Good morning all,

Daily weigh-in: flatline. Nothing gained, nothing lost. A bit disappointing as I only took in 650 kcals and 20g carbs yesterday. Either I’m on a temporary plateau or maybe ironically it wasn’t enough. Damn you, scales! So time to remind myself of my personal non-scale victories (NSVs):

* I am definitely slimmer around the middle and look less like a balloon
* I feel better overall, despite the occasional energy crash
* I’m proud of my willpower in resisting the refined carbs I normally cling to (and I think I am starting to miss them less)
* I think my skin is better (as a result of the higher water intake? And maybe decreased sugar too)
* I’m starting to take more pride in my appearance again, having lost this at my highest weight
* I don’t feel so self-conscious about my size when I step out of the house
* I’m starting to adopt healthier habits overall (lemon water in the morning etc)
* Following on from that, having substituted cigarettes and Diet Coke for carbs in the beginning (I know, I know…) I am now no longer consuming both on a daily basis (which is something I never did before the BSD)
* I haven’t bitten my nails yet either – I gave up the same day I started BSD
* I have stopped fixating on timelines – I have let the ‘I’ll be x weight by x date’ go. It’s not going to work like that for me, clearly
* I have stopped fixating on what feels like an overwhelming goal and am just focused on the next 3kgs (7 lbs) 10% milestone only
* Most of the time I do believe I can get to goal in the end as long as I stick to the path. I’ll get there when I get there. I’m feeling calmer about this now than a few days ago.

Today I am going to re-start my yoga routine. That is my promise to myself. Plus I am considering a hair make-over. I can already see a time when I’m going to feel a lot more social so I have started looking at my ‘skinny’ clothes again and started outfit planning. Superficial I know, but if it gets me through….!

Have a good day everyone.
Sarah

PS: I just had a flick through some older threads. Lots of comments about how week 2 and 3 are frustrating in terms of stalled weight losses but that it if you keep on going consistently then things pick up again around week 4-5. ‘Whooshes and swooshes’ apparently! That was reassuring to read given that I’m on week 3 now. I’m looking forward to the day I see another big drop on the scales like I had last week! I’m sure it will happen again….

Morning Carb Addict glad you are feeling more positive you are doing so well good timing on your second post for me weight loss has slowed down but feeling better now from reading your posts very reassuring looking forwards now just going to take 1week at a time. Good thing for me have been telling people at work about bsd a couple want to try it out that will help keep me motivated trying to help them. Have a good day everyone xx

Miss Ziggy congrats on your loss of inches👍👍👍I’m still waiting to get into a new pair of trousers that are a bit tight over my tummy, makes vary to much in their sizing, however standing sideways I can see my stomach is shrinking but I didn’t take a waist measurement before I started so relying on my trousers to tell me.
We haven’t used the Ketostix yet but reading the instructions the warnings in them makes it looks most alarming but aimed at Type 1 diabetics with very high blood sugars medically advised to test. We are doing it more for amusement because we are still regarding ourselves as an ongoing experiment to see how we get on & for my husband he will be evaluated by his GP when he has an eight week blood test & tells her his weight loss. I am not diabetic but have three stone to lose.
We are really enjoying the recipes in the book & trying out new ingredients. I’m in two minds whether to make the soda bread because we will be tempted to eat lots of it but have got buttermilk sat in the fridge🤔🤔
I hope your week goes well & your inches continue to shrink😀

Hello. Week three here and loss has stalled for me too. I have lost another half inch off my waist though so something is happening even if it’s not showing on the scales. I’ve seen that this is pretty common so I’m just hanging in there. Trying the beef stir fry this evening and am looking forward to it already x

Just a quick update, after reading everyone news for the past week. I’m down 2 kg on last week, when I had an epiphany about my carb levels. I really think this is why my low cal diets haven’t worked before – I was always a bit scared of an Aitkins type diet. I now feel like I’m eating more and still losing. I did fall off the wagon a bit with a couple of glasses of wine on saturday, but as I would normally have had a couple on Friday, Sat and Sun previously I’m still seeing that as a success. Felt it though on sunday…..

