Well done on your losses everyone!

Hi Sarah – the current four week challenge running at the moment is ‘2018 A HAPPY NEW YEAR; MEETING GOALS WITH GREAT GOOD CHEER: 4 wks ending 23 Jan’ and the eight week onw is ‘8 week Fast 800 ‘reboot’ starting 2 January 2018′. These are populated by people who have been on the BSD for weeks and months, as well as newcomers like yourself. The advantage of joining groups like this, is that those who have been around for a while, have the experience, knowledge and wisdom to assist those just starting out. The challenge threads are very inclusive and friendly and it doesn’t matter they may have been running a little while, you will still be made welcome.

I’d say take all the measurements you can, but definitely bust, waist and hips. If there is an area where you carry weight in particular – thighs may be – measure that too. The more areas of comparison the better really. I admit I didn’t do this myself, only taking a waist measurement, but now I wish I had taken lots of them, so I could make meaningful comparisons other than just current dress size.

Well done Happy Hostie & Squidge on your losses. I’ve lost too this week, 2.8kg or just over 6lb 🙂
Admittedly this loss is my Christmas/new year gain, so I’m back where I was in mid-December, but I am very happy as it’s a good start to the year. I’d love to lose another 2.3kg by 23 Jan as this will mean I’m Overweight (rather than obese) on the BMI scale.
Calories last week averaged about 1300 per week as I was off work still and having meals out, plus eating more st home. Now I’m back at work I’m finding it easier to stick to lower calories. Yesterday was 902, it was just over 800 but I had an ice block in the evening – it seemed justified given our heatwave! i’ll have to find some BSD friendly cold treats! It’s a shame that watermelon is off plan as that is very cooling.

What are the best measurements to take? Waist of course, bust?

Where can you find the challenge threads, the ones I can find are for last year and I’d like to find one where people are starting out like me

Feeling chuffed this morning with nearly a kilo gone overnight, possibly the last of the water weight from my modest carb intake though?!
Went to the movies last night and as everyone munched their way through popcorn and ice cream I sat there happily with my little bag of nuts! Dinner at Italian afterwards had me worried and although I did have some wine, I avoided all the pizza and pasta options and really enjoyed a chicken parmigiana and veggies so feel pretty happy with my newly emerging self control!
Laska,well done, you sound like you are doing so well you on your restart, I love the sound of that dip too, may have to try it!
All the best for today everyone!

Hi Linso, and welcome. What have you eaten in the past two days? I’m wondering if there might be some fruit or vegetable or legume that’s triggering carb cravings. Onions, tomatoes, beans, beets anyting in that arena, perhaps? You never how your body might respond to different inputs. Some people swear by bowls of oatmeal for breakfast, I couldn’t be in the same room with it without gaining a pound a minute.

Hi Milalin, gosh you have been amazingly strong when faced with all that terrible food, well done, especially with that high boredom factorin hospital, it’s like aeroplane food, usually ghastly but you fall on it with joy just to break the boredom! How nice there are some kind people and nurses around though!
(Can I hazard a guess you are in the SH?)
All the best for the rest of your stay in there and hope you escape soon!
Inka

Or don’t eat any of that stuff period. I spent 8 days in Rome and never touched pasta, bread, rice, potatoes, wine, alcohol in general, desserts or anything else carby. It wasn’t even that hard and I was surrounded my friends and family who ate mountains of pasta at every meal. It is by no means inevitable or a requirement that you give up your goals because you’re on holiday. It’s just a mindset that holds you back. Keep your eyes on the prize, enjoy all the lovely BSD-friendly foods at your disposal and ignore the rest. You are not a slave.

Good luck, Salamander!

Hi Sarah_500 – it’s really a matter of choice, as to how often to weigh yourself. There’s some evidence that says those who weigh daily are more successful at losing weight and keeping it off, but for some people the daily fluctuations prove too frustrating and can result in giving into the ‘what the hell, I’ve gained anyway’ syndrome.

Personally, in the main I find myself motivated whatever the scales say – if it’s positive I’m spurred on to do more, if it’s a gain it helps me to knuckle under and really try hard to rectify the situation. Like sunshine-girl I also have a weekly weigh-in day, which is in line with the challenge threads I take part in – two running at the moment, one four week and one eight week. I’d recommend joining a challenge thread as these really help to keep you focused and are wonderfully supportive.

