Would Following This Diet Produce Slow Weight Loss?

[sandyRoe]

Breakfast: porridge + prunes, cup of tea
Elevenses: Banana and cup of tea
Lunch: 1/2 tin baked beans on 1 slice of wholemeal bread, tea
Afternoon snack: An orange
Dinner: 1/2 tin salmon, steamed carrots + broccoli, 2 medium potatoes

[VHG]

What the same food every day?

ANY reduction in food intake, with some exercise, will produce a slow weight loss.

[sandyRoe]

Yes, same every day. I'm set in my ways as far as food is concerned.

[sandyRoe]

Would it be lacking in any vital nutrients?

[New Judge]

It may or may not result in any weight loss, Sandy, but it would make me quite miserable. :-)

[sandyRoe]

New Judge, those cuts from haunches of venison, washed down by fine clarets, may be satisfying but do little to help reduce the paunch. ☺

[Khandro]

So much tinned beans and tinned salmon could give you metal poisoning :0)

[Old_Geezer]

It depends on the quantities as to whether you lose weight. I have not the expertise to say about nutrients without searching the Net and making the calculations. I do think that a weight loss diet that differs markedly from what you can continue with to keep your loss afterwards, is not the best option. And it is difficult to keep up enthusiasm when there is no variety so failure to keep to the aim is a greater risk. In your shoes I'd suggest having that twice a week and finding alternatives for other days maybe.

[Canary42]

Venison is actually a comparatively low fat meat I believe.

[woofgang]

At first glance that looks to be too low in calories for an average bloke.

[Khandro]

Do you use sugar?

[maggiebee]

I don't think this would give you the nutrients you require Sandy. Might I suggest:
Breakfast: Porridge with sultanas and 1/4 pint milk. Cup of tea/coffee
Elevenses: Yoghurt and fresh fruit. Cup tea/coffee
Lunch: Wholemeal bread roll with hardboiled egg & Mayo, mixed salad. Fruit eg satsumas or plums.
Afternoon snack: Cuppa with a couple of digestive biscuits.
Dinner: Baked potato, chicken breast stuffed with chopped ham, chives and soft cheese. Carrots and broccoli. Yoghurt and a piece of fresh fruit.

This is not much different from your suggestions Sandy but more balanced.
You would lose weight on this but it would become very boring after a few days!

[EcclesCake]

How does what you are proposing differ from what you are currently eating?

[Khandro]

Maggie; 'One regular digestive biscuit contains 73 calories, 2.6 grams of simple sugars, a whopping 3.2 grams of fat -- hydrogenated, no less -- and enough sodium content that, when combined with a cup of tea, is on par with a bag of potato chips.' I just found that on the net!

[maggiebee]

Agree Khandro, but Sandy needs some fats in his diet. He could of course buy low calorie digestives, but he'd lose out on taste.

[New Judge]

"Venison is actually a comparatively low fat meat I believe. "

Maybe. But it's much too deer for me.

[pastafreak]

Too many carbs. And fat combined with carbs is a recipe for weight gain. Carbs cause insulin to be released...and insulin is the fat storage hormone. I keep banging on about this,... more and more research is proving that fat is not the demon...carbs are. Grain is what is fed animals before slaughter to make them fat. It does the same to us.

[pastafreak]

PS...eat healthy fats...those on your meat,some butter(yes!!!),olive oil...NOT the fats in biscuits.

[sandyRoe]

Ecclescake, that's fairly close to my diet already except that a lot of bread and biscuits have been stripped away.

[EcclesCake]

Well you cutting out the worst offenders, so I would say you would see a gentle weight loss.

As far as nutrients go there isn't much calcium in your diet, do you eat any cheese or have yogurt ever?

[sandyRoe]

Never eat yoghurt and apart from the very occasional slice of three cheese pizza, not much cheese.