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  • posted by  Canidoit on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Oh poor you Wendy1947 . I hope you are feeling better now. I haven’t felt anything different since starting diet apart from peeing gallons. I have probably got it to come. Keep your pecker up both of you. 😁

  • Hi sunshine-girl pleased to hear you’re human!!! We all have treats now and again but the important thing is to enjoy!!! Don’t feel guilty just get back on track which you are so no problem.

    Amazing how you b/g is falling! Isn’t that part of your plan!!! I dont know much about T1 so maybe I have it wrong.

    The beauty of doing a log before we eat!!!!! I had to do a bit of fiddling this morning too. Found a Thai salmon curry in the freezer but have just had to guess at its contents … the coconut milk is really high in calories but I can only guess at how much is in the one portion! Plumped for 150ml but who knows!!!

    I think quite a few of the recipes work out differently when we work them out but at least you know beforehand!!!

    Timmy my tipple is red wine, lots of it! But since I came back from holiday last week I’ve not touched a drop!!! Not easy especially as there’s a bottle of Yellowfoot Shiraz staring at me from the kitchen worktop !!! Each night I’ve thought I’ll just have one glass tonight, but then thought I’ve got to report in tomorrow … and as Shakesspeare wrote ‘to thine own self be true ….’ !!!! Oh dear think I’m losing the plot!!!

    Anyway, I don’t see any harm in having the odd indulgence. The important thing is that when we indulge we should at least enjoy it and then move on!

  • posted by  Wendy1947 on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Michael Mosley recommends having good fats in the diet such as olive oil, coconut oil, butter & whole milk Greek style yoghurt to cut out the rubbishy low fat processed stuff that has added sugar & starch. So CarbAddict the odd teaspoon of olive or other oils is recommended to increase satiety & apparently keep our brains & heart healthy. But I know it is higher calorie it’s really about trying to fit some into our diet.

  • posted by  GreenTea on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Carb_Addict – Pre BSD I used to have extra-virgin olive oil on my salads too as its a good fat but like you I didn’t want to blow my calorie allowance on it. Last night I had a large salad of cucumbers, tomatoes, avocado with a small piece of ham and flavoured everything salt / pepper / coriander and apple cider vinegar – it was fabulous! I think its because the tomatoes were sweet, salt brings out the flavour in cucumber and the avocado are fat anyway.

    I’m finding that if I season my food well and use herbs like coriander (cilantro), spring onions, garlic etc I get a big hit of flavour from my meal and forget that its a much smaller portion than I would’ve eaten in the past. Also like using vinegar and lemon juice as additional flavours too.

    I’m 70/30 making my own meals / recipe book and trying to be diligent on weighing my ingredients for accurate calorie / carbs count using MyFitnessPal too.

  • Hi Timmy, I drink vodka because it has less carbs than wine, also I might have one or two whereas the wine just slips down. Now, talking of price. I live in France and I can buy a 5 litre box of white, red or rose for €11.90 around Β£9 and it is the same quality wine as they also do in the bottles, buy it straight from the vineyard. This week there is an offer on vodka for €13 for 2 one litre bottles of Smirnoff. How can I refuse. It will last me age. We are travelling next week and will be on the ferry and the vodka is Β£25 for 2 bottles, makes me laugh when I see people coming here and buying on the ferry.

  • posted by  Flash21 on Diet Drinks
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    You sometimes really can’t beat a diet Coke with lemon! And I think I might actually like Dr Pepper even more….

  • Hi, can I join in ? My husband and I both started on 800 cal BSD on Monday. I have approx 1 st to lose (doesn’t sound too much but it’s just not shifting !), while my husband has at least 2 st to lose. All going well so far. We are religiously sticking to the meal plans in the new BSD recipe book which I think is helping us focus. No time spent with head in the fridge, pondering what to cook for dinner…..Loving everyone’s enthusiasm and support for each other.

