Had this issue for years now, meds nuke hunger and I’m terrible at eating breakfast by the time I get back from work they’ve worn off and I have zero motivation. Fallen into the diet of nearly always having ramen, energy drinks and a beer here and then with a muti vitami.
Tried planners, can never get them to work my job having constantly changing shift patterns probs contributes to that, even tried one of those meal recipe box thingies stopped due to it A: being expensive and B: still didn’t really work.
I’m not even a bad cook either just cannot force my brain to bloody do it.
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lol, this advice is excellent, but the sheer number of options is completely overwhelming with ADHD.
This kept me from deciding for one option for a long time. I settled with a hot air fryer eventually, but it doesn’t really matter.
What helped me a lot to take the pressure off is engineered staple food: Something that’s always ready, and much more healthy than most takeout. This is Food, Huel, all good. With 0 appetite on meds, a This is Food drink is perfect.
With that fallback in place, the stress of “must cook” is gone so I can actually cook :-)