Hoping the few days away didn’t mean I put on all the weight I lost last week – overslept and rushed out without weighting myself this morning.
Back on the straight and narrow again today! – well, supper is a piece of brie and a small glass of wine!
Healthy lunch at the not so dodgy diabetic cookery class!

Sorted thru my wardrobes yesterday and got rid of loads more clothes today.

Hi Frog, even if the scale doesn’t cooperate in the morning, you can feel smugly ‘lighter’ by the weight of all those clothes no longer in the wardrobe! x

Isn’t it lovely to notice clothes that are too big or just fit better. I got my autumn coat out (turquoise – I love it) and it did up easily. I can’t remember the last time it did that. Then I got out my winter boots to walk the dog and they slid on much more easily than before – I must have lost weight around my calves! I haven’t had to throw anything out yet but then I think I was probably kidding myself that my clothes fit when they were on the tight side.

LOOPYLOU I dont think there is any better feeling in the world than just sllllllliding into clothes and feeling comfortable in them! 👍🏻 even better…boots! I dont think its so easy to lose weight off calves so well done there! 👍🏻👍🏻 xx
Ps turquoise is such a lovely colour x

Boots! – the holy grail.
I will get there, and have a fantastic pair of boots one day – if not this winter, then next!
I have lost some bulk from my calves – all of the smaller sized trousers that I’ve bought recently (some still too small, but in the sale, so “must have” “THEY WILL FIT” one day) have been plenty large enough on the calf, even if if “not quite” on the waist yet. I’ve also avoided buying any bootcut style trouser, having decided that for someone who is 5″4′, bootcut is distinctly unflattering.

That said, I did put on a kilo whole I was away, which is disappointing – but I’m still about 1.5 kilo lighter than when I started ‘the reboot’ so not too worried.

FROG re patient records..my surgery gave me a form with the codes i needed to look online to egt my records
However i only seem to have access to a list of what i get on prescription
Cant find anywhere to click onto blood test results etc
Is there another step i need to take, or are some surgeries very restrictive in what they let you view,do you know? X

Just realised its Tuesday …… stayed the same this week …. that’s fine! Now in a hotel for three days so will see!

Hope you all had a good week.

Well done Verano
I feel the same as you that staying the same is fine because other really good things are happening in our bodies that we are not aware of.
Have just noticed that suddenly I am much more aware of the taste of food. It seems that the flavours have intensified. Maybe sugar and carbs affect the taste buds.
Hope you have a lovely holiday and that your hotel has lovely low carb food.

Week 12 results; 1lb loss. Grrr. This meant , as I have already posted, that I got to my 1 1/2 stone loss goal. I did actually see my other goal fulfilled yesterday with my weight starting with a 12, but then yesterday afternoon I completely lost the plot. I had a real craving for chocolate which just didn’t go. I gave into it with a double decker and then it was like the floodgates had opened and I ate a bowl of cereal, a peanut butter sandwich, a piece of cake and chips with my caesar salad! Needless to say I have put on a pound this morning so now my weight starts with a 13 again.

So my goals for the next week are
To see my weight start with a 12 (again)
3 lbs loss: I will no longer be obese just overweight according to my BMI

Frog, don’t worry about that kilo. It will soon disappear. You know what you have to do. Enjoy your break, Verano.

Hi loopylou
Is that all you ate, that’s good in comparison to me, I have been doing that most days this week, I have also lost the plot. Weighed in this am up .3 kg on last week. So back in serious mode, my excuse is I have been so bonkers busy I have been getting over tired, and I think that has weakened my resolve. I don’t think I have looked at the posts here for days, that also doesn’t help. My workload is still very high, hit the ground running on return from hol, but it is more manageable now.
We is in week 12 mode hehe, anyway I don’t want week 13 to be an even more disappointing one so on it now, you to us June 29 girls got to stick together.
Hi to everyone else on the bus how you all doing, don’t have the time to read all the posts for days and days. Hihihi🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋🙋hope you all have a Bril BSD week
Love jan

Hi gang, I’m still here. Been a bit quiet as I have been stuck at 75kg for the last 2 weeks. Today I am 74.7kg so yipeeeeee.

