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schneefink) wrote2016-05-20 11:34 pm
schneefink) wrote2016-05-20 11:34 pm
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Yesterday I went to the zoo again, because why not? I saw the seals being fed and the big male one jumping from a cliff multiple times, I had a fantastic view from the underwater window to see a polar bear dive and play with a truck tire (soo beautiful, and strong), I saw emus preening their feathers, and a presenting peacock running away from his albino rival.
In the past 6-12 months I lost several kilos, so now I'm underweight (not extremely but still) and have iron and vitamin D deficiencies. I had a difficult therapy session this week about it. The problem isn't that I don't want to eat, it's that the progression from "being hungry" to "get something to eat" isn't automatic. I think I got so used to being a little bit hungry that it just doesn't register as high priority? And now that I'm living on my own and can't depend on family meals this is obviously a bigger problem. Sometimes it works better, other times… not very well at all. One thing that I know I can do to make myself eat more regularly is to re-categorize meals from "everyday stuff" to "task", and that's what I'm doing right now. But right now fulfilling these tasks draws away a lot more energy from other things I want to do than it should and/or I want. I want to reduce the mental effort it takes to get myself something to eat. I have a few ideas I want to try out – make meal plans, buy more groceries so I always have something and risk some of it going bad, making myself bigger portions and hoping that more hunger is a bigger incentive, etc. If that doesn't work, or not as well as I'd like, I'm also considering buying a small freezer so I can cook over the weekend and then just freeze stuff. I might do that anyway.
I've also decided that I want to eat less meat. Apparently the last article I read on global warming and how excessive meat consumption is bad for the environment was the final drop in the bucket. I think for now I'll try to eat meat no more than twice a week, that should be easily doable and I can still have my favorite meat products over the weekend. Probably the hardest thing will be ham, I really like ham in different sauces. Oh well, I'll find substitutes.
Things I'll probably make a lot of in the near future because they're fast, easy, and can be varied:
- pizza
- tortillas (a recent idea that I like a lot)
- I'm kind of fed up with rice, but I think I'll try couscous again.
- same with pasta, I had a lot of it for a while so less now. Maybe more pasta casseroles. Actually that's a good idea.
- I need to figure out more stuff to do with potatoes. I like them but I need more (quick) recipes.
- I'd like to try and make sweet lunch more often, good for variety.
- (Suggestions welcome.)
That should last me a while, and I can play around with a few different vegetables (onions and tomatoes <3) and maybe even spices? Though I'm usually very boring when it comes to spices, I often only use salt and pepper and I don't like spicy-hot.
I actually had three meals today and yesterday, well done me, progress. Small steps.
In the past 6-12 months I lost several kilos, so now I'm underweight (not extremely but still) and have iron and vitamin D deficiencies. I had a difficult therapy session this week about it. The problem isn't that I don't want to eat, it's that the progression from "being hungry" to "get something to eat" isn't automatic. I think I got so used to being a little bit hungry that it just doesn't register as high priority? And now that I'm living on my own and can't depend on family meals this is obviously a bigger problem. Sometimes it works better, other times… not very well at all. One thing that I know I can do to make myself eat more regularly is to re-categorize meals from "everyday stuff" to "task", and that's what I'm doing right now. But right now fulfilling these tasks draws away a lot more energy from other things I want to do than it should and/or I want. I want to reduce the mental effort it takes to get myself something to eat. I have a few ideas I want to try out – make meal plans, buy more groceries so I always have something and risk some of it going bad, making myself bigger portions and hoping that more hunger is a bigger incentive, etc. If that doesn't work, or not as well as I'd like, I'm also considering buying a small freezer so I can cook over the weekend and then just freeze stuff. I might do that anyway.
I've also decided that I want to eat less meat. Apparently the last article I read on global warming and how excessive meat consumption is bad for the environment was the final drop in the bucket. I think for now I'll try to eat meat no more than twice a week, that should be easily doable and I can still have my favorite meat products over the weekend. Probably the hardest thing will be ham, I really like ham in different sauces. Oh well, I'll find substitutes.
Things I'll probably make a lot of in the near future because they're fast, easy, and can be varied:
- pizza
- tortillas (a recent idea that I like a lot)
- I'm kind of fed up with rice, but I think I'll try couscous again.
- same with pasta, I had a lot of it for a while so less now. Maybe more pasta casseroles. Actually that's a good idea.
- I need to figure out more stuff to do with potatoes. I like them but I need more (quick) recipes.
- I'd like to try and make sweet lunch more often, good for variety.
- (Suggestions welcome.)
That should last me a while, and I can play around with a few different vegetables (onions and tomatoes <3) and maybe even spices? Though I'm usually very boring when it comes to spices, I often only use salt and pepper and I don't like spicy-hot.
I actually had three meals today and yesterday, well done me, progress. Small steps.
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I'm sure there is an Austrian equivalent but https://www.vegansociety.com/resources has some recipes and nutritional information which might help with meat-free eating.
Hopefully there are specialist vegetarian shops local to you also. Because they often have veggie versions of popular foods. If there are local Chinese supermarkets they often have a variety of kinds of tofu and sauces to make interesting meals.
I like to combine a bag of stir-fry mix, noodles and coconut milk with Tom-Yum paste for a sort of noodle soup, which is quick and easy and usually lasts a couple of days.
A simple meal can be as satisfying as one that takes ages to cook after all.
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