Hello Nonna Mary , I am so pleased you are so effing PROUD of me , it’s put a smile on my face , & along with it that describing me as strong has given me a bit of extra strength , which I will save , & use when I feel a moment of weakness coming on 😘
Hello to you too CC ( I don’t like to call you crabbycams ) , I’m pleased I’ve made you proud as well , and here’s to you succeeding by adhering to your diet and health plans to Celebrate your Father’s life , he too would be so proud of you I’m sure 😘
So glad the pathology from your mole removal brought good news , what a relief for you , can imagine you’ve had a nervous wait for that result , good for you staying on track , and losing a kilo,👏🏻👏🏻I do hope the infection clears quickly 😊
As you said there’s a reason to be proud of everyone here , as each one of us has our own challenges
So my love to all ,
H 66 😘

Just another quick post. I am finding I am not eating enough protein in my meals. Does anyone have any recommendations please?

Everything has gone quiet! Who is still with me? I have now lost 1stone 7lbs which I am delighted with.
I will certainly keep on eating this way as still would like to lose another 3lbs.
How is everyone else doing?

Hi.
Thanks for the idea.

I love good old Ribena, especially in the winter. But I cannot drink the sugar free stuff as it usually has aspartame in it and I am allergic to it.

Is the one you use sugar and sweetener free? I live in Turkey so it would be impossible to get it here unless I can get somebody to bring it out to me when they visit.

Ha ha. Yes we could be related.

I have never used a forum before but I thought it might be useful for the times when I find it difficult.

I made it through last night without reaching for the sweet stuff so I am quite pleased with myself.

I too am hungry today but I don’t know why. I really didn’t eat much less than normal, just not the bread or potatoes. I am very tired today also but I am told this will pass.

I am lucky that I am doing this with a friend so we can keep each other going and share meal ideas.

Good luck, keep in touch

Hi Pirellibelli, welcome to the site, this is a decision that will change your life and the way you look at food. Join in any other the subjects and ask as many questions as you want.

Bonjour a tous, still here and 2lbs down from the start. Some of you newbies might be wondering why a few of us are happy to lose just a bit or maintain. That is because we have been doing this for some time now and the motivation gets harder and harder. Why dont we give it up, well, some of us cant because of the effect on our health, specifically diabetes. I am 21 lbs lighter than when I started but more important, I now only use 20 units of insulin daily whereas at the start I was on 38 and 40 units. 20 is the lowest I have been on since I started using insulin. I have also cut my other meds by one third.

7 weeks into this and only one more week to go, unless you want to carry on. Seriously missing my swimming as the weather has been shocking here. Maybe I expect too much as it is around 25 degrees but I am used to it in the low 30’s. Also there is quite a cold wind all the time. Should get better next week.

How are the rest of you doing. Whatever your results just keep on keeping on.

I started last week as well.The amazing shrinking woman. My weigh day is tomorrow, so fingers crossed.

Hi Verano – My weigh day is a Saturday, I think Jan’s is a Friday, not sure about Lainie and Hughsey (how you doin’ guys?). I found it faintly amusing that none of us weigh on the the traditional Monday. Looks like you have put a bit of thought andorganisation into a plan – it sounds really good Verano. Breaking it up into smll chunks seems to make it more manageable. As you know, I put on so much weight trying to be perfect for a 8 week period – overwhelming because ‘occasions’ creep in then you feel like you have blown it. I’m on 1000cals too. Not counting carbs but the only carbs I have is 2 pieces of fruit plus most veggies per day anyway. I tried that broccli bread – I cut it into 16 pieces at 75cals per piece. It’s obviously not bread but a good substitute. Have frozen them so they will last a while – see today if it freezes well or not . Going to have 1 piece with a fried(oooh!) egg – comes in at 175 cals leaving 25 cals for a wee salad.
Im going to try to post my weight loss every week (even when I have gained!) – that will make me stick to it! You can do this Verano – you have done it before!