I also got some keto sticks – very addictive but confirmed I’m in ketosis. I’m going to monitor my carbs to see how much I can tolerate. I’ve got beetroot and avocado pear in my salad today (with crayfish tails) which makes it quite high in carbs (but really looking forward to it). I doubt I can go over 50grams, so the question is if I need to be under. I averaged 40grams last week, but it was a bit erratic as I’m still trying to work out which veg are best (tomatoes but me over on saturday).

I also wanted to note that as a family, we are all following this WOE to some degree. The children (9 and 7) have their starchy breakfast of porridge or crumpets and eggs (we all had different breakfasts anyway so there is nothing new there) and school dinners. For our evening meal, they have the same as me, but will also have a pudding to increase their calories. They weren’t keen on the cauliflower rice, but otherwise haven’t really noticed a difference. We had smoked salmon and scrambled eggs at the weekend – they had theirs on a muffin and we had ours on a portabello mushroom. It was important to me that family meal times weren’t separate affairs and this is working well with minor adaptations. Hopefully it won’t give them any hangups about food or body image.

Final point – I increased my jog time from 15 mins to 18 mins yesterday. My breathing feels easier. I know some people have noticed an improvement in asthma symptoms, so maybe there is a general increase in lung capacity? (I’m not sure my fitness has improved that much over a week?). Anyone else noticed?

Out of interest, Emily Jones (who originally started this thread) – are you still out there and with us?! Hope so!!

Hi Sarah aka Carb_addict, I also wondered about Emily Jones, who truly was my inspiration when I saw her post, thank goodness she started this forum as it’s been a dietsaver for me, new friends, venting, ups and downs, and a total conviction we will get to where we want to be weightwise, confidence wise, and health wise, so thank you Emily.

Loved your post Sarah, so positive and how exciting thinking of having a hair makeover – and not biting your nails, we’ve got to stick with the plan for Emily and all the rest of 1 October starters.

On a different note, it’s evening here, I feel immensely full ( hope the scales don’t agree!) but have totally stuck to plan and had the stuffed peppers for lunch and jewelled aubergines for dinner, drank all my water, what a good girl I have been today – and if the scales don’t go down tomorrow you will hear me screaming with rage all the way from Sydney! Ha ha

Good Morning all!

Trying really hard to be a morning person, but that’s not happening. Last night I went to a movie event (Margaret Atwood on Julie Taymor’s The Tempest) and avoided the popcorn. Got to meet my favourite iconic Canadian author (Atwood), but didn’t get home until after 11pm. With a 5am wake-up, that’s just not enough sleep for me and I am certainly feeling it today.

Next month I’m attending a three evening master class with one of my favourite directors (Guillermo del Toro – Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim, Pan’s Labyrinth) and I think I will be looking into staying in the city (Toronto) those nights as the hour commute home and then getting back to work the next morning is really hard. I don’t know how shift workers do it!

One of our executives came into my office yesterday looking for chocolate. I offered him hummus. He was not impressed, lol.

CA – Love your NSV list! I can’t remember what diet I picked that up from, but whilst the diet didn’t stick, the term did, lol.

Andrea – I’ve got Keto Sticks at home too, but I keep forgetting to use them in the AM! Will have to try to remember, but my brain is on autopilot that early 😉 And good for you for jogging!

Ziggy – WTG on the inches!

I should be working, so for the rest of you…

Keep being fabulous!

Cheers,

Deb

Hi isn’t this the best forum ever👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾. I’ve decided to treat myself this week and not with food. I bought myself an Estée Lauder perfume discounted on Amazon . So while I am losing weight I will smell good😂😂😂. Oh and a waterproof jacket to wear from the car park to work reduced from £28 to £10🤑🤑🤑 . Have any of you treated yourselves for doing so well and with what?

