Wow! Shadynook amazing results! It’s great to see people getting the BSD message BEFORE taking meds.. the truth is spreading; viva la revolution!

VERANO, I agree about being hard on ourselves this is LIFE, not prison. A piece of cheesecake or whatever is not the end of the world, even a slight increase in weight is not that big of a deal in the big picture, so long as we keep the faith and don’t think we’ve failed completely and give up. We are all in the process of learning a whole new relationship with food and it takes time and practice. Stick with it, it will pay off in the end.

I had a fantastic visit with with my Doctor, she has reduced my blood pressure meds by 50% with a review to reduce further in two months, woo hoo! Dr slightly increased my thyroid meds which I’m happy with, it was reduced a few months ago and I haven’t felt “right” since. I have a thyroid condition which cannot be controlled by diet but IS affected by it – I have recently learned that gluten is not recommended with an auto immune thyroid disease so a diet excluding refined carbs is excellent! I have to have an extensive set of blood tests in six weeks. I will use the interim as a time to increase my general fitness. In other words: stop THINKING about exercising and actually DO it!

I returned home to my celebration meal of pork belly and stir fried veg, 90% lindt chocolate and a glass of prosseco! (Celebrating ain’t wot it used to be!)

Take heart everyone, we’ll all get there in the end.

Sounds like you’re doing well Sal. Don’t worry about being a bit over, it will all balance out over the weeks. One small comment, watch the intake of tomatoes, onions and root veggies inc. carrots, as they are higher in carbs than you might think. No need to cut them out completely, but treat them with caution. You’ve made a great start though, so keep going and let us know your results when you weigh-in.

Yes sunshine-girl we can be stupid, knowingly ‘sabotaging’ ourselves but hey that just makes us ‘human’ !!’m

Good to hear you BG is still good and that’s what it’s all about really.

Just for accountability, my next mini-goal is the get to the 9st mark. To achieve this, I need to consolidate a loss of a further 3.8lb and I’d like to achieve that by mid Feb. It feels doable but as I’m a slow loser, this might be more difficult than it sounds. If I can achieve this the plan is to try to shift a few more pounds before April – fingers crossed.

Great that you are taking control again and being so positive. Really like the 7 points – sure they could be useful to many of us and I for one, will be making a note of them. Stay strong and keep going. Chances are, you might not notice any issue when you weigh-in at the end of your week. Good Luck!

Confessions – have been much too sedentary today and have gone 71cals over the 800. Have been well under on the carbs at 15g, so I’m hoping that will be enough to keep things on track. Will do my best to do better tomorrow!

Bloke41 I have heard that drinking cider vinegar can also prevent the dawn phenomenon in diabetics and should really trying it instead of having an actual snack. However, I live near a vinegar factory (a very small artisan one not sarsons) where they make lots of wine vinegars with different flavour. I love the blackcurrant flavour and really love pineapple vinegar. You can do a tour where they tell you it is all made from grapes with nothing artificial. So, after starting this diet, I thought something is not right there so when I was next in the boutique buying wine gifts for English friends I looked on the labels of some of these vinegars and they are between 37% and 60% carb mainly made up of sugars. I took the guy to task but he denied there were any sugars so I pointed to the label and he had no answer. My answer was that I didn’t buy anything for myself.

Back to the apple cider vinegar, yes this is pure vinegar but I also looked on my Vinaigre de Moderna (Balsamic) and that contains sugars in the form of caramel, so just be label wary, not all vinegars are pure and carb free.

Hi Lynne

I’d forgotten just how addictive carbs are. I had half of a bagel over the weekend and not only did it make me grumpy but I was ‘ravenous’ within in an hour! I suppose we all forget how we used to nod off in the afternoons!

Glad to see you’re still doing well …. I do read the posts sometimes but don’t always respond . Does that make me a ‘lurker’.

Keep well.

