LippLipid and Mariet – you might be interested in reading this recent article from the ‘i’ newspaper about cholesterol. https://inews.co.uk/essentials/news/health/cholesterol-levels-heart-disease-statins-lancet/

I was particlarly interested in this comment from Sir Richard Thompson, former president of The Royal College of Physicians, said: “The seductive theory that cholesterol in blood and the diet is the enemy, and therefore must be lowered at all cost, has diverted attention away from the unnatural increase in sugar intake that has a greater influence on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Time for a rethink, and a change in our diets.” Insulin resistance The authors say the focus must shift away from LDL-cholesterol and onto ‘insulin resistance’, a phenomenon that drives both cardiovascular disease and type-2 diabetes and state that instead of investing billions into to drug treatments more money should be spent into policy directives to encourage population wide behaviour change towards healthier lifestyles.

I must however declare that I am totally biased against statins as I was damaged by statins and my medical records state that I must never be given statins again. However – I do think that the comment from Sir Richard endorses our BSD way of life.

I see there is a slightly mixed bag of results being posted, but well done to all those reporting any kind of loss and commiserations to those who haven’t had that privilege this time round.

For me the report is that one of gaining and losing 2lb over the week, so weighed in at exactly what I was this time last week. Whilst that is a minor win on one level, on another level, it’s frustratingly a week lost in the effort to get back to target weight. I’m going to take it as a win though, as at least that goal is no further away! We are out later today and I am pretty certain the result will be extra calories and carbs. However, I have decided I’m not going to stress about it, but will enjoy the day, stick to the BSD principles and start afresh tomorrow with a strict 800/20 regime.

Hope everyone has a good week and can report a positive result next Tuesday …. Best of Luck to one and all!

Hi everyone,
I am back on the Fast 800 after gradually putting lbs back on over past months. Pretty annoyed with myself, I am a comfort eater and with Redundancy, house move and new job all happening in April I gave in to the carbs and have undone the good work. Not an excuse but I know my weaknesses and need to put it out there.

Yesterday I started things off again, feeling positive as I know this works, I havent had problems with breakfasts and dinners, its all the bits in between that have crept in, in between. I battle with easy to prepare, tasty lunches if anyone has inspiration, that isnt salad and more salad!

I have had terrible headaches past 24 hours, which is annoying but makes me feel I am on the right road again. Wanted to post as I found the mutual support network previously really helpful.

Have a fab day

Hi Mariet,

I see you’ve upped your good fats and fibre to try and reduce your cholesterol. Are you taking statins as well?

Mixnmatch – what inspirational results you have achieved – you’ve lost a whole person in weight since 2015! Have a great summer enjoying all your upcoming trips.

ClarinetCathy, I’m struggling with the same two pounds coming and going. I have resolved to log my food, drink more water and only drink alcohol at the weekends at social events. I got caught out last Friday at lunch with an old friend, she automatically ordered a bottle of rosé because that’s what we do when we meet up. Half a bottle of wine at lunchtime really takes some drinking nowadays, even with a jug of tapwater – I feel the effects of the alcohol after just a couple of sips. Needless to say I went home and nodded off and have since beaten myself up for not saying “just a glass for me”!

Good luck one and all on your weigh-ins today. I’ll be interested to see what the GP’s scales weigh me at when I’m fully clothed! I’ll be hunting out my lightest underwear and not be wearing my glasses or earrings!!

Lee, I am pretty sure I have enough salt….I am not retaining much water as I could pee for England…I have checked my carbs and they are very low too! It has to happen eventually as I am not going over 800 any day (with the exception of Saturday). I will just have to persevere and hope for the best.

Until then I have everyone else’s back and live vicariously through you all.

Hope your back is improved.

Nonna Mary
xxx

Wow MnM that’s a huge loss for the week!
S-G so sorry to hear you are toiling – think sometimes we get hung up on numbers, but for me the numbers of units of insulin you have got down to is a big success. Ignore the scales for a few days, maybe?
I wasn’t as successful as I’d hoped yesterday, although half a kilo is off since then. But given what I ate, I know that is water coming off from the holiday. I am struggling to sleep at the moment, and so resistance was low when I had to stop to get petrol and drive up the motorway to pick up my daughter – confectionery involving peanuts came in at a whopping 245 cal and 27g carbs. Today I am running at lunchtime, so will think of S-G in the pool at that time.
Egg salad for breakfast, mackerel salad for lunch, beef stew for dinner. And hoping nothing extra today. Last night I slept better so self control will be better too.
Verano, will be thinking of you as you prepare for surgery. Sending best wishes.
Onetowatch – welcome! Might try out the omelette with turmeric and coriander, sounds nice.

