5d ago
55 and feeding a husband and two teenagers who would happily eat pasta and garlic bread every single night and honestly sometimes I just... give in. But I've been trying to quietly shift our dinners towards things with more protein without it becoming a whole announcement about mum's menopause diet. This week I did a big batch of chicken thighs on Sunday, roasted with whatever veg was lurking in the fridge, and it's genuinely carried us through three evenings in different forms. Monday it was just that. Tuesday I shredded the leftover chicken into a sort of quick curry. Wednesday I chucked the last of it into a wrap with some salad and called it a night. Nobody complained. Nobody even noticed I was doing anything differently which is exactly what I needed. The bit I wasn't expecting is that I'm not crashing at half three the way I was. I used to be absolutely useless by mid-afternoon, like someone had pulled a plug. I don't know if it's the breakfast I've been having (eggs most days now, sometimes with some smoked salmon if I'm feeling fancy) or the dinners or just... something shifting. I want to ask my GP about the energy crashes properly because they were getting bad enough that I was worried. Writing it down now because I want to be able to say when it started and what changed, otherwise I'll walk in there and forget everything. Also started doing a short walk after dinner. Ten minutes, sometimes fifteen if I'm not desperate to sit down. The dog is delighted. I feel a bit daft but it does seem to help with the bloating.