I’m sure you will be posting good results soon Rob Bear and any loss is a step in the right direction, so stick with it.

Just checked nutritional values for cellophane noodles online and it seems they come in at 161 calories and 39.57g carbs for just 100g cooked cellophane noodles, so I would say these are best avoided. If you consider most of us try to limit carbs to 50g or less per day, you can see these noodles wouldn’t leave a lot of options carb-wise for the rest of the day. My advise is not to seek direct substitutes for the foods you used to eat, like pasta, noodles, potatoes, etc. but to get used to eating differently – for instance my dinner plate will most often consist of a protein source and either salad or veggies with nothing mimicking a carb source like pasta, rice etc.

Konjac noodles would be fine but they are quite pricey – you can get them online and in health food stores, like Holland and Barrett. Have occasionally used konjac products, I think the rice is more palatable, but it’s a matter of personal choice.

Hope the above helps a little and best of luck at next weigh-in.

So i managed to lose another 3lbs and got myself down to 15 stones 11lbs . a result for me it takes my body awhile to adjust sometimes, if i can lose another 4lbs that will be a 3 stone weight loss in around 18 weeks or so, 3 stones is 42 pounds the equivalent of 22 bags of sugar.. So another two weeks to go till i look at just maintaining my weight ..I had to go shopping to buy new clothes at the weekend most of what iv`e been wearing is now to big..All the best for the coming week and i will check back with you all next week
Cheers Steve

Welcome Tryinghard – well done on taking the decision to make a life change to improve your health. Taking your measurements instead of weighing is okay if you really can’t bear to know what you weigh right now. Clothes becoming too big will be a good indication of progress, as your weight falls. Hopefully you will be able to brave the scales at some point, as seeing the pounds drop is a great encouragement to sticking with things.

Yes, you can expect sticking points and in the early days possibly carb ‘flu’, but if you persist, you WILL see positive results. Use the forum to vent when things are not going well and someone will offer support and encouragement – equally let us know every little success too, as we love an excuse to celebrate as well. Use the search box in the top right corner of the page if there is a particular issue you want to find info on, as there are lots of threads on here relating to all sorts of issues people have struggled with, but if in doubt just shout, someone will respond.

Wish you all the best and hope to be reading positive results from you soon.

Welcome Tryinghard.
You can do this!
As for measuring, well that’s one of the best ways.
Shout if you need advice and don’t give up. Remember, its best to eat too much of the right foods than any of the wrong foods!
And my biggest success tip was to drink water water water. I am trying to renew that this week!
Looking forward to your progress.

Hello Everyone,

Sorry I can’t help much re food as I use the Recipe Book. I did however have a piece of Romaine lettuce with shredded ham, 4 olives and a touch of Feta the other day and it was lovely. This could be made up and kept in a Tupperware box. Wow….Tupperware, never hear of that now.

Today, I have hitched the horses to the wagon, climbed on board and started off for the desert of teetotalism. I am heading to Tea Lake and will camp out there for a while, whilst holding Liz’s hand and frequently checking on the forum….I may even visit her kitchen to grab supplies of encouragement and love, not to mention hilarious explanations of her life. Love all your posts.

I am to have some Root Canal work on my troublesome tooth later and know I will not feel like a drink tonight, I am hoping that this will give me a boost for tomorrow. I have an addictive personality. When I smoked, I had to finish the packet each night, and I am the same with wine…one is never enough and two becomes three, becomes a bottle. So time to give it up.

I am going to hang on to all of your coat tails and reinvent myself starting today. You are all such great supporters I know I can do this with your help. I thank you in advance because I know I can count on you.

Love to all,
Mary xxxx

Seems like there have been quite a few good results this week. Don’t beat yourself up about staying the same Baristagirls – sure it’s frustrating, but it’s not a gain and if you stay focused and stick with it you will be posting a loss next week. It’s all too easy to drop into bad habits isn’t it KrysiaD? That’s what happened to me while we were away, when it became a habit to have at least one glass of wine every time we ate out and to have a little cake a few times a week – it all adds up.

For this week, I can report a loss of 2.8lb despite a couple of gains during the week. It was a pleasant surprise, as I was expecting much less. This brings me to within 2lb of target weight again, which I’ll be happy to reach in the next couple of weeks, as 2lb+ loss in a week is really unusual for me. I have decided that once I get to target weight, I’ll try to drop a couple of extra pounds to give myself a buffer zone, before I drop back to maintenance again. I have just under three months to our next big trip away, so I’m confident I can be where I want to be before then.

