Gillian Mckeith diet woes

comping_cat

You can imagine what her moods are like, she berates contestants for having mood swings associated with her diet, but shes hardly a picturee of calm and inner peace herself is she

I thought that last week, with the young girl who ate all the beefburgers - she was having a go at her for being stroppy and moody, while being stroppy and moody herself!!!!!

lynzpower

http://www.drgillianmckeith.com/recipe14.php

I particularly like the way she has written at the bottom of this " you will think you are eating potatoes"

erm, Im sure you wouldnt if youve prepared it yourself

mikeywills

Culpepper,

I dont like weight watchers, or slimming world, the fact that you have to deprive yourself of quantity to achieve a satisfactory outcome only makes me crave it the more.
What I do like about Gillians recipes and her books is that no reference is ever made as to how much you should eat, only that you should let your body tell you, based on a hunger scale. If you are hungry you eat, if you think you are hungry but can't feel it have a glass of water instead.
You eat until you are satisfied rather than restricting yourself to set weight.

We are all different in size and our bodies crave food in different ways based on the types of work and activities we do. A labourer requires more intake than someone sat at a desk all day, so diets that are not based on the individual do not take the individual requirements into account, therefore are more likely to fail.

annie-c

LOL ... have to say, I have tried this and love it - but didn't think I was eating potatoes.... it's absolutely lovely though!

annie-c

mikeywills wrote:

Culpepper,

I dont like weight watchers, or slimming world, the fact that you have to deprive yourself of quantity to achieve a satisfactory outcome only makes me crave it the more.
What I do like about Gillians recipes and her books is that no reference is ever made as to how much you should eat, only that you should let your body tell you, based on a hunger scale. If you are hungry you eat, if you think you are hungry but can't feel it have a glass of water instead.
You eat until you are satisfied rather than restricting yourself to set weight.

We are all different in size and our bodies crave food in different ways based on the types of work and activities we do. A labourer requires more intake than someone sat at a desk all day, so diets that are not based on the individual do not take the individual requirements into account, therefore are more likely to fail.

I think you make really good points here. The one thing I would say though is that you would have to be following the plan nearly to the letter for it to be OK to eat as much as you like. The reality is that it would be harder to overeat on the MacKeith diet than on an ordinary diet plan because you will be so full up with fibre that you will feel sated more quickly. As soon as you start on the puddings, pies and wine, you are in the slippery slope world where, if you don't count it, it lands on your hips (or wherever...) Not saying this as a criticism, just as someone who is doing 50:50 McKeith and feeling great but only losing weight when I make a real effort to watch my portion sizes (of wine and all.... )

Phatmouse

You will all end up looking like her :eek:

thriftlady_2

Phatmouse wrote:

You will all end up looking like her :eek:

I doubt I ever will:rotfl: thank goodness

carlih1

mikeywills wrote:

Don't know exactly, have tried soya milk, but don't like the taste, have got rice milk this week to see if thats any better.
I have always loved milk, even goats which I used to have as a kid warm from the goat of course.:D

Hi ya,

I was introduced to soya milk by my mum who swears by it. I tried one and it was awful tasted like cardborad, the best one i have found so far is alpro soya, it's got a much creamier taste and i use it in everything, tea coffee cakes porridge cereal etc. Only thing is with t and coffee if you don't warm the milk slightly first it curdles with the hot fuid so i just zap mine in mocrowave for 20 seconds then add my t or coffee.

Also just seen on her website you can become a member of her 'club' for a tenner a month, judging by what happens with her book this is the biggest waste of time and money ever!!!

hth

carli

spaghetti_monster

Hi there Mikey,
have to say that I'm pretty much in agreement with Thriftlady (having already read the badscience article too).

But I do also have the You Are What you Eat recipe book - and I think there are some good things in there and Gillian McKeith has some very good advice. I often have a look through and try stuff out - you can guarantee that the recipes will be mega healthy with loads of good stuff in.

BUT I find that quite a few of the recipes are just tasteless, or even taste bad. I also often eat pulses/lentils etc and STILL find that some of the recipes give me dodgy digestion.....

IMHO what you eat is a very individual thing and I don't think we need so-called experts to dictate every mouthful we eat. Of course some things may take getting used to (especially if you make big changes) but I think that if you really listen to yourself/your body - common sense/tastebuds/digestive system will tell you everything you need to know.

I think that food is also about enjoyment - nice tastes, treats, shared meals, celebrations etc. Like most things you have to get a balance and Gillian McKeith is too much of a "food-nazi" (as mentioned above!)

Ok, mini-rant over! And best of luck with the healthy eating!

Alex x

mikeywills

Thanks Alex,

Part of the reason for posting the thread was to get an idea if anyone else out there felt the same way, it is a tough regime, and there will be a lot of meals that I don't like.

I am a firm believer in try it first, if you don't like it change it so you do.
I am following her diet for the right reasons, to improve my health, my energy levels, and my waistline.
There are a number of her recipes such as Aduki bean stew that I think is foul and tasteless. I won't give up on it though I just think it needs a little tweeking. I think the big problem with that one is the Kale, its texture and taste is overpowering the other flavours. So I am going to try and steam the kale separately from the stew and see how that tastes.

Long term I want to live a healthy more balanced lifestyle, and if this diet introduces me to foods that I would otherwise not have tried then that is a good thing, if I don't like them then I have lost nothing except a few quid.