Conference rocks::weight_control

238.0. "Frequent Meal Diet" by MARVIN::JUBB () Tue Mar 15 1988 05:39

     This is a diet I followed about this time last year.  I cannot
     remember my exact weight loss, but I think it was between 7 and
     10 pounds in about 3 weeks.  (When I went on this diet I weighed
     8st 10, which is 122 pounds, and went down to just over 8st, which
     would be somewhere between 112 - 115 pounds.  My height is 5ft 1".
     So, bearing that in mind, a taller person would probably lose more
     in the same time)

     The frequent meal diet is very easy to follow; I can certainly eat in
     the canteen at work and, to some extent, eat and drink socially too.     
     It also improves your eating habits, as the meals with "good" foods,
     such as fruit, vegetables and cottage cheese are much larger and more
     satisfying than those with "bad" foods, like chocolate and full fat cheese.

     The rules for the frequent meal diet are as follows:

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                              Diet Rules
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     Each day eat any 5 of the meals listed.  Try to space your meals out
     evenly throughout the day.

     In addition to the 5 meals, you may have:

          - 1/4 oz low fat spread
          - 1/2 pint skimmed milk
          - any amount of black coffee and tea (without sugar, of course)
          - any amount of low calorie soft drinks

     You must observe the stated portions of food.  However you can take
     vegetables freely, with the exception of potatoes, sweetcorn, peas
     and beetroot.  Restrict yourself to four oz of anyone of these per
     day.

     Some of the meals include brand names which you can buy in the UK.
     Where possible I have indicated the nature of these foods, but there
     are some that I've never heard of...

     EGG MEALS

     1. One size 3 egg and two crispbreads.  Add salad if you wish.
     2. An omlette made with two size 3 eggs.  Add any "free" vegetables, or
        salad.
     3. One size 3 egg, one slice of wholemeal bread and salad.
     4. One ounce of ham (remove all fat), one size 3 egg, and salad.
     5. One size 3 egg (scrambled with skimmed milk, but no fat), one slice
        of wholemeal bread, and salad.
     6. One size 3 egg, one ounce of Edam cheese, and salad.

     CHEESE MEALS

     7. One 4oz carton of cottage cheese (any except cottage cheese mixed
        with cheddar), salad, and one apple, pear or orange.
     8. One ounce of cheddar cheese with salad, and one apple, pear or
        orange.
     9. Two half ounce portions of cheese spread, two crispbreads and salad.
    10. One slice of wholemeal bread, once ounce of Edam cheese and salad.
    11. One findus savoury cheese pancake with salad or vegetables.
    12. 2oz cottage cheese (any except with cheddar), one xize 3 egg, one
        slice of wholemeal bread and salad.
    13. One ounce of cottage cheese (any except with cheddar), one 5oz potato
        baked in jacket, and salad.
    14. One ounce of cottage cheese (not with cheddar), two slices of whole-
        meal bread, and cucumber.
    15. Two level tablespoons cottage cheese (not with cheddar), two
        teaspoons yeast extract (Marmite, Yeastvite) and two slices of
        wholemeal bread.
    16. Two slices of wholemeal bread, 2oz cottage cheese (not with cheddar)
        and one level teaspoon sweet pickle.
    17. 3oz diet cottage cheese (Shape), 3 crispbreads, one ounce of ham (all
        fat removed) and salad.
    18. Two Birds Eye cheesies and salad or vegetables (please don't ask me
        what Birds Eye cheesies are; I haven't a clue).

    MEAT MEALS

    19. Two chipolata sausages and "free" vegetables.
    20. One 3 1/2 oz bacon or ham steak and "free" veg.
    21. Two Findus Steak and Kidney pancakes and "free" veg.
    22. One packet Birds Eye minced beef in gravy with vegetables.  Add "free"
        vegetables.
    23. Two rashers of well grilled bacon (NO added fat) and "free" vegetables.
    24. 2oz of EITHER ham, beef, liver sausage, corned beef or tongue, with
        salad.
    25. One Birds Eye 100% beefburger (a frozen hamburger) andd "free" 
        vegetables.
    26. 4oz packet of Birds Eye Gravy and lean roast beef, plus "free" veg.
    27. 2oz lean ham or ham sausage, one level lablespoon low calorie salad
        dressing and salad.
    28. 1/2 oz lean ham, 3 crispbreads, and 3 level tablespoons of mustard
        pickle.

    FISH MEALS

    29. 3 grilled fish fingers and "free" veg.
    30. One 6oz packet Birds Eye cod in sauce (any flavour, except butter)
        and "free" veg.
    31. 2oz prawns, one teaspoon low calorie salad dressing, one slice
        wholemeal bread, and salad.
    32. One 3 1/2 oz can pink salmon and salad.
    33. One Birds Eye fish cake (grilled without fat) and "free" veg.
    34. 2 fish fingers in batter (grilled without fat) and "free" veg.
    35. One plain cod steak (poached in water) and "free" veg.

    CEREAL MEALS

    36. 2oz Kellogs 30% bran flakes and one level teaspoon sugar.
    37. 2 shredded wheat and 2 level tablespoons raisins or sultanas.
    38. 1 1/2 oz Kellogs 30% bran flakes and one small banana.
    39. 2oz Sugar Puffs (light cereal filled with air, and coated with sugar)
        and skimmed milk.
    40. 2 Weetabix (large, light biscuits, made from wheat flakes) and one 
        level teaspoon sugar.
    41. 1 1/2 oz Kellogs 30% bran flakes and one level tablespoon raisins.