Well done Mixmatch – that’s a fabulous result!!! Bet you are feeling really chuffed and so you should be!!

I am reporting a 2lbs loss from last Tuesday – if I can just keep that going then I might just make my 4 week challenge goal of 8.5lbs but one day at a time. Today I am so pi**ed off at work (and it’s not even 9am yet) that it’s going to take all my strength not to blow it on bad stuff!!

Have a good day all – hope the scales are kind to you xxx

That sounds simple enough Jan. Did you use a white cabbage?

Krysia would really like to know which one you’ve ordered and what you think of it when it arrives. We have quite a number of Polish grocery shops here so may my send my OH out on the search for raw unpasteurised sauerkraut or kimchi. Exciting to have a new taste to look forward to.

I made a stir fry with cauliflower rice last week but didn’t really like the texture of the ‘rice’. So, last night I made it with very lightly steamed shredded cabbage and it was so much nicer. I added red and green sliced peppers, lots of sliced garlic and ginger, shallots, bean sprouts, spring onions, soy and a touch of sesame oil. I had it with cooked chicken but any other protein would have been good.

Out tonight to a Turkish restaurant so it will be salad and chicken kebab for me. Bit boring when you know what you are eating even before you get there so just hoping the company will make up for that.

I do feel more energised by this thread so maybe we can carry on helping each other here.

I made sauerkraut and it came out fine. Chopped up a whole head of cabbage, put it in a bowl, added 1.5 tbsp salt and massaged it with my hands until a lot of water came out and the cabbage shrunk a lot, about 10 minutes. Put everything into a quart jar and weigh it down so all the cabbage is submerged. I have a ceramic disk I use to push the cabbage down. Put the lid on lose enough to allow gas to escape but still keep out dust and bugs and leave for a couple of weeks. Tastes just like store bought, but a little saltier.
I added caraway seeds to my last batch and it tasted good.
Salt is a good preservative so I wouldn’t worry too much. If it goes off it will smell bad and show mould.
Jan

Hello peeps….Happy Tuesday..
Liz, I love that you hold our hand and I send you my love…I do the imagination thingy, and congratulate myself for doing the business this day and hope for strength to do the same tomorrow.

Today is my weigh day and……drum roll….I have lost a pound… an Effing pound….and no I haven’t lost inches either! I have been having trouble getting up to 800 calories this week….and only broke on Saturday, when I had pasta and cake….otherwise I have been a veritable effing SAINT. No booze…no carbs….the one day I had a glass of wine, it was within 800 calories.

So onward and upward. I WILL CONTINUE….I WILL NOT BE BEATEN…sooner or later this weight has to come off. I have an underactive thyroid so I know my metabolism is sluggish….I will up the exercise and see what happens next week.

Keep going my lovelies….we can do this (well you can I am hanging onto your coat tails). Give me a hug?

Love Nonna Mary
xxxx

Here I am and feeling a bit miffed because I couldn’t weigh in my usual place this morning – I am sure it makes a difference haha 🙂 Reporting the same weight this week and just being glad there’s no horrendous gain, will have to try and make up with 4lb next week and stay focused!

I’d suggest that the 8 week Blood Sugar Diet title is your best bet.
This is what I read and although I did do the Fast 800, it provides plenty of information for all the ways of approaching the BSD and a good insight into the concepts, it does also provide focus on the 5:2.

Well I am up this morning 0.8 lb from this time last week. The same old story for me – up and down the same couple of pounds for the last month. Am going to have a good think tonight when I get home from work about this weeks tactics and hope that I see a loss next week. Hope everyone has had a good result this week. Onwards and eventually downwards !

Marsie and Esnecca – have ordered organic raw unpasteurized sauerkraut from Amazon today. Am looking forward to trying it – I don’t think I have ever eaten sauerkraut before – not even the pasteurized supermarket brands.

