That’s great news Getyourcarbon 🙂
I have a similar good news story. I’ve had Rheumatoid Disease for 10 years, the severity and symptoms fluctuate. In the past ive been treated with various drugs, including chemotherapy ones, and biologics. Late last year my symptoms were getting worse and it was looking like I’d have to go back onto a more aggressive treatment (I’m currently managing with prednisone and pain meds). Anyway, to cut a long story short I saw my specialist today and she said my blood test results were excellent. Also my pain has greatly reduced over the past few weeks and my energy levels have increased. She asked me what I had been doing and I told her about BSD. She then spoke about the connection between body fat and inflammation levels, and said that while diet won’t cure my disease, the more weight I can lose the easier it will be to manage. The good news is that I don’t need to start back on more agressive treatments at the moment, I just have to “keep doing what I’m doing”. When I’ve lost 10kg I can start reducing the prednisone I’m on. Interestingly I was the 2nd person she’d seen that day who had started the BSD, lost weight and was feeling better 🙂
Amazingly I’ve only been doing this for just less than 3 weeks. I lost 2.3kg in the first week but only 200 GRAMS the 2nd week, and looking like only 1/2kg for this week.
Sorry for the long post but I guess the point I am trying to make here is that there are other benefits to this WOL – it’s not just about the number on the scales each week 🙂

Forgot to say Abbado – look at My FitnessPal app – it is very useable and adaptable. Lots of people on these threads have recommended it. Spend some time getting to know it – it is worth it. I hate counting and weighing too but this app makes it pretty easy. It’s intuitive so it learns what foods you eat regularly and which foods you combine and even prompts you based on that. Entering recipes is really easy too.

Hello everyone,

I’m one week in and have lost 2.8kg. I started out at 80.5kg which is not great for my 164cm height and I aim to get down to about 65kg, a weight which I have not seen for many years. I don’t have diabetes but I borrowed a friend’s tester and found my fasting reading was at the top end of normal. Also my blood pressure has been on the rise and I have generally been feeling a bit average with niggling health issues arising. At 48 years of age I just felt that now was the right time to do something about my health.

To be honest, I have felt guilty about not taking better care of myself for years but most diet or exercise regines I have ever tried are just too hard to stick to. I picked up a copy of the book without any real intention of following the 800cal diet but by the end of reading it I felt I could at least give it a crack!

So far I have found the diet very easy and am so surprised that I don’t seem to feel hungry. All the food I do eat tastes incredible and I seem to have more energy and am more emotionally stable too. It seems too good to be true so far and I am almost scared to say that I think I can actually do this! No other diet I have ever been on has felt this good or this do-able long term.

Reading your stories, especially those as inspiring as yours bigned, has been instrumental in helping me to get in the right frame of mind. Please keep posting and telling us about your progress and any hurdles you encounter or tips for how to stick at it when the going get rough. It’s great to go on this trek in such good company, I look forward to hearing about how you are all going.

Hello everyone….I just found (and started) the BSD, then found the website, then this group. I hope it’s not too late to join you?!
In late December I decided just to quit sugar, which was fine and I lost a little weight, about 3kg, but 10 days ago my sister told me about the BSD and how good it has been for her. I live in Australia and she’s in the UK, so sadly it’s not so easy to support each other. As I started to read the book it made so much sense… I’m 63 and have yo-yo dieted since I was in my twenties. I had basically given up hope, and believed all the lies exposed by Dr. Mosley’s work.
All to say that I’m actually finding hope now! Over the last 10 days I’ve lost a further 3 1/2 kilos, I’m not hungry, energy levels are rising and I’m so, so grateful for this new chance to deal with my weight once and for all. I have another 30kg to go, and it’s so encouraging to have this world-wide community of determined “losers” who know what this is all about, and can cheer each other on 😉

Ok, I’m on board with all that stuff! Thank you bloke41! I will continue my honey habit. It is possible that it tastes incredible because I have been sugar-free for a whole year….or… it tastes incredible because I should have all that stuff you mentioned.. I’m going with choice #2!😜 Unless I start getting fat again, this stuff is on my menu at least twice a week!!

