How well do you eat?

Slackjawedyokel said:
Well, we’ve got a (750g) box of Frosties (plus Jersey milk) for breakfast tomorrow.

It‘s the eldest’s birthday and it’s a house rule that the birthday boy (or girl) can pick whatever trash cereal they like (and Daddy finds the largest box he possibly can!). Apart from birthdays, we’re only allowed sensible cereals😐
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I do like your system, however I can't bring myself to actually give a like to having cereal for breakfast
 
Phil the Dill said:
www.dailymail.co.uk

DR ALEXIS WILLETT: Why trendy plant milks are no healthier than cow's

DR ALEXIS WILLETT: From trendy vegan plant 'milks' to whether a daily glass of red really does keep the doctor away, here's the science behind what drinks mean for our health.
www.dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk
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"...There has been a huge shift towards plant-based milk drinks (such as almond, oat and soya) in recent years, but they’re not necessarily any healthier than cow’s milk.
For a start, very little of the plant makes it into the drinks. The most popular brands of nut milks typically have only 1 to 2.5 per cent nut content, and are mostly water. ... "
 
Alicecow said:
"...There has been a huge shift towards plant-based milk drinks (such as almond, oat and soya) in recent years, but they’re not necessarily any healthier than cow’s milk.
For a start, very little of the plant makes it into the drinks. The most popular brands of nut milks typically have only 1 to 2.5 per cent nut content, and are mostly water. ... "
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Plants don't give milk, they are not mammals, only mammals give milk
 
Pilgrimmick said:
No added sugar in my diet, very little salt, though I do like butter and gold top milk, ( blue at a push) and a fry up now and then.
Have had to take some more sugary snacks, since turning diabetic, but prefer a pork pie, just not as easy to carry around.
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My diet now consists of fruit during the day and meat and carrots/peas/green beans for dinner and oatcakes with lashings of butter in between 🤭
 
I watched the Michael Mosley programme on Monday evenings recently, (or tried to, kept falling asleep after 30-40 minutes :rolleyes:) so I missed the punchline on most of them, except the last episode where they lost 6.5 kg each in 4 weeks. It has inspired me to do something for myself, especially after giving up sugar in my coffee before Christmas has helped my very dry skin to cope better. I lost 2lbs before Christmas too, just from that. Put it back on over Christmas, but seem to have shaken it off again. I've been this weight for 20 years now, but I suppose I can't blame it on carrying a 10lb baby any more! Started keeping a food diary and working out the calories as best as I can. Was a bit disheartened with it yesterday but worked out a generic day and was quite encouraged by the difference in intake. Realised that even just halving my consumption of snacks and cr*p could make a difference of 900 calories a day, so hopefully I'll be able to achieve my target of losing 1kg per month for the year and get from upper overweight to lower overweight/high ideal weight by next Christmas.
 
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I had a bit of an upset period in November where I was off food for 2 or 3 days and lost nearly a stone, which was actually quite an improvement as I put on more than that after we stopped milking over ten years ago.
So been trying to keep most of that off I still aren't 'skinny' but much less middle aged belly.
Main thing I'm doing is minimising sugar and reducing starchy stuff like potatoes and bread I don't omit them just aim for about half what I might have had before.
Anyway still doing Ok at about 13 stone and with busier periods coming up should be easier to stay around there.
 
Alicecow said:
I watched the Michael Mosley programme on Monday evenings recently, (or tried to, kept falling asleep after 30-40 minutes :rolleyes:) so I missed the punchline on most of them, except the last episode where they lost 6.5 kg each in 4 weeks. It has inspired me to do something for myself, especially after giving up sugar in my coffee before Christmas has helped my very dry skin to cope better. I lost 2lbs before Christmas too, just from that. Put it back on over Christmas, but seem to have shaken it off again. I've been this weight for 20 years now, but I suppose I can't blame it on carrying a 10lb baby any more! Started keeping a food diary and working out the calories as best as I can. Was a bit disheartened with it yesterday but worked out a generic day and was quite encouraged by the difference in intake. Realised that even just halving my consumption of snacks and cr*p could make a difference of 900 calories a day, so hopefully I'll be able to achieve my target of losing 1kg per month for the year and get from upper overweight to lower overweight/high ideal weight by next Christmas.
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Have you got a link to the program?
 
I met Michael Mosley while back, nice man. We worked together making a black pudding out of his own blood. One of his researchers had had one of my black puddings. Cutting down from a gallon of blood to 20cc of his blood and all the rest of the ingredients took a while, but he did mix it and cook it and ate it!
 
Alicecow said:
I watched the Michael Mosley programme on Monday evenings recently, (or tried to, kept falling asleep after 30-40 minutes :rolleyes:) so I missed the punchline on most of them, except the last episode where they lost 6.5 kg each in 4 weeks. It has inspired me to do something for myself, especially after giving up sugar in my coffee before Christmas has helped my very dry skin to cope better. I lost 2lbs before Christmas too, just from that. Put it back on over Christmas, but seem to have shaken it off again. I've been this weight for 20 years now, but I suppose I can't blame it on carrying a 10lb baby any more! Started keeping a food diary and working out the calories as best as I can. Was a bit disheartened with it yesterday but worked out a generic day and was quite encouraged by the difference in intake. Realised that even just halving my consumption of snacks and cr*p could make a difference of 900 calories a day, so hopefully I'll be able to achieve my target of losing 1kg per month for the year and get from upper overweight to lower overweight/high ideal weight by next Christmas.
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Survived the first week, somehow. May have lost a pound, but it's probably hiding down the back of the sofa. I'm hoping that toast with butter, followed by 3 small homemade cakes with a little pot of custard, is roughly the same number of calories as a cheese sandwich plus crisps, it's certainly more filling!
 
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