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2 Chronic Illnesses, making me depressed.

Hey all, it’s been a while and I may have mentioned it already… I can’t remember. I have recently been diagnosed with two different chronic illnesses. One tells me I need to stay from refined carbs, sugars, get lots of fiber and whole grains. Etc. Both tell me to lose weight and have done a damn good job if I do say so myself (42 lbs in about 5 months through weight training, cardio, and attempting to eat these diets). When I was diagnosed with the second they told me the opposite. Less fiber, less whole grain, no fats, blah blah. Now i don’t know what to eat. I want some flavor. I don’t know how to cook veggies at work when I work 8-5. I don’t know how to not break down every single day with this. Part of me just wants to keep up working out and not think of food, but when my blood work came back it had tripled even with the progress. I’m so lost man. I try to make a smoothie and fruits have too much sugar and are bad too. At this point I just want to have a needle in my arm that feeds me and not eat at all. I’m so depressed.

Update: I guess I shouldn’t have posted here… I say I’m depressed and people are just being rude. Now I remember why I left this site.
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JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
So sorry.

I have diabetes so had to stop drinking soda and adding sugar to my coffee, and stop eating desserts.

The diet sodas, and the zero sugar sodas are awful. So I stopped altogether. Sigh.

I do like sucralose (Splenda), which I use in my coffee. But very few other products use it.

I have tried "zero sugar" desserts, most made with "sugar alcohols." But they are not great and I think mess with my guts somehow.

I also have high blood pressure, so need to cut out salt. I never add it, other than when I cook a steak. But so much food has added salt. It is hard to be saltless.

Oh, and I have constipation so need more fiber. I took some orange powder for a while, the stuff you stir into water, but that is annoying. It encrusts my glasses. I eat a lot of cereal and wheat crackers.

Oh and I need to lose weight, so less fat.

At least protein is still encouraged. But I like meat like steak and ham, and it is fatty and salty.

Sigh.
KelXtraAF · 31-35, F
@JoyfulSilence I never was a fan of pork based products and eat little red meat (besides tacos). I cut out soda and juice completely in August cold turkey. I have to do it that way for sodas or it’ll never go away
JoyfulSilence · 46-50, M
@KelXtraAF

Good luck!