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[CLKD]

 .  for about 3 weeks now.  Until I eat my evening meal I am searching for food to satisfy my body.  My breakfast consists of blT with 2 sugars and a good quality muesli mix with a dash of milk.

10.30 T/2 sugars and a muesli bar or a banana or an egg custard

11.30 - lunch : ham salad or cooked pizza or cheese with biscuits and salad followed by a small piece of chocolate

several cuppas through-out the afternoon until a snack at 3.30.  I've been munching peas from from the pods or dried fruits and nuts or cereal bars.

Evening meal varies but is always filling: pasta with cooked mince mixed in; chicken and chips; steamed oven-cooked trout with spuds and green veg..

Since May I have been drinking more full-fat Coke as I don't drink tap water, tea bloats me by mid-afternoon ........

Any ideas as to how to bulk up?  I think I started a similar thread but can't find it 

[nearly50]

That's a lot of sugar clkd, think you posted before and many of us were advising to try to cut down the sugar in your tea gradually.  What about diluting juice as coke really isnt good for you. I think the sugar is the cause of your bloating.

More protein maybe, eggs rather than pizza for lunch?

[Mbrown001]

I agree.
Much less sugar which also causes highs and lows in energy.
Coke is really not good. If it cleans saucepans really well think what it's doing to your insides.
Maybe more fresh fruit with your muesli. And something more sustaining for lunch.

[CLKD]

  ........ 

I did start a thread B4 I think 

I have a feeling it's the Coke .... I don't get sugar rushes and no longer get suddenly tired but I wonder if the excess sugars are making my body feel hungrier.

I've bought a mix of different juices to dilute ......

[Maryjane]

Have you checked your blood sugar ? as that's a lot of sugar during the day , ( honestly I don't have that in a month ) as your pancreas could be getting rather tired ? as sugar gives highs and lows and the more the body has the more the body wants , however I am very aware of your battles with food , and obviously eating / drinking is the most important thing.

My breakfast is HUGE , and luckily for me I hate coke.

[CLKD]

I am off for a well woman check soon so will take a list of concerns ..... it's drinking that is my main problem when I feel well, as tea bloats me by mid-afternoon 

Don't like the taste of tap water ......... it's the bubbles I like in Coke

[nearly50]

Maybe you'd like sparkling water? We're so lucky here as the tap water is lovely so I mostly drink that. Maybe you could make soup and have that for lunches?

[CLKD]

 

Soup bloats me  with or without rolls ....... I have today diluted juice with bottled, bubbly water.  It's OK-ish 

[Cazikins]

Maybe you need to keep a mood/food diary for a while. 

[CLKD]

   I know what I eat - usually pretty much the same, day in/day out  as I have 'safe' foods that I eat at set times.  It's my drinking pattern that is 'off' recently.

[Cazikins]

Maybe you need to keep a mood/drink diary for a while then.

[littleminnie]

Bottled still water CLKD?
Bacon on toast with scrambled egg on top for lunch for a change.

[CLKD]

littleminnie - that's what Himself cooks for himself but apart from the toast 

A drink diary - <hic> 

[babyjane]

I was advised by a nutritionist that protein is needed at every meal, even a snack eg a few brazil nuts with a banana.

I must admit, when I have had a 'proper' lunch or dinner with good quality protein I don't even think about food until the next meal.  If I 'pick' all day I never feel satisfied 

[CLKD]

I'm stuffed now.  A slice of fried steak with freshly picked potatoes and broad beans 

Maybe I do need more protein .........