To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

Yes, I'm concerned about constipation from this post. My insides hurt just reading it!!

You eat about twice as many calories as your body requires, I'd expect you to gain a pound a week at this rate.

If you are aiming for keto/high protein this is not the healthy way to do it?

Omelette with a bit of cheese and lots of greens/spinach/broccoli and mushrooms. Meals should be a lean high quality protein (chicken, salmon, steak) and veggies and salad so that you are getting your five a day. As others say you are eating 1800 cals in cheese alone (100g of saturated fat, so dreadful for health reasons if eaten daily). I am fairly sure 200g of nuts is around 1200 cals and likely to cause gastric issues and selenium toxicity, esp if brazil nuts are in the mix. Diet should be based around low GI, fibrous veg/salads, high quality lean protein and some good quality dairy in reasonable portions. Not just cheese but low GI fruit, such as raspberries, can be eaten with sugar free/full fat plain yogurt and a handful of nuts and seeds for instance.

You have to be gaining weight on this, surely? And be constipated?!! I eat a low carb diet and lost 6+st doing so, as did my 18yo son. Our diet looked nothing like the one listed in OP’s opening post.

I’d recommend going on facebook and joining a keto life page where you can get recommendations and access to videos and ideas for a more balanced aprroach?

OK if you want one meal a day - but JESUS - I do 4 or 5 eggs if I am cooking eggs for two people not one!

For myself I do 2 eggs

and 500g of mince - that lasts a family of 4 for bolognese (sometimes with leftovers) - and no, this isn't the famed chicken that last a week (a whole chicken lasts us 2 meals - one roast and one supreme)

Ok based on your last post OP I’m guessing you’re significantly over weight and your family are concerned.

They’ve been telling you that your eating is disordered and you need to reevaluate how you approach food and your denial is so strong that you think you are overweight because you are someone who is an extreme outlier in how their body reacts to food, rather than the reality which is that you overeat by a significant amount.

sound about right?

One meal a day for most people isn't enough, and it doesn't appear to be enough for you as you mention regularly popping to the fridge for another bite of cheese.

The issue isn't the amount of food you eat, its the type of food. I would also say your activity levels are an issue as well, whatever your weight is.

450g of cheese a day is insane!

Fruit and veg?
Id be worried about your bowel health

How much cheese?!?! 🧀 wtf! This can’t be real.

You are eating around 2,400 calories per day on nuts and cheese alone.

Are you overweight? Extremely active? What is your question in regards to? Do you have concerns about health?

5'2" woman needs, on average, around 1600 calories/day assuming sedentary so it's hard to know how to answer your question.

I admire your cheese intake, though! Who doesn't love cheese and wine days?

Well one meal isn’t enough. But the rest is so high in fat that I’m surprised you’ve not had a heart attack.

you should have three balanced meal per day across all the food groups.

your one meal has about protein for a few people as well and with very little movement/exercise that’s not going to do much good. You need carbs, fruit and veg.

and lots of water.

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But you don't eat one meal a day. You eat one proper meal and a pound of cheese... Or do you think snacking doesn't count as eating?
You can't possibly be so unaware of the calories that you don't realise you could have five proper meals a day for the same amount of calories as your pound of cheese.

That’s a bizarre eating plan tbh.

450g cheddar cheese is an insane amount of saturated fat (90g of Sat Fat - the recommendation is <10% of your energy, so <20g for the average woman on 2000cals). This is associated with increased risk of atherosclerosis and CVD.

To that then you added more fat with the nuts (unsaturated mostly which is better but 200g contains another 100+g of fat. So you’re having 190g of fat in each day just on those two items. Fat should be <35% of your diet so under 78g per day for 2000 calories).

Why are you eating so much meat and eggs too?

Why are you not having multiple meals through the day to keep you satiated?

You’re not eating enough fibre or vegetables and you are eating a massive proportion of fat in snacks.

