Thanks natalie thats great veggie tips, dont know what snow peas are, guess thats an Aussie word👍💃🏻. Yes wishbone was thinking of a sneaky weigh in too but dont want to be disappointed😆

Reading everyone’s posts on gardening, Blue Jays successes, and Cold Feet is all very lovely. Nice to see what makes us all feel good.

I’ve been a little up and down over the weekend. Yesterday was much, much better. Things to be grateful for are:

1. Our NHS – I feel for you Shalimar with regard to your cataract and choices. Sometimes it’s easy to forget how much we take it for granted here in the UK.

2. Having more get up and go again … moving furniture here, there and everywhere yesterday trying to get the sitting room and kitchen looking just right (who knows if this is the right formation, but it’s this week’s formation!)

3. Buying a stick blender … which inspired me to make a surprisingly delicious soup of spring onions, not quite perfect asparagus and frozen peas.

(Saute spring onions in about 10g butter; Add chopped asparagus, for a couple of mins. Add about 200 mls water, a handful or two of frozen peas, half a stock cube (chicken or veg), bring back to a simmer for a minute or two. Blitz with blender. Enjoy. It was deliciously sweet, and beautifully green and smooth).

Managed another jog yesterday – first day it hasn’t felt like just stumbling forwards, and actually started to feel like jogging.

Hi Krysia

Thai Red Salmon Curry 2 servings
360calories and 8.8g carbs per serving

250g salmon cut into chunks
1tbsp groundnut oil
2tbsp shallots finely sliced
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped or minced
1-2tbsp ginger finely chopped
2tbsp. red curry paste, or more to taste
1tbsp fish sauce
1 tsp sugar
200ml light coconut milk
Large handful of basil leaves.

Gently fry the shallots and ginger in the oil until softened.
Add garlic and cook for a further minute or so.
Add curry paste, to taste, and stir fry for a few minutes.
Add the salmon and coat with the spices
Add the coconut milk, fish sauce( or soy if preferred) , and sugar.
Simmer gently until the salmon is cooked …. maybe 10minutes.
At the last minute stir in basil leaves and wilt.

That’s the basic recipe.
I add a smashed stick of lemongrass to cook in with the salmon. I also finish with the juice of half a lime and some coriander. If you like you can add a handful of peas while the salmon is cooking or some sliced mangetout. If there’s not enough liquid you could use more coconut milk but you’ll need to add any of those to the calorie/carb count.

You could serve with cauliflower rice or even cauliflower mash. Enjoy!

Just popping in, to say

ARE YOU MEASURING??????

I always say that………sorry, not meant to be shouting, just making sure you’re taking due note 😉

Did you take measurements, or are you judging against some clothes. As Poppletini sensibly says, don’t get too attached to the scales they do go up and down or stay frustratingly level. But look at other things – how do you feel, is your waist going down, does your face look a bit thinner, are your jeans a bit looser.

You are actually changing how your body reacts to food, your hormonal response. Be kind, give it a chance!

Keep on keeping on and YOU WILL SUCCEED!

🙂 🙂

Lucia – thank you so much for the ‘poem’ about Zumba-ing. I have saved it on my phone, and it really cheered me up.

Movement can be anything – from those marching by their beds trying to improve their day to day movement with ME and the like, to squeezing those bum cheeks as you say.

I’m more a fan of dancing round the kitchen when no-one’s home – as then my lack of graceful co-ordination goes unnoticed … except by the dog, who leaps around with me, with gentle nips here and there …

And, of course, my new found jogging … yesterday it changed from a painful and improbably ‘stumbling’ feeling to an actual I can lift my legs more easily ‘jogging’ feeling. So very exciting.

Yes Sunshine-girl – it was auto correct. My tablet makes really funny corrections sometimes.

Do have a lovely holiday. It’s so good you have your food sorted and it will be lovely to relax with a glass of wine with your family.

I will definitely post on your new thread as soon as I have seen my doctor on 25th October. It will be so interesting and I am beginning to look forward to it.

Morning all!

some great results I see on your low carb push!

Re poo
Are you taking Magnesium? This is recommended as likely to be in deficit with lots of fluid, and I found that my poo issues (or digestive transit issues as they would have it in the ads – love the thought of an ad agency brainstorm about what to call it) resolved when I took some.

