Does anyone else dream of eating? I dreamt there were bowls of chocolate toffees in the kitchen and every time I went in I had some, though they didn’t taste of anything, it was mindless grazing. Woke up in a bit of a panic, as in the dream I didn’t know about the BSD. I think in previous dreams I’ve eaten toast too. I don’t think it’s wish fulfilment, more like anxiety that I’m back in old ways and I’ve messed it up.

Had another weird day of losing so went to bed 61.4kg (200g lighter than yesterday morning and able to say 15kg lost) and have just weighed myself and that’s what I am now! I did have a cup of tea in bed (lovely husband). Weird but I am taking it anyway!

That is so impressive Esnecca! And so encouraging to be able to know, for sure, that the BSD works. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow, but that the commitment will pay off.

I pretty sure I’m in for a war of attrition with my asteroid belt.

I didn’t lose an inch from my waist for ages. I had to lose something like 30 pounds before that measurement budged. I started with a longer way to go, granted, but that asteroid belt of belly fat hung on far more persistently than my giant ass. Still, it gave up in the end. It’s 30 inches now. It was 57 when I started. Eyes on the prize!

Whacko Alibalibee, 👏🏻👏🏻🌟🌟🌟 what fantastic results and a great reward for all that patient weighing and logging, not to mention eating of sandwich fillings. 5 centimetres off the waist is a wonderful start to long term health. I’m getting increasingly frustrated finding my round middle – it gets in the way! No change to my waist and hip measurements yet. I expect I’ll look like a barrel with stick legs before this body of mine gives in and gives up the flab.

I’m day 2 into another stall – 74.1 for the last three mornings. Not panicking though. Focusing on how well I feel and trusting that the scales will move sometime soon.

I say, “74.1, we’ve been together for a while now, and it’s been …err… great, but it’s over, I need to move on.”.

Hi AC. Thanks for your note but to be clear, only I had high blood sugar and went on the diet. My wife never needed to.
Thanks
Jan

MaisieMouse, that’s a real victory, well done you but what a horrifying way to find out how far you have come! Your poor little dog! No wonder she is subdued, I hope she’s back to herself soon. We had a similar experience once, my little 6lb Maltese with his entire head inside an Australian Cattle dog’s mouth. Scary doesn’t cover it. I hope your puppy is herself tomorrow.

Marsie – Thanks for the kind words of support – yes, I’m really pleased with the Hba1c results – although ever since I got them I seem to have took my foot off the brake. I keep finding myself with a very big spoon digging into large pots of Fage Total Yoghurt like there is no tomorrow. But, I’m going to get a grip. I’m determined to get to the end of this challenge – well, December really – nicely set up for 2018. Love the title of the challenge by the way.

Sunshine-girl – I wasn’t sure where to post my results so I posted them separately – can’t remember what I called the thread. At the beginning of August on diagnosis my Hba1c was 106 and my result on Monday was 35 (it didn’t give the % and can’t look it up right now). I know it said it was within the normal range.

I signed up to access my medical records on-line (in UK) so I could see my Hba1c results before any meetings with medics. Haven’t actually spoken to anyone yet. My follow-up appointment is with a practice nurse and isn’t until 27th December! I get the impression you don’t normally see the GP at my Practice – but as I didn’t take the prescribed Metformin and now want the medication unprescribed – I might be referred to her. Anyway, what with my results and Christmas coming up, I’ve got a big smile on my face.

I hope you enjoy your time on your own over the next few days, and don’t get too bored. Glad you’re back in the midst of things.
Marie x

Whoa! I thought my blue velvet knee-highs were ridiculously expensive at $115. My snow boots were $140 and that almost killed me, even though they were on sale from their regular price of $250. You can walk to hell and back in them, so objectively I know that “you get what you pay for” goes triple for a boot.

