Anyone else have a hard time eating healthy when sick?

Yes and No. I don't want to eat so I end up eating smoothies and ice cream and such. In the end I am around my macro's I just do in with ish foods. Protien drinks and such.

Honest answer - I have not been truly sick in a couple of years, which predates the whole MFP thing for me. But when I'm really sick, with a cold and/or flu, I tend to have zero appetite and then crave less-than-awesome stuff like Arby's roast beef or chocolate Ovaltine. So that's what I eat, and then in a day or two I am eating healthy and feeling healthy again :-)

Yes!!! I pretty much just eat bread with loads of peanut butter followed with lots of milk. I never feel like cooking anything, and this is just convenient.

Yes, oh yes. You'd think our bodies would crave nutrient-dense, healthy food when we're sick, but I know almost no one who wants a salad topped with chicken breast and avocado when they have a bug. No, we want chicken soup, the more noodles the better, or mac and cheese, or PB straight from the jar, or an entire batch of chocolate-chip cookies. (OK, maybe some of us always want the cookies and use feeling like a limp rag as an excuse. )

I was just about to write my own "I have a cold and want my comfort food" post. I have an appetite when I'm sick, but I crave carbs topped with dairy products, interspersed with sugar. I hope that if I take vitamins and watch the portions on the carb-laden goodness it should all balance out when I'm feeling better and get back to exercising and actually enjoying veggies.

Feel better soon, and take a day off work if you can.

Every time! The very last thing I want when I'm ill is any kind of vegetable or salad leaves. Yuck. My body wants easily digestible comfort foods so that's what I give it, because ultimately when my body is fighting illness it needs energy to do so. I try and find the healthiest energy foods I can think of (sweet potatoes, bananas, a fruit and nut bar with coconut, or my favourite thai dessert - bananas cooked in coconut milk with roasted sesame seeds and sea salt). I also remind myself that dairy, wheat and refined sugar (that would be my guilty grande caramel latte and croissant then...) will only make my illness last longer.

However, instead of going to work and forcing yourself through the day on food just to stay awake (a feeling which could last a few days), why not take a sick day, allow yourself to sleep and drink tons of water, and you may find you recover enough to not have to rely on spikes in your blood sugar levels to keep you awake for the next few days.

yes, I could eat everything in sight! I have the mindset that if I eat I will feel better, working on that. What I need is rest, soup, medicine not food!

Last time I did pretty well, I upped the protein. I love small hamburgers and fries when I am sick. I don't know why but it works also soup. Peanut butter, protein bars. I love chips, they do not make me well, I have to repeat that over and over.

I think I am the only one that gains weight when I am sick. It is my comfort stuff. I just keep saying I don't need food. Think what I do need. I guess we should give ourself a little slack when we are sick but not too much. I just kept eating and eating, it is insane. Those are lucky that have no appetite at this time. Remind myself I am hurting myself, doing something destructive is not helping me.

If I'm not well I generally want carbs and sugar and fat. Comfort food basically. To be honest, when I'm ill I'm more concerned about getting better than sticking to my calories. Your body needs fuel when ill and you can get back on track when you're better.
Hope you feel better soon x

Came down with something resembling stomach flu yesterday, around noon. Didn't eat a thing after breakfast and by the end of the day, I felt very weak and just laid around. Got to bed early and feel much better today. Trying to eat extra food today to get caught up to regular energy levels. Not much you can do when your body doesn't want to eat, just do your best and find things that are easy on your stomach, like toast, apple sauce, etc. Oh, you should try to stay hydrated, that I had to force myself to do.. ...still catching up today.

I to am a bleiever in the alka seltzer cold that you drink, wow what a great medication thats OTC. I find that I eat constantly when im sick including sucking down orange juice....which adds up quick.