Stress & Eating - Fading Fast!!

[MellowMa]

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[ComeOVeneer]

No real experince (to the extent you are describing) but I often skip meals when I am busy. I also find it is a vicious cirlce as if I skip breakfast I can easily skip lunch as I simply don't feel hungry (almost as if I haven't "woken" up my appetite), and can go right through until my evening meal with dh at a bout 8pm (I AM NOT ADVISING THIS IN THE SLIGHTEST).

If you haven't got much of an appetite, try something like smoothies at breakfast and lunch. I bung in a load of different fruit, always include a banana, one of those prebiotic yoghurt drinks (actimel or such like) and a handful of rolled oats and blitz. I find it much easier to have effectively a drink meal rather than "solids" if I don't feel like eating.

[NotQuiteCockney]

I get a bit like this when stressed (at present I want to eat ratatouille, and that's about it). Can you try to always sit down to eat something with the kids? And try to have easy tempting things in.

[MellowMa]

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[NotQuiteCockney]

Smoothies are easier to eat.

I don't have weight issues, could probably do with losing a few pounds, but it's still unsettling to lose weight by accident. (I generally make up a big tub of gazpatcho, which is a cold tomatoey soup, and have a cup of that whenever - no work to serve it to myself, so it's easy to do.)

[MellowMa]

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[Mercy]

I sometimes have a poor appetite.

I find little and often is best when I need to get myself eating properly again. Agree that banana milkshake/smoothie is a good idea, also peanut butter on toast.

[MellowMa]

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