I knew for a fact that I was buying things way too young for me when I tried on a pair of skinny black jeans with a lace-up front (you don’t use the laces to get in and out; there’s a subtle side zipper). I asked my OH if it was a little too bondage queen and he said “more ren faire, actually, but not in a bad way.” SOLD! 😀

Hi everyone, wow! I am a bit late starting off on this one and two pages of posts already!
I’m beginning at 8st 12 and as usual I’m not counting calories or carbs but just going along with the Med woe. Now that I’m here (last challenge went so well!) I’ve shifted the goalposts so my final goal is now 8st 7.
So for this challenge, bearing in mind it’s Christmas and lots of comings and goings, I aim to finish at 8st 10.
Had a very stressful day today. My little dog was attacked by a Staffordshire bull terrier that was not on a lead! It was terrifying and the time it took to get the damn thing to unclamp it’s jaws felt like forever. There was so much blood, and screaming (from me) & I honestly thought my little 7 year old jack Russell would be dead.
Bystanders were so lovely and there was a vets less than 800 yards away so as soon as we had managed to prise it off her we dashed down there, me and a lady who had stopped to help. Incredibly, she is relatively unharmed! Turns out that all the blood was from the mouth of the other dog, as it had ripped it’s own tooth out on her collar! She is incredibly subdued and upset still tonight and I think she is aching all over, but really she has had a miraculous escape.
The reason I tell you all this is that I had a realisation at some point this evening. Previously at stressful times I would need to self-medicate with chocolate! Today eating just didn’t factor, it wasn’t part of the equation of the day at all. I mean that, it was no different from any other day, the food/eating was nothing to do with the emotions of the day. Do you know what I mean? This woe really is a way of life for me and nothing like being on a diet or being restricted. I am just so different around food now. It’s such a relief to be honest, to find this simple strategy and feel that food and eating is so normal and easy after so many years of guilt and cravings.

Hi Victoria,

I think that’s a good idea. I don’t take Metformin – I was prescribed it but decided to try the BSD first – but I do test my bgls before and after meals and my levels did go down surprisingly quickly – which is typical of what happens. As Esnecca says many people on here (now and in past posts) reduced their Metformin 1 by 1 as their bgls dropped. Whether you want to do that on your own, or in discussion with your healthcare team, is your call.

By the way, two or three times I’ve also had low readings – 3.8s or 3.9s – which I found unnerving. Still don’t know if I should have been concerned – I felt alright. It’s on my list of questions for my next meeting with my practice nurse (only my second) and for the trainers on the Desmond course I’m going to next week. I’m curious to hear what these trainers will be saying and particularly their view of the BSD.

Marie x

Hi Mixnmatch,

Thanks for responding. I do like the idea of having a trigger weight point, past which I respond with a more focused effort, as you say. Verano also mentioned having one now before I even reach goal. I’m definitely going to do that as I think it will be really useful for me over this Christmas period.

Marie x

Sunshine-girl, I’ll get back to you on the new post.

Allie – you do make me laugh! Fire insurance indeed! But please wash your mouth out with soap!!!! A DEVON cream tea?????? Utter blasphemy, no contest, Cornish wins hands down – the original and the best. The best clotted cream is Cornish, after all and why on earth would anyone in their right mind choose to put jam on top of cream???

And you’re probably more English than I am, by the sound of it. My mother is a Scot of Scandinavian descent (Viking) and my father was the grandson of Russian emigres – so maybe it should be a case of you owning me? O/H on the other hand is English through and through!

Loving the picture of you teetering around practising walking in your vintage boots – as Essie says, you’ll be strutting down the catwalk in no time (even if she says she won’t be joining you – though wouldn’t it be fun to have a BSD Maintainers’ Catwalk Show?😉!)

Essie, I didn’t think anyone could survive without a decent pair of wellies!! You obviously don’t have dogs, horses, live in the country or by the coast. Obviously a city girl. Wellies are, and always have been, one of my extravagances as I spend so much time in them. I think nothing of spending between £200 – £400 on a pair because, not only do they have to keep me dry, they have to be constructed like a walking boot and give me proper support as I walk an average of 10 miles a day in them.

