I ate like Victoria Beckham for a week - and this is what I learned

David Beckham grabbed all the headlines last week when he revealed that wife Victoria had eaten "the same thing for the last 25 years".

The Spice Girls singer turned fashion superstar is well known for her healthy lifestyle, but it's the first time we've heard exactly what gives her that zig-ah-zig-ah.

For her ex-Manchester United star husband David revealed in the River Café Table 4 podcast that she sticks almost entirely to the same meals of fish and veg - and has done for 25 years.

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"I get quite emotional about food and wine. When I'm eating something great I want everyone to try it," he said in the podcast, before adding: "Unfortunately I'm married to someone who has eaten the same thing for the last 25 years.

"Since I've met Victoria, she only eats grilled fish, steamed vegetables. She'll very rarely deviate away from there."

Mum-of-four Victoria has spoken in the past of her desire to lead as healthy a lifestyle as possible - and says that her lean and clean diet not only keeps her in shape, but credits it with helping to clear her once acne-prone skin too.

Like Victoria, I'm also a busy working mum in her 40s, and I couldn't help but wonder how easy it would be to stick to fish and veg dishes for such a long period of time.

I mean, could I even make it through a week?

As a yo-yo dieter of many years I'm well used to trying to stick to a healthy meal plan, although I've never really found that one 'thing' that sticks for me to keep me on the straight and narrow, and away from the inevitable lure of the biscuit tin.

Maybe grilled fish and steamed veg could be my future too?

There was only one way to find out, so I headed off to get stocked