Liz, look into seeds (hemp hearts, flax, psyllium, sunflower, pumpkin), avocado, soybeans/tofu, and just plain fiber (inulin powder, konjac powder, oat fiber). Broccoli rabe are amazingly high in fiber too, as are most cooking greens (turnip, collards, mustard). They all are high enough in fiber that net carbs wind up being either zero or tiny amounts, 1, maybe 2 grams at most. Chia seeds have more fiber than anything else, gram for gram, and are nutrient powerhouses in other ways too. When I made a coconut cream chia pudding for my OH and his parents to have for breakfast a few months ago, his father didn’t seem to think much of it at first, but then he told OH when they were out and about that afternoon that he was amazed at how full he still felt. They hadn’t stopped for lunch yet and he found he wasn’t hungry at all. He’s an oatmeal and toast kind of guy, so he’s used to being hungry enough to eat an ox alive by 1:00PM. That’s the miracle of the greatest stuff-your-belleh combination of all time: fat and fiber.

Hiya Allie, yes, I am very much still interested in your Sicilian fish stew! I’m sure the many other seafood lovers in this forum are as well. Thank you for the reminder and I demand you post it pronto!

If this isn’t chili weather, I don’t know what it is. I’m making a big ol’ batch of ground turkey and soybean chili tomorrow, as a matter of fact. We got some gorgeous sharp white Irish cave-aged cheddar at Costco today and I’m itching to see how it holds up on a steaming hot bowl of spicy goodness. Definitely get the beans at WF. You’ll find that the canned soybeans can take a surprisingly long amount of cooking without getting soft, more than regular black beans, in my experience. Also since like all soy products they are flavor sponges with very little taste of their own, the longer they hang out in the mix with all the chiles and assorted spices, they tastier they get. I don’t usually eat it the day that I make it. I pack it up in the fridge overnight first and eat it the next day before portioning and freezing the rest.

Wow, LTC, that is crazy! I have not experienced anything like that, and so far I’ve had 3 bags of noodles (2 spaghetti, 1 fettucine) and 1 of the rice purchased at different times, all from Netrition. They were all just like the first one you opened. They have a long shelf life and like you say, are not supposed to be frozen, but I can’t imagine even polar temperatures would harm them to that extent. Then again, given this bomb cyclone situation they were probably well below freezing for hours, maybe even a day or two. If that were the cause, however, why would the one bag be fine? Surely being insulated by the other bags wouldn’t be enough to keep it unscathed when the others are so busted.

Definitely send them back. Don’t waste one more second of time trying to redeem them because it probably won’t work anyway. Might as well cut your time and effort losses and get your money back. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were duds from the get-go, or at least excessively vulnerable to spoilage. It wouldn’t hurt to drop Zeroodle a line too. If they have any kind of decent customer service, they’ll be keen to explain what might have gone wrong and make it right. You can at least score a coupon or something for your trouble. I hate having to send things back, and wrestling with the box and dealing with big batches of things is the WORST. Since you can buy their products direct from their website, maybe they’ll offer to send you replacements free of charge, albeit probably not quite so large an order. 😉

Here’s their contact info: http://zeroodle.com/contacts/ Oh hey check it, they’re in Ontario. I wonder how long they lingered in Canada’s temps of the last two weeks because it’s been some North Pole madness up there.

Thanks LTC! I just came back from the local supermarket and they are having egg supply issues and were completely out of dozen or 1/2 dozen cartons, but I managed to get one of the few 1.5 dozen cartons remaining, so I’ll probably be making both a quiche and a pancake this week!

I have just added it to my shopping list, Luvtocook! Would really enjoy that oatmeal flavour. I’ve also been exploring the Buttoni website and saw it in heaps of recipes there so will do some experimenting this week! To me one of the most incredible things about this way of eating is how much amazing food is out there once you embrace all those ingredients you were previously scared of! I feel like there is a whole universe of taste out there to discover!

