I agree s-g Pootle is a great success and another ambassador for this way of life.

Glad you’re almost packed s-g and yes we do have to ‘have a life’ so the odd glass of wine is far less destructive than a full ‘blow out’ dinner with all the trimmings.

Today we had family here for roast Korean chicken, baked potatoes & salad followed by apple pie with cream and ice cream. The chicken was lovely. For me the potatoes and pie hold no interest anymore. Maybe that’s what happens after eating this way for so many years. I certainly don’t feel as though I’m ‘missing’ anything. Now this way of eating just feels normal to me. I guess it’s like someone who becomes vegetarian. At first you may feel odd not eating meat but after a while it just becomes your ‘new normal’.

Anyway S-g have a great Christmas with your family.

Not sure where I saw ‘suggestions for January title’ but, ‘New Year, New Me ‘sounds good..
New year, new start one day, one week at a time?

2025 one day at a time….in the next year, ask yourself ‘when I look back on 2025
how will my life look if I continue with healthy eating compared to if I stop?

How much do you want this? That’s the question we each have to ask ourselves!

SG, how wonderful to have a cleaner to help keep things straight, especially just before going away.

My positive for today is …. having friends visit for mulled wine and nibbles this afternoon. Was lovely to catch up on people’s news in person.

Positive for today.
I had a phone call from a very long standing friend who I haven’t seen or spoken to for over 12 months! Told her about the BSD and she was very interested….doing my best to spread the word that this way of eating really works! 😇

I am all packed for my 2 weeks away…except the food stuff in the fridge and freezer…I am taking no chances that my sister in law will only provide plenty of carbs! 😂

We are going out to my favourite restaurant tonight, so a fish supper followed by a very sinful creme brûlée if it is on the menu! I will forego the chips…😉

Happy Christmas!!

Pootle … enjoy!

Sunny friends with wine and nibbles sounds good.

So to my positives ….

🍗🥗🥔 lunch with family yesterday. Weight down this morning! Passed on the baked potatoes and apple pie and cream! I must admit if I have a ‘good’ lunch I don’t feel hungry in the evening so probably eat less. Maybe something to learn there!

🐓🥦🥔 trying to finalise recipes for Christmas Day lunch. Yes I will have a roast potato and some Christmas pudding, my weakness, but will do my best to stay low carb otherwise. Calories will be a different story!!!

Hope this season is not proving to have too much ‘madness’. Enjoy!

Pootle, how lovely to catch up with someone you haven’t spoken to in so long.
V, sounds like you are getting well organised further main event. Have to say I’m not focused enough fit that this year… winging it on the menu front this time!

Positives for today …..
💷💳 last of the main gifts purchased today🤸‍♀️
🎁🎁 first batch of gifts wrapped
🛏🧺 bedding laundered and bedroom for visiting parents prepped

Best of all, I feel like I’ve ticked a lot of my To Do list!

Yesterday’s positives;
On my way to S-I-L, I put holly on my parents’ grave and hand delivered 15 Christmas cards to friends who live 150 miles from us! A great saving in postage…and I had to use the fuel anyway!

Hi everyone! Calling by to say Happy Solstice and a very Merry Christmas XX
Hope 2025 will be a great year, full of positivity,for us all! XXXXXXXX
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Thank you for dropping in with festive good wishes Yowser.

I’m sure there are plenty of positives each day for most of us right now, but life is getting in the way of posting about them right now. That’s as it should be though, it’s important to take the time to appreciate all our blessings however small. So I’m just going to post one positive for now and that is soending time with family.

Whatever you are doing during the festive season, have a peaceful and joyful time and if none of us get around to posting here in the next week or so, we’ll reconvene here in 2025.

Yowzer … lovely to ‘see’ you’! All festive wishes to you too. ‘24 has been a great weight kiss year for you let 2025 be equally as good whichever way you want it to be.

Happy holidays to everyone.

