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David Beckham reveals wife Victoria has eaten the same meal every day for 25 years

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FlexibleWorkingDenied · 01/02/2022 19:22

Apparently Victoria Beckham will only ever eat grilled fish and steamed veg. Every day for 25 years. She says she won’t eat food cooked in oil, butter or sauces, red meat, or dairy.

AIBU to think life is too short to live without butter!

www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10463673/David-Beckham-reveals-wife-Victoria-eaten-meal-day-25-years.html

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SunshineArtist · 02/02/2022 00:00

What a miserable existence, that must be so limiting for him

How would that limit him? Confused He doesn’t have to eat the same as her. And it’s one meal a day... Theres 2 others.

user1481840227 · 02/02/2022 00:03

@AutomaticMoon

Yes, this definitely looks like ED eating, it’s definitely not healthy to have such a restricted diet, people have died from only being able to eat a few foods. Like one young man who lived on chips and died at 19. I’m sure she’s safe from dying but it’s not optimal nutrition. She could stay just as skinny but eat beef as well, she must be extremely anemic. I presume she has injections with supplements as she can access the best stuff , no iron filling supplements for her.
Not sure if this has been posted but other articles say that she eats some kind of grain cereal which is sometimes made into bread.

Smoothies with fruit, veg and seeds...or else scrambled eggs with salmon

and then fish, prawns, veg, beans etc.

She said she snacks on seeds and has 3 to 4 avocados a day.

Loads of egg whites after a workout

Her diet is full of goodness, not like a diet of just chips.
She probably gets plenty of iron from green veg and fish

Everyone is always so worried about skinny people not getting their nutrients...but an obese person might not be getting any goodness o nutrients from their diet at all.

Like when someone says they're vegan and everyone starts saying they won't be able to get enough protein....unless people are training then most people on a non plant based diet don't ever care about making sure they're getting enough protein...

shadesofrose · 02/02/2022 00:10

I wish I'd eaten the same tiny meal forever. I have a feeling that my forever everyday meal if I was ever to last like this would be chocolate cake something like an 8 servings one.
It's up to VB what she eats. She's under a lot of pressure to look good I'm sure.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 02/02/2022 00:19

I've had variations upon the same meal almost every weekday for ages.

Fish.
Rice.
Salad/veg.
Egg.

I like it. The 'fish' could be salmon, tuna, mackerel, prawns, crab, langoustine, sild, herring, etc, it could be plain steamed, chilli, smoked, raw, dressed with lemon, with tamari, sake, mirin, balsamic and olive oil, orange and thyme dressing, garlic, peppered, tinned, fresh, GF tempura, Jerk spices, lime, ginger, mango, coriander, curry spices...the rice could be long grain, sushi, wild, camargue, wholegrain, gaba, jasmine, basmati, short grain, spiced, dressed with sushi vinegar, in a triangle, as maki, as it comes out of the rice cooker...the vegetable choices are almost never ending. And I like hardboiled eggs and tamago/rolled omelette.

And sometimes I go home and have another meal with fish in the evening.

Because I like it. I'm never going to share those sort of meals with DP because he doesn't like them. And in turn, I won't eat the gluten filled stuff he has. Wouldn't touch anything Gordon Ramsey cooked because he's been reported as saying he deliberately contaminates meals if he thinks a customer is a faddy eater. Allegedly just vegetable things with meat products, but that shows a level of arrogance that leads to gluten or dairy contamination and two weeks of painful recovery. Not that I'd ever be rich enough in the first place, anyhow.

Fwiw, the guy who owns the music shop near me knew vb from when she was a teenager. He says she's lovely, funny and sweet and is very quick to share opinions about other people he doesn't have a high opinion of. I'll take the opinion of somebody who actually knows her over people whose only expertise is gleaned from the tabloids.

Ozanj · 02/02/2022 00:24

She shared her full diet a while ago. It might be plain food (with fat from fruit and veg and seeds) but she does eat a lot of it - her private chef is quite strict on that. I think at one point she was eating 3-4 avocadoes on top of her normal intake every day. I think it was mentioned she eats 2-3k calories per day but burns 1-2k on activity which I believe as she’s quite strong looking for her size.

Quincythequince · 02/02/2022 00:26

wildimaginings are you actually for real?

My comments, in which I haven’t called the OP fat at all (the female range described here isn’t bullshit and I’ve already explained why; you not believing it doesn’t make it less true) are in your view the reason people get eating disorders?

This, despite me saying it’s horrid to discuss peoples food and intentions and not to do it, and giving the OP a taste of her own medicine?

