Hi all, back after my weigh in and not too bad at 1.5lbs for the part month, still got a week to go and need another 1.5lbs to reach my goal. Got no plans, no meals out so should be able to reach 3.3lbs by 8th. Fingers crossed.

Hi Verano, glad you are keeping up with us and enjoying your trip. If you get the chance to see the cathedral Sagrada Familia do so but dont bother to go inside, it is just a building site. We are doing Barcelona on our own (i.e. no excursions booked) so any advice would be useful. Also, don’t bother with Picasso museum it is all his early work and I don’t think he knew how to paint then 🙂 You are probably long gone from there now but it will be interesting to hear of your travels.

Hope our newbies are getting to grips with things and getting any help and advice they need. Shout out, there is always someone who has been in your shoes.

After my wasted trip to the DIY store to buy oven and hob we are going to buy it on-line (from a different store) and will get it delivered to the store where we can pick it up – 20min drive away. Then we have to get a gas-fitter to put the hob in – know a man who can just down the lane.

Have a very happy self-care week.

Hi Simon36 on the subject of ketosis the body very quickly learns how to replace the lack of glucose (carbs etc) by converting the ketones into the energy you need, especially for the brain. That is why it is not true that we need glucose to live, our bodies are more than capable of making its own. So don’t expect the obvious signs of ketosis to last.

Glad you were able to enjoy your weekend without any real damage. Sounds like you had a plan. As for a plateau, you are probably due one while your body readjusts to its new size, weight etc, it needs to rebalance things out. This is also the time when people throw in the towel but I am sure you wont do that, just ride with it, keep up with the diet and you will get what we call a whoosh moment when the body realises it is not going to starve and lets go of fluid and any glucose it has been storing. The plateau can last from a few days to a couple of weeks so keep the faith.

Good luck.

Back again – weighed in this week (one month since I started) and only 2lbs lost – so now at 13st 2lbs. A total of ten pounds in a month though, which I’m very pleased with and seeing as I did go over on Saturday evening, I’m happy with that.

What I have noticed though in the last week is less evidence of ketosis. No listlessness, not much of that taste on your breath. So perhaps I’m having the inevitable plateau?. It’s no problem, I’m certainly not losing any motivation. My TRE remains mostly either 16:8 or 14:10. Feel sure I’ll have hit a whole stone off by next week!

Just logging in to say ‘hello’ as I’d like to receive the posts on this thread.

So in Barcelona at the moment. Enjoying tapas, anchovies, pimientos padron, gazpacho and wonderful fish. So far just a little ‘rustic’ bread. I realise if you need to eat bread make it the ‘best’ you can find not a ‘ slice of white’!!!

Just one ‘treat’ a couple of teaspoons of ‘Salvador Dali cheesecake’. Came in the shape of Ruby red lips and was as light as a feather. Still full of sugar so just had a ‘taste’!

In fact try to make all you eat the ‘best’ you can find!

Hello Pootle

Thank you for taking the time to write to me with encouragement even though you have been here done that …

… it is really appreciated to know that you were successful in June and congratulations on achieving such an amazing result, well done.

I’m with you on a weigh everything basis – it gets weighed AND written down before it gets eaten – so I am hoping that with that and my countdown calendar on the fridge the next 8 weeks will go by and I too will see results – then I am hoping to switch to the 5:2

Thanks again, fellow weigher 🙂

Welcome JeannieP & gosh you already sound very well organised & I hope you have a good week👍🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Pootle, regrets wont change anything except make you feel bad. Just look forward and hopefully learn something. Keep going.

Hi again, just reading through my 5 year blog and was quite amazed. My BG went from 180 to 107 by day 7. I remember getting into a panic and posting ‘what are we doing to ourselves’, I thought something terrible was going to happen but only good things have come from this diet.

I also remember, and this is for newbies – when you tell people about the diet you will get some disbelieving comments. You cant live on 800 calories, your brain will shrink, you cant live without carbs, you cannot sustain this diet (thats funny after 8 years doing it), so many people had opinions. I based my diet on facts learnt from Dr Mosley and Prof Roy Taylor and it has done me nothing but good. If anyone asks don’t tell them too much, they will only mock or try to put you off. Keep the faith, it does work.

Hi everyone, well I have started the month with a mis-step – forgot to get weighed. I am so used to weighing daily when I switched to only a couple of times a week I sort or forgot what day it was. By the time I was half way through my boiled eggs, glass of vinegar water and homemade lemon, ginger and mint tea, it suddenly struck me. I will do my weight tomorrow.

