You are posting in the BSD but I don’t know if you are doing the full 800 calorie Fast. Lets assume you are but if not you are still living with the threat of T2 as you have around 30% chance due to your mother having it. Sorry to scare you but…. First I would say clear out your fridge/freezer, cupboards etc of any unhealthy food. Second get out of the idea that you can cheap by having alternatives i.e. low carb bread is not low enough in carbs for this diet, do not look for similar alternatives look for new and healthy choices. Have you read the book, are you clear about the diet or need help with what to and what not to eat. Have healthy food around for snacking and remember on this diet it doesn’t have to be low fat, you could have a piece of cheese or a slice of ham or a full fat yoghurt and some prunes. No need to live on carrot sticks here. Drink lots of water and every time you find yourself heading for the kitchen make sure it is to the sink for water, that can fill you up. Sounds like boredom to me so find something to occupy yourself, read, paint your nails, knit, take up colouring in books, go to bed earlier.

If you want real motivation do some reading about T2 diabetes, think about what it would be like to live with it day in day out. Then you don’t have a choice about healthy eating, your food could be killing you. I am T2 for 11 years and I have been injecting insulin for 10 years because the medication makes me ill. Everyday for those 10 years I have cried in despair over this condition and trying to get it under control. You are so lucky, you have found the answer before you have got the illness, you can do this and it will change your life. Give it just one week, no more, 100% no cheating and I can almost guarantee you will see a difference. Just go for it and keep us informed of your progress. If you feel yourself weakening, come on here and there will always be someone to talk to. I have tagged you so will be keeping an eye on you. Keep on keeping on…

P.S. Some people will come on and be more gentle with you but, sorry, I am a tough cookie…..

Hi
My eyes are clearer and less gunky, and my retinopathy certainly feels better already
But I’ll persevere
I’ll take a look at your. Oh as I’m always Interested in seeing how others are doing

Hi Janet

I did a project with LLNL a few years ago and have got to admit I really liked Livermore and, as you say, surrounded by some lovely countryside and tempting local produce. The bleak English rain here is starting to get a bit “white”, so probably a little cooler than CA.

JM

Today I went in search of Chickpea flour. Can’t get it in the local small town.

Now that I’m officially old and the owner of a brand new bus pass, I decided to have an adventure on the bus into the next biggest town. I did have an adventure….. Should have been home again by 11.30 but it all went horribly wrong and I didn’t get home until 2 pm. Think my bone marrow was frozen and I’m never cold due to the blubber I carry around with me. Was also concerned about the 3 litres of water we need to swallow and had 3/4 litre before leaving which thankfully stayed with me until my return to base – whew! Have since guzzled a further 3/4 litre and hoping to make it through the rest before day end.

Happily I made some superfood soup yesterday. Won’t say here what it looks like and try not to have those thoughts when eating it, but it is delicious. Will have chickpea flour wraps tonight with spicy chicken and salad. Not sure when I’m going to fit the vital coffee in today at this rate….. Otherwise my first week is going ok, but the scales will tell all on Saturday.
Kate

Thanks Sunshine Girl

Although I drink about 1.5 ltrs of water a day I think I will up it a bit and make sure I keep measuring it! So easy to forget to drink

As for fibre, good tip about chia. Will start adding those

Agree on the laxatives, rather not use those where possible

Thanks

I do so well all day but when it comes to after dinner or around dinner..i go unconscious and eat rubbish like ice cream (tonight)…yesterday i ate very little and was starving all day when i got home i lost it and ate two piece of bread.. (they were low carb tho)…i try and keep as much calories from the day for dinner or beyond..but i have really struggling to stay clean..i do need to take control as the scales are not moving…anyone have any tricks??

Working from home today and still waiting for a client to send me the info I need to finish off a report, so I’m watching “Hairy Dieters” on some channel at the top of Freeview. They have had Professor Roy Taylor and one of his Nutritionist colleagues from Newcastle on. Guess what? – the lads were told there was too much fat in their diets and to eat plenty of starchy veg – first recipe is accompanied by a portion of boiled potatoes!

How the world moves on….

Hi Angela,
I really envy your walks! I found out this past year that I need a partial knee replacement so I been trying different things to stave off the inevitable surgery. So far so good! Losing 20 lbs. is good for the knee joint. I also had a series of 3 shots (1 a week for 3 weeks) that gives nutrition to the joint and so far seems to have helped. But aerobic walking is one of the exercises that causes a lot of pain so I’ve had to cut way back. I really miss those long walks and hikes with my husband!

