I’ve just done the opposite to you, Mnm, and added another half kg since Boxing day. 63kg this morning. That’s 1kg up since 19 December.

I know quite a few of us are going back to the start again i.e. 8 weeks strictly to plan and i wish you all well with that. For me, the thought of 8 weeks is defeating and I remain grateful to Verano (hi there, V,) for her original idea of the 4 week challenge. I’ll continue with that time frame while concentrating on removing the, so far, ever-present carb monster from my life. Moving forward, one day at a time (I’ve switched it, Busybee, mfodaat😊)

Flick, what a great job you’re doing. You HAVE made it this far and I’m looking forward to following your further progress👏😊

Butterlover, I know you’ve planned some heavy physical work around home in the next few days. There’s your exercise, now plan your food and you’ll be flying again😇

SueBlue and Mariet, we lived in Sydney (Castle Hill) from 1991-95. I can’t imagine the on-water harbour traffic is any less now than it was then. Weekends and holidays it could be quite frenetic. Sue, I know what you mean about sitting in the sun just to claim a spot … OH and I chose not to line up for seats in the members at the WACA last night, just too tired to do that on a warm day after NYE.

JGwen, so interesting, and so clever of you to link the two sets of information in this way. Keep is posted on your research, won’t you.

Best wishes everyone, hope more positive weigh-ins are posted, and that we all do well in this new year 💜💜

Good morning and a Happy New Year everyone.

I’m really excited about restarting BSD with an 8 week reboot. I have weighed in this morning and my aims are still the same. I want to lose 28lbs in 2018, eight of which I want to lose over the next 8 weeks. I plan on 1000/40 as a realistic target as I’m away for the first three weeks of this challenge. So just off shopping to fill my fridge and cupboards with BSD friendly foods. I have brought my Lindt 90% treat with me so am ready to go!

I will do my very best to ‘plan’ each day in the morning. I found I did my best when I was doing this. Angela06 I’m with you about having no breakfast. I started to drop my yogurt, berries and nuts about 2 months ago and it has definitely helped me to stay in maintenance but now I need to lose again.

I’ll do my best to log in regularly but can’t promise. Have a good journey everyone.

Good morning and Happy New Year!

I’m away now for a few weeks so I guess that must by first positive. NYE was an eye opener for me in many ways. We went to a party seeing many friends we’d not seen for a long time, some for years. I left the old year on a high …
1. Received lots of compliments even if some were slightly backhanded such as ‘wow you look great last time I saw you were !!!!! She didn’t actually add ‘so fat’ but that’s what she meant!
2. Watched fireworks.
3. Travelled yesterday for three weeks away from the UK weather … can only be good.

Let’s stay positive in 2018 even if we don’t get to post everyday.

Happy New Year to all.

I have put on 1lb this week but it’s not a new ‘pound’ it’s the same one that has been playing hide and seek with me for ages ….. sometimes I see it and sometimes I don’t! I haven’t been very vigilant this week I’ve just been coasting along waiting for the 8 week reboot. So today I am starting properly again and hope to show a loss next week. I am away at the moment so that makes it a little more difficult but hey no excuses I will make a plan again …. as they say ‘if fail to plan you plan to fail’ but I’m not failing this time around.

Well done to all the losers and the maintainers, but for the rest of us this is a new day, a new week, let’s make it count.

By “coincidence” The Times starts a diet feature today by a doctor who is anti low carb diets.

Hi all,

All your posts have inspired me, it’s so lovely to read people’s achievements and encouragement . I did try to do the challenge that started just before New Year, but 2 parties in 2 days wrecked that! After only 4 weeks on the BSD before the Christmas Period I think I was expecting a lot of myself to have this WOE embedded in my brain and temptation was too much. Now back to 800/20.

So I weighed this morning – 13 st 10lbs. 4lbs up over Christmas but 8lbs down from my start point.
Target 12 st by my birthday (9th March).

