If you’re looking for a change from plain water, why not try a fruit tea – you can drop a bag in hot or cold water, as you fancy.

Hey all- been good again today- over carbs but under calories, even with a mini Tim tam!

Been drinking loads of water- hoping that I can beat my cheese cravings lol

Hope yiu have all been good today 🙂

Persistence is key,JAN,andthe rain is persisting down here at the moment 😋😋😋
I have got eyes,legs, and fingers crossed for you! Youve done it before and you can do it again 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
No i havent heard from Frog or any of the Hello thread gang for a while. Hope everyone is ok xxxx

Hangry!!!! 🤣🤣 that used to be me!
Well I’ve face the conference in London the whole buffet was carbs, carbs and more carbs!!! I’ve eaten my boiled eggs and an apple! Can’t believe I’ve done it! Never been so determined- thanks to you all too your comments really help and motivate me x

Ooh Yowser luvvy you are so funny, haven’t you done amazingly, you will be my inspiration for persistence, and the correct attitude. lol I have more than that to loose, about 7 stone ish, ooh I will be like a spring chick when that lot has gone.
But I’m here now and I’m not stopping for nothing. Grrrrrrrr 💃💃💃🙋🙋🙋🐲🤗🤗🤗 so glad you are still doing well. How about Frog heard from her lately

JAN !!!! So good to see you,ive missed you!
Glad to know you are in feisty mood and ready to Kick those Carbs to the Kerb!
I’ m not at target yet,but am almost six stone down..isnt it disgraceful that after that big loss i still have anything left to lose?? 🐷🐷🐷🐷 Yet i still look like a sack of spuds…! Makes you realise,my carb Monsta had so much control for so very long!
I want to lose another stone and then will accept that weight gracefully,as a lady of advancing yrs..i think if i lost any more than 7 stone i wd just collapse into a big heap of wrinkles like a burst balloon 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 xx

Hi 🙋Yowser

I’m back with avengense, how are you doing are you at target yet. I have so missed your funny quotes and funny things😁

Jan 🙋🙋🙋

Hi buffy

Drink plenty and add a little salt to your food,
That will stop the symptoms 😀

AH Thanks ..will look on there later. I feel a bit of a fraud on there now coz since becoming a BSDEr ive only done one fast in 8 months! But i still love chatting with the folks on there X

Made some really good choices today, and feeling good apart from some hot flushes which are just a part of my life at the moment.

Tonight should be okay so I hope to finally chalk up a weight loss soon!

My oh my….
Carb Flu has definitely kicked in – albeit mild but I have had to take some paracetamol and I felt a bit queasy and lightheaded earlier. Feel a bit better now that I have eaten lunch but I am glad that I am on the downward stretch to the end of the day!!!

Hope everyone’s day is going ok :o)

Hello all and welcome pettip!
I’m with you on the damage limitation, for years I’ve beat myself up if I’d not been 100% perfect on that day then I’d binge eat for the rest of the week which was always written off until Monday morning again, piling more and more weight on. Was my circle of life for a long time – now I’m feeling more positive – don’t get me wrong I’m still not a 100% every day but I think I am more in control with this diet and I do think that’s down to cutting the carbs and not having the massive highs and lows from the sugar. And of course the support on the forums really help with focus and reality that we aren’t all perfect all the time.
I was reading something last night and this guy was speaking about his previous low cal diet and how it always made him “hangry” – both hungry and angry all the time – made me chuckle and sympathise lol – he changed his life around following a low carb diet and is no longer “hangry” 🙂

watsup, you dont have to give up nuts, just have a few. I count mine out so I am not sticking my hand in the bag. 10 pistachios or 6 almonds make a reasonable snack and are so good for you.

sperando, you are right to give yourself some wriggle room, there is always that party, glass of wine or slice of cake around the corner. Now I am officially down to 5.4 I am going to reduce from 22 to 21, I will leave it at 21 for maybe a week, if bg stays down I will reduce more, if not I will either leave it for a while or go back to 22. I would rather have the low BG with more meds than risk getting high readings again. When I started this I never expected to be off insulin for at least a year, coming into my 9th month now but have 2 holidays in the next month, a week in spain with family then a cruise, all inclusive, so I might just stick where I am for now.

MK just enjoy your break, you will come back looking a million dollars.