Hi Jan- hope you’re raring to go today! Sister – I already have 5755 steps done and dusted (brag brag – for today anyway – no doubt I’ll be back to square 1 tomorrow – lol).

Weight gain for me! Been away for 5 days, and it went like this, 1st day no carbs. 2nd day, no food carbs but gin and tonic, third-day Indian meal, no carbs. then plenty of prosecco! 4th day, lots of prosecco. 5th day, no alcohol, but many, many carbs, quiche, sausage rolls, and birthday cake, twice!!
I weighed myself yesterday and had put 6lbs on. Weighed myself today and I’ve lost 2lbs, so weight gain this week is 4lbs.
I’m hoping that by next week I’ll have removed it all, can’t be actual weight gain, but boy, it is depressing. I’m trying to drink water constantly!!
It was my grand daughters first birthday party, we all got together for a weekend, had a really great time, family and extended family and in laws, it was such fun! I had sooo many positive comments on my weight loss, I think it went to my head and I felt, yeah I’ve done it, and I’m invincible, a few little carbs won’t hurt! How MAD is THAT!!!!! I really didn’t enjoy the food, and there was plenty of meat and salads, but, the devil in me said, what the heck !! I have now shot the devil in me! by the way, I’ve felt sick and bloated and quite ill for two days, that’s with just one meal of carbs and too much prosecco! At least I know that carbs really do not like me, and that is good, as I really don’t like the carbs!!!!

Well done Mary, so chuffed for you. 4 lbs lost is epic and proves to us all we have to work this plan and it will work for us.

FFBB X

Thansk for the heads up 🙂 I have lost 10 poounds up to now (currently 10st 8) I wouldlike to get down to 9st 10. The thing is i have gone more veggie eating more lentils and chickpeas rather then protein form meat. However my weight has stalled a little so prehaps i should swap back to more white fish and lean meats for the time being to see how I get on. I will shock the body with 800/30 prehaps? I just carry my weight round my tummy more so prehaps pulses even though they protein they are a bit too carby for me. xx

I’m a 5″ 10 ,m, 37 this year and and i weighed 16 stone 12.5 when i weighed myself this morning after drinking a pint of water. I then kicked it off and made perfect scrambled eggs with a quarter avocado as per the meal plan in the back of the book.
I’ve always been really fit and active and have a lot of muscle, but since moving to an office job and my son coming into the world in 2013 I’ve let myself go quite a lot and put on 4 stone. The downside is its all around my abdomen – bad visceral fat, i could easily be rolled down stairs like a barrel of beer. lol 🙂
Being heavily involved in sport I’ve always avoided low calorie diets, but as this is simple and the logic makes sense to me i’m going to give it a good go. Mainly because I’ve noticed that i feel very different when i eat , and not in a good way, and my energy levels are through the floor. I’m hoping that this next 8 weeks are going to really help transform my life and my health.

So hello to you all, i hope you can keep me inspired when I’m losing my mind over the next couple days!

lets go!

Sorry for being vague Gracie but instead of doing the fast 800 calorie regime with 30g of carbs, I’m trying 1000 calories with up to 50g of carbs a day.

You don’t say if you have lots or a little to loose but generally the answer to weight loss is ‘stick to the plan like glue’. Good luck.

Morning all,

Even though i have not responded to you all for a while. I do like to read the daily emails and want to say how well everyone is doinf….WELL DONE. I try and keep myself to 1000 cals a day as I exercise quite a bit, but as I have done my back in I will get it down to 800 cals a day. I have 4 pounds to loose in 2.5 weeks before my holidays. Weekends are the worst when I go over and I need to cut back on wine!! May I ask what 1000/50 is ?? I have never heard of this before. I did not know whether to put in a few fast days (500) cals for 2 days a week and keep the rest to 800 and 1000 at the weekend to shift this 4 pounds. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Many thanks, Gracie xx

Loss of 2.2 lb for me this week after my gain last week. Am still on track to lose 4lb during this challenge which will hopefully take me into the elusive 9’s. I am trying really hard to have new recipe ideas. Am drinking more water than ever to try and ease the fat out! I read that to lose weight you need to drink half to one ounce of water for every pound you weigh. I weigh 140 lb so I have worked out I need to drink 4 litres a day! Have I done my sums correctly? Am just on my third pint of water! Have a good week everyone.

