Me, me, me!

I love it! Sea bream for lunch.

Sorry, I’ll get my coat……

Flax seeds, chia seeds and walnuts are higher in omega 3 than salmon or mackerel. Who needs fish.

You can buy peeled quails’ eggs in Waitrose

Hi Candoit
Good for you on the no-drinking alcohol front. A lovely glass of red is what I am missing most.
On the BSD and exercise front hope the following is useful:
I am into a second stint of BSD800 and last year lost loads while continuing to run (albeit I’m not very fast).
I am 2 weeks in this time round and have done 50 miles this year, a mix of walks and runs. 10k run yesterday morning before breakfast no problem. This year 5 kilos lost so far. So it works with exercise – but works faster if keeping carbs below or around 50g per day. My body has clearly learned to burn fat not carbs, yours might take a little while to adapt to burning fat. Lowering the carbs means more room for protein and fat.
All the best!
Julia

As usual it depends on your actual build and lifestyle. I don’t have the link to hand but Google the keto calculator by Martin Ankerl and input your height, weight and activity status. Then the 50 grams into the carbs. It will give you a min and max level for protein next, select something near the lower end but not the minimum, 800 calories isn’t a lot, finally input whatever fat target brings the total for the day to 800 calories. It is a good idea to redo this every couple of weeks on this diet as your weight will probably change quite fast compared to a conventional low carb diet. My 800 figures at the start were 50g carbs 68g protein and about 35g fat if I remember correctly.

Zinnia, quails eggs are a bugger to peel so take care but they do give it something special. Just found another recipe make a meatball mix (mince, sautéed onion and garlic, egg, tomato puree and any spices you want) put into a cake or muffin tray, top with some tomato sauce of your choice and bake in oven for 20 mins. I think the beauty of these recipes is that they are so simple and things we cook all the time but when you make them miniature they are so cute for picnics or party nibbles. A change from sausage rolls and meat pies and crisps.

I hear ya Dreamscometrue!
I am also a teacher that doesn’t have diabetes but similar bad habits. Teaching is so draining mentally that the bottle was an easy and quick release.
I am following the 800 6 days and giving myself 1 1500 day. Not touching booze though as I was worried it was too much a part of my life. I am aiming for addiction free of all crap.
We start back after the summer holidays in two weeks and I have a year 11 and 12 heavy load. I really need to be on my game.
I have now done 2 alcohol free week but only 1 BSD week.
I lost 3 kilos fairly quickly but not much since.
I am thinking it may be because I have added a gruelling exercise plan every second day but really not sure.
Does anyone know anything about exercise and weight lose?

Hello:-)
Have a lovely day with your friends Carb_Addict.
Wendy 1947 Hope the scales are your friends on weigh day.
Lovely to see you Miss Ziggy.

News from me…..rather a stressful week and will be pleased to see the back of the next week or two:-(

Right, weigh day for me today.

1.10.16 – 114.2
7.1.17 – 100.2
14.1.17 – 98.9

Delighted to say I am now in the Obese and not the Very Obsese BMI.

One very happy bunny Fairyface.
Oh and I have a top on that has looked awful when I last tried it on.

Correction: He has made a spreadsheet. We write down on the meal planner…….
Sorry for the bad grammar.:-/

Hey Tubbypooch,

I know it can be difficult to juggle but at the end of the day we, as parents, make the fussy kids. I created two who are now old enough to get their own ( 19&22), but my 11 year old eats everything I eat including the cauliflower rice. He just either has more or adds extras such as a slice of bread or extra nuts and seeds.
Letting them eat foods that made us fat isn’t such a great idea, and potentially will lead them to be unhappy about their health in the future.
One in all in I say.
Clear the cupboards of processed crap, make snacks such as falafels and omelette slice which is ready to go and dig the heals in.
My sons favourite snack at the moment is yogurt berry pudding.
– layer a small bowl with frozen berries
– sprinkle with LSA
– layer with plain, Greek yogurt
– sprinkle with pumpkin and flaxseed
– cover and leave in fridge for a day or two
Measure your own out and make sure the gremlins know not to touch yours. The berry juice seeps through and the LSA and absorbs the moisture making it pudding like in texture.

Good luck👍

I want to put in my 5 cents about the book Wheat Belly. The whole book is about how evil wheat is, wheat causes everything from diabetes to wrinkles, wheat is special because of the way it’s been bred and modified… then right at the end he tells you to cut out all carbs and restrict yourself to half a strawberry (literally). So it seemed like a sudden turn around from “evil wheat the special carb” to “all carbs are evil” just snuck in at the end. At the time I felt cheated because after a huge book telling me I only had to stop eating wheat to be healthy, he hid the real advice (avoid all carbs) at the back and it suddenly wasn’t so easy.

