What sort of diet do you have? Do you eat your veggies?

JackieChang

A friend of mine orders a pizza or chinese every day for dinner. Never makes anything at home other than the odd cup of tea. His Sunday treat is a breast in a bun with taco chip.

I'd be on the other end of the spectrum, always trying to get my 5 veg a day. I treat myself to fast food once a week or so - a delicious shish kebab or something after work on a Friday perhaps.

Whereabouts do you fall on the scale?

Jack the Stripper

See food diet myself.

Katgurl

I eat healthy meals; no gluten or processed muck and always get my veggies in. I have one takeaway a week on average but it'll be a veggie Thai with steamed rice so I don't feel bad about that. I still eat crisps or some form of junk though every day, wish I could kick the habit.

stimpson

Katgurl wrote: »

I eat healthy meals; no gluten or processed muck and always get my veggies in. I have one takeaway a week on average but it'll be a veggie Thai with steamed rice so I don't feel bad about that. I still eat crisps or some form of junk though every day, wish I could kick the habit.

There's nothing wrong with gluten if you're not a coeliac.

scamalert

well your friend sounds hes getting his 5 a day ,its still better then claiming to eat vegie burger and say you got your 5 a day when eating 1 a day every day :pac:

Stigura

Must admit; I'm f**king murder! I haven't eaten a scrap of green veg in about a twelve month now. Really should do, I s'pose. (Wonder if there'll be any sprouts left, next time I'm in the shop? Doubt it. I like sprouts)

Eat plenty of spud and stuff. Curries, stews. Eat eggs. Spent several months on chilli's, so I had the beans.

My stout keeps me going though. Haven't shrivelled up yet

God knows where that leaves me ~ on the scale.

dd972

About 50% awful, and about 50% phenomenally healthy, so which will prevail?...

learn_more

I've taken to eating raw cauliflower recently. Only if it's very fresh. I really like it too.

Lady is a tramp

I eat most meals at the alcohol rehabilitation centre where I volunteer. So my diet consists of porridge for breakfast, soup for lunch, meat-potato-veg for dinner. Very bland and boring, but I probably get most of the nutrients in. Don't really eat much outside of that. Everyone tells me I look amazing and have lost loooads of weight ... Rehab diet agrees with me evidently!

Graces7

Variable. I can no longer eat in any quantity so I graze. Swallowing is a problem too now. And vegetables need to be in soup.

But I eat simply... so no junk or takeaways thank you.

Graces7

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

I eat most meals at the alcohol rehabilitation centre where I volunteer. So my diet consists of porridge for breakfast, soup for lunch, meat-potato-veg for dinner. Very bland and boring, but I probably get most of the nutrients in. Don't really eat much outside of that. Everyone tells me I look amazing and have lost loooads of weight ... Rehab diet agrees with me evidently!

That is a good simple strong diet; not bland and boring. I would enjoy most of it; simple food is grand.

Interesting that that is for rehab too. Great!

whoopsadoodles

My meals are super healthy. I'm a good cook and make everything from scratch, I always pack as much veg into recipes as I can. I love fruit and veg so it's not too difficult.

Unfortunately I'm a fiend for cereal and toast as snacks and I bloody love cake.

Mmmmmm cake.

Graces7

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

My meals are super healthy. I'm a good cook and make everything from scratch, I always pack as much veg into recipes as I can. I love fruit and veg so it's not too difficult.

Unfortunately I'm a fiend for cereal and toast as snacks and I bloody love cake.

Mmmmmm cake.

Ah fellow cake lover! Me too!

JustAThought

Graces7 wrote: »

Ah fellow cake lover! Me too!

Mmmmmm : )

I made my second ever chocolate cake the other day & the house smelt SO good - warm chocolate - I felt like licking the walls!!!

In a fit of guilt panic I bought a box of my favourite guilty pleasures for a houseguest I sidn't really know the other day - vienese whirls - she lit up with joy and scoffed them down with both hands!!! Big success!

In my life I have never seen a joyful reception for vegetables.

Katgurl

stimpson wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with gluten if you're not a coeliac.

Brilliant, thanks for that. Very helpful.

I'm not coeliac. I have an autoimmune disease which only became symptomatic (after I had Cancer) a couple of years ago.

Since cutting out gluten my ridiculously swollen face became recognisable again, my thick hair reappeared and my stomach issues disappeared. I'm also back to my teenage weight.

