I am posting on another thread – which I will continue to do. But I think it would be helpful to post here also. I started in May and have lost about 2 stone 6lb. Am not really sure how much more I need to lose – the Consultant said on Monday not to lose any more than 4lb.

So my aim is either to maintain my weight or to lose up to 4lb by Christmas. This is a really massive goal for me because since 1975 I have never achieved this despite losing weight numerous times. Previously I just have never maintained my weight loss and the weight has just climbed straight back up.

This time I have the support of this forum and and the fact that the BSD very easily can seamlessly morph into a maintenance programme.

I have also got rid of my larger clothes for the first time ever and I am determined to stay off the insulin.

Today I am 9 stone 12 1/2lbs. Up 3/4lb since Tuesday. As I have increased my food from 800 calories to between 1000 and 1200 calories and my weight is fluctuating a bit – I am not really worried by that.

It is also half term and I usually stall over the holidays.

Yup,
Another pound lost.

But
I have a cold. Surprisingly enough, I am not death warmed up , I am more like… oh I have a cold, okay, next….

I seem to be able to handle my cold better.

Hating the dark nights, hubby has put some jazzy lights on my bike, so determined to get out and about and exercise outside for longer.

Don’t forget, it will soon be puddle bashing season again.

Love Lucia
Xxx

A word of encouragement for anyone who is thinking of starting the BSD. Just do it !!

I was diagnosed as being diabetic in January 2016 and knew nothing at all about diabetes. Quickly discovered The Blood Sugar Diet and began to follow it’s recipes and principles. The results over the next 5 months were truly incredible. I’ve lost 36% of my body weight and 6 inches from my waist. I have been able to reduce my BP medication by 1/3 and cut my bad LDL cholesterol by 80%. Best of all, I have gone from being diabetic then blasted through the entire pre diabetic range and now have totally normal blood sugar levels. My GP is astounded by the results and says I am now no longer classified as being diabetic.

The Blood Sugar Diet book is by far the best £5 I have, or will, ever spend and my advice to anyone who is thinking about following this diet is pleeeeeease give it a go. It can, and will, change your life forever.

Hi Folks.

Congratulations on the weight loss folks and hugs to those who are struggling.

End of my fourth week and I am thrilled with the results.
1st October start date weighing 114.2
week 1: 112.7
week 2: 111.1
week 3: 109.5
week 4: 107.9

I feel so inspired and motivated reading all these comments. I seriously need to up my drinking water and start going out for a little walk. Both I guess would help with my bowels!!!!! I would comment more on here but do not find the boards easy to reply to.

Hello everyone! Half-way through. Didn’t lose as much as anticipated, but still happy.

Total 20# loss and 5.25″ overall inches lost and fitting into so many clothes–I’m ecstatic. I even pulled some out of the donation pile that didn’t fit 2 weeks ago. That means I must be tightening up. Oh and dh finally commented on my belly looking smaller 🙂 first acknowledgement from him that this woe is working–but not shy about watching what I eat as he consumes whatever he likes…..how is that right? I made Halloween bags for my hair stylist’s kids and had a lot of Reese’s minis left so I told him to hide them from me–and he did–in his stomach.

I’m going back to eating what I did the very first week–can’t fudge calories or eat things I’m not supposed to (mostly too many nuts and dark chocolate). Don’t expect that big whoosh from the first week, but I want to see if I can lose a little more than 2#s a week for the next 4 weeks. I can’t wait to be in onederland and only be overweight again.

Do any of you do a comparison chart represented by items to depict your weight loss? I’ve lost a dachshund so far and I still have a hay bale, sack of potatoes and 2#s of butter to go. I love moving the items from one part of the chart to the other, but it’s a bummer when nothing moves.

We are in this together and have had our ups and downs, but we can continue on our journey together. And I just want to say I appreciate everyone of you “losers”. I really think this past month went by very fast, don’t you?

