My goal is simple …. to stay at 20g of carbs a day but no higher than 30g. Tough but I’ll give it my best shot. Good luck to everyone starting this new challenge.

I have been reading your posts but didn’t join in with this challenge so the net result of my last 4 weeks is a gain of around 3lbs!!! So I’m off to declare my new goal on the November challenge !

Well done to all the losers, and never mind to those who didn’t … today is another day and a fresh start. Good luck on the new challenge.

LAST DAY of WEEK 1

Well we are at day 7 with our first weigh in tomorrow. Hope everyone has had a good week but there is still today to make a difference.

My week has been mixed with several social occasions but that’s life and we have to integrate ‘life’ into BSD, especially if we are T2. I think I have come to realise that as long as I don’t regain weight then I’m winning. If my BS remains good then weight loss is an added benefit. I don’t want that to sound as though I’ve given up on weight loss, I haven’t, but I just need to get the whole health/weight balance more into proportion.

So I didn’t manage to stay at 20g of carbs yesterday but mainly because I had some Bolognese in the freezer I needed to use up and that was quite carby. But starting the November challenge today has forced me to make a goal which will be to aim for 20g of carbs a day but no more than 30g. I know the first few days will be tough but I will give it my best shot.

I hope you all have a good Day 7 and see you tomorrow with our first results.

Well helloooo, my pretties! (cackling witch voice!) 🙂
Am listening to Michael Jackson’s Thriller on the radio as I sit here with my morning cuppa!

Nonna Mary – thank you for being proud of me, I was really touched when I read that. Awww. xx
My bestie rang NHS direct rather than going to A&E and they said it was likely just a very bad sprain. But as you say, that can take longer to heal than a break. She has plenty of family around her and her one daughter is a nurse! She’s ok.

Hey – you’ll be pleased to know I wore my fav winter coat yesterday – the one I couldn’t get into when I started this. Yey! it was a cold start yesterday morning, frosty so I tried it on and I could zip it right up just fine. Still a little snug when sitting in it but ano’ther month and I’ll have wriggle room!

Allie – I’d love a studio also! I could turn the 3rd small bedroom into one at some point, there is plenty of daylight in that room with it being south facing. With all the money I’m saving not buying loads of food and booze, may be that could be a project for next year? Hmmmm, you’ve got me thinking!

The egg muffins are very simple. Heat oven to 180, grease muffin tray, beat 6 eggs. Finely chop red bell pepper, punnet of mushrooms, bunch of spring onions (scallions?) and gently saute until soft, add salt and pepper, pinch of chilli flakes (optional) then stir through a couple of handfuls of spinach until wilted. Spoon the mixture evenly into the muffin tray, top up with egg mixture, add a bit of grated cheese and bake for about 25 minutes. You could add whatever veg you have and herbs, spices. Crispy bacon would be nice. These were veggie ones.
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Shoot, look at the time, I’ll pop in later…

Good luck with Tues weigh ins….

Kazzzzeeee xxx

S-g that reminds me of a trip we made to one of the islands off Hong Kong many years ago. I can’t remember the name but at that time only bicycles were allowed no cars. We had lunch in a restaurant that did have a menu translated into some vague sort of English, but even then the only thing that was even partly recognisable was ‘chicken balls’. Ask no further because all as I can say is that I have never seen anything quite like these before, or thankfully since! Needless to say I didn’t eat them! I still find in Spain some of the translations are a bit iffy so we always ask for the Spanish menu rather than English.

I will be really interested to know how you get on Hancock. We have a trip to the Far East planned next March and after following BSD for well over a year I really don’t eat rice, potatoes, bread or pasta, and am not sure I could again now. The really good thing about this WOE is that fat is not an issue. When I look back I think I had more of a problem trying to order, ‘low fat’ meals when I was eating out, than I’ve ever had with low carb. Best of luck with your trip and keep us up to date.

Hello, 😀

I’m in too.