Two likely difficult points that I need to plan for. At the end of Jan I’m in an amateur dramatic show. The dressing room is always full of chocolates and sweets and I’m in charge of cast teas that are lots of cakes, sausage rolls etc. Carb central. In the old days on other diets I used to take lovely fruits to nibble on, but I can’t do that. In fact with only 800 cals I can’t really snack at all so will have to be disciplined.

Also am going to Germany for 4 days with my husband and step daughter in February! My experience of German food is that it’s tasty but quite carb heavy!

A half pound drop since boxing day only, but at least it wasn’t an increase. 800/40 weekdays is the plan for the next three weeks, the first week of the next challenge I will probably drop in a fasting mimicking diet 5 days, using my plant based meals only, no dairy or meat. Looking forward to this! 😀

Signing on officially at 11 stone 11.2 pounds, which is a whole stone up from my target, but pleasingly slightly lower than my boxing day weigh in on the challenge thread, so I met that part of my challenge. 8 weeks now of reboot to look forward to, starting today when I will be only drinking tea, water and herb tea at work, and eating early this evening prior to hopefully resuming badminton. I may stick to my traditional homemade shake there as well, I have a few new ‘superfood’ ingredients to try adding to vary it up a bit. I should easily make the 800 today, it is always easier on a badminton day.

Hi Natalie. I found the online program very helpful. The best is each week you receive a menu, recipes and shopping list. It takes the thinking and calculations out of it. The recipes are easy and very tasty. Of course, I have my favourites and some I probably would not have again. It does help if you make the time to prepare for the week. Some meals I swapped around to suit my work hours. I also like the Forum support but I think you already have that on here. Although it was a difficult time to stick to with the festive season, I did okay and with the few changes I have made and stuck too, I did not put on weight over Christmas and trust me I did indulge. I’m happy and my body is also happy to be eating healthy again. I think by signing on it makes you focus on your diet and learning from it. There are hurdles and potholes along the way, eating out, stresses, emotional challenges etc and that is how we learn.

Well it’s the big day. I had an absolute blast over the festive season and as a result I have managed to gain 2.3 kilos over the festive season which need to be dumped as quickly as possible.
I don’t really set goals as such as I usually overestimate and end up disappointed and demoralised so I will be happy with anything over 5kgs. I’d like to get into the 70 kg range and out of the obese category but more importantly I would like to drop down a dress size. I’m thinking that by the end of this challenge the spring clothes will be coming into the shops and I’d like to be buying a UK size 16. I can’t afford to buy 2 wardrobes and not living in the UK I don’t have access to the charity shops some people use as a stopgap and I was overweight for so long that I don’t have anything left under an 18.

I gave up eating breakfast around the start of December and immediately or almost, dropped 2kgs. I ws having a greek yoghurt and some flaked almonds so modest enough but what I found was that eating breakfast seemed to kickstart the desire to eat and so round 11am I’d be looking to eat lunch or snack. I don’t have that now and it’s easier to manage 2×400 calorie meals.

I’m also signed up for the 1000 mile walk again. Last year I didn’t finish but did manage 650 miles which was considerably more than I would otherwise done. The exercise was great, of course, but it also served as a distraction, got me away from temptation and I visited some interesting places. Counting steps would have been a better way to do it as not all miles are equal, a bit like calories😉, but I liked the community and reading about other people’s experiences.

Good luck to all of us following this plan. I’m looking forward to hearing other people’s stories.

Happy new year happy new you, string breaker!

It shows you how great this website is, if we still come back and need it.

I love reading other poeples blogs for ideas or motivation.
I read them and say… i can do that?
Or … me too!

Not feeling hungry at the moment, which is great.
I am going to listen to my body, rather than,
oh its 7pm evening meal time.
Oh i have just woken up so i must eat breakfast.

I have my lunch in my bag.

Oh, i am in work at the moment.