So proud of you 66. I cannot imagine your grief at each anniversary. My biggest loss was that of my father and each year I remember him. Next anniversary I will take a leaf from your book and celebrate his life by adhering to my diet and health plans.

Proud of all the others on this post as well: EC with the renos, FFBB, Mary and everyone. My challenges are nothing by comparison. However, despite a nasty mole removal last week that has become a bit infected, the stitches were out today and good news from the pathology with all the nasty bits gone. And I’ve stayed on track in spite of it and lost about a kilo this week.

I finally think that this way of eating (don’t like WOE as it looks sad) is taking hold and starting to become a habit, apart from the odd handful of chocolate batons.

You are all an total inspiration. Love you all. Haven’t heard from Liz lately, hope you, Kev and your mum are all OK.

Hello 66, I am so effing PROUD of you. You are sodding amazing and strong and wonderful.

Love Nonna Mary
xxx

PS : Missed congratulating you Mary , wow that’s a fantastic loss of weight , and yes I think you deserve a glass of Champers on your Wedding Anniversary 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😘

Hello Mary ,
Thank you also for your kind words about my loss of our beloved son , and yes I was fairly restrained on his Birthday , but believe me there have been many many times when I have no memory of the night before , and have had many days when I haven’t known what day it is !
I’m going to use the new glasses to honour his memory , & know he would be proud of me wanting to get as healthy as possible xoxo
husband said he’d like a glass of wine with his dinner , so I poured it for him , and poured me a glass of water in my expensive new crystal glass , and wondered how I would survive watching him drink it !!
I sat his in front of him in a small ‘ old ‘ wine glass , and suggested his wine looked like cat p… , and mine looked as crystal clear as my glass ! Added that my head will be the same in the morning ….
He was very impressed , he sipped his one small glass , & said he was very proud of me ❤️❤️
I didn’t waver so I’m pleased with myself 👍🏻
By the way I thought the new glass / cup idea or mug idea was yours , must have been Liz’s ?
Anyway think it will be helpful , may have to remind myself that wine looks like cat’s p… , and as for champagne , may try and keep that for Celebrating special Birthdays .

😘 from me

and I didn’t waver , I enjoyed my

Soapbox – you have done so well – what a fantastic weight loss. You will find this forum really motivational – it has been my lifeline over the year I have been on the BSD.

Hi Guys, I am restating too. I did the 800 about a year ago, I stuck with it for 6 months. I lost 20kg and was stoked. I decided to take a break for a few weeks but would try and stick to the basic principles with a few treats here and there.
6 months and +10kg (oops too much wine!) I am going to have another crack at this. I am in winter at the moment so would really love to have another summer where the heat won’t bother me because of my chub.
I have spent the last month starting a diet every morning!
At the beginning of this week I started this way of eating again and have stuck to it for 2 days (yay me). Have just had carb flu hit.
I am 42 and want to lose 15kg to get to my ideal weight.
We can do this folks!!!

Weigh in this morning – no weight loss this week. My aim is to lose at least 3lbs before my holiday at the end of August – so will need to get started on losing the lbs. Still maintaining very well – but do need the wriggle room for the holiday.

Dear All,

I have had an amazing loss on the scales this week of 3.4lbs/1.5kg but it is mainly due to the side effects of my treatment for Helicobacter Pylori (which I wouldn’t wish on anyone). Having read The Clever Guts book I have been swigging back Kefir to minimise the side effects of the antimicrobials so at least I can leave the house!

