Julia lovely to hear from you! I think about you often and I think you got bad ‘press’ on another thread. Just glad to see you back and yes for me now Ben Bikman is my new ‘hero’.
Take care of yourself. Good to see you back.

Yes!! This is exactly what works for me. It is why I go on and on and on about Dr Bikman and his research.

Super low carbs so my main meals are a protein (animal source) (meat, cheese, eggs) and some vegetable (green) — soups and salads in the same vein and fats, heavy cream, olive oil and butter (no seed oils!!)
I only add in more carbs when I have done some serious exercise — then I can add in fruit and potato and more nuts and whole milk and now and then (rare but fun) a piece of cake. My weakness is beer — I will hike for an hour just to justify a beer ha ha. I recommend finding the food that justifies YOUR serious exercise!
I hope you are all well — I gave up posting after reading one-too-many Christmas posts about stuffing down the wrong stuff then coming on the forum to “report” the “failure” and then pledge to “atone” for it all. I am not anyone’s food police — I have enough trouble policing myself around food.
I don’t like reading about all the failures. It makes me desperately sad.
I love February — sun is coming back, daffodils are blooming (or soon) and Valentines Day is a personal favorite — and I share a Feb birthday with Sunshine girl (mine is the 10th). Spring is already half way here!
Find something that makes you happy, then keep on doing it! Happiness is good for your health!!

Yes!! This is exactly what works for me. It is why I go on and on and on about Dr Bikman and his research.

Super low carbs so my main meals are a protein (animal source) (meat, cheese, eggs) and some vegetable (green) — soups and salads in the same vein and fats, heavy cream, olive oil and butter (no seed oils!!)
I only add in more carbs when I have done some serious exercise — then I can add in fruit and potato and more nuts and whole milk and now and then (rare but fun) a piece of cake. My weakness is beer — I will hike for an hour just to justify a beer ha ha. I recommend finding the food that justifies YOUR serious exercise!
I hope you are all well — I gave up posting after reading one-too-many Christmas posts about stuffing down the wrong stuff then coming on the forum to “report” the “failure” and then pledge to “atone” for it all. I am not anyone’s food police — I have enough trouble policing myself around food.
I don’t like reading about all the failures. It makes me desperately sad.
I love February — sun is coming back, daffodils are blooming (or soon) and Valentines Day is a personal favorite — and I share a Feb birthday with Sunshine girl (mine is the 10th). Spring is already half way here!
Find something that makes you happy, then keep on doing it! Happiness is good for your health!!

Well done s-g!

Decided that I really do need to find some positives today. As has been said still half of February to go and I mustn’t let it get me down. So ……

🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️ Now 13 straight days meditating. Think that’s a record for me. Yesterday I didn’t manage a session until early evening and I slept like a log last night. Maybe I should take away something from that!

🛠️🔨💡 Few minor tweaks to my revamped kitchen were completed today. The new lights, brighter than before, have been a real eye opener. I really hadn’t realised how dull lighting can make you feel ‘dull’. Problem solved!

🥦🫛🥚 So far so good with low carb eating today. Having 2 meals a day at the moment but am having green tea as my first drink so fasting overnight for roughly 16 hours which is an improvement on my 12 broken with milk in tea around 7am.

So yes feeling more positive just have to stop myself from expecting miracles happening overnight!
Enjoy Valentines tomorrow if you celebrate it, but if you don’t….. just enjoy Friday!

Not much to say really

Another half a pound down – maybe you could try it Sunny-b. I was in despair at not losing – but…..
Kept weekly shop to €71, which is then added to the freezer shop of €17. Total of €88 which is back almost to pre-everythingnowsobloodyexpensive. I have been spending around €130 a week.
Had a pooh – yeah… Sorry about that one but it has been 3 days.

I really dont mind February, possibily because it is my birthday but also it is a short month – tomorrow we are half way through it.

Another half pound of which is good as I still didn’t go – if you know what I mean. Nearly made a massive mistake today. I often now buy a large mousakka with only 5g carbs as it is just aubergine, tomatoes, peppers, etc with a sprinkle of cheese. Bought a different one and when I logged it I would have been having 20g carbs so I am only having half my portion which makes 10g, plus I had half an apple at lunch – total carbs today are 33, it is amazing how quickly they add up even when not eating obvious carbs. At least I logged it before I ate it so I have the chance to avoid it.