Julesmaigret please don’t leave the thread, I for one, as a total newbie to this WOE appreciate your informed input, as others obviously do too. And I agree all are entitled to their opinions. Sometimes strong feelings and opinions can lead to things getting a little heated, but it would be a shame for anyone to leave a thread where their input is valued.

Mocnk

I can fit into mainstream clothes in Australia (14-16) but I visited a shopping mall in China and everything was so tiny. I didn’t even attempt to try anything on. And I had an acupuncturist here, a Chinese Australian, who thought I should lose 20kg back when I thought I only needed to lose 10. Australia is similar to US and U.K. in what is a “normal” size and it’s very different to a lot of the rest of the world!

Peak: a swim in our neighbour’s pool – with their dog.
Pit: still waiting on our own pool to be finished. And waiting, and waiting.

Hello,

I am new to this site and getting prepared for starting the BSD on Monday. I have used MFP for many years and looking to use this for monitoring intake on the BSD.

Can anyone tell me how i need to break down the following?

Carbohydrates 50 g
Fat ???
Protein ???

Thanks for your help,

🙂

I second Angela06’s remark, JM. I’ve learned a lot from your contributions and am glad you will be continuing to post.

Hi Julezmaigret, Sophia Antipolis is about 15 minutes from me…don’t know if you’ve been before. It’s a business park, albeit a fairly attractive one. Best eating choices are probably in Valbonne or Mougins if you’re hiring a car.

I’ve always appreciated your input, JulesMaigret, and will be pleased to meet you on other threads.

Emmbee. My husband has done something like this.
He has done an spreadsheet with the page number, cal. and carbs, and ingredients. He has also printed a meal planner. Very basic but it works for us. We right down on the meal planner what we are going to have in pencil and then we look at the ingredients to make a shopping list. Depending on ‘use by dates’ on the food we buy we then just rearrange the meal planner.
Its so useful to use.

Hi everyone

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but a huge thank you for your suggestions. Have had a practice run with quiches and muffins and they have turned out beautifully will try the scotch eggs next, think I will try it with the quail eggs.

TrixieS thanks so much for sharing your story. It is helpful to hear that, like me, you have sorted most of your adult life and this this is the only one you have stuck to. You are doing so well! And that it is working without doing the fasting is fantastic as well. As you say, just like WayOfLife above, it’s the “feeling so good” we need to focus on. That’s where I need to change my mindset I think.

I do already feel good in some respects – much better in the head, clearer.

Will definitely check out that other poster you mentioned – sounds v. interesting. I’m a sucker for a bit of diet data! Thanks very much indeed.

Hi con7, there is no easy answer to that one. Some people have stopped taking the Metformin with or without Dr approval, based on their own blood sugar tracking. Others have continued for a while, but usually had to come off it in the end. I have seen mentioned that the Metformin instructions themselves say it shouldn’t be used on diets of less than 1000 calories a day. The safest thing to do would be to discuss it with your doctor. Hopefully someone with personal experience can help you, or it may be worth reading some of the older threads, such as Bill’s ‘This has to work for me’ thread and Captainlynne’s story. You can find threads talking about Metformin by putting Metformin into the search box above.

Way of Life thank you! “Feeling lighter and brighter does it for me” should be a new mantra. I am trying to step away from the scales and your words will ring in my ears. Good luck to you too – sounds like you are doing brilliantly! Hang on in there… will you ever weigh yourself??

I am still here and still at it. I must say I agree with Dreamscometrue and am easing up for the weekend. Must say also as a veteran of 5:2 my appetite has shrunk over the last year and no way could I eat the quantity I did prior to that.
So many interesting posts. Congratulations to all losers. My weigh in is Wednesday, 2 weeks of this!! 1 stone left to go!!

G’day,

Good point, though I didn’t plan on including instructions – I thought more a meal planner with the recipe names, page numbers, ingredients, cal counter and shopping list generator.

Hi Chrysalis,

We can do this one day at a time. I love the food as it is what I tend to eat anyway but clearly I am way over 800 calories 😱 I will weigh everything from day 1 as I know for me when I guess my quantities increase daily depending on my mood 😂

Hi – I’m also a teacher and share all of your pitfall times of the day and staff room temptations! Good luck – I hope it all goes well.

Hi Angela

Got the dates and location yesterday – early March and in Sophia Antipolis, near Nice, so I’m hoping that the weather will be better. Looking to stick to BSD principles and planning on going down the fish and salad route.

Spent a week in Montpelier once n May and it was extremely windy and rained every day, so I always treat the idea of “good news it’ll be in the South of France” with a huge pinch of fleur de sel.

Getyourcarbon, I agree this is when it gets though!

I’m having friends over for pizza and boardgames tonight and have decided to ease up on my restriction for one night…and one night only. So hopefully back on track again tomorrow. I’m determined to stay on this diet for a few more weeks!

