Good morning
Shhh. [Laughs]
So it's very early morning [Random noise]
and I'm downstairs making Claudia's breakfast
before she goes off to work
Feeling a lot better today
It's really good. So hopefully I'm going to get some work done
Some of you did mention yesterday - because I asked -
would you like to see what I eat in an ill day
So that's what mainly today's video is going to be about.
Fun things...
I'm currently making some kind of a rice-y, bean-y salad
for Claudia's lunch...
Beans
Rice
Salad
Tuna
I got that from Clara
because she generally eats rice at my house
and then she calls it a salad
I'm not really sure what my stomach's feeling like this morning, actually [groans]
but, right, I shall continue making her food
and then I will decide
Yes.
[Festive music]
I just rubbed chili in my eye
[Groans] Of course I did. Of course I did.
Excellent.
So, I'm still feeling a bit like I might... be sick...
and one of the things that's really important for me
when I feel sick is that I don't start being too sick, because then I can really spiral down very quickly
which I think I talked about, actually, in my London vlog
So, it's very important to eat something
and that's kind of what I'm going to be doing this video: just sharing things that I eat
and some tips
on what to eat on your sick days
But also, I think the main thing that you can take away from this video
which I'm telling you at the start, but maybe I should tell you at the end,
(I'm not sure)
er, is that... it's just: don't worry about it.
Don't worry about it.
Forget your five a day
Forget your... getting the right calories form the right places
and getting the right proteins, oo
It doesn't matter. It really doesn't matter.
On a sick day, the most important thing is just that you feed your body
It does not matter what you feed your body with
For me, most of the food that I will eat today is probably based around... fruit
I tend to eat a lot of fruit when I feel sick
and a lot of soya yoghurt
But it's all about intuitive eating
Oh, that sounds so corny
I hate it
But you know that I mean; that's the kind of thing we're going for here
Just, if your body says it's ready to eat, eat
Sometimes I just stand there staring into my fridge
Resting my eyes
on every single thing in my fridge: Could I eat this?
And then I take things out and put them on the side
so I have a list - a list? A row of three things
I'm like, "Hm, body, make a decision"
and then I, then I, yeah...
I think I'm going to start the day with frozen berries and soya yoghurt
and this is just a really nice way, I think,
to get your body, get your body going
It's not too aggressive
on your tummy
Normally I go for the raspberries - frozen raspberries. But they can be a bit acidic
so I'm going to go for a mixture of frozen strawberries and bananas
Weirdly, I tend to eat a lot of vegan food...
when I feel sick
Oh! Chili in the eye...
[Upbeat music]
[Upbeat, twinkly music]
[Upbeat twinkly music]
[Upbeat, twinkly music]
So, it is that special time between ten and eleven
I don't actually know what time it is, but it's between ten and eleven, and I know this because my nausea has hit
Mm...
Oh, and it's hit hard!
[Deep sigh]
But I also feel that odd feeling where you feel really sick, but you also feel quite hungry
and empty, and you need to fill your belly
So, I have these [Tilly barking in background]
Genuinely the be - oh...
So, these are frozen grapes
They have to be seedless, and they have to be black
and it really works
Just put them in your mouth
Kind of chop in half. Suck.
It's like in hospital when they give you ice cubes to suck on
It really works
And it fools your stomach into allowing you to eat
and because they're frozen, you have to eat them quite slowly, which is good
because then your hunger doesn't win out over the nausea
You're like, "Ah, override the nausea; just shove everything down!" which is a really bad idea
but also, your whole... you know, general nausea, doesn't win out over the hunger
so then you're so sick that you don't eat anything.
It's beautiful. It's a beautiful, symbiotic relationship
[Laughs]
I'm going to put my make-up on, because I actually have to film today
Other than this
Clearly, it's Vlogmas and I'm filming every day
Well done, Jessica
No, I actually have to film... What?
For enhance the UK
which is a disability charity that I film various videos for
and you can actually find them in this playlist
And I'll also link them down in the description.
And basically I just sort of give various fashion tips
with a disability slant
And I'm also going to try and film this really fancy up-do
which is going to be my Christmas hair
Keep hydrated. Always keep hydrated!
So I have my squash and my Diet Coke. I don't know, do you put drinks in a 'What I eat in a day' video?
You do now!
And I genuinely don't care what anyone says about Diet Coke, OK?
It beats nausea
I've tried every pill going
They don't work.
The only things that actually work for nausea - for me, anyway -
um, are Diet Coke and intravenous antiemetics
Yeah.
If you get to the point where all you can do is vomit,
then the ambulance have to come
with the intravenous stuff, and boy is that good
Only bad side, of course, is that once they put a needle in you, they then have to take you to A&E
[Sad noises]
I hate A&E, it is my Hell.
It is my Hell.
[Festive music resumes]
Hey. So, I'm done.
But I just wanted to show you my nightie...
which you may or may not be able to see here
and, er, yes, it is vintage
and for those of you more eagle-eyed viewers, you may realise that I do sometimes wear this as a top.