It’s great that you have the option to hibernate and be gentle with yourself as you start out on the BSD, that’s a great way to begin on this quest. Best of luck to you and hope to be reading good results posted by you soon.

Firstly Linso 1000, welcome along – good to have another new face on the forum. Well done on taking the decision to get rid of the excess pounds and improve you health and wellbeing. Like you, I really appreciate veggies much more these days and don’t miss the carby elements no longer featuring in my meals.

Don’t worry about being a bit over on cals, as long as you have still kept the carbs down, you’ll probably find little or no impact on the scales results tomorrow. Have you tried feeding cravings with more hydration? Or using something to distract yourself? Or if you can identify real hunger, how about a small cube of cheese or a coffee/tea with a tsp of double cream? Fats help with feeling sated. Or you could have a small square of very dark chocolate. Lastly, cleaning your teeth can help too, as nothing much tastes good immediately after teeth cleaning, so this can give you the space to do something to take your mind of the craving.

The good news is that the carb cravings will die down in the next week or so and become much less marked. I rarely feel hungry these days. It’s chiefly the carbs that drive hunger pangs and cravings and once your body adjusts to no longer having high carbs, it won’t cry out for them in the same way.

Best of luck to you and hope to be reading positive results from you soon.

Milalin sorry to hear that you are back in hospital again. I was in and out of hospital a few years ago and found it was fine when I could order meals myself, but when an ED admission you don’t get that luxury! Luckily my local hospital has a Subway and had a cafe that sold some healthier options. There’s now a huge eatery/food court there with hot and cold meals and loads of healthy options.
It’s good that your daughter can bring in some BSD foods for you, and how lovely it was of the quiche lady to be so thoughtful. Hopefully you’ll be back on your feet soon 🙂
I’ve had a good loss this week – a whole 2.8kg! Ok it was my festive season gain, but it’s good to know that I can “eat, drink and be merry” (temporarily), and then reverse any gains within a week back on BSD.
So there is still some hope that I can reach my challenge goal of getting down to the Overweight range BMI, it’s once again just 2.3kg away.
I’ve kept pretty active over the past week with an average 11,000 steps per day.
I went back to work yesterday, it’s much easier sticking to plan when I’m at work (despite the cakes, biscuits and lollies around!).
Hope everyone else has some good results this week 🙂

Well today is exactly one year since I started BSD. I am still following the low carb way of eating and have been at goal weight since October. My BMI is currently 25 so there is scope to lose a little more but I am happy at my current weight. I might try to get another 3lb off as a buffer. My BMI when I started was 32. In total I lost 42 lb last year and am determined to keep it off. My son gets married in the summer so I want to stay slim for the wedding. I’ve got rid of all my big clothes and am wearing size 10 work trousers! (Unbelievable). This time last year I was wearing size 18.

I know there are a few people still plodding towards their goals on this thread and although I don’t post as frequently nowadays, I am keeping my beady eye on the forum daily and watching your progress and wishing you well.

Thank you to everyone who supported me on my journey last year.

This is the best way of eating to lose weight and to keep hunger at bay!

Best wishes to everybody still in on their journey and those of us who are at goal and staying healthy! There are many of you also who must have an anniversary round the corner on this thread. Happy 1st anniversary to us all.

Cathy

Hi Everyone

I started the BSD for the first time on 2nd January and the first week went ok. I am focussed, I weighed 15 stone 8 1/2 lbs at the beginning. I lost a lot of weight about 7 years ago, and kept it off for about 3, then it began to creep back on. Here I am now having put on half of the 8 stone I lost, and knowing I have to do something about it. So, in order to reach my real goal weight, I have about 5 stone to lose, but feel much more optimistic about this diet than any of the others. I just don’t lose weight on the “eat as much as you like of these foods” etc.

Plus I’m falling back in love with veggies – spinach is my saviour and I’d forgotten just how could a chargrilled courgette, some mackerel and halloumi could taste.

I lost 6lbs in the first week, but have had massive sugar cravings today all day (for the first time) so I although I haven’t succumbed to carbs, I think I’m way over today’s cal limit. The scales will tell all tomorrow.

Would love to hear top tips on combatting these sugar cravings. No alcohol doesn’t bother me – but the cravings were driving me mad today!!

Thanks in advance and good luck everyone!

Hi Salamander – your name seems familiar, so I’m sure that’s from your last time around. Hopefully, this will be the last time round, you will achieve your goal and be able to maintain. Great that you have decided to give the BSD another go and that you have the support and commitment of your family too, which hopefully will help – even with a fussy eater as well.