Well done SunshineGirlsnd come in Jan. We can do this. Let’s get that bus on rolling again.

By the way I had a dream that I met one of you in theatres in Brighton(not sure which one of you it was but in my dream I knew it was someone from this forum ) and we went for a coffee. Exciting dreams I have, eh?

On a more serious note, I took my 13 year old to docs this am as he has had tummy ache for 3 days and he said he had pain in his gall bladder and to put him in a low fat diet for a week and see what happens. I wouldn’t say we are a high fat family but now I am going to need to do some serious planning!

Hi folks,am buzzin….
Had my 10 wk weigh in ..have lost 39 lb ..2 stone 11 lbs! V plsed. Day 71 today. I am a bit behind you aug 30th peeps x down into another stone so have passed another milestone.
LOOPYLOU a pound off is a lot better than a pound on! But i understand yr frustration x the 13 will be very temporary and now you know those break outs are just not worth it are they x however if you enjoyed it,thats all that matters,just a one off. Hope yr boy is ok x
VERANO LiKe you and Krys said,other things are happening when the scales dont budge…waist getting smaller,bloods doing better. Hope you enjoy yr hotel stay x
JAN stressful busy-ness does bad things to our way of eating doesnt it..sometimes we cant find time to plan food andjust grab anything.glad you are now back in serious mode – otherwise we wd have to give you the bumps on the back of the bus!
SUNSHINE glad those scales are moving again for you! Onwards and downwards! X

Whoop whoop thats great Yowzer.

By the way LOOPY you owe me for the coffees

Yowzer – wow 39lbs!!!
Sunshine-girl – you must have done the happy dance when you got on the scales today!!!

Sunshine girl – I’ll get the next round!
Yowzer – amazing👶😃. Well done!

Hiya Jan🙋

You know what you’ve got to do…back on the BSD bus!!! 😉 Hope you OK.x

Loopylou thanks for the encouragement. I live an hour from Brighton love it there.

Yowser 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 way to go girl, you are rocking. 😊😊😊😊😊

Thanks Imogen
😊

Well howde folks and I’d like to join this merry bunch by saying I’m just about to enter day 12 of the eight weeks and in 7 days had lost 7lbs and one inch on my waist.
I’m hoping for a few pounds more when Monday comes round again!
I’ve been diabetic for nearly 10 years and am 55 with moderate to severe neuropathy in my feet for some years and an increased risk of what was described as a’ 45% risk of a major event like Stoke or heart attack in the next five year’ by my Dr!Time to try something other than sit on my squidgy bum it was decided by my wife so here I am not having let a piece of bread , a custard cream or a host of other carbs pass my lips since a week last Sunday… Energy levels are low especially as I’m an opera singer for whom a performance offers my pancreas a spike you wouldn’t quite believe in adrenalin and therefore insulin production ( attempts at least).
It’s hard but the early results are promising so it’s just going to be a daily decision to carry on I guess.
Did anyone with type two notice a change in their vision ?
Happened a few days ago and would like to know if anyone else has experienced it.
Much respect to all of you attempting to do something about this addiction to sugar that we have and keep it up on those good 800 calories!
Jon v

Hi Jon
Bril work so far, what change in your sight do you mean better or worse
Regards jan

Sadly worse but going for sight test coincidentally tomorrow and retinopathy next week so we shall see!
Thanks for replying so quickly Jan.
Jon

Interesting you have mentioned this Jon as I have been on this plan for 13 weeks and was pre diabetic, I have normal blood sugars now, but my eyesight has deteriorated a little more, I’m also due an eye test, so keep us posted. Mind you my change hasn’t happened suddenly, it’s been a steady deterioration. So we will see, but I don’t think mine is due to a lack of anything, as what I am eating is very balanced. Something to keep an eye on , oh dear what a pun

I am also interested to hear what your optician says Jon.