I invite everyone else to sign in and join into a wonderful 2018.

One thought. Just look at 2018.
The actual numbers.
This is fate.
We want to change to a 1 from an 8 shape…..
Anyone notice this?

Love lucia
Xxxx

Sunshine-girl reversing diabetes isn’t the only thing that makes losing a lot of visceral fat quickly worth doing!

Hi Lucia,

Yes, this is indeed the old “Stringbreaker”

No time for a detailed post now, but thanks for the challenges – I’l see what I can do.

Glad to hear you’re still “ticking over” but I guess its time we all get into gear and put the pedal to the metal now – I know we should’ne need New Year to get us going but personally, I find the whole idea of a new start invigorating.

More later – Onwards and Downwards

John

Andrea you can look up calorie counts online or in books that list them, but most of us use calorie tracking apps like MyFitnessPal or FatSecret. They have extensive databases of foods with their calories and other details like carbs, fat, protein etc and keep a running total for the day for you. For free.

Hi jellyfishjen. I’d be really interested to hear about the online program. Did you feel it was helpful? Sounds like you tried BSD alone first before trying the program. 24 kgs is an excellent loss in six months or so!

Hello all and happy new year!

What fun to see everyone gearing up for a new challenge and/or a new 8 week effort. Congrats to everyone already making inroads.

I’ve managed a 1.3kg drop in this first week of the challenge – a good start to what I hope will be a transformative year for me. Thrilled to be under 69kg now with a 7 week total loss of 9.5kg. This is now the start of Week 8 of a first round for me, I can hardly believe I’ve made it this far.

Still enjoying terrific new sleep patterns and lovely consistent energy throughout the day. A lot of friends and family are returning to work tomorrow, so I’ll be enjoying some catching up on all those projects that slip to the wayside during the festive season.

Hello everyone,
Would love to join you all on this fabulous journey. I have been on this journey, with a few detours since middle of last year. I have lost 24 kilos so far but still have a long way to go. I have just finished the last BSD on line program, although I wasn’t too good with sticking to it over the last couple of weeks/month with the festive and stress (work in retail) period. I’m still to have my blood tests to see if I have made any significant improvement other then feeling fabulous with my weight loss. I still have lots of hurdles to get over but will conquer them best I can. Finished reading the Clever Guts diet book yesterday. Very interesting. Hope to incorporate some of its recommendations into my diet.

Starting weight for 2018. 97.6kgs.

Will take the time today to do some planning.
Weekly menu.
Take measurements, (yawn, how often have I done this over the years).
Doctors today, done something to my good knee. Get it diagnosed then deal with it. Was hoping to start exercising today, now that other physical problems were getting better. One step at a time (well when i can walk) onwards and downwards.
Have loved reading all your posts. Very inspiring and helpful.

Focus… I’ve come this far, I’m not turning back. Can’t wait to reach my destination, ‘Healthville’.

PS. I’m 57 nearly 58(yikes). Live in Australia. Diabetic type 2.

Happy New Year everyone.
I would like to join you all. I have lost a few pounds before but unfortunately let it slide so need to start again. I would really like to see if it helps with my sleeping pattern as this is when I snack the most! Going to weigh when I get up later on this morning and giving it a whole year to truly change my way of eating. Good Luck to all

Hi Marie

I’m in a similar situation to you. I’ve kept to plan (without too much difficulty I have to say) and am ALMOST at normal BMI, having lost just over 3 stone (about 20 kgs) but still need to lose another stone (say 6 or 7 kgs). I’m tempted to keep going BUT all the advice seems to be that you shouldn’t do the 800 cals for more than 3 months (and I’ve been doing for more like 4 months). You should then VERY gradually increase cals – first to 1000, then 1200, then 1400 etc but over a period of weeks, NOT all in one go! (up to four months to gradually increase the cals). This should enable you to stabilise, and not put any back on (personally, I’m worried that if I start to up the cals, the weight will go back on….but for one thing my hair is still falling out, and I think I should give it a chance to recover – though otherwise I feel completely fit and well). So I’ve decided to go for a period of maintenance – i ate around 1000 cals yesterday and again today, so we shall soon see what the effect of that on my weight is! I will then have my blood tests repeated in March to check progress on that front (at the moment, as I’ve reported before, they are right down, which at the end of the day is the most important thing – reversing the Type 2), before hopefully trying 800 again to lose the remaining weight.

