I actually ate what normal people would call a very healthy diet. Limited meat, lots and lots of fruit and veggies, almost only whole grains. Tried to limit saturated fats. No junk food (soda, chips, ice cream, etc) except for what I made myself (which was my own cookies, etc).

At home I actually had a wheat grinder, and ground my own wheat as well, and made my own bread. I was really into whole grains. Not vegetarian, but I definitely followed the whole "use meat as a condiment" mindset. I didn't have a weight problem.

I do believe that my diet previously was far healthier than the standard American diet. But I had no idea that I could feel so much better eating carnivore. I wish I had known this much sooner, it feels like I wasted decades with low energy, and non-optimal mood.