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Looks like most of us have seen a change in appetite. Just eating less.
I bought some thin sliced chicken breasts to day to pan grill and add to my salads. I had been buying chicken breast deli meat - maybe not the best idea.
Can't wait for my tomatoes and cukes to produce. Plants are already flowering
Yes, I think with age we lose appetite.
I think it's because we no longer grow, no longer need big meals and energy for the day, especially if sedentary or retired. That is not to be confused with being an active senior.
I gained weight, a lot of it, due to medications, eating more ( especially when on steroids, I am ravenous), and more sedentary life.
I knew that as I headed for 300 pounds, I had to do something.
Then BAM! I'M DIABETIC.
I attended 10 hours of classes in how to manage diabetes, along with getting a diet plan more specific to me: eat something at least every 4-5 hours, but not a 4 course meal, eat healthier and cut carbs.
The first 30 pounds melted off in 3 months! Then I hit a brick wall. My endocrinologist said thst would happen but my body would adjust and I'd start to lose again. He was,right, and I lost another 30. Now I'm back to the wall again.
I learned what to eat, how much I was "allowed", and which choices to make . Its not that i cant have something, just cant have it often or too much of it. If i wNt pizza, two small to medium pieces and im done, not half a sheet pizza!
I used to cook, but elaborate meals ( in a former part of my career I was a restaurant "chef" [ aka glorified line cook] cook), but now since I don't eat as much, I'm not so keen on doing a lot of cooking. Or big elaborate meals.
At 226, I still need to loose at least another 30. Hopefully this summer, being more active in the garden will help, as both brick walls hit during winter.
The more I lose, though the longer it takes to lose tgem.
I think 102-103 Kg sounds better!!!, but I guess I should be about 75 kg.
Decreased appetite had happened to all the elderly in my family, so I'm sure it will to me.
Actually, it already is, I tend not to "gorge" any more, and with greatly reduced portions, I feel better, not so bloated and "crampy".
I DO agree with the poster who said add a shake to your plan.i have a diabetic shake almost every day for breakfast with a banana or with a half sandwich for lunch ( gone is the whole sandwich and mounds of potato chips, Mac salad or potato salad)
I'm never really hungry and eat to keep strong. I eat mostly protein, veggies and drink water...1 cup coffee daily. I take a lot of supplements and am very aware of carbs and sugars. I don't move like I did all my early life...SO.....
With coffee I find that you have to doctor it up with quite a bit of milk or cream and probably some sugar. Then it starts to taste the way it smells. I don't see how anyone can drink black coffee. (I know, some people like the bitter taste.)
I wish I could get back to making soups again. You know how you go through those phases? I was trying a new soup recipe every month. Once I stopped I never started again. Of course it helps if you have fresh vegetables. That won't happen until summer.
Seems that if I had my way, I'd be making waffles with sliced strawberries and real maple syrup. Or blueberry pancakes. Or some chocolate dessert from my recipe file. That's okay every once in a while. It takes some degree of self discipline to eat right. I'm still trying to learn to like salads.
The only kind of coffee I get is Folgers Black Silk. It's a very smooth coffee taste, very little acid, and a very rich flavor. I usually use just a little milk as more than that covers the flavor too much. Its also low acid so it doesn't bother tummies. But it tastes good without anything.
Both Mom and Dad were dedicated coffee drinkers. They used Yuban, and when I started sharing I discovered I liked the darker coffees. But we regularly killed off coffee makers. It was when I was working in programming, though, that it was part of getting done. I paid in my part on the coffee fund. But if you wanted to go look out the window having coffee with it was a really good excuse.
I've tried tea, but just don't like most of them. The ones I do are more custom but I do have tea once in a while.
In the winter, I have something hot going most of the day. Its usually coffee, though it gets mixed with cocoa mix sometimes. When its really chilly a good really hot drink warms you up better than a nice hot coat.
With coffee I find that you have to doctor it up with quite a bit of milk or cream and probably some sugar. Then it starts to taste the way it smells. I don't see how anyone can drink black coffee. (I know, some people like the bitter taste.)
I wish I could get back to making soups again. You know how you go through those phases? I was trying a new soup recipe every month. Once I stopped I never started again. Of course it helps if you have fresh vegetables. That won't happen until summer.
