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Ok so say you don't meal plan. Then how do you grocery shop? I buy vastly different things each week depending on my meal plan. Make this make sense.
I look at what’s bogo for the week at Publix. I decide what of that looks good. Then I go buy it, plus produce and staples as needed. Then I get home and say wtf am I going to do with this stuff. And then I figure it out when I’m standing in the kitchen needing to start making something 😂.

I usually go to a grocery store at least twice a week, sometimes 3. Often the second time is for ingredients to make something with the random shit I bought on the first trip.

It’s chaos. Stressful chaos.
 
I look at what’s bogo for the week at Publix. I decide what of that looks good. Then I go buy it, plus produce and staples as needed. Then I get home and say wtf am I going to do with this stuff. And then I figure it out when I’m standing in the kitchen needing to start making something 😂.

I usually go to a grocery store at least twice a week, sometimes 3. Often the second time is for ingredients to make something with the random shit I bought on the first trip.

It’s chaos. Stressful chaos.
That sounds like me when my adhd gets out of hand

… just chaos.


Tonight it’s a chicken burger and roasted potatoes … no veg cuz I’m lazy.
 
Oh that’s not mine (my bitch is waaaaaaaay sexier) . Google images has plenty of pictures of women and children with their heads hanging over the bed, but a dearth of men. Homophobia hurts us all. But no one more than me and my comedic bits.
Oooh if THAT'S what you were implying by the doggie head hanging over the bed pic, the positioning is all wrong. Shouldn't be laying on side! 🤣

Indeed, but this time if year it's easy to scoop. It's all frozen. Poop-sicles, if you will😂😂😂

In all seriousness though, my vet had to reschedule from two weeks ago and is coming at 11 to put my old guy to sleep. He's almost 14, has arthritis everywhere, and terrible inflammation. I adore his fuzzy face, but it's selfish of me to keep him here when he's in such pain constantly.
*Biggest huggles* 🫂🫂🫂

Question for the masses…

Do you meal prep… not like, cook one meal and put in containers for multiple days… but like, do you organize what dinners you’re gonna eat during the week?
If so, how far ahead do you plan?

I plan meals, but I’m always divided between my organized self and my chaos self… it’s like when I was a kid.. my dad liked to plan ALL the meals, lunches, snacks … for like 2 weeks.., and my mum liked to just be flippy dippy like a chaos demon and cook what meal she “felt” like on any given day …

Like how you take out chicken … and then by noon.. you’re already not feeling chicken… or if you are you’re feeling it cooked in a way you have NONE of the ingredients for. So then you have to either adult and just cook what you had planned.., or save it for the next day .. which is truly evil to your future self (I do this often).. or stop at the store after work and get the ingredients to make whatever is is you’re craving.

Thoughts?

Ok so say you don't meal plan. Then how do you grocery shop? I buy vastly different things each week depending on my meal plan. Make this make sense.
I don't exactly meal plan for a few reasons. I'm easily influenced by the power of suggestion. I get bored of certain foods occasionally. I frequently feel drained or sick in some way and energy reserves vary widely.
The way I shop is by buying ingredients for a specific meal or two that I'm craving, along with ingredients for meals built around stuff that there's a decent sale on and/or any produce that looks exceptionally good that day. Then I supplement that with enough frozen and pantry goods to fill out the rest of the week. I keep in mind there's certain things that need to be used or frozen within a certain time, and cook those when I feel up to it. Sometimes there are leftovers that need to be eaten too, so it really doesn't make sense to plan 7 lunches and 7 dinners each week anyway. There needs to be some leeway.
Also, my dietary needs are definitely affected by my iron-deficiency anemia. Sometimes whatever I have planned gets pushed back because I really fucking need a cheeseburger ASAP. Sometimes I feel too nauseous to eat at all, usually through breakfast.
Breakfast is an entirely different animal. While I would get bored of the same dinner foods easily, that doesn't apply to breakfast. I'm not a morning person at alllll, and the part of my brain that controls the functions required for cooking doesn't wake up for hours. I usually just have everything bagels...or cereal high in iron if I'm feeling super anemic or it's hot...or a granola bar and/or yogurt in the car if I'm on the go...or oatmeal with fruit if it's cold.

