Oh that is an amazing result – well done you ! I am hoping there will be good news for me too on Week 1 weigh-in (next Sat 15th), so it’s very encouraging to hear about your first week success. Congratulations.

Monday mornings aren’t normally the most joyous time for most of us – but today, well, yes. Joyous !! After a mere 48 hours following the plan (prefer that word to diet), I have already lost 3 and a half pounds . I am a very happy bunny. I know the weight loss is usually fairly dramatic in week 1 – but I don’t care. The large amount I need to lose has been such a daunting problem for quite a while now, so to think that it can come off at this rate, as opposed to the one and a half pound to two pounds a week that Weight Watchers approve of is fantastic.

I will be looking forward to my ‘proper’ week 1 weigh-in on Saturday morning.

And no hunger pangs – would have liked something sweet as I was sitting watching Strictly on Saturday night – but that was more habit rather than actual hunger.

The halloumi with green beans and parmesan I had for lunch yesterday was gorgeous. I am trying the recipe for cauliflower cheese tonight. My cooking is improving no end !

Have a lovely week x

Wowser!!! to all of you who lost in your first week. Makes me all giddy for tomorrow morning (my week 1 official weigh in).
Love reading about everyone’s food choices. I am being very prudent and sticking to the recipe book for the first 2 weeks until I have the hang of things. Must admit that we had 6 days of food where we liked every meal.
My secret goal is to be able to ride the “seven dwarfs mine” ride in Magic Kingdom without the bar that come down digging into my thighs 🙂

Wow, well done everybody. Some great losses. I’ve lost around 2kgs in the first week which I’m really pleased with.
However, I’m feeling dreadful this week. I’ve a sore throat that has given me 4 very broken nights so I’m just exhausted. I’ve also got the beginnings of a migraine I think (spots in eyes) and a random pain in my knee that came on this morning. I’m really beginning to wonder if surviving on 800 calories a day is actually doing me any good when I’m looking after 3 young children on my own (hubby currently overseas for 3 months).
Sorry, having a bad day. Is anyone else feeling this dreadful?!

Hi

My solution is to have breakfast of scrambled eggs (two eggs) and smoked salmon with at least two cups of tea. On the ride I only drink water. When I get back I usually have something like sliced steak (about 150g) with one of of the rocket salads with walnuts and a small bit of cheese from one of the books plus plenty of water-around a litre. This has worked OK for the summer but I’m not sure how it will hold up in the winter as I find I need hot food in the winter.

Generally I find that now that I’ve been on the programme for a while I don’t need as big meals so that diet seems to work well for a fifty mile cycle as I can now say awake for the rest of the day post cycle when I used to conk out for a half hour sleep post cycling. I’m not sure about all the preloading stuff as I used to do this in my distance running days but now with cycling I think that as its sustained but low inetnsity (in my case-average 15mph) I think the body uses whats available i.e. whats in the stomach first then whats in reserve-hopefully fat. Seems to be working as I’m down from 119kg to 103kg in seven weeks with a target of 95kg.

Hope this helps and good luck. Let me know how you get on.

best

Den

I have started today, accidentally missed breakfast this morning but had a feta salad for lunch.
I’m currently at my sister’s and have to cook vegetarian meals for us plus the fact that the whole family is allergic to peppers and chillis (which seem to be the ‘go tos’ for most veggi receipes!) which is making life a bit interesting.
I’ve crept into my 60s and need to lose a couple of stone and exercise (a lot!) more and my always on the low side blood pressure is creeping up. I may wander over to the Facebook page – I could probably do with some support!

thanks soosiewoosy, I’m going to check that out right now. ☺

I think my fat has the same sense of humour, Janrg1 🙂

First weigh in and 8lb plus some inch weight lost. More importantly I have not felt like picking in between meals, have loved the food so far, kind of Med meets Middle East. Have knocked off the sweeteners in tea/coffee and drunk less than a can of diet fizzy juice per day. Amazing for me!!Best of all is the energy I have, now putting this into positive work as opposed to thinking and eating food. Have downloaded Headspace to my phone and the 10 mins a day really helps. Have felt dizzy occasionally, but a couple of glasses of water seem to sort this.So far so good in week 2.