My weight is the same and BG this morning back in the 4’s, wanted to 72 kgs before tomorrow but just hovering above that. Still, I am nearly 2 kgs lighter than at my last doctors appointment. Got the dentist this afternoon, my least fave medical appointment. Hope I dont need any treatment.

Thanks, jmarie – your head is obviously still in your suitcase, as it is my son who has just gained his Masters, not Angela’s. But thanks for the congrats anyway. As far as his onward journey in the career stakes is concerned, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if he wasn’t joking about staying in France and becoming a ski-bum for a couple of years, assuming he could pick up some work to pay his way. He has rented his house out over here so has nowhere to live in UK for at least the next 8 months anyway – other than with us of course, which isn’t ideal for a grown man 🙁 He is 33 and was doing well, career wise, but suddenly decided he hated what he was doing, so decided to change direction completely. He had to pay for his own Masters (in excess of £20,000) as he already has a BSc, plus manage to live for 15 months with no salary which was a powerful motivator to work hard and do well. O/H isn’t totally happy about him turning a ski-bum but, hey, he has no commitments, you are only young once and life is for living:-) I would FAR rather he is healthy and happy than rich! Though that would be nice too! 😉

So pleased you are all packed and ready to go, despite the fact you have to work today. Guessing we won’t hear from you until your return? So safe journey, have a wonderful time and come back safe and sound – and don’t forget to let us know about the baby, really hope all goes well for the birth and that your daughter can hang on until you arrive – exciting times for you. x

Here in America I’m using the SlimFast shakes. But the newer kind that have only 1 g sugar. The old formula has sugar as the main ingredient! Plus the new formula has 20 G protein and vitamins and minerals. Atkins shakes another option but not as many vitamins.

If I use the powder mix I’m using coconut milk to lower the cards. Even fat free milk has 13 g sugar. Coconut milk has 1 g. To get my stomach used to coconut milk I’m using half fat free milk and half coconut.

You gotta read the labels.

Here in America I’m using the SlimFast shakes. But the newer kind that have only 1 g sugar. The old formula has sugar as the main ingredient! Plus the hewed formula has 20 G protein and vitamins and minerals. Atkins shakes another option but not as many vitamins.

If I use the powder mix I’m using coconut milk to lower the cards. Even fat free milk has 13 g sugar. Coconut milk has 1 g. To get my stomach used to coconut milk I’m using half fat free milk and half coconut.

You gotta read the labels.

Hey, MissFSD – really good to hear from you, was feeling a little lonely here, so joined another January starter thread “Starting in January 2017 – Anyone?”

You could be writing my story – not only have we both lost 24lbs in our 8 weeks, but I too, very disappointingly, have only lost one pound since 6th March, so the past 10 days, but am hoping for a visit from the Whoosh Fairy soon as I am sticking 100% to BSD800. But, also like you, I did lose 1/2″ from my waist. Maybe we are twins, separated at birth 😉

Thanks for the tip about Costco, but I hate porridge 🙁 My breakfast of choice, which I am now totally addicted to and can’t see me ever changing it, is Fage Yoghurt and berries – just love it, and am salivating even thinking about it! 😉

Let’s keep motivating each other – we don’t have that far to go, so I know we will both get there.

Angela~ That is wonderful news about your son earning his Master’s degree and the only one in his class with distinction. That is a lot of hard work !!! Congrats to him and to you, his proud mom! Does he have plans for what he wants to do with his career moving forward? Skiing sounds nice–good for him to take time to enjoy himself after all his studies. So nice that you didn’t have any PITS!

PEAK: I’m packed and ready to go! It always takes me days to get everything ready. I’ve decided on the larger suitcase because I want to bring my pillow. I sleep so much better with my own pillow. I put it in one of those vacuum bags and got it down to a fairly small size. We won’t have to lug our luggage around too much so thought I’d splurge. Usually when I travel internationally I pack as light as possible because I know I’ll regret lugging a huge load around. Wish me luck!

PIT: I have to work today when I’d much rather be home making sure the house is in order. I still need to water all the house plants and clean the bathrooms plus all the other things that should be done before leaving. Our plane takes off around 3pm tomorrow (Friday) and we land in Amsterdam on Saturday.

Yowzer: I got your private message on the 5:2 forum and sent you one back when I saw it.

