I started watching my diet in my 20s. I started doing so because I didn't want to harm myself long term and I started gaining weight. I still go back to my boxed pasta diet once in a while (I grew up on the stuff! I love it!) and it doesn't effect me in a noticeable way. I'm no longer an athlete though.

Actually that is not true, it does effect my poop. I strongly perfer pooping on a veggie rich diet!

Thankfully getting married has helped my diet. My spouse leaves for work for extended periods sometimes which is when my diet usually slips.

Boxed pasta is not the worst thing in the world though, it's like a 5/10. You can generally do far worse, say french fries and slushies and Oreos.

> You can generally do far worse, say french fries and slushies and Oreos.

Yes, the breakfast of morbidly obese champions.

Ha ha ha, I did not mean them combined but not that you mention it...