Everything seems to be going t-ts up right now. Went to the cinema on Sunday to find the internet was down and our particular film was not showing – nothing else we wanted to see so came home. Yesterday took an hours drive to a big DIY store looking for a new oven and hob and hubby forgot the dimensions – we know they are standard but he wanted to be sure. We had already spent half a day at a more local furniture store and seen what we liked but he wanted to check out a bigger range. When we got there the stock was so poor we would have been better ordering on line and the prices for ovens were twice our local store. So, I am having a break today and will do some French, do some exercise and get back out shopping again tomorrow. Anyway it was a nice drive out.

Mistehippos, yes I certainly remember my first few days, I wrote a journal on another site and, because they were closing down, I cut and pasted everything into this site and you can read my journey – or at least the first few days of total fear on a thread called 5 Years of BSD – A Blog of Memories. Come to think of it, even posting that was 3 years ago. I have been on this plan for 8 years, not because it doesn’t work but because it does. I am diabetic and I can never go back to a life of eating carbs and ruining my health.

JeannieP, great to have you with us, particularly as you are diabetic – I do read everyones profile – and this diet will go a long way to getting your numbers under control. The most important thing for you is to get rid of the carbs. It might take a while to get used to going without but once you do your body will thank you, both in weight loss and better numbers.

Hope you all have a good week and we can continue with a successful month.

Well done Yowzer, I only started mid September so early stages at the moment. Still I am down just over 14 pounds which I am pleased with.
The plan hit a hitch on Sunday, when what was supposed to be a full on 1600 calories day ended up being a trip to a food festival in Truro, where I subsisted on tasting the food after the demonstrations, a few cuppas, one pint of beer and some definitely not low carb samples of honey and spiced rum, before going out to a gig in Falmouth later. Thanks to the weather public transport was having a ‘mare and the time in between the two outings ended up so short I had time to either change out of my wet clothes and have a shower and get changed, or eat, and I chose the former, so on adding it to the app it was actually an 800 day. I moved my 1600 day to yesterday where I experimented with a homemade chimichurri marinade and a barbecued piece of brisket, which was lovely, and had some wine.
Back on track today!
Dreamscometrue, I always found work days more difficult, but settled on, for breakfast, full fat Greek yoghurt and berries, in a pot, and for lunch either a miso soup or marmite. Usually I still preferred a main meal in the evening. If that wasn’t going to be possible, I sometimes took in a salad, or low carb proper soup for warming up. I was lucky to always have a shared fridge and microwave available.

Thank you DAWN XX! 🌼🌸🌼

Well done Yowzer!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Dawn X

DCT good luck with reboot!
DCT and CCATHY,thanks for your congratulations,but Ive been an absolute dope regaining so much of the weight I lost back in 2017,and putting myself through this again,and having stones to lose not pounds! This time round,I’ll make sure to keep it off XX
CATHY,good luck with your cataract op! Im so glad I had mine,it was very quick and the results were and still are great!
Im so sorry you face surgery on your toe as well which is giving you a lot of pain. Having sciatica,I can empathise with the pain,though Im certain Im not going through as much as you. Go easy on yourself,youve been through so much XX

Hello everyone
Just popped by to say what an incredible achievement since June Yowser! That is an amazing loss in such a short time. So inspiring to the rest of us. You must have worked really hard and been so disciplined. Well done! I am drawing a line under September and hoping I can get back to healthy eating over the coming weeks. I am getting my soup recipes out from the various Michael Mosley recipe books and hoping I will reverse the 4 lb September gain. My cataract operation is scheduled for 14th October and I also have an MRI scan at Christie Hospital in October to follow up my two abdominal schwannomas. I am getting quite severe pain nerve pain in my left knee now so I am fearful that they’ve grown in size. They’re growing on the femoral nerve so the pain is in keeping with the distribution of the femoral nerve. I might need to consider some neurological pain medication but I’ll wait until I’ve had the scan and see what they say. My orthopaedic surgeon has advised me to have big toe fusion surgery as the steroid injections are not lasting. He has agreed to see me in two months and to arrange further x rays with a view to performing the procedure in the New Year. So you can see I’ve got a lot going on but getting my weight down will help the toe surgery recovery I am sure. I will be out of mobile action for quite some time following the toe fusion surgery so everything I can do now will be a bonus. My initial aim is to get to where I was before my cruise so I’ll get back to 150 lb initially and take things from there. I feel quite overwhelmed and preoccupied with my various health issues and don’t want to put too much pressure on myself. When I worry I eat more! I am worrying about a lot of things at the moment and so it’s hard to be as disciplined as I would like to be. I’m not making excuses but just being honest. I can’t undo the hard work I put in earlier this year. I don’t see great losses but I know with effort I can lose the cruise weight and then take things from there. Lots of time to make a difference so let’s see if we can be as successful as Yowser.