KEEP ON KEEPING ON
ZIggy

Hi Wendy – I finally tracked down some rhubarb! Will cook it later with lots of ginger.

I like ginger, but find it a faff to grate and end up chucking big chunks of whatever I buy away. I bought a largish piece at the weekend, chopped it all in the mini chopper, and froze it in an ice cube tray – I got a couple out earlier, and transferred the remaining cubes to an air tight bag – seems to have worked. And I used all the peelings of the skin to make an infusion which tasted amazing.

Well done Frog finding some rhubarb😀It’s me that can’t find any more! In the recipe it’s ginger in syrup that is used which is sweeter rather than fresh ginger. I hope you enjoy the recipe!!

Yes Miss Ziggy I’m buying myself some ankle boots & still waiting to shrink into some jazzy black & white checked trousers that are still slightly tight but I am hopeful of wearing them soon😀

For Wendy……👢👢😁
MIss ZIggy

I always do the same thing with rhubarb- fresh ginger and a teaspoon of stevia (well not always the same thing, pre-BSD it sued to be sugar!

It is so helpful to read all of your comments. When I’m feeling discouraged it is nice to see I’m not the only one and it helps to keep me going. At the moment I have decided not to weigh as much, as the fluctuations drive me mad. I do feel slimmer though and my husband, who was away for 2 weeks, noticed the difference. On a different topic, does anyone have any recommendations on a spiralizer? I am in Canada and there are a few different models available, but I’m not sure which is best.

I don’t know about best but I’m happy with my little handheld thing, looks like a little slingshot/catapult that Bart Simpson would carry with a blade instead of the elastic. Works like a potato peeler. Zyliss brand. Chuck it in the dishwasher after. Makes long thin strips instead of actual spirals, so maybe not as fancy.

Morning all,

Daily weigh-in: 500g (1.2lbs) down from yesterday. Looks like the killer week 2/3 plateau may be subsiding. <dancing> (The scales initially showed a full 1.1kg loss overnight but I weighed myself again in disbelief and it came back as 500g, so I’m logging the smaller loss to be on the safe side.)

Those of you who are weighing weekly and have hit a plateau too – take heart. If I’m coming off the plateau then then chances are you are too…you just don’t know it yet 🙂

Rewards: every 3kgs (10% of my target loss) I am doing something ‘body positive’ to mark the occasion. The first 3kgs I treated myself to a foot massage. The next 3kgs will either be a full body massage or a Moroccan bath (scrub/sauna thing). I’m lucky in that those things are relatively cheap over here, otherwise I think it’d be a bottle of nail polish!! When I get to goal I’m going to have a ring made that I have already designed, and then I’ll have a visible reminder on my hands (with their newly long, non-bitten nails too) every day of how far I have come and moreover the path I need to stick to going forward. Btw, the fact that I’m even talking about ‘when’ I get to goal (and not ‘if’) is a mental leap forward for me…

AndreaG: not sure if my lung capacity has increased but I went for a walk two days ago and it was distinctly ‘easier’ somehow.

Keep pushing on everyone. Good things are happening….

Evening from Sydney, I have also in my head given myself a series of gifts or prizes for reaching milestones, of course as you know my weight went up when I hit the scales earlier in the week, and with that my emotions went down, what a yo yo it all is, lost a bit of the up this morning but have had real trouble keeping my fat levels up so went online and found a low carb high fat chocolate mousse, omg it was delicious, upped the fat and the carbs were good – it made three portions so I will have it over the next two days -‘we will see wjhat my enemy the scales say tomorrow!

Stay strong you lovely group of peeps, x

I had a gain this morning (+300 grams) but I’m hoping it was my late night cycle storing water in my muscles? I cycled back from my friends about 10.30, and weighed at 6 this morning. My carbs/calories were OK in total yesterday, although I missed dinner and snacked on some cheese in the evening instead. My NSV (non scale victory – thanks Carb-Addict for that) is that my tights stayed up all day yesterday. That’s not happened in a while. Some of you ladies will know what I mean. Its lovely that my clothes are beginning to feel comfortable again, but I’m not buying anything new until I have reached my goal – I have plenty of clothes I have previously bought “to slim into” which will keep me going once I can get into them.

