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Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 09:18

Lifejigsaw · 08/10/2025 08:09

Bloobelly one statement is relative to others, one is about the OP. Also she’s allowed to change her mind as people comment!

I find it weird how everyone is so desperate to label people as having problems on threads like this. Leave her alone unless you want to engage properly with the question

But you listed it out here

and clearly you say It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

but now Then when I actually listed it out it didn't seem like as much as I though

at 59 you will know op, and from one anorexic to another - what you’re doing is not only silly but also just encouraging people to say to you 😮 you don’t eat much op! Which is not in your interest and wasting posters time thinking you’re actually asking a genuine question

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user112256479 · 08/10/2025 08:38

@Bloobelly

'No, I haven't' was in reference to you asserting that I keep saying what a small appetite I have. Yes, it did seem like a lot more than most people on here eat in a day. Then when I actually listed it out it didn't seem like as much as I thought, in fact, probably similar to a lot of people, but distributed differently.

And, because you either seem to have a set narrative, or struggle with reading comprehension, I've said, I think more than once, that even when I don't graze, i.e. on holiday or out of the house all day, or days like yesterday when I had back to back meetings from 11-4, so don't eat in the middle of the day, I fill up quickly, struggle to eat more, and then am hungry again in a few hours.

I'm not sure what your problem is, but since I don't understand your motivation for being on this thread, I think I'm done engaging with you.

@Lifejigsaw Thank you.

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Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 08:12

I've said I fill up quickly and struggle to eat a lot at one sitting

but if you’re constantly grazing, of course you “struggle to eat a lot in one sitting”

what about giving yourself a break from the fridge and cupboard for a few hours and then having dinner to see how you fare?

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 08:12

if you read the OP’s posts…. Lists all she has eaten and then expressed faux surprise at how much she seems to be eating compared to others

then she says as she was tallying it all up it struck her as not a lot

so which is it? Surprised how much more it is than others? Or surprised by how little it is?

Lifejigsaw · 08/10/2025 08:09

Bloobelly one statement is relative to others, one is about the OP. Also she’s allowed to change her mind as people comment!

I find it weird how everyone is so desperate to label people as having problems on threads like this. Leave her alone unless you want to engage properly with the question

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 07:54

In one post you think it seems much more than others

in the next you think it doesn’t seem very much food at all

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 07:53

and was actually surprised by how relatively little food it added up to as I felt like I was munching away all day.

but also

it seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

yes, there’s issues.

or you have a very short term memory

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 07:51

“No I haven’t” what?

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user112256479 · 08/10/2025 07:38

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 06:00

You repeatedly have told us what a small appetite you have

but then also

you think It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

bit depressing to have reached 59 and still this focussed on food and being a bit weird about it all

No, I haven't. I've said I fill up quickly and struggle to eat a lot at one sitting, which I think you seem to be having trouble understanding.

My question was, does anyone else eat all day. You haven't said whether you do or not, but I'm assuming not, based on your replies. Do you not think it's a bit depressing that you don't have anything productive to add but have replied on this thread more than anyone else? I guess because it gives you some kind of sense of superiority, which seems a bit weird about it all to me.

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HelenaWaiting · 08/10/2025 06:07

Nope. Three meals a day - breakfast, lunch and dinner. I have no patience with snacking between meals. It's like people can't go a couple of hours without food.

Bloobelly · 08/10/2025 06:00

You repeatedly have told us what a small appetite you have

but then also

you think It seems like a lot more food than most people on here eat in a day.

bit depressing to have reached 59 and still this focussed on food and being a bit weird about it all

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user112256479 · 07/10/2025 22:34

@Belladog1 Sorry if you're struggling

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user112256479 · 07/10/2025 22:33

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 19:58

I've noticed that every time I'm in between, I've got my head in the fridge (or cupboard).

Don’t you get…. A bit bored of this?

Nicky Tebay

No, not really.

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Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 19:58

Ooh sorry no idea where that name came from!

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 19:58

I've noticed that every time I'm in between, I've got my head in the fridge (or cupboard).

Don’t you get…. A bit bored of this?

Nicky Tebay

Belladog1 · 07/10/2025 18:42

I kinda wish I did just graze. I'm a binge eater and always have been since the age of about 13. Stuff happened in my life then, and I used food as a coping mechanism. But I'm now a chunky monkey. 5ft 6 and 14 stone.