On my Instagram...
Yeah.
So, there we go! I've finished my first filming of the day.
Brilliant.
For enhance the UK
with my disabled fashion tip of the month, ooo...
Not going to tell you what it is; you have to go watch it, okay?
It will be up very soon
And now I should eat something
I feel kind of... weak
Hungry.
Mildly nauseous...
but not the kind of disgusting nausea like yesterday
where I thought I would be vomiting through my eyeballs, so that's good
Why always the eyeballs? I don't know. It just hurts behind them.
So, we're going to have some delightful sweet potato fries
Basically, if you're on a sick day and all you feel like eating is chips
- "fries"
if you're American -
Do it.
Who cares?
The important thing is that you get food in your body
and that can be junk food
So, here we are. I'm just having a little sit on the sofa
It's fine.
And I've got my sweet potato fries
and some lacto-free cream cheese
with a little bit of sweetener
Generally, when ill, I do kind of just eat the same, staple items, and I think that's a good idea
Just find whatever works for you and keep going with it
Now I'm going to watch 'Escape to the Country'
while I eat them
Because... that's my crack
'Escape to the Country'
I'm secretly fifty
So I just filmed this hair tutorial here
It's very nice. This is going to be my emergency video
in case something goes wrong
and I can't film one day
or edit or something, and I'm just in bed like, "I can't cope with life"
Anyway, it's very nice, as you can see
Very 40s
Now that bow is from Lindy Bop and it's a shoe bow
that goes on your shoes, because
why not? All accessories should double up as something else, don't you think?
I do
Well I am slightly peckish now, since the banana did not stay down
I think I'm going to have some...
some more grapes...
Mmm.
So exciting...
No, I do eat exciting things -
on other days...
Just not today.
I used to worry a lot about what I was eating
and... Protein, I used to really panic about protein; making sure I got enough protein in a day.
And then I found that protein powder mixed with sweetener is a really great anti-nausea remedy
and it really works.
And so on days when I feel really sick, I eat that as well
because that just ma... Walter's doing something, over there...
with a toilet tube, so...
I don't know if you can hear...
what he is doing, but he is doing that. Anyway.
Um, so I used to panic
but now I just let myself eat whatever I feel like eating
and I also eat powdered protein powder
And then Claudia's going to come home really, really soon
- about an hour -
and I'm going to introduce you to my dinner when I feel ill
Argh, what is this?
That bit of hair
it's out of place!
It's not right.
It's really annoying me.
[Frustrated, sad noises]
I'm so obviously very tired, I get easily annoyed
I just tidied our bedroom
It felt like quite a feat.
But it's done.
It's good.
It's impressive.
Now I have to tidy...
...the Kitchen of Doom!
I've got to think about making some kind of dinner for Claudia
There's not much in our fridge right now
She could have mini pizzas! We have nine of these in our fridge
Different types of mini pizza
Thanks to Clara and Evelina
who ruddy love their pizza...
Oh, I see dog movement!
Hello!
The wife is home!
Hi, wife.
C: Hiii.
J: Hello.
J: Kisses.
J: Hello.
C: Hello to my doggies. J: I was just discussing dinner
J: and what we're going to eat
C: What are we eating?
J: Good question!
C: This is my routine. I come home and g... Eurgh!
C: Get sloppy kisses.
J: I'll give you sloppy kisses, too!
J: Once the dog has finished, though.
J: And then Walter gets love.
J: He weighs twice as much as Tilly,
J: so he's a bit harder to give love to C: He has to be picked up a bit differently
J: Ohh, chunky monkey!
J: You're so cute, though [baby noises]
C: Those are noises of affection
J: This is what we do!
J: We hang out in the hallway, making weird noises.
Step back away from the monster light.
She has filled pasta!
This is what you're going to eat.
Oh!
C: Everyone was like, "Where's your proper lunch box?!"
because I normally have one with lots of different compartments
and I was like [timidly], "I didn't wash it, so I had to have this one"
And I had this really stupidly-sized fork
and it was just like I couldn't eat fast enough
C: It was so small and I was just like [mimes] J: Why did you have a tiny fork?
C: Because it was the only fork left at work!
J: Awww.
C: I was just like, "Come on!" I was like shovelling...
J: [sadly] They didn't leave you the good fork
J: Shall I make your dins?
C: No, it's all right, I'll do it.
J: Was that a no?
C: That was a no.
C: I'll do it. J: Oh, good, 'cause I don't know how to make pasta
J: I fail. C: [to Walter] Aw, this little one. Yes, what do you want?
J: Not good at pasta. I'm not good at cooking anything I can't eat.
J: I think that's fair, though.
[Festive music]
J: So I'm chopping veg!
J: Here. Chopping veg.
J: Going in the steamer
J: Got my soup. C: Oo, it's smokey.
[Festive music resumes]
J: It's a sitting on the sofa eating dinner type of day
[Joy to the World instrumental]