HI everyone. Yowzer I agree, not sure where September went! But we still have plenty of time to achieve our goals. And many congratulations Yowzer on your phenomenal loss!! That’s incredible and I’m so pleased for you. I’m sure you’ll succeed in your 28lb by Christmas.

Cathy welcome back from your various anniversary celebrations. It’s great to have you on board as always, and good luck with getting to where you want to be. I hope that your eye procedures go well, and that you can then get your toe sorted out.

Dawn have you done your sparkly chart yet?! I use a spreadsheet with colour coding 😀

Mixnmatch I need to take a leaf from your book in terms of meal planning. I’m struggling a bit as I work over lunchtimes and just can’t seem to get in a good groove in terms of eating. I feel really hungry first thing when I get up, but try to delay eating until mid-morning so that I can have a healthy brunch. The problem is that I tend to get absorbed in whatever else I’m doing and end up grabbing something quick and easy to eat instead. So I’ve tried having a decent breakfast when I get up which means I then don’t want to eat again before work, but am ravenous when I come in so tend to start snacking. I’m sure my metabolism has changed in some way as I used to be able to fast all day without really noticing, but now can’t seem to do that. And I’m also exercising a lot more which is probably part of it.

So as a result, so far on this journey I just seem to be losing and regaining the same pound or two. But a new month is a good time for. reboot so hopefully I will get my act together and come up with a meal plan whose timings and nutritional content work for me.

Hello to everyone else too – Dawn, Heidi, SueBlue, Nokie, Arcticfox, Mariet and anyone else I’ve forgotten. Hope all is going well and look forward to reading your posts.

Thank you S-G for setting this up for October & your husband for the optimistic part👍
Pootle your weight loss is very inspiring & encouraging & emphasises how this low carb way of eating supports good health. I will certainly try to do better with my weight loss this month but have a challenge this next weekend of a family gathering in Yorkshire & staying at a Premier Inn with eating out but will choose as much protein & vegetables as I can locate 🤔😀
Welcome Mistehippos!
Good luck everyone for the next month & stay optimistic 👍🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Hi! I’m on day 4 of the fast800 and I have printed out a tick chart for my fridge for 10 weeks. I really need to lose 2 stone (28lbs/12.7 kg) to get down to a non overweight BMI.

The first three days I have found ok, I think excitement that I’m actually doing something has spurred me on. This morning I woke up a little hungry but I downed 800ml of electrolytes to stave it off a bit and I will have my morning almond milk latte when I feel like I need it.

Plan for lunch today is chicken breast, bacon and a chaffle with some salad. I am leaning a little more towards keto as I have managed my hunger with v low carb many years ago.

I hope you don’t mind me joining this thread, I have a nagging feeling I could do with some encouragement before I get to the half way point!

Trying to enjoy the non foody things in life at the moment, like candle/soap scents and gentle autumn walks.

Have a great day, everyone. 🙂

Starting October in a really optimistic mood. Thanks S-G’s husband for the title of this thread.

Mistehippos, I started the BSD in mid June, and am delighted that I have lost 4 stone and taken my BS count from diabetic back to pre-diabetic! Not that long and still going. I have another stone to come off…and intend to do it! I think it is not just a diet, but a way of life! I have been extremely strict, counting calories and recording everything I eat in a diary. I am a bit obsessive…I have even been weighing lettuce leaves!!! 🥴 BUT it has paid off. I have slipped on occasions, but picked up again immediately! There are people on this forum who are incredibly supportive and helpful with advice, whether you are just looking to lose a serious amount of weight and or tackling diabetes. They are brilliant, you cannot have found a better site for encouragement and understanding. I take it one day at a time….and that suits me. (I weigh every day, as I need to know!! But plenty of people weigh once a week)