Let’s regroup in the new year and become even more positive in our outlook and in life!

Hello.

Hope the festivities have bought lots of positives and everyone is feeling good.

Izzy started this thread back on June 16th 2016. This was just a few weeks before I discovered the BSD.

December 2024 and we are still finding positives but maybe not as many! Could we possibly find even just one-a-day for 2025?

I have a couple of positives today…..

🐓🥦🥔 All my entertaining is over and done. Enjoyed all three events and so glad we did them, despite the hard work. Today has been a day of rest!

So to tomorrow ….

🛫🏖️🧺 Unexpected trip planned to see our family in Portugal. Going NYE! So yes great start to 2025.

Washing, ironing and general tidying up to do over the next three days!

Hope the holidays have lived up to all your expectations.

Let’s all look forward to a new year with renewed ‘positives’.

Yes Verano, let’s try to post at least one positive a day! Have a wonderful time in Portugal…

Today: I am home 🏠 after a difficult 10 days. Relaxing in front of the wood burner 🔥🔥🪵🪵 with my husband 🤵‍♂️and dog 🐩. 😄😄

Positives for today:
1. Husband collected our fresh turkey 🦃 on Christmas Eve and it is resting in the freezer ready for ‘our Christmas’ on Tuesday…
2. My hens are still with us…Mr Fox 🦊 didn’t get a chicken 🍗 dinner whilst I was away.
3. I am looking forward to supper of pork tenderloin wrapped in prosciutto with mashed cauliflower and roasted med veg! Back on track for low carb! 😇😄

Verano and Pootle, so pleased to see you dipping in with positives over the last few days. With family staying, I have been away from tech most of the Christmas period so am only now catching up.
V, thrilled about you getting an unexpected trip to see your family in Portugal, I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time. And you’re right, we can surely all find at least one positive each day, so let’s be sure to post them in 2025.
Pootle, so pleased your hens were safe and wish you a wonderful “Christmas” on Tuesday.

Okay, well there have been positives, so here goes …
🎄🎊 good family Christmas eve and Christmas day, nice and chilled with refreshingly little stress
🤢🤒 despite all of us succumbing to a stomach bug (the 1st one on Boxing day) it was mercifully only a 24hr virus, so everyone has recovered now.
👫👍🏻 met younger son and our granddaughter today for lunch, he then delivered my parents safely home

Ok!
I suggested ‘one a day’ so really need to keep up!

Pootle sounds lovely, enjoy your NYE dinner!

Sunny so pleased your first two days were fine but sorry about the ‘bug’ . Glad it was so short lived.

My ‘one’ positive for today…..
🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏻‍♂️ wonderful peaceful almost ‘zen’ day letting me reflect on the year and think about a plan for 2025!

🎉🥂🎉🎊 HAPPY NEW YEAR!🥂🎉🎊🎉

Sunny, sorry about the bug, at least it didn’t last long.
Verano, fantastic that you managed to have a contemplative day!

Today’s positives:-
I had a call 📞 from a good friend who has a holiday place nearby. They had booked a table 🍽️ for us all for Sunday lunch on the off chance we could join them. 😄😄 Good company and good food!

We are enjoying watching the (very) old favourites on the TV. The Sound of Music and now The Sting!! 🥴😄

Quick check in with a positive for today ….
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦🥂 visited eldest son and family, first get together for some time, so really lovely to catch up.
I’ll add another …
🎄💷 visited a garden centre and purchased a few Christmas items to tuck away for the next festive season.

Hope whatever you gave been doing today, there have been some precious high points … don’t forget we’d love to know about one or two if you have a moment to spare.

Sunny, isn’t it great to find a bargain? Hope you can find the Christmas items next year!! 😅

Today’s positive; I went out to go food shopping, and came home with yet another hat! 😂 🎩👒

Gosh Pootle, that hat collection is growing well🙂.