Goal for me = keep on track

Morning all,

Start : 140.3 lb
Week 1: 136.6 lb
Week 2 : 135.4 lb
Week 3 : hols
Today: 136.5 lb

Total loss -3.8lb and it all seemed to happen in wk 1!

CC, are you able to measure body fat? whatever your body is doing, perhaps the composition is changing?

Going to jump into the next challenge and hoping for some good results for you all today 👏

Happy halloween! Are we all steering clear of the candy tonight???
And that includes the liquid variety 🙂 The only advantage of apartment
living that I can acknowledge is that I no longer have to shell out
$50.00 US dollars to contribute to the dental bills of my neighbors
(security building).

Kazzi, you navigated your weekend away very well! What recipe
do you use for the egg muffins? (I don’t have any of the mosley
cookbooks.) Glad you had so much fun. I’m envious of your
friends studio space. I really miss mine. I can still work here,
but all the tools/supplies I need regardless of whether I’m painting,
making museum quality Ukranian Easter eggs, sugarpaste flowers
or dimensional greeting cards, tend to overtake the house because it
takes simply too much time to clear up each day when I finish
up. Sometimes I don’t see the bottom of the diningroom table
for months and we end up eating meals on trays!

This has been a very productive day. I felt so energized after
talking with Esnecca on the phone for 1 1/2 hrs that I began
a serious free weight session with 5 lb. wts. I’ll be feeling
it tomorrow/today, I expect! Had to take a month off because of
the concussion, so it’s rather like starting again.

I’m really hoping there will be a lot of encouraging end of month
posts today! 🙂

Allie
xoxoxo

Hi and welcome veggierose,
I find the posts really helpful too as almost always there is someone else who has a similar experience and can offer some guidance. It’s great that we have a mixed group with varying experience., some starting out, some who have been following BSD for a while, the “slow losers” like myself, the ones who are almost at goal, and the maintainers 🙂
We’ve found that having a short 4 week challenge is less daunting than the thought of 8 weeks, and more doable. Good luck!

Hi Donna,

So how was your first day. Hope you smashed it. It’ll take a while to settle in but you sound like you’re on it!

You were asking earlier about commercial shakes. I think Roy Taylor has people using the Cambridge Diet meal replacements in his latest research trials of the Newcastle diet. I think on the original trials he had people use Optifast (not 100% on this). But I also saw him giving a lecture on YouTube where he was asked what type of meal replacement would be best and he said any reputable meal replacement shakes should be OK. I guess it’s about checking levels of nutrients in them and sugar levels maybe. I haven’t used them so someone else might know more – might be worth posting the question.

On another post you mentioned being worried this might not work for You. That struck a chord! I suspect pretty much all of us trying to manage our diabetes with this way of eating starts off thinking the same. It might work for everyone else but maybe not me. I definitely thought that. (To be honest, I can still feel myself quietly holding my breath in waiting to see what happens next). But, it will work for you, I promise.

I’m still doing good at the moment. I finish Week 12 tomorrow. In the 12 weeks I’ve lost 29lbs (13kgs) but including my pre-BSD weight loss (I was on a diet before I found out I was diabetic in August) I’ve lost 46lbs (20.8kgs). I’ve lost much quicker on the BSD!

My blood sugars (what it’s all about, of course) are still good – mostly in the 4’s and 5’s, the odd 6 – and a couple of spikes at 7+. So, I’m fairly happy with them. However, I’ve got to arrange to get my first Hba1c blood test since diagnosis in the next couple of weeks – that will be the true test!

Great that you’ve started, Donna – keep going, you can do it!
Marie x

….and another thing….black tea with lemon – absolutely lovely….who’d have thought it. :-p

Thank you Verano and sunshine-girl.

Fish and steamed green vegetables are definitely the answer. I’m less concerned about food and more concerned about culture in China. I can manage the food when I am with my own team but not so much when entertaining customers. Fortunately on this trip I only have a couple of customer meals.