And Frog – can I ask you if you can remind me about the Waitrose low carb ice-cream or was it frozen yoghurt (not Oppo, the alternative) you mentioned some weeks ago? We love Oppo, particularly the salted caramel version, yum, but did you say there was another one – our local Waitrose hasn’t got it, and I can’t remember what it’s called.

Good to see all the new entrants, wish there were some ‘sticky’ posts with key points to remember at the top of the board, so that all the experience here could be found easily……always sad when someone asks about little weight loss in week x/y/z and does anyone else experience it……

Onwards and downwards guys, I’m still holding easily at my target weight. 🙂

Sneakysnooper – found out that lost posts put on pounds – well one pin my case. It covered my day out in Edinburgh with my book club girls. (We live in Sussex so flew from Gatwick) Woke up at 4.30am, back home at 11.30pm. Walked 16 kms – more than 20,000 steps. Stuck to Under 800 calories foodwise but we did find a craft gin palace. Hence the pound and a fuzzy head. Anyway have lost it plus another so a total of 10 pounds down in just under 3 weeks.

Just reached another mini goal to slide under 74 (as in 74 kg weight) and now at 73.9 kg. Going on holiday for 2 weeks now so my goal is to keep low carbing and not gain too much weight back.

I found this online maybe it will be helpful

The Essential Blood Sugar Diet Meals For One: A Quick Start Guide To Cooking On The Blood Sugar Diet. Over 80 Easy And Delicious Calorie Counted … Lose Weight And Rebalance Your Blood Sugar

Mixnmatch, six and a half stone is just so, so impressive, congratulations! Your porridge does sound delicious (especially as I had a protein bar).

I’ve a six-themed achievement this morning of a slightly less dramatic nature – down 6.2kg since I started (although not all of that since I restarted last Monday). And 9cm off my waist. Don’t know what’s different this time round but seem to be more motivated to get my step count up and have even been back to a yoga class I used to do. Hope I can stick with it, I’m just so bad at sucking up short-term pain for long term gain…

P.S. Krysia, see you changed it, but I received it before you had a chance. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Frog – you have so made me laugh this morning, I’m with you on poo-logging (if you’ll pardon the pun), but to think there are others who’ve gone as far as to make the app is making me giggle.

Despite litres of water a day, spoonfuls of flax seeds (in water), lots of veggies … I’m really struggling with constipation. Like really, painfully, struggling.

All the advice given appears to assume that I’m in need of more water, more veg, more fibre … but honestly, I don’t think I could add in more without carbs. How are you doing?

Sorry it has been so long since my last confession – I mean update. 🙂 A lot has happened. My Auntie died and my Mum (her sister) has taken it quite badly.
For info: My steps monitor is on my wrist and records better than the one that I used to clip on my waist, My mini exercise bike is one I peddle while sitting on the sofa and my pedometer doesn’t register it.

Day 214
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 7.7
Steps Recorded 3445
*Had Flue Jab

Day 215
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 8.6
Steps Recorded 2449

Day 216
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 8.6
Steps Recorded 1072
Bike Time 60 minutes

Day 217
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 7.9
Steps Recorded 1922
*Me still sore from flu jab
*Auntie looks terrible
*Oldie not very well

Day 218
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 7.8
Steps Recorded 1231

Day 219
Weight 9st 6lb
Blood Sugar 8.1
Steps Recorded 526
Bike Time 60min
*Auntie – no change

Day 220
Weight 9st 5lb
Blood Sugar 8.3
Steps Recorded 2664
60 minutes light gardening (dead heading)

Day 221
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 8.4
Steps Recorded 3050
Auntie – died at 8.40pm

Day 222
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 6.5 (reading taken at 6.30 am as couldn’t sleep)
Steps Recorded1115

Day 223
Weight 9st 5lb
Blood Sugar 9.0 🙁
Steps Recorded 1952
*Me – Busy day registering death, signing paperwork and collecting Auntie’s things.

Day 224
Weight 9st 6lb
Blood Sugar9.0
Steps Recorded 1508
*Me went out to a coffee morning

Day 225
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 8.6
Steps Recorded 3032
Bike Time 60mins + 5mins Arms
* Me went for a short walk with my friend

Day 226
Weight 9st 6lbs
Blood Sugar 8.2
Steps Recorded 3544
* Me nearly 2 hour walk with my friend

Day 227
Weight 9st 6lbs
Blood Sugar 7.7
Steps Recorded 2809
* Me 3/4 hour walk with friend.

