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Safe Food Management

NAS77771

Ok so,

I know safe foods are super common with autists like myself and I know a lot of people will share the experience of having a safe food, buying it in bulk and then suddenly finding it completely repulsive - like the thought of eating it makes my stomach turn.

This has become a major challenge for me over the past few months as my safe foods no longer overlap and I have found myself either unable to stomach anything or only eating old safe foods and never feeling satiated, feeling like something is wrong and it makes me restless. This has resulted in panic attacks when going food shopping because all of it seems repulsive or overspending on takeout (my natural habit when i have no normal safe foods, I wish I could stop but if I don’t I get extremely restless and it usually results in a meltdown).

Does anyone have any advice on how to... stabilise this? I cannot go on like this as it is affecting my health and it’s driving me nuts, affects my mood and causes lots of other problems because I’m finding myself distracted trying to problem solve what I’m going to eat almost 24/7 :(   

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  • I'm sorry to hear you are struggling with this and I can certainly relate. I want the same few things over and over again, until I don't. Then can't eat it and food need turns to something else. I can't count the times I've forced myself through the cooking chore only to look at the outcome and put it in the bin.

    I go through phases of eating nothing but fruit and veg and cheese and bread...then nothing but junk before I crave only fruit again.

    I find online shopping to avoid supermarket stress and buying only for 10 to 14 days at a time helps. That way whatever is the safe food for this year to 18 months is never so hoarded I can't get through it. 

    Funnily enough I always do way better when stuff is cooked for me. I think because the cooking process hasn't stressed me out before it's on my plate.

    Is there anyone who could cook you a range of healthy meals you could freeze and then bung in a microwave. Say, do a deal with them. If you bought the ingredients and they made up a batch, of which they also took some home?

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  • I'm sorry to hear you are struggling with this and I can certainly relate. I want the same few things over and over again, until I don't. Then can't eat it and food need turns to something else. I can't count the times I've forced myself through the cooking chore only to look at the outcome and put it in the bin.

    I go through phases of eating nothing but fruit and veg and cheese and bread...then nothing but junk before I crave only fruit again.

    I find online shopping to avoid supermarket stress and buying only for 10 to 14 days at a time helps. That way whatever is the safe food for this year to 18 months is never so hoarded I can't get through it. 

    Funnily enough I always do way better when stuff is cooked for me. I think because the cooking process hasn't stressed me out before it's on my plate.

    Is there anyone who could cook you a range of healthy meals you could freeze and then bung in a microwave. Say, do a deal with them. If you bought the ingredients and they made up a batch, of which they also took some home?

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