I may treat myself to a massage next week if I carry on losing, and avoid drinking more than a glass of wine over the weekend. We’re going away so it will be a mini challenge. I’m saving about 15-20 a week on wine, so I can redirect that to a massage 🙂

I rather rashly agreed agreed to train with the Southport Ladies Rugby Team tonight. My nine year old daughter plays, and is coming as well, so there is no ducking out. I thought it might rain (excuse not to go) but the forecast is set to be fine ………… fingers crossed

Forgot to say put my shorts on earlier thought I looked ok, saw my reflection, let’s say a barrel came to mind! Hee he

Good Morning!

I have to say, this is my favourite part of my mornings now, aside from eating my peppers and hummus 😉

Had a BAD day again yesterday. Meeting leftovers. I did well with the salad and sandwich fillings, and then somehow managed 4 cookies. *sigh*

BS before bed was 11.2, but instead of injecting insulin I decided to see if it would drop down on its own over night. Woke up to a 5.0, so that tells me something is working better than before!

Meds background:
Type 2 for 15 + years, Insulin Resistant w/PCOS since puberty

Starting Meds:
Victoza (1.2mg injectable) <- stimulates pancreas to make insulin
Insulin as needed (I was doing about 100/night = 7.6 mg)
Forexiga (one pill) <- clears sugar out of your blood, makes you pee a lot
Metformin (two pills 2x/day)

Current Meds:
Metformin (two pills 2x/day)
Insulin as needed (only injected once in the last two weeks)

Pretty amazing if you ask me. I have my 3 month in person check in with my diabetes team on Nov 1, actually looking forward to it.

Rewarding yourself… I have actually set-up an awards scheme for me (no dates attached). If you click on my profile you can check it out. I am also putting $20 / lb lost away and plan on using the money on a swanky new wardrobe. In the meantime I will survive with belts, hand-me-downs, and charity shops.

I saw a meme going around my Facebook friends pages yesterday that I thought was appropriate…

Don’t reward yourself with food. You are not a dog.

Something to remember 😉

Make today a great day!

Cheers,

Deb

I think rewards are important to encourage positive behaviours. I decided to put £10 per pound lost into a pot for the RNLI (a long-term favourite charity). Then every couple of months I’ll send it off to them. The motivation is that I don’t want to have to send them a derisory or embarrassing amount.

And if I put the weight back on I don’t want to have to ask them for the money back – Joke!

Just wanted to add some more postive vibes and thoughts .
I am nearly at end of week three ,not been easy but has been ok ! Still loosing but more slowly and I have had days when my calories were higher and I didn’t eat on plan.Still feeling very positive and much more in control I am not diabetic or prediabetic but need to loose nearly 2 stone to be healthy .
What I noticed / enjoyed
1. Like new recipes and eating much better
2. Kids are fussy ! But we are changing by stealth and example ,even husband has improved caught him eating broccoli and Stilton soup !
3. I feel better mentally and physically,I allready enjoyed exercise but I am more active .
4. I have eaten off plan but not binged ,much more concious decisions.
5. I miss toast more than cake !
6. It’s only 8 weeks ,hoping I can reintroduce some things but much less.I have so much variety to choose from .
7. Found quite a few paleo recipes that work well ,I love halloumi with orange sauce ,didn’t even like it before .
8. Have not had a cake or biscuit for 21 days not missed them that much ,if I am going to eat rubbish I think it should good quality,homemade cake or small amount of good chocolate which I have had.
9.drinking lots of water is easy if you don’t have to leave the house !!
So all good not perfect and I have good and bad days but just feel better ,keep going folks .i have been reading the forums everyday and found it really useful .