BG up a little (108) which is not too bad, will stick with 14 units as it is likely to settle down. (perfect tolerance is between 85 and 125). Now I cant wait for each morning to see how much more I can lose this week. Still no flowers on our daffs but should be soon.

Sunny maybe it’s just a February ‘thing’. I always find this month the most difficult to navigate and I really don’t think this cold, dank miserable weather helps. Anyway, as s+s says we’ll just have to keep on keeping on……
Roll on spring!

Verano, I sympathise – I’m definitely not making any progress either. From being just a smidge over a pound away from the right stone bracket, I’ve bounced back to being 3.5lb away from that milestone and to be honest, I’ve no idea why. Consequently I’ve been struggling not to get completely demoralised by the situation.

To give myself a bit of breathing space, I decided this week I would just stick to OMAD and then next week add in fasting again and include full on tracking of everything consumed.

SG, you are doing brilliantly, I know you will keenly monitor your BG, hope the insulin adjustment works well for you. Keep on keeping on!

That’s an impressive result, SG. I’m quite envious, as I seem to be making zero progress at the moment, despite efforts imcluding fasting, OMAD etc.

Anyway, regardless there are still positives to be had, including …
💐💐 saw lots of roadside snowdrops and primroses today, which must mean spring will soon be putting in a full appearance.
👍🏻🙂 bagged a couple more charity shop bargains – 2 x mulled wine glasses for £1 which match a pair I already have and a three strand necklace with large crystal beads and long silvertone spacers for £3.50.

Do you have a positive to tell us about?

Hi everyone,
Cathy I’m pleased you’ve had your cataract operation and hope any pain has gone now. I still haven’t weighed myself since 2 Fridays ago as had a couple of days off plan last week. May not weigh until Friday next week as I was poorly on Saturday with vomiting and I’ve had kidney stone pain this week so have been feeling a bit fed up and keep going off plan☹️I’m feeling better tonight so am hoping to get firmly back on track from tomorrow🤞I hope everyone else is having a good week! Dawn X

S-g yes your really do have to keep a closer eye than usual on your BS.
What you’re saying makes a lot of sense. At the moment I think I should just be reporting on the ‘2025- come alive’ thread because I really am ‘all at sea’! This last week I seem to have gained a bit almost each day. Really demoralising!
Anyway, it is what it is and I’m not stressing really.
Good luck with your 14 units, an amazing achievement!

Another day of keto with 29g carbs but all made up of salad etc. Lost a total of 2lbs in 2 days. Could have lost more but after my rather upset tummy on Monday I had no movement yesterday.

Today I am well up on calories but also carbs at 37g but no white carbs as these are from Greek yoghurt and avocado, salad and a clementine. I don’t think they will do any damage. Will know tomorrow.

V, I was always around 50g but apparently just dropping another 10 or 15 makes a big difference. I also used to say if I was under 50g I was not getting enough calories, but it is the type of calories I can have like avocado, cheese, meat etc which can keep the calories up. It is still a balancing act but I have got around to it by cutting out those bits of carbs that dont add up to many calories but are the wrong kind of carbs, example with my 2 boiled eggs I usually have a Ryvita with butter, cutting that out saves me 7 g carbs and nearly 100 cals (the butter). Had a small cheat by having a tablespoon of that sage and onion stuffing which came to 20g carbs, so I could have been down to 17g for the day. Must not pick at or add small white carbs that really add up (ie stealing 4 chips or the Ryvita). I don’t think it is sustainable to stay at 20g every day but it is what I am aiming for and as long as they are not white carbs it makes a difference.

Should also say that my BG has dropped so much, hubby is worried about me. I am having to get up at around 5am to check as I know when I am feeling ‘weird’. So, you are right that I will have to keep adjusting, was on 18 units and tonight going to 14 units.

Hi ladies, Pootle I was telling my daughter and sil about the Captains night when they had a 5ft display of champagne coups and they filled them by standing on the balcony. They didn’t think it would be possible on a moving ship – well, you don’t really feel any movement. I get sick before the channel ferry has even left port yet found cruising had no bad effect on me. Enjoy your soak.

Sunny-B, yes that is what I found with chair yoga and there were some things I couldn’t do for a couple of weeks. At the end of the month I was totally back to strength and breathing ability. Not gone back to it although I do proper yoga with Adrienne on YT.

V, fingers crossed for your husbands quick recovery.