  • posted by  Carb_Addict on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    I haven’t bought the book, mainly because I’m 95% vegan (with some fish) and so I have assumed that most of the recipes just won’t fit my needs. So I’m sticking to basic foods and then planning my own meals – but I like to cook so it’s not that hard for me (so far anyway!). What has been the eye-opener so far is the calories in some foods which I never thought about before – namely olive oil. I made a salad dressing for my lunch salad a few days ago and blew a quarter of my daily’s calorie allowance on the olive oil that went into it! Not sustainable…So I now work out my daily meals using MyFitnessPal in advance first thing in the morning to ensure no nasty surprises. Essentially I log my food for the day before I eat it. Yes, a bit of effort and time has to go into it, but for me I think it is the only way I will succeed.

  • posted by  1960smp on Week 1 Day 1 of the rest of my life…
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    O sunshine isn’t that so kind!!

    Am really into this lemon lime and fresh mint infusion, preferring it over hit drinks too

    To be honest I have been rebooting each morning and finding by tea time just losing it to the temptations of picking at foods taking me over my daily allowance which I know am doing and isn’t good ….so by then I think start tomorrow so may have something later like a bag of crisps (chips) or worse we had a pie from chippy last night!!!

    I am finding it hard to stay on the roll but can’t say why other than easier to give in

    Being Coeliac and requiring gluten free food as well isn’t that hard to adhere to on this way of eating so I need a real life check at potential damage am doing to myself…plus, the medications am on sending me west and so feel proper sorry for myself at mo😭

    Well, today is anew day and new start
    Here I go again!

  • If you think that’s bad, you should see what I drank last night!

    Talking of vodka, and not that I want to encourage vodka drinking, but…. if you are going to have one, I have read in another book about clean eating that grey goose has the fewest impurities than any other vodka. So whilst it’s not good for you, it’s less bad!

    It’s also expensive too, which might help to limit consumption!!

  • Hi MINX and Keid…welcome to the group!

    Just wondering – is anyone else finding it difficult to keep to 20-50g of carb? I think I can manage to keep to the 800 Cal, but I’m finding that even when I think i’m eating really low carbs, they tot up really quickly. Can’t imagine what you’d eat in a day to keep it as low as 20g…

    Victorir – sorry to hear about your headache πŸ™ hopefully it’ll lift soon..

  • posted by  bigoldmoosehead on Starting 3rd October Fast 800 diary
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    Hi, can I join in ? My husband and I both started on 800 cal BSD on Monday. I have approx 1 st to lose (doesn’t sound too much but it’s just not shifting !), while my husband has at least 2 st to lose. All going well so far. We are religiously sticking to the meal plans in the new BSD recipe book which I think is helping us focus. No time spent with head in the fridge, pondering what to cook for dinner…..Loving everyone’s enthusiasm and support for each other.

  • Hi there, I announced my carbs and calories yesterday and came in at 730 cal 26 carbs – then I decided I really deserved a vodka and tonic which turned into a couple. Lay in bed this morning thinking, silly moo you deserve to have put on weight then I got up and got weighed and did my bg.

    Lost 0.1 kg b/g 3.6 or 66. I had reduced my insulin for the last 2 nights but might have to drop it again tonight. Just by one unit at a time, nothing too drastic.

    Logged all my food for today and coming in at 720 cals and spot on 40 carbs. It would have been higher on the carbs but when I saw where they were hiding I cut them out or brought them down, i.e. 1 apple with my ploughman is now half an apple and the chutney has gone from 20 grams to 5. Scary how they can creep in. Tonight I am having the Chicken and Mushroom ‘pie’ but my calculations are different from the recipe book. She says 250 cal 9 carbs, mine say 350 cals and 10 carbs. I do have a bit more chicken than it says so that could account for the extra calories.

  • posted by  NeNe on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Hi Everyone, just starting day 4 and sticking to the 800 calls. Reading all your stories and experiences is keeping me focused. Finding the recipes easy to do and delicious.
    Struggling with the water intake so having headaches and woke lightheaded this morning. I had a pear & a cup of tea followed by the spinach & raspberry shake which was lovely. Totally rallied after that and ready to face the day. My favourite so far is the crab cake but would have had double the amount. Going to do the veg curry and cauliflower rice this evening. I don’t eat meat so sticking to the fish & veggie options.
    I have a wedding at the weekend so food & wine will be amazing & flowing. Determined not to sabotage myself even going so far as to bring my own food. I need to lose this weight more than I need cake & wine. I’ definitely feel I’m down a few pounds since I started so that will motivate me. I’m not looking for another wedding outfit feeling like a barrel in every dress I try on. 5’2″ height & 12 stone & 54 years is not a healthy profile. I know I can do this, we all can, can you imagine how we’ll feel at four weeks in??? & then 8 weeks. Keep it up everyone, I need you.

