[Closed] iDave diet, who done it?

And who's biggest. I'm biggest

...and yet the shyest apparently?

Awful week this week with being all over with work and only having options for food with carbs, still back on track last night. My wife is making some cracking stuff that meets the requirements, last night was onion rings made with gram flour batter...

If you dont have an option, is it ok to eat carbs? Or is it better not to eat at all?

Eat the carbs I'd say. If you don't eat at all you'll get out of sync... At least I would.

You have to watch out for the quiet ones!

If you dont have an option, is it ok to eat carbs? Or is it better not to eat at all?

I did wonder that. As I am assuming there is a certain binary quality of the plan, i.e as soon as you eat too many carbs you are no longer doing the diet. So is that the week written off, or what?

*lurks in Scotchland*

Is haggis in?

As I am assuming there is a certain binary quality of the plan, i.e as soon as you eat too many carbs you are no longer doing the diet

No, not really. It's not all or nothing. If you do half the diet you'll get half the effect. So one meal messed up is just one insulin spike which results in a little more fat (possibly) which you can then lose again by continuing to eat properly.

deadlydarcy - Member
*lurks in Scotchland*

Is haggis in?

Weird. Mention his name and within minutes he posts.

You have your balls wired up to the internet? Get a little tingle when you name crops up? eh? eh?

WELL??!!!

ARGGHHHHHH!

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*KABOOOOM!*

DD, how did you get on with the etape? any more thoughts about june yet? 🙂

*goes back to lurking*

🙁

EDIT (for dgoab): loved the étape (4:42). Sadly my skintness prevents me making another trip so soon. 🙁

deadlydarcy:
*goes back to lurking*

Awww. Don't be like that:

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Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Did you manage to get round before it started to rain?

Aw re june 😥

deadly, get to Stafford and I'll sort it from there?

my first weigh in this morning after more or a little less (... yes a couple of beers on some eves but way less booze than i have been drinking. red wine i can't touch or i get a murderous hangover from almost nothing) and stoked with a 3lb loss. even more so as due to a pesky bug and stuff in the week i've had no exercise at all. best bit is that i feel so much better overall.

Gav - I (used to) suffer really badly with headaches after red wine, but now I'm drinking enough water all day every day and funnily enough I don't seem to suffer so badly anymore.

Just thought I'd say.

[i]I wonder if there actually is a James on here?[/i]

Do real world names count ?.
😉

I'm glad I didn't suffer any of the symtoms you lot list, when I started on the plan.
Although its not difficult to imagine one's body putting its parts on if one withdraws the bad carbs.
But as we're seeing, it all settles down again.

Jenson Button 6' and 72 Kg. Hhhhmmm. Not sure I'd want to be that lean. Still, if you're going to strap yourself into a carbon track missile, earn millions and attract the attention of beautiful women.
Err, hang on a minute....

What's the score regarding binging out on carbs/crap in the evening during pig-out day? Based on the belief that eating carbs (in particular) are 'better' for weight loss when processed earlier in the day. Hence wondering if there's a cut-off point to eating the really bad stuff even on a day off ...

Just treat the whole day as fair game. As long as you are not getting up at 4am and going to bed at 3am, you should be ok.

I'm really struggling with the diet today.

It's my day off and I don't really fancy anything that's not on the banned list. I might have to force myself to eat a piece of bread and butter.

That red pepper up there is going to scare some veggies. The "I wont eat anything that's got a face" brigade.

So far: Big omlette, lots of bacon, Snickers, crisps, 2 x Greggs sausage rolls, cake.... not had lunch yet.

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Edit: Damn your eyes, Dave! 😉

Today it was a bowl of cereal (get plenty of eggs in the week!), a cake, a large latte, half a frappucino, another doughnut, some mini doughnuts, a regrettably small helping of crisps, 500ml coke and some marshmallows.. wondering what to snack on next before lunch 🙂 Really going for it today. Also got some chips for this evening which I haven't had in forever.

wtf is going on ?

after a week of strict observance (i'm strict every week)and increased riding - i'm 4lb heavier than last week.

how does that work 👿

Go for a dump and re-weigh...