Hi There
I’m very new to this- just starting on Thursday 12th Jan but I’m already 3.8kg down – no idea if this is a true loss or a fluke/water weight yet – time will tell!
I lost 2 stone last year through exercise alone but have piled it back on and am ideally looking to lose 4 stone in total. I’m 31, 5ft 9 and currently 15stone wearing size 12/14 clothes at the mo.
I’ve found the evenings so far a bit boring as used to snacking or a glass of wine! When food shopping I’ve found buying things like flowers or candles a nice treat instead of bad snacks. It’s a great way to treat yourself in a non calorific sense! Has anyone else got any tips or weight loss they’ve experienced early on?
X
Jess

topcac, how rude of your scales to tell you that you’d gained after building you up for a loss!

Keep up with the determination to get there and we’ll done for all of the activity.

If you’re finding you gain again soon, despite activity and following plan, it might be time to try a longer duration and lower intensity activity for a slow burn. Just something to try as an option as it may shock your body into getting rid of some fat cells.

If you have increased your vegetable and/or fibre intake you could just be suffering from trapped wind. I am not one to go running to the doctor with minor problems but only you know how serious this is to you and just how worried you are or is it just a niggle.

Well done Shadynook, you have saved yourself a lot of heartache but do keep it up, don’t let the demon T2 creep up.

Verano we are all human but sometimes we can be just stupid. I had lost 4.25 lbs but decided to relax over the weekend and immediately regained 2 lbs. I am doing my weigh in on Wednesday as that was my day after my holiday, it gives me a days leeway. Since Sunday I have lost 1 lb and hope tomorrow to be lower but why oh why do we do it. Maybe I was complacent in thinking hey I’ve done 4.25 in just over a week I don’t need any more off just yet but not thinking about putting it back on. I will say it again LESSON LEARNT…… Hopefully.

On a better note by BG is still around 4.2 to 4.7 so a am happy with that. I have not been doing any exercise as I have been full of cold, having now recovered I start by swimming tomorrow and possibly again on Friday or aerobics if I don’t get to the swim.

We do keep on keeping on… so should be proud of ourselves.

NLR2407

Have you tried Total (fage) full fat Greek yogurt? I’m not a fan of yogurt either but this one tastes like cream!! I have it with berries and a few walnuts, 10g, most mornings.

Awesome results Shadynook and well done on being so committed and sticking with it! It must feel fantastic to have reversed the diabetes let alone do a couple of stone lighter!

And to all of us posting on this thread, through thick and thin, Happy days, the results are so worth it! Keep the faith xx

Reading through the posts today I feel that we are so hard on ourselves sometimes.

We are human! We have good days and not so good ones, but if, on balance, we are moving in the right direction then that’s ‘success’.

Maybe we need to cut a bit of slack now and again and not beat ourselves up for the odd misdemeanour.

Well done Shadynook, no medication for you then! Brilliant. I think it’s great if you can start this plan as soon as diagnosed. Unfortunately not everyone had/has access to it.

Guess we just have to keep on keeping on ….

Hello everyone,
I relate to so much of what has been written on this thread. Lost my mojo for a while and am having a bit of difficulty getting back on track post-Xmas. A cold hasn’t helped but things are slowly getting back to normal so I’m hoping that I will get back into the BSD routine to reach my ultimate target after a few months of stagnation and, more recently, weight gain.

I took my foot off the pedal around Sept last year – instead of ploughing on to my target I relaxed when my clothes were fitting nice & comfortable again. For me, buying a whole new wardrobe wasn’t an incentive – I was quite happy just to buy a new belt so a couple of pairs of the baggier trousers were still wearable. With the benefit of hindsight I should have continued and then when the Xmas gains came along they wouldn’t have bothered me so much.

I had a a rule last year – avoid temptation once: in the shop, i.e. don’t buy the “naughties” in the first place. Worked fine – but I have realised that while I can resist things at full price, I am a sucker for a reduced price. Now I am having to retrain myself that “bargains” are a false economy because I have a tendency to eat the evidence to get it out of the house! The rule has been supplemented with another: nothing from the remaindered shelf unless it fits in with the BSD.

