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Who Needs More than Cooking for exercise?

Marianne72

I don't know if this is an age thing or general malaise due to this seemingly long stretch of winter. After peeling and coring a pineapple, chunking it then putting it in a dish in the fridge, I feel exhausted. Worse, there is far more in the compost caddy than the dish after all this work! I'm now too tired to eat it Rolling eyes. Any recipe that says, 'beat eggs until they form a thin ribbon' [which takes ages] or 'peel, core and dice..' I feel a need to lie down for a couple of hours. Being virtuous and trying to eat healthily is an exhausting routine of chopping, slicing, par boiling, watching and waiting, to say nothing of the scrummage to do the shopping and dodge the usual connected social issues. These days, when I find a recipe that says, 'preparation 5 mins, cooking 10 minutes', which is very rare, I  almost dance with glee. Well, I think about it anyway Relieved.  I don't know why going to the gym and other forms of aged-body exercise punishment are recommended for older people, when eating, cleaning and shopping are so tiring. Anyone else of my years [73] experience this? Or does this happen for younger people too?

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  • I'm only 20 but also find cooking exhausting. I've taken to drinking huel meal replacements for lunch (which I buy online, so the issues with going shopping are also avoided), batch cooking simple meals using frozen pre-chopped vegetables, or eating what my parents have cooked (which I am very grateful for). Sometimes I sit at the dining table to prepare food instead of standing at the counter, which helps a bit.

    I like the idea of cooking though, and when my sister visits she will often bake things while I sit down and watch. 

    I took up sewing over the summer, and found that similarly tiring. Maybe it's the combination of physical effort and concentration that makes these tasks seemingly irrationally tiring.

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  • I'm only 20 but also find cooking exhausting. I've taken to drinking huel meal replacements for lunch (which I buy online, so the issues with going shopping are also avoided), batch cooking simple meals using frozen pre-chopped vegetables, or eating what my parents have cooked (which I am very grateful for). Sometimes I sit at the dining table to prepare food instead of standing at the counter, which helps a bit.

    I like the idea of cooking though, and when my sister visits she will often bake things while I sit down and watch. 

    I took up sewing over the summer, and found that similarly tiring. Maybe it's the combination of physical effort and concentration that makes these tasks seemingly irrationally tiring.

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  • in reply to BeaE
    BeaE said:
    meal replacements

    That's a good idea some of the time, if you are exhausted. I get that. I love the taste of home cooking though. I'm going to do more batch cooking, like  . I used to do that and it did save time - also, for days when you have zilch energy. I sit watching TV whilst peeling veg or cutting out pastry. The hearth rug is getting a bit manky though!

    BeaE said:
    Maybe it's the combination of physical effort and concentration that makes these tasks seemingly irrationally tiring.

    Yes, that's probably it. Some days everything seems an uphill struggle. It's not depression, more a kind of malaise and lack of will. I'm having some blood tests which might show something up - but perhaps a lot of it is coping with autism, difficult neighbours, and tiredness is the backlash.