No Three Square Meals A Day

[Taggart]

I'm wondering if there's any foreigners in Thailand who eat similar to this guy in the U.S.?

Making big meals for himself was too tedious and time-consuming, so the busy psychiatrist began feeding himself by nibbling, noshing and grazing. In short order, the regimen became habitual.

Kay, 79, who lives in Philadelphia’s Society Hill Towers, has completely forsaken the conventional three squares a day. Instead, he eats 15 to 20 times a day, grazing and nibbling in the manner of our ancestors.

He eats a wide range of foods — vegetables, fruits, grains, seeds, nuts, meat, and fish — and his diet is based on no particular model or principle other than eating what he likes.

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Even though I've visited Thailand with my wife at least a dozen trips in the last twenty four years, for a few weeks at a time, I've never adapted to Thai food. Funny enough, I like Indian food fairly hot, but not Thai. Most of this visit I'll be in some remote area of Isaan, where we'll have a fridge and a microwave oven, but no stove, so I'm not looking forward to the food at all. If we pass through any of the cities in the Northeast for a day, perhaps I can stock up on a few healthy snack items, like nuts, dried fruit, yogurt, sardines and seaweed. Also will be eating fresh fruit while visiting. Hopefully, this will be the first trip where I don't go around feeling hungry half the time.

Any suggestions welcome.

[sunholidaysun1]

It has been noted of late that hunger pains that we think of are misconstrued by us as a need for eating, yet most of the time its the bodies call to top up with WATER not Food. Try drinking more water but at the right time of the day eat what you need but drink far more water inbetween times.

[NaiharnGym]

I eat 7 meals a day, breakfast lunch and dinner of course, but healthy mini-meals in between, and a big snack before bed.

[afarang]

Can you tell us where you will be staying,village and province. If we know that ,then maybe able to give good advice. If you are going to be in Bangkok, Excellent Indian pre-cooked food(re-heat in microwave) can be bought from Little India. For details, see my posts in International foods. Good Luck, Bill

[Taggart]

Well, I'm back in Canada after my month's stay in Thailand. At least I didn't starve. For breakfast I usually had a high fibre cold cereal, or else oatmeal porridge I could cook in the microwave, and then just added soy drink. Sometimes I would have a chicken broth with green veggies and tofu cooked in it. That was pretty good actually. For lunch or dinner I would have different foods. One embarrassing incident happened where the relatives ordered a somtam that was not supposed to be hot. I only got through two forkfuls before I found it was burning the roof of my mouth and tongue. I couldn't eat any more of it. The biggest disappointment was the guy yang (grilled chicken) I used to love in Isaan over twenty years ago. It used to be free range chickens, plump and juicy. Now the chicken looks scrawny, dry, and tasteless. The Thais still dive into it like it's the greatest thing, so it must be me. The pleasant surprise I found was the taste of the fresh water fish now. Much better than I remember it. I had a few varieties of frozen dinners cooked in the microwave, and they turned out better than expected. I always had to have my one can of beer each night. For medicinal purposes only, of course.

To be honest I wish I could eat the same foods as the Thais, and be able to converse in their language, but alas, it's not to be. I envy the foreigners who can do both.

[jazzbo]

As long as you have a microwave your next trip should be easier ... ALL the 7-11s these days are stocking frozen microwave-able foods and there are enough non-spicy varieties... and with a fridge you can buy enough at TescoL as well.