Stay focused, all your hard work will be paid off.
When eating for everyday fitness and trying to look and feel your best, you should focus on nutrition but without making it a chore.
In other words, you should know what foods your body needs and about how much you need to consume, but you don't necessarily want to spend your days religiously counting every morsel of food that goes in your mouth and analyzing its nutritional value down to the milligrams of magnesium.
What gets the job done when it comes to bodybuilding diets?.
Do you need to eliminate carbs altogether or go for a high-carb vegetarian diet? Do you need to breathe protein day in and day out or just add a shake or two and get on with your day? Can you eat a slice of cake on your birthday, or are you only considered a "real" bodybuilder if you keep it lean? What does it even mean to stay lean or eat clean?