Hi all, although no one has come on yet.

I need to take a new approach to my diet. I seem to be ignoring the small things like the afternoon snack, it might only be a slice of cooked chicken but then I might go back for another. This morning I cut out the Ryvita with butter that I normally have with my 2 boiled eggs and that has just saved 100 calories, plus a carb and fat. Husband is cooking fish tonight and I am having mine with a salad instead of with mushy peas (I know they are okay) and he always gives me a couple of chips, which I wont be having.

New motivation – lets see how it goes.

Happy Birthday DCT. I hope you had a good day.
Just another NSV to report. I went for a walk and talk session with my counsellor today to unpack all the stuff that has happened this past week (it’s a lot!!!) and I usually wear my athletic compression tights because they support my lipedema tissue on my legs during exercise and also have a leg pocket for my phone. But they are not acting like compression tights anymore because they are too loose! Good and bad news I suppose. Not great that they are not supporting my legs anymore but the good news is that they are not too expensive and I can get another pair in a smaller size at the mall.
Anyway, we unpacked what happened on the weekend and like the counsellor I spoke to on Sat, my counsellor confirmed that of course it would be upsetting to me and validated me for being so persistent in seeking help and seeking the right person to help me after that situation. I also had another situation on Monday that really blew my mind. I had an online interaction with my old counsellor on a therapy social media page. She did not know it was me as I was posting anonymously, but from her post I found out that she is high masking autistic. Wow! In 2 years she never told me that. I know she didn’t have to disclose it, but here she was disclosing to some anonymous person on a public forum. It would have helped me to know that. I have training and experience working with autistic people, but although I was picking up on a lot of signals from her, I wasn’t connecting the dots, I think because of her masking. If she had disclosed it, it would have helped, although I now see that she was getting really overwhelmed by how intense I can be, and that was causing me to feel like there was something wrong with me. So it has been a huge week of insight for me and that was why there was so much to unpack. I have also realized that I really need daily deep connection in-person with other humans who accept me for who I am. We were talking about how to identify those humans who can do that and who do not get overwhelmed by me, and how I have been trying to shrink myself down to fit in with those who do not accept me for who I am my entire life. I feel like this shrinking down is likely connected to the binge eating in a big way. We were also starting to talk about some workplace accommodations for me that would result in less interaction with people who wear me down so that I have more energy to connect with people who build me up outside of working hours. So, yeah, a really big day. Thanks for listening! I come across much less intense and more manageable for most people in writing!

You cant delete it. I wish you all the best with the group you are going to join but you might find that they will give you what we call ‘old fashioned advice’, especially about carbs. It might be worth staying around here to let us know how you are getting on, what they tell you (maybe you can help us) and if you are unsure about anything.

Hi everyone, looking forward to seeing you all at some time on this new thread. Marvellous May had already been used so I changed it to Monumental and that feels good as we are going to have some monumental movement. In May it is getting warmer and we can get out of our winter clothes. But do we want to show off our bodies – well this year we do because we are proud of who we are no matter what lumps or bumps are there – and they are going to disappear soon enough.

Come and join us and be motivated by all the great people on this site. See you here.

Hi all, hope you are doing okay. Newbie, it sounds as though you are a boredom eating but I wont give you any tips (like painting your nails – you cant eat) you seem to have it in hand. Great you have someone to run with. The chiropodist was my routine diabetic free pedicure so was nothing special.

I have had a rash on my arms and feet since Sunday and it cant be something I have touched as I wore long sleeves and boots when I was planting tomatoes. I saw the pharmacist and he said an allergy and gave me a stinky cream which did nothing. When it was on my feet (noticed at the chiropodists) I popped into the doctors on the way home to make an appointment and doctor saw me an hour later. He was a bit worried it might be a circulation or blood clotting problem and sent me for bloods. Nothing came back as something wrong so I am stuck with the cream (but a different one and not stinky). At least the doctor took is seriously as I am always worried about being a nuisiance but know diabetics can get all sorts of skin problems.