Tuesday weigh in after my 7 day post birthday reboot, and I am proud to announce I stuck (mostly, until the last night when a glass of wine to celebrate got added, I suppose it is plant based😊) to my fasting mimicking plant based diet and my weight is currently down to 10 stone 4.0 pounds, which is 7 pounds below my target weight. I know a lot of that is glycogen stores that will add weight when they are rebuilt, so am not expecting to stay there, but that is also a total loss from my heaviest in Feb 2015 of 8 1/2 stone exactly so I am really chuffed with that. I lost 10.8 pounds over the 7 days. Will now be going into a mixed period of various holidays, so weigh-in may be irregular and not just on Tuesday, but good luck to everyone still challenging themselves to change their lives for the better. 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

And the end of my little MM style self experiment has dawned. Weigh-in today is 10 stone 4.0 pounds, so nice and neatly brings up the total lost since my heaviest ever weight two and a half years ago to 8 1/2 stone. I don’t expect to stay at this weight, but this is obviously at or close to my glycogen free weight now, and hopefully when I transition back to how I was eating before my birthday it won’t go back far enough to trouble the top of my comfort zone again. Since I started at just over 11 stone a week ago, that is 10.2 pounds gone in a week, from an already slender state.

Any health benefits other than weightloss will have to remain theoretical as I haven’t got my own lab to do blood tests.

The idea for today is a relatively high 1200 calories (yesterday already stretched up to 1000 with the added wine, although I kept to the low protein). Tomorrow I will split the difference between that and my norm with 1600 calories, and from Thursday onwards I am on holiday for a couple of weeks so probably leaving weighing and measuring behind fairly regularly. I am still trying to keep to the discipline of at least one fast day a week, preferably two but may stop counting those, just have the two meals soup or salad or meat and veg smaller meal that characterises my fast days at the moment, and make them no snack days with intermittent fasting of at least 16:8.

Oh and Mary, are you getting enough salt? Xx

Good morning everyone.

So end of another week and a gain for me of 1.4lbs. It could have been so much worse, and was a couple of days ago, but I’ve taken myself in hand. I have been reading a book, very short a booklet really, called “Mindset: What positive thinking can do ….. by Michael Austin Jacobs. SunnyB quoted from this and I thought I just had to read it. So the daily ‘thought’ I’m holding onto at the moment is

“You are creating everything that is your reality. Before you can create change you must take responsibility of your actions and thoughts. When you take this responsibility, you are taking the first steps towards changing your current situation.”

Only I am putting the food and drink into my mouth!

Glad you had a good holiday Julia but I wouldn’t worry too much about the gain. Holiday weight seems to come off quite quickly if you attack it straight away and you seem to be.

Well done Mnm I admire your self control. There is no way I could follow your regime even for a week. As you say it will be interesting to see what happens to your weight when you resume ‘normal service’.

Don’t worry NancyB you’re not the only one in the ‘teens’!

Welcome to the new members and well done 0053 it does get easier as time goes on.

S-g hope you have a better day today we have to just keep looking at how far we’ve come. Your BS is improving and that’s really the name of the game. I think it’s the carbs rather than more weight loss that will lead to improved BS. As you say we just have to keep on keeping on……

So, I’m in a strange place at the moment and will be around but just not posting as much. I have to get myself ready for surgery in 7 weeks and so I need to get my head straight. I’m sure this is the cause of my ‘doldrums’ at the moment and don’t want to rain on everyone’s parade with my negativity.

Anyway, have a good week everyone, I’ll certainly be back for next weeks weigh-in , if not before.

Morning all!

Goodish day yesterday. Back held up throughout work and I was very short staffed so that was impressive. I actually got loads done without having everyone interrupting me so a great sense of achievement and I went home satisfied.

Food went well too, so I think I’m back on the wagon again. Got a lovely garlic prawn salad for lunch today and back to old faithful fage Greek yoghurt for brekkie as well.

Good luck with the build EC. It will be tough now but think of the end result . That’s what we are doing here after all!

H66 that’s a great idea for your mug and glass. I positively have a bucket of a mug for my morning tea. It’s a Guinness one, so perhaps not entirely appropriate but works for me…

FFBB I will tell all about the bread. I normally don’t do processed stuff but I think I need it right now and for getting ready for maintenance. If I can have that, I will happily stay away from potatoes and pasta permanently!

