Loved the Shaun the sheep race.
I have the figure of one of the other sheep, and
If I was a sheep in the race, I would have been eating the grass in front of jump one!!!

Shall we have a day of laughter and jokes?
It will exercise our giggle muscles.

Love luica
Xxxx

I think a video of me putting a size medium tights or pantyhose on, onto my large size body would be a laugh

Love Lucia
Xxx

greenjanet….yes the synchronised swimming is even funnier!!
Lucia….. liked the image of you munching the grass in front of the first jump…and putting on the tights…..well!!???
Very nearly regretted the impulse of posting that…especially as I was only expecting a URL link…. oh.well… what the heck?

Sadly can’t think of any jokes atm…you have to tell them right!!
Perhaps a re-creation of some Championsheep moments?

Still hovering around the plateau…..far too comfy here….what with Summer BBQ’s and extra glasses of wine!!!!
I WILL escape….sometime.
Good luck everyone.

Okay,
So the party has been nice here in the plateaus but I feel we should part and move on.
Anyone fancy stepping it up, following the rules to the letter, moving a little more?
Common lets do it together
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Lucia
Love the post. Ok plateaus always found after a hill climb!!! So for me I always plateau after a weight loss as my weight has gone down my plateaus have lengthened. However I have jump started them a little with a bit of a treat!!! I have significantly upped my fat and very slightly dropped my carbs still feel full but have continued to lose my longest plateau was 3 weeks very very boring and frustrated. So I have berries 2-3 times a week now not everyday,stopped my oranges ( during weight loss will add in again when at goal) , carbs from splash of milk, green veg ,cabbage ,courgette , salad ,and a few cherry toms, added a bit of butter to my eggs in the morning. So Iam following bsd but occasionally tweaking the fats . Also like you added exercise, I walk 2 hrs a day (dogs) and cycle 2-3 times a week . This made a difference for me seemed counter intuitive but looked it up research wise. I have lost 25 pounds and have 26 pounds to go. 🚴🐾🙋🏻🍓🍗🌶 best wishes collie

Oh Lucia I also reduced my nuts ha ha only have as a treat may have been having too many !!! Love my nuts

I’m trying abstinence…….ooh matron!!
I mean longer periods of fasting to see if that works 🙁

With you all the way Lucia,

Exercise up to average 58 mins/day – nearly up to your challenge to match my age 🙂

John

Okay team.we are going off the plateau.
I need volunteers.
A. Someone to sort the food, wrap in cling film.
B. Someone to put all the deckchairs and windbreakers away
C. Someone to remove the lights and decorations in boxes in the loft?

Now that we have tidied up, on with the plan.

So, no one eat for 30 minutes.
Let’s take the time to pLan the meals.
Sort a little exercise.

Now all we have to do is…..
Do it

Love luica
Xxxx

So if you feel as if you have let it slip,
Or gained a few pounds
Or just want to start…..

Let’s do 5000 steps , split it over the whole day
Or exercise for 60 minutes over the whole day.
And
Don’t eat the junk food…..

I know it easier to avoid all the above.
I know you haven’t got time
I know
But look at the shape of me.
I want to be slimmer, fitter, healthier, better.
Come on and give me a helping hand

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I’m in for helping you clear up.
It has been way too much fun around here.
Time to move on.

Beautiful morning…..I’m off to lollop around a tennis court.
I know I’m lucky to be retired.
But I need to keep healthy to be around to enjoy it.

I’m moving with you Lucia.
Keep healthy everyone.

Lucia you are sounding determined.

The plateau is nicely tidied and I have hosed it down. Let’s leave the plateau for the next set of BSD’ers. Lucia this is such a good idea.

I have had a breakfast shakeup and am just having fruit for a few days. I don’t eat between meals and I am often having a long abstinence between evening meal and breakfast.

With the Olympics about to start we must now become Team Lucia going for GOLD.
👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫👫

Ok individual gold to Lucia 🎖team gold to BSD’ers 🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅we can do this , what’s you best Olympic sport. For me watching cycling and gymnastics reminds me of the days of Olga Korbut!!! That’s ages me. Also love horse jumping remembering ‘Stroller’ Mexico Oly,pics he was. 14 .2 hands high amazing.
Have fun , laugh a lot , cry a little ,love yourself.🙋🏻🏅🐾🚴🍾

Collie we won’t just have to watch the Olympic sports but we will need some events that Lucia’s team can excel in. 🙂

Both saint and sinner today.
Just had a good bike ride (which my zany step-counting watch has interpreted as 36,000 steps!) but will “sin” with the usual Friday night fish & chips.

So maybe I got a little comfortable on this here plateau, and you are right Lucia, it’s time to be moving on😉

Focussing once more and truly back in the game…I know where I want to be in 6 months time…just have to reach for it.

Go team Go!!!

🏆🏆🏆🙌🎾🏃🏇🏂🏄🏊🏀🏆🏆🏆

Right team BSD
Let us work out what we are going to do.
So, how about the opening ceremony.
When you see a flag from any country, you have to either stand up or lift one leg up.
When you see a fancy dress costume you have to wiggle something, hips, bum, moustach, eyebrows.
When you see a firework, you have to lift one or both of your arms as high as you can go.