Good luck…stay positive and keep going, it is worth it!!!
K.x

Just calling by quickly to say hello,happy October! September went so fast! Hope all busdwellers are doing well. I have lost 38 lb since June,not sure how much of that is since the 100day challenge. Determined to lose another 28 by Crimbo!
Love to all xxx
🌈⭐️🌈⭐️🌈⭐️🌈⭐️🌈“ When it rains,look for rainbows. When its dark,look for stars “ 🌈⭐️🌈⭐️🌈⭐️🌈⭐️

Hi everyone,
I didn’t weigh myself last week as had a few carby days and hoped to have a better week but when I have weighed myself this morning I have gained a pound.I need to get my sparkly chart started (thanks for reminding me DCT!) So sorry to hear so many of us are dealing with painful conditions and I’m hoping they all start to ease as we progress with this WOE.Sending big hugs to everyone.
Dawn X

OK, so one month at a day … or one day at a time! And YES – I am optimistic and tomorrow is October – so I am bringing my start date forward and starting tomorrow instead of Wednesday – read the book, found this link and hopefully someone in the forum remembers how it was to start this programme and those first few days, weeks and the anticipation of turning around what has gone wrong in life to get me here.
Who else is starting October and following the Optimistic October thread?

I have so much to lose, but thought from reading the book this was a good place to start – tune in soon for an update

It sounds like you’re hitting a bit of a plateau, which can be frustrating. It’s normal to see some weeks with progress and others with none. Our bodies can be tricky that way! Maybe you could mix things up a bit?

Thanks SG ..you are a star 🤗🤗

Hi Lucy,
I am really regretting eating the tea yesterday…now wishing I had cried off as I have been hungry all day! I Haven’t felt this hungry for weeks! I think it must be due to all the carbs I ate at tea.
I think the advice from S-G and Verano is spot on…when my head is in the right place, I feel I can achieve all my goals, when I start to doubt the trouble starts. It sounds as though you now know this diet works and has huge health and lifestyle benefits and we know we can do it!

Have a brilliant holiday,
K.x.

Thank you for such an ‘optimistic’ post s-g.

Even though I won’t be here for the start of the month I’ll definitely keep in touch and I’m really looking forward to the ‘positivity’ generated by the group.

Let October be a wonderful start to to autumn.

The new thread has been set up with One Week at a Time – Welcome to an Optimistic October. Ready to start on Tuesday.

Optimistic October is great!
I’m very ‘optimistic’ ! Although not for weight loss!
All packed and off early to tomorrow but will pop in as and when.
Hope October is a month to remember …. for all the right reasons.

Hi Wendleg! I remember you so well, and all your wise advice. I feel in good company knowing that even you falter now and then! Yes, big coat and big jumpers. And something waterproof . The log burner is going at our house. Hope you have a great trip.

Thanks Sunshine Girl. I forgot about chia seeds. Excellent. I might give the Andrews a try too. I remember my nan having them 40+ years ago! Dulcolax gives me awful pain and sweats but no relief ha! I do remember feeling like this when I first started BSD and eventually it just settled down. I suppose it shows just one way how our bodies are so sensitive to dietary changes, and not always in the most obvious ways.

Well done Mr Sunshine! Optimistic October sounds great.

Starts Tuesday 1st October. See you here.

Sunshine-girl

Setting up the new thread is always difficult – thinking of new things to say and new titles. So this months is courtesy of my husband, he has his uses.

The weather is getting cold but it can be a wonderful time of the year with beautiful autumnal colours of oranges, reds and golden browns. It is a time to look back on how we have done with our goals and plans through the past months and also a time for planning for the upcoming season of celebrations – Thanksgiving in America in November, Christmas in the UK and all parts inbetween.

Lets set some new goals – or continue on a successful path – and look forward to the rest of the year with optimism. Come and join us if you want somewhere to start, no need to struggle alone, or to continue with your efforts and reach higher goals.

Everyone is welcome, no pressure, no guilt and no preaching, just care and whatever help you might need.

Sunshine-girl/Wendleg/SunnyB

Hubby has come up with Optimistic October – he does have his uses 🙂

Sounds like you are ready to go V, any thoughts on a name for the October thread before you leave. Rhyming with October is a bit hard. I also use the cubes and know straight away where everything is. Pants and bras in one, T-shirts in another, dresses in another and so on. Can just lift them out and put the whole thing in a drawer where you are staying.