Speaking from experience, the secret to keeping things under control whilst on holiday, is to try your best to make choices applying the BSD principles. Of course, you will want to have the occasional wine, cake, ice cream, etc. but don’t allow that to become the norm. Whilst away the aim is to be in maintenance, may be with the ultimate goal to get back to the Fast 800 again afterwards.

Good luck to you as you embark on Week 2 and hopefully we will see you on other threads soon as well.

Flick, I had to smile at your mishap with the book shelf and bed frame,
but only after hearing that you’ve done nothing serious to your spine!
It’s so like something that I would do, being too impatient to go and
look for the step ladder…Disc space narrowing is indeed consistent
with aging, and probably has been there right along, not causing you
any problems at all. My doctor also says that it’s consistent with aging
to lose an inch of height for each decade after age 50. My husband
seems to bear this out, as he’s lost 2 ” in height so far. I think that I
only escaped the same fate because I spent a decade and a half
basically lying down, too disabled, in chronic pain, and too exhausted
to do much of anything! What a difference 18 months have made.
Go on out and rock the next 8 weeks as you’ve done the 1st round.
And then hightail it over to Phoenixes thread!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Best,

Allie

Milalin, I really feel for you and I am shocked as well. I work for NSW Health and for the past two years at least there has been a huge initiative to improve the nutrition because of the shocking (to them) findings that old and chronically ill patients were leaving hospital more malnourished than they arrived. It’s always harder on the weekends but have you not been seen by a dietitian? Perhaps you could request it? Kudos to you for such a magnificent effort under such trying conditions.

LTC, I commiserate with your overstuffed kitchen issue. Dehydrators are big too, so there’s hiding them away. I kept mine in my home office next to the printer because it was so huge there wasn’t even room for it in the kitchen. Maybe someday you can hook yourself up when you’re in a bigger place with your dream chef’s kitchen. I have to tell you, though, I have zero regrets despite all the awkwardness. Beautiful things come out of that great big nuisance of an article.

Thank you for the noodle dough recipe. I knew you could make them but I haven’t tried them yet. I wonder what the baking powder is supposed to accomplish? Was she maybe aiming for puffy to counter the tendency towards dense or slimey? I like that she spiced the mixture. How about adding some ground flax/pepitas/hemp for a more toothsome quality?

Allie, we’ve got a date. I would absolutely love to pick them fresh and dehydrate as many as my short my little legs can carry. OH would too. Do they only have raspberries or do they have blueberries as well? Because I’m so keen to get my mitts on those tiny little wild Maine blueberries to dehydrate them. I got a pint of them at the tail-end of the season last year and they were beyond the beyond.

You can eat raspberries at 20 grams or less a day quite easily, Victoria. Five raspberries nets a half gram of carbs. If you stick with greens as the focus, your daily numbers will rarely exceed 10, so there’s plenty of leeway for a little berry action if you so choose.

Hi Alliecat, you seem to have sorted yourself out amazingly – with or without BSD,well done!
Mark Sisson is American – I think he’s from Maine but now lives in Florida. I originally came across him, strangely, because MM referenced Mark’s Daily Apple in his 5:2 book (Mark is big on IF). I have been following him for years and find his advice sensible and well researched.
SSB

SSB, you make a very interesting observation with your post! I began to
get on track not only for weight loss, but to try and make improvements
to our WOE due to O/H diagnosis of stage 3 heart failure in 2016. I didn’t
care for all of the protein and animal fat on the keto diet, but I borrowed
the concept of <20 gm of carbs from it, added lots of above ground
vegetables, and arrived at my version of the BSD. No white stuff, of
course! There is no knowledge of the BSD or MMosley in the USA, and
I didn’t even find this forum until I was at goal. Subsequently, I’ve met
a group of marvelous and committed friends here, and they have been so
generous in sharing their knowledge of “maintenance” with me, and
I’m happy to say that I’m proceeding on my journey of 8 1/2 months
in maintenance, after a loss of 150 lbs. In the past, I’ve always been
adept at weight loss, but maintaining that loss has been another thing
entirely. I’ll look up Sisson, thanks!