Genuinely running out of clothes to wear now. Put one of my favourite summer dresses on yesterday and I looked like a little girl in her mothers clothes. It was not a good look. Time to peruse the next sale???

L xx

Me! My last cholesterol was over 7 after 16 weeks doing BSD. I have to be retested next month though I may put it off until September. I was pretty upset but Keeping on and hoping for a better result next time. I’ve upped olive and coconut oil and increased leafy greens, not sure what else to do. Good luck!

Hey Charlie’s (Angels) for those old enough to even have a clue what I’m talking about,
What a day of challenges….but even having been challenged I didn’t punch one moron in the throat–well done me. (insert irritating smily emoticon bullshit thingy here as that is what one is meant to do like a grumpy face amiright?)
Okay, so I’m in a mood. ish.
I had a grand day of food although my neighbour is a total douche canoe unrelated to anything about dieting. But seriously he is as helpful or inspiring as a bag of dick tips. And he’s a minister (the God kind not political). Right, that ‘s me on the Japanese bullet train to hell. Whateva.
I thundered through today and sent out monster strong vibes to each and every one of you.
I wanted to share this one thing I do each night that might help you as it sure helps me. I wanted to say “sure as fuck” but am trying to clean up my potty mouth. Anyway, once the kitchen is put to bed, you know that feeling once you’ve loaded the dishwasher, wiped down the counters, turned off the light above the range, filled the dog’s water bowl, pushed the chairs under the table and turned out the light. Well, once I get upstairs, had a pee, brushed my teeth and climbed into bed I lay there. I mean I truly lay on the bed. Fuck, is if lay or lie. Whatever. I let my body sink into the mattress and I feel every part of the sensation and then I reach out to every friend I have on this thread. And I shit you not I take a deep breath and I hold hands with you. I let peace fill me knowing that I have you. I let my body sink into the mattress and I picture your hands there for the holding. Try it. Take several deep cleansing breaths (I’m no tofu yoga crazy I promise–I took a yoga class once but spent most of my effort trying not to fart) No, I’m talking after a shit day where your boss is a total asshole, you want to sell your kids and the cat just barfed on your best cashmere sweater–complete your day on your own terms, then, when your time is yours, sink into your mattress, and feel yourself melt. Take breaths, deep breaths. And celebrate your success.
see you on the rainbow of success tomorrow Chickadees.
Much love, Liz
P.S. and if the fucking cat hurled a fur ball onto your finest cashmere give the bastard up for adoption. Peace out. 🙂

I am a little confused about the best books(s) to buy to start my BSD. I would like to look at the BSD Fast 800 but suspect that I will opt for the BSD 5:2. Which of Michael’s books contain info on these plans? Thanks.

A sheepish hello to you all!

I would like to join this challenge even though I didn’t post my results at the end of the previous one. Reasons; 1) My weight is plateauing, although I’m following BSD principles alcohol and portion size may have gone out of control, 2) Recent blood and stool tests have revealed high blood cholesterol and a helicobacter pylori infection.

I’m seeing the GP tomorrow to discuss (and receive antibiotics and protein pump meds) and on the phone message he mentioned he wants to check my weight (3+ stone lighter) and blood pressure. I’m stressed at the thought of the examination.

Has anyone else experienced a rise in cholesterol levels whist going low carb? I thought a Mediterranean style diet led to improved blood results.

Confused

I saw my exercise physiologist today, our second session. She’s finding me exercises I can do with sore hips and shoulders. It’s going well so far, now I need to match the extra exercise with sensible food intake. Day and a half so far!

Best wishes for everyone’s weigh-ins, I won’t wish you luck because we all know that has nothing to do with it! Though sometimes when the scale goes all do-lally it seems like it does.