Day 228
Weight 9st 6lb
Blood Sugar 6.8
Steps Recorded 706
Bike Time 60 minutes

Day 229
Weight 9st 6lbs
Blood Sugar 8.4
Steps Recorded 513 (Took counter off for funeral as bright pink)
*Me – Went to Auntie’s funeral. Ate one of everything at the funeral tea. Everything had carbs. But didn’t want to be seen to be picky or fussy.
*Mum – too ill to go.

Day 230
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 8.5
Steps Recorded 304

Day 231 (end of week 33)
Weight 9st 6lbs
Blood Sugar 7.9
Steps Recorded 708
*Me -sorted Aunties clothes
*Oldie – a lot better – more like his old self.

Day 232
Weight 9st 7lb
Blood Sugar 7.2
Steps Recorded 427
*Me – making more of an effort on the food front to stick to the calorie intake and not have a quick carb lunch.

Day 233
Weight 9st 6lb
Blood Sugar 7.6
Steps Recorded 309

Day 234 (today)
Weight 9st 5lb
Blood Sugar 6.8

In the last couple of weeks I have been knitting more. I have knitted 4 hats, a pair of socks, finished one jumper, nearly finished another, finished off a blanket. I am trying to get more organised in the knitting department. I have a lot of stuff that is half finished and just needs sewing up. I feel as if this reflects where I am on the journey, I have got so far and the end is in sight, I just need to focus and aim for the finish. I am more of a starter than a finisher, in Chris Powell terms I am on phase 3 which if anyone watches the programme is a particularly hard phase, although less weight to lose at this stage – keeping the motivation and focus is very hard, but I don’t want to have my medication increased – I want to be medication free by the end of this year (March 2017).

Good morning to everyone, a little bummed this am a very tiny gain but I think it’s just my water kind of evening back out. Less trips to the bath now even though drinking lots. Thank heavens. Trying to walk more be more mobile which is REALLY hard. I drive school bus and with all my runs I’m driving for 7 to 8 hours a day, it’s a work in progress

Hi All, today is my end of week weigh in and I have gone from 74.4 to 73.9, lost 0.5 kilo, yeeeeeeeees. and now under the 74 figure which was a mini goal. I have been counting all week and allowed myself 40 carbs but only actually reached that once, most days I was under and around 25 to 30, so I think the week before had struck a chord with me.

I wont be counting this week or joining another thread as I am going on holiday on Thursday, but fear not, I will be sticking to the low carbs. My daughter was doing her online shop last night for when we arrive and skyped me to ask what I wanted stocking up, so I am okay there. I have spoken to my husbands step-mother as she was worried about feeding me, so I told her about the diet and she said, oh that’s okay you just don’t eat rubbish. His sister, who is super fit (a mountaineer in Scotland) said, okay, you eat Mediterranean I can deal with that. So I should be okay at all stops along the way. We will be eating in restaurants on around 5 nights plus pub lunches whilst travelling between England and Scotland but I am okay with that, I just ditch the carbs and ask for extra salad or veg. On the down side there will be a lot of reunions, a new baby just arrived, catching up with a friend I havent seen for 11 years and, of course, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with cocktails before and after, so a lot of toasting and drinking will take place and I make no apologies.

Frog, you are right about the French being over cautious. I had an incident of a problem in the UK and the doctor started with the simplest of treatments, then when that didn’t work went up to the next level, until in the end sent me for scans etc. It turned out I needed my gall bladder removing. As an ex nurse I had been telling them that from the start but I was put through months and months o pain, useless treatments and worries whereas a scan straight away would have seen the problem. I know, it is money. Here in France I went to the doctor with pain in my side and he sent me for a scan and ultra sound all in the same week. And I mean in the same week, saw doctor Monday, had scan etc on Thursday. You also have to remember that we pay to see our doctor, I pay to have my blood test, I pay if I see a cardiologist (like I did last week) so you get the best possible treatment quickly. Also paying means I am in control of my results, I get copies of everything. When I fist saw a gyneacologist here for routine smear (I had cancer a long time ago) she couldn’t understand why I didn’t have all my hospital records, smear results and copies of my mammograms. I have them here, and when I see my doctor for my diabetes test at the end of November I must also remember to take the copy of my EEG from the cardio and my mammogram films. When he has looked at them he will give them back to me, they are mine. You get back 70% of the cost from the equivalent of the NHS and you pay for insurance to cover the other 30%. In my case all my diabetic treatments are free, I pay, but I get back 100%. I like it and worry how I will adjust when we move back to UK, which I am sure we will eventually.