Inka, so glad you like to porridge. Please do get youself some golden flax seed thought…it is SO versitile and you will end up using it (unlike a lot of very out there low carb ingredients that get used once and then sit on the self forever). The flax seed gives it a bit more of an “oatmeal” taste as it is toasty etc. I love the stuff and it warn and comforting, and so darn easy. I find myself now adding even more boiling water…up to 1/2 cup as it can take it (all depends how dense you want a porridge).

Articfox, the quiche should be fine without any flour if you have enough egg yolk.

Here is the link for Bon Appetit’s “Best Quiche”, and it has no flour in the filling, just eggs and cheese (may need more cheese since you want it crustless).

Below that is a good blogger who has a crustless quiche listed….spinach, bacon and onion. Just change the veg to asparagus.

https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/bas-best-quiche-lorraine

https://www.lowcarbmaven.com/spinach-bacon-onion-crustless-quiche/

For the Finnish Pancake, see if this might do it for you: its a golden flax based pancake with just a little bit of coconut flour in it for fluff. Skip the chopped walnuts, and sub another oil for the walnut oil for a more neutral taste.

https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/walnut-flax-pancakes-low-carb-and-gluten-free/

This is also a good one….just need to skip the lemon and sub another flavor that suits you. I cut it down and make it for one in an 8 inch skillet, start on the stove top and finish it in the oven….so I know it does a nice fluffy skillet pancake.

https://asweetlife.org/lemon-ricotta-pancakes/

Hope some of these help. Good luck!

Luvtocook, at the risk of being repetitive, (on another thread) thanks again for another recipe!! Just tried your chia porridge recipe, had been avoiding chia seeds as I thought they’d be bland but boy was it good! Had no flaxseed so just did chia seeds then added a dash of cream and the smallest dot of maple syrup, only had the highly artificial one, not the real stuff but luckily the taste is so concentrated you only need literally a drop! I can see this is going to be my new breakfast obsession.
Sorry to hear about the noodles being ruined, almost sounds like a bad batch! Very disappointing but am interested in trying these too so might see if my local health food shop has them.

I’ve been busy with work for the past couple of days, so not had time to post (though I’ve managed to read at least some of the posts). I’ve had a lot of work to do, and we had storms a couple of days ago that ripped out the fence along the left side of our garden! Fortunately we get on well with our neighbours, but the whole thing is going to have to be replaced We’ll split the cost 50/50 with next door, and hopefully the contractor can do it in the next couple of weeks. In the meantime the cat has suddenly had his horizons opened up, with the sudden doubling of his garden! He is disabled (he has a condition called cerebellar hypoplasia, often known as wonky legs, which means he can’t jump very high – useful as he can’t reach anything on the kitchen worktops! – and he can’t climb, so he’s safe in our fully fenced/walled back garden, and we don’t let him out of the front. But before anyone goes “ah…poor thing!” he is far from needing those “Ah’s”, He rushes about like a bat out of hell, flies down stairs so fast he nearly goes head over heels (or should that be heels over head?) and drives us mad in the early hours of the morning, prodding and poking to wake us up so he can express the full strength of his affection. Lovely, but not at 4.00am!

However, to the positives!
1) Despite having upped my cals to about 1000 a day I’ve lost almost another two pounds so now down to just over 10 st 12lb.
2) My hair loss I think has finally started to slow – I hesitate to say it’s stopped, but the handfuls are no longer coming away every time I run my fingers through it! Maybe the extra calories are starting to make a difference!

To Marie, firstly, what are you eating more of, to up the fibre but not the carbs? I am trying to keep my net carbs to not more than 30 (though they sometimes go a little above this, but 50 has been the max). It always seems to me that the highest fibre things are pulses…but they’re also high carb, so any advice on this would be welcome.