Chinese food in China bears no relation to Chinese food in the UK or Australia. (My home…..ish!!!) You are right sunshine-girl. I need to stay away from Shenyang where root vegetables are a staple…although there are some decent Korean BBQ restaurants up there.

Starting day 7 now…….a low carb high protein bar for breakfast. I managed to avoid food on the flight to Kuala Lumpur and had my first ever long haul alcohol free flight for many years. 😮

I took my blood sugar reading this morning, prior to the protein bar breakfast and recorded 6.4. My lowest reading since I was diagnosed a week ago. I know I shouldn’t read anything into this but it cheered me up no end.

Will hit the gym when I reach Shanghai and have fish and steamed green veggies for dinner. I really hope I can stick with the program through this week.

Hello everybody! May I please join your November challenge? I’ve been following your supportive forum posts for a while and if you will have me, I would like to join you for your 4 week challenge “remember, remember, low carbs for November”. I have had some success on the 8 week BSD in losing weight and reducing my blood sugar levels (type 2),but maintaining has been erratic. I’ve put a few pounds back on and need to get it off again as soon as possible and then learn from you how to maintain properly without it happening again I note there is a lot of experience in the forum posts!

Morning everyone and welcome to Kazz, French Femme, Pancita & everyone else who has joined in so far.
Marie – yes I’m going to post my goals tomorrow too, once the Halloween challenge has ended.
Pancita – yes goals always do seem easy! I deliberately set myself small, achievable ones, but inevitably life gets in the way and I don’t quite get there! Good luck 🙂
Mariet & Cathy – how exciting to be so close to your final goals! Hopefully this challenge will help you get there – imagine us all as one big cheer squad cheering you on as you head towards goal 🙂

Hi SueBlue,
Count me in too, please. I’ll post my goals tomorrow after my final report in on the Halloween Challenge.
Marie x

to IKeeptrying: Have been lowcarbing for about 4 years now and symathize with you. But I have found a great solution, but it is a bit fiddly. Psyllium flax bread. The psyllium is the same stuff in Metamusil and does the trick AND you get bread. Lots of psyllium bread recipes on the web these days….this is my favorite. I don’t bake it in a loaf pan……just blob onto a baking tray with a silpat mat free form like an Italian bread loaf. It ends up being very dense but cut very thinly and then toasted in a frying pan is great with eggs for breakfast or with tuna or egg salad on it for lunch. And when toasted it is crunchy. I soooooo missed crunchy bread type things. I slice is on the diagonal to get a longer slice….and get about 30 thin slices per loaf.

Hope this does the trick for you. See link below.

https://www.lowcarbmaven.com/the-best-psyllium-flax-bread/

Hi Ladies,
May I also join you?
I have a few challenges this month (my daughter’s many birthday parties!) but intend to stick to the plan on all the other days and lose 6 pounds during this month… Sounds so easy, doesn’t it?! Support will be much appreciated!
P xx

Thank you for this ChilliWhizz. Very interesting. I wonder if that’s what’s happened to me?? I’ll see if I can join the fast diet forum. Seems there are useful posts.Many thanks x

Thanks 2bigDave. I found your advice comforting that it’s the dieting that’s best for losing weight.

Have decided that maybe Cajun or other spice – maybe ground chillis – sprinkled on the Harissa chicken, is just as good as the Harissa paste.

Sisters, Sisters, never were there such devoted sisters! I love having new members of family. Allie, I know what you mean about a ‘cult’, but unfortunately, my sister is a member of an established church. They claim not to split families, but it happens anyway. She felt that she was onto a good thing and wanted us all to join her, which we didn’t want to do. So…she left home and refused to have anything to do with us. Telling people that she was an orphan and all her relatives are dead. She even told her Pastor that! He was very surprised when my mother phoned him and accused her of being sick. We don’t know what happened after that. Sad isn’t it?

