#they dont even pre chop the veg

[oldcoyote]

hi! ❤️ i can offer some tips re: nutrition! ive found the most success making meals easy for myself. frozen chopped vegetables are a LIFESAVER. you can get chopped onions and freeze them so you dont have to chop onions when cooking. frozen veg is so easy to toss in with pasta and jarred sauce, or to add to rice with some broth and beans for a filling dinner. Canned beans are also a great source of fibre and protein (protein keeps you full so dont skimp on it). Canned goods in general are great too, including canned veg, but watch for sodium levels. r/eatcheapandhealthy on reddit has good resources!

i'm a lot more limited unfortunately in terms of what i can get in Australia, as things like pre-chopped veggies and the like aren't as common here. i'll have a look around at different supermarkets and see what they offer!

i really do have to look into beans and legumes and things, i've got ZERO experience with them and have no idea if i even like them at all! i'm so unsure of where to start. i'll have to do some research. i will definitely check out that reddit link! much appreciated, love!

#self care systems #nutrition #replies

[chasing-rabbits]

Weightloss update (It’s been awhile)

When I made this blog it was also a place for me to motivate myself to lose weight healthily then earlier this year i got really ill so wasnt able to eat much and like afterwards I found myself not like having major issues with well...no issues with over eating like I used to before because I struggled to keep food down and it was almost like a detox i went so long not being able to eat high sugar junk foods i didnt have the same ferocious cravings for it when I was able to start eating again without like the major issues I’d had before ( i mean Im still being tested for celiac and shit but like earlier this year i just couldnt straight up eat much of anything at all)  But idk like recently ive kinda done a backwards shift SO It was ages since i even bothered updating my weight loss journey on here honestly because it seemed pointless like i think here and there i mentioned how much I’d lost but I didnt have much to say because it wasn’t even technically intentional so its not like I could be oh ive eaten healthy this week ive done this or that..no it was just I was sick...side effect...I lost weight. As I was saying though I’ve recently gained back 4-5lbs. I have been v. stressed lately and that w/ being able to eat regular meals now has led to like me kinda just indulging in junk also my periods are out of whack i had a 2 week long period and now i am back on again like a week or so early. And I’ve found myself during the second week craving so much junk more than I usually ever felt during my periods back when they weren’t out of like when they were normal and not being fucked. 

Anyways I also want to make sure I’m getting good amounts of nutrients vitamins etc etc because of my physical CNS issues I need to be fuelling my body because I get badly fatigued as it is and regardless of what people think DIET definitely affects mental health (like I aint saying its gonna cure me or shit but poor diet can affect feeling fatigued/sluggish and for me when im fatigued to the point i sit in bed sleepin all day cos i cant find energy to move especially w/ my physical CNS dysfunction etc causing more fatigue it just adds to my depression) and of course over all generally eating shit isn’t gonna help the fatigue my physical illnesses cause me. So I think right now I’m gonna go look into like meal plans/low cal meals but also whilst I am able to cook now more than a pot noodle I am still not as capable of cooking as I used to be. I still get very very exhausted so I am going to have to bear that in mind when coming up with meals. It might be that I pick ones where things can be meal prepped or I can use frozen/pre chopped veg plus that’ll be cheaper and always have a quick alternative if I am having a bad day so I dont slip up and get takeout if i have some alternative like soup or a meal I can just put in the oven/microwave that’d be okay. Or it may be that I make up a vegan chilli in advance and keep portions in the fridge so if i have a bad day I can just make a jacket potato w/ the chilli as thats easy as fuck to make even when Im having a bad day where im so tired and in pain and im getting the involuntary jerks etc.