Hope to read lots of other positive posts later today and to those who aren’t so lucky, don’t be discouraged, it will come right if you stick with it. Good luck everyone.

Thanks all for the warm welcome.

Lee have you thought about taking some portions of almonds or other seeds/nuts?

What can I say?

Long term sugar addict and yo yo dieter am starting the BSD for health reasons, though won’t be sorry to see those excess pounds go.

Am too depressed and scared to weigh myself but am taking measurements to measure my progress.

I know this won’t be easy but the forum seems a great place for tips and inspiration.

And I am just so fed up with feeling ill.

Here goes!

Thanks TofiEm, sounds like just what I need!

I’m a bit dispirited too this morning baristagirl! Have been away working and had to make quite gargantuan efforts at times to stick to the plan, counting calories wasn’t possible and in the evenings couldn’t choose my meals but managed to stick to the principles. That meant not touching a potato or dessert or alcohol in the evenings, having mushroom soup at lunchtime when everyone else had the most delicious fish and chips, walking out of a sandwich shop empty handed one lunchtime and having a few bites of cheese and an orange instead, and generally having next to nothing for breakfast. I tried so hard and have gained a half a pound this week for my efforts!
So I badly need help to get inspired again for the next two weeks!
And I so want to get under ten stones… 10 st 1 3/4 lbs this morning… 🙁

Thank you – am going to Tesco on Friday so will get some then. Am looking forward to trying it.

I don’t think I posted my weight last week – I think because I was a bit cross with myself. I had gone up to 9 stone 7.5lbs which is right at the top end of my maintenance weight. The culprit was double cream. Instead of 2 teaspoons in my coffee I had started chucking it in – plus having another couple of table spoons every time I went to the fridge. Delicious – but very naughty and not very healthy to have so much cream.

Fat secret said my calories had gone up to nearly 3000 per day!!! So last week I went back to 2 teaspoons of cream in my coffee and no extra spoonfuls at any other time. Calories per day about 1600/1800. The intention was to do a few days on 800 starting today. I needed a week to get my head in the right place for doing the 800 again. So really surprised that weight this morning is 9 stone 5.5lbs.

Quite shocked actually – because who loses weight on that amount of calories. I definitely couldn’t when I started the BSD. So will carry on as I am because I don’t want to drop any more than another pound. I am not missing the extra cream at all and my coffee tastes so much better with only two teaspoons of cream.

So how did yesterday go?

I stuck to my salad with a small amount of cheese.
Yoghurt and fruit.
Loads of water.
One biscuit.

I aimed to stay away from bread pasta rice etc. So i did well.

My aim this week is just to stay away from the carbs..

Exercise… i am doing jobs in the house when i come howm from work so staying active.

Keep going, keep smiling.

Love lucia
Xxx

I maintained this week, exactly the same weight down to the ounce. Normally would be happy with that but this isn’t helping me achieve my goal……..

I don’t think there’s a rigid amount but for faster weight loss, a lot of us try to keep to 50g and below.

Mike – such great news. No wonder you were in a state of shock. I agree that a nice steak and mushrooms beats a sandwich every time.

Tuesday morning weigh in, back down to 10 stone 12.2 so the water retention is gone. I was away camping for the weekend so got in plenty of steps, it adds up quickly when there is a short hike to the toilet and shower blocks, so despite many indulgences I feel a lot better than I did in the heat last week.

I am changing my maintenance strategy. The ‘anything day’ was leaving me unsettled and craving bad stuff so had started to spread to two or three days usually just checked by my Monday fast day, so I am restarting Mon-Thurs 5:2 (except for Monday bank holidays and my birthday this week which is on a Thursday, so 6:1) and using the Carbohydrate Addict’s Diet idea of allowing bad stuff every non fast day if I want, but within a strictly controlled time period, to minimise the insulin rise. The rest of the time I will stay on Med style 5:2. Now I have read that book I know what to call what caused my obesity, so I am a recovered hyperinsulinemic. If their method does help stop that happening again, it may be useful for others when they get to this point to stop the whole hyperinsulinemia starting the yo-yo cycle again.