Kazz…sounds like you had a bostin weekend. Well done on good choices. I am so proud of you! That ankle injury sounds nasty though. I sprained my ankle twice in 6 months and the pain was unbearable. That ankle is very weak now. I was told by medics that a sprain is worse than a break, because a break heals quicker, but soft tissue takes a long time. Another artist! I am always impressed with arty people.

CaliforniaGirl, I am so pleased things are getting better. Mother Nature has a way of healing the earth after a disaster, lets hope she is quick about it.

Later sisters,

Nonna Mary
xxxx

I’ll be joining you as well, my goal is the same as the last challenge 😒 try to achieve final goal which is only 3 lb away and consolidate that. November is reasonably clear of big events so fingers crossed I’ll get there this time.

Final weigh day for the challenge and I can report a disappointing loss of 300g only. I’m annoyed with myself because I got to within 300g of my goal but social events have seen it disappear and here I am, pretty much back where I started. CC, at least you know you have done what you should! I have only my own choices to blame.

Oh well, maybe I’ll do better on the next challenge! I hope so because the festive season will be upon us after that! I find it so easy to follow maybe 90%of the time but that errant 10% certainly has a huge impact. Gook luck to the other challengers, I hope you have better results than I’ve had 👍

Well done Luvtcook for getting down to it again and actually Well Done to all of us for actually taking control of our own health, doing a bit (or a lot in the case of some people 2BD) research and TAKING ACTION whether it’s for weight loss or for addressing diabetise or for just general health.

Never mind that we sometimes have a ‘bad’ day or sometimes feel we have ‘fallen’…it’s how we pick ourselves up and carry on that counts.

Onwards and downwards

I regularly make a fairly firm set yoghurt using Yeo Valley natural Yoghurt as a starter.

Hi Theodora- I lost 2lb following my 42 hour fast and got down to 133.4 but the day after, having eaten a light lunch and evening meal I was up again by almost 1lb. I did drink a lot of water and fruit tea during my fast and always do and was mindful of what I ate afterwards and even today four days after the fast I am I ketosis according to my Ketostix but again was up this morning yet another pound to 135.4 so in fact the two pounds I lost I have regained despite being super low carb. My body really is a mystery! Tomorrow morning’s weigh in will be interesting! Today I have eaten Greek yoghurt and 5 raspberries for breakfast with a sprinkle of chia seeds, feta and avocado with walnuts for lunch and I have made cream of mushroom soup for my evening meal. I will have a Nespresso and a small piece of 85% chocolate following that. I am going to be joining the November challenge and fingers crossed will hopefully achieve my goal. I cannot believe how difficult this last half stone has been to shift despite my best efforts.

Well done Esnecca on your epic fast.

Welcome back from Italy Mokovex- back to it for you this week. Draw a line under your holiday and onwards and downwards once again.

Good luck everyone for the final challenge weigh in tomorrow.

Hi AngS
On the exercise front, I think this is important from the point of view of general health and well being, but you do need to do a lot for exercise to have much of an impact on weight. There is a formula which demonstrates this. Basically you will burn 1 calorie for each kilo of body weight (including everything you wear and carry) for each kilometre you walk or jog. So, if you weigh 65 kilos fully dressed, then a 10 kilometre (6.2 miles) walk or jog will burn 650 calories. Remember also that to lose one pound of fat you need to burn 3600 calories. So anyone weighing 65 kilos will have to carry that weight for around 55 kilometres or around 35 miles to burn that pound of fat. So exercise is great for making you feel good and for improving fitness and well being but diet remains by far the best way to lose weight!

Hi SueBlue – Thank you for starting our next challenge thread- I’m in too for this challenge. I hope to get to goal weight during November and then if possible lose a couple of extra pounds on top as a buffer prior to Christmas. Looking forward to seeing some really good pre Christmas loses during our November challenge.

Lessmuffintop try fatsecret.co.uk it has loads of supermarket brands and the nutritional values. Some foods have an amazing amount of carbs. For me apples have been the greatest surprise!