It is a false result, I’m certain that when my appetite and digestion return to normal there will be an adjustment on the scales.

Hope your back gets better soon topcac.
Busybee- it’s 3lbs in the right direction, rejoice!!
Hotel Theodora – your change over day will be like High Intensity Training, hope you survive (and thoroughly enjoy) the tsunami of guests about to sweep in.

Recommendation: To anyone with a copy of Tom Kerridge’s Dopamine Diet
Page 176 Spiced Lamb Shoulder with Curried Cauliflower
I cooked this at the weekend and the Curried Cauliflower is a delicious meal on its own. The bowl was licked clean. It is a lovely combination of cauliflower, halloumi or paneer cheese, onion, ginger, garlic, curry powder, turmeric and spinach. Delicious, please try it!

Off to Camp Bestival down in Lulworth, Dorset this weekend for some great music (due to antibiotics I can have my first glass of wine on Saturday afternoon!). We are joining two other families for some mid-range glamping i.e., our own tents but proper showers and flushing toilets. Fingers crossed for dry weather – what is going on Weather Gods, is it July or October?
Best wishes to everyone this week – we’re half-way through the challenge!

EC thank you for your kind words also about the loss of my Son , and yes I understand how you want to gather your kids , and wrap them in cotton wool , I did that for a long time with my other kids , as I faced unbearable grief as a Mother , they were going through their own grief following the loss of their dearly loved brother , I managed to allow them to spread their wings , and become balanced adults , I now have little Grandchildren that I want to protect and wrap in cotton wool EC , so I’m still a work in progress 😘

Morning everyone,

So sorry to hear about your back Topcac 🙁

My shoulder is well and truly on the mend now thank goodness.
Well surprisingly/happily I’ve lost another 1lb and a half this week with my ‘Med style’ WOE. Haven’t calorie counted for the last four weeks but still the pounds are gradually melting off.

Have been away again from Weds-Sunday, and if no better options were available for lunch I would just have an egg or two (which I’d hard boiled in the morning) and a piece of fruit or two. Saved a fortune on the carb heavy packed lunches that the others were having. They paid £10 a day for those. In the evenings I just made the best choices I could depending on which pub we were in. One night I had a fantastic feta and pomegranate salad, and another night blue cheese chicken breast with veg.
People really think you’re depriving yourself if you order salad don’t they? I guess I used to think that.

Am working from home this week so I will try to get some good walks in with the dog.
Good luck for the week ahead everyone 🙂

Hello Kitty , thank you for your kind words , I think it was Mary who had the great idea of getting a special cup or glass , maybe it was Liz , but I thought it was a great idea , as I bought the silver goblet on my darling Son’ s Birthday , I’m going to use it every day , and know he would be cheering me on 😘

I have been doing fast 800 for just over a year. I’ve done four lots of eight weeks and then bits in between of just maintaining my loss for a while.

I started at 18 stone and am now 13 stone 4lbs. So from a size 24 to a size 14/16 and 4 stone 10lbs loss so far.

I am off on holiday to the US for three weeks, so will be looking to maintain for that time and then have a long weekend booked for my 20th wedding anniversary. So I will be looking for some support to get started on another 8 weeks at the beginning of September.

I am finding it a bit harder to motivate myself, as I move into more normal sized clothes. I really want to get back to 11 stone though – which was my early 20s weight when I felt good about how I looked!

Well doon Nonna Mary, I ope I can get can zee right accent to say appy anniversary and ave a great meal
. 4 lb …yay we’ll done you xxx just got back from my walk and it was definitely a little easier today.
Catch you all later
Kitty 🐱

Allo, Allo,

Leesten verry caerfullii I vill zey zis unly wuns. (Probably only uk dwellers will get that joke, its from a tv programme). Tooday I av vayed myzelf and I arm pleezed to zay I av lozt 4 pownds! Oui, zat is wot I zed, 4 pownds! I av alzo lozt ze eench ov zee ipps and zee wayst…zankfuly ze boobies av remayned ze zame!.