The phrase dish it out but can’t take it springs to mind.

Have you read the speculative shit that the OP has said time and time again in this thread?

Questioning the level of fame related to weight, commenting on food enjoyment in the home and for occasions, querying why VB lost so much weight etc, picking apart meals.

But my comments are apparently damaging?

Go back and re-read every post from the OP and tell me how they aren’t damaging to the person being discussed.

And if OP is ok with it, then she won’t mind her own scrutiny.

But of course none of this is ok is it. People feel they can comment nastily on the skinny ones, but as soon as any mention of OW takes place, people are up in arms.

I think it’s you that is missing the point here and if I saw someone making derisory comments about another person in the same fashion, I would do the same thing again.

And for the record, I’ve been on another thread today discussing how poorly overweight people are treated and how our healthcare system lets people with weight problems down. So it might be useful to direct anger more constructively! Starting with unkind, catty gossiping might be a good place.

TwentinQuarantino · 02/02/2022 00:32

I think with such little information it's wrong to jump to conclusions about her diet and EDs and whatnot. DB mentioned only one meal, from what PP have suggested she does consume other foods for breakfast and lunch. Sprouted bread is the healthiest bread we can eat, much better than the refined grains we have giving us all insulin resistance. Avocado is a superfood. Nothing wrong with butter and healthy oils like olive oil but that's her choice and can get healthy fats from other sources. Health professionals are now encouraging a low carb diet so to cut down on pasta, cereals, bread, potatoes and flour... she has the right idea. We don't know the ins and outs of exactly what she eats but I can bet my fatty liver she won't develop diabetes and other health problems like many of us.

Quincythequince · 02/02/2022 00:36

@Clymene

I would bet money that those people criticising her, have a weight problem!

I could be wrong of course but I bet I’m not!

@Quincythequince

This thread is a hymn to competitive undereating. It's something MN has a real problem with and it's been an issue for years.

I don't want to pick on you particularly; you're not the only one but there is a thin = good undercurrent around here. And it's unpleasant and unhealthy

I don’t think thin is inherently good, I don’t think fat is inherently bad.

You’ll notice I used the word weight problem, which is not explicit in category, but implies dissatisfaction!

But I do have a problem with horrid, speculative comments borne out of no more than a desire to criticise someone who hasn’t done anything to deserve it! Fat or thin…mind your business!

That’s all.

Quincythequince · 02/02/2022 00:40

More OP comments

‘Is VB a cause or a product of her environment’

‘Making her body type unobtainable’

Jesus Christ - why is this kind of talk ok?

It’s not!

Anyway, I’m bowing out now.

Night.

JunoLunar · 02/02/2022 00:43

I guess what I don't think is 'normal' is the amount of restaurants/ foodie capitals she must go to. It's bordering on disrespectful to those establishments. A friend of a friend used to work in a high end Malaysian fusion restaurant and she asked for her usual plate of steamed veg and a pot of salt. Nothing seasoned or in keeping with the style of food. I guess in that way, I would say she's missing out on a part of life, trying new tastes and experiences. I am fat and cannot afford to eat out so the thought of going to amazing restaurants every week and not trying the food which the chefs feel passionate about curating makes me feel sad.

Bohemianwannabe · 02/02/2022 00:45

She definitely does have an eating disorder to control food intake like she has said she does is definitely not healthy and probably is why she can't smile well that and botox but actually who cares

blacksax · 02/02/2022 00:47

Daily Mail eh? Yeah, right.

95% of it will be made-up cobblers then, and the other 5% will be twisted out of all recognition.

mumlikeaboss · 02/02/2022 00:56

@Quincythequince

wildimaginings are you actually for real?

My comments, in which I haven’t called the OP fat at all (the female range described here isn’t bullshit and I’ve already explained why; you not believing it doesn’t make it less true) are in your view the reason people get eating disorders?

This, despite me saying it’s horrid to discuss peoples food and intentions and not to do it, and giving the OP a taste of her own medicine?

The phrase dish it out but can’t take it springs to mind.

Have you read the speculative shit that the OP has said time and time again in this thread?

Questioning the level of fame related to weight, commenting on food enjoyment in the home and for occasions, querying why VB lost so much weight etc, picking apart meals.

But my comments are apparently damaging?

Go back and re-read every post from the OP and tell me how they aren’t damaging to the person being discussed.

And if OP is ok with it, then she won’t mind her own scrutiny.

