Hi,
I was on the same dose for 25 years and last year they had to lower my dose twice because I’d lost so much weight I guess or my thyroid just started to work more. After 25 years!

Thanks you all for continuing to post as each of you is inspiring!!!

Hi s-g. There is also this article on the BBC News website, with a link to The Lancet

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-42154666

Victoria, might you be interested in this? Strawberry Trifle sugar free low carb

Its at least a good place to start….definately will take a chunk of your calorie budget, but the nice thing about this WOE is it can be made up by lower calorie the day before or after…..just always keep the carbs low. Not really able to make up for those if they spike your insulin.

https://sugarfreelondoner.com/classic-desserts-sugar-free-low-carb/

Net carbs (less fiber) are 6g

Nutrition Facts
Amount Per Serving
Calories 287 Calories from Fat 234
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 26g 40%
Total Carbohydrates 10g 3%
Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Great to see so many of you reporting losses. Have to confess, I have missed being on the challenge. And actually, I’m feeling very unfocused and whilst I’m still below target, I’d certainly prefer to have a couple more pounds wriggle room, given the festive season is looming. I’m trying to push for a couple more pounds, but as I said, I’m not really focused so need to work on mindset and try to knuckle under.

Keep going everyone, you’re doing great!

Congratulations Marie, on all fronts, weight loss as well as managing stress and uncomfortable
emotions with a brisk walk! Earlier this year I had to contain a very high level of anxiety
with my husband’s health, and brisk walking was the key!. I was constantly running outside
to walk off my heart beating out of my chest at times. Far better than relying on food or
drink to manage my emotions. I also love your strategy to experiment with fresh new
recipes going into 2018. Please share!

Allie

Oh, that’s interesting sunshine-girl. I’ll try to pick it up when I get back. I’d really like to bring the info into next weeks Desmond session – that’s heartened me.
Marie

Hi Everyone,

I’ve lost 2lb this week which I’m pleased about. It means I’ve hit my first mini-target of this challenge – my BMI is now 26.5 down from 36.5 when I weighed my heaviest. I only need to hit my next target – lose another 1lb (which I’m sure I’ll do) to have lost a total of 4 stone from my top weight (this includes my pre-BSD weight loss).

So my main focus for the rest of this challenge is to keep trying new low carb recipes, so I’ll have lots of delicious meals to carry through into 2018 – oh, and experimenting with the fasting.

I’ve just got back from attending the first part of the Desmond course (Diabetes self-management) – next session next Tuesday. For me it’s thrown up a lot of odd, unexpected feelings which I need to work through/off ?!?, so I’m out for a long, brisk walk (might as well get my steps in) before it gets dark!

It feels like there’s a real buzz on the forums at the moment and there seems to have been some fascinating posts – so will be back later for a good read and to see how everyone’s doing.
Take care all
Marie x

I see Prof Taylor has published his results and they are good. I only heard snippets on the radio news but it did say that an 800 calorie diet did work in reversing T2 diabetes. No mention of low carb or healthy fats but I am sure we will be able to see the full report in due course.

I see Prof Taylor has published his results and they are good. I only heard snippets on the radio news but it did say that an 800 calorie diet did work in reversing T2 diabetes. No mention of low carb or healthy fats but I am sure we will be able to see the full report in due course.

Hi all,

I haven’t lost since Sunday which I suspect is partly the normal slow down after the first 8lb rush but also I think is down to my husband’s cooking. He does 3 to 4 meals per week and I can NOT convince him to cut down the veggies! In his world they are good for you, I need 5 per day etc. I have been leaving quite a few but I think probably still going over 20 carbs. Today I cooked so I had Keto crab cake, kale and spin h with a roast pepper and avocado sauce. I made him fried potatoes and a pile of veggies and wasnt tempted.

On the good news side I have stopped obsessing about how hungry I am on 800 cals and started planning. Taking advice from here I have decided on my menu choices where I can for going out, and I have already told friends I’m going out with for tea that I’ll only be drinking tea, not eating it.

I have also started looking for Keto recipes for things like trifle that everyone can have and I can have instead of pudding which was made before I made this choice. Found most things but need to experiment a bit.