I tried various other routes for approx a year before settling on this one as eliminating gluten isn't exactly convenient.

There is plenty wrong with gluten and I suggest anyone suffering with any thyroid related problems cuts it out for ten days and monitors how they feel.

whoopsadoodles

Katgurl wrote: »

Brilliant, thanks for that. Very helpful.

I'm not coeliac. I have an autoimmune disease which only became symptomatic (after I had Cancer) a couple of years ago.

Since cutting out gluten my ridiculously swollen face became recognisable again, my thick hair reappeared and my stomach issues disappeared. I'm also back to my teenage weight.

I tried various other routes for approx a year before settling on this one as eliminating gluten isn't exactly convenient.

There is plenty wrong with gluten and I suggest anyone suffering with any thyroid related problems cuts it out for ten days and monitors how they feel.

That's fine, there is something wrong with gluten for you and there are other diseases which require the exclusion of gluten also. Nobody has an issue with that.

For anyone who does not have issues with gluten it is not necessarily unhealthy.

I cut out wheat for a month and honestly I felt no different to how I normally feel.

Now, the argument is certainly there that foods containing gluten are often unhealthy foods - cakes/biscuits/white bread etc. But when it comes to things like "gluten free porridge" then it's a step too far for folk who are do not need to exclude gluten but do so simply because they feel it's unhealthy.

(Porridge doesn't contain gluten but is often processed in factories where cross contamination is a factor and therefore those with extreme sensitivities or allergies should avoid the regular type).

Anecdote time: I know someone with crones who cannot eat most green veg as they will make him very very sick. That doesn't mean green veg are unhealthy for everyone.

Graces7

Katgurl wrote: »

Brilliant, thanks for that. Very helpful.

I'm not coeliac. I have an autoimmune disease which only became symptomatic (after I had Cancer) a couple of years ago.

Since cutting out gluten my ridiculously swollen face became recognisable again, my thick hair reappeared and my stomach issues disappeared. I'm also back to my teenage weight.

I tried various other routes for approx a year before settling on this one as eliminating gluten isn't exactly convenient.

There is plenty wrong with gluten and I suggest anyone suffering with any thyroid related problems cuts it out for ten days and monitors how they feel.

Then you have a gluten sensitivity , as some do, in your case related to your cancer It does not mean gluten is universally bad.Just for those who have a condition related to gluten.

It is very good that you have identified this d and are taking care of yourself

I have an auto-immune disease and of course tried this to no effect. Did a very full food allergy/sensitivity programme.

Graces7

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

That's fine, there is something wrong with gluten for you and there are other diseases which require the exclusion of gluten also. Nobody has an issue with that.

For anyone who does not have issues with gluten it is not necessarily unhealthy.

I cut out wheat for a month and honestly I felt no different to how I normally feel.

Now, the argument is certainly there that foods containing gluten are often unhealthy foods - cakes/biscuits/white bread etc. But when it comes to things like "gluten free porridge" then it's a step too far for folk who are do not need to exclude gluten but do so simply because they feel it's unhealthy.

(Porridge doesn't contain gluten but is often processed in factories where cross contamination is a factor and therefore those with extreme sensitivities or allergies should avoid the regular type).

Anecdote time: I know someone with crones who cannot eat most green veg as they will make him very very sick. That doesn't mean green veg are unhealthy for everyone.

amen to this. NB cakes and white bread are not unhealthy per se, simply a question of balance.

osarusan

We have two kids so we eat very healthily for the most part. Loads of soups, pasta sauces, stews to get lots of vegetables into them.

Breakfast this morning was soup of chicken and 10 different vegetables (10 is my target for all these dishes,8 is the minimum acceptable).

quickbeam

My diet is pretty good. I've been losing weight for over a year, so that helps.

I've cut out junk food and processed food. And no alcohol.

I'm mostly vegetarian (eat fish the odd time), but that's been the case for many a year now so nothing to do with trying to lose weight.

I could probably still do with eating more vegetables, and cut back a bit on the carbs. But overall, what I'm doing is working for me.

Katgurl

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

That's fine, there is something wrong with gluten for you and there are other diseases which require the exclusion of gluten also. Nobody has an issue with that.

For anyone who does not have issues with gluten it is not necessarily unhealthy.

I cut out wheat for a month and honestly I felt no different to how I normally feel.