KrysiaD, wow. Just wow. I think your mother and mine were related somehow. Thank you for reassuring me that I’m not the only one who struggles with this. We went clothes shopping today so I have endured hours worth of how I should dress to flatter my ‘big tum’, looks of openly disapproving looks up and down, and she declared (twice) today (out of nowhere) that I should get up early tomorrow and go and sign on at the gym. I dread introducing her to friends as they invariably comment on how alike we look, to which her standard response every single time is to puff out her cheeks and say “yes, and she has the family triple chin too”. I have seen more horrified looks from friends over the years than I care to count. So I totally relate to what you are saying! I don’t know why she does it and I don’t know why she has never taken on board how much hurt it causes me when I have tried to talk to her about it. But the good news is that this time I’m not turning to teenage acts of defiance (in my 40s!) and stuffing my face at the restaurants we are going to to spite her, as I usually do. I can’t pretend I’m not inwardly upset by her comments but I’m focused on facing forwards. I keep telling myself that I’ll have the last laugh eventually but at the same time I’m sad this 25-year old situation with someone I love very deeply has become so combative and negative. Neither of us gains anything by it. She would be utterly heartbroken if she thought I was sharing this in ‘public’ too.

Hi Green Janet – waves – I have wandered around for the last 6 weeks instead of going anywhere, but going for the push for Christmas (and when I visit my family they will see the losses). Made it from 99kg to 89kg before I drifted, but slowly (2 down one back) I am eyeing 85kg now (glimpses as in 85. 8 and then I have a meal and it drifts away) and my BMI healthy target is 79kg. If I get refocussed then should manage that by Christmas (if I can avoid the mince pies as a zillion carol services)

Wow, thanks so much for the replies. Very interesting and learnt lots.

Schnitzel, things are tough at the moment but just feel I need control over my eating habits. I understand what you are saying though. Days I feel anxious about dad are very tough days.

Krysia – I agree, although I’m not losing at mo I do feel healthier in myself. I believe my skin looks clearer.

Morten – have just checked out the app again. I certainly hadn’t Inputted all foods correctly but was still over yesterday but by not as much so thanks for that!!

Frog – I’ll take a look at orchids posts. I have much to learn. Thank you 🙂

Have just posted this on my other post.

Thank you all for such fab advice. I do think that little by little I will get there.

I am learning as I go along. I’m making huge mistakes and I am actually very pleased that I am aware now (thanks to MFP app) where I was going wrong. Such an eye opener.

So this morning, I pulled myself together and weighed myself. Been a difficult week and I knew I had gained.
I’ve been trying to follow the diet for 7 weeks now. I had lost 8 pounds but have regained 4lb.
I am therefore still 4 lbs down. Result.

Now that I have MFP to help I feel strangely positive despite the ‘gain’.

I’m going to put the 7 weeks behind me and restart on another 8 weeks. After all I’m starting 4 lbs lighter than I was. I understand where I went wrong and hopefully won’t repeat the mistakes. This will take me neatly up to Xmas.

Thanks for all your wise words over this past week. Really is much appreciated.

Shalimar – great advice. I’ll dispose of the junk food. Too much temptation.
Hope you get to your aquabics soon 🙂

Snoop – dads situation hasn’t improved. He’s very poorly. It is out of my control hence why I am desperate to gain control over my eating habits. It’s giving me another focus but is proving difficult when I get very anxious.
Have just had my lunch and had 12 almonds (an improvement on 20+) I’ll continue to cut back on those. Had half a tablespoon of olive in my salad instead of 1. So making small changes. Lunch overall was smaller. Hopefully I’ll hold out til dinner now.

Flash – well done to you too for avoiding the bread and biscuits. It’s so hard isn’t it?!
Enjoy the afternoon tea tho. Keep going…

Jules maigret – wow, love the container idea. Think I’ll give it a go as my downfall too is nuts. You are clearly so committed. Thanks for the advice.

So here goes to the next 8 weeks.

Thank you all for such fab advice. I do think that little by little I will get there.

I am learning as I go along. I’m making huge mistakes and I am actually very pleased that I am aware now (thanks to MFP app) where I was going wrong. Such an eye opener.