Krysia, that was clever of you to call your daughter ‘glucose’, was that auto correct or a freudian slip.

I am starting a thread called WHAT DID ‘YOUR’ DOCTOR SAY…… And will see what pops up, hope there will be a lot of positives.

Flash, I’ve been the same. A fantastically surprising result at the end of week 1. And then half a pound loss – if I stood on the scales just so – at the end of Wk 2. However, now 2 days into Wk 3 and something’s happening in a downward fashion on the scales again. Have you seen the ‘whooshes and swooshes’ article someone posted recently? (Sorry don’t have the link, but maybe google?).

Do you feel better eating this way? That’s what I’d base it all on.

Gosh am confessing I am a terrible procrastinator!!

When I first started the BSD I was absolutely fine and losing weight, enjoying the food etc – but, went on holiday and lost the plot on getting back on full track…. seem to be able to start each morning, lunchtime and then it goes belly up by tea time

I know it works
I know for my own health it has to be done

SO, other than a huge kick up my rear , not sure what else to do…

I will restart again from lunch today…….

Inspiring mixnmatch, just inspiring. And Cecily, what wonderfully positive results for you in a short time. 🤗🤗🤗🎉

Flash, if you read some older threads you will find that many of us found weeks 2 and 3 a bit of a bu—er. It is when your body shuts down after the initial shock. That might not be technically true but it is what seems to happen. Always, always keep on the plan, it will suddenly come off. It happens at various stages so some at week 5, then maybe again at week 8 and so on. You have to expect it and go with it. One theory is that the first week there is body fat (blubber) and water loss, the second week the fat is melting away from your internal organs and this does not weigh as much as body fat. Just feel confident that you are doing the right thing for your body and KEEP ON KEEPING ON.

Hiya

feel I needed to stop by…

Good to see Lucky pop in, you have to do whats right for you hun but understand.

Yowzer, hope today sees you feeling much better…

Me? need to stop setting off and giving up halfway thru a day….grrrrr

I cant believe how hard it is for me re starting this woe when it works and isn’t really a problem…

Wow! That’s a massive loss in four weeks, very inspirational! I’m only day two, week one, and your results will keep me motivated!

Morning all….feeling a bit glum this morning as had my official week 2 weigh in and I have not lost anything 🙁 I haven’t gained either, so I suppose that’s positive, but I really wanted to be at least a couple of pounds down again. That said I did have ice cream and wine over the weekend so I know I only have myself to blame. Really need to get out of the cycle of “treating” myself and then obsessing over the scale as clearly it’s not really a treat if I’m just sad about it after. Gahhhhh. Hope you are all faring better!

Onwards and downwards indeed, Mixnmatch! You are doing so well. I really like the sound of your porridge. Do you know roughly what the carb content is of that? I’m usually a porridge fan but have steered clear of it since starting the BSD.

Day two and the headache from hell. Bring it on carb flu, because I know this is working. Also sloshing around with all the water I’ve had. Have had very tame and boring meals compared to some here, I’ll have to get experimenting looking at Natalie’s repertoire! Contemplating a sneaky weigh in tomorrow, but being day three I might be a little too optimistic….

Go for it shalimar – the beauty of the BSD is that we can move between the 3 forms to suit our needs.
I’ve noticed all of my sinus problems have disappeared since eating low carb med style…..was it always the carbs?

Hi Frog – thanks for the info on canned Tuna. I didn’t know that so maybe substitute tinned salmon with cream cheese. The egg and smoked salmon sounds yummy and something I could eat for breakfast. I will look on the NHS website.

