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Originally Posted by Travelinglady
I have to admit that I am more a person who "lives to eat rather than eats to live." I am wondering if maybe you could eat more nutrition bars as part of your diet. One thought, anyway.
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I have been that way. I do enjoy food. I just get sick of how often I have to think about it. Nutrition bars sounds like a good idea actually. For me, it's not about being healthy or what not - i'm just sick of full meals really. Ugh. At one point I was having midnight cravings and would do a bottle of water and a nutrition bar for dinner but I was advised I wasn't eating enough protein. I wouldn't mind going back to that as perhaps a lunch substitution.
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Originally Posted by bluekoi
tealBumblebee, This sounds more about what a chore feeding your family is. Is there any way they could help out more so it all doesn't fall on your shoulders? 
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My turn to admit that, yeah, that does play a big part in it. I am 26 years old, no kids, no husband, nothing. But I wake up every morning at seven to feed my moms clients, and during the school week my two little cousins, then by lunch time I get hungry and I get annoyed that I have to pay for food. And then LATELY my moms been expecting me to freaking feed the whole household and I don't know where the heck that came from. I love to cook, I really do - but I have no idea where this 'demand' thing came from where I'm
expected to cook. She even gave me this long spiel about how
her mother always cooked early in the day to have the food ready for her kids and husband when he got home and cooked a full meal every night and I told her that yeah, that makes sense
for her because she was raising a family - I AM NOT.
Thhhhen people have the nerve to start complaining about HOW i cook my food (there was a big deal about me putting sugar in something and my aunt not eating things with sugar
) . But I've noticed that I get to my breaking point when my mom says "whats for dinner tonight?" I'm just like AAHHHHH!! I don't want to think about dinner. I don't want to think about food. I'm sick of food - let's all just starve tonight! I'm just sooo over it. And tonight, she tells me what she wants for dinner, I make it and she comes home and says "I'm waiting for my plate to be made."
Well then I guess she'll be waiting for a while cause i'm not fixing it until i'm good and ready after I already made the food and fixed both clients (who are incapable of fixing their own) plates as well.
Hopping off my soap box now but yes. I'm sure that does play quite a large part of it now that i've been able to vent that.
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Originally Posted by eskielover
I have to admit.....I totally understand what you are saying......I have found that the days that I do make food to eat.....I get absolutely NONE of the work done around the farm that I need to get accomplished.....life seems like it's either about food & fixing food or work with no time to bother eating.
I do have some ED issues being triggered by stress......so going days without eating is nothing new to me....but then I do need the balance because I can get too shaky not eating......so one day for eating & the next day is about work.....but then I live alone & can get away with that....or on the days when I'm trying to work....I have quick things that I already fixed....like chicken salad.....or pea & cucumber salad....or frozen foods from out of the freezer that only take microwave time then eat & get back to work.
I think that planning the week & the menu's is probably a good idea that way not so much time put into planning each day....& you just follow your meal plan for the week......then do it over for the next week....& incorporate in the things you can just throw into the microwave...or a casserole you can stick into the oven (not the greatest during the hot summer).....or use a crock pot & put a huge amount of food for left-overs for the rest of the week.
Planned ahead & some of the things prepared ahead on one day....can save a lot of time during the week.
Just some thoughts.
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Thanks so much for being able to relate a little bit. *exhale* I feel like I shouldn't have these thoughts honestly but I do. Its to the point that i've just wanted to gather a bunch of fruits and veggies, presort them (like the meals you describe) into weekly portions and just fix 2-3 smoothies a day. That or don't eat for a few days until my body decides it's hungry. Like I just don't want to have to think about food anymore. Period. I want to question: "Whats for lunch? - nothing, move on." or "What's for dinner? - one smoothie left, guess that's what 'm eating!" I just don't want to think about food anymore.
Do you all realize how much money is spent on food in our lifetime? How many brain cells we've used planning meals? Like - I could totally be learning a new hobby or mastering a skill or something. I feel like i'm just soooo over food. *smh*