A year after some of these posts I too cannot find the BMI Calculator on this site. The BSD book states it is on the site. Did anyone ever find it or is it just not here?

Hi, I know how you feel. I am at the start of week 8 but have only lost 11lb in total so far (I have 10 stone to lose!). I have been having 800-900 calories a day and kept my carbs around 40g a day. I have also been making the recipes from the book/site. My day consists of:

greek yoghurt with raspberries for breakfast of the Chia Mocha breakfast
sardines with salad for lunch or a soup
Bolognese, chilli or chicken tikka for evening meals with veg (no potatoes, bread, rice, pasta etc)
2ltr water each day as a minimum

Plus I have a personal trainer twice a week!

I must be doing something wrong because at my weight I would have thought I would have averaged at more than just short of 1.5lb per week.

My GP is happy for me to continue for another 8 weeks on the BSD but if I don’t lose more than 1 stone again they have advised I will need to find an alternative which is a shame because I really like this diet.

Keep up the good work, I am sure you will lose more weight as the weeks progress.

Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I plan to steer clear of the carbs and alcohol so I can continue on my merry way. In 3 weeks my blood sugar has normalised but I still have a lot of weight to lose. I don’t plan to veer off the 800 calories too often. I see you have lost 30 kg. well done. Was it all achieved on the blood sugar diet?

I’d say occasionally doing this is fine. It does depend on what the 1500 calories is made up of. Technically on a 1500 cal diet you will still lose weight.

But…

If the excess is alcohol and/or simple carbs, you may see a small gain and then a rapid loss of this gain if you stay on plan in the days after. This is just a little water retention if you’ve eaten carbs – the body has released insulin to break down the sugars and probably created some glycogen to store in your muscles. This involves water retention. So no actual fat gain really on a one-off 1500 calorie day.

Hi everyone, I know it is now the end of February but I just joined. Wondering how people are going with their weight loss and blood sugar levels. I started a week ago and have lost 3kg. I am type 2 diabetic and have to have a hip replacement this year and this was all due to me being overweight for so many years, although because I am tall the weight does not seem so bad, but my BMI tells a different story as does my health.

Last week I had day surgery to help with the pain in my hip until I quality with my private medical insurance and my blood sugar levels went crazy, I felt totally sick for the week following the surgery and have only just started seeing the levels coming back down even with sticking strictly to the diet, but at least I am still loosing weight, hopefully the BSL will follow.

I found making up a batch of home made baked beans and taking them to work, keeps you really full and is actually delicious, I also bought a series of small plastic pots, think they are for babies by a very well known plastic company (can’t name them on here) and I put in the little pots yoghurt, nuts, hummus, cut up vegies (cucumber, carrots etc), this makes me feel like I am having much more than I actually have – it is really all in the mind. So now I have given up the wine, lollies (my favourite is jelly lollies) and large portions of anything, it seems to be working.

Will keep you posted but I went from 90.6 to 87kg up to now. I also have a bracelet that records your steps, sleep etc (again can’t say the manufacturer’s name, but you probably know what I am talking about), this keeps me honest and even though my sore hip prevents me exercising as much as I would like, I do try to get my steps up to 5000, hopefully by the end of the year I can be back to doing 10000 again.

Anyway, hope to hear more from you all, keep it up, it is worth the effort and really works 🙂

While I have stuck to the 800 calories fairly rigidly, acouple of times I have eaten 1000 calories. Today I will probably eat 1500 calories as have a dinner to go to. I am exercising, swimming 1.5k most days and losing weight. I just want to know if these slip ups are catastrophic in terms of weight loss and the blood sugar diet. I would love to hear your opinions.

Hope all goes well with the op TumTum. The temptation of carbs is enormous, my daughter cooked fruit toast yesterday and made half a dozen chocolate muffins, they were sitting on the worktop looking delicious, but I resisted and had an orange instead. Cathy and Theodora, I have always been regular every day infact, this diet has been a real problem for me with regard to going to the loo, even though I drink heaps of water. I have always eaten loads of fruit and think this may be the problem. I eat loads of veggies but still doesnt help. Now on week 8 and have added more fruit, berries, apple, mandarins and fresh figs (in season at the moment) to the diet along with psyllium husk on the fruit and yogurt, hopefully this will help as it is a real problem being constipated and can cause piles. Good luck to everyone.