DISCLAIMER: I don’t know your health context. If your doctor has advised you eat like this then listen to your doctor. I am not a dietician. This is not individualised advice merely on a population level.

I think you're trying to not have carbs and not be hungry but that diet plan isn't healthy in terms of fat, cholesterol and you're probably missing out on things too. As a disclaimer I am not a dietician! But off the top of my head, a more balanced meal plan:

Porridge in the morning, maybe with fruit like blueberries (to fill you up) glass of water first thing also if you can before all the coffee.

Chicken or tuna salad for lunch, with nuts sprinkled on top if you like, nice dressing, sweetcorn, red peppers... (the veg you seem to like)
You could also have a Greek style salad with feta some days if you like feta.

Omelette for dinner with a little bit of grated cheese, spinach, mushrooms (whatever you want) and a few potatoes on the side, or sliced in the omelette like a spanish omelette, to fill you up.

That's probably still not perfect, and like I said I'm not qualified, but that's an example of what a more "normal" day's worth of food could look like compared to what you're currently doing.

Some people are naturally one meal and day people
aome are natural snackers/ grazers

all that really matters is a good balance of food groups - fibre, protein, carbs, minerals and vitamins and small amount of fat - within a calorie level appropriate for your height ( and weight )

you don’t have that at all

it’s way too much protein and fat leaving little room for the other stuff. Cheaper stuff.

and id be surprised if you have a healthy BMI

One main meal a day supplemented by one or two lighter meals isn’t unhealthy. One mail meal and that amount of cheese and nuts is unhealthy. It’s less about your weight and more about your heart, your cholesterol, your health!

It must be expensive to eat so much cheese? We use about 700g of cheese a week in sandwiches, macaroni cheese etc for a family of 4.

What stands out for me is the lack of fruit/veg and fibre. Do you want to change your diet? You can get lots of recommendations on here or via ChatGPT.

The question is DOES it cause weight loss or gain in YOU?
Doesn't matter what it might do hypothetically, does it? What have you personally noticed on this diet?

It’s way too many calories - around 3000 for the nuts and cheese alone. So once you add in the fried eggs / bacon etc it’s likely over double what would be about right. Also looks like not enough fruit or veg.

@ivyball You say "I hadn’t realised there was a link between diet and blood pressure" ~ I find this extremely difficult to believe! Surely your GP and/or practice nurse (whoever checks your blood pressure) talked to you about the importance of a good diet?

Have you never read a magazine article about the link between diet and health. Or watched one of the many TV programmes which explain the importance of a good diet

Do you not talk to family & friends about what you eat? I'm sure if you mentioned to anyone what you are eating they would immediately express concern and warn you about the dangers of the amount of cheese & nuts and the lack of fibre, vitamins etc

There are SO many sources for this type of information ~ I can't believe you've missed them all . . . .

OP that’s a crazy diet. I think if you’re under GP and on meds for heart concerns then you need to tell them about your diet asap.

do they not ask about diet when you see them??

hoping the thread has given you a shock but please start to cut down the cheese. Maybe slowly if you can to help the craving. And at the same time the nuts. Can you replace with some celery and hummus or something and cut up some veg to pic at? Maybe some pitta and a bean dip??

some oats would be good too and mix in some seeds and fruit.

Sorry but that seems like a very limited diet. Do you not eat breakfast, fruit or carbohydrates? How is your overall health?
I would eat a lot more food than that but the calories would be much lower than what youre eating. Cheese is my weakness but I'd struggle to get down that amount. Could you maybe switch to a lower calorie cheese like cottage, ricotta, feta or mozzerella

I bloody love cheese but I think after a week of your diet I'd never want to eat it again! I hate to think what your colon looks like.

FWIW I'm a similar height and age to you and today I've eaten/plan to eat Greek yoghurt with fruit and seeds, toast with hummus and a side salad, tofu and veg stir fry with noodles, fruit for a snack, plus might have a slice of cheese mid afternoon but I'm talking less than 50 g, not half a block!

Stop buying nuts and cheese?