Help, I’m Addicted To Sausage And Chips! Dad-Of-Two Has Same Meal For 22 YEARS
A man who has eaten sausages and chips every day for the past 22 years is begging for help to change his diet.
Father-of-two Daniel Pennock, 26, ate all sorts of food when he was a toddler but when he turned four years old he refused to eat anything other than sausages and chips for his evening meal.
He says he gets physically sick when any other food come near his lips, apart from bread, crisps, apples, bananas and sausage rolls.
Mr Pennock, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, said his strange habit had cost him relationships and made him gain weight. He said he has never eaten out in his life.
Mr Pennock, a lifeguard who wants to become a personal trainer, has asked for professional help with his diet.
“I don’t eat anything apart from junk and I’m fed up,” he said.
“I don’t think I have ever eaten a vegetable in my life. I do eat bananas and apples, but if anything else gets near my mouth it makes my physically sick.
“I have sausage and chips every day, and I have done for 22 years. I’ve tried eating other things, but I just can’t keep them down.
“But I want to get it sorted out, once and for all - not just for me, but for my family.”
Mr Pennock is single and lives alone. His daughter Aleigha, five, and son Kai, three, live with a former partner.
He said he eats the same thing every day: toast for breakfast; a crisp sandwich or sausage roll for lunch and then three or four Lincolnshire sausages with oven chips and two slices of bread for dinner.
He even has sausages on Christmas Day, but with roast potatoes instead of chips.
“I’ve racked my brain and asked my parents to work out how all this started, but it’s a mystery,” he said.
“I thought maybe I might have choked on something when I was young, but my mum says no.”
After visiting his doctor, he was diagnosed with selective eating disorder, and his weight went up to 19 stone.
His gym workouts have brought his weight down to 16 stone 5lbs, but he is still suffering.
“My son is running around and playing football and I’m tired out. I’ve got no energy,” he said.
“People say ‘you’re fussy or picky’ but I’ve tried to eat other things. I have tried chicken before, but I was actually sick before it got to my mouth.
“I have tried pinching my nose, but I feel sick just thinking about it.”
Mr Pennock has found a specialist in London for treatment, but is saving up for the £300 a time sessions.
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