Hi Allie, no I mostly just pottered around, sweeping skirting boards and wiping down the odd surface. It was though very exciting and they are now nicely settled in. So I only have myself to blame, I had my first really pain free day last Friday and in my excitment over did it. Mowed lawns, pulled weeds, carried heavy shopping. Really paid for it on Saturday, so it’s back to proper care for a while.

Funny how the scales send little tests. ‘Is that the best you’ve got?’, I growl at them.

I’ve dipped back under 67kg today but only just. Do google the exhibition, it’s on at the Australian National Museum. Actually here’s a link

http://www.nma.gov.au/exhibitions/songlines

Good to try it out though Natalie. Interestingly, I drink less tea now. Not because I like it less. I think my system has learnt it’s not going to get a sugar hit from the milk so doesn’t send me messages to drink tea.

The extended fast didn’t happen, my stomach was hurting by 10:30 so I ate! I don’t think skipping meals suits me at present.

But Flick, after reading your post I tried tea without milk. I like it much better! It isn’t cloying like my tea usually is. I don’t think I’ve ever tried tea without milk before, though I’ve been on and off sugar for years. I was only having a splash of milk and could never understand people who had half their cup milk, so I have no idea why I never thought to try it without any. A revelation.

Well done Nick. How exciting to be approaching the 100 kg milestone!

hey guys, long time no read but great to hear so many positive thoughts!
I’m starting again, my husband and one of my three sons really need to lose a bit more so we are going around again and even though I really don’t think I would like to lose any more than maybe 7kg at the very most, I’m going in guns blazing to help with the enthusiasm and support that is needed for them to reach their goals. In a year they haven’t put on what they lost, but they have a bit further to go and so we are all ready to get back into a healthier frame of mind after the Christmas indulgences.
I have the first of my daughters getting married in October and it is approaching fast and we are going to be the model family in our photos!!!
My four daughters have been very impressed by our previous weight losses and have each embarked on their own versions of the diet, with some success and I think they are starting to want to take it more seriously. People at work have taken it up as well though not as committed in some cases and and in a less healthy way in another case. Anyhow, everyone has their own journey as we well know from the forum.
Keep posting guys you are inspirational and I will try to be more consistent too.
So here I am starting again in January 2018 here in Perth 🙂

It’s a relief that you’ve established your own thread, Flick, because
I’ve fallen into the bad habit of reading all new posts, and then
trying to circle back and respond to them. Just too many posters
at the moment to be able to keep up! I read earlier today that
you are on reduced activity for awhile…Did you sustain an injury
helping your daughter move into her first home? What an exciting
time for her. I’m going to google songlines of the seven sisters.
Hopefully it will provide an eye into the exhibit. It sounds
wonderful 🙂 Don’t worry about the scales playing a joke on you…
you’ve altogether “got this” with your take no prisoners attitude,
and it will all come right in no time, I promise!

Allie

Luvtocook, that fat cell scarring sounds like what the body builders I have been reading about call ‘marbles’ I had some of these myself along the outside of my thighs, although they have now cleared, but they felt just like little hard balls under the skin.

No loss again for me this week. These few pounds are being very stubborn, but I am still tending to eat higher carb as I work my way slowly through my Christmas favourites so this is not a shock. Although currently overweight in BMI terms, I do not seem to have put on much if any ‘size’ so still tend to think it is largely extra water, probably caused by the extra carbs. I will KOKO until the end of the reboot, but may have to get more serious with an FMD week soon, followed by an 800 week and then a full on logged reverse low carb diet to get the metabolism singing again. I need to get back into the habit of logging again every day.

I’m on a week of forced no lifting, jolting, pushing, pulling etc. and am amazed how many activities this excludes so I’m finding it quite difficult. I have found though that trips to galleries are not excluded and have been lucky enough to visit the Songlines of Seven Sisters exhibition at the Nationsl Museum. Not only a fascinating foundation/creation story but also some of the most beautiful Australian indigenous art I have seen. I know we have a difficult history and an ongoing challenge to properly recognise and reconcile, but this exhibition really demonstrated how rich and ancient a culture and made me hopeful.

Thanks Allie, what a lovely post. Really touched me. 😊

I agree, we all feel like old friends here, particularly on this whacky thread 😉 What did we ever do without our daily dose?😜

I think I am a tad behind you on the maintenance anniversary though, I think yours is April? Mine will be May 8th.