Now, the argument is certainly there that foods containing gluten are often unhealthy foods - cakes/biscuits/white bread etc. But when it comes to things like "gluten free porridge" then it's a step too far for folk who are do not need to exclude gluten but do so simply because they feel it's unhealthy.

(Porridge doesn't contain gluten but is often processed in factories where cross contamination is a factor and therefore those with extreme sensitivities or allergies should avoid the regular type).

Anecdote time: I know someone with crones who cannot eat most green veg as they will make him very very sick. That doesn't mean green veg are unhealthy for everyone.

Sorry to clarify - I wasn't saying it was universally bad. I was responding to the poster who suggested only coeliacs can have gluten sensitivity which is rubbish.

Loads of meat and veg, crisps and sweets

I am coeliac but with betty crocker gf brownie mix and fudge icing it doesn't matter that much ...
Mmm cake

stimpson

Katgurl wrote: »

Sorry to clarify - I wasn't saying it was universally bad. I was responding to the poster who suggested only coeliacs can have gluten sensitivity which is rubbish.

You may have allergies to other compounds in wheat, but it's unlikely to be gluten. It was the scientist who first theorised Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity that recently disproved it. It's likely that you may be have difficulty with lactose, or short chain carbohydrates called FODMAPs, but it's not the gluten.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-non-celiac-gluten-intolerance-actually-exist/

Katgurl

stimpson wrote: »

You may have allergies to other compounds in wheat, but it's unlikely to be gluten. It was the scientist who first theorised Non-Coeliac Gluten Sensitivity that recently disproved it. It's likely that you may be have difficulty with lactose, or short chain carbohydrates called FODMAPs, but it's not the gluten.

http://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/does-non-celiac-gluten-intolerance-actually-exist/

Interesting read. My heart soared momentarily thinking I'd be able to revive the croissant and latte morning tradition but it still amounts to the same sort of food.

mansize

Salad is garnish.

I like carrots.

Green veg and cauliflower urgh

suicide_circus

People been eating gluten for about 11,000 years. Be grand.

learn_more

suicide_circus wrote: »

People been eating gluten for about 11,000 years. Be grand.

Must be good for you if ppl are living that long.

stimpson

Katgurl wrote: »

Interesting read. My heart soared momentarily thinking I'd be able to revive the croissant and latte morning tradition but it still amounts to the same sort of food.

One would hope it will lead to the development of foods with gluten but without the problem compounds.

Shenshen

Reasonably healthy, I think.
I love cooking, so most of our meals would be cooked from scratch, but we would have a takeaway maybe once every two weeks.

My typical day would be greek yoghurt with fresh fruits and nuts and a bit of honey for bereakfast, a salad for lunch (I vary those - greek salad with olives and feta, German salad with carrots, peppers and hardboiled egg, salad with asparagus and halloumi, roasted veg and quinoa, anything I can think of really) and a cooked meal for tea.

I would say that most days, I would struggle not to have my 5 a day, I'd exceed them regularly

Bambi985

pretty bland boring diet most of the time. Porridge with honey and almond milk most mornings, salad with chicken and sweet potato for lunch, more chicken and heaps of greens for dinner.

I'd have a coffee or two most days and some day instead of a proper dinner I'll just eat cake or icecream because secretly I am 4 years old.

Could eat more vegetables and fruits but not arsed eating more than I do most days. I like having a routine with food, it keeps my moods stable and keeps me from bingeing on even more crap which I was a demon for during my 20s when I was a bit heavier.

MadDog76

Mostly eat protein (eggs, fish, lean meat) and vegetables (mostly green veg like spinach, broccoli, cabbage etc.) ......... some fats (avocado, nuts) and a small amount of carbs (brown rice, sweet potatoes, fruit) and I also drink 3-4 litres of water a day.

Except Saturdays when it's pizza, chipper, Chinese etc. all washed down with beer and/or wine!

JackieChang

Stigura wrote: »

Must admit; I'm f**king murder! I haven't eaten a scrap of green veg in about a twelve month now. Really should do, I s'pose. (Wonder if there'll be any sprouts left, next time I'm in the shop? Doubt it. I like sprouts.

Tesco have frozen Brussels sprouts. €1 for a 1kg bag. Throw em in the microeave. They're delish.

Stigura

JackieChang wrote: »

Tesco have frozen Brussels sprouts.

