Bad Habits

Isn't it amazing how quickly we can revert back to bad habits.

I stayed in a Travelodge the other night and didn't have a breakfast (does two cups of tea count?) primarily because the breakfast delivered is **** and overpriced for what it is (PG Tips tea or Kenco sustainable coffee, a cereal pot, a fairtrade flapjack or cereal bar and a natural fruit smoothie, for a fiver) and thought to myself I'll have a brunch instead.

When my morning meeting finished I headed off for the train station for the first leg of my journey home thinking I'd get something in the town centre before heading back, however there was a train to Leeds sitting in the station, so I hopped on, no Brunch.

Hitting my Leeds office, which does have a canteen, I thought I'd make up for no food and have lunch in the office, and got my head down and got stuck into a few bits and pieces I needed to do to finish the day off, "I'll eat a sandwich at my desk" was my thought process, the next time I looked up it was after 3pm and the canteen had closed . Hunger hadn't even crossed my mind.

Now hungry and facing the prospect of over three hours on a train I nipped into the station M&S and fell off the wagon in the biggest way yet. Tuna Salad (good), Mixed Nuts (OK), Pork Pie (Bad), and some mini jaffa cakes (v. bad), and ate - and enjoyed - them all.

Whilst not a typical day for me pre-diagnosis, this kind of behaviour wasn't unusual, and it struck me, as I was eating, that I haven't behaved like that since diagnosis and I can't think of any trigger that would have caused me to repeat that behaviour - unless it was just being ooop North (as they say here in the Midlands )

Regards, Tubs.

The pork pie? really delicious and not too much jelly either

It's just struck me that I may have subconsciously avoided the canteen because the sandwiches didn't look that appetising and the cooked option was something with chips and beans or peas It's only a small office, so demand for a wide variety of food is limited.

Regards, Tubs.

Thanks all, it's just that post diagnosis I've stuck to a regimen where I eat three meals. Skipping meals was pre-diagnosis behaviour that wasn't healthy. It just amazed me how easy it was to revert to a particularly bad habit especially after 7 months of being a really good boy.

This isn't the first time I've travelled since diagnosis, and generally speaking I've been a a lot better about my eating habits, perhaps I've become just a little complacent and need to keep a closer eye on myself.

Tubs.

Mustard?