Well done to you all doing so well⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beware just a cautionary note! I made the Chicken Lime Laksa soup, without the butternut & half the chicken, & it was so delicious & moreish my husband & I ATE THE LOT between us🙀🙀🙀🙀😳😳I think it is more caloric because of the coconut milk in it but it’s taken us over our 800 limit. We will have scrambled egg & smoked salmon for supper.

Spiraliser wise we have The Cuisique that comes with different cutters, other grater bits, & a handy collection tray & it’s very easy to clean. I think we bought it from Amazon so may be available worldwide.

Hello all. I didn’t weigh this morning as getting fed up with this plateau, being super strict today so I’m hopeful for tomorrow’s weigh in! I’ve made a lentil dalh recipe I usually make and have had to carefully add up all the calories/carbs/fat etc to figure out what to plug into Myfitnesspal. I was pleased to find it was quite low in carbs which I’m pleased about. I made cupcakes for my son to take into school and managed to resist eating any. That was a true test I can tell you! X

Hi, on the thread I post on (people who started 29 August), someone suggested the OXO hand-held spiraliser. I got one and have to say that for courgetti it’s absolutely brilliant. Easy to use, small, making it easy to store, and no trouble to wash up. No good for harder veg, I would think, though. Having decided spiralisers are a good thing, I’m looking at the Brieftons Vertico, also available on Amazon. Not much more expensive than the OXO I bought, but looks very versatile, and being a vertical spiraliser possibly easier to use. (I’d better add I have no connection with OXO, Amazon or Brieftons!)

Hi there everyone,
Callmedeb, don’t worry about your slight lapse, you’ll be grand. Take it a day at a time and do the best you can.
Guilt is of no productive use to you or to anyone. Life goes on.
I gave up guilt and shame for the new year and have never felt better.
Try and be nice to yourself.
That being said I totally splashed out this week.
I am 4 kilos down and bought a cashmere Cardigan. Extravagant, I know but it was a HUGE bargain and I had my eye on one for years. I had been saving money for one and when I found the offer online I just went for it.

This week I rediscovered grilled vegetables. I grilled up red and green peppers, oyster mushrooms garlic and aubergines. I baked a chicken breast and served it with the veggies.
I feel as if I have eaten like royalty.
This diet is a real wake up call, like a last chance saloon.
As I drink my water with lemon juice and start my day, I remember my carefree bacon sandwiches in white bread and butter. Or pancakes and chocolate biscuits. Roast potatoes , roast meat with lots of wine.
How did I lose the run of myself and why didn’t I do this earlier.
Anyway, better late than never.
Good luck to everyone
Cheers

Hi Snoop I have just brought a electric one from Lakeland not a bad price found it on e-bay was delivered in 2 days. Xx

We need a like button as I am finding I cannot reply or comment on everyones post. I would like to but I would be here all day. SO…..well done to those who have done well and hugs to those who are struggling((((x)))).
I have made the Thai red curry tonight and had to have some greek yoghurt after. I don’t know if I had been heavy handed with the fish sauce or the red curry paste. But I really enjoyed it and so did my husband. On another note I will have to see the gp as I think I have gallstones as I have been in agony today.

Hi all,
Well what can you do when your friend meets you in Costa and has your favourite choice ready for your arrival? I put on my best smile but my heart sank 🙁 1 toastie and skinny latte. How can you be ungrateful and say you can’t eat or drink that. Consumed but felt so sluggish after bread so that told me I’m on the straight and narrow won’t be having it again.
Arhh well I’ve told her nothing from now on and tomorrow is another day.
I’ve also knocked back on the Greek yoghurt as I always feel guilty for eating it for some reason it seems too rich. Back on porridge with Apple and cinnamon.
Hope everyone’s having a good week.
X

Why do sugar free gum and mints contain carbs?
🤔🤔
JAzzy

Possibly because sugars are carbs but carbs include more than sugars? Like on Canadian nutrition labels sugars are just a subset of total carbs.
You might google the question …. and get interesting info.

