Is Wifey stitching me up?

PostieJohn

Ever since a holiday to Carcassonne, and a day driving round the Pyrenees, I've made to odd mention to 'doing it proper-like, on my bike'.

A few things have happened, over the years, since then, mainly my 40th, mid life crisis, and the arrival of our kids.
All this pushing me towards one big epic adventure.

Well the other night I notice the 'Raid Pyrenian' thread in Sportive.

Once again I was slack jawed at the prospect to which Wifey said:-

'I'll pay for you if you sort your diet out'.
(Early years trauma has left me vegphobic, a meat and potatoes kind of guy).

Is this a stitch up?

alan_sherman

No - its win win for you. You'll need all the nutrition you can get to ride across the mountains!

Radioactiveman

GO GO GO

sproutastic

deptfordmarmoset

That vegphobia, was it the cabbage?

AndyRubio

If you don't take up her offer I will.

Ben6899

She's doing you a favour. Take it up or forever be Jim Royle...

pneumatic

I rolled in from the pub one night in 2003 and told my wife (who had been asleep until I "crept" in) that the lads and I had decided to cycle from St Andrews to Santiago de Compostela.

If I hadn't had a few ales, I would never have dared make such a suggestion without at least four or five dress rehearsals. :?

However


She just said "what a good idea, I think you should do it, dear."

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Sometimes, we just don't understand them!!

and they like to keep it that way

PostieJohn

She knows the emotional trauma I will have to face, and she's using the Pyrenees as an 'easy' option to deal with my veg-dodging (she' been looking for an 'in' for years).






Plus I don't know if I can do it, meal time wasn't a happy place, in my yoof.

Ben6899

Veggies make you grow up big and strong!

mrushton

How can you dodge veg? Potatoes are veg and all the meat out there is only made better with veg. Onions,carrots,pak choi,spinach,broccoli,aubergines,corn. It's all lovely and cooked right packed full of nutrients. You aren't really getting a balanced diet if you are avoiding veg. As mentioned above, it's win/win for you.

PostieJohn

mrushton wrote:

How can you dodge veg? Potatoes are veg and all the meat out there is only made better with veg. Onions,carrots,pak choi,spinach,broccoli,aubergines,corn. It's all lovely and cooked right packed full of nutrients. You aren't really getting a balanced diet if you are avoiding veg. As mentioned above, it's win/win for you.

Half of that list makes me feel sick just reading the words, I physically could not put them in my mouth. It's not a 'lifestyle' choice it runs an awful lot deeper than that.

mrushton

yet if you read the ingredients on the packets in your cupboards, it might be more scary. Perhaps it's a question of what do you like and take it from there. You can introduce foods into your diet slowly.

nottscobb

It sounds like you do have a serious issue with eating vegetables but if you're honest with yourself I'm sure you'll agree that you 'should' be eating them even if you can't face them at the moment. If you know your life will be better if you do eat them then what better excuse to try and deal with the issue. By the sounds of it it won't be easy but don't be afraid to get some help, try seeing your doc and see if you can get refered to a nutritional specialist and work out a way to take it one step at a time.

I got a mate of mine eating cabbage once, I started by chopping them up the same size as bits of onions in a stir-fry and he didn't even notice at first. Once he knew he'd eaten them he realised there were ways to eat them that weren't offensive and carried on from there.

Good luck with the ride

mrushton

Do you like Italian/Indian food? Utter veg fest to be had there. You might find you've been enjoying veg in disguise without realising it. Write down what you like and then look for things related to those likes and see if you can introduce it in another way eg spinach. It may look like Satan has invented it to torment you but in a stir-fry or a curry it's superb. Mmmmmmm, stir-fry/curry

giant_man

PostieJohn wrote:

mrushton wrote:

How can you dodge veg? Potatoes are veg and all the meat out there is only made better with veg. Onions,carrots,pak choi,spinach,broccoli,aubergines,corn. It's all lovely and cooked right packed full of nutrients. You aren't really getting a balanced diet if you are avoiding veg. As mentioned above, it's win/win for you.

Half of that list makes me feel sick just reading the words, I physically could not put them in my mouth. It's not a 'lifestyle' choice it runs an awful lot deeper than that.

That's just weird dude, we all need veggies ....

CHRISNOIR

giant mancp wrote:

PostieJohn wrote:

mrushton wrote:

How can you dodge veg? Potatoes are veg and all the meat out there is only made better with veg. Onions,carrots,pak choi,spinach,broccoli,aubergines,corn. It's all lovely and cooked right packed full of nutrients. You aren't really getting a balanced diet if you are avoiding veg. As mentioned above, it's win/win for you.

Half of that list makes me feel sick just reading the words, I physically could not put them in my mouth. It's not a 'lifestyle' choice it runs an awful lot deeper than that.

That's just weird dude, we all need veggies ....

