Hi Panda Bear

Just wanted to wish you a Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year

Marie x

Hi emu

Sorry to hear about the tummy bugs, hope you’re both feeling better now. Do you know, I think you might be right about the delay in the Hba1c being almost a good thing so you both stay on the straight and narrow over Christmas. After I got my good Hba1c results in November I struggled a bit to stay on track for a few days – for the first time really – I think I just wanted to ‘let go’ for a bit. Mind, in the end I just over-indulged in Fage yoghurt – hardly a rave-out.

I’m off now until the 26th. Say hi to OH for me, it sounds to me he’s doing really well – I’ll look forward to hearing how his results go in the new year.

Happy Christmas
Marie

Mary and Jovis, I have thought of you both often. I do hope you are well.

On catching up, it seems you have been beaten up a few times too. It just makes us stronger I think!

Keeping plugging on xxx

Oh Lee…first let me say it is so lovely to hear from you. Second, I am so sorry that you have this problem, but I am sure it can be resolved. You are in the business so you know far more than me. I really, really send my love and best wishes. Well done on keeping off the booze and I wish you the very best of Christmases.

Lots of love
Mary and Joseph
xxxx

Hello my lovelies.

I’m sat in my bed with a cup of coffee (with cream 😊) and going to take some time to explain my shameful neglect of you all.

So, as you were aware, I’d been suffering a weird mix of health symptoms for a while ( back pain, muscle weakness, plummeting potassium, headache and fatigue) All seemed fairly non exceptional and many of which are things we all have…

Anyhow, long story short following an MRI, the results are in. They’ve found a tumour/mass on the adrenal gland. They anticipate it to be a benign adenoma and as such I’ve got a bit of a wait until I see the endocrinologist at the end of January. I suspect I shall be heading for surgery in the New Year. Either that or steroid treatment (which I’d rather not have)

So, on reading about functional benign tumours on the adrenal gland it appears they can cause diabetes and hypertension which kind of makes sense as I never really met the key indicator for either! That said, the best thing I ever did was discovering the BSD diet and way of life. I definitely feel and look better for it. The quality of my food has improved beyond recognition and I remain alcohol free!

So, I’m sorry for my absence. My fatigue has been beating me up and I’ve really just been attending work and medical appointments but oh how I’ve missed you all and your support.

Shopping done for Christmas (thank you Waitrose on line!) and now I’m going to chill out for the next few days! I’m going to take some time to catch up with all your news and posts over recent weeks. I hope you are all well and happy.

Merry Christmas to you all.

Lee xxx 🎄🎅☃️

Fantastic results, well done for sticking to it, and your plan to continue with 5:2 or 6:1 sounds really well thought out. Please continue posting your progress, and let us know if your diabetes diagnosis is reversed and how the cycling is going, uphill should be getting a lot easier now 😁

After 8 weeks the final tally was 13 KG weight loss and a fasting Blood sugar Level around the 5.3 mark. I have dropped 3 inches off the waist and feel better than I have done for 20 years. I haven’t had a drink for 9 weeks….but plan on the odd glass of red over Christmas.

My aim is to move to a 5-2/6-1 diet and lose another 6 KG which will get my BMI under the 25 mark.

It has been an extraordinary two months. I had forgotten just how good avocado and asparagus are. Eggs, salmon and tuna have never tasted so good.

The amount of carbohydrate/sugar in food I thought was really healthy has blown me away. I have discovered protein bread and Herman Brot Lower Carb bread which I indulge myself with at he weekend for breakfast. The protein pots in UK supermarkets have been a godsend on my travels.

I am working on 1800 Cals each day for my non fasting days and 600-800 for the fasting days.

I’m a late starter to the headspace app…which, despite my initial scepticism, I think will prove effective for de-stressing.

Forvthe win, Natalie! I love it when that final shop is done. And a day and a half to go. So interesting the poor sleep and hunger thing. I had finished lunch today by 12.15!

I loved your positives for the day. My girls are living away from home now, and while they drop in and will be here for Christmas Eve dinner abd Christmas Day, I miss prepping together and the casual singing of carols.

Hi Nonna Mary!
Lovely to see your name pop up!
Like you, I’m reading, not posting but love to see how well everyone is doing. Glad to hear you are still doing well.
Wishing you and Jovis a very Merry Christmas, and to everyone on these forums. Roll on 2018!!

Mixnmatch – am looking forward to trying the cinnamon on my yoghurt.

