Hi Cameron, that’s so great to hear – exactly how I felt when things seemed to be going the wrong way – stronger resolve, not less! Because we know that it’s doable and that underlying what the scales say, we must be going in the right direction. Great work keeping the fluids up to metabolise those fuel stores 🙂

Victoria, that’s amazing – half way already!

Morning all, as predicted the weight loss has been very slow this week. Another 2lb off though so not going to complain about that but have felt more tired and exercise has been a real struggle this week.
Hope everyone’s scales are making them smile today 🙂

Good morning everyone. This morning, if not a whoosh, at leat the scales moved after 6 days and I lost 1 lb. this means that I am exactly half way through my total BSD weight loss target. If I can keep it up at 3lbs per week (just on that edge at the moment) I will be on target for finishing by my birthday in mid March. If not, and I slow down towards the end, I have a back up target of a holiday in Cyprus at the end of March.

I notice there are a few other stalls on this on this thread at the moment, maybe we’re all in a similar pattern of the body adapting to us rebooting 800. Hopefully we’ll all start to move forward again.

Hi zolou,

Whilst disappointed, it has increased my resolve and I believe the increase to be exagerated due to my weighing prior to going to the bathroom and an increased fluid intake over the last couple of days. Been a lot more diligent today and will continue to push on and work towards a more desirable result at next weeks week 3 weigh in.

Thanks for your support and good luck to you to as we undertake this journey to better health and lifestyle.

Regards

Cameron

Great news SunnyB!
I have been finding the ‘positive’ difficult of late so just one to get me back into the right frame of mind…..
Today I will re-read The Blood Sugar Diet book yet again! I have gone a smidgeon over my ‘trigger’ weight so the time is here to “re-read, reconsider and regroup’.
Have a good day everyone.

Hi All,

No, no loss to report from me either this week. I’ve stayed the same at 10 stone (63.5 kg). I got back last night from a great 3 night stay in a hotel. I ate all BSD food and avoided the fantastic looking deserts at my brother-in-laws birthday party (not that I’m still thinking about them, you understand) but probably ate more calories than I normally would. Also, I didn’t get the walks in I’d hoped for.

While, it’s good that I lost last week and I haven’t gained this week, the fact is I’m the same weight I was before Christmas (over 3 weeks ago). I need to get my act in gear!

Mokovex – I know exactly what you mean about the head space. I’m still trying to settle back into my weekly routine. I need to get my head fully into it, too.

Busybee – 6lb is a great initial weight loss after your New York/New Jersey sojourn (isn’t that a lovely word – just popped into my head), – hope to hear more positive news today.

Flick – what a bummer. I’ve got the flags ready to put out again any minute now – a healthy BMI is a place to be cheered!

Natalie/Marsie – I think I’ve worked out MFODAAT – let’s do that.
And yes, OH did start talking cricket again. Unfortunately, I mentioned Natalie’s Sixers while on a 2hr journey travelling in the car – when will I learn!

Look forward to reading everyone else’s news this week. Then, as Marsie says, let’s all really push downwards for the last week of this Challenge.

Hey Mokovex, I eat emotionally too, I sympathise. I have found eating whatever I want but low carb has helped. But high fat for that ‘treat’ feeling. I feel very self conscious about eating this kind of food in front of family, after years of secret eating, but now I figure it’s part of a plan and I need to be out and proud. Slowly, slowly changing habits and KOKO xx

It’s interesting to hear that it may not be so easy second time – a cautionary tale! For me (I am first time round), I had a complete stall for the second half of week 2 – 2 days with no loss and then a gain – but now in the second half of week 3, it’s on the move again, thank goodness. I was cheered by the thought that the fat *must* have gone and been temporarily replaced by water, and I’m sticking to that theory!

Hi Natalie, hope you are feeing better. You’ve done really well not to be derailed by being unwell – if you can weather that, you can weather anything!

Cameron, that’s rough! How do you feel? Are your scales working OK do you think?

Cathy, sorry you can’t join in with the exercise – poor you, spraining both ankles!

I wonder how others are getting on with the exercise part of the programme (steps, HIT and strengthening)? It feels like it plays an important role for me in telling my body to keep the metabolism moving and it’s a way to have a bit more control of how fast the scales move.

Morning all,

this week + 2.5lb

I know why! I have really not got this WOE licked at all. Still very much emotionally driven to eat. I have also been lax about my morning routine of posting on here which is indicative of what is going on in my head. Oh well, it is all about stopping the rot.