My positives are
Still on keto – not worrying about calories as a 100 cals of cheese are better than 100 cals of bread.
Lost a total 2lbs in 2 days
Did 30 mins difficult aerobics yesterday

Wonderful to see lots of lovely positives being posted.
SG and V, how exciting you are both only a couple of months away from your cruise holidays. I’m especially envious as we don’t yet have any definite dates for our next trip.
Pootle, that sounds like a good job jobbed and I would think very satisfying too.

Positive from me for today ….
🪑🙂 did some chair yoga (my first time). Was surprised to find it’s more strenuous that it appears. My intension is to try to do some sort of exercise each day now.

Sorry I haven’t posted for a few days… whilst there wasn’t a lack, there just didn’t seem to be any ‘different’ positives in my life! 🤔🥴

I am envious of your planned holidays but not that they are cruises🚢 …..,I get sea-sick in a barge moored on a canal… and a ferry makes me feel sick for days afterwards! ! We last went on holiday in May 2017 (a week at a b&b in the Lake District) which was fine, but I really would like a break where I get pampered!! 🍾

So today’s positive was that my husband and I teamed up with a chainsaw, loppers, secateurs and trailer to do some serious pruning which has been neglected for a couple of years! 🌲🌳🏡
Very tired and achy but satisfied tonight… a long soak in the bath 🛁🫧coming up… pure bliss! 😄

Good evening! Thought I should pop-in with some positives.

S-g we have 63 days before we set off on our trip. We have six nights in Tenerife then cruising up to Lisbon from where we then fly down to the Algarve to see our son and his family. Really looking forward to the trip except my husband is now having a hernia repair on March 18th so just keeping everything crossed we will actually make it!

So to my positives ….

🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️🧘🏻‍♀️ 12 straight days of meditation and I have to admit it’s getting easier and I can now ‘follow’ my breathing when I wake in the night and get back to sleep really quickly.

🥦🍅🥒 Feel like I’m eating really well although I’ve not quite got my head around the ‘Keto’ way of eating.

📚✒️📚 Doing lots of reading on my kindle this last week or so which is really satisfying.

Just had a bizarre happening …. while I was writing I must have ‘touched’ something because the last five minutes of conversation I had with my OH appeared here!!! Need to be careful.!

Anyway, enjoy your evening and jeep positive!

Thanks s-g, I always thought 20g but when I look up ‘how many carbs to get into ketosis’ virtually every response is 50g or less! BTW well done on a great first day. Looking forward to what tomorrow brings you! I’m sure you know that you have to be extra careful about very low carb when you’re taking insulin. I’m sure you’re clued up.

As for me I’m still reading and digesting and ‘making a plan’ although I have become more mindful of my carbs. I’ve taken another look at the HAVA app and that has been improved quite a lot. Now after you enter your food items you can switch between calorie count and carb count. Quite handy. Anyway I’m still planning so not much more to say at the moment apart from having an unexplained half pound gain overall this week! Such is life! Just have to keep on keeping on ……..

After one day of being on the lowest carbs I can manage (27g) I spent the night getting up 3 times – guess it is working. I also had an upset tummy most of the day and usually look for a food, allergy etc to blame. But watching Dr Boz (Annette Bosworth) she explained that it is another way for the body to eliminate fluids and also possible I have more fat in my diet with no carbs to absorb it. A bit like Numan diet pills that go right through you (not recommending them :).

Anyway, for a slow loser who has been on this plan in some form or another I managed to lose nearly 2lbs in one day. Cant wait to see what tomorrow brings. I roasted a chicken on Sunday and stuffed it with the usual sage and onion which is, of course, nearly all bread. Asked hubby to put it in his sandwiches as I don’t want to touch it.

Have a good week.

Hi SunnyB, here are my positives

60 days to our cruise,
trying to lower my carbs so I am almost totally keto – down to 27 yesterday
spent the night getting up to wee – looks like the keto is working.

Quick positive for today …..
🥘🙂 younger DD and eldest GS joined us for dinner this evening. She starts her new job tomorrow and he has just returned from a week visiting Berlin. Good to see them both and catch up with their news.

If you can find a positive from your day, please take a moment and let you know about it.

V, I think it is 20g per day with no obvious carbs. I had nothing carby today and still did 27g – most coming from red pepper, mushrooms and miso paste.

My daffs have been poking out for a couple of weeks now but no sign of the flower heads.