Positive for today is perhaps not as easy to find, but have managed to get some laundry processed so that’s a plus. ……. Oh, and I’ve been experimenting with some macrame, which is quite meditative.

Whatever you are doing to see in the new year, enjoy! Best wished to you all for a wonderful 2025.

Just popping by to send big hugs and best wishes to all for a groovy 2025! XXX
Ps VERANO wise words! I like them… “ 2025 one day at a time….in the next year, ask yourself ‘when I look back on 2025
how will my life look if I continue with healthy eating compared to if I stop?
How much do you want this? That’s the question we each have to ask ourselves!”
Similar to how i felt in June when i read,what do you want to look back on in six months time,..six months of change or six months of more excuses..it really helped me to focus and to drop unwanted pounds…xx

– 2nd Christmas has been brilliant! So different to the 24th/25th! 🎉😄
– I am delighted that my weight has stayed constant so far! 🥳🤞down a couple of pounds, up a couple but still the same as I was on the 23rd Dec! 😁
– looking forward to a healthy, happy diabetes ‘free’ 2025!

Just a quick positive:
☀️☀️🌞☀️☀️
Isn’t it brilliant that when the sun shines, it uplifts and improves one’s outlook? Fabulously sunny here today, after a light frost ❄️last night! 🌅🕶️

Yowser, so good to see you posting here again. I know in 2024 you have achieved wonderful results on the scales, so thank you for sharing your motivator with us.
Pootle, so glad you had a lovely second ‘Christmas’ and well done on weight maintenance. I’m with you on the sunshine … certainly gives my spirits a lift to see blue sky and sunshine, even if it’s chilly.

Now to some positives ….
For yesterday my positive was …. lovely lazy day with OH. We did a lot of nothing and it was wonderful!
For today my positive is …. finally started looking at carpet options for our stairs and landing. We replaced the stair case 2yrs ago and it’s taken us this long to get around to carpeting!

What positives have you noticed recently?

My specs 👓 steamed up when I had been out to see to the poultry this morning, so I was wiping them when a lens fell out! The positive is: I took them to Specsavers, who fixed them whilst we had a snack 🥗 lunch! (Low carb). 😄👓

Quick check in with a positive or two for today ….
🛏🧺 fresh sheets on the bed and old ones laundered
🧹🗑 the post festive tidy up has begun

What little positive crept in to your day?

Quick positive for today….
🎁🎄 made a start on putting away Christmas … Will finish the job tomorrow

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Well done SunnyB.
I took all our Christmas decorations down today too. I have to store them away tomorrow.

Today’s positive:
I made lots of swede and spinach soup with the turkey stock from the carcass! Yumm!!

Happy Twelfth Night! Last night it snowed all night long,i was awake watching it for a lot of the time. At 2:30 a.m.,two teenagers ran past having a snowball fight and leaving two sets of footprints in the pristine snow and the sound of their laughter echoing in the silent night. Still snowing now 5:30 a.m.
Like others here, took my deccies down yesterday,will put them away today and re read crimbo cards before recycling them and saving the most precious ones.
Thats Christmas over for another year – giving thanks for it,and looking forward to the months ahead. What will 2025 bring? Hope it will be a good year for everyone XX
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Yowser, thank you for posting here. Your snowy tale is idyllic, even to someone like me who loaths snow! Thankfully in our corner of the country, we’ve only had rain.

Positives from me today….
🎁🎄 Christmas is now back in the loft until next time, feels like a good job jobbed.
🛁🛁 OH repaired the shower and on a whim decided to blitz the bathroom, washing down all the tiled walks and regrouting where necessary.

Weekend seems to have zipped past, wonder what the best week will bring.