Working out is something I’ve always done religiously. I’ve always enjoyed it so it comes easy to me! I can’t say the same about being disciplined with food-lol! I have a gym membership but hardly ever go there. Instead I have my own home gym. I have a treadmill (which I can’t use too much now, an elliptical, a professional rower, and a professional stationary bike. I also have a full set of weights, weight bench and rack for the the weight bar. So no excuses for me! I have a TV in the home gym and that makes it easy to work out. I try to work out every day unless I get really busy and then I don’t.

The rain is still here! It is raining as I write this but it is supposed to stop by the end of the day. The rain will return next week! Will your cold weather bring any snow? Do you get snow where you live? Where do you live? I live in Livermore, CA. about 50 miles from San Francisco. It only snows here about once every year in the foothills, but once every 20 or so years at our home. We live in an area surrounded by vineyards, and hiking and biking trails. It is gorgeous right now because all the hills are green. We get brown hills in the summer and green hills in the winter if there is enough rain. We’ve been in a drought for a lot of years so this rain is nice. At least in the area’s where it isn’t flooding.

PEAK: Had yesterday off and went clothes shopping! Enjoyed trying on smaller sizes.
PIT: Had to wait an extra long time to be seen at the orthodontist because it was so busy there! When I got home, I had no motivation to work out. I did get 14,000 steps in though. The shopping was good for that!

Wishing you a great day Angela. So glad you got to spend time with your grandchildren

Janet :–)

Hello All
I have just this week started the BSL and wondered if any diabetics out there changed their meds they were taking for diabetes. ?
My blood sugars the first morning went from 10.2 to 4.9.
I am currently taking Metformin, Glicizade and Insulin and wondered if anybody had to alter their dosage as I am on the highest dosage at the minute?
Best wishes.

Just stick with it.
Have a plan when it comes to meals, otherwise it’s a bit easy to fall back on the old favourites.
Try to get a variety of foods/flavours to keep you interested
Don’t get despondent if there are times when the weight or measurements steadfastly refuse to budge.
Drink water or tea even when you’re not thirsty.
I went cold turkey on white carbs and booze, as I don’t have a “one is enough” personality

Hi All! Also a newbie who started on 9th Jan! I am a 44 year old woman with an under-active thyroid which was really haywire at the end of last year which meant that I put on an awful lot of weight and couldn’t find any motivation to stick to any good way of eating. I reached my heaviest weight ever (12 stone 13 lbs). Luckily just before Christmas we discovered that my thyroid had been under-medicated for nearly a year and the doctors increased my medication. Starting to feel better, I knew that after Christmas I would resolve to make an effort to do something about it. I had bought and read the BSD book last summer so I started on the 8 week fast on 9th Jan also. I am finding it really easy whilst I am at home and cooking everything that I eat, I realise the trial will come when I am out and about and not as able to control everything I eat and drink. So far I have stuck to the plan 100% and I am very happy to see that I had dropped down to 12 stone 8.5 this morning! Loving hearing the tales of inspiration and motivation. Nice to meet you all! 🙂

How’s it going Mat?

Hi all. Is anyone else weighing daily? I have weighed each day and lost 7 pounds in 3 days (I would.say I had 38 pounds to lose to get to 10.5 stone. Sorry, don’t know kg very well!

Starting weight 13 3. So I am thrilled, and my appetite massively reduced already, although I am still craving biscuits and chocolate.

I might make some of the brownies from the recipe book this weekend, not to eat yet, but as a backup for a bad day when I feel like I might cave!

Love to hear all your targets and losses?

Mocnk x

Hi Chubbs, you will find many changes with this diet. It can throw your body and mind into chaos as things start to change. I had much improved eyesight for a few weeks but it settled down and I had my eye tested a couple of weeks ago and, yes there has been a light improvement but not enough to be worth changing glasses. Also, I regained the feeling in my big toes after about a year of them being numb and feeling ‘thick’ as I describe it. Now it comes and goes but mainly it is better and I have feeling. When I told my chiropodist and she always asks about my HbA1c (that is why I see her because of diabetes) she surprised me and told me she has a client who she described as seriously obese who had gastic surgery and reversed her diabetes. So that is one medical person who believes in what I am doing. Yet to tell my doctor about the feet thing.

