To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

You eat this diet with no issues? How are your bowels? Don't you need laxatives to cope with that diet?

Genuine question, do you really look at that diet and think it’s healthy OP? Do you think eating half a family block of cheese every day can be good for you? And two bottles of wine back to back at weekends?

Right but you're probably not eating 450g of cheese and 500g of red meat in one sitting!!!

I had a Google as I was beginning to be convinced she's got her weight measurements wrong, and that she must be eating half as much as she says, but they do indeed sell a cheddar cheese in 900g packs (according to a Google search).

Are you cooking the eggs etc in any oil? If so, how much? Do you have milk with your coffee? Just your snacks are 2400 calories a day.
If we look at day 5: 4 fried eggs (300 cals), mushrooms (100 cals), an avocado (240 cals), tomatoes (45 cals) and bacon (120 cals). Now these are all guestimates and could easily be much more if being cooked in butter or oil. Also not including milk and/or sugar if you're having that with your coffee.
This is 3205 calories, when an average woman requires 2000.

I wouldn’t say your eating loads but there’s not 3 meals in there. Huge amount of calories though with the cheese and nuts.

I imagine it would cause and continue to cause weight gain. You must also be spending a fortune on cheese!

Mere crumbs!

400g…. That’s barely a snack size! 🤣

I am veggie and so I do eat 3 eggs a day. Cheese though I limit to 30g !

I think you need more variety in your protein too eg seeds/ pulses/ plant based stuff eg Tofu/Quorn .

These are full of fibre too.

Where are your fruit and veg ?

That’s over 3 kilos of cheese a week. Respect to you - that’s impressive.

Aldi?

I can only find 400g as a maximum on their website

I'm 5ft 2. I weigh 60kgs. Makes me JUST in the normal Bmi. I am tiny round the waist but big boob's and bum. I would be enormous if I ate what you did. You need fruit, vegetables and sort out your portion control. 500gm of mince is not for one person. Being completely inactive too is no good for your health. It's not just what you see in the mirorr, but think about your insides.

The acid in the wine is cutting right through all the fat so I think she needs it

They do, the essentials range one

I mean whether I believe all this or not, what always strikes me is the horror of posters, MN in particular about a 'bad diet'

I mean look at the Stones and other people, Billy Idol is another, they spent their entire lives high as a kites, drinking, smoking, drugging. A bit of excess cheese may be survivable.

I mean I’m 42 and being monitored for my heart as they suspect a heart block but it is quite a common one and you can have it at any age!

@ivyball I would think that if you have had this sort of diet for years that you are not in a very healthy state, probably overweight and definitely not getting your 5-a-day of fruit and vegetables. You would appear to have disordered eating; I'd suggest you talk to your GP and ask for the help of a nutritionist rather than you trying to tweak what you eat. However do you cope when having to eat out socially or is that something you've avoided? How do the other people in your household eat or do you live alone? I do hope you get some help with this as it will be building up problems for later in life if not now.

From a purely body fat perspective, someone at your height who is as sedentary as you’ve said you are, needs approximately 1500 calories a day to prevent fat gain/loss - ie to maintain your current weight.

Taking your Day 6 for example, this amounts to a total of 3,296 calories, not including any oil you use to cook your dinner with or milk/sugar that you put in your coffee. This could easily take you to 3,500 calories per day.

This means you are eating 2,000 calories more per day than your body needs to function, and these extra calories are being converted to fat in the absence of you doing any muscle building activities.

To give you an idea of the amount of exercise you’d have to do to use up these calories, I am a similar height and I burn 2,400 calories per day doing an hours quick walk (about 3 miles) and an hour of CrossFit (cardio and heavy weights) as well as being on my feet most the day. If I ate what you ate in a day, I’d still be eating 1,000 calories more per day than I need and would expect to gain 2lb per week.

Healthy diets come in all shapes and sizes but clearly, if you’re asking here, you’ve got reason to believe this isn’t healthy for you. Certainly that many calories above what your body needs per day is a poor indication of this being a healthy diet.

I think the wine is the least of the OPs concerns here.

The fact she's eating over 3kg of cheese each week is probably the more pressing issue.

That explains how you got there, but not why you think it's healthy.

How does your intolerance manifest?

Was the elimination diet under the guidance of a qualified dietician? (Not nutritonist - anyone can call themselves that and while some a very good indeed, they are vastly outnumbered by the quacks.)

And just to say that Aldi dont sell a 900g pack of cheese....

Binge drinking is classed as more than 6 units of alcohol in one session for women. 3 large glasses is 9-10units.

NHS definition binge drinking. Perhaps consider your own consumption

I lean towards more low carb/high protein myself but this is just deeply strange. It's not enough food but also very calorific. Also so so much coffee and booze! Idk though if you feel good in yourself and your gp isn't concerned then you do you.

How long have you been doing your cheese diet ?

That amount of cheese is ridiculous. A block of cheese would usually last a family of 4 an entire week. You are having 3 1/2 blocks a week to yourself, that’s insane. If you are trying to put on weight then makes sense but still a really unhealthy way to do it. Nuts are super healthy but high in calories. I would usually have an approx 30g portion of nuts or nut butter.