What does everyone eat?

[Rock]

I'm just asking out of curiosity. I know my increasing depression and anxiety has changed my eating habits quite a bit over the years and I feel I don't care as much about food anymore and am quite lazy about it. I was just wondering what others who share these conditions eat. My day in food looks something like this:

Breakfast: A piece of toast with promite or just butter, and black coffee.
Lunch: Tinned soup or plain beans, or pasta with salt and butter.
Dinner: A tiny portion of what my family eats, or nothing. Or an entire block of chocolate. And more coffee.

What about you guys?

[TroubleCoping-journalist]

Be careful with this Rock. My appetite was low for months and then became complicated with nausea, vomiting and revulsion toward food. I can only tolerate liquid supplements at the moment and have lost a lot of weight. The nausea, pain, fatigue and lack of sleep are terrible. The awful thing is people assume I want to be thin, when I'm just sick. Make sure you eat while you can!

[blondguy]

Hi Rock. I tried to respond to your thread on Monday night and my PC crashed. I love a glass of coconut water and a banana for breakfast. A hearty slow cooked casserole for lunch and fish and vegies for dinner.

(Excuse I for Hi-Jacking your Post Rock) ;

TroubleCoping-journalist...You have my undivided attention...one of my best friends has just had her feeding tube (peg) removed and I have seen her fade from 55kilo down to a organ damaging 39kilo. She cant eat solid foods like yourself and it is a bad place to be in. She doesnt even fit into her size 6 jeans anymore. She is recovering slowly though which is cool and up to 42kilo's.

If I can welcome you to the Forums with open arms and if you can help people with any info/tips it would be great to hear from you. I am a volunteer on the forums but there would be many people that would appreciate you posting your own thread on what you are going through (if you wish of course) My kind thoughts

Paul

[Rock]

Haha of all the people I know there is only one who does not have a passionate distaste for promite. I actually prefer it to vegemite 😜

[james1]

Off topic, but hi hi hi 🙂 Haven't seen you around in ages.

Also, promite is gross. But I like pepsi over coke which again seems to be the minority...

[Rock]

It's alright! c: I love coconut water too. I hope that your friend will/has continue to improve.

[Rock]

Hello! Yep, sorry for the late reply, I've just been trying to keep myself busy. No one seems to like poor unappreciated promite. I love it though 😜 I hope you have been well...or, as well as you can be.

[Airies]

Late response here,

ive tried a few diets over the years, have had a love hate relationship with food and been an excercise junky over the years. As a result I've been a picture of health at rare times during my life. April last year was fittest and skinniest I'd been in years. Then I crashed, physically and mentally last August... So last month after sick of whacking on 20 kgs since then. Lack of excercise and side effect of the meds I took the drastic step of cutting out lunch, eliminating bread, red meat and potatoes from my diet. I genenerally eat allot of veggies, breakfast consists of wheat in, bran,a banana milk and muesli .. I know a big breaky but it keeps me going and I've lost a few kgs. It's working and to top it off I dusted off my bike, cleaned it up and washed my cycling gear. One day soon I'll get enough guts and hit the road for the first time since April last year. Onwards and upwards. If I can do it anyone can

cheers Len

[romantic_thi3f]

Hi,

I know it can be hard trying to eat healthy when we're depressed but I think we have to try and push for it and make it a priority. So much of how good we feel is because of what we eat - I read that 90% of our serotonin (one of our brain's major happy neurotransmitters) is made in the gut.

I know everyone's affected kind of differently with depression but for me I get very miserable (I'm a total bully to myself), I get very tired and I don't really feel like eating anything - except chocolate. That's my weak spot; and although I still struggle with it I find that I have to work really hard to not beat myself up over it.

Slow-cookers are a great idea and definitely pretty easy. Meal planning takes a fair bit of energy but can go a long way and becomes easier over time. I also like to do switches to make meals a bit healthier; so if I'm having pasta or pizza I'll add vegetables. Often too when we crave foods it can be because we're lacking minerals and vitamins - I crave chocolate more when I'm low in magnesium and bread when I'm low in protein.

Smoothies and juices are also my god-send because they are easy but a great and easy way to add nutrients without too much fuss. I could have one everyday. They can also be handy if a person doesn't feel like eating and has lost their appetite.

[SourceShield]

The GAPS diet - GUTS AND PSYCHOLOGY SYNDROME.

This is perfect for autistics...like myself.

Eliminates all refined, processed and unnatural sugars.

The truth is we need glucose - found in many foods.

But we do not need sucrose at all...not at all.

And now, we have high-fructose corn-syrup, which is causing major health issues, all over the world.

The PhD that I am completing had allowed me to look into many interesting areas - my special field is, creativity.

And when we look at the gut - we see that we have the enteric system...pretty much now recognised as the second brain!

90% of the bodys serotonin...is produced in this system.

50% of the bodys dopamine.

Many of us live with either deficiency or over-production of these two chems...which cause many issues, including depression in so many!

Looking at the gut health, as one of the key ways to take care of psychological health and emotional health, is what GAPS is all about.

I do notice the difference now.

If I eat too much sucrose-sugary stuff now...I feel the high more intensely, and then the drop, and this alters my mood.

It takes a bit to get used to, and some adjusting...but its worth it.

I am no longer morbidly-obese.

I am finally eating properly.

I feel better in the morning...no longer bloated.

Going for number 1s, and 2s...so much easier and more efficient - no strain, no pain...at all.

Overall, I fully endorse this diet.

I am also a trained chef, and I cook for a family that have 2 children with Pyrrole disorder...and this diet has helped these kids feel so much better, with improved health.

And now the Mum and Dad...are happier and healthier as well - less stress!

If anyone here would like some tips or is curious to learn more, let me know...I will start a seperate thread, so not to hijack this one!

ManyThanks.

MuchLove&Wellness