To think I’m not starving myself!?

[LellowYedbetter]

Last year I put on a stone in weight. Coincidentally around the time I started taking quetiapine.

I’ve recently gone cold turkey on the bastards and the weight is falling off me. I’m not trying to lose weight, my appetite has just gone back to the way it used to be.

So yesterday I had a cereal bar for breakfast. A few quality streets for lunch and a portion of fish and chips from chippy for tea ... although I only ate half of that and have saved the rest for today.

Today I didn’t have breakfast but had the left over fish and chips at 12. Tonight I’ll have a homemade burger but I don’t want chips because I’ve gone off them and I know I won’t be hungry enough.

Typical day during the week - cereal bar for breakfast. Mackerel on toast for lunch and 2 fajitas for tea.

DH drinks from red cups when they’re mine says I’m starving myself and should see a doctor. Since when did it become abnormal to only eat when you’re actually hungry?? I’ve always had a crap appetite. It’s normal for me

"A few quality streets for lunch" 😂

Apart from that it seems OK. What does this mean: "DH drinks from red cups when they’re mine"?

Nutritionally that's not great, nor does it seem like a 'normal' way of eating.

What's the red cups thing about? Doesn't sound very nutritional, never mind starving yourself, you're probably not getting enough vitamins and minerals, take a supplement whilst your appetite is smaller.

Well, you’re not starving yourself of food mass.

But you are starving yourself of nutrients.

If that’s your typical diet, you need to add something green that isn’t a green triangle

DH drinks from red cups when they’re mine

What does this mean? Hope it's not the new "snapped and farted"

What about using an app like my fitness Pal to track your diet for a few weeks. It's not a great diet, if you're eating sweets for lunch. Surely nutrition is what's significant rather than getting too hung up on your change in appetite etc.

I used to only ever eat at 8.30pm, a huge meal and then to bed. Up at 6am and to work, home and 8Pm and repeat... people were always commenting on my eating habits despite me being perfectly healthy and happy with it. I just didn't feel hungry.

This has changed though since I got pregnant and now I'm eating like a horse.

Well yes, you should only eat when you're hungry but that's not a rounded diet, is it? And I say that as someone who is fortunate to be able to eat a lot of crap without putting on weight.

You can eat a few small meals a day if that is what your body wants but why not try making then healthier meals?

Agree that reading this it’s mostly the lack of ‘goodness’ that stands out, try and add a portion of veg with your lunch, a snack of some sort of fruit and another portion of veg with dinner.

Nothing wrong with small portions if that works for your body and you remain at a healthy weight. But your food choices don’t sound very good. Swap the cereal bar for some fruit, add in veg, etc.

Left over fish and chips the day after? 🤮 Isn't is all soggy and disgusting?

I really need to know about the red cups

This doesn’t sound like a very healthy way to eat. Weight “falling off” is also not healthy.

At best your eating sounds disordered. I’m not surprised your dp is concerned.

These sorts of threads are usually posted by people with very disordered eating.

Invest in a good quality multi-vitamin and mineral supplement! And extra vitamin C your diet makes it clear why scurvy is making a comeback in the UK.

I don’t eat fruit and it’s hard to prepare a healthy meal when you literally have zero appetite for anything. My appetite won’t come back, it’s always been like this. It just changed when I went on quetiapine . I could get multivitamins though, sounds like a good compromise

Also intrigued by the red cups.

I’d be starving if I just had a few chocs for lunch.

Eating intuitively is absolutely fine but on the whole you should be eating the good stuff intuitively. Is that what he means?

How is nobody else deeply disturbed by soggy, cold fish and chips?

Multivitamins won’t provide any fibre in your diet.

Why don’t you eat fruit?

You're gong to have to explain the red cups, OP

OP Please explain the red cups business

And yes, your diet sounds pretty shite.

It might be normal for you but it's far from normal.