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.
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).
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 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!
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.
This is funny. I appreciate your explanation, but I’m certainly aware.
My comment was saying, I think the person I replied to was being sarcastic. lol. That is to say, I don’t think they really thought the meme needed explanation but it was still funny that they gave one. My reply was in jest saying they did such a good job I couldn’t tell if they actually thought it needed explaining or were making a joke about the meme
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.
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.
my single favourite saying in regards to neurodivergence is that we don’t generally need to treat people, we need to treat society.
in the past people largely just figured out something they’re good at, court jesters were apparently often just straight up autistic people who didn’t have a filter and this made them useful for rulers as a bullshit detector, and i’d imagine a lot of adhd people might have done odd jobs here and there so things don’t get repetitive.
it’s like how nowadays autism is basically synonymous with science and technology, that’s where the neurodivergence is really actively beneficial
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.
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’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.
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