As far as you “babbling” on about clothes, I’m with Allie – don’t stop, you give us all inspiration. We are all emerging butterflies after all. I confess, I have never in my life spent so much on clothes as I have done in the past 7 months. I could never understand anyone who actually enjoyed shopping. Now I’m out there with the best of them, buying clothes (probably things far too young for me) with gay abandon. But, BOY, do I feel good in them – embarrassed to say I still do a twirl every time I pass a full length mirror. So let’s all keep exchanging notes, it’s all part of maintenance, and very motivating. And fun, and we all deserve a bit of fun after all our hard work, don’t we?

That is so great, Allie! You’ll be stomping the hallway like it’s a runway in no time flat. I feared I’d never stop teetering on any heel higher than a fraction of an inch when I first get back in the game because I walk so much now that I thought my feet might never tolerate any incline whatsoever. Instead, it took me less than 2 months to get to the point where 3.5 inches was fine. I’m going to intionally draw the line here, because I don’t want to run the risk of deforming or injuring my feet. I prefer being a fierce exercise walker to being a fierce fashion model as I am excellent at the former and too short, old and dorky to be the latter. 😀

Keep digging through your closet for more hot vintage styles. Then when you’ve exhausted the revival opportunities, hit those holiday sales and get you some new duds.

Thank you, I’ll see how it goes after a few days and then cut down to 3 metformin if it is consistent. It was 4.4 after my meal tonight.

It’s a very happy experience, Esnecca, please don’t stop! I’m getting more daring
as a result of all the fun you’re having. I unearthed a pair of heeled suede ankle
boots from the recesses of my closet. I’m wearing them around the house to get
used to them again. I’m lurching around, but will master this!

Theo, the one boot I haven’t gotten yet is a wellie, which probably should have been the first. At least I got a rain bootie, although you can’t tell at all that it is one because it’s totally chic with a (weatherproofed) grey suede exterior and a faux fur lining that peers up about an inch above the ankle line. Hey, it still counts as a practical choice, right? RIGHT? Hello? Is this thing on?

Thank you all so much for not being bored to death by my endless babbling about clothes. It’s been a long time since I experienced anything remotely enjoyable about buying new clothes or had anything worth talking about in my closet. You guys understand the process intimately so I don’t have to justify myself or explain it. You’ve just been where I’ve been and get a kick out watching the butterfly emerge from the cocoon, even when the butterfly can’t/won’t shut up about it. 😆

Time means nothing, Theo – It’s always 5:00pm somewhere 🙂 I did have fun googling
the difference between Cornish cream tea and Devon cream tea though. Walking back
home with the boys sounds delightful.
What am I like?? I shudder to think. Someone who needs ample fire insurance, at the
very least. I’m actually a kindred spirit, if you dare to own it. On my paternal side,
genealogy research dates back to Elizabethan England, then the trail runs dry.
Grandmother and great Aunt were always very proud of this fact, and we celebrated
Christmas Day with a standing rib roast, yorkshire pudding and a brandy soaked plum
pudding. Mincemeat tarts, too! Just a free spirit I think, who is thoroughly enjoying
“play dates” with all of you! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hi Peeps, you’re all inspiring me with your pledges…I’d love to join you as another voice in the chorus if I may. Together we will achieve some pretty phenomenal results, let’s make it happen!
I have previously lost 3st on the 5:2. I jammed at the 9st mark and since June have been struggling to lose the same couple of stubborn pounds, which was becoming impossible and driving me crackers!
I have been looking for a new thunderbolt of motivation and think I’ve found it in the Blood Sugar diet. Dr Moseley knows what he’s talking about; I trust him and have seen results via his previous diets, so I’m ‘all in’ on this one with you all. Eating well is a form of self respect.

So here goes: by Christmas Day I *will* be at 8 1/2 stones.

I wish everyone a joyous and exciting journey towards increased health and positivity! xx

Hi, Jan! We are all adding to our knowledge every day, so any and all opinions are
always more than welcome. I’m happy that both and you and your wife have done
so well! My husband and I are following the same program, and he finds that his
insulin resistance is much more pernicious than mine so he has to take more drastic
measures than I do. Your results are inspirational. How lovely that you and your
wife have made these changes together!