Verano – the Thai curry sounds good – and would be grateful if you could post it to me. I will also try the pate with smoked mackeral. Husband has also suggested that we could look at a meal with rainbow trout as he says he thinks I would like it – so I will start experimenting. I really do have to as I have got a bit stuck in a rut with my food at the moment.

Thanks Everyone fingers crossed and good luck to everyone else to 😀

Very funny, Frog. I have the same problem, compounded by medication that causes constipation. I’ve had to start taking it again, but am hoping to stop in a week or so. I might add notes to myself in my Fat Secret journal.

Hi Frog

If you join us here you could add loads of water rather than a little extra! Could just help with the ‘digestion ‘ problem.

I had a look at ibreathimhungry, what a great name, looks good will take a closer look later.

Enjoy the kayaking!

Loopylou – that is absolutely the best thing to do. Forget about yesterdays figures and just start again today. We all have little blips from time to time.

Frog – that is an interesting concept. A poo diary. If I had been filling one in this week it would have gone very well. It is not always the case unfortunately. It would be good to find out why it has gone well so I could do it again. The only thing I did was to add my kefir in the morning when I eat my eggs. Maybe it helps. I will keep an eye on it.

Nickix… I used to drink a litre of water a day max and since starting the BSD I’ve upped it to easily 3 or more, that doesn’t include my coffee or anything else. You get the fat out that way too!
One trick I read on one forum which really works is to wake up earlier, drink a pint of water, lie down for half an hour. It really helps things moving.

@carb_addict thanks. Yes I’ll go back on the herbal teas. And I’ll try and pop to the herbal shop on way to work and see if I can get some of those capsules. I much prefer natural stuff. Thanks for the help folks 👍

I have about 5 cups of tea/coffee a day and I drank a litre of water yesterday too. I’m trying to increase it but I’m having to get up in the night for the loo! I’ve stopped drinking anything after 8pm but still had to get up last night thanks

@ Nickix: Baristagirls is right to ask the question – you need at least 2 litres of water/ herbal tea a day to ‘move things along’. Sweetcorn is too starchy and carb-heavy to fit within the BSD I think. Also, if you scroll up a few messages you’ll see another in the group asked same thing and I suggested psyllium capsules. Easily obtainable from a health food shop. Try a few herbal teas that target the issue too – there’s a few out there. Good luck!

Heart goes out to you. I’ve had a gain too but mines bigger! But I’m having problems with constipation! As you say onwards we can’t quit now! Good luck for your next weight in

Hi Verano – feeling better today?

Krysia – egg and smoked salmon for breakfast!
Sounds indulgent, but I buy a 200g pack that lasts for about a week (30g ish a day) for about £3.
An odd thing to remember with oily fish is that fresh tuna counts as oily – but when its canned it loses its omega oil properties.
Not the same for other fish, canned is fine.
Prawns are lovely, but don’t contain the omega 3 oils of oily fish
quite a good section on the nhs website
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/fish-shellfish.aspx

Kayaking today!

Yowzer – last episode of Cold Feet next week. Loved David’s attitude to prison! I had the CD of the music of the previous series and stuck it in the charity shop bag. Grrr. I am trying to really get into decluttering as I don’t want to leave a mess in ?? years for my daughter to struggle through. However every now and then I miss something that went. I suppose BSD is a form of decluttering too.

Shalimar – get the cataract sorted sweetheart! BSD ain’t going to help with that and life should be Iived not limited. And you don’t want to be flagging down lorries! Will ruin your reputation.

Right busy day ahead. First thing is to plant up my window box with dark purple viola and some green and silver ivy. White cyclamen in some other pots. I love my garden.
A pound and a half disappeared overnight – ain’t that grand. Off to London to see my twin GC tomorrow. Aged 7 and such brilliant kids – happy, healthy and really funny.

OzzyPete and Omnipinoy, those really are impressive achievements. Congratulations.

How much do you drink?

