What a lovely, positive post to round off phase one, Flick. I’m so pleased for you. Your focus will be an inspiration to newbies following in your (much lighter) footsteps. Can’t wait to welcome you into all the above mentioned clubs – you are going to have such fun.

Good luck in round 2 – not that I think you’ll need it, but your cheerleaders are all still here, pompoms waving for you.🎉🎊🎉

Morning all! My weight today is 10st 3 and a quarter. 2 and a half lbs down. I’m really disappointed in my head but realistically I should be pleased as oh and I had a bottle of red and a whole tube of pringles between us. I could kick myself but …… I’m still down and I’m back on it now. Good luck everyone on your weigh ins x

A quick report-in this morning as I’m on my way out just now.

I’ve lost 2lbs this week. That means I’ve lost the 2lbs I put on over Christmas. I’m happy with that. The scales flickered on 9st 13lbs (which I was for a few hours on Christmas Eve) before settling at 10 st, so may not be long until I’m in the 9’s. I’ve also just worked out (I do like my stats) that at 10st (140lbs) I have now lost 30% of my original body weight.

Will catch up with everyone later today but good to hear you’ve turned a corner, Butterlover, – and brilliant 8 week end results, Flick.

woohoo, week 1 and 9lb down. I know it will slow down now but those sort of numbers really spur me on 🙂

Good morning and it really is. My first positive is sleep related, sorry you’re having a bad time sleep wise SunnyB.

1. Second night of really adequate sleep. I only woke once for the bathroom after so much water!
2. Dishwasher engineer turned up and fixed dishwasher. Yippeee!
3. Lovely Indian meal out. I have now found my ideal BSD meal …. chicken tikka and saag bhaji. Lovely!

Hope Tuesday brings lots of ‘positives’ for us all

Good morning everyone. Yippee my weigh-in takes me back to my pre
Christmas party/Christmas/New Year weight. So it took me 3 weeks to put it on, and a week to take it off, but that’s dangerously close to yo-yo and I hope that by next time this WOL is embedded in my brain. !

So today 13st 6lbs
Target for this challenge 12 st 4lbs
Overall Target 12st. (Right in the middle of the “normal” weight for my height)

Hi less than half a pound gain for me and I’m happy. If I can stay the same for the next two weeks that will count as a success. Hope you have all had a good first week and that week two gets you further towards your goal.

Morning all. Just a quick one to say beware the cream tea!!! Total loss for the week is 2.5lbs but it was much higher before Sunday! When will I learn 🙁

Good luck with weigh in everyone. I’m on a course today but will catch up later or tomorrow xx

HI Everyone . reading posts is really helping me get back on track. MILALIN yes Im shouting at you.You are amazing, coping so well with multiple challenges and frustrations that would have sent me to comfort food in a wink.Im inspired to stop my excuses and get on with improving myself.thank you for sharing with us.👏👏👏👏.Today I weigh in at 82kg so a loss of 0.4kg over night which is very good for me.I may be low on fluid intake so it will probably go up but I feel that I have turned corner.Its too hot to walk outside so Im off to the shops to do a couple of laps. Koko too you all

Flick! How fabulous for you, such wonderful results following on from your 8 weeks of true determination. I’m full of admiration for your progress to date and your future goals👏👏👏😊

Emphasizing with your sulking, Mariet. The ups and downs are hard to fathom sometimes, aren’t they? 😯

Well done, SueBlue, great loss for you this week. Very affirming isn’t it? 😊

Hard lines, Milalin. Sad that you’ve had to go into hospital through ED again. That’s trial enough workout adding in the food issues. I’ve also observed the lack of choice in ED, and while generally it’s understandable there as patients are supposed to be moved on quickly, it’s hardly forgivable for those with specific needs. And surely something healthier than white bread!

Good to see you again, Mokovex, and we’ll done you on the way you’ve held the line😊

For myself, the usual up and down week but luckily I’ve managed a down on a Tuesday 😁. 62.1kg this morning. 900 gms less than last week and 300 gms less than boxing day. Happy today😊

Only have one more planned event on the calendar, an 80th party next Sunday, where I have no control over what is on the plate only what I take off it. Care needed there. Of course, there are always the meals out at restaurants/cafes which tend to be more frequent at this time of year, i.e. in the warmer weather, but that comes down to my ability to choose wisely, doesn’t it?

