[ni'k]

i ask because my diet is atrociously simplistic and bad and its hard to change because i eat so LITTLE variety of food i cant actually imagine other foods to eat regularily. even when im in tesco i cant help but by the same old shit.

at this point its obvious my diet is so poor and my health is suffering.

but i REALLY cant be fucked with the whole modern plethora of confusing patronising health advice bullshit or reading endless contradictory health bullshit.

so what food doyou actually eat? like everyday or in a week? what foods good for a guy living alone to make quickly and easily? and most importantly and embarrassingly of all, what food is good for the bowels?

[Pookie]

Good for the bowels is the easiest one: lots and lots of fruit.

Ignore all the diet and health advice and try to eat a balanced diet.

Write a long list of all the food you like and, picking meals from that list, write a week's meal plan before you go shopping.

[Pookie]

This week's meal plan in Pookie Towers:

Sunday: Lamb roast
Monday: Pasta with home made tomato sauce, tuna and chickpeas
Tuesday: Chicken casserole
Wednesday: Home made fish cakes
Thursday: Bangers & mash with onion gravy
Friday: Chilli
Saturday: Pookie's famous meat & potato pie

[Pookie]

For lunch try making your own soup (leak & potato, lentil & carrot, vegetable, chicken - all very easily home made). A good way of getting lots of veggies into you and helping your bowels.

[Pookie]

For puddings I made apple crumble one day and plum cake another. Every other day we just had fruit for pudding.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by ni'k

so what food doyou actually eat? like everyday or in a week? what foods good for a guy living alone to make quickly and easily? and most importantly and embarrassingly of all, what food is good for the bowels?

i eat everything.

breakfast is fruit & yogurt & maybe an egg or a slice of fried tofu & a slice of whole grain toast. weekends is out for pancakes or bloody marys and brunch.

lunch varies, often a huge salad bought @ the co-op.

dinner-- some kinda protein, some kinda grain, fruit, dessert, wine, cocktails, depends on the day.
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for "the bowels"?

eat your veggies man!! fiber! what the fuck? it's not hard. also, whole grain.

for a guy living alone to make quickly and easy i recommend the spanish tortilla, or the frittata, same shit different name, basically a bunch of whatever you want embedded in eggs. great to eat cold, as a sandwich. you can make it with potato, onions, sausages, sardines, spinach, wilted lettuce, i mean, really, whatever the fuck you like to put in it.

also, you might wanna buy yourself a rice cooker. easiest way to make rice. just pop it in & blam. again for "the bowels" try brown rice instead of white.

oh and bowels, DRINK WATER.

wait, you're irish,r ight? you got this stuff?

 

nothing better for "the bowels" than oatmeal.

now i dont mean to make you paranoid but if you have bowel "issues" theres a high % of irish people who cant eat fucken gluten. gluten is the protein in bread & wheat & oats & other grain products. so check it out mang:

http://www.vhi.ie/hfiles/hf-395.jsp

[GrungeMonkey]

toast is all you need

[Pookie]

And all the things on my weekly meal plan can be made as a single portion for one person, or make a batch and freeze what you don't use. Then you've got a ready made meal for another day.

[greedrex]

My wife cooks me good meals everyday.
i'm a happy bunny.

i'm still a fat cunt though.
doh.

[EMMAh]

I eats lots of eggs.

Scrambled eggs with vegetables, sunny side up, egg sandwiches with tomato, cheese and Franks...

pasta of all sorts.

soup

soy veggie products

I dunno what else?

chilly haha.

[!@#$%!]

another good meal for single dude is CHILI CON CARNE

easiest way is to fry up some onions then add some chili powder, spices, crushed tomato then add canned beans (i like black beans) then some browned meat that you browned separately (can be ground beef or buffalo or chuck steak or whatever you call it in ireland) or meat substitute like tvp, add beer, basil leaf, oregano, cumin, etc- i add dry basil at the end of the cooking.

this is like say a thick spaghetti sauce with beans & meat. you can eat it inside an omelet you can eat it with pasta, with rice, or with bread. the hot peper might not be kind on 'the bowels" but then again chili kills parasites.

i like to eat my chili with greek yogurt but the classic way is with sour cream-- i think greek yogurt is better. other people eat it with cheese but melted cheese + the bowels = not a good mix.

anyway you can cook up a batch & eat the whole week but then you might have farts-- eh, whatever, it's good for you.

[ni'k]

whoa you guys rock!

cheers. the gluten thing sounds possible, ill stay off it for a while and see.

and yeah, ill get some oatmeal

[EMMAh]

Is that how you spell chilly? Chili? Derrrrr.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by ni'k

whoa you guys rock!

cheers. the gluten thing sounds possible, ill stay off it for a while and see.

and yeah, ill get some oatmeal

ok but oatmeal has gluten.

the gluten-free diet is a tough one mang, i tried for a while for "detox" and what not.

ps- from that website i linked you:
Some foods are naturally free from gluten such as:

• Corn
• Rice
• Potato
• Soya
• Fresh meat
• Fish
• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Most dairy products.

Originally Posted by EMMAh

Is that how you spell chilly? Chili? Derrrrr.

yeah girl. chilly means cold. chili is from the mexican word for hot pepper, chile, but with a gringo/texas spelling. but no worries, we all fart the same. well some worse than others. some it's like, nuclear shit.

[EMMAh]

You're so knowledgeable

[Pookie]

I would suggest keeping track of how you feel after eating particular types of food. Try staying off or cutting back on certain foods and see how you feel.

Although I'm a bit dubious about food allergies, it's worth cutting back on wheat or dairy products to see if that makes a difference.

If you suffer from constipation, eat lots of fruit (but not too many bananas!) but avoid eating too many eggs.

[Pookie]

And fish of course. Particularly oily fish.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by EMMAh

You're so knowledgeable

i try, i try!

i don't have good looks so i gotta have something!

[Pookie]

Detox is bollocks by the way.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Pookie

Detox is bollocks by the way.

i did a fast for 50 days. it was fucking great, actually.