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Are you perhaps trying to do too much at once? Putting too much pressure on yourself to do the diet perfectly?
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Yeah. I don’t know what to do first. It’s all so important. And I’ve forgotten how to cook, apparently. I’ve ruined a lot of food this past week.
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This is why I like smoothies. Minimal chopping, no cooking, no gazillion dishes, just dump and push a button. Maybe I’ll give myself permission to start with blending everything into smoothies lol
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@Alyosha "Barely edible" ruined or "just not perfect" ruined?
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@Alyosha Smoothies work best for me too! Trying to eat healthy is extremely overwhelming for the same reasons you said and usually why I have difficulty sticking to it. Definitely be proud of yourself for trying for 8 weeks, that’s awesome that you’ve been able to put your values over the overwhelming feelings! One thing I try to do when getting back into eating healthier is starting with one meal a day for a week to focus on and healthy snacks then the next week add another meal and so forth . Keep moving forward you’re doing great!!!
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@Ben84 ...[sheepish grin] ok, they weren’t ruined. Lol. They were far from perfect.
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@Alyosha Give yourself a break ☺. I see others have offered some good advice.
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@Kels__ Thanks! Ok. Maybe I’ll try that. Get into the habit of great breakfasts (not perfect, just great lol), and if dinner is still scrambled eggs and popcorn with hit chocolate, then that’s ok.
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I agree about low pressure, maybe do changes 1 at a time and see how you adjust, it's a lot easier to build new habits that way. Be warned that OCD and eating disorders including orthorexia are closely linked. Remember that you don't need to diet perfectly. Whatever positive impacts you're trying to get from changing your diet will still be there with small changes/if you're not totally consistent. Any good change is good change and makes a difference, it truly doesn't have to be perfect.
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Thanks! Yeah. My sister struggled with anorexia. I tried Veganism two years ago and started veering into disordered eating. I was looking at pics from that time and talking about how good I looked because I was so thin. My sister looked at them and said, “No. You don’t look healthy.” So, fortunately, trying to change my eating this time has nothing to do with weight and is about managing mood, PMS, and joint issues. So there’s not that whole body image issue (I mean...it’s still there. I still struggle with looking at myself in the mirror.)
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I've started and restarted a tonne of times but what I can say I've learned through life long journeys with healthy eating is break it into steps. Dont do everything at once because it puts a lot of pressure on you. One of the best things you can do is just increase fruit and veggie intake. It gives you vitamins naturally, takes up more room in your tummy so you naturally eat less of the other things and is very low pressure. Just start at the grocery store by exploring what fruits and veggies you like and are EASY. I really like eating cucumbers and peppers BUT find I wont eat peppers as much because they are more work than a cucumber (pepper seeds everywhere when you chop them). So I've learned that cucumbers are a staple for me. I have an apple slicer and apples last a long time so apples are a staple for me. I love citrus but peeling them gives me eczema, so I dont buy them in big quantities. Things like that! Then I just eat what I want but make sure I'm adding in my fruits and veggies. Soon enough I'm eating less of the 'treat' food because I'm not hungry from the fruits and veggies. Do low pressure things. No sense in giving yourself trouble over something we need to be doing (eating).
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Thanks! That’s a good idea.
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I found popcorn flavorings that come in spice jars, like you sprinkle them on. We make the air-popped popcorn for which it’s intended, but I love to mix mostly plain (Greek if possible) yogurt, cottage cheese for texture, and just a little sour cream as a dip base. Then I add either ranch or a cheese popcorn flavor and some other spices, usually dill and cayenne, and eat it with veggies sticks. (I’ll sometimes also have some chips if diet allows.) Quick easy way for a healthy snack. Nothing you can mess up. No cooking. Easy way to eat your veggies and also add a little healthy protein and calcium.
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I like that. That’s a good idea. I don’t like most veggies. They feel so dry. The Greek yogurt idea is good.
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@Alyosha Bonus is that yogurt has probiotics, and those make it easier for some people with lactose intolerance to eat too. And Greek yogurt is as creamy as sour cream but still with the tasty yogurt tang. (Ha, I swear, I’m not a yogurt saleswoman. Lol)
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Also, salsa is my friend when trying to stick to a specific diet plan. Don’t just eat it with chips, but use it as a sauce when you’re supposed to have brown rice or veggies. Since it is essentially just veggies, the one diet book & plan I ever followed suggested it as a go to to liven up blander recipes.
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Healthy snacks distributed in ball jars helps.
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Thanks! Can you give me and idea of how you do that?
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@Alyosha Nuts, dried fruit, smoothies, fresh chopped stuff like peppers and carrots, canned fruit. I dish them out into the portions I would eat and grab’n’go.