Good luck all.

Well done Way of Life for getting back to it.

Toby101 – I try and imagine the hunger pangs are fat cells exploding. (Vivid imagination!)
A very slender aunt of mine (now still very slender and in her 90s) told me to make friends with my hunger – found that one hard….

Hi everyone ,
Starting this on Thursday as that way I will finish my 8 week stint just before a weekend away ! I have a couple of questions , can I eat cous cous or is this a no no ? Does anyone know of any online calorie counters /lists other than MFP which drives a luddite like myself scatty !

Many thanks

Clare

Hi everyone, just want to share my happiness with you all. I had my first fasting blood test result yesterday after being diagnosed with T2 in October 2016. I started the BSD immediately refusing to even consider medication. I was over weight at 14st 5lb as I’m 5’5″ tall. I now weigh 12st 4lb and my result was 39 which means I have reversed T2 diabetes. The nurse was quite astonished at my result in just over 3 months and has recommended a follow up blood test in 6 months. It has taken dedication and will power but I am so proud of myself. I had the support of my partner and my two daughters and even my Grandchildren spurred me on over Xmas.
I wish all of you the success I’ve had and I will be following the maintenance diet forever. I never want to be told I am a T2 diabetic ever again.

Hi all,
Well, I hav just forced myself to go swimming this afternoon – the thought of going is always worse than the actual swimming. Slogged up and down for 50mins or so – and I feel better than I did before I went. Hopefully I’ve washed away the lethargy – certainly feel peckish right now. Must have burned up a few calories! Maybe now I can get my head round eating properly now.
Good luck all.

just posted on another thread- hunger pangs are not agony and I just tell myself it is the feeling of weight coming off – I find it a helpful bit of self-motivation and actually tends to make them go away.

Thanks for posting the 7 points, I think most of us can use those along the way – I’ll certainly be making a note of them. Really pleased to read you have refocused and started back on the BSD immediately, rather than giving yourself permission to see the day out on the wrong track, as most of us would have done.

Hope you continue to stay positive and focused and that you will see something good when you weigh in at the end of your week.

I find telling myself hunger pangs are simply the feeling of the weight coming off really helpful!

Well done all on this thread. I am still at a standstill, really depressing. Still going tho’. Onward and downward, hopefully!

What a difference a couple of days make.
Lost my way yesterday and much of today…carb central!
Have refocused and instead of thinking I’ll restart tomorrow, I’m restarting now, late afternoon.
Here we go again….

Kudos to those of you who have lost weight and are feeling good. 🙂

What a difference a couple of days make.

Lost my way yesterday and much of today…carb central!

Have refocused and instead of thinking I’ll restart tomorrow, I’m restarting now, late afternoon.

Here we go again….

How is everyone else getting on?

Needed to hear all of that. Thanks for your time, both of you. Has helped immensely. My partner has been kind too and I cast my mind back to a book I read once by the SUMO (shut up and move on) guy.

I hooked it out earlier and re read the 7 points to think about when faced with a challenge. I am finding the BSD a challenge at the moment.

Most of the following have refocused my mind and after 36 hours of eating carbs again am back on track.

1. Where is this issue on a scale of 1-10 (where 10 is death)?
2. How important will this be in six months’ time?
3. Is my response appropriate and effective?
4. How can I influence or improve the situation?
5. What can I learn from this?
6. What will I do differently next time?
7. What can I find that’s positive in this situation?

I feel good at the moment.

Needed to hear all of that. Thanks for your time. Has helped immensely. My partner has been kind too and I cast my mind back to a book I read once by the SUMO (shut up and move on) guy.
I hooked it out and re read the 7 points to think about when faced with a challenge. I am finding the BSD a challenge at the moment.

Most of the following have refocused my mind and after 36 hours of eating carbs again am back on track.

