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25 Feb 2013, 10:47 am

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Does anyone else get this.

I took myself and my daughters to KFC, I get so stressed by the menu choices, I can't imagine what they are, I get into a mental panic and I always end up ordering us the same thing because I don't know what else to choose.

It's like my brain can't focus because there is this brightly lit display of colours, with so much stuff, I feel enormous pressure from the person at the till waiting for me to say what I want so I just end up choosing the same thing every time because I can't make a different choice, it's too much information.


This happens to me all the time. I am actually better with changing things up a bit at KFC and Subway, but most everywhere else I default to the same thing, or the same small list of things. A big problem is just not knowing if I will like something or not, so I buy the familiar orders.


This is me, I wonder what ingredents are used and if I will like it or not as i'm very sensitive to textures/taste etc so I pass over meny things becouse not being able to eat or worse gaging in public is very embarrising and a waste. Everyone knows to just order chicken and fries for me and at the fast food joints I have my standbys like wendy's its combo #1 with just ketchup and a diet coke(its amazing how often they mess up this order and I end up scrapeing chease off and applying more ketchup to cover). Hard part is to try to work coupons into the deal as I sometimes have to bend a little. As a rule I try to avoid going to these places alone as I do get stressed out from the atmosphere and odd social interaction of a fast food joint.



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25 Feb 2013, 10:53 am

Order off a written list.



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25 Feb 2013, 3:56 pm

awesomeautist wrote:
Easy solution. Stop eating fast food. Learning to cook is fun and healthy and a great gift to your children. Cook at home for your kids and with your kids. Jamie Oliver has a fun easy to follow style so I'd recommend his books and television programmes to get you started. As an added benefit many people with anxiety and depression report improvements in their condition when they improve their diet so you can't go wrong!


This response makes no sense. This thread is about not being able to order different items while at a fast food restaurant, not about "only being able to eat fast food."



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25 Feb 2013, 10:41 pm

Yeah, I always feel rushed at a restaurant. I used to be able to go into a fast food restaurant and lean against the back wall of the ordering area and let everyone else pass me up as I tried to figure out what I wanted. If I get in line before I know what I want I end up panicking and just pick a random number off the board because I dont know if someone will get mad at me if I take too long or not. These days they are building the new fast food places much smaller and there is nowhere to stand to get out of the way if your not ready.

Of course, just even picking a place to eat takes me hours sometimes. I can be starving, and I cant make my mind up for hours, so I get hungrier and hungrier, end up getting a headache, and getting upset about not being able to figure out where I want to go.



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26 Feb 2013, 3:45 am

Verdandi wrote:
awesomeautist wrote:
Easy solution. Stop eating fast food. Learning to cook is fun and healthy and a great gift to your children. Cook at home for your kids and with your kids. Jamie Oliver has a fun easy to follow style so I'd recommend his books and television programmes to get you started. As an added benefit many people with anxiety and depression report improvements in their condition when they improve their diet so you can't go wrong!


This response makes no sense. This thread is about not being able to order different items while at a fast food restaurant, not about "only being able to eat fast food."


LOL My response makes perfect sense. It is providing a solution to the OPs problem and helping to provide a healthier option for him and his kids (plenty of evidence that a healthy diet helps auties and aspies). I think posters on this forum need to be a bit more proactive about giving people suggestions on how to solve their problems instead of just saying "Oh I have that too!"



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26 Feb 2013, 3:49 am

Before you go, check the meny online in peace and quiet.


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26 Feb 2013, 4:18 am

There's a good reason you have trouble choosing at fast food places: there are no good choices!



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26 Feb 2013, 4:37 am

awesomeautist wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
awesomeautist wrote:
Easy solution. Stop eating fast food. Learning to cook is fun and healthy and a great gift to your children. Cook at home for your kids and with your kids. Jamie Oliver has a fun easy to follow style so I'd recommend his books and television programmes to get you started. As an added benefit many people with anxiety and depression report improvements in their condition when they improve their diet so you can't go wrong!


This response makes no sense. This thread is about not being able to order different items while at a fast food restaurant, not about "only being able to eat fast food."


LOL My response makes perfect sense. It is providing a solution to the OPs problem and helping to provide a healthier option for him and his kids (plenty of evidence that a healthy diet helps auties and aspies). I think posters on this forum need to be a bit more proactive about giving people suggestions on how to solve their problems instead of just saying "Oh I have that too!"
I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful and it is good advice to learn to cook good wholesome food, but the OP goes into fast food places occasionally, like I do. I cook at home most nights and very rarely go to a fast food place. I don't ever buy ready meals and cook most things from raw ingredients, but I have reason to eat away from home, now and again. If my shopping trip has lasted longer than I thought it might and so I need some sort of refreshment, the best solution is to go to a cafe or fast food place. We can't always eat at home nor do we always want to eat there (or to make up a picnic).


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26 Feb 2013, 10:18 am

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There's a good reason you have trouble choosing at fast food places: there are no good choices!


Lol.. Bang on my friend! Another sensible poster.



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26 Feb 2013, 10:19 am

Mummy_of_Peanut wrote:
awesomeautist wrote:
Verdandi wrote:
awesomeautist wrote:
Easy solution. Stop eating fast food. Learning to cook is fun and healthy and a great gift to your children. Cook at home for your kids and with your kids. Jamie Oliver has a fun easy to follow style so I'd recommend his books and television programmes to get you started. As an added benefit many people with anxiety and depression report improvements in their condition when they improve their diet so you can't go wrong!


This response makes no sense. This thread is about not being able to order different items while at a fast food restaurant, not about "only being able to eat fast food."


LOL My response makes perfect sense. It is providing a solution to the OPs problem and helping to provide a healthier option for him and his kids (plenty of evidence that a healthy diet helps auties and aspies). I think posters on this forum need to be a bit more proactive about giving people suggestions on how to solve their problems instead of just saying "Oh I have that too!"
I appreciate that you're trying to be helpful and it is good advice to learn to cook good wholesome food, but the OP goes into fast food places occasionally, like I do. I cook at home most nights and very rarely go to a fast food place. I don't ever buy ready meals and cook most things from raw ingredients, but I have reason to eat away from home, now and again. If my shopping trip has lasted longer than I thought it might and so I need some sort of refreshment, the best solution is to go to a cafe or fast food place. We can't always eat at home nor do we always want to eat there (or to make up a picnic).


But fast food is bad mmmkay...



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26 Feb 2013, 10:22 am

I usually eat the same thing most of the time as it is the one i like most sometimes i do change it a little but not much though.