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Softstuff

Sheesh, Fuddle, it's a heck of a lot of ups and downs for you with those doctors eh? You musn't know if you're coming or going. Hopefully you'll get to grips with all that advice.

I'm not a fan of juicing things, gave it a bit of a go, but to be honest I'd rather just eat the veg as is. Much less washing up too. I've seen some of those powerful blenders on some fun you tube videos "will it blend", where a chap blends all kinds of random objects in one... even a hockey puck. A good chuckle.

Ivyleaf, I seem to collect recipes I'll never make too! Mostly I can't be 'arrised to faff when we'll both be satisfied with something simpler. When I make a big fuss and do something complicated, the result seldom meets the expectation and hubby has made it clear he's happy regardless so I'm learning to relax into simpler cooking.

FPK, I used to adore edamame beans, nicely salted at a sushi place, but when I cooked them at home they just weren't the same, don't know what I did wrong

CRANKY40

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Cranky, as you know, I'm on low carb with plenty of fat. After reading the research, skinny hubby is doing it too and, anecdotally, has found improved endurance and his personal best jogging times (we're both very active now and becoming more so), so it doesn't preclude exercise. But I think what you eat is very personal, and though this is very much working for us, it's not one size fits all.

Thank you. That is exactly the kind of information that I am looking for. Carbs are not me.....I was insulin resistant when pregnant and had PCOS before the menopause, both of which are indicators that my body does not process carbs or sugar well.

I'm using myfitnesspal to keep an eye on my daily eating plans and I'm trying to take in extra protein to carry on with the process of healing my leg (it's no longer an open wound but it sure ain't pretty and the circulation isn't right yet either). I'll carry on with both the running and the low/no carbing and see what happens. I did run 1 of week 3 this morning, dreading it in case I couldn't do the run (short, fat and asthmatic) but it was fine.

maryb

Fuddle are you OK with oats? Maybe make sure you get the gluten free oats to be on the safe side. I cannot cope with wholemeal wheat fibre but oat fibre seems more gentle

VJsmum

Agree on the issue of dietary requirements being so individual. My DS for example is intolerant to cow's milk, but only if he has loads. he can eat the odd yogurt, ice cream or bit of cheese but if he has lots of it then he can't be far from a loo for a day or so. We thought he'd grown out of it but, the other day, he had a cheese toasty, followed by a lasagne starter, followed by pizza with chocolate cake and ice cream for pud (:o i know but we'd gone out for OH's birthday), he got up and went back to uni early the next day but couldn't go in cos his stomach was so upset...

I am allergic to something in alcohol - I get a rash around my eye and mouth similar to contact dermatitis. It had gone and i have been on an elimination diet for 3 weeks but, last night, had a bottle of no alcohol beer and PING back came the rash. So, it's either barley malt, yeast or hops. I'm hoping for barley, but fear it's yeast.. though I can't eat maltesers (give me wind sorry if TMI :rotfl:)

nursemaggie

I am enjoying myself. Now that I have most of the things out of my bedroom I can move my bed. It's very spacious in my bedroom now I could even get an extra chest of draws in it.



I have just had a call from DS he left his wallet here.

Hard_Up_Hester

Glad you have more room now NM.

ivyleaf

That sounds lovely, nm

FairyPrincessk

Fuddle you must feel as if you're doing somersaults. I hope this does resolve.

Nursemaggie that sounds fab--space to move and all of your things where you can see them

Silva--I got these at Mr. T about the same price. They had both in the pod and podded
Softstuff--the ones I got were already outside their pods and frozen. I just boiled them for 8 minutes. I only added a small sprinkle of salt, but I love the really salty ones in restaurants.

Hester I'm not fond of bananas either. In fact the smell really puts me off. I particularly hate opening the bag from the shop with the sticky residue inside as this smells quite strong. OH eats at least one a day, I don't quite manage that but I do manage them. I find them a bit easier sometimes with a bit of nut butter. I remember freezing them, dipping in melted chocolate and rolling in crushed nuts as a child to make lollies. Have never bothered doing that as an adult but perhaps they're less banana-y frozen? I'm not sure what your freezer space is like on the boat--I'm guessing it is bijoux, so perhaps not practical

The lentil salad was lovely actually. I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was actually really tasty. I couldn't make the fish cakes as the fish was two days out of date. I was furious with myself as we only bought it Saturday...then I got furious with Mr. T for selling it on the date. Then OH pointed out there were worse things and being furious with myself over a missed date on some fish was perhaps a little unnecessary.

Right. A bath now and then some watermelon for pudding.

Softstuff

We must send you [STRIKE]a cat[/STRIKE] an elephant to swing about immediately Nursemaggie! You'll not know what to do with yourself, able to wander around not bumping into furniture. I'm betting you have room for your ironing board too now?

FPK, I might have another look at edamame, always possible I had a bad batch too I suppose. I know how you feel about the fish, I hate throwing food out with a passion, regardless of who caused it.

VJsmum, if your son is lactose intolerant (rather than some other intolerance to cows milk) parmesan, grano padano, jarlsberg cheese and ghee don't actually contain lactose by virtue of their processing. This might help his toasties! Wine doesn't agree with me, yet I persist in trying :rotfl:

nursemaggie

Yes softstuff I do have room for an ironing board but I don't think I will do much. I did used to enjoy ironing. I don't think I can be bothered with it now.