Susiesew there aren’t any official guidelines and Dr M includes quite a few complex carbs in his recipes. But most people on here go for under 50g of carbs a day or even lower.

Gday Californiagirl, l been taking raw honey for couple of weeks now, has not had any impact on weight so far though might be different for other people, tell you what, makes my ACV taste heap better in the mornings. I too been craving it, probably because only sweet thing i have had in 5 or so months, but careful to limit my self to 1 table spoon a day. I’m taking taking Dr Google side of view and taking it for the health benefits of :
A Good Source of Antioxidants. Raw honey contains antioxidants called phenolic compounds. …
Antibacterial and Antifungal Properties. …
Heal Wounds. …
Filled with Phytonutrients. …
Help for Digestive Issues. …
Soothe a Sore Throat.

Dunno what half of that stuff means, but it bloody tastes good
Take care all

Yeah, watch your weight and body response — I went to 20 carbs/day for at least 8 weeks and it definitely pulled the belly fat. Sounds like you are on track for good results!! I recommend watching your own body — some folk are more insulin resistant — you can play with it and see how it goes. I lost belly fastest on lowest carb and highest exercise.

Hi Bloke41 and Snoop and sunshine-girl, oh my gosh, HONEY!!! Has turned into my favorite topic in the last couple of months. I bought some “wild” honey from India and got an earful from my daughter about whether it was truly wild, had destroyed wild hives, was treated with anti-fungal agents,, was centrifuged, was watered.. Well, by the time she was done I was one inch high and I’m a Master Gardener so you’d think I was more aware but who knew????? Not me…
So, I got serious (SERIOUS) about honey and now it’s wild flower, full of pollen, unfiltered, untreated, dark as night and is TOTALLY amazing — I am eating it with full fat Fage yogurt and I have to be strong because it is better than wine or chocolate or cookies — it is like food for the Gods. If I blow maintenance this is where it will happen!!😜😜
Just kidding, I’m being strong but I’ve found a new love and please tell me it’s good for me because nothing this good should be forbidden!

End of day 3 and I’m managing the 800 calories and have cut out cereals, potatoes, alcohol, chocolate and bananas but I can’t see what the guidelines are for the amount of carbs per day – can anyone advise me
Thanks

FightingT2 – I just did a simple yoghurt so:

100g Total (full fat) Greek yoghurt
50g Blueberries
1/2 tbsp mixed nuts (chia, sunflower, sesame and pumpkin that I mixed together)

Total calories: 158
Total carbs: 12.1

I actually took everything in a separate pots as I weighed it the night before and then combined at work but only because I wasn’t sure if the seeds would lose their texture if immersed all night. It probably didn’t make a difference.

Thanks Shanshu,
I’ll look for the recipe in the original book. I have the recipe book too, and tried the Thai Red Curry – it was gorgeous!
I work in an office too. Do you mind sharing what you prepped for breakfast? I find that the most difficult meal (whilst at work).

Glad you’re feeling better JuJu68!

Felt OK today, was a bit peckish in the evening and had a few nuts. Although nuts are good for us, they are my downfall. I find it difficult to have just a few!

Today’s summary:
Calories: 904
Carbs: 48g
Water: 1.5L
Steps: 11,628

Off to bed, before I eat anymore nuts.

Congrats Snoop, great effort, bet you feel heaps better for it. I also feel like this thread is home , have dabbled in other threads, but always come back to home. Well be interesting this weekend, we have a friend moving down from Sydney, who’s staying with us for the weekend. Hopefully will get my weigh in done on Sunday morning. I just entered the 1,000 mile challenge for 2017, which l found through one of the threads, its pretty cool get to see where other people in the world go for walks by posting in their closed face book group. So far l have managed to track 196 miles for month of Jan, i am hoping to do around 2,000 miles for my own personal challenge. Have a good one all.

Well done big ned, amazing results, very inspiring to the rest of us!
Keep fighting the good fight!

You have had great success to this point Big Ned – ‘so just keep swimming!’!

