£3,000 for eating disgusting food. Is it worth it? Well of course we think so! Here's how Sophie, Helen and colleagues, and Becky, Jo, Shona, Nikki and Jules managed it:
Sophie, tell us what it was like to eat nothing but pureed meals for three days
Pretty grim! I was thirsty all the time despite making a real effort to keep my fluids up. The drinks were awful thickened! Smoothies were ok but I quickly got fed up with having sweet drinks all the time. I became desperate for water!

How did you keep going?
I had such a fantastic response from friends and colleagues which really helped keep me going, plus we all supported each other on Facebook which was fantastic (purée dieters and others from our UCL course). We shared notes about palatable foods and things to stock up on that were easy to transport around for snacks etc.
Anyway, that's enough from me! Here are some snippets from the others' Facebook food diaries:
Shona's Facebook Diary, Day One:

Jules' Facebook Diary, Day One:
I've just encountered first pureed meal that I couldnt finish: scrambled eggs, veggie hotdogs and tomatoes. Just not right! Then tonic water thickened- fizzes over and was just unpalatable. However, black Earl grey tea (sweetened) was ok, and almost getting used to water being somewhere between wallpaper paste and frogspawn....At least it's for a good cause!
Jo's Facebook Diary, Day 3:

Reckon I'll have another thickened drink before bed. Looking forward to normal drinks more than anything tomorrow - I miss water the most. Still v thirsty.
A really big and heartfelt thanks to you all for your donations - together you have raised more than £250 through my challenge - with some more for me to forward when pledges are collected. Wonderful. I'm truly moved by your generosity and know that Elliot and his family are too x x
We certainly are, thanks to all of you for enduring what sounds like a truly horrible challenge!
with time if I manage to fully emulate the basic skills in writing showcased by this writer I will be able to deliver the paper writing service for my final year paper
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