I’ve been meaning to post over the past couple of days but I’ve been so busy with work that i’ve only had time to quickly skim some of the new posts, and not had time to post myself. So I’ll take the opportunity of saying Happy new Year to everyone! Hoping it’s going to continue to be successful for all of us in achieving our goals.!
Liz

Hi Marie,

What I fail to mention as I try not to look at it too often, is my still very podgy tummy. 😂

You are so close to a healthy BMI! Can’t wait to celebrate that one with you!

Hi all, just starting today on Fast800. I’ve read the book but I don’t know how to calculate the carbs, calories etc. Today I ate 30g porridge with handful of blueberries and a banana (I know this is on the no no list but I like them!), 2 tbl of yoghurt & a bit of soya milk. Lunch was veg soup, dinner was chicken with stir fry. I had 2 pears as a early snack and 20 hazelnuts as a late snack. How do I calculate everything? Any help much appreciated.

Andrea

Congratulations Flick, those are wonderful results! Well done you.

Hi Flick

That’s brilliant news. It’s always lovely reading your posts – they’re so full of energy and enthusiasm. No wonder – you’re doing so well. Fantastic reductions in waist and hip measurements (No jealousy here – just colour me green!)

Have a great New Year

Marie

Woohoo first day of Week 8!

I am completely thrilled to have managed to stay true to my course and meet the challenge of health commitments made purely for my own benefit (although probably quite good for my family to have a happy, healthy Flick).

Here are week 7 results – I’m so relieved it finished well as my weight movement was not the usual pattern of steady state for a number of days, followed by a drop. This last week I had a couple of days of consecutive drops, two steady weight days, another large drop, slight gain and then a drop. Go figure. Only a minor panic over the slight gain as I haven’t seen many of these, long stalls yes but not gains. I was able to distract myself with a lovely long walk with the dog during which I reminded myself our bodies are fascinatingly complex, beautiful things.To be honest though I was quite anxious the next morning worrying that I might see another inexplicable gain. Thankfully there was a small loss so all is right with world.

So results –

Starting weight – 78.3
Week 6 – 70.1
Week 7 – 68.8 = -1.3kg 😀🌟💥🤸‍♀️
Total Loss – 9.5kg (Oh sooo close to 10kg!) Hopefully next week

BMI starting 28.7 – Week 7 25.7. Unless I drop 2kg this week, I don’t think I’ll make a healthy BMI this first round. So will look forward to that as an early win in Round 2.

But, here is the really, really unbelievable news –

Starting waist size = 90cm
Week 7 – 81cm. Bloody hell – that is 9cm reduction 👏 and brings me very close to under 80cm which many of the Australian websites (Heart Foundation, Health direct.gov.au) identify as increasing risks of serious ill health. Noting that at 90cm these same sites put me in a ‘serious risk’ category.

The same lovely thing is suddenly happening to my hips –

Starting hips – 109cm
Week 7 – 102cm

Waist to hip ration is down to just under 79.5.

I’m using a computer on which I can’t find emojis so just insert shooting stars, popping crackers and very very big smiles.

Off now to search the threads for advice on Round 2.

Oh a bit of sad news, those lovely size 14 trousers I was soo thrilled to be able to wear some weeks back, are now quite baggy! I will miss them.

