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[–]disheveledtomboy 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The most important thing for me is eating healthy

I can relate to all of what you wrote here really well. Cooking for yourself is one of hardest forms of self care when the bottom drops out of your mental tank. I know all too well that vicious cycle of feeling like crap -> eating like crap -> back to feeling like crap -> repeat to oblivion. My strategy for that has been to keep two weeks of rotating prepped entrees in the freezer and some chili or stew staples in the pantry so that if I do hit that wall mentally I have something on hand or just open and dump a few containers into a slow cooker /instant pot. It took me years to come to terms with cooking (yay kitchen anxiety). Taking the time to make something healthy and good for yourself is a way of telling yourself that you matter and are worthy of care and attention regardless of how you're feeling.