Eating the Same Meal each day

Yep - it’s an autism thing And comfort through repetition - i have gone through phases like that too- only rice and fish, cucumber and strawberries for a year. Then I had a pizza and tiramisu phase . I spent 6 months eating same meals in same order each day (toast with prawns and crackers) and the most recent phase was only eggs 1 brand of whole meal rolls, apples and carrots… i was misdiagnosed with anorexia nervosa despite being desperate to gain weight. It was quite damaging and things only started to make sense when i got the autism diagnosis. I have IBS and lots of digestive issues, made worse by stress, routine makes me feel safe, changes are scary so before I know it I get more and more stuck on same food pattern. Being bad at distinguishing hunger nausea and overfullness doesn’t help.

But thanks to now knowing I am autistic and my dietitian I have quite a varied diet now and am in much much better health.

You could also look into ARFID though at least in my area there is no support for people with ARFID and I personally would recommend staying away from eating disorder services when it comes to autism related eating challenges- i had very bad experiences- it cost me years.

Thank you for mentioning ARFID. I agree with your advice on avoiding eating disorder services. I stick to the same meals, pasta one day and home baked bread and jam and new potatoes as a side dish. I try not to comfort eat but given the world at present, can you blame me?  

Thank you for mentioning ARFID. I agree with your advice on avoiding eating disorder services. I stick to the same meals, pasta one day and home baked bread and jam and new potatoes as a side dish. I try not to comfort eat but given the world at present, can you blame me?