When you see your countries team, stand up, turn around and sit down.

We will get one hell of a work out.

Just pace yourself invade it’s on for six hours 😈😈😈😈😈😈

You all up for it?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Now, when the games begin,
When they do the long jump , you have to jump.
When they run, can you jog on the spot, or walk around the room, BUT, and this is most important… You have to walk the same direction as the athletes.
When they row, pretend you are rowing on the settee.
When they shoot targets, you have to lift your arms and pretend too.
When they play football, you have to pull your sweater over your head and pretend you are an airplane with your arms out. Line the footballers when they have scored a goal.

Oh and you must wear something bright, as we are all in Rio!

You getting the pattern?

Come on, let’s all have a go.
Just be careful, listen to your body.

And have fun.

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Anyone missing the good times we had in the plateau?

Will miss it, but time to move on

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Please excuse me.
I beg your pardon.
I didn’t mean to make that noise in public.
But my Fitbit vibrator thingy just said 10,000 steps done.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Bravo.
You’re now entitled to feel smug 🙂

The good feelings aren’t worth the guilt.

Bravo, bem feito (well done in Portuguese)
10,000 steps are something to celebrate.

Help Lucia and all, I am now joining you on the altopiano and I really need to get off too. Do you think it is “exercise”? O Stringbreaker I would love fish and chips but it will have to wait till I deserve it more.

Can I follow you all off this plateau – that is exercise isn’t it? As Sandie says team Lucia must go for gold!

Rtuh(::

Lucia
Love the idea of the Olympics moves.
Will definitely try that when I have time to watch.

Played tennis last night and my Fitbit thingy did that weird vibrate-thing that always confuses during an important point.
I came bottom of the entire tournament apparently but did 142 active minutes so I count that as a win.

My friend is having a family BBQ today with Olympic-inspired races.
Well sack/obstacle and fancy dress races.
Everyone is really competitive apparently but she is great fun so I can’t see it being that serious.

Let’s get into the Rio Carnival spirit…..on that little ledge just below the plateau. I’m off to find my Maracas.

Ruthdownunder,

Re Fish & Chips – it’s do-able with care – we’re lucky in that neither of us really likes the batter, so we strip that off and share a regular portion of chips – it really isn’t terribly naughty if you watch the carbs for the rest of the day.

I never seem to suffer for it on the scales.

John

Hi gang.
I am cream crackered.
I watched the 4.5 hours of the opening of the olympics.
I did all the suggestions.
I am knackered today.
The only thing that doesn’t ache is my eye brows !?,.,?,?m.m.,!!!

But isn’t it a beautiful ache, it’s an ache that I have earned.
I wear the ache or I endure it with love and pride.

Who would have thought tiny movements, but lots of them would cause this. It’s great.

Love Lucia xxxx

If I needed fish and chips, I would remove the batter and go for sweet potato chips.
I would have when I craved it.
If I craved and didn’t have it I would probably go sane.
( I know but I am already insane)
I would try not to call it a treat or a reward
.
I want something like a foot spa as I treat.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi
I just sat and watched the telly programme called fixing dad

I love it was honest
Real people
Dad was so cranky and set in his ways.
The boys always checking their phones.
His feet condition
When he got the Tumour in his kidney, when the nurse doing the scan quietly asked for the camera to be switched off, I cried.
The doctors all discussing diets.
The doctors seem to fall into categories in my opinion, the ones who say the bsd menu is the way to go.
The othe doctors say, ooh, maybe, possibly, No data, etc.

So team, ( and I at this with respect and love) if that cranky old bugger can turn his diabetes around, so can we.

Watch it for inspiration.

And let us all renew our vows to ourselves and each other.

So today 10,000 steps. And 60 mins of exercise
Cut the junk,
Cut the carbs
Stick 800 cals in my mouth not a calorie more.
Be happy and sing.

Come on, you with me?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I’m with you Lucia,
Shall we report in after dinner tonight to see how we did today?
John

I saw Fixing Dad a few weeks ago. I got my OH to watch it as I would like him to fix himself.

It was a powerful programme as dad was working the night shift, just getting on with it.
His poor feet.
Now if he can do it, and ( with love ) he is only a man
Why can’t we women do it?

And for the boys,
If that dad can do it , why can’t you?

Check each step, each bite. Each moment
Just think before you automatically do it.

Come on team

Let’s Go for it and fix us.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Love yr upbeat posts Lucia! Its such a pleasure to visit here 👍🏻👏🏽🎈💕🎵🌸👍🏻 I never know what you’ll come up with next but its invariably something good! X

Well, Lucia
I followed orders today (nearly)
1,000 kCals
Not that many steps, but 700 kCals burnt up on the bike
Carbs – 1/2 slice of proper rye bread, fruit (berries), dinner recipe from “The Book” so can’t have been that bad.
Do I get my lollipop?
John 😉

Hi string breaker.

