Nice People Thread Number 11 - A Treasury of Nice People

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I've been trying to eat high calorie stuff and then plenty of veggies too. I've been eating lots of cheese and jelly beans. Today, breakfast was fish n chips at 1pm. Yesterday it was a smoked salmon sandwich and a glass of wine at 12pm. The day before it was soup and a bread roll at 3.30pm.

Sorry, but you're really not getting this high calorie/over-eating thing are you .....

You need to eat between meals, have handy nibbles around that are high calorie. Off the top of my head, the stuff that I mostly leave on the shelves as too high calories (as I'll eat the lot) are: cheese quiches, peanuts, peanut butter, nice chocolates/sweets like Cadbury Celebrations ... a tempting pile of sweeties in wrappers. Also crisps and biscuits .... double packs of Jaffa cakes from Lidl get a hammering

Also, hummus is calorie-laden, which can have lots of flavours - although what you stick in it could be a problem (I'd be avoiding tortilla chips and hummus as a whole pack of each is probably over 1000 calories).

My cut off trigger tends to be "if I eat the whole of this it's 1000 calories".

I think a regular (400-500g?) bag of wine gums is 1000 calories. I think most big "grab bags" of sweets are similar.

Edit: oops.... I just wolfed down 6 Jaffa cakes between typing that and typing this (6 minutes) They're out of sight out of mind, but then I remembered I had some

tomterm8

Generali wrote: »

If I thought the problem was even remotely existential then I'd be to the doc like a shot but it isn't. I have a very 1st World problem really. Basically my whinge is that I'm eating jelly beans rather than organic quinoa and that it's ouchy.

Being able to eat healthy food is essential, while it's your choice what to do geting fit and healthy as soon as possible seems to me very important because you've got a small chance of recurrence and need to be fit for future treatment if necessary.

Edit: PasturesNew, jaffa cakes are lovely, aren't they?

GDB2222

Remember! Don't mention the Jaffa cakes!

Generali

I do like a jaffa cake but I don't think they're great for right now. Too spiky on my cheek.

I'm trying to get as much calorific intake into me in a reasonably healthy way with as few mouthfuls as possible.

I can't exercise. Christ, staying awake at a red light is sometimes a challenge.

I've stopped radiotherapy for 2 days. Gimme a chance! In another few days my burns should be as bad as they'll get and then they'll start going down. In about 2 weeks from now the inside of my mouth should have no burns so I can go back to a healthy diet which is also what I enjoy eating: I hate eating stuff made in a factory generally.

You don't just get over this stuff in a day or two. I need to give myself time to get over it both physically and mentally. The surgeon told me that it would take 12-18 months for me to recover fully from the surgery. I have the radiotherapy to get over on top of that.

PasturesNew

tomterm8 wrote: »

Edit: PasturesNew, jaffa cakes are lovely, aren't they?

The cheap ones are.... I find the Tesco Everyday Value ones are chubbier than the Lidl ones.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I do like a jaffa cake but I don't think they're great for right now. Too spiky on my cheek.

Maybe that's what the cheaper ones lack... the spongey bit is softer with cheap Jaffas. ... and don't forget ... you can always break them up and slide them into a jelly. Jaffa trifle

Generali

PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe that's what the cheaper ones lack... the spongey bit is softer with cheap Jaffas. ... and don't forget ... you can always break them up and slide them into a jelly. Jaffa trifle

I think I'd be heading for some tiramisu type of desserts.... tasty, easy to eat, high in calories. Chocolate mousse and tiramisu.... and some big trifles. There's a huge chocolate trifle I see in supermarkets ... never had one, I think they serve 6

Just looked the Asda one (random choice). 650grams, 189 calories/100grams, so 1228 calories Probably 2-3 days worth of dipping into that....

I've just done a bag of jelly beans in 2 days. 800 calories minus the black ones which I threw away.

I throw the black ones away either because I'm racist or because they taste like liquorice only worse, I leave it for you to decide which.

tomterm8

Don't underestimate drinks ability to provide empty calories. Smoothies, yoghurt based drinks, even sodas.

Generali

tomterm8 wrote: »

Don't underestimate drinks ability to provide empty calories. Smoothies, yoghurt based drinks, even sodas.

Acids don't help my mouth at all. I suppose I could chew on a stick of chalk whilst downing an orange juice with codine. I'd rather have a fist full of jelly beans though and a small bowl of vegetable soup though.

PasturesNew

Generali wrote: »

I've just done a bag of jelly beans in 2 days. 800 calories minus the black ones which I threw away.

I throw the black ones away either because I'm racist or because they taste like liquorice only worse, I leave it for you to decide which.

I'd eat the black ones first.

I sometimes pick up the cheapo bags of jelly babies at Lidl .... they don't last long