Oh well done ANTIGONE! X
Whenever i see cookies or cakes i tell myself they are just sugar and fat and i imagine a slab of lard and a bag of sugar on the plate,and that puts me right off ( sometimes anyway! ) 😛 X

I looked at carrot cake in Waitrose the other day – the type you get in many cafes etc. 515 calories!!!!
Got a slightly more BSD friendly Kind bar 199 calories, 16g of carb. It has dark chocolate!!!
I love the Dark Chocolate Nuts & Sea Salt one, but given how often I go there, I do need to avoid making it an “every time I go to Waitrose” treat.

My diabetic nurse appointment this morning was fine – the nurse was very impressed with my weight loss & resultant BMI reduction, and interested in the diet. She did the tapping my feet test, but I’ve never had problems with that one anyway, & she liked my toe nail varnish.

When she asked about activity levels, I gave a list of what I was doing, then remembered the kayaking & she replied “that’s great, but I’ve ticked the very active option, it doesn’t go higher than that”
I’m going do to another HBA1c test – will be good because I’ve just completed 3 months on BSD, and that’s the period it measures.
The last one was after I’d done about six weeks BSD – I saw the comments on the screen & GP had written last time “HBA1c & cholesterol dramatically reduced, large weight loss, intending to loose more?”
To be fair, she has been my GP for about eighteen years and seen an awful lot of attempts at diets/loosing weight. But she did refer me to the idiot that suggested cutting a mars bar into seven and eating a piece each day. What about the other three bars in the packet?

Way to go Frog! Another shining example of the medical benefits of BSD. I remembered your previous comment about the idiot with the Mars bars!!! I am heartened by how active we are all becoming on this lifestyle. My Jawbone bracelet definitely caused a change of attitude! On this holiday I’ve been off ‘for a wander’ with my son on several occasions! He’s happy as he can play the daft Pokemon Go and I can get my steps in for the day. I evenly smugly highlighted to me OH yesterday that my steps were miles more than his. Although his daughter had been ill for 2 days so he hadn’t ventured far from the chalet 😕 The friends and duel functions on the app both inspire and exasperate me in various measures lol

Hello everyone, I’m late to the party today! Just sat down for the first time today. I’m 0.3 kg up on yesterday but I did have a couple of mini bottles of wine last night. Not stressing, worse things happen at sea! Today, I’ve made a Elana loaf, to take with me. I’ve made the Hemsley Flaxseed baps again and they were a success this time (using ground not flaxseeds this time) but I wasn’t too, too keen on the taste. Husband loved them. He can eat them, suits me. And I’ve just made a cake 😮 Or rather two cakes.
http://myheartbeets.com/flourless-peanut-butter-cake-gluten-free/

This is from the same lady who I made the chocolate muffins from her chocolate cake recipe. Ye Gods. It’s flourless too. Made two 4.5 inch sponges. Not tallied them up yet though…

Jan, you know my real name 😉 I’m the one duelling you haha

Gavin, I have Jawbone as does Jan and Janey and Tokyo, any joy getting it to sync with your device?

Frog, those sound ideal! I’ve never seen those before, what a great idea! The idea behind the small wine was that I could have a glass or two… pffffffft. I ended up drinking 5 and arguing with an 11 year old. Wasn’t my finest hour. I’m better off sober. The only thing with the gram flour base is I suspect it’s either going to be floppy (like a wrap) or ridiculously teeth shatteringly crispy (like the pastry). I will find something though, I’m a Taurus, I’m stubborn.

Well done Orinoco! Keep going 😀

Haha Antigone, I was drinking hardfaced glasses last night, my head is still a bit delicate! I think it was ok… after the first glass I didn’t really care 😮 Um, North Walian? I’m not sure if you’re winding me up, but if you’re not, it means I’m from North Wales 🙂 I have never seen Game of Thrones… apparently the only two channels we have in this house are Cartoon Network and Sky sports… :-/

Well done Frog, that’s great news. It’s always nice when someone likes your toenails 😉 I’m not holding my breath for anyone ever saying that to me, feet like a griffin etc. Husband has to cut my nails with an angle grinder, wearing safety goggles…

Janey… er… WTH??? ‘The friends and duel functions on the app both inspire and exasperate me in various measures lol’ Pffffffffffffffffffft.

