Fed is Best: Removing Shame Around Food
A handful of almonds and a cheese stick is a meal. Fight me.
The Hook: The Starvation Cycle
You are hungry. You look in the fridge. There are ingredients (eggs, bread, spinach), but there is no food.
To eat the eggs, you have to: Get pan -> Turn on stove -> Crack eggs -> Cook -> Eat -> Wash pan. That is 6 steps. You have energy for 0 steps. So you close the fridge and starve until you get a headache, then you order UberEats and feel guilty about the money.
The Core Strategy: Deconstruction
"Fed is Best" means your body does not care how the nutrients get in. It just needs the fuel.
A "Chef's Salad" is: Lettuce, Ham, Cheese, Croutons, Tomato.
Eating a slice of ham, a slice of cheese, a cherry tomato, and a cracker separately is nutritionally identical to the salad.
Stop trying to "cook." Start "assembling."
Step-by-Step Implementation
1. The "No-Cook" Grocery List
Stop buying "ingredients" (raw chicken, bag of rice). Buy "ready-to-eat" items.
- Pre-boiled eggs.
- Baby carrots / Cherry tomatoes (no chopping).
- Hummus.
- Deli meat.
- String cheese.
- Protein shakes (The ultimate backup).
2. The "Charcuterie" Rebrand
Don't call it "sad depression snacks." Call it "Adult Lunchables" or "Charcuterie." Put it on a nice board if that helps.
The Formula:
1 Protein (Cheese/Meat/Nut) + 1 Carb (Cracker/Bread) + 1 Fruit/Veg.
Done. That is a balanced meal.
3. The "Sink Tax"
If washing dishes prevents you from eating, buy paper plates.
"But the environment!"
Listen: You are disabled. If the choice is "Paper plate" or "Starve," choose the paper plate. You can save the turtles when your executive function comes back.