In answer to your question about turning a hobby into a business, yes, it does sometimes become tedious. I make some things that are very popular, and let out a groan when I need to make yet another batch of them! I could of course not make them any more, but the point of a business is also to pay the bills, so I knuckle down and get them done – doing a large enough batch to put off the re-making for a reasonable amount of time!! But then there are the interesting things too. I recently had a client who is re-creating the Great British Bake Off tent in miniature, so I made a whole batch of pastel coloured workstations – three different colours, and some left handed, some right, plus (for those familiar with the set) the unit along the back with the big illuminated arched window. I am about to start work for another client on a large commercial kitchen set for a model of a French boarding school! It can be very rewarding working on some of the more unusual projects, collaborating with a client – getting inside their head to understand what they are trying to achieve, and enabling them to do it.

I’m glad that everyone seems able to find some positives at the start of this New Year – long may that continue for all of us!
Liz

Thank you, Mariet! I actually haven’t received any recommendations re
iphones, and it was a serious question 🙂 Thank you!! We must be living
in alternate universes at the moment. It’s -14C here and you’re seeing
100+F. A wedding on the horizon is very exciting! When is your daughter’s
wedding day? ( I always retain fluid with heat and humidity. It seems
counter intuitive to drink even more water, but it seems to help)

Articfox: this may send you reeling…..but a good alternative to corn chips are pork rinds….esp the BBQ ones. The brands differ in texture so you may have to try a couple to find ones the suit you, but they are great dippers for queso and guacamole. Sounds nuts but true.

Allie, re black soy beans….they cost a fortune by the can ($4 the last time I got them from Whole Foods). I did that for a while now just buy a bag of dried organic ones from Amazon and cook them myself. They take a while to cook as they are a bit tougher than other beans, but it is easier if you happen to have a pressure cooker or instapot. Just soak them in some salt water overnight to hydrate them before rinsing and cooking.

Esnecca, I have a question for you that you may or may not have had experience with. I took your advise and ordered some of the oat konjac noodles. My choise was $4 a bag plus $6 shipping at Netrition, or just going for it and getting a box of 2 doz from Amazon for $36. Did the latter.

The first bag I tried was as expected…..very shirataki like but plumper with a bit more texture (got the fettuccini ones). But the next bag was awful….the noodles where all shriveled up and thin and tough almost like dense parchment paper. Same with bag #2 and #3. I am currently soaking half of bag #3 in water with baking soda on the off chance that little trick might work with them as well (not looking good so far) and have the other half steeping in boiling water. The bag says not to freeze them, and I wondered if they might have gotten frozen in transit (given the lovely weather we are having on the East Coast)….but I would have thought that would have affected the first bag as well (although it may have been in the middle of the case and protected). They were double boxed. I thought I’d check with you to see if you had any ideas….but then will contact Amazon and arrange to send them back I guess. Very disappointing. I will try again with them in nicer weather with Netrition and see how that goes. Bummer to have 24 (correction 23) useless bags of ruined konjac noodles. Some others in the shippment may be fine but I am not going to open the remaining 21 to find out. Has this ever happened to you?

I have a couple of egg-based recipes that I really like and have made in the past that are BSD friendly except for the addition of 1/4 cup of white flour. One is an asparagus crustless quiche, and the other is a fluffy Finnish pancake. I have tried making them simply by omitting the flour, but they just don’t have the same fluffy texture. Do any of you kitchen geniuses and recipe substitution gurus have any suggestions about what I could use to make them fluffy? I’ve thought of coconut flour which might work for the pancake, but I don’t really fancy using it for a more savory dish like the quiche. Would almond flour work?

Hi Allie, regarding iPhones, in case you haven’t had enough critiques 😁, I have a 6 which I suppose is a bit elderly now. I find it easy to use and it takes great photos. Previously had a Samsung 6 and not so impressed with the photo quality. My OH has an iPhone 8 and I must admit that the photos are spectacular- the price is more than I would be willing to pay though.

Day 9 of my strict reboot today and I must admit i am disappointed. The same wild jumping between 63 and 64kg with no rhyme or reason that I can see- unless I am retaining water in the heat. Today is tipped to be 44, I was driven inside by heat at 7.30 this morning. Anyway, hanging in there.