Hi Theodora – we are on the same field, I have also lost 24lbs too really wanting to get that extra 4lbs off to reach 2 stone it would be a real mental boost to reach that target. Then just take it a week at a time to get more off. Last week I only lost 1lb which the first time that I have lost so little, still I guess that will happen as time goes on. I certainly haven’t cheated once on this diet, and I don’t drink so there have been no slip ups. Still positive outlook and even though I only lost 1lb last week I did actually lose 1/2 ” off my waist – crazy this diet gives you that little boost here and there.
I went to Costco this week, ( love their meat and fresh veg) I also found something new from Quaker its called Super Goodness Porridge – Has protein, fibre and omega 3. contains flax seeds and quinoa came in a box of 37, 30g sachets which you then fill the empty sachet with milk to give the correct amount. Its really nice sugar free and has those little bits in that are included in this diet, and for me keeps me on the right portion control. so be interesting to see what this weeks weigh in brings. Having more chicken this week, plus green salad and steamed green veggies, kale, French beans and tender stem broccoli. Good luck on your progress and keep updated on here as I will, its nice to have someone who is at the same level of loss as myself, keeps the spirits up. xxxxx

Ooh hi KrysiaD

Another name I recognise from before. We only moved here on 14 Feb, we are restoring two old barns and building a third to link them all up, we are in west Norfolk methwold, whereabouts are you. I have quite a bit of family here we have all gone up north from Kent. People here talk to you it’s all very alien, but lovely and friendly, and the sun is out looking forward to going to that beach in the summer where the household cavalry have their gallops in the sea, during their summer hols 🐴🐴🐴

How are you doing are you a lapsed peep like me or have you kept going.

🙋Jan

Hi Linda

Bril work, you are an example of the success of this eating plan. I just wish I had never allowed myself to go back to bad habits, I was lulled into a false sense of security as the weight barely crept on for the first few months. But hey ho yep cold turkey here I come, already feeling better even after just 24 hrs, I think it’s the feeling of control, and normality it’s so reassuring.

Nice to hear from you 🙋Jan

Sorry – I meant to type MK not MM.

Wow LindaA! This is really encouraging stuff to read on my first day! I hope I’ll be able to do this well in time! Cold turkey, and lots of forward planning for me!

MM – hope you have a lovely time at the spa. It sounds as though you could really do with some pampering. We looked after my father-in-law when he had dementia and we lost him for 8 hours one day. We were just about to call the police when he walked through the door. It was a stressful time.

Hi Greenjanet
Great to see you back. I am in Norfolk also and it is a glorious day.

Hi Pharmascience – I think you are contravening the posting guidelines on this forum so I have reported you

Hi Jan
Yes, I’ve stayed on plan! Not touched any added sugar or grains or bad carbs since I reached goal last September 😀
My weight still fluctuates up and down by about 3kg (57-60kg) but I accept that is just part of my metabolism and so long as I don’t eat the bad stuff, I’m all good. I’m now in size 8-10 pants (was originally 16-18) and a small or 10-12 tops (again, was 16-18).
I now drink very little alcohol – just don’t feel like it anymore) and I don’t get cravings for sugar, ever.
The trick is to go cold turkey and just don’t cheat👍.
Let us know how you go.
Cheers
Linda

hello all, our household has just finished the first 8 week challenge with a combined loss of about 60 kilos. My hubby lost 16k, sons 15, 14 & 7 (this son didn’t really need to lose any weight) and I lost 8k. We are all very pleased and just like this forum, the support for each other is crucial, in staying on task and inspiring each other and motivating each other. We have all changed in lots of ways, not just the weight. I feel convinced that our boys have been given a real education in health.
We have had two days off the diet, but not going crazy. the first night was our regular family dinner night which has been recipes from the BSD book for the last 8 weeks. All the kids come home with their partners once a week. Helps us to stay connected. Even the non resident family members have been impressed by the weight losses. Last night was my husband’s birthday dinner with all the family, and we did have Princess Cake for dessert, his favourite, and so I bit off task. Hubby and I are doing 5:2 now for a few weeks as a daughter has an engagement party coming up and then perhaps do another 8 weeks. We will see how we go and how easy it is to maintain. Felt very good this morning on my walk and all day really.
Keep all the encouraging posts coming in and lets keep changing the world one day at a time 🙂

Jump aboard pettip – we talk to anyone 🙂 I’m with you on loving the lentil and spinach Dahl but I fiddled the recipe a bit. We have a smaller version of it using 34g dried red lentils per person and leave out the yogurt. I tend to add peppers and mangetout to pad it out and serve it with tandoori marinated chicken. OH loves it and if my carbs are low enough I can sneak a poppadom on the plate too -bonus! I eat gluten free so tend to cook from scratch but I do cook in bulk to a certain extent. If we have mince it will be one pan of chilli and one pan of Bolognese cooking at the same time and I tend to cook a roast with a bigger joint so the left over meat can be chucked in a stir fry the day after. Because I do most of the cooking my OH is eating the BSD meals (with chips or bread to bulk it up) either he eats what I’ve made or he cooks for himself so funnily enough he’s taking the easy option! 🙂

Hi all, is anybody there???