Best,

Allie

Allie, what are you like?!!! Not safe to be let out alone, obviously – or left home alone for that matter! 😉

Wet dog or burnt hair? Mmmmm – tough decision 😱

Obviously as it was only 4pm, it was a pot of tea – delicious Cornish cream teas were on offer too but obviously I haven’t partaken of that traditional delicacy for the past 11 months.

PS pleased to say that smoking is one habit I’ve never developed.

Hi Jan – thanks for link, interesting. My PT always reminds me to try and walk with a backpack to reflect the weight I used to carry internally, but I always forget! Timely reminder.

The 1800 calorie figure is a published average. People can use that to come up with a figure for themselves, whether they are big, small, heavy, light, high BMI or low, active or sedentary. You should understand that without a personal metabolism test, all these figures are very approximate. I think that this average is still useful to help you understand what is happening to your body.

It also helps explain how weight loss slows as you get thinner, because you use less energy as there is less of you. As MnM mentioned, exercise is important to minimize muscle loss, as is maintaining protein intake.

Using https://tdeecalculator.net/ I use about 2100 a day and my wife uses about 1600. However, I have to watch my food intake carefully while she eats like a horse, much more than I do, and never gains an ounce. There is obviously a lot more going on than a simple formula calculation could explain.

I am not an expert so I welcome any corrections or criticism.

Jan

I finally got rid of the Maintenance Crew working here today, so I can concentrate…

Essie, please keep putting up the links to your new “fashionista” costumes. They come close
to me clapping my hands in delight. I have so much fun looking at them!

Collies are magnificent, Theo. I assume you just stopped by the pub for a cup of
cofee/tea and an opportunity to dry off the children? I know that wet fur smell…
What do you think is the worse smell, “wet dog” or burning hair? Last evening
I nodded off in front of the computer. I still haven’t ditched a disgusting smoking
habit (I know, hiding my face in shame!) and I set my hair on fire. I beat myself
about the head, so not to much damage done. Didn’t smell too pleasant, though.
Just imagine it however, if you need a late afternoon laugh or pick me up 🙂 🙂 🙂

I have a very loose lower trigger of 9 stone 11 pounds which is 1 stone under my target weight, although bang in the middle of healthy BMI for my height. The upper trigger is just 11 stone 7 because it feels too close to getting back to the twelves being in the high 11s. I put on a lot of muscle losing the weight so even though 11 stone 2 is technically back into overweight for me I haven’t set it there, allowing 5 pounds more to make it more for exceptional circumstances. Over the last year I have hit it 4 times and each time reacted with a focused effort so it seems to work well for me.

I love that Jackie! Slamming, it is !!! 🙂

It will also vary with amount of muscle, one of the big reasons traditionally that the TDEE drops as we get older is that we lose muscle. So keep doing weights and you can eat (a little) more 😁

What fun, Jackie, though yes, for goodness sake don’t over-exercise him. Don’t want to give him possible bone /joint problems in the future. Mine are full brothers, different litters, one 10 the other 8 and would run and run all day. One of the lovely features of theirbreed is that they tend to stay forever young. Of course, with a lovely labradorite, by this time next year he’ll be looking for masses of exercise too – all good for your fitness levels.

Essie, super-skinnies with knee high boots tend to be my everyday mode of dress and a look I love, though the boots are, often as not, wellies😉 Dogs, who’d have ’em, eh?😜

And yes, love my knobby bits too – love the technical terminology 😃

Looking forward to it, Allie xx

BTW No longer in pub 😉 Have now walked home with 2 dry dogs 😃🐶🐕

Hey AllieCat – he’s a splendid beast! Very happy with him.

I ordered trousers I tried on the other day – am wearing now in fact! Am loving having hip bones! Am slowly seeing I am thinner now, and my stuffs too big.

Esnecca – I love your clothes posts, I can hear your pleasure from here! And now I have a new word … slamming! I intend to look slamming over Christmas too!

