To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

Surprised no bowel conditions

Why won’t you actually tell us if you’re overweight?

I think the cheese and nut issue would tell me you were a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

You eat 450g a cheese a day WITH A HEART CONDITION???

Its quite a fat laden diet and very unbalanced. You eat quite a narrow range - where's your fibre? Veg, salad, whole grains, pulses, root veg etc?

Cheese aside (!), I’d be a bit concerned by your lack of fruit and veg intake. I genuinely don’t understand how you could consider any diet healthy without multiple/ideally at least 5 portions of fruit and veg daily.

Seriously, that is a lot of cheese. We are a family of four, three of whom eat cheese (although two of us do eat cheese other than Cheddar so this wouldn’t be the only cheese in the house). A 900g block of cheese would last us a few weeks (by which I mean at least 2, probably 3 or more), including for sandwiches and things like macaroni cheese. My idea of a portion of cheese for a snack would be two Babybels or the equivalent size triangle of Brie/Camembert. Not suggesting this is right, but adding as a point of comparison.

Unless you are a) very active or b) lying, I would expect a woman your height to be very overweight eating that every day. As others have said - you’re eating 1,800
calories in cheese alone.

Basically, you eat no carbs, virtually no fruit or veg, and a fuck-ton of saturated fat all day. It’s not a balanced diet, it’s probably fucking up your cholesterol levels on a grand scale, and the whole thing suggests very disordered eating. It sounds like you did Atkins in the 90s and now have some sort of carb phobia.

I’m kind of amazed that you weren’t aware of any of this.

Eating one meal plus snacks is unusual.

Eating 450g of cheese every day is insane.

at your height, eating 3500 calories and doing no exercise I’d expect you to weigh at least 14-15 stone. If you weigh any less I’d think you extremely fortunate

I'm 5'3" and if I ate that much cheese I would literally be the size of a house. I like cheese but 450g/day is a LOT! We usually use a 350g block per week as a family of 4. When I looked at your diet I assumed you were on some kind of crazy protein drive but seems not. Maybe it's the salt in the cheese (and possibly the nuts - or are you eating completely plain , unsalted nuts ) that is making you want so much. Also surely this diet is crazily expensive? What kind of cheese do you buy? (For full disclosure we like extra mature cheddar from a nice brand at Sainsbury's which is quite expensive, I appreciate there are cheaper cheeses!)

I'd start with 3 balanced meals a day and cut out about 90% of the cheese and nuts. But depends on what your goals are.

I think I’d check out the Zoe Nutrition podcast and learn about the importance of eating plants, leafy greens, seeds, fibre-intake etc.

It is a very extreme and odd diet.

See gp and refer to community dietician

Have you never seen anyone else eat a meal or read any of the easily available information about what a healthy normal diet looks like?

Its quite concerning what your circumstances must be like to have led to where you appear to be with food.

It's a wonder you haven't got gallstones with that diet. It's far far too high in fat

DId he eat a pound of cheese a day though? In one go?

Are you in heart failure OP as this can cause low blood pressure?

How did you not know diet affects heart health? Its very well known that high level of salt and saturated fat damage the heart. Its in the basic NHS info let alone all the other stuff in books and online about eating well.

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/heart-failure/living-with/

You hadn't realised there is a link between diet and blood pressure?!!

I think you should show this list of food intake to your GP if you are worried about something. Or see some sort of dietician. But what is it you are worried about, is there something wrong? You've not really said why you are asking?

A quick google should fill you in.

“A poor diet, specifically high in sodium (salt) CHEESE, sugar, and trans fats, directly causes high blood pressure (hypertension) by causing water retention and increasing blood volume
. Regular consumption of processed foods, unhealthy snacks, and high alcohol intake increases vessel stress and heart strain. A diet focused on fruits, vegetables, and low-sodium choices helps reverse this

Is there a secret competition going on at the moment to write the most insane food/diet thread?

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I consider myself a cheese lover, but your cheese intake is something else! Are you a mouse 🐁

I'm currently doing Slimming World and you're spot on. There are different weights for different types of cheese ~ it's recommended that you have some calcium everyday but the amounts are small. e.g. 2 standard babybel or 3 lighter babybel for anyone who wants to visualise the amount.

For nuts the amounts are ~
20 almonds
6 brazil nuts
15 cashew nuts
25 hazelnuts
11 pecan halves
40 pistachios
5 walnut halves

Slimming World also suggests filling your plate with at least one-third vegetables and/or fruit - I don't usually manage this for breakfast (!) but it's easier to achieve for lunch and always for dinner

I love a cheeseboard at Christmas or as part of an occasional buffet but the amount you are eating, OP, is absolutely insane

I eat too much cheese IMO - but still about 10-15% of the cheese the OP eats, and I am overweight (by about 3 stone...) I wouldn't be able to get behind the steering wheel of my car, I'd need a reincorced bedframe, and also an outfit made from a 2 person tent if I ate as much cheese as she does! 😬

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I'd expect you to be gaining weight consistently, as you are eating way too many calories for your height and activity levels, probably at least double what you should be eating. If you've been doing that for years, then I'd expect you to be obese and several stone overweight.

Then there is the issue of cholesterol, blood pressure etc as PP have said.