Onwards and downwards.

x

Hi all, Tuesday weigh-in day again. 62.3kg. Up from last week. I know, I know, it’s only by 200 gms but I can’t account for it. Annoying, so I’m just going to call it “somewhat the same” as last week. And JulesMaigret has recently stressed the general unreliability of bathroom scales. I’m paraphrasing, JM, hope you don’t mind.

And again, we exclaim at the speed of passing time as we begin the 4th week of our HNY challenge. Let’s see some downward pressure here, folks, moi included! !💝

Keep on MFODAAT

What a fascinating job sunshine-girl! My info was from many years ago so obviously no longer (if it ever was) accurate. TV news hype not always the most reliable source.

My grandmother used to work for a chocolate factory. She said people always asked if she got sick of chocolate – the answer was always no!

Allie, whilst I love Vivaldi, sorry but I couldn’t get your link to work😢

Essie, if you were talking about my fascinator, it certainly won’t be going to Arica with me😨 It will be used to dress my confection up for weddings, baptisms etc.

On the other hand….. I’m sure I could find room in my safari bag for Jackie’s pith helmet!😉 Jackie………..

BTW Jackie…dare I ask why on earth you are the proud (and much envied) possessor of a pith helmet???

Thanks sunshine girl, that is really helpful. I have currently been doing fasting levels so would be interesting to see how it goes throughout the day.

Today has been really hard, I’ve had a thumping headache despite drinking lots of water – eventually I went over my calories with nuts and homemade no flour apple & cinnamon muffins. The headache went but I feel like I’ve cheated myself 😞

However tomorrow is a new day…..

That’s fun, Jackie! Care to model it for us??? I used to have an 87
year old neighbor that had been on multiple safari expeditions, and
on summer weekends he could be sighted, sitting on his riding mower,
with his pith helmet on, protecting his bald pate from the noon day
sun!

I’m the same Natalie, i just love sleeping now and feel very protective of it. It kicked in quite early for me so I put it down to a combination of low carb and low(no for me) alcohol. I hadn’t really lost enough weight for that to be a contributor.

Very very hard not to obsess about the scales. I caught myself just now trying to count back water drunk yesterday – lordie, that way the path of despair. Time to get out into this beautiful sunshiny, quite mild summer day.

Hi Luvtcook,
Thanks for your answer.
It isn’t about missing the luxury button or living the life of an ascetic. We eat incredibly well and our food is full of flavour.
There is something about a big carb hit that gives me a visceral, hormonal satisfaction that I don’t seem to get from other foods. If I could replicate that feeling without carbs I would be a happy man.
Have you tried the noodles made with konjac root? They have 0 calories and actually are a pretty good spaghetti substitute. They tend to have a fishy smell when you open the package but a good wash gets rid of that. They are one of the few “substitute” foods that I am happy with.
Jan

Oh dear, Thanks for your lovely cheering and well wishing, but it seems I got a bit ahead of myself. This weeks wrap up is very disappointing. Yesterday I was 66.6kg and that deep wailing noise you heard this morning was me looking down at a .7kg gain in the scales this morning. Only change was to spread the calories over three meals and eat to breakfast out. Loads of steps as I enjoyed a day of furniture shopping and browsing with my daughter. Who knows what is going on.

Round 2
Starting Weight 67.5
Week 1 67.3 = -.2 and back into the overweight BMI range at 25.2

I know it’s just not sensible to panic over a single blip on the scales (even one this spectacular) but how maddening! I’m tempted to immediately start a 24 hour fast, but I think as it is early days I will sit tight, stick to 800/20 and just see what this body is actually up to. If it looks like the weight loss is going to be erratic or super slow, I will introduce fasts.

Oh on the bright side another centimetre has nelted from my wait. My hips remain generous!

Flick (and Mariet) it’s crazy isn’t it how we can eat so little and still not lose much! I agree with all you said, it’s not a linear calories-in calories-out process. But it’s hard not to start stressing, trying to work out what I did wrong, any other diet they would say we’re not losing because we’re not eating enough, going into starvation mode etc etc. we know this works, just got to keep going.

My NSV is that I’ve been sleeping soundly which is very unusual for me. That alone (almost) makes the difficult change of lifestyle worth it. I do still find it difficult – my daughter made banana raspberry cupcakes yesterday! And it’s tropical fruit season, the fruit bowl is full!

That’s true Natalie!

Like a few others here I’m disappointed in my loss this week, 0.4 kg. Maybe it’s a week two thing? On the Biggest Loser show they always lost big in week one, not much week two.