Tonight I thought it was really amusing. My cupboards are full of luxury biscuits, cakes, baklava, puddings and chocolate (not the BSD friendly sort) all ready for my family coming up. But the only food that was calling my name this evening was the Meridian crunchy almond butter and some Macadamia nuts. I did succumb to 5 nuts and half a teaspoon of almond butter – and that was all I wanted. It was absolutely delicious.

Pre-BSD I would have made a sizable dent in the Christmas stuff. Husband goes out on a Friday and more times than not I would end up having a carb fest while he was out. It was never enjoyable – but I just couldn’t stop. The more I ate – the more I wanted. How different things are now.

I definitely like that thought, MnM! Happy Holidays!

1. I went up to the local shops this morning as soon as they opened to pick up my turkey, there was a queue of cars to get into the car park but otherwise it was pretty painless and now I’m completely done with the shopping.
2. The forecast for Christmas Day is relatively cool, definitely a positive for someone who will spend half the day in the kitchen!
3. My 13 year old daughter puts on Christmas Carols every time we get in the car or sit down to do something like colour-in. Very festive.

Arcticfox 10 kg is fantastic! Halfway there. I nearly made it to 10 kg (9.6) but I’ve put 1.4 back on over the past six weeks. So I’m a third of the way to my goal.

Flick I had a bad night too, I get frequent night sweats due to peri-menopause, always teamed with bad/frustrating dreams (last night’s was about being in a long queue at the shops to buy my turkey!) and I wake feeling yuck in a puddle of sweat. It was actually worse in winter because I would be hot and sweaty and chilled all at the same time. When I’m tired and headachy I want to eat! It’s going to be a hungry day today.

Sunshine-girl I’m not sure if there is any Mexican food that is BSD friendly! Very carb-heavy. At home, I make a salad of all the things I would put in a taco (spicy mince, cheese, salsa, tomato, lettuce, cucumber, jalapeños) without the taco shell and it’s delicious, not sure what you could get at a restaurant. My local Mad Mex has a ‘naked burrito’ in a bowl with no wrap but it still has lots of beans and rice.

Very virtuous of you! Angelic and happy, a great combination.

Threads are never defunct, only sleeping 😀 all the best to all of Lizzies army, amidst the challenges of life and the holidays in particular.

I like a sprinkling of cinnamon on yoghurt and berries as well, another thing that makes it more like a truly luxurious dessert than anything else. My biggest ‘treat’ though is a very occasional, small whisky, the best I can afford. Today’s treat was a glass of One of a kind from the scotch malt whisky society (motto: to leave no nose upturned) that I must have been drinking already for about three years. Glorious taste, 61.1% alcohol, hence the small glass, and I still have more than three quarters of the bottle left. As Verano said, a treat is something out of the ordinary, that gives an extreme amount of pleasure. This bottle could last another 9 years at this rate 😀

OMG

I just refused a chinese takeaway meal tonight.
I could eat a tonne of them every day, but now i said NO.
Me!
Me!
i said No!

Wow……

Miracles do happen.

Feeling very, very 😀 And 😇 But mainly 😀

Ha!

Saved putting on a few pounds
And
Didnt eat carbs

Yyyiippppweeeeeeeeee!!!!!

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Eliza – I do hope you enjoyed your espresso with cream and that your gall bladder stays ok. I love the very strong Ristretto also

I hadn’t thought of grating my 85% chocolate over my yoghurt and berries – so thank you for that suggestion. A really lovely idea and definitely a treat for Christmas and other times.

Hi qll; yes flick the soap trick does work but it takes a few nights to kick in. It is something to do the chemicals in the soap reducing the amount of static around your legs: I am at my daughters and bring a small bar with me, as I was getting out of bed this morning I got a slight cramp only to find the soap on the floor kicked out of bed.

I am very happy to report that my weight is exactly the same as last week – didn’t get on Tuesday as was travelling: 11 stone 13 and 3/4 lbs. Tonight went to the cinema and then to Chiquitos and stupidly ordered a burrito, didn’t know what it was and managed to leave the wrap but didn’t realise it was full of rice so had to eat the chicken bits out. Dont thing the whoo whoo cocktails did me much good either. At least I am going into Christmas at a good weight; have a good one all.

Here are my positives for today –

1. I don’t have to go to the markets again before Christmas
2. There is a beautiful pair of Gang Gang parrots in the crab apple tree outside my window
3. Most of my pre-Christmas cooking prep is done, just the cherry trifle to go

Enjoy the next few days everyone.

