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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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BellatrixOnABadDay · 01/02/2022 20:34

She looks lovely in that pic posted upthread, pre Spice girls.

It's a very restrictive diet- it cannot possible be enough, particularly when she's exercising as much as she is?

It doesn't look very enjoyable, to not even have cake on her birthday.

Quincythequince · 01/02/2022 20:34

Someone with an eating disorder, but who appears to drink a lot of wine.

Really?

SartresSoul · 01/02/2022 20:35

I don’t think she looks unwell nowadays. There was a period in the 00s when ‘size zero’ was in vogue where she definitely did look sick but nowadays she looks pretty good.

That meal sounds quite nice. Maybe not every day though but I guess it’s become habitual for her now.

GrandDuchessRomanov · 01/02/2022 20:35

It's unhealthy and abnormal and I am quite surprised by so many on here celebrating or admiring it.

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FlexibleWorkingDenied · 01/02/2022 20:35

@Quincythequince

Being in the spotlight and having people like you scrutinise everything she does!

Dear god!

What’s your weight and diet like flexible? Do tell!

I’m a vegetarian, size 12-14 BMI within the normal range to the higher end, around 23, could probably lose half a stone but I do have a baby under 1yo. Pretty happy with my body. I eat dairy, eggs, no meat or fish. Day to day I have a protein yogurt or eggs or cereal or toast for breakfast, a salad with cheese, nuts, eggs, falafel (not all!) for lunch, veggie meals like veg chilli and rice, jacket potato, pasta and veg sauce, veg soup/stew and dumpling, lentil daal, grilled halloumi wrap and chips etc for tea. Snack on crisps, fruit, nuts, chocolate etc. Don’t really drink alcohol, only on occasions. Eat cake on my birthday. Choose what I want from the menu when I eat out with friends. Bake and eat cookies and brownies with my 7yo DD. Anything else you want to know? Smile
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Clymene · 01/02/2022 20:35

This is what she looked like when she was in the Spice Girls

David Beckham reveals wife Victoria has eaten the same meal every day for 25 years
SunshineArtist · 01/02/2022 20:36

For anyone whose ever seen her in real life, she looks very unwell.

I’ve seen her a few times. She is very slim but she looks good, not at all unwell.

A580Hojas · 01/02/2022 20:37

@IcedPurple

None of the other Spice Girls become extremely thin??

Granted I don't follow them closely, but I don't remember any of the others being anywhere near as thin as Posh.

Gerri Halliwell and Sporty Spice (can't remember which Mel she was) have spoken publicly about their eating disorders.
SunshineArtist · 01/02/2022 20:38

There's a lot of celebrating low bmi and disordered eating going on here.

There’s more jumping to conclusions. DB commented on 1 meal out of her day. We have no idea what she eats the rest of the day.

HangoverSquare · 01/02/2022 20:39

@Quincythequince

Someone with an eating disorder, but who appears to drink a lot of wine.

Really?

it's not unheard of.
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FlexibleWorkingDenied · 01/02/2022 20:40

@SunshineArtist

There's a lot of celebrating low bmi and disordered eating going on here.

There’s more jumping to conclusions. DB commented on 1 meal out of her day. We have no idea what she eats the rest of the day.

We can guess it’s probably not Frosties and a Big Mac as suggested by PP Grin
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Quincythequince · 01/02/2022 20:40

You’re happy with your body and clearly happy with your diet.
Good for you.

So why so much scrutiny of someone else’s!
It’s poor form tbh!

(BMI 23 and size 14…you sure?!)

👆🏻(Not very nice that last comment was it!)

Nomoreusernames1244 · 01/02/2022 20:41

None of the other Spice Girls became extremely thin

Geri Halliwell became very thin shortly after leaving the spice girls.

Mel c has spoken about the pressure to be thin.

Quincythequince · 01/02/2022 20:41

No it’s not unheard of.

But neither is someone eating fish for one meal daily also unheard of either!

RonCarlos · 01/02/2022 20:41

If you google it, she has talked about this herself in interviews. Elle, Harpers Bazarre. It's been her diet for years. Since the Atkins diet days, I expect.

IcedPurple · 01/02/2022 20:41

@Nomoreusernames1244

None of the other Spice Girls became extremely thin

Geri Halliwell became very thin shortly after leaving the spice girls.

Mel c has spoken about the pressure to be thin.

Yes, someone pointed that out above.

But my point remains that they did not become anywhere near as thin as 'Posh'.

SunshineArtist · 01/02/2022 20:43

We can guess it’s probably not Frosties and a Big Mac as suggested by PP

Probably not, I wouldn’t want those either. But she could have porridge, poached eggs, chicken salad, omelettes, fruit, nuts etc.. All healthy and contain lots of nutrients that along with her other meal would give a balanced diet.

LeQuern · 01/02/2022 20:43

@SunshineArtist

For anyone whose ever seen her in real life, she looks very unwell.

I’ve seen her a few times. She is very slim but she looks good, not at all unwell.

Agree. I’ve worked with her.

No doubt she is slender (but then so is Geri ‘does it come in white?’ Helliwell) but has good skin, bright eyes and a glow.

Good sense of humour to boot.

rwalker · 01/02/2022 20:43

The only thing about this that surprises me is why is it new or people intreated .

Youngstreet · 01/02/2022 20:44

@FlexibleWorkingDenied
size 12-14

Size 12 - 14 would have been a 14 - 16 thirty years ago.

People used to be mostly slim.
Being ow is far more normalised now than being thin imo.

UserBot9to5 · 01/02/2022 20:44

Id forgotten that story about Jennifer Aniston and the baby food jars. Wonder how many she could eat per day?

I think sometimes you're just choosing to be thin, and then choosing to relax. I know I've gone through periods where I just decide I'm going to lose weight even though it isn't easy.

If somebody is eating nutritious food at least once a day then I don't think they should be TOP of the list for scrutiny.

RonCarlos · 01/02/2022 20:45

We have no idea what she eats the rest of the day.

Actually we do; she likes toast with salt and allegedly order ribs from her favourite restaurant. (Maybe at lunch).

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FlexibleWorkingDenied · 01/02/2022 20:45

@Quincythequince

You’re happy with your body and clearly happy with your diet. Good for you.

So why so much scrutiny of someone else’s!
It’s poor form tbh!

(BMI 23 and size 14…you sure?!)

👆🏻(Not very nice that last comment was it!)

I’m not bothered by your comment Smile It’s fine. Yes, I’m sure- as I said I have a baby. I tend to wear a 12 in tops, I do have some size 10 tops from pre baby that still fit ok, and a 14 in bottoms as comfier round my mum tum, could probably wear a 12 but would feel squeezed in I think. I’m 5’ 5” and weigh 10 stone 4lbs.

To answer “why so much scrutiny of someone else’s?”; because it’s an interesting, unusual and unhealthy diet to keep up for 25 years (yes fish and veg is healthy but not only fish and veg every day for 25 years) and it makes an interesting comment on our society, pressures on women and girls, celeb culture etc.

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TheVolturi · 01/02/2022 20:45

I bet she has other bits and pieces. I could eat the same meal every day I think, if I enjoyed it. We eat to live, we don't live to eat!

DillDanding · 01/02/2022 20:46

There is so much nastiness on here.

VB looks the picture of health to me. She's very slim but also very toned. Don't equate the fact she doesn't smile for photos (she knows she doesn't look great smiling) with her being miserable.

I have never met her, but I know people who have and they say she is absolutely brilliant fun. She watches her weight and likes to be healthy. She also likes a drink, so she is not completely abstemious.

Good luck to her, I say. I wish I had her willpower.