As a recovering anorexic ………. though never low enough to stop my periods, bugga …….. from the age of 11 I ate enough to keep me upright. The lowest I went to was 5st 5lb, C.mas 1972. No one every asked why I didn't eat much
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So anything that I fancy goes into my gob, I also have fads and fancies
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. Sometimes it will be cheese salad for lunch followed by a small egg custard or fruit; or it will be pork pies with mango chutney; Himself always cooks a hot meal at night which we decide upon mid-afternoon. Usually a chicken-based meal with fresh veg. or pasta, steak with fresh veg., we eat lots of curry with rice. I try not to eat too many chocolate eclairs
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or other prepared food-stuffs but when I need to eat I need to eat now - or I get beyond and run into problems.
My go-to has always been dried fruits and nuts;
Dextrose ; energy bars ; I have never bothered about added sugars or what is in my food choices because I have always had access to fresh fruits and veg. as our family grew a lot of these at home. I suppose the first ready meal was fish fingers
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When we go walking I can get to the point of shaky legs, weak thighs, sudden nausea - a sign for me that I have used up any stored energy. Which is why we carry slabs of fruit cake, plenty of liquids, cold home-made pasta/chicken mix …… When I have done a lot of gardening I suffer the same symptoms
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but I can always 'pull one more weed'
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The body detoxes itself. That's what the kidneys are for
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……. we are designed to graze when possible, hunter-gathering would have been difficult because food stuffs weren't as easy to catch ……. so humans would rise with the sun, go foraging, eat as much as was available, go to bed at dusk. Then someone invented chips and chocolate
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My Victorian Gran used to tell me that 'a little of what we fancy does us good'.
Tempest - why did you wait 18 months
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