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Ugh. So I’ve been having some stomach issues for about two or three months now. I started seeing a naturopathic doctor who ran some tests and put me on a restrictive diet. The stool test she gave me revealed that I have high levels of a pathogen called Aeromonas caviae. I was kind of relieved to find this out since it finally gave me some answers to my issue. That was about 3 weeks ago. Last Friday I got my food sensitivity results back which revealed that I have some mild problem with gluten, dairy, egg whites, and other random foods. They were all low-level igG sensitivities though. Again, I was kind of relieved to receive the results at first because it helped me better understand what might be going on with my stomach. I was good for about a day. I even had one of the foods that I’m “mildly sensitive” to and had no issues. I remember eating with my husband after getting the results and telling him that I was happy and that these results were “tolerable.” That was until I visited my mom on Saturday night. I decided to tell my mom about my food sensitivity results and she just had a reaction that kind of set me off for some reason. I’m not even entirely sure why it set me off because her reaction wasn’t overly dramatic or anything. She was more just shocked and made the comment “well what can you eat then?!” I immediately got super anxious after this. I started thinking maybe I wasn’t taking the results seriously enough and that I should be more concerned. I started doing research about food allergies and it’s all been downhill since then. That night I could hardly sleep. I kept waking up every couple of hours because I was just super anxious. The next day I cooked and ate a breakfast meal that I had the day before and was perfectly fine with. Except this time I noticed that the back of my hand started burning and itching a bit. I put some creme on and took a nap and by the time I woke up I felt better. Then again later in the evening my husband and I meal prepped for the week and ate dinner. After eating I noticed the same thing was happening but on the back of my foot. It went away after a while but I started going down the rabbit hole of “what ifs.” I started wondering if maybe I was having a mild allergic reaction to the food I ate. The next morning I ate the same breakfast and brought my meal prepped lunch. I was fine all day until I started driving home and had the itching again. I got home and was super worried. My ears and throat got a little itchy. I was going to eat dinner but I was too afraid that I was having an allergic reaction to my breakfast or lunch. Yesterday I ate the same breakfast with no issues and brought my lunch. While I was eating my lunch I noticed that my mouth was burning a bit. I did have jalapeños and a salsa in my food but the burning felt different than usual. I started to get super hot and my face was burning and getting a little flushed. I spiraled for much of the rest of the work day thinking I had an allergic reaction/I have a food allergy that I’m unaware of. I ate a snack when I got home and again, it felt like my mouth was burning a bit. Now I cant stop focusing on how my mouth feels and if it’s burning or not. I ate the same breakfast this morning and it felt like it was burning a bit but I cant tell what’s real and what’s psychosomatic.
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i have arfid pretty bad, i wont eat anything that tatses ‘green’. that means vegetables and most fruit, it makes me embarrassed and insecure 😓 i tried to ask the docotr for help with it and she told me to eat leafy greens lol.. i try to make up for it in meats, i dunno seems similar .. any arfid havers and if so what are your favourite foods? :) ive been loving this beef ramen i got from costco, it doesnt have many ‘bits’ in it which i hate diced veg im stuff cause it gives different textured bites. i also love greek yogurt. if you havent i strongly urge you to eat in savoury in place of sour cream. especially in wraps.. let me know your food habits i do like to at least CONSIDER trying new foods
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This is gonna be a long one: So a little over a month and a half ago, my OCD started to spiral again. I’ve had ups and downs with it in the past, my main themes often changing. When I was younger it as afraid I’d run away, in middle school it was germs. But as I got older I started having intrusive thoughts of the meaning of life, suicide, and dying, with those fears being my common themes now I’ve gotten a lot better since it started back up, but lately have been panicking because I’ve had intrusive thoughts that my methods of trying to heal are wrong. I’m 21, and for the last 3 years have lacked ambition and haven’t pursued my dreams or things I want to do. I just sleep, work, eat junk food, and play games or watch YouTube on my time off. Things I still love, but after years of living this way, I’ve hit a breaking point and want to start doing more with my life and the people in it Yet, almost EVERY new thing I’ve been trying to do or start, I’ve been having thoughts that they’re wrong or won’t help. Here’s some examples: I’ve started trying to eat a bit healthier, and my brain is telling me it’s not gonna fix me and I’m just avoiding food I like (junk I know makes me tired and sad). Then the moment I indulge in even one unhealthy food item, it tells me I’m failing at taking better care of myself and that junk food just numbs the feelings Same with video games. I tell myself it’s okay to play them as long as it’s not to avoid anything or they don’t take up my life like they have been. The second I do I feel guilty, say it’s cheap dopamine and hindering me from being productive and that I’m numbing my feelings again Same story for everything. Trying to walk and go outside more. Head tells me I’m avoiding being home because it makes me anxious. Then when I stay home it tells me I’m wasting time I could be spending outside or with people I love I’ll wanna spend time with my family or friends because I’ve been a hermit for years and miss spending time with them. When I try to, head tells me I can’t because then I’m avoiding the issues I have and seeking reassurance, and that I need to learn to tolerate this alone. But then when I stay home too long, I get anxious and sad because it does make me happy being around them even if I’m not seeking reassurance, and they genuinely do help me feel better (for example I saw my grandparents last night and talked about my feelings and desire to actually go out and live life, and they helped me understand uncertainty is part of life and I should do things I want anyways and even helped come up with things I may like to try doing. Now my brain tells me it’s bad to get help or open up about my pain) I’ll have racing thoughts in my head and I’ll be arguing with myself over rather it’s better to face them head on, ignore them, or let them run their course. It feels like no matter what I do, I’m feeling guilty and shame for it. As if any attempt at feeling pleasure or doing something that makes me happy is “avoiding the problem”, like I HAVE to focus on my intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and sadness 24/7 otherwise I’m “avoiding/burying it again” I know not to avoid these things and it’s best to confront them (if they’re real problems I have like relationship issues and insecurities and loneliness) and learn to tolerate the anxiety and uncertainty of life and OCD, but my attempts at “helping myself” are quite literally what I feel is currently keeping me so miserable. They’re sucking whatever joy I have in life out, telling me it’s bad, and that I have to feel this way all the time so I can “learn to tolerate it” I’m just so scared of doing all of this wrong, and I think my OCD I knows that and is currently using that to toy with me. I want to be healthier and happier, but then I feel guilt and fear for not being healthy 24/7 and indulging in not healthy things like video games and the occasional junk food. Anybody else ever felt this way?
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