Change In Eating Habits

[Satin Slipper]

Has Anyone Else Experienced Changes In Their Eating Habits?

Before The Quarantine I Ate Very Healthy On Weekdays...


 Breakfast:
Cereal And/Or Bagel And/Or Fruit


Lunch:
Rotisserie Chicken Or Salmon Or Pasta Or Sandwich
Vegetables And/Or Potatoes And/Or Rice


Dinner:
Pizza And/Or And/Or Crackers And/Or Chicken Wings


Since Quarantine Started, I Can't Find The Energy To Cook Everyday.

Now:

Eggs
Bagel
Donut
Popcorn
Potatoe Chips

1 A Week:
Restaurant Food (Which Lasts More Than 1 Meal)

My Appetite Has Greatly Decreased From Before Quarantine.
I'm Not Very Hungry And Don't Have Energy To Eat.
Has Anyone Else Experienced Changes In Their Regular Diet?

[dragonfly]

Well, i love my junk food. Over the winter and through the first part of lockdown, I ate a lot of comfort food. I'm now trying to adjust that so I can get back into shape before my birthday.

Quarantine was a big lifestyle change for people, and not knowing what to expect, and which info to trust, can be anxiety inducing or even cause depression.  I understand not having the energy to do certain things that used to be routine. What are you doing to take care of yourself, hun?

 It sounds like your diet doesn't have a lot of nutrients which would help maintain your energy levels and health...a lot of carbs, which feel good to eat, but there's a crash afterwards, and not healthy to have it as a large percentage of your dietary intake.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Now that I don't have 2 jobs and am not working 70 hours a week... I actually have time to eat.  Which is a problem because my job kept me very active.  Now I am lucky if I get 1000 steps in a day. 
I used to almost fall asleep while having dinner, now I am thinking about dinner at 11am.

[Koudoawaia]

Our low carb diet kinda went out the window. We're still staying home but decided we better get back on it at least for the majority of the time. However, this shortage of Diet Coke with Splenda lately makes that incredibly difficult and we're having to go to regular Coke =l

[banditpony]

I'm actually eating way better then normal. At this time, everything is super clean, with lots of protein, good veggies, and few carbs.

I was too exhausted with my work schedule to prep healthy foods for meals at work. u_u; So I figured I'd take the opportunity of this precious time that I've gained in my life.

Although in the beginning, on purpose, I ate a TON of junk food because I could. I just made a promise to myself I wasn't gonna gain a pants size.I sorta did, but then worked it off. It's kinda hard to tell weight gain sometimes in pajama pants, haha. But at this point I'm on track to be down a pants size when I gotta go back into work.

[Mewtwofan1]

My feeding habits really have not changed that much, but I find myself drinking much more water than I used to. I’ve been trying to limit my non-water consumption, and I feel great since I never drank enough water.

[northstar3184]

I haven't experience any changes in eating due to COVID, other than adding regular vitamin and mineral supplements.  However, I stumbled across something that has made me ponder my eating habits more in the past couple weeks: It was an article about dietary preferences of people with autism.  I've always been a finicky eater and never understood it.  I have very, very strong aversions to a lot food smells,  textures,  etc....and it's something I've never really talked about. This article listed a very limited number of food preferences that fit me perfectly. So now I've started contemplating my diet more in recent weeks and how it may correlate with other aspects of my life: shy awkwardness,  rigid adherence to things like grammar and formality, a need for quiet to de-stress after work,  etc... I'd never been diagnosed as being on the spectrum, and now I wonder. Sorry,  slightly OT.

[slyons]

My feeding habits really have not changed that much, but I find myself drinking much more water than I used to. I’ve been trying to limit my non-water consumption, and I feel great since I never drank enough water.

I was so excited when I read "...I find myself drinking much more..." and thought "oh good, I'm not alone" and then read it was water and my excitement died 

Not being on my regular work schedule has impacted me both with my eating and drinking habits, both in excess.   But after 3 1/2 months that stops this week, as hubby goes back to work tomorrow, which means exercising on my lunch hour again and I have already prepped my zero point WW lunches for the week!

[SpacePinto]

Nope, I always had garbage eating habits.

[Ribbs]

I've actually been on a health and fitness kick, but have maybe been drinking a few more bottles of wine than normal during all of this.

[Taffeta]

I haven't experience any changes in eating due to COVID, other than adding regular vitamin and mineral supplements.  However, I stumbled across something that has made me ponder my eating habits more in the past couple weeks: It was an article about dietary preferences of people with autism.  I've always been a finicky eater and never understood it.  I have very, very strong aversions to a lot food smells,  textures,  etc....and it's something I've never really talked about. This article listed a very limited number of food preferences that fit me perfectly. So now I've started contemplating my diet more in recent weeks and how it may correlate with other aspects of my life: shy awkwardness,  rigid adherence to things like grammar and formality, a need for quiet to de-stress after work,  etc... I'd never been diagnosed as being on the spectrum, and now I wonder. Sorry,  slightly OT.

Autism and diet is one of those areas that people deal with in different ways but I think it's quite individual in many cases. I was more finicky as a kid than I am now, but I have issues with textures.

On topic...my eating habits have probably been better for the most part because being stuck at home means being stuck somewhere where people know how to operate an oven and how to follow a recipe. In london I had to make do with what I could. But there's been less going out because my navigation stops me going walking much and the buses haven't been accessible (plus shielding). So whether it's been good for me...not sure.

Anxiety about the situation can definitely impact diet though.

[pawpatrolbab]

I used to drink pop every single day and now I haven't in over 3 weeks which is a big accomplishment for me. Have been trying my best to take vitamins too

[Aflame]

I have put on some weight unfortunately but I wasn't dong my pole dance lessons and I have just started back so hopefully I will lose what I have put on but I do comfort eat sometimes

[Wardah]

I haven't experience any changes in eating due to COVID, other than adding regular vitamin and mineral supplements.  However, I stumbled across something that has made me ponder my eating habits more in the past couple weeks: It was an article about dietary preferences of people with autism.  I've always been a finicky eater and never understood it.  I have very, very strong aversions to a lot food smells,  textures,  etc....and it's something I've never really talked about. This article listed a very limited number of food preferences that fit me perfectly. So now I've started contemplating my diet more in recent weeks and how it may correlate with other aspects of my life: shy awkwardness,  rigid adherence to things like grammar and formality, a need for quiet to de-stress after work,  etc... I'd never been diagnosed as being on the spectrum, and now I wonder. Sorry,  slightly OT.

Autism and diet is one of those areas that people deal with in different ways but I think it's quite individual in many cases. I was more finicky as a kid than I am now, but I have issues with textures.

I have been diagnosed with Autism and I used to have issues with foods touching as a kid and also I couldn't eat sandwiches for the longest time because I was traumatized by the texture of soggy buns. But on the other hand I like vibrant flavors like sour and spicy and try to seek them out.

[Taffeta]

I can entirely relate on soggy buns.
Soggy is not good.

Soggy bread products/cereal and squishy fruit & veg. My two pet food hates.