[Closed] iDaves Diet Plan Members...

I've had the misfortune of seeing pics of him.

the knobbly knees are imprinted in my brain!!

is idave out tonight? I need to test your resolve when I purchase a Guinness or two this evening, in the beer garden, surrounded by scant clad women....at dusk, as it goes a bit cooler, and nippy.

the knobbly knees are imprinted in my brain!!

I never knew you cared 🙂

Can't wait to implant my knee in YOUR brain Barnes...

😉

Guys,

Be careful with the beans if you're preparing them yourself from dried stocks,soak well, boil for 10 minutes, rinse and reboil.

Many beans are poisonous to humans unless prepared properly - they are not really supposed to be eaten by humans.

From memory red kidney beans, white kidney beans, soya beans are particularly bad but most beans contain levels of the toxin but cause little more than an upset stomach.

they are not really supposed to be eaten by humans.

Heh.. against the rules, are they? I must say I lost my rule book a while back 🙂

Heh.. against the rules, are they?

is this Mornington Bean Count?
My go is Marble Arch with a stick of celery...

[url= http://www.vegsoc.org/info/protein.html ]Protein for vegetarians[/url]

In response to some earlier threads, eggs provide all the essential amino acids so should form a part of any vegetarian diet (and no I'm not interested in debating whether they are vegetarian or not). See the list at the bottom of the link for other sources and mix and match as link suggests and you should get enough protein. Variety is the key.

cheers dave. intresting link

i am not too concerned about protein - i like black beans (highest protein £:g ratio)

but i can't see that i'd have a good/ interesting varied diet if i cut out dairy/starchs + the meat.

any veggie dish ideas.

Tomthumb - not just about the protein. If you don't have the eggs in the iDave plan then you might miss some other stuff as you'd be effectively vegan. But then again the fill-your-face day would prob sort you out...

Unless you're actively growing/bodybuilding/pregnant you don't need much protein, just enough to replace skin shedding, hair & nail growth etc and various other secretions...

sfb - is 'much protein' an amount? which amount is it? how does it relate to daily food intake? or do you not really know? try google, you can report back later

just enough to replace skin shedding, hair & nail growth etc and various other secretions...

....and all the enzymes, immunoglobulins, neuropeptides, hormones and other useful biochemicals 😉

and all the enzymes, immunoglobulins, neuropeptides, hormones and other useful biochemicals

but all those things are inside you - they don't vanish into hyperspace

sfb - is 'much protein' an amount? which amount is it?

a good question, and it would be fun to collect one's nail and beard clippings etc to find out, but my guess is a lot less than 50g a day

molgrips, don't be a ****.

I was just posting up some advice, being a veggie myself I rely on beans for protein quite heavily and wasn't personally aware that some beans were toxic and needed to be processed and cooked to make them edible when i started.

If you want to throw away the rule book and be such a ****ing rebel then why don't you go eat some partially cooked kidney beans.

Eh what now? I wasn't being a ****?! I was just trying to make a lame joke based on the wording of your post....

Wasn't trying to upset anyone.. sorry if I have 🙁

Wasn't trying to upset anyone.. sorry if I have

[b]dangerousbeans[/b] overdosed on toxic beans (hence the name) which results in permanent bad temper 🙁

"You looking at me?"
"You spill my pint?"
"You diss my poison bean warning?"
etc

a good question, and it would be fun to collect one's nail and beard clippings etc to find out, but my guess is a lot less than 50g a day

Barnes.. millions of our cells die every day and need to be replaced. Using protein from the diet...

dangerousbeans is a ****ing grumpy community nurse with a few poorly patients at the moment who's gonna have a sleepless night worrying about them until I can get back to work tomorrow.

Apologies - will go away and come back tomorrow in a better mood.

I was trying to make a joke over the fact he said 'not supposed to' as if someone'd designed beans for a specific purpose other than being eaten by us...

But I knew what you meant. Sorry.

50grams a day? really, is that for a 40kg man or 105kg woman, and are they in training? how much food is that?

your 'guess' is a pretty shite guideline for people to follow, or are you advising on something relating to IT rather than diet?

Top quality username though - I did wonder if you'd registered specifically to make that post about beans 🙂

Sorry to hear about your patients - must suck being a medical person in those circumstances.

millions of our cells die every day and need to be replaced.

yes, and get chopped up into their component amino acids ready for resynthesis 🙂

50grams a day?

that was the recommendation I found, though there were small variations

i thought it was your guess? so you read 50g a day, but then guessed a lot less than 50g? wow, you're really good at this.

there was me thinking approx 1.7g/kg would be about right.

are you 26kg?

i thought it was your guess? so you read 50g a day

no, my guess was 10 or 20 and the recommended amount I found was 50. The chart generally seems to show smaller people needed proportionately more due to being children so the recommendation was surprisingly invariant. But we're getting sidetracked - my point was that people get hung up on getting enough protein when in fact most diets will give enough

people get hung up on getting enough protein

do they? which people? can't recall ever discussing it before

First day on the plan and I'm finding it tough fighting off sweet cravings! I've also just rinsed and boiled a bloody huge pot of beans only to find out I should have rinsed after 10mins and re-boiled! Is my enormous pot of beans in the clear or do they have to be binned because I didn't rinse after 10mins?

they have to be binned because I didn't rinse after 10mins?