For instance :
http://www.livestrong.com/article/461645-should-the-carbs-in-sugar-free-gum-be-counted-on-a-low-carb-diet/

Still on a plateau 😐 Hoping it passes soon, maybe I’ll wait until Monday before weighing again – it’s getting a bit frustrating!

On a positive note what are your favourite recipes you’ve found? I love the beetroot falafels. Recommend me something to try!

Hello all from Dubai,

Have re-entered plateau-land here after yesterday’s 500g loss but, to be fair, I went over my carbs and calories slightly yesterday so it’s a fair cop. I probably put myself there. However I also succumbed yesterday in a frustrated moment to a handful (okay, two) of toffee – the first time I have taken in refined sugar since I started the BSD. At least I was able to stop myself from eating the whole bag so that was a NSV. So I deserve plateau-land today!

I ate out last night and ordered a bowl of noodles (courgette/zucchini noodles) and only ate half. I was totally okay with it too. Friends keep apologising for eating carbs in front of me but I’m at peace with that too. So I know I am changing…

We have been trying out the Ketstix & two days running both of us are showing a trace state of ketosis so I assume that means we are barely utilising our fat stores! Rather disappointing & I feel as though I am not slimmer inches wise but we will have our interim weigh in on Saturday. Off food shopping for more of the right ingredients to put in recipes we like. So far they include chilli beef stir fry, big mushrooms with spinach & cheese, baked cauliflower ( delicious with roast chicken), chicken laksa soup, avocado & prawns, mushroom omelette & bacon & broccoli stir fry as a brunch.

Hi guys

Been reading but not had time to post. Work! How dare it! Lol.
As I said in last post I’d managed to go… but not sure what helped but what ever I’m obviously not doing it as I’ve noticed having this problem again so done it all again today to see if i can get think moving.
I plucked up courage to weigh myself and found I’d lost again! 😄 Another 3 lbs so that’s 12 lbs in 3 weeks which I’m thrilled with but even better is I’ve measured my waist and lost 3 inches!! My work trousers which where tight i can now take off without undoing!! Which is a bit worrying in case they fall down while walking around hospital! Lol. I’m going to need new bra’s as i no longer fill the cups! Yeah! And back boobs are disappearing! 😆 And my knickers are getting to big! So even though the weight hasn’t gone down so much my internal fat seems to be so well chuffed as my son would say! My husbands even started cuddling up to me in bed again! – some drawbacks! Only joking! I find I weigh more if I haven’t been to the loo! Maybe others problem? One problem i have is i had terrible cramp in my leg last night! Woke everyone up. Still got the after effects. Been told I’ve got to drink tonic water??? But is it allowed? Can j add gin??!🤔😂. What do you all think?
Well done to everyone and keep it up we’ll get there
Sorry it’s so long! Lol 😆 xx

Hi Nickix, are you drinking lots of water? If so, you might be flushing out electrolytes (salts), which can cause cramps. I’m not sure what tonic water would do to solve this!?

Maybe try adding a little salt to your food and see if that helps?

I suspect I know where the tonic water thing comes from – quinine, which is often added to tonic water and bitter lemon, is sometimes recommended to help calm ‘restless leg syndrome’ at night. It has some effect on the nerves apparently: I was recommended it years ago.

Cramps are a muscular spasm. So if you think it was a muscular twitch try salt. If you think it was nerve-related try diet tonic water and read the label to ensure it has quinine. Good luck!

I concur – it’s either salt or quinine you are lacking. Probably salt if I had to bet.

Cazza53 – I had a similar problem yesterday when my children went to a cake sale and bought me back one with their own money (well actually my money but I didn’t expect them to spend it on me). I said I’d have it later, and disposed of it. I feel really guilty though 🙁
I’ve rung my sister to let her know I’m low carbing as we are going down to see her at the weekend – I don’t know what I’d have done if she had presented me with a bowl of pasta for dinner. She’s doing slimming world (at doctors recommendation) so can eat carbs aplenty apparently. A friend tried to force waffles on me the other night and I had to stand firm. I think she disapproved (shes a GP) but we compromised on some cheese.