Well I have been eating loads carbs but didn’t know it ! Got it in my head sugar was carbs and have been buying M&S carb balanced meals not realising their is 35 in one meal ! Oops and also binned another ready meal that had 65g. Self sabotage without even knowing it! Back to the drawing board !!

Well done lessmuffintop … it does work!

Don’t worry caronl it’s a ‘nome de plume ‘ and means ‘summer’ in Spanish, I’m not Spanish though just spend lots off holidays there! Well done for resisting the cake. I don’t know your history but if you don’t have a lot to lose you mag have to start counting sooner than you think! It’s the carbs that are the real culprit especially if your blood sugar is compromised. But no reason to not ease yourself in quite a few people do. Best of luck anyway.

Sorry Verano for the misspelling!

AngS: count me in. Am on it. Restarted yesterday and going well.

Macloud: my solution for leftovers is to freeze anything I don’t have specific plans for. They are a bonus when I am starving and have nothing planned for a meal….out comes the leftover roast chicken. Thawed, its fair game for filling for a range of things. Meat bits go in low carb veg soup….etc etc etc

AnneF: thanks for your encouragement and the warm welcome and kudos on your achievement. So great to have such terrific role models and living proof this diet doesn’t fizzle out after the first handful of pounds as so many others do.

2BigDave: I have a sack of potatoes I carry around that sounds a lot like yours. No potatoes in my diet….don’t want any around my waist and hips either. Here’s to lighter sacks for both of us.

Thanks for the support folks. I knew I could rely on you all. The problem with leftovers is in abeyance for a while as I seem to have eaten them all ! But your varied advice noted. Perhaps if we had a bigger fridge I would not feel coerced into eating things up, to make way for new purchases ? But I am clutching at straws now, I know.

Anyway, it is a new week : Week 11 ! And I still have 405 cals left for the evening meal. No problem. It would have been 465 cals left if I had not slipped back into having milk in tea and coffee (no sugar). Oops. But start once again as I mean to continue.

There are some very inspiring tales on this forum, especially of those turning around their T2 diabetes. Full marks to you ! T2 is not an immediate threat for me, though I detected it, possibly just in time, as edging closer. So I am extremely grateful to Dr MM for his highly effective BSD remedy that, TBH, is the easiest diet to follow that I have ever come across. And I have done a few …

Onward and downward for us all !

Macloud

Hi Sueblue – I will also join in for November. Another great thread name!

Yay! Thank you Allie Cat! I’m so glad to join your sisterhood! Our fires are out here in Northern California and people are sort of sifting through the mess and evaluating what to do. They’ve got 6,000 homes/buildings to rebuild — it will take a long time I think but there are still many untouched areas that did escape the flames and luckily we got a bit of rain that allowed them to gain control. It is still beautiful and it will recover.
On the BSD front, I’m still just working every day on maintaining and I think it was Theodora who said it is just something we have to do EVERY day, which I agree with — so after a granddaughters birthday party yesterday (way down in Los Angeles) I’m back on a fast to make up for too much champagne and a (huge) burger. No rest for the weary! Ha ha — it’s ok — I just go back on the straight and narrow!

Lovetcook, thanks for your encouraging remarks. Let’s hope you can do the BSD soon. It definitely sounds as though you’re ready. This thread is so good, started by our shining example, AnneF.

AnneF, WOW! You’ve done so well. 5” off your waist is a brilliant achievement. I’ve hardly lost any inches at all, but then I’m more idle than you now I’m retired. Although I have been dancing for an hour today, it’s given me backache, so the rest of the day I’ll have to rest it. ☹️ I’m pleased to have lost 10 lbs though, in the first 4 weeks, and am longing to see the scales say 8stone something, instead of 9 stones, as I’m under 5’ 1”. I was definitely more than a stone overweight. That’s 7 bags of sugar!

