I put on a lot of weight when we moved in with mother to care for her, because:
- she ate biscuits and cake as part of her regular diet (along with tiny portions of real meals - but she stayed very healthy on it all): at home we hardly ever had biscuits in the house, as I've always had a weight problem, and it's difficult to serve someone else's morning coffee and biscuit, or afternoon tea and cake, and not join in sociably
- lack of normal exercise, not getting out of the house enough - and too tired/depressed to do so even on her day centre days
- probably most of all, the "Sod it I need a treat" feeling after yet another lousy day, when a healthy snack of fresh fruit doesn't hit the spot but whatever chocolate is in the house does so.
We did manage to get milk sorted out eventually: Got the milkman delivering a mix of full fat for her (milky drinks being again a large part of her nutrition), skimmed for hubby and me, and attached labels round our skimmed bottles with rubber bands saying "Pam and Andrew's milk", which almost always reminded her not to use it but to use the other stuff!
It's a rotten business, the whole thing. Good luck to those who're battling to lose weight for the sake of their own health.
- she ate biscuits and cake as part of her regular diet (along with tiny portions of real meals - but she stayed very healthy on it all): at home we hardly ever had biscuits in the house, as I've always had a weight problem, and it's difficult to serve someone else's morning coffee and biscuit, or afternoon tea and cake, and not join in sociably
- lack of normal exercise, not getting out of the house enough - and too tired/depressed to do so even on her day centre days
- probably most of all, the "Sod it I need a treat" feeling after yet another lousy day, when a healthy snack of fresh fruit doesn't hit the spot but whatever chocolate is in the house does so.
We did manage to get milk sorted out eventually: Got the milkman delivering a mix of full fat for her (milky drinks being again a large part of her nutrition), skimmed for hubby and me, and attached labels round our skimmed bottles with rubber bands saying "Pam and Andrew's milk", which almost always reminded her not to use it but to use the other stuff!
It's a rotten business, the whole thing. Good luck to those who're battling to lose weight for the sake of their own health.