Menopause Matters Forum
General Discussion => This 'n' That => Topic started by: kerrieann on March 14, 2015, 06:35:52 PM
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does anyone else ever cook a meal then really dont fancy it ? i made a beef stew this morning, slow cooked it and then just didnt want it :-\
so into the freezer its gone, gonna have a take out kerrie
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Yes been there. Annoying isn't it. But at at least you have frozen it for another time.
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Know exactly what you mean, I thought I was the only one who wasn't totally convinced by slow cooked beef. There's one lurking in the bottom of my freezer.
However, slow cooked chicken thighs do work, they always get eaten.
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true we can have it later in the week, save me cooking, its quite cold here and i really fancied it but not now,strange
other half just shakes his head ;D
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yes limpy, i do a curry with skinned a and boned chicken thighs, and it just melts in the mouth :)
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Is that a cooked from scratch one?
I've not done slow cooked curries, suspect I may need to resort to a can or jar for sauce........
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i use a recipe off here page 16 on the mm recipe exchange and if i dont have time the only jar we like (and we have tried alot ) is the homepride, not the tinned one but the jar, its quite creamy and pretty spicy, we love it
i dont even know if you are meant to put it in a slow cooker but i do and its lovely kerrie
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Thanks Kerrie.
I used to use the homepride tinned red wine sauce and that used to work well in a slow cooker.
Will give the homepride curry sauce in a jar a try. Of course, will also try mm recipe exchange one, at some time
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the recipe is lovely, but sometimes if a jar is as nice and we both like it :)
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Yep. That's how anorexia 'works' on me :-X
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seem to be going through a phase of it just now, really fancy something, then dont want it :-\
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Cook small, freezable portions ……… also toast can ease symptoms - a couple of rounds dry or with a spread to eat before you are hungry!
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When I worked in catering I was stick thin. After having spent hours being surrounded by food I just could not eat much as I just wasn't hungry. I think I absorbed calories through my pores ;D
My diet was rubbish to be honest.
Now the longer I spend making a meal the less hungry I become, therefore we normally have stuff that tastes good but does not take hours to make as by the time it's ready I'm just not hungry.
I'm inclined to be an eat to live type person and not a live to eat.
Honeybun
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I used to eat 'just' enough to keep me up-right ….. when I look back at the 'photos of me wearing very little :-X …….
If I could swallow a tablet that gave me all day energy and another to swallow at 8.00 p.m. to give me all night sleep ;)
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honey b, that strikes a cord with me, it seems the longer the prep and cooking of a meal the more i have gone off the idea when i comes to eating it, yet if i make a simple sandwich etc at lunch i always enjoy it, strange.
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clkd, wouldnt that be lovely, a pill to take away hunger, i for 8 hours sleep, and 1 for pain, mind they would all have to be side effect free ;D
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As a recovering anorexic a pill would be great ;)
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I have a friend who has been sent to Hospital as she is at risk of a heart attack due to not eating properly for 6 months :-\. She was put immediately onto a drip for 3 weeks with constant monitoring ...... she has to be wheeled between the various Depts. as she is at risk if she does exercise. She has help in the shower. She chooses food, but like the title, when it arrives she doesn't fancy eating it. :-\ :-\. Oh I know that feeling so well :'(.
Her husband works away for 3 months at a time. So she can 'cheat' and tell him that all is well. Apparently the heart muscle suffers due to lack of blood supply when the body isn't nourished but we don't see the internal damage.
She will be under the care of a Nutrionist eventually ........ even knowing the above, if I can't face food I simply can't :'(
We now have a Plan: lots of small amounts of pre-pared foods i.e. pancake mix and sliced chicken breast with veg. ready to stir fry.
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Gosh that's awful. I hope she improves soon. It's a difficult road to travel :(
I didn't know about the heart muscles being affected by lack of food, makes sense when you think about it xxx
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Unfortunately I did.
I had a friend who was an extreme anorexic through her teens 20s and 30s.
She died of a heart attack at 39.
There have also been a few celebrities that have died this way. Karen Carpenter and Lena Zavaroni to name but two.
Mrs Brown
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So sorry about your friend Mrs B :'(
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Because we can't see the internals, it's a bit like the brain: we forget to nourish it all.
She didn't remain hydrated either ...... so is being encouraged to drink a lot with good breaks between.