MK brilliant on the exercise front and best wishes for eye exam.

G&Bs 85% chocolate with fresh slivers of ginger. Would that be disgusting or maybe just really nice? Been thinking about this all evening – so glad that for once there’s none of the evil dairy milk stuff in the house or I’d have succumbed for sure tonight. Or even… what about poaching some pieces of fresh ginger in maple syrup and adding the 85% choc… or even squeezing ginger juice into melted choc and letting it set? If anyone findsany of these work then we may have a business opportunity😆

Hi everybody!
Day 16
Start weight: 17st 8lb, weight loss to date 12.5lb
Had my first difficult day yesterday. Went to Prezzo for lunch, had calamari with garlic mayo (shared with friend) followed by winter superfood salad (mainly roasted veg) and a diet G&T. In the evening had approx 250ml red wine. Should’nt have had the booze and calories were probably 1500 to 1600. Didn’t fit any walking in.
Oh well been v good today, under 800 cals and no booze – and had a good walk.
Someone asked earlier about recipes in the book. I love the stir-fry beef with asparagus and sesame seeds. Delicious, cooked it about four times now. Chicken korma tomorrow. Going to try the lasagne with aubergine slices instead of pasta sheets on Saturday when my vegetarian friend comes.
It is my understanding that we weigh less in the morning compared to the evening because during the night we lose around 1.5 pints of water through perspiration and through breathing. During the day through drinking we re-hydrate.
Another single person has written about the difficulty of adapting recipes for one. I am single and make the recipes as suggested in the book then freeze the left-over portions for another day. Doing this in the long-run saves tremendously on cooking time
Nancy x

TumTumP
All the best for tomorrow’s surgery. And I wouldn’t worry about the weight – there may not be much extra weight after the op as often the body puts extra effort into healing. Not that this is a reason to keep attacking carbs, mind you! But we are all human some of the time evwn though there are such shining examples of super special folk on here -yourself included😊

Lol Verano. My lovely work colleagues have nothing to fear from me – they’re all 2o years younger, gorgeous, fit, & more confident than I have ever been in my life, it’s lovely to see. It doesn’t matter how skinny I get, I am most definitely NO competition! No, the weird thing was that even though I made no fuss about my order, they judged me, and their own choices against my choice and found me wanting. I thought that was really odd. So much absolutely nutty communal head stuff around women and food. Men don’t do this (sweeping generalisation, I know, but mostly they don’t.). MKx

Well, organisation is obviously the key to success. 30 minute brisk beach walk. Tick. 30 mins interval rowing. Tick. Exercise clothes in neat heap for tomorrow. Tick. Let’s see if we can keep it up!
Enough already with the chocolate gingers. My similar passion is dark, dark chocolate covered sour orange peel and I’m helpless around it, can’t sleep if it’s in the house. You’re making me want to get in the car and drive to the nearest stockist so I can be first on their doorstep! I always thought 60 miles was a big enough distance between me and my nemesis. Maybe not….MK x

Hi all
What a week! I’m going into hospital tomorrow for foot surgery. Been very preoccupied and yesterday was a carb car crash! Sandwiches, a pasty, potato wedges and wine. Was going to weigh tomorrow before going in to hospital but too scared!! Had really been looking forward to a bit of toast when I came round but now worried. I’m so close to getting 2 stone off by end of these 8 weeks. If I’ve gained when I next weigh it will make me so down whilst recuperating after the op. And today have been extra hungry . CARBS are the devil !

Yay! I did it, I finally broke through the exercise barrier, joined a gym yesterday with my friend from work who is also doing the bsd with me, we both need someone else to motivate us and we have similar schedules with ex’s who have the kids the same alternate weekends with a weekday evening too. So we had our induction, paid our membership worked out for an hour, nearly killed myself and according to fitbit, only burned an extra 350 cals…but hey, that’s 350 cals I wouldn’t otherwise have burned!