At the end of my first week yesterday, I have lost 3kg. (6.6lb) Very happy with that and I have settled into an eating pattern which does not leave me hungry and which also got me through work days.

I am useless at calorie counting. downloaded an Ap but it is just too generalised ( I don’t weigh food often either!) I may need to tighten up in the next few weeks, if and when things slow down!

Feeling good and my goal of 10kg in 8 weeks is still the target. Fiji, here I come!

best wishes to all those heading into week 2 – it seems like a long road but reading posts really keeps me motivated too.

Yeah thanks
Weigh in tomorrow
Will be 5 weeks so staying strong on 800 cals

Going to see Simple Minds at local Winery tomorrow so given myself a day off for 2000 calories, mostly sparkling Brut type lol

Great news is I will burn 500 cals off dancing around and B52s are on
I hear a full Rock Lobster can knock off 250 cals

Yes SusannahD I’m in the UK, in Wales. This forum is so helpful. Good to know what others have cooked. X

That is fantastic news GetyourCarbon!

I’ve never tried pre-made courgetti but I love my home-made version even though I never liked courgette before. I’ve recently upgraded from a hand-held peeler to a proper spiraliser. Like Jules, I fry them. Never been soggy or mushy. I kept eating them even when I wasn’t sticking to the diet because I now prefer them to stodgy pasta “cardboardhydrates”. I also use thin slices of courgette to replace pasta in lasagne. A few days ago I tried my lasagne and the “real” lasagne I’d made for family side by side – identical in all other ways – and genuinely liked mine better.

Here’s some good news
Started Jan 1 and blood pressure was and always has been around
132/101
Doc said may consider meds if gets higher

Today it was triple checked by 2 medics

121/80

You can take that to the Bank

I de cluttered my clothes at the weekend after watching Konmari on you tube. After decluttering I folded my underwear/socks/sweaters using her system. It’s surprising how much more you can get into the drawer using this system – and everything looks better and is easier to see. I also began work on my husbands things and they are nice and tidy although getting him to part with anything is another story.

I start on my books this weekend…..

So today my boyfriend decided to do the diet with me in solidarity. We don’t live together so whilst he’s been eating the same food as me on the evenings we are together, he’s been eating heartier meals the rest of the time. Anyway he found it hard but stuck to it. And it was nice for me because it was my first day on diet in the office so it was good not to be alone whilst everyone stuffed their faces around me.

As I said earlier, dinner left me completely unsatisfied but thankfully I had just enough calories left on the 800 to allow for two of those Atkins crispbread with 8g of primula cheese scraped across them and I feel a lot better now.

Didn’t walk as much today as having to commute in and out of London took too much out of my day.

Today’s summary:
Calories: 800
Carbs: 39g
Water: 2.75L
Steps: 11,843

The usual reckoning is 50g or less, but if you are losing weight on 60g then you can stick to that. If your weightloss stalls then you can reduce it some more if you want to.

Hi Natalie – that’s great news re: the weight loss.

Btw I had that exact same dream Sunday night (despite not starting until the Monday) and I was so upset with myself when I woke up that I’d ruined the diet before I started.

usds
keep going, you are doing so well, I have had a great start as well even though weight loss has slowed a little. Luckily my doctor is very supportive and is keen to follow my journey. She knew about the diet and was keen to see how I got on. It does make a difference having support,

Keep up all the good work

Sue

Hi Heaphster – the cauliflower cous cous sounds nice. I also saw something similar done with broccoli for sale in Sainsburys the other day so I might try something with that next week.

As for Blood Glucose monitors, I can only tell you what I have which is the SD Codefree starter kit which is on sale from Amazon. It’s cheap, the strips are cheap and you can use any 28mm lancet. Is it any good? Well it’s simple to use and although I had a problem with the lancing device in the beginning that may have been my issue rather than the products.