Thanks Carb_Addict, yes your right on both counts ,my body will take time to figure out what it’s doing and if you stick to plan you must lose.
Good luck with your journey ,I’m just a few days behind you and thanks for the words of encouragement and yes the fruit and vegetables are amazing here in Turkey and every bite of food I eat seems to taste amazing on bsd,just wish cauliflower was easily available here,it’s not here very long so next time I find I buy all the stall and freeze it lol,

Hi Antigone

Good to have you here.

Some ideas for other ‘extras’. I think I need more fibre and I know I need to drink water. Maybe some people are concerned about their protein or fat intake or lack of exercise in general. There are so many areas that we may want to keep a check on for just ‘7 Days’ !

Pick your poison!

Krysia, doctors are more worried about elderly diabetics going into a coma than suffering the future effects. There was a lady on here a few weeks ago who said her doctor wanted her bloods to run high to be safe because she was old (67) and I had a bit of a rant about that. I used to think my mum was lying (she exaggerated a lot) but I have seen the Mars Bar advice is common though usually it is to keep a MB in the fridge JUST IN CASE you go hypo, not to eat one every day like Mum did. She probably just misunderstood.

I finally went to a nutritionist here in France because I now speak the language and I was having lows in the afternoon, particularly after exercise, and wanted to know what I should eat. It seemed I was grabbing a quick sandwich, which went against trying to lose weight. The thinking was that if I had reasonably high glucose all the time, evenly though the day, I wouldn’t have any lows. That resulted in 5kg weight gain and bloods of 8.2 in 6 months. My doctor went mad and thought it was me, so I showed him my diet sheet and he said he didn’t eat as much as she told me to. It was 2 carb snacks per day plus carb with every meal. So I went from yog for breakfast, salad for lunch and soup for dinner (or spag bol at weekends) to cereal for B. salad and pasta for lunch, soup with bread for dinner and a bowl of cereal at bedtime. Help. Never mind, we have got it sorted now and even my doctor thinks this diet is great but he says he could never ask a French person to give up their baguette. I am giving a talk in my French class on my diet and have been doing some research. Strange fact, France has one of the worlds lowest overweight or obesity problems but higher rate of diabetes than the UK.

Hi Mairimac,

I eased myself into the 800kcal BSD by starting at the regular BSD (unlimited calories) for four days beforehand. During those four days I lost no weight and was grumpy but my energy started to go up a bit. So don’t despair – your body will be adjusting. Now on Day 8 of the 800 kcal/weight week program and my energy levels have been mostly up but I have also crashed out on a couple of days, including yesterday. I assume it’s because my body is adapting to a radically lower calorie count. I have always struggled to lose weight on conventional diet plans where unlimited carbs are allowed, but so far the 800 kcal is working for me. If you stick to it religiously then there is no way you cannot not lose weight. Planning is key for sure. Good luck and yes you CAN do it. Enjoy those amazing salads you get in Turkey!

My next appointment is October 31st and I’m just waiting to see what all my blood test results are. I’d lost a few kilos at my last review and the nurse did say ‘well done, keep going’. I’m almost certain she will ask me how I’ve lost this weight, maybe 10+kilos, and believe me I’ll tell her!!!! Yes, you should start a ‘What the doctor said’ thread sunshine-girl could be very interesting!

I’m just hoping my blood tests show an improvement in all areas. Although in saying that I really only have two areas of concern my Hba1c and my liver function test. My blood pressure and cholesterol are pretty normal. My total cholesterol has been 5.2 for as long as I can remember. Suddenly 12 months ago it dropped to 4.5 and then last May it was 4.8. I had started having low fat Greek yogurt and the doctor said some studies had indicated that low fat dairy helped to reduce cholesterol. Will be interesting to see if it’s gone any higher now I use full fat Total and butter!!! I’d forgotten how good an omelette is when cooked in butter!

Good luck SuzeJo and Rice_and_Curry! You’ve made a good choice starting the BSD and an even better one by joining the forums! You’ll find lots of helpful advice and tips on these threads and you can search them too (use the box in the top right hand corner of the screen). Keep up posted with your progress!

Hi All, I have lost 8 lbs in a week and I’m thrilled! Because, eventhough, I have a horrible head cold and no energy my motivation carried me through and I honestly never felt hungry! How is everybody else who started on 3rd October doing?

Thank you Hosta, for you valuable advice which seems to make sense, I just remember my days long ago on Atkins / Dukan when ALL carbs were counted and this would make this diet very confusing and not at all easy to cope with if this was the case.
Back to my original plan of cauliflower rice and turkey for dinner tonight, mmmmmm

Sunshine-girl
Have just read your post. It is so sad that the medics didn’t pick up the diabetes earlier. I am sure that I had diabetes for years also before it was picked up. I also lost weight the 6 months before being diagnosed and also was thirsty and tired.

