I hate to break it to y'all, but that's not even what meal planning is. They're not just talking about eating the immediate next meal on time, but planning multiple meals ahead!
I legit can't tell if you're being serious. lol
Yup, back in the old days there was a whole subreddit based around it (might still b a thing; IDK I don't visit that website anymore). People literally preparing a whole week's worth of food in one sitting.
Other than the intense amount of time and effort meal prep takes, who the hell wants to eat the same thing every day for a week straight? I rather be poor and have a varied diet.
I’m sure that the massive headache I am currently suffering has nothing to do with the fact my last meal was over 20hrs ago. Obviously just a coincidence.
The real test comes at the extreme nausea + unprovoked retching.
I wish I had the forget to eat kind of ADHD, and not the inspired to eat something different every 15 minutes kind of ADHD
the solution is to just eat constantly and never find comfort without shoveling food into your mouth as you sink into oblivion
This is one of those memes I relate to so very strongly, that I can't show my wife without her getting mad at me.
My wife was the one who showed it to me... She asked "Is this how you live??"
You guys have wives?
Why do I relate to all these adhd posts when I don’t have it? Note: I have narcolepsy and take Ritalin for it. Does that have something to do with it?
As others have said, a lot of the problems peeps with ADHD experience are also experienced occasionally by peeps without ADHD. But those with are experiencing these problems all the time.
maybe
Methylphenidate, sold under the brand names Ritalin (/ˈrɪtəlɪn/ RIT-ə-lin) and Concerta (/kənˈsɜːrtə/ kən-SUR-tə) among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant used medically to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and, to a lesser extent, narcolepsy.
Common adverse reactions of methylphenidate include: euphoria, dilated pupils, tachycardia, palpitations, headache, insomnia, anxiety, hyperhidrosis, weight loss, decreased appetite, dry mouth, nausea, and abdominal pain.[8] Withdrawal symptoms may include: chills, depression, drowsiness, dysphoria, exhaustion, headache, irritability, lethargy, nightmares, restlessness, suicidal thoughts, and weakness.
I used to take that too, and it absolutely obliterated my appetite. It was also the reason I learned what anxiety actually was lol. I couldn't enjoy food (and when I did eat, it was difficult to get through a full plate), never felt like doing things I enjoyed, and was significantly quieter around my friends. Couldn't bring myself to laugh with them either. I had absolutely no energy and life felt like when you see those commercials for various mental disorder medications before they take their product, where they're in monochrome black and white, not doing anything in particular and showing no positive emotions.
When I'd skip taking it, it was like being slingshotted back into the deep end of ADHD. Suddenly I was better than normal and I enjoyed being with my friends at school. And when I got home I couldn't wait to get back to playing/reading/watching everything I had always enjoyed before I started taking that godforsaken pill.
I haven't taken it again in over a decade, and now I feel stuck in the middle of those two worlds. Like I'm still in monochrome but I still have things in my life with color to keep me going. I'm still trying to figure out if it's the toll my meds took on my brain or if it's just adulthood. Maybe both.
Anyways. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Like I’m still in monochrome but I still have things in my life with color to keep me going. I’m still trying to figure out if it’s the toll my meds took on my brain or if it’s just adulthood. Maybe both.
Probably more a mixture of ADHD and adulthood, honestly. I totally relate to the monochrome with bits of color. I've felt like that for the better part of a decade and just always assumed it had something to do with the ever present anxiety/depression that ride with the ADHD. I never took Ritalin, but I was on adderall for a few years in college after I finally got diagnosed; didn't really have any mental fatigue symptoms like you described, just made my body constantly run hot.
There are a lot of crossover symptoms between sleep disorders and ADHD, but also, yeah - Ritalin is one of the top medications for treating ADHD too.
I have timed reminder that pops up on my phone screen at 12:15 with a burger emoji. I don’t check or dismiss it until I ate. If I’m not hungry at 12:15 that’s okay, I don’t have to run to the kitchen. I can finish whatever I’m doing. But every time I pick my phone up, I’ll see the burger icon until I go to eat. That trick has really helped me recently.
I'd laugh if I wasn't living this every day. The squiggle is uncomfortably accurate.
Big fan of Huel (or whatever other Soylent-like floats your boat) for that reason. 2-3 minutes to make and gulp down 500kcal with all required macros/micros.
Much less activation energy needed compared to prepping a real meal, and healthier than reaching for the next bag of crappy snacks (or the next bag of nothing).
"it's made from people!!!!"
My internal clock tells me exactly what time it is every day, this one doesn't hit.
I mean I fast intentionally so this just sounds like a skill issue to me.
I truly don't believe our bodies were meant to consume a full 3 meals per day unless you're doing something crazy like bodybuilding or hard labor that actually burns the number of calories you consume by doing that. Honestly as a desk jockey I get by on just a good dinner, but I'm the type that has to eat to satisfaction at mealtimes which makes it hard to stick to portions.
What im trying to say is it's perfectly fine to just eat when you're hungry, even if it doesn't fall as frequently as a 3-meal/day schedule. It's also okay to be hungry for a bit, if the ideal food for a healthy meal isn't immediately accessible to you. You're not going to starve to death. You'll just start burning fat for energy (or muscle/brain tissue if there is no fat left, so of course be careful). As long as you're getting the amount of nutrition that is necessary to keep your body going, and you're not already underweight, you'll probably be okay.
Breakfast especially in my mind is a scam pushed by the grain industry to sell you cereals, oats, breads and pancakes. I just get hungrier throughout the day whenever I break my fast that early, and I gain weight if I do it with any amount of consistency.
edit: also drink water!!! It can really help push off your hunger for a bit so you have time to think about what you're putting in your body.
