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I'm posting here weekly about my attempts to make my eating habits less dysfunctional with depression and low energy to hold myself accountable.
I spent some time planning how to make my diet as simple and healthy as possible, and how to plan ahead meals for when I am in a depressive episode and struggling to cook/eat. So here's what it is:
For breakfast, I am always eating oatmeal with yogurt and walnuts. Simple, easy, and repetitive breakfast doesn't bother me. It's also easy to buy all these ingredients in bulk so I never have to worry.
For lunch, I am always eating a sandwich or a wrap, although the contents of the sandwich can vary. Deli meat and cheese is always easy to source and make sandwiches out of if I am feeling low energy. If I am feeling higher energy, I can make sandwiches/wraps out of chopped leftover vegetables and meats, such as chicken salad sandwich etc.
For dinner, I will be cook a proper meal with protein + carb + veg side dish. The key here is I will be cooking three servings at once and freezing the leftover two servings to eat when I feel depressed. This way, I can build up a buffer of real food in the freezer when I feel more functional and can eat it later when my energy is bad.
And with this plan, I am only really cooking 1.5 meals a day (I'm counting sandwiches as half cooking due to lower prep time). I'm hoping too eating better with improve my energy levels and make coping with the rest of my life easier.
My actual meal plan this week is then:
Sandwich: Apple chicken salad sandwich
Dinner 1: Pirogi, Polish sausage, and Brussels sprouts (trying to use up freezer leftovers)
Dinner 2: Pozole, bread, broccoli