Oops I forgot to wish you all Happy New Year..we had a quiet night watching the sydney countdown on tv. Hubby has not been feeling well.yesterday went to the Marina. The same one as Marsie to eat it was very crowded.So setled for fish and chips and Salad. I ate quite a few chips .So thats the end of the festive season now to stay on plan ODAAT. Cheers

Hi Squidge

Loads of great advice on here.

I just wanted to add in about your cups of tea. I also loved my cups of tea with semi-skimmed milk and don’t think I would have stuck things out to begin with if I’d given them up from the start. I managed to lose weight successfully while still having my tea. I did eventually give up milk (I’m diabetic and was sticking to <20g carbs a day, so soon saw how many of my 20g carbs were being used on milk rather than food) but as I say that was a good chunk into the 8 weeks. As you say, count them in your cals/carbs for the day and you’ll do great.

Good luck to you both.

Marie

Hi everyone .Im stuck in a bad routine .there is still some junk food in the house and Im a bit stressed , so old habits of emotional eating are a problem . I’m hoping to be more focussed today.Wt is static at 82.7 kg..which is 1.4 kg higher than my lowest.I start measuring and weighing all my food today and I need to start exercising.

Hiya
I am starting tomorrow and also have a birthday in March, I’m hoping to have lost some weight by then so I don’t feel as unfit and uncomfortable as I do now.
Lisa

Hello and Happy New Year everyone,

I’m after a bit of advice. I’ve been on 800 cals/20g carbs for 5 months. I’ve got my blood sugars under control and have lost 3 stone since August (over 4 stone total if I include pre-BSD weight loss). So I’m delighted so far.

But I’m in a bit of a quandary now. I’m 10 stone. To reach my mid-healthy BMI approx. 8st 7lb, I need to lose another 1 1/2 stone (9.5kgs). (As a minimum, I definitely want to lose 1 stone – 6kgs).

I can’t work out if I should stick with 800 calories for maybe 3-ish more months to keep momentum and complete the weight loss or start upping my cals now – I’ve been feeling more tired and less energetic recently – is 5+ months too long on 800 cals?

I’d appreciate your thoughts advice.

Marie

nb I’m still completely committed to this way of eating long-term

Thanks to you all. I was quite excited to see people had replied as I am new to any interaction of this kind. Feel as though I’ve got friends already. Will take and try all advice and let you know how I get on. Friend starting it with me. I will try not to be competitive or disheartened by comparison. As you say any loss is got to be good. Here it goes!👍😀

Ty
Mix match 👍🏻👍🏻

Come and join in on the reboot thread as well if you like, many of us are hanging around on there as well, although we start Tuesday. Happy new year. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Zolou – I just re-read your post. Yes I had the energy burst after 4 days too (this was a year ago for me, but I still remember it!). I remember it being 10pm at night and I was cleaning out my kitchen cupboards because I couldn’t sit still. It was amazing for me at the time because before starting BSD I was battling fatigue.
HappyHostie – the best way to avoid carb cravings is to prevent them by eating enough protein and healthy fats so you don’t feel hungry. In saying that though I still have some evenings where I crave something sweet (but I’m not hungry), this is where fruit tea bags are great, so many lovely flavours and only 2 calories. I have it hot in winter and cold in summer, and you can use them to flavour sparking water also.
I can’t remember if I mentioned it on here or not, but I found it helpful to carry a small bag of almonds in my handbag. When I get that “sick with hunger” feeling, then chewing on 3 or 4 of those really helps. This especially helped me
In the early days, when I was on my way home from work and dinner was still hours away (Better than buying chips from the vending machine which is what I used to do!).
Being prepared for different situations really helps. And planning. I’m not always able to plan a week ahead, but I have a plan for a few days at a time at least. And each evening I make my breakfast and lunch for the next day. I also try to “cook once and eat twice”, so either having dinner leftovers for lunch, or freezing a portion for another evening – comes in handy for nights when the family is having take away, or I’m too tired to cook.

