Fro
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Registered: 20th Jun 06
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Can eat whatever when ever thanks to my metabolism so its mostly fatty foods for lunch(chinese, fish and chips, pizzas) but do try to have something healthy like a jacket potato or salad every now and again.
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sc0ott
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Registered: 16th Feb 09
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duirng my working hours of 9-5, i normally eat 3-4 bananas, a litre of fresh orange or apple juice. 3-4 rolls on chicken, corned beef or some other sort of meet.
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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Originally posted by VXR
Not got anything like that round here. Don't Jacket potatoes need cooking first, does a microwave cook spuds? 
IMHO convection microwaves do spuds better than the oven!
I whack my microwave on spud mode and they come out cripsy on the outside and soft in the middle mmmmmmmmm
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Tom G
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Registered: 4th Aug 08
Location: Cheshire
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Chicken breast with rice noodles today but i normally have rice or a few new potatoes...
Just microwave it for around 2.5 mins! Jobs a gudden!
Then snack on fruit in the day...
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AndyKent
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Always the same for me. Simple sandwich from home (2 slices) with a pack of crisps and multiple chocolate bars to snack on throughout the day.
Occassionally topped up by a bag of McCoys and a Yorkie from the local corner shop
Haven't put on, or lost, any weight with that diet over 5 years 
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
IMHO convection microwaves do spuds better than the oven!
Really! I've always preferred them from the oven, crispy jacket from oven. I always find microwave spuds are a bit mushy.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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had a barbecue 
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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I hate eating anything from the microwave, food wasn't meant to be pumped full of radiation to heat up, especially if you are trying to eat healthily.
I normally eat soup and a brown tuna or chicken baguette but I go on phases of eating rolls and fritter.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
I hate eating anything from the microwave, food wasn't meant to be pumped full of radiation to heat up, especially if you are trying to eat healthily.
I normally eat soup and a brown tuna or chicken baguette but I go on phases of eating rolls and fritter.
y'know you should use the term radiation loosely. Yes, Microwaves are a form of radiation but so is the radio signals flying around your head and when you use your mobile.
from wikipedia
Spinach retains nearly all its folate when cooked in a microwave[13]; in comparison, it loses about 77 percent when cooked on a stove, because food on a stove is typically boiled, leaching out nutrients.[13] Steamed vegetables tend to maintain more nutrients when cooked on a stovetop than in a microwave. Bacon cooked by microwave has significantly lower levels of carcinogenic nitrosamines than conventionally cooked bacon.
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AndyKent
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I always find baked potato still very watery and with a much softer skin than out the oven.
Vegatables are much better out the microwave though.
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Hammer
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quote:
Originally posted by Cybermonkey
quote:
Originally posted by Hammer
I hate eating anything from the microwave, food wasn't meant to be pumped full of radiation to heat up, especially if you are trying to eat healthily.
I normally eat soup and a brown tuna or chicken baguette but I go on phases of eating rolls and fritter.
y'know you should use the term radiation loosely. Yes, Microwaves are a form of radiation but so is the radio signals flying around your head and when you use your mobile.
from wikipedia
Spinach retains nearly all its folate when cooked in a microwave[13]; in comparison, it loses about 77 percent when cooked on a stove, because food on a stove is typically boiled, leaching out nutrients.[13] Steamed vegetables tend to maintain more nutrients when cooked on a stovetop than in a microwave. Bacon cooked by microwave has significantly lower levels of carcinogenic nitrosamines than conventionally cooked bacon.
They are good only for convenience and in an increasingly lazy world they'll continue to be used. I still stand by hating them, no matter how many stats about how healthy food is after being cooked in one. Are we supposed to eat food that is still getting hot after we've ate it? Does the human body like being pumped full of molecules and energies to which it's not accustom?
I don't have stats or lab results but common sense tells me conventional cooking is far better for you.
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
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yes, conventional cooking using a normal oven will always be used (until they invent that microwave oven from Back To The Future Part 2 that makes a pizza 100x as large in 10 seconds) but its also common sense to know that you should let food stand for a couple of minutes before consuming from a microwave
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Ben J
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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I eat whatevers put out in the staff canteen!!
And working in a hotel I can snack all day if I want to, but i've been trying not to recently.
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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My works a pretty bad place to be if you dont want to put on weight.
Full works 3-4 course buffet breakfasts, lunch & dinner all you want for free & also trays full of tab nabs at 9am & 3pm.
Can easilly get carried away!!
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
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Wraps, red peppers, salsa, chicken breast, yoghurts, bananas
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
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quote:
Originally posted by Marc
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
IMHO convection microwaves do spuds better than the oven!
Really! I've always preferred them from the oven, crispy jacket from oven. I always find microwave spuds are a bit mushy.
Give it a go in a proper microwave 
The one I got I just whack in the weight of the spuds and it does all the work, takes about 15-20 minutes and they come out amazing 
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
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I very rarely have anything during the week; In the very rare circumstance that I do, I have something like totasted pitta breads with taramasalata or a jacket with coronation chicken.
I don't not eat for the sake of not eating; its more a case of not being arsed to walk/drive out from work to get something and never get round to buying something to bring in with me
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Munchie
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Registered: 17th Jul 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
My works a pretty bad place to be if you dont want to put on weight.
Full works 3-4 course buffet breakfasts, lunch & dinner all you want for free & also trays full of tab nabs at 9am & 3pm.
Can easilly get carried away!!
where do you work?
Little Chef?
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
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Funny i was thinking about this today
I used to work in workshops so i had the use of a microwave which was sooooo much easyer.Now though we are out and about everyday so it's a packed lunch 
I just can't be arsed to make nice healthy things.I tend to get meat from Asda with brown bread..packet of either Walkers baked or other crisps and a nutra grain bar and a banana.
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