Haha, Jackie, what fun to have an exuberant 4 month old puppy around! What I know
about labs is that they have beautiful dispositions. O/h used to have a black lab,
and keeping him out of any body of water was next to impossible! Enjoy your online
shopping. Don’t make the mistake that I did. I measured the old hip bones, couldn’t
quite believe my own “dimensions” and ordered a medium. Had to send all trousers
back for a small….It does take some time to get used to this, desn’t it? Not to mention
not needing a “tarp” to disguise the bulges anymore 🙂 🙂 🙂
Be back later, Theo!

Allie

A new visible bone appeared when I dropped below 120. It’s the knobby bit on top of my left shoulder, the terminal point of the clavicle, basically. My right knob became visible a hundred pounds ago. I guess it just naturally protrudes more? I appreciate the symmetry of having a matching set so I was pleased to welcome lefty to the odd conglomeration of boney bits and wobbly bits that is my body. 😀

In other exciting news, today I’m wearing grey skinny jeans with two-tone knee-high hunting boots (black on the bottom, brown around the top) and a) I think the jeans are a tad big, and b) I can’t get enough of the boots and skinny pants combo. It looks slamming.

Hi there he’s a labradoodle – 15 weeks old and he’s going to be the size of a donkey! We probably over-exercise him – so I figured a day of rest for us both was in order! 😄

Haha Allie, as far as taking up residence in the local pub’s concerned, I’m doing my best – would be difficult to spend much more time in here (note the ‘here’) without actually becoming the landlord.😉 On these cold wintry days, the combination of looking out over the sea whilst sitting toasting my toes beside a roaring log fire, would be hard to beat. 😃 The 2 dogs are Beardies – gorgeous, hairy, energetic clowns who have just enjoyed a dip in the sea and are now nicely steaming at my feet. Which is another reason for visiting the pub, right next to the beach on our afternoon walk, so the boys come out of the water straight into here (after a quick shake) and sand and wet dog smell is always better NOT in my house!!

And yes, I’m lucky enough to live in a glorious area, and the Cornish coastline is, indeed, breathtaking. Now maybe you understand why Hotel Theodora is such a popular summer destination for our friends and family 😉

What about you? City? Countryside? Coast?

Jackie, that is great news about the weight loss. Well done. I reckon you’ll make the 15kg by the weekend.

My dogs enjoy a bone too but would give it up in a nanosecond if the prospect of a walk was offered 😉 Or a game, for that matter! What breed is yours?

Good luck with the online shopping. And don’t you just LOVE hip bones? For that matter, I’m totally in love with my collar bones too.

It means the BSD is doing is exactly what it says it will do, reverse or manage diabetes through diet alone. You don’t need more carbs. You need less metformin. Several people on this forum reduced their dosage or stopped taking it altogether when they started the BSD or as it progressed and their BG readings dropped. Congratulations!

Hi Theodora, yep lower again this morning – 61.7kg. 100g off losing 15kg 😁👍😁

I am haVink a sofa day – your lovely walk may have tempted me out, but I gave the dog a bone about half and hour ago and we aren’t going anywhere for a bit. He had such a full on day yesterday I felt we both deserved a rest 😂😂

He’s slept most of day and I said goodbye to my lovely friend who came for flying visit yesterday, dropped car in for service and snuggled down to catch up on reading/tv and online Xmas shopping. Need new PJs that look respectable in front of in-laws for Xmas, and more than one pair of jeans that fit. My old clothes starting to look big, so I am starting to acclimatise self to new size and hip bones 😁😁😁

Hi all, wishing you a delightful afternoon! clarinetcathy, how wonderful to be spending
Christmas with your son. Have a wonderful trip, but watch out for the mega portions
being served in restaurants over here. Quite appalling, really 🙂 Luvtcook lives in the
D.C. area, and may be able to suggest some wonderful vegetarian restaurants for you
to try?! Has your son seen you since your transformation? It might be a jaw dropping,
joyful moment for you both!

