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Starting Human Being Diet 8th May - anyone else

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Fluffywithteeth · 05/05/2024 15:45

I’m starting the HBD after the bank holiday. I’ve made some fat free veg stock and activated some walnuts. Tomorrow I’m going to make a vat of soup for P1 D1&2 and then some lentil curry for P2 and some (more) soup. So hopefully I’ll have down enough prep to make those first few days a bit easier. Anyone else going to start next week? I want to lose about 7kg and - most of all - see if it will help with my sleep …. 🤞🏼

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ILikePistachios · 05/05/2024 15:55

Activated walnuts? Please elaborate on that

I don't feel mentally ready to begin just yet, I need to make a few meal plans, get rid of the unhealthy snacks in the cupboard and get in the right mindset, maybe next week although I'm determined to start this month

Desecratedcoconut · 05/05/2024 15:57

I'm also interested in the activated walnuts. Activated to do what? If they are cleaning the kitchen, I'm all in.

Fluffywithteeth · 05/05/2024 17:09

😂 I so wished they cleaned the kitchen!! The woman who created the diet recommends soaking walnuts for a few hours to remove phytates which she says can impede your liver functioning and then you dry them in a low oven/ dehydrate in air fryer for a few hours

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ILikePistachios · 05/05/2024 17:18

Who created the diet? I'm curious to see if there's any scientific research behind her claims? Never heard of such a thing before. A VERY quick Google says they impede absorption of iron but I googled for all of 10 seconds and read the first result.

sorrynotathome · 05/05/2024 17:19

Jeez a human being diet sounds a bit like cannibalism to me!

Newestname002 · 05/05/2024 17:29

@Fluffywithteeth

and then you dry them in a low oven/ dehydrate in air fryer for a few hours

Doesn't all that heat destroy the good fats in the walnuts though? 🌹

Fluffywithteeth · 05/05/2024 18:05

Mmmm to be honest I’m just going to give the diet a go - thought I’d do it and then see what I think. If you google it you can find her book - petronella ravenshear

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Desecratedcoconut · 05/05/2024 18:17

Before you throw yourself in wholesale, I will say that I have read that this is terrible for those who lean towards orthorexia, being so rule laden and quite extreme.

ImAGummyBear · 20/09/2024 15:05

@Fluffywithteeth How did it go?

Fluffywithteeth · 20/09/2024 15:09

Great! I lost 10 kilos without really suffering and then I was in the road for 5 weeks and didn’t really put any weight on although I was definitely off plan. I’d like to lose another 3 kilos and am back on ‘phase 3’. I really feel it fixed me metabolically and the general principles I think I’ll stick with permanently 👍🏼

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ImAGummyBear · 20/09/2024 15:36

@Fluffywithteeth thats amazing!

I’d love to lose 10kilos in what 3-4 months?

I’m hoping to start this weekend, haven’t got the recipe book yet but will try do my own recipes.

Just vegetables for 2 days and then 3 meals of protein/veg for 2 weeks… should be simple enough?

Any tips?

ImAGummyBear · 20/09/2024 15:37

@Fluffywithteeth Well done you 👏

Fluffywithteeth · 20/09/2024 18:00

Prep is key. Have you got the main book? Make sure you read that really thoroughly and stick to the key 10 rules. As far as food is concerned it’s in the main book - the recipe book is useful inspiration but I’ve made maybe 2 or 3 things from it . So it’s that 130 grams of protein and of veg (100 for breakfast ). No mixing proteins. After then2 weeks of phase 2 15ml of olive oil. No potatoes or refined carbs and minimal root veg while you’re trying to lose weight. No shop bought stock. Follow jemimas table on insta and she has loads of recipes and specifies what’s for each phase - hbd Cornwall does too. Let us know how you get on!!

if it’s useful this is what I usually have each day:

breakfast - 100g cherries warmed with grated ginger (I buy it pre prepped and frozen), a few specks of red chilli (again frozen), lots of cinnamon and 35g walnuts, black coffee, tbsp acv

lunch - 130g smoked mackerel, 130g mixed salad veg (red cabbage, cucumber, lettuce, radish etc), diced apple, dressing of acv and olive oil. Slice of rye bread (no olive oil or bread in phase 2) OR 100g smoked salmon, ½ avocado, 2 baby Tom and the rest of veg weight in asparagus, black coffee, acv

dinner - 130g prawns or chicken, 130g courgette, broccoli and carrot cooked with some mirin, chilli, onion and garlic. 2 squares dark choc.

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