    Love from NeNe xx

  • posted by  sunshine-girl on Week 1 Day 1 of the rest of my life…
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    When I go to my hairdresser, because she knows I only drink green tea, she goes into her garden and picks mint and citronella leaves, sometimes a bit of camomile and makes me an infusion with a squirt of lemon. It is lovely, and lovely of her to do that for me. She works from her home.

  • posted by  shalimar on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    We pretty much all do what we want.

    I’m not a cook …. and my stove is broken anyway.

    I just try and eat meat, fish, chicken, non-starchy vegetables, berries, full fat plain unsugared yogurt, some nuts and seeds, a bit of cheese, a little bacon, eggs, lentils, beans… I just count it up.
    I can and do make soup with mainly vegetables …. and maybe add lentils, beans, meat. Make a big pot …. count up the calories and carbs and divide by number of plastic containers to get a number per serving.

    Like most people i try and keep the carbs under 50, even though it’s not really in the book.

    My weakness is cream in my coffee …… although i am expanding my fancy tea consumption.

    We do what fits in with our life, work, family.

    I don’t always make the 800 calories or 50 carbs …. but i am only a couple of weeks in ….. it’s a process that i hope to perfect.

    You can google calories and carbs …. or use a site like MyFatSecret…… it’s probably never going to be exact because of thousands of brand names, types of preparation, etc.

    My advice : Have some patience, don’t expect a ride without it’s ups and downs. Do the best you can …. and even when the scale doesn’t seem to move … enJOY fitting your clothes better!!

  • Hi Verano.

    Yes sorry thought I said yesterday, must have forgot. Yes I am doing 800/40 I struggle to get carbs below that, especially as I am into tomatoe, chilli and pulses soup now it’s so chilly. So I use my carbs on the onion, and pulses mostly. But yep day 2. Bit of a worrying appt with no 2 son today at the hospital, so soup ready, as a go to emergency must eat for compfort. Lol but eating I can control, everything else, I can’t at the mo. So onwards and at it.
    Hope your day is also going okay. 😊

  • posted by  sunshine-girl on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Hi Swann, for me it is a combo of both but because I love the recipes in the book I tend to use them quite a lot. When I started counting carbs seriously on a Reboot I discovered on day one that some foods have a lot more carbs than you would believe, such as apples so I have adjusted some of the recipes myself. Find yourself a good way of calculating the calories and carbs and give yourself a limit and try to keep to that.

  • posted by  shalimar on Feeling despondent
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    You lost 9 pounds in 1 week!!!! You gotta give your body and spirit some adjustment time!

    Hey … i lost almost 20 pounds in about 17 days fasting …. gained 10 back … but my clothes still fit better … and frankly most days i didn’t hit the 800 ca. goal. It’s a learning process. My goal is still to be at 199 pounds by December 10 ….. and it WILL be accomplished but it is very unlikely to done without it’s ups and downs. If you get discouraged and quit every time you hit a down turn …. you won’t be there to enJOY the up turns.

    I often think we just expect too much and too soon. Patience is a good thing!

    Right now i have a bad cold …. yesterday i hit my 800 calories because i didn’t have the energy to put together a meal … today??

    Right now i just want to get over this cold and feel like even getting minimally active again.