Thanks, Linda!
Mike

Hi everyone, how are you all doing?
Here’s another recipe idea that I’ve banged on about before but it’s SOOO delicious I’ve sometimes not even made it to the table with the bowl…!
It’s in the recipe section of this site and it’s the broccoli and mature cheddar soup. Yum yum yum. I always struggled to eat broccoli but in this soup it’s amazing. Super filling and satisfying too. I use full fat milk btw.
Hope everyone’s doing well!
Inka xxx

Congrats Mike – I know the shock you feel – we daren’t hope that something so simple as food = health works! We’ve been sold packaged goods (pun intended) for so long that getting back to basics just doesn’t seem the answer. We are living proof that it works and I hope that continuing this woe that not only do we beat diabetes that we see an overall improvement in other health issues. I’m smiling ear to ear for you 🙂

Hello! I am seven days into the 8 weeks, following very strictly for now, and having a blast! I’m able to keep up with all of my usual activities (though I find myself getting a little woozy when I do heavier weights), and the cravings seem to be disappearing. I’m actually surprised at my ability to ignore them (hooray for herbal tea and black coffee!).
I haven’t lost any significant weight yet (less than 0.5kg) but I’m sure that will come, and my waistline has diminished by a couple of cm.

My question is about bean thread, aka cellophane noodles, those very thin East Asian noodles made from mung beans. I expect I’ll get a little tired of spiralled zucchini after a few weeks 🙂 The BSD recipe book has a number of recipes or suggestions for replacing wheat noodles with Konjac noodles, but I can’t find these readily, whereas bean thread is everywhere. I am wondering how bean thread fits in with the BSD?

Buena suerte, amigos!

Good afternoon everyone…and a big welcome FFBB!….as Lee syas, its a lovely group…though I’m missing the comments from a few lovelies of late

Slow start for me today as King Frost was very busy here last night so getting out of a warm bed not such an attractive option!!
A balmy 2 degrees setting off for my walk!!

On the plus side, my walking jacket that was a very snug fit when zipped up over just a T-shirt a mere three weeks ago, now zips easily over a jumper and thick vest! ….now to increase the exercise the firm those neglected abs!

Lee..on your days away, what about those instant miso soups…hardly any calories and LOTS of sodium ….I make my own quite regularly with added veg and always go over for sodium on my miso days (plus its great for gut flora).
I also remember Ireland as having great smoked salmon….that would be an easy lunch with a salad?

Liz, here’s another soup that I make weekly…easy as and comes in just over 100 cals and we both love it (being a spice fiend I often add harissa to this one as well
go well, my friends!

Cauliflower and Red Pepper Soup
Approx 6 servings
1tbs olive oil
1 medium/large head of cauliflower, cut up
4 red peppers, skin removed & chopped (grill/roast/flame leave in sealed polythene bag to cool, skin)
1 large onion, chopped
2 or 3 sticks of celery, chopped
2 vegetable or chicken stock cubes…or delete the water and use liquid stock
1.5 litres water
1tsp smoked paprika
salt and pepper to taste

Saute the onions and celery together in olive oil until soft.
Add smoked paprika and cook for 30 seconds or so.
Add cauliflower, stock cubes and water and cook for about 20 mins.
Add red peppers and cook for a further 20 mins or so.
Whizz with stick blender/liquidise.
Makes a really lovely creamy soup.
About 80 cals and 10g carbs per serving.
it freezes well also!

As you say – keep on keeping on!
Mike

What should the total carbs be on 800 calories?

Help please!

Anyone got any ideas of non perishable bsd snacks I can bring away with me? I’ve got babybel and pepperami (apparently I need the sodium in these)

I’ll be ok for breakfasts and dinner but on the move during the day and will need to improvise with bringing snacks with me and supermarket shopping! All advice gratefully received!

L xxx

Should clarify re the 900calories. I mainly do 5:2 but in reverse – 5 days of 800 calories and extra on 2 days. When averaged out across the week it is 900 calories per day.

Welcome FFBB and well done on getting to day 3. I found the first two weeks the hardest but I began to get in the zone after that and genuinely didn’t feel hungry.

Like you I was more of a binger than dependent but I did worry that I was. This has been so amazing for me. I’m making conscious decisions and really making progress.

I have my biggest test coming up with a trip back to Galway in two weeks. It’s normally a drink and food fest (full Irish every morning and many hours in public houses!) So it will be interesting to see if i can manage…

This is a great group to be a part of. Very supportive and totally non judgmental. They keep me sane and so “real”

I love them!!