But hey, just gives us the excuse for TWO parties 😄😃😄

PS Now if one year in maintenence doesn’t give you the excuse to treat yourself to a smartphone, then nothing will, and I’ll reluctantly have to admit defeat 😢 Go on – you know you’re worth it😊 xx

Hi Big Ron,
I haven’t got any experience of meal replacement shakes.

In his recent Direct study into reversing diabetes via an intervention in GP practices using meal replacement shakes, Roy Taylor (he introduces the BSD and MM mentions his work in the book) used the Cambridge Diet products, I think. But I saw a lecture he gave where he said you can use any well-known supermarket meal replacement shakes. He recently reported on the results – see the link below – and in that he doesn’t identify the product but there is a breakdown of the make-up of the diet shakes he uses (% fat, % fibre etc). You could maybe try to buy something that is a good match to this. He also basically said try a few to see which you prefer the taste of

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/media/wwwnclacuk/newcastlemagneticresonancecentre/files/DiRECT1yearResults.pdf

Good luck with the BSD

Weigh in this morning showed a further loss of 3.3 lbs. Now just above the 100kg and a kiss good bye to ever seeing 16st something on my scales.

Clothes are fitting better,no bloating even after food. Less aches and pains?!? Digestion and bowls are settled which hasn’t been the case for a few years.
These are the positives I’m also going to remember when I hit a plateau, I know it will come. Not if, just when.

But, End of week 2 and it’s a thumbs up. 👍🏻 !!
You all stay positive.

Yes, Theo, I never mind “making a scene”! I SHOULD be making dinner
at this time, but I find this thread just too irresistable. I’ve completely
“lost the plot” today in terms of who is posting where, so I have to
grab this opportunity to wish you a gargantuan “HAPPY BSD
ANNIVERSARY”!!! I’m more than a bit jealous of all of you that
have been on this journey together for an entire year. Today, I can
barely remember what life was like without the friendships and
support that I’ve come to realize here. You are a very special lady
in that regard, your sense of humor makes me lol, and it’s always
a bright spot of sunshine in my day. I salute and respect all of
your accomplishments, and I’m proud to know you as a friend 🙂
Next up, our maintenance anniversary!

Aww, thanks guys. Feeling a little tearful now – in a good way of course. Thank you 😊

Great insight into your kitchen, Essie. Thanks. You are so industrious, not to say adventurous – a bit of a domestic goddess in fact 😊 Just wish you lived on this side of the pond, I’d be dropping in all the time 😊

Well now Essie – you certainly have a bit of a shoe fetish, and you are fast developing one in me too😉 That green-eyed monster is rearing his ugly head again!
As Allie says, they are hot hot HOT! Though actually rather cute too, particularly the booties.😊 But either pair would be very welcome to a place in my wardrobe, should you ever want to avoid Ms Allie Cat who, I’m reliably informed, is a stalker accustomed to accosting previously unknown (in the flesh at any rate😉) ladies wearing hot footwear 😜

Mary, you vixen! Ah, memories, memories…My o/h takes 8 different
kinds of heart meds, so wild nights are now a distant memory.
Enjoy!

Hi Natalie, just to complicate things for you, I have been doing the 16/8 pattern since the start and chose to give up milk in my tea and coffee. Apart from week 4 and last week’s (9) weirdness, I’ve been losing around 1kg a week.

I chose to give up milk so that I stayed in fast mode, fat burnng, but also because I don’t just have one cup of tea. I have tea and coffee in the morning and more tea in the afternoon and sometimes more tea mid morning. A dash of milk is around 20 calories and 2 carbs of which both are sugar. So for me, milk in tea and coffee just had to go. It took a couple of weeks to get over that particular sorrow! Now I’m a dreadful espresso enthusiast (bore) and have made a particular blend of tea leaves I can enjoy black.

I say, give going to lunchtime a try, with your tea, and just test out how that goes.

Like Sandy47 I plan to add some 24 hour fasts if things slow down and as a way of protecting my metabolism. Jason Fung is worth a read or watch on Youtubes.

Well, E, now those are both HOT HOT HOT! I’d wear either of them in
a heartbeat! The boots have brought out my green eyed monster, I
have to admit. I think it’s only a matter of time before I find myself
standing in line at City Fish, and notice a petite, dark haired young woman
with show stopping footwear. I shall speak your given name, and
then we will fall into each other’s arms, laughing hysterically. It’s
time to reschedule our dinner, too! 🙂 I know that Breshnev hat too,
my nephew just returned from St.Petersburg with the same model
for his father. It’s been put to good use out in the driveway, removing
mother nature’s recent largesse. Did you hear me laughing into
the cosmos when I noticed the position you must have assumed
to take these recent photos? Neither one of us could have managed
it in 2016. How would we have been able to get back up off the
floor???