You might find you have plateaus when you lose nothing for several weeks then weeks when you lose 1lb every day for a week. You might be constipated or you might have diahorreha it is just a complete mystery but this is not a normal weight loss plan, it is intense and the effects are amazing. I will have a look at your blog. I have also blogged for the 8 week planb under the name if have here on http://www.sparkpeople.com but now only give update reports. I think I introduced the diet to several Americans who are now on here.

Keep on keeping on…

That sounds like the way to go Toby101. In fact, this might suit your body better and hopefully you will find you sleep better, which is one of the positives most people find on the Fast800. I’d suggest a brunch/lunch, something for dinner and a fat containing snack mid evening (not too late).
Good luck with it – let us know how you get on.

usds that’s how this diet works, quick loss, shock to the pancreas and liver and loss of visceral fat around those organs equals lower BG. I was measuring 10 mmol/L and within about 10 days was down to 6.5. I now run at around 4.5 and my HbA1c is down from 8.2 to 5.9. Keep on keeping on. There was a time early in the diet when I actually got frightened that it was all happening too quick but I kept my nerve, slowly reduced my insulin and then my meds and now just accept that, after 6 months I am not quite there yet but confident that within the next 6 months I will be at goal weight and completely off meds. Even if my doctor says I still have diabetes I will be happy to be controlling with diet. There is nothing worse than jabbing yourself every night.

Hi Dutch Chick. You might find that you are tired because you are not used to the diet and have less energy than before, this is something your body will get used to. Most people do the 800 calories and find this effect, I had to stop exercising for a couple of weeks except for some light aerobics and walking. Your body will adjust.

Again, different foods can have an affect on the bowels, also the better food provide more bulk and fibre which have a slower transition. Are you drinking a couple of litres of water each day. Also try some fibre foods, I swear by chia seeds or in severe cases a laxative would not hurt as long as it is something mild like senna and not too often as that can cause the bowels to become lazy.

If you type any subject into the search box at the right hand top you will find many posts covering these things.

Good luck.

That sounds amazing. I will be starting soon (end of the month) and it’s really good motivation to read how well it has worked for others.

Wow Jules Maigret, 23 weeks is amazing, very well done!…..do you have any particular tips you wish you had known at the beginning of your journey which might help us newbies?

Thanks for that SunnyB, and I think that part of the reason I started this thread (apart from wanting to reach out to others) is that having made a commitment to posting on here and sharing my experiences regularly, I will hold myself accountable and help strengthen my resolve not to stray….lets see if I am still saying this on Saturday night when I am dreaming of a cold glass of Chardonnay!

Thank you Mixnmatch for sharing your journey. I guess one needs to be prepared for setbacks along the way. The important message is to keep going and not give up.

Thank you SunnyB for your experience and advice. It really helps to read about real life experiences.

I have just finished Day 4 – visiting Mum is not a good idea. I have gone over the 800 calories by about 200 today. But the carbs are close to 50. I didn’t drink as much today. We had a pleasant break from the stifling hot spell of the last few days. I have managed to go to Curves on 3 of the last 4 days and feel better for it. The computer tells me that I am burning 320 calories in the 30 minute circuit – so that is an added bonus.. Hoping to see a loss on the scales in the morning.

Hi SJ, good to hear from you 🙂 I also have a lot to lose, but I’m not putting a number to it yet…I am going to take things one week and one kilo at a time and see where that gets me. I completely get the not wanting to rip heads off, and actually feel like I am heading out of that phase, but have a bolt for a bath or read a book if I’m starting to bark at the kids or hubby. On the subject of animals, please don’t eat the cat!! Keep posting and letting us know how you are getting on 🙂

Hi All,

Just started the diet 10 days go with aim to lose weight. Tried different things last year which didnt really work, so hopefully carb reduction will help as i have not tried that before.

So far the diet is going well, especially as I am doing this together with my partner so full support at home (always important!). We have slightly increased the calorie intake to about 1200 to make sure we eat sufficient. I also have a fitiness trainer 2x a week so need to make sure I get the energy I need.

But we have found 2 possible “side effects” which I wonder if other people have.