So this morning, I but the bucket and weighed myself. Been a difficult week and I knew I had gained.
I’ve been trying to follow the diet for 7 weeks now. I had lost 8 pounds but have regained 4lb.
I am therefore still 4 lbs down. Result.

Now that I have MFP to help I feel strangely positive despite the ‘gain’.

I’m going to put the 7 weeks behind me and restart on another 8 weeks. After all I’m starting 4 lbs lighter than I was. I understand where I went wrong and hopefully won’t repeat the mistakes. This will take me neatly up to Xmas.

Thanks for all your wise words over this past week. Really is much appreciated.

Shalimar – great advice. I’ll dispose of the junk food. Too much temptation.
Hope you get to your aquabics soon 🙂

Snoop – dads situation hasn’t improved. He’s very poorly. It is out of my control hence why I am desperate to gain control over my eating habits. It’s giving me another focus but is proving difficult when I get very anxious.
Have just had my lunch and had 12 almonds (an improvement on 20+) I’ll continue to cut back on those. Had half a tablespoon of olive in my salad instead of 1. So making small changes. Lunch overall was smaller. Hopefully I’ll hold out til dinner now.

Flash – well done to you too for avoiding the bread and biscuits. It’s so hard isn’t it?!
Enjoy the afternoon tea tho. Keep going…

Jules maigret – wow, love the container idea. Think I’ll give it a go as my downfall too is nuts. You are clearly so committed. Thanks for the advice.

So here goes to the next 8 weeks. 😊

Hi Yowser you hoo back

How the hecky peck are you now, I see you still have the dizziness, are you still on plan, and how’s that going, no one seems to post anymore. 😞 So I am starting a eight week push to get lower for Xmas, so I’ve started a thread called 18 weekers hoping to get all the old gang jollying each other along, as it’s all seems a bit confusing, I never know where anyone is posting. Hope you have a nice weekend, are you a strictly girl, we are its what Saturdays are for in my humble opinion. 💃💃💃💃💃

Well I got on the scales this morning to find I have put on 3lbs in 2 days 😡😡😡 I know I ate a lot (no refined carbs thou!!) and drank far too much wine, as we had friends to stay……But 3lbs, I’m horrified. Going to really have a good day today. Started with grilled mushroom, tomato and a well done bacon rasher with an egg, so feel very nicely full now and not tempted to start picking. Will drink as much water and fruit / mint tea as possible and have something good and satisfying tonight.
Hope you’re back on it Flash……be strong everyone out there struggling xx

My downfall is generally nuts (noun not adjective). As my personality leads me to eating all of something if I like the first couple of mouthfuls, I had to come up with a coping strategy. What I’ve done is put a small snack size portion in a small plastic container. I bought 10 for £1 in a poundshop. I then spread them around the kitchen and utility room to reduce the temptation to grab three containers in one go.

I also instigated a rule that I don’t eat in the kitchen now, to stop snacking whilst I’m cooking. So when I want a snack I have to go and get one and have a longer decision process as to whether I REALLY want one…. or is a glass of water a decent substitute.

The other challenge is remembering where I put the containers, when they do this for gorillas in the zoo, I think they call it “enrichment”….

I agree – you are making healthy food choices and your health will be improving in lots of ways even if you are not losing weight.

Save the weight loss for when things get easier.

I am not sure that whatever weight goal you set now … that you will know how you feel until you get there. If you are still finding the BSD eating plan easy to follow … will you feel optimally healthy and happy and good looking? Will you decide to stop? to loose a few more inches and/or pounds? Will you have lost enough of the visceral fat you wanted to loose?

What is your plan for maintaining your new self?

I don’t have a maintenance plan yet …. i won’t need one for months and months … and i certainly don’t want to end up where i am now ever again.

I have set a goal …. but i won’t really know if that will still be “the goal” when i get there … or will i want to make adjustments depending on how i feel then? Heck i may want a colonic irrigation as a non-food reward. 🙂 … sort of an end goal intestinal cleanup?!?!?

Just a few thoughts from the peanut gallery.