CCATHY I’m so glad you got yr procedure done and it wasnt cancelled because of the cold!!!!
I was just thinking about you and hoping it went well today,as I carried washing into the kitchen..and almost threw it in the bin instead of the washing machine because my mind was elsewhere!
Im hoping the pain and discomfort will pass quickly X🙏
So glad yor book has arrived!
Have a good week sailor friends! XX 🎶🎵We are sailing,we are sailing! …..🎶🎵

Looks like a few of us our reconsidering our ‘roots’! I never did a Keto diet just ‘low carb’. I don’t know how low Ben Bikman considers is low enough to get into ketosis …. anybody have the figures? The most striking thing from the podcast that I came away with is stop carbs from “bags and boxes with bar codes”. So simple! No crackers, crisp breads, and crisps! etc. etc. etc.

February is such a difficult month I think maybe we should all try to just keep ‘forging’ ahead one way or another. Any small gain (not in weight!) is a real bonus this month. March brings with it the promise of spring with some flowers blooming early in the month. By the end of March the clocks have ‘sprung’ forward and spring is in full bloom. We are all optimistic and looking forward to the end of March and longer days.

We just need to ‘hang on in there’ for the moment and before we know it the winter will be over, our moods will brighten and we’ll be feeling positive again. Just get through today. Tomorrow will take care of itself!

Hello cruisers
Had my cataract op done this morning and I was very lucky because there was a technical problem and the theatre was freezing cold! I couldn’t believe how cold it was when I went in for my procedure and I said it’s freezing in here- is that by design and the staff said no, the heating isn’t working. During my procedure the surgeon decided to call it a day and said he wasn’t operating on any more patients today as it was too cold. The staff in scrubs must have been freezing. He said he has to operate a machine with his feet so doesn’t wear shoes and he said his feet were cold. I said as long as your hands are not too cold to operate!! The procedure itself was different to the previous eye – different surgeon and possibly a different technique. Todays felt a little more uncomfortable and my eye is feeling more painful than after the left procedure but I am glad it’s done and I’ll dose myself up, my 5:2 your life book arrived and in flicking through it I can see that this is going to be very helpful for me. I like that it’s a six week course. Thank you Yowser for recommending it.
Hope to find the courage to weigh on Friday and face the music! I made a tofu and mushroom lasagne yesterday for tonight’s tea so my husband wouldn’t have to cook tonight. . Had yoghurt and hot raspberries for breakfast so I am gently easing my way back to healthy choices. Have a good week everyone.

Another week is here and motivation is doubled after watching Ben Bikman and then another with Jason Fung. Seems like a few of us were on the same page. I am attempting to be more keto by at least not letting some carbs creep in. For example, I normally have 2 boiled eggs but I also have one Ryvita – that has gone. Today I have had 2 boiled eggs, lunch was miso soup with spinach and chicken and tonight I am having red pepper stuffed with left over chilli and cheese. I was really impressed that it not how many calories you have but what is in those calories. He uses the example of 100 calories of broccolli against 100 calories of bread. Both the same calories but one will turn your body into a fat burner and the bread will mess with your hormones. The other thing I took from it was we have to buy pin oats, we buy real oats but the rolled oats. I never buy what is called instant oats which I think is mixed with sugar and sometimes a touch of cinnammon so thought we were doing the right thing. Hubby has porridge most days, me more rarely.

It just shows you that even after nearly 9 years on BSD I am still learning, the science is changing and there is always something different to learn.

I was a bit naughty last night and had a couple of vodkas and it has really shown on the scales – although could be partly bounce back from the booze I had on Friday. Anyway, that is it at least until end of Feb.

Margaret you are correct that lack of sleep can upset weight loss – again it is to do with hormones and insulin resistance. I have always been a poor sleeper and no amount of medications or home remedys can change that. Although I am now taking Magnesium +3 (malate and citrate are the 2) and besides not having cramps or restless legs for a while I also seem to be sleeping better.

As with others I am too sedentary and my plan to exercise every other day soon went out when one of the days we had the electrician coming, another (Friday) was my birthday and I was getting my hair done. Going to get back on it later today. Not sure who said about chair yoga a few posts ago. After my surgery it was 6 months before I could do much of anything ie housework, exercise etc. Then over the months I discovered I had asthma as well and I was physically unable to do more than 5 mins of my usual hard core Shaun T HipHopAbs – absolutely no way. I started doing a one month chair yoga course and even little things I found difficult like lifting my bottom off the chair using my arms, turning, reaching – I was totally breathless. Then after the month it was like I was a new woman. I am now back to Shaun T also standing yoga with Adrienne. Yesterday I was dancing around the house like a nutcase and feeling absolutely great – such a change from a week or so ago when I was really down. If you are feeling down please know it will pass.

