Final weigh in on this challenge and I am a hair outside my comfort zone at 11:0.8 which is 3.8 pounds above my target, but I haven’t had a fast day since before my birthday and have been relatively unrestrained in eating so actually quite pleased with this, still off to join the seriously challenge now for a 7 day ‘reboot’ to get my head back in the game and try if I can get some autophagy going, with a 5 day fasting mimicking diet.

Hi guys, so initial weigh in today before my 7 days of fasting again, and I am a hair over the top of what I am calling my comfort zone at 3.8 pounds above my target weight, so 11 stone 0.8 pounds. I am not really trying the fast to lose too much more, but will be interested to see if I have a similar glycogen loss to first week BSD proper. Meals already planned including phase 2 from Thursday, fasting mimicking so will see what happens. Today and tomorrow are badminton days so will have my usual protein shakes, and my new favourite Cornish bulletproof coffee as the heart of the day, with some leftovers from last night’s tea I have to eat up, at around 4:00pm today, so sufficiently before badminton time that I should regain my mobility 😀

Hi all. Lost another poind this morning so have 6 pounds to lose to reach my goal and will stick to this diet until I’m there. Going to Stamford in Lincolnshire on Friday evening and taking a picnic to watch A Midsummers night dream so going to Marks and Spencer to get the food as I will be able to work out the calories etc.
However I will definitely have a glass of rose’ wine!

Look at you girls squabbling over 1/2lb just think how far your journey’s have come, months ago you would have been gutted at only moving 1/2lb.
SSG good to see your sugars are starting to do as you hoped, looks like it may be a case that diabetes will always be with you but you and not drugs will have control.
On ward and downward. I lost a pound yesterday, I think it fell out of my pocket ?

Hi all! Hope you’ve all had a good week. I’ve removed 4lbs this week. As I didn’t remove anything last week I’m quite chuffed! That’s 3 and a half stone gone and 1and a half to go.
Checked my bmi score today it’s 28.5. Still overweight but out of obese. Yay!
Hope you all have a good day
Ann x

Hi
I’m also going well on day 2! Pleased to have group support.

Does anyone know about the calorie count in the recipes in the book? I made the courgette and feta salad and it says 270 calories, but I added it to my fitness pal and it came up as 371. Anyone ideas as to why this discrepancy? A tablespoon of olive oil came up as 121. Wondered if the recipe was supposed to say 1/2 tblespn or a teaspoon?

OP

Thanks Ann. I’m back on it today and I am HUNGRY!!! Hopefully that will disappear quickly again!

First day has gone really well, happy to share my food diary each day if that helps anyone. I’m accustomed to eating two meals, one at about 12-1pm and one at 6-7pm.

Yesterday I had scrambled eggs and smoked salmon for breakfast, sliced pear and full fat greek yoghurt for afternoon tea and a vegetable stir fry with cauliflower rice and a sausage for dinner. A few cups of tea here and there.

I have been adding back my exercise calories as I figure that will be a strong motivator for me to exercise each day. I am logging using an app similar to MyFitnessPal but on the Australian app store.

My weakness is late-night snacking. I have started having a fibre supplement before dinner which has really helped me to feel fuller more quickly and prevent overeating. I still had late-night cravings last night, that’s really the hardest part. I can keep myself busy during the day. I just try to get to bed early and read a good book.

Thank you for your welcome & understanding Mary , I realise no health benefits gained from drinking wine , certainly a contributor to my weight gain & pre diabetes , & if I don’t change , in the very near future if we don’t part company , I’m not going to be PRE, I’m going to BE Type 2 Diabetic & I really don’t want that to happen with all its nasty possible complications !
From what I’ve read I’m sure this blood sugar diet is the answer , it’s great to know I’m not going it alone , the support is right here , so with that I’m off to make a pot of tea Mary , look forward to catching up with everyone soon 😊
Bye for now ,
from Hello 66

Hi all.
I’m back. Have just landed and will report on the damage the Emerald Isle has inflicted over the last 5 days.

Quite frankly, I shall be fine with it. My aunts baked for me (and I coped) I had a few drinks one night (which was inevitable) but they did deal quite well with a non drinking Lee which surprised me….

My cousins ranged from saying “you look fabulous, keep it up” to “are you ill?” “Do you have an eating disorder?” “Eat some bread for goodness sakes”

So, time for a quick, funny story.

