u/Duck-O-Lantern

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Want to start working out but can’t eat :(

I’m 22F on 300mg (9 weeks) and it makes me practically not feel hunger anymore. I only manage to eat one singular meal a day, plus maybe a snack or two. It doesn’t help that I’m AuDHD - I went from an already pretty restrictive diet, to currently only being able to stomach my safe foods. I’ve never been a “healthy balanced diet” type of eater but it’s also never caused any major issues before. Now I’m losing weight in an uncontrolled and unhealthy way.

I really don’t know much about working out but now that I’m feeling better mentally (thanks to switching to Bupropion) I want to start getting stronger physically and building some muscle !! :) The issue is that I’m already a pretty thin person, so I don’t think I can even build muscle if I don’t have available energy reserves in fat AND I’m already losing weight because of undereating.

I know it’s unrealistic and a bit absurd - asking how to be healthy while eating only once a day - but I’m super desperate to at least try to go the right direction :,)

Was anyone in a similar situation and how did you deal with it? Does anything help with the general aversion to food?
AuDHDers - any recs for potential “safer” foods that would have more calories?
Any gym freaks could help me with what I should focus on in my food, while understanding that it’s unrealistic that I’ll manage to eat much more than one meal a day? :/

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u/Duck-O-Lantern — 1 day ago