Hi all ,
OMG how I needed and felt that crack of your Majestic spiritual whip Liz , I quickly read posts on the 16 th , your words resonated with me , as did the sound of that spiritual whip !
I’ve read and re read them over and over , and how right you are on all counts ….
Have to say you’d be a fantastic motivational speaker , no doubt about it ! I’m definitely going to buy myself a special mug , & a long tall glass , both will be filled accordingly with tea and water to wash away the demons …. I’ve already started this plan and it’s going well with mugs and glasses we have ( way too many actually ) , but i see extra benefit in choosing the new special mug , as it will always remind me of ALL your wise & caring words , and the glass , it will never be contaminated with Satan’s piss ( to use your words Mary) and both will always be capable of washing away lurking demons !
The situation with your Mum must certainly be adding to the pressure and your resolve to stay away from stinking booze , so much admiration coming your way that you have come to the realisation that booze has done nothing for you , and you’ve been cope with every obstacle , without succumbing to its sweet lies , including that shocking panic attack !
That you were able reach out and grab those hands from here , & rest your head on Nonna ‘ s shoulder says what is to be gained from these wonderful fellow warriors here , I do hope everyone here knows my hands are always outstretched , arms always open , virtual hugs always coming your way when needed …..
Your words are very true too Mary about booze , good for nothing etc etc !
Do hope you lost the weight you hoped for , I must measure my waist so I can check both inches loss & weight loss too .
Any loss for me will be gratefully accepted !
I was up 200 grams from yesterday’s weigh in , after what I believed was a better effort since feeling the Royal whip on my butt , so I skipped breakfast , just black tea so made it a 17 hour fast by the time I lunched at 1 , so I’m very interested to see if that long fast helps me to lose at least that 200 grams .
FFBB The new jeans and dress a great idea for incentive , I may just add a pair of new jeans or a new dress to my shopping list !
Lee I do hope your back improves , and your ultrasound gives some answers about your electrolyte imbalance , all the best xx
& yes ‘ Here’s to shared resolve ‘ EC .
Look forward to checking back here soon .
H66 xx

Good morning and good wishes all on this Tuesday weigh-in day, the first of this challenge round.

My plan to fast yesterday was successful in my terms. It was never to be a full day, I waited until lunch time, (light salad), then dinner (egg, Haloumie, sauteed vegs) 1 square 85% Lindt = 510cal/34carbs. This has led to a drop of .7kg from 64.5kg y/day to 63.8kg this morning. So the same weight I started this challenge.

Today’s plan is to not exceed 800/50. I’ve spent 106cal/15carbs on breakfast. Nothing more until lunch time. Just about to head to the gym for a pilates session.

One day at a time …….

Hello please can I join? Started 4th July- Independence Day innit! I have lost eight pounds so far- and really enjoying it. I fast eating between 10-6. I find the later I stave off breakfast the easier the day is as I get eight hours of three meals- yum.

Today
Omlette with turmeric, spring onion, coriander and mushroom
Home made green soup of leeks spinach lettuce fresh peas and kale whizz up add dollop of 30g st auger creamy blue cheese yum
Snack 100g strawberries and 30g double cream
Dinner three roast chicken slices from a pack, roast aubergine, spoon of cottage cheese and non liquidised green soup as sauce.

Total 797 cal and 30g carbs I reckon.

Hi Topac. I’m really looking to loose weight much more slowly after the initial 8 weeks so as to minimise the loose skin problems that come with weight loss. I have found that I am able to exercise, and have managed an hour at the gym without feeling too bad at the time. However, it has left me very tired later in the day. After two gym sessions a couple of weeks ago, I ended up sleeping for 3 hours in the afternoon due to tiredness.

I did used to weigh around 12st 7lbs and was exercising regularly. At that weight I found I could eat around 3000 calories a day and that my weight was pretty constant. I’m a decade older now, so I might not need so much, but I am hoping to get back into the 10k runs I used to be able to do.

How have people been finding MyFitnessPal’s and Fitbit’s accuracy? After a long day of decorating today, it reckons I should have eaten a ridiculous 5000 calories!

early start here with the plasterers in at 7.30 AM!!! (I was, thankfully up and showered!)
also, thankfully Michael will be doing much of the work himself, and the builder and plumber are both good friends of ours, as I’m not great at having strangers in the house for long stretches