I’m 43. Now single after 2 long relationships and content to remain that way. I’m also accepting that my appearance may have changed quite dramatically over recent months but did not expect to “pull” while back home!

Now, my family have a local pub we haunt. We are well known in there, going back to my grandfather in the twenties. I’m also known in there and know a lot of the regulars. On Friday, one regular became rather fixated on me. Why after all these years? Have I really changed that much? Does losing weight really make such a difference or is it (as I suspect) that I’m happier since starting this journey and that makes someone more attractive? Ah well who knows?!!

Anyhow the funny part is, that this guy (I shall call him Barry as that’s his name 🤣) is 24. Yes, that’s right. A full 19 years my junior 😱🤣🤣
So, I had the opportunity to be a cougar (a la sex in the city) all on the west coast of Ireland! Flattered though I was, I had to play some pretty full on hide and seek to try and get away (and he really was quite persistent!) but I can’t help smiling about the massive ego boost I got! It’s certainly given me a shove to start my next 8 week cycle. I’m back in Galway in 8 weeks and hope to be in an even better place by then. Poor Barry!

Liz, you have my hand, always. I’m thinking of you.

Welcome newbies, sorry I’ve missed you all but come on in and join the tea party. They are an ace bunch!

Will post damage update tomorrow with great relief that I have a bsd friendly shop arriving to rescue me!!

L xxx

Bigeater – I don’t stick to 800cal because I take off my exercise calories, so I eat about 1200-1400 calories and try to burn off 400 calories at the gym. It’s working, so I’m not too fussed, although I really don’t stick to any part of the diet on the weekend which means I spend the first two days of the week getting back down to the weight I was before the weekend. I really need to stop that cycle because I’m almost down to one of my first goal weights! Strawberries and cream sound delicious, it’s winter here so no strawberries 🙁

Frazzledmum- thanks for the tip about the sauces and dressings, I’ll do that. Sorry to hear you’ve been stressed, see if you can get some time for yourself to do things you find relaxing.

Onetowatch – well done on your weight loss!

That’s an interesting idea. I did try adding a pinch of salt, but it didn’t make any noticeable difference, but savoury cheesy overtones could be really good, like pineapple and cream cheese.
Part of the point of using cream was that I could whip it to get more air in, but the egg whites were much better for that so there won’t be any loss of texture by using mascarpone instead.

Great to see you back Mariet! Glad you had a fab time. And I can’t believe its freezing in Sydney.
Enjoy today, and hopefully the scales will be kind tomorrow. But heyho, life’s for living, and with your great willpower you’ll soon remove any gain!

Hi everyone, I’m Baaack! 🚢🎊

Had a fabulous time, went so many places, met lots of great people and yummy,yummy food! And cocktails and champagne and lattes and now to face the damage with eight weeks to my son’s wedding.

My clothes all still fit but I am not hopping on the scales until tomorrow because my legs are swollen like elephant legs from the heat and the long flight. I am hoping the damage will be 2 or 3 kilos but will report tomorrow.

Good to see some of us are still here and keeping on.

Brrr, it’s freezing in Sydney! Can’t believe I was sweltering in Shanghai yesterday!

And isnt that great JOSIE that you feel you can continue without pasta,rice,bread ? I feel same way. This time last year,i thought it was a complete impossibility that i could give up toast and other carby stuff! Just shows,doesnt it,the more you eat floury stuff the more you want it. Stop eating it and the craving goes! Who knew!!!
Wish i had known this about 30 years ago…wd have stopped me livng thru many years of yoyo dieting.
Really I wd love to lose 23 more lbs,and then i wd be half the weight i started off at….will do that slowly tho and without pressure. If for some reason i cdnt lose another ounce that wd be ok.
I feel embarrassed i had so much to lose,but it works out i gained an average of five lbs per year for twenty years!
Shows how insidious it is,just creeps up
I think maybe the main thing for us folk in our sixties is to aim to maintain. Lot of people here are maintaining successfully which makes me hopeful of similar success for myself! X

I am 64 and also very many wrinkles, although i have reversed my blood sugars i am prone to having the odd chip and other things that i shouldn’t have, hence i haven’t lost any weight since after xmas

I do have bacon occasionally but i find it too salty now
Fortunately i do like mushrooms so often put cheese on them and bake in the oven
Just get lazy really, i shall probably not eat pasta rice brea or anything with flour in again

I still have 14 kgs left to lose approx 30 lbs.
Today i restarted low carb 800 calories a day and high fat. Hope i will lose 8-10 pounds by the end of july.
not doing intermittent fasting will add that in next week hopefully.
Hopefully will be joining you all on maintenance in the future.

