Hi everyone, I started the BSD a couple of months ago and was doing really well, very focused, but it just wasn’t the right time for me. I was trying to train for a big running event and suffered too much with low blood pressure and low energy. My event is now over and I am trying to get back on the wagon but am seriously struggling. Easter has brought so much chocolate to our house and I’ve eaten a ridiculous amount along with carbs. The knock on effect is (as expected) weight gain, bad skin, very low moods, lethargy…and much more. I really want to do this. I have nothing stopping me other than motivation. Would anyone like to be my BSD pal and check in daily with each other to keep motivation up and to celebrate wins?

Dear Cupperbut (where does that name come from?)

I would be only too happy to be a motivation buddy. Luckily I was away for Easter and forgot entirely to buy myself an Easter egg. I did have chocolate hot cross buns with me though in the campervan, which were lovely. The weekend before starting the 800/8 I OD’d on chocolate (cheap, nasty stuff), didn’t really enjoy it, and now restrict myself to 1 square of 70% a day when at work, none at home.

At the start of the year I began to roast vegies, which helped me eat much more of them. I have a low boredom threshold so once they are chopped and done for the salad I just don’t want it anymore. Anyway, moving to a more Mediterranean diet with less carbs, making my own sourdough bread, growing some of my own veg, have all helped me start the food change process without actually ‘dieting’.

The head has to be right, and I don’t know what switched for me, but it did. I guess, if I did know I could make a fortune. Perhaps we just have to east into it, one tippy-toe at a time.

So go for it and let me know if I can support you as you support me.

Crabbycams

Hi Crabbycams and thank you! I love your name by the way, I’m not sure if you like going crabbing or if your name is Cam and you’re a bit crabby! :-D. Mine is a variation of a nickname my husband calls me which is a variation of the word buttercup.

You’re right about needing to just have your head in the right place. I feel like I am there today after an almighty blow out last night. It was a planned dinner with a friend of pizza and pudding so I knew it was on the cards. The scales are telling me off today but it has only served in making me more determined today to stick to it and not have any more hiccups. Breakfast was a success so I’m off to a good start (I usually make toast with my eggs because I love it so much and somehow justify it as only being one bad thing although it always turns into many bad things throughout the day).

So what has your journey looked like? How long have you been doing it for? Have you mostly stuck to it? Whereabouts in the world are you?

Good luck today!

Evening Cupperbut

Name: combination of star sign and initials.
Where: Orange NSW Australia.

I’m on day3 week2. Last week averaged 873 cal/day, which is fine. I’m not socialising or drinking while on this. My 8 weeks will finish just before my birthday (CAKE) and a week at a creative workshop, which is catered. There will be lots of healthy options for main meals except for desserts, but there is also yummy morning tea supplied. I’m going to take nuts for that.

I’m finding that missing breakfast works for me. Has tended to be my preference since a teenager but got into the breakfast habit as diets kept telling me it was important, or it was necessary due to meds. It also feels mentally good to impose a discipline easily. So now I start with warm/hot water with a thick slice of lemon then off to work.

Most exciting is normal fasting blood sugar two days in a row.

Tomorrow will be a challenge as I’m flying to Sydney and back. I will have to walk past all those yummy bars, cafes and food concessions at Sydney airport, twice, the second time after checking in and having to wait for the flight.
But if I drink unsugared tea, water and eat salad for lunch I should be OK. I will note it all on the iPhone. The Friday fasting blood sugar will reveal the truth.

That’s me for today.

Good luck for tomorrow.
Crabbycams

Hi Cupperbut. I’m on day three of week one. I followed the program last year and it was very successful. More recently I have got back to some of my old ways and so for me, this is taking back control. It’s staggering how quickly those old habit resurface. I was back to eating all kinds of foods that are triggers for me to then eat too many carbs and too much sugar. I believe that I become quickly addicted to those types of foods and can entirely relate to what you say about lethargy and low mood. I feel better when I eat this way, both mentally and physically stronger and with more energy. Like you I think that posting progress each day is good and is supportive so I would love to join in doing that with you and Crabbycams. I have returned to running too which makes me feel mentally well. I leave my job tomorrow to start a new one next week and so this is a new chapter for me. Onwards and upwards! Hope tomorrow is a good day!