Regardez, zis vay ov loife duz werk.

I arm verry pleezed wiv zis rezult. I arm, cock ov ze oop!

Regardez, I arm steel dans le wagon. Samedi, mon ami Shovis (Je t’adore) av bin marry- ed pour le 39 ans (years). Ooh la la! Zuch a loong tiem. E iz moor ansom eech dae! Ve vill bee diening, a la restaurante, annd perapps mey av ze leetle shampan az eet iz zuch a speshal dey. Owever, I vill sho riztraint.

I lurve vous all. Garder la foi,

Regardz La Nonna Marie,
xxxx

Hi
A stone would be great .. I would like the same . I so far have not quitecfathomed out what to do except to eat 800 calorie.

Hi
I would like to join as well. I started yesterday. I am only half way through the book and need some help on what I should be doing ! Hope you don’t mind !
Lessmuffintop

I don’t know if there is a specific weigh-in day on this thread but my day is Tuesday and always has been for as long as I can remember.

So today is my ‘fresh start’ day. After just over 12 months on BSD I’ve draw a line in my journal, totted up my losses, taken my measurements and started a new page. I have divided the time to my birthday, a week before Christmas, into ‘chunks’ leading to ‘events’ in my life. So the first one is just over 3 weeks away and I’m starting this week with 1000/50 to get me back into a routine. I’m not using time specific weight goals because I find that counter productive but my first goal is to lose 1.4lb to get me back to my lowest BSD weight. Surely that shouldn’t be too difficult!!!

Hope you are all reaching your goals. Have a good week.

obviously, I’m over work for today (it is almost 6pm EST) as here I am posting x 3 today!!

Re the mirror experiences, I would previously always “check” myself in the mirror before work front view only….never side (protruding) view and rushed past any view of the naked me

So….I am making a daily habit of checking the (diminishing…albeit slowly) side view and also most days a naked view to remind me that I NEED to stick to this!!!!!

thank you all you fabulous women for being here!

Morning all – and another weigh in sees me going the wrong way on the scales!! A pound on. I’m not surprised as I did have more ‘off’ days than ‘on’ days in the last 7 and the off days were spectacularly off. However, I am now laid up in bed with a bad back, having helped my parents move furniture at the weekend. I felt it go, and that was it. Off to the GP today to make sure I’ve not slipped a disk then hopefully I can get back on my feet without the worry of doing more damage. Have a really important meeting at work today which I’m going to have to miss and several people who need me to do stuff but they’ll just have to wait. Have access to email at home but that’s it.

Anyway, wittering over, I had a good day yesterday ( not enough to save weigh in today but never mind) and I plan on another one today. At least when I”m laid up in bed I’m unable to go down to trawl the fridge too much lol.

Good luck with the rest of the day all – come shine or snow (not seeing much shine right now….)

Good morning everyone

Well just been weighed and I’ve lost 2.2lbs this week so now I’m just 0.2lb heavier than when I started 7 weeks ago! Still I do have one week left to make some sort of dent in this weight and hopefully I will because I’m starting my ‘fresh start’ today with 1000/50.

It actually feels quite good to draw a line under the last twelve, almost thirteen, months and start again. I did do quite well but can’t rest on my laurels any longer. It truly is time to start keeping on again for the next 3 weeks, which is the first ‘chunk’ of time set out in my plan.

Hope everyone is keeping on for the next week and will do well. Last week of our 8 …..

Thanks for your replies 🙂 The danger for creme fraiche is trying not to eat the whole pot in one go!!! 😉

Morning,

I will update on weight in a bit. First let me say….BLOODY WELL DONE ! You are amazing ladies and I am proud to ‘chat’ with you on here. We are all together in this journey and I am pleased or offer my hand and shoulder when you need them.