Theo, 3 days??? This might be a record for you! All you now need to do is take up
residence in the neighborhood pub……….I do REALLY like the sound of your frosty
morning walk with the dogs. What breed are they, and how many of them?
If we’re in on a Sat. night I like to watch Doc Martin. I like the English wit, and we
find the coast breathtaking. Now I have a “fix” on what part of the country you occupy,
as well! My “head” hasn’t fared to badly with the weight loss, but my body is a different
story 🙂 🙂 🙂 Try to picture the shell of a walnut! Any and all future “skinny dipping”
will definitely have to take place under cover of darkness. Children’s mental health
may be at stake, haha.

Cathy, well done on maintaining so far. I’m sure you’ll manage to get a little wriggle room before your Christmas trip. Mind you, your son just may not recognise you! Have you warned him, or is it going to be a big surprise (I’m obviously assuming that you haven’t seen him recently, but could be totally wrong). Have a wonderful time , you must be getting pretty excited.

Jackie, that’s an interesting phenomenon, not one that I’ve encountered. Interested to know if the scales read even lower this morning? I know exactly what you mean about a young body being stuck on your head though, I often feel the same – the one downside I have found to losing weight is that I seem to have acquired more facial wrinkles!! Small price to pay for looking and feeling healthy, slim and fantastic though.

Good news for me is that my weight has remained exactly the same for 3 whole days, despite (or, in view of my tendency to keep losing, possibly because of) eating out on 2 of those days. Hoping the trend continues.

My car had to go in for a service today and, as it was such a glorious morning, sunny and crisp, I decided to take the dogs with me and walk home, rather than accept the garage’s offer of a lift – now that is not something I would have ever have done pre-BSD, as it’s almost 9 miles by road and 12 miles via the rather hilly coastal path, which is the option I took. We don’t often have thick frost in deepest, darkest Cornwall, but we certainly had it this morning, what a joy to be out on such a morning and be fit enough to walk up and down the hills without effort, and it took less than 3 hours. Another NSV.

Hi, I’ve just measured my bg, slightly early, it’s not quite 2hours after lunch but I’m going out. It is 3.8 which is below what I read is normal (4 to 6). Does this mean I’m going too low on cabs? I’m currently doing 800 cals and 20 carbs. Taking 4 metformin a day.

Hi Veiled1. I hope things are going well for you. I posted a reply to you 1 or 2
days ago, above. I don’t wish to add to your confusion, but I don’t agree with the
previous poster re 1800 calories a day. Our total daily energy expenditure TDEE)
varies from person to person and is based on age, gender, height, and how active
we are. You will find a calculator by googling “TDEE” and 5:2 (I think it’s mosley’s
5:2 site) that you can use to figure out what you can expect to lose and the max
allowable calories per day to achieve your goals. I am in maintenance, and the max
I can eat to stay where I am is 1627 cal. If, on the other hand, I was sedentary, that
number would drop to 1420 cal. I hope this helps! If you have any other questions,
just ask. I’m usually around 🙂

Allie

Hiya Allie, thoroughly enjoyed just reading your post! I have just replied to your email and I did respond to Marie’s fasting questions. I think our posts crossed.

Sorry, back to the grindstone….

See you tomorrow!
Kxx

It is a bit of an experiment sunshine-girl. I am rather fortunate to be at the very pointy end of the aircraft thanks to a cheap ex EU business class fare and a points upgrade. 🙂

My plan is to have dinner……..whatever that might be and then have a rather nice kippers and poached egg breakfast upon landing at LHR in the lounge.

I am not very optimistic about the meal and suspect I might have to see what is on the main menu.

My 3.7 reading followed two meals today. Breakfast of smoked salmon, poached eggs and half a tomato in the lounge and a very small serve of Tuna with cucumber salad for lunch on the plane. I recorded 4.8 when I reached Hong Kong.

Hello VictoriaM. Yes, that does sound like a good plan and Marie’s post is full of good thoughts.

You may find that you have good days, poor days, good weeks, poor weeks and it is critical after the poor times to re-focus straight away. You’ll see “keep on keeping on” (thanks sunshine-girl) and “one day at a time” amongst other little mantras. Feel free to adopt, adapt, develop your own, but perhaps the most important thing of all is to keep posting on the forum.