Hi I started the BSD on Monday. I have stuck to it religiously and unbelievably have lost 7lbs! I have at least 2 stone to lose, but ideally would like to lose 2.5 – 3 stone. Will do for 8 weeks and see where I am. I can’t believe how tasty the food is and funnily, that I haven’t really craved the carbs. Good luck everyone!

Hi I’m starting diet Mon I’m just a bit worried about the metformin do I still take it or do I have to ask my doctor to come off it . I take 2 twice a day and a statin

My last word on this matter.

To answer Lexy’s question.

I have been on the BSD seriously since September, when I joined this site. Since then I have lost 73lbs, reversed the symptoms of my fatty liver, reduced my BP into normal and nudged cholesterol into normal. I have over 260 posts, which even the most cursory check would confirm have been invariably positive and supportive. As a lifelong non-dieter, I have learnt a massive amount from the contributors on here who have followed the diet successfully and am hoping to contribute my own experiences to help others.

I have a particular opinion on the process that new therapies should follow before being introduced to the wider public, which I believe I have explained in a dispassionate way. Others may differ in their opinion and they’re very welcome to.

I also believe that these are public fora and the strength of them is the variety of situations and opinions people have and the way they are met with a uniformly positive, non-judgmental and respectful response from the members. When you’ve been around a bit longer you may appreciate that.

My last contribution to this thread.

See you elsewhere on the site.

Leshaz.. I have just downloaded CarbCalculator app. Not flashy but seems to have a good range of info.

Morning- I’m starting today! Have low carbed before but hoping this is going to be less painful. It certainly worked…

I have just downloaded the CarbCalculator app. It’s not flashy, but seems to have a good range of information.

Flax seeds it is then-thanks:)

Thank you – good idea:)

Hello- just starting this morning so placemarking this thread- I’ll be back when I’ve read the book (arriving shortly!)

Morning all, well I was invited to friends for Friday night dinner last night. They had made fish pie, but I said that I was saving my calories for 2 small wines, but they insisted on making me a separate ramekin of fish pie without the mash, and just a small handful of green beans and broccoli. This meant I went to 1450 calories including the 450ml white wine, but weigh in today after 5 full days was another pound down, so 8 pounds in 5 days. I am happy with this. Challenge is going to be sticking to it with the kids over the weekend and I have family coming for pancake brunch tomorrow 😱. Happy weekend all x

Mocnk

Had breakfast out with friends, got stuck into a mouthful of what I thought was vegetable frittata only to find it was full of potato, so my daughter ate it and I stuck to the black coffee with a dash of milk. So I had brunch instead which was the Mexican Hash, delicious. Dinner will be steak for my daughter and hubby as I dont eat red meat, cant stand the taste, so its salmon for me. The bag of dark chocolate Maltesers are still sitting in the wardrobe, untouched, 18 days into the diet and my fat belly is slowly fading away, this diet is amazing, after 46 years of dieting, I have never found a diet with such quick results and no hunger pangs. Keep up the good work everyone and think positive, we can do it.

Nice progress, Dreamscometrue. It’s it great when it all starts coming together and making sense.

To all January starters, and all BSDers, have a good weekend wherever you are. Angela

Lynne – it is horrible when you are unfairly criticised for something completely untrue but really great that you are getting support from colleagues and folk in your village.

It has been really cold here also in East Anglia – although we haven’t had as much snow as in other parts of the country.

It will be very interesting to find out whether your local health educator’s new training has included some of the BSD guidelines – or not. If it hasn’t you might find it difficult to keep your mouth firmly shut.

Yesterday I did an interesting experiment as I have been a bit concerned that my blood sugars may not be very good if I have a very inactive day. Yesterday – because of the treacherous conditions underfoot and the huge pile of admin that I had to do – I didn’t go for any walks at all and only walked around my classes in the evening. As they were in a very small hall the walking was very limited.

I wondered if my blood sugars would be higher than normal so I did lots of blood tests and was pleased to see that they were not much higher than on a very active day. No higher than 6.8 after meals and 5.4 before bedtime and 4.8 this morning. So a really good result for such an inactive day and at least I don’t have to worry now about my blood sugars if I can’t exercise because of icy conditions underfoot.

It would be useful to have the recipes available, Emmbee, but and I know a lot of chefs do but surely people wouldn’t buy the books if the recipes were freely available… I know I wouldn’t have. I would think MM and Mrs MM would expect some financial reward for their efforts…

Hello BSDers wherever you are!

Bissell, I hope the .25cm of snow didn’t cause too much travel disruption in your area and that you were able to go about your daily life as usual. We had a snow flurry which turned to sleet within a minute.

