Eating Rant (trigger warning: eating habbits)

Ever since I was a teenager i’ve struggled with eating and binge eating. i already struggle to find safe options as a veggie who can’t have dairy and extremely picky and fussy with foods because of tastes and textures. Lately ive been really struggling with eating fruit and veg, or even just proper meals. I keep having cereal or getting mcdonald’s chips. i hate that my safe foods are so unhealthy and bad. I know having fruit or veg can be easy and low effort but i feel like once i work up the motivation to eat, i want something that i actually like the taste of and more filling than just a small snack or fruit or veg. i barely ever have the energy to prepare proper meals so takeaways are such an accessible option but also so unhealthy as it builds up and almost everyday i’m getting takeaways or having bad snack foods. i hate that im like this. even if my mum would prepare me a healthy proper meal i can’t eat it. i can’t bare the thought of chewing certain foods as well as the smell from preparing them and the way it lingers afterwards. 

im sorry for the rant i just feel so frustrated with myself.

Parents
  • Your diet is a bit restricted if you don't eat meat or fish and can't have dairy, and you might be tired due to not having enough protein, iron or vitamin B12.

    You say that you eat cereal, so I take it that you use a plant based milk substitute? Soy milk has the highest amount of protein out of all the plant milks, plus added calcium,  so its the best nutritionally (if you can tolerate soy)

    It's important that you get enough protein from vegetarian sources such as quorn, tofu, beans, nuts, eggs & non dairy milk & yoghurt, and there is iron in veggie foods like beans, broccoli, dried apricots, dark chocolate, soya, tofu and nuts.

    You don't say what textures you like or dislike, but here are some ideas for quick meals & snacks:

    Meals:-

    Quorn sausages, with baked beans and oven fries

    Frozen veggie lasagne with a bag of ready made salad & a dressing of your choice

    A ready made pizza base that you add your own toppings to - Tomato puree, Vegan cheese, mushrooms, veggie sausage, etc

    Quorn nuggets in sweet & sour sauce (from a jar) with microwave rice

    Veggie chilli made with veggie mince & a jar of sauce, served with rice

    Quorn chicken style pieces in a sauce of your choice (curry/ white wine, etc - Sainsbury's do a tomato pasta sauce with hidden veg) - serve with veg/rice/pasta 

    Veggie burgers in buns with slices of tomato and a side of oven fries

    Lunches/snacks:-

    Scrambled eggs on toast

    Toast and marmite/vegemite (for B vitamins, including B12),

    Nuts /peanuts

    Fruit - dried/frozen/ canned in juice (more consistency of taste & texture than fresh, + keeps longer)

    Oat cakes 

    Vegetable crisps

    Non dairy fruit yogurts

    Dark chocolate (small amounts only - but contains iron and fibre)

    If you are only eating a few types of food, it might be a good idea to talk to your doctor to see if you need tests for any vitamin or mineral deficiencies, and whether you need to take supplements.

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  • Your diet is a bit restricted if you don't eat meat or fish and can't have dairy, and you might be tired due to not having enough protein, iron or vitamin B12.

    You say that you eat cereal, so I take it that you use a plant based milk substitute? Soy milk has the highest amount of protein out of all the plant milks, plus added calcium,  so its the best nutritionally (if you can tolerate soy)

    It's important that you get enough protein from vegetarian sources such as quorn, tofu, beans, nuts, eggs & non dairy milk & yoghurt, and there is iron in veggie foods like beans, broccoli, dried apricots, dark chocolate, soya, tofu and nuts.

    You don't say what textures you like or dislike, but here are some ideas for quick meals & snacks:

    Meals:-

    Quorn sausages, with baked beans and oven fries

    Frozen veggie lasagne with a bag of ready made salad & a dressing of your choice

    A ready made pizza base that you add your own toppings to - Tomato puree, Vegan cheese, mushrooms, veggie sausage, etc

    Quorn nuggets in sweet & sour sauce (from a jar) with microwave rice

    Veggie chilli made with veggie mince & a jar of sauce, served with rice

    Quorn chicken style pieces in a sauce of your choice (curry/ white wine, etc - Sainsbury's do a tomato pasta sauce with hidden veg) - serve with veg/rice/pasta 

    Veggie burgers in buns with slices of tomato and a side of oven fries

    Lunches/snacks:-

    Scrambled eggs on toast

    Toast and marmite/vegemite (for B vitamins, including B12),

    Nuts /peanuts

    Fruit - dried/frozen/ canned in juice (more consistency of taste & texture than fresh, + keeps longer)

    Oat cakes 

    Vegetable crisps

    Non dairy fruit yogurts

    Dark chocolate (small amounts only - but contains iron and fibre)

    If you are only eating a few types of food, it might be a good idea to talk to your doctor to see if you need tests for any vitamin or mineral deficiencies, and whether you need to take supplements.

Children
  • I’ve screenshot your suggestions to save for later. Thank you so much i can’t express how grateful i am for this. 

  • I can’t express how helpful this is and how grateful i am that you took the time to compile these meal ideas. Thank you so much. I already take vitamin D but i’m not very good at remembering to take them :(