Yowzer, I still need to get back to you, not forgotten!

peanut butter muffins sound good Lucky – you must have spent all day in the kitchen.
to be fair, I have actually stuffed a mushroom – not got prestuffed M&S mushroom, did it myself.
Huge portabello mushroom, chopped up some feta, added half, lobbed in some tomato concentrate, rest of the feta on top, zapped it in the microwave. tasted nice.
I think the gram four base works for a pizza if you make it thick enough.

Hi Janey, sounds like your having a great holiday – hope step daughter recovers soon (or is it a teenage stroppy/grouchy thing?) -well, hope she recovers anyway, so that you can all have a good time – must make things difficult.

It’s a decent sized cake (cakes) Frog, for what we can eat now. Not very wide but it’s high, I’ll take some pics after. I have been all day in the kitchen, and packing, and making lists lol.

Hey, I thought life was too short to stuff a mushroom? 😮

I don’t often have those portabello mushrooms – even I can’t go wrong lobbing cheese in and shoving it in a microwave!
I don’t think I could be bothered with making a ratatouille to stuff one, like the ones i got from M&S – but I suppose if I had a large pot of ratatouille to hand, I might.
And a large mushroom.

LOL. I think you need to hire me as a live in chef or something, stuffing mushrooms sounds like the insanity I would do, tbh. I don’t half make work for myself sometimes.

I’ve just had possibly the nicest burger I’ve ever had in my life, a bought one anyway. A Waitrose steak burger and it’s got cracked black pepper all the way around it. Hubby had his on a Hemsley bap. I just ate mine off the plate bare, I was so hungry. That’s me looking for something else to eat later… my moth is on fire now.

My MOUTH is on fire. My moth is not on fire, I repeat, my moth is not on fire. Sure there isn’t a euphemism in there, but if anyone wants to find one, be my guest.

Hehe! DD’s cat Ziggy havin a chat with next door neighbour Manuel ( Miaownuel)! X

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LUCKY WRose steak burger sounds good…….MOTHing wrong with that! X 😃😃😃 WASPS wrong! X
Ps BUTTER fly now! X

having a chat or defending his territory?
I’ve had waitrose mini burgers recently. They were tasty, and a good size for BSD. I still have the rest of the pack for the freezer. there were six in a pack, 2 each of Lamb, Beef – and presumably pork.
Good way of buying so that you don’t end up with tons of the same thing.

FROG i think Ziggy is just getting his own back! For ages Manuel had a cat flap and Ziggy didnt..
Manuel used to hold the little window open, then as Zig went to climb thru,Manny wd just shut the window in his face! They have a love/ hate relationship,sometimes fight,sometimes chill out together in the field opposite their homes x

Yowzer? *Groan* they were terrible. Love it 😉

Oooooh I haven’t seen those Frog, I’ll have a gander next time I’m in. I’ve been quite pleasantly surprised by Waitrose, it’s a relatively new addition to our town and I don’t go in often. The quality is obvious but the prices of a lot of things are comparable to the offers in the big 4, especially multibuy meats and things. And more interesting than the run of the mill supermarkets. Even their ‘value’ range of meats is nice, the pork mince and frying steak particularly.