Yowser, thanks for the description…I could almost hear the laughter! 😀
We missed out on the snow…just very wet here! 💦
Positives for Today
The three stray, ‘feral’ cats reappeared for food after missing yesterday. Sheltering in the hay barn from the rain, they were very cosy. Still won’t come for the food whilst I remain by it, but no longer wait for me to leave completely! 🐈🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛
I took the Christmas flowers out of the church. They have lasted brilliantly as I arranged them on the 6th December and I now have the month old red carnations in a vase on my kitchen windowsill! A month old and still going strong! 💐

Here’s to the next week and more positives!! xx

Pootle, I’m sure when the cats realise you don’t present a threat and represent food, they’ll relent.

For me, today has been one of those days where there has been no stand out positive …. and it is on days like that it’s important to identify at least one …. so here goes …. (long think💭🤔💭)
📲 had a pleasant phone catch up with a Turkish friend …. yes, that was a definite positive 🙂.

What positive can you find in your day?

In contrast to yesterday, I’ve been blessed with lots of stand out positives today …..
👠🧥 bagged three great bargains at a charity shop, the best of which was a pair of bearly worn black suede LKBennett kitten heeled shoes for £6.
🛒🛍 this week’s grocery shopping done.
👦🙂 made arrangements to see eldest grandson on Thursday.

Hope your day has been full of positives too.

Hi SunnyB,
I really struggled to find a positive yesterday… but today my senior citizen rail card arrived! (1st time applying even though I am mid 60’s)
So husband and I have planned a local train journey tomorrow afternoon! 🚂 🚞 (I am working in the morning!)
Hope tomorrow brings more positives! X

The trial rail journey went well! We managed to buy tickets from the machine on the platform, and even found out the times for the return trip! 😂🤔
(We are technologically challenged! 😄😂🤣)
So, all in all, a good positive for today.
Hope you have all had some positives!

Sounds like you’re going to have fun with your rail card, Pootle …. and well done on taming the tech!

Didn’t post a positive yesterday, as I was in bed crazy early due to a migraine, however I have some for today ….
👦🙂 pleasant time with GS, he seems in a good place at present. Showed him how to make pancakes and gave him a reiki session
👩‍🍳🥘 after ‘going offline’ yesterday, my Aga is back up and running again now, thanks to my lovely OH
❄❄ thankfully we only had light snow and most of it has already melted …. this is good news for me, as I’m not a fan

Do you have any positives you can share?

Hello!

Home again now after a less than great journey. Flight delayed an hour or so because of snow in Manchester causing ‘congestion’, and then circled for 30 minutes because of ’congestion’ with landing slots. Anyway, all in the past now. Home, warm and dry and ready to get going again. Nonetheless we had a wonderful time with our family especially our granddaughter, so that’s my first positive.

My next positive today is really about ‘goal setting’ which I aim to do before starting my new journey tomorrow. New journey! Yes another one but the positive is that this time I’m going to be ‘realistic’ rather than ‘accept the hype’. Too long in the tooth now to be fooled by ‘miraculous results’!

My last positive for today is that I’m really looking forward to my new 2025 plan.

Glad you’re home safely, V. Sounds like an arduous journey, but now you can relax and enjoy your planning.

Positives from me today are once again a bit hard to identify. DD lost her job today, with all the other issues she has going on at the moment, this was huge blow. Consequently, I’m worried about how she will get through the coming weeks and months.

Anyway, there is still a need to post a positive, so for today my offering is that I put together a cabbage and coriander seed ferment today. Looking forward to it being ready to eat, as I’m keen to improve my gut micro biom.

Sunny sorry to hear about DD’s job. Life throws all sorts of curved balls especially when least expected. Hopefully she will come through. I live by the mantra that ‘something good always comes out of a bad situation’, let’s hope that holds true!

Sunny, despite the adversity, you posted a positive which puts us all to shame. So here I am …….

🧺🧺🧺 started the small amount of washing we have. Took clothes for summer/winter and brought a lot home unused ….. so a definite positive!

🥦🧅🧄 Cooking a roast chicken tonight which will last at least two days with freezer bits too as It’s a large chicken.