I do hope the fact that this January thread has gone totally silent (apart from me 🙁 ) doesn’t mean that everyone has fallen totally off the wagon and given up? I cannot imagine that is the case, as so many of you had stuck with it and were approaching the end of the 8 weeks. Hopefully you are all still going strong (or even reached your targets?), but just too busy to post, but now that the first 8 weeks is well and truly finished, it would be nice to hear how you all have done / are doing.

My final weight loss for the 8 weeks was 24lbs, 4lbs short of my original target of 2st, so I am keeping on and doing a 2nd round in the hope of losing at least another 10lbs.

Looking forward to hearing from you all.

The more the merrier pettip welcome!

Welcome to the gang Storm! Plan everything and shop to your plan, this is a great place to find support and encouragement.

Welcome Storm. Plan to the last detail would be my advice, and keep coming here.

Thank you for your support already! Looking forward to reading all your posts, and hopefully reporting some success next week xx

I officially started on 13 Feb but that thread has gone quiet. I hope you don’t mind me joining you.

Welcome!! We can do this together, these boards are great for support and motivation :o)

xx

Welcome on board, Storm! Great that you’re healthy again; stay around, we will all do this together.

Hi all.
I am starting today so hope it’s OK if I join too. Need all the encouragement I can get! Got lots to lose after 3 years of illness but am now healthy and determined 2017 is the year it will happen. Feeling positive so far. Good luck to us all!

Apple, you did really well to resist chocolate.

On Monday, I bought some bournville for my daughter’s food tech. They were on offer at 3 for £1 so I bought 6. She only needed 5. I was so hungry after breakfast and lunch that I ate the last one! Normally I shun dark chocolate of any description, but my taste buds have changed after being on this diet for 4 weeks, and I savoured every mouthful, and was satisfied. Not put any weight on thankfully, and I now realise that a 45g chocolate bar is actually quite large – before this diet I could have eaten a full 6 pack of chocolate and still wanted more. The good thing is I didn’t give up and have a blowout like on previous diets. I just went over that day by 240 calories (1 x 45g bar of bournville) and started again the following day.

It’s by no means been plain sailing since, but this way of eating has been satisfying my tastebuds and I haven’t had any cravings since. Loving lentil and spinach daal and beetroot falafels. I bought some butchers Lincolnshire sausages and am really looking forward to having these tonight with some veg. It’s high in calories at 150 calories a sausage, but it’s full of nice ingredients at almost 90% pork meat. There’s not always time to cook from scratch so it’s fab that I can have these for convenience.

Hope everyone has a successful diet day.

Thanks, greenjanet! Will download myfitnesspal onto my iPhone. Very sobering that I need to count everything, but at least I know now! Will regard carrots with suspicion from now on.

Hi fabulist

Yes we do need to count everything, the way I understand it, the rapid weight loss is down to keeping carbs under 50 calls at 800 and I record everything in myfitnesspal app which you can download free, and is invaluable to me, you can reset the calorie target in the goals section, hope you have a iPhone, or you could do it on a tablet or iPad.

Just for info carrots are quite high in carbs so eat very moderately.

