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Thank you Malibu :) I actually just read an article about the glycogen thing while waiting for replies on here! :)

helenrosec0 - I mean swapping things I drink right now for water. So if I was going to have some cola, I'll have some water instead :)

Thank you I_amnr :)

Thank you Jen :) so altogether I would need to drink a grand total of 2 litres of water a day?

Thank you plami, that was quite useful! I'm more clued up on what kind of tummy I have and what I need to do to alleviate it now :)

Hopefully we will get the advice we need! :D

Hello and welcome! :) I'll start by saying, if you ever ask about things on here, there will be critics! But take on board what they say! Especially if they have been here or at it for a while as they will mostly know what they're talking about. I am actually in the same boat as you, apart from the student bit. I still…

Just so you all know, this isn't something I'm planning on enforcing right down to the last letter starting 7am sharp tomorrow morning. I already shower every morning when i get up anyway, it's just waiting for my shift pattern to change, then before I do anything else, I'll take some time to see how time pans out either…

Well, either way, thank you all for your input. I didn't realise i would get this many replied to be honest! I'm going to paste that into a word doc and play around with it to make it a lot more 'general' and report back :)

Woah ok, i said it was a first draft, and i usually write in a lot more detail the first time round as it saves questions later on. I've seen people ask about similar things and they are very vague and it results in loads of questions such as "at what time do you perform x and y activities?" etc. Of course i go to the loo…

Yeah I think that's what I'm going to have to do. Breakfast will be ok as everyone can just go about having their usual cereal or toast and such, lunch can be a cold meal that people make themselves again(sandwiches etc) then dinner I can prepare using the app I mentioned :)

Yes it is very hard. I wouldn't like to think my family are being controlling, I think it's more a case because my mum works so much she buys things that are easy to make such as ready meals, so if I can show her the app I said I'm going to download, it might show her that a lot of things aren't too hard to make.

Thank you for your help. I have been drinking hot chocolate all morning to use up a half empty bag that's been sat in the kitchen for a couple months now, and I've logged each and every cup on here haha :)