Woohoo Articfox, that is so exciting. And what a great way to be heading into the New Year! Aren’t these non scale benefits terrific. I’ve lost just under 8, also have roughly 10 to go, but can notice a big difference in my daily walks. I also notice it bashing about the shops and markets.

After positively bragging about my champion sleeper status, I woke last night with the most excruciating leg cramps. I had read somewhere in these forum that placing soap at the bottom of the bed can help, I did this, it did seem to help, but not before an absolutely agonising half hour. So I’ve woken this morning feeling tired and groggy, first time in about 5 weeks – ghlaarg.

Hi Milalin, i think I’ll survive without mangos but only just. All the best for the next couple of days, hope you get some good rest over Christmas and I really look forward to hearing how you are going prepping for your first surgery later in Jan. Thank you so much for sharing your strong positive outlook.

Eliza52 I also love dark chocolate grated over yoghurt and berries. In a cocktail glass it looks and tastes like a very fancy dessert. I think I’d better go and make another batch of yoghurt!

Hello66, on the off chance that you still read this now defunct thread,
I can’t let this holiday blow past without sending you my warmest
wishes. I think of you often, and all the joy and laughter you brought
to me when I joined here in August! I know you have been out on
the other threads, and certainly know how to reach me there. I put
an email address up on this one around the last week of october,
which I’m grateful to Kazzi for picking up so that we can continue
to communicate on a regular basis there. It would make me
particularly happy to hear from you, too. I truly hope that that
day will come, and I’ll continue to put my hopes in that basket 🙂
Very best wishes to you and yours for a blessed Christmas,

Allie

Food you don’t want – I scrape the bits I do want and leave the rest (filling, no pastry, meat no lasagne, sandwich no bread),or just say no thankyou. It helps I don’t want it. I did get very insistent at a friends house I got some cream with my coffee though (that’s after scraping a lot of filling off pastry – I figured they owed me 😂)

I’ve had a surprising bit of weight loss in the last 2 days because although I’ve been sticking to bsd principles, I haven’t been counting calories. I made it down to 81.5kg today which means I have lost exactly 10kg since starting. At the beginning of this, I was hauling 10kg bags of compost around my dad’s garden and I was overwhelmed that I would have to lose 2 of them to get back to a healthy weight. Well, that is one of them gone! Now I just have 1 more to go!
Even though the weight has not come off as quickly as I might have liked, I have managed to get back on track after stressful events which previously would have caused me to give up completely. I can go up stairs and steep hills so much easier and my knees have stopped hurting when going up and down stairs. I’m looking forward to going to my doctor once the last of the weight is gone and getting my cholesterol tested again to see if losing the weight has impacted my numbers at all.
KOKO everyone!

Hi marie123, sorry for slow reply. Tummy bugs have put paid to the blood test, but we’re not downhearted. It’s almost a good thing as it means we have no excuse not to keep things going over Christmas (many incentives not to cheat now ). We did have a Chinese for my special day, but without rice. The next fasting test (this morning) was a 6.8 which OH was worried about, but overall, after last nights Chinese I thought not too bad (and it was down to 5.3 two hours later).

Onward and upward. I’m even plotting to throw out my old oven chip tray … Who needs it?

Have a lovely Christmas.

Hi again Jules,

I’ve just read your profile – so my Hba1c result on diagnosis was pretty much on a par with your fasting blood sugar level on diagnosis – it would equate to approx. 16mmol/L. Hope this helps x

Hi Jules_celta

A warm welcome from me too.

I was diagnosed with diabetes at the beginning of August. I’m 5ft 2″, and while I didn’t have a bad diet I was certainly well overweight (obese in fact) so our stats don’t compare.

But I’ve followed the BSD pretty strictly for 5 months (I’ve gone for 800 cals/< 20g carbs). I have lost just over 3 stone – 19kg (I’d also lost some pre-BSD so my total loss is 4 st -4lb – 27kg) and am now 2lb away from a healthy BMI – so the diet definitely works for weight loss.

But more importantly my Hba1c blood test on diagnosis was 106 (nearly 12%), my blood sugars started to come down within a couple of weeks and when I got my Hba1c result at the end of November it was 35 (5.4%) – back within the normal range. This Blood Sugar diet works – it really is as simple as that.