Diet is going well and I am losing slowly. Need to put a spurt on as I am going out on Monday for a meal and drinks.

I will set up the new thread now – Monumental May – we will make it. See you there.

Happy birthday DCT, hope you’re having a lovely day🎉 Dawn X

Happy Birthday DreamsComeTrue 🥂 🥳
Have a wonderful day and enjoy your holiday . I’ll see you back on here when you are back. Holidays are for fun so don’t be too hard on yourself whilst you’re away. Enjoy it and get back to it when you come home.

Cathy – wow! Well done on your blood test results! You really have done so well so far this year – I’m glad you have your trip to look forward to as well, that’s a nice reward for all of your hard work 🙂
Mariet – congratulations on your loss too!
ArcticFox – don’t want to leave you out so well done on your latest NSVs with your belt and healthier eating.

Yes, Mariet too, well done. I finally just had time to go back up and look at the other posts.
Thanks everyone for your support around the incident where I was followed.
In other news, my belt has gone in another notch this week. I have been struggling with eating but because I am not inclined to do the impulsive thing and run to the supermarket for easily consumed things I am trying to make simple meals at home. I put some lupini beans, frozen spinach nuggets and paneer into a bowl and microwaved it and then added curry powder and greek yogurt. It was tasty and it made a lot so I had it for 2.5 days. So that was good for getting some nutrition into me at least.
I had a work lunch today at a local cafe and bakery that I thought would be good because they do gluten free baked items, but the only gluten free low carb option they had was tomato soup and even though I have been able to have small amounts of again tomato recently, I did not want to risk that amount. So they made me a gluten free toasted cheese sandwich instead. It was not very nice nor very satisfying, but it was hot and enabled me to at least eat something. I had greek yogurt and a pear in my bag that I ate when I got back to the office.

Today was a much better day for me, the scales are being kind, my fasting BS is returning to “new normal”, I ate really sensibly, read more recipes on the forums here, feeling quite positive today and hope it will continue, saddened by the news that rain is coming this way but then that’s good for the garden so it’s actually a win.

How was the chiropodist Sunshine Girl? I’m happy to take on July if Verano has June covered.

Arctic Fox, when I’m at work and have my set food with me i’m really good and can keep on track, if I have something to do when I get home then I’m really good, when I’m out and about I’m really good, I think it’s just when I find myself at a loose end that my mind starts wandering and I go searching for things to eat, I’ll be honest if I have good snacks in then I can stay on track too, I think when I mentally have a down day I turn to food to pick me up, so I guess I just need to get sensible ‘pick me up’ food in the cupboards. With regards to exercise, I ran 3 times per week before I was diagnosed, I walk the dog, I’ve always been quite active, the only extra I have put in to my weekly routine is strength work but I need to do this due to losing muscle mass and I have sporting events coming up that I need to be in shape for. I have counted calories for a long long time eating around 1200 – 1600 calories daily so I’m used to low calorie food just not the low low carbs, although I never really ate much pasta, rice, bread to the point when I would carb load for sporting events I couldn’t as I didn’t enjoy them, but I enjoyed other naughty carbs.
I’m hoping that now I can access this site more easily I will be able to refer to it in times of need, and have enlisted a friend to run with should my mood dip, I have also made family aware of how they can help when I’m in a struggle, so things mentally are looking up (I hope), I know primarily this is down to me, but having friends and family on side will help with the tough times. fingers crossed today’s positive attitude will continue. Hoping everyone has also had a good day today, and we are all here should anyone need, I know I certainly appreciate the support from you all.

CATHY and MARIET well done to you both for your losses! And Cathy that’s so great about your result too. Fantastic news. Enjoy your holiday and your treats 😊

That’s fantastic news Cathy, well done! Dawn X

Amazing Cathy! So well done! Very proud of everything you’ve managed to accomplish. Enjoy your treat and the holiday. You deserve it!

