Obesity

Hi Desmond,

You are not alone in struggling with weight issues. I was frequently bullied for being fat at school but managed to get a better grip later on. Other memebers of the forum struggle with anorexia or over-eating issues. Often it is about not knowing where to draw a resonable line about what is sensible. We tend to go for all or nothing approaches to things in our lives.

Even today, I really struggle to walk past a biscuit tin without opening it and sampling the contents. My solution to this is mainly not to have snack food in the house. If you don't have a tin of biscuits to hand then you can't indulge. When you go shopping you have to learn to think that crisps, chocolates, sugary drinks etc are just not really 'food'. They aren't nutritious and healthy and you have to be able to not buy them.

I expect that my diet which is actually very boring and repetitive might not appeal to you. I have rules about what I allow myself to buy and am generally not very fussy about the food I eat apart from avoiding a couple of things that simply disagree with me (apples, tomatoes, uncooked fruit and veg)

My diet is mainly based on fairly lazy, minimal effort regime as follows

Porridge for breakfast, microwaved in 5 minutes

Canteen lunch e.g. soup and bread roll or meat & veg

Evening meal: pre-prepared chicken dishes from the supermarket (e.g. chicken in bacon or chicken and cheese) that can be oven cooked with some microwaved chopped carrots, cabbage, and 1 slice of bread and butter

this is enough to keep me going as a male, 6 feet tall, 12 stone 8lb. I cycle to work and back every day but I sit at my desk most of the day.

None of this is proper cookery - I don't make sauces or anything much from scratch but we do indulge in home made bread from a bread machine. I cheat with this by using the pre-mixed packets so this only takes about 30 seconds to make.

Hi Desmond,

You are not alone in struggling with weight issues. I was frequently bullied for being fat at school but managed to get a better grip later on. Other memebers of the forum struggle with anorexia or over-eating issues. Often it is about not knowing where to draw a resonable line about what is sensible. We tend to go for all or nothing approaches to things in our lives.

Even today, I really struggle to walk past a biscuit tin without opening it and sampling the contents. My solution to this is mainly not to have snack food in the house. If you don't have a tin of biscuits to hand then you can't indulge. When you go shopping you have to learn to think that crisps, chocolates, sugary drinks etc are just not really 'food'. They aren't nutritious and healthy and you have to be able to not buy them.

I expect that my diet which is actually very boring and repetitive might not appeal to you. I have rules about what I allow myself to buy and am generally not very fussy about the food I eat apart from avoiding a couple of things that simply disagree with me (apples, tomatoes, uncooked fruit and veg)

My diet is mainly based on fairly lazy, minimal effort regime as follows

Porridge for breakfast, microwaved in 5 minutes

Canteen lunch e.g. soup and bread roll or meat & veg

Evening meal: pre-prepared chicken dishes from the supermarket (e.g. chicken in bacon or chicken and cheese) that can be oven cooked with some microwaved chopped carrots, cabbage, and 1 slice of bread and butter

this is enough to keep me going as a male, 6 feet tall, 12 stone 8lb. I cycle to work and back every day but I sit at my desk most of the day.

None of this is proper cookery - I don't make sauces or anything much from scratch but we do indulge in home made bread from a bread machine. I cheat with this by using the pre-mixed packets so this only takes about 30 seconds to make.