  • posted by  Swann on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    First time I’ve posted. I need to ask do you all follow the diet as laid out in the BSD book or do you make up your own Mediterranean diet up to 800 calories per day or a combo of both?
    Thanks

  • Hi folks, I started Monday too – but only just joined the site, hope it’s ok to join you. Im trying to lose my baby weight but as my youngest is now 2 I’m thinking I can’t really call it baby weight anymore. After reading through I wish I’d weighed myself this morning, would have been a boost to see even a small bit of loss. I’m finding it hard to stick to 800 cals but hoping that as long as I’m not much over and I’m sticking to the principles it’ll be ok. kei x

  • posted by  Flash21 on Countdown to 20th November!
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    Hey Caz,

    From what I’ve read, I think it’s quite normal to see a little gain/drop/gain pattern as you progress through the 8 weeks. Try not to worry about the gain as hopefully by the end of the week it’ll have disappeared – along with another couple of lbs. Someone else posted that our bodies do tend to readjust after a big weight loss. If it makes you feel any better, I ate waaayyy less than I would normally do yesterday and was v v low in carbs, which I thought would mean another loss when I got on the scales this morning but there was no change at all. Like you, I think I am going to try to restrict myself to only a weekly weigh-in as otherwise I’ll be too fixed on the numbers and then get stressed, which is not helpful.

    Tightening straps and finding your clothes are baggy are definite measures of success though! I think it is Igorasusual who mentions that whilst you may not see a downward movement on the scale, your visceral fat is still melting away so measuring yourself, either with tape measure or a test garment or two, might be a much better indicator of the way your body is changing.

    Don’t forget, we’re all hanging in there with you! πŸ™‚

  • posted by  Billingebabe on Feeling despondent
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    I have completed week 2 today (8.5lbs down) and have not dropped a pound in the last 4 days. However I can get into trousers I couldn’t wear 2 weeks ago, I am full of energy, sleeping well – no constant trips to the loo and drinking water for my thirst. These things mean more to me than the scales. Oh and I no longer have swollen ankles – and my legs are slimmer! There must be other positives for you jimjamz. Focus on them and carry on. It will happen.

  • posted by  shalimar on Diet Drinks
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    I like tonic water …. with or without gin πŸ™‚
    I like diet Coke …. an 8 oz glass with 1/2 lemon

    Although i try not to drink diet or regular soda pop or juice …. sometime i just want a coke with lemon.

    Apparently the diet drinks fool your body into expecting sugar energy ….. and when the body doesn’t get that energy it tends to make you go grazing for food!! But once in a while …..
    I don’t know if you get Dr. Pepper where you all are ….. but diet Dr. Pepper is quite good because it has lots of unique flavorings

  • Morning to all you fellow BSD followers. I started on 3rd October too. I’m 5ft 2″ and weigh in at 169lbs, which is not good for a small girl! Being single (maybe an excuse) I find I was bored in the evening and kept eating. The more I ate the more I wanted. A vicious circle. This has gone on now for a few years. I go to the gym and swim, but counteract all that with my overeating. Well not anymore from Monday, I have stuck to this BSD and feel fine. In fact I feel quite positive as I am forward thinking to losing that 2 stone in 8 weeks. I have had eggs for breakfast as I feel they do fill me up. As a vegetarian I normally add quite a bit of cheese for added taste to my meals, but now I have used a small amount of goats cheese in a omelette with spinach. It was lovely. I have done the skinny spicy bean burgers, they again were quite filling. I am surprised as I do not feel hungry or have that craving where I need food. As of today to heighten my positivity I have lost 4lbs from Monday, it may be water but my clothes as less tight with just that off. It’s the best start to any diet I have been on.
    So good luck to everyone let do it together and get some weight off. x

  • posted by  Flash21 on Diet Drinks
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    Frog – tonic on its own is horrrrrrible! Much better with gin πŸ™‚

    I’m also a fizzy drink fiend. I used to drink A LOT of diet Coke but found it gave me terrible migraines. Switched to non-diet drinks but the amount of sugar in them is scary so am trying to switch to sparkling water flavoured with either no-sugar squash or at a push, a tiny drop of juice.

  • posted by  shalimar on Positive Thoughts Thread Anyone?
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    Yowser …. it is good to remember things like that!!! Even day to day stuff like having plenty of hot water ….. my water heater broke and fell partly though my porch floor …. so i boiled water for a couple of years until i could afford to fix the floor (and walls and ceiling in the back porch).
    It is nice to have enough retirement money for home repair and a few extras. Thank Canada for the Canada Pension Plan and the Old Age Pension …. those combine to cover the basics. Since i don’t cultivate expensive tastes … i should have enough to pay my bills, have good food …. and even have a vacation now and then.