Thanks JulesMaigret 🙂 sounds like a plan!

I think Jules had a great approach and explains things well. I will do that too – have a target range to stay within rather than a single figure.

Hi Morten,

Whilst what you say is ostensibly true, there is no way to reliably answer the question as there are just too many variables, including your size, what you eat, your metabolic and peristalic rate, the amount and type of exercise you do, what mix of foods your “normal” diet will contain, etc.

What I plan to do (and this is a long way off for me!) is to set a target with some margin to allow for some weight variation on the normal diet. Then I will test out the calorie level and food mix (carbs, protein, fibre) on the normal and adjust them until the weight remains relatively consistent, recognising that variation on weight by a few pounds is inevitable.

So in your might go for, say, 11st 10-12 and then introduce the “normal” diet gradually. If your weight shoots up the cut back the calories or adjust the mix of carbs to protein and learn to understand your body and the effect food has on your overall weight.

Hope this helps

Nedds Mum!! Have just looked at your username properly. Give yourself a break and don’t worry about measuring and calories right now. That’s an order 😁You are eating healthy foods and doing your best in the circumstances.

I think your target needs to include more than a number on the scales as Natalie says. If you want to get really detailed, what about the several pounds worth of bacteria we all carry in our gut? Do you include them in your target? Weight fluctuates every day from morning to night. That will always happen no matter what you weigh.

I think fat is important to make things taste nice and to make you feel satisfied. It is a Mediterranean diet and healthy fats are part of that. BUT you do need to measure nuts, oils etc. carefully because they are so high in calories. I’m not vegetarian but I don’t eat meat every day. I find eggs really filling. An omelette with some cheese keeps me full. The spinach quiche in the BSD cookbook is lovely.

Natalie,

Is it really only a few hundred grams? Could it be 4 -6 pounds?? Because then it will affect the size too…?

I think the real question is, does it matter? If you get down to a size that looks healthy, your blood sugars are stable and other tests show good results, does it matter if you have a few hundred grams of undigested food in your colon?

I am at week 18 I have maintained my end of eight week loss, but now wanting to push on for a further loss towards Xmas, so any of you old timers wanting to join me, for a fun approach, I’m hoping this thread, will bring favourite recipe ideas, as well as positive enthusiasm for this fantastic eating plan. So we can all support each other as pushing beyond the 16 week barrier is taking a lot more motivation, I’m finding, hence why I’ve started this thread, to go public.
We could also have a Saturday weigh in I’m in maintenance I was 116.36 k when I started and am now 101.1 k
Goal to loose another 12.5 k before Xmas which is 8 1/2 weeks away.

Thanks for the input Frog! 🙂

You write “If you started the diet weighing 12 stone 6lb, and you now weigh 12 stone, you have lost 6lb.
If you stop the diet, go back to eating normally, and gain 2lb – you will have lost 4lb overall, and have the option to resume the diet to lose more weight..”

I understand what you say, but I ‘m not sure I agree. Let me explain myself; If I stop drinking water, I will after a day weigh less, but the weight of my abdominal fat is the same. Similarily, if I change my diet to exclude bread (assuming I usually eat a lot of bread) I will after two days weigh less because I will have less food in my digestive system, but the rest of my body will be same as before and my weight will pop up again once I start eating bread again.

My aim is not to fool myself that I have reached my target. If my target is going back to a normal albeit calorie controlled eating regimen is 12 stone, I would need to set a weight target te be reached before I break fast to something less that 12 stone, and my question is: How much lower should my target be… 🙂

Using a tape measure is also important. Weight fluctuates even just with water levels. I have found that I can stay the same weight (maybe because of digestion or exercise) but my waist measurement has decreased meaning I have I burned fat.

The surprises never end. We had our family movie night, and I’d given myself permission to have a couple of squares of dark chocolate and also a tiny bag of almond cranberry bites. I had ONE square of chocolate and then decided that was enough! Even though I was “allowed”, I just didn’t feel the need for any more treats. Will wonders never cease.