Hehe! LUCKY …FLY do you say that! It was the bee- est i could do! 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 xx

Waitrose..I love it..our nearest is a good drive away..it feels like a day out when we go..their essentials range is quite good value. And you get a free cuppa with yr waitrose card!
Last time we were there,in the cafe..
ME: do you want a cake or something? Coz you have to buy something now to get yr free cuppa
BEAU: no,i dont even want a cup of tea
ME: oh well i’ ll get an apple then,even tho i’m not keen on Gala apples ( and hardly eat apples nowadays coz of the carbs)

Leave Beau in queue clutching tray and money..a few mins later,he sashays across to the table with a loaded tray..2 pots tea,a large scone with butter and jam for himself ..and the flipping apple that no one wanted or needed!
When i pointed out our conversation above, and asked why the scone and why the apple also,he said” I dont understand the protocol” ( in other words, “i wasnt listening” ) That apple is still languishing in the fruit bowl! X

I have a smallish Waitrose about five minutes walk away, and a couple of larger ones close by. One large one is conveniently close to the gym, the other one is next to the cinema that I use – neither have a cafe, but they are both next to nice parks.
It’s when I get a coffee that I start thinking about getting a Kind bar 🙂
Free newspapers good too – not so keen on the 20% off your chosen items, I can never remember what I picked.

FROG that sounds great! You are thoroughly spoilt WRose wise!👍🏻
Our nearest WR,which is about half hour drive away!,is by a red squirrel nature reserve and a beach ! Wd love to live there. DD and SIL have promised if they make enough dosh they’ll buy a house there,with a granny flat! Cant wait! 😜😜😜 X

Day 3 back on the bsd feeling bet less rough but finding it hard to not want to eat lovely delicious carb things!!!!
but stuck too it so far headaches going a bit more today !!!
thought you were quiet last night miss lucky now i know drinking wine and fighting!!!
janey you are been too good on your holiday walking no major carb ups like me i am verra verra impressed!!

Hehe ! Just tried on some tops – and they now fit! And get this – drumroll! – one is now too big!
Never been worn,coz it was too tight,now laughably too large!
its now in the bag for the cats home charity shop!😻😻😻😻😻 x
Ps not gettin too carried away tho..some were sadly slotted back into wardrobe as still too snug!

Hi there all you lovely lot.

I’ve been bonkers busy again, joys of being self employed, but not so many emails today what’s up with you all. Today having a quiet one are we.

Lucky not been walking much as too busy, but my j.b. vibrates every 15 mins so I do a rapid 100 steps on the spot if no one is looking hehe, my customers think I’m bonkers anyway, ooh I’m vibrating got to trot.🙃🙃🙃

JAN good to see you,i wondered where you were x nice that youre still in high spirits! 😋😋😋😋😋😋

well done on the tops fitting Yowzer

just heard a trailer for the next series of Bake Off.
that’ll be hard to watch!

Re Bake off

Not so hard when it is the recipes that go wrong, or peculiar flavour combinations ! Though celebrity better for the gone wrong effects.

Thanks FROG!
Very fond memories of watching Bake Off with DDand SIL when they lived with me for a while..SIL wd always bring a sandwich cake from the Co op on his way home from work and we wd all eat a big chunk while watching! X
Tbh i think i get more pleasure now from trying on clothes that now fit! X but having said that, idont think i can watch Bake Off any more..just in case! X

Yowser, well done on the Cinderella clothes moment! Tokyo, good to hear you’re coming back to the BSD fold 😆 I am not being very BSD friendly today; just finished a carvery! Although I am enjoying my hols I will also be glad to get home and back to the plan! My stomach feels bleuughhhhhh 😔

Oh and Frog, you can get a MyWaitrosr app so you can remember and change your 20% off items 👍🏼👍🏼

Thanks JANEY..I think it was more of a Goldilocks moment..
This one’s too small..this one’s too big…this one’s just right! 😋😋😋😋 x heehee

thanks Janey, have to look at that
Yowzer – not watch bake off?!!

Morning everyone! Firstly, sorry – yesterday I’d typed a reply to everyone in the box, got sidetracked and when I flaked out stupidly early and put computer off, noticed I’d not hit post on it.

Today is daft weigh day, from Sunday to Friday as I’m away in a bit. I am 96.7kg, so that’s 2 kg gone this week so only 0.7kg to go now to get to pre camping weight. Away at 9 hopefully if we’re packed and showered in time.

