To ask what you think of this typical food intake?

[ivyball]

This is what I’ve eaten over the last 7 days.
Does this seem like too much food to you or not a lot of food?
Female 5 foot 2.

Day 1

4 egg omelette with 2 pork chops and red pepper, sweet corn.
Snacks - half a 900g pack of cheddar cheese and half a 200g pack of mixed nuts spread out and picked on over the day.
5 cups decaf coffee.

Day 2

3 chicken thighs and 2 chicken legs with some veg.
Snacks - half a 900g pack of cheddar cheese and half a 200g pack of mixed nuts picked on throughout the day.
5 cups decaf coffee.

Day 3
4 egg omelette and pack of prawns, sweetcorn and spinach.
Snacks - half a 900g packet of cheddar cheese and half a 200g bag of Mixed nuts.
5 cups decaf coffee.

Day 4
Half a roast chicken picked at.
Snacks - half a packet of 900g cheese and half a packet of 200g nuts to pick throughout the day.
5 cups of decaf coffee.

Day 5
4 fried eggs, mushrooms, an avocado, tomatoes and bacon.
Snacks - half a pack of 900g cheddar cheese and half a packet of 200g mixed nuts.
5 cups decaf coffee.

Day 6
500g diced beef fried with red pepper and mushrooms.
Snacks - half a packet of 900g cheddar cheese and half a packet of 200g mixed nuts.
5 cups decaf coffee.

Day 7
1 Tin of tuna and salad.
Snacks - half a packet of 900g cheddar cheese and half packet of 200g mixed nuts.
1 bottle of white wine.

2 fillets of salmon with green beans, broccoli and red pepper.
Snacks - half a 900g packet of cheddar cheese and half a 200g packet of nuts.
5 cups of decaf coffee.
1 bottle of white wine.

I have used the term half a pack instead of (450g) cheese and 100g nuts because I thought people would be able to imagine a 900g block of cheese and 200g pack of nuts easier as that’s how they come.
Does this sound like too much food or not enough food please?
I typically eat one meal a day in the morning and pick on cheese and nuts sporadically for the rest of the day.
This is because I need to eat until I’m full or I will still feel hungry after so I eat a big main meal first thing as it works for me and I feel full.
The cheese and nuts are because of a craving for cheese. I love my cheese.

How can anyone be this Ill informed but posting like they know what they are talking about. It is utterly shocking anyone thinks you can consume half a kilo of cheese a day just as you’re doing keto.

Thus appears to be what the poster thinks yes. It is shocking. If that’s the case the op wouldn’t be obese and we’d all be doing it.

I have a feeling I started a thread some years ago about cheese.

Asking why it was so addictive.

She isn’t using glp 1 and there is protein and then there is consuming half a kilo of cheese.

how on earth are people so nutrionally ignorant they think this is ok?

It’s very disordered eating.
Now I know where all the cheese has gone. 😁

3x30g a day is entirely different to the 120g of protein from cheese op is eating on top of her other meals of eggs and meat. A sedentary woman does absolutely not need nearly 200g protein a day and it isn't doing her any good.

@ivyball this must all be quite a lot to take in, when it's such a contradiction to your previous beliefs. And many of the suggested fixes - learning nutrition, getting a dietician or eating disorder clinic referral, talking to your GP about it and getting blood tests - while very good ideas, are not instant.

So here are 3 simple things you can do right now. They aren't a cure, but they will help.

1 Stop the nuts. You say it's hard to remove cheese from the house because of your husband's lunches, but you can remove nuts. If you stop eating those, that's 500 calories a day gone immediately, and it may help the cheese spiral. You're less likely to crave cheese if it was the last thing you ate than if you've had something else in between.

2 Put a jug of water in the fridge and a small glass right next to it. Every time you go to the fridge for cheese, make yourself drink a glass of water first. This will help your hydration, fill you up a bit, and give you a 'thinking' break so the cheese eating isn't mindless - ideally you will then sometimes not eat the cheese, but as a minimum you will notice you're doing it.

3 Move. Any exercise is good, because at the moment you're getting none. Once an hour, move. Set an alarm and climb the stairs. Walk around the garden. Work up to walking around the block. Do a squat. Tomorrow do 2 squats. Ideally you want to do at least 5-10 minutes activity at a time, but you can work up to that; start with 5-10 seconds if you need to but be consistent about doing it.

And don't think 'I'll start tomorrow'. Start now. Stand up and walk around your chair.

No good bossing keto if you’re dead from excess cheese consumption!

probably already been said but people who drink large amounts of alcohol usually don't crave sugar as they get such a massive hit of it from the alcohol. I've heard that when heavy drinkers go teetotal they often develop a massive sweet tooth

What's the point of a WLI when your diet is horrendous?! If you sorted your diet out you could easily lose weight.

I'm 5ft 11 and very active, and would put on weight eating what you do!

