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Meet Malcolm
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After I had my stroke, my wife was really worried about me. We were both a bit overweight so we decided to do something about it. I couldn’t be bothered with those ‘fad’ diets which don’t work anyway, we wanted to make changes that we would stick to. We had a look online and realised we didn’t eat enough fruit and vegetables and had too many takeaways.<\/div> <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Our meal time<\/th>\nWhat we used to eat<\/th>\nWhat we eat now<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Breakfast<\/strong><\/td>\nSugary cereal
Fry up<\/td>\n		Porridge, with fruit toppings
Grilled sausages, scrambled eggs with grilled tomato and mushrooms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lunch<\/strong><\/td>\nChips<\/td>\nBaked potato<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dinner<\/strong><\/td>\nSteak pie & Chips<\/td>\nGrilled steak with steamed vegetables (or salad)
Make meals that can be frozen and then used for another day (e.g. Chilli)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Snacks<\/strong><\/td>\nChocolate bar
3 chocolate biscuits (with tea)<\/td>\n		1 fun size equivalent
1 biscuit (sometimes don’t have biscuits)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Something to try<\/h3>\n

Swap one snack for a piece of fresh fruit.<\/p>\n

Limit takeaways to once a month.\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Something to think about<\/h3>\n

Think about how you react to things you find stressful. Do you do something to calm yourself down or make yourself feel better such as eating rich fatty food? It might help to explore the Stress relief<\/a> topic.<\/div>\n

More information<\/h3>
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