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Hello everyone
🥁 🥁 🥁 🥁 My HbA1c result is in and it’s gone down to 35 from 44 so I am well under the “below 42” normal result. My 12 weeks low carb 800 keto diet has achieved the health benefit that I desired along with a 25.5 lb weight loss . My last day will be Thursday so I will see if I have got down to 140 lb. Today I was 141 lb. I’m over the moon that my hard work has shown in my blood work.
I’ve got my eye on an almond croissant from Pret A Manger at the airport as a holiday treat! I’ll be having it too! I hope it doesn’t make me feel unwell! I’ll report in tomorrow with my final score weight and then I’ll be back here again when I get back next week. Just wanted to share my NSV result today.
Thank you everyone for sticking by me over the difficult times and for your kindness and support. It’s been a roller coaster at times and like a game of snakes and ladders but with too make snakes and not enough ladders and now I at the finish line – just got to avoid that long snake thst always lurks about near the finish line!

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Hi Newbie, never fear, we understand. Do you tend to have a bit of an all or nothing mindset? Or perfectionism? I ask because I can certainly tend to go there. Also, I was concerned about how hard you were pushing yourself to change your diet so quickly and to eat so few calories and exercise so much. These are big changes to make all at once and your body may simply be saying that it is too much. Of course you have a serious health issue that you need to address, but your approach needs to be sustainable too. It will not help your HbA1c if you fall into a pattern of binging and restricting. Trust me, I know. I have been doing this for years and years all while watching my HbA1c climb higher and higher. I am lucky now as since going on ADHD medications I am finally able to resist the urge to binge eat. The physiological urge to eat is blunted, but the psychological urge can still be there if I have had an upsetting day or incident. The difference is the meds give me the ability to pause and pivot to do something else instead. This is something I have never been able to do without the meds. So, please give yourself some grace. Even if you do not have ADHD like I do, you can still be driven to eat by your physiology in other ways. It is not always psychological. The unfortunate part about going so low calorie for an extended period of time when your insulin levels are still so high is that you will get hungrier as your ghrelin levels will rise to make you hungry in response to the stress of the big changes you are making. Excessive exercise can also be a stress on the body. That is why Dr. Roy Taylor says not to increase your exercise and decrease your calories all at the same time. We can also be leptin resistant, which is the satiety hormone, and this can lead to increased hunger as well. It takes time to get all these hormones back in balance. It simply won’t happen overnight. Keep going and get back on track as quickly as possible after your binge, but do think about what might make this more sustainable for you and what parts of your body and mind might be crying out for some non-food, non-harmful self-care right now.

Thank you for the welcome, Sunshine Girl. As it turns out, I received a call this morning from someone connected to nutrition training at the medical center, and they have a program for diabetics and prediabetics, so I will be participating in that instead of trying to do Fast 800 on my own. I’ll be honest, I was feeling a bit anxious about doing it on my own. Wish I could find a way to delete this journal, but haven’t found how to do it.

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Hi Newbie, glad to see you are still around.

I have just looked back in the history search and last May we called our thread Marvellous May – shows how unimaginative I am. So I will call it a variation like Make May Marvellous. Will call on you Newbie if we need a June volunteer but I think Verano has already said she would do it. Will keep you in mind for July if you are not going anywhere, holiday or whatever.

I have got the chiropodist in half an hour so better go get ready.

Hello TendingtoRose, first of all welcome to the forum, you have come to the right place, especially for your diabetes. Although weight loss and bettering your diabetes go hand in hand the most important thing is to get the diabetes under control. The best way to do this is to cut out the white starchy carbs and the weight will follow. Shout out if you need any advice as there are many very knowlegeable people on here. Good luck. Looking forward to reading your journal.

Happy Birthday DCT, I hope you have a lovely day and enjoy your break as well.