I bought a tentative dress for my daughter’s wedding the other day. I’m very happy with it, off the shoulder pale blue A-line. I haven’t bought a dress with a waist for as long as I can remember! I’ll be happier with the fit if I can lose a couple more kilos so that’s another reason to KOKO.

I am planning to run some tests on myself to trying to increase my resistance to carbs.

From my experience working with horses which have previously had a high sugar diet and now suffer from an excessive responses to the smallest amount of sugar in their diets it is possible to reverse this situation. So I plan to buy one of the testers for checking on blood sugar levels, and test what my levels are with different foods, and then after a period of adding coconut to my diet re run the tests.

I have three theories on why coconut has this effect.

1. The bad bacteria which flourish on a high carb diet will die back a little when you reduce carbs, but as you can’t eliminate carbs completely you probably will still have a higher percentage of these bacteria in your guts than if you had never had a high sugar diet. There is an ingredient in coconut which is particularly successful in killing the bacteria linked with the processing of sugar.

2. There is a lot of articles about ‘leaky gut’ published on the internet, these articles talk about yeast infection in the gut from a high sugar diet and the yeast makes the gut wall more permeable, so larger partials can pass through from the gut to the blood stream.

3. There is a link between the PH of the gut and the range of bacteria which thrive. I have seen research which shows that a 10 day high intake of coconut results in a neutral ph in the gut.

I don’t know which theory is right, but what I have seen in practice is horses who had to be kept in a very restrictive arrangement, kept in small bare yards so that their food intake could be carefully controlled to prevent the pain of a repeat attack of laminitis could return to being free to graze in a field after supplementing their feed with coconut.

I know there are options of feeding fermented food to encourage the development of ‘good’ bacteria, but I think it would be also advantageous to reduce the levels of ‘bad’ bacteria. I don’t want to spend the rest of my life avoiding bread, and counting carbs, so I would like to try to be as proactive as possible in controlling the bacteria which raise blood sugar in response to carbs in the diet.

Hey Izzy, welcome back! Today’s positives, I don’t have to go to work today 😀😀😀😀, I found a charity shop with a pound rail and bought 8 items and also found a Phase 8 coat for £4.99 (belt missing but who cares?). Life is good.

Good to see you have posted your positives SueBlue. I envy you your 45degrees and sundown at 9pm, as much as you envy the cold and early nights – could we do a trade maybe?!

I love to find bargains like the ones you found today. Like you, as someone for whom positivity doesn’t always come easy, finding three positives each day is not always easy. I have a little book called ‘The Ways of Wisdom, A Gift Book’ by A Helen Exley. It’s full of inspiring quotes, which I dip into from time to time. It helps to put things into perspective when positivity is failing me.

Well done on finding the positive in the tyre puncture and hope to see many more positives from you.

Hi Traveling Rose – yep, I too am post menopausal and had found the pounds rising and being very stubborn to shift, but had no particular weight related health issues and wasn’t pre-diabetic – was just desperate to slim down again. I believe there are lots of post-menopausal women on the forum, but I’m not sure how many in a similar situation to yourself.

However, what I can attest to is that the Fast800 works, even when you are someone who has struggled to lose weight on other diets – and I’d tried all sorts of approaches before I started on the BSD. Had a bit more than you to lose – a bit over 28lbs when I started the BSD. It took a while, but I got down to target weight, maintained for a while, but have recently decided to go back to the Fast 800, to push a little lower.

If you decide to give the BSD a go, you might find the weight loss slower than others with more to lose report, but the BSD still works. The forum is a great resource for information, support and congratulations – someone is always ready to offer some wisdom, support or cheers as appropriate. It’s worth joining a few threads, to benefit from the knowledge and support other BSDers can offer.

Hope the above is of help, but shout out if you have any other queries. Hope we will be greeting you as a convert to this way of eating, but whatever you decide, best wishes for a happy outcome.

Kazz I’m envious at the thought of winter and being dark at 4pm, it’s the opposite here (Australia), today is going to be 45 degrees centigrade and it’s light till almost 9pm. I don’t cope well with the heat, and need to avoid sun exposure with one of the meds I’m on.