What scary advice the doctor gave your mum. They couldn’t have given worse advice. It makes you want to cry because it is so bad.

It is almost unbelievable that a doctor would diagnose depression and not diabetes.
The nutritionist saying you must eat 300 carbs a day – that is almost criminal to advise that huge amount. No wonder your blood sugars shot through the roof.

This is such a catalogue of errors and it is played out every day all over the world. We are so lucky we found BSD – but there are so many others who are following blindly the current guidelines on diabetes – just like I did until 1st May this year.

I’m with you on the growing old disgracefully. My feeling is that we will be so healthy that we will not need to go into the old folks home. I am hoping to keep on working into my 80s – not as long hours as I am doing now, but to keep on working and enjoying life.

I’m starting today. I’ve had my usual breakfast of porridge and I’ve had bacon and eggs for lunch. Then, I skim read the book and feel a trip to the supermarket is in order!

I think that carbs in vegetables don’t really count, Unless you are looking at carbs in white potatoes, sweetcorn, peas, and those types of things. This is where the counting apps aren’t terribly helpful I don’t think because carbs are offset by the amount of fibre within a food. and of course vegetables are full of fibre which is probably why they don’t really count. last year when I managed to drop sugar entirely out of my diet last year I basically only counted the carbs that were in things like white carbs, i.e. white bread white potatoes pasta rice flour sugar et cetera. The carbs contained in high-fibre vegetables pulses and cereals don’t behave in the same way because they release sugar slowly. Of course the veterans on this site may have a different approach and experience so would love to hear from them too!

Hi again,

Sorry, third post of the day, I am confused, if we are to stick to around 50g of Carb and 800 calories how can we eat so much vegetables which are low in calories but higher in carb than the protein which is low in carb but then puts the calorie count up, this is how I have worked out after using the fatsecret App.

Help please 🙂

Fab – I’ve sent a request to join the Facebook group. 🙂

Sunshine-girl
After what the eye doctor said I did think I might just chicken out of telling the diabetic doctors that I was on the BSD at my next appointment – I absolutely hate confrontation and will do anything to avoid it. As I didn’t want them to think that the standard diabetic diet of starchy carbs had led to the weight loss I thought I would just say nothing and just say the weight loss just happened but I didn’t do anything to cause it. Very cowardly, I know. But when my friend pointed out that if I didn’t tell them about the BSD it would lead to a barrage of tests and scans to find out exactly what was causing the over 2stone weight loss I promptly changed my mind. Also, we owe it to other diabetics to show to the medics that the BSD does work. So I will go in with professor taylors notes for the professionals from this website and will report back on what happened.

Oh bigoldmoosehead your post made me smile…if my family were eating fish n chips around me I’d have the hump too! I can literally smell fish n chips and really fancy it now hehe!
Well done for being strong and carrying on doing this for yourself! 🤗🤗

Yep definitely agree using recipe book and weighing out grams of cheese etc helps see portion sizes. If I wasn’t using the book as a guide I’d be over.

Wowzers lankylady over 7lbs in a week is amazing!!
I think I’ve lost 2lb..it’s 1kg..that’s a very impressive amount! 😀
Keep it up everyone have a good rest of the day x

Good Monday to you all! Week 2…here we come!!
I weighed myself today, in week 1 I’ve lost 1kg. I’m really happy to see the numbers going down for the first time in a long time! I’m not feeling v well though so don’t know if it’ll help or hinder things.
Well done on all the amazing losses!
Great hearing everyone’s news and what recipes are working or not..I’m going avoid the muffins with courgette in hehe, I’m going try the pancakes with almond flour..not cooked with it before. Only used ground almonds so will see!
I’m going leave it a few days until next weigh, but keep going everyone!!
Welcome Bonnie11, good luck starting, I guess 9pm after work, guessing a yoga class is late…you could do the 5:2 approach and on rest days do 800 cals and on evenings you finish late just eat med but not calorie controlled? i don’t know hehe it gets to around 5pm and I need eat dinner as I’m hungry!
Start of week 2 I feel energised and tired (sleep patterns out since doing this) in equal measures! 😊

Hi Shimmerling

Excellent idea! I’ve requested to join the Facebook group x

Well one week in and 7lbs lighter – Yay 🙂 Sure it is mainly water but certainly motivating. Welcome Bonnie11, I have used the book for all meals and found that following the recipes helps with the portion control. Planning the week’s meals and making sure I had all the ingredients so no excuses really helped. Plus my partner can eat all the same food, he just adds a jacket potato or ready cooked rice.