As you don’t have that much weight to lose, for you I guess it’ll mostly be about changing to the BSD way of eating, reducing carbs, eating healthy fats and medium protein. You’ll get lots of advice, tips and delicious recipes on here – I’m definitely going to leave this forum (eventually) a far better cook than when I arrived!

Good on you for starting the diet now. What’s really nice for me is knowing the absolute pleasure you’ll have when you see those bgl levels dropping. x

Hi Milalin, I can only reiterate what my friend Allie has said above. You sound like one inspirational lady, and I too wish you a wonderful and healthier 2018.

Eliza – hello from another coffee freak!! Just love it, the darker the better, but I always take mine black – my not so secret indulgence is a couple of double espressos every morning. My son worked in Naples for a couple of years and we visited 3 or 4 times a year😊 but he moved back to the UK about 10 years ago and we haven’t been back since.😭 Such glorious coastline, and it’s wonderful area to visit during the festive season.

I love jigsaw puzzles too – they are very addictive and, as you say, even people who dismiss them as childish, soon just cannot resist joining in – even if it’s only slotting one piece in when passing. Before you know it, they too become obsessed! Never thought about setting one up at Christmas though, so thank you for the idea – that will be my Christmas Treat.

I have never even tried a nut butter, but by the sounds of things, they are pretty addictive too, so it’s not a taste I am rushing to acquire!

Hi Milalin, I’m so happy to spot your recent posts, and that you are
feeling a little less fatigued to be able to post them? I’m so besotted
with your life’s view of not seeing yourself as a “vicim” because you
have challenges with your health, or an addiction to carbs/sugar!
I find something exceptionally beautiful in that…There are too many
successful maintainers here to recognize us all by name, and we
can always answer questions and give advice. I think that you have
something even more valuable to share with us though 🙂 I’m
extremely elated to have you here. It’s been wonderful to read
about all the things that you enjoy and give texture and meaning
to your life. What your daughter has experienced in terms of your
courage will no doubt serve her well when she must deal with the
same renal failure in her future, too!
Have a beautiful Christmas Milalin, and please join us on the upcoming Jan.thread if you are up to it. I fly around to many different threads,
but will definitely be keeping a eye out for you! We truly want to
know how you’re doing 🙂 🙂 🙂
Something tells me it’s going to be a life changing New Year for you!

Allie

Well done, Lilyrose – you must be elated to see results in your BS so quickly.

Good on you for finding a strategy to cope – sounds like a good one. You are soooo right, snacking is just a habit and habits can (and will) be changed.

Hi Nick, I’ve just joined up to the program too. I’ve been on the diet for two days now, I figured if I started before Christmas I would be more likely to achieve something by the New Year, because Christmas is the time I always put on a few pounds, this time it will be different!

Also, buy some scales, Digital Body Fat Analyser type, they are excellent for motivating you.

As for the diet, be as strict as you can ‘sugar is poison’, I say this to myself if I’m tempted to eat the stuff or any white carbs. Stock your freezer with as much frozen green vegetables you can and use a microwave to cook them if you are lazy like me. Use this veg instead of rice, potatoes or pasta. After a couple of days you will start to feel different.

And drink plenty of water or herb teas.

Good Luck

Hi Californiagirl and thank you! I happen to be awake, yes at 3am over here.
MerryChristmas and Happy New Year to you too. A lot hangs on the results of the first 2 surgeries. I’ll let you, along with everyone here,. know how I get on. Enjoy the holidays x

Just checking in from the other side of the Pacific Ocean — Milalin, thank you for your festive spirit post — I will be thinking of you as we move into the new year and hoping for a successful outcome for your surgery. Merry Christmas!

Hi Jules – just wanted to offer a welcome, although I have not been in your situation, I appreciate it must seem unjust and be frustrating. I’m sure someone with similar stats to yours will offer some support, but meanwhile, give a shout if you have any questions and the rest of us will do our best to offer support.

Best of luck to you on achieving your goals.

Thank you for all the kind words. With neither of the funerals being until the new year, I’m trying to keep the focus on Christmas for now and appreciate family and friends. Sadly so far, there has been no sign of my Mum’s stolen jewellery. She has been very stoic about it, but I know it must really hurt to have lost so many sentimental items. They were insured, but nothing can really replace the loss of such personal things.

