what’s your relationship with food? xD

[WitheringAway]

I forget to eat. I only remember to eat when I feel dizzy and light headed. I dont think I have an ED as I don't really care how my body looks; I've always had an "ideal" body, didn't really have to work much for it. I loved cooking and making beautiful plates. I've always cared about how my food looks. I enjoyed food and I miss that. Now I still love cooking and being creative but I don't have much appetite. I only eat because I have to.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I love food! That's why I'm overweight and have type 2 diabetes.......

I don't like cooking though because I don't trust myself around equipment that dangerous...

 

[NightmareTour]

This is way too relatable. I used to love cooking, don't really have the energy or strength for it now though. Forgetting to eat is a pretty big problem, especially now that my enjoyment of any food only extends as far as not hating it.

 

[nerve]

Please God just make it stop.

 

[Wayfaerer]

I eat once or twice a day and I don't snack. These days due to kratom use, I try to space out my meals as much as possible but not to overdue it.

 

[mahakaliSS_MahaDurga]

I eat once or twice a day and I don't snack. These days due to kratom use, I try to space out my meals as much as possible but not to overdue it.

Why are you using kratom?

 

[Life_and_Death]

I dont think I have an ED as I don't really care how my body looks;

I don't think all eating disorders are about how your body looks.

"Eating disorders are illnesses in which the people experience severe disturbances in their eating behaviors and related thoughts and emotions. People with eating disorders typically become pre-occupied with food and their body weight."

It does say "typically" not always and the very first line says it all. "severe disturbances in their eating." I can go days without eating simply because I forget or I'm seriously not hungry. However to actually answer your original question. I hate food it's so fucking time consuming in every aspect about it, plus all food tastes the same to me.

Also there's a health eating disorder that for the most part would also fall under how their body looks could also just be the general "I'm being 'healthy'" and the whole thing with disorder is you can't tell them "eating healthy" can't be done excessively.

Orthorexia: Symptoms, Risks & Treatment | NEDA

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www.nationaleatingdisorders.org

 

[Worthless_nobody]

Love hate relationship with food. I used to be extremely underweight and hardly ate now I have put on weight to where I'm healthy but if I keep going I'll easily get overweight. I love food now. It's weird how I changed from refusal to eat when depressed to stuffing my face.

 

[Wayfaerer]

Why are you using kratom?

As a temporary replacement for SSRI's after I got off of them and wanted to stay off forever. Well, things hadn't panned out as I was hoping...

 

[mahakaliSS_MahaDurga]

As a temporary replacement for SSRI's after I got off of them and wanted to stay off forever. Well, things hadn't panned out as I was hoping...

Does it help in any way?

 

[Wayfaerer]

Does it help in any way?

It makes enduring what I am now possible. I'd either be dead or back on an SSRI (dead inside) if not for kratom. If you do not use it everyday it is highly effective.

 

[Lefty]

I eat to survive. Not a fan of eating.

 

[RottenDeer]

I like food. I think it's a great way to show love towards yourself and others. My eating disorder is ruining that though.

 

[Deleted member 1465]

I put food in my body in order survive, but I take little joy in it.
Last year I pretty much stopped eating out of sheer despair and began to starve.

At some point I started to force myself to be interested in food because I genuinely believe its at the core of all health and our generally shit modern diet completely removes any foundation we might have on which to stand and make positive changes to the rest of our lives.
Now I try to eat as healthy as I can, but I also cheat...

I use pre-prepared meals as a base: for example, a cheap canned chunky soup, to which I'll add shit loads of vegetables, mixed beans, chopped meat, spices etc, making a relatively healthy, cheap and easy meal.
Same with pizza: a basic cheap pizza with a huge amount of veg added.
I also make tortillas which are just meat and veg cooked in a pan and wrapped up.
Plus I add lots of supplemental things to my evening yoghurt, including crushed walnuts, inulin and ground flax seeds.
So I tend to have a series of basic 'cheat' meals that are cheap, easy and even if not completely healthy are still packed with nutrition.
I try my best to make sure the equivalent of half my plate is vegetable matter from loads of different sources. I eat meat as my main source of protein, but not everyday as I also supplement it with eggs and beans.
Ideally I'd like to eat nothing that comes from a packet or has a list of ingredients but I'm as tempted by convenience as the next person.

However, I still hate cooking or preparing food. It's a chore I take little joy in.

 

[mahakaliSS_MahaDurga]

I eat very little, but when I eat it is usually junk food and dry food, snacks etc.

 

[Soul]

I like food, but eating anything generally disagrees with me. I like to cook, but don't really have enough stamina. That distresses me.

 

[ImsooDone1N]

Used to be great. Enjoyed eating so many things & Never had a weight problem so, I just ate whatever, whenever I pleased. This past year my appetite has been significantly effected- in that I'm rarely, if ever hungry.. and this has led to unwanted weightloss. I think it's mental & is related to stress/anxiety/ depression & Fear. I'm trying several things to help boost my appetite. But right now my relationship w/ food is completely messed up.

 

[Sherri]

Eat once a day, but can have candies and jelly beans most of the day and night.

 

[Lupgevif]

Toxic. I depend too much on it, I try to leave but fail, and when I come back I over-indulge.

 

[karaboudjan]

One week I'll eat too little and the next I'll eat too much. Not to the extent of a disorder, just fluctuating depending on my mood.

 

[Deleted member 17949]

I eat it when I am stressed

 

[Sensei]

I'd either be dead or back on an SSRI (dead inside) if not for kratom.

I recognize this. Kratom helped me through the worst depressive episode I've had. It's no exaggeration to say that without it, I would have been dead now.

 

[Squiddy]

I love it too much lol. Check out my food thread and post whatever food you want. I recently posted an ice coffee there

 

[BPD Barbie]

I eat too much and I'm overweight as a result. Good gives me comfort, cake, chocolate, cookies etc. I'll eat whatever I want, whenever I want. I have an unhappy relationship with food I'd say, I eat because I'm unhappy and I'm unhappy because I eat.

 

[GrumpyFrog]

Food is my one true love and nothing can stand between me and my soulmate until the death do us part.

 

[ravergirl]

I'm diagnosed "Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified" (EDNOS), for having symptoms of both anorexia and bulimia. I also got addicted to uppers because, among other things, they suppress appetite. I'd say my relationship with food is very poor.

 

[Wisdom3_1-9]

There were actually about a half dozen Liz Lemon GIFs that summed up my relationship with food, but I settled on this one.

 

[Pho3nix]

I used to be okay with food until I started eating my anger and put weight on. I've lost that weight but it's a daily battle not to stuff myself with chocs and other snacks.

The problem is that snacking makes me forget my issues and it gives me a high. My relationship with food is rocky and I keep obsessing over my weight.

 

[MrBlue]

I used to be anorexic, which I got a LOT of shit for when I was a teenager because I'm a guy. Nowadays I have a better but not great relationship with food. I don't worry about getting overweight or anything but I rapidly lose my appetite and restrict my diet to whatever's easiest when I'm depressed. I survived on just apples, ham sandwiches and toast through all of my 2nd year of university!

 

[wonderworld]

a not good relationship, I have an undiagnosed eating disorder, I restrict and over exercise, I love eating but not anymore.... even when i binge it feel horrible... so guilty.