I don't think the timing is important, this isn't alchemy, just that you have to change the water and boil again

can't recall ever discussing it before

OK, I imagined it.

alexx could i get a guide sent to moseydo@hotmail.co.uk please.

Good luck to everyone that is trying this. I'll definitely be giving it a crack at some point to see how it affects me.

Its a bit sad that there are a couple of clowns that can't stay out of the thread and mind their own business.

Its a bit sad that there are a couple of clowns that can't stay out of the thread and mind their own business.

you mean it has to be a uniformly uncritical group effort ?

[i]you mean it has to be a uniformly uncritical group effort ? [/i]

A cult? 😉

you mean it has to be a uniformly uncritical group effort ?

iDaves Diet Plan Members

It'd be cool if anyone else on here who is doing it could post it all here so we have a place to come to and see who'd died or sacked it off or lost weight and feels amazing.

What should have been a sharing of ideas, recipes, successes, or indeed failures, has once again degenarated into a typical SFB spiral of petty disagreements and irrelevant postings, of which unfortunately, I am now a party.

My suggestion would be for the OP to post again and hope the mods can institute a 'single thread ban on SFB' so that those who wish to exchange info can do so in the spirit it was intended.

'single thread ban on SFB'

brilliant idea! Heaven forfend that credulity be disturbed :o)

Sorry for joining in the waffle...!

Grips, stay with us, you're our control 🙂

DangerousBeans, Thanks for the tip, we will read the instructions for bean prep, carefully.
🙂

Solar, so long as you followed the prep instruction on the pack properly, your beans should be ok
😉

iDave, Hilldodger, thanks for staying with us.

Shandy, Woody, Jamie, Good posts, will you be/are you giving this a try ?.
And yes, lets keep those meal suggestions coming, it'll assist those to have yet to start.
😉

SFB. So, I was correct and you were not.
To clarify for the newer readers.
My take on this exercise is that 1 day a week, I'm going to eat [b]whatever[/b] I want to, whether thats, pop, choclate, cheese or even fruit.
So, nothing !, is forbidden.
😉

Right, I'm up the Hospital, taken family mem to out-patients, so probably wont post anymore today.
This weekend I'll spend a little time prepping stuff for work next week, and trying recipe suggestions from here 🙂
As well as getting some ride-time in.

Cheers

Solo

SFB. So, I was correct and you were not.

what, about something in particular of just generally ?

cheese or even fruit.

good god man are you insane ?

Just had a thought.. it's probably just as well I'm not on the diet since I am spending all week away from home nowadays.. I have to eat what the hotel has on its menu...

Carrots for brekkie were actually pretty good.
Black tea is a taste I'm aquiring.

Smoked mackerel wilted spinach and walnuts for lunch is sounding good!
Local beer festival tongiht and tomorrow but I'm planning on a glass of red or two instead.

good work c, I'm having carrots for brekki with hummus 🙂

So, nothing !, is forbidden

human flesh is contraindicated

Re tea - I find lighter teas like Darjeeling are a lot nicer without milk than standard British brews. Or light green tea, or chinese style for that matter.

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?

I'm going to do a quick tea bag shop at lunch I think, Tetleys not cutting it 🙂

Green tea is where it is at.

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?

mainly when I tried to bite people

Can i have the pack please, forgot to put my email address in last time 🙂

m_ottley hotmail com

its all about mint tea 😀 mmmm

Barnes did you get beaten up a lot at school?
mainly when I tried to bite people

How about when you incessantly needled people with rubbish comments and never shut up? 😉

How about when you incessantly needled people with rubbish comments and never shut up?

it's OK, you already confessed to being non violent

thanks alexxx

11stone12.5 this morning its going in the right direction.

Alexxx - mint tea - ew. mouthwash.

Oh yeah I forgot to weigh myself. 10 stone 19 but that is after a lot of water.

10 stone 19

AKA 11st5 ??

10st 19 is 11st 5 isn't it?

Sorry typo 10.1 🙄

Well, that didn't take as long as I thought it would.

Day off then today, unexpected, for the previoulsy mentioned reason.

Got back late lunchtime, but didn't have anything prepared....