Macloud, AnneF’s suggestion of making a meal out of the leftovers, instead of having them as well as your diet meal, is a good one. Mind you, I do think only 800 calories for a man is really harsh. My husband’s been having double that (1600) per day and has still lost weight. Maybe try the BDB meals but with more calories, then you won’t be so tempted to snack.

2BigDave, keep at it. Slowly but surely, the weight will come off, as long as you’re good. What would happen if you too ate 1600 calories per day for a week? Would you still be naughty?

To all on here – I think knowing our weaknesses is helpful. Mine is lack of exercise, so I ought to try and walk more.
What do others think?

Hi all,
Eileen27, I have experienced a drop in HDL cholesterol and a small increase in LDL after 28 days dieting with a loss of 19 lbs. The diet and exercise are ongoing however i found lots of information regarding the impact on cholesterol during weight loss, in particular in a post on the fast diet website by Mnman58.. link: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/cholesterol-levels-have-gone-up/

Below is an extract from Mnman58’s post, which I hope he doesn’t mind me copying…..

Bottom line appears to be, getting bloods done whilst in the process of significant weight loss isn’t a good idea….

Here’s the extract…………………………….

I searched the internet and found an article by Dr. William Davis (dated June 5, 2012), and learned this info below (in quotations):

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“When you lose weight, you are mobilizing energy stored as fat. That fat is mobilized as fatty acids and triglycerides into the bloodstream. 10 pounds lost, for instance, means the equivalent of 35,000 calories of fat released into the bloodstream.
These fatty acids are not alone. They interact with the other elements in the bloodstream. In particular, this flood of fatty acids:
—Block insulin–and thereby increase blood sugar. A non-diabetic can even become transiently diabetic during weight loss.
—Increase triglycerides–A starting triglyceride level of, say, 120 mg/dl, can increase to 180 mg/dl during active weight loss. (Triglycerides contain fatty acids.)
—Decreased HDL–Excess fatty acids and triglycerides modify HDL particles, causing their degradation and elimination. A starting HDL of 45 mg/dl can drop to 28 mg/dl, for example.
—LDL measures go haywire–The conventional calculated LDL cholesterol, or even generally superior measures like apoprotein B or NMR LDL particle number, can go in any direction rather unpredictably: They can go up, down, or sideways. Likewise, the (miserably useless) total cholesterol value can go up, down, or sideways.
—Increased blood pressure–This is likely due to the enhanced artery constriction that occurs due to increased endothelial dysfunction, i.e., dysfunction of the normal relaxation mechanisms of arteries.

The key is to recognize these phenomena as nothing more than part of weight loss and the inevitable mobilization of fatty acids into the bloodstream. Accordingly, decisions should not be made based on these values, since they are transient. Your doctor will likely try to push hypertension medication, statin drugs, fibrate drugs, diabetes drugs.

As a practical matter, avoid having blood drawn until weight has plateaued for at least 4 weeks and these changes are allowed to reverse. Only then will you know what you have achieved.”
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Hi Ohmy – and also measure your upper arms, thighs, waist, chest, hips. The scales may not move much sometimes, but you can see in inches/centimetres what is happening which really motivates and encourages you.

Good luck, you can do this!

Kazzee

Hi Sue, I would love to join you for support and accountability!

I started BSD last Tuesday (after doing it for a while beginning of last year), and really enjoyed the food. My downfall is wine and frites, and eating out at our local cafes and restaurants in the sun. Not going to be such an issue going into the cooler months.

It is my wedding anniversary, and my puppy’s first birthday, on Saturday, so Champagne may be required! Also my husband’s birthday is at the end of the month, but these distractions aside I am aiming for a good month.

