Medicated folks: What are your go-to meals to take with your medication?
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
Breakfast is 2-3 Tillamook vanilla Greek yogurt cups. For filling in missing meals I will either use an Anabar or Musashi High Protein bar.
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
That's nice, I want to get there! Currently, I'm stuck with engineered staple foods as a fallback. Jimmy Joy, This is Food, etc.
It is a lifesaver, though. Especially before getting treatment, I cancelled wonderful ideas to do outside with the excuse that this would require portable food which would be too hard to make. Now it's just one grab.
On stims, the hard bars don't work anymore as my digestion is already way too hard now. But "This is Food" drinks work great when I have 0 appetite but need a whole meal worth of calories. It's the easiest thing to jug down when you really really don't want to eat but have to.
As for my other vice, binge eating when the meds wear off: I just prepare some raw carrots, peppers, cucumbers etc. and set them up at the desk. Usually, they disappear into my mouth without putting any thought into it.
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That's nice, I want to get there! Currently, I'm stuck with engineered staple foods as a fallback. Jimmy Joy, This is Food, etc.
It is a lifesaver, though. Especially before getting treatment, I cancelled wonderful ideas to do outside with the excuse that this would require portable food which would be too hard to make. Now it's just one grab.
On stims, the hard bars don't work anymore as my digestion is already way too hard now. But "This is Food" drinks work great when I have 0 appetite but need a whole meal worth of calories. It's the easiest thing to jug down when you really really don't want to eat but have to.
As for my other vice, binge eating when the meds wear off: I just prepare some raw carrots, peppers, cucumbers etc. and set them up at the desk. Usually, they disappear into my mouth without putting any thought into it.
I've never heard of "This Is Food" before. Reminds me of "Almost Pizza"
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
Meal prep ideas:
Sandwiches: toast, English muffins, American biscuits. Meats, cheese, eggs, premade and frozen.
Can also be wraps.
Add condiments to make them less dry.
Can bake sausages inside rolls
Fast meals: cereal, oatmeal with fruit mix in, bagels, toast.
The biggest thing is a routine. I take a berry flavored heartburn pill in the morning, so the taste confirms I took my meds. I have a set of things I have to do every morning, and a leisure activity I can perform if I'm early.
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I've never heard of "This Is Food" before. Reminds me of "Almost Pizza"
lol, nice! Well, it is a bit sus, because when something is food, you don't have to stress so hard that "This is Food! Totally!". It has a theoretically ideal mix of macro nutrients, like the perfectly healthy meal would, but it's just a drink (or bar). Is it perfectly healthy? Who knows. But it's probably better than the average pizza / fast food / fuel station sandwich.
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
I start work way too early for me, so I only brush my teeth before leaving home. Do slow work (e-mails, go over today's schedule, routine/repetitive tasks) for the first part of the day, then meds and breakfast (a huel-shake from a bag I keep at work). My office has like a breakfast/post-breakfast meeting the same time every day so it's a great reminder to eat and medicate during it.
Same for lunch: shake and meds.
A generous helping of nuts and raisins for a snack about 1-1,5 hours before leaving work otherwise I'll crash the moment I get home and not manage a thing, not even a single positive thought, for the rest of the day. Then I'll eat the rest of my energy intake for dinner and supper, because I'm always at a deficit during work days.
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
I take mine an hour before I get out of bed, so absolutely nothing
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
French toast can be frozen and then toasted in a toaster. use wax paper between layers so they don't stick before freezing.
you can premake breakfast burritos and freeze them. depends on size and ingredients but it's usually good to eat after wrapping in a paper towel and microwave for a 1:30.
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I take mine an hour before I get out of bed, so absolutely nothing
I've been doing thos for about 25 years now. Works for me! Glad I'm not the only one.
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I often struggle with rushing out the door in the morning without grabbing something to eat. I have had this problem as long as I can remember. This changed when I started taking medication to treat my ADHD symptoms. Without a full meal, the duration and effectiveness of my morning dose would vary. I needed a solution.
I started doing meal prep once a week. Sometimes I make 4-5 days worth of breakfast burritos or a big batch of hash browns with veggies I had on hand. Healthy trail mix as a meal replacement is a good option if I'm in a rush (I like Power Up High Energy). It is ready to eat, doesn't require cooking or utensils, and is shelf stable at room temperature. I keep some in my work backpack and at my desk in case I miss lunch. What hacks work best for you?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Grapefruit juice. Always and for ever.
(disclaimer: DO NOT take meds with grapefruit juice as it can have a massive effect on how fast your body absorbs the medication...)
... Though I bring it up to point out that the "best" meals will be extremely basic and uncomplicated foods. I'd avoid most things, if it's important meds that need to remain in balance. If it says you do not need to take it on a full stomach, I'd avoid food around such times.
I hope a biologist/biochemist/etc can chime in on what foods are least likely to directly fuck with meds, since as far as I remember, a ton of it is about simply buffering out the meds with filler and digestion time, which a lot of food should fit.