    My extra good things today:

    I think my cold is getting better

    Had some lovely Hawaiian Hazelnut coffee and cream this morning

    The Toronto Blue Jays won the 1 game playoff to advance in the baseball playoffs …. i’m way to emotional to watch … so i tape the games and watch if they win. It’s a very relaxing few hours …. and it’s still 5:30 in the morning here.

  • posted by  Flash21 on My Diary
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    Shalimar – a buttery egg? I think I may have just found heaven! Will definitely be trying that.

  • posted by  SchnitzelVonKrumm on Diet Drinks
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    Sometimes I have diet 7up as caffeine free but I think it can make me crave sweet things. Now the colder nights are here, if I have calories spare I have Green & Blacks dark hot chocolate made with 200ml whole milk.

  • posted by  shalimar on My Diary
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    So sorry about that meeting!! Been there, done that!! Retired now!! …. Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hey … love a recipe that makes it easier to peel the shell off an egg.

    I want to try pho …. we do have a restaurant near my house that serves it. I am not too impressed with miso …. i usually put some miso paste in soup. But at the Tokyo House the miso was practically tasteless.

    A really good way to eat eggs (from my childhood … we had a large garden and raised chickens) … is a fresh 4 minute egg … break off the cap and put in a dab or 3 of fresh farm butter … add salt to taste πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚ …. maybe that’s regulation BSD now???? πŸ™‚

    Dying to try kippers … never had one but i do like smoked fish.

    I’m such an anglophile here in Canada …. i live in Northwestern Ontario — and if you are outdoorsy, love fishing, camping, canoeing, boating and skiing … this is the place for you!! Surrounded by lakes and forest … we even have bear warnings!!

    Thank goodness for PVR taping of Television and Acorn TV …. love myself both British and Australian TV. I love old movies …. when i’m feeling sick i even watch old Margaret Rutherford Agatha Christie movies (did that last night). We even have BBC Canada tv channel.
    Couldn’t watch the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team last night (1 game playoff) …. but i PVR’d it and since i’m vertical, it’s approx 5:30 a.m. here … well at least sitting up … i’m watching the game now (*they won).

    Hope your work day it better!!!

  • posted by  Wendy1947 on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Well done CarbAddict on getting started so well you are inspirational to me because I had a rough night last night. I’m hoping as you have found that I will see some weight loss & that as we get stuck in we will feel energised & well. Hope you have a good day.

  • Wow well done everyone! A really good positive start to the day!
    I weighed this morning, lost 2lbs since starting Monday which I’m pleased with, definately motivated me seeing that to carry on.
    I’ve got a real headache today, thought walk would help. I’m upping my water today, might be from lack of sleep too.
    Interesting to hear some you have also had changes in sleep pattern, phew I’m not alone!
    I had yoghurt with Apple mango and hazelnuts for breakfast was v tasty and I’m not hungry at all since. 😊
    Have a great rest of the day x

  • posted by  Caz123 on Countdown to 20th November!
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    You must have a crystal ball Flash week 2 is not going so well for me. I’ve somehow gained 2 lbs in the last couple of days. I’m hoping it’s just a temporary glitch – and it’ll disappear again as quickly as it appeared. I know what I’ve eaten wouldn’t have caused it – so I’m sure it’ll all sort itself out. I suppose 10lbs in a week was a big shock to the system – at my body is just adapting to what is happening now!

    I’m trying (and I mean I’m really trying) not to focus on the scale number too much at the moment. I have to tighten my fitbit strap a notch this morning as it was annoying me flopping loosely around my arm on the setting I’ve always worn it – and the top I wore last night definitely looked baggy on me – when it didn’t before.

    I definitely want (and need) to see the scales move – but until they do, as long as I can see progress then I’m hanging in there!