The really important thing is accuracy. The reviews on Amazon are split on this. Some say it isn’t accurate – others swear by it. It is saying my BSL is significantly higher than when I was tested a few months ago BUT I was on a low carb kick at the time so maybe it was lower at that point and cranked up to ‘usual’ levels with Xmas. Either way it’s coming back with consistent results each morning. And when I tested my bf it showed a much different (non-diabetic result) and same for my housemate too (who then fainted but that’s another story).

My view on this is – I am hoping to identify a downward trend (nothing so far) so I don’t necessarily need 100% accuracy. That would be very important if you are trying to manage your levels throughout the day.

Hopefully someone else will see your post and have other thoughts.

Thanks ladies that sounds so promising. I am not big anywhere else. I am size 12-14 but I look pregnant. People get up for me on public transport thinking I am pregnant all the time. It is really embarrassing always saying it is ok I am not pregnant. I do want to loose at least 10 kg though as I am 7.5 kgs overweight. I weighed myself this morning though and I have lost 1.8kg in 4 days! Absolutely amazing!

I didn’t measure my waistline probably should have but I will know by pants waistline as size 12 pants do not fit. I usually buy size14 and have to tailor in the hips.

My fitness pal says I am eating about 60 grams of carbohydrates on average since I started BSD. Is that good? Alcohol is not a problem but I do love milky coffee. Have changed to one strong cappuccino per day and the rest are macchiato (the original version just an expresso shot with a tablespoon of frothy milk).

Yes need to exercise just hard to find time with kids and work.

Thanks again ladies for your encouragement.

Well after three months of trying to get back on the BSD wagon and using my “lowest weight” as a trampoline (I’d get down to it then regain and bounce back up) I’ve finally broken that barrier! Back on the BSD properly for three days and I’ve already whooshed down to 0.5kg below my previous low. This is a big deal to me after three months of trying!

I’ve been struggling a bit with hunger and having some extra cheese before bed, taking me over calories a little but it doesn’t seem to be hurting my weight loss. Sticking to BSD approved foods. Increasing the water but no exercise yet.

Ive given up chocolate until Easter, last night I dreamed I ate some, then realised what I’d done and was so disappointed! Glad to wake up and know I hadn’t really.

Fresh courgetti is much better than pre-prepared, just don’t cook it for too long so it still has a little ‘bite’.

Courgette shortage due to bad weather in Southern Europe this winter that has greatly reduced crop yields!

Shansu, you are not over posting, I find what you write really encouraging

Tonight I had a seasoned chicken breast on a 300g heap of cauliflower “couscous”. I livened it up with some small pieces of red pepper and a few shakes of soy sauce. 350 calories, possibly a bit less (I am still getting my head around detailed calorie counting, as I only got my copy of the Blood Sugar Diet today. However, I believe I am below the 800 calorie limit for today.

I am also drinking plenty of water and the corresponding number of trips to the loo have risen substantially 🙂

On the subject of how often to weigh yourself. The BSD book references studies that seem to show that people that weigh themselves more frequently lose more weight and keep it off better. I intend to weigh myself every morning.

I have one question, I am going to buy a blood sugar monitor and I was looking for suggestions regarding makes and models? I think something simple and robust is what I need. Any suggestions out there? Thanks.

All the best

Thanks for all the tips on decluttering👍🏻And I particularly like the one about a bag a day! I will also check out Becoming Minimalist . I started small as suggested and today sorted out sock,knickers,bras and nightwear. I can now see the wood for the trees in those areas!
Sarah I also spend for comfort🙁☹️I have always known it but now that I am sorting things out and finding 7 different body lotions unfinished I know I have a problem! Could be that i was compensating for being overweight….who knows?? I won’t go into the 9 handcreams😂And I am mindful that this is our BSD forum but will from time to time let you know how I am progressing with tidying up my home
It’s great that we are all here for each other ….we can do it

MIss ZIggy 👍🏻👍🏻

Sorry for over posting but…

In other news, I made the courgetti with salmon and creme fraise. I had calories to spare and doubled the salmon. It was tasty BUT there was nothing to it. I feel like I haven’t eaten anything. The crime fraise takes up too many calories in this recipe which could be used by veg to bulk it out. I don’t recommend it.