Anyway, here are my 3 positives for yesterday:

1. Found a lovely, floaty, designer-brand skirt in the charity shop for $10. It still has the original $169 price tag on it 🙂 it’s the sort of style I wouldn’t have worn when i was bigger but will be lovely to have something new to wear to work when I go back next week.
2. Spent a relaxing day at home with the curtains drawn and air conditioner on, (due to heatwave) cleaning out cupboards and meal planning, so I feel prepared for the week ahead.
3. Found some packets of French kale, rocket and spinach reduced to clear in the supermarket (45c instead of $3 per packet). I’ll use them in my meals, and my daughter likes to make green smoothies.

Finding 3 positives each day is a good habit to get into. I had one day though this week where everything had gone wrong and I struggled to find a positive. But then I looked at things differently – one of the “wrong” things was one of our car tyres getting a puncture. But the positive I took from that was that we were able to use the spare to drive to the tyre place and they were able to fix it quite quickly.
Many years ago (as a child) I used to have a book by Patience Strong, it was full of inspirational poems. I remember the cover had clouds on it and I’m sure it was called “Every cloud has a silver lining”.,.. I need to look for the silver lining more often 🙂

HappyHostie it’s taking me a lot longer than I expected to get rid of all the leftover Christmas junk food! I’ve managed to resist since New Year. I originally planned to throw it away, but then learned I we were going to have teenagers visiting! That will be today, so I think all the extra chips and chocolate will be gone this afternoon. Along with plenty of healthy food too, I imagine. Teenagers are like locusts.

Unfortunately I have an anaphylatic reaction to soy protein, Esnecca, so I won’t be able to try your suggestion of black soybeans. Great suggestion for others to try though!

Thanks for the nice comments everyone. I love reading everyone’s positives. I’ve only just got up but I already have one for today – after two bad nights, last night I had a good nights sleep!

Hi Nonna Mary,
Just wanted to say how pleased I was to hear of your great loss and also having your beautiful grandie two days, lovely news!

Hi everyone, think I’m just about caught up with the posts now. I really look forward to relaxing in bed and reading up on everyone’s progress/journey. Im really happy with how it’s going, I’m managing to stay within 800 cals, I’m always under 50grams of carbs and I’m really happy with the direction my scales are heading. But……does anyone have any tips to reduce fasting blood sugars or experiences that may help me. They’re currently ranging from 7.4-7.6 and I’m just curious if there is something j should be avoiding/incressing to help improve them. My post meal results are always within normal range. I’ve got 4 young children and a good night’s sleep is something I remember fondly but never get and I did wonder if that was possibily contributing???? Thank you in advance good luck everyone and sorry for writing a novel! ☺

Kazz, I’m really pleased that you pushed yourself too! I’m very optimistic
about the diversity in ages. Can we register this as a NSV, something
you might not have done in 2017? I hope that the weather remains sane
so that you can enjoy the exercise and the social aspects of a new group
of friends, each and every weekend. 🙂 🙂 🙂 2018: anything and everything
is waiting for you!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo
Allie

Hello friends

Massive congratulations Nonna Mary on your fabulous loss despite Xmas. I know how fed up you were so I’m really really pleased for you.

My positives:

1 – lost 3 lbs. 16.2 on new scales which weigh 2lbs more than old scales. Hope to be in 15s by next Saturday.
2 – met up for brunch today with a new walking group of over 40s single people for whatever reason. Pleased to see the ages ranged from 40s to 80s. Lovely friendly bunch. Looking fwd to joining the weekly Sunday morning walks soon when I feel I can manage 5 miles. I was so nervous and nearly didn’t go but I’m so glad I did. Pleased I pushed myself.
3 – the nights are drawing out! It’s not pitch dark at 4pm now!

Enjoy your weekend everyone!

Kazzee xx

8 days in – no carb cravings – not hungry- lost 4% body fat already #right direction 😊

Oh HappyHostie, don’t worry, celebrate the fact that you are human. And celebrate everything you’ve achieved! New habits can’t always be built overnight but it gets easier, I promise.

