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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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  • Could you maybe get some convenient options that can make cooking slightly easier? I have always found that the UK is great at providing such options- I’m thinking of ready chopped vegetable mixes or things like microwave rice or grains and ready grilled chicken, pitas, wraps, sauces/ dips etc. It becomes more of a meal assembly rather than cooking. M and S has some pretty good options for this though it’s much more expensive and most supermarkets have these kinds of products. I don’t face exactly the same challenges as you do but I do struggle with food due to digestive issues and ARFID and making cooking as easy as possible can really help. For a time I was so overwhelmed I even relied a lot on healthy range ready meals for a while before transitioning into cooking again. I do know how to cook from scratch (it was a passion as a kid and I cooked a lot with my mum) but I just don’t have the peace for long cooking anymore and everything I make has to be done in 10-15 minutes. I find it much harder since I left the UK as there are less convenient options available

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  • Could you maybe get some convenient options that can make cooking slightly easier? I have always found that the UK is great at providing such options- I’m thinking of ready chopped vegetable mixes or things like microwave rice or grains and ready grilled chicken, pitas, wraps, sauces/ dips etc. It becomes more of a meal assembly rather than cooking. M and S has some pretty good options for this though it’s much more expensive and most supermarkets have these kinds of products. I don’t face exactly the same challenges as you do but I do struggle with food due to digestive issues and ARFID and making cooking as easy as possible can really help. For a time I was so overwhelmed I even relied a lot on healthy range ready meals for a while before transitioning into cooking again. I do know how to cook from scratch (it was a passion as a kid and I cooked a lot with my mum) but I just don’t have the peace for long cooking anymore and everything I make has to be done in 10-15 minutes. I find it much harder since I left the UK as there are less convenient options available

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