Oh, man! I tried frozen sprouts ~ once! ~ they were f**king Rank!!! :eek:

Dunno. I guess it's all down to what people want from their sprouts. Like, some people like them crunchy?! GTF! I like mine soft, and slathered in black pepper! God, yeah!

But, frozen ones? Nah!

endacl

stimpson wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with gluten if you're not a coeliac.

But it's a fad! You can't argue with fads!!

endacl

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

I eat most meals at the alcohol rehabilitation centre where I volunteer. So my diet consists of porridge for breakfast, soup for lunch, meat-potato-veg for dinner. Very bland and boring, but I probably get most of the nutrients in. Don't really eat much outside of that. Everyone tells me I look amazing and have lost loooads of weight ... Rehab diet agrees with me evidently!

You should try the auld heroin on top of that. The weight'll fall offa ya!

stimpson

Stigura wrote: »

Oh, man! I tried frozen sprouts ~ once! ~ they were f**king Rank!!! :eek:

Just like fresh sprouts then?

Wanderer2010

I eat a lot of raw nuts, like almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts etc, plus I have veg soup about 3 times a week, but I also eat a lot of rubbish as well. I try to eat a salad twice a week as well. The only way I eat veg is in soup form. There is a LOT of room for improvement!

ToddyDoody

I've taken to roasting vegetables recently. So much better than the piss that is boiled veg.

I'll generally get the pre-prepared bags of chopped carrots, cauliflower and brocolli, mixed with a bit of olive oil.

Burritos are nice to make also; lettuce, sweetcorn, olives, onion, pepper.

Curries can be good too, same veg as above minus the lettuce.

Takeaways are rife at weekends and maybe once during the week; burritos, sushi, possibly a burger and chips after a night out.

Mr.Plough

Healthy Monday to Friday.

Weekends I enjoy a bit more but nothing too unhealthy unless I'm hungover.

nice_guy80

usually have one third of the plate as veg

raw for salads
steamed or roasted for dinners

fussyonion

Pretty good during the week but I eat what I fancy at the weekend.

Porridge/boiled eggs and toast for brekky.

Lunch: mixed salad or soup and sandwich.

Dinner: Almost all made from scratch; bolognese, meatballs, Actifry chips, curries, stews etc.

I snack on unsalted nuts, Greek yogurt and fruit and I drink around 3ltrs water a day.

Come the weekend I have wine and crisps and I've lost over 6st so it works for me!

Dr Crayfish

Midweek it's yoghurt and banana for breakfast, salad for lunch, and a stir fry or some fish and greens and a few baby potatoes for dinner.
At the weekend I allow myself to be a pig, within limits, or no limits if I'm hungover.
These fad diets and clean eating things are just bullsh*t. Everything in moderation, and smaller portions. Simple as that.

Sono

Recently started eating salads for dinner about 3/4 times a week and no takeaways, also no alcohol in that time and I've lost a stone. Feel a lot better for eating healthy, before that I used to take something from the freezer and whack it into the oven, how I'm not huge I really don't know, glad I have changed diets now though.

Still love a bag of crisps though, massive Achilles heal!

rainbowdrop

Graces7 wrote: »

That is a good simple strong diet; not bland and boring. I would enjoy most of it; simple food is grand.

Interesting that that is for rehab too. Great!

10months ago I was diagnosed with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes. I'm a 38yr old female, only 5ft 1in and weighed 13 stone. I had gained it over years of eating and drinking rubbish: takeaways and processed foods, going out every weekend drinking and sitting at home drinking bottles of Budweiser during the week.
I work in an office and was always eating cake/taytos/chocolate at my desk

The doctor warned me I needed to lose weight but I had no interest in fad dieting 'rabbit food' cos I knew I wouldn't stick at it, so I just decided to eat simply and go back to the kind of food I grew up with, 2 weetabix for breakfast, ham sandwich and soup for lunch, and baby potatoes meat and veg (small portions) for dinner.

No takeaways, no processed food, hardly drink anymore and I walk for 30mins every evening. Just by eating simply and walking, my blood pressure and sugar levels have gone back to normal and I have lost nearly 3 stone.... Everyone tells me I look great, and I feel great as well, both mentally and physically. Never going back to eating rubbish again!!

gnarbarian

I've been eating nothing but broccoli and lettuce for the last few weeks... I decided to buy in bulk from every shop I could find....I just love the stuff!