Well, what can I say, you are a good example and I award you our first team gold medal. This has less calories than a lollipop!🙄🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🍭🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓

I hope other readers copy your great example.
I love using my bicycle as it is a lot less pressure on my feet yet it gets me further and out of breath.

It’s what fixing dad used to get him healthy.

If you haven’t got a bike, you can lie on the floor with cushions and do cycling motions with your legs, listen to yiur body though, and don’t be afraid to ring your bell???!?,?,!

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi yowzer 49

Do you get any inspiration or tips or encouragement?

Hope you do

Love Lucia
Xxx

Lucia,

An e-lollipop. You’re a genius. 😉

John

So, I have read that you can get symptoms in the first fortnight as you don’t eat carbs, you get flu like symptoms.

Let me ask you a question..do you want to be healthy for life…. But you have to feel, tired, achy, snotty for a few days.
Or
You can be ill and maybe have serious or fatal problems but keep eating junk and carbs.

So how can you get through this tricky period?
Maybe the first week have carbs every other day for a week.
Or only have half you usual carbs for a week.
Both, reducing them in the first week, then getting rid of most of them in the second week.

Any good? Just a suggestion.

I couldn’t cope with being ill for a week and work full time.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Lucia

Not everyone gets carb flu – I didn’t
(Did have diarrhea for a couple of says though – that wasn’t good!)

My OH found it necessary to carry on with two half slices of toast per day.
Diet still worked.

John.

So, another change in the body when starting th diet, is the bathroom department.

I found that as I wasn’t eating loads, my donations were. Small and slow.

I found that having. Loads of water all day and evening, my donations would march on.

I have read some people take a. Very mild Senna tablet in the first week, but I don’t recommend that. I would be afraid of being caught short.

So , plenty of water. Is my suggestion.

Sorry for the delicate subject, but for those on the first few days, it can be worrying.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Another one is feeling tired.
The change from tons of carbs to hardly any, made me feel a little tired.
So I had a week of early nights.
It didn’t do any harm and I think it helped the tiredness.

Love Lucia
Xxx

After two days, I wanted to automatically, unconsciously , go back to my bad eating habits.

It just seemed easier to grab a packet of biscuits, a bag of crisps, etc and sit down and munch.

I had to make a real effort into planning my meals in advance.
If I had the munchies, have a bit of scrambled egg.
Or an apple and cheese
Mushrooms
Bit of salad
A slice of boiled ham rolled in a tube, so I felt as if I was biting something, not grazing.
Anything but the junk food.

I fought with myself many, many times, I had to keep watching what I was doing, like I was two different people.

But

The effort is worth it.

Hope these things help

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Menu
Was another one for me.

As I don’t have a brain, I decided to eat the same things until I got bored, by then I would have read the book and read the website and the blogs.

So yoghurt and berries for breaky

Chicken or ham salad lunch

Chicken fish and veggies for tea.

Tons of water to fill me up.

Then , when I got bored, I would change it up.
There was one day that I had salad for breakfast, this was a total shock as I didn’t think I would survive without cornflakes or wheatabix for breakfast.

Just another thought.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I was just having a look back. To avoid the carb flu I think it would be good to concentrate on the 800 cals to start with and then gradually reduce the carbs. That’s what I did to start with and now I am so low carb I can’t believe it! No pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no bread – and I’m cutting out the chocolate too! This is unheard of!!

Lucia? Have you ever tried not having breakfast? So you have a mini fast of 16:8? That’s what I do. I finish eating at 8pm and don’t eat until some time between 12 and 1. Its so easy now 😉

On the news this morning they were saying that people don’t accurately record their daily calorie intake – made me chuckle to myself!!

Smug Bean xxxx

Weightless again!
Does it mean I’m floating?

I guess you FEEL as though you’re floating CARAMBA!! 🙂

Weightless Caramba? – have you overdone BSD.

I often have brunch instead of breakfast – depends what I’m doing though. If I’m being fairly active, I find proper breakfast (egg!) I’m less likely to snack – or feel the need to.
I saw (or heard?) a program last week that was measuring the impact of not having breakfast on concentration and work performance – indicated better to have it, but was a bit irritated because although they had two control groups, there wasn’t any element to the test to compare those who habitually ate breakfast to those that didn’t – it was just the impact on the day of testing.

Don’t know what’s going on – about a dozen fire engines have just rushed past the flat (I live on a corner by traffic lights, so any emergency vehicles make their presence known!

Lucia the same as me Yogurt and fruit and some nuts for breakfast, raw veg and some hummus for lunch and so on, and then when i get fed up eggs for breakfast and mushrooms.

So I am aiming for 800 cals,
And I am skipping breakfast
At lunchtime I am walking a mile to a fruit and veg shop for something to eat.
Have beansprouts looking at me in the fridge for tonight’s meal.

Will go to the gym tonight for an hour.
I will do my 10,000 steps

I am just focusing on one day .. Today.
If I don’t do all the above, and only achieve some of it.
It’s a lot better than Chinese takeaways, with a portion of Chios and a large bottle of Pepsi and family bags of chocolate
So I will not be disappointed.
If I achieve it all… Bonus!

Love Lucia
Xxxx