BTW, if I haven’t already said it Marie, you’ve been doing brilliantly, so well done with your bgls 🙂

You’ll find your way, Verano, and while plateauing may not be what you want, its a heap better than piling it all back on again. Sorry, it’s Marilyn speaking, not Pollyanna. Best wishes with the change of routine, I think it’s a great idea.

And, just adding, I’m so glad to see us all here in the lead-up to Christmas. Personally, this time is more challenging than Christmas Day itself. So many social occasions involving rich food and wine. So many temptations for sugar addicts. So easy for portion sizes to blow out even if making “good” selections. Still, at this stage of the month I am feeling positive..long may it last….

Cheers everyone xx

Oh Tony I wish I had read about your BA flight and diabetic diet – I would have told you not to tell them. I thought I was doing the right thing particularly as I need regular food and this is not always the case on a flight, sometimes they feed you at local time, sometimes at home times. I went nearly 5 hours without food and had to ask for something, the steward gave me a mini pack of pretzels (I wasn’t on this diet then). On the trip back from Hong Kong, yes I was served first with breakfast but, my husband had grilled bacon, scrambled eggs, grilled mushroom and grilled tomatoes with toast. I was given seaweed scrambled eggs and a slice of gluten free cardboard. I would suggest that a 3.7 was you getting very low due to their meals not being very well balanced, they havent a clue. When I asked why I was getting gluten free bread they said they catered for everyone on special diets the same. When I asked to be served the cooked breakfast same as everyone else they refused saying because I had declared as diabetic they were responsible for my well being. Never tell them anything regarding your diet. Although I think you have to say something just in case you are taken ill on a flight or a cruise. I am going on a second cruise in Spring after a Norway cruise last year and I was on this diet. I just told them I was intolerant to starchy carbs but could I just have extra veg. It worked very well. I choose to take responsibility for my own condition or I wouldn’t be on this diet as so many medical people have tried to tell me not to do it.

Hi everyone, started on a high note having lost half a pound overnight (not fluid loss, just sticking to it).

Marsie, glad the soap worked for you. If by restless legs you mean laying on your back putting your knees up then sliding your legs up and down or the feeling you have mild pins and needles in the calves and feet, then I too have restless legs now and then, they seem to come on with stress. I dont have it anymore and I put that down to the soap too. I first tried it when I had a friend staying who has constant pain with osteoarthritis and we read it together on the net. She said she would try it when she got home and I must ask her how she got on because it is supposed to be good for lots of muscle, joint and ligament pains and well as stomach cramps.

Marie123 although you have not said in any threads I see you on, what your results were (just down) or what your doctor said, I am assuming you are not being told to take meds now. Keep on keeping on…

Have a good week everyone.

Good morning, ladies of the sisterhood 🙂 Kazzi and Marie, extremely interesting
conversation this morning about work related experiences. Particularly the notion
that women consistently under rate themselves compared to men! Perhaps it’s
because we receive different messaging with regard to expectations, from our
families of origin? I.Q. testing was done every 5 yrs. or so in our school system.
Our parents informed us of these results, and because we all tested in the 90-95 percentile,
excellence and high achievement was the expectation in all areas of life. Thus began
a long road of judging ourselves much more harshly than other women. Consequently,
I’ve been a perfectionist all my life, another sister is a pathological people pleaser,
and a third earned a full scholarship to Harvard. Externally, we are all considered accomplished women. But do we think so? Nooo! Enough of my amateur psychology
for today 🙂 🙂 🙂

I continue to be in awe of all of you who are able to fast. I’d be interested in the answers
to your last 2 questions too, Marie. Have a wonderful day all!

Allie
xoxoo

Hi all, gone over to new challenge but still reading posts here. marie123 I am so glad we helped you in your decision making although it can only be down to you. Glad it worked out for you. It was a no brainer as you could have given it 3 months (or the 8 weeks) and not been the type of person it would help and still had the alternative to go on the meds, so you had nothing to lose and I am so pleased you are with us on this journey.