JackieChang

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

I eat a lot of raw nuts, like almonds, walnuts, brazil nuts etc, plus I have veg soup about 3 times a week, but I also eat a lot of rubbish as well. I try to eat a salad twice a week as well. The only way I eat veg is in soup form. There is a LOT of room for improvement!

Those veggie soups can be pretty unhealthy. Full of corn starch to thicken it up and full of salt to add a bit of flavour to the starch. Unless you make your own that is.

I used to eat a tonne of nuts too until I saw that there's like a 1,000 calories in a medium bag. Which I used to eat almost every day, chewing my way through a bag during work. I'd have a handful a day now.

Gwynplaine

Everything in moderation. I've eaten well all week.
Porridge and granola most mornings, fruit.
Brown bread with ham, or a salad and homemade soup,
Roasted veg, spuds, meat and gravy. Slow cooker curry, air fryer chips.
No fizzy drinks, no crisps. A bar of chocolate maybe twice a week. Have drank beer only twice this year.
No eating after 8pm.
Steady exercise program, walk 8 miles on a Saturday.
Down 7lbs since Jan 1st.

Today I've had....
2 boiled eggs, 3 rashers, fried mushrooms, 2 slices of brown bread.
apple, banana, 2 squeezed grapefruit.
Waiting on the wife to come home with pizza and chips. (Treat for the week)

Oh also, cut down the smokes to only 2 or 3 a week.

bee06

Left to my own devices my diet would be a disaster but my husband keeps me on the straight and narrow.

Porridge with nuts, seeds and raisins for breakfast on weekdays and eggs, avocado and brown bread at weekends.

Lunch depends on what's on the menu at work but we have excellent chefs so everything is freshly made with locally sourced ingredients.

Dinner will have 2 to 3 portions of veg, either potatoes, brown rice or brown pasta and any sauces are home made.

I gave up sugar about 9 months ago so no cakes, biscuits, sweets etc. I have 1 square of dark chocolate once a week.

Takeaways would be a rare occurrence in my house as well. I'm naturally skinny so I'm lucky I don't have to watch portion size or calories.

Rezident

stimpson wrote: »

There's nothing wrong with gluten if you're not a coeliac.

That's not entirely accurate - and it's dangerous that this misinformation is getting so many thanks. Do a bit of research on the genetic modification of what used to be wild wheat and the modern frankenstein high-production wheat that we have now instead.

There are a load of wheat sensitivities among many people who are not coeliac. You might even have a mild one and not know about it as you build up a tolerance and might think some of the side-effects are pretty normal, if somewhat unpleasant to discuss.

I didn't know until I went off wheat for a few weeks in support of my wife, then you go back on and, eh, it's not pretty, but you definitely flippin' notice it. And I only have a very mild sensitivity to it, my wife has a catastrophic one, and she is confirmed not coeliac. If you think this is not real, you have been fooled by someone, presumably the wheat industry, with fake news? Wheat obviously F**ks up some people who are not coeliac so why cover it up?

Harry Palmr

Like the fillings of my sandwiches I'm a mixed bag when it comes to vegetables - I eat a decent amount of of lettuce, kale, mushrooms, but few enough roots and tubers as I prefer pasta for speedy cooking and hardly any cabbage mainly as much of it is likely to go to waste so flipping big are they, I do eat broccoli and sprouts in season. Overall diet is probably as health-friendly as it's ever been - though I do love chocolate so have to try to reign it in - that said I have a physical job so I can justify it, it'll be burnt off in no time!

Lia_lia

I eat fairly healthy food most of the time. Mostly vegetarian, fish the odd time. Plenty of veg. Lots of eggs, rice, curries, soup... I tend to either cook my own food or get it food at work. We have a great canteen that is more like a restaurant. I go out for food with friends fairly frequently too.

I have a serious sweet tooth though. Love cake, chocolate, biscuits...anything sweet! So hard to avoid it working in a big office where everyone has birthday cake, bring sweets back from holidays etc...

Since I started working there about 4 years ago (and moving in with my OH) I've put on over 10kg...eek. I'm still a normal weight and healthy bmi. Was underweight before. But still wouldn't mind losing the belly. Fair play to anyone that sticks to diets/cuts out junk. It's so hard. I used to think I was "naturally thin" but in reality I just had a very small appetite. Not anymore.