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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.
 
We can't be super-vigilant all the time. I've had 6 biscuits this week. :oops: I don't even like biscuits that much! But I find when my choices are limited (because the only options in the canteen or the vending machine are very high carb) I get carb-blinded. :lol: It's very tempting to just go ooohh well it's only just this once. Which is fine as long as it isn't just this once every day I guess. I've had too much bread this week too. :cry:
*whispers* how delicious was that pork pie? :D
 
The pork pie? really delicious :D 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.
 
Tubs that was hardly a disaster!
You didn't stuff yourself with crips or bikkies.
Hana
 
Hi tubs,
I bet you really enjoyed that. Used to eat pork pies. Could taste it as I was reading about it.!!
Catherine.
 
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.
 
There must be loads of us now dribbling all over our laptops thinking of pork pies. But life couldn't go on if you thought you'd never taste a pork pie again. :wink:

Dee
 
What about a reeeeally small one? :lol:

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Just jelly splatter and a few crumbs............ :lol: :lol:
 
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