6 days a week I start the day (about 90 minute after I wake) with 1 quarter cup of home-made cereal - one of the plainest mueslis (not the ones with added sugar etc) + oats + rice flakes + barley flakes + oat bran + polenta + extruded 4-Brans + wheat or oat germ. I add a heaped breakfast spoon of linseed & sunflower seeds, half a banana & about 150 ml of buttermilk. Finally I add 2 dessertspoons of Omega3 oil. Yum.

I also have a boiled egg (on a separate plate!) On Sunday I have brunch of a fried eggy/omelette thing & 2 slices of toasted tomato & cheese, with a banana smoothy (half banana, small yogurt & skim milk)

Evening meals are usually soupy stew (lots of vegs & chicken/tuna whatever). Sometimes I add rice.

All good stuff.

Lunches & late afternoon snacks away from home are the problem. At home lunch is normally a big salad with chicken/sliced meat/tuna/vegetarian & 1 wrap/flat bread. Plus a piece of fruit.

If I eat out at lunchtime my favourite (& most nutritious) takeaway is sushi, but I also love deep fried yummyness. (I'm sure it's a food group! - not!!)

My bestest favourite is Asian food with noodles & sometimes a piece of something deep fried. Not the best lunch.

If I'm out I sometimes get a fruit & nut bum from a bakery chain - it uses a bread batter, not a sweet batter, & adds fruit & nuts inside & on top. Yummy & tasty, but not necessary.

Altho I like savoury & fried stuff I don't head for deep fried stuff, & I don't like sugar filled stuff (cakes/choccies etc.)

I also nibble/snack on fruit.

Most of what I eat is good food, but some servings are too big & I really don't need snacky stuff, especially as I don't do a lot of exercise.

I went to the pool soon after I woke this morning as my legs & hamstrings were very painful (brekkie was a fruit & nut bun on the bus going home!) When it's school holidays I don't go near the pool during the day as it's hard to exercise surrounded by kids having fun, but there weren't too many at 8.30, so I was able to move about relatively un-hindered & felt a bit better by the time I got home. Fortunately my physio has a spare appointment this evening.

sandra