A food thread - how are you doing with food?

[grit]

Since I had a very negative regression transference where I ended up crying for food, I have been eating less and actually started to lose some weight.

The reason I sound excited about this is all my life I was eating for the future...something like I should eat just in case I do not have time later or do not cook. I was not eating because I was hungry just in case I will be later. So that transference sort of made me realize I was a starving baby and I adapted to not eating when hungry so i got greedy and eat now when I can for later and still eat later for another later...bottomless pit.

Now days, I eat once a day a big meal and have few fruits, cookies and other tiny things in between. I could not be happier.

 

[Deleted member 47384]

I'm in a frustrating position where I can finally afford food, but I have no means to get it. I don't have a car, and there aren't any grocery stores within walking distance. My boyfriend keeps promising to take me grocery shopping, but its hard to plan meals when we're sharing a tiny kitchen + fridge with 2 other people. He tends to eat out for lunch while he's away at work, and by the time he gets home it's late and we're both too tired to do any real shopping, so we eat out.

I grew up never ever being able to afford food, and now it feels like it's soooo close but I just!! Can't get there!!

In spite of all this, I'm gaining weight for the very first time in my life. Trying really really hard not to beat myself up over it. But right now my whole relationship with food is getting all kindsa dicey.

 

[Ronin]

Online deliveries, @Dazey? Or asking a favor of the other two people? / Bit of a communal cooking here and there, shared picnics, kind of things?

And to the thread: Stellar, as with everything else. Note to self to eat more than biweekly.

 

[Deleted member 47384]

Online deliveries get a lil pricey, but the boyf and I talked about ordering our groceries online so all we need to do is go pick them up. Hopefully that helps things a bit.

 

[Sweetleaf]

I have a hard time with food.

I'm on naltrexone to help with my dissociative symptoms. It actually helps, a lot. But, it also makes me feel nauseously full really f*cking easily.

I also very easily forget to even eat. I go all day, not eating, then realize I haven't eaten all day.

You know those naked shake things? They're basically fruit smoothies. I've added them to my diet just because they're easy for me to drink, and they don't make me nauseous. Also they taste like really f*cking good.

That gives me at least one easily consumed "meal" in the day.

Savory food, heavy food, it all makes me nauseous. Sometimes I do get hungry, and I can eat it, but I still get full really fast.

Any suggestions as to things I could do to get more calories in without making myself nauseous or too full feeling?

 

[Mach123]

I have not been able to get around to this thread (avoidance.). : ) I have one more day of pain meds left. I don't have to eat when I have certain medications. I'm eating, but very little. The stress of moving (yes, I AM making excuses) has everything and everyone over the edge. Can't even think about food. We are so tired and walking around trying to figure out what to do next. My weight is fine, I love being skinny. I'm doing my sit-ups twice daily. It's working, but it takes forever. My stomach is calm, cool and collected. I love not eating. It's been 48 hours since I had anything approaching a meal. I don't even like that word, meal. Yuk! Always at war with my body and its needs. My wife and I fought about food. : (

 

[Mach123]

Not eating much hardly at all. I just had a sub and 3 pieces of pizza. Nothing else today but coffee and I worked. We (mostly me) loaded a 10ft uHaul and unloaded at at couple different locations and it was HOT. 7:30 I'm in bed mostly. One more day tomorrow of moving, that should do it I already reserved the uHaul for tomorrow. Since we came over here that's about how it's going with food. I made coffee here this morning for the first time. We have not set the Kurig up yet. That's what we use to heat the water for the Chemex.

 

[Deleted member 487]

Phentermine is good stuff. Ask your doctor for a script.

 

[Lionheart]

Getting three squares when there are financial restraints is not easy and doesn't happen often, (even with the food banks assistance etc.). I am lucky to get two meals a day and sometimes it is just once per day. This is not good when one has diabetes II. I need to eat when I take my two doses of medication for my blood sugar.

I eat too much fast food and need to get back to doing my own grocery shopping. My niece and boyfriend have been helping with the grocery shopping but they won't stick to the list I make for them.

When I can get a home cooked meal, I eat rather well, and have my fruits and veggies along with some lean meat. All too often though, it is not a particularly healthy diet and I am working to change that. I did manage to cut way down in coffee consumption and it has helped my anxiety.

 

[Changing4Best]

I blew it tonight. I usually don't have anything with sugar in it. It often makes me not feel so good (to put it mildly). Someone offered me a peanut butter cookie, and I ate a half a one. Tomorrow will tell me if I made a mistake or not and how big of a one, if I did.

 

[Nessa7]

Cheddar cheese, green apples, and dried fruits have been my go-to when I go through periods of not eating. I'll have almonds with that sometimes, too.

 

[frogthroat]

I punish myself with extreme diets and then I end up falling overboard and eating crap. I have this horrible obsession with food. It's like I can never just enjoy eating. I actually made the decision to eat normal healthy food during the week and then have one cheat meal on Friday or Saturday where I drink and eat pizza or something. I'm going to try to eat pretty much the same things.
Trying to decide what to eat eventually makes me so miserable I end up not eating hardly at all and then I lose 10 lbs and regain it when my appetite returns - not healthy at all. I think I may have an eating disorder.