I’ve tried a lot of diets, and I have a lot of trouble committing and maintaining structure. I eat out every day. I don’t exercise much. I’m having trouble with willpower fasting. Still I think the most “ADHD friendly” way of dieting is likely fasting. It requires little practical restructuring of ones life, just commitment and willpower. Do you all have anything better? Any advice?
You might benefit from one of my “graceful degradation” tactics. I order too much delivery food too, but I keep a stock of frozen vegetables and canned beans/tomato to boost it with. Most of them only need 3 mins in a microwave, which is less time than it takes for the delivery.
You would be surprised how much frozen spinach can be put on a pizza without changing the flavors. Peas and broccoli can go in almost anything with a decent sauce, especially curries. Those are my top 3 stocks, mostly because leafy greens tend to expire the fastest when fresh.
Also, for non-frozen stuff, a pound of potatoes takes 7mins in my microwave. And when I do cook something like lentils or rice (where i can put it on the stove, set a timer and walk away), I make a double batch and freeze the rest to bulk out and diversify other foods.
Tinned tomatoes or passata can be dumped in a bunch of things without much thought beyond “make it hot and less wet”. Dried seaweed and shiitake mushrooms too for Asian foods.
I also lean on raw carrots and almonds for snacks.
Cool ideas!
I hope they can help, I know your problem well. It allowed me to go from a “oh God I have to cook an entire meal” mindset to a “oh I just have to microwave something and then dump it into a bowl when the meal arrives” mindset. When it’s about the same amount of trouble as instant noodles but you can also fix your nutritional deficiency(s) at the same time, the task seems a lot more manageable.
It also eliminates discovering your ingredients have expired when you finally can make yourself really cook.