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Old Oct 17, 2019, 04:55 PM
Anonymous42119
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I don't have an ED, but I can sometimes overeat (not always, but sometimes).

There was a time when I didn't feel like eating.

Today, I feel like eating, but it's hard for me to cook because of my physical disabilities.

Some things I've done to make cooking/eating simpler include:

1. If you're going to eat "junk food," there are healthier choices that are filled with vitamins (and are lower in calories), such as health/nutrition bars, cereal bars, granola bars, etc.

2. If you need to increase your caloric intake but don't feel like eating solids, drink flavored coffee (e.g., cafe mocha) or flavored tea (e.g., chai tea latte with vanilla is one of my faves); such flavored drinks tend to have 500 calories, give or take.

3. If you need vitamins in your system, a health shake (they typically come in cans) can replace a meal, but they may not taste that great.

4. If you are low on energy and don't feel like cooking, you can nuke frozen meals in the microwave. They have diet meals to keep your caloric intake down, if that's a concern for you. They also have tasty meals if you need to increase your caloric intake.

5. You can also nuke a tortilla and some cheese in the microwave, and then call it a quesadilla. I've done that a bunch of times, too. There's also ways to cook eggs in the microwave. Whatever foods you feel comfortable eating.

6. Nuts, trail nuts, almond butter and crackers (if you don't like bread), dried fruit snacks, and yogurt - these are all healthier substitutes for nutrition bars, since nutrition bars tend to be filled with a bunch of preservatives and sugars; these are also high in protein, which gives you energy and supply you with nutrients.

7. Eating a small cube or slice of cheese by itself.

8. Mixing tuna with mayo (or light mayo), or having tuna by itself, and then using crackers to eat the tuna with. You could also make yourself a tuna salad sandwich or a tuna melt with a toaster oven, an oven, or even the microwave for the melt.

9. Eating a bowl of cereal with soy or almond milk.

10. Eating gluten-free products, if you're sensitive.

11. Eating oatmeal with fresh or frozen fruit added.

12. Choosing meals within your time budget, your monetary budget, your caloric budget, and your taste-buds budget; you know yourself best, so make a list of affordable foods that you enjoy, which meets your caloric, nutritional, and time needs. If you don't like spending a lot of time preparing or cooking meals, list a bunch of already prepared foods you can nuke or eat right from the pack. If you're limited on funds, choose affordable meals only.

13. When planning outings with friends, and if eating with them is an issue for you, try planning outings where you all bring your own meal (such as hiking). That way, you're still enjoying a meal with others, while also exercising before or after the meal (or both), but you're not isolating and you are getting socialization in.

Hope these suggestions help.

Also, whatever your therapist, nutritionist, and other treatment teams (including physicians) say.

I hope this list helps.