Hi Timetochange & Crabbycams! Firstly, TTC pleased to have you on board! I demure feel like I get addicted to some types of food. All this chocolate I have been eating has has a major affect on me and yet I kept going back for more and eating a ridiculous amount! I wasn’t even enjoying it but I kept stuffing it in my mouth until I felt ill. The affect my eating lately has had on my life is huge and all negative. Yesterday was day 1 for me and I was mostly very good. I had a friend over so brought freshly baked muffins but made with fairly ok ingredients (sweetener, almond flour etc) so that was my only cheat (and it was small). A good day has given me a boost and I’m ready to tackle another day.

Crabbycams how was your flight? Did you manage to stick to your plan of tea and salad? Temptation is difficult but each time we manage to resist we get stronger I think.

Hope you both have a great day! Oh, and Crabbycams, I’m in the UK (hence it’s morning for me) but I’m actually Australian too 😊

Oh and to clarify, I meant to say my friend brought over the muffins which she’d baked. I didn’t feel like I could refuse. Perhaps next time I should give enough warning so visitors know and don’t go out of their way to bring something.

Hi Cupperbut and Timetochange,

Love hearing the stories, challenges and successes. I did survive my trip to Sydney. REX, the local airline, offers vouchers for a free coffee (one for each trip), which saved my life today. The milk held the hungriest at bay. Had breakfast to alleviate any temptations on the way, but coming home was challenging as I was hungry but not enough time to have a salad. I did take some nuts, which helped, but the smells from the food court in the airport were soooo tantalising, even the wine bar, which did not smell. Then the savoury smell from the snack offered on board. And it made me hungry. I’ve come home, fed the cat and fed me an approximately 300 cal snack to avoid the sugar cravings.

Talking of which, I’ve just noticed how sweet the toothpaste tastes!

Today was day 3 of normal blood sugar so I’m getting my hopes up that my medication can be reduced at my mid-8 week checkin with the doc.

I totally get the embarrassment, Cupperbut, of the kindly contributed muffins. A lovely colleague brought me a large slice of lemon meringue pie last week. I had a tiny sliver, allocated it 40 cals and had colleagues eat the rest. Harder to do that at home though.

Timetochange, new job might tempt you to derail. What if they offer you cake as a welcome? But I’m sure you will manage to decline graciously, or at least only have a tiny sliver and explain what you are doing. Or perhaps not. I find the support at work amazing. I was going to keep it secret but Mosley suggests telling everyone to garner support, and it’s true.

Well done with the running. I’m hoping to find a dance partner and somewhere we can do ballroom/Latin American. Most places that offer that kind of activity need you to bring your own partner. I’m widowed and my colleagues are not into that kind of thing.

Keep up the good work guys.

Crabbycams

Hi Crabbycams and Cupperbut.

Well the sun has shone here so beautifully all day. I have been at work inside an office, buy hey, it’s nice to stroll out at lunch time. I got through my last day in work. I bought cream cakes for the whole office (a tradition) but did not partake. Later I went out for dinner with my team for a goodbye meal and stuck to steak and salad. I allowed myself one G&T but that was it. Day four done. I was 5 lbs down this morning. I need to keep going.
Cupperbut I totally get the stuffing food in and not really feeling it. I can get like that with carbs to the point that I feel sick. It’s like once I start I can’t stop. I may have to accept that I need to steer clear in the future. Meanwhile I dream of toast and butter! With the muffin you stopped a thought which is good. Even if you decide to eat something, it’s better that it’s after you’ve really thought about it first. Crabbycams, you did well in the airport. They’re deadly for all of the temptations and they often get us when we are sleep deprived or in that holiday or travelling mode where we can think food doesn’t count! Here’s to tomorrow (I’m in the UK but I I’m not Australian!).

Well done both of you for resisting temptations! It’s obviously paying off as the results are coming along nicely with blood sugar levels and pounds lost. That must feel great right?!

I’ve been fairly good. I say fairly only because I’m quite strict with myself and feel like I’ve been ‘bad’ (wrong attitude I know!) if I slip up at all. Yesterday I had a breadstick and about a tablespoon of cous cous in my salad. Not bad really buy it’s easy to feel guilty!

Are you both doing 800 cals a day for 8 weeks? I should confess that I’m doing the 5:2 (although I’m yet to do a 2 day 😬) so not as difficult. Cutting all carbs (other than veg) and sugar seems to be enough for me although I need to do a couple of 800 cals day a week to really see results. I just struggle on 800 cals. Even just a salad eats into your allowance quite a bit.

Have a good day!