Good choosing everyone as we move into the next week ODAAT.

Week 8 and Round 1 wrap up – this is a bit long, intended for my record, so feel free to ignore.’

Starting weight – 78.3kg
Week 7 – 68.8
Week 8 – 67.5 = -1.3 kg and a total loss for the 8 weeks of 10.8kg🌟🌟🌟🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️😀 (Whoosh Fairy swung by last night, dear thing)

A strategy I use when I’m attempting to improve fitness ahead long bush walks is to load a day pack with dive weights and lug it up and down hills in my local area. That day pack currently has 9kg in it and I can tell you it is bloody heavy. I know I have shed 10.8 kg but I just can’t get my head around just how much weight that is – how much lighter I must be.🙃🤨

No change to measurements this week so final wrap up –

Waist – 90cm – 81cm = 9cm reduction
Hip – 109cm – 102cm = 7cm reduction

I’m very happy to see these key health indicators move in the right direction. They were/are quite stubborn even though clothes tell a different story.

There have been some unexpected non measurement non scale benefits – chief amongst them for me is vastly improved sleep. I sleep longer and deeper and best of all fall asleep more quickly and more peacefully than I can remember. This kicked in I think late in Week 1 or 2 and remains a wonderful added bonus.

I have continued to enjoy a lovely consistent high level of energy. This was very unexpected and unlike sleep I really hadn’t noticed that my energy fluctuated wildly during the day. The contrast is extraordinary. I feel so much more active, but steady. It is a wonderful way to move through the day and one I value and wish to protect.

Eight weeks of 800/20, 16/8, no alcohol, no snacking was actually pretty painless. For me, I just needed to make the decision and understand that my past pattern is any wavering equals the slippery slope. Not being hungry came as a huge surprise as did how rapidly carb cravings subsided once I settled into 20g or less carbs. I still miss things in theory, but what I miss changes. Currently it’s stone fruit and in the recent appalling hot weather, beautifully made, icy, limey gin and tonic. Speaking of, no alcohol was not a problem once I had navigated a couple of social events. I was quite nervous and unsure how I’d go with this but here I am – 8 weeks no alcohol and still quite a happy person, all friendships intact. 🤪

So now, Day 1 of Round 2. I plan to continue 800/20, 16/8, no snacking, no alcohol. I will add in 24 hour fasts if the weight loss slows to the point I risk losing motivation, but really this lovely forum, which has been invaluable to me during Round 1, with it’s diversity, good will and brain power will, no doubt, help prop me up through the inevitable stalls and loop de loops ahead.

Round 2

Starting weight – 67.5kg
Goal – 60kg

Hi JackieM, I’m going home today after dialysis and I did get scrambled egg this morning! It’s made me start planning better, what I can bring in on the 25th!
Hi Mariet, I have noticed overall improvement over the last couple of years but I’m a bit of a complex case as it’s heart, renal and diabetic. They seem to only handle one of those or the other. Also complicated by coming in after dinner time on Sunday night through emergency. On top of that I was admitted but the renal ward was full and by the time I went to renal lunch was over. Also I received what the previous person had ordered for Monday night. So it’s also because it was a short stay. In addition the ‘diabetic diet’ is pretty much the ‘old school’ heavy carb diet, which of course I don’t do. So I’ll be bringing my nuts and tins of fish, seed crackers etc.
SueBlue congratulations on your fantastic loss! Yes ED and short stays are the hardest esp if I can’t pack and have to get going fast. I’m thinking my goal before surgery will now be just to do my best. I got fantastic blood results today. My renal modified version of this diet is really working for me!
Inka13 the diet makes it easy for me as I’ve found i really don’t get hungry . I also keep nut snacks in my dialysis bag. Seeing all my numbers improve so fast has given me the strength to stick to it almost perfectly… a bit over on calories . The rapid weight loss has destabilised my BP and continual adjustments of my meds are needed. At least I’ve got a better plan for when it spikes in future.

