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Chris, 22,Designer
Vital statistics
Height: 6'1" (182.5cm)
Weight: 15st 5 lbs (98kg)
Chest: 44"
Waist: 38"
Eats: Not much either. On his 'greediest' day, veggie Chris had a croissant,
cheese & salad focaccia lunch, fresh pasta and sauce for dinner, plus a Yorkie.
On his most ' 'rexie' he only ate an egg, tomato and mushroom bagel for breakfast
and some pizza at night [wouldn't feed a sparrow, Chris].
Drinks: Not a great deal – only 1.2 pints on average, although he tells
us: 'This was a rare weekend, usually another 14 pints is consumed.' OK, Chris,
you're excused.
Smokes: No [oooh, goody two-shoes]
Exercise?: An average of 23 minutes walking per day
Eric's verdict: As a vegetarian, you're more likely to eat the five portions
of fresh fruit and vegetables the government wants us to eat daily, but, as we
can see from the three extra stone you're carrying, your diet needs a little work.
For starters, it contains too much fat – croissants [our Chris had one nearly
every day] are pure butter, and cheese features too heavily in your daily intake
(I like the one low-fat yoghurt, though, nice token nod to healthiness!).
However, the main problem is, of course, the 14-plus pints of lager that you admit
to drinking most weekends [bet you wish you hadn't now – lifebyte]. Although
beer's extremely nutritious – a good source of carbohydrate and full of vitamin
B – it's also high in calories, and combined with an already high-calorie
diet and you general inactivity (as you walk no more than 30 minutes a day), the
result is plain to see.
Fat is a lot more than a matter of appearance, as it is one of the main avoidable
risk-factors in heart disease.
Action plan
1 Take advantage of your vegetarianism by eating lots of fresh veg, and
healthy vegetable-based meals. At the moment you're eating far too much fat –
try to keep the croissants as a weekly treat rather than a daily occurance, and
cut down on the dairy products. Try to eat more filling meals like baked potatoes
with, say, tuna – you can have a bit of cheese but go for the low-fat variety.
2 Try to cut down on the beer; you don't eat that much so it must be the
booze that's putting you weight on. Try to pace yourself when you're out, drink
halves rather than pints or wine instead of beer.
3 Get moving more. OK, you walk a bit, but why not do more, or take up
a gentle exercise like swimming to start with. You can then build up to more strenuous
stuff like the gym or running. If none of that's your thing, do something that
is – football, rugby or whatever your game is.
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