Thanks – assume I need to keep carbs below 50 each day – pleased with my first day – have counted carbs now and they are below 50 👍 And drunk lots of water 🙂

So far, so good on day one, although I have to remember to drink more water. I’m not sure if Dr. Mosley’s book specifies a carb limit (I took a quick look through it this morning and couldn’t find a specific reference). I find if I let my carbs creep up I start to crave them, but if I keep them lowish (<50), I actually forget to eat sometimes (which boggles my mind!)

I also did a 40 minute ‘seniors’ aerobics I found on YouTube. I always feel so much better afterwards even though I dread doing it but I don’t have to leave the house, I like the woman leading it and the price is right, so there’s no excuses.

Well I have started (again!) today.

I must try harder in finding varied things to eat. Perhaps I could buy the cookbook – does anyone find this worthwhile? I had a small apple, very small remains of a sausage casserole, a little but naughty yoghurt thing low fat and sugar ( I know fat is good!) and scrambled egg and beans tonight and loads of water. I ate well under 800 calories but carbs pushed 60. That’s what I always have problems with on this way of eating. Too few calories and carbs too high. I need to get a better idea of what an 800 calories plate of food looks like with carbs being under 50g at least. Any bright ideas???!!!

I also went to the gym – as I’m so unfit I only do light stuff for 30 minutes.

Oh well, it’s a start!

How did everyone else do?

Lucy

In a word, yes. I was shocked to find out how many carbs were in veggies that I assumed were naturally low carb. I used to use a quarter pound of onions in dinners all the time. One look at the nutritional data of a medium yellow onion on MyFitnessPal and that changed forever. Onions are packed with sugar, which is why they caramelize so beautifully.

You really don’t know what you’re eating until you look it up, and should you feel the need to make changes to speed up your weight loss, overcome a plateau or adjust your blood sugar response, you’ll know exactly how many carb grams to trim and how to do it. The math may seem tedious, but it’s really not if you use an app like MyFitnessPal or FatSecret, and hard data beats estimates and assumptions any day of the week.

Try adding some mascarpone cheese for taste, I broke my ice cream duck after almost two years with a rather lovely orange and mascarpone one in St Ives, and it would probably work just as well if not better with a little less sweetness.

Hi JOSIE i have yog every day..total fullfat fage greek yogurt from Tesco monday to friday
Weekends i have Aldi Brooklea fullfat greek yog as a treat..its much cheaper at £1.29 per 500 grams,but got more cals and fat than Fage…tastes gorgeous doesnt it!
Total has just gone up on price at tesco..£2.75 for 500 grams ..grrrrrr! its getting too dear!
Do you like cheese? Its low carb. How about bacon and eggs occasionally? Makes a good brekky,brunch,lunch or tea,specially at weekends.
I too could lose two more stone but it wd take me down to a weight i havent seen for over thirty yrs..i think maybe at 67 and now looking very wrinkled due to weight loss, i might aim to lose ten pounds to one stone quite slowly
I suppose we shdnt get too hung up n nubers on a scale xxx

Hi Pancita, bananas and greek yoghourt is a low fat way of making ice cream without additives, but is quite low in fat and fairly high in carbs. Cream, eggs and fruit will be high fat and low in carbs, but so far it’s also low in taste 🙁 I blame the raspberries. I snuck one before I mashed them and it was pretty tasteless. 🙁
I’ll try peaches next time.

eta or I could give up on fruit and just make vanilla ice cream! And actually the raspberry is ok it’s subtle though.

what do you have instead of yogurt, i eat the yogurt Monday to Friday and have eggs at the weekend. I am not sure what to have after that, i suppose i need to go back to the book. I still have 2 stones to lose

hope all is well with you and yours now, i am sort of stable not put on any weight but not lost any either

Hi Ellen
I’ve started this then fallen off the wagon for a couple of weeks – that sugar demon! I did stick with it for 2 weeks and felt fab, I couldn’t believe how much fat went from my tummy.
I’ll join you then we can support one another, I have 2 weeks before I go on holiday for 5 days, back 2 days then off again for a week, back 2 days then off again for the weekend !! I want to try and stick with it as much as I can on the first 2 holidays as I want this to be a way of life. My first target is to lose a stone to get to a healthy BMI.
How about you?
Sian

if you keep your carbs low your body will burn them but will also turn to the fat you are hoarding. Your muscles shouldn’t be used by your body until your fat reserves, of which most people have a large store of. It can be difficult to know when you are fat burning – fat adapted – but once you are you have a plentiful supply of fuel. Your body switches quite happily between carb burning and fat burning once it gets the idea. Of course the best thing you can do is eat healthily as per this way of eating low carb medium protein, high fat.