TM, do you weigh yourself same time each week? Never found that to happen other than after a binge day and then it dips back low again.

same time, same conditions, same scales, everything.

bit bemused really, maybe the scales need resetting ?

i'll keep the faith, just a tad confusing.

i have drunk far more water this week. could it be the old favourite excuse - water retention ?

i figured out what the off day is for. no nothing to do with fending off starvation mode or somesuch rubbish, its to remind yourself how rubbish you feel when you eat junk (he says about to tuck into pringles and peanuts whilst watching top gear with the lad. then eat a large mother-in-laws pasty).

eat a large mother-in-laws pasty

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[i]that's not really a day off solo - you need a proper go at food. lots of it too, and include bad stuff[/i]

Right then. A proper go:

2 x Cheese rolls
2 x Snickers
1 x Kit Kat
2 x Small burgers
Some crisps
Some chocolate brazil nuts
some beer
Maybe some whiskey soon
Pasta tonight with some ragu.

Phew !, I'll admit to struggling to get that lot down my neck today so far.
It better flipping vapourize next week though....
😯

😆

Right, I'm off for a beer.
Ta

expect a gain until tue, then bigger on weds - plenty of water

just had fish chips and mushy peas..... 😀

off to the shop now for a snicker and packet of crips

i figured out what the off day is for. no nothing to do with fending off starvation mode or somesuch rubbish, its to remind yourself how rubbish you feel when you eat junk

I must say I do feel like crap today. Quite tired and rather unhealthy. I never used to experience any of the ill effects people talk about from sugar or carbs but now I do. If I just have sweet coffees and cakes for breakfast I get an unpleasant sugar rush to the head.

Sandwiches and more coke for lunch, pizza and more coke for dinner with yet more ice cream. Pretty grim actually! Should've had more fruit.

What's the deal with the water btw? I mean I know other diets have suggested it reduces hunger pangs but it sounds like there's some metabolic reason for it here.

You're all buggers! I was thinking my day off was going well with pick n mix and a load of bad things... Then I popped on here and saw what you lot have eaten! So I've topped off my day with custard creams and a cold chip mayonnaise stottie bread butty! Ah bliss!

I do wish I'd had chips tho. I'd make some to snack on but I'm stuffed!

Yesterday I ate half a cake, black pudding and bacon baguette, steak and chips, muesli, scrambled eggs on toast, a banana, 2 satsumas, a load of dried fruit and nuts, some chocolate and 3 bottles of cider.

Today I've had 3 bananas, 3 nature valley bars, 4 slices of toast, a pan au chocolate, a large portion of fries, spag bog, a frapuccino with extra cream, 2 bottles of lucozade sport, 125g of dried fruit and nuts some chocolate and I'm working my way through the standard cider dosage. Oh and an apple, plus I might have some strawberrys in a minute.

I call it the ANTiDiet. Tomorrow is my on day, and a break from exercise.

just about to have an aero, crips and randoms... 😀

Fat bastards. I'm doing something wrong, 50miles in the pissing rain and wind and all I was rewarded with was smoked mackerel, tatty's and veg.

That's why you're a race whippet David.

Bought some of those digital calipers and tried them out then also did all the online basic tests to try and figure out my approximate fat %... and the results are that I am already a skinny knacker! Lol. But I still want to stay on this diet until I am down to 12 stone.

DTF - WTF, you only built 50 miles of dry stone wall in a day? That's quite disappointing....

Does 90 minutes of vigorous gardening count as exercise. I'm knackered 😕

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iThink crumbs are fine on the diet. Just whole cookies are banned.

Poor planning today resulted in me having to have a sandwich for lunch.

Illness today forced abandonment temporarily. Still might help with the weight loss....

Is popcorn a green food?
I really really hope so.......

No, it's out. Sorry.

No, it's out. Sorry.

I don't think they were being totally sincere, Molgrips.

I had butter bean mash with my chilli tonight.

I was surprised how nice it was, especially with extra mature cheddar mixed in.

I had butter bean mash with my chilli tonight.

I was surprised how nice it was, especially with extra mature cheddar mixed in.