    OTHERS

    42. One McVities pizza grill (I'm afraid I've no idea what these are like), 
        one pineapple ring (canned in natural juice), and salad or "free" veg.
    43. One McVities french bread pizza (again, I'm not sure what these are; I
        think they're just a piece of french bread with pizza topping) and
        salad or "free" veg.
    44. 2 slices of wholemeal bread and two tomatoes.
    45. 2 slices of wholemeal bread and one small banana.
    46. 3 crispbreads, one small banana, and one level tablespoon of raisins.
    47. One pear, one orange, and one small pot of low fat natural yogurt.
    48. One large banana and one small pot of low fat natural yogurt.
    49. One bowl of strawberries, one teaspoon of sugar, and one level table-
        spoon of natural yogurt.
    50. Any four of the following:
        - orange
        - apple
        - pear
        - grapefruit
        - peach
        - nectarine
        - 4oz cherries
        - 4 plums
    51. Two large bananas.
    52. One small low fat fruit yogurt.
    53. One choc ice (ice cream bar coated in chocolate)
    54. One can low calorie soup, and one slice wholemeal bread.
    55. One 7 1/2 oz can of spaghetti in tomato sauce, one slice of
        wholemeal bread, and salad.
    56. One 7 1/2 oz can baked beans in tomato sauce, one slice of wholemeal
        bread, and salad.
    57. One packet Allinsons wheateats (savory snack - you'd buy them alongside
        crisps or potato chips).
    58. One small packet of crisps (potato chips).
    59. One two finger Kit-kat.
    60. One Curly Wurly (toffee coated with chocolate - I'll look up the weight
        next time I see one)
    
    FRESH MEAT AND FISH

    61. Fresh meat:- any one of:
        - 2oz minced beef
        - 3oz topside, sirloin, or rump steak (cuts of beef)
        - 3oz lamb or pork
        - 4oz chicken or turkey
        Plus "free" veg or salad.

        All meat must be roasted without added fat, and all visible skin and
        fat must be removed before cooking.

    62. Fresh fish:- any one of:
        - 3 oz salmon or kipper fillet
        - 4oz lemon sole or plaice
        - 5oz cod steak or fillet
        Plus "free" veg or salad.

        All fish should be grilled with a little low fat spread or poached
        in water.    

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     I hope you find this diet as easy to fit into your existing eating habits,
     and, as far as any diet is ever painless, painless as I did.

     Alison
     
     PS: I'm back on this diet now, to make up, belatedly, for my Christmas
     bingeing, and take off a few more pounds!

    This may not come as a surprise to any of you, but I certainly don't
    like this diet plan.  Eggs, meat, fish, cheese....sounds like the
    same things that have harmed affluent societies throughout the ages.
    
    There's more to being in "good health" than weighing what you should.
    So what have you gained if you weigh what you should, but your blood
    pressure is up and your cholesterol level is 255?  I'd say nothing.
    
    Glenn

    RE: .0
    
    Seems a "funny" diet to me, but if it worked for you, great!
    
    I may try it when I come back from my next trip, I'll be spending
    next week in Germany, and will need to shed extra pounds (those
    I already have, plus those I may put on!)
    
    Joana

    It's not so many meals if you look at it as 3 meals and 2 snacks.
    The idea works, and can be modified to fit any type of food
    plan.  So, if Glenn wanted to use the frequent meal idea with
    his choice of foods, he would simply take his daily food intake,
    split it up into 5 or more smaller than usual meals, and voil�!
    He's got a frequent meal diet.   I do a similar plan - I have
    my breakfast before work, my lunch at half past 11 or so, one snack
    at around 3-4, dinner when I get home from my workout, and sometimes
    a snack before bed (unless dinner was very late, in which case I
    usually have had 2 snacks in the afternoon).
    
    The reason this works for me is that, though I'm never stuffed,
    I'm never hungry since I'm eating so frequently.  Never getting
    stuffed has the bonus of avoiding stretching your tummy out.
    Once you get used to never getting really full, a smaller amount
    of food will satisfy you.  In fact, you won't WANT to get stuffed,
    since it will be more uncomfortable to eat so much.
    
    Jim complains that I'm always eating - it's true!  But what I'm
    eating and the amounts are what keeps my weight steady.
    
    Good luck if you try this diet - and remember you don't have to
    use the foods on the list.  Just figure out what you want your
    caloric intake to be, and split the foods up into 5 or more parts.
    
    --Louise

    GLENN IS RIGHT!  SEEMS THAT THIS DIET IS ALL FAT...BACON ?!?
    
    

    I quite agree that many of the meals in this diet are based on high
    cholesterol foods.  However, as I said in the base note, you tend
    to end up eating the better foods, as you find that, for example,
    a baked potato with cottage cheese and unlimited vegetables is much
    more satisfying than, say, two fingers of a Kit-kat bar.
    
    It is useful, though, to be able to include some convenience foods
    in your diet, as it is not always easy to get hold of fresh and
    healthy foods.  There are times when the only foods available are
    "bad" ones.  For example, in England it is difficult to buy good,
    fresh food after 6.00 in the evening (especially early in the week),
    and this particularly applies if you have no car to get to the places
    that ARE open.  I DON'T want to open a discussion on shopping hours
    in England, but believe me, if you work regular hours full time and
    don't run a car, you have problems keeping your home well stocked
    with fresh food.  Sometimes I resort to "bad" foods for this reason
    (unfortunately bacon, hard cheese and eggs do keep better than fresh
    vegetables and cottage cheese).
    
    What I mean is, that if you find yourself in a situation where you
    need a meal, and the only things that are available are "baddies",
    it helps to be able to have a limited amount of one of the "baddies",
    and still know you are keeping to your diet.