Allie

I did this plan for the first time around March last year and failed to complete it (despite amazing results) due to a holiday (and going into holiday mode) week 5 and 6.
New Year, new me and I am determined to take the 19lbs off I lost last time (that I have since put back on…grrrr) AND complete the 8 weeks.
I do have a holiday at week 6 BUT this time I am determined to be prepared and NOT slip into full holiday mode.
I have also managed to convince the family to join me which makes it easier all round but this does require a lot more planning as I have a fussy eater at my table.
Now on the eve of week 2, as I sit here drinking my still water (sparkling out the window now thanks Michael M and the Trust Me team😂) I’m really looking forward to finding out what the scales say tomorrow and looking forward to getting my teeth into Week 2!
I CAN DO THIS!

Thanks. SaltySeaBird sounds interesting.

A bit late but at 8pm tonight on channel 4 (UK) there is yet another eat well program but I do respect tonight’s presenter Dr Van Tulleken. May just be interesting.

Flavors “of the future” Luv. Take the shuttle to us when Labor Day rolls
around! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hi all – I hope you don’t mind me jumping in here. I have noticed before that BBC programmes almost always revert to the low-fat/high carb mantra – I’m wondering if, because the Beeb is a publicly owned thing, they’re obliged to present the current health ‘advice’ as I have noticed this with other progs, even Trust me! I remember being irate when MM himself appeared to be suggesting that a carb breakfast is better than a protein one.

Back to the main theme of this thread (apart from Kerridge), there is an excellent book by Mark Sisson(of Mark’s Daily Apple) called the Keto Reset. He has a very practícal and sensible approach to Keto, but also goes into the science of it and sets out a plan to move from ‘standard’ eating to Keto. He also addresses lifestyle and exercise. Unlike many of the extreme Keto ‘experts’, he is very much in favour of eating plenty of veggies, so it isn’t as restrictive as some keto diets. In fact, I think it isn’t far from what many on these forums already do.

SSB

I agree Luvtcook. To much raspberry talk!! I’d love some berries, but at 20 carbs per day for the next 7 weeks I’m sticking to green veg for my carbs. However I am treasuring up all this good advice for the future. I have a slow cooker oven on my range which I usually use to warm plates, but I’ll check the temperature that it works at and see if I can use it for dehydration.

STOP: way too much talk of raspberries when they are out of season and not to be had. You all are making me hungry and pining for berry season.

So the weekend was survived! no alcohol and ate only meat veggies cheese and eggs until last night when i had some frozen cherries.. Scales havent moved but that’s fine ..i think i was more like1000 cals both days rather than 800.

Today they held a ‘Bring your Christmas leftovers’ lunch at work.. so carb city! .. I contributed some spicy chicken wings (shop bought so they will have had some sugars) and ate some of those plus a couple of pieces of cheese and some ham. was pretty pleased with myself at that ..

This evening i have had some crudites (pepper, carrot, celery cucumber ) and a dip i made with some cream cheese , mayo and pesto ..I also had eggs for breakfast..I may have just scraped 800..but dont expect to see a further loss tomorrow..

Good to see everyone doing well

Flick, good to hear that you haven’t done too much damage to your back.

Hoping that the whoosh fairy pays you a visit tonight.

Hi Sprite,
I can’t really speak to your situation as I’m not an expert in anxiety by any means, but I can share my own story. I never experienced severe anxiety until 6 years ago when I was unlucky enough to be caught in a ‘reign of terror’ in my work unit. I managed to get out of that work unit within about 6 months but I was left with residual anxiety that manifested itself when waiting for elevators, waiting in line at the supermarket checkout, and when encountering running, screaming kids at the supermarket, all of which were completely unrelated to the initial situation in which I developed the anxiety, so it has left me a little baffled as to why. However, it seemed to lessen and then disappear over time, but my weight was creeping up over time as well. Now that I’ve lost 10kg, I have noticed some anxiety reappearing when I have to stand in line or wait for an elevator. I didn’t really think that I was using food to cope with anxiety, but it seems to have provided a numbing effect. I really hope that it goes away as I continue and get healthier overall.
Hope you can find a way of keeping on that works for you. I do find that in general having less sugar and other carbs in my diet seems to keep my mood more even.

Crikey, Allie – 64 degrees? No wonder you are burning more calories, I feel far less concerned now, as I am sure that’s what the problem probably is. Mind you, in the extremes of temp you have been experiencing, your heating system is probably doing well getting your home up to 64! On the plus side, Hartford (no idea if that is where you are actually located, but the only place I actually knew in Connecticut) is now on my favourite list on the weather app on my phone and it tells me that the temp is set to get steadily higher this week, possibly even out of the minuses altogether. Here’s hoping anyway, and it may just solve your problem (heating and weight loss)😊

Thanks for the hugs, duly received and very much appreciated, my friend, and obviously returned with interest. 🙅🏼

Hello All. Walked around local deer park today, managed the daily step count of 10k . No weight loss. Trying to drink 3 litres plus everyday. Although this means I am up twice in the night . Onwards.

