vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Experience: I've eaten only crisps for the past 10 years I'm not a fan of the cooked meal. I'm much happier with Monster Munch crisps – beef flavour; I wouldn't touch pickled onion. When I open the bag, I check if they have enough beef coating on them; if it's not enough, I'll throw them away. Sometimes there's a nugget of pure beef flavouring at the bottom, which is delicious. You could say I'm a connoisseur. I've been eating two family-size bags a day for two years, and little else for the past decade. My shopping trolley looks as if I'm having a children's party. The idea of eating anything else is repellent; I don't like being full and bloated, which is how "proper food" makes me feel. I have a tea for breakfast, skip lunch and then I'm ready for my first large bag of crisps at around 4pm and my second bag at 8pm. During the day I'll have a few cups of tea and sometimes a cola. I don't get ravenous because my body is used to it after all these years. The only time I'll eat anything else is a family meal at a restaurant. Then I'll pick at a piece of dry chicken and a morsel of bread, just to stop people nagging at me. I've always been a fussy eater. I can remember my mum trying everything to get me to eat healthily, cooking spaghetti bolognese and chopping up veg, which I refused to eat. She finally said, "If you don't eat that, there's nothing else." "Fine," I replied, "I don't want anything." I was happiest eating junk food. Having my five a day was unthinkable – I couldn't even manage one a day. At 11, I became chubby and then came the teasing. Fat Debs was my name at school. This time in my life became very dark. My confidence was low and I became anorexic, bulimic and addicted to exercising. At 15, I weighed seven stone and ended up in hospital, but I thought that was an overreaction by the doctors. I felt fine and was busy at college, studying health and fitness. I am a very strong-minded person and just batted away other people's attempts to intervene. I got a job at the local pool and saw the female lifeguards eating peanuts during their breaks. They were excellent swimmers, so I decided that must be the answer and took to eating just dry-roasted peanuts, and bread sprinkled with salt. At 20 I became pregnant with Luke, now 11, and I had massive cravings for chicken nuggets and ice cream. As soon as I gave birth, I went back to being a "selective eater", as they call it, just nibbling the odd chicken nugget when I was feeding them to Luke. I always made sure Luke ate sensibly and I don't think my diet has affected him – he's not fussy. He's a typical man – put his dinner in front of him and he's happy. When Luke was five, I bought a packet of barbecue-flavoured crisps and that was it: I was in love. I didn't eat anything else for the next eight years, until the day I decided to go wild and try Monster Munch. They had been a childhood treat, and they became my crisp of choice. When I first got together with my boyfriend Gerald eight years ago, he cooked me a shepherd's pie, and wrote my initial in the mash. I was touched, but it didn't make me eat it. I ended up telling him all about my teenage eating problems and it helped him understand. I cook for Gerald and Luke, and at Christmas I have the whole family round for roast turkey and all the trimmings; I find cooking very satisfying, ironically. Rationally, I know that my diet isn't healthy, but I'm not about to change it. At 31, it feels like it's too late; the damage is done. I feel I will always have issues with food. Hypnotherapy doesn't appeal – I tried it a few years back when I was concerned I was putting on weight and it put me off eating altogether, which wasn't great given my history. Day to day, I'm fine. I don't get ill more often than anyone else, although my nails are weak and my gums bleed when I brush my teeth. The doctor has said I am anaemic but hasn't forced me to change my diet. I'm not underweight – I'm a size 12-14; family-size bags of crisps are pretty high in calories. It works for me at the moment and I'll just keep plodding along until I decide maybe it's time for a change. I'm not embarrassed about it, but I do wonder why people think my crisp diet is so special. • As told to Emily Cunningham https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/feb/12/eaten-only-crisps-for-ten-years Sharing bc it's relevant to my current lifestyle... Fuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxunnieSuperOppa 5,997 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 This is ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurachinaDisuko 3,721 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Rationally, I know that my diet isn't healthy, but I'm not about to change it. At 31, it feels like it's too late; the damage is done. I feel I will always have issues with food. Hypnotherapy doesn't appeal – I tried it a few years back when I was concerned I was putting on weight and it put me off eating altogether, which wasn't great given my history. Okay, this made me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haruwu 37,702 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Oh.. I mean I'm a picky eater but not to the extent that I voluntarily only eat one certain thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 This is ridiculous. Okay, this made me laugh Omg why do the 2 oppas always comment around the same time :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger91 195 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I doubt this is true. Is she taking vitamins? How is she getting nutrients at all? How could she be underweight and bear a child??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ari 12,218 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurachinaDisuko 3,721 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Omg why do the 2 oppas always comment around the same time :D We know each other IRL, so we just comment on the same things usually~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GalaxunnieSuperOppa 5,997 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Omg why do the 2 oppas always comment around the same time :D It's a twin thing :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 We know each other IRL, so we just comment on the same things usually~ Wow so lucky :D I want to be as comfortable w someone as the two of u! did y'all decide on ur usernames TGT? It's a twin thing :D ^^^ envious~~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurachinaDisuko 3,721 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Wow so lucky :D I want to be as comfortable w someone as the two of u! did y'all decide on ur usernames TGT? Yup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickwithsin 11,102 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I ... don't even know what to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAUCY 44,499 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 Rationally, I know that my diet isn't healthy, but I'm not about to change it. At 31, it feels like it's too late; the damage is done. I feel I will always have issues with food. Hypnotherapy doesn't appeal – I tried it a few years back when I was concerned I was putting on weight and it put me off eating altogether, which wasn't great given my history. Day to day, I'm fine. I don't get ill more often than anyone else, although my nails are weak and my gums bleed when I brush my teeth. The doctor has said I am anaemic but hasn't forced me to change my diet. I'm not underweight – I'm a size 12-14; family-size bags of crisps are pretty high in calories. It works for me at the moment and I'll just keep plodding along until I decide maybe it's time for a change. I'm not embarrassed about it, but I do wonder why people think my crisp diet is so special. ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicophos 1,660 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 I doubt this is true. Is she taking vitamins? How is she getting nutrients at all? How could she be underweight and bear a child??? shes a plant. shes definitely some sort of plant. shes getting nutrients from photosynthesis. thats gotta be it. jesus christ, i wanna hug her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The King 2,091 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 R.I.P to her in about 10 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vocabulary 890 Posted September 22, 2016 Author Share Posted September 22, 2016 shes a plant. shes definitely some sort of plant. shes getting nutrients from photosynthesis. thats gotta be it. jesus christ, i wanna hug her. Why do u wanna hug her I don't understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pied Piper 1,144 Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 but I do wonder why people think my crisp diet is so special Because it's not diet... gosh I'm speechless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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