Hey there,

Its my first day today too. Although I have not ben dignosed with diabetes or prediabetes for me its my weight and food intake which is worrying me.

I’ve just had a quick lunch – spicy prawns. Haven’t had time to do a full shop. But I did stock up on chick-peas. Planning to substitute crisps with roasted chickpeas made in the airfryer.

What have you eaten so far today?

Have a good day : )

Krysia, can’t wait to hear about your eye doctor visit and your next HBA1c. Mine is due at end of November so it will give me time to get over my holiday. Anyone else due a doctor’s visit, are you telling them about BSD, what is their reaction. We should have a thread, called What the Doctor Said.

Sunshine-girl – excellent blood sugars. Absolutely true normal and a lot better than your husbands. Maybe nobody can eat a starchy carb breakfast like toast and marmalade and have a truly normal blood sugar. It does make you think that perhaps nobody should be eating starchy carbs as the main part of a meal even if they are not diabetic or pre-diabetic.

Hi Verano – I totally believed the the doctors that the only way to treat my diabetes was with medication and that I was doing really well – clearly not as I subsequently developed diabetic retinopathy. The doctor at the eye clinic will eat his words – hopefully I will see him again. But perhaps in a way he is right – if you follow NHS and NICE guidelines you will only get worse. I don’t think he could get his head round the BSD.

My hba1c test is in a couple of weeks – it will be an interesting appointment with the consultant afterwards.

When I was diagnosed it was because I moved to France in 2005 and the doctor I signed on with insisted I have a full medical with total bloods. He also took my history. When I went back for the results he asked why I hadn’t told him I was diabetic, I said I wasn’t and he said, oh yes you are. Sent me for HBA2c again and it came in at 11.4. I had noticed I was thirsty but just thought (as a dieter) I had grown to love water, also I lost weight but thought that was because I was swimming every day. Anyway, I couldn’t get any dietary advice because my French was not good enough so he just used to show me pictures of baguettes and say, no, then of cured meats and say no, picture of a cake and say no. I did everything I could and lived on salads and homemade soup and my HBA1c was routinely down at 5.6 to 6.0, then I went to see the nutritionist who put me on 300 grams of carbs daily and everything went to hell until I realised I had to go back to doing it for myself. Not long after that I discovered BSD.

My mum was type 2 and she never tested, ate whatever she wanted, even had a Mars Bar every day because the doctor said she had to keep her b.g up (common advise for older people as they don’t want them comatose) and I just thought she was a faker and it wasn’t serious. Maybe because she didn’t take it seriously. Well, now I know better and wish I could go back and say sorry for thinking she was just a silly old woman. She died at 75 because her heart gave out on her, due to diabetes. That gives me 12 years left if I get to her age, no way, I want to live to be at least 85. Will I still be able to sing to my Lady Gaga CD in the old peoples home.

Just one more thing. Before coming to France I was constantly at the doctors for high BP and high cholesterol and I once suffered from depression (work related). About 6 months before moving I found a newspaper article about diabetes and recognised some of the symptoms so I went to the doctor. It was a locum who I had never seen before and he said, you had depression, you have it again and gave me tablets, which I didn’t take. I had my blood tested every 6 months for cholesterol, would it be too much for them to have checked me for diabetes considering my symptoms and family history. My French doctor said it was so high I had probably had it for years. End of story.

Hi Verano. With you on this. Being extra careful this week and keeping under 30g carbs as I’ve just had a short BSD break ( after completing 8 weeks).Haven’t seen a gain despite horrendous stats last week….yet! With you on the ‘extra’ too – skin is a bit saggy 🙁

Hi to everyone who is coming towards their 8 weeks journey, to those who have just started and those half way : )

I’m not diabetic but I have put so much weight on recently – I had a miscarriage in December and it went all downhill from there. I was eating when I feel upset and its just been a vicious cycle.

So grateful that I came across this book in Sainsbury and it got me curious. I did my research over the weekend and here I am. I’ve decided to do the 800 calories diet.

Look forward to learning about good health and healthy recipes from everyone.