This afternoon is my first venture into real temptation. I’m going to London for a choir practice and usually when I come out I’m tired and it’s cold standing on the station. Perfect temptation time. I’ve taken boiled eggs and half an avacado to eat on the way back so hopefully I’ll stop there.

Hi Tasberry, there is no need to have a full tablespoon of oil you can just have half of one or even a teaspoon. I make my own salad dressing with 2 tablespoons Greek plain yoghurt, 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 teaspoon a olive oil with some pepper. Delicious. Avocados are very high so I limit it to half a week and the same with apples although they are not high in calories they are high in carbs. My other food to take care with is cheese as it is high in both cals and fats and I have to be careful with nuts as they are so easy to turn from a few to a lot. At least we can have these things, before I never allowed myself anything and now treat these as my treats. You just adjust the plan to fit in with what you have had for the rest of the day / week and average it out to 800 per day.

Hi all, I am back again. Just posted on Lucias post.

New charts ready for weigh day on Saturday. Menues sorted. A couple of meals ready in the fridge.
90% chocolate bought for if I need a treat. Told husband no fruit and cream after dinner at night.
All bad habits I have got into since being away and now back home have got to stop. I want to feel
well again and get rid of the weight I have put back on.

Hope everyone is well and looking forward to christmas.

Onwards and downwards…..again. Anyone joining me?

Hi Lucia.

Just come back on here after being away and falling by the wayside slightly. Lovely to ‘see’ you back.
I have put about 3kg back on and its going to come off again sometime soon. Hopefully.
I have not been well and am still in pain with my back, shin still numb but I am able to get about although
I have not been motivated. Husband and I are back to planning meals and shopping this week so just crossing
my fingers and toes it works.
Like you we have had the odd pie and a couple of slices of bread now and again. Thats going to stop now.
I have bought some 90% chocolate and will have that when needed with a cup of tea. Told hubby the fruit with cream for]pudding has got to stop and so has the cheese and biscuits!

New weight chart is ready for weigh in day on Saturday morning.

Determination renewed.

Onwards and downwards.

Esnecca – I had to google the word meaning of ‘sybaritic’, and then I laughed out loud at the picture you painted! 🙂

My total loss for this week is 1lb so still the same as I was on Friday but not gained during my time alone. In fact I couldn’t be bothered to eat yesterday, hubby got home a day late so very late last night. I knew he was going t be late so I just had 2 boiled eggs and then for my snack a slice of ham on ryvita (my only sin) with some pickle but with a lunch of halloumi, bacon and beans I had a total of 950 calories so really not a good idea to ‘not eat’ proper meals. The lunch alone was 495 cals. I often have the grilled halloumi but not usually with grilled bacon and beans which are all individually high in calories. Must learn a lesson from that, make proper meals. Anyway it is another week and I am back to being motivated so hoping for a good result next week.

Hello Ho Ho all

So after a few dodgy weekdays last week I had a planned filled few days and am reporting a 3/4lb loss. This is a 2.75lbs loss in the last 8 days. This means two things.
1) My weight starts with a 9 again (after three weeks of being in the 10’s I am very glad of this) and
2) I seem to have got back in some kind of groove as yesterday I went Christmas shopping and felt absolutely no temptation to have a gingerbread latte, lunch out, chocolates etc etc

One amazing discovery that I did make is that Tesco have started selling cauliflower rice in a microwavable pouch (like rice). I don’t know how long this has been going on but we tried it on Saturday night (with chicken korma – yummy) and it was ok. SO, not great but when you are slapping curry all over it then it’s fine, or chilli, or using it in kedgeree. Very handy, great portion control (if you are like me and just do a whole cauliflower and think ‘sod it’) – just thought I’d share.

A few meandering thoughts on the last three weeks before Christmas. My first thought is, of course, that it’s still 3 WEEKS. It seems like Christmas has already been and gone – shops putting up decorations in September, tubs of chocolate on sale for the last two months. It’s rotten if you are trying to stick to plan. But we can do it because (secondly) last year, in the last three weeks before Christmas, I lost 5lbs!! And lost 1/4lb over Christmas. When I look at that now it seems unbelievable but I’m very glad that I logged my weight as looking back is a real boost that I can do this again.