1) We seem to be very sleepy after every meal. Never had this before, but now about half an hour after I have eaten I will need to take a nap. Which just gets really frustrating. Wonder if that is normal or what we can do about it
2) Although expected, it seems the bowels have changed in normality, i.e. lot less of going to the toilet. Just dont seem to need to go. Is this because food just gets processes so much better? Or do we increase fibre? Already adding more veg / celery etc where possible.

Any tips, ideas, solutions would be great

thanks

Thanks for the advice SunnyB – I actually don’t feel that hungry in the mornings, and have never historically eaten breakfast during the week so am tempted to ditch breakfast and replace it with a small supper before bed!

Hi Toby101
Well done on the results so far. Have you tried saving some of your daily allowance, so that you can have a snack in the evening? This might help tide you through, so that the hunger pangs don’t cause such a problem. Something like a cube of cheese would be good, as the fat content helps with the feeling full factor, but it could be some nuts or a small serving of yogurt may be.

Anyway, might be worth a try. Good luck on posting more great results soon.

10 days in – 4.8 kg down and that includes a bit of meltdown over the weekend involving wine and beers on a football trip!

Food actually delicious and fizzy water keeping me feeling full in between.

My only problem is a slight problem sleeping due to persistent hunger pangs that seem to only come at night and actually wake me up – but I am guessing these will fade in time

Thanks Jenni,
Yes its the Blood Sugar that is my main motivation, I just want to improve my long term future and show my doctors that drugs aren’t always the answer!

HI SJ

Welcome. Just a few comments. When I started I was looking at 100+lbs off, that looks daunting at the start but I’m starting to believe that it is achievable. I have done back to back 8-week cycles and am in Week 23. One of the great benefits for me has been that I am sleeping so much better and hence feeling so much better during the day.

If it makes you feel any better, cat is high in protein and low in carb and probably tastes a bit like chicken 😉

Congratulations usds. All the weight loss means nothing compared to getting our BGLs down and stopping the damage diabetes silently does to us. Weight loss is exciting too but 4 months on from getting normal BGLs I still want to pinch myself about my normal blood sugar readings. Like others I sometimes can’t believe I am this weight (although till way to go) but I still test my BGLs just to make sure it is still so good. Enjoy your success.

Im starting on Monday, waited until now as its my birthday this weekend and have a big family dinner on the day! Need to lose about 2 stone and am raring to go. I have had the books for a couple of months and have been making some of the meals from the recipe book (the tomato, ham and lentil soup is bubbling away as I write this) and lost a few pounds before Christmas but put it all back on (and more) since. I’m 62 this week and have run out of excuses, need to lose the weight for good this year!

Hi Chrysalis
Me and my hubby have just started out on the BSD this week too. I would love to lose 2-3 stone whilst realistically (and this is including the post 8 weeks Med eating plan) my hubby needs to lose in excess of 8 stone.
Monday was an all-round struggle (tired, hungry, grumpy, cold, bit of a head and sleep was poor), Tuesday pretty much the same but slightly less so, Wednesday a vast improvement and already 4lbs down for me – happy days!
We’re having to be quite careful we don’t rip each others heads off pre-dinner and think our cat is giving us a wide birth in case we’re just too hungry 🙂
It’s taking us a few days to get our heads around calories and portions but what we’ve had so far has been tasting fab!
Definitely echo other peoples advice on keeping the mind busy – hadn’t thought about the colouring book thing so might also give that a go.
Good luck to one and all.

No problem. Sometimes it needs someone to jog into your mind what might be up!! 🙂

I’m so elated I must tell someone!

Type 2 diagnosed(!) about 8 years ago.

Started 10 days ago ….. 5’7″, 17st 6lb, fasting BS 9-10 mmol/L, BP 140/90, pulse 90.
1x5mg Ramipril & 4x500mg Metformin daily.
Not the mention the Diabetic Nurse suggesting more (and different pills) and she’s not really interested in anything else – just like my GP.

Here I am 10 days in and I nearly fell off my chair!

16st 11lbs, BP 116/76, Pulse 70 and …… fasting BS 6.4!!!!!

I had to look several times to be sure ….. I’m not so motivated to push on and shove these numbers in front of my “trusted medical experts”!

Thanks lovely
I am taking a multivitamin and probiotic to prevent that however just realised I never put the two together but it’s time of the month and my first since being on this new way of life! Really not drinking enough thinking about it.