Arctic Fox, I can’t believe the response you got after you were followed, even though it was all innocent in the end. I would have thought any woman would be able to recognise the common fear so many of us have of assault and more. I am not surprised it affected you powerfully and I congratulate you on the way you handled it.
I didn’t weigh for a few weeks, I have been milling around the same 200g for weeks and weeks and my digestive problems took a long time to clear up after I stopped the online program. So I was thrilled this week when I weighed and found myself 1.3kg down at 65.8, my lowest for about 6 years, and the smallest waist measurement for 9 years. Still more than half my height but oh well!
I hope you all find the online course continues to help you. I love reading all your posts even though I don’t post often myself.

DCT – Wishing you a very happy birthday for Thursday 🙂

DAWN and SUE – me three! I’m frustrated with myself as I got off to a great start on the online programme but gradually allowed myself to be derailed. So in that sense I’m annoyed that I’ve “wasted” it : but on the other hand, like both of you, I have lost some weight and am probably further forward than I would have been without it. My aim at the beginning of 2026 was to lose 20lb by the end of the year, slow and steady, at around 1-2lb per month. And I’m on target for that – am half a stone down – so in that sense it’s all good. It’s just when I started the online programme I began to lose more rapidly so I upped my expectations. Never mind. I’m away for a week as of Friday and will then get back on board again, probably changing to a faster programme (I was on the 5:2).

CATHY I hope your blood test goes well today. You’ve done so well with the weight loss and I really hope that this reflected in the results. And I’m also hoping for you to hit 140lb by Thursday. Enjoy that G&T! Thursday is my birthday so I will raise a glass to you too 🥂

ARCTICFOX your experience of being followed sounds very scary, even though it turned out to be well-intentioned. Sometimes people just don’t think! I’m sure there must have been a less confrontational way to come and say hello. But well done for not rushing for comfort food. And it’s great that you’re losing inches where you didn’t expect to. I’m looking forward to your next update!

If I don’t post again this week I wish you all well and will be back on here wc 11th May. Hope everyone has a good couple of weeks X

I’ve just joined this forum and will be starting my diet on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. I’m an older woman, very sedentary as of right now, so not sure how it will go for me. I’ve got quite a bit of weight to lose and have just been told that I have prediabetes. To be honest, I’m surprised I don’t have full-blown diabetes, since I’ve been quite addicted to sweets for my whole life, from childhood.

My doctor suggested The Fast 800, and suggested I keep my carbs as low as possible, so that is what I plan to do. I do have past experience with low carb diets, but never managed to keep on them for very long. Will give it another sincere try, and keep a record of my experience here. I love my family and want to be healthy for them for many years to come.

Good evening everyone, I have just caught up on all of the posts, Marvellous May sounds great, I can volunteer for the June feed if that takes the pressure off, but you will all have to bear with me (I will get thinking of June related titles). Verano have a lovely holiday enjoy yourself and don’t worry if there are any little gains upon your return, Sunshine Girl I’m sorry yours didn’t go to plan, weather is so unpredictable, I’ve not done a cruise yet so the strapping yourself to the bed thing concerned me, I much preferred your way of champagne on the sofa.
I have had a few hiccups this month, and mentally it’s been quite a struggle, I’ve come to realise that I need to be busy all day so I don’t think about food, It’s not that I’m hungry its just that i think about food & diabetes 24/7, its all consuming and taking over my life. I had a horrible weekend and wasted the glorious weather we had as my motivation dipped, I was in a bad mood, and all the jobs I started to do couldn’t be done, or needed more jobs to be done first to enable the original one to be done, so I sat and ate, I had a chocolate bar, a bag of crisps, a small cake, some cheese, along with my normal meals, I then didn’t have any dinner as the fish was off and I didn’t make anything else, I was on a right downer. Today was a new day, went to work, struggled through that, had some chicken for lunch which I’ve now decided I don’t like, sat by the sea for a while starring at it hoping for some help or inspiration, then after work I got a parking ticket, drove home motivated to do some chores but then it started to rain so those then got put on hold, I’m so sorry for the rant but I’ve tried talking to family & friends and they really don’t get it. BS all over the place as you would expect, but today I have eaten well and within 10am and 7pm so I’m happy, I’ve also got my laptop back up and running so reading our messages is now much easier and I will be more consistent. My weight has increased a little, but I hope to get that back on track too.
Anyway enough from me, admiration for everyone on here doing things their way and working towards their goals.
For now, for me It’s One day at a time ……..