So, shields up everyone, bat away all those sugar and carb laden goodies and concentrate on the lovely stuff we can eat – cold meats, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs (with a little bit of cream in there) pigs in blankets, roast turkey, and I make this fabulous chicken liver pate (not if you’re sticking to 800 cals though!)

Sorry for the horrible rambling – I don’t get out much!!
TC xxx

Thanks Theodora and alliecat, it’s great to be here! Glad I could be of help.
It’s late here and I’m off to bed, talk soon.
Cheers
Linda

Hi LindaA, I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to see your post today, for it affords me
the opportunity to thank you for all the wonderful links you’ve posted in the past.
I’ve increased my knowledge immeasurably as a result of reading them. I didn’t
discover these forums until I had already lost 50% of my body weight
following this WOL, and have successfully maintained it for 7 months with an additional loss
of 8lbs since then. Fifteen months of maintenance is phenomenal! The only goal that
remains for me is a solid 1 year of maintenance. I don’t think that we are too dissimilar,
although I have a decade on you in terms of age, I’m 5’7″ and currently weigh 137lbs.
I’m passionate about this WOL, and find that I consistently quote your formula to every
newcomer who is uncertain of what moderate protein means to them. It’s heartening
to know that loose skin may tighten somewhat over time with autophagy and not
extensive weight training at the gym. I do multiple reps with 5lb. weights, but have
no desire to take up residence in the gym. I’m happy to see you back, and look forward
to reading your future posts!

Allie

Ah bless you Allie – those students will have nothing on us! We’ll show them how to have a good time, won’t we?!!👢👢👢

Talking about photo shoots, how’s your’s coming along? Looking forward to seeing all your new outfits 😄

Hey, Linda, welcome. Though of course we’ve met in the Target Weight thread.

Interesting to know that you’re another who kept losing when entering maintenance. My body too seems to be finally finding it’s own level, which is approx half a stone (3kg) under my target but I feel fantastic. Like you, the only exercise I do is walking, but quite a lot of it (approx 10 miles a day) and o/h has commented on my muscle definition – in my legs, anyway. Like you, I practice fasting occasionally for it’s autophagy benefits and don’t have a lot of loose skin, just a few wrinkles 😢 but at 68 I guess that’s to be expected anyway. Good to have you with us, I’m sure we’ll all benefit from your 15 months experience – well done you. I’m 7 months and counting 😄

Allie, get o/h on the case. Wonderful business opportunity for us and then, when we’ve all made our millions (billions even) we’ll all be able to afford to jet across the world for our triple dates😃

Looking forward to seeing pics of Allie’s and Jackie’s new clothes on our phoenix thread.

So this is where you’ve all been hiding!!😀
I’ve been posting on the Target Weight thread for months so thank you Mixnmatch for letting me know this thread existed. I’ve just spent an hour or so reading from the beginning and what a fabulous bunch you all are👏👌, so supportive of everyone’s struggles.

For those that don’t know me, I started the BSD back in April ‘16 and after losing 30+ kg have maintained at 60kg (I’m 5’6”) since September ‘16. That’s now 15 months! A record for me and one I plan to continue for the rest of my life. It’s not just the weight loss, it’s the fact that at nearly 58, I’m super healthy, can walk 25 km (I did a charity walk so know how far it was) without tiring and I look fabulous in size 8 (Australian) jeans!!!!!

Since reaching my goal of 63kg, I too continued to lose weight until getting to 55.9kg. I kept my carbs low, didn’t reintroduce non BSD foods, just increased my fat until my body decided where it wanted to be, which is 60kg (give or take 1-2kg). I’ve noticed that the saggy skin is still lessening and the muscular definition is more pronounced. I do no exercise other than walking and I fast for the benefits of autophagy on a regular basis. (This I believe is what helps with the saggy skin).

Now that I’m here, I’m happy to help anyone that has questions. I scream this way of eating to everyone that will listen and pretty much follow a ketogenic diet full time.

This is quite the coincidence, Jackie. My first purchase on reaching target 7 months
ago was a pair of python print leggings, you guessed it, from Zara USA! I hope you
got something with sparkle for the holidays! Enjoy!!!!!!!!!