Hi. It’s been a great day. Had lunch out and made a good choice. Have felt quite hungry today but I will get through it. I know that in the end the hunger passes. I’m doing 800 cals (sometimes it’s higher) for as long as it takes to feel okay again. Last time that was about 4 weeks. I don’t have any blood sugar issues as I am not pre/diabetic, but I do want to lose about one stone in weight and take better control of my carb and sugar addiction. Had a lovely dinner tonight, chicken with a variety of pan sautéed veg with homemade pesto. Hope today was kind to you both.

Congrats on a great day! I have about a stone to lose too which I know isn’t a great deal but for me it is so much more than weight loss. I get very low moods which I am sure is linked to my diet, my skin is that of a teenagers and not the no wrinkles type but the acne. I have constant brain fog too which completely went when I did this last time. I also noticed last time that I was so calm rather than highly strung like I normally am. I’m looking forward to these benefits as we continue. Today I’ve been very hungry despite eating a lot and I’ve had a terrible headache. I think I’m detoxing! The scales were down this morning so although I feel rotten, I’m also feeling positive!

Good to hear about your day Cupperbut and Timetochange. It’s Saturday but I went to work to do some overtime. Better than being home, less temptation.

Interested in the low mood stuff. Certainly there is support for the link between low mood and the food we eat, and more recently depression and diabetes. I have been working towards this since the start of the year, moving to a more Med diet and mood has definitely improved. Hope it continues.

My BS today was 6.2 so a bit down until I had a meeting with myself and realised that there were three possible culprits from Friday: more nuts, 3 pieces of fruit (to encourage the Whoosh Fairy), or the piece of sourdough (small with a smear of Vegemite on it before bed (low mood, wanted FOOOOD). So over the next three days I will eliminate two of the three from my diet for the day and see what happens. As another person/journey taker wrote, we are all experimenting/part of a world-wide experiment.

I have not replaced my very dodgy scales, but will weight in at the docs when I go. I’m just excited to see the differences in the mirror and in my clothes. Have worn 2 pairs of pants that could not hope to be done up 3 weeks ago.

Keep up the good work y’all.

Hi Crabbycams,

Just a personal perspective, but I would do it in two or three day cycles as I have noted if I have a variation, e.g. eat a lot more, do a lot more exercise etc. the effect comes through not the following day but the day after.

Just a thought

All the best

Got a great hint from a Facebook pal: HALT (hungry, angry, lonely, tired). These are all triggers, but I hope I can remember to not give in, to HALT in the face of temptation.

Well I am feeling the first week blues. I went into the shop to buy some lunch to cook at home and was thoroughly miserable at all the things I can’t have and the lack of inspiration about what I can have. I remember when I did this last time that I loved the foods and felt like it was a sustainable way of eating so I guess it’s just not being prepared mixed with being hungry in a shop. I feel like I have 2 options – salad or meat/vegetables stir fry type of dish. I know there’s a lot more but I need to do more research.

Hi Cupperbut and Crabbycams. Well we got through the week! I had a wedding anniversary this weekend so had a couple of drinks. Slightly off plan but will be back on tomorrow. I know that low feeling Cupperbut, when you sometimes find that you notice all you can’t have. In my experience, every now again, l just let myself have what I want. I really believe that in the long term you need to be able to veer off occasionally. I have also found that in the end, for me, weight loss success has been more about the long term. I can also relate taking myself away from the temptation (like your going back to work Crabbycams); sometimes I just go to bed early so that I won’t eat (evenings are a big temptation for me to demolish loads of carbs). Getting back into clothes is great isn’t it! I have found that this week. I bought myself some new clothes today for starting my new job tomorrow. Yikes! Bit nervous. Anyway it’s late now and although I will toss and turn all night, I guess I should try to sleep. Have a good Monday…

How was your first day in your new job Timetochange? It must have been nice fitting in new clothes.

How are you doing Crabbycams? I need to remember that HALT in the gave of temptation! I have a 2 year old and took her to playgroup yesterday – free tea/coffee and biscuits for the parents. 1 would have been ok I think, not ideal but ok. BUT I went back did a 2nd one. Today I’m doing to a different group with not biscuits on offer but cake! My favorite treat especially with coffee. If it’s chocolate I’m not sure I’ll have the willpower to resist. Anything less than amazing looking I will refuse.

I’ve decided I want to incorporate a 16/8 fast in my diet so will try to stop eating about 6 tonight and not have breakfast until at least 10am tomorrow. I’ve heard it helps speed up the weight loss. Have either of you tried that?