Kero believing?? Sorry, KEEP believing! Silly typo!

Laska, this is my second time round too and am losing incredibly slowly but I seem to remember someone on here saying that for some reason that’s just what happens. It’s like you get a ‘free pass’ the first time around, then your body goes, wait a minute! the next time and grimly hangs on to everything. I’m finding it a real effort but finally dropped down into the next kilo bracket this morning so I know it’s still working but at about a quarter of the speed!
We just have to keep in and kero believing. It will definitely happen, though like you I’m astonished at how little I’m eating and how little I’m losing!

Natalie, It is definitely not a competition, but if it were I would win. I have finished this week, Week 1 of Round 2 for me, down a whopping, eye watering 200 grams! Yesterday I was 66.6kg (🤘), tracking nicely for a 1kg loss and wham … 67.3kg this morning. Up .7kg overnight. Overall my calories and food choices were within 800/20 but spread over three instead of my usual two as I ate breakfast out – BSD food only, so who knows what’s going on. Oh dear, back into the overweight BMI range.

I had drafted an encouraging post to you Natalie, reminding that weight loss is not linear, our bodies are complex wonders, a loss is a loss etc. and I still offer those thoughts to you, and I suck them up myself!

Mariet, MEEEE TOOOOOO!

So weekly wrap up –

Starting Weight 67.5
Week 1/9 67.3 = -2

Thank you Angela, and yes it does – I always wondered if people in the Med really did live long lives – and now I know it’s very possible if you eat this way!

Hi Atlas,

I think I was in a very similar situation as yourself this time last year and I have had amazing success with the BSD.

I did the 8 week fast 800 and have eaten low-carb since and have lost 12kg.

I even trained for a half marathon during the 800. The only extra calories I had was an extra pint of semi skimmed milk for the protein post run / exercise. Running without carbs is strange at first but the body adapts. Staying hydrated is WAY more important as is keeping up your salt levels. It’s suggested to drink a pint of salted water an hour before exercise. I hadn’t read that at the time and carried a bottle of salted water on my long runs. Tastes like sea water but I got used to It!

Best, Marty

Week 2weigh in, an increase of 3.2 kgs this week from last week. For an overall increase of 1.4 kgs over the two weeks.
Started back at work from holidays yesterday so hopefully this is a slight glitch and things revert to normal from here on in. Not sure why the massive gain but no good stressing about it. Recording everything that goes in my mouth and weighing everything as I knuckle down for the next six weeks.
Good luck to you all on your journey

Regards

Cameron

Hey Jackie, LOOK OVER THERE OMG!!

*runs to Jackie’s, steals her pith helmet, pulls the raspberry bushes and hauls ass back across the Atlantic*

Not to boast …. but I have a pith helmet 🤗

Hi all 😊

Reporting in 100g up on last week but I don’t know how to take this as each day has varied by a kilo in any direction. On the plus side, back at work yesterday and achieved 10000 steps, not bad as I have a desk job.

Hanging in there and trying to concentrate on things other than food and weight loss. Tonight I am going to a social oil painting group. I used to paint water colours but never tried oils so looking forward to widening my horizons. Good luck all.

Right dug out my old electronic scales and actually found a battery for them !5g ans 10g butter weighed and happy to report that i am confident in MFP size /calories which i have been going on ..
All good.. I will just KOKO..

Sunshine that is a good point, I think i am counting ,and I am logging on on MFP .. but I use the category which says ‘ Butter – Salted, 1 pat (1″ sq, 1/3″ high) and logs that as 36 calories ! Iam now going to go an see what a 10g knob of butter actually looks like and also cut some butter in the MFP measurement and see how much that weighs ..

Cathy that is a really motivating post . Thank you f r takingthe time to post that to me ..Not comparing weight loss with others is quite hard ,but then it fits in with my ‘Perfect of F-it’ personality as described above.. I MUST keep remembering that ! .

. Allie am in awe of your your 10st loss .. You must feel amazing!