Hi ok if a late starter joins? I did start 2 weeks ago and was doing great but got a bit complacent last weekend 😳😞 but straight back on it so hopefully……….. especially with help. Worst thing is people where noticing the difference already!
My problem is constipation? Anyone know of a solution? I have an auto immune illness and a slow transient bowl is a side effect! That means I feel so full but hungry at same time ! And I never go! I suppose sweetcorn is out of the question?
Thanks for listening

Hi everyone

Interesting on French diabetes rate Sunshine Girl – might be higher detection?
The estimates on undiagnosed diabetes in the UK are quite high. As a teenager I spent a fair bit of time in France that started as a school twinning exchange that went really well & continued visiting the same family for years, The mother was a GP admittedly, but the slightest hint of a headache, being under the weather, it would be blood pressure (don’t think I’d ever had it measured in the UK) temperature, etc. When I was older a friend had a house in France, so used to go a lot, and just found everything more “medicalised” – follow ups to appointments, rather than just treatment and assumption it would work but you’d go back if it didn’t.

Well done everyone – lots of losses. Mine is only small this week – great start to the week, less so over the weekend.

I’m still having issues with my digestion being a bit irregular – I think I’m going to start keeping a poo diary.
I was thinking spreadsheet or notebook – just googled and game up with an article “the best 5 apps for ‘logging’ your poos every day” – the five best?! how many are there FGS!!!
I dread to think of the dodgy ads and pop ups using those on a regular basis would generate
It’s odd that they don’t build the functionality into diet logs like MFP and Fat Secret really. What can I say – I’m an accountant, I like to see the debits and credits to get the complete picture!

Hi Krysia

If you like spicy you could try a Thai curry. My daughter is a pescatarian and I sometimes make the curry with cubes of salmon or cod and salmon. Can post the recipe if you want it.

In the same vein you could try a Tom yum soup with prawns …. do they count as fish? Add some courgetti and you’ve got a hearty but light soup.

If you like kippers you’ll probably like smoked mackerel which you could make into a pate or as it is with salad maybe. I also like hot smoked trout, but then I also like baked trout and sea bass but that’s probably one step too far at the moment!!

If you could get three portions of ‘oily’ fish in this week that’s the recommended number per week but more would be a bonus.

Week two and I had a bit of a blip this weekend. In the past I have tended to be “all or none”, doing the ‘diet’ properly or blowing it completely. So on Sunday afternoon after a big walk, I really needed to sit and relax and drink lots of tea etc but instead I had it in my head to tidy the whole house. I couldn’t face another week of a messy house. I had planned to just have brunch and dinner but by the time I cooked food for my family ( husband and two boys – one being quite a fussy eater) there was lots of food left and I ended up overeating the leftovers especially the carbs! I felt I had blown it and was really annoyed with myself, but with encouragement from my husband I started again on Monday and got back into the swing of things.
This is a major change for me. Before BSD I would have thought ‘what the hell’ and eaten everything I could lay my hands on and carried own eating for days. So what did I learn from this?
1. Listen to my body, if tired sit down and rest
2. Ask my husband for help with clearing up after meals so I’m not tempted
3. Remember it’s just one slip up
4. Be kind to myself

I liked what Happygirl said in a previous post – remember that it’s not the falling down that defines you- its the getting back up and continuing the battle.

End of day two, I stuck to my food plan except for adding a bit of cheese. I was hungry all day but scared to go off plan, but I ended up with some calories left after dinner so had a nice chunk of cheese. Total still low, 787 cals 41g carbs. I’m not sure how I did it – two days in a row!

I’ve previously had two semi-successful attempts at the BSD as well as lots of false starts. But even when I was sort-of sticking to it, I was always bargaining with it. I’m hungry so it’s ok if I go up to 1000 or even 1200 calories. I’ll do the diet but still have sugar in my tea. I exercised today so it’s ok if I add some chocolate. No wonder it never got any easier and I didn’t lose much weight! This time I am sticking to it 100%.

Granny I can tell you exactly what veg I had today. Cup of shredded cabbage, one baby carrot, 4 shallots (spring onions), about 10 snow peas, big handful bean sprouts, cup of lettuce, small tomato, half a cucumber, small onion. I would call that 7-8 serves. Most are bulky but low cal/carb. Today all except the onion were raw, but most days I plan to have a salad at lunch and cooked veges at dinner. I love cauliflower rice and I want to try a pizza base made out of broccoli (held together with an egg and grated cheese).