Jan, I haven’t been walking much myself, definitely not been feeling myself this week, really tired. Slept for over 9 hours last night, straight through. Didn’t even finish the rugby, and if I hadn’t set my alarm for 7, I think I’d have slept longer too. I’m wiped out. Doubt I’ll get much in before the end either, this weather is grim and I’ll probably be housebound there! Chained to the kitchen lol.

Never followed Bake Off, never seen the appeal in it.

Well done on the clothes Yowzer, keep at it Tokyo, you’ll be feeling fine in a few more days, Janey – there are much MUCH worse things to have eaten last night than a carvery 😉

Hopefully check in with you all tonight, all being well! Have a good day! 🙂

Yeahhhhh morning all you beautiful peeps.

Hope it’s going well. Lucky I’ve been really wiped this week except Wednesday, when I was so full of beans couldn’t switch of, so strange.

Joy of joys tried on my smallest outfit for the frightfully posh darling wedding I am going to on 3 Sep and its Fffffffffitting wey hey showed OH and he looked at me agog as he could see I had a figure appearing, the dress is couture from my dress agency that I run, so not a couturier price, and I have kept it and coveted it for 4 years in the hope and it Fffffffits, ooh it’s so lovely it’s by Out of Xile a very different sort of designer, it’s very figure hugging at the top and sweeps away to a partly tiered skirt, in navy. So I am sorted my biggest outfit and my next down are now not needed, and the OH approves bless him he says very little but he did look at me in a shocked way, he hasn’t seen a figure from me for 9 years and that was only a brief 6 months then I went back to ms blobby.

But anyway j.b. Is vibrating me got to move, happy day everyone, and well done on all your losses and smaller clothes and restrained eating when on hol yeahhhhhh loving this plan and love you guys.🙋🙋🙋

Well done, Jan! Bet the frock looks lovely, and so great to be able to get in it and feel you look good (and OH agreeing!)

Know the sort of thing that Out of Xile do in terms of tight fitting top and then draped skirt – you will be looking sensational!

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Ahhh igorasusual

You’re a darling for those comments, didn’t you say you are in fashion, what sort, it’s very interesting times at the mo, buying and selling I have run a dress agency since 2007, so I get the worlds labels in, but never worn any out of Xile before, but I always prefer the quirky lagenlook style.
As my mum always said I always wanted to be irritatingly different, but I like the unstructured styles, but I must admit as my shape is changing, I may have to re think that. But putting that dress on today has given me an enormous boost. I just wish my sister who started this plan a week after me had stuck to it, as she is the mother of the bride, and I know she will out of desperation end up with an awful what I call mobster outfit, and it will make her very unhappy. But as much as I love her and willed her on I couldn’t make her stick to it, it comes from our guts well it does for me. Mind you my ill health was an enormous driver. Anyway hope you have a happy day.
🙋

Well done greenjanet, that feeling to get into something you have yearned to for ages. My first aim was to get into size 14 shorts that fit 2 years ago then didn’t last year. Well they fit this year. I wanted to get into a pair of white jeans (also fit 2 years ago) but couldn’t quite do up the zip, looked at the label and they are a 12. I also have THE dress, I bought it in a UK shop sale and they didn’t deliver to France so had it sent to my daughters for her to bring out 3 months later. By the time it arrived I had gained weight and it has sat in the wardrobe since then. That is my big goal, besides all the little goals on the way we are all doing so well.

Well done sunshine, another Cinderella moment looming I think! My aim was to get into size 14 jeans again.. And they’re on, with room to spare! I have another pair of JOTF but not in them yet.. Maybe incorrectly labelled because they only go halfway up my legs!!

5 week weigh in on scales tomorrow. And its going to be BAD. I have not had a good week at all. Sadly.

Tomorrow is another day Gavin and however bad it is, you’re still pounds lighter than you were 6 weeks ago. We all have those days/weeks – we’re only human. Chin up chook, not long to go now til 5:2!