Hi everyone,

Happy New Year!!🎆 🎇🎆🎆🎇🎇🎆🎆
Is anyone ready to start with me this week? I need a few friendly faces. I will be starting on Wednesday …food shopping tomorrow.

MIss Ziggy

Mixnmatch your porridge sounds similar to one I made a few days ago. I read a post on a Facebook where someone mentioned flaxseed porridge. I didn’t have flaxseed but did have some LSA (ground linseed, almonds and sunflower seeds). I used 3 tablespoons of that and mixed it with some boiling water, coconut oil and Cinammon. It was like instant porridge! I then added some Greek yoghurt and berries and it was really filling and quite tasty.

Happy New Year all 🙂

I’m starting a new 8 week 800 calories BSD round today after spending much of December “off plan”. I weighed myself this morning and to my shock I was a whole 4kg more than I was a month ago! I know that some of this is water weight though as when I weighed myself 2 days ago I was 2.5kg less. There is no way I would have gained 2.5kg in fat in just 2 days!
This sort of big gain in a short period of time always happens to me after holidays/weekends away and is usually gone within a few days to a week at most when I’m back on plan.
Breakfast this morning was fresh raspberries, blueberries and Greek yoghurt. Berries are in season here at the moment and more reasonably priced this year (compared to other summers). Lunch is a frittata made with leftover ham and roast veg, and dinner is left over turkey with salad (I cooked turkey for New Years Day lunch).
Other non-egg breakfasts I like are Pecan Chia porridge from the BSD recipe book, I make it with fruit tea instead of Earl grey tea and it is lovely. It’s only something like 1/2 cup oats across 2 servings so not too high carb (although I know T2 diabetics can’t always have oats because of blood sugar spikes).
Mushroom based breakfasts are nice too – I like Portabello mushrooms baked in the oven with spinach, feta and nutmeg. When I’m having this on a work morning I sometimes make them the night before and just reheat in the microwave.
Also Portabello/flat mushrooms with baked beans and cheese.
I do eat eggs so most weeks would have 2 egg based breakfasts, 1 mushroom and the rest yoghurt or oats/chia seeds.
A couple of times when I haven’t had time to eat before going to work I’ve taken veggie sticks and Hommus with me, or a Ploughmans style lunchbox (ham, cheese, apple & celery), and I eat that mid-morning instead.
Wishing everyone a good first week 🙂

Happy New Year all 🙂

Marsie – I live in suburban Sydney but we just watched the fireworks on tv. I don’t like big crowds much, and also didn’t like the idea of having to camp out all day in the hot sun to secure a vantage spot! We had a small family party at home, and I just stuck to vodka and soda water and then a glass of bubbly at midnight.
Now that 2 Jan has arrived it means I’m restarting/rebooting after a week off plan. I’m starting a new 8 week 800 calories BSD round today. I say a week off plan but really it was for much of December! Consequently when I weighed myself this morning I was a whole 4kg more than I was a month ago! I know that some of this is water weight though as when I weighed myself 2 days ago I was 2.5kg less. There is no way I would have gained 2.5kg in fat in just 2 days! Although I was “off plan” I was still mainly sticking to principles and only eating about 1,000 calories per day, extra calories were the liquid kind.
This sort of big gain in a short period of time always happens to me after holidays/weekends away and is usually gone within a few days to a week at most when I’m back on plan.
So I’m sure I’ll be posting a loss next week – good luck to everyone else 🙂

I will weigh in formally tomorrow morning, for the start of my reboot, as today’s weigh in was after lunch when I got home. I will be weighing in at the same time every morning to try to minimise variations during the day. I will only usually report weekly though. Today has been a kind of transition day, with many BSD elements back and no alcohol but still around TDEE and 90g of carb. Plan for weekdays is 800/40, and weekends without calorie counting and alcohol and treats in strictly controlled moderation. In later weeks if necessary I will reinstate my total fast on Monday to balance any over doing it at weekends, but plan to log everything, good or bad.

