I threw out my life have had issues with disordered eating, with multiple iterations of me making progress and getting to a really stable / healthy place, then crashing back down and crashing out.
I've struggled a lot with a number of issues, including anxiety about eating in front of other people.
Something that I do that works for me is I go to the grocery store over the weekend and I buy shelf stable food and I put it into these Ziploc gallon bags. And then every day, I open a bag, and that's all of the food that I eat during that day.
For some reason my dumb brain accepts the logic of "because it's in the bag for today we can and we will eat it today'' and this actually reduces basically all my anxiety about eating, and actually makes me feel positive and excited about eating.
The contents of this bag is 1,240 calories.
by pancakecel
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This sounds like a great way to take away some of the overwhelm when you’re starting out! Hopefully as time goes on you can start replacing bits and pieces comfortably 🙂 One thing i would recommend is also keeping some prechopped veggies in the fridge as a “free food” portioned for each day that you can grab throughout the week as well. Veggies are hard to get through shelf stable means.
Good on you for finding a system!
This is a great idea. I’m so pleased to hear you’ve found something that works for you!
This is really great!
Im stealing this idea! This may be so much help to my Rollercoaster of a diet 🥲
If it’s working, sounds ideal to me!
https://preview.redd.it/7l17dvtaxazf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=447bcff95f5abb4a8d55f83d4d6c744b3f1e0898
Here’s the macros for this meal
If it’s working for you right now, it’s great. Just remember to watch the sodium and maybe throw in some fresh vegetables if you can throughout the day. Protein is also good if you can. My husband snacks on beef jerky when he can’t eat a proper meal. He’s on a diet as well. Good luck!! Sending positive vibes to you
This is like a care package from icare for prison inmates
What are you eating the salsa with?
Where did you buy thise mini Maria cookies from !!!
This is actually brilliant and I am gonna try this!!!