Thank you for reading

Hi,
I did very little exercise the first 2 or 3 weeks, but after that I found that I could exercise without too much difficulty. Perhaps my top speed wasn’t as high as before, and I didn’t do anything longer than an hour, but you might find it okay.
The idea is that you will be burning fat the whole time, so your glycogen will have ‘run out’ before you started so you shouldn’t run out.
Having done 8 weeks of this earlier this year I am now near the end of another 5 weeks. I am obsessed with many of the things I can’t have, I am looking forward to being able to have a glass of wine (this Friday, 5 weeks 1day without, but who’s counting), but when I exercise I find little impact.

Starting this diet today as I’ve been diagnosed with Prediabetes (my partner is Type 1 Diabetic), have read the book from cover to cover ..twice.. and keep flipping through it, have also bought the recipe book ..so it’s all systems go … any help will be greatly received ! 🙂

Hi sunshine-girl that’s amazing. It really sounds like you have your bloods under control. That’s what it’s all about! Enjoy the Zumba tonight!

Krysia I think one of the problems, well certainly for me, is that I had no symptoms. I just had a routine blood test and hey presto I was declared to be a ‘diabetic’ . Because I couldn’t see anything or feel any difference I just stuck my head in the sand!

I hope your doctor at the eye clinic has to eat his words when you continue to live your ‘new’ life without insulin. Keep on going!

PS – I had a meal replacement at 10.30, and just retested at 12.30 and its 5.2.

It is great when the family cooperate with your plans, especially as it would be you doing the extra cooking. There is just me and my hubby and he looks at my menu plan for the week and decides if there is anything he doesnt fancy, in which case he gets himself a boil in the bag fish in sauce and does loads of veg. Must say though, he is more and more eating what I eat. I used to make him a portion of potatoes or rice but now he says not to bother. He hasnt tried the cauli rice yet but I made the Chicken and Mushroom ‘Pie’ from the recipe book and it is topped with mashed cauli but with parmesan cheese in it. I didnt give him a choice and he loved it.

Just returned from the UK, so where are you normally. I am going back to the UK on Thursday as I live in France so it is a visit around our families, Birmigham, Berwick, Scotland etc. Enjoy the diet.

Hi everyone – I’m starting today 10/10/16. The cookbook is on order and should hopefuly be here tomorrow!
I am borderline pre-diabetic and attended a health workshop at my local hospital last week. It was informative and I came away thinking that portion control is something I need to work on!
I am quite active – this morning I have been for a 4 mile walk with a friend – and I am a yoga teacher so teach/practice yoga 5/6 times a week, which keeps me moving and helps with stress levels etc.
I am concerned about the low calorie intake of this diet, but going to give it a try as I have been told to lose some weight. I do work till 9 pm 2 nights a week and then eat when I get home with my husband. Not sure if that is going to be a good idea now – might need to eat something light beforehand. Any ideas welcome – thank you.

Hi everyone – I’m starting today 10/10/16. The cookbook is on order and should hopefuly be here tomorrow!

I am borderline pre-diabetic and attended a health workshop at my local hospital last week. It was informative and I came away thinking that portion control is something I need to work on!

I am quite active – this morning I have been for a 4 mile walk with a friend – and I am a yoga teacher so teach/practice yoga 5/6 times a week, which keeps me moving and helps with stress levels etc.

I am concerned about the low calorie intake of this diet, but going to give it a try as I have been told to lose some weight. I do work till 9 pm 2 nights a week and then eat when I get home with my husband. Not sure if that is going to be a good idea now – might need to eat something light beforehand. Any ideas welcome – thank you.

Hi Hosta
I have just completed day 2 and have dropped 4lb. We all know that is mainly water but I definitely feel less bloated. I use MFP but it is not perfect and I find the different options you get for each search a little frustrating. I am also using a notebook – at he back I am building up some useful tables showing calories and carbs of each food. I have a page for veg, another for meat, one for diary, etc. It is helping me to learn to make he right choices, especially when changing recipes or just doing my own thing. I used the front pages to write down my recipes so I can refer to them again – it’s like my own cook book 😄.