The past week hasn’t gone as well as I would have liked. Have been coasting rather and that has proved to be a mistake, as I’ve gained a pound on last Monday’s results, so slipping backward instead of striding forward … aahhhh!!!

Anyway, new leaf today and I’ve been mega strict and been very frugal with both cals and carbs, in the hope of kicking things off again. As I’m still 2.8lb away from getting back to target weight again, something needs to be done. This week a big one socially, so in between the social days, I’m planning to really stretch my overnight fast hours and trim back the cals and carbs those days too. Hopefully this will help to keep things in control and allow me to report a loss next week.

Hope other people are doing well and getting closer to reaching their goals. Look forward to reading your results soon.

Hello, Hello 66,

Welcome. We are dedicated BSDers, who have their ups and downs and are not afraid to admit it. I have used the 5 oclock somewhere excuse many many times.

Keep in touch.

Mary xxx

Thanks Ann. The kick up the bum helped!

Having the kitchen scales working again, has guilted me into weighing everything today as I normally would. I’ve been super good so far and having just eaten dinner, I’m not feeling hungry so not planning to add to what I’ve had. Broke my fast today at 16.15 with a few grams of cheese – wanted to do longer, but I was feeling peckish and thought it safest to have a little something, in case I ended up stuffing myself later in desperation.

This evening I had chicken breast stuffed with 6g of St Agur and topped with two thin slices of chorizo and mixed veggies. Today’s total 357 cals and 9.5g carbs at present. If I desperately need anything else before 8pm, I’ll keep it sensible, but think I’ll manage without and top up with fluids instead.

Thanks for taking the time to post the kick up the bum and I hope we’ll both be posting something positive tomorrow.

Hi Canada Liz & Co .,
I have read all your posts , and would love to gain some strength and support from you all as I begin my journey on the blood sugar diet .
In brief I like my food & I love my wine …..enough said !
I’m overweight and pre diabetic , and don’t want to progress to become a Diabetic .
I’m asking myself how I can possibly get to the point where I’m hanging out for a pit of tea at 5 o’clock , or where I get to the point where I say ” To Hell with it , it must be 5 o’clock somewhere in the world , I’m going to have a cup of tea !!!”
I need your help with this dilemma .
Do hope your Mum is recovering from her Stroke Liz .
Goodbye for now , from Hello 66
( see how screwed up I am ? Goodbye from Hello ….lol )

Hi Mrs Honey,

I’m in my fifth week now and definitely went through the tired phase your describing. For me it lasted for about 4-5 days in the second week and got much better after that. Although I would caution against doing too much while you’re on the diet. I did an hour in the gym last Friday morning and could barely keep my eyes open after about 3pm.

I’m on day 5 and feeling a bit weird. I haven’t been hungry at all today, in fact I’ve only eaten cause I thought it would be stupid not to. I was very tired over the weekend, I fell asleep in the afternoon yesterday which is very unlike me. I feel a bit shaky and my heart rate seems a lot faster and just walking normally I feel out of breath, is this due to lack of energy?
I read it can take a while to start burning fat rather than sugar. I don’t want to give in though. I’ve promised myself I’ll do the full 8 weeks.
That idea for ice cream sounds yummy. I was wondering if bananas are allowed, although I think I know the answer to that! I have lots of them frozen and have read if you whizz them up with Greek yoghurt it’s like ice cream.

Day 17 in the BSD house.

Completed another day. Combated the hunger pangs by chewing gum, even if I had given in to the hunger anything I ate would have tasted gross due to having a minty fresh mouth. Logged the gum due to carbs.

Didn’t hear any siren calls today, they only seem audible on a Friday and a Sunday which is something for me to ponder over.

Wishing you all the very best.