Mm I might have a go at that pecan chia porridge, I have all the things.

Melliedaffodils – week one can be very tough going, but it will get easier as your body gets used to no longer relying on carbs. This is not always an easy road to tread, but it can definitely be done. There will be highs and lows, but we are all here to support you. I haven’t seen you on other threads, so my advice would be to join a few and you will find you’re not alone in any of this. Having the support of the lovely folks on this forum certainly saw me through rough points and urged me on when I was faltering and doubting whether I could stay the course.

Finally, be kind to yourself. It’s okay to feel down and emotional and it won’t last forever. “Only one principle will give you courage, that is the principle that no evil lasts forever nor indeed for very long” – quote: Epicurus (341-271 B.C.)

Best wishes to you – hope to see you on other threads soon.

Hi Izzy! I’m a newbie.. Yesterday was my day #1. I plan to do the 800c every other day, or at least 3 times a week, and eating fairly low carb (<50) mediterranean the other days. My plan is – as it becomes easier and my body adjusts I’ll do more 800 days and just use the higher calorie days for social events. I’ll look forward to getting to know you.

Judy

I’m so cross with myself. I’ve just come home from work and literally swept the cupboards looking for something sweet to eat. Did I resist the urge? Er, no.
Lesson to be shared-don’t leave all that yummy post Christmas stuff waiting to be found. Bury it 6ft deep and get a fierce dragon to guard it.
Has anyone weighed in yet? I’m planning to weigh in Monday. I thought I’d done quite well until my lapse. Soooo cross with myself.

You bring a tear to my eye, Allie! Thank you! I’ve unconsciously been holding emotions inside, and rarely cry or feel like crying, so feeling emotion – good or bad – is a great thing for me. My former therapist calls me “emotionally constipated”.. lol We do have some things in common! We do our best with the “family” cards (or lack of) we’re dealt, right? I’m so glad your husband is okay! xo

Hi Legend2vc – welcome to the forum and your new way of eating. Sounds like you have a plan of action, which is a great start. My advice is before starting, weigh and measure yourself and record the results; weigh, measure and record everything you are consuming; hydrate, hydrate, hydrate.

Look out for the non-scales victories, as well as the weight loss victories and try not to compare your results to those of others, as that can get disheartening if things get tough. Our bodies are all unique and will lose weight at differing rates, but on the 800 we all get there, providing we stick with it and keep the faith.

Make good use of the forum – you can use the search box at the top of the page, to look for posts on specific topics. However, if you can’t find an answer, shout out and someone will respond. We’re a friendly bunch and you’ll be welcome on any of the threads. There is always a four week challenge running and there is an 800 Reboot thread going and I’m sure you’d be welcome if you want to join either or both. This is a great place to vent when things get tough or to celebrate when things are going well. You’ll always find some support, encouragement, wisdom or cheering as appropriate.

Best wishes for achieving your goals – keep us posted.

Oh, Judy, what a traumatic experience you have been through in the past
6 months! My deepest condolences to you. I came perilously close to
the loss of my husband last spring, and it was the most terrifying experience
of my life. We are similar in that my parents are deceased, no children
either! You are in every way worthy of recreating your life as a happy and
healthy woman. This is the way to do it! You have friends here, so please
leap on board, post often, and we’ll travel forward together 🙂

Allie

Love the sound of that creamy salmon dish, Laska and well done on that great scales result too. I’ve see Seedlip in the supermarket, but never tried it, but it sounds like it’s quite palatable so I might have to give it a go sometime. Broccoli is probably my fav veg and I often use instead of pasta when I’m doing a pasta dish for OH.

Nonna Mary, lovely to have you with us on this thread. How wonderful to have you little granddaughter twice a week and that is a great result on the scales as well. Keep posting your positives and have a great w/e.