Managed to cook fish in the microwave last night…I’ve never owned one before, so this few weeks will be a huge learning curve in many ways…I know how to defrost and re-heat with it, but never actually cooked in one before….pretty good result. rubbed the fish with miso, surrounded by shitake mushrooms and lemon juice and app 4-5 mins later with some reheated baked beetroot…dinner!!
I did give in to a slice of sourdough and cheese but still came in well under 800cals….and NO WINE (thanks for the spiritual whip, Liz)
Luckily the workers were drinking beer and I’m rarely tempted by that unless its a stinking hot day

craabycams, you’re right about that roast caps/cauli soup….I can’t take credit for the recipe: I found it online, but I was a very early adopter!! and have even shared the recipe with a generally non-cooking friend to great success

Also, made my roast pumpkin/chickpea soup on the weekend and roasted globe artichokes with it as they are in season at the moment…tastes just fine and they are supposed to be useful for reducing BSLs

Power is off at the moment, so am considering the camping stove for a second coffee (too cold here for cucumber water!!)

here’s to shared resolve all!!

Broke my fast tonight with a small glass of white wine to celebrate the safe return of my husband from France, but will still expect a loss overnight possibly as I was good for the rest of the day. It is a toss up at the moment whether I will choose greek yoghurt or cheese to break my fast, possibly both 😁

FFBB, I use Myfitnesspal, and a calorie counter book….I weigh all my food even when using a recipe from the BSD recipe book. I am hoping to lose pounds or inches, either is a plus. Last week one pound and no difference elsewhere. I have been on the loo all day so I presume I will have lost a bit tomorrow. Lol.

I will let you know. Be careful when crossing everything though, you will do your bladder some damage!

Take care.

Mary xxx

Well, my weight has stoked at 66.2 which is ok, sticking to the principles (apart from the bridal shower- such yummy did and they had worked for days to peripatetic it all, would have been so rude…)
Measured today and somehow have lost another inch from my hips. Sadly it has migrated to my waist 😯 But in happy news I’ve found a lovely dress and jacket to wear for the wedding, so happy! Now only shoes and purse to find and with 7 weeks to go it should be fine.

Hope you are all still hanging in there.

1st week of this challenge done. Blowout at the bridal shower for my son’s wedding but that was my only blip for the week. 2.20kg gone but I think it was a post travelling loss. I’m 700g above my lightest weight.

I’m back at work now and the structure of working is easier for me.

My toning and strengthening regime is only so so. I keep forgetting! I need to find something to associate it with.

While I was away the birdies had a poop party on my deck so I spent a lot of the weekend scraping, scrubbing and staining it, hard work and the muscles in my arms are complaining so that may have helped the bingo wings! It looks like new now, very satisfying.

Keep plugging away, it will happen if we don’t give up ☺

Hi dnmore – thank you for your lovely comments. No problem at all with telling you my total loss – 47lbs. My original aim was to lose 28lbs, and thought that may be a little optimistic, given my chequered dietary history. But the pounds started falling off and I really enjoyed the food and, before I knew it I had completed 2 rounds and lost 3st (42lbs) so I went onto maintenance – with some trepidation I might add. I gradually increased my calorie /carb intake but still lost a further 5lbs over the next few weeks. Now I am relatively stable – if I gain more than a couple of pounds I throw in a fast day or revert to bsd800 for a day or two and any damage is reversed. I have now been maintaining for approx 10 weeks, having had a holiday and a couple of long weekends away during that time. I am really beginning to think that this WOE is sustainable and can easily be adapted to allow for holidays /social occasions etc.

I think you just have to believe in yourself and this WOE and the results will come. So keep on keeping on and you will get there. Good luck xx

Cyster- I am hanging on in there but beginning to feel my resolve waning a little! Have been here before getting disheartened about plateaus etc. It’s been a slow journey since January and I am getting impatient to get to the finish line. I will take your advice about lowering the carb count and seeing if that makes a difference.

I wonder if I have become a little complacent about my food choices and perhaps haven’t been calculating the fat/calories etc accurately enough. I do drink a lot of water as I know how important that is. I am going to try a week without fasting and then a week of intermittent alternate day fasting. I also think I need to seriously miss things up a bit dietary wise. It’s difficult being a vegetarian to have a big repertoire of recipes but I think it will help stem off some of the boredom. I am a fighter and I am determined to see my BMI get down to 25 this year. I think part of the problem is that I wanted to achieve my goal by September. Maybe I should just go with the flow and it will happen when it happens and that might make the rest of this journey more enjoyable.

Lyn g- thank you for your kind words.