Oh Mary I like your style! Hope you don’t cause ructions in A&E later……. Again!! Poor Jovis or rather lucky Jovis. Have a great night x

Gday all,

Been long time since I’ve posted, still on my journey been very challenging to say the least over last couple of months. Really over indulged over the xmas & new year break.

Week 72 done and dusted, my last post l weighed in @ 103.1 on 5 Nov 2017

Week 72 weigh in: 104.2kg, a gain of 1.1kg since last weigh in post.

Prior to going on holidays in early October l got to 99.4kg, was so close to achieving my 99 kg goal, but carb monster set in while on holidays and l blew out to 105.5 kg. The lowest l got to my pre-holiday weight was 102.4kg on 20/10/2017. Then the Christmas and new year’s holidays came by and l really indulged bad, carb monster and desert over load. We ended up going to Tamworth to the in-laws for 3 days and we had a mighty feast for those days. I couldn’t believe my eyes when l stepped back on the scales on 27/12/2017, I weighed in at 116.5KG! Then l knew l had to go back to the drawing board, carbs were vanished and deserts were off the menu. For some reason l weighed myself 3 days later and l weighed in at 109kg. I don’t know what went on, a loss of 7.5kg in 3 days is unexplainable. It was bloody hot in Tamworth over 40c for our whole trip and l was drinking water like a camel, could of been mostly water weight gain l guess.

Lately l have added swimming to my exercising routine, really enjoying it during our heat wave. Still sticking to my walks but just not as long.

My weight loss journey has had many highs and lows and twist and turns, another 5.2kg to go till l reach my goal weight. My 99kg goal weight has been so close many times but yet so far away.

Though there is on certain thing l know, l will never bloody give up!

take care all…..

LeeLee! How are you feeling?? I’ve had to take care of some of
life’s little chores, so haven’t been on top of all recent news here…
I know that you had extensive blood work done recently. Have
you heard the results yet? Your trip to the islands must be coming
up fast! Hopefully it will be the rest that you need. Thinking of you!

Allie

Mary!!! Love it! 😊😊👍

Kxxx

Girls really? Read my older posts….I can blow his mind!

Yowzer!

Just popped by to say thanks to Esnecca for the creamy dressing suggestions. I’ve been having a salad most days for lunch when I’m at work and so they have really come in handy. I also made one to go with a fish taco salad (minus the taco of course) with a bit of kimchi juice mixed in with the mayo and lime juice and it was divine!

Just about to start BSD and want to get the best Commercial Meal-replacement Diet shakes available in Scotland UK. Anyone got any ideas please.

Natalie, I fast until lunch every day and have 2 BSD friendly meals – also have tea with milk in the mornings. Have been losing 2-3lbs per week using this woe but haven’t tried to see whether I’d lose more without said tea. I’m happy with a steady loss of 2lb per week, and am probably at the halfway point until my target. May review this when I get closer to goal by mixing up some fast days.

I’m very proud of that Mary! 🤣🤣 Go girl xx

Happy Anniversary Theodora! I hope to one day achieve what you have.

Happy to report a 2 lb loss this week, so down to 10st 9lb. Briefly weighed 10st 8lb just for a day on Saturday, but not getting disheartened, this works. Aiming for another 2lb next week as this will be my 2 stone weight loss milestone.

KOKO everyone, and enjoy your trip to China TC. Good luck with your goal of avoiding food with more bones than you 🤣

Thanks for posting all x

I’ve been a bit frustrated with slow loss so I need this thread more than ever!
1. Maybe I haven’t lost much in the past 10 days, but I’m still at a much much happier weight than I was six months ago!
2. We’ve had several days of cooler weather and I’ve been able to get out in the garden every day, it had been too hot for a while to do anything. It’s going to heat up again soon and that is also nice – back in the pool!
3. Rereading old Enid Blyton “Mallory Towers” boarding school books. Such an alien world to an Australian! And probably not really much like that in reality.

Fair enough Lovetcook. You obviously know what you are doing!

After a small loss last week and now three days at the same weight, I’m going to mix it up a bit by extending my fasting window by skipping breakfast. I don’t usually do this even though I’m not hungry in the morning, because in the past (not on BSD) if I skip breakfast I suddenly get ravenous mid-morning and make bad choices. But I’m hoping BSD changes to my body/blood sugar stability will help with that, and I have a plan for what to eat if I do get really hungry before lunchtime – not just whatever random junk I can grab quickly!. I normally eat about two hours after getting up, stretching that to five hours might be a bit much so lunch might be very early today!