Positives,
Weight still going down but not declaring until Tuesday (my official day).
Going to cinema tonight – hopefully to see the film I wanted to see.
Lazy Sunday but without the anxiety of having to go to work on Monday – retirement is great.

Hi everyone, okay Wendy I will let you enjoy your UK break and, yes, you will need your big coat. We have had to put our little calor gas heater on this morning as it was 6 degrees when we go up. Refusing to put the house heating on. We usually do it on 1st November but it is so bloody cold – whats happened to the heat we had last September. We had friends staying and they burnt themselves to a crisp laying out in the garden and enjoying the pool (:

Wendy, I was watching a prog yesterday and they recommended Korean products and I think they are now widely available, they mentioned Boots, so you can stock up.

Bryla, on the subject of constipation you seem to be doing the right things but here are my tips. For breakfast have a yoghurt with chia seeds or anything with chia seeds, they send me running. Try some gentle yoga for the stomach area – Adrianne on YouTube will have a special 20 min programme. If you are in the UK you can buy something from the chemist called Andrews Liver Salts – 2 heaped teaspoons in water and drink while it is fizzing. Failing that, something like Ducolax, something mild to help you along. I really hate it when I cant go but more often than not I have the opposite.

Any ideas for a new title for our October thread all thoughts accepted. Verano is good at this but I think she has already gone away.

Hi Lucy, I think you have already said it all – the only diet that has proved successful – it can be successful again after your holiday. But a treat is a one off – yes or it becomes the boring everyday and nothing special. And of course I will be straight back on it – so you already have a plan. These are all good things to tell yourself.

The not so good are – I don’t really trust myself – after many years of failure I kind of expect it of myself now. These are the thoughts and words of the old you. First there is no such thing as failure, only of not trying. And as for trusting yourself you have a wealth of knowledge at your fingertips now. When you are faced with food think about what the challenges are and try to avoid them. If there is a dessert you want, have it – take a couple of spoonfuls and leave the rest – hard yes, but you have the strength. If there is a bread roll and chips have one but leave the other or eat half of each. Don’t eat as though there is going to be a famine.

As Verano says, you don’t want to find yourself back in the diabetic range so trust yourself to take care of yourself in the best way you know how.

We have all been there and know there will be things we cannot resist – for me it is wine and I do have some on holiday or at occasions. Enjoy your holiday but not so much that it will make getting home miserable. My daughter has just spent a weekend in London and they ate out on Friday and went to a famous restaurant with 12 courses on Saturday (it is called Plates) and they had saved up and joined a waiting list for 5 months to get a table, so of course she took every advantage. Her WhatsApp to me this morning said ‘I’m scared, might not get weighed for a week’. My reply said ‘you have had a brilliant time and made memories. Now you know what you have to do!’ She will hopefully be straight back on the diet tomorrow.

No preaching here, just advice from experienced people who care.

Enjoy your holiday.

Was it here I read about skin care ? Just to add briefly to the discussion..I have super dry skin and need efficient rich hydration. I have discovered Korean moisturising toners which I use in the morning. I love the Laneige one ..it’s milky and rich,like moisturiser in a bottle. I follow with a good moisturising cream. My favourite is from Aestura. For dry skin though …

Hi Bryla ! I remember you from a few years ago ! I’m still here but like you am having to deal with the fallout from prolonged excesses ! I accept that I have to make allowances when I have family here and certain “occasions ” but I have to stay hyper vigilant. I found the transition to low carb very challenging this time . I understand I have to push through .
I am not a daily or weekly weigher. I rely on my clothes so I don’t post numbers but it sounds like you are also pretty much back on track…well done!

I am going to the Uk on Friday for a week. Will I need my ” big coat ” ?
So SG I would be really grateful if you could keep the thread updated. You are doing a great job. Thank you 😚 😚

Thanks both of you. Thing is I don’t really trust myself. After many years of failure I kind if expect it of myself now 😌. This is the only diet I haven’t wanted to eat eveyrhing in sight and the only die’t that has proved successful.
So I am worried and I don’t think I won’t slip up. I will. But I am going to try keep it to the minimum but faced with aisles of food is going to be tough. But it has to be damage limitation. And of course I will be stright back on it. I’m all for a treat here and there and I have done so along the way….but a treat is a one off. This potentially could be terrible for me. But I am going to try my hardest. Not going until weds…..so being extra good until then too.