Dreamscometrue- we are neck and neck in our journey. Thank you for some inspiring tips regarding fasting. Won’t it be fantastic to be 9.7 stone!

Thank you everyone for your support. The January starters are so lovely. Keep going everyone- we can do this and we can inspire each other to achieve our goal.

Am hanging on in there – I want this too much! Today I weighed in at 142.2 so it is doubtful that I will report a loss tomorrow. I was 142.0 last Tuesday. I used to struggle to lose about 1lb per week but now I am only losing 1lb every fortnight on average! Today I’ve eaten Greek yoghurt with a passion fruit for breakfast. For lunch I ate two mini babybel cheeses and some walnuts and a few strawberries. This evening I have had salad leaves with hummus and two falafel. I have had about 6 pints of water today so far. This journey seems to have become really difficult for me over the last month. Thank you for the suggestions to help boost things along- I do want to achieve my goal of a BMI of 25 but at the moment I don’t know if I have the resolve! The effort to reward ratio isn’t great at the moment. There are a few of us struggling at the moment – but like the title says keep on going!!!!! Good luck tomorrow everyone!

Mary, it is inches that count as well as weight. I have lost 2 inches off my jelly belly in 3 weeks so do not get disheartened if you don’t show a loss on the scales. Out of interest how do you record what you eat? I have crossed my fingers and toes but not my eyes for you.

On the topic of low carb bread I would want to know the ingredients and how it is made. I have this issue with vegan cakes. Call me old school but a basic sponge is a simple 6 oz of s/r flour, caster sugar and unsalted butter + 3 eggs (if I am being technical I weigh the eggs in the shell and match that weight with each ingredient) you don’t even need baking powder. It is a shame I am off cake because I make the best buns/shortbread EVER! And my mum is the queen of cakes. We don’t ponce around decorating them….it is the taste that counts. FYI my liqueur chocolates are to die for……..4 will take you over the legal driving limit!

Hi Jan – you’ll be happy to know I’m up to 7501 steps I got a right shock yesterday with 1879. Made myself move my lazy butt. I normally do eat when I’m happy, sad, angry, blah blah blah…… but all that needs to stop. I tell myself food is nutrients to keep body healthy and my body is not a dustbin – haha – hope this lasts – I know what I’m like. Hot in Scotland too – lemon watwr is great – I grate some ginger into it too – supposed to thin the blood lowering the risk of heart attacks and stroke. Plus I do actually love ginger – I even chopped some up into tiny pieces for my salad today – nice. Good luck with whoosh tomorrow.
Not sure if I should weigh myself weekly or daily. Daily , you do get minor increases depending on how many carbs and salt i’ve had – weekly tends to make me take my eye off the ball. Decisions decisions!

Theodora – you’re definitely living the dream – woo hoo! You go girl! Can I ask how much weight you lost – it’s ok if you don’t want to say. I have put all my stats on my profile page if you are interested. Good to know where everybody is coming from and where they end up.

Welcome to the forum 0053, you have come to the right place! If you have any questions or concerns just ask, someone will be able to answer. Do you have a final target weight yet or do you want to go with smaller targets? I can recommend the latter, it is always nice to have something to celebrate whether scales, measurement or just life victories. I suggest you have a look at the various mini-goals threads using the search box to get some ideas.

Hi SG — yes, I was responding to July 17 article referenced by MitalG — I read the article and don’t think it is good advice given the parameters of BSD so suggesting people take the advice to sleep more, but not the rest of it😀

Hello all. I started a week ago after at 52 thinking, I need to do something now or perhaps I never will. I started a week ago at 23 stone 5lb. If I’m honest it wasn’t an easy week, although I guess you can’t go from eating whatever you pleased at goodness knows how many calories to something between 800-1000. However, as difficult as it was, I did not falter and stuck to it religiously, including having 3-4 litres of water a day.
I am amazed that firstly I did it, albeit my slim and sporty wife has been incredibly supportive and for that I am totally grateful, but also that I clocked off the week at 22stone 4lbs, a very pleasing 1stone and 1 pound loss. I know that this week won’t be anything like that, but it has certainly made the headaches very worthwhile.
So, I have a considerable way to go, but will aim to do it a day at a time. Thanks for your stories on here, they are very inspiring. And thanks for reading, if you got this far 🙂

I usually went a few calories above the 800, just to get good general nutrition, getting as close as I could to the reduced calorie optimum nutrition model within 800-850 calories a day. I just didn’t like the idea of being below that, although when I started doing 5:2 I did stick to the 500 calories, I felt much better on the 800.