Kitty, I do hope you manage to get your swim in today and give your Nana a huge love from me. I never knew my grandparents and my daughters only had my mother (Jovis is an orphan). I do have an Aunt who is 94, who I love dearly and is like a mother to me. We need to venerate our elders more! They are full of wisdom and love. (well some of them are)

Hello 66….I was so sad to hear of your loss. It take incredible courage to recover slightly from that. I would have been so drunk I wouldn’t have remembered what day it was. You were incredibly restrained. Now, you must abstain in his memory also. What a lovely idea to have new glasses. I hadn’t thought of that. I might pinch that idea.

EC…it must be very difficult re bsd whilst the renos are going on. Be kind to yourself and if you have to chose between drink and food, choose food lol. Give your sons cuddles from me.

Madmare…I hope you are enjoying your holiday no matter what vegetable you think you are. I know I am a potato! Knobbly and versatile. I miss my mash!

Take care everyone.

Love Nonna Mary
xxxx

Morning all
I’m a little disappointed as have only lost 3 lbs since I got back from holiday. Over the week my weight has been down by as much as 6 lbs and now has bounced up again. I think my portion size has perhaps still been ‘US style’ and I must start weighing everything again.
Keeping on keeping on
X B

Well done Lynne – that’s a fantastic result after being on holiday and eating more or less everything. And great that you found that it didn’t give as much pleasure as you remembered – now that is a real victory and one to move forward with.

Marie, 63kg sounds pretty good and whilst you say it could be better (couldn’t it always? 😜) it’s great that it’s not worse.

My challenge this month was to maintain whilst having non stop house guests and I suppose I am doing that because I haven’t yet gone over my goal weight, but let’s just say that I’m awfully glad I started out with 5lbs wriggle room😜 I have certainly needed it, and used it, but right now I have just 2lbs (at my worst I had just 0.2lbs 😱 – too close for comfort) Current 5 guests depart today after a bbq, so will have a really strict day tomorrow (with lots of exercise stripping beds, laundering sheets /towels etc 😄) before the next lot arrive on Thursday. Feel as though I’m running a hotel😃

Hoping to hear lots of positive weigh ins today. Keep it up everyone – whatever your personal challenge, you can do it.

WOW Esnecca that’s some recipe. I do like ‘crunch’ but I’m not sure I like it that much!!! I admire your cooking skills.

Further to SunnyB’s cheese recipe Yotam Ottolenghi has a wonderful topping for his Labneh which I will definitely try.
His cheese recipe uses 450g goats yogurt and 450g of natural yogurt but I’m sure just using Fage or another Greek yogurt will be lovely. So for the topping

“20 black olives, pitted
1½ tbsp roughly chopped fresh oregano
1 tbsp chopped parsley
Grated zest of 2 lemons
1 small garlic clove, crushed
100ml olive oil
20g pistachios, lightly toasted
20g pine nuts, lightly toasted
½ tsp flaked chilli
3 ripe tomatoes
½ a small red onion, thinly sliced
Coarse sea salt

Remove the labneh from the cloth and onto a serving dish or platter. Use the back of a spoon to spread it over the plate creating a loose wavy pattern, about 2 centimetres thick.

Next, dice the olives or chop roughly. Place them in a bowl and add the oregano, parsley, lemon zest, garlic and olive oil, reserving 2 tablespoons of oil for the tomatoes. Use a pestle and mortar to crush the nuts unevenly, leaving some just broken and others finely crushed; add to the olive mix and stir.

Spoon the olive mix over the labneh clearing about 2 centimetres away from the edge (you don’t need to use the whole quantity if you want your labneh a bit milder). Sprinkle with chilli. Finally, cut the tomatoes into thick wedges and mix with the onion. Arrange on a side plate next to the labneh, sprinkle with salt and drizzle with the reserved olive oil. Serve the labneh and tomatoes with torn out chunks of bread.”

Obviously we’d omit the bread! But this is just my sort of dish. Ottolenghi’s website is http://www.ottolenghi.co.uk and there are some other nice recipes such as Turkish vegetables with yogurt and chilli oil. I’m not sure how calorific some of the dishes are but I’m sure they could be adapted.