Thanks everyone for your support and wisdom. Esnecca – you are a wonderful and entertaining writer! I hope not to be as helpless and hopeless as you describe. I don’t do much fast food, and don’t plan to.. But, sometimes when I’m out and about or traveling, I just don’t want to nosh on a hard boiled egg or packet of tuna in my car. I’m confident I can make it work if I look things up in advance on the web and plan accordingly. There is also a Popeye’s 40 minutes from me – (I’m pretty rural)- the meal you describe sounds perfect! For now, I’m going to aim for <50 net carbs, so I’m not afraid of a few beans in my Chipotle bowl.. lol.. Besides, I’d probably only eat half – they are very filling.

I didn’t really say much about myself on my original post. I included some of it on my profile.. I’m 61, widowed 6 months ago after coping with an alcohol-abusing and depressed husband for many years. Although I miss him because we DID have good times and he was my only family (parents deceased, no sibs, no kids), I am now free to reinvent myself and my life. The only thing holding me back from being happy and healthy is ME. Although I have no diseases other than Hashimoto’s, I currently lug myself around – very painfully.. Which leads to self-loathing – and a big Catch-22 of “why bother”. I now want to bother, and do this. I am deserving of taking care of me!

So, yesterday went well.. some hunger pains after dinner which I quieted with some full-fat yogurt so that I’d be able to sleep. I have my meals planned for the day, which include more easy cooking than I’ve done in months! It’s frigid where I live, so it feels good to stay home and cuddle with my cats, prepare healthy meals, and binge-watch Netflix shows..

Thanks again to everyone!! xo

That’s impressive, Mary. I’m glad that things are moving in a positive
direction for you!!

Hi, everyone!
Essie, it’s time for our monthly trip to Whole Foods. The website says that
they sell these black soybeans, canned. Have you ever seen them? If
not, I’ll get them online…It’s been so shockingly frigid around here that I’m
ready for some low carb chili! I’ve got dried anchos and guajillos in the
pantry, so I’m ready to roll. Are you still interested in my Sicilian Fish stew?
Just remembered that I forgot to put it up for you!

May I jump on here and post a few positives please?

1) I have lost 10 pounds in 5 weeks.
2) I look after my lovely Noodle twice a week now (my 7 month granddaughter)
3) I have a new (used) car so I can transport my grandies about.

Thank you.

Lots of love to everyone,
Nonna Mary
xxx

Hiya Marie, I have been lurking for a while now. I was going to post on Tuesday (my official weigh in) to give a report on my loss. As you know it has been very difficult for me to lose any weight. However, since the beginning of December I have been extremely strict with myself, and have lost enough weight (around 10 pounds) to weigh in at !5 stone 12 pounds this morning. I am very very pleased! Jovis wanted to take me out for a meal (we haven’t been out since September) and I keep saying no as I don’t want this weight loss to stop…yet!

Thank you for your kind thoughts, I really appreciate it. It is my birthday on 16th (I will be 61) and as usual the family are coming to me. They will be given BSD friendly food and no alcohol. I told them that if they wanted booze at Christmas they should bring their own. My son in law didn’t believe me and expected it. Boy, was he disappointed lol.

Have a lovely few days off and I will see you when you return.

Lots of love
Mary xxx

After yesterdays .5 ‘gain’ I was amazed this morning to be 3 whole lbs down! ..making 12.7.5. ..
However i woke really thirsty and weighed myself before i had drank anything!…
if its not all still there tomorrow i wont be demotivated.. day 4 and its definitely going in the right direction..

I also must praise Myself (!!) for last nights supper..!!
(this was for 4 people!! ) I chopped a couple of spring onions garlic and grated a courgette, stir fried those in smidge of butter, then added 2 tablespoons of sour cream and half a packet of prawns to the mix along with some pesto.. Then pan fried a couple of halved salmon steaks skin side down (in just a touch of olive oil so they didn’t stick) and steamed some broccoli to add to mix. .. Served it with a big portion of the broccoli for me (and on pasta for the others) … A bit of chili pepper squeeze of lime . Le Yum!! ..