Natalie, the brownies are so intensely chocolaty that the vegetable element can’t be tasted at all, which is why they can be made with swede, squash or pumpkin. V, sounds like you had a lovely meal out and I approve of not stressing yourself by weighing this morning. With a good BSD day today, I’m sure the scales will read just fine tomorrow. Marie, your tree sounds lovely and how wonderful to have so many memories wrapped up in it’s decorations. I have collected tree ornaments for years and buy at least one or two new ones every year, but the only sentimental ones I have are four little pottery angels, each one with the name of one of our grandchildren on it. JGwen, hope you hit mid-point before the 25th – I’m sure you can do it!

Positives for today:
1) One of our grandsons was 15 today, so we paid a fleeting visit to drop of pressies before they went out with his friend at lunchtime to celebrate. I was there when he was born and we have always been close, for which I’m grateful.
2) Heard today our son and granddaughter who live a couple of hours away, will be visiting for a few days from 27th Dec.
3) My OH has no work scheduled until the new year now.

Just realised all of those positives were family related, but I guess that’s what I am most grateful for right now.

Welcome Sals, take things gently and as Allie says, shout out if you need advice or support and we’ll do our very best to offer help.

Best of luck with your quest to lose weight over the festive period, Jules. It would certainly be wonderful to report a loss after Christmas. There is no ideal time to start the BSD, but I applaud you for taking the bull by the horns at this point in the year. Really pleased you are already feeling better for doing so and we’ll look forward to reading of your progress soon.

I’m not overweight and have never been. I’m 5′ 10 (178cm) and 11.8 st. (75kg). I was diagnosed with diabetes in March 2017 and was put on medication shortly afterwards. I’ve always had a good diet and there is no family history of diabetes, so I’m a bit non-typical. I’ve just read the book and I’ve started the diet and I’m aiming to loose 4kg. Just wondering how other people with a similar situation have got on and what results they’ve achieved.

Day 2 of prep 800.
Omg 2hours after eating brunch of a 2 egg omelette with a scallion, 2 mushrooms and a matchbox size piece of feta. My blood sugar has dropped to 5.5 mmol. The is a 1 mmol drop on my usual reading. I am still on meds because with Christmas I have not got to see my doctor yet. But I feel elated that I am beginning to control my health.
Thank you for your support, I decided to occupy my thoughts in the evening, to stop thinking about grazing, got my knitting going and a bottle of water by my side, kept me busy and gave me something to put in my mouth. It is just a bad habit and habits can be changed.

I’m 50 in January and I’ve just started the diet. I figured if I can start it now before Christmas and my 50th I will have something to celebrate come my birthday! I know it’s hard to do this before Christmas but just think of what an advantage you will have. I normally put weight on over Christmas so just think how amazing it would be for once to say ‘I lost weight over Christmas’. I’ve also noticed by not eating carbs and sugar I have much more energy, so I’m feeling the benefits after just two days.

Hi Mariet and thank you. It’s more a case that I don’t have a choice and I have to meet all these challenges head on. My Dr told me many years ago that he had 2 types of patients, those that kind of give in to it and give up and others like me who fight and burn the candle at both ends. I was quite young when I knew something was wrong and took 5 years to get a proper diagnosis. Thankfully I’ve been able to live a very full life and jammed in as much as possible as nothing is guaranteed. Next year I’ll have been diagnosed 30 years. I’ve been lucky to visit 65 countries, raise my daughter, continue to hold a job, even though I’m on leave now. Your plan sounds good and that’s half way there. Also, congratulations on your loss! Merry Christmas x

Hi JulesP back into it, and good luck. Thank you and all the best for 2018 to you too xx

Hi Mokovex, you’ll soon get back into it. Thanks for your good wishes and enjoy the holidays. Happy new year to you too x

Thank you for all your lovely messages wishing me well.
Hi Verano I hope you are doing well.
Hi Marie123 it’s body surfing and I loved to do it with my dad up until I was a teenager. I’ve done it all my life. In recent years I’ve snorkelled more and love swimming with Rays and sharks. April last year I was the last time I did it in Bora Bora and Moorea. Since August last year I haven’t swum at all. Something I really miss. After I recover from the January surgery I will be able to swim again so I can’t wait for that.
Thank you for your lovely comments and best wishes to you x
Marsie hi! I’ve had more than a few bad dumps in January big surf at the Gold Coast. A couple of big ones I didn’t know which way was up and was running out of air. The scariest I thought I’d badly hurt my neck/ back. Most of my time has been spent on the east coast but I finally visited Perth for the first time in 2011. I’ve been back since but hope to really explore the West one day. Since I heard about stromatolites I always wanted to see them. So I drove my dad up that far one day and we visited the Pinnacles. I haven’t been to Monkey Mia but that’s been on my list for a very long time too. Swimming with turtles in the islands and in Hawaii has been fantastic too.
Please get your renal function checked every year and watch your blood pressure if you do nothing else. My daughter is in denial too and we know she has inherited my disease. X thanks Marilyn

Lucia – that is a really good idea to practice saying no thank you. Natalie – you did well to say no. It is so hard when someone has gone to the trouble of making you what they think is a BSD friendly desert.

