Thread by @myopiabillson, So I've been making changes to my diet

So I've been making changes to my diet - small ones, bc I'm not the best with big or quick changes. A big part of me will just be like, "nope" and go back to what I was doing.

I've been trying out the newer plant-based meat products and...I'm liking Beyond Meat. I've only had

the burger patties and the ground beef so far, but it's a lot better on my body. I don't eat much "red meat" anyway bc that's just me - I prefer poultry, pork, and very occasionally lamb (not many around here can cook it well). Also, intestinal issues.

I picked up some

Fieldburgers on Thursday (store bc my landlord is a giant, flapping anus who insists I go out to purchase money orders bc he's too impatient for electronic payment means and I still pay weekly - just so I can leave on shorter notice) and they're pretty good, too.

I just wish

prices were lower. When using grocery delivery - the prices are already higher bc they gotta make their money on top of what the store already charges, and in the stores....sigh.

I hate that eating better or having a diet that isn't what the "food" companies want costs more.

It's even worse on SNAP - FL is a stingy af state for anyone who needs any kind of assistance. I'm lucky I have other help, but I'm telling you - when I was on SNAP, buying anything approaching what I should be eating - $$$. And never enough for the month.

My diet is supposed to be: low sodium, low fat, carb consistent.
Good luck w that in my price range - this is where label reading comes in handy and...yeah...

I have taste buds. And labels themselves lie if you're not reading carefully.

Low fat = more sugar/carbs
And the kind

of sugar/substitute sugar matters bc...I know I'm not the only one who has...er...gastric distress (it is NOT minor) if they ingest sugar alcohols, for example.

I would love to be able to eat fruit the way I used to bc that's was what I, as a baby of the 70s, was given when I

wanted something sweet (no refined sugars!!). But...guess what? Yep. Not so much.

And even when I (rarely, even during that time of the month) do want candy...remember what I just said abt sugar alcohols? Yeaaaahhhhhhhh.

I'm starting to believe that my intestinal issues are

less a product of whatever the fuck I'm supposed to be doing diet-wise (frustrating bc the advice isn't consistent and my damn doctor is NO help), and more the confusion, frustration, obfuscation, dishonest labels, and outright LIES I encounter when trying to affordably feed

myself while not suffering just bc I fed myself and my damn digestive system takes exception to it.

I don't suffer nearly as much as, say those w auto-immune diseases like EDS or MCAS when it comes to eating, and I wouldn't claim to. But I just want to scream w all this.

And I wouldn't know if I had an autoimmune disease now anyway bc - uninsured, so my dr doesn't care to have me tested even if I did tell her any of this.

I fucking hate this country and institutions around punishing poverty and consigning us to literal death.

And if I hear "just get a job" I will refer you to the fact that people are LOSING jobs during this pandemic and I DON'T HAVE A FUCKING SPEAKING VOICE, SO ABLEISM. Oh, and Black, woman, disabled, mentally ill (and barely managing).

Damn it - what I thought would be a nice thread abt finding foods I like very much (which, is kinda rare bc I have to keep my diet boring bc tummeh and IBS and pernicious anemia) turns into a rant.

And that's where I am, folks.

SIGH.

Fuck.

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