Can I ask how everyone feels about food now? Eating alone seems to have taken all the pleasure out of meals for me. Sometimes I make the effort to cook a 'proper' dinner, but I never want it or enjoy it. I seem to live on junk - cereal, crumpets, yogurt, chocolate, anything quick and easy. People tell me to eat properly, but I don't seem to care any more. What do others do?
Hi NicOz
That sounds just so like me. The airfryer or the microwave and occasionally the oven. My husband was the same he would cook for an army even though it was only the both of us he would take ages to prep something. Now though its just whatever is the quickest a ready meal or airfryer or something you can just grill in the overn. Yes thats my attitude too as long as you are eating something.
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