Hi Catbasket

There was a thread on here a while ago with some links to the “cook and cool” process for creating resistant starch in rice, potatoes etc. In a number of the research papers, the problem was raised that only a proportion of the carbs were converted, so to get them, you’d still be eating a load of ‘conventional’ carbs, which for some of us on here would outweigh any potential benefit.

Re courgetti, I just use a scraper type thing to make them and flash fry them with a bit of ginger and/or garlic in quite a hot pan for probably less than a minute and they’re OK – can’t get too excited about them. I’ve read of people microwaving them, I tried that once but they just went mushy.

Noooo – there’s a courgette shortage in the country! No wonder I couldn’t find any the other days.

Courgette is a staple for me!!

Quick flyby cos I’m ravenous and need to eat…

JuJu68 – glad the headaches are clearing and 2kg loss is a great start.

Gillykins – I am weighing myself daily but that’s kind of because I’m setting up a new routine for myself which is to get up and take the following measurements:
1) Blood pressure
2) Blood glucose
3) Weight (and a bunch of other measurements that my scales send directly to my phone)

Then on a weekly basis I’ll be taking photos and measuring neck, waist, chest, hip etc

I have no idea if weighing daily is a good thing. At the moment I’m seeing a decrease each day which whilst minimal still tells me things are going in the right direction. When that slows and there isn’t a daily change I might be more despondent.

To be honest – it wasn’t the daily weight I was checking but the body water. I’m low for a woman but since I’ve been logging my water (and increasing intake) it has risen slightly.

I am in week four now and I have only lost 1lb since week two after losing an incredible 8.5 lb in two weeks. I am sticking to the diet and to be honest feel quite in control of my eating. Went to my brothers at the weekend and he brought out a big box of marks and spencer chocolate biscuits and I didn’t even think about having one whilst I drank my glass of water. It is really quite liberating not having the sugar addiction I had prior to starting this diet. Just made the low carb pizza for my tea using cauliflower rice and it was absolutely delicious. My painful knee is recovering so I am going to start walking next week and hope that helps kick start some more weight loss. Just hope I can keep my resolve and positivity through this plateau. Reading the success stories on here proves that this diet works. I am a person who does need to learn the art of patience so I will use this to learn from. My official four week weigh in will be next Saturday morning. I wish I hadn’t got on the scales to check my progress this morning and I will learn from that too! I must keep to once a week weigh ins and then I won’t get disheartened mid week if the scales are not showing a loss.

Thanks for your replies and apologies for not replying until now.

I get that we shouldn’t be eating white rice and will give it away! On the brown rice question, I know why you can’t find it sunshine-girl, it’s because I am looking at the 8 week blood sugar diet recipe book! My page 87 is a picture so I know we are not talking about the same thing, or even, we are not on the same page on this subject!

We have got into the cauliflower rice so that’s great. However, I was reading about spiralizing and looking to get a spiralizer perhaps. Before I bought one I tried the pre spiralized ones from a supermarket and found the courgetti to be really watery. I googled and found someone who baked it first to get rid of the water then boiled for a couple of minutes. I baked in the oven until they dried out then just ate them with the dish. They were ok but not really a good substitute in my opinion. Are home prepared ones better do you think? Also does anyone have a recommendation of which spiralizer is the best one to buy?

We have always eaten healthily and have always prepared our food, in almost 30 years of being together. So when my husband was diagnosed with T2D it was a real kick in the face. He was overweight (isn’t now) but our diet had always been good so changing to ultra healthy isn’t too much trouble, we are finding it quite fun trying all the new recipes.

Thanks for any information out there to help.

Dinner tonight was gammon steaks with red cabbage….out of the book. My husband cooked the last batch of red cabbage and the portion was huge so he had a ticking off for that! It was yummy though.
Also went to the abattoir today and bought some lamb neck fillets so will be cooking lamb tagine and lamb hotpot. Will be able to freeze portions of each meal for the next couple of weeks.

