My diet and weight loss results

There aren't many diets out there that allow you a bottle of wine equivalent per day and you still lose weight. Here's a list of what I normally eat and drink and when. It may be a bit too detailed and/or boring so feel free to skip to the end for weight loss results...

• Monday lunch: 3 fish fingers, 80 g wholegrain rice, 100 g frozen peas
• Tuesday: no food or alcohol (36 hour black coffee/green tea fast)
• Wednesday: lunch at Baravin (fish & chips or poached eggs on toast or veggie antipasti)
• Thursday lunch: 2 egg omelette with mushrooms, tomatoes and onions; side of beans and sauerkraut.
• Friday: Baravin again. See Wednesday.
• Saturday lunch: 200 g cauliflower and broccoli; side of beans and sauerkraut.
• Sunday pm after walk: same as Thursday.

So, no breakfast? Correct, no breakfast. No evening meal? Same again, no evening meal. But I do eat a lot of snacks, starting at 11am and finishing at 8pm, max one per hour. I usually drink wine or port with the savoury snacks.

Savoury snacks options:

• 2 x 5 g slices of salami with vegan cheese
• dry roasted nuts (30 g)
• crisps (25 g)
• fried egg with salsa (but not on omelette or poached egg days)
• one cracker with hummus
• 1/2 a slice of toast with marmite

Non-savoury snacks:

• dark chocolate (a few squares)
• black forest fruit (50 g) sprinkled with oats and mixed seeds

Alcohol per week

• 2 bottles of port (used to be 3 - I've cut down!)
• 2 bottles of Montepulciano D'Abruzzo
• 2 bottles of Pinot Grigio

That's a lot of alcohol! 67 units to be precise, or almost 5x the NHS guideline of 14 units per week. It's also 690 calories per day or approx 30% of my daily calorie consumption.  Thankfully, my recent blood tests show that all liver/kidney/alcohol markers are fine.

Food I'm not buying any more:

• dairy: cheese, milk, butter, yogurt
• supermarket hummus
• supermarket salsa
• frozen veggie fingers
• frozen cauliflower cheese bakes
• free range eggs (now buying organic)
• honey roasted peanuts

Now making at home:

• salsa: garlic, onions, tomatoes and jalapeños
• hummus: garlic, chick peas, olive oil, vinegar

Vegan products:

• Vitalite dairy-free spread
• Applewood vegan smokey cheese

Supplements:

• one-a-day multi-vitamins and minerals
• 1000 mg flaxseed oil (Omega 3 ALA)
• 1000 mg fish oil (Omega 3 EPA and DHA)

Am I a vegan? No. Am I a vegetarian? I am not. I do however try and remember to give thanks to the animals involved/killed when eating animal derived products (a Native American custom, apparently).

Weight loss:

• a bit of a plateau these last 2 weeks, helped by Devon cream teas?
• 11.0 lbs (5.0 kg) in 14 weeks
• 0.79 lb (0.36 kg) per week
• waist measurement (one inch above navel) down from 39.0 inches to 34.25 inches