Hi everyone,
Great to read everyone’s progress and determination for continuing. Even if it has only been a little bit of weight lost, it is still progress.
I have certainly been one for letting myself get off track over the years, but I’m hoping that things are changing for the better.
I had a really stressful incident in town on Saturday when I took my car in to change tires involving someone following me. It turns out he was a casual acquaintance who just wanted to say hi, but it really freaked me out. I called a help line to talk about it but got a guy who did not understand at all why it was a big deal for me. Talked to my godmother who is normally pretty good about providing some comfort but she said I should feel flattered that someone liked me enough to come and say hi. The drive to comfort eat after all this was really, really high, but in the end, I called a special line that I have access to that will put me through to a counsellor (I don’t like to use them and tie up resources for others but my counsellor is away right now) and they put me through to a counsellor who happened to also be neurodivergent and a sexual assault survivor and she was able to understand and assured me that it was understandable that I was upset. So that really helped. I opened a tin of soup after that and had that for dinner whereas I might have used this as an excuse previously to run into town to load up on junk, so I am pleased about that.
I think I have lost some weight since being on the meds. Interestingly my belt has only gone in one hole, but I seem to have lost more in my legs than around my waist, which is very different, because usually it is very hard for me to lose anything around my hips and in my legs. So I suppose I will carry on doing what I’m doing and see how much I can lose before needing to switch things up.

Thanks Cathy, I hope you enjoy your holiday and am pleased you will be continuing the plan alongside us once you are back:) Dawn X

Hi all, I am one week completed and have lost exactly 1kg. Not great for a first week but as I set a goal of 1kg per month I am doing okay for the month of April.

Nothing more to say right now, just hope everyone is well and going good.

Dawn and Sue
So lovely to read your posts. You have both lost weight since the beginning of the year and so don’t be too hard on yourselves. We know that the plan works but we have to be in the right mindset. You both sound determined to make the best of the remainder of your time on the plan and to learn about what will work for you. I am going to stay on the plan with you for the next few months too to navigate my way through to maintenance. Because we got it at a discount price (thank you Dawn) I feel like it’s worth the investment to keep going a little longer. Unlike you, I only stuck to the food plan. I did a little bit of the exercise and enjoyed a few meditations along the way but my plan is to make more of the exercises going forward. My walking pad is great and I really enjoy it but I think I went a little too fast last week and have spent a week with a bad knee! Note to self! I have noticed some loose skin on my arms and so I will do some of the weight exercises and I’ve read that fasting to autophagy can help with loose skin. Might try a couple of long fasts each month.

Sue losing 500g a week is most certainly doable and I have every confidence that you will reach your goal by September. Dawn, I hope you have a wonderful 60th birthday and when you get back from your Scottish Highlands holiday I feel you will be ready to embark on the 12 week plan. We have definitely got this but as I know only too well, the time has to be right. The online plan worked for me and I know when the time is right it will work for you too. This week is my last week on the plan. I will finish on Thursday before my little holiday and when I get back I will be back on it with you both. Together we can enjoy the next few months and make a difference to our health. HBA1C test tomorrow for me. Hope to get my result before Friday.