Fingers crossed the whoosh fairy stops by tonight for a good send off before round two. Great news that the back isn’t a serious problem and I hope it mends soon for you. Onwards and downwards!

Huge, ginormous hugs, Theo! Across the pond they come 🙂 I’m heading
straight to the refrig. for 1/2 an avocado now, to add to my lunch of
hard boiled egg and kimchi. It has been extremely cold in the apartment,
and the heating system is working too hard to get above 64F.

XOXO

I’m ‘vertically challenged’, Allie, so 8st on me is fine and a 21.1 BMI which is in the middle of the healthy band for my height (or short!).

Allie, how can it possibly surprise you, that we all care? Particularly as you are one of the most caring, helpful and encouraging people on this forum. We are friends, caring is what we do.

Now, as far as a “new normal” is concerned, please don’t go there because, despite what Wallis Simpson once said, there IS such a thing as too thin (though not quite so convinced about being too rich 😜 though I’d quite like the opportunity to find out😋) Your normal must be where you WANT to be, and obviously you are below that at the moment. So was I and all my family and friends, most of whom had been really supportive, started telling me that I was looking too thin, scrawny in fact and, in hindsight, I was. Hopefully those days are behind me, as I have managed to regain half a stone and, at the moment anyway, am holding steady. You may find that you are eating up to your estimated TDEE but, as you have been experiencing such extreme cold in Connecticut recently, you are burning more calories just to keep warm? Example, both Essie and I had cravings for fat last week, listened to our bodies and ate more, and even so we both recorded a slight loss in weight. It had been extremely cold (though nowhere near as cold here as it is over there) and we were obviously burning more. Hopefully this is what is happening to you, so try upping your fat intake for a few days and see what happens – I used full fat yoghurt (one day I ate almost 0.5kg!!), nuts and cheese.

Sunny, 8st is exactly where I am at and very happy to be there, and I’m sure you will have a very successful weigh in tomorrow. This time next week will be my first BSD birthday, so hoping to weigh in at exactly 8st on that day,

Thanks Theodora

Thank you, Sunny! It IS time for a new strategy…I always enjoy reading
your posts, and like you, I try to circulate around to our new members.
I seldom have to add any thoughts, because you cover the main issues
expertly and very articulately at that! I hope you see 8st very soon 🙂
At that weight, though, I’d have to be hospitalized 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hi Sixer, welcome from me too, and so pleased to hear your treatment to date has been successful.

Personally, I cannot recommend this WOE (way of eating) enough, but as Sunny says, it must become a way of life (WOL), as far as restricting carbs are concerned. If you can do that, and so many of us still on this forum have, you will keep the weight off forever, no more yoyo dieting. And this way of eating is truly enjoyable, once you get your head around it, and once you start burning fat instead of carbs, you will not feel hungry, you will reduce your carb craving, and your energy levels will soar.

Good luck, there are so many fantastic people on here who will be only too happy to hold your hand in your journey.

Allie – this is definitely the best place to come to ‘whine’, although that word seems very negative to me – I think ‘vent’ is a more powerful, positive term for what you did. Continued unwanted weight loss is concerning and you shouldn’t feel bad for bring that to the forum. Hope you will soon be able to resolve your excessive loss. With luck it will prove to be a deficit on TDEE intake and easily rectified, but I think you are wise to have a general health check anyway. Daily weighing might help you, so that you can see where fluctuations are happening. Best wishes to you, Allie – hope to be reading more positive posts from you soon.

I’m still on my quest to push down to a flat 8st and have been making fair progress toward that aim. Weekly weigh in tomorrow and hoping that there won’t be any unwanted blip upwards at that point. Enjoying the feeling of being in control again – find weighing, measuring and recording makes me so much more aware of what’s being consumed.

Essie, just got a brain storm! We used to live in Easton, CT for 25 years
before moving here. There is an excellent raspberry field there that allows
for berry picking, on or about Labor Day. It’s a beautiful site, high on a hill,
and I’ve picked there on numerous occasions. Lots of wind in my hair,
and rarely anyone else around during the week. If you’re still in the area
come August, we should plan a road trip!