Hi Macloud

Congratulations on that tremendous 10 week result! My bad 2 days began with a visit to the pub to remind myself how good their streak and kidney pie is…not to mention the two large glasses of red followed by a nightcap when we got home. The following day we had friends round for a leg of lamb and I failed to resist the roasties. My wife had made a trifle…again I could have refused but didn’t. I share completely your compulsion to eat up the leftovers. I may turn the lamb into some sort of rissoles which I can have with leftover unbuttered white cabbage. Fortunately, my wife seems to have taken responsibility for the trifle, bless her! Unfortunately I have as many stones to lose as she has pounds!

On the leftovers front, we try to remind each other that whatever it is, it is ‘going to waste’ one way or the other. The only question is, am I going to extract and store the calories, first or am I going to ‘man up’, shut my eyes and bin it?

Keep the faith…as you head for BMI <25 I am getting close to 35. A long way to go but your success my just keep me going…and, I suspect, many others!

I like to make my own yogurt, but hadn’t made any for years until this year, and now I just can’t get it to set properly. At first I thought it was due to the temperature being too low, but mixing in the yogurt sooner and sooner, eventually got me yogurt that was slow to set at all, (probably due to bacteria being killed off by excessive heat) and still gloopy when it did set.
I have come to the conclusion that it is the culture that is responsible for the ‘set’.
I have tried a few brands of various types of unflavoured yogurt, all with the same result. They’ve all been very mild too, although that’s not a problem, I don’t mind a bit of tartness.
I really want something closer to ‘french set’ consistency, but haven’t been able to find unflavoured, so today, I am actually going to try a vanilla one.
I’m not very hopeful of this one working either, and I’d appreciate anyone’s experiences of any bought starters you may have tried, particularly any available in the UK.

Interestingly, I have just accidentally on purpose curdled a pint of milk that was just on the turn, and it’s curds are gloopy, very like my recent attempts at yogurt.

I finished the BSD yesterday and have lost an incredible two stone.

I appreciate some have lost more on the diet and I should mention that I have often eaten over the 800 calories recommended as I have been doing a significant amount of running – it just wasn’t enough for me. You can track what I ate and my ups and downs here.
https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/topic/diet-diary-2/

Physically I am feeling great, I haven’t been this weight for years and years and I can now fit into clothes that haven’t seem the light of day for a long time.

I’m going to continue on a ketogenic diet which uses much of the same principles as the BSD although is a bit stricter on carbs and things like fruit, diet drinks certain veggies etc.

I’ve been trying to get this weight off for years and despite cycling 100 miles a week and even doing the marathon a couple of times I failed. The BSD really has worked so many thanks!

I’ve still got a couple of stone to lose, frankly I have hit a little resistance around the 14 stone mark but I’ll keep working on it and check in at some point before the end of the year.

More than anything I do feel like this is a life change. I’m not really craving carbs at all and have no interest in having a celebratory binge. I do imagine I’ll eat breads, cakes etc again but I’ll save this for special occasions.

Good luck to all!

Hi Sue, I will be joining you for the full 4 weeks as I need to lose a lot before Xmas (havent weighed yet). I get home tomorrow afternoon and will weigh on Wed morning to see the damage and exactly what my new goal will be. I really have to stop messing around.

Week 8

Well I made it to the end with no sugars and no vitally no refined carbs. I’ve lost approx two stone, have dropped a waist size and generally feel great. I still have a couple more stone to lose so I am going to continue on a ketogenic diet.

Good luck to everyone one out there – you can do it!

Onwards to week 8!
Starting weight: 16 stone (approx)
Weight after seventh week: 14st 1 lbs
Weight loss this week: 1 lbs
Total weight loss: 27 lbs
Exercise: Three 10k runs, walking and small amount of cycling
Food: Quorn, eggs, mushrooms, nuts, cheese, cocoa butter, cocoa paste, chestnuts, nuts, peppers, carrots, cabbage, cauliflower rice, spinach, onions, seaweed, tofu, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, coconut cream, flax seeds,
Drinks: Bulletproof coffee, lots of different teas, diet pepsi, coconut milk, soy milk, almond milk

There was a Chinese chef on Sunday Brunch and he has just published a book translating from Chinese so we can understand what ingredients are used and where to eat. You would have to search on line for his name etc. The big problem I had in Hong Kong is that everything is written in Chinese symbols with no English translation and nothing was like we know Chinese food here: One good thing, when you go into a restaurant the first thing they bring is a pot of green tea.