Inverness is a lovely place Sue, definitely worth a visit. I absolutely think you will reach your goal by September, we’ve got this! Dawn X

Marvellous May sounds good 🙂

Oh wow! I’m envious of your Scottish Highlands trip Dawn! My husbands ancestors on one side are from Inverness so it’s somewhere we really want to go to one day (he also has Irish, English and German ancestors so there’s
Lots of places on the “to visit one day” list lol!
It’s good you have a couple of goals to work towards 🙂
I’m 61 in September and my plan is that as I didn’t reach my goal weight by 60, I’ll get there by 61 – so to do this I’ll need to discard 500g per week (1/2 lb I think), which does seem doable 🙂
Hopefully we’ve got this!

Hi Sue,
It’s good to know that the Fast 800 team are helpful. I’m keeping my plan at the Very Fast 800. When I looked first thing this morning all of my previous 12 week food plans were still showing but in the last few hours that has changed to just last week’s and my current week. I had read on a review that that would happen so every week I have made a written note of each day’s food plan to use in the future (I think I could have printed them out but it’s a bit of a faff from my iPad) I also favourited (not sure that’s even a word!) all of the meditations I liked and the early exercises as the ones which come up for me now are 25 mins long and I would like to go back to the shorter ones and build up and thought it may be easier to find them on favourites. It’s nice that this first month is free so I really hope I can just focus this time then I would be happy to pay the £12 monthly fee, I would easily waste that much (actually more!)on chocolate or cake each week if I wasn’t following the plan! It’s a gorgeous sunny day here in Newcastle, my husband and I took the dog out for a walk just after 7 and it was a nice way to start the day, I feel in the right frame of mind to make the most of this next month. I turn 60 in a couple of weeks time so that’s a good first incentive to aim for being at a lower weight than I am now and we go up to the Scottish Highlands for a week at the end of next month so that’s another thing to aim to be healthier for! Dawn X

Dawn I’m glad I’m in good company 🙂
I had sent a message to the Fast 800 team as I wanted to know the next billing date, and for me it’s June 10th as I still have one week of the 12 weeks left and then the first month of the Lifestyle plan is free. So I’m going to keep going until at least June 9 and then might just keep going for a while on the plan as when I worked it out, at $22 per month so it’s equivalent to a cup of takeaway coffee each week 🙂
I read today’s knowledge article and it was saying that if you hadn’t followed the plan for the whole 12 weeks you could keep your own record so to speak and continue to 12 weeks on Fast 800… so for me that would be another 4/5 weeks.
You just keep the plan settings at Very Fast 800 / Keto etc or whichever 800
Calorie plan you choose – you still have access to all of the recipes and knowledge articles.
The only difference I could tell was with the exercise – the daily plans aren’t progressive but you can go back into the Library and find the level or exercise you want to do. I need to restart from Week 7 or 8 – I missed a couple of weeks, but then did that (new) weeks exercise and then High Planks gave me really sore abdominal muscles! So I think I need to go back and work my way up again.
I weighed myself this morning and basically I’m about 1.5kg than I was when at my lowest weight on the plan – but at the end of the day I’m still 6kg less than I was at the start of the year, and feel motivated again to keep going 🙂

Hi everyone,
Yesterday was my last day of the online 12 week plan and Sue, as you said in your last post, I was feeling guilty that I hadn’t made the most of the opportunity of getting the plan at such a massively reduced price as, after the first month, I think I rarely had a week where I stuck to it really well and I’m only now 5lbs less than my weight at the start of it and my waist is only an inch down now. However, I’m not being too hard on myself as it was probably not ideal timing changing my HRT whilst on the plan as I think my hormones were all over the place and can, I believe, take three months to settle. I am restarting today, this is supposed to be the ‘lifestyle’ part of the online plan if you have stuck to it for 12 weeks but I am going to go back to the start, I appear to still have access to all of the things I’ve used over the last 12 weeks and the food plan, daily exercise and knowledge sections have all appeared on today’s screen. The first month is free then, if I feel I can definitely use the plan properly, I will pay to continue with it. Cathy you are an inspiration as to how it can work if you stick to it! Dawn X

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Thank you SaraGrey for bumping this thread to the top as it is likely still a valuable one. We do not support advertising on this forum though.