Nickix – I too have done the trousers off without undoing them trick with my jeans. My OH wasn’t as impressed with that particular striptrease as I expected him to be………I was dead chuffed. My only problem now is that those jeans are too big but the pair in my wardrobe awaiting being worn are still too small. Hey ho.

I’ve got some kale dehydrating to make kale crisps for my lunch tomorrow – we’re having a picnic and I don’t want to be tempted by crisps. I feel very organised.

Must do some work – I’ll just go and pee on a ketostik first………..

Can someone explain ketosis for me please?
I have not lost any weight this week and feel a bit blurgh………….I am also ironing so that is making me miserable:-(

Thanks everyone yes think you’re right as I’ve been drinking loads of water, lots more than usual! Been a bit dizzy to – already have low BP so think salt thing is correct. I use himalayn salt so think I’ll have a good go at that first. But must keep up fluids i think.
As to jeans- is he mad?! Lol

I have sooo many clothes that I’ve never thrown away so hopefully I’ll be able to find something I can get into 😆
My next thing is more exercise to do my core and hold my stomach in! Just so busy

Thanks everyone I knew you’d know the answer. 😄 Xx

Hi Nickic
I was also having cramps, getting the salt/water balance is a good challenge, but I have also found helps is, I was starting to get cold feet so I have been wearing some socks to bed, strangely even though I can feel the cramp, I have not had any painful episodes since keeping my feet warm, odd but it seems to work for me.

Cazza53 don’t beet your self up on the odd extra Cal/Carb especially when pleasing the little people, either plan to pull it back over a week or console yourself with you are 99% on track so the weight and size reductions will happen, be kind to your self it is a way of life change, so you have to decide on how that change will take shape

Carb Addict thanks for reminding me about Quinine it is one of those magic natural drugs
Quinine has been used for the treatment of malaria and associated febrile states, leg cramps caused by vascular spasm, internal haemorrhoids, varicose veins, and pleural cavities after thoracoplasty?

If you think about it if you remove bread, biscuits,pasta potatoes cereals and cereal bars etc you have also reduced your salt intake drastically. I have a water filter and again mineral intake is reduced. I have started drinking sparkling mineral water as it contains more minerals. BAdoit is one of the good ones.
I also love roasted cauliflower, spiralised courgette, I can’t get my head around cauliflower rice 😐 . I love smoked haddock with poached or boiled egg. At the weekend a make a batch of pork and beef meatballs – lovely with salad or with a tomato sauce with spiralised courgette. I keep salmon and chicken breasts and prawns in the freezer and always have tuna in the cupboard. I am getting a bit fed up of tuna though 😕

ZIggy

Has anyone heard of the mayflower Chinese curry sauce? Is it allowed? It’s 8g carb per 100 g 2g sugars??
Just fancied some as the family are having it!
Ta 🙂 x

Hi everyone

Don’t you just love this support we all give each other. Thank you to those who made me feel better after guilt kicked in yday when the sins were consumed when my pal purchased prior to my arrival 🙁

Missziggy made me chuckle as I can’t get my head around cauliflower rice either yet my hubby loves it. I’m not keen on the spiralized stuff either I like a proper chunky veg. Like you I always have the chicken fish prawns tuna on the go but I’m tiring of it too so think will cook Hungarian goulash this wend for a change.

Weigh in Sunday so fingers crossed a drop is hopeful X

Hi Cazza53 and everyone! Cauliflower rice leaves me cold … same with spiralized veg. I too prefer old fashioned chunky veggies. Just tried on recommendation, the stir fry bacon brocolli and mushrooms with a sprinkling of cheese … yummy! Hope it keeps me going thro the night cause I have a night shift to complete. Love this group .. you’re a good supportive bunch and make me chuckle, thank you. Gill