I do the same thing, stick to 2000 per day, get my protein and eat fairly clean nutrient dense foods. Works really well and it's simple.
I just feel like giving the traditional bb diet a shot just so I know for sure.
Bingo. I just try to get a little extra protein. Other than that, obviously watch out for too much sodium and foods that are stupidly unbalanced or processed. If you basically cook for yourself you're golden.
I was so scared to deviate away from my strict diet of 10 protein shakes and 6 meals a day, but once I slowly weened myself away from that thinking I carried a heavy amount of shame and embarrassment with me for a while. I've gone as far as completely disregarding my diet all together and eating absolutely anything I wanted, and the results were no where near as disappointing as I thought. But I keep my "diet" in relative check (adhering to what I listed above, which are super loose guidelines any dumbass can follow) and I look and feel great.
I can see how gullible I was before, but I've never engaged in any sort of activity where every single spokesperson said nothing but lies. Bodybuilding figures do nothing but lie, lie, lie and I've never seen any sort of
sport "activity" where people were this shady.