But of course none of this is ok is it. People feel they can comment nastily on the skinny ones, but as soon as any mention of OW takes place, people are up in arms.

I think it’s you that is missing the point here and if I saw someone making derisory comments about another person in the same fashion, I would do the same thing again.

And for the record, I’ve been on another thread today discussing how poorly overweight people are treated and how our healthcare system lets people with weight problems down. So it might be useful to direct anger more constructively! Starting with unkind, catty gossiping might be a good place.

I think what wildimaginings was (justifiably) getting irritated about was you ramming home the 0.4 difference in the 23.5 vs 23.9 healthy BMI debate... It is the stupid rigidity of that system that makes it damaging to people.

And yes I know it's damaging because I wasted years constantly trying to shave off a few pounds to slip into the "healthy range"... when I would have been healthier and happier (and looked damn good too) 10 or 15lbs higher.

It's just completely illogical and arbitrary to insist that someone is a healthy weight at a BMI of 23.5 but if they dare gain a couple of pounds and rise above that number then they are INSTANTLY overweight.

KTB19 · 02/02/2022 01:04

@Bogiesaremyonlyfriend

I'd quiet happily eat the same meal every day. Food sucks and I'm not at all bothered by it. Wish I could not eat, save a ton of time.
Absolutely this. I hate strong food smells and much prefer to eat a lot of foods cold. The look of horror on colleagues faces when I eat cold soup out of the can.

There are some foods I do enjoy eating but if there was a pill I could take to get my nutrition from, I would take it.

I get tired of people commenting on my appetite and food choices. It has fuck all to do with them.

I have an autoimmune condition that affects my appetite and my medication also affects it. But also, I have never been a foodie anyway.

Quincythequince · 02/02/2022 01:07

I didn’t ram home any 0.4 difference in OPs BMI and wild has already corrected that.

I have no idea what you are on about.

The only correction I made is that someone (wrongly) corrected another poster on a calculated BMI, so I clarified the correct figure.

And OP shouldn’t be criticising somebody’s else’s health status; thin or otherwise!

I’ll say it again - treat people the way you want to be treated!

Correcting a basic BMI calculation, a relatively useless number, is far milder than OPs comments!

But people get upset because you can’t comment on excess weight, only underweight!

I don’t make up the BMI categories- that’s not on me!

Every continuous variable has to have a cut off at some point, that’s just how categories are created.

Same for blood glucose, cholesterol, BP etc.

Weight is no different!

limitedperiodonly · 02/02/2022 01:07

I haven't thought about the Beckhams for ages. This has got us all going, hasn't it?

Quincythequince · 02/02/2022 01:09

@limitedperiodonly

I haven't thought about the Beckhams for ages. This has got us all going, hasn't it?
Best comment on here.

At least two hours of my life I won’t get back.

Gah.

Saltyquiche · 02/02/2022 01:44

Lots of comments and judgments, however it’s only her business what she eats. If I could I’d eat curry every day (homemade)

SunshineArtist · 02/02/2022 01:52

I haven't thought about the Beckhams for ages. This has got us all going, hasn't it?

You must have missed the numerous other threads about them. The threads about Brooklyn have attracted some particularly nasty comments.

FlexibleWorkingDenied · 02/02/2022 02:08

@Quincythequince

wildimaginings are you actually for real?

My comments, in which I haven’t called the OP fat at all (the female range described here isn’t bullshit and I’ve already explained why; you not believing it doesn’t make it less true) are in your view the reason people get eating disorders?

This, despite me saying it’s horrid to discuss peoples food and intentions and not to do it, and giving the OP a taste of her own medicine?

The phrase dish it out but can’t take it springs to mind.

Have you read the speculative shit that the OP has said time and time again in this thread?

Questioning the level of fame related to weight, commenting on food enjoyment in the home and for occasions, querying why VB lost so much weight etc, picking apart meals.

But my comments are apparently damaging?

Go back and re-read every post from the OP and tell me how they aren’t damaging to the person being discussed.

And if OP is ok with it, then she won’t mind her own scrutiny.

But of course none of this is ok is it. People feel they can comment nastily on the skinny ones, but as soon as any mention of OW takes place, people are up in arms.

I think it’s you that is missing the point here and if I saw someone making derisory comments about another person in the same fashion, I would do the same thing again.

And for the record, I’ve been on another thread today discussing how poorly overweight people are treated and how our healthcare system lets people with weight problems down. So it might be useful to direct anger more constructively! Starting with unkind, catty gossiping might be a good place.