Day 4, and feel better today,less withdrawal symptoms and no body aches and more energy,only lost half kilo,was disappointed with that but I am very positive person and I know that this life changing way of life is probably going to save me from diabetes,stroke or heart atrack, and it’s food I like so makes it easier to stick to plan you like.
I am so determined to do this ,I have bought 2 journals,1 for food ,drink and exercise tracking and diary of how I’m feeling, and the other is where I chose recipes I will use from book and write in sections ,breakfast ,lunch and dinner as I have kindle ,I don’t like having to flick through everything to find recipes so I chose 14 recipes of each section to start me off now I can find everything easy to keep on track.
I have also been preparing or weighing things day before so I will be ready for next day,so you can see I really want this to work for me and hope the weight starts to drop off soon.what is it they say….fail to prepare….prepare to fail. Failing is not an option in last chance saloon lol
Yes I feel so hungry at times but after years of grazing and not feeling that hunger, feels good my body is talking to me again,and I just listen to hypnotherapy for relaxing or read nice book to take my mind away from food.I can do this!

Hi Verano
You are right that the light has to go on before you do something about it. My story is similar to yours. All my energies were concentrated on religiously injecting the insulin to control my blood sugars – I didn’t look at improving my diet – I actually thought I had a healthy diet. Luckily a client came in with the BSD book and asked me if I would like to borrow it as she thought it would help me. The light still didn’t go on until realised that I had to do something about the retinopathy as I wasn’t getting good enough blood sugars with the insulin to prevent it getting worse.

I reversed the retinopathy and kept on with the BSD but never believed for a moment that I could reverse the diabetes and come of insulin. So it was a huge shock to suddenly realise I no longer needed to inject. I excitedly told a doctor at the eye clinic what had happened and how good the BSD was. He sternly told me that nothing I was doing would reverse the diabetes nor the retinopathy I would just get worse and worse and would have to accept it. How wrong can a doctor be!

Last week’s panorama was truly shocking and hopefully you are right and it will help a few more people do something about it. Hopefully soon the NHS will see the light.

I started the Eight Week diet in late May and in six weeks lost 16 kilos and my fasting bsl dropped from around 9 down to 5.5 to 6. I have now stopped my Metformin. My Emphysema symptoms have dropped dramatically and i can easily manage a daily 5 to 10 Kms per day walk. I feel like a new man. I am monitoring my weight and using this to adjust my daily food intake. Looking back at my weight/diet history I have naturally fallen into a 5/2 rhythm of eating.

I cannot believe what a wonderful difference this has made to my life.

My highest regards to Dr Michael.

Hi there
I have been looking to get fit and lose weight, and having done the 5:2 previously (with good results but fell off the wagon) I had something of an epiphany last weekend and decided I had to get control of my weight and fitness levels. I have been dealing with anxiety for several years, but this now seems fully resolved following hypnosis (after trying everything except medication, this was the one that worked for me), so I’m ready to move on. My diet is generally good 80% of the time, but I have a weakness for cheese and pizza. I also think I was drinking too much (couple of bottles of wine a week), and adding sugar and milk to my coffee wasn’t helping. I started walking more a few months ago, but no more exercise than that. I read the BSD diet book, and it all made sense. I had bought some meal replacement shakes to deal with lunches and breakfasts I can’t prepare meals for, so I just need to cut out potatoes and bread (as I’m not keen on pasta anyway) to stick to the diet – its not far from the way I eat normally. I did a mindfulness course last year, and generally don’t really feel hunger in the same way as I did, and do’t get the same cravings. However, I am 90.5kgs at 160cm, so way overweight.

Anyway – the question was on blood sugar levels. I have always had low blood sugar on the occasions it has been tested (not many, as I am generally well). I also had low cholesterol (with a good proportion of good and bad, although I forget the numbers), fairly low blood pressure and heart rate of 60.

First test, 6/10/16 3 hours after lunch 6.3
Fasting test 7/10/16 overnight fast 5.6 (7.30 in the morning)
Fasting test 7/10/16 overnight plus morning (15 hours) 5.2 (10.30 in the morning)
Fasting test 7/10/16 18 hours 2.7 (1.30pm)
FAsting overnight 8/10/16 2.4 (7.30am)
Fasting overnight 9/10/16 2.0 (8am)
After eating dinner 9/10/16 6.00
2 hours after dinner 9/10/16 6.00
Fasting overnight 10/10/16 6.6 (at 7.30am)
Fasting overnight 10/10/16 5.6 (at 10.30 – after coffee and milk, and exercise)

My understanding is that the fasting results of 5.6 and 6.6 are too high, and 2.4 and 2.0 are too low? It also went up from 6.0 2 hours after eating (around 6pm on sunday evening) to waking when it was 6.6. I’ve been low carb on each of the days, and drinking 4 litres of water (this is new thing). I exercised every day with a cardio routine (plus a short run on the 6th and 7th) but I didn’t do much exercise on the 9th. I have been drinking a cordial in the evening (to avoid wine) which has about 30 calories (largely form sugar) but otherwise I can’t see why the results are so variable. I feel very well otherwise.