Marsie, I will enjoy being on my own for a while and have pamper days and evening planned. You are right I will be able to do whatever I please and, in terms of my diet, I wont have to sit down to a meal just because it is mealtime. However, that can lead to snacking so I will try to keep a routine. It is only 5 days and 2 of them are dealt with.

Hoping to see you all at our Christmas challenge with just under 4 weeks to go.

Hi Victoria

I don’t know if it’s for now, as SueBlue says, but maybe after Christmas when you’re more settled into things, a tip from me would be to try to find 2 or 3 small but achievable targets for each challenge. They could be to do with weight or what other posters describe as NSV’s (non-scale victories – you probably know, I didn’t!). I always keep them small – that way I know I’m likely to achieve at least one of them; successfully ticking them off helps keep me motivated throughout the month.

Mine are usually to do with numbers and markers; so past ones have been, e.g. lose 2lbs to achieve 10% off of original body weight, 3lb off to shift down into next stone, 1lb off to reach half stone mark etc. Playing around with my current numbers when setting this month’s challenge, I realised if I lost 2lb I will have shifted from an initial 36.5 BMI to a BMI of 26.5 – so that’s gone down. (I know – embarrassingly anorak-ish)

Of course, it doesn’t stop me from losing as much weight as I can (7lbs off last month) but I find it helps.

The key I think is to pick ones that are meaningful for you.

By the way, I was diagnosed with Diabetes in August. As my original Hba1c was high (and looking back with hindsight) I suspect I’d had it quite a while. I started BSD straight away. I got the results of my first 3 month Hba1c (well, 4 really) on Monday and my bgls have come right down.

You’ve made a great decision to start this now – like everyone says it really does work!
Marie x

Hello all, nice to be amongst friends on this new challenge. I’m on day 14, have lost 4.8 kg so far, but I don’t expect to lose at that rate over the next month, but I’ll maybe be ambitious and set myself a target of 4kg to lose by Christmas. I can’t imagine I’m going to weigh myself on Boxing Day ( as I’m giving myself a few days off the 800 calories) and if I do it won’t be on my scales as I’ll be away.

I’ve got several nights out planned, and have had some already, but I’m really not missing the drink or the stuffing my face. I’ve become slightly evangelical: I don’t know if it’ll last – I might be getting too annoying!

Look forward to hearing how everyone’s getting on.

Hi Marie

Just dropped in quickly in my lunch hour… you made me smile with the performance related pay review memories. I used to dread it! Unlike some people who are motivated to achieve the highest grade, I actually find being graded quite demotivating!

As far as fasting goes – this is only the second time I’ve done 46 hours but I do 18:6 daily. Yes, I do my best to stick to no more than 800. Last night when I broke my fast, I had less than 800 cals but that’s because it was at the end of the day and I was in bed by 9! Weekends may be slightly over the 800, particularly if I have my Saturday night alcohol! I can’t give it up completely, makes me miserable. Considering I’ve only lost 22 lbs, I have noticed a huge difference around my waist but I’m not sure if it’s just that I’m no longer bloated and fizzing inside all the time. I can suck my stomach right in (for about 5 seconds!). But I am a ball shape rather than evenly well clad all over, so perhaps that’s why it’s more noticeable. I’m only quarter of the way there. I’ve been reading up on fasting and the process of autophagy… it’s all very interesting.

Enjoy your day – brass monkeys out there in that wind! Yikes!

Kx

Same here Flick – stagnating for a few days, weighed myself today and am 0.6kg down. This is day fourteen for me and I’ve lost 4.8kg and 5 centimetres off my waist – I’m down to the next notch on my belt, it’s never been used before!

Alibalibee – that is so impressive to make such a sensible choice when under pressure and with very few options to hand. Well done you. I haven’t been challenged yet and hope I have your presence of mind when I am.

The threads here are incredibly useful. Having avoided a meltdown over a three day stagnate on the scale, I woke on the fourth to measure a .5kg loss. Totally consistent with the shared experiences here so I’m hoping to find I have a more measured reaction when the scale stalls again, which of course it will.

Cheers for now,