It was at this point I heard the bread and cheese calling me 😯

But !, I resisted and made the following, only took about 10 mins.

Diced 2-3 inches of cucumber
Finely chopped half an onion
Diced a Tuna steak

Whacked the tuna steak pieces, onto a greased tray and under the grill

Put the diced and chopped cucumber and onion into a bowl

While the tuna was cooking I made up some more of the dressing I usually use for salad.

Olive Oil at a ratio of around 3:1 (2:1 if you prefer your dressing to be a little less viscous) with lemon juice or white wine vinegar.
So 30ml oil, 10ml lemon juice
Also added 10ml of dijon mustard and finely ground fresh black pepper, to taste, maybe a pinch of salt.

Whisked the oil, juice, mustard, etc, in a bowl.
That was the dressing done.
You might make a larger quantity and store it in the fridge for [b]a few days[/b].

Once the tuna was cooked, I added it to the cucumber and onion in the other bowl
Dressed with the, err, the dressing 🙂

Done !.

The point was, I resisted the easy choice of a sarny, and 10 mins later, I had something I really rather liked, and it got me out of a spot.
I'm a few days into this now and I don't want to waste my efforts so far.

😉

I reckon that if I had the time in the morning, I could make this up and take with me to work.

Solo

Solo, spot on

I think one of the points of this plan is that if you take the time to actually think about what you are eating rather than just going for the convenient option you will generally make better choices

Richmtb.

Exactly. I'm using this to widen my culinary horizon, and I aint scared of a little bit of work in the kitchen if thats what it takes to shed a few lbs, along with the cycling, of course.
😉

Ta

Diced 2-3 inches of cucumber

ahem, you do know that's a fruit don't you ?

SFB, do all these little tiny internet victories over strangers ever really make you happy?

Well, its public, I had forgottent that cucumber is classed as fruit.

I imagine that I'll now expand to the size of a planet and then explode.

It was nice knowing you all 🙁

was going to ingore SFB today, he is still sore from being proved to be silly about the forbidden comment, and he doesn't know if this is my one day in 7. Just ignore him

Still, at least I've had my memory jogged, alternative to cucumber wont be difficult, next time. Shredded fresh lettuce to replace cucumber in the above post. mmmmmm

😉

S

he is still saw from being proved to be silly about the forbidden comment, and he doesn't know if this is my one day in 7.

sore ? Forbidden 6 days a week is still quite forbidden...

Just ignore him***

easier said than done it seems

did a walk this morning up coniston old man with only a bottle of water and a bit of last nights dinner for breakfast 😀

chunky chicken with a light chicken stock cube crushed over it spinach and peas 😀

roasting hot day today, I haven't given up on this thread just the weekend needs more attention for fun times!

What's the thoughts on bulgar wheat??? I know that Cous cous is off???

Just had some delicious lamb with borlotti beans:

Grilled lamb steak with the following:

½ onion, peeled, chopped
1 garlic clove, peeled, chopped
½ tomato, chopped
1 tbsp tomato ketchup
100ml/3½fl oz chicken stock
200g/7oz canned borlotti beans, rinsed, drained

Heat olive oil in a frying pan and fry the onions and garlic for 2-3 minutes, or until softened. Stir in the tomato and tomato ketchup and cook for a further 2-3 minutes. Stir in the chicken stock and borlotti beans and simmer for 6-8 minutes.

From the [url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/lambmeatballswithbor_93308 ]BBC[/url]

It was very good.

Hi Alexxx, I'm glad you're sticking with the thread 🙂

Its been super hot, here in east anglia today.
I've started preparing some beans with an eye on Chargrilled tuna with dressed beans. If its any good, I'll post it.

I'm also planning to post a curry-style mix/garam masala type thing I've been working on
🙂

I dont have scales, but I feel as if things are defo going in the right direction
Keep up the good work
😀

Capt Jon.
Interesting recipe, cheers for the link. Good Idea to hunt out recipes on the beeb.
😉

S

soaking beans tonight 8)

Good one BB. I'm doing the same, its the first time I've ever prepared beans. Curious to see how much they enlarge.

I've got canellini and pinto beans under an inch of water.

I looked all over for borlotti beans, but to no avail. Even tahini paste was difficult to find, until I found some in holland & barratt.
never bean there before
😉

Excellent !

S

add a few more inches of water!

Will do, Thanks Dave
😀

just checked my beans....my water has gone!

Best top it up then, I've just done the same.

Just as well we're posting, others will see how it works, then.

🙂

I looked all over for borlotti beans

they have them ready to eat in cans in Sainsburys 🙂

Slight problem - I don't do cooking. 😳

Suggestions welcome please 🙂

Suggestions welcome please

kidnap a cook 🙂

suggestion - do cooking

kidnap a cook

Brilliant idea! Who?