Have booked a pilates session for tomorrow and clubbercise for next Tuesday, plus hope to get to the gym on weds afternoon.

2 pounds down this week so far, hoping for another one tomorrow.

i thought I was under my calories today and 30g carb- then I remembered I hadn’t accounted for my coffee and milk- now on 44g carb and over calories – but at least I am counting everything – still feel pleased that I didn’t cave in to chocolate cravings- learning to balance food to that I have things for lunch and dinner that aren’t high in carbs and making sure I eat berries-

I was thinking of buying macadamia nuts as snack but not sure how many grams yiu Woukd have as a snack- I tends to be between leaving work in the evening and getting home that I crave a snack!

NancyB – I too have given up alcohol for the first 8 weeks as I really want to be successful with this diet. In Australia, we have Feb Fast in February where lots of people give up alcohol and sugar for a month after our summer of fun. I am finding it has helped as there is no weakening of will power after that first glass. I have dropped 4 kg in 2 and 2/3 weeks. For me that is amazing! Good luck, I am sure you can do it.

Hi Verano, thanks for pushing this one back to the top. I did my broccoli and cauli mash again tonight, but realised to my horror I had no fresh chillies in, and remembered your Tabasco variant. Used some dried jalapeño flakes as well and a little coriander leaf with some creme fraiche added last thing and stirred in, it was lovely.

Thanks 1960smp, I am starting to think of eating this way as my comfort mode, so good luck getting back on the wagon and changing the lifestyle. I haven’t actually made any meals from the recipe book, I usually just browse books for ideas and then wing it, but a few people have recommended recipes I’d like to try sometime. Which ones have you tried?

Wally – welcome to this thread. It finishes on the 21st February and Marsie will be starting a new thread on that day which we can all join. I read the posts every day and it really helps me keep on track. So just start posting today – giving an update (good or bad) and if you have any questions there is always someone who can help.

Julia18togo – well done for getting back on track. It will be fantastic when you are down into the 70 kilos. I agree it is really difficult to post when life gets really hectic and during those times I also find it is so helpful to just read the posts.

Marsie – your convert sounds so enjoyable. I am glad you are feeling better.

Maharani kitten – fingers crossed for your eye exam.

I am on the other side of my 50th, but can report that it was very nice to slim into my Size 18 party dress (bought in the January sales for inspiration, while I was still closer to 22) for the occasion, in fact I almost overshot and would have been better in a sixteen, so you go for it loopylou.

Day 4 down – tonight when I got home I was really cracving chocolate- I resisted- I had a coffee and also ate a coupl of pickled onions with a tiny corner off he cheese- seemed to stop my craving

I have the rest of bolognaise tonight but not sure what to serve with it

Mum came to stay last weekend and brought, guess what. Chocolate gingers. Beautiful dark chocolate, not too sweet. I managed to restrict myself to one that night, and she left me the last one which I saved for V day as a treat. Lovely.

Have you tried using the grater blade in the food processor, MaryR? The cauli comes out far more like long-grained rice than if you just use the chopper blade which best case scenario turns it into couscous, and purees it if you go a little too long.

Hi Wally, Yes just post whatever and whenever.

Ok I’m now going to ‘hunt’ down the chocolate ginger on the internet until I find one that’s more chocolate than ginger, with at least 70% dark chocolate and preferably no carbs and less than 10 calories per 100g!!!!! Think I may have set myself quite a task but will report back when I find it!!!!

Not such a mystery K8, it is the built up weight of fluid and food taken in and the force of gravity which makes us heavier.

Our daughter bought me dark chocolates with ginger from Fortnum and Mason for my birthday last December and I asked her to keep them for Christmas. Then I caught the gastric bug so didn’t eat them. Mid January I opened the tube and tasted one. It was divine! I ate one more and then put them back into the fridge. Each Saturday night hubby and I had one each and found that nibbling it slowly was enough to satisfy our tastebuds. Only last week I put in a request for some more instead of an Easter egg!
Who would have thought that we would all be drooling over chocolate gingers?
X B

To take part in the next 4 week challenge do I just need to start posting on here giving an update, good or bad? Sorry if I appear a bit dim. Really enjoy reading all your comments.

