To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

You’re not full after your one huge meal if you’re picking at half a pack of cheese a day?! That’s a lot of saturated fat and 1200 cals of cheese.

How much would you expect someone at 42 and had this diet for years to weigh?

I don't think the weight matters really, as every different body would weigh differently on the same diet. But as PPs have pointed out, it's more about not having a balanced diet and bad cholesterol, heart problems, joints etc etc. I think adding more fresh veg and fruit, legumes, fibers, and cutting down on dairy and meat + having more meals throughout the day would curb your cravings. You don't need to make drastic changes in 1 day, it's too hard to maintain, but make small changes, adding a change after a couple of weeks or so, and by the end of the year, you'll see how far you've come. Maybe start by having 2 meals a day, 1 breakfast, then 1 dinner? When you crave cheese and nuts, grab also a fruit to add?

I agree with PP, that even if you’re not overweight, your cholesterol levels are likely to be high

@Edwardbear1

Part human / part cheese at this stage

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Well at that intake, height and activity I'd expect you to be pretty overweight.

You would expect to maintain a weight of 33st 8lb at 5'2" and sedentary eating 3,300 calories a day so unless you are that weight, I'd expect you to be gaining.

As its basically a keto diet, the above TDEE calculation may be a bit off but not by loads. The energy has to go somewhere.

If you are not gaining weight then something is wrong. Either you are not eating what you think you eat or you have some kind of digestion problem that prevents you absorbing nutrition properly.

Regardless of the caloric values of your diet, you are eating a huge excess of saturated fat and a deficit of micronutrients from plants. Are you at least taking a multivitamin?

If you're not overweight with years of this diet & lifestyle I'd see your GP for possible metabolism problems e.g. related to thyroid function.

I don’t think the weight is even the biggest issue, the fat, the salt, the lack of fibre, the blood pressure 🤯.

Part human / part cheese at this stage

I'd expect someone on that diet to be 20+ stone and to not be in good health. It's a terrible diet.

That is a diet completing lacking carbs (at least complex carbs) and not a single piece of fruit in the whole week, unless I missed it. You are keeping normal hunger at bay through fat and coffee. I don’t think this can be doing your bowels any good. I think you need to aim for a protein-rich filling breakfast but then plan 2 balanced meals for the rest of your day.

Well it's basically a keto diet, so you might get away with some of the calories as they're not carb calories.

If you've had that diet for years, I guess your weight is stable. At 5 foot 2 I'd guess you're about 13 stone and not in especially good health.

Why are you eating so much cheeeeeeseas 🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg.

Great analogy. 😆

I would imagine overweight with that diet

I have always eaten a variety, no restrictions, no diets, I just eat the amount I feel I need each day based on hunger, activity etc.

Have you tried dividing meals up into actual meals and adding fruit/ veg/ carbs?
Ie 2 eggs for breakfast with some fruit, 2 eggs for lunch with some veggies, and then the meat for dinner with carb like rice and veggies? Surely then you won’t feel the hunger for so much cheese?

Come on @ivyball You can't possibly think this cheese-heavy way of eating, with almost zero exercise is OK!

I would imagine your blood is currently creeping through your blocked arteries like a motorway being shut down to 1 lane from 4.

Well I’m 46, I love nuts hardly eat them, likewise cheese. Do you really have no idea of nutrition?

Even if you are a normal weight, it's not a very healthy diet. It's also quite monotonous and must be quite expensive.

Don't you ever fancy eating something else?

You don't give any context - why are you asking? If you're at a steady weight you're happy with, or you need to lose/gain weight and it's working, and you have no cholesterol issues, crack on with eating this.

I would suggest, if you are trying to lose weight, you should calculate your TDEE vs total daily calorie intake and adjust this diet if needed. There would be easy reductions - two egg omelette, not four; one pork chop or two chicken portions etc.

without knowing how active you are, I can’t comment on whether you would be overweight. But I would expect you to have high blood pressure and cholesterol.

It's not a lot of food but a very high intake of calories, salt and fat. I only calculated the first day but that was about 3300 cals. Being only 5'2", I guess you should be under the normal 2000 cals a day for a woman, unless you are extremely active. You're almost eating that in cheese. Ready access to dense calorie fatty, salty food on the go (cheese & nuts) is the problem. I'd ration your cheese in precut lumps and sit down to eat thin slices on a filling cracker like a ryvita. That's still 400 calories of cheese a day. Try feta, it's much lower fat & salt.

Sorry @ivyball but I did think of this meme when I read your posts! 😆

That's a LOT of cheeeeeeese! 🧀🧀🧀

About 25stone 🤷‍♀️

a normal weight person would be gaining 3.5lbs of fat a week if they ate this bullshit diet

Apologies if I’m repeating as I’ve not read the whole thread, but this seems a rather disordered way of eating - 1 meal a day then hugely colourific & high fat snacks and not much fruit and veg.

I think you need to go to cold turkey on the snacking and introduce a more balanced approached certainly a second meal in possibly even a third if you’re still hungry. Make sure your meals have a good portion of protein, some fat is fine but not the amount you’re consuming in cheese and spread things out a bit. For example, a 4 egg omelette plus pork chop could easily be spread over 2 meals with veg or salad on the side more so with a side of carbs too.

And whatever floats your boat on the wine, but IIMO a whole bottle of wine to yourself two days a week sounds a lot to me.

Regardless of any calorific / nutritional imbalance, I can't get past the fact that's nearly £50 a week just on cheese!!!