The Monomeal

The 'mono-meal'

    This was originally developed by 'The Blonde' (...see 'The Glossary' to nickwardpersonal for more details of her...) as an efficient way of losing weight.  Not that she actually needed to, but thats just my opinion.

    There are no specific 'recipes' as such, more an 'attitude' to have while 'dieting'.

    The idea behind the 'mono-meal' is just to eat one food to the exclusion of all others.  Obviously, not very good for the old vitamin and mineral count, but over the short term, I'm reliably told it works very well.

    The Blonde likes sprouts, so for nearly four days, they were all she ate.  Okay, this didn't earn her many friends to go out drinking with sans-gas masks, but it was cheap.  She also likes boiled potatoes, so for another three days, that was all she ate.
    Then came the modified 'Atkins' where all she ate was meat for a few more.

    I'm afraid I can't come up with clinical trials and publications in 'The Lancet', to back her up on this, but The Blonde told me that over a three week period, she lost nearly a stone.  Of course, it all (...and more...) went straight back on within a month, but it meant that she was able to fit in the swimsuit she had bought for her holidays.

    Of course, like any revolutionary diet, the 'Mono-meal' did have its teething problems. 
    The Blonde's choice of milk chocolate as a source for ten days eating was unsurprisingly not an unqualified success...