Hiya all,

EC, sounds like you are in a state of upheaval….congrats for being strong and sticking to this WOE.
FFBB…again well done for being in control.
Lee you will have to let us know how that bread is, taste, looks and toastability!
My weigh in day tomorrow and apart from one slip up, I have adhered faithfully to my 800 and low carbs (no potatoes, bread, rice etc) if I haven’t lost any weight I may just cry or get angry. If I get angry I will use it up by cleaning the house…so it’s a sort of win, win situation.
So fingers crossed for tomorrow and I will let you know.
Love Mary xxxx

Hi topcac, I am up nearer 2100 calories on average to stand still and I am not that energetic, with a very sedentary job during the weekdays. If you build up muscle to burn it and increase your calories slowly you may find you can eat more than you think and not increase your weight.

David, I continued playing badminton right through my fasting period, in the early days I would hit a ‘wall’ where my legs would just stop working, but after a few weeks I found I could even do two back to back hour long sessions again. Just keep an eye on your carbs, and when your glycogen is depleted and your body converts to burning fat it will get a lot easier. The fitness will come, and I certainly found that heaving my (former) bulk around was very helpful in building muscle 😀

Sorry to read of your woes, Pod (or should I say Heyho?). I suggest being easy on yourself today and picking the reigns up again tomorrow – hopefully with a new mind set. Strange isn’t it, that quite a few of us are struggling at the moment, but we need to try to refocus and get back to basics. Every single one of us KNOW we CAN do this, so need to find a way of applying ourselves to the task.

Hope we will all be able to report something positive tomorrow, even if it doesn’t include an actual loss.

dnmore, thanks for the welcome. I have posted on loads of threads, but apparently not this one before. Well done on increasing your steps too.

Geenjanet, enjoy your whoosh day.

Krysia, what a lovely compliment to receive so unexpectedly from your husband of 48 years. A similar thing happened to me today. I bought a beautiful Mint Velvet nubuck leather fitted biker jacket, size 8, online and it arrived today. I tried it on, and asked my o/h if he thought it was a little on the small side. His reply………….. “No way, you’ve got a fantastic figure now, be proud to show it off!” 😊 We too have been married for 48 years😋

Not doing great today either! Typical sabotaging. Just eaten 60g of cheese, for comfort!
Not comforting my self-esteem though
In the pits, been there a lot lately. heyho, I can always skip dinner.
I like using the phrase”heyho”. There was a lady cricketer called Heyhoe, second name, I’ve often wanted to change my name to heyho!!

SNAP! S-g up until this morning I had gained consistently but have dropped a little so now just 2.4lbs up on last week. I know that’s not a great deal of help to you but maybe we need to either weigh less often or just accept that in hot weather weight fluctuates much more because of fluid retention or dehydration or whatever.

Sorry I’ve not been posting much but have made a conscious decision to stop ‘overthinking’ which California girl suggested was happening.

I’ve not had time to catch up on all the other posts just noticed this ‘cry for help’ from you s-g. Wish I could be of more help.

Will weigh-in tomorrow and try to catch up on the posts but for those struggling …. hang in there… and for those doing well …. great !

Day 23 in the BSD house.

I have had a lovely lunch out, it was on plan but not within my 800 calories (or within my 50 g net carbs).

I had a lovely Ploughman’s but I didn’t eat the pastry from the Gala pie nor the meat from the scotch egg (looked unappealing) but don’t know how to alter the item to adjust for no pastry (pie) so I just guesstimated the size of the meat without the pastry and just added the boiled egg. Didn’t have a glass of wine or dessert and my daily average for July stands at just under 900 calories…. and do you know what? I am totally happy with that.

Under 1000 daily average calories is OK with me, it means that I can have an unplanned lunch out and manage my weight loss at the same time.

I am still sleeping well and my energy levels are up today, but then I have had a bigger lunch.

Did my 6 reps of 16 arm exercises as well.

Like I have previously said, life has to be liveable!

FFBB X