*When I consider what clothes to wear

Allie – I just got some clothes in the post too! From Zara, which does not do generous sizes so I was dubious but ordered Small anyway. They all fit! 2 baggy jumpers (still baggy in S) and a tight one that looks fine tight and a dress for Christmas. Tra la la! I still don’t think ‘small’ or ‘tight’ when I consider but Here I am!

My friends, would any one of us have believed a year and a half ago that full fat yogurt,
peanut butter or avocado was a means to an end? Maybe we should start a meal delivery
service of our own for dieters? I don’t know how we would market it, though. On the
other hand, o/h just happens to teach both Marketing and Advertising! I’ll toss the
idea out there, who knows, he may in turn use it as a “teachable moment” in one of his
lectures……….I’m told that the percentage of female students who are significantly
overweight is shocking. He does in fact worry about their futures, and future employment
prospects as well. Would never comment though, as in today’s world it might be
considered another form of “harrassment”! 🙂 🙂 🙂
On another note, I’ve just received some new “duds” in the post. My first dress in
20 years, size small, and it fits! It’s a little black jersey number, suitable for dressing
up or down as the mood strikes. Thank you, BSD!

Esnecca I do a similar thing with cauliflower. Now I cover it with tinfoil and put a little water in the pan before I put it in the oven. Leave until partially cooked then remove the tinfoil to let the cauliflower brown. Works best that way for me. I did try to roast a whole cauliflower once, and only once, because it came out like a burnt offering but was as solid as a rock!

The thought of you being with us, Theo, just blew out a circuit or two in my brain!
This Connecticut town would consider it “A Happening”! We might get tossed from
the restaurant for “disorderly conduct”, i.e., laughter, possibly “insighted a riot” when
we announce to other diners that between the 3 of us, we’ve lost in the vicinity of
400lbs! There’s still time to consider it Theo! I may even know someone who is a
feature’s photographer for the newspaper….. Photo shoot, anyone???

No loss to report for me this week, hopefully it will show up next week as I would like to lose a couple of pounds before Christmas.
A few months ago I bought a lovely new winter dress, size 10, brought it away with me this weekend knowing that it would fit and looking forward to wearing it for the first time. (I did try it on when I got it but haven’t touched it since)
Put it on ready for the event. Enormous on me! Amazingly I had a leather belt with me which was exactly the right colour for the dress and totally saved the day! Phew!

Esnecca 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jackie, I spooned half an ounce of creme fraiche into my omelette the other night and it felt sybaritic. I almost had to drape a sheet around me like a toga and recline on the couch while eating it. 😆

That’s great, Busybee! How wonderful for you to be in such a productive place, especially with the meds you’re on and all their potential to wreak havoc. Have a great time in New Jersey. Avoid the Vince Lombardi rest area and you should be golden. 😀

Go figure, Essie😄 But good you’re at your lowest weight at the start of the silly season 🎄

Having crowed about stabilising, I too am at my lowest – 109lbs – though not a new low. Seem to have, inexplicably, dropped 3lbs overnight 😨 Sure it’ll be back tomorrow. ….or the next day. Just looking at it as one of the vagaries of the human body and a normal fluctuation 😜

PS really ODed on yoghurt yesterday though, so fat consumption was even higher than normal!

Mokovex – I agree with you about the forum, it’s the first place you can acknowledge stuff you might not want to tell people face to face (or even yourself) and once it’s out there it’s easier to deal with.

I have to say I have such peace of mind with this WOE, as I know if I stay low carb I will not feel ill again. The weight loss is just happening, 4 months in (slow but steady). I can honestly say I haven’t ‘cheated’, though I have eaten plentifully and not always kept to 800 when I was doing that, because I am an emotional eater and sometimes allowing myself to have that extra piece of 90% chocolate has been important. And then the next one (but there’s only 14g of carbs in the whole 100g and I figured even if I ate the whole thing I was not damaging myself the same way I would with a snickers bar). I never felt like beating myself up because I was indulging within the rules.