Hi Gem, 3.2 is a good loss. It depends on how much you have to lose. I was less than 13 stone and now less than 12 so I am happy. There have been ups and downs but in all it is good. Some people lose 10lbs in week one but they are usually quite a bit heavier to start with. There is also the benefit if you are diabetic, you don’t say. I count that as my blessing having reduced insulin from 38 units daily to 28 (recently put it up from 24 due to holiday weight gain) and my daily bg is down from 190 to 100.

Keep on keeping on…..

Thanks, sunshine-girl. I’ll take a look right now.

weight will fluctuate due to digestive issues, etc – for that reason most recommendations are that you always weigh at the same time of day – morning is best, after you’ve had a pee, but before you’ve had anything to eat or drink. You are also most likely to have no clothes, or similar weight clothes everyday.
if you finish the diet and go back to old eating habits, chances are you will gain weight, but the idea of the 8 weeks is that it does change your tastes, and lots of people on this forum have reported that they haven’t regained weight, or have stopped, gained a bit but not much, then come back to it to lose more.

If you started the diet weighing 12 stone 6lb, and you now weigh 12 stone, you have lost 6lb.
If you stop the diet, go back to eating normally, and gain 2lb – you will have lost 4lb overall, and have the option to resume the diet to lose more weight..

i suggest you focus on what you lose, and what your target is, rather than potential gains when you complete the diet.

Hi Nedds mum
I agree with MortonOsloNorway that you really don’t need to be concerned about getting lots of extra fat in your diet initially. As long as you eat full fat everything and things like avocados you will be getting enough fat.

When you do the 800 calories you go into fat burning (ketosis) and you are burning stored fat. After a few days the body gets good at using your stored fat for energy and you stop feeling hungry – and the weight melts away. That is why you hear that people just stop feeling hungry – you just need to get over the first few days though when you may feel hungry, although not everyone does.

If you add in lots of fat from your diet your body will burn the fat you eat as well (or probably instead of the stored fat). If you also eat too many carbs you come out of ketosis, stop burning fat as your body goes down the easiest route and starts burning glucose. It doesn’t matter how much fat you eat then because the body will always burn glucose first.

That is the genius of the 800 calories at the start of BSD. It is really hard to eat too much fat and too many carbs if you cut out the bad carbs. On 800 calories you are only burning stored fat. Later when you are much closer to target you will need to think about upping fat because the body can’t burn the stored fat at a fast enough rate now because there isn’t an abundance of easy to get at fat to provide all your energy needs and your body might start burning lean muscle mass as well. But in the beginning there is an abundance of stored fat to use. Of course you do still need to make sure you do eat full fat in your 800 calories.

Then there are the issues that Frog has flagged up – and she has given some really good strategies to tackle these issues.

My figures for today:
81.6 kg
-7.6 overall
Yesterday’s food:
881 cal / 66 carbs / 13 fibre

Snoop, log onto http://www.mendosa.com, he does a whole section on chia seeds, the true, the myths etc etc. One myth, some people are charging more for ‘organic’ chia seeds. There is no such thing, the seeds are self cleansing and give out a substance that deters it being attacked by anything so no need to use chemicals as it looks after itself. Organic implies no chemicals have been used but with chia seeds there is no need for them. Fascinating reading. I will be having them regulary.

Hi,

I am in my 6th day on the ‘800 cal eating regimen’ (I don’t like to be on a diet 😉 ) and am a newcomer to the Blood Sugar fast system. During these first days, I have seen my weight drop, but how does that relate to my actual weight loss…? I mean, when changing the food intake from carbs like bread, potatoes and pasta to lesser volumes of calories and focusing on eating protein and not shy away from fat, that means that there is a far lesser volume of undigested food in my digestive system does it not? And if I go back to a ‘normal eating regimen’, my weight will pop again – right…? And that does not mean I have added any fat to my body by just going back to eating bread again…?

So let’s say that I now weigh 6 pounds less than before starting on the 800 cal, does that mean that I have effectively lost one or two pounds of body fat…? And if my weight target after the 8 weeks is 13 stones, I will need to drop down to maybe 12 1/2 stones…?

