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.

A happy armchair boogie – I slammed my foot in a door yesterday and am massive bruised so dancing is out for a day or two.
But yes, I am DELIGHTED

Well done Sazzle! That’s a great set of results 🙂

Hi there, razzarach! I’ll add you now! 🙂

Nice work Big Chap! Keep it up 🙂

Hi Cecily,

That is fantastic – well done!! You must be very pleased with that. I take it you have done a happy dance? 🙂

Hi Shalimar,

Thank you for your encouragement, reading the posts it seems there will be plenty of know how and encouragement on here, really looking forward to reading everyones post each and every day, today so far I have had scrambled eggs cooked with a little milk, spanish omelette for lunch, plan on turkey stirfry for dinner tonight, can anyone tell me how much milk I can have, i use semi skimmed or skimmed if I can get it (at work on oil rig) I am a real tea face 🙂 .

Yes, sunshine is right! Losing the carbs will definitely bring things down calorie-wise. Cauliflower in its various forms is a great staple on this diet – for me at least anyway! And also broccoli and most other green veg. It feels strange at first but you’ll get used to this way of eating very quickly!

Hi,

Mine is razzarach2015, I havent been on there for a while so this is the perfect excuse to get going again, thanks! 🙂

I have great news to share!!!
What started me looking into this diet was being told my blood pressure was 170/100 – scary!

I’m supposed to monitor it twice a day now.

2 weeks on the BSD and it’s now 145/80.
😃😃😃
I can’t believe the improvement in such a short time

Thank you Loopylou

I’ve just revised the next few days of my plan and dropped the protein a little and look to increase my fat with avocado and oils. I was aiming a little too high for a perfect run of the scales going down without fluctuations! It’s normally the excuse I need to sidestep and have a day or gorging. Thankfully, today is not one of those days and I’m appreciative for the replies and guidance.

How have you found the plan now you’re 16 weeks in? That’s an amazing feat with the plan. Have you had ups and downs or have you been able to remain steady overtime as you are more used to this way of eating?

Hi loopylou …. I answer to almost anything … I hadn’t even noticed!!!!

Hi Krysia

If they gave all current diabetics, and the new ones in the pipeline , the book AND the recipe book and trained the nurses they’d still be quids in !!! The only problem is that you can take a horse to water etc.

When I was first diagnosed, which I think was 2009, I just put it to the back of my mind, kept taking the tablets and got on with life!! There was nothing wrong with me!!!!!

I don’t really think I thought much about it. A neighbour of ours, in our apartment block, did lose a few toes and then the lower part of his leg. We only saw him a few times a year so I guess it was a bit of’ ‘out of sight out of mind’.

Then a close friend of ours, wasn’t medically taking care of himself, developed a problem with a toe. He subsequently lost it. Even that didn’t really register with me!

We saw him In June and he was having problems with a second toe! I think that was maybe the catalyst for me. I’m not sure now how I found BSD but while I was away I decided to get the book. I spent the first days in July just not eating the obviously high carb stuff and then when I got back from holiday I started BSD proper on July 6th. The rest, as they say, is history!

So I suppose the ‘light’ has to go on before you do something about it. I’m sure that last weeks Panorama program will have made a few people sit up and take notice, but how many people will actively help themselves before they have real problems remains to be seen.

Hi Shalimar, thank you for your response.

My carb intake has been around 18 – 22g – as I’m a former Atkins devotee I struggle with carb sensitivity – it hasn’t been higher than 26g on the plan. My fluid intake is 2 – 3 litres per day also as standard, water with the odd peppermint tea to break the monotiny!

I am feeling happier on the plan as it’s very concise and easy to follow. The plans are fantastic for motivation and ease. Today’s weigh-in was a blip, but set me off against the grain after such a decent start.

Myself and my family are taking a trip away for the festivities so other than aiding my general joint health, the date is looming in my mind. I’m 168cm and currently 80kg – last year we travelled I was 74kg and refused my photo taken and felt quite conscious about the activities I would join in with, mostly through embarrassment. Ironic that 6 weeks ago I weighed 88.7kg, (I lost a little before I found the plan.) I would love to go away the same weight, if not less and enjoy the time, instead of hiding behind my towel and join in a little more.

Hi Ellew. A 7 kg loss is amazing in 4 weeks. I would repeat Shalimar’s comments. Plateaus are frustrating but natural. If you are sticking to 50g carb and 800 calories the weight will start to shift again. Otherwise drop your carb count down for a few days just to get things moving again. I have just done 7 days at 30g and it made a lot of difference, although I am nearing the end of 16 weