My W/M Nurse has told me to eat 1000kcals a day?

Has she even looked at your food diary?

I've looked at your diary and I can see that your calories are all over the place:

600 calories for lunch, 100 cals for dinner? Then another day you had a low calorie lunch and a high calorie dinner. Try to be more balanced. Also you eat alot of processed high sodium foods like ready made meats and potatoes. If I were you I would focus on eating better quality foods, and getting exercise, and not so much on how to live off of 1000 cals a day.

You could live off of 1000 cals a day, and not be as hungry if you incorporated less processed food into your diet, and less calorie dense foods like bagles. For instance those bagles are 293 cals! You could have had half the bagel, and doubled up on the protien AND had an apple, and a green salad with the calories saved from half the bagel.

The bread I eat is 80 cals a slice. 160 cals worth of bread in my sandwich.

ok, so you have cut your sugar way down, that is great! After you get used to this amount, cut it down again. It took two full weeks of intense cravings, but I did not give in- and they finally went away. I used to be mad for candy, too.

To those of you telling her to find a new dietician- its not as simple as that. The NHS tells you who to see, and you can't just ask to be referred to a new dr, nurse, etc because you don't like yours. Also they have a very limited amt of time to spend with patients and often you feel rushed and don't think of your qiestions until later.

If I were you, OP I would just learn as much as I can on my own about healthy eating, what portion sizes are, etc, and go it alone. You don'tneed her :-) You can DO this.

As far as lunch ideas, I usually make enough at dinner so that I can have leftovers for both of us at much the next day.

If you can't do that, then consider what I was saying about finding a lower calorie bread- instead of high calorie bagels, or eat half the bagel as an open faced sandwich, take an apple and a banana, handul of nuts, carrot sticks, grapes, peanut butter, you could even take a cheese and marmite sandwich. Find what works, and stick to it. I eat the same thing for breakfast each day. Its boring but easy.

Your breakfast looks really good. Can you incorporate some of that into lunches? Boiled eggs are good for lunch. A boiled egg, small can of tuna, some crackers, grapes and a banana is really filling.

As far as the probiotic drinks, can you change to the light version? I don't normally advocate sweeteners but it would save you some sugar.

The quickest way to poach an egg is to put one egg (plus or minus a smidge of butter) in a ramekin, cover with clingfilm, pierce the film with a fork, and microwave on the second-highest setting for 40 seconds (you may need to experiment a little with your microwave). I do this almost every morning, and have my poached egg and a piece of toast, which keeps me going more or less until lunchtime, with a mid-morning piece of fruit or a few nuts.

it sounds like you have gotten alot of great advice here, the only thing I can comment on is your plan for a bagel half with spread- that's not what I meant- keep your lunch the same. Keep eating the lunch meant (you need the protien!) But you don't need that ,many calories from that bagel so substitute half of that bagel, with an apple AND a green salad, AND some carrots. Half that bagel is 150 cals! An apple, some carrot sticks, and some salad should be an equal trade out.

KEEP the protien tho, k? NEVER remove protien from a meal because you feel it has too many colories. Calaries usually come from fats, sugars, and carbs- so if you need to trim so cals from a meal, look to reduce but NOT eliminate one of the carbs, fat etc- it's al about moderation. Eat whatever you want- as long as it is balanced, and don't eleminate entire food groups to meet your calorie goal.

I second the poached egg! Also you can boil eggs which will last a week in the fridge.
I use a bit of water in my micriwave poached eggs, and I break the yolk.

Good job for asking for help, and taking on all the advice. It is allot to process! You CAN do this, and we ARE here to help. Just don't give up, the learning part is the HARDEST, but beleive it or not- it soon becomes second nature- and that is when you have gotten over the hump.

PS I had to make my hubbie stope buying me huge bags of choccies. Now he brings me flowers instead- or he gets me something like a foot rub, etc.

Here is one thing I do to tame my sweet tooth- when I just HAVE to have something. Cube a sweet potatoe or yam into one inch pieces. Toss with half a TBS olive oil and a pinch of salt. Roast at 450 for 30 mins on convection if you have it or gas mark 5 if my conversions don't fail me. When tender and started to crisp, pull out and drizzle with one table spoon honey and sprinkle with cinnamon. Heaven.

I'm really bad at following professional advice, so it's hard for me to understand this situation. I can see you like your nurse, but surely there are other people that could support you in doing what YOU want to do?

Here's something to consider:

There's no reason for you to lose weight faster. In fact, the faster you lose the weight, the more likely you are to regain it all.

Dieting is NOT just about losing weight as fast as possible, but about learning a new lifestyle. This takes time.

Slow and steady wins the race, IMHO.

I have a friend who is doing a 1000cal/day diet with Dr. supervision. But, she doesn't choose what she eats, they give her a menu. That way she has the nutrients she needs. She is also taking supplements. I don't think 'dropping the most calorific thing off each meal' is necessarily the best advice unless you have cupcakes at every meal (wouldn't that be wonderful?) Make sure you are eating nutrient rich foods so that you get everything you need on a 1000cal/day plan.