FFBB X

Hi everyone – I am calorie counting but have not counted carbs – although everything eaten has been low carb. Should I be counting carbs as well.? 😐 So far feel ok, making sure I drink plenty

Hi everyone! I’m starting tomorrow. I’m not a diagnosed diabetic but I have suspected for a while now that I’m insulin resistant. I need to lose about 2.5 stone.

Have tried to meal plan today and off shopping to get necessary ingredients!

800 calories just doesn’t seem very much at all!

X

Don’t know if I can provide “inspirational rhetoric” but I can defo supply a quick, sharp kick up the bum!
What are you doing? You are usually so on top of it! At least you’ve got your scales back working now so no excuse! Be super careful today, and you never know! As for all your social events, take an egg and babybel and hide around the corner while everyone is eating! Lol! Not a serious suggestion! For the cream tea, forget about the scone and just enjoy the cream!
Ann x

I’m in!!!

Gday all,
I agree 54andfatnomore, I need to be a lot stricter, my wife wants another go on bsd 8-week journey and I think I will join her for the ride. I have been sticking to the same types of food but I’ve been having much larger quantities. I never hardly worried about counting calories, just stuck to the recipes or just avoided carbs, sugar and bad fats at all costs. Though must admit I have averaged from 10km to 15km walking every day, which now has become a welcome addiction. And last couple of months I’ve entered a few 5km runs which l have enjoyed, and have not done since my early 30’s.

I have tried a lot of new things in my journey, from joining this great forum and interacting and sharing our progress together, to drinking raw apple cider vinegar tonic, to joining the 2017 1,000 mile challenge on Facebook which l completed 6 months early and pledged to do 2017 miles in 2017,to sticking to a core Strength program called A-40’s on YouTube I found, to sticking to the exercises in the bsd book 4 times a week, to taking fish oil and gelatine tablets, to watching inspirational YouTube clips on weight loss journeys when l felt l was failing, special mention to Obese to beast for his massive positive vibe , to trying a 2 day fast and skipping every Friday and Saturday breakfast since I started back on 28 Aug. 2016 ,to doing face exercises and moisturising, to doing biking and rowing, to climbing and hiking hills, to down loading the Pacer app to monitor my steps and weight loss and joining Pacer community where likeminded people share their experiences and compete in challenges.

I have more new things to try, I’m in the process of writing about my weight loss journey and have been gathering some old photos, l cannot believe how far l have come, l almost have to pinch myself. There was a time in the back of my mind l thought I would not have long left on this earth. I also have been looking into doing my story on you tube, as l found other peoples journeys to be very inspiring and helpful in times of despair. If l could just help one person it would be worth the effort.

My journey is far from over, it will be a continual one, it will be struggle for l have big since l was a baby, I have lost hell a lot of weight several times, always failing in the end, always putting back on, though l can tell you one certain thing, l will never bloody give up……

Ok so started today. Had a latte 🙁 they are my total weakness. Had nothing for the rest of the day until evening. Just had chilli with cauliflower rice. Haven’t worked out the cals though, must try harder tomorrow.

Thanks V, looks like you sent me back that pesky half a pound because it is back on my but or more precisely it is on my midriff. That is where I see weight come and go first. On the good news, my BG is still down around 4.0 even with the lower insulin. If that continues for a couple more days I might be cutting the dose again. Anyway, still another day before weigh in so fingers crossed that halfie disappears again.

Just gone back on the BBC news website and I see that Professor Mann’s clip is the third most viewed of the day to date.
Mike

Ps 1960SMP I used mynetdiary as a free,easy way to log my daily carbs etc..also keeps track of water drunk,steps taken etc. They sometimes ask do you want to upgrade to the paid version but the free one does all i want it to
Xx

I see what you mean, but I think that the message that came across from the professor would often be interpreted as ‘don’t worry if you are obese and even if you do contract diabetes or cardio-vascular disease, you’ll do better than those who aren’t obese.’ For someone who is obese and looking for comfort rather than cure, that clip – to my mind – tends to provide it.
Mike

Great loss to date Michael but what a frustrating week you had! I’ like your plans for the test match…in my experience. Ewe has featured quite heavily, particularly if you have to wait for play to restart! Best of luck 🙂

I have never seen it written in BSD that you can have high gi carbs of any kind. Personally I get enough carbs in my diet without turning to bread or pasta etc. There are 17 grams of carbs in a apple.