1. Where is this issue on a scale of 1-10 (where 10 is death)?
2. How important will this be in six months’ time?
3. Is my response appropriate and effective?
4. How can I influence or improve the situation?
5. What can I learn from this?
6. What will I do differently next time?
7. What can I find that’s positive in this situation?

I feel good at the moment.

Daisiesmum, Mixnmatch, well done both. And to everyone else posting on this thread, losing, maintaining, or just keeping on…..

I’m still circling instead of heading downwards. Weigh in this morning showed 62kg, up .3kg this week. Not much but disappointing. An eating day today, not BSD friendly. Tomorrow, and the week, will be better.

Best wishes to all as we work towards the end of this 4week challenge xx

Hi everyone, yes granny still around angela, enjoying reading all the posts and folliwing how everyones getting on. Was in London at the weekend visiting relatives so BSD was tricky to say the least, more so on the alcohol front than food😌! But batch cooked today, so have the next few days menus sorted and, as alot of people have already said, its the prepping that takes away the stress😀. As this is week 3 for me I’m dreading the plateau but trying to build in more walking to push things along (hooefully), weigh day is friday. Keep up the good work everyone and YES we can be here in 5 weeks with lots of happy faces💪🏻💪🏻.

Don’t be disheartened, we all slip up at some point. The secret is not to allow it to completely derail you – the, ‘I’ve messed up, so what’s the point!’ thought pattern is dangerous. Try to forgive yourself and just refocus on your goal and how you are going to achieve it. Get straight back to the BSD and you might even find that your transgression doesn’t really impact on your results.

Keep going and let us all know how you get on.

Good morning Way of Life! I hope today has been better for you — as Mixnmatch noted, this wagon is easy to jump back aboard! Even if it’s been imperfect, any day mentally working toward this way of eating will ultimately pay off in a different mind-set — so even half-way days are good! It took me four months to internalize the behaviors (I must be a dull learner 😜) but they are practically automatic now. So don’t give up!!

Sorry to read you are struggling Cazza. The responses you have had so far are all spot on. In the early days when I was hit by bad hunger pangs, I’d have just 30g of full fat yogurt and a few raspberries – all checked off on the allowance – and that seemed to put the monster back in the box ’til my meal time. A small square of very dark chocolate might work too, as dark chocolate helps to suppress appetite.
Good luck, I hope things improve for you soon.

I’m not any kind of expert but I suffered horribly from stomach pains after fatty food when I had gallstones….

How wonderful JulesMaigret – sounds so much more fun than slobbing on the sofa stuffing in cake and feeling like death

Hi Zimmer

It’s had the same effect on me but it manifests itself in me doing things that create more mess. I caught myself playing hopscotch on the kitchen tiles the other day, doing a bit of a Tigger bounce.

Hello Libbyohno, congratulations on your weight loss. Fantastic!
It’s different for everyone but if that was me, then the overindulgence would be the reason, too much of rich foods or too much of any foods completely blocks me up and has me in pain these days!
Hopefully it will clear up soon

Hi Louise – any kind of abdominal pain is probably not normal so I would really go get it checked out. Could be completely unrelated so better be safe than sorry.

Thanks Sunny B – I can only hope that the gym is possibly making me retain more water due to the muscle repair going on in there – drinking for England to counteract that – 2.6 litres so far and counting LOL

BTW your dinner from Saturday sounded amazing – and so did the torte…..

Weigh in today end of 3rd week have now lost 4 kg, jeans I bought in the UK in August size 12 have been passed on to my daughter as I have dropped a size to size 10. Cant believe the loss from my stomach and hips, inches are disappearing. Hubby lost 2.5 kgs last week and had a couple of glasses of wine. Keep up the good work everyone.