Well after all that gabbing I had better go a do my 30 day French course of French cuisine with Geraldine Lepere. See you all soon.

Sounds like a lovely birthday meal SH.

I am a slow loser now, I’ve lost 2kg since the beginning of the year and have 2 to go to get back to my ideal weight. It’s slow going but hoping to get there by the end of next month, in time to put some back on during an anniversary meal! So 2 down in 6 weeks and 7 to lose the next 2.

I too have been listening to the Ben Bikman/CEO Diary podcast whilst doing my jigsaw puzzle this afternoon. Have to confess I listened to it at 1.75 x speed but still have the last 20mins to listen to. A lot of interesting information in it. On the dementia front, my father-in-law has quite advanced dementia and lives in a home but we have noticed he is brighter in a morning, after a long gap between his early evening meal and late breakfast, possibly coincidence as not sure if he will get into ketosis but it is a possibility. My husband has been told he is pre-diabetic and is trying to improve his diet (he loves his carbs) but I can’t get him away from cereal for breakfast or having a pizza and at least one cake every week. I am praising when he’s doing well and cautiously ‘criticising’ bad choices. Left to his own devices he would think cutting out bread and potatoes would be enough. He has a follow up blood test tomorrow so we’ll see if he’s right.

I had a pretty bad fall the week before Christmas which I broke with my face 🤪. Pity it wasn’t before Hallowe’en though, I could have gone out with needing any ghoulish make up😀. All ok although my ribs keep reminding me not to do it again. All this to say my exercise routine has been reduced since then but I’m building back up now. I do love quite a few different You Tube channels for my exercise and some favourites are Improved Health which has all kinds of exercise, dancing, walking, seated, weights and no talking, well worth subscribing to; I’ve gone back to Yes 2 Next a mother and daughter channel where the 80+yr old mother does many of the exercises seated. Lucy Wyndham-Read for variety and The Girl with the Pilates Mat for Pilates exercises. I’ll be starting back with Fitness with PJ as soon as my ribs allow (she’s a bit more hardcore). Just to say both Improved Health and Lucy W-R have videos for walking to reduce glucose levels after meals so I’ve been doing these twice a day – it can’t hurt.

Sunny is absolutely right ! I too have been on the program for a long time ( 2018 for me , where has the time gone ?? !!! )
It is true that finding the same motivation as in the early days can be difficult but I tell myself that I have learned so much and I am sure my health has improved as a result and we have established some good habits .OK there may be times when we drift off track but beating ourselves up doesn’t really help . Accepting that we struggle at times , that we ‘allow’ a few celebrations … it’s no big deal …until we veer completly off track and then it’s a very slippery slope for sure !
Setting manageable targets, checking how we FEEL , how our clothes fit, going out for a gentle walk, gentle yoga or pilates, it doesn’t have to be intensely strenuous .But it helps .

Wishing you all a good week , especially if you are struggling . I too found Steven Barlett’s diary of a CEO interview with Benjamin Bickman ! I love podcasts . The Food Junkies one is interesting , also The Wellness Scoop with Ella Mills and Rhiannon Lambert and Dr Mindy Pelz The Resetter podcast .I am a fan of fasting and I always learn something from The Fasting Method Podcast

So .a fresh week, fresh start tomorrow.Wishing you all the best

Wendy x

We moved from Surrey to Somerset, so my friendship base was very much no longer local and has been maintained largely remotely. Yes, I have family near by and a few acquaintances here, but somehow it’s not the same.

Anyway, enough of that …. positives for the weekend ..
🥂🙂 lovely visit with eldest DD, which included a bit of retail therapy in Canterbury, a day trip to France with a fabulous lunch and a little a bit of a stock up in a French hypermarket. In short, it’s been a weekend full of positives.
Oh and one other positive for the weekend, a very close friend heard on Friday afternoon that he’s landed his dream job …. can’t tell you how thrilled I am for him. He’s had a few rough years and finally the tide seems to be turning for him and he so deserves it.

Strange but true …. I too stumbled on the very same Bikman podcast over the weekend and earmarked it to listen to tomorrow!!!

SG, really pleased you had a lovely birthday meal …. the food sounds delicious 😋 and well done on keeping such strong control the rest of the weekend.