But, is the general consensus that my early morning tea with a splash of milk (so I’m not fully fasting) makes this whole exercise completely pointless? Or just a bit less effective?

Welcome Yams1979, don’t beat yourself up about the yo-yo in, we’re only human!
This is the first time I’ve done anything like this and I’m only a week in but I can honestly say that I haven’t been hungry (apart from once when I was tired more than hungry) and haven’t missed carbs at all. That said I am really lucky that I’m doing this with hubby and don’t have kids at home so we just don’t have any tempting foods about, it might be harder if I had to watch someone else tucking into a bowl of pasta! Good luck with it.

Mary – you fast piece!

Theodora – what a lovely post to read and what a lovely OH. Congratulations on your BSD first anniversary.

Liz – I’m so sorry. I’ve just noticed you’ve answered a question of mine as part of a response on this thread. I’ve only just seen it. It’s sometimes difficult for me to keep up (I spend days at a time off-line). The fibre thing – I’m trying to make sure I have greens (e.g. spinach) a lot more, and I’ve also started having chia seeds and flaxseed. But generally it’s a work in progress. I’ve also always struggled to stay <20 g carbs and eat all my cals. My initial degree was in English Literature – it put me off reading anything for years – hence I’ve always been curious about how creative people manage when they add business into the mix. l’m enthralled at the idea of a tiny Great British Bake Off Tent with all its contents – I want one! Hope you’re doing well x

My positives
1) I had a really wonderful weekend with my OH, including at his brother’s surprise birthday party.
2) My BIL and his wife have been married for about 5 years. They’ve both been married before and have grown up children – early 20’s upwards. At the weekend I saw a home full of happiness, generations of relatives from both sides, walls full of photos of shared days, old photos of grandparents, great grandparents again from both sides. It was just wonderful, and is still making me smile.
3) I had some lovely, genuine compliments from a young relative. He has experienced a lot of trouble in his life and I know he is still struggling, so for him to be so clearly happy for me was genuinely moving.

Yep, I need help too!! Really have to get my act together or I’ll be back where I started. Starting in the next day or 2. Might try get that book, it sounds interesting

Leelee, lovely of you to pop in. I am afraid I didn’t wear the dress….sniggers….he bought me a nightie so I wore that…

Love Mary
xxx

Hello, can I join in here too please! I am ready to start in the next day or two. Have spent today browsing the 8 week bsd recipe book, and fighting a carb withdrawal battle on the couch, as I needed to wean myself before getting stuck in properly to the 800 cal for 8 weeks programme. I have decided to follow the 8 weeks of recipe plans in the back of the book to the letter, to take any decision making out of the equation!
Am currently pretty annoyed with myself as I have gained an awful lot of weight since summer 2017, it’s been a feature of my life since having my first baby in 2001 that I have lost and gained the same 2 stone over and over again. Last time though I really worked hard and had my food and gym work all fairly close to perfect and I have just let it all slide. I’m determined to get my act together and lose a significant amount of weight permanently as I can’t keep yoyo-ing like this. I have tried everything, WW, SW, Unislim etc. but when I discovered the gym and circuit training I started unwittingly following a low carb high protein good fats diet that worked really really well for me and kept me feeling full and satisfied. I’m dreading weighing myself tbh, post Christmas and we’ve just been away in Lanzarote for a week so it’s been a beer fest as well as a carb fest 😭😭 for the last 4 weeks. I will weigh and measure in the morning though, wish me luck

I lost 5lbs in first week and decided not to weigh myself until the 4 week mark however I had a cup of tea with sugar 😔 we all have our moments of weakness but I’m not deterred. Maybe u should look into the 5:2 fast as a chance in habits is hard to break straight away

Just popping in to wish the lovely Nonna Mary a truly lovely birthday.
Steak a la Jovis sounds just the ticket but I do hope you wore your lovely dress. A night in can be very special.

Have a lovely evening xx

The dehydrator has been busy today. I thought you guys might enjoy a little glimpse behind the curtain at the process.