✒️📚✒️ Keeping a ‘diary’. Back to Fatsecret for logging, my food etc and paid for the year ‘premium’ access which works out at less than 60p a week. Hoping it might help me.to stay on track. But yes I know it’s really up to me!

Thanks V, hope your mantra will prove right. Happily DD is a strong and determined person, so she is already applying for jobs … 🤞🏻something good comes her way soon.

That counts as one positive and my second is blitzing our bedroom. Over the festive period it had become very dishevelled, now it all clean and tidy again.

Think those two will do for me today. Have a great weekend packed with positives everyone x

Great to hear your positives.
I could do with blitzing my whole house..🥴 but it will have to wait!
Good to have a plan…

I was supposed to be at a friend’s birthday party this afternoon, but the icy weather has made it difficult for us both the get away. The 150 miles each way means an overnight stay and one of us has to be here to ensure the animals have water 💦 that isn’t frozen❄️. So husband has gone on his own, giving me time to myself! 😁 I love being with him but also like some ME time!

I am no longer weighing & calculating and recording all calories and carbs…just weighing myself everyday and testing blood glucose every few days. All seems stable… another positive!

Pootle sounds like you have a perfect ‘handle’ on this way of life. Just keep the odd checks to make sure you’re within your personal limits.
Best of luck in staying in T2 remission. Just make a ‘plan’ that allows you some carbs, if that’s what you want, but also keeps you within the T2 guidelines.

I am enjoying the carb free way of life….but have added in more Jumbo oat or pinhead oat porridge, and the VERY occasional piece of toast. My plan is to c continue to write down what I am eating, just not taking the time to work out the figures! BUT I will go back to doing that if my weight or numbers increase!
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Pootle, seems you have cracked the code for weight maintenance using the BSD WoE. In the early days, I remember finding it more daunting than learning how to use BSD for weight loss. Hope you enjoyed your me time yesterday.

For me, this has been another day when positives feel thin on the ground, but I have to find at least one, soooo ……. 🤔💭
Have asked our travel agent to look at putting together options for a touring holiday of Sri Lanka, for this time next year. Will be something special to look forward to.

Can you tell us about one of your positives?

My positive…not just for today!
Husband has hearing aids at last….no more being shouted at because he hasn’t heard what I said, when it wasn’t really important anyway! 🥴🤣😂🤣😂🤔

Great news Pootle! Think I should follow your husbands example but just can’t bring myself to ‘give in’!

🥦🍪🥗 Day 4 of my new plan. I have never started my ‘week’ on a Friday before as it’s always been Tuesday. I’ve been finding the weekend difficult in fact gave in to chocolate biscuits and even ate a frozen mince pie! Oh dear! Anyway today so far so good. Lunch was two eggs, smoked salmon, salad and Livlife bread with a smidgeon of mayo. I still feel full. Think my last two days have gone awry because I was hungry by dinner and just couldn’t stop! So my positive is that I recognise why my eating pattern over the weekend was flawed. I am putting it right now.

🛠️🫖🍳 Kitchen about to be ‘rejuvenated’ next week. Definitely a positive as we also don’t
have to empty all the cupboards only a handful. Nonetheless it’s a disruption but the outcome will definitely be a ‘positive’. Something to look forward to!

Hope you have positives. It’s always a bonus to find a positive especially when life is throwing ‘curved balls’.

Hi there, I too think my hubby needs a hearing aid although doctor says it is normal for a small loss without worrying about it. I think he just never listens. It is annoying when he watches the news and it say, for example, Trump said xxxx, then an hour later he reads the internet and tells me that Trump said xxxx. I get cross with him.

My positives for today are@
1. feeling a bit better though not 100%, maybe 75%. One day at a time.
2. Lost another 2.5lbs so a total of 5lbs since 2nd Jan.
3. Ordered a lovely backpack style carry on bag and not disappointed. It is everything I wanted it to be.

Stay warm and safe.