V, I think I might join you in aiming to ditch at least something each week, rather than aiming for a definite weekly or monthly target. Like yourself, SG, Wendy and a few others here, I have been on the ‘programme’ for many years (I started Feb 2016) and it does indeed feel really tough finding that all out drive again. However, I am determined to continue to do my best to get back (or very close to) target again, but more importantly, to be more comfortable in my clothes and healthier too. Have to confess, have been a bit off-piste this weekend whilst visiting eldest DD, so not expecting good news on the scales tomorrow, but am prepared to own that and get on with things in the week ahead.

Margaret, I’m definitely too sedentary and am trying to motivate myself to try some chair yoga, as a way to start getting myself moving a bit more, before tackling anything more intense. Anyway, there is plenty of time for you to see positive results before April, so brush off this week’s disappointment and make tomorrow a fresh start. There’ll be at least myself and Verano joining you and quite possibly a few others too.

A disappointing weigh in for me yesterday gaining 0.25lbs. I know it’s not much but I had hoped to have lost something & obviously need to review where I am going wrong. I know I am too sedentary & my legs certainly feel worse not having shed my festive gain & I am wondering if my poor sleep is also affecting my lack of weight loss. I’m spending lots of pennies through the night thinking it’s carb fluid loss but apparently not. Oh well I will keep plodding on & have an April goal to aim for losing more weight before hopefully being given a surgery date.
I hope everyone has a good next week 🤞🤞
Margaret xx

S-g can’t believe your post! I’ve come on here to recommend the exact same podcast! I’m half way through as we speak. I came across it purely by accident but he makes everything so much clearer in this podcast than in his other ‘talks’. Very impressed.

Yes you’re right about not expecting too much.i think I should maybe stop setting ‘targets’ as I just seem to be setting myself up to fail. I’ll just go for a loss each week. Even if the loss is only half a pound it’s still a loss.

Glad you had a lovely birthday without spreading it out over the whole weekend which could have been so easy.

California girl, if you’re out there hope you’re well. I always think of you when I see/hear Ben Bikman.

Anyway back to my podcast. Monday tomorrow, new week new start.

Hi everyone, happy Sunday.

I had a wonderful meal on Friday – not a bad carb in site – medium rare steak with wedges of celariac a stip of aubergine, pak choi with wasabi. I didn’t touch the bread on the table but I did have the dessert which was kiwi fruit tartlet – very little pastry. I had to order dessert as a massive firework candle comes on it and the whole restaurant sang bon anniversaire. Our friends took a lovely video of my reaction and I look not too bad – smiling and happy.

Margaret, I wont get round to reading Bruno for a while as I am in the middle of a Angela Marsons book and have just bought another by Carla Kovach. Think his series will be nice on the cruise, just some light reading.

Verano, when we have been on the diet as long as we have it is not easy to either get motivated or do fantastic like at the beginning. Dont expect too much of yourself. I went for 3.3lbs a month because it took me to a round number when we get to the cruise but with the ups and downs of Christmas and birthdays etc I am happy to stick to the 3lbs and maybe not be quite as light as I hoped. Then blow me down, did 5lbs in January. Even though we had a night out I am still aiming for 3lbs for February. I gained 0.7kgs or just over 1lb after Friday but made a pledge not to let my birthday last alllllllll weekend, so no treats last night and I have already lost 3/4lb from my gain. By Tuesday I hope to be back to 71.7kgs – still a bit up on January weigh in. Then every effort to get to less than 71kgs by end of Feb. Just do what you can.

Just been watching (and still watching) Ben Bikman talking to the CEO called The Insulin and Glucose Doctor – This Will Strip Your Fat Faster than Anything. It is 2:45 mins, so very long. Get to about 1:45 when he starts talking about Keto and how it acts like Ozempic (he doesn’t use that word). It is all interesting like we all have the same number of fat cells we had when we passed puberty and (with some exceptions) that never changes, they just get bigger or smaller. As usual he is very interesting and with the CEO making him talk to him so he can understand.

Enjoy what for us is a wet and windy Sunday. It will get nicer.

Good afternoon.

So today I sat down and studied my progress, or lack of, these first three weeks of my plan to lose 2lbs a week and I have done exactly half of that. So OK, but this fourth week and I’m really struggling and have even had a minute gain, maybe one glass of water too much!

I realise that I don’t have that ‘raw desire’ that we all have in the first flush of BSD and I also realise that that won’t return. So, I’m making a new plan. I had planned for 6lbs in February but we are one week in and I have gained half a pound so far! Bad news really. Anyway, I can’t make up my mind whether to downgrade my 6lbs to 4lbs or not. I do think that 4 might be better to aim for as I really don’t want to end up saying “to heck with it, this isn’t working”. So just a slight tweak for me.