So far today i have had 2 eggs cooked in a cup with a little butter and a small slice of home cooked gammon (brunch). Tonight I have a chicken roasting . I will serve with cauliflower and courgette for me and with carrots peas and potatoes for the others .

last night i drank a Seedlip (zero cals!/carbs! ,Seedlip garden is the one i like ) Has any one else tried this? ,its really good but expensive sadly.. , with Feverfew naturally light tonic with lots of ice , so 34cals all told .. and like a G&T! I’ll have another tonight.. but other than that was just water and lime..

Welcome back Izzy! I decided to revive your old thread for Positive Thoughts a few weeks back, as I was missing having a thread just for general positivity and not necessarily focusing on the whole weight thing. Recently it seems to be gaining in popularity, which can only be a good thing.

Best of luck with your counselling. I know from experience that it can get very gritty and uncomfortable, but have always found the end result worth it.

Hope to see you posting more positives soon.

Hey Izzy – good to see you back on the forum, but hope it’s not due to any big gains. Anyway, there are a bunch of us ‘old timers’ who are doing a reboot on the’ 8 week Fast 800 ‘reboot’ starting 2 January 2018′ thread and although you say you’re not looking to do the full on 800 again, I’m sure you’d be made welcome there. I’m hoping that I won’t need to do the full 8wks on the 800, but I joined anyway, to try to gain a little more wriggle room.

Whatever you decide to do though, I hope you enjoy being back on the BSD and the forum and that we’ll see you posting on various threads in the coming weeks.

Welcome back.

Re smaller/bigger clothes, I think it’s the story you tell yourself. If you keep bigger clothes in case you ‘fail’ then I think that’s not good because you’re almost allowing failure. If you keep them to remind yourself of how far you have come – that’s brilliant. I love putting something on that used to be tight and finding that it’s loose!
SSB

Black soybeans work great as a replacement for regular high-carb beans. They’re extremely high in fiber so the net carbs are tiny and they are adept at absorbing the flavors of everything around them. I’ve used them as the refried bean element in taco salads many times. The might be difficult for you to find where you are, arcticfox. Eden Foods sells cans of them in the US and UK and you can order them online as well.

I had a half hearted attempt at a restart a while back but it wasn’t really a good time, not that it ever is but… oh well.

Anyway I did the BSD800 and did well previously but haven’t kept up with the healthy habits unfortunately and I’ve decided to begin again and post in this section because I think it’s too ambitious for me to stick to 800, so I’ll probably do just a general version of trying to follow the rules and keep the calories generally lower.

I’m also hopeful I might drag my sister on to the the forums as well 🙂

Starting my own restart on Monday.

When my current clothes are too big (when – not if!) I’m going to get rid of them. Getting new ones will be a reward to myself and I won’t want to buy more bigger ones, so that should be another incentive to keep the excess weight off.

First time checking in to the site in months and look what pops up! This thread that I started aaaages ago! what a nice reminder! so that is my first feel good thing to note

I’ve booked an appointment with a counsellor to help with my anxiety

I had a nice movie night last night with my hubby.

No BSD related stuff cos I’ve been off it for too long, coming back though, again!

Good afternoon!! Late today but did have a better nights sleep. Have only just caught up with my emails because I became engrossed in my jigsaw! It’s so good to see so many positives.

Yesterday ….
1. The sun was still shining! Not so good today.
2. Framed some lovely photos of my grandchildren.
3. Had a good BSD friendly day.

So good to see so many people on all the threads having successes.

Hi Seadog, I would probably be a little concerned about some vitamin or mineral lacks over 12 weeks of such a restrictive diet, in that there is so little variety, so would probably suggest you take a multivitamin/mineral tablet every couple of days as well, as suggested by MM. After a few weeks on Slimfast you may feel like some variety anyway, in which case it would be relatively easy to mimic the same structure for the breakfast and the two shakes with a lower sugar/carb, bio-live additions for the gut biome, higher fibre/fat version and different flavourings which is what I would do. Just measure out any ingredients so you are sure it is still 800 calories. There are many potential additions to porridge that make it really satisfying and simple to prepare. Good luck with your plan and keep us posted with how it goes.