Thanks Theodora for clearing up the fat/muscle issue – I’d forgotten about that – I shall get my tape measure out tonight. Good luck with your journey and keep coming on here for tips, advice and inspiration 🙂

This is amazing !!!! well done. You deserve a huge pat on the back. It isn’t easy is it. I am hoping to do the same. Same sort of readings. I was, however, diagnosed in 2005 and told to go on metformin then!!!! I held out all this time but have been really bad last two years – eating and drinking all I wanted, not exercising properly and having a shed load of stress too. I am so pleased to hear your results. My nurse was on the phone yesterday telling me to ignore this diet and go get that Hba1c straight away as I was overdue my test. I told her in no uncertain terms this time I was calling the shots – that after 12 weeks I will get it tested. And, if it is low I will ask for another diabetic glucose tolerance test – how they diagnosed me in the first place. If they wont agree I will get it done privately.

May be imagining it, but has anyone noticed better energy levels? Since I’ve lost some weight all the ‘mess nests’ under beds and corners of room have been sorted out and put away. Whereas before I would groan at the thought of having to pop to the nearest shops to get milk or whatever, I now routinely run out to get things without even thinking about it! Don’t seem to be getting the early evening slump where all I seemed to want to do was veg out on the sofa and watch TV. Now I find I’m a bit restless and I jump up and tidy up the kids’ toys or empty the dishwasher. Usually jobs I would think ‘oh I’ll leave it until the morning’. Is this really all because of the diet? Did all that extra weight really affect my fundamental behaviour and thought patterns in that way? Astonishing…

Have only recently noticed how much stronger my finger nails are and as I haven’t been doing anything else that might have benefitted them, I’m attributing this to the BSD.

Hey TC, sorry to read about your disappointing weigh-in – can imagine how frustrated you must have been not to see a loss of some kind. Glad that you seem resolved to keep at it though and that your determination has not been dented. Fingers crossed for a good loss next time!

Angela:
I am feeling the same about about this 2nd round! My motivation is not a strong. I have yet to eat just 800 calories and my weight is not going down. Since my doctor appointment goal, it has gone back up to the weight I was on January 1st. I’m feeling good about staying on the BSD and not straying from the low carb way of eating. Yesterday I ate just a few nuts and a little cheese.

Congrats Angela on the 1.7 kg. loss! That’s a success. :–)

My husband is gone for just a short trip this time around. He travels a lot and often to Asia or Europe. The longest he’s been gone was 18 days. Sometimes I get a chance to go with him. Last September I travelled to Vietnam with him and before that Singapore and Japan. This March I’m going with him to Belgium as I’ve never been. I went to Amsterdam once with my daughter when she had business there but didn’t go outside Amsterdam so looking forward to seeing a little more of this part of the world. On our way back, we’ll stop off at our daughter’s home in the Raleigh area of North Carolina. I’ll stay a week and half there to help her and her husband out with two of our granddaughters (age 7 and 10) while she delivers granddaughter number 5–delivery date set for March 30th unless she goes into labor earlier. We are so excited about another baby in the family!

Angela, so glad you didn’t come down with a cold! Hope you stay warm during the cold snap!!!!
Congrats again on the weight loss. You are doing great! You are my role model. :–)

I’m about one week into the BSD 800. Going quite well and not too hungry. Grumpy for sure though! One thing I’m suffering with is lower abdo pain. Sort of comes and goes. Bowels ok, maybe a little loose. Anyone else having these problems?

Hi All,

I have been following the BSD/800 since the 2nd Jan and am now down to 14 St 12lbs (Began at 15st 10lbs!)

We had a birthday party this weekend just gone and I was very good keeping away from the Garlic bread and Lasagna but overindulged on Olives and Cured Meats with the intention of staying on play with no carbs!! I Suffered a terrible tummy on Sunday and Monday!

Has any one else struggled with this, or is it simply because I was quite far over calories and my body is not used to it?

Thanks! x

Well done CNichols and good luck to you too Rhodie! Should have said, my motivation is getting married next year and I’d like to be able to look at wedding dresses asap. 🙂

Hi NewClaire and Rhodie – sounds like we are all in the same boat! I started yesterday too and have 50lbs to lose. Weighed myself this morning and had already lost 2lb, so only 48lbs to go!
Good luck!