Well done everyone on Cinderella moments!! Can’t connect to Wi-Fi so on phone briefly before bed. Hope all ok 😊

Gavin I have just put on 2lbs in the last week due to family visits, restaurants, theme park visit and looking after 2 grandchildren and feeding them. Hey ho, that 2lbs will be gone in a few days, I am sure of it. Keep on keeping on and never give up on yourself, you can do it.

Absolutely it will Sunshine. I was mortified at 2.7kg on over 6 days but 2kg were gone between Sunday and Friday morning. Perk of the diet, everything pretty much easily undoable within days. Roll on when holiday season is done and the next biggie is New Year 😮 Now THAT is going to be fun and games I tell thee!

Just finished all my measurements for week 5 and I am not happy 🙁

Weight stayed the same, in fact everything was pretty much static apart from half an inch off the waist. My work schedule was a nightmare this week and ruined my planning.

Gavin. Sorry to hear you’re disappointed with your results. I can understand, I probably would be a bit but try and take a positive out of it in that you haven’t gained anything. I only had one STS week in my first 8 and I think I was more gutted than last week when I put on! And half an inch off the waist, so something is giving. It really isn’t so easy at times when you can’t just grab a butty and run. I’m going to struggle this weekend, I know it. Making a carb laden buffet for 70+ people 😭😭😭. Help meeeeeeeeee! Lol.

However my week after STS I think I had a decent loss if I remember correctly. It all evens out in its own time. Don’t worry 👍🏻

70 plus people. You’ll be very busy then, maybe too busy to taste too 🙂 😉

I hope so Gavin, I really do… I’m not sticking to carbs or cals on Sunday just ‘allowed’ foods as it’s an all day event with a disco and all manner. Making up a BSD friendly platter for us, salad, cold meats, boiled eggs, some of my low carb bread, heck sausage etc. But the pastry element specifically is bringing me out in a cold sweat because pastry (along with pizza) was my personal love pre BSD. I worshipped at the Altar of Greggs. And I made a mean steak and ale pie 🤔

Ah well, time will tell how Sunday goes…

Good luck Lucky. Seems we have (had) the same food weaknesses too. Just thinking about all that food is making me hungry 🙂

Morning Gavin, chin up chuck. Stable weight is just a fact of life some weeks on this WOE and as Lucky pointed out, you’ve NOT gained, plus lost some off your waist. This isn’t a quick fix and you’re still heading in the right direction 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Morning Janeycoupdrop. Yeah I know its not a disaster, just frustrating and my fault too. Why isnt Rome built in a day!

Otherwise we’d all be superskinny I’m afraid. I’ve been on holiday all week and have had several ice creams and some clotted cream scones. BUT it’s only a week out of my life and I’ll be back on course once we get home

GAVIN keep going! I have just had a hiatus of about ten days or so..it IS frustrating isnt it! But keep going co it WILL change if you stick to it..over last two days i have suddenly started dropping again and so will you!
Why wasnt Rome built in a day made me smile..i totally agree! 😻😻😻😻😻😻 big hugs and stay positive! X
LUCKY A buffet for how many?????? And youre gonna make it????????? Never mind the Olympics,YOU deserve gold medals! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Havent got medals so giving you stars instead! XX

I’m not 100% sure offhand but wasn’t it my week 5 that I stayed the same? Wonder if it’s a ‘thing’ like carb flu etc. I know Yowzer and it’s a tiny kitchen too, probably less space than even mine 😱 Not looking forward to it and my heel is killing too. Got some gel things for my trainers, and taken painkillers which have eased it, my sil and niece have had it, my nieces was so bad she had an injection in her foot and had to go on crutches for days after. We are off dinosaur hunting in a bit with my dino mad son, there’s something going on in town. Everyone eating bacon
butties in front of me, I had Greek and blueberries 😇

Safe journey home Janey 👍🏻

Dont think I had carb flu…… if I be honest at 4 weeks reached , I celebrated with fish & c***s 🙂

Consider this a metaphorical smack on the hand then Gav. 4 weeks is NOT the time to be celebrating I’m afraid. You’re making a long term change for the good and a sneaky fish supper is not going to help!!