The only anxiety I have had is through making mistakes – not realising the carb content of things, or licking the spoon when making cookies (reflex!) and that’s when the ‘keep on keeping on’ mantra has been so useful. And when I was properly counting everything I would just not have something rather than risk extra carbs and figured if it was low carb I’d risk it (at one point I would have a whole packet of pre-sliced cheese when on the go in the car – not exactly balanced! But that wore off eventually!)

I don’t eat secretly anymore, as there’s nothing to be ashamed of anymore. If I want the chocolate then I eat it and can say to the kids or the husband ‘this is my only indulgence’. Um, thinking about it that’s not strictly true, the only secret thing I have now is double cream, because it does seem very decadent to have a spoonful straight from the fridge. Maybe we all need to feel a bit naughty sometimes, though 😁

Fruit is one of the enemies to me, sad to say, and even before I cut carbs and found the BSD I only ever ate organic and local produce so it wasn’t about processing. It’s sugar, plain and simple. Same goes for carrots, beets and onions. There’s no meaningful room for leeway in my physical makeup and I am not only at peace with that, I am joyful to finally know what works and what doesn’t for me. Butterlover’s mileage may vary, of course. I’m just pointing out that the association of eating foods that damage your body and hinder your goals with happy days of yore is a function of our fuzzy brains, not an objective reality that there can be no holiday spirit without setting some pudding on fire or whatever.

Hi oh my,

Short version

I am doing fine.
How are you?

Love lucia
Xxxx

Hi ohmy,

What a year 2017 has been.

No medication, and a lot more energy.

Yes, i have had. Ups and downs.

One of them, was, when i carb-o-itus. A new illness i have INVENTED.

Nothing to eat, grabbed sugar puffs, toast
Rushed dinner time, grabbed a sandwich.
Nothing much on the menu.. pie and chips.

That evening , i felt sooooo sick.
Terrible indigestion from the pastry,
The grease from the chips , slopped around my tummy then my arteries.

Oh yes, i thought i was invincible, boy did i come down to earth with a bang.
Felt off colour for days, energy levels very low.

So…. for a week , i ate small, healthy and clean. Felt much better.
Moral of the story……
Before you stay anywhere, read the menu, if you have to eat somewhere else, DO IT. Dont just…. go with the flow.
My excuse? Laziness. Pure laziness.
Boy did i pay for it.

So. I still make mistakes.
I still learn.

The daily mail newspaper website yesterday had an article.
It had the same food, three plates of christmas dinners.

Small portion, medium portion, large portion.
One was, this will lose you weight
Two was , maintain
Three put weight on.

There was hardly any difference in their sizes.

I used to eat more than the large portion. And then go back for seconds. And thirds….. and four mince pies, and cheese and crackers, and pudding, and, and, and, and…..

Now, this year, i am treating it as an ordinary healthy meal and spoil myself in other ways.

Fitness.

Yes, still keeping moving.

I can painfuly remember sitting on the settee not for hours at a time, but for days.
Having no life.
I started by using the commercial breaks as my timer for exercise.
Fisrt i would actually prize my butt off the settee, – i called that weight lifting.
Then i would walk around the room.
Then, after a few weeks, i would do the monty python funny walks, or the posh name for it are lunges.
Then a few weeks on, i would try and jog on the spot, looked more like i was killing an ant that kept running away.
( hope you like my descriptions)
Then i would move out of the room and walk down the path and back.

My famous one was, i put a chair at the foot of the stairs, another chair on the landing.

Then i would pull myself using both banisters up to a chair and sit down to catch my breath, then waddle back down, repeat, repeat, repeat.
Over time, i could go twice uo then sit.
My panting on the chair became shorter.
But three things.
Shows you how unfit i was
Shows you how i did tiny bits and built up
Shows you how i stuck to the damn monotony of the task.
I played the radio while i was doing it.

I also tried to do yoga. Forget that, it was enough for me to lie on the bed and lift a heavy thigh up. More weight lifting.
But i kept at it, and at it.
Now i can put my socks on, by standing and bending at the waist.

I still have far to go.

My next plan is to cycle 25 miles a day… to work and back.
By jingo, how?…..
Electric bike, to help me when i am knackered. Will save £100 a month.
Will buy the bike in the spring 2018…..

