I can relate completely on the food/cooking stuff.
I don't like food, I don't like eating. It's always annoyed me and it just feels like a waste of time that I'd rather not have to deal with. I would gladly give up being able to eat something nice ever again if it meant not having to eat at all.
So then cooking is even more frustrating, since on top of the time wasted eating instead of doing anything I'd rather be doing, it's way more time wasted on creating something that will be consumed and erased, and also not enjoyed.
I don't understand the attachment people have to food and the idea of making a nice meal, and I probably never will be able to. It similarly seems difficult for people to understand my perspective as well, which I guess makes sense.
On a number of occasions I've had people tell me that I probably have an eating disorder where I intentionally starve myself to lose weight or whatever else, which is absurd as I would definitely prefer not to have the body type of a skeleton, it's just where I've ended up.
But it's an issue I will probably have to attempt to tackle at some point down the road as well. And having not done so at this point, I can't really say much beyond that I understand where you're coming from.
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Tobias 1102~1Y
I greatly appreciate that you can understand this!! I'm the same, of course. So thanks for sharing!
What's your diet like considering that? I'd love to know how to get the right fuel without having to bugger around with a process I have zero interest in.
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Refurin24~1Y
My diet is far from healthy in the grand scheme of things, and I am definitely lacking a lot of the things that the body needs, from tests I've had done.
I mostly just eat anything I can stick in a microwave or oven for a certain amount of time, and come back to retrieve it when it's done.
Things like sandwiches, pasta, cereal, chicken and such. I also don't mind yoghurt which is very easy and reasonably healthy.
If I weren't so picky I would probably just work in some kind of frozen vegetables since that would surely be better than literally nothing, but I can only get myself to eat them alongside other food that I can't be bothered to make.
Being more healthy is still a down-the-line thing for me, and I have a long way to go on that front, so I don't have much advice.
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Tobias 1102~1Y
That sounds pretty similar to my diet and general approach to food.
Something that's probably the closest I've come to cooking is putting bits of broccoli in with pasta while I boil it, but I don't do it as often as I should because of the hassle of cutting it into small enough pieces. You can get precut florets, but even those are too big! There are also frozen vegetables you can steam in a bag in the microwave for like two minutes, which I should add to more things, but... even that feels like more effort than I can be bothered with usually. Especially since I've noticed no discernable difference when I eat vegetables compared to when I don't.
I'm curious about the tests re nutrient deficiencies as I've been wanting to have something like that done but wouldn't know how. Did you ask a doctor specifically about that, or use a home test (which is what I found when googling this a while back), or was it just something found incidentally while checking on something else?
If I could see my exact numerical nutrient stats and knew exactly what to eat to get them to acceptable levels, that'd appeal to me way more than just eating stuff I know is vaguely healthy and hoping for the best.
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Refurin24~1Y
I saw a dietician and had blood taken and tested, from memory. I was encouraged to do it by family who were bothered by my weight and so on. It was a few years back at this point, so I don't entirely remember the details.
I'm not sure how exactly you would test it at home, and it doesn't sound like it'd be particularly safe or effective. But I have no clue.
I don't like food, I don't like eating. It's always annoyed me and it just feels like a waste of time that I'd rather not have to deal with. I would gladly give up being able to eat something nice ever again if it meant not having to eat at all.
So then cooking is even more frustrating, since on top of the time wasted eating instead of doing anything I'd rather be doing, it's way more time wasted on creating something that will be consumed and erased, and also not enjoyed.
I don't understand the attachment people have to food and the idea of making a nice meal, and I probably never will be able to. It similarly seems difficult for people to understand my perspective as well, which I guess makes sense.
On a number of occasions I've had people tell me that I probably have an eating disorder where I intentionally starve myself to lose weight or whatever else, which is absurd as I would definitely prefer not to have the body type of a skeleton, it's just where I've ended up.
But it's an issue I will probably have to attempt to tackle at some point down the road as well. And having not done so at this point, I can't really say much beyond that I understand where you're coming from.
What's your diet like considering that? I'd love to know how to get the right fuel without having to bugger around with a process I have zero interest in.
I mostly just eat anything I can stick in a microwave or oven for a certain amount of time, and come back to retrieve it when it's done.
Things like sandwiches, pasta, cereal, chicken and such. I also don't mind yoghurt which is very easy and reasonably healthy.
If I weren't so picky I would probably just work in some kind of frozen vegetables since that would surely be better than literally nothing, but I can only get myself to eat them alongside other food that I can't be bothered to make.
Being more healthy is still a down-the-line thing for me, and I have a long way to go on that front, so I don't have much advice.
Something that's probably the closest I've come to cooking is putting bits of broccoli in with pasta while I boil it, but I don't do it as often as I should because of the hassle of cutting it into small enough pieces. You can get precut florets, but even those are too big! There are also frozen vegetables you can steam in a bag in the microwave for like two minutes, which I should add to more things, but... even that feels like more effort than I can be bothered with usually. Especially since I've noticed no discernable difference when I eat vegetables compared to when I don't.
I'm curious about the tests re nutrient deficiencies as I've been wanting to have something like that done but wouldn't know how. Did you ask a doctor specifically about that, or use a home test (which is what I found when googling this a while back), or was it just something found incidentally while checking on something else?
If I could see my exact numerical nutrient stats and knew exactly what to eat to get them to acceptable levels, that'd appeal to me way more than just eating stuff I know is vaguely healthy and hoping for the best.
I'm not sure how exactly you would test it at home, and it doesn't sound like it'd be particularly safe or effective. But I have no clue.