Healthy eating

blazey

blazey

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How many people bother eating healthily?

I just went shopping for loads of fruit and veg and some fish to accompany my salad and I spend nearly double my usual shop.

Now I am trying to eat my plate of salad and its killing me :p I am sweating with all the crunching I am having to do, so I must be losing weight at least, but its so bloody stressful! And it takes longer to eat!
 
How will you cope when you have false teeth? :D
Eating lettuce is like chewing a wet hankie.

I solve the need for '5 a day' by using a juice extractor - no chewing needed.
 
I eat a lot of fruit every day plenty of fiber and wash it down with a pint of Thwaites:D
 
My meal today consisted of:


  • 3 full large carrots
  • 7 cherry tomatoes
  • 5 mushrooms
  • 1 spoonful of coleslaw
  • 100g fish medley (crayfish tails, mussels, prawns)
  • handful of green leaf salad
  • 3 teeny weeny childrens sausage rolls as a treat (though I felt obliged to save them to last an I was so full)
For dessert I had an activia yoghurt and a banana.

Tired out after eating all that! Going to the pub for a drink soon!
 
blazey said:
My meal today consisted of:


  • 3 full large carrots
  • 7 cherry tomatoes
  • 5 mushrooms
  • 1 spoonful of coleslaw
  • 100g fish medley (crayfish tails, mussels, prawns)
  • handful of green leaf salad
  • 3 teeny weeny childrens sausage rolls as a treat (though I felt obliged to save them to last an I was so full)
For dessert I had an activia yoghurt and a banana.

Tired out after eating all that! Going to the pub for a drink soon!
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Blazey please tell me your not training to be a stick insect:rolleyes:
 
Rabbit food is for rabbits imo, and I dont like most fruit, I make up a little with fruit juice and activia.
 
You've made me think now! :D

OK, what have I eaten today? Breakfast - fresh orange juice, toast and honey (2 slices), coffee. Lunch - Cod in parsley sauce (the frozen sort - microwaved), 2 slices of bread and butter, slice of cheese and leek flan, half a pomegranate. Dinner - grilled lamb chop, low fat noodles, lettuce with low-fat salad cream, olives with feta cheese and garlic, strawberries and ice cream, half a banana. Snack - several cherries and a few grapes. Drinks - 1 glass Coke Zero, 2 cups coffee, nearly a litre of sparkling spring water.

I like salad but I couldn't live on it. Celery is good - it has almost no calories - unless you spread it with peanut butter (like I do) then it's scrumptious but has calories. Cook a big load of spinach in a little bit of olive oil with a sprinkling of crushed garlic (in a pan with a lid on, for 5 minutes or so). It's delicious and filling and so-o-o-o good for you.

Eat healthily but don't go mad and overdo it. Bonne appetite! :)
 
I would love to eat healthy all the time but just cant afford it! we like to have steamed chicken and steamed veg and we love steamed fish and baby spuds and garden peas (steamed of course) i dont own a chip pan i only occasionally use a frying pan and only for eggs, I love my seamer! Just wish a healthy shop was a cheap shop!
 
MUMMIBOO said:
I would love to eat healthy all the time but just cant afford it! we like to have steamed chicken and steamed veg and we love steamed fish and baby spuds and garden peas (steamed of course) i dont own a chip pan i only occasionally use a frying pan and only for eggs, I love my seamer! Just wish a healthy shop was a cheap shop!
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You're right there, Mummiboo.

Isn't it annoying how all the junk is so cheap? :(
 
If you're a good girl, and eat up all your salad, you can have one of these for pudding.;)

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I dont eat healthily, ty does tho, he's a bit odd, he likes it.... asked him what he wanted for tea tonight and he said he wanted lentils!
 
i think its all about yer constitution, the stuff i eat is a dieticians nightmare, yet i don't put weight on, some folk only have to look at food n are knackered, guess i'm lucky,cos i hate rabbit food.:D i don't do fast food though.
 
I eat fairly heathily but then again I cant do much else seeing as I can have anything with gluten/wheat in it, nor dairy products or soya. Oh and Im vegetarian, not much left but vegetables!! I wouldnt survive with out Green and Blacks 85% chocolate!!
 
MUMMIBOO said:
I would love to eat healthy all the time but just cant afford it! we like to have steamed chicken and steamed veg and we love steamed fish and baby spuds and garden peas (steamed of course) i dont own a chip pan i only occasionally use a frying pan and only for eggs, I love my steamer! Just wish a healthy shop was a cheap shop!
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My Dad uses his steamer all the time, so I bought one 6 months ago and I still haven't used it.
Don't get me wrong, I do try to eat healthy stuff, porridge for breakfast, olive oil for cooking and salads, avoid fast food and gooey cakes etc, I just can't get enthusiastic about steamed food.:eat:
 
some stuff is lovely steamed. equally some is lovely deep fried :D

I Love fish poached in Milk but Julie probably couldn't think of anything more disgusting(She hates anything with hot milk )

veggies are usually nice steamed as they tend to keep their flavour better.

You do know you need some fat in your diet to get the essential fatty acids that are part of our make up. I stick to 'natural' fats rather than man made stuff so its olive oil, butter and actual animal fat when needed.
 
I am on my second steamer in 3 years, we do steam all veggies, and fish portions which we all like, we also use a deep fat fryer because some things only taste right deep fried in vegetable oil, anything else is done in the oven or grilled, so I suppose we half eat healthily.
 
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