junk food is always better than no food
I’ve met people who will actually argue against this (and I suggest just blocking anyone who does) but if your choice is between going hungry and getting fast food or snack food….PLEASE JUST FEED YOURSELF. No food is actually bad enough that it’s better to skip eating entirely. Malnutrition is more dangerous, more immediately, and more long-term than any consequences of eating a damn twinkie or a cheeseburger.
At the peak of my disordered eating, I had a nutritionist who was like “milk and cookies is a good snack because fats+sugars+proteins, but more importantly, it’s food that you’ll eat.”
On the bad days where I don’t want to eat cuz food is repulsive, the first thing that doesn’t sound completely disgusting is the thing I’ll eat no matter how healthy or junky it is for THIS EXACT REASON. You can always work out or eat better later, but you can’t do anything to get there if you pass out or worse due to not eating at all.
FED IS BEST APPLIES TO EVERYONE
When my friend was having a hard time eating for various reasons, we came up with a mantra that has served us well ever since:
[ Plain Text: “Fed is best applies to everyone”
ID from Alt: Still from the film Incredibles 2 of Mr. Incredible pointing angrily and saying “Math is Math!” edited to say “Calories is Calories!” / End ID ]