Hope everyone is ‘forging’ ahead!

Thank you everyone. For once I do feel very proud of myself.
Life has been so manic and eating accordingly had been difficult but I’ve cut myself a bit of slack and didn’t lose anything this week but maintained.
My tummy is a mystery so far but ongoing tests etc. But reassuring my bloods have been good so far. The stress I’m under doesn’t help most likely
My sons uk wedding is early March with his cyprus one mid April. So I am very keen to get back on track so from Monday I am going back to writing everything down and weighing everything again. I have a month to lose as much as possible and rhen another month before overseas wedding . But life has been hard recently but I keep in my head I’ve lost 2st 8lbs and not even pre diabetic anymore. So onward and upward! Thanks for all your wishes. X

Hi Lucy, I hope your weigh in went well yesterday and your tummy troubles are getting resolved.
Also that you are feeling a huge amount of pride at putting diabetes into remission!
xx

Sending special warm and positive vibes to FOXY,hope you get good news very soon,and I hope that delivery comes to keep you cosy XX 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
CCATHY sending good vibes and good luck wishes for Monday, I will be thinking of you.
This time next week you’ll be feeling a lot better. Hope your book comes very soon,you will read it more easily with your “post- cataract ops” eyes!
My Carb Monster AND my Inner Chimp conspired to tempt me into poor food choices today and I have to say,it wasnt worth it, I feel quite queasy now ( unless Im seasick)
Did i tell you that when I worked in a hospital,an old lady told me she was having the catamarans removed from her eyes! XX
NOKIE how are you doing? I really hope youre making progress and feeling a lot better XX

Hello Yowser and ArcticFox
I’m staying in my cabin.
Had a mixed week but couldn’t face the scales this morning. They were up in the week and I didn’t want to upset myself today. I am struggling! I am having my right cataract op on Monday and once I get over that I am hoping I will feel more motivated. I am usually very positive and motivated but I am not feeling positive or motivated at the moment. I feel like giving up the fight to be honest. It does feel like a battle.
ArcticFox- your winters sound so cold -17! I hope that no news is good news for you. I would definitely chase up the results next week. I hope your firewood arrives on Sunday!
My 5:2 book hasn’t arrived yet and I hope when it does it will motivate me to try a different method.
Hope you’re all having a good week and I hope that I can pull myself together soon!
Nokie- how are you doing with your shingles- I hope you’re feeling better.

Hello everyone,
Still no news from the cancer agency. I’m hoping that no news is good news at this point. The surgeon said if I hadn’t heard anything by next week to give him a call.
We’ve had a sudden cold spell with temperatures down to -17 C and around 20cm of snow. That’s not too cold for a normal winter for us, or much snow, but it has been so warm and dry that we are not used to it this year! My only real issue with it though is that I’m getting low on firewood as my house is so drafty that I really go through it in these temperatures. Hopefully getting another delivery on Saturday afternoon though, and that should see me through until the warmer weather.
I have been eating more carbs, but trying to keep them on the healthier side with lots of fibre. My favourite at the moment are some Norwegian seed crackers that are gluten free. Ten grams of carbs per cracker, but 6 of them are fibre, so only 4 net grams. I had sweet potato oven chips last night with a piece of salmon for dinner and noticed that I wasn’t refluxing as much as I normally do when consuming a fatty protein. Maybe as a result of all the fibre? I am feeling quite well in myself these days, so I’m just going with it. After all these years, I’m starting to think that a high fat diet just doesn’t work too well for me. It does stop my blood sugar from spiking, but think it might also be responsible for some separate systemic inflammation. I know Tim Spector says that his body reacts badly to both carbs and fat, and perhaps I am the same. Filling up with fibre instead of fat seems to be working better.

I guess ‘moving’ depends on how far from your ‘roots’ . We moved in the same city 14 years ago so could keep in touch with our ‘old friends’ more easily and have actually made new ‘friends’ in our new ‘close’. I can see how difficult it would be when you move city/town or country. Sounds like some some good ideas for making new ‘freinds’.

So to my positives. Lost a post again yesterday…. not quite sure what I’m doing! Anyway, here we go

🧘🏻‍♀️🥒🥗 Meditation and consequent ‘calmness’ going really well. I’m now up to 5 straight days. Five might not sound much but last year I was lucky to string two meditation days together!

