No, not a pisstake – my name is Dave.
Now I’m casting no aspertions on the iDave, as I haven’t even taken time to look at what it consists of – no need. I know some get on with it, some don’t, so thought I’d post mine – bit’s I’ve brushed on in other threads.
Mine is a very loose structure and I don’t suppose you could call it a diet, so much as a way of eating. Anyway………
Things I’ve cut out are:
Bread, fast food, chips, greasy breakfasts (inc McDonalds breakfasts), high fat crisps, pasties, pre-packed snack foods (never really been a big cake, chocolate or pastry eater) – although an occassional taste of any of these does no harm.
Things I do eat are:
(bear in mind I work away from home and stay in a Travelodge, so food preparation possibilities are limited)
Lots of fruit, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers.
Tescos Cous-cous with roasted veg, or Morroccan Style, 3 bean salads.
Lean ham, chicken (ok, processed to a degree, but the best quality I can get pre-packed), fish, fish, fish – prawns, mixed seafood, tinned mackerel in spicy tomato sauce.
Ryvita & cottage cheese (nice with mackerel on top)
Ainsley Harriot Szechuan cup soups
Low fat/low carb crisps – French Fries, or Quavers
Occassional fry-up – try and leave out eggs and bread though, but do occassionally have a bacon butty.
Usually a roast chicken Sunday dinner at the weekend.
What I do eat occassionally (moderation is key):
Bacon, chicken kebab, curry, or chinese. Tend to have a meal out every weekend/other weekend with Mrs STR.
What I have a lot of:
I still drink a lot of booze, so if I could cut that out I’d be on an even bigger winner.
Coffee – two teaspoons of coffee (or filter when poss), one heaped spoon of sugar, semi-skimmed.
Water intake is usually around 1.5l per day – more in summer.
Eating habits:
Little and often.
More in the morning/lunch – a bit in the afternoon, but nothing much at all after 5-6pm. Eat when hungry, rather than at a set time and I actually consume probably 2/3 the amount I used to over 24hrs.
Exercise:
Gym Saturday & Sunday for 1-1.5hrs. Only 15 mins cardiovascular and the rest weights. Usually moving at work, sometime strenuous, sometimes not at all. Few press-ups etc in the week. Biking – not happening at the moment.
It all works a treat for me – I get to eat nice things, don’t miss what I have cut out and have lost a decent amount of weight. settled just around/above 11.5st – which saying I’m nearly 6ft and have a reasonable amount of muscle is about right I’d say.
As I said, not a lot of structure to it, but it works for me – I think the main key is my actual eating habits and cutting out bread.