Here are clumps of fresh ginger after they’ve been peeled, mashed in the food processor and had all their juice squeezed out of them with a cheesecloth. I use ginger juice all the time. No way I’m donating it to the dehydrator. He’ll just make it disappear! Besides, it dries faster the drier it is to begin with.

https://s13.postimg.org/lpdwfhjvr/ginger1.jpg

Here are the clumps broken up on the tray ready to go.

https://s13.postimg.org/fbotc74p3/ginger2.jpg

Here’s the tray in place.

https://s13.postimg.org/lcmi9fz2v/dehydrator.jpg

The second one right below it is garlic, my father’s homegrown, as a matter of fact, which makes the greatest powder I’ve ever tasted. I put that in this morning so it’s almost done. Another hour or so and it will time to take it out, give it a few minutes to cool, then grind it all up to fine powder.

Toby101, not to worry. I have plenty of extra fat to sustain me. Am still over 50 lbs above my target. I did a broth fast on Day 1 and 2, I am actually doing a 5:2 style fast on Day 3 nd 4 (had about 300 – 400 calories in a flax seed toast with avocado, large green salad for supper). And per Jason Fung’s book, they often do 7 – 14 day fasts on their overweight patients. Taking vitamins daily. And feel great. If I didn’t I would stop.

The data suggests that you are actually in a pretty protected state while fasting (or near fasting). The real danger is in a chronic calorie reduction (say of 500 lbs) that does not kick your system into an autophagy mode where you actually have a rise in growth hormone, etc.

Would just like to nudge over whatever roadblock I am currently hitting. I am sure it will show up eventually….just need to be patient. So much easier said than done.

It’s time for more fun with post-Christmas sales. I call these my double cats, one cat is the leopard print, the other is the kitten heel. These are my first kitten heels ever and I adore them. So, so comfy.

https://s13.postimg.org/wz6maeu1z/kittens.jpg

For Theo and Allie who enjoy the sleekness and versatility of black as an anchor, and to prove to all y’all that not always about the technicolor explosion for me, check out these sweet suede loafers with a herringbone emboss and studs around the soles.

https://s13.postimg.org/73mvr92iv/herring.jpg

Nothing to report, just posting to tick the subscribe box. Don’t know how it unticked itself.

Happy Anniversary Theo! You are a gentle warm and guiding presence on this thread. I hope you are basking in the warmth directed to you by so many on this forum.

Theodora can I add my thanks and good wishes. You are amazing and it’s reading yours and the others stories that keeps me going.

Thank you.

Nonna Mary
xxxx

Right. other half a pound down this morning again, but so that makes 3.5 lbs , all told ( it was 3 down not 2.5 yesterday i now realise) … That’s half , half a stone.. ( sounds better eh? ) .. that half a pound may not stick ,but at least it shows I am going (snails pace) in the right direction

I have absolutely weighed every last crumb on the electronic scales today.. Ive had dinner and MFP says 746 calories .. Plain tap water ice and lime slice only this evening

I also had a headache and was really thirsty today ,, not helped in that i think i may be getting a cold.. BUT I AM DETERMINED 🙂

I have glugged loads of water today ..

I have also reminded myself that i did see 12st.12 a couple of days before I restarted this which was my Panic weight .. so if I count that it makes 5.5lbs down in two and a half weeks ..

I have also gained this week, just 0.1kg, but still a gain. I have been struggling to fight a cold and very sore throat so have drunk a couple of cans of cider over the course of the week because I craved a fizzy drink to help with the sore throat, so was up slightly on carbs to my normal aim, and I and have not been as physically active as normal. So guess its not as bad as it could have been.

I have found that I am sleeping more deeply on longer than normal. Just sometimes I end up having dreams about out of control steam engines (whenever one of the cats sneaks into the house and I wake up to find him purring in my ear.)

Who indeed, Cathy?!! But here we are, a whole year later, a whole lot lighter and, without doubt, a whole lot healthier. 😊

Thank you for your lovely comments and here’s to our next year – in maintenance obviously. 😀

Happy BSD anniversary Theodora! What an inspiration you have been to me and many BSDers! You really do shine on here and I love your vitality and enthusiasm. What a great ambassador you are for this way of eating. Well done on your fantastic weight loss and thank you for your positivity throughout our journey together. Like you I am at goal and maintaining. I didn’t lose as quickly as you did and still struggle to stay at goal weight and my aim is to try to get under (can’t seem to manage it) to give me the wiggle room that you managed to achieve. Congratulations Theodora and thank you for the help and support. Here’s to another year ahead! Who’d have thought this time last year what we would achieve!

Awww, bless you Essie. Thank you for such a lovely response, all the more treasured because not only do I count you as my valued BSD friend, not to mention fashion mentor, you are most definitely one of my BSD heroes. 😊