🥦🍅🥒 Eating well and ‘counting’ although the numbers on that damn scale aren’t playing game. As s-g always says keep on keeping on , which I’m really doing my best to do.

Hope you’re all having a positive day.

Just popping in to wish best of luck to all Friday Weighers! 🙏👍
Have a good weekend all,and stay wrapped up warm,brrrr..dont go out on deck,you will get blown overboard! 😄xx

S-G…hope you are having a wonderful birthday.🎁
Regarding moving and making friends…we moved to Wales 20 years ago, and whilst I am still in touch with most of our ‘old friends’, it is mostly through email or Zoom. Joining a local group that interested me, has meant that I have made friends here also…to drop in for coffee or tea and chat. In person is so much more rewarding than virtual!

So to today’s positive; (Sorry, just the one today!)

My very old dog🐕🐩 decided he wanted a longer walk this afternoon, (he has been turning back at a nearer point recently) so we went by our pine tree🌲, which has just shed it’s cones! Picking up 152 (yes, sad I know🥴, I counted them🧮) meant, not only do I have a lot of cones ready for next Christmas, but I bent down 152 times…Great exercise😂!!

Great to see we have rolled on to a new page. Thanks for the app info V, will be taking a look at that. I definitely need some where to keep track of my intake, particularly carbs and fat.
SG, we moved nearly 17yrs ago and whilst I’ve a few acquaintances now, I haven’t made any real friends in that time. Hope you manage to make some new connections soon.

Positive from me …
🎊🙂 visiting eldest DD this weekend, we don’t often manage to get together so it’s good to catch up face to face.

🎊🥳🥂🍾🎉🎈🎁 Have a wonderful birthday SG, hope it’s the start of a special year for you. 🎁🎈🎉🍾🥂🥳🎊

Happy Birthday S-G 🍾🥂🎁💐
I hope you enjoy reading the Bruno books & you got a bargain because I am paying £3-50 for each secondhand paperback👍😀. It’s a wonderful feeling being able to have clothes taken in 👏👏⭐️
Margaret xx

Happy Birthday Sunshine Girl! Have a brilliant day! 💐💐💐🍾🍾🍾🎁🎁🎁🎈🎈🎈🎉

🎈🎁🎉🎂🥂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sunshine-girl🥂🎂🎉🎁🎈
Have a lovely day!

While I am here reading your positive – I too have a pop-up plug on my new sink unit – thought I might as well think of something for myself. But on the subject of anxiety I have a problem. I have been complaining that since covid we have lost contact with people, gone back to UK or moved or died, and we don’t have any friends. I put it on the French site of facebook and a local lady invited me to join them at Le Club de bon Accueille – welcome club. They meet every Thursday afternoon and I haven’t had the courage to go there. I just want to talk to real people in French rather than the pharmacy, doctor, supermarket etc. Anyway –

Got my weight back down to 71.7 – just a smidge over what it was last week.
Found a new dressmaker to do alterations on my jumpsuit (found old one had closed down)
Lovely sunny day and my birthday tomorrow.

Lucy, I just love it when we prove the medical work wrong – diabetes can be reversed. Although it is still there silently lurking but you just need to be mindful but not having a live of problems. Im so proud of you.

Hi all, Happysnap, no need to lurk – welcome back. Hope things get better for you.

Margaret, on your recommendation I looked at the books you mentioned and found him on French Kindle – in English. Was going to order one at €3.99 but saw his first 6 books were being sold as a collection for €2.99. Not a bad price even if I don’t like them. I like tough thrillers like Angela Marsons and just discovered Carla Kovach but it will be nice to read a gentle story – think he might be like Midsommer but in the Dordogne.

Managed to get down to 71.6 (went to 71.4 before drinks) so should be back down by tomorrow but out for a meal. I am not going to worry about it and after my birthday we have nothing special until hubbys birthday 23 March – might have a quiz night inbetween.

Was in our local town yesterday getting my free gift from Yves Rocher which is a tube of face pack. But noticed my lady sewing specialist has closed down. Anyway, I have a recommendation for another lady so will be giving her a call in a few weeks to alter my jumpsuit for the cruise – still got plenty of time. Hubby tried on his tux and his trousers are too tight, going to see if they can be taken out or will it be an excuse for a trip into Bordeaux where there are some trendy shops and a day out. On verra -we will see.

Well done Lucy. Your perseverance has paid off. Hope your tummy troubles resolve now.