Yes, i plan ahead, paln big. But if i only go half way with my goals, it is stiill half achieved, better than nothing.
Oh, the bike, i paln to go on the bus route incase i cannot make it.
I will train and build it up as well, planning, planning, planning.

Next year 2018 plans,

1. Watch michael mosleys horizon documentary about 5:2
2. Watch fixing dad, about diabetes and how you can try and overcome it.
I know we havent got two fantastic sons but we have each other here on the blog.
3. A little more exercise.
4. A little more focus on what i ME that is, puts in her mouth.
5. ENJOY LIFE !!!!!!!

Also, i am not going to start on 1st jan , when its cold and dark and manky.
I am going to start today, little by little….so on 1st, i am already on the path.

What to join me?

Anyway, keep happy, keep healthy

Love lucia
Xxxx

Hey, you speak for yourself Essie😜

Weirdos indeed😨😉😄

Just keep going Trish, and it’ll all come right.

Hey, Essie, we’d paint the town red, wouldn’t we?

These boots are made for stomping……👢👢👢👢

Good morning fellow Elves
I am 0.75 lbs down from last week and am more than happy with that as it takes me back to just under the three stone off mark again. After a good weight lost I tend to hover at about the same numbers while my body gets used to the new weight and I’m hoping that this is a bit like maintaining, but that is a long time to go yet!

In the past, this has been the time I usually gain half a stone rather than over Christmas itself as we have lots of birthday celebrations and pre Christmas lunches over a couple of weeks.

I agree that the change in mindset is so important and at the moment I feel very positive and in control – long may that continue! I am also terrified that having to take the large doses of steroids again will stall/ruin my loss but at present I haven’t noticed a huge increase in appetite, possibly due keeping the carbs low.

Just two weeks before we fly out to NJ for Christmas and NewYear and I’m still hoping to see the 13’s before we leave.
Keeping on ………. O.D.A.A.T
X B

Thanks for the invite MIxnmatch, I may well do that!
Yes, clothes! Isn’t it great buying new ones that fit! I also went swimming in a public pool for the first time in years last week too, and though I say it myself, if you ignored the wrinkly bits, I didn’t look too shabby for an old ‘un!
I still read the other posts from time to time, it’s good to see how many people seem to have made real life changing differences to their diet and diabetes.
Very inspiring.
Keep the faith!

Weigh in this morning and my weekend away which included several non diet friendly (but mindfully eaten) indulgences and my weightloss stalled at 10 stone 13.6, so I am back to my normal BSD way of life with determination to lose a little more this week. This is still 7.4 pounds down on last Tuesday so not too worried, and I did enjoy the eggy bread cooked over an open fire with my mum and sister. A real blast from the past that always brings back so many good memories. I remember trying a egg soaked aubergine slice once as a BSD friendly alternative while still on the weightloss phase of the lifestyle. Not the same!

I have also considered more BSD friendly desserts as my contribution to the coming festivities, the pannacotta sounds like a great idea, and could quite easily be made more body friendly. I will give it some thought over the next few days. Just remember that fruit as it comes off the tree is not the enemy except in unnaturally large quantities, processing with large quantities of added sugar or removal of fibre is where the problem starts. Just keep portions small and sweet is still okay in small doses, although tastes obviously change as well so many vegetables now taste sweet to me, and most heavily processed stuff tastes sickly.

I’ve had the raw but burnt experience before too, Verano. Cutting them in half helps, but in the end, brussels sprouts are still tiny cabbages with hard fibrous cores and soft outer leaves. Pan frying/sauteeing allows for the combination of steam and frying. I start with the oil and sautee, get a little color on them, then add some water/broth and put the lid on the pan until they’re al dente all the way through. A few more minutes to brown them and cook off the liquid, a dusting of parmesan and it’s all over but the eating. 🙂

If you ever feel like posting more often you can come and join us fellow ‘lifestylers’ on the ‘what next?’ thread for general chat with some of the more active forum maintainers. We also have a new lifestyle thread for discussing other aspects of our new shapes like CLOTHES! (And boots of course). No pressure of course, but you would be very welcome should you drop in for a virtual cuppa.

Less than a pound gain after a carb spiral is not bad at all, Mokovex. It’s possible your body has a new normal now after all your work in retraining its expectations, or it could be a fluke either way. Trying to divine what makes these crazy complex biologies of ours tick is always challenging, often impossible.