Aww Macloud you are too hard on yourself. It’s tough to change the habits of a lifetime – I totally understand the ‘hate waste / eat it up’ thing. Maybe the option is to eat it up INSTEAD of something, not AS WELL as something. Or to just throw it away – against all principles I know, but if, by keeping it around and knowing that you will eat it eventually and it will do you no good to do that, when it is actually eaten you think of it as actually doing your body ‘harm’ rather than good? So therefore is thowing away the excess ‘harmful’ food the better option? Dunno if that’s helpful – but sometimes a head-shift is all that is needed?

Hi Donna,
I’m dashing out to the shops. I’ve got to get some stuff to wear for tomorrow as I’m starting my Exercise on Prescription programme – I have NO IDEA what you wear in a gym or exercise class!

Yes, you’re right the calories in the recipes are per serve. Also, on Fatsecret, sometimes when I click on the weight e.g. 100g it doesn’t give me a drop down menu so I go to the next version of that food, or the next, until it does. Alternatively, you can use MyFitnessPal – many on here do.

Fingers crossed for a great first day for you – xx xx. I’ll check in tonight and give you an update.

Isn’t it fantastic that people can ‘talk’ to each other over so many thousands of miles.

Marie X

No you aren’t I reversed mine after having it for five or six years and I’m just one of many!

Don’t worry too much about keeping count but carry an app with you like Fatsecret.co.uk or myfitnesspal and at least you can check out the carb content and steer clear of anything that is too carb heavy.

I discovered a few weeks ago that Thai curry goes really well over lightly steamed asparagus pieces. Now I have pak choi or similar instead of rice and it works for me. I guess the answer in China is to eat fish where possible and avoid anything in batter.

It does take some time to get used to eating this way but it becomes second nature after a while. You have done really well so far and we have to ‘live’ but you will find a way through ‘eating out’ that is BSD friendly.

Hi all. Thanks Verona for the comments on breakfast. I confess I haven’t got daily targets yet: I am starting gently by “just” giving up potatoes, bread, rice, pasta, obvious sugar, processed food and alcohol. I hate counting calories etc – too many years of WW. But I suspect I shall have to buckle down soon! DH’s cake now finished – and I resisted successfully with a couple of servings of almonds. Hoora!

Having spent a week on Google it was not so much of a shock when the doctor diagnosed type 2 diabetes. My diet is (was) awful, I am male, 178 cm (5′ 10″ and a bit) and 98.5 KG (15 St 1 (ish) lbs). I spend an awful lot of time in a plane. (750 hours last year :-o) My only saving grace is that I cycle about 10000 KM’s per year…..although I do wonder whether this has staved off something far worse which will now come to bite me. (If my blood sugar level was rising to 10+ with 60-80 mins of cycling a day have I built up some sort of resistance to exercise when it comes to blood sugar?)

Other than needing to pee frequently, and feeling thirsty, I can’t recall any other symptoms.

I started the BSD diet on the 25th October. (God for Harry, England and St George and all that!!) I have stuck religiously to the 800 Calories per day, less some days, and have continued cycling for 60-80 minutes per day. So far so good and 4 KG’s have fallen off me. (I know it gets tougher so am under no illusion I have been lucky in week 1.) My problem now is travel, I know I can hold off the carbs but it is difficult keeping count, especially in China, my current destination.

Today I have done away with sweeteners and am “enjoying” black tea and as a treat tea with a dash of milk. I understand sweeteners might be a problem. (Diet Coke and Pepsi Max go too.)

It has been a real eye opener reading the threads here and I marvel at the perseverance and successes. I only hope I am not too late to reverse this dreadful disease.