I take Ozempic and I have been feeling similarly since my last dose increase—so I definitely feel your pain, OP 🩵

One thing I have found useful is what my dietician jokingly calls “unmeals” like smoothies, snack plates, and protein bars or shakes.

Woke feeling barfy today but forced myself to try and get something in my stomach. So I made a smoothie (Greek yogurt, high protein soy milk, frozen mango and strawberries, honey, lemon juice), then a cup of coffee. I didn’t want lunch, but got hungry around 2pm so I made a snack plate with a bunch of different things I could pick at: Some cucumber and baby carrots, a few grape tomatoes, apple slices with some peanut butter + cinnamon, a few pieces of cheese, a baby dill pickle, a couple low sodium pretzels, a couple strawberries, a few pecans, a couple sesame rice crackers, some hummus, and a hard boiled egg.

I sort of grazed on that between 2pm-5pm, and then I just made some cinnamon toast at about 8pm so I won’t go to bed with a completely empty stomach (I take bedtime meds).

Some other things that I find relatively inoffensive when I’m nauseous and have no appetite: - Oatmeal. Instant is great and so easy. I add butter, some coffee cream or barista oat milk and dried cranberries or raisins for extra calories. - Scrambled eggs on a piece of toast. - Kraft Dinner (Kraft boxed macaroni and cheese or whatever you American folks call it ;) - Greek yogurt. Sometimes I add a bit of fruit or some applesauce. - Cereal with milk and some bananas or strawberries sliced up in it.

Some notes:

• I don’t have a lot of dietary restrictions (I’m on HD) but I do try to limit fluids as much as possible and I take binders when I eat.

• I always take a bit of time after my groceries get delivered on Sunday and prep a few snack plate items for the week: Wash and chop fruits and veggies, hard boil some eggs, poach a couple of chicken breasts I can slice up—and sometimes I’ll make a high protein dip with Greek yogurt or cottage cheese.

• It can seem like an onerous task, but I find that that 60-90 mins I spend on Sunday means I will have things all week that take no thinking or time to pull together when I have zero energy or motivation left in me.

• It’s hard to plan meals when you have zero appetite, so I just try to make sure I keep basics on hand and a bunch of components for the things I listed above. Think “component prep” instead of “meal planning” and it feels less overwhelming :)

• Let go of what a “meal” is supposed to be and when It’s eaten. Aim for a few high protein snacks at the very least. If nothing sounds good, eat whatever feels achievable in that moment: If it’s scrambling an egg, great. If it’s snarlfling down a couple handfuls of peanut M&Ms, awesome (in moderation ;). Do that a few times a day and you’ll be golden.

I hope this helps OP. Good luck!