OOoh Cupperbut, tough with a little one. So tempting just to finish their food (I imagine, never had one). But like roulette, each spin is a new one. Each day we start again regardless of what happened yesterday. I’ve been missing breakfast quite often as never a great breakfast lover, but today had my first hypo. Ah well, it’s all learning. I do find it easier to have less calories when I do it. It is certainly part of the Mosley package of research. I think it depends on how you feel it is working for you. Difficult to run any scientific test on oneself so see how you go.

I’ve had closer 1000 cals the past two days, but feel OK. At least it has been health stuff, not the bread and jam I crave every evening, hungry or not. Can’t decide if it is a carb craving or emotional eating! And how would one definitively diagnose that anyway.

Bit stressful at work at the moment so just doing the best I can. Although I must have lost a couple of inches around my waist to get into the pants that now fit, I seem to have only lost about 4kg. But this journey is about health for me, not weight. I’ve always been heavy for my size. If I can reverse the diabetes, then job done.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Hi Cupperbut and Crabbycams. Thanks, the first day on the job went well. However, I left my food in the fridge at my office, went to an all day meeting where there was sandwiches for lunch and I had to join in as I didn’t have other options. Ah well. I calculated the calories and the carbs and stayed as close as I could to 800 cals and less than 50g carbs.
Today was better. Stuck to the plan and very low carbs. In terms of 16/8 I do close to that each day. I don’t eat until about 12.30/1pm, then dinner around 7pm then nothing until the following lunchtime. In my experience going up to 1000 doesn’t affect weight loss if it’s still low carb. It’s stressful when work is hard and don’t we all self sooth with cake sometimes! I know I do and I really love cake in all of its forms. I will never give it up entirely. We have to praise ourselves for just trying each day. We are on the journey …

Hi Cupperbut and Timetochange, hope all continues well for you both.

Timetochange, I’m with you on cake. I love to bake, feed people and of course have to taste. In fact, I have decided to break the diet on the day in June when my friend retires from work. I don’t believe I’ll go overboard, and I will still be mindful of everything I put in my mouth. Keeping a food diary is the best thing.

I’ve set up an Excel spreadsheet to record BS, what I eat and calories, average it over the week and note things like exercise, weight, blood pressure and visits from the Whoosh Fairy. This way I can graph everything and share it with my doctor in my efforts to get her to lower the medication.

Went to ballroom dancing tonight. Goodness I’m unfit, but the knees held up and I’m sure that’s to do with this diet. Lovely to be dancing, thinking of the steps, the technique, anything but the fact that it is exercise. Looking forward to going back next week.

One question: how do you all manage to count carbs as well as calories? Just trying to tot up the calories does my head in. I really didn’t get the message from the MM book that counting carbs was that important. My understanding was that we need to stay away from processed food as much as possible; good fats are OK and help to make you feel full; eat as many green leafy vegies as you can and limit fruit in quantity and to things such as apples, pears and berries. BTW I think it was the 3 pieces of fruit eaten to encourage the Whoosh Fairy that spiked the BS for me on Saturday morning.

Keep up the good work ladies.

Completely agree with you that the book doesn’t emphasise counting carbs. Obviously it was clear to cut these right down but I didn’t get the message to count carbs and was eating things like porridge (not the easy cook stuff) and high carb vegetables like butternut squash. It’s only since being on the forum I’ve seen that I should be trying to stay below 50gr. Honestly I struggle so much with counting calories let alone carbs too. That’s why I just don’t 😳. I guess we need to find what works for us. I’ve cut so much out that I think it has to be having a positive effect. But the weight loss is slow so yesterday I tried a 16 hr fast and boom the scales jumped down. Water loss probably but nonetheless reassuring.

Ballroom dancing sounds great, I’m glad you enjoyed it! Exercise without feeling like a chore. Fab.

Timetochange well done on keeping the cals around 800 after leaving your lunch in the fridge! I too think life needs to be a bit flexible and you just need to try again the next day rather than give up.

I’m going to commit myself to having an 800 calorie day tomorrow. I’ve written it down now so I have to do it!

Some people really struggle to lose weight at all unless they severely limit the carbs, particularly those who have insulin resistance, and 50g I believe is a keto diet maximum below which almost everyone will lose weight successfully. Some forummers lost weight without counting carbs at all, just following the recipes or cutting out the white stuff and sticking to 800 calories. Some, mostly vegetarian or vegan couldn’t get their carbs so low but still lost weight, still counting but hitting 60g. Some didn’t lose anything until they dropped further to 30 or 20g. It really does all depends on what suits you as an individual, and anything that makes you more likely to stick to your guns is a good change.

