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.

There is no world in which it is fine to eat 450g of cheese every day. The recommended daily serving is 30-40g due to the high amounts of saturated fat and sodium. It's irrelevant if the OP is doing keto or not.

I haven't read through every post as there are 31 pages but if you are not losing weight or gaining weight and you want to lose weight then yes you are eating too much. Pretty simple.

Even one bottle of wine on one night,is binge drinking. Two is over the recommended weekly allowance.. obviously,far too much fat overall.. completely disordered eating pattern. You need a frank discussion with the GP,to be referred to a dietician, before you end up with high cholesterol, cardiac issues,gall stones,or frankly,a stroke.

@ivyball

I’ve read all your updates, (and a few replies).

I’d have thought that diet was for someone who worked out a lot, or deliberately trying to do a paleo style, atkins type, or to manage epilepsy. You say your stools are ok, how’s your breath? And general energy levels?

Firstly, fat is not the enemy we’ve been told for decades, so I wouldn’t worry too much about that, it’s the quality that matters. That said, I think the amount of cheese is probably still too much. If you’re only eating 1 meal a day, on purpose, (arguably the amount of cheese and nuts etc., is another meal), I’d expect this to have been a conscious eating window thing, fitness or medical diet, and that it works for you, but it doesn’t sound that way, as you are over weight and nutrient deficient.

Are you familiar with FODMAP? The idea is to restrict foods that irritate initially but then reintroduce them again.

You may do better with 2 ‘meals’ a day? Defo more veg and hydration, also fruit if you can tolerate it, (although some are better than others), If you genuinely need fats and proteins to help keep full, maybe try full fat yoghurt, kefir. I think you’d benefit from more variation!!

Like it took decades to realise sugar was bad not fats, we’re now starting to learn that low salt is also not helpful. Food is medicine and will defo influence your health, blood pressure.

The podcast. Zoe, Science and Nutrition may be of interest to you….

This is shocking advice, on so many levels,

If you stopped reading after pork chops you didn't even get to the cheese.

It would be nice of your dh to try and support you and not buy cheese

so you only eat it if in the fridge @ivyball for his sarnies

obv you know you are seriously overweight (well guessing from your last reply) and with hair falling out , it’s down to your diet

could dh buy a mini fridge and lock it with his cheese in it- maybe to buy a pack of cheese slices for his sarnies

obv buying 900g packs it will be eaten

could you do moderation ? As in if had once slice be happy ? Or better with none at all

eating that amount of cheese isn’t healthy but you know this

yes mj may help you. But for mj to work you have to have a calorie controlled diet and you eat way too many cals in cheese

I don’t know the solution whether to not buy cheese so can’t eat it or ………

I love cheese. I find buying a pack of sliced mature cheddar and only eating one slice at a time, ideally only one a day, means I can get the 'hit' safely.

As with any food you want to limit, keeping it in the freezer and thawing one portion at a time helps slow down the consumption.

Sorry OP, that is probably no help to you at the moment. Not will my suggestion of a Little Gem lettuce as a substitute daily snack, or a quartered 4 inch chunk of peeled cucumber with marmite as an umami and salt hit.

See a dietician. You need support and good advice.

It’s not the husband, she says she buys a 900g slab and it lasts her two days. She buys it, it’s a controlled half a kg she eats a day, if it was her husband some of that would be used in sandwiches. Snd she’s clearly not bingeing It shes said she eats it sporadically throughout thr day. She just decided to blame the poor sod when she saw the responses.

Notsosweetcatlroline,100% agree! Over 40 years nursing,20 on Hyper Acute stroke unit!!

Also the omelettes were made with 4 eggs and on one of the days was accompanied by 2 pork chops.

450g cheese is 1800 calories which is probably more than your daily calories not to mention salt
A portion of cheese id 30- 40g you are eating 10x this
Eggs fir omelette 70 each so 280
A pork chop is 505 cals you had x2 so 1100 calories
Nuts are 600 per 100g you had x2 1200
Sweetcorn and pepper 150csls

By my calculation on day 1 you ate 4530 calories which is more than double you should be eating.

Your daily should be between 1500-2000 depending on age and activity level.
Try logging on food diary app like Samsung health or similar.

Which is why your replies are problematic. You are writing in support of a high protein diet but have looked at the OP in isolation of OP’s other posts where you would see she is not attempting to follow keto or a personal training plan, and under the circumstances your advice could be dangerous.

I think the WLI suggestions are particularly because of the beneficial effect they have on a lot of people in terms of reducing cravings, meaning it would be easier for someone to reduce their over consumption on them, than without. Not saying whether they would be right for OP or not, but I can see why people have suggested this. I don’t know if they can be used in conjunction with some kind of therapy.

It's really important he supports you in this and I can promise you one of the best ways to get on top of binge or unhealthy eating habits is to just not have that food in the house. Because of how we are designed it is very hard to resist food we like or crave and you are just setting yourself up for a constant battle if it is in your kitchen. Get some support and guidance from a reliable and reputable source, and surround yourself with healthy food. Can your husband keep the cheese at work? He can still make the sandwiches at home and then put the cheese in at work. You honestly need it out of the house to help ween yourself off your craving.

OP I was thinking this is the worst diet I've ever heard of in an NT person - but then it turns out you're ND. Your ADHD probably explains what's going on here when it comes to cheese:

'ADHD safe foods are frequently linked to food hyperfixation, where a person eats the same thing for weeks or months because it is stimulating and convenient.'

You need to not have cheese in the house otherwise you probably don't stand a chance, your husband needs to support you in this. You also need to try really hard to have a more normal diet with 3 meals a day and lots of vegetables. Check out low FODMAP vegetables if you have problems with intolerances as they are often more easily tolerated, you won't be allergic I don't expect, just intolerant.

I think that's harsh. If someone's watching their weight or just remembers the exact food they eat it doesn't make it sad or depressing. I'd easily remember if I had one spoon of something or several. It doesn't means you're not enjoying your food? Like I had two pieces of a chicken skewer yesterday. I just did and I remember I did. That was all I wanted.

I'd like to see that person's diet when they aren't going out for a meal - it looks very much like they are restricting their food intake - if they think a couple of spoons of rice is too much on a meal out

If it's OP then they are doing very low carb. That's probably why they seem restrictive on the rice. If they're eating lots of fat and calories the only thing stopping them gaining will be not having many carbs.

I still think calling it sad to memorise the amount of food you had is a bit unnecessary. It doesn't mean they didn't enjoy it.

It's not OP. I think the OPs eating is very disordered. Low carb doesn't mean eating that much cheese in one sitting every day

You went out for dinner and measured your curry and rice in tablespoons?!?

Tbf, I do this.

I know roughly how many spoons of something I'll eat so that's how much I put on my plate. I assumed everyone did this? How do you know how much to cook or serve yourself otherwise?

Ok thank you. So this other person is disordered and so is OP. I'm not so sure but if that's what it looks to you then fair enough.

OP definitely eats a lot of cheese, that's probably not enormously healthy but I guess it's good for your bones?

I’ve never heard of anyone doing this in my life.

I don't. If I go out for a meal I don't count the rice I put on my plate in tablespoons. The last time I went out for a meal the portions were quite small - just the way the restaurant did them.

Some people find it helpful to weigh out food and others don't. Some people will also eat meals that are already calorie counted - ready meals

Pretty sure there's guidance online regarding what a portion size should be. Some people are also very active - so they might eat a bigger portion

And restricting you food intake is bad because...? The vast majority of us eat far too much and that's why we have an obesity crisis. Being mindful of what you put on your plate and trying to eat less is not an eating disorder.