How to Curate a Diet High in Protein

Saylor Miller
Oct 11, 2022
2 min read

Updated: Oct 21, 2022

Mm Yummy!!

Step 1: Meal Planning

Meal planning is hard, but it is essential if you want to create the healthiest environment for your brain and your body. There are a lot of tips and tricks to create a meal plan but the thing that works for me is loose repetition. I decided what I would be able to eat in a week- snacks, drinks, meals- and I buy that food every time I go to the store. these items include salads, clementines, chips, pizza rolls etc.

Step 2: Grocery Shopping

Grocery shopping with ADHD is probably one of the most entertaining parts of my week. Aimlessly wandering Walmart with a grocery list in hand is a great way to see the most obscure aisles in Walmart. But here is what I have learned to get whenever I go to the store.

Grab and go food.
Ready made salads
Simple snacks (carrots and ranch)
Paper products (doing dishes when you have executive dysfunction is not fun)

Step 3: Cooking

Cooking takes a lot of time. There's no way around it, and it's not really something you can stop halfway through. Once you start, you have to finish. But cooking can be really fun and rewarding, you just have to make sure your in the right headspace to do this task

Make sure:

You have enough time
You know the steps
You really want to eat what you are making

Step 4: Clean Up

Cleaning my dishes is the bane of my existence. I am so bad at doing my dishes that I just had to take myself out of the equation. Know. Your. Limits.