I don’t know whether I should worry about this or not? I lost about 1kg during the week, which isn’t great but at least its in the right direction, and the cardio is making me feel fitter.
Any ideas?
Many thanks

Good Morning all!! Hope you enjoyed your weekend and a massive well done to everyone who has lost, trying to loose or just changing their way of eating to the med style – well done you are all awesome!!!!!!
I enjoyed fillet steak last night with English mustard and a huge salad with sun-dried tomatoes yum it was so delicious.
Official weigh in after 1 week 5.5lb loss – yippppeeee!!! I’m on my way
Bring on week 2!!!
Well done everyone xxxxx

Morning all, not had a successful weekend, weight back up to 74.4 but hey ho. Think I am already in a holiday frame of mind. However, I am still low carbing.

Did my little experiment this morning, took mine and my husbands b.g before breakfast. His 6.1 (111) mine 4.1 (74). 2 hours after eating his 6.7 (121) mine 5.7 (104). Looks like I am doing pretty well. He had toast and marmalade for brekkie and I had grilled mushroom, canned tomatoes and a poached egg. So that could make a difference. He is definately not diabetic but my numbers are better than his.

Zumba tonight, weigh in tomorrow. 🙂

Ouch! Sounds painful. But an armchair boogie is better than nothing! Hope your foot heals up quickly.

Hello ML,
Welcome to the gang!
If you don’t feel like calorie counting, you don’t have to – I never did. I limited myself to recording my weight in an Excel spreadsheet so I could see the downward trend. Never bothered measuring myself – I went by bagginess of clothes. And by how much better I felt when I lost a few pounds. If you click on my name you should be able to read my profile – please do.

The BSD is a very flexible way of eating – I didn’t do the 800cals, or the 5:2, I kept it simple by following the principles of the BSD, i.e. choosing from the recommended foodstuffs, cutting out the extras I’d habitually been eating, tried to eat my last meal by 7pm in order to extend my overnight fast, drinking plenty of (non-alcoholic) liquids.

So you haven’t cooked in years – a good opportunity to restart! But if a busy lifestyle hampers your “you time”, soup & salads are a great help. Look at the recipes on this website for ideas. We are not really aiming for Michelin Star grade meals – just something tasty & filling that keeps the carb-wolf from the door. The simpler the better.
Some ingredients may be difficult to obtain where you are, but you will probably have access to different things that we in the UK don’t have but which would work just as well.
In the new BSD recipe book, there is a recipe for kimchi – which I believe is a Korean staple.

Cutting out sugars is the basis of this plan. Also, no matter what part of the world you are in, carbohydrates are carbohydrates – so do what you can to cut down on them as this will help.

The cultural & social side of things in Korea I can’t really help you with – but I understand it is difficult when you are at a function of some kind that you won’t want to cause offence by refusing what’s on offer even if it is not conducive to your weight loss plans. But the occasional straying from the path is not the end of the world – just start up again the next day. If you are with good friends, perhaps you can explain to them your plans, get them on board with what you want to do. Who knows, they may have some ideas & be very supportive.

Pitfalls to watch for are after an initial good start comes a period of possibly feeling rubbish, the weight loss stalls – my advice is to work through it & persevere. There comes a point when your body fights against and then accepts the new way of eating. Keeping your intake of water up is essential – dehydration can fool you into thinking you need food when you don’t. Yes, you will fall off the wagon occasionally but, as stated above, just dust yourself off and start again.

I would advise planning your meals before you go shopping rather than just winging it.

The beauty of this forum is that you can ask questions & someone will probably be able to help out. Use the search facility in case someone has posted a similar query.

I am sure you will find a way to lose your 10kg – good luck!

I have now decided that my fat has a sense of humour. This morning I weighed myself and I have lost 1 stone 13 3/4 lbs. It’s obviously having a laugh keeping hold of that last 1/4lb so I can’t say I’ve lost 2 stone. It is great though as I am now under 15 stone for the first time in more than 30 years. Only 8 weeks ago being 14 stone something was just wishful thinking. So onward and downward to us all.