Thanks for making me think!

Hi Chrisalis
Whilst being physically active is great as a distraction and also has the positive affect of improving fitness, sedentary distractions are great for keeping the mind off food and for mindfulness – doing a crossword, colouring, reading. Even playing a game or doing some online activity will help to distract – I think this is why so many of us regularly post on the forum! It has certainly helped me keep focused in times of faltering resolve.
I’m personally determined to increase my physical activity this year, but am starting in a small way, so hopefully I can make it sustainable.
Hope you manage to find some distractions which will allow you to stay focused and on track. Hope to see great results posted soon!

Day 16 loving the recipes, Pepper with jewelled feta for lunch and going for the Aubergine with lamb and pomegranate for dinner, but substituting the lamb for chicken mince. Finding the diet easy, hubby struggling, constantly hungry but holding in there. My sugar cravings are slowly disappearing, that has been the hardest part so far, I could easily get through a family bar of chocolate in one sitting, so I substitute with 10 cherries or a mango for lunch, as they are in season and delicious. Gave up my 1 small glass of red wine this week, so hard. However still losing weight and have found this week that I have so much more energy, its amazing. Good luck everybody will report back Tuesday with details of weight and inches lost (hopefully). SJ

Hi Bombalone
Lots of us have done more that the 8wks of the Fast800 and I recommend reading the posts by CaptainLynn, who has done fantastically by continuing for many months on the 800 and had fantastic results – she is a real inspiration. That’s not to say that this is right for everyone, it’s important we work with our bodies to find the best solution for ourselves.

I originally did eight weeks, took a break and managed to maintain. Then I did 16wks back on the 800, before taking another break for real life and now I’m back on the 800 and will be sticking with that, until we go on a long vacation again in early April, in the hope of hitting final goal weight before then.

Whatever plan you finally settle on, I hope you get the results you are looking for. Good Luck.

It could still be the stubborn carb flu hanging round. You do definitely need to drink enough water and have enough salt also as this can have this effect. How much water do you think you are drinking?

You may also find that this is a bit of anaemia. I found that after 8 weeks.

Hello Chubbs1975 🙂
When I was doing the first 8 weeks, I found that I had the following snacks:
Babybel – carb free and nibbled slowly is a good use of the 70cal
20g of any kind of nuts, pistachio, hazelnut, pine nut, almonds (raw unsalted)
30g any kind of cheese cubed
Couple of slices of salami
1 square very dark chocolate
90g full fat yoghurt
Of course you can have vegetable sticks with 25g hummus but I can’t really have raw vegetable (annoying) so I often forget to think of it for others

Hello Everyone
Started off with a glum moment, when I weighed at half a pound more today than yesterday, but I’m resolved not to let it derail me.

Have already done a short session on the rower this morning and am planning to do at least three more short bursts before the end of the day. Was surprised to find that there are no real aches and pains from the two short sessions yesterday, TC but my arms were tiring quicker this morning.

Well done on seeing off the Christmas weight, Mixnmatch. We all need to tweak the BSD to suit our own bodies. I know if I don’t stick within the calorie allowance the weight loss won’t happen, so I’m sticking with the 800 until I get down to target.

Hope the scales are kind on the next weigh in Cleverblond. That little blip probably won’t have any affect on your results.

Anyway, I am being super strict today, as I have birthday meals coming up this w/e. So, I’m having miso this morning and will try to keep cals well below the 800 today, to give me a bit more scope in the next three days. Wish me luck, as I need to see something positive on the end of week weigh in on Monday morning.

Good luck everyone …. keep going and let us know what progress you are making.

So, three days down. My fasting blood sugar has already come down 4.5 points and I’ve had to tweek my meds.
I’m about 2.5kgs down and feel ok.
And not sure if it’s a real side effect or not but my eyes feel clearer and I feel my vision is better
I get tired and hungry mid-afternoon and the temptation for a cake is immense.
I’m weighing ALL my food and calculating the calories, and in the main sticking to between 8-900 calories a day.
My starting blog post is up for anyone who would like to see how it doing https://cookeatexplore.wordpress.com/2017/01/09/the-start and I’m posting bits daily on my instagram @_twohungrymen

Any ideas around snack would be gratefully received

Californiagirl – I agree that “almost” is the operative word. I absolutely love this way of eating and will never go back to eating how I did before – but still need to log my food every day on fat secret and weigh myself every day also or I am sure that I would easily slip back into “over-exuberant” eating very easily. Before when I dieted I was either on a diet or eating normally – which meant I always put the weight back on – this is the first time that I have ever done maintenance.

hi all

SunnyB – went on the rowing machine in the gym for the first time in about 5 years – did 10 minutes – bad move – can not move my arms this morning!!!