Thank-you for hiking the positives thread up the listing again, Verano. Hope you have a wonderful holiday.
I’ve been remiss is not posting for so long, so here are a few from me ….
🌷🌷 good road trip to Turkiye and for once not a single ‘duff’ hotel amongst our overnight stays
🌷🌷 catching up with old friends this weekend
🌷🌷 appointment made to have my hair coloured next week
Will try to make a point to drop in more frequently with more positives, but hopefully others will post too

A low-carb diet is not only about losing weight, but also about stable energy without constant sugar “swings”. The main thing is to find delicious recipes so that a healthy diet is a pleasure, not a burden.To maintain such useful habits, it is important to have the right environment. I was helped by an article on, https://betterme.world/articles/employee-wellness-program/ which tells how a systematic approach helps everyone adapt to a healthy rhythm of life more easily. Luck in your choice!

Have a wonderfully relaxing holiday Verano 👍🌝🥂
I have just weighed & gained 0.4 lbs & not too bad after the extravagant lunch I provided for friends coming to lunch last Thursday with the temptation & eating cheesecake & chocolate truffles with coffee 🙀
S-G I like the sound of Marvellous May & hope with the lovely sunshine here in West Sussex I will be motivated to properly focus on losing a good amount of weight. I was looking back at my weight record & I have gained 5.5 lbs since last October but I have now crept 0.4 into 13 stone which is the most I have weighed for a long time & shocking so no wonder my knee is not recovering more 😢
I have eight weeks until my French river cruise in June to focus & really actually lose some weight!
Thank you for setting up the May thread S-G 👍
Margaret xx

Garlic Butter Chicken with Zucchini
Ingredients
* 2 chicken breasts (or thighs)
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* 2 tbsp butter
* 3 cloves garlic, minced
* Salt
* Black pepper
* Paprika
* Italian herbs (optional)
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Cathy – congratulations on your success! I know this has been a long time coming for you and you’ve had lots of struggles over the last few years, so this is well deserved! The book club trip to
Corfu sounds amazing and will be a wel deserved reward for you 🙂
ArcticFox- glad things are looking up for you too, it makes such a difference when you find a medication that works 🙂
Yowzer – thank you for your wise words, they are always so uplifting. I hope you are doing better lately x
I wish I had some successes to report but I competely fell off the wagon around Easter and have put a few kilos back on sadly. In the online program we are up to week 11 but I haven’t followed along properly since week 7! I do have a few things going on in my life that are making it difficult, this combined with being recently retired and getting used to that, plus more leisure time, lunches out and evening drinks are not making weight loss easy!
Anyway I reached out to the Fast 800 health coaches for some support – I’m thinking I’ll stick with the online program for another month or two and give it another go.
A friends son who I saw at Easter is T2 diabetic and his doctor put him on Ozempic – he’d lost 12kg since January. In the same time I lost less than half that. I’m tempted to talk about it to my doctor, but at this stage I’d rather try and lose more weight through healthy eating and exercise.
Compared to the start of January I now weigh over 5kg less, and I’m wearing one clothes size smaller than I was so it’s not all bad – I just have to find the motivation to keep going! I feel guilty that I had this great opportunity (through Dawn generously sharing the discount code) and I’ve wasted it!
Anyway enough of that! It’s Anzac Day here and it’s a beautiful warm sunny day so I’m going to go into my garden and follow along today’s exercise routine,
Which is Pilates 🙂 hope everyone has a good weekend x