Seems that if I had my way, I'd be making waffles with sliced strawberries and real maple syrup. Or blueberry pancakes. Or some chocolate dessert from my recipe file. That's okay every once in a while. It takes some degree of self discipline to eat right. I'm still trying to learn to like salads.
This new coffee, the Black Silk, I've tried with just a little milk, no sugar and its just as smooth and good. Apparently its one of the top selling Folgers blends. Most coffee mixes I like a little sugar, but I also like them really really strong. Its very flavorful but not bitter. I notice coffee at restraunts and such are not as good.
This new coffee, the Black Silk, I've tried with just a little milk, no sugar and its just as smooth and good. Apparently its one of the top selling Folgers blends. Most coffee mixes I like a little sugar, but I also like them really really strong. Its very flavorful but not bitter. I notice coffee at restraunts and such are not as good.
That is what I used to buy when I had a regular drip coffee maker.
I use a Keurig now but still like the darker roasts. I order my coffee online and it is much less that way. Also get a discount for being on auto order. The pods I get are 98% biodegradable, so I don't feel so guilty
I cook most of my meals from fresh ingredients. I consume zero canned or frozen foods, aside from frozen wild caught salmon 3 or 4 meals per week. Most of my meals are almost the same thing day after day so the lack of variety would probably be something most people would not like.
Breakfast = 2 scrambled eggs with a serving of brussel sprouts and butternut squash or yams. Topped with onions, butter and a clove of fresh minced garlic. The brussel sprouts, yams or squash are all cooked in a pressure cooker in large batches in advance so they just need to be re-heated quick in the microwave.
Lunch = sliced Chicken breast from a previously baked dutch oven containing 4 pounds worth of chicken. Usually gets re-heated in a stove top skillet with some olive oil to make it crispy and tasty. Also a big serving of steamed veggies and a side of steamed brown rice and / or pinto beans. Add fresh minced garlic to the veggies.
Dinner is almost the same thing as lunch. As mentioned above, salmon replaces the chicken breast for 4 meals a week. Some kind of lean beef replaces the chicken 2 or 3 meals a week.
Beverages = fresh ground & french press brewed Colombia Supremo coffee after breakfast. No creme or sugar. Usually 1 big mug. Water is the only other beverage. No juices, milk or booze.
Afternoon snack = whole raw carrot & 1 small avocado. Plain middle east style yogurt (no added sugar or sugary flavors) is also an occasional snack for calcium intake. Other snacks might be a small apple or a small orange or half grapefruit, no more than 1 fruit serving per day. I avoid most foods containing sugar and gluten.
I rarely feel hungry any more. When I do eat it's way less than I think I want to eat.
My body mass index is normal and my weight has been stable for at least ten years.
Truth is, like some of you others, all I really feel like eating anymore is comfort foods. I'll make a large dinner thinking I want it and DH eats it while I have a bowl of oatmeal and blueberries.
My diet is balanced but there's no way I could eat the recommended size and variety of servings in any one day. Maybe it will be from the breads and cereals, dairy and meat groups one day and from the fruit and vegetables the next day.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm doing this "right" but my annual physical results have been in the normal range. So I guess I'll keep doing it my way until I get a signal that it's time to change.
Maybe there is something to that old saw about listening to your body when it comes to eating to satisfy your nutritional needs?
Sounds like you are doing pretty well in that regard.
One of my favorite breakfasts! My wife, on the other hand, thinks it's disgusting. Either that, or she thinks I'm disgusting; I've never asked her to clarify that, lol.
ESPN even used to have a daily morning show called Cold Pizza.
Used to love ice cream and now it just sits in the freezer.
I believe it! Our taste buds change every 7 years, but as I get older, it's far more frequent than that.
I used to love to cook all types of foreign foods, and I'd make a notation after those recipes which often said: Make again and again! One of the best dishes I've ever made!" And I'd put the date beside it, when I cooked it!
And? I've gone back and spotted some of those recipes from 10-20 years ago, one with the Delicious! Delicious! notations, and I go through all that work and? Where were my taste buds back then? On drugs?
I increasingly use the slow cookers for just about any dish now!
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Where were my taste buds back then? On drugs?
