I'm sick

copilost said:

so today I calculated that if I didn't eat for 7.5 weeks I'd lose all my useless fat. I'm not doing that cos I have no idea what the unintended consequences would be, I ate a lovely dinner (see above). Truth is I find fasting very easy (so far). I simply cannot believe how good I feel. Happy me.

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Fasting also of course saves you money..
Since I went meat/fish only I'm pretty sure bills have gone down.. food waste certainly has as any cooked meats stay in the fridge until eaten. We tend to buy 5 days worth of meat which then covers us for 7 days..(I think we tend to over order!).

copilost said:

finished supper after 24 hr fast. Rump steak (organic), egg (organic), fried in butter, fried mushrooms, steamed spinach.
This seems so easy for me. I'm fairly convinced this is because it isn't really that far from the diet I grew up on and fasting (by accident) was just normal for me. I didn't eat pasta until my early twenties! Didn't know what a noodle was. I can't ever remember having rice except as pudding.
I'm also lucky that I can cook (self taught, took a long time). Also I can afford it.

I'm not really surprised that the health supervisors aren't keen, if they tell everyone they can fry in butter but can't drink coke they are going to worry that only one half of that message gets heard. Also the budget implications aren't small, can people afford this diet? If not who is responsible to make up the gap?

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So glad you are feeling better on the Lc diet. Also pleased you mentioned the cost implications.

copilost said:

Also the budget implications aren't small, can people afford this diet? If not who is responsible to make up the gap?

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i'd agree at first it seems that way.
But now i see the stuff i DON'T buy.

the takeaways, the 'extra' bit of food just in case i get hungry.+ crisps chocolate a bun etc etc

and like @bulkbiker says far less waste.
because i THINK what i can eat, i no longer do the impulse Buys that get thrown out
because they have gone past their sell by date before we've eaten them.

Now while the food might be better quality, i eat less.

Those days of 3/4 meals a day and a snack or two are gone.

One meal, maybe two..(and one of those could probably be described as a snack)

I Usually cook in the evening, but it make enough for two days, simply cook and split the meal.
So a good bit of meat £5 and veg..maybe £1 or two and will do other meals.
£3 a day for my main meals..happy days.
not the same for others i'll agree.

Tonight, a bag of frozen stir fry, half an onion, garlic and 3 eggs, milk butter, salt & pepper
my version of tortilla.

a quarter for me, with some salad, tomatoes and chopped jalapenos.
Missus.."I'm not hungry......OOH that smells nice " took other quarter.
Rest is tomorrow's work lunch.

So it's as cost effective as you want it to be.
Admittedly i really only cook for me..
(missus rarely eats in evening and daughter does her own thing with friends)

But not as expensive as it can seem at first..

I have not found eating low carb food costs more than eating high carb food. Meats the same price, so are dairy products, veggies are cheap when in season.

I know our fortnightly food bill has not changed much except for when the price goes up when some stuff in in short supply.