Prior to being diagnosed with diabetes my eyesight was absolutely fine with a blood sugar of 23.5. But when put on insulin it only spiked to max of 10 after meals and I was warned by the hospital that my eyesight would deteriorate significantly before coming back to normal – which would take 4 months and not to get new glasses for 4 months. This is exactly what happened.

Insulin didn’t protect me from retinopathy which developed later. BSD – even though my calories and carbs were too high (my error through not weighing) completely cured the retinopathy. (I started 1 May completely gone by mid June). On 3rd Sept I went on the fast 800 properly – weighing everything – and my blood sugars dropped dramatically. I am now off insulin completely. Instead of spikes of up to 10 – the highest spike is now around 6.2.

As before when blood sugars dropped my eyesight has deteriorated. Not as dramatic as before but was confirmed at eye clinic that sight in one eye has deteriorated. They didn’t seem overly worried as the eye looks really healthy now. So I am really interested in hearing what your optician says Jon.

Greenjanet – I also don’t think I am deficient either as this is probably the most balanced and nutritious way of eating that I have ever done in my whole life

First of all Verano, where are you. You should be back from your holiday by now. Jump back on the bus.

My weight is on the move again, in the right direction. I had an increase in b/g this morning, only 120 (6.6 mmol.L) but always makes me worry. Worry not I told myself and looked at everything I ate yesterday. Tomatoes twice, in my salad at lunch and then in my fritatta in the evening. I know they are technically a fruit and the carbs are a bit on the high side as are the sugars but my garden is full of them so I felt I had to get rid of some. I tried making some pasta sauces and put it in 3 sterile jar and the lids blew with tomatoes and mould all over my cupboards. I think I will just put them in the freezer so I am not overdosing on them in future.

Nice to be able to see where I am going wrong. If you have the new recipe book by MM’s wife you will see some recipes with masses of carbs (i.e. 34 to 60 in one meal) and if you look at the ingredients it is easy to spot the culprits, chickpeas, lentils, beetroot, tomatoes and in one recipe, dates. Just need a bit of a tweak.

Hi sunshine-girl still here!!!!!

Luxuriating in a hotel at the moment with temperatures in the high 29’s low 30’s and amazing views over the ocean!!

Back to our apartment tomorrow and then home next Tuesday.

Good to see you’re on your way down again. Make some tomato sauce and freeze in portions great on courgetti especially with anchovies, capers and Parmesan !!!

Anyway, I’ve not been weighed since Tuesday when I was still just 2.6lbs up but think I will have gained more here, will find out Saturday morning.

The future???

Will be starting a new thread next Tuesday ….’ Week13 …. Post holiday reboot!’

Think I’ll need a good reboot to get back on track!

Hope you’re all doing well.

Enjoy, it is 25 here but the pool is down to 24, too cold to get in. If it reaches 25 tomorrow I will be in. Maybe that had an effect on my weight as I usually swim every day and not been in since 13th when we had a massive storm. Will have to get into my winter exercise frame of mind.

Welcome Jon. How did you get on at the opticians?
How’s everyone else doing? It’s gone a bit quiet on here.

Been to the doctors for my Fit to Exercise Certificate before I join a Zumba class on Monday. According to his scales I have lost another 2kgs since 10th August. Had not realised it was that much. Might be getting in the pool later today as it is getting hotter here.

Hi JOHNNYBOY and welcome! Hope the trips to the opticians go well
VERANO Enjoy the rest of yr holibobs…see you next week with yr new thread!
KRYSIA how amazing that BSD cured yr retinopathy! I have a diabetic friend who is having quite painful laser treatment for retinopathy..she said she’s enduring it coz was told she wd lose her sight otherwise..i havent mentioned BSD to her coz i know her well enough to know she wd say she cant do it..she cdnt give up bread etc..i dont think she wd actually believe dropping carbs could help her diabetes..but i think i’ ll mention it now,seeing as it has helped you so much!
SUNSHINE well done on the further weight loss! That must have been such a nice surprise!
Onwards and downwards everyone! XX

Hi

Well done sunshine-girl definitely going in the right direction! Hope you get to swim today. 24 sounds quite warm to me but them I’m nit in the water!