HI 1960 ..i am not the right person to give you that advice – tho am sure others here can and will – i’ m not much of a cook and my typical weeks food would prob be very boring to a lot of people, as i used same things over and over,but for me that works
I always have a large portion of fage full fat yogurt for brunch ..anytime between eleven am and two pm..the later the better to get some fasting hours in..with just a small handful of berries or nuts. To me this makes the equivalent of say a Cornetto,being creamy and delicious.and the nuts giving a nice crunch,while the tartness of berries goes really well with the Yog and its all pretty nutritious too!
Dinner is usually very simple..some pepper strips,lettuce or watercress, a stalk of celery and some red onion ( being careful with amounts tho as even salady stuff is surprisingly Carby…spring onions are better carbwise than red ones,but i do love a few rings of red onion!) with either wiltshire ham – a large portion – or hot roast chicken breast with crispy skin ( yummy! ) im not much of a fishy person but sometimes i bake cod in foil with slices of lemon and have it with broc and cauli
Otherwise dindins is three large eggs scrambled in plenty of butter on a bed of watercress and spinach.
Or …back bacon or halloumi slices..with scrambled or fried eggs is delicious. Even a cheeky sausage sometimes! 😄
Im not a cheese eater so cant advise there.
Apples,,narnas,oranges and pears are a thing of the past ..i used to eat them a lot but theyre very carby..so they are at most one item per month. Over the last year i prob havent eaten more than four small apples,two or three narnas, two pears, one orange. Rare treats but they taste absolutely sublime when you have them!
You wd have laughed! DD took me for a posh facial and they started us off sitting in reception drinking water with an orange slice in it. I got a funny look from the snooty lady coz i dived on the orange slice and devoured it! 😋
I look forward to a little extra fruit and more veg now that i can be a little more relaxed. I must say its fruit,veg,nuts,yog i crave now rather than cake,bread,etc which leaves me coldi think it was MIXNMATCH who said,
“Once the carb cravings are gone, you stop seeing the cake as an object of desire at all to a large extent.”
Thats SO true!
Then in the evening – a tricky time for me as i want to nibble if i watch tv – a few nuts to graze on and perhaps a spoonful or two of yog again.
Please dont feel defeated..this is a great way of eating…lots of full fat delicious foods! You really wont go hungry and can eat as simply as i do,or theres lots people here with great recipe ideas..top right of this page Recent Recipes are featured XX

Have been coasting this week and ultimately paying for it, as I’m currently in at a pound up on last week’s results. I’m trying to counter that, by being mega good today and hoping to be able to report something better at the official challenge weigh-in tomorrow. Pathetically my main excuse for not keeping better control, is that the battery in my kitchen scales gave up and so I wasn’t able to weigh everything, as I normally would. Battery has been replaced now and I shall be weighing everything again from today.

Dangerously, this week is littered with social events, so I’m planning to really push out my fasting periods in between times and keep a really strict eye on what’s consumed on the non-social days. Friday has the potential to be a complete disaster though, as it will include a cream tea AND a curry out with friends – those will be the only two occasions I will be consuming cals and carbs that day though and I’ll have the w/e to compensate a bit.

So anyway, STILL not back at pre-holiday target weight after four weeks and VERY annoyed with myself, as I only had 4.5lb to lose. On the upside, I still have a couple of months to get to that – and with luck, below – so trying not to stress about it. I am frustrated with my own lack of application though, so am seeking a bit of a lecture from someone please – I need a kick up the bum and a bit of motivational rhetoric, if anyone can offer that I’d be really grateful.

Hope everyone else is having a good week and will be reporting good things tomorrow. Best of Luck people!

Just crossed the halfway mark by finishing week 4 on Sunday and, this morning, I weighed in at 17st 10.5lbs. Last week really came in two parts. From Saturday in week 3 to last Thursday, I hadn’t lost any weight at all and, despite knowing it was just a plateau, I still found it pretty frustrating. I decided to head to the gym on Thursday and Friday and in my frustration over did things a bit, which tired me out for the weekend. The scales did start moving again however and pretty much entirely over the weekend, I dropped 4lbs.

I’m going to see the test match on Sunday, which will require a bit of planning. Especially as the previous times I’ve been, it’s been a rather boozy affair. I’ll need to sort out a packed lunch and lots of water bottles!

Thanks to everyone who’s replied. If anybody has any advice about transitioning back to a sustainable diet after completing the 8 weeks, I’d love to hear it.

4 weeks down, 4 to go. Starting weight 19st 8lbs, current weight 17st 10.5lbs.