I can’t wait to join the Phoenix Club and the What’s Next club and the Bloody Hell Nothing fits I have to Buy a Complete New Wardrobe Club.

Allie, One of the many distressing things about this back saga was being measured by the GP and hear her say, “No you are not 5’4.5″ (I am accustomed to referring to this as 5’5″), you are 163 cm.” That is not even 5’4″. The indignity, I feel robbed!

Well fellow BSD peeps I’m one week down and feeling pretty o.k.
Only a couple of days when I could of killed someone for food round that 3pm mark but otherwise all o.k. Drinking LOADS of water which helps I think. Trying to get through about 2 1/2 L per day.
I’ve lost a total of 3kg (6.6pounds) which makes me feel great and that it’s all worth it. I’m actually in a pretty good mind set and trying to get the family in on it too. When dishes say for 2 or 4 people (Weekly meal planner) I’ve added it to the family meal or divided it up for myself in containers so it’s easy for next time.
my issue this week is that I have a new denture plate which I got today and will have to eat very soft foods for the next week or so. Tricky with working off the meal planner so I guess it will need to be jiggled around a bit and my food cooked right down till everything is nice and soft. It’s so hot here at the moment(28+C – 90+F) so soup is out of the question. So I don’t think this week the loss will be as big but any loss is better than nothing and I am keeping my sights set on the end goal!

I think that Esnecca is right – it can be horses for courses. When I was doing BSD800 I occasionally would have a bowl of porridge (unsweetened) when the inevitable plateaux kicked in. It seemed to reset my system and the weight loss started again. Only an experience and solely a data point, definitely not a general recommendation.

I started the diet a week ago and I am really enjoying this new way of eating and especially my reduced hunger. The only problem is that I am experiencing diaoreha the last several days. Has any experienced the same thing and what can i do about it or will it pass.

Hear hear Allie – wouldn’t it be lovely to welcome Flick as a new member to our Phoenix club? How about it Flick? Keep going on your 2nd round in the same indomitable fashion as you tackled your first and you’ll be a fully fledged phoenix before you know it😊

Talking of which, the phoenix thread seems to have gone a little quiet atm – perhaps all too busy at the January sales?😉😀😉

Happy 1st BSD birthday Cathy, and well done on hanging in there, reaching your goal weight and, just as importantly, maintaining since October. Dropping from size 18 to a size 10 is fantastic.

I’m sure your son will be so proud of you at his wedding in the summer, what a lovely thing to look forward to. You will have such fun going out to choose a lovely outfit for the occasion, instead of just something that “fits” – you’ll be spoilt for choice but whatever you do end up choosing, you will look amazing.

Please keep checking in to let us know how it’s going, you’re a very valued member of our little community.

Happy BSD birthday to you too, DCT, and almost at target too. Now that’s something to celebrate!

Everyone still on this thread either has just, or is about to celebrate one year of BSD so I’m really looking forward to reading lots more updates. My anniversary is this time next week, so will report in then with my news.

In the meantime I think we all deserve a huge pat on the back just for still being here one whole year on. 😉😊😜

Hang in there Mariet. These plateaus are very trying but they do give way. Maybe treat yourself to something lovey today – massage, pedicure, new book? Just don’t let it get you down.

Like others I’m pretty sure this heat is causing my body hold onto to water. Drinking the same but peeing less and despite an overnight loss, I feel quite bloated. First time in the 8 weeks. Maybe the slightly cooler weather will see us all go whoosh!

My weigh day today, two weeks into this challenge. Two weeks rigidly on plan and my result its… exactly the same as my start weight. I stared in disbelief at the scales this morning and am now reacting in my most mature, adult way- I am sulking.

Hope everyone else has a happier report!

Workout went well and another 2lb down! Though I’d be flagging and really struggle but was no harder than it was last time I went before Christmas, surprising how your body can adapt to coping with so many less cal! Guess it’s all in the ratios!

I’ve also found there are FB groups for BSD, there are a few different ones and are easy to dip in and out of, though I’d mention it if people didn’t know they were there?