Congrats Cathy! So pleased for you! I hope you have a good time in Corfu.
I fell off the wagon just a bit over the last week due to the cold. It turned out to not be as little as I thought. I still have a cough and a bit of a stuffy nose, but at least I have some of my energy back now. I ended up being fed up with low carb and only having ingredients in my cupboards and fridge when I didn’t feel like cooking. I ended up having rice crackers and hummus for a few meals, but luckily I realized that I do not like rice crackers anymore, so I managed to get back on track with some broccoli cheddar soup out of a packet, and roasted broccoli with lupini beans.
It was hard going back to work and not having any meals prepared ahead of time, so I will try to set some time aside this weekend to get better prepared. I want to make some pizza bases so I can have asparagus and goat cheese pizzas (with fresh asparagus from my garden!). So we’ll see.
DCT – the meds are working well. I think the dose of the other one was too high. This one is just 10mg and it has a more even timed release so that I feel nice and steady most of the day. The other one had too many peaks and troughs through the day. I’m feeling good and have had none of the nausea and no nightmares yet, so it might just be the one I stay on. I have the mental energy and fortitude to get through the afternoons at work now, so I’m not reaching for snacks to keep me going. I have more power to make better decisions about food now and am less impulsive about it.
I have 6 weeks left in my 12 week quest to lower my HbA1c. I hope it is not too affected by my little blip into eating higher carb, but the last 30 days before the test are the most impactful, they say. I know I was able to do nearly 6 weeks before so I just need to repeat it and I’ll be there. I’ve lost a little bit as my jeans are quite loose, but feeling a bit puffy again after eating higher carb, but that should go away now that I’m eating better again.

Cathy, just wanted to let you know how delighted I am that you’ve had such a brilliant result over the past three months. No one has worked harder to achieve it and you’ve certainly had a rough trot despite amazing effort for years. I’m thrilled for you. Have a great time with your book club, enjoy your loose clothes!

For us on this diet it is not worth trying to make something you cant eat into something you think you can. You cant, it is still full of rubbish.

Hi just popping in to wish Verano a fantastic holiday. Enjoy the book.

I dont have any news as everything is just going fine. Shopped today for tomato plants and geraniums ready for the weekend.

Talking of May, any bright ideas for a snappy title, one month at a time in Marvellous May – thats my contribution. I will set up the May thread in a few day, soon comes around.

Just thought I would post here today, not just to bring it back to the top, but as there are over 6800 posts, which probably makes it the longest thread, it would be really, really sad for it to disappear!

So……🌳🌷🌿 My garden is blossoming! Apple blossom has been lush this year. My white lilac is in bloom. A red acer that I thought was dying because it didn’t lose all its leaves last winter is looking magnificent. So all looking really lovely.

🧺🧳📚 Washing and ironing all done. Clothes ready to be packed into their ‘pods’, toiletries, pills and make-up all gathered together so everything is ready to just pack.

👩🏻✂️🪮 Hair cut and coloured with ‘highlights’. So after pedicure tomorrow I’ll be ‘holiday’ ready!

If you have any positives, and I’m sure we all had at least one ‘positive’ today, please post. Let’s not let this thread disappear into the ‘ether’.

Hello. I just want to pop in to say this will probably be my last post for April. Packing tomorrow and travelling Sunday.

So, for me April, as with the rest of 2026, has been a time of down a bit, up a bit, but stayed much the same as I actually have for the last few years. The good news is my BS finger pricks are mainly in the 5’s with some jumps when I have a carby meal. In saying that last night we had a Thai meal and I had rice noodles for the first time in a long time and this morning my finger prick was 5.4! I do really believe that those of us with either T2 or ‘reversed’ T2 each have to find our own individual ‘flash’ foods. I’m sure we each have different reactions to the basic bread, rice, pasta and potatoes and I also think that what we eat with them makes a huge difference to our insulin responses. Just makes life even more complicated!

Anyway, I hope April has been ‘Amazing’ in many ways for everyone. Life is more than a number on a scale!

Maybe time to start thinking about May???

OK ‘The Husband’s Secret’ is on its way! Should be here tomorrow so I know have 8 paperbacks and my kindle ‘just in case’!
Will let you know what I think when I’ve read it.

Well said s-g!