Struggling with eating enough during work

[Ronald Zeeman]

This is not that abnormal, did not eat at work or even while in college, ate when I got home Even now only eat one meal a day.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

It is easy to solve, though… Did you read my suggestions? I wasn’t trying to be a smartass. If not eating breakfast doesn’t work for you, eat breakfast. If you get hungry before noon, eat before noon. If you forget to eat, create a reminder on your phone. If you’re “too tired” or “unmotivated” to do whatever, nothing anyone can say is going to make you not-tired or not-motivated. What exactly do you expect anyone to say here that’s going to spur you into action? It’s up to you.

Yes, I did read your suggestions, but they were too vague and general to be helpful to my situation. I opened this thread in the hopes of people with similar struggles (not noticing that they're hungry while very focused on something, being very drained after work, struggling with forgetfulness, disorganization and being chaotic) to share their hacks and strategies to deal with this and still eat enough and healthily. Which I feel like I received - many people shared their experience and gave advice, which did help me.

Maybe my post seemed a bit whiny, but it wasn't meant that way.

Admittedly, I also wanted to complain a bit about the stress of everyday life and hoped to read from people with similar issues to feel less alone, which also worked. I realize that that's not something everyone does or likes.

 

[Kalinychta]

Yes, I did read your suggestions, but they were too vague and general to be helpful to my situation. I opened this thread in the hopes of people with similar struggles (not noticing that they're hungry while very focused on something, being very drained after work, struggling with forgetfulness, disorganization and being chaotic) to share their hacks and strategies to deal with this and still eat enough and healthily. Which I feel like I received - many people shared their experience and gave advice, which did help me.

Maybe my post seemed a bit whiny, but it wasn't meant that way.

Admittedly, I also wanted to complain a bit about the stress of everyday life and hoped to read from people with similar issues to feel less alone, which also worked. I realize that that's not something everyone does or likes.

How is it vague and general to suggest that you eat breakfast, eat before noon, and create reminders on your phone, though? These aren’t vague or general suggestions at all. They’re very specific and direct answers to the issues you raised. They’re simple, logical solutions.

If you just wanted to whine and complain about how difficult it all is, though, I totally get that. I do this all the time, too.

 

[blitzkrieg]

How is it vague and general to suggest that you eat breakfast, eat before noon, and create reminders on your phone, though? These aren’t vague or general suggestions at all. They’re very specific and direct answers to the issues you raised. They’re simple, logical solutions.

If you just wanted to whine and complain about how difficult it all is, though, I totally get that. I do this all the time, too.

Executive function issues can mean that a person can have difficulty executing tasks that they know how to do, logically. It isn't whining to complain about something that can be quite disabling for some people.

 

[Mary Terry]

@AuroraBorealis - My go-to no brainer dinner is to bake a large potato in the oven. Wash and scrub it, rub vegetable oil all over it, liberally put salt all over it, stab holes in it so it won't explode, put in a 400-degree F (200 degrees Celsius) oven for an hour. After it's cooked, I can load it with lots of things - cheese, onions, ham, bacon, sour cream, leftover vegetables from the fridge, etc. Probably not the best, most nutritious choice but it's fairly easy to do when I'm tired.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

My brother eats a can of vegetable soup as his only meal. Do not think it's healthy. His son told me he, went to doctor once had scurvy. So yes it could be dangerous.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

How is it vague and general to suggest that you eat breakfast, eat before noon, and create reminders on your phone, though? These aren’t vague or general suggestions at all. They’re very specific and direct answers to the issues you raised. They’re simple, logical solutions.

If you just wanted to whine and complain about how difficult it all is, though, I totally get that. I do this all the time, too.

I understand how it might seem illogical. I struggle a lot with executive dysfunction, which in my case can mean that I know how things work and I still don't manage to do it, without it being because of a lack of trying. It then can help me to read other people's concrete hacks and strategies, because they give me something small and concrete to do and try.

 

[GoThePlay]

I am going at an evening school and we have lesson when it's typically time to eat. My approach is to eat between the end of a lesson and the start of another, and I bring string beans.
When I come back home it's night and I make something pre-cooked, like vegetables and proteins toghether with a slice of bread, that makes me fullfilled and satisfied.