  • posted by  Carb_Addict on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Hello all, I have joined you quietly too. I started the BSD diet a few days before month end to adjust my stomach/ get through the carb detox (!) and then started the 800kcal on the 2nd when I felt ready to crank it up a notch. I am not diabetic but have insulin resistance (thanks to PCOS, endometriosis etc) so losing weight has been a major struggle for me in the past – but if I’m being honest it’s because I went on diets which had unrestricted pasta etc and I took advantage of it. Not this time! I am (controversially I know) now weighing myself every day because I want to understand how my body reacts to this. It’s risky on the motivational front I realise. I didn’t lose a single gram on just the low-carb BSB so started to get a bit disheartened, but am thrilled the scales are now moving since I started 800kcal. So far I am registering a loss of around almost a pound/ 300g a day, which is amazing and very motivational at the moment seeing as I have substantial amount of weight to lose (70lbs/30kg). I know it will slow down. I’m planning and tracking like a ninja (thanks to MyFitnessPal) and can’t quite believe a) how well I have adapted to 800kcal a day or b) that I am managing to stick to it! Early days yet but so far so good. I’m sick of fighting with myself every day over my weight and food, and determined to make long-term changes. Hope everyone else in the group is feeling equally strong!

  • posted by  Siren5859 on Gastric stapling and applying BSD
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    Hello everyone
    New to this diet but keen to understand more.
    I have purchased Michael’s book & will be reading it over the next couple of days.
    Looking for some feedback from those in the same situation as myself…..
    I have gastric stapling from about 25 years ago – lost lots of weight initially but eventually worked out how I could ‘cheat’ and so the ‘easy calories’ (totally addicted to chocolate – how does a human body remain sustained with that lifestyle ?) has meant that my weight is back on plus more (at age 58 years, now heavier than i have ever been).
    I have had some advice re reversing the stapling but the risks of complications are very high & Im not keen to go there. I have a gastric stricture which means that on a regular occasion the muscle at my oesophageal opening will spasm resulting in extreme pain usually associated with vomiting (usually runs for about 12hrs then settles).
    My problem : eating a healthy diet is in fact very difficult as its the foods which are high in nutrition which are actually the more difficult to swallow – even after much chewing.
    Soups are a great choice but Im not sure if that is well suited to BSD.
    Is there anyone else who is in the same situation that I can bounce some ideas off ?
    TIA

  • posted by  gyllyb on 1st October Starters Support Group
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    Hello I’m a newbie too! I received my recipe book yesterday but waiting for the diet book but I thought I’d start anyway – there’s a 8 week diet programme in the back to kick me into touch and a list of necessary ingredients … so off to tesco I go!

  • posted by  Tattiescone on Starting 3rd October Fast 800 diary
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    15 stone 3.8
    Breakfast..40g cheese which turned out to be 2 x cheeses strings as I made the packed lunch for the kids. Not ideal..but maybe better than toast!
    124 cal carb 1g
    Lunch planning my fave: crated carrot and beetroot with tuna. Really tasty and filling.
    Tea: lamb and veg.
    Today I will stick to 40g carb and 800..even though it’s my son’s birthday.
    I am trying to be militant. 😈😈😈
    Will log back in bedtime.

  • Great work everyone!

    And I agree – it’s great to have this little support group, with so much encouragement, information sharing and positivity. So…thank you all πŸ™‚

    I weighed 3.5lb less this morning too – BUT a few seconds after I jumped on the scales the battery went flat, so now I’m not so sure how accurate it is. On the plus side, I do think I’m feeling better on the inside already, after having light and fresh foods and very few carbs the last couple of days (I used to eat lots of bread and pasta, and sweet treats before). It kind of feels already as though I’m running on cleaner energy, if that makes sense.

    All the best for today! x

  • posted by  Roma61 on It works for older women too!
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    Hi anjiejag no exercise. Maybe that’s where I’m going wrong. Since I put on this weight energy level has dropped but reading posts I realise now that exercise is as important as diet.

  • Hi Phlebas

    Good to have you along but just for 1 week, actually six days now please pick a number of carbs as your target. A specific number is much easier to stick to as an average is a bit woolly and we all tend to end up at the top end!!!

    You don’t have to of course but it may just help to concentrate the mind!!

    Good luck!