Laska

Like you, I lost my weight really slowly last year. It took me 10 months to lose exactly three stone. Some weeks I would stay the same and like you I wondered why. I still don’t know why my weight loss was so slow but if you keep plodding and keep following the BSD 800 you will lose your weight. It’s so difficult keeping motivated when the scales don’t move and it seems like everyone else is losing weight quickly. My advice to you is don’t give up and don’t compare your weight loss with others. It sounds like you’re following the plan, keep drinking water, keep low carb and keep plodding and like me you will get to goal. Once you get to goal you will realise that it doesn’t matter how long it takes as long as you get there. I have maintained my loss since end of October and I think that going slowly has its advantages. I didn’t exercise because I can’t and actually I fell and sprained both ankles at one point during the first few months so that hindered me too. Keep positive and it won’t be long before you’re seeing the results. Good luck with your journey. This forum kept me going when I was fed up and I got some great support. Keep plodding Laska, it’s so worth it when you get to goal. I was the tortoise in the race but I didn’t give up and I reached the end and you can too.

That’s a relief Theo – I was thinking along the lines of some torture
undergarment from the middle ages! Who knows what else that you
have hidden in the reccesses of your closet.!
I don’t know if you enjoy classical music, but I heard Vivaldi’s “four
seasons 1/4” when I saw your dress. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
Ub5B3lr1F48 I hope that it appears!

xoxo

That is so perfect! Is it packable for safari or best kept for a home-based event? If it’s the latter, you need to find a pretext to wear that dress and the hat at the earliest possible opportunity. As for the heels requirement, there’s an easy solution that keeps you casual and comfy in the day while still being as colorful as you wish: wedges. Wedged espadrilles for spring/summer have been favorites of mine since I was a kid and I still love them, but nowadays oh my god there are soooo many different kinds of wedges from boots to strappy sandals. Go nuts!

Clearly we need to dedicate a few posts to our hat collections. Mine is in an expansion phase, as I’m sure surprises no one. I loved hats as a young woman but most of my old ones don’t really suit me anymore. I have a different face shape now and my head has shrunk enough to make cute riding hats and straw boaters that used to perch jauntily on my noggin fall down to my brows.

I don’t think so, V, because on the Science one I could access all 4 weeks right from the start. Only time will tell however – atm if I click on week 2 it says it will be downloaded next week 😢

I don’t actually have time on my hands atm, quite a frenetic week actually, it was more a comment for “as, or indeed if, and when”. But I have registered to do it in the future, thank you for the recommendation.

Allie – yet again, two nations separated by a common language 😉

A fascinator is one of those “little bits of nonsense” consisting of feathers, net, etc that is more than a headband but less than a hat😊

Come to think of it, I have a proper hat in exactly the same colour which I could also wear with my frivolous confection 😀

Ha, help me, Theo! What, pray tell, is a fascinator??? 🙂 🙂 🙂

Theo just a thought but maybe be you have to comlete all the elements in week 1 before you can access week 2. Yes I am also doing that course but haven’t started it yet. If you’ve got time on your hands try the Liver one!

Hi Laska, just to stick in my 2 pence worth. Are you counting absolutely everything, for example a 10 gram knob of butter is 70 cals, cherries are 50 cal per 100 grams but sugar dense and how many are a few squares of dark chocolate, i.e. 10g square is around 60 cals. It is easy to forget to add little bits here and there.

I have started my 2nd FL course today – Nutrition and Wellbeing – and, so far at least, I have found it far more interesting than the Science of Nutrition one, but early days. Is anyone else doing this one – if so, what do you think?

Verano, interesting enough, and further to our conversation about all the weeks being available at the same time, the Nutrition and Wellbeing one doesn’t appear to be. This is a shame, as far as I’m concerned, as it means I cannot get ahead when I have more time to devote to it. But you would assume it would be standardised, wouldn’t you? It may be because the Science one is provided by Open University, and the Wellbeing one by Aberdeen University.

Sunny, that is such good news about your mother getting most of her jewellery back, sentimental stuff just cannot be replaced. Also, well done to your o/h for not losing his cool with your father, “helpers” can so often be a hindrance, even when their intentions are good.

My positives – not very exciting today as we’ve had a slightly difficult weekend, but good to see the positives, so here goes…….

1) Finally finished granddaughter’s practise ballet skirts (just hoping they’ll be the last she needs for a while!!)
2) Despite the forecast for heavy rain today, it only drizzled this morning (so I didn’t get soaked walking the dogs 😊) and the sun came out later, so our afternoon walk was in glorious sunshine.
3) Have made a good start on my 2nd Futurelearn course (Nutrition and Wellbeing) and, so far at least, it’s proving far more interesting than the Science of Nutrition one.

Well I know it’s wise not to binge😀 but my lesson was that just that small amount triggered overpowering craving, and at that point wisdom and rationality go out the window. So, avoid the trigger 😉

Essie, my love, you are as usual completely correct. We are all not so much rediscovering ourselves, more discovering whole new us! And the dress does make me feel beautiful, and very feminine.

