To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

That is a lot of saturated fat. Have you had your cholesterol checked?

I joined Mumsnet to keep me sane while I was moving house and stayed for the batshit posts like these insight into other people's lives.

It actually depends if your trying to lose weight or gain weight or maintain !!

It is a very narrow and unvaried diet. Nowhere near the recommended 30 different plant foods a week. OP, talk to your GP and see can you get a consultation with a qualified dietician (not a nutritionist) who can work with you to design a food regime that you would enjoy and that would be good for .

Not a chance this is genuine

425g of cheddar cheese is about 120g protein, according to Mfp. Then add in a whole pack of mince, the eggs, tins of tuna and nuts it certainly is a high protein diet. Not that I think there's anything good about OP's diet. I don't know how much protein she'd actually be absorbing with 0 fibre

It's hard to know. I've done keto in the past, never for weight loss, just for inflammation, because I've always been slim with a very rigid weight set point and I could eat that and not gain, but many people still do need to track calories somewhat even if not as strictly as they would on a normal diet and almost half a kilo of cheese a day is a LOT so I'd probably expect a lot of people to be overweight eating that and 100g of nuts per day, but then I know myself that it would be possible for some to eat it and be slim.

I know loads of people have said it, but just for more emphasis: You're eating nearly half a kilo of cheese a day! Holy fucking shit!

You are 42 y.o. and 5’ 2” tall. It seems your weight is a secret.
You eat a diet that consists almost entirely of fat - meat plus an unfathomably high amount of cheese.
Plus a highly calorific amount of nuts.
Virtually no fruit and vegetables.
Your total calorific intake must be off the scale.
Not only do you not exercise, or even just walk, you lead a completely sedentary life.

And yet, somehow, you thought your diet is healthy?

I would suggest you do a bit of reading up on what is actually healthy, both in terms of diet and exercise. Michael Moseley has a big back catalogue of easily accessible books, TV programmes and podcasts. There’s also Zoe on YouTube.

What you cannot do is go on the way you have been. If you do, you are looking at developing…
gall stones
bowel polyps, bowel cancer
all kinds of other cancers
diabetes and all its complications (kidneys, cardiovascular, retinopathy)
heart disease
osteoporosis
osteoarthritis (due to excess weight and wear on joints)

Ultimately you’d be looking at years of chronic poor health. Or, if you’re less unlucky, a quick out via a heart attack.

You're still young - you can pull this around!

She’s eating 3.5kg of cheese per week (14000 calories in cheese alone!). A bottle of wine is the least of her worries!

Are you definitely eating 450g of cheese, not 45? That is possibly the most insane thing I’ve ever read on here, and I eat a lot of cheese.

I suspect she's in complete denial about the cause of her obesity. Her family are telling her that it's her diet but she's completely deluded herself that she's only having one meal a day and snacking on a bit of cheese and some nuts, so they can't possibly right. This thread was supposed to validate her delusion, but it hasn't, it's shone a light on it. Not saying her weight is her last defence against the delusion being shattered.

Probably double you're daily recommend calories for your height but also not enough food and have you considered using an online macro calculator and having a look at what ratios of fats, protein etc... you should be eating?

I literally started a thread about my love of cottage cheese

I am in no place to judge OP in her cheese love.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/food_and_recipes/5489364-how-do-you-eat-your-cottage-cheese?page=6&reply=151299280

I'd assume several stone overweight, probably around 18 stone ish? Maybe more

OP you mention hair loss/thinning and there’s a strong chance this is diet related. You need more Vitsmin B, C and zinc. A lot of this would be helped by upping your fruit and vegetable intake instead of the nuts and cheese.

That seems a huge amount of food to me (do you really eat 4 eggs in one sitting?!) but I’m assuming you’re about to tell us you’re a size 6 lol.

youre not eating enough, OP. You need more food per day @ivyball

Methylphenidate is for ADHD - do you have this OP? If so that can cause addictive behaviours x

Maybe hers is, it’s just also 6 foot long 😂

My family of four eat as much cheese is a week as you do in a day. I can't get over that. Maybe eat more beans and pulses.

Love that you lot are actually looking up the cheese! 🤪

So I'm doing better than OP but not well, based on this...

As others have said, far too much cheese and nuts. More green veg needed. But you aren't eating a lot of carbohydrate which is good. How you eat food is important - veg and protein first, then carbohydrates to help reduce glucose levels. Then always walk, or march on the spot, immediately after eating for at least 20 mins, again to keep glucose low. Hope you drink plenty of water with all this food. You must feel very full after eating. Apologies if this has already been written but I haven't read all the posts.

It's probably short of B vitamins too.

A few years ago the spoilsports dieticians were recommending a piece of cheese the size (at a maximum) of a postage stamp as a daily snack.