Do you agree with my doctor?

In a year I have lost about 40 pounds, and in the last month and a half a further 25 pounds. This is intentional. I am eating about 1200 calories a day, no sugar, no salt. Fruit bowel at 8 am, small soup at noon, small meal at 6 pm, and a piece of fruit before I go to bed at 11pm. No bread, no cake, no cookies. I started out at 280 pounds a year ago, I am now at 235 with a target at the end of 2022 of 200 pounds. No alcohol, and no pizza. Jimb.
Congratulations on that. Keep up the good work. I hope you succeed to getting to your goal.
 

Taste buds hasn't changed. I changed my eating habits many years ago. No beef or pork. Organic snacks, eggs, chicken, butter.. I enjoy seafood; salmon, shrimp, scallops, steamed blue crabs (summer time eating..lol). I found out many years ago I was Lactose intolerant. I use organic almond milk when I eat cereal in the morning. Love my oatmeal with blueberries. Green veggies with dinner. I'm getting hungry talking about food.. yum lol As with a lot of you, portion control is a must for me.

My hubby shared with me today he has been having problems with this stomach for the last 4 days..bloating, pain, etc. I mention to him he may want to change to Lactose milk to see if that's the issue. His diet could stand a bit of improvement. If his pain gets worst, I will suggest he make an appt with his dr. He may need a laxative.
I hope he will be fine. I couldn't imagine feeling like that. The last time I did I need to have gallbladder removed.
 
I found a GREAT single serving pepperoni pizza. It's called Lite Cruisine - Cauliflower crust. I take the pepperoni off - they are too salty for me. The pizza is delicious and just enough.
I can't handle pepperoni and take it off also. Cauliflower crust sounds interesting. I think I want to find out if it can be bought in this area.
 

I haven't experienced any change yet (at age 66), but I remember my mother ate very little and was finicky about food as she aged, especially in her 80s. I don't know if any prescription medications would exacerbate the changes, my mom was on an awful lot of medications when she got old.
My Mom was on a lot of medication, and she didn't want to eat towards the end of her life. She passed at 78 yrs. old and lost about 100 or more pounds. It was a sad sight indeed. šŸ™
 
I have less and less interest in food. There isn't anything that I crave or that sounds appealing to me. I'll look at recipes and think that I could really enjoy that but then a few minutes later I just don't want it.
My S/O and I went out to dinner last week at a local restaurant that serves primarily Italian food. The restaurant is a local favorite and draws quite a crowd. The food never disappoints. S/O and I have been there many times. I ordered a dish with salmon that came with a sides of vegetables and pasta which I have had at least three times before. I barely ate a third of it before I just wasn't interested in it any longer. I did have a cup of soup prior to my entree which was delicious. This is happening more often....either food doesn't taste as good as I think it will or it causes reflux or I have problems digesting it.
 
Recently, I went to the doctor and told her that my eating habits have changed.
Foods I used to eat, some of them I can't handle anymore.
I either try to make it smaller amounts then before or not all.

She said "That as you age your diet becomes different."
I shouldn't worry too much as long as it isn't unhealthy that I trade for.
What do you think? Is she right?

I don't think that I want to live without pizza every once in a while, because I just love mozzarella too much. :eek:
Has your eating changed as you age? How do you feel about it in general?
My eating has changed drastically over the years. Primarily, I try to avoid anything with a lot of sugar including, soda, cake, cookies, candy, etc. It has made a big difference in how I feel. Also, I rarely eat pasta or pizza, but do on occasion.
 
My S/O and I went out to dinner last week at a local restaurant that serves primarily Italian food. The restaurant is a local favorite and draws quite a crowd. The food never disappoints. S/O and I have been there many times. I ordered a dish with salmon that came with a sides of vegetables and pasta which I have had at least three times before. I barely ate a third of it before I just wasn't interested in it any longer. I did have a cup of soup prior to my entree which was delicious. This is happening more often....either food doesn't taste as good as I think it will or it causes reflux or I have problems digesting it.
Sounds like what I eat, Leann. Good for you!
 
I wish I no longer had much appetite but I still love food and it drives me crazy it hates me. I lie in bed at night imagining eating whatever I want, like a nice juicy, ripe tomato or something with garlic or a great big glass of lemonade or some hot buttered popcorn or a nice crisp apple, sigh; but any of that would have me bloated for a week. (I think I long for tomatoes the most.)
 