Now you two, you are tired?
Good, keep moving.
Through movement comes tiredness, and the onto slender land and no diabetes.
So I say move a bit more. I am.
Stress, I thought about my stress. Break the problem down. Don’t see the wall, just a manageable brick sized item.
Bit by bit.
And I find going for a coffe and gossiping works wonders.

I ask people who look a little low, give me the gossip,
Ain’t got none!
Make it up, we then do some extreme tall tales and laugh?

You bet.

Have you heard, johnny depp is bringing over a salad tonight and a DVD.
I am going to dress up like a pirate including a stuffed parrot. That reminds me of the monty python sketch, the dead parrot.
If it wasn’t nailed to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies.

All harmless, hurt no one, laugh often.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

So I thought I’d do an update another 3 weeks on. And ……

16st 1lb (so close to being in the 15s which I haven’t been since the 80s). The only down side is it looks like I’ll have to put up with a bit of excess skin hanging about. But that’s a minor thing in the big scheme. Weight loss has slowed but it’s still going in the right direction.

Blood pressure now around 105/65 consistently so maybe I’ll be able to stop the Ramipril soon.

Blood sugar averages 4.5-5.0 daily with occasional peaks of 6.0-6.5 after food or first thing.

I have a regular appointment with the nurse in a few weeks so I wait to see what b****ks she comes out with as I started this only a week before I had my regular blood test so it’ll still look poor from her view. I’ll be insisting on another blood test in a couple of months to see how the A1c levels are going.

Everything is on a spreadsheet and graphs so she can’t dismiss these facts!

Next report will be after that meeting.

Keep the faith everyone and good luck in your journeys to better health.

🙂

Thanks for the kind words folks! Not walking on air, more like shuffling spasmodically, but the sentiment is nice, lol! As for support, well to be honest I’ve always been pretty singular when I set my mind to something and knuckle down. After my paralysis I gave up a 60 a day cigarette habit without patches or suchlike, and stopped drinking altogether (I was in the pub nearly every night of the week) a couple of years after that as the quack said it was killing me. That was hard as well, but I’ve been smoke free 7 years and dry for nearly 5 (May 29th is that anniversary!) It’s surprising what you can do when you set your mind to it.

I started the BSD diet after the doctor said my diabetes check up in late September 2016 showed my blood sugar levels had risen almost 70% since I was last tested. Then 4 days later there was a Panorama documentary on the rising problem of diabetes here in the UK that showed a guy getting his foot sawn off, and a lady losing her leg at the hip. It frightened me to death because his circumstances were being mirrored by myself, and I knew that it was going to happen sooner rather than later to me.

So, I took a few days to get into the right frame of mind whilst I waited for both of Michael Mosley’s books, the BSD and 5:2 diet ones, to arrive from Amazon and then got cracking. I’ve found it remarkably easy so far, any time I’ve felt like relapsing I just re-watch the Panorama doc, or Michael’s ‘Eat, fast and live longer’ programme, and that put’s me back on track.

I will next likely post when I have the results from my new blood test which will be in the next few weeks. I’m hoping that the diabetes will be going south towards me becoming free from it, as that is my biggest concern rather than the weight loss, which of course is great in itself as I feel so much better already for it. Until then, take care people, remember, it’s a mind thing, and that can be controlled if you try hard enough…..Or so I keep telling meself!

Good evening all,

Jmarie: well done with your food choices. It’s great to see that translated into a loss almost straightaway, isn’t it? that’s the really good thing about this WOL. Though if I’m too self indulgent that shows up pretty quickly too!
Hope your new sweater gave you pleasure too.

Little pony: so sorry to hear about your dog. I hope he/she’s feeling better!

My peak for yesterday was that I calculated the miles I walked in january and the total was 62.5. Up until this challenge I think my average would have been 6 miles a month so I’m well pleased and, better than that, my legs are beginning to feel and look more toned.
My second peak was that my weight is beginning to drop again rather than bouncing around.
No pits…yay!

BIG NED fab result! Well done,you must be feeling like youre walking on air!
Total respect for doing what youve done in very difficult circumstances xx so sorry for yr loss xx
Another big hug X

Golly gosh, big ned. That’s an amazing result, especially given your personal circumstances. If you need some encouragement or support, there are lots of friendly folk on here more than happy to oblige. I’ve found this website a godsend.