Hope all are doing well

My “reboot” still not going brilliantly – but my GP just called (the lump I had removed from my back last month wasn’t what they thought it was, nothing dangerous, but they need to do it again) – and she was really impressed with blood results from a few weeks ago.

She considers that i’m no longer diabetic, but would prefer to leave me on the register (I had the option on that) so that I will continue to have annual blood checks, which sounds sensible to me as I don’t check my blood at home for glucose levels.

Hi FROG sorry that yr prob still not resolved but good that nothing dangerous – and verrry good about your blood test results / no longer diabetic…how great is that!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈🎈
Hope your reboot kicks in soon x
Frog, you know the medical records access you wrote about? I got a form from my surgery and went online but all i can seem to see is my prescription details! I cant see anything else to click on,so am not sure if that means my surgery only allow that much access,which is ridiculousashave my prescrip detailson a piece of paper anyway!
Any ideas? X

Hi yowzer
Yes it is amazing. When I read the book I thought it might help me control the mealtime spikes and lower my hb1ac. Jenny Ruhl – in her book Blood Sugar 101 quotes from various studies (and she backs this up with links to the studies) that Macular oedema and retinopathy is likely at average fasting of 7.2 and hb1ac of 46 (approx). No retinopathy at fasting 6.0 and hb1ac approx 38.
Although nowhere in the BSD does it say you can reverse retinopathy I was very hopeful that you could.
Before I started the BSD I told a Dr at the eye clinic what I was going to do and he said that nothing I could do would make any difference and that it would just continue to get worse. Clearly not true because when I had my next appointment all the oedema had gone. At the appointment last week I saw the consultant and he said no retinopathy in my eye at all.
I have been off insulin for just over 2 weeks now so things are just getting better and better.
Sunshine – well done on losing the 2 kg – it is so good to see the weight going down.

KrysiaD, when I told my doctor I had no feeling in my big toes, they just feel numb, he said that is it, once the feeling has gone it cannot come back. Well ha bloody ha to you doctor, I have got the feeling back in both toes although I do get a bit of a tingle sometimes.

Sunshine-girl – that’s great news that you got the feeling back in both toes. I am sure the occasional tingling will go away as your body continues to heal.

It is a bit scary that the doctors tell us that the side effects of diabetes cannot be reversed and will just get worse. It makes you think that we really are at the forefront of a massive change in how diabetes is managed. No that is wrong – we are not managing our diabetes we are reversing/defeating it and getting back our health.

Frog

Great news on your bloods and I hope you’re back problem is sorted soon.

Only been dipping into the posts the last few weeks but I thought your reboot was going really well????

I’m starting one next Tuesday …. 13 week post holiday reboot … would be great to have company!

Hi Verano it went well for the first week (well, six days I think!) – then a slippery slope – next Tuesday sounds good.

It wasn’t new blood results, the ones from about a month ago, but I’d only discussed them with the nurse, rather than the GP at the time. I was pleasantly surprised when she acknowledged reversing the diabetes, after other posters had written more negatively about their own GPs reactions. GP’s reaction to coming of Metformin (my unilateral decision) was “very sensible” – whereas the nurse was definitely a but miffed about it
I know some people posting here had been keen to be removed from the “diabetic register”, but I don’t really have a problem I’d prefer to to monitor on a regularish basis. I did wonder if GP’s get a higher level of remuneration for diabetic patients – maybe I’m just too cynical!

I’ve been a bit busy & not logged in as much recently – hope that you are doing well and enjoying your holiday.

Hi loopylou and strange visit to opticians who said my eyes had changed dramatically by 1.5 points.
Means suddenly short sight is much better but long sight not so good… A friend who us a national diabetic specialist said however, that this was a normal spike given the shifting sands of glucose and depends on the glucose concentration inside and outside of the lens in the eye.
According to him nothing to worry about and in two to three weeks should be back to normal.
Bad day today as 7.5 hours traveling t o Leeds followed by three hour show; tough on salad , and protein only!
Probably up to about 1000 for the day but this is the first day this has happened so premier inn tonight and hopefully back on the horse tomorrow !!!
Determined as lost so much weight in 13 days and nearly two inches round my waist… I’m not enormous but far too big and my count was 9.3 fasting today down from 13.3 going in the right direction …
How are you and you other guys striving for this goal?