Hi Milalin, I’m so sorry to hear you are back in hospital. Isn’t it appalling – our top class hospital system so completely let down, well undermined, by something as simple as catering. It is unforgivable. I too am completely impressed with how you have managed it with such sensible self care and grace. Hats off to the quiche lady! All my warmest wishes to you Milalin, fingers crossed you are safe home soon.

So, today’s weigh in for me marks the completion of Week 8 🌟🌟🎉🎉🤩. That’s right, Round 1 done and dusted! I am gobsmacked that I’ve made it.

Despite lolling about at 67.9 for five very tedious days, a loss at the begining of the week and another loss overnight brings the loss for the week to 1.3kg. That makes a total for this challenge of 2.6kg, so on track to make my 4kg target and an 8 week total of 10.8kg. I just have to say that again, today I am 10.8kg (23.8lbs, 1 1/2 stone) lighter than I was 8 weeks ago! So 8 weeks of 16/8, 800, no snacking and no alcohol. I feel fabulous!

Round 2 starts today – my goal weight is 60kg. My immediate goal is to make it into the healthy bmi 66.7kg.

Congrats to everyone else reporting losses and those holding steady but sticking to their guns. It’s such a non linear journey.

Hello all.
In a reflective mood this evening, just pondering over my thoughts and taking the time to note how this first week has gone. My sub week weigh in on Saturday morning showed a 1.3kg drop, good good I thought and carried on with my day.

I haven’t experienced any carb flu symptoms, eaten twice a day except today when I had a cup of miso soup for lunch and skinny chilli over a grilled aubergine this evening.
No sugar or white carb foods, (small pat on the back for me). No cravings either, surrounded by the stuff but not bothered.
Yesterday’s roast was just slices of beef and veg while the rest of the family had all the trimmings. Again satisfied with my plate of food and happy the family enjoyed their Sunday roast.

So right now I’m in control of my eating, my calorie shift must be upwards 1500/1750 if not more depending on alcohol consumed so I really chuffed about that.
Mood and energy is up but no improvement in my skin condition either in the look or irritation of it.

Looking forward to seeing everyone’s first weeks weigh in posts.

Thanks Nick.

Hi Cathy

Good to hear from you and glad all is going well. What a great year it’s been for you! And how lovely to look forward to the wedding knowing you’ll be slim and happy.

I’ve just had my 1 year anniversary too. This time last year I was 12 stone 2lb (170lb), size 16 and BMI 28.3. I set myself a target of 9 stone 7lb (133lb) and am nearly there: now 9 stone 10lb (136lb) and BMI 22.7. I have taken things steady and alternated periods of strictness with periods of not-so-much; more maintenance than diet. But I’m nearly where I want to be: in fact have set myself a new target of 130lb and hope to get there in the next couple of months or so. I’m in no rush but am equally determined never to go back above 10 stone again!

Remember those size 10 jeans I bought for the Marillion gig in October? Well they fit me now 🙂 A bit skimpy to be sure – it would be nice to be able to breathe 😉 But I can get them on, fasten them up and move around freely in them – all of which is real progress since October!

It’s great to be able to get into nice clothes again (and oh how I regret some of the things I’ve got rid of over the years!). I was thrilled to buy a lovely Anthropologie top recently in the sales – a size Small! Yay! This time last year I literally had only a couple of things that fit me. I’ve always been quite small until recent years but the weight had really piled on and there were so few of my clothes I could fit into comfortably that it was really getting me down.

Anyway well done everyone on this thread and do please keep in touch with how you are doing. SueBlue good luck with your “Lose 18 for 2018”, and Seasidenana you will look amazing in your wedding dress! Theodora I trust maintenance is still going well and that Abbado you’re managing to get back on the wagon after all your recent celebrations?

Hope that 2018 is a brilliant year for you all X

My positives for today:
1. Wearing a pair of size 16 work pants – this time last year I was busting out of size 20.
2. Watching the storm last night. At first I was annoyed that the noise of it woke me up at 2am and I couldn’t get back to sleep. But then I opened the curtains and watched the spectacular light show and listened to the sound of the rain – so welcome during this heatwave.
3. I managed to stay on plan all day yesterday, apart from an ice block in the evening (fruit flavoured and ice cream filled). However I did enjoy it, and still did a lot better calorie wise than last week!

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.