When I got up this morning I was amused to remember that I used to love getting up so I could get to my kitchen and eat something, NOW I love getting out of bed so I can weigh myself! I wait a minimum of an hour before eating, usually longer preferring to drink water and then black coffee to start my day.

Here’s hoping everyone has a wonderful BSD Saturday.

Hi David, I know very little about diabetes so may be talking out of the back of my head but there is an interesting series of lectures by Jason Fung on Youtube. The ones on the causes of obesity wouldn’t be relevant but there is a series on intermittent fasting which talks about controlling diabetes.

Have a good weekend…

Hello everyone and happy weekend!

I’ve been following my own version of the diet (see below) for 10 days now and have lost 6lb already, which I’m delighted with! I’m not diabetic but wanted to lose weight and radically reform my eating and drinking, which were spiralling out of control and the weight has been piling on. I want to lose another 2 stone and am giving myself till my birthday at the end of April to do it. So far so good!

As well as the weight loss the main benefit has been a feeling of control. I now feel in charge of my own destiny again in terms of being confident that I can actually lose weight – whereas before the weight was escalating and part of me just accepted that and didn’t think there was anything I could actually do about it. But I now feel so much more positive and willing to really reform the way I eat. So if you’re just starting out on this be excited because it will work for you 🙂

I’ve found it relatively easy so far but as I said above have adapted it slightly to fit in with my lifestyle. I’m sticking to 800 calories during the week but relaxing it a bit at weekends so I can still have a bit of a social life 😉 So I guess I’m doing a 2:5 800! Having said that though, even at weekends I’m eating and drinking very moderately compared to what I used to, and very much along the Mediterranean diet lines. Still well within a healthy calorific and carb range.

The other thing I’m doing is building in a couple of snack times during weekdays – all within the 800 calories. I know my weak points! I’m a teacher and previously was skipping breakfast then gorging on cakes and biscuits at coffee break. So now I have one scrambled egg for breakfast then a snack of something like carrot batons and hummus before I get up to the staff room: and I can then laugh in the face of all that evil sugar 🙂 Also I have another small snack eg a few almonds before heading home because my other bad habit was coming in from work and pouring a big glass of wine straight away – partly as a psychological break between work and home, but also I think because I was feeling hungry and just needed a quick fix!

Anyway good luck to everyone! I love reading all your stories and tips on here though don’t get to post often. Here’s to a great weekend and keep on keeping on xx

Thanks, good tip with ‘search’. I gave it a go but couldn’t find the specific post you mentioned. I’ll keep looking.
Happy dozing.

G’day,
I noticed that you ‘transfer the list to Excel to generate shopping lists’ – is this something that you built yourself or a download? I’m keen to use a database in excel and create a weekly meal plan which will in turn generate a shopping list. I didn’t want to go through the learning process if it has already been done and available.
Thanks

Thanks again sunshine-girl

Some interesting info here; I need to follow-up when I have a little more time.

Right now it’s time for breakfast – 2 eggs, some Parma ham, some cheese, followed by some raspberries & blueberries, Greek yoghurt & thick double cream, glass of water & mug of freshly brewed coffee – & off to the gym. 1st class (& toughest) = hour-long Circuits (a mate made me a ‘we must do our Circuits……but WE HATES IT’ keyring with pictures of Gollum on it; quite appropriate as at times during the class you quite often wonder why you are trying to kill yourself but you do get a buzz if you get to the 60th minute & you’re still alive. Hmm, must look-up what Homo Sapiens means……

Once more unto the breach…….

Hope you & all on the forum are enjoying your Saturdays, whatever ‘floats your boat’

David

Hi everyone. Just a quick note from me before I head out the door for the day. (It’s the 10th anniversary of my moving to the United Arab Emirates and I’m going to drive down to Abu Dhabi to see some friends.)

My silence has been due to more crazy hours and a trip to Saudi Arabia. Back home now and life should be calmer from hereon. Last week proved a bit challenging BSD-wise with such irregular hours/ not being at home and I ended up relying on too much -grab-and-go carb-heavy food (sandwiches from Starbucks, that kind of thing). Back on the wagon this week and looking forward to it. Funny how I look forward now to such a restricted eating plan: I guess it’s because I know how much better I feel. Avoiding the crisp etc aisle in the supermarket has even become easy and I don’t even feel resentful about it: I never expected that when I started out!!

It’s cold and very, very windy here in Dubai. In the newspapers I see these pictures of celebrities here right now in their bikinis on the beach just a few minutes where I live and laugh – it’s jumper weather! I feel a ‘soup week’ and lots of warming flavours (chilli etc) coming on. Going to experiment with some new recipes too. Getting back on the wagon again and feeling good about it!

Hope everyone is well x

To.much.of.me
Great suggestions from Sunshine-girl. As I don’t eat enough fish I eat flaxseeds every day as they are a good source of omega 3 oil.