A man has lost 64 kilograms in less than a year by eating curry for breakfast.
Yep, you read that correctly: 38-year-old Mike Snell skipped more conventional diet regimes such as the popular 5:2 diet, instead choosing to chomp on red-hot Indian curry – along with carb-loaded snacks – before 10am every day.
The UK delivery driver previously weighed 152 kilograms, the result of snacking on processed foods, burgers and bacon sandwiches at work.
But according to UK news site Metro, he managed to slim down to a healthy 88 kilograms in just 11 months by chowing down on a chicken vindaloo at 6am every day.
Saying it took away his cravings “for the rest of the day”, he also ate whatever he felt like until 10am, but then very little after that (sometimes enjoying just a soup for dinner).
Speaking to Metro, Mike said he’d found it difficult to stick to more typical weight loss methods in the past. And in addition to his contentious morning binge, he also didn’t do any extra exercise.
To his credit though, he did keep his diet varied by adding different vegetables, such as broccoli or baby leaves, to his daily morning curry.
Although I’d question whether Mr Snell’s weight loss method was particularly healthy, there’s no denying it was effective.
And while it’s difficult to know exactly why, one reason could be that chilli (a key curry ingredient) has been shown to help speed up the metabolism.
Would you eat curry for breakfast to promote weight loss? What other weird weight loss methods have you tried?