And after 12 months living only off food produced in the Kingdom, you'd think Mike Small, who started the project, and the hundreds of others who took part, would be looking forward to a take-away ... or even a bit of chocolate with a cup of coffee.

But the success of the diet, where Fifers are encouraged to source as much of their food as possible from local producers, has been phenomenal.

The project has been now offered funding, been used as a best-practice prototype and has seen Mike and his family - wife Karen and children Sorely (4) and Alex (1), splashed across local and national media for their innovative thinking when it comes to food.

"It has been fantastic," he said. "I've been overwhelmed with the response we have had from people who wanted to get involved, so now the plan is to build on that."

Reflecting on a year restricted to eating whatever produce is in season at the time, there are only a few things that Mike says he misses - peanut butter, jaffa cakes and crisps.

But the diet has brought many more unexpected positives than he first thought.

"We have actually found we have saved a bit of money being on the diet and not using supermarkets, probably because you buy stuff you don't mean to buy when you are there.

"One of the unexpected positives that has come from this is that we don't have any problems with our bins overflowing because we don't have all the supermarket packaging taking up space.

''I absolutely feel a sense of achievement - I didn't think it would be as successful so that part has been very exciting."

Despite the fact the experiment is now over, Mike and the other Fife dieters are continuing the project, and the past few months have seen major initiatives starting to take place.

"We are delighted that building on the work of the Fife Diet, the Falkland Centre for Stewardship are now expanding this work to create a 'One Planet Food' project," Mike continued.

"This is a five-year project supported by the Carnegie Trust to help make the food system in Fife more sustainable and equitable.

''We would like to see everyone in Fife having good affordable food."

Dozens of Fifers have now joined up to the Fife Diet, and while some are strict with where they source their food others are just trying to change their lifestyle in smaller ways to help reduce food miles and carbon emissions.