The best bit was the reveal at the end, because I thought he was on the diet, but then he added cheese!

Cheese!

he probably didn't have cheese, but just claimed added dairy produce to upset me

Are you on the diet Jamie?

I try, but I fail more often than Molly. 🙁

Sorry iDave, I really did have cheese. It was going to be a full day on the diet as well. Even managed not to have fruit.

I really hope haggis is in. I haggisliker.

It's not Darcy. But I think Black Pudding is.

I'm definitely not on the diet.

Or any diet for that matter 😆

haggis is defo in, esp anticlockwise haggis

I only had free range haggis. I like my haggi to have lived free and happy lives.

I don't like it as much as black pudding though.

Are you on the diet Jamie?

No. Although I should be. I am a bit fat knacker like Darcy.

Yeti, you are a bigger fanny pants than me. Just MTFU and get on with it!

At least you're funny with it though.

At least you're funny with it though.

If only. I have a team of scriptwriters.

Ha 😛

I was doing some research earlier and I found some stats for Lance Armstrong...

Height: 5'-9.75" (177 cm)
Weight: 165 lb (75 kg) in 1993, 79 kg in 1999

[i]Yeti, you are a bigger fanny pants than me.[/i]

no one is as big a fanny pants as you. 😀

no one is as big a fanny pants as you.

Naaaaaaailed it!

At least I am actually doing the diet. Just leave the damn cheese in the fridge. Do not add to mash. Simples. I mean we are not talking about a quick bite of something here, it's a pre-meditated procedure.

Molgrips - I had a bit of bread with marmalade on it whilst waiting for the food to cook as well.

I'll never completely do the diet, having discovered that I'm pretty close to Lance's lowest weight, I'm just substituting some of my carbs for iCarbs.

DTF - WTF, you only built 50 miles of dry stone wall in a day? That's quite disappointing....

I havent even built the wall yet. The 50miles was about the distance I covered from going up the fells and bringing the stone down to where I need it. Its a big job is this one, thats why I was working a weekend.

My day off the diet today, I hope this thing about eating loads on the off day works.

I feel crap, feel like i've put a stone on today, went out on the bike earlier and went crap too?

If it's a day off the diet do we still have the 30g of carbs pre and per hour during the ride?

God I wish I could diet. Got to get 7lbs off in three weeks, have gone really flabby since I got back from hols at the end of April but the amount of fruit I eat I don't think I get by on this. Can't I just have fruit to? Why is it bad?

@ emma82
You've read the thread.
You've seen the evidence.
And you're still asking questions. 🙄
Personally I don't think fruit is bad, but it doesn't fit with the iDave diet/lifestyle.
Possibly you could look at the other thngs you're eating and see what changes you could make. For a start substitute all pasta and rice, choosing instead lentils or beans, cook using olive oil, no bread and look to make all meals at home rather than buying pre-cooked, in other words being sensible.

I would strongly recommend you give iDave's diet a go, in 3 weeks you will see a difference, that I will stake my reputation on... 😉
It's only 3 weeks, what have you got to lose?

..... that I will stake my reputation on...

...for me, that's when the alarm bells starting ringing 😉

that I will stake my reputation on..

So much to lose.

😆 😳

[i]I never used to experience any of the ill effects people talk about from sugar or carbs but now I do[/i]

After Saturday, I think I understand what that must be like.
I just felt strangely uncomfortable.
I'm gonna have to rethink the food for day-off.
Maximum naughtyness, minimal bulk.
Chips are definately in next Saturday, as may be pizza and......Take away !
😯

But Lordy, no sooner than next Saturday, please.

Oh, and Emma... WTFU!

It's 3 flipping weeks just don't buy fruit for a while you {EDIT} {EDIT}, then gorge like a hungry hippo on your honeymoon.

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I never used to experience any of the ill effects people talk about from sugar or carbs but now I do

Psychosomatic.....no-one ever had ill feelings from a flapjack.

Psychosomatic?

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Psychosomatic.....no-one ever had ill feelings from a flapjack.

I once had one that left a bad taste in my mouth

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I leave that one for Molgrips.....he is the experimenter.