I don’t understand why you keep saying things like “don’t dish it out if you can’t take it” and “give the OP a taste of her own medicine”- it’s not some big “GOTCHA” moment, I’ve repeatedly said please do dish it out, I can take it. You threatened to start a thread about me (a comment which I notice has been deleted so I assume mumsnet deemed it a personal attack- fwiw it was not me that reported it), I said yeah fine do that. You asked me about my weight and diet, I answered. You commented I eat too much salt. I don’t mind at all. Please don’t feel that you’ve somehow offended me, made me feel bad, given me a taste of my own medicine or that you’ve dished out something I can’t take. You’re trying to make out that I’m dishing out something I can’t take- I’ve said I can take it, it’s not double standards. I’m happy with my body, my weight and very happy with my diet. Even being 0.4 overweight. The comments you’ve quoted of mine about VB from this thread are regarding her weight in relation to society’s perception of celebrity culture in the 90s (eg asking questions why did she lose so much weight and would she have been chosen for the spice girls if she was overweight). The celebrity culture was toxic then.

Look I don’t think we’re going to agree (obviously) and I tried to draw a line under it when I went to sleep (up again with the baby now) but I want to make it very clear that despite trying to be nasty on purpose to teach me a lesson, you haven’t “given me a taste of my own medicine” and I can take what you can dish out, so you haven’t proven any point.

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WildImaginings · 02/02/2022 02:13

I don't comment on anyone's weight in a nasty way, overweight or underweight.

Quincy, you seem to think all overweight people have some sort of problem with people who are 'skinny' as you put it - not the case. If you notice, I've made no comment on VB either way throughout this thread.

I don't like ANYONE badgering anyone about their weight. Which you have done repeatedly to OP. You've said yourself you wanted to give OP 'a taste of her own medicine'. You've made yourself into as much of an awful person as you believe the OP to be so well done.

FlexibleWorkingDenied · 02/02/2022 02:25

@shadesofrose

I wish I'd eaten the same tiny meal forever. I have a feeling that my forever everyday meal if I was ever to last like this would be chocolate cake something like an 8 servings one. It's up to VB what she eats. She's under a lot of pressure to look good I'm sure.
Do you really wish you’d eaten the same tiny meal forever though? (I just picked your comment out at random, there are lots of others saying similar). You know when people say about working too much that no one lies on their death bed wishing they’d worked more, they lie there wishing they’d spent more time with their family etc. Will you lie on your death bed thinking “I really wish I’d eaten less cake (or butter, or bread, or steak, or whatever your personal persuasion is)”? Or will you think I wish I’d eaten more of my favourite things and been more relaxed about it!

It’s been very interesting to read about many differing attitudes towards food on this thread, which was my intention in starting it. Thank you to all who’ve shared.

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GiantHaystacks2021 · 02/02/2022 03:09

Anyone who has eyes in their head can see that she clearly does have an ongoing and long term eating disorder.
That is not something to celebrate, admire or respond to with guff like; "it works for her" - that's just nonsense.

Leave her to it - she'll be like that for life.

As for her husband, the less said about him, the better.
Qatar much?
There are rumours flying around that they have been quietly separated for years but stay together because -- Brand Beckham.
There have been persistent allegations for years that he just cannot keep it in his pants.

I have also heard that they do loads for charity privately and have quietly given away very, very large sums of their own money.

Goatinthegarden · 02/02/2022 06:06

There is a lot of speculation here. All we know for sure is that VB is very slim. Presumably she has dieticians, PTs and chefs. I would hope that they ensure she eats what she needs, even if restricted. None of us actually knows though. We also don’t know whether she is interested in food, happy with her diet, or desperate to eat something else.

She is subject to so much scrutiny and is a product of the 90’s where female celebs had to be skeletal or they would be publicly shamed. She has made her fame and fortune through her image. It is debatable as to whether she is a victim or a victor.

Athletes eat incredibly restrictive diets to improve their performance and no one bats an eyelid.

Let’s just concentrate on our own eating, health and fitness.

DetMcNulty · 02/02/2022 06:06

I'm just back from a week's yoga / well being treat, and that's basically what we were fed every night too (I'm veggie, so minus the fish for me). If i had a chef who could cook for me and make it as delicious as it was, i'd probably stick with it too, I do feel better for it and it's changed what I feel like eating just in that short time, so I'd imagine after doing it for a while you'd just lose that craving for any heavy type food.

2 hours working out doesn't seem that extreme either, I do similar every day (blame my giant dogs for that), and if she's definitely doing that much, she must be getting enough calories to give her the energy.