Tips for managing hunger when tired?

This is something I struggle with bc of my adhd. It got so bad that it became an eating disorder where I would just forget to eat for days. The solution to beating it was making sure I had a protien shake that was high in calories and vitamins 3x a day. Then I slowly worked soft protiens like peas and beans with carbs like brown rice bc it doesn't take that long to heat up in the microwave. A year later, I have a glass of milk for breakfast, adult lunchables for lunch or a sandwich, and I plan 20-30 min a night to cook myself a good representative meal. You might talk to your therapist about an eating disorder bc they can help you get back on track. My eating disorder is called restrictive anorexia, and basically just means I forget to eat and when I do eat I'm insanely nauseous bc my brain has tricked my stomach into rejecting food bc it thinks it's an inconvience. I have good days and bad days, but mostly good days now! The key for me was forcing myself to eat at a certain time no matter how long it took and how many times I had to reheat my food to get it all down.

I also use a meal replacement powder, and that works really well for me. I find that I'm more willing to get a little bit of "real" food if I know that I can fall back onto the powder. For example, I might have ontended to have made salad and cooked eggs, but I don't feel up to it. Instead of ending up not eating because it's too hard and just grabbing a tomato and a chunk of cucumber isn't a proper meal, I grab my tomato and cucumber, make the meal replacer and figure that counts as a proper meal. Not sure if that made sense, but basically, yeah, meal replacers can be an absolute life saver when cooking or even physicallh eating is too difficult. 😊

I find that the more I can plan ahead the better. Even just pre cutting some veggies for an omelette or a stir fry makes me use them as I will feel guilty for letting them go off, motivating me to use them.

Honestly, some spare freezer meals. Most only take like 3 mins in the microwave!

I think you should do it. Something would definitely be better than nothing. Other supplements probably would be a good idea also. Fresh (frozen) fruit and veggies added would be even better! Please keep us updated!🤗