HI Mary
I had a similar mirror horror experience yesterday.
Our bedroom in the lovely villa has internal shutters on the windows. I had the windows open whilst applying makeup and caught sight of my rear view in the glass.
I HAVE NO WAIST AT ALL!!
I have enormous shoulders anyway but I AM SO BROAD!!
If as Liz,s lovely Polish lady would say I am a leek I am in the monster league that those Northern lads who grow leeks compeiviely would be delighted to possess!!
This has not sent me into a drinking spiral just th cold determination that something HAS TO BE DONE!!
It’s not going to be easy, there are no scales either for portion control or weighing me, but just need to be sensible
Remove carbs as far as possible and limit drinking

Love to you alll

Madmare

haha, sorry Kitty….Australians are notorious for abbreviating everthying…names especially!!

renovations!! our state Govt has released a loan scheme (interest free) for energy efficient projects, so we are insulating and putting in hydronic, underfloor heating (we live in the coldest state in the country!)…but arguably the most beautiful!!

Hello nice to meet you EC
At the risk of sounding thick…but what are “renos” please?
Kitty 🐱

I’m so humbled by the generosity of life’s tales in this group….Lee what a beautiful gesture from your dad, and H66, thankyou for sharing your story of your son….I hope whatever gives you solace is yours….It makes me want to gather all my kids up and wrap them in cotton wool but that would be counter to living well too!

We’re alright this mob and here for one another

This journey (as as been expressed previously) is not just about physical health.

All good here on most fronts….renos have stalled for a few days (respite!) and work beckons loudly as deadlines approach
Two good BSD days, though am wearying of soup (and I love soup!!).

Dinner out tonight, but Japanese, so should be plenty of healthy choices
border collie also beckons, so a quick walk before we head out

love and strength to you all

Hello everyone.

Weigh-in today 63.7kg. Its ok. Could be better, could be worse.

Thinking good thoughts for everyone else with their weigh-in today and the forthcoming week.

I am a significantly overweight 50 year old woman with about 100lbs to lose. I’ve just done my first fasting glucose test and it was 6.4, putting me firmly in the pre-diabetic range. *glub*!! A bit shocked although I’m not sure why, I’ve been on a food bender for about 18 months now, so I should have known this day was coming.

My friend and I are doing the BSD diet and I have chosen to go the 800 cal way. Today is my first day. I’m so looking forward to getting to know everyone and to seeing this through.

Here goes!

Good morning my lovely friends,
Nice to meet you H66, you don’t need to worry about drinking on your sons birthday…who wouldn’t? Lovely idea to have special drinking glasses ❤️
Well I’m awake so… breakfast,walk,shower,tidy, loads of washing and hopefully ready to take nana (95) to hospital at 12:30!
I’m also cutting out caffeine whilst following BSD and I really missed my lattes yesterday…however if that helps with ny hot flushes, I’ll do it!
Have a great day everyone
Love Kitty 🐱

Hi guys glad to hear ye are still alive n kickin’ – I’m kinda in a boat without oars at the moment – not gaining but not losing either. Have been enjoying the glorious sunshine a bit too much and using it as an excuse to eat- drink and be merry (a little more than usual) so I need to pull back a bit. Am still keeping to the woe as much as possible but did have PASTA at weekend – very unintentional – but ate it all the same. First pasta since starting in Feb – ordered a lovely fish dish but it came with two stuffed cannelloni – hey wasnt’t going to say no but I really didn’t enjoy it the way I thought I would and realised that I don’t miss it at all and will probably be another six months or never if I eat it again. I too have to get out an move more – life seems to get in the way – that’s my excuse for being lazy 🙂

Thanks Mixnmatch I may buy some and keep in the freezer. I’m struggling with not having carbs for breakfast. I’m just not good with eggs, so may cave occasionally 😕.