Recent dietary changes

 I have made several changes to my diet recently.

• dairy-free
• for animal welfare reasons, not health
• almond milk at home, oat milk at cafes, restaurants etc
• Applewood vegan cheese (tried Cathedral City, hated it)
• yogurt: tried Lidl's Vemondo vegan yogurt, too chemical tasting so now zero
• butter: now using Vitalite (not as tasty)
• replaced Camembert with hummus on morning crackers
• no pizza!
• added flax oil omega-3 and calcium supplements (already taking one-a-day multi-vit and multi-mineral supplements)
• coleslaw
• replaced with sauerkraut and carrots (from Tesco's Polish section)
• eggs
• replaced medium free range eggs with large, for extra protein
• bread
• about to replace wholegrain bread with rye bread (more fibre, less sugar)
• rice
• changed portion size from 125 g to 80 g (reduce carbs)
• mushrooms
• changed from canned (now very expensive) to frozen
• cauliflower cheese bakes/veggie fingers
• switched to oven roasted broccoli and cauliflower (from frozen)
• breakfast
• no longer eating breakfast
• salsa
• Lidl's salsa seems to be free from emulsifiers, preservatives etc but home made tastes better
• unchanged
• baked beans, fish fingers, salami, dry roasted nuts, olives, garlic, eating out twice a week (fish and chips; poached eggs on avo toast)
• intermittent fasting
• nine hour eating window, 11 am to 8 pm (15:9)
• 36 hour fast Monday 8 pm to Wednesday 8 am

Conclusion: a work-in-progress; my energy levels are fine, even on a 36 hour fast day. I seem to be losing weight at about one pound per week (21st June: 11st 12.25lb; 27th July: 11st 7.75lb). Waist measurement is 39 inches, hoping to reduce it to 36.5. The goal however is not weight loss but reduced belly fat. And a healthier, dairy-free diet.