Hi Cupperbut and Crabbycams. I use MyFitnessPal and input all my food into that. You can then check the nutrition and keep an eye on carbs. I love porridge too Cupperbut and I miss eating it eating it each day (always for my lunch). I do have it at the weekend though, but a smaller portion size as per the recipe book. During the week it’s no breakfast but that just suits me as I’m busy at work and I’m not hungry until late morning/lunch time. I have found that even where the scales have not changed for a bit, my clothes have got looser and the all of a sudden the weigh goes.
I like the sound of the ballroom dancing Crabbycams. I’m not a natural dancer but I love to watch it, very elegant and yes, it’s brilliant exercise.
I think we are all doing well and I’m really loving writing a little note each day to you guys. I feel connected and it’s helping me for sure, so thank you for that.
Hope tomorrow is excellent for you both…

G’day Cupperbut, Timetochange, Mixnmatch et al…

How are you all doing? Been a bit quiet here lately. I made cloud bread today (bit dry but OK considering the content) and the pea soup last week (yum). I chopped up chicken from the purchased roast chook into roughly 80g portions and froze the extra. In the soup it is delicious. Sad to say goodbye to the stuffing though.

Kept the carcass and will get some more to make my own stock.

Carb cravings every evening. Are they happening because I am tired and should I be going to bed earlier to avoid them, but risking waking up extra early?

Thoughts?

Still around, mainly on other threads like the challenge one, your cravings could be more a mental itch, a habit if you have often snacked in the evening before now. Alternatively they could just be very stubborn physical cravings so stay strong and off the carbs, but maybe save some calories for an evening low carb snack of some sort, peanut butter or a small block of cheese always worked for me.

Hi everyone: I’m mainly posting to share success. Very exciting. Doc visit today after 4 weeks on the diet.

Most weeks I’ve averaged around 850 calories a day. Cold turkey on sugar, no alcohol. The first is difficult, the second not so much for me. Sugar is very addictive. I also prefer to miss breakfast unless I wake up hungry, so I think intermittent fasting has helped as well.

So,, my diabetic medication is now halved. I took my food diary and my blood sugar readings (graphed as well as diary) to the doctor this morning. Poor woman, I do tend to be OTT with this stuff. Either do it to the nth degree or not at all. She’s thrilled the diet is working. Was interested to see what happened to me as she is not familiar with Dr Mosley’s work. Weight is secondary on this journey, but I have lost about 9kg, nearly 10% of my weight. Difficult to be precise since the first reading of just over 95kg was on the dexascanner machine and this was on the doctor’s scales in her room with quite a bit of clothing on, it’s winter here and due to snow.

I have reached some small personal goals including being able wear my wedding ring on my left hand, and then on my right (bigger hand since I am right handed). My watch band has come in a notch or two, as has my belt, and I am starting to see bones in my hand, as long as I ignore the aging skin over the top. I long to have sticky outy collar bones, but that might never happen with my build. I live in hope.

So take heart everyone, it does work. Give it time. Give yourself time, and lots of pats on the back. I might not feel wonderful/better, but I sure do feel virtuous.

Stay well and for those of us in the southern hemisphere, stay warm.

Crabbycams

Hi Crabbcams, that’s absolutely brilliant! I’m really happy that you have had such fantastic success! You’ve stuck with it and the rewards are paying dividends. Keep it up!

I’m really sorry for the lack of interaction on my front, I’ve completely fallen off the wagon and just can’t stick to it. I feel like a switch just isn’t on in my head. Almost daily I ‘start again’ and daily I ruin it. I just don’t know what to do. I know it works but I don’t know why I can’t make it happen for me.

Dear Cupperbut, I truly hear what you are saying. You don’t need to stay away just because you feel you have fallen off the wagon. The journey is different for each of us.

It took me from the start of this year to get to a point where I was ready to commit to this.

And I still have huge cravings. Last night is the closest I’ve come to busting. So very, very close. I opened the frig door and looked at the batons boulangere box that is there for when I make pain au chocolat. And I wanted one. And I knew that I would not just have one, but a handful, and possibly even more than one handful.

It was agonising, which sounds so dramatic and silly just about food and chocolate, but I know that I have to do this to save my life.

So, the switch will flip for you, and just by trying each day you are winning. It’s entirely possible that you are consuming less and not realising it.

Have you seriously sat down and thought about why you think you ‘fail’ each day? Is it the same time of day? Could it be when you get tired, thirsty or bored? Is there a consistent trigger that sends you to the frig or cupboard? For me it is my troublesome authors and boredom at work.