Milalin, that’s truly shocking. It isn’t even a healthy diet according to mainstream thinking. Well done you for sticking to your guns, and hats off to the lovely quiche lady. Hope you get out soon, or at least get a decent set of supplies in xx

Wow, thanks for the info on dehydrating. It’s not something I have ever thought to do, but I LOVE dehydrated raspberries and the flavour explosion on the tongue. I will definitely have a go at dehydrating some myself, plus blueberries. Not keen on them frozen and as I have them every morning for breakfast I am forever having to pop out to replenish my fresh supply (sadly from a shop, not a bush), so having some dried ones in the store cupboard would definitely be a bonus, particularly as the flavour is intensified.

I love this, Esnecca! I must confess to looking for a dehydrator online but have stopped short of buying it on the grounds I must try it out in the oven first, which goes down to just below 50 degrees centigrade so looks like I’m ready to go, subject to having some raspberries, that is!

Thanks Theo! Yes simple!

Hi there Sixer and welcome. Sorry to read about your health issues and your struggles with your weight too. I can empathise with being desperate to loss menopause weight gain and failing to make real headway. Lots of us on here are in menopause or post menopause and have turned to the BSD to shift stubborn weight that nothing else has been able to move. Think the important thing is to embrace the BSD as a new lifestyle, not a diet. Learning a new approach to what we consume, changing our relationship with both food and our bodies and wellbeing.

I’d recommend joining a few threads which look like they will be helpful to you, as the advice, support and encouragement of the people on the forum is invaluable to staying the course. I for one would have given up, had it not been for the folks here helping to urge me on and carry me through.

Best of luck to you as you begin you BSD journey and I hope we will be reading positive results from you soon.

Jackie, dried fruits are so ridiculously overpriced I get a nosebleed just thinking about it. They often have added sugars as well, blueberries and raspberries included. Even the bulk bins at the organic coop and full of sugared fruits. The ones that are already enormously sweet like cherries and figs still have added cane sugar or fruit juice. People want everything to taste like a raisin, even fruits that aren’t the sugar bombs that grapes are. Bluberries are actually tarter dried than they are fresh. I think it improves them dramatically. The sugar-addicted market apparently disagrees.

My bestie in California has a golden raspberry bush in her back yard that her toddler son denudes like a swarm of locusts, bless his heart. I told her if she should ever have a bumper crop, I’ll take in all the surplus, turn it to crunchy sweet-tart magic and send them back to her. Well, some of them. Naturally there would be a percentage taken out for administrative costs and consulting fees. 😀

This year I intend to strip local farms bare of all raspberries when they’re in season, inexpensive and at peak freshness. A few days of dehydrating and I’ll have a stock of raspberries to keep OH and me stocked through the winter. I’ll powder some of them up to add to OH’s seed and nut not-oatmeal (almond meal, hemp hearts, whey protein powder, shredded coconut, oat fiber, sunflower seeds, chia seeds). When he adds almond or hemp milk and microwaves it, the raspberry should flavor the whole thing. It’ll be like those packets of quick-cook flavor oats onlyactually good for you instead of being a fake health food. Virtually carbless and high in protein, fiber and omega 3s, it’s far more filling than the gobs and gobs of steel-cut oats he used to eat.

Aha!! Found what I was looking for re followers. Simple really – at the start of the comments, there is a filter button which can be set to show all comments, bookmarked comments, your own comments, or comments by people you are following! So problem solved – obvious really, think I was just being a bit dense!!

Hi Californiagirl…thanks so much for your reply and your very kind and encouraging words! I am really looking forward to starting and I have actually signed up to the Online Program which starts next week so that should be nice for a bit of “hand holding” too! Again, thanks for your reply 🙂

10 thumbs up, tillybud!

Hi all you wonderful positive people! First day on a new week and it’s good to see no-one seems to be suffering from the Monday Blues.

I’m feeling really tired today, having slept very badly last night, but I intend to get an early night tonight and hopefully feel better for it. Still managing to find some positives though:

1) Scales still showing a loss at the moment. (Just hoping they still will when I do my weekly weigh-in tomorrow!)
2) Made some more yummy almond crackers today.
3) Bought a lovely big silvery framed mirror today. Been looking for one for a while, to hopefully brighten up our dingy upstairs corridor – hoping the mirror will bounce some light around up there.

Keep posting everyone, ‘cos I love to read all the positives people are finding in the little day to day things of life.