See you soon Snoop, hope all is ok.

Oh, just stop with the chocolate ginger! Please! Funny, until recently it was the only dark chocolate I liked, now OH has to watch his GF Lindt darks, they’re nicer than I thought.

Good luck with the eye tests Maharani Kitten. Strange that you and I, at opposite ends of the earth, just can’t shake a rotten chest infection. For a while it was impossible to exercise, coughing so much it hurt, but I’ve started back with my pilates and walking. GP hadn’t wanted me back at the gym yet, but this is a very small and fully supervised one, and it feels so much better to be doing something active.

Sounding good Sunshine-girl, Rosebery, doodledootoo.

It’s late here, should be asleep, Almost 1.00am. Obviously still excited by the concert we went to tonight. Our local council’s annual Valentine’s concert (the 1st one ever actually was on V’s Day, now on the Thursday nearest ). Outdoors at Joondalup Country Club, they set up a music shell on one of the fairways and the 8000 strong crowd set up their picnic chairs down the length of the fairway. Beautiful starry night, the breeze thankfully dropped away, WA Symphony Orchestra, the wonderful Kate Cebrano with tenor Michael Falzon playing some of the James Bond theme songs. Such an enjoyable night:)

But I am going upstairs now, so goodnight all, or good day, whichever applies x

See you soon Snoop. Take care and we’ll still be here when you get back.

Sunshine-girl I have to get chocolate ginger out of my head otherwise I will definitely crack! A friend brought me some beautiful home made apple strudel and cookies earlier, I now have to find will power from somewhere to resist them!!!

Ok so no more talk of goodies. I’m off to have my broccoli and stilton soup …. never mind!

Hi loopylou

We’ve all been there done that but the important thing is that you’re back here starting again. There’s so much help and inspiration on these threads and a new 4 week challenge starting next Tuesday. I’m sure you’ll manage to get your head back in gear soon enough!

What is it with men? Sometimes they can be real pains!!! Never mind as sunshine-girl says just keep on keeping on!

I was told at my very first slimming club, which must be over 40 years ago now, that we should weight ourselves in the morning as we can gain 2lb by the evening….. A mystery…….

Apparently we also lose up to an inch in height throughout the day which doesn’t help things at all.

Well I haven’t been very interactive with this challenge. Apologies all – feel bad when I have a few minutes to read these encouraging posts which are of great benefit, but then don’t give back to you all. I am ridiculously slow when using the phone to type and work has been so hectic my “lunch breaks” (what are they?) have not let me post much.
I can report that I have managed to lose the 3 kilos I wanted to with interest of sorts – regained them with stupid eating during a stressful week, a week into the challenge. So really I am pleased with myself for having got rid of more than 3. However, with another few days to go I might get down some more. My goal is to be back to 70 something kilos rather than hovering around 80 (currently 81). Last time I was there was the summer but BSDing away in seriousness this year after my winter blip. As I said some weeks back I’m in this for the long haul….
Well done to all… some great results here. It doesn’t matter that some lose more than others when the numbers are going down. We all have different frames, metabolisms etc.

Humankind and Angela I also weigh more in the evening. Sometimes as much as 2 kg more. But usually exactly a kilo. Lost one since yesterday, though. Finally… took long enough to come off after a long plateau.
Happy weekend all for tomorrow!

Calling Lucia… how are you doing? Hoping you are not having a bad week at work. You have friends on here rooting for you. Sending hugs your way.
Julia xxx

CathyM
Well I have to congratulate you on resisting the bread. Not sure I could have done that. Happily I don’t have to have it in the house, but I have a friend staying this weekend and am hoping she won’t want toast. As for the visits to the bathroom, I have the opposite problem. It is far worse if I do a fast. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have a lot of weight to lose. (One day I won’t have to say that anymore).

TigetJC
I’m just going to start a new set of 8 weeks at the end of this first set and will continue to do so until I am a twiglet (now that will be the day!!!)