100g of cheddar cheese is 400 calories so your daily intake of cheese is well over how many calories a person of your height and exercise level would need. It's not just the fat in cheddar, but the salt content. That's half your recommended daily salt intake in just cheese. A heart attack waiting to happen!!

I will set you a challenge: NO MORE CHEESE! Replace your cheese with salad. Cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, celery etc... then sprinkle some toasted seeds on top, and a small amount of salad dressing. As much as you want. You will lose a LOT of weight!!!

I haven't read the full thread, so I wouldn't be surprised if this has already been mentioned, but I think a full blood panel would be a good idea.

Hair loss can be a sign of low iron, and since calcium can hinder the absorption of iron, the cheese might be interfering and you might be deficient.

Has you diet always been similar? Or is this a more recent thing?

I did not have this on the bingo card. This is insane and whilst I haven't rtft you are, I guess, massive

There is no way anyone is eating half a kilo of cheese every day as a “snack”, let alone a 5ft2 woman. And this is coming from someone who LOVES cheese and could eat it for every meal. This is about 3 KILOGRAMS of cheese every week. The food bill on cheese alone would be hundreds per month 🤣

Could you ask your husband to try something different on his sandwich? Also you need to get some willpower, which I know is easier said than done. I’d see your GP or a private dietician if you can maybe for help as there is also a lot of fat in nuts.

I’ve got heartburn just thinking about that amount of cheese and I’m also a cheese lover!

Is this a ChatGBT post or a piss take?

As a ( 1.83m) 6ft male weighing (76kg) 167 lbs, reasonably active, walking 10 miles a day, weight session twice a week, cycling once a week, I average 2300 calories a day.
You almost achieve that in cheese alone. The following are near enough values.

450g cheese 2200 calories.
200g nuts 1200 calories
4 x chicken leg and thighs 1240 calories
2 thick pork chops 900 calories
500g beef mince 1300 calories
1 bottle white wine 600 calories. (700cc x 12%)/1000 = 8.4 units alcohol

How’s your weight. Gaining? - you should be unless you’re incredibly active.
Are you younger or older? That affects calorie burn slightly. Weight loss medicines?

Given the approximate 1600-2000 calories a day for a woman, your calorie intake is way over that. I’d also be concerned about fat intake.
Even if you are not feeling the effects of this diet now, I think it will catch up with you

I'm not saying she is (losing muscle)...I've no idea if she is or isn't.....im talking in general terms that any nutritionist would tell you that people generally don't eat sufficient protein (think a cereal based breakfast, pasta and salad lunch and maybe only sufficient protein at evening meal).
Nowhere did I say we need to be consuming vast amounts of protein (akin to bodybuilders) but we do need to eat sufficient protein and many, many people don't. It helped me enormously with so much (including chronic fatigue) when I started ensuring I upped my protein levels, especially at breakfast.
Also, when people lose weight too quickly they tend to lose muscle mass but sufficient protein (along with resistance training) helps to counteract this phenomenon.

What's the reason for asking? That's a lot of bad calories.

She’s explained that.

@EvieBBa dietitian or registered nutritionist would hopefully say that people in general eat enough protein, eg https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritional-information/protein/ because that’s the case, on average.

If you go to the 1st of OP's post and click on "See all" you will be able to read all her posts . . . .

Both eating and drinking seem disordered, more for emotional comfort rather than health.

Lack of balance throughout the day - even if you don’t want to eat 3 smaller meals, it would be better to have a proper meal again in the evening.

Meat portions are huge, better to replace about half the meat with increased vegetables, beans etc.

A small portion of cheese is ok, but in large amounts it’s really unhealthy salt and adding even more saturated fats.

Maybe combine a small cheese portion with an apple? Or Houmous and crudités?

Nuts are a good snack though.

It’s a lot of coffees (even if decaf), can you reduce to 2 and drink more water?

The wine is excessive bingeing over 2 days and even if it were more spaced out, excessive total amount for the week as well. Especially at your height.

Even with great genetics on your side, I would think your body would be under strain continuing this diet and it would not be sustainable for longer term health, with increased visceral fat, metabolic imbalance, heart and cancer risks.

Honesty when you said four egg omelette and pork chops I just stopped reading. You’re eating far too much stop stop stop check yourself. You’re not eating what you need you’re eating feelings or something else. This isn’t right four eggs and pork chops cheese christ that would be like three or four days for me crazy

There are very very very few people in this country, using the average diet, who dont get enough protein

My bariatric team told me not to get hung up on the stuff I was reading as I was thinking I needed about 100 or 120g of protein. I was advised that while losing weight to try to aim for around 70-80ish, a bit more if I could (20 stone as I moved down) and then as I approached and then are at target weight around 60ish is enough to maintain and sustain muscle.

The average person is not a professional weight lifter or olympic athlete.