Tired = not wanting to eat

Hi Allicat,

I find if I don't eat I feel worse. I would suggest that you eat your 3 regular meals a day even if you're not hungry. I have to eat a healthy snack between meals.

What gives me a bit more energy is eating my homemade guacamole for a morning snack with the healthiest of tortilla chips. I mash a ripe avacado with a fork and mix it with a heaping tablespoon of mild salsa.

My afternoon snack also gives me a bit more energy. I eat some greek yogurt that's low in sugar and mix it with a spoonful of walnuts. Yum.

Try and stay away from high fat, bad carbs, and sugar and eat healthy easy meals.

We eat not only to satisfy our hunger but to fuel our bodies and to help us deal with our health conditions.

Good luck to you.

I have the same problem, and sometimes don't even realize I haven't eaten, hubby to be keeps checking with me and kids on last time I ate.

I am still trying to also figure out what foods make my fibro worse, only thing I know for sure is dairy and alcohol. I think that maybe a subconscious reason I don't eat well cause some things make me feel like crap.

Wow! I could never do that. If I don't eat something every 2-3 hours, I start getting a weak, shaky feeling.

I like LARA bars, because they only have fruit and nuts in them (and maybe coconut and cocoa and similar things in the sweeter ones, which I don't like anyway - but nothing artificial, and no added sugar.) I have to eat something starchy along with protein, fat, (anything!) because of my strange IBS. So I'll often have one of the healthier-brand poptarts, crackers, cereal, or something like that at the same time.

It HAS to be easy. I'm tired, like you, and I can't put a lot of exertion into preparing food.

Debbie

I try to keep cliff bars everywhere, like in my desk at work, so I always have something that is easy. My go to for a quick lunch or snack is peanut butter on a sandwich, apples, etc. Jif sells those peanut butter containers that are ready to go.

Despite this, I still have a bad habit of being tired and grab something sugary as a "pick me up". Now that I am aware of it I am trying to make sure I stay away from sugary things.

I keep some cashews close all the time. I also find peanutbutter on graham crackers is an ok pick me up. I generally eat 5-6 times a day, but there are days I feel too tired to eat, so i usually reach for one of these.

Hi spookiesmom, sorry to hear ur doing chemo!! If you don't mind me asking what cancer do you have? I am becoming more and more moved by the amount of ladies here that have cancer.. Maybe we could do posts to support our fellow fibromites with cancer? I find u are the most humble gracious people I've ever encountered...my father who also has cancer is the same... I take my hat off to you all..and good luck with the future
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Azumi