Morning all and welcome to Day 17 of 28

I hope you all have a good day today – keep strong – keep your goals in mind and try to awaken the carb monster. For anyone that has seen the Hobbit movies, I always have in mind Smaug the dragon when I think of the carb monster.

See ya later!

Cara54
That is definitely progress. I still find it amazing that your tastes change if you keep off the bad stuff. I have coffee at a cafe with an amazing range of cakes which you have to queue up alongside while waiting to be served. In the past they would have been a huge temptation (and they were at the beginning of the BSD) but now I can queue quite happily alongside them without being tempted to eat them at all.

I love not being tempted. Since last May I haven’t had one bite of the bad stuff because I just don’t want to have to go through all those cravings for sweet stuff again. Of course there is also the other issue of my phobia about the lucentis injections into my eye. Any thoughts that a piece of cake would be lovely completely disappear when I think of those injections.

Natalie – daughters make wonderful diet police. When I started the BSD one of my daughter’s lectured me on the perils of yoyo dieting (which I have done so many times in the past) and that I should really be thinking of going on a healthy diet for life. Both daughters are really impressed that I have done this on the BSD and although they are not overweight they are now incorporating BSD guidelines into their own diets.

Hello all! I hope everyone is well, or at least improving if unwell.

NATALIE, I hope your daughter finds relief from her probs. I have quite a few gluten sensitive relatives and it is only recently that I have realised am also better without gluten. Back in Sept/Oct before I started BSD I ate bread for the first time in a while – I hadn’t been avoiding it particularly, it just hadn’t been in my meal plans – boy, did I suffer – bloating, pain, sluggishness etc. Being gluten free on BSD has confirmed my suspicions and I plan to stay away from wheat, barley and rye for ever.

Take care everyone, happy BSD Thursday!

Day 12 for me just finishing
Lost 6cm off my belly button measurement
Makes a difference with work shirts !!

Think I lost a lot of water in week 1 so wil see how scales go on Sunday

What I do know from fasting is that you can look like you’ve lost not much on Day 3 of a week and by Day 7 you’ve lost 2kg

Had beautiful cauliflower, leek and garlic soup today with chilli sauce on, such low calories as well

Morning check in, day 4 for me and I have lost another 2 pounds, so 7 pounds in 3 full days of fasting, how much is water? I don’t know, and don’t actually care. 28 ish more pounds to go for me to be at target!

At this rate am hoping that I can move to maintenance in 6 weeks rather than 8, hoping for lots of positives for all of you today

Mocnk x

I’ve been finding school holidays difficult with two kids at home – two weeks to go! – but my daughter has suddenly become the diet police. She’s nearly 13, and since Monday has been on a gluten-free diet to see if that helps a few problems she’s been having. I don’t remember exactly what I said, but apparently I promised to do it with her! Of course I shouldn’t be eating that kind of food anyway, but sometimes I’m weak. She looked so disappointed in me when I was going to have some crackers with my cheese that I had to put them away again.

Mixnmatch thank you so much for sharing that. I found reading it very moving – got quite emotional! As the details show you are like the rest of us – working hard to find a way that can fit in with your reality, facing set backs, fiddling around with what you do. Yet the overriding thing is YOU DO NOT GIVE UP. To this day, it would seem. That is what is inspiring. Well done you, I hope I can find such determination. The fact that you have had blips and “real life” moments makes your success even more impressive – and helps me to feel it is do-able. My problem has always been the set back – they have made me give up, feeling either “I can’t do/sustain THIS” or “it just doesn’t work long term as a diet”. So many diets work for a bit. So few continue to work to get you to your goal. I am doing 800 every day, skipping breakfast. The book says to change it up after 8 weeks but I worry that anything less (5:2 or 3:4) would slow the loss or possibly grind it to a halt. What has been others’ experience of that? Thanks so much for sharing your amazing story. You are doing so well.