber slices? Perfect. Greek yogurt with berries and granola? Great. Tuna packet with whole grain crackers and some baby carrots? Absolutely.

We don’t need perfect meals. We need eaten meals. We don’t need more hacks. We need more repetition.

You’re not bad at nutrition. You’re just trying to do too much.

Strip it back. Keep it simple. Reuse your grocery list. Eat boring if you need to.

Because boring + repeatable = freedom.

Simple meals get made. Made meals get eaten. And eaten meals? Move you forward.

Need help building a meal strategy that actually fits your life (not your Pinterest board)?