That goes double for the brain, and as you rightly point out, the overwhelming majority of what we do here is mental. Finding motivation to keep on when we feel lost and weakened being one of the greatest challenges. In aid of that, please consider looking at this episode from the glass-is-half-full perspective. You broke through the veil of secrecy that keeps you from the support of likeminded people, you stopped yourself from continuing on a self-harming path, you’re committing again to sharing your goals and results in the public forum for the sake of your own accountability, and the total physical cost to you was nine tenths of a pound. That’s pretty remarkable, isn’t it? You might even say you’re kicking some ass. 🙂

Changing your mindset about these events helps you move past them, I’ve found. Being open and honest is essential, but there’s a line very easily crossed after which dwelling on what went wrong tends to paralyze us and drive us back into old cycles of self-hatred and self-medication in the form of unhealthy food and drink. So what’s done is done. It’s already proven salutary and sane because it has inspired you to confront some choices that needed confronting. That’s steel in your spine. Give it a nod of recognition as you move briskly onwards and downwards.

I steam most of my vegetables but I really do fancy sprouts done differently. I can’t imagine frying sprouts unless maybe if they’d been blanched first. Even with roasting I envisage them to be ‘hard but burnt’. I am going to try anyway and yes Allie what we call a ‘fan’ oven is a convection oven. I must admit although I’ve never had a problem using my fan oven I can’t cook in a straightforward electric one. Everything I tried to cook came out raw but burnt! I guess it’s just what you get used to.

Good morning, no loss for me this week and just a small overall gain over the two weeks I’ve been away of 0.6lb.

In fact I had lost weight yesterday but had some Indian food last night and so a gain today. I know why I’ve gained, I know it’s just water retention and I also know if will go in a day or so. But you know I really enjoyed my meal out and the only BSD unfriendly item I ate was one poppadom. Just now and again I need ‘crunch’ and I’m afraid that crunchy vegetables or similar just don’t do it for me!

Hope you all had a good week and that the coming one is good too.

Morning All,

Start: 130.7lb
Today: 131.6lb

This is the first time I have gained on a challenge 😒 I know why and I know how.

Thank you Esnecca for your lovely comments, you are totally right about owning it making the difference to climbing out of it. I am (again) really grateful knowing that people here ‘get it’. I love that image of the spiral, you are right, it is easy to slip down it and a trek to climb up but comments like yours are hugely valuable in making that hike bearable. I am having to remember that there will be a number of battles to win before the war is done. For me, posting here, is crucial. It has become the key to keeping on.

JackieM + VictoriaM – with regard to ‘secrecy’ when we struggle. I think having a place where we can share our ‘failures/slips/struggles’ profoundly impacts our ability to keep going. I did the BSD ‘perfectly’ for the 8 weeks and have been able to post the ‘successes’ as the weight has come off. I always knew that for me, what happens next when I fell back into old habits would be key. I have committed to weighing each week day and posting it on here. That means, on days like today, when I would rather not face up to the number and the reason it is there, my new habit of posting counteracts the old habit of pretending that it will be fine. Trying to re-frame ‘success’ not as weight loss but as perseverance.

I love reading the posts of maintainers on here for that very reason.

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Thanks Bissell for the reminder….well done you! Keep On keeping on!

I too have made Keto such a way of life that it now IS my life.

On the 1st of the month, I weighed in at 60.3kg, bang on target. On the 3rd Dec I was 61.3kg and this morning I was 59.3kg, just goes to show how we can all vary +\- 2 kilos whilst still doing everything right. It’s now been 15 months since reaching my goal weight and it’s necer been easier.

I still continue to fast intermittently, sometimes OMAD (one meal a day – usually dinner), sometimes 16/8 and sometimes for 2 days, I just let my body tell me what it needs.

Best wishes everyone over Christmas and see you in the New Year!

Good morning my lovelies.

Just wanted to post that on my weigh in day last Saturday, I registered a 6 lb loss. I did a couple of 48 hr fasts to give myself a boost. I shall go back to “normal” this week of one delicious meal a day. Good luck to everyone else!

Kazzeexx