Hi everyone. It’s been such a busy week but it’s been so nice to have a quick look at everyone’s posts and remind myself I’m not alone! The advice about not being too hard on myself was timely. I’m pleased to say that I haven’t had anything carby all week, and it has actually been fine. I realised it was actually early 2020 when I first started BSD, and I maintained it for well over four years, so maybe the good habits are better ingrained than I feared. I have been eating a little more than ideal on a couple of days, but I think getting back to the right food was the big priority. I’ve always maintained OMAD (apart from some days after a run), but a bit of grazing after dinner has snuck in. I think it’s partly that change of seasons comfort eating that’s been mentioned! I do know what to do about it, and I will!

I lost a couple of pounds earlier in the week (water weight), but haven’t weighed again. I am so constipated, I feel about a stone heavier from it and so uncomfortable. I remember this difficulty, but I’m really stuck for his to ease it. I was already taking 1480mg magnesium glycinate morning and evening, I’ve added in some milled linseed in my main meal every day and mixed seeds with berries, I have leafy green veg coming out of my ears and I’m drinking enough fluids to sink a battleship! I’ve even been drinking a shot of prune juice every evening ,(yes I know that’s awful for sugar) because I’m so desperate. And I do exercise. Help! What am I missing, everyone?

I love the sound of that soup, sunshine girl. I’m going to check out the soup thread now before I do my weekly shop. I am going to hang some pictures and mirrors in my new house later. The walls are very hard brick, so I’ve treated myself to some new masonry drill bits – very exciting stuff!

Lucy the first trip away can be so difficult. So many temptations.

Somebody once wrote on here something like …. using a car as an analogy … you wouldn’t jump a red light and then think ‘to hell with it’ I’ll now go and smash into a wall, etc etc. Ok so if you feel like a pastry have ONE but not every morning, have that odd slice of toast but not every morning, have one potato or five chips but not everyday. If one of anything leads to many then best not to have the first one!

You can enjoy your holiday without all the temptations. In fact feeling ‘light’ , your clothes fitting well and eating well will make you feel much better than having your clothes starting to feel tight and you feeling meee or guilty, or both, because you have eaten everything in sight! Most importantly you don’t want to end up back in the ‘diabetic’ range.

Enjoy!

Lucy,
I know exactly what you mean about rows of pastries etc! I went to an afternoon tea yesterday as part of a group being ‘treated’ as a thank you. We each had a two tier cake plate put in front of us…..there was absolutely nothing on there I could eat and stay away from carbs and sugar…I am afraid I thought…..”b****r it and ate the lot! BUT that was one day, not a week on holiday, having the same temptation over and over again…and today I am back to being extremely strict! I don’t want to lose the health benefits I am achieving by being on the diet! As you say, suddenly we can do things we haven’t been able to for some time…doesn’t it feel great??

Have a brilliant time away, relaxing and enjoying the benefits of having lost so much weight!

K.xx

Thank you both. I’m really pleased and can’t believe I have achieved this so far.
Holiday will be a nightmare only as it’s half board and breakfast and dinner have so many choices. Rows of food, pastries….you know what I mean?
But I will try to do my best . Hoping I can walk and swim too. Previous holidays my back prevented me from walking too far, would have to keep sitting and re starting but I haven’t noticed it so much recently. My husband said the other day, you’ve been walking round the shops for ages and haven’t had to sit once… I was like omg you’re right. Didn’t even think of it. I have an airbnb annex to my house and cleaning it I always had to stop start….not anymore ….whizz right through it! Even making the bed!
Back better, blood pressure better diabetes better. That’s what I have to keep in thought when eying the pastry aisle!.

Congratulations Lucy!!!!! 🎉

That is brilliant news..although I am sorry you were unwell!
Great that you have been trying on clothes and feeling good about yourself! Keep it up, try to avoid as many ‘bad’ foods as possible on holiday, but enjoy it and don’t get hung up on the diet. You now know you can get back to it when you are home again!

K.x

Sound advice S-g. I guess I said 4lbs a month because it seems really ‘doable’ which is what I need and any extra would be a bonus. But yes 2 stone in 6 months would be good!

Well done your grandson! He’s the second apprenticeship I’ve heard of in two days and it sounds like a really great way to go.

👩🏻👩🏻 hair cut and coloured yesterday.

💅💅 nails polished and feet pampered so all ready now just need to …

🧳🧳pack! I use packing cubes so it takes a little bit longer but far less unpacking when we arrive because I leave t-shirts underwear etc in the cubes!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend and please post any positives.

