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I’m only waking up about 3-4 hours a day and seem to not be eating enough. Does anyone have advice on what to do?
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Does anyone else feel too tired to eat?
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wabi-sabi
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My doctor recommended ensure when I am too tired to eat. It tastes truly disgusting, but it does seem to help a bit.
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There is probably. healthier version of the Ensure type thing, for a bit more pennies (or dimes)....I'd try to avoid the fructose in there I think it is. Or corn syrup.
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I totally understand the too-tired-to-eat feeling. I second the Ensure or Boost or meal replacement, also easy-to-grab-and-eat things that you like, even if it's just candy unless you know it'll make you feel worse. Sometimes I need a day of eating less and I feel a bit better the next day and am able to eat more, but I'm also awake longer than you, so it might be a bad idea for you to follow that path....
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I mostly do nutritional drinks similar to Ensure. The healthier ones are very expensive. I don't have extra energy to mix up my own, but it would save money.
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I keep a bag of dry roasted peanuts (no salt, I add a quick dash of sea salt which is way less than they'd have pre-salted) at the ready for my really really bad days. They're incredibly healthy, good fats, 9 gms of protein in half a cup, and filling. They have numerous health benefits.
Mostly, they're easy. About two handfuls and you're done. That along with more water than usual generally does the trick ....
I'm with @Rufous McKinney .... not only are all the meal replacement drinks loaded with 3 or 4 kinds of sugars, mostly HFCS (which is dreadful for you) ad other forms of invert sugar, they're also loaded with aspartame and other nasty inducers of anxiety and diabetes.
EDIT ... for OCD and a missing parenthesis ....
Mostly, they're easy. About two handfuls and you're done. That along with more water than usual generally does the trick ....
I'm with @Rufous McKinney .... not only are all the meal replacement drinks loaded with 3 or 4 kinds of sugars, mostly HFCS (which is dreadful for you) ad other forms of invert sugar, they're also loaded with aspartame and other nasty inducers of anxiety and diabetes.
EDIT ... for OCD and a missing parenthesis ....
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I can't agree more (tho my favorite nuts are walnuts, pecans and pistachios)! That Ensure/Boost stuff is full of crap.
Is it possible for a partner to blend up nutritious smoothies for you ahead of time and leave them in a small refrigerator near your bed for you to sip with a large straw?
Also, it may help to ask yourself how much of your low appetite is due to pure fatigue and how much of it is due to profound depression. Taking something that lifts you out of that depression can make it so much easier to get back to eating in ways that nourish you.
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Yeah, I get this sometimes.
I eat a lot of breakfast cereal but sometimes even that's too much especially when I'm too tired to chew so then I'll take chocolate almond milk, a banana, and a little oatmeal and blend it to drink.
Like someone said nuts or even a bit easier, smooth nut butters are good protein. (You could also add the nut butters to the smoothie posted in the last paragraph. I did that with my Mom and she liked it. )
You could also do healthy soups that can just be reheated and even blended to a drinkable mixture.
Yogurt is good. If you can't do cow's milk they have all sorts of other kinds now too. I do sheep yogurt with a little Crofter's fruit spread or jam mixed in.
There is also goat yogurt, cashew milk yogurt, etc. Or you could do the Kefir which is like a liquid yogurt.
I think they also make oatmeal cups in different flavors that can just be mixed with hot water or maybe mixed with water and cooked in the microwave. I'm not sure how those work.
One more idea is beans. I found a molasses baked bean recipe that we liked. Beans are protein, carbs and fiber all in one. You can use a food mill to remove the skins if you have IBS or diverticulitis type issues.
This is probably going to get me warnings from the high-cholesterol police but bacon. I just found that Hormel makes a pre-cooked, uncured bacon. I wish it was also antibiotic free.
There are other brands out there that probably are, but I react to smoking, cures and vinegars and those are used in many of the others.
Also Jones brand makes sausages that are precooked as well that don't have a lot of other things in them.
Bacon helped me put some weight on my Mom when she was still here. That and putting some gluten free cookies in a cup on her desk/table.
That's the other thing. As long as you don't have food sensitivities and reactions to things, get the foods you most crave. That might help you feel more like eating.
Also if you can afford to maybe think about putting a small refrigerator and micro in your room so the food is very close by when you do wake up.
If you have any resale shops like Restore around, your wife or maybe another family member could probably get them used less expensively that way. Goodwill's might be good for blenders and smoothy makers as well.
Sorry for the long post. I would try to organize it but I can tell my brain isn't going to let me right now.
Hope you find things that work for you.
Edit: Thought of something else. Cheese is high calorie but easy to eat a chunk. Throw in some gluten free crackers and you have some carbs too. And you can get other types of cheeses besides cow's milk as well.
I eat a lot of breakfast cereal but sometimes even that's too much especially when I'm too tired to chew so then I'll take chocolate almond milk, a banana, and a little oatmeal and blend it to drink.
Like someone said nuts or even a bit easier, smooth nut butters are good protein. (You could also add the nut butters to the smoothie posted in the last paragraph. I did that with my Mom and she liked it. )
You could also do healthy soups that can just be reheated and even blended to a drinkable mixture.
Yogurt is good. If you can't do cow's milk they have all sorts of other kinds now too. I do sheep yogurt with a little Crofter's fruit spread or jam mixed in.
There is also goat yogurt, cashew milk yogurt, etc. Or you could do the Kefir which is like a liquid yogurt.
I think they also make oatmeal cups in different flavors that can just be mixed with hot water or maybe mixed with water and cooked in the microwave. I'm not sure how those work.
One more idea is beans. I found a molasses baked bean recipe that we liked. Beans are protein, carbs and fiber all in one. You can use a food mill to remove the skins if you have IBS or diverticulitis type issues.
This is probably going to get me warnings from the high-cholesterol police but bacon. I just found that Hormel makes a pre-cooked, uncured bacon. I wish it was also antibiotic free.
There are other brands out there that probably are, but I react to smoking, cures and vinegars and those are used in many of the others.
Also Jones brand makes sausages that are precooked as well that don't have a lot of other things in them.
Bacon helped me put some weight on my Mom when she was still here. That and putting some gluten free cookies in a cup on her desk/table.
That's the other thing. As long as you don't have food sensitivities and reactions to things, get the foods you most crave. That might help you feel more like eating.
Also if you can afford to maybe think about putting a small refrigerator and micro in your room so the food is very close by when you do wake up.
If you have any resale shops like Restore around, your wife or maybe another family member could probably get them used less expensively that way. Goodwill's might be good for blenders and smoothy makers as well.
Sorry for the long post. I would try to organize it but I can tell my brain isn't going to let me right now.
Hope you find things that work for you.
Edit: Thought of something else. Cheese is high calorie but easy to eat a chunk. Throw in some gluten free crackers and you have some carbs too. And you can get other types of cheeses besides cow's milk as well.
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hi @crypt0cu1t, i added you to instagram. I am curious about your case. I also have achr antibodies and my biggest problem is cognitive. I wonder if you think you know the origin of your illness. in my case it was implants, but I have met many people who have become ill in a similar way from a vaccine. I was curious to know if you think you have fallen ill as a result of some treatment / vaccine / infection, or you do not know ... thank you!