Just remember we are all in this together and even if it is just your toe in the water, that is a whole lot better than nothing. Spend some time experimenting with lower calorie recipes that the whole family can enjoy.

Thoughts are with you..

Crabbycams

Thank you very much Crabbycams. I really really want to do this for so many reasons.

I’ve been trying to think about where and why I’ve been going wrong. I guess partly it is the treat mentality. I am always feeling tired (partly sugary diet, partly having small kids) so I really look to treats as something to look forward to and enjoy (and sugar as we know is addictive!). And I really do look forward to them! I think if I can come up with a good treat to have instead of cake or biscuits then I can get over that. I was having 90% dark chocolate, do you think this is ok?

Also, lack of planning is a huge problem because I get hungry and I get caught out without the right foods. I am struggling with not knowing what to eat if I don’t want salad or stir fry. I need to pick recipes out of the book again and plan properly.

I think I need to really do the low calorie days at least twice a week. While I do believe that if I stuck strictly to having very low carbs and almost no sugar that I would still lose, it is a slower process and I think I need the boost from the loss after low cal days.

Again, well done on your progress and discipline. It is very encouraging seeing others succeed and makes me want to try harder. I know that I can do it if I just get over the first week, which is such a short amount of time really!

Treats. I have always been food-treat focused. I’m having a load of trouble trying to find an alternative treat regime. No luck yet.

I did just read a post today about if you want to have a treat, factor it into the daily count and enjoy it. Don’t know if this will work for you, it doesn’t for me.

I do think that as a mum and wife it is three times as hard for you as me though. As a widow, there’s just me and Sophy the cat at home. At work I have loads of support, which helps.

Can you make yourself some low cal treats and have those handy? Do you need the treat when you are tired/frustrated (I imagine a small child could lead to frustration quite frequently?)? As you will need to plan and take stuff with you for a small child, can you add something for yourself, including water to stave off hunger pangs.

Mind you, I battle with depression each and every day. My solution for not overloading at the weekends is to sleep in as long as I can, which is easy for me and a cat. Right now she is in the kitty tent, which is on my lap under the doona. This means I now have kitty paralysis and cannot get up to make myself a cup of tea or anything to eat.

So keep experimenting and finding your own way into this. I know that it will work for you eventually.

Go well, from Crabbycams

Ha I also have a cat that would sleep on me all day if he could. Unlucky for him is that I’m a massive fidget who struggles to sit still for longer than 5 minutes.

You’ve definitely got the right idea skipping breakfast. It’s an easy way to lose calories otherwise eaten and sleeping in makes it easier. I just realised today that breakfast is a massive issue for me. It’s one of my favourite meals and I really look forward to eggs on toast. Toast makes or breaks it for me. Happiness level having eggs on toast with a coffee each morning is 10/10. 😊 Without toast it plummets to 4/10. I know i could just have 1 small piece and be done with carbs did the rest of the day but mentally I’ve already gone wrong, setting me up for the rest of the day (eg. Lunch today I thought sod it I’ve ruined it already having toast so I may as well add rice to my leftover chicken).

Anyway, sorry for the negativity. I’m working on it. I spent about am hour analysing my food choices and I think I’m making progress in finding solutions to hurdles.

Please keep telling me about your successes. They are really motivating!

I need to swap some of your fidgets for my sloth.

And I totally get the toast thing. Eggs just are not the same without the toast with Marmite/Vegemite and a bucket of tea with 3 sugars. At least that’s what I’d quite often have for a quick dinner.

I make my own sourdough bread so I’m never going to give that up. But if I have bread, not toast, it is easier to resist and I save that for the evening as that is when I get hungriest.

The way I think of it is: I have 800 calories to spend today, what will I spend them on? It’s part budgeting and part being stingy that works for me. So if you choose to spend some of your calories on your breakfast, so what? No problems. You have not ruined the rest of the day at all. It’s that naughty niggling voice we have that ruins things. It’s the carb/sugar devil sitting on our shoulder and whispering sweet somethings (have sugar, have cake, have that biscuit) that needs the flick.

So, have your toast and enjoy it. I like to have seconds after the eggy toast with a load of marmalade on it. Haven’t had that for nearly 6 weeks now and still miss it.

Some people find filling in the food diary in advance helps. I guess that is part of the planning process.

Stick with it. You are doing well, working on what’s working and what is not. Many people are too afraid to be that honest with themselves. It’s a process.