How tf to actually get into a routine of cooking? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/adhd@lemmy.world

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Had this issue for years now, meds nuke hunger and I'm terrible at eating breakfast by the time I get back from work they've worn off and I have zero motivation. Fallen into the diet of nearly always having ramen, energy drinks and a beer here and then with a muti vitami.

Tried planners, can never get them to work my job having constantly changing shift patterns probs contributes to that, even tried one of those meal recipe box thingies stopped due to it A: being expensive and B: still didn't really work.

I'm not even a bad cook either just cannot force my brain to bloody do it.

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[-] Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I had no idea how to cook so I just got meal kits like hello fresh and they've got me in a decent routine now, I actually really enjoy it.

[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I used to work as a chef, but I still find it hard to cook for myself because of all the little tasks of deciding and shopping and so on. For a good while I used hello fresh just because it made things easy and uncomplicated week nights, and then at the weekend I'd cook fun or more elaborate stuff.

They're not as cheap as cooking for yourself, but adhd's poor planning and impulse control led to a lot of wasted food and expensive takeout. So in the end it didn't feel like to changed my overall expenses, and at least I was eating a cooked meal with meat and veg, not just eating instant ramen or ordering unhealthy deliveries.

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[-] Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

My husband is a chef and doesn't cook literally anything, ever, at home. I feed him graciously, as I totally understand why he doesn't want to cook at home, and I love to cook. That's my motivation to cook, I've others to feed, so it's routine. People will joke he must cook for me all the time, but nothing is further from the truth lol

The man would live off crackers and pb&j if he could.

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