Anyway, keep trogging on because whatever it is you’re doing, it’s working.

Best wishes and a big hug from me too.

Hi guys and gals!

So far so good. Day 3 and no adverse complaints. I have felt hungry, but have managed to distract myself.

I’m not weighing myself daily, was going to do it weekly. What are others doing?

I’m so far just having 2 meals a day, and really enjoying a bit of melting butter over my veg. Seems very indulgent, but allowed!

Had a massive blip on Monday when I downed 11 chocolates but that’s way behind me now. Did another 500 cal day on Tuesday with two ‘normal’ days yesterday and today and have planned my meals for next week – two 500 cal days on Sunday and Thursday. Need to spread them out, I’ve discovered, otherwise disaster strikes. Haven’t weighed in since Monday so going for my first full week without weighing – see how that goes!

Have been very weepy all week but that’s hormonal – damn them!

I love that one too sunshine girl – it makes a lot as well and really is filling – plus chorizo – what’s not to like!? Yum!!

Wow big ned – congratulations – that is a massive achievement – you should be extremely proud of yourself, it takes alot of grit and determination to achieve that kind of loss in 17 weeks…..hopefully you come on here often for support – we are always here if you need us

Big hugs

TC

Update since last post on 1st Dec. 2016.

Hello everyone,

Just reporting in with my progress since I started on the 6th of October last. I had a starting weight of 130.4 kgs (20.5 stone), and after my 1st phase of 8 weeks I had lost 16.8 kgs (37lb or 2.64 stones) for an all up weight of 113. 6 kgs (17.85 stones).

Last Thursday (26th January 2017) was the final day of ‘phase 2’ my 2nd stint of 8 weeks, and I was down to 104.5 kgs ( 16.42 stones) with a total loss over those 8 weeks of 9.1 kgs (20lbs). I was not as rigorous as the first 8 weeks, I sometimes drifted up to a 1000 cals on odd days, and started eating Ryvita and also a banana a day if I felt like it. I have yet to have my blood sugar levels tested as I’m a type 2 diabetic, but my BP is just over or below 120/80 which is amazing as before it was in the high 160’s-70’s over 90+ for several years prior.

Today was the end of the 1st week of ‘phase 3’ for me, and I have lost 0.6 kgs (1.32lbs), not brilliant, but on other weeks I can lose over 4lbs, so not too worried all in all, as over the entire diet so far I’m averaging around 1.5kgs (3.5lbs) a week. This has been done with no exercise at all really, as I’m partially paralysed from the chest down with a compressed spinal cord, so considering that I like to think it’s not too shabby!

Another point is that I live alone since the death of my partner in 2012 at the young age of 31, and my family are no longer in regular contact, so when it has come to encouragement it’s been down just to my own willpower really, but the diet is very easy for me to stick to even allowing for my little treats and changes I’ve allowed!

Start weight: = 130.4 kgs or 20.5 stones

Current weight after 17 weeks: = 103.9 kgs or 16.32 stones

Total loss over 17 weeks = 26.5 kgs or 58.3 lbs = 4 stones

Still keen, still trogging along, onwards and upwards, yonder he goes!

Oh my gosh Toomuchbelly!! Yes yes yes!! Your belly is going to be a quaint piece of mental history in just a short time. I lost almost a foot of waist — 12 inches of gosh-knows-where-it-sat — over about four months of BSD’ing. It was my biggest, best, most exciting loss of the whole thing and it was absolutely motivating to watch it disappear. I never weighed because I hate scales and feel abused by them so I used a measuring tape from start to finish.
Two strong recommendations — first, cut the alcohol and carbs as much as you can (I like wine with dinner but that is a limited thing now) and be sure to do some high energy workouts (HIT) — those two things, plus more or less following the guidelines (I was notoriously poor at this) did the trick!!
I’m sixty-one so age is no excuse!! You are going to amaze yourself.