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*Trigger warning* Eating for Health and Wellness

Guest_1055
Community Member

I have been struggling eating and eating healthy foods over the last couple of weeks. I really do not want to go back further to how I use to eat, that is eating junk food, takeaways, copious amounts of chocolate, processed junk and comfort eating.

Finding it challenging to stay motivated to actually prepare what I know helps me feel better mentally, emotionally and physically. Plus I have been feeling overwhelmed with other stuff happening in my life, which somehow makes it more challenging. The old unhealthy comfort eating thing is coming back. And I think I am getting concerned and scared about that. I so much do not want to go back to how I use to be. I was so sick. Plus I now have some physical things not right in my body , so I need to be more careful and mindful of what I eat. ( Pre cancer cells , high blood pressure )

I was eating really well since Febuary of this year, it’s just the last couple of weeks I haven’t.

So I would like to use this thread to help me be accountable to Beyond Blue people. So like a diary where I can post and report what I eat. And also any healthy eating tips, motivating strategies to help eat better or anything related to healthy eating for our bodies including our mental health.

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Ggrand
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hello Shell....

I’m sorry if I said wrong...and hurt you..

I was trying to help you...

Grandy..

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Oh Grandy, I believe you were trying to help me. You are one of the most gentle hearted of all people and a safe person.

I am sorry I did not even say thankyou. My bad. I wasn't hurt. I am sorry if my post sounded blunt like and like a lecture or something. So it's me that should ask you Grandy to forgive me. 💙

Guest_1643
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member
hi grandy sorry to intrude on the thread but i fell for some of the online marketing at went to get botox when i was 31. I hated my frown line. Now I think I was stupid.
Wrinkles are gorgeous. I love them. The more the better.
We are being programmed to hate ourselves from top to bottom. I never knew how to love myself as I was.

Oh gosh, I just re read my reply to you Grandy. I am truly sorry it does so blunt and like a lecture. Its awful. 😥 So now I am concerned I have hurt you. And your heart was in the right place in wanting to help me. Truly sorry.

Guest_1055
Community Member

Today has been a struggle day in many ways. Definitely in the food way. I felt so not good this morning that I simply sipped on a fresh veggie juice. I also ate 2 mandarins. Early in the afternoon I ate grapes in hope to get rid of cravings. It did not work so then I drove to maccas and ordered a big mac with no meat and added tomato to it. Then on the way home stopped at the shop and bought other stuff. So I ate 1/2 block of honeycomb kit kat (someone else ate the other 1/2,) 1 flake and 3 Ferrero rochers. Then later had 2 hot chocolates. Then for dinner I ate roast vegetables with some left over BBQ Chickpeas. Then sultanas.

It all seems like so much food to me. Felt quite sad and discouraged today, so I think I ate because of that.

I did bake sweet potato for tomorrow to snack on and I made a healthy chocolate chia pudding for tomorrow as well.

So yeah not such a good day for me today

Dear Shell

I wish I had nutritional qualifications and could help you. When I read what you’ve eaten I can see that most of the fresh ingredients are great healthy choices but I’m not sure you have enough protein, or that the quantities are right to fill you up.

I know that I eat chocolate and chips when I’m depressed but I also eat sometimes late at night I think because I’m going to bed hungry - haven’t eaten enough dinner.

Does any of that make sense?

Guest_1643
Blue Voices Member
Blue Voices Member

so sorry shelll that you had a hard day

its really hard to keep on track when its an emotional and difficult day, and have so much else on your plate to deal with

Hey Annie, thankyou. Yeah I have done that snacking at night to. Might be for the same reason as you.

And yes you may be right about the protein. If I eat a salad it is normally quite large as in a lot of vegetables. Anyway for lunch I made sure I included perhaps more protein then I normally do. I ate quinoa and black beans along with the vegetables . I do feel more satisfied. So I will see how I go with that.

Thanks Annie

Thankyou Sleepy. Hope you are getting along okay today.

Guest_1055
Community Member

Breakfast... I drank a very different kind of smoothie then I am used to. It was delicious. It had kale, frozen strawberries, red capsicum, kwi fruit, orange and coconut water.

Lunch... Quinoa&black beans with a salad that had raw brussel sprouts ( I had never liked these at all, but sliced really thin like in this salad they were yummy) red cabbage, apple, sultanas with a creamy cashew type dressing. So yummy.

Iced chocolate