Be careful with the amounts of meat protein you eat as it creates uric acid in the blood which can cause damage in the long term. I have just had my blood tested and had a telling off from my doctor. I thought it was caused by having lemon in water everyday and he said, no, it is caused by too much meat, especially of the processed type like ham or smoked meats or pates. You can get plenty of protein from other sources.

Completely agree what Annie says, and this is not the Atkins, which caused a lot of problems.

Hi and welcome. There could be many reasons for not losing weight – here are a few 😀

Protein is good but too much increases the glucose in the body, just like carbs.
Carbs – how many grams are you eating? Reducing to 50, some have to go lower – but less than 100 should see your weight drop.
Have you cut out white, fast carbs I.e. Bread, sugar, rice, pasta, potatoes?
Are you drinking alcohol? That is a “baddie” for weight loss.
Are you drinking plenty of water? A couple of litres a day helps flush out the fat (teas and coffee also count in the litreage but remember to count any milk. You don’t take sugar do you.)

BSD is not the Atkins diet, it’s low carb, medium protein, higher good fats.

Also the recent heatwave has caused a lot of water/weight retention recently.

Hope that is of some help. Good luck with your progress.

Let us know what you are eating and I’m sure someone will come back with more targeted pointers.

Tuesdays seem to come around so quickly lately!
Weigh-in this morning showed another 600g (1.3lb) gone, so very happy about that. It’s also meant I’ve gone under my goal weight for this 4 week round. I set the goal based on my usual slow losses. So I’m now focussing on getting closer to my next goal weight, which is 3.6kg away. (I have a total of 18.6kg to lose all up, so have broken it down into 5kg chunks). I managed 71,000 steps last week, so looking to up that to 75,000. Calories averaged 900 per day – after 5 months on BSD I’m finding 900 easier to stick to – and I’m actually losing weight at a steady rate now!

Know what you mean about the Tupperware…I’m the same. But it’s a good use for all those previous takeaway containers 🙂

Hey Peeps, Just a quick note as have an appointment to get to but thanks so much for the recipe inspiration. Will stop at the market to get my Mediterranean veg assortment and have that casserole. Didn’t really think of soups….normally have a soup when contemplating what I really want to eat. But found a nice artichoke and cauliflower one I’m trying tonight.
Dropping into Mum en route home. She voiced concern that the new chap at her dining table is “a bit foreign–might be Italian”….I asked the administrator…Mr. Christoph Christopoulis complete with the bushy moustache….really Mum? Italian? I’m ready to belt out Opa!, launch into traditional Greek folk dance and start smashing plates!!
Yours in the thought of a lovely trough of Greek salad, Liz

Congratulations Michael, I know exactly how you are feeling. My HbA1c went from 11.4 to 8.2 then to 6.9 and now 5.4, although I am still on insulin but that is my next goal, get rid of it and still be under 6.0 Keep on keeping on…

You will probably find little damage has been done by your transgression yesterday, Trev. And with your weekly weigh in being on Thursday, you have plenty of time to put in some good days anyway – I’m sure you will be reporting a positive result on Thursday. Just refocus and keep on keeping on.

Oh, and I never answered your question – apologies. I intend to carry on with the diet without going overboard. Occasional bread, rice pasta, etc., instead of staple elements of my diet , and something every day. I used to pick up the paper and include a Yorkie bar, for instance – that’s a thing of the past!
Mike

To be honest, I am still in a state of shock. For 10 years or so I have been seen as borderline – but this is actually non-diabetic as I understand it, What I won’t do is revert to the life style of the 12 months or so prior to realising that I needed to do something. I do have an excuse -don’t we all? – in the summer of 2015 my disabled wife nearly died and at that stage I thought ‘what the hell – live for the day’ and gave up worrying about dieting. Chocolate biscuits, Yorkie bars, more beer and wine than usual became the norm, and I was enjoying life with Veronica restored to reasonable health. Then, months ago came the news of my blood sugar and I realised that things had to change – they did and to be honest I haven’t had too much trouble in turning my diet around, even though there are boring aspects of it. What really encouraged me was,, for example, a nice steak and mushrooms were better for me that a sandwich – I’m sure I don’t have to go on!
Mike

I’ve actually found I have had to cut out a lot of cooking – even the BSD friendly treats, the amazing smell around the house means I really struggle to control my portions whereas something that I have bought and spent less time on seems somehow easier to resist. It’s a shame as there is nothing quite like making a cake or biscuits with children but hopefully in time I’ll be able to reintroduce a little more.