Pootle that’s the beauty of cauliflower…. horseradish, mustard, garlic, yogurt, crème fraiche whatever you fancy! Also I sometimes mix cauliflower with broccoli to make mash which tastes different yet again.

S-g sounds like a lovely recipe but I would probably leave out the meat and use it as an accompaniment to a piece of salmon or seabass.

Coincidentally we are having a recipe from the 8 week BSD recipe book by Clare Bailey. Although it is called Pancetta, Brocolli and Tomato Gratin, it is 50/50 cauliflower and brocolli and I have made it using just cauli if no brocolli available. I think I should be allowed to give the recipe here:
Serves 4 – 340 cals – 10g carbs.
1 head each of cauli and brocoll – cut into florets and steamed until tender but still crisp
100g pancetta or lardons – fried until crispy
100g cream cheese, 50g hard cheese (Cheddar or similar), 1 tsp mustard, 100g sour cream or creme fraiche, 2 chopped spring onions (optional) half tsp cayenne papper – all mixed together
Place brocolli and cauli in a shallow oven proof dish and spread the cheese, cream mixture over (mix together a bit). Top with 2 large sliced tomatoes and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds. Recipe calls for parmesan cheese on top but I find this cheese overload so hold back a bit of the cheddar. Also cuts the calories to 300
Bake at 180C for 20 mins or until the top is bubbling.

Enjoy

Sounds great Verano, I have always wanted to go to Corsica as a part of places ‘in’ France we haven’t visited but it is a real faff to get to, believe it or not. When you said about a goal of 4lbs a month you sounded like it would have to be long and drawn out, as in ‘only 4lbs a month’. Well think like 2lbs off in a week then 2lbs on the next because of an event – that is the long drawn out way. 4lbs a month for a 6 month stint is just under 2 stone. Wow, that would be great. You know we are not here for an overnight fix.

Just enjoy your cruise and come back rearing to go.

My positives~
We have bought a new vacuum cleaner but the positive is hubby is going around the whole house – he likes new toys – I have to remind him we have a cleaner although she only comes once a month.
Grandson just turned 19 (wow how did that happen) and he has landed an apprenticeship in engineering and the company he is aligned to treat him as a full member of staff even if he is at college for a year. So full pay and yesterday he picked up his company car. Lucky boy but he does work hard.
Weight continuing to go down so very optimistic.

Hi Simon, we have a place near us that makes flavoured vinegars and I was really surprised at the amount of sugar in the sweeter flavours (why a surprise as they are sweet). My favourite was pineapple. So I started to avoid them. So, as Verano says, the Balsamic can be high in sugars but for the amount you use it is hardly worth worrying if it makes food palatable. I always have a salad dressing of olive oil, balsamic, mustard and a pinch of stevia. I think of the alternative, a dollop of mayo or salad cream and the oil and balsamic are really good for you. There are compromises to make and you are doing so well with your choices I wouldn’t worry about a teaspoon of balsamic. The ones to really avoid are the concentrated in the form of a glazed like they use to decorate plates in posh noshers.

Hi all, yes there will be an October thread and I think I am setting it up unless Wendy has some ideas.

Still down at my previous weight at 72.2 but looking forward to seeing the dial dip under the 72. Hope for Monday is 71.9. Fingers crossed and I am determined. Hubby is cooking tonight and we are having a recipe out of the 8 week BSD recipe book which is mix of cauli and brocolli with a graitinee sauce of creme fraiche, cream cheese and spices also mixed in some lardons. Called Pancetta, Brocolli and Tomato gratin. Works out at around 320 cals.

Cinema tomorrow and hoping we will be going to see the right film 🙂

Can’t believe this month is almost over! Sorry I’ve not contributed much here and I will be away for the first three weeks of October so won’t be saying much next month either!

Will there be an October thread? September hasn’t been the best for me in reality. I put on 5..2lbs while I was away mainly because I gave into lots of bread, the odd potato, a few slices of pizza and some desserts. Added to which I was eating three meals a day instead of my usual two. So I’ve lost 4lbs but am still going away with a head start of 1.2lbs. I will just have to be extra careful on this trip because I want to get to the end of the year with an overall loss of 1stone. Looks like I will have some serious work to do!

I’ve brought ‘to the top’ the soup thread and the cauliflower thread which might be helpful as we go into Autumn. Please add your favourites to keep the threads alive.

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