Happy to hear your input! 🙂

Excellent advice from Snoop and shalimar 🙂

And well done for a successful food shop. I had to pop out to the corner shop last night and the urge to buy bread and biscuits was incredible! I’m going to have to avoid going there as much as possible.

Glad you’ve found MFP for tracking – it can certainly be a bit of an eye-opener! I hope things are starting to settle down for you now and that your dad is improving. Thinking of you 🙂

Afternoon tea is tomorrow so planning another very strict day today (although just writing that has somehow made me ravenous…hey ho) x

loopylou, what you want is what I’ve decided to call “January-thinking”. My theory is this: people who are better at maintaining their weight than I am make an effort in January to lose the extra lbs/kgs they put on during the festive season. I’m trying to adopt the same approach whenever I fall off the wagon for whatever reason. We’re all doing the same, but somehow it seems more positive to say “January-thinking” rather than feeling like I’ve gone backwards and have to make up for my sins. Whatever your approach, enjoy the tea. You could always have lots of cucumber sandwiches! And I’ll have the cream meringue, thank you!

Glad to hear the cocodamol effects have worn off. I bet your pound is more than my 500 g – I wish I hadn’t written that. It’s a bit too definite, as the scales could easily have rounded down a bit.

Edited to add: Wow! Sunshine-girl, that’s amazing. I keep reading about the wonders of chia seeds. I can’t eat psyllium husk because I have digestive tract problems and assume chia seeds will be the same. Maybe I need to find out more. I definitely need more fibre in my diet.

Look at posts by Orchid – she is vegetarian, and posted a lot on veggie topics – posting less now because she did amazingly well and reached her goals.
(search for Orchid, then on her profile. click on “replies created”)

One thing I found when I was counting everything fanatically was that days when I didn’t have meat or fish were ones when I tended to have more carbs. I’m not saying you can’t achieve 50g of carbs on a veggie diet, but you will find it harder – and if its complex carbs from beans and pulses + veg, it may not be a problem.

Hi all, Loopylou, glad you enjoyed them, they were mean’t to be funny stories, although some people have taken it that I was cross about it, obviously people who don’t know me. I think it is hilarious and gives me something to write about.

How are you all doing today. I nearly had a dickie fit when I saw my calories for yesterday, then realised I had put ‘a stick of butter’ thinking it was a small curl or pat, turned out to be 815 calories, blooming American sites. Anyway, drum roll please, here are the results from the French sector:-

Total calories 890 – chia seeds and avocado have bumped that up, but what the chia seeds have done have probably lost me weight -ta dah.
Total carbs 48
Blood glucose 6.2 or 113 – still a little higher than I would like so sticking with 28 units of insulin
Weight loss this week 1.4 kgs or 3lbs – must be good over the weekend. I am going to chant ‘no wine, no wine, no wine’. Think it will help.

Have a good day ya’all. Keep on keeping on……

Hi everyone! Its almost the end of week 2 for me. I had one massive fall off the wagon this week. But I’ve brushed myself off and I’ve bee back on 800 calories and counting carbs in MFP. I’ve been trying to include some of exercises in the book this week. Is anyone else sticking to the fitness plan outlined in the book?

Thank you so much too, Determinedthistime – I really need that dose of strength! You’ve made me feel better by saying you’ve done the same but I hope your weight loss hasn’t been too drastically affected. We’ll get back on it together! 🙂

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend!

labels – frustrating that the traffic lights on the system on the front don’t include carbs, but getting husband to focus on high sugar contents on those might be an easier start than the detail on the back!

I love samphire – I have yet to find a fish that it doesn’t go well with!
My favourite is to steam it, then add butter

I have 500g of berbere spices, which should keep me going for a while!
I thought I was ordering 250g – still a lot, but it was well reviewed on Amazon, and v cheap – when it turned up it was 2 packs of 250g, then my friend that came with me to the Ethiopian cookery class (whom I’d planned to give half to) had found some in a supermarket.
It’s the same teacher for the Diabetic class as the Ethiopian one, so I’ll probably give the spare bag to her – it is in a sealed airtight bag, but I suspect it would be past its best if/when I got on to pack number two!