Hi Frog

You aren’t being cynical ! GPs do get an extra ‘fee’ for each diabetic patient they have in the practice. But in saying that I do think you are best to be monitored and good to hear that your GP was positive about you’re ‘self-help’!

There are advantages to being removed from the diabetic register, such as lower holiday insurance premiums, but I think monitoring is important just in case we fall of the wagon which is all too easy!!

I am literally doing 7 days reboot. No long term plan, just a short sharp shock to get back into the swing of things. So no huge pressure and it would be great to have you along.

Ok! So this is weird !

Got weighed this morning and have lost 2.4lbs of the 2.6lbs I’ve put on since I’ve been away!!!

Haven’t kept my Fatsecret log since last Monday.

Have ‘walked’ more than normal for me, probably doing 1500 + steps a day. Just a point, my consultant said that for me to walk a mile , I wish! , would be the equivalent of an able bodied person walking 5 miles .

Have eaten eggs each morning instead of yogurt and walnuts.

Have probably eaten fewer carbs because I’ve not been counting I’ve tried harder to stay away from them.

No snacking between lunch and dinner, sometimes a couple of stem ginger oat biscuits!

Makes you wonder …. maybe being a little more relaxed but sticking to the principles is the way for me!

Interesting, Verano! Well done!

Funnily enough I think overdoing the calories IS less important than keeping the carbs low. You are probably having still many less calories than your body needs to maintain weight. Lowering the carbs forces your hormones to start burning the fat cells.

But, whatever, well done and onwards and downwards! 🙂

JOHNNY so pleased optimistic results from yr optician and the diabetes specialist
Youre doing great with weight and inch loss too..you must be feeling so pleased!x
Hey VERANO thats great news too! I think mixing things up a bit now and again really helps with weight loss as it sort of confuses yr body! X
SUNSHINEGIRL good news re your tootsies! The doctors dont always get it right! X

Jonnyboy – I am glad your diabetic specialist friend was able to give a proper explanation of why your sight deteriorated. Isn’t it interesting how much our high blood sugars affect our bodies and that they need time to adjust to lower levels.

Great that you are losing inches around your waist.

Verano – hope your reboot goes well over the weekend.

Frog – your GP sounds really good. She must have been so pleased with what you have achieved. Just think how much the NHS would save if all diabetic patients would do the same. I am seeing the consultant at end of October and will be requesting to stay on the diabetic register also so that they will continue to monitor me. It will be another incentive to keep on the BSD

Johnnyboy, my eyesight started to improve as my b/g went down, big panic, will I have to fork out for new glasses again. However, with a steady b/g things have settled down and I have had a professional test done just a few weeks ago so know everything is as it should be.

Hi Igorasusual

I think you could be right! At the end of the day it’s the carbs that have the most effect on BG. My fasting level this morning was 6.3 which is the lowest it’s been since I started testing a few weeks ago. On average it’s been closer to 7 and that has been really disappointing for me.

So now I’m feeling far more positive. I’m really looking forward to doing just a one week reboot from next Tuesday, the day I travel home. I’m hoping that I will really be able to learn something from the last few weeks and the reboot.

As Yowzer says a bit of a mix up now and again probably really helps the body to get back into fat losing mode!

Today is a really momentous day for me 2 weeks and 3 days without insulin. Fasting blood sugars 4.8. I have just packed up all my insulin paraphernalia in a holdall and put it at the back of my wardrobe. Have just kept my glucose monitor downstairs as I will still have to keep checking and the insulin itself has been pushed to the back of the fridge.
Today it has at last sunk in the BSD really works and I am off the insulin for good.

Verano
I also found my fasting levels didn’t go down until I cut the carbs to around 25 to 30g. Keeping to that limit they just kept dropping and dropping.

KrysiaD

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

You must be so thrilled! What a triumph! So so pleased for you – kicked that insulin into touch.

Inspiration!