Cereal or chicken burger without a bun and some air fried potatoes


Help me decide

Cereal with air fried potatoes 😂
Chicken breaded with crushed corn flakes is a thing some people do 🤷🏻‍♀️

I don’t have lettuce!!!
Wait...what the fuck is a chicken sandwich with no bun and no lettuce? What is the chicken sandwiched between? Do you have pita pockets or something? Otherwise, isn't it just... chicken?!
 
That sounds like me when my adhd gets out of hand

… just chaos.
Yes. My ADHD is currently running wild with my sanity lol. I stopped meds when I got pregnant with my son 5 years ago and then I was nursing him, then second baby, more breastfeeding. Now I’m ready to get back on meds and get my shit together and they say I need to get a whole new evaluation and diagnosis even though I’ve been treated since I was 12?? But I’ve moved a lot. Anyway. That’s my life right now 😂.
I can’t even remember to find a doc and make the appointment for the evaluation 🤪
 
Yes. My ADHD is currently running wild with my sanity lol. I stopped meds when I got pregnant with my son 5 years ago and then I was nursing him, then second baby, more breastfeeding. Now I’m ready to get back on meds and get my shit together and they say I need to get a whole new evaluation and diagnosis even though I’ve been treated since I was 12?? But I’ve moved a lot. Anyway. That’s my life right now 😂.
I can’t even remember to find a doc and make the appointment for the evaluation 🤪
I made 3 appointments today I’ve been putting off … I feel so good
 
Yes. My ADHD is currently running wild with my sanity lol. I stopped meds when I got pregnant with my son 5 years ago and then I was nursing him, then second baby, more breastfeeding. Now I’m ready to get back on meds and get my shit together and they say I need to get a whole new evaluation and diagnosis even though I’ve been treated since I was 12?? But I’ve moved a lot. Anyway. That’s my life right now 😂.
I can’t even remember to find a doc and make the appointment for the evaluation 🤪
The struggle is real.
 
Ok so say you don't meal plan. Then how do you grocery shop? I buy vastly different things each week depending on my meal plan. Make this make sense.
You've gone shopping with me-well while I'm on the phone. I decide what to cook, pick up the ingredients I need and then cook it. The whole meal prep thing…i could absolutely never. But I still love you 💋
 
You've gone shopping with me-well while I'm on the phone. I decide what to cook, pick up the ingredients I need and then cook it. The whole meal prep thing…i could absolutely never. But I still love you 💋

This. I get a bunch of appealing-looking shit, then throughout the week I go shopping in my fridge.

Home from work, see what strikes my fancy, and cook the fuck out of it.
 
You've gone shopping with me-well while I'm on the phone. I decide what to cook, pick up the ingredients I need and then cook it. The whole meal prep thing…i could absolutely never. But I still love you 💋
Isn’t that a form of meal prepping? It’s just late stage
 
Isn’t that a form of meal prepping? It’s just late stage
If at the grocery store is “late stage.” I mean you have to buy the groceries at some point and cook them at some point but there is no prep. No food cooked ahead of time, no menus planned out, nothing written down and if we decide we want steak or chicken or stir fry I go and get what is needed to make it it. I do not put it on the list for next week…like someone I know.
Cough cough @Indie 🤣
 
If at the grocery store is “late stage.” I mean you have to buy the groceries at some point and cook them at some point but there is no prep. No food cooked ahead of time, no menus planned out, nothing written down and if we decide we want steak or chicken or stir fry I go and get what is needed to make it it. I do not put it on the list for next week…like someone I know.
Cough cough @Indie 🤣
Who cooks food ahead of time ???
 
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