I don't think my taste in eating has changed because of my age. I think however a couple of things has changed.
I don't like a lot of salt or a lot of sugar as I used to. Because the one that cooks around here said her father helped her to not like salt.
She started putting less and less salt in my food. She said then later in time asked me if I realized that I was eating less salt. She told me
she was taking it out a little at a time by first starting with a salt substitute.
I sensitive to it now. She stills has than I do because she can't tolerate it. As for sweets I mostly like chocolate. But, I can't stand the hard
sweet colored candy like Spree , sweethearts etc.
In a year I have lost about 40 pounds, and in the last month and a half a further 25 pounds. This is intentional. I am eating about 1200 calories a day, no sugar, no salt. Fruit bowel at 8 am, small soup at noon, small meal at 6 pm, and a piece of fruit before I go to bed at 11pm. No bread, no cake, no cookies. I started out at 280 pounds a year ago, I am now at 235 with a target at the end of 2022 of 200 pounds. No alcohol, and no pizza. Jimb.
You sounded like a lightweight to me :LOL: You see, I was an extremely overeater. I was eating lots of pasta, bread, out food etc. to mention.
When I moved here, I was in the low 200's which wasn't bad. If you fall on the fall everybody, you'll have a reason why. ;) My weight went up to 360 lbs.. It was hard to believe that I was heavier than John Candy, Chris Farley and Louie Anderson. There was one guy that beat me which was John Goodman on Roseanne. My roommate said he lost a lot of weight and now looks skinny.

Well out of 8 mos. I'm now 335 lbs.. I'm glad to know that now my weight is not climbing again. I wouldn't get as extreme as your diet.
I'm losing weight by eating normal now instead of overeating. I eat sort of similar but not as much.
I space out carbs, sugars even salt. If I can do it most anyone else could. I wouldn't ever wish that anyone was as heavy as I was.
I hope that everyone could just eat and be healthy.
 
I can't handle pepperoni and take it off also. Cauliflower crust sounds interesting. I think I want to find out if it can be bought in this area.
They also make one without pepperoni, but it is harder to find it. I used to get it from a Kroger store (Baker's) in Nebraska and in Ohio I found it at Target a few times. I have not found it in Wegman's or Walmart. Note that it is called 'Life' Cuisine not 'Lite' Cuisine.

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They also make one without pepperoni, but it is harder to find it. I used to get it from a Kroger store (Baker's) in Nebraska and in Ohio I found it at Target a few times. I have not found it in Wegman's or Walmart. Note that it is called 'Life' Cuisine not 'Lite' Cuisine.

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Thanks for showing me images of these. I checked at my Walmart and they have a few of these.

Life Cuisine Cauliflower Meatlovers Pizza Bowl Frozen Meal 11 oz​

Life Cuisine Vermont White Cheddar Mac and Cheese Broccoli Bowl Frozen Meal 11​

Life Cuisine Chicken Enchilada Bowl Frozen Meal 10 oz​

They have these plus Lean Cuisines. I wish they just had pizza only.
 
Actually my eating habits and preferences haven't changed since I was young.
After I was diagnosed with severe hypoglycemia, I've tried to have lunchtimes and dinnertimes. But basically the same foods, although I never had yogurt in the distant past.
 
I ate completely bog standard SAD for 7 decades. Fortunately, probably mostly due to a healthy gene set, I avoided all of the many diseases attributable to doing so. I do not have CVD, diabetes, obesity (or even excess weight) nor any of the many related metabolic diseases and disorders. I remained relatively fit and healthy all my life. Thank you, Ancestors! At the age of 71 I adopted a ketogenic diet and lifestyle. My immediate goal was to lose a little weight that I had accumulated during the decade of my 60s to help ensure the success of an upcoming hernia repair. That went well. More importantly, eating a ketogenic diet seemed so normal and natural that I could not even imagine going back to eating SAD again.

Here I am 5 1/2+ years later fit and healthy as ever - and probably more so than ever - thankful for having my 18 year old body again. Once more I thank my ancestors for giving me good stuff to work with but realize that I'm responsible to doing good stuff with it. I still can't imagine going back to eating SAD again - ever.
 
Well, Not a foodie.
I love tuna fish, chocolate, chicken and noodles, goolash, beef; stuff I used to love as a child.
Extremely healthy and energetic, maintain a normal weight, but don't try or think about it much.
I can go days with no food if I'm involved with more important things.
 
Hubby and I both have GERD (me worse then him), so we don't enjoy food that triggers acid reflux and we avoid them as much as possible.. Recently, my ex died from esophageal cancer from acid reflux. He loved his Coke and chili.
Wow that's scary. I have Gerd and pretty much eat what I want and wish I hadn't later. What foods do you find cause the worst symptoms? Do you take Omeprazole or some other medication?
 
I wish I no longer had much appetite but I still love food and it drives me crazy it hates me. I lie in bed at night imagining eating whatever I want, like a nice juicy, ripe tomato or something with garlic or a great big glass of lemonade or some hot buttered popcorn or a nice crisp apple, sigh; but any of that would have me bloated for a week. (I think I long for tomatoes the most.)
I miss tomatoes, too. All we can do is live vicariously through others.
 
My diet has changed because I am tired of eating some foods. For example, spaghetti and pot roast. It just doesn't appeal to me any more. I eat the accompaniments to pot roast, though.

I guess decades of eating the same dishes can make them uninteresting.
 
I eat the accompaniments to pot roast, though.
Same here and I used to crave braunschweiger occasionally and now I can't believe I did. I think we probably don't need as much iron these days.
 


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