Luckily – family and friends have been very good. Their big worry at first was that when they visited me there would only be BSD food here. They were really happy when they realised that could still indulge in all the sweet carby stuff at our house.

Many thanks KrysiaD for your post; I LOVE espresso (I lived in Naples, Italy for many years, and they make some of the best coffee in the world – ask any Neapolitan and they’ll tell you you can’t get a decent coffee north of Rome!). I have a Nespresso machine, and use the strongest Ristretto…but had to give it up in August when my gall bladder flared up badly (and I had discovered that when it does, espresso really irritates it). The pain went on for about a month, and although I’ve gradually introduced other fats back into my diet, I’ve not had an espresso, partly because I always had it with a spoonful of sugar….and on the BSD, and diagnosed Type 2 (even if now, that’s in remission) that’s a no-no, and I haven’t been able to face it without the sugar…but the other thing I love is espresso with a spoonful of thick cream sitting on top, so you sort of drink it through the cream! Don’t know why I hadn’t thought about it…so thanks KrysiaD for your post – I’m off to buy a small carton of thick cream!

Glad you like the suggestion of a jigsaw Marie. We did it first about three years ago, when my daughter was due home from London, where she was working. She was going through a bit of a bad patch, and much as I love her, she’s not always easy to live with, and hours confined to the house over Christmas we thought spelled disaster, until my sister hit on the idea of a jigsaw. Daughter pooh-poohed the idea at first, so we said no problem, she didn’t have to do it if she didn’t want. We set up the board, and started with the edge bits….and after about half an hour, daughter wandered in, and started to join in. It’s perfect – everyone is occupied, so there’s no need to talk if you don’t want to, but it becomes easier to talk because you don’t have to do the “one-to-one” thing that you might if you were all sitting looking at each other. It’s relaxing, fun, and resulted in a harmonious Christmas, which had looked like being anything but! We put it all away after New Year, so we don’t get bored with them during the year, and look forward to the next Christmas. Thoroughly recommended!

All the talk of nut butters makes my mouth water…but I’m not sure my gall bladder would thank me for trying them. The problem is that once triggered, the pain takes days to go, and involves cutting ALL fats for days (last time, weeks, on end)….so I don’t want to risk anything just before Christmas. However, I AM going to buy 80% chocolate to grate over my berries and full fat yogurt!

Hoping everyone has a great BSD Christmas!
Liz

Milalin, I can’t imagine the difficult road you are travelling. Your attitude is inspiring and it’s great to hear how all of you in your acute care circle are banding together and supporting each other.

Jules, I am about to head out to a party (1 out of 5) and I have prepared sparkling water, olive dip (0.5g carbs/ 20g dip) sliced cucumber and determined attitude. Hoping the execution is as satisfying as the plan 😊

Three days until Christmas and so much to do! I was looking forward to a quiet day after kids left after breakfast but my lovely niece has asked me to come to her house for Christmas dinner. It’s lovely of her and I’ll go of course but I must say it puts my plans right out of whack.

Since my whiny post of the other day I have lost 1.7kg in 3 days if careful eating so in a good place. Hoping this is true for all of you.

My three good things are :-

1. Have been given a replacement cooker which is now wired in ready for Christmas.

2. The people who have posted recipes for low carb options for pizza bases and baguettes which I can now try out over Christmas. I am so fed up of scrambled eggs, omelettes and vegi sausages.

3. Lost another 0.5kg over the last 3 days, so only 0.2kg to go to get to my midway point between start and target weights.

Thank you all for remembering me and wishing me a lovely Christmas.

I have been lurking. I just don’t feel like posting. I have continued to be vigilant with what I eat and drink.

I may start posting again in 2018. Let’s just see for now.

I want to SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE….have the most wonderful Christmas and New Year…let’s hope it is a very healthy one!

Calling on Lizzies Army….we need to regroup and drink tea together, before marching over that hill with our arms linked. Shall we meet in Lizzie’s kitchen?

Lots of love,
Nonna Mary