Hello.

I started fast 800 last Saturday and had been so proud of myself all week. I find it much harder than j thought. Felt hungry a lot and 800 cals a lot less than I expected. On Friday j got drunk on two glasses of red wine and ate a whole cheese board at a friends then a whole pack dark chocolate. The next day I felt horrendous. Not sure if was dehydration or the carbs or the alcohol. I don’t normally get drunk off two glasses of red wine. Then I got in a horrible mid set of well I have fallen off now and as a friend was visiting as a rare treat I thought I would have the day off. Beer. Cakes. Fish and chips. Awful. Today it’s been hard not to be ravenous and I even had two portions of children’s birthday cake. I can’t believe it. I feel like such a looser failure. Can I start again? Has anyone else fallen off this badly? Do you start 8 week again. I think no booze has to be a a big rule for me. I still feel awful … Any tips to help me get back appreciated. I was 12.3 went down to 11.9 in under a week. Now of course gone straight back up to 11.13 1/2. Huff huff huff

Hi there,

Don’t beat yourself up too much. It happens to all of us. Just think tomorrow is another day and of course you can start again. I myself haven’t started yet but I am waiting to see my consultant tomorrow hoping he will give me the go ahead to start. I have been reading all the posts and just go through them and they will inspire you to start again.

Best of luck,
Polly

Thanks in advance and sorry to be a Debbie downer

I’ve been struggling for the past few weeks that’s the mindset I get into, the oh well I’ve blown it now so I might as well eat this, that and the other mindset. Tonight I have read the book again and have decided to start again. I lost a stone in four weeks when I first started so going to see what I can do again – got another 2 and a half stone to go!
Don’t beat yourself up. You’re human and losing weight is never easy. Just start again and be kind to yourself 😀 Good luck 😁

Lesson learned, alcohol is a no-no for you right now. What’s stopping you starting again? Treat it like a misfire. This time round you know a little bit more about yourself. And the good news is…you still lost weight!
Everyone has setbacks, its what you do next that matters…

No need to be sorry. We all have those times. I’m doing low carb as best I can but I turned 40 during the week and had a big family dinner today and I enjoyed my dinner and dessert and I’m not going to beat myself up because it only makes me eat more when I do that. Keep smiling 🙂

Well done Marjorie keep at it. Just love all the inspirational stories I read on these forums.

Polly.

Hi Blushingida,
I’d just like to point out the positives:
You did a week of the diet, despite finding it very hard. Don’t negate that achievement because you had a weekend off. Sometimes weekends are harder, especially if that is when you normally relax, let your hair down, and your inhibitions, socialise and hang around others who aren’t following the diet.
Did the weekend off mean the diet week was wasted? Not completely.
You showed you could do it. You went part way up the mountain. So you stopped and had a slide down the snow. It was fun, but turned out to have a few rocks under it and be quite bruising!
Look back at each decision you made that led to eating and drinking beyond the bounds of the diet, and say, “I know where I made the wrong decision, what I was thinking, and can be prepared for that, so learn from this next time.”

I like the idea of Marjorie’s to reread the book, recharging the enthusiasm.

Hi Ida,
I fell off the wagon today too. Have done 3 weeks of BSD, lost 6 kilos and several cm, but am dreading what the cake binge will do. Yet rationally I know that it’s ok, I might put on a kilo or two, just carry on again tomorrow.
What I do know from giving up sugar a while ago is that it’s very addictive and I’ll have to get over the cravings again, but I know I’ve done it before so can again.
I’ve been very hungry some days and fine on other days. As a veggie, I’ve found the most filling, comforting things to be eggs and lentils.
Be kind to yourself. We can do it!

Hi

I think if you read a few threads you’ll notice that a few of us fell off the wagon quite a bit over the Easter weekend…me included.

After a heavy carb rich meal with the girls we ended up dancing and drinking the afternoon/evening away. The next day I even ate an Easter egg!

Believe me I suffered for it the next 2 days but guess what….I got back on plan and I’m still losing weight, just about to start week 7.

Just take control again from tomorrow and enjoy this new way of living x

Hi blushing Ida.

My name is Lucia.

Please read my first blog on this website.
I couldn’t cope with changing from my old life to bs800. I used a week to slowly change my eating habits.
Read my later blog, where I say I was so hungry, I talked to the food cooking in the oven!!!!!
Read where I was so tempted to eat the wrong foods.
Read where I was so worried to fail on this ‘last ditch’ attempt.
Read where I gained weight?

Read where I lost weight.
Read where my weight started with 13 stone instead of 14 stone.
Read where I started to understand about a portion of full fat yoghurt.
Read where I started to understand about carbs.

Read that I am human, I failed, I dusted myself off, and with the help of our little community on line, I carried on along the path.

I have gone from crying about a size 22 won’t fit me, to being in a 16 now, or a size 14 (but I can’t breathe in it yet).

