Ch-ch-ch-changes

Post date: 2021-03-04 05:55:46
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Me and my (non romantic) Partner need to overhaul our diet and exercise habits. Please help make this easy (lol). Difficulty level : body positivity, crohn's, moving, mental health, trauma, pandemic, etc.

Some background:
I'm 30, they're 28. We are financially and platonically tied, we eat all of our meals together, etc. We're both fat. I have never been at a high athletic level, but overall I was only a bit lower than average, despite my weight. Then two or 3 years ago i sustained a bad injury to my ankle, and was bedridden for months. Since then I haven't gotten back to where i used to be. I am currently very weak, cardiovascular and muscle wise. I hate this. I cant hike or swim like I used to. I haven't been tested in 4 or 5 years, but the last time i checked my cholesterol, blood sugar, etc was fine. My blood pressure is checked regularly and is fine.
He had lab work done this week, and is pre-diabetic, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and his ALT and AST are both elevated (waiting to see DR to discuss results). He went from being very physically active (basketball) to almost no physical activity in the span of a year about 4 years ago.

Complications
They have Crohn's, a slipped spinal disk, ADHD /Depression, and has been told by their physician that being in public at all is a bad idea due to being immuno-compromised. This adds to the depression, obviously. They are responsible for making dinner most nights. Long , involved recipes and meals are not feasible for mental and physical health reasons. I work more than full time and having to cook on top of that drains me of spoons. I also have adhd and depression. We do like to cook, though! Planning is hard. We both grew up food insecure and use food as a comfort, which is a huge impediment in this process. Since they're house bound, I have to do the shopping.
In addition to chronic and personal issues above, we're also in the middle of an overhaul of our finances and personal lives, as we are planning to move next summer. This is an amazing opportunity we've been given and cannot be put off for various reasons. Oh, and there's a pandemic, which just adds to the mental exhaustion.

What we need
Advice and resources plainly explained or accessible to help us figure out how to eat differently and exercise. Body positivity is a must. Would prefer nothing with weight loss as a goal. We just want to be healthy and strong, and weight is irrelevant. I want to stay far away from gaslighting like "clean eating", "bad foods", fasting, sacrificing, calorie counting, etc. Exercise geared toward fat people is great. Cooking books that have a shopping list would be so good. Easy recipes that don't have a lot of cholesterol would be great. Blogs about fat exercise, etc. Apps that track food or recipes? Cannot stress enough how much our adhd etc will impede our ability to learn information on ways to change. Its hard enough to make changes as a neurotypical person, even harder when I can read an entire book and then the next day forget it existed.

I'm sorry this question is such a mess, We just got the lab results back and I'm stressed and worried about him, and also my brain is goo.
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