Hi,
I've had the flu for about ten days now. It is slowly getting better and I'm not too concerned overall. But I've noticed that compared to other flus I've had this one left me with a low appetite that has lasted for over a week. It wasn't stomach flu nor have I had much stomach upset. Just the eating is exhausting so I end up having less food than I normally would. Still probably a good meal everyday but not 3 square meals.
I've been trying to make sure I still get adequate protein and some vegetables and am mostly just having very low carbs. I can't really estimate how many calories I eat in a day but it is certainly low right now. I just want things like yogurt and fruit but since I am prone to high calcium and also don't do well with much sugar I haven't been able to eat these very much.
Also my normal diet is to eat bland food as it is less complicated in terms of figuring out side effects and normally this is ok but right now eating bland food, especially carbs is just like not something I want to do. Also cooking seems even less exciting than usual and I am not the most enthusiastic chef to begin with.
Anything really easy you can eat with low appetite?
I've had the flu for about ten days now. It is slowly getting better and I'm not too concerned overall. But I've noticed that compared to other flus I've had this one left me with a low appetite that has lasted for over a week. It wasn't stomach flu nor have I had much stomach upset. Just the eating is exhausting so I end up having less food than I normally would. Still probably a good meal everyday but not 3 square meals.
I've been trying to make sure I still get adequate protein and some vegetables and am mostly just having very low carbs. I can't really estimate how many calories I eat in a day but it is certainly low right now. I just want things like yogurt and fruit but since I am prone to high calcium and also don't do well with much sugar I haven't been able to eat these very much.
Also my normal diet is to eat bland food as it is less complicated in terms of figuring out side effects and normally this is ok but right now eating bland food, especially carbs is just like not something I want to do. Also cooking seems even less exciting than usual and I am not the most enthusiastic chef to begin with.
Anything really easy you can eat with low appetite?