It is weird, granted, but I remember a mate of my Dads (six foot six, rugby player) being served sprouts one Christmas and he went white as a sheet and almost physically recoiled from them. After a few drinks he confessed that as a kid at school a teacher had noticed he’d left some sprouts one lunchtime. The teacher had forced him to eat them and for nearly an hour he’d had had to chop them up into tiny pieces and swill them back with water while gagging. This had, understandably, triggered an almost pathological aversion to green veg.

Funny how these things can f*ck you up for years.

Le Commentateur

I feel that the Raid actually isn't "doing it proper-like", as it's rather like trying to gobble down a gourmet meal when really you should be taking your time to enjoy it.

Plus a certain amount of the Raid is on non-mountainous highway, taking you directly towards the finish.

It's better to do a 2 week touring hliday zig-zagging thriough the mountains taking in all the Tour de France cols en route.

giant_man

Well gotta say sprouts are an aquired taste. (middle aged man as I am and I'm still trying to aquire that taste!) but other veggies such as sweet potato and butternut squash are fantastic.

Shame about damaging teachers, they have no clue what harm they do.

acebobby

This is a daft post! Ask for advice then when people go out their way to reply you basically say that eating veg isn't an option! What was the point of posting the question in the first place?
Your wife clearly cares about your well being at wants you to go into your 40s healthier than you have been before! Be prepared to make sacrifices to get what you want and stop acting so childish!

bearfraser

She got you well insured??????????

PostieJohn

acebobby wrote:

This is a daft post! Ask for advice then when people go out their way to reply you basically say that eating veg isn't an option! What was the point of posting the question in the first place?
Your wife clearly cares about your well being at wants you to go into your 40s healthier than you have been before! Be prepared to make sacrifices to get what you want and stop acting so childish!

Blimey who'd guessed Claire Rayner posted on an internet cycling forum.

verloren

CHRISNOIR wrote:

giant mancp wrote:

PostieJohn wrote:

mrushton wrote:

How can you dodge veg? Potatoes are veg and all the meat out there is only made better with veg. Onions,carrots,pak choi,spinach,broccoli,aubergines,corn. It's all lovely and cooked right packed full of nutrients. You aren't really getting a balanced diet if you are avoiding veg. As mentioned above, it's win/win for you.

Half of that list makes me feel sick just reading the words, I physically could not put them in my mouth. It's not a 'lifestyle' choice it runs an awful lot deeper than that.

That's just weird dude, we all need veggies ....

It is weird, granted, but I remember a mate of my Dads (six foot six, rugby player) being served sprouts one Christmas and he went white as a sheet and almost physically recoiled from them. After a few drinks he confessed that as a kid at school a teacher had noticed he’d left some sprouts one lunchtime. The teacher had forced him to eat them and for nearly an hour he’d had had to chop them up into tiny pieces and swill them back with water while gagging. This had, understandably, triggered an almost pathological aversion to green veg.

Funny how these things can f*ck you up for years.

I had a similar experience in hospital - I went in right around the time when I was at my pickiest, a phase that most kids grow out of. Unfortunately during that time Nurse Fisher (that's right, don't think I forgot your name) would stand over me and force me to finish all the institutional carrots/sprouts/whatever. To this day any outside of potato makes me gag. For similar reasons I don't like drinking milk (it was served warm, from chewed plastic cups).

So I'd like to say 'man up', but actually you have my sympathy. Does sound worth trying at least though.

acebobby

PostieJohn wrote:

acebobby wrote:

This is a daft post! Ask for advice then when people go out their way to reply you basically say that eating veg isn't an option! What was the point of posting the question in the first place?
Your wife clearly cares about your well being at wants you to go into your 40s healthier than you have been before! Be prepared to make sacrifices to get what you want and stop acting so childish!

Blimey who'd guessed Claire Rayner posted on an internet cycling forum.

OK, maybe I was being a bit harsh, but maybe you can come to a bit of a deal with your wife where you will make an effort to eat healthier, such as try to get your 5 a day and cut down on junk food!
I hate the traditional veg too but eat alot of peppers, mushrooms, and beans and pulses, plus a fair amount of fruit! I also make pots of veg soup which despite the ingredients I really like the taste of it! Perhaps you just need to start experimenting with your food!

Bobby

PostieJohn

Bizarrely enough 'traditional' junk food isn't a major problem for me, it's sweeties that will be the death of me.
Even then it's not chocolate but pastiles/sour mix/liquorice/starburst gummy type stuff.

Luckily the green ones can go towards my 5 a day.

acebobby

PostieJohn wrote:

Bizarrely enough 'traditional' junk food isn't a major problem for me, it's sweeties that will be the death of me.
Even then it's not chocolate but pastiles/sour mix/liquorice/starburst gummy type stuff.

Luckily the green ones can go towards my 5 a day.

lol,, know what you mean, every time you go to the supermarket you get the 2 for 1 haribo offers etc!