I am here with everyone else to say, welcome to our family,

Try to love yourself, if not at least give yourself a break.

Break your day up into 4. Just work on each section at a time.

If you eat something daft, just think that the other 23 hours you were perfect.
Eating something wrong means , instead of hitting your goal on a Monday, you will hit it the following Thursday instead. You will hit it, in your own time.

I am aiming to be a size 12 at Christmas, eight months away, and i am a size 16 now. I have not given myself the extra pressure of a deadline, but with the wind behind me and my family here, I hope to be in a size 12, maybe in the summer?

You have a friend in me who loves you like a sister, come on take my hand, lets do this together.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Wow, Lucia, THANK YOU awesomely for that lovely encouraging post. I’m a size 22 sometimes 24 and aiming for a trim 14 by the end of the year.

Beverley
xxxxx

Hi there,
Well I lost 12kg. For my 70th birthday, the party went for 12 days…..put on 5kg. Today am back on track…..please don’t feel bad…..even tho I do at times, the trick is I think to make small targets, say 5kg. at a time and maybe a reward each time one achieves it….not an edible reward tho!!!
No good luck and keep on trying!
Cheers Glorybd
L

Lol
I’ve fallen off the wagon too, but I plan on not doing it again. Your own personal wagon stops when you fall off so all you need to do is climb back on and continue the journey.
The sooner you climb back on the sooner you can reach your destination.
Cheers
Red.

Red thanks for this post – I’ve been feeling such a failure after falling off the wagon in the third week. I’m still trying to find my way back but have come to the understanding that I am not going to find a straight road.

I am gearing myself up for a restart now too – good luck with yours, let us know how you get on.

Me too! The timing wasn’t really good, but I didn’t want to wait. I lost three kilos in two weeks, but then came Easter, two family birthdays, lunches out, a high tea. It felt as if people were trying to force feed me but it wasn’t sabotage, no one knew I was on this diet, it was just coincidence.
Things went a bit to pot over the next five weeks, although I kept trying to get back on my diet, and did the yo yo thing with the scales. I did manage to drop another kilo overall though, which is more than I would have without the diet.
I’ve decided to put all of that behind me and start the 8 weeks again from today. I’ve proven to myself that I can stick to it, and that it works. Only one more birthday dinner in May, so I should be able to make a fair go of it. Just put it behind you Blushingida, and start the 8 weeks again if you want to. I’m not going to be at goal in 8 weeks so am looking to extending the diet beyond that anyway. You’ll get lots of support and helpful advice here.
Good luck

Blushingida, who said you fell off the wagon?! I think you mean your trial run of a week came to an end and it was successful – you found exactly how hard it is going to be and now you will be prepared and ready. Steel yourself, now for the real thing!
Two points: be prepared for what you described, the recognised reaction called ‘catastrophic thinking’. You might succumb to a cake or chocolate so then immediately think that it’s over and scoff three more. It isn’t over, it’s just a blip so leave it at one cake or piece of chocolate and keep on track.
Second: IT IS HARD!!! Well done indeed for making the decision in the first place!

You got it right more times than you messed up, didn’t you? Oh and hang on a minute … You were 12. 3 and have gone up to 11. 13 1/2 ??? If you look at those figures again, I think you’ll see you’ve actually lost weight overall.

Have another try and if you do slip again, then try to hang onto that wagon and haul yourself back on before too much damage is done.

A slip is a blip is a non event
Look at it like a rainy day on an otherwise sunny holiday – annoying but it isn’t going to spoil the whole experience.
Just dust yourself down and climb back aboard, and next time you feel like you’re heading down the wrong path, just shout out on here and the BSD’ers will be here to drag you back onto the right track.

Hi Blushingida
We are all pioneers on a journey through uncharted territory. As marked on maps of old, there be bears!
The road is rocky, winding & bumpy. But, there is always good company with outstretched arms willing to haul you back onto this rolling wagon. The price? Your willingness to change.

Good luck to all & keep on keeping on
Eureka

I too have just fallen off that pesky wagon – I ate 2 chocolate biscuits and 2 chocolate wafers in quick succession about an hour ago, there are more in the cupboard (OH has them). I haven’t done this at all until now (6 weeks) and I know it’s cos I’m fed up. I’d been trying to cook some recipes and non worked well, so I just felt bad and stalked round the house looking for chocolate (or crisps)

The thing is, we are out tomorrow with group of friends, and all meeting at a local fish and chip shop (I don’t eat fish) . I now need to get my mind sorted so I don’t eat more bad things. I could just have a drink there if no salad.I feel like I’m teetering on the brink.

It is human to struggle. Just don’t quit. Start up again tomorrow. No one is perfect. Just start again.

Oh absolutely. Forgive yourself for the chocolate! You could start this afternoon and I bet the choc will not make a catastrophic difference to your calories today….. it’s an AVERAGE 800 cals, so a slight variation will be fine.