In my “normal life ” ie when I’m not on a diet my vege intake is very low, it probably the main thing that changes when I’m “on a diet”! I replace all the junk food and starchy carbs with veges. A big pile can certainly fill you up, and when that is all you’re allowed you learn to appreciate every bite. I use a lot of spices too, the dressing for my lunch salad had about nine ingredients (I left out the honey). Funny thing was I actually had then all! Rice wine vinegar, Sambal olek (chilli paste), fish sauce. Right there in my pantry.

Thrilled about everyone’s successes so far and taking inspiration from it! NeNe I need you here, now! Lol.

Mixed bag to report here: got back on the BSD yesterday after Springrollgate and all was going great until I hit a majorly ravenous late night spot. I knew why – not enough protein for dinner. Knowing I would not be able to sleep, that water wouldn’t cut it, and that the cupboards were now bare of BSD-friendly protein prior to my going shopping today, I ordered in Japanese food. I chose consciously: salmon sashimi, some tofu and a crab/avocado salad the size of my thumbnail. No sushi! I knew it would take me over my calorie/carb count for the day but I made a considered choice. 800 kcals just didn’t cut it for me yesterday: I was still feeling a bit flu-ey too.

Today’s weigh-in: well, seeing as I got two results yesterday, I have either maintained the same weight gain from two days ago (400g) or I have put on 500g since yesterday, depending on which result you look at. I’m looking at the scales quite dispassionately – a weight gain of 500g is around an excessive of 3000 kcals on top of one’s basal metabolic rate. Ie I would I have had to have eaten 1500+3000 kcals approx to have legitimately put on 500g of fat overnight if my maths is correct. Clearly I came no where near this on either day. But it is interesting to see how, once you put your body into ketosis, how fragile the weight gain situation is. Or maybe it’s just my body – either way, it shows me how little I can deviate from the BSD without negative impact. Plus, you can never gauge the water retention situation and I know I didn’t drink nearly enough yesterday, so it’s highly likely some of this gain is water.

As for today, I’m re-motivated and off to the supermarket shortly. For me, tracking my weight daily is allowing me to correlate my choices/actions with direct consequences, so it is proving a really useful exercise. My spirits are high and I know I can do this. I also know now, from the last 48 hours that: a) I need higher protein levels at night (fish seems to work better for me, as much as it pains this 95% vegan to say it) b) 2+ litres of water is vital and c) there’s no way this gain is actual fat so it should come off easily again if I can stick to what I’m supposed to be doing.

I appreciate all the hugs but am totally fine – it’s like a science experiment, and I will learn, adapt and evolve along the way!

Have a great day everyone.

UK
Today’s weight 141.8lb (64.3kg)

Don’t tell anyone, but there is ANOTHER Soosiewoosy on these forums! She spells her name slightly differently, but I was reading a post with “my” name on it and thinking I don’t remember writing that, so looked up the profile and, yep, it WASN’T me!

Right, well, we’re of today until Friday evening and will be staying in an hotel, so wish me luck trying to follow this diet! At least they have a gym/pool/spa, so no excuses, really…

Beautiful day here in Wales, blooming cold, though.

Have a great day, all!

The reason I first looked into a diet a few weeks ago was discovering I had dangerously high blood pressure.
After 2 weeks it’s dropped massively, well into prehypertensive and nearly to normal.
I’m over the moon.

Hi Verano – you had a good week with carbs well within range and a fantastic weight loss. I do agree that the planning in the morning makes this easier. I can’t do it on the run either.

Am still sticking to 30g carbs on the new challenge but making sure I add some fish. Have been telling everyone I am on a healthy Mediterranean diet so I really do need to add fish which is a bit of a challenge for me but thanks Verano for suggesting the Thai fish cakes recipe which looks delicious. If fish is disguised a bit it is much easier for me to add it to the plan.

I posted my results for the week in error on the new challenge thread. So yesterday I had 17g carbs and 765 calories and lost a massive 3 1/4lbs in the weekto take me to 10 stone. In 2013 my daughter got married and I dieted for months and couldn’t get any lower than 10st 12lbs. So this effortless (well sort of) weight loss is fantastic.

Morning All, had my first week weigh this morning and can happily report a 3.4kg loss for week 1. Trying to stay motivated even though the scales haven’t moved in 2 days now but sticking to recipes from the book today with yoghurt & berries, chickpea chili and veg gratin tonight…I am convinced there will be change by tomorrow 🙂
Hope you all have a good Tuesday….