For brunch I have had fried halloumi cheese poached eggs mushrooms and tomatoes, wow the cheese was so lush, never had it before, it’s on schedule now for regular indulgence. 😁😁😁

The sun is out here in Norfolk, so getting moving and motivated , feeling better already and it’s only been 24 hrs. Love this plan, why did I fall of the wagon bonkers. 🤔🦋🙋

Wow it’s busy on here today 🙂 LuckyLinda well done! Glad your check up went so well. Hellyshear you will be fine, you’ve got this. Mariet drinking frog spawn?! I can’t even cope with orange juice with bits in so I will be avoiding that like the plague. Everyone else on here just take it one day at a time and keep plodding like me 🙂 Yesterday was a tricky one as I just felt hungry all day. After lunch I could’ve killed for chocolate but had yogurt and raspberries. That wasn’t sweet enough so I had a few strawberries but that didn’t work either. I tried diversion tactics and had a bit of really strong Stilton thinking that would help but no….After picking at that lot I then had a small handful of peanuts and then spent half an hour on MFP trying to play around with portions for dinner to reign the calories back in. I went over by about 60cals in the end but that was damage limitation so I’m not worried about that. I’m sticking to salad for lunch today though so I have more calories to play with if the dreaded munchies come back 🙂

Morning Everyone,
Hope you are all doing ok :o)

Day 4 for me and I’m already 4lbs down, however I know that this is water/booze weight from holiday so I knew I would have a weight loss whoosh and I will plateau next week I’m sure but it’s a really good start, and very motivating!!!

Today is 2 eggs for breakfast at 11, then feta salad at lunch and tonight we have lemon chicken stir fry for tea. I want to have a slightly lower calorie day today, maybe coming in at 600 as I tomorrow night I will be having a couple of gins with a girlfriend. I promised her a month ago that I would and it was planned for last weekend so before I re-started but she had a school inspection (she’s a teacher) so last weekend was moved to this weekend. I’m going to do a bit of a sneaky and stick to slim line tonic without the gin whenever i go to the bar to get the drinks…. (and will save money!) and as it’s just the 2 of us that will be fairly often so I am hoping that with a massive salad with chicken for my meal before I go out I can hopefully stay within my calories…. I can live in hope!!! :o)

I hope everyone has a good day and keep smiling!

Much Love,

Rebecca xxx

Hi Kim

I have oatmeal or porridge for most breakfasts 25g so I make 50g and have over 2 days. When I did this diet for 4 weeks and came off it, the weight did NOT pile on at all and my ldl [bad cholesterol] has lowered significantly for the first time in 20 years. So I am in this for however long it takes- I am determined not to buy any big clothes and will fit into my wardrobe of clothes in size 16 and below…. soon. lost 2lbs in a day I know its water but still happy, cottage cheese for lunch, chickpea & quinoa salad for dinner, feel v motivated cos of you all x

was at friends for drinks last night stuck to herbal tea and no crisps or biccys – tofd host I was serious about this diet and really nice that everyone was supportive and I didn’t break it. I have the dawn phenomenon so eating 50g of chicken before bed, suggested on a thread, been good for me.

Good morning everyone!
I have roasted chicken breast and chopped tomatoes, cucumbers and carrots for lunch, and for dinner, maybe a stir-fry with chicken and peppers. This is Day 4 and I have lost 1 kg so far. Weight went up by 500g since yesterday but I am not going to be disheartened by that. I find it slightly challenging to stay strictly within 800 calories every day. Do you, for example, count all your salad vegetables like carrots and tomatoes?
The 16:8 fasting is not so difficult for me, but how does one eat fat and stay within 800 calories? I would be grateful for any tips for tried-and-tested strategies.
Lumpyjumper, well done on not blowing it big time. In the large scheme of things, one little meringue dessert is not going to stand in the way of you and your goal!

Abbado, great news on your almost at target in your 8 weeks, I had set myself a 2 stone target for my first 8 weeks, and only managed 1.5, but in the end still pretty happy just to have made it that far!

Clothes sizes are such an annoying thing, but I guess as much as clothes are all different sizes, we are all different shapes, I am back into all of my size 14’s and even wore a size 12 dress the other day, so am hoping in another few weeks more of my size 12’s will start to fit, but it is disheartening when you have your eye on something in your wardrobe that hasn’t fitted for a while, and either it still doesn’t fit, or it does, but just doesn’t look as good as you remember as you have changed shape?!

I have people commenting on my change in appearance, but not as much as my colleague who is doing teh same diet and has lost the same amount fo weight, but she does have a tiny waist and does tend to wear very close fitting clothes that show off her shrinking but still curvy figure. I just like teh fact that some of my skirts are sitting on my hips now and feel loose and comfortable, rather than on my waist. But I am missing my 2 pvc size 16 skirts that i had bought last October, they are now swimming on me, so next autumn I will need new ones!

Never mind LJ. A few cals on one day what make a blind bit of difference. Don’t beat yourself up this morning. Celebrate your renewed resolve this evening.