I will have to look out for that. I had a lovely organic cocoa and blanched almond butter jar a couple of years ago but never managed to find another source (not Meridian though). I keep thinking I should have a go at making it myself.

I had water retention last week even in the UK in our little ‘heatwave’. 3 pounds just suddenly arrived, the puffy ankles were back, and the weight and ankles are now mysteriously back to normal again as the temperature has dropped again.

Hi julia
Nice to hear from you.
Sorry you subtract cive then add five.
When on holiday, can you take yourself for a safe walk along, the beach, fields, shops etc.
Tell yourself you will have a naughty treat, at the end of the walk.
The walk the legs off yourself.
Take the time to sit and breathe and enjoy , well, your holiday!
Do something crazy, float on a lilo.
Make a sandcastle.
Find a nice sarong to wear.
Tie your hair in piggy tails
Wear warpaint. Sorry i mean make up.
Find something light hearted and fun, something that you would not do normally.

It was my birthday yesterday, i gave myself the gift of coming back here.
23 plus VAT if you are asking my age.

Dont forget the pound shops with bat and balls
Hoola hoops
And board games like draughts or dominos, you are worth a pound!

I will have a read of your blog to catch up.

Love lucia
Xxxx

Congratulations Mike, that is fantastic news that the HbA1c is so reduced. I am not sure, but think a 40 is totally normal isn’t it? What is the plan now? Will you continue but up the calories a bit?

I got it in Tesco but looks like it is online as well. Really tasty and kept an eye on my sugars at 30 minute intervals and the high fibre seemed to make sure it kept them pretty steady.

Hi everyone and welcome to our new posters … good luck to you all, this is a great way to eat.

We have a ‘calima’ here, hot dusty weather that blows over from the Sahara. Today is cool just 35c but we’ve had a few 40+ days which have been really uncomfortable. Back to UK soon and I guess I’ll be complaining about the weather but for other reasons!

I’m sure you do have water retention in hot climates. S-g this could definitely be part of your up/down pattern. Could you maybe just weigh once or twice a week? I know how difficult it is for a daily weigher to do that but it may stop you feeling down if the scales move up.

I know it’s your BSD birthday very soon s-g so maybe you should just concentrate on how far you’ve come against all the odds with being on insulin. Looking forward to your annual report. But in the meantime give yourself a huge pat on the back and remember this isn’t a race, for some it may be a sprint, but for many of us it’s a marathon! BSD is the best way of living and you are doing that so well. You fit your life into this way eating whilst maintaining the gains you have made in your BS.

We know that we can’t treat this as a ‘diet’ and revert to our old ways when we reach our goal. If we do our diabetes rears its ugly head again but we’ve both proved you can manage your diabetes and ‘live’ life, albeit without bread, pasta, rice and potatoes, to the full. Life isn’t ‘all or nothing’ it’s just a series of compromises and although we may not be at the top of the weight loss ladder we’ve proved we can control our diabetes …. and that is the name of the game!

Sorry just another sermon to self to keep things in perspective especially in view of the number of returners who lost last year and have regained all they lost. At least they are coming back to try again.

Hi Angie TW,

Thanks for the encouragement. I tried on those jeans again…..getting closer. I am swanning around in a pair of black linen trousers too – in fact – I’ve had to take them in. Gone from not wearing them for years to finding them too large!

Feels great to fit into some old favourites doesn’t it?

I thought I would have nothing to wear in the coming spring due to weight loss but my recent plateau means that I will still have plenty to wear. Good and bad. I find elastic waists and some stretch fabrics a godsend regarding fitting a reducing size. I don’t want to spend heaps on a wardrobe that may be worn for a couple of months at best.

Anyway, I am off to eat some almonds.

All the best

Hey S-G don’t be too hard on yourself, it sounds like you are having the sort of week this week that I had last week. Sometimes life just knocks you about, doesn’t even need to be a concrete reason. Take time out to just be, and to pat yourself on the back for what you are doing well: swimming is going fine, so you are not failing on the exercise front. And just the other day you reduced the insulin successfully. I know how you feel , though, and sympathise – sometimes we just cannot get our heads into gear. I don’t have the way with words that others do, but know that you are not alone and we all extend an encouraging hand to you. Your zillions of steps of progress have inspired me – just keep on going, you ARE getting there, even if not as fast as you would like.