Libby
You have had a good loss so far overall and everyone seems to have little glitches from time to time. I was static last week. Next week will probably make up for it and you will continue on your downward weight spiral. Best of luck

Verano, I went “off piste” for most of November and December. I tried to start again in Jan. My hubby even said he’d join me. He did it for a month (and lost half a stone to put him at target weight) and I fell off the wagon after a few days. Guess my head wasn’t in the right place. Anyway I am now trying again. On my little wander, I put on about 10 pounds of the 2 stone I lost last year, but its still a loss. I am 50 in May. Wouldn’t it be nice to be in a little party dress?

Hi All,

I have had my first ‘Gain’ on BSD! I moved my weeks around on the excel spread sheet I made so that my “week” runs from Friday – Thursday for the 7 days and weigh day lands on a Thursday instead of the (Dreaded) Sunday Morning! (ps. is this cheating?!)

I noticed that my weight jumps up over weekend (Ha, surprise) and Monday is generally heavy, even though if you look at my week over all it ends with a loss…

So, Tomorrow, judging by my new weekly layout, it is the first day of Week 7!! I gained 1.5lbs this week so will be working hard to shift this. And I am already focused on the idea that the 8 week diet will go on longer for me – I will reach my target however long it takes!

Total Loss to date 17.4lbs

Luck and Hugs to all!!
Libby

I am 74 I have just started the BSD found the recipes easy and quick and tasty missing my fruit as it limits you to mostly berries frozen ones in winter are very sour need my supper snack as by then am feeling peckish so have mug of semi skimmed milk a few seeds a couple of walnuts and 4 cashews .I am disappointed that after a week I have barely lost 2 lbs especially after reading what others have lost but am going to persevere

I agree with a lot of what you say there, MrsTLC13.
Irina, do you follow the BSD? One of the main principles of success here is low carb, and as the article suggests to people to eating a carbohydrate rich breakfast, I do not think it really belongs on the forum.

Bye by Snoop hope it is for good reasons, missing you already.

Verano, Thorntons do dark chocolate gingers – oh no I think I might have to get daughter to bring some out although they do deliver.

link is here
https://www.thebloodsugardiet.com.au/your-bsd-online-program/

Absolutely brilliant Mix!! That is certainly a great achievement and so encouraging…

Am afraid I didn’t get past day 1 of my intended NEW start….a call from the Hospital to increase my Prednisalone threw me so am afraid I went into comfort mode.

I intend to get back up and re start but then struggle to do so…

Have actually made 3 meals from MM wife’s recipe book, deliciousness is the word..

After another hospital visit today, am feeling motivated to get back into this change of lifestyle and get my head out of the “diet” mode

I must have wasted tons of good food already, shame on me!!

Well, here goes to planning a week of food and truthfully hope I can do it ….

Bloke41 (and anyone else still reading), I’ll be back early March. Things have gone a bit haywire – nothing terribly serious – and I’ve got to take a brief break. Good luck. Keep posting, bloke41. You’ll keep me on the relatively straight and narrow…

Guys, I’m going to have to abandon you for a couple of weeks or so. But I will be back. Try and catch up with the next challenge. Good luck everyone.

Keeps popping up here n there on the internet and on FB when I log in…

Wondering if anyone has actually signed up for it and is it in Australian dollars the quoted $150?

I find cauli rice a but ‘granular’ when it’s uncooked. It’s great stir fried with vegetables, egg and a protein if you fancy one.

STOP NOW!!!!! If I had to choose any sweet/chocolate to have as my last ever taste of something sweet it would be dark chocolate ginger!!!!

My daughter bought me some Hotel Chocolat chocolate ginger at Christmas but I’m afraid it was too sickly for me. Have to be honest I’m not fussed on their chocolate at all and in fact we had some other orangey drops things but we put them in the bin!!!!!

In the absence of anything darker the Green & Blacks would be acceptable but now of course I’m on a ‘mission’ to find darker chocolate ginger!!!

Verano Green & Black 60% cocoa and ginger, although I dont find it very gingery. I used to love stem ginger enrobed in dark chocolate and there was always a box under the Christmas tree just for me because no one else liked it.

SunnyB Me too although just before serving I stir in olive oil and seasoning and then give it a quick blitz in the microwave just to heat it through.