Just wondering how you faired on a dairy free version of the diet?

I have heard that it might not be a good idea to do a lot of exercise, especially if we are not used to it, during the first week or so. Maybe a bit of walking and some light exercise??? Also …. drink lots of water, tea, coffee etc. and perhaps add a little extra salt so the water just doesn’t go right through you. Like a bouillon cube or powder in a cup of water.
Also remember full fat is good on this eating plan. Full fat plain yogurt, add a few berries. Full fat cream in your coffee, if you like cream in your coffee.

Some people like peppermint tea.

Carb addict

Your post about your mother reminded me of some of the things my mother used to say. The one that tops the list was after I had lost loads of weight one time she introduced me to some people with the words ‘ this is my daughter – she used to be really fat. I’ve got pictures of her when she was really fat’. There was a stunned silence in the room but she was totally oblivious to what she had said. I really can’t remember if she offered to go and get the pictures – but I wouldn’t have put it past her.

We do remember it from time to time and laugh about it now – but it was pretty shocking at the time. If she was still around now I would do exactly the same as you as I would have got exactly the same reaction to my efforts as you would from your parents.

Hi Nedds Mum!

My take:

First you need to check that you have entered the food correctly in the app. Sometime people, (like I did), enter the wrong quantities and measurements. I mistook one egg for 100 grams of egg, and was able to eat twice as much when I realized my mistake. But if everything checks out, you must conclude that you have been eating more that the ‘diet’ prescribes… 🙁

Secondly, if you have been eating to much and need to reduce your intake, why would you be concerned about getting fat in your diet…? We all carry around with us fat to survive on for weeks! 🙂 So if I were you, I would simply focus on reducing the calorie intake to 800 and the carb to 50 grams. What yo then can eat, whether a veggie or not, will become quite easy, you will simply eat more protein and vegetables…

Well everybody I bombed big time last week so I gotta start over on Monday and give it everything I’ve got! I followed the lighter life programme when it first launched which was just shakes for three months and that was real hard but I stuck to it and the results were fab and I’m angry with myself for failing at this after just one week!! Ggrrrrr🐯🐯
Monday here I come

Hi everyone
Sunshine Girl, your food stories make me chuckle. Well done Snoop on the weight. We are similar. I’m 80.2 kg today. I’m glad to say the constipating effects of the cocodamol have worn off and I lost over a pound. Whoop whoop. My back is so much better too.
However, I have my hotel afternoon tea this afternoon for a friend’s birthday. I have decided there is nothing I can do about this. I can’t go down Frog’s carb detritus route (can you imagine me picking the fruit out of a small fruit tart or the cheese out of finger sandwich at a smart hotel) and not to eat would be too socially awkward (there’s only 4 of us going), also I might drown in compensatory tea. So I am just going to go for it and spend the next few days catching up. It’s a shame really as I feel really on track but life is designed to throw obstacles in your path and the plan does have to have some leeway to fit in with ordinary life!

I did manage 20 mins of low intensity HIIT training yesterday which felt good, am aiming to do this 3 to 4 times a week till my body is mure used to the diet. I’m only on day 2 tho and have a lot of weight to lose and feeling a bit wabbit this morning … light headed and tired…guessing this is the carb flu I’ve been hearing about! Am drinking lots of water but any hints and tips would be appreciated.

I had four desert spoons of chia seeds in smoothies yesterday Shalimar 😳 Live and learn 😂

I will also try to exercise during this ‘eating regimen’ (as I like to call it). This first week I have I jogged 50 minutes every second day, and even if it feels quite strenous to jog as I have not jogged for quite some time, I think it will be helpful to be active. I also belive it will be helpful to do a couple of strength exercises every day or every second day, but I have not managed to do so yet

How about you other guys and girls, ar you holding up and what do you find is a useful and what has been a challenge so far??

OMG Natalie ….. that’s some great resistance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