Several times of late I have had a gentle moan at how slowly – according to my twice weekly spot checks – my BS is reducing, so I wasn’t really looking forward to hearing the results of the latest test today. I was anticipating a debate on the lines of ‘yes, I know I haven’t reduced much, but at least I am going in the right direction, so give me more time’ sort of thing.
Last time – 6 months ago – my HbA1c was 75, so I was hoping for perhaps under 60. As a preemptive strike, I showed the nurse a print out of my results since starting to record FBG, and also pre- and post-prandial readings in late February, and she looked at them and said, ‘well that looks encouraging, let’s look at your blood results.’ She brought up the results on the screen and looked surprised – really surprised, ‘What do you say to 40?’ she asked – I nearly fell out of my chair. She told me that she had never before seen such a dramatic reduction in anybody’s HbA1c reading based just on diet and exercise in just 6 months.
I’m walking on air!
To be honest, I can’t understand why my twice weekly spot checks show a less encouraging picture – but who am I to argue with the official result?
Mike

Hi Vnunny11 and welcome. Julia, I just hope I have a similar result but I am not holding my breath.

How many times do I bang on to beginners to be organised in planning, organised in shopping, organised equals success on this diet. So tonight I am having the chicken and mushroom ‘pie’ for dinner. Went shopping this morning and forget the cauliflower, cabbage and leeks and have run out of crème fraiche. So I have chicken and mushroom and yoghurt so might have to cobble together a chicken goulash. I really dont know where my head is just now but i’m really not into it. Even my menu, although done, is scribbled on the back on last weeks menu instead of being neatly typed up. Oh well, tomorrow is another day. Talk about seriously doing the fast 800, more like seriously failing.

Hope I wake up tomorrow in a better frame of mind.

Hi vnunny11 and welcome. It was after each of 2 pregnancies that my weight piled on – my metabolism totally changed each time – sluggish to say the least . So sorry ot hear you had miscarriages as well – that is extremely tough. I have lost over 15 kilos on the BSD, but there are others who have lost loads more. I’m 5’8” and currently 83.5 kilos.

So pleased to report that the 85 I couldn’t quite believe yesterday is this morning down to 83.5. I couldn’t believe that a few days of rubbish had done that much damage. Today was quite encouraged, managed a 5k run before work and took in a tub of fage yoghurt and some dried apricots for breakfasts at work this week, and also spinach/parmesan (crustless) quiches/muffins or whatever you want to call them for the next couple of days. They are my go to work lunch with a pile of cherry tomatoes, as I make them in silicon muffin moulds at the weekend and they even freeze if need be. Dinner is smoked gammon and piles of salad at my mums as there is a family get together. But fortunately I don’t have problems eating there as my mum is sensible and doesn’t put stupid stuff on the table anyway, much less press it on me.
I go on holiday on Saturday, cannot wait, and being super good this week. Next week I will make sensible choices – it is far harder for me to make these at home in stressful situations than on holiday where I am relaxed. Emotional eating is my downfall really. Having looked at posts on holiday experiences, the norm seems to be that if sticking to the principles, the exact cals can be loosened without too much damage. I plan to do a walk every morning before breakfast, which will be a run if I can cope with the heat and get up early enough! Otherwise I am prepared for water retention post-flight.
How is everyone getting on? Getting a bit quiet on here! Best wishes to all.

Nice to see you again, Lucia. Missed you lots. Brought a real lift to my Monday morning to see a post from you in my inbox. I am still here… I lose 5kg, I gain 5, but you know what? I am healthier and smaller than when I started out on this journey, even after a hellishly difficult year. So I am happy. I am off on holiday soon, for a fortnight. First proper break in 3 years, as we are holidaying rather than visiting family, which I always find comes with its own challenges. So I won’t have frequent internet, but no intention of undoing my good work with rubbish food as my body needs looking after too much.
Best wishes for a good week ahead, and lovely to welcome you back.

I was/am trying to lose weight, but that wasn’t why I started eating loads of protein.

I actually started eating loads of protein for my mental health! It was only when talking to someone else about it that they mentioned the Atkins diet, and I remembered that protein is good if you are trying to lose weight. Somewhere along the line, possibly while looking into just what was Atkins’ diet really about, I read about protein good for stabilising blood sugar, but again, that’s not what brought me here.

What brought me here was trying to find out how come, despite eating a massively reduced calorie total, I’m still not losing weight!
(I’m still eating around 1000 calories a day. )