I don't eat breakfast or lunch ..... then I get home and binge. On occasion I've been forced to take lunch to work and I'll eat it at 9am because its there.

BerfyTigot · 07/10/2025 18:33

Yep, I'm a grazer too. It started when I was home with small children. I think it just relieved the boredom and then became a habit.

And now 20+ years later I'm desperately trying to lose it.

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user112256479 · 07/10/2025 18:31

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:27

DH is making dinner. It's going to be roasted sea bass, creamed spinach, salad and mushroom risotto (apparently).

does your DH usually go to that kind of effort of Monday dinner when he’s largely feeding himself?

Well, he's feeding both of us. It's just that mine tends to be a small portion.

I'm cooking tonight and I'm making pasta alla norma, Italian sausage on the side and a chickpea, red pepper and rocket salad. I'd say that's pretty typical. We both enjoy cooking and hanging out together while one of us is making dinner.

Collagen - I mix marine and ancient and brave bovine as I understand one is good for skin/nails and one for joints. Probably all hype, but I don't think it's harming me.

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user112256479 · 07/10/2025 18:29

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:02

It seems to work ok for me, but almost no one seems to eat that way.

who? Your friends? Family?

or mumsnetters responding to “what do you eat in a day” threads?

How old are you?
When you go on holiday, how does your stomach adapt to eating meals with family every day consecutively?
presuming you don’t graze throughout the day on holiday?!

I'm 59.

No, I don't graze through the day on holiday. I adapt fine, but still fill up quickly so often come back having lost a couple of pounds, particularly if it's a very active holiday.

who? Your friends? Family?
or mumsnetters responding to “what do you eat in a day” threads?

I think it's a combination of the 'what do you eat in a day' and fasting threads and lots of friends having done Zoe and talking about their glucose monitors and what foods make them spike, etc. It had never really occurred to me before all of this that the way I eat might be unhealthy. My mum is a bit of a grazer too (funnily enough, she's a doctor) and one of my DCs is. My husband and the other two DCs tend to eat bigger meals and not really eat in between.

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Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:27

user112256479 · 07/10/2025 18:21

I'd say I generally have stopped eating by 9 during the week - we tend to eat pretty late now that we're (mostly) empty nesters, it's often later on weekends if we're out or entertaining. I have a cup of warm milk with collagen and cocoa powder almost every weeknight and don't tend to have that until 10 or 11, so my fast is shorter than that.

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is that ancient and brave? Recommend?

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:27

DH is making dinner. It's going to be roasted sea bass, creamed spinach, salad and mushroom risotto (apparently).

does your DH usually go to that kind of effort of Monday dinner when he’s largely feeding himself?

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user112256479 · 07/10/2025 18:21

Sunflower2461 · 07/10/2025 17:58

What time do you stop eating in the evening? If you don't start eating until 12 and stop eating at say 8pm you are getting a 16 hour fast each day which will help to mitigate a lot if the negatives of constant eating between 12 and 8. Just make sure you are eating enough healthy calories to maintain good bone density and muscle mass.

I'd say I generally have stopped eating by 9 during the week - we tend to eat pretty late now that we're (mostly) empty nesters, it's often later on weekends if we're out or entertaining. I have a cup of warm milk with collagen and cocoa powder almost every weeknight and don't tend to have that until 10 or 11, so my fast is shorter than that.

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Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:02

It seems to work ok for me, but almost no one seems to eat that way.

who? Your friends? Family?

or mumsnetters responding to “what do you eat in a day” threads?

Sharptonguedwoman · 07/10/2025 18:01

HelpMeGetThrough · 07/10/2025 08:12

Don’t bother with breakfast or dinner. I drink coffee and tea during the day, then have my tea in the evening.

One meal a day does me. I can’t be arsed to eat anything else.

Must be a serious meal or are you very slender Co I need 2000+ calories a day. That would be a big plate of food.

Feeling I might be alone in eating 3 meals a day of average size. Am and pm biscuit but no other snacks.

Bloobelly · 07/10/2025 18:01

How old are you?

When you go on holiday, how does your stomach adapt to eating meals with family every day consecutively?

presuming you don’t graze throughout the day on holiday?!