As far as shoes are concerned, I cannot actually wear flats with it, as it then drags on the ground. I do have a couple of neutral colour low-heeled sandals that I can wear, however. But I agree, if I want to wear it for a “dressy” occasion, I need a fantastic pair of knock-’em-dead heeled sandals, picking out one of the colours. I already have rather a wonderful “fascinator” in the exact turquoisey blue that is in the dress which I had especially made to match another outfit so it would be good to give that another airing, (plus I have a matching pashmina) so I will probably opt for that colour for the sandals – I’ll be keeping my eye open!

Blimey – hadn’t thought of adding a pith helmet to my safari shopping list😝 However, somewhere or other, I probably still have a pair of jodhpurs from a previous life (used to be a very keen rider) which I hadn’t thought of digging out😜

Yes, I agree totally with Allie – you are a bird of paradise, relishing all the bright vivid colours that we have hidden from for so long. I love colour as an accent, but I’m afraid that in general, my actual clothes still verge on black / navy etc!! Though I am getting braver…………….slowly!

Cadburys use coco butter – my daughter is a food scientist and works for them.

Absolutely, Essie..You’re a bird of paradise!

I know what you mean, Theo. I’ve long been more into tailored looks than soft and flowy, but those old patterns don’t matter anymore. All that matters is how great you look in it and how beautiful it makes you feel. Besides, you’re going on safari! It can’t be pith helmets and johdpurs all day, can it? (Note to self: get your hands on a pith helmet and johdpurs stat.) Like Kazz says, a gorgeous summery dress is going to work for you in all sorts of contexts, be it a daytime maxi or an evening gown. Which reminds me, what are you planning shoe-wise? It seems to me you need at least a heeled sandal in bright pink or green and a flat for more casual wear.

I second Allie’s emotion. Our tastes evolve so actively these days that I hardly know what I’m going to like from day to day. When I went shopping with my style guru friend the first week in September, she had to repeatedly nudge me away from black and white. “Just try a color accent piece. This scarf, that cardigan, this jacket.” I resisted her in the beginning, but by the end of the day I was like “Ohh! Bright orange!” And voila, just like that I went from monochrome to color freak.

In a weird way, it matches the evolution of my palate. I like my clothes to tangy just like I like my fermented foods. 😀

Thank you, Laska. It’s good to hear that you have had success with
this WOE in the past. Stay strong, and the results will come 🙂
I lost 10 stone over 10 months with this WOL, but I did hit an 18
day plateau 2 months in. When I dropped the carbs to <20, the
issue completely resolved. We all lose at different rates though.
Most don’t have to go to extremes that I had to, to be successful.
I was sufficiently disabled to be unable to do any exercise until 8
months in. I was somewhat astonished to discover that exercise
had no impact on my rate of loss whatsoever. Obviously great for
the heart and lungs, however. Best of luck to you!

Allie

I know you were referring to the general question of chocolate quality, SunnyB, but on the specific matter of 100% cacao products, ingredient lists are of no aid in conveying the quality of the contents because it’s just a single ingredient. That’s where source and processing methods become paramount. In the end, you pretty much have to be prepared to kiss a bunch of frogs before your find your prince.

oh, and I have been waiting ‘breakfast until about 11am.. each day . so that’s why no lunches. until today when ,l ike I said ,I was ravenous!

Hi Allie yes 2.5 all told since th reboot. I meant unaccountable to me i suppose given the diet guidlines and how it worked for me so well previously….(Ilost about 20lbs when this diet came out 2 years ago now? )

Carbs have been no more than 30 a day , MFP has logged 800 or less most days (with a couple of exceptions but never over 1000) . Ive been having eggs for breakfast scrambled in a bit of butter ,

Nothing or miso soup for lunch , and usually a piece of meat or fish with steamed or roasted veg for dinner .. veg has been variously, cauli, peppers green beans , courgettes, the odd tomato ,

Very little cheese – though i have had some grated on my veg when i haven t had meat or fish.. Im not doing that any more though.. .
I did have a small dish of cherries and strawberries the first week and some cream..and I di dhave a ew squares of dark chocolate the first week none of these since
Loads of water ..

The only thing i can think is that i do very little exercise , apart from walking but that didn’t make a difference before..

I think ill have have to keep on being dogged .. the weight must come off at this level of calories .. I am not diabetic or pre diabetic .. and about 2.5st over weight