Hi. I would very much like to join this challenge. I am still in shock at the success I have enjoyed since discovering this fab way of eating, in July and losing 25% of my body weight throughout 2017. Some of this success is also due to a whole year of not drinking any alcohol!!! But the most dramatic changes to my body (I have rediscovered my waistline for the first time in 16 years!).. and being offered the chance to stop all metformin for my T2 diabetes, are definitely from following BSD principles. This is my first time posting on here… but I have been enjoying many of your stories quietly from the sidelines. My resolution for this year is to see my weight settle comfortably in the “healthy weight range” – aiming for another 2 stone, and hopefully contribute a little more in these forums. Happy New Year and good luck to everyone!

Sunshine-girl – your comment made me smile, because it is absolute madness! That’s what I tell people when they eagerly ask how I lost weight so easily and I tell them and their faces drop, because it sounds so hard/sad to give up that particular set of food.

If I didn’t have blood sugar issues I would not have started it, but boy am I glad I did, given how I feel now as to how I felt then. And now I’m a healthy BMI (checking insulin resistance after holiday) I hope I can be a bit less rigorous about some of the veg and fruit I banished. Like others here I did not use the recipe book during the weight loss period, but I’m thinking I may give it a go in maintenance.

Hi everyone,

Like Zippy I started a few days ago (today is my 4th day) but I’m having my first go at the fast 800 so I’d like to hang out here 🙂 I really like the diet but it is a big adjustment – I feel as though profound changes are beginning to take place, and not just physical ones. So everyone, be extra kind to yourselves and give yourselves some nurturing setting out on this journey. I love the fact I’ve lost 6 pounds already, but I know one of the early challenges is going to be navigating a slow-down!

Zoe

Hi all, ready to hit the ground running ( or in reality walking). My starting weight for the reboot is 93 kg and belly measurement of 104 cm.
I hope to get to under 80 kgs over the next 8 weeks but a more realistic result would be around the 83 kg mark. Not putting too much pressure on myself as any loss will be a good result.
Good luck to all of you over the coming eight weeks

Regards

Cameron

That’s fascinating, JGwen. When I was a kid I had an aged pony who finally had to be destroyed because of chronic and worsening navicular disease, is this the same thing? Were we making her worse by our devoted grain based diet 😩

Esnecca, as I read your post I checked my bare feet because I also have tiny chips for pinky nails and wow! Not any more. I hadn’t even noticed that they are now perfect rectangles, the podiatrist cuts them for me. I don’t eat much coconut so maybe just the lack of sugar for the past 11months.

First weigh for me this challenge, half a kilo down. This would be good except that it’s part of the same kilo that’s been making repeat farewell appearances for the past three months.

Day 6 of nothing off plan and no slip ups to date, that’s made me really happy.

Marsie, we weren’t on the harbour though we were supposed to be. Two days planned sailing but the throttle cable broke and my hosts were not comfortable trying to negotiate the NYE traffic under sail alone, a wise move I think. It’s so crazy out there any summer’s day. Was scary enough getting from the heads back to the mooring through the ferry channel and cruise ship traffic without the motor.

I’d like to join this reboot if I may please. As I explained on another thread I got new digital scales for Christmas and I weighed 10st 5 and a quarter, the trouble being I only weighed 9st 12 on my old scales! So I want to get below 10st ASAP. I am back on 10mg of steroids daily (polymyialgia rheumatica)which is a pain , literally (sorry, humour not intended). I feel I know via lot of you as I have been lurking since this time last year. Sunshine girl I know the exact restaurant in Limeuil you were telling, I think it was Jules Maigret, about. We have a motorhome and have stayed at the campsite on the opposite bank of the river Port Limeuil. Lovely site. I’m sure we can all get back to this WOL and keep on keeping on. Good luck to all x

Thanks Esnecca, I’ll try that. I’ve just been back over my last month of tracking adjusting the carbs from various things, and I’ve actually been eating about 30g on average, which is what I’d wanted to do. I don’t eat a lot of meat or fish and so need to eat some legumes for protein occasionally. But hey, I’ve been losing weight, and managed to maintain over Christmas, so I’m happy.

Hi,

Did day one of tai cheng.

Day one of yoga from youtube

Didnt eat until 2pm.

Meditated.

Chatted

WAtched a bit of tv. (I dont watch tv much as they got me fat sitting on the settee)

Had a lie in.

Got my work stuff together as i am out just after 6am tomorrow.

Not bad for day one.

Love lucia
Xxxx

When you’re searching the MFP database for an ingredient or product, add “net carbs” to the search terms. The entries are crowdsourced and there are plenty of low-carbers contributing to it, so you’ll often find the item you need with fiber count deducted from carb count. It’s an awkward partial solution because not everything has a net carb option so you might still need to subtract out some of the fiber from your totals in the end, but it helps.

I routinely clock in below 30 grams of carbs, btw, even counting fiber. It’s easy if you jack up the greens and drop the carbier vegetables, fruits and legumes.

Hi JGwen,
Happy New Year! I ‘formally’ finished BSD 15 months ago and am still trying to find a ‘maintenance way’. A couple of things I have learned along the way – for me, the most important thing is to keep a track of what I am eating and cook everything (90%+) from scratch.
During the BSD period (9 months) I recorded (almost) every morsel that I ate. It was a hassle and I was happy to stop that. I am back doing it because without that restraint, I found it too easy to overeat. I am also back on cooking everything from scratch, and freezing portions – that way I know what is going into my body. I aim for my resting base calorie intake per day which is a few hundred less than my actual required intake, that allows for a little over eating and or miscalculations. I do not count my carbs as religiously as I did, but always aim for 35-45% of total daily intake as carbs. Before I started BSD, I was on 60-65% daily intake as carbs – pasta was the goto quick fix food. Form my blood sugars, I have also recently rechecked my FBS and it was 5.4 mm, which is fine – my blood sugar under control. I also noticed last week, that the day after I have exercised (even 30 minutes moderate walking) my FBS is under 4.9 mm or lower. So with me, exercise is playing a big part in control.
In terms of food plans, I am still finding my way – I’ve been trying the healthy gut book and there are some interesting recipes in there for veggies and other that can be easily adapted (look at it in a book shop first to see if it makes sense for you). From that approach I have included a slice of rye sourdough (about 50g) a couple of days a week, plus most days I have home-make soup with either a couple of oatcakes, or about 45g focaccia sourdough. I am also working through a wide range of cheeses. The recipes in Claire Bailey’s book (see my reply of 18 Nov) for the 5:2 I find useful. Unlike the original 5:2 book, these are approximately 800 cals per day so link in well with BSD. I am starting 5:2 this week and will choose one or two recipes for those two days and stick to it. Thinking about your Asperger’s syndrome, I wonder if that 5:2 might suit you as well as you say you can manage a more repetitive food regime relatively easily? Using the 5:2 approach is definitely a good way to ease off of BSD.
Good luck!

Natalie – thanks for that info about MFP – I hadn’t realised that it didn’t display net carbs and was wondering how on earth any one ever managed to stay below 50 grams of carbs a day! I’ve now added in fibre as one of the macros to track, and I suppose I’ll have to work it our myself.
Does anyone know of a food tracker that does net carbs?

Yes I agree mixnmatch Greek style yoghurt, berries and toasted flaked almonds keeps me fuller for longer too. Sounds like everyone’s geared up for a great start, I’m restarting in earnest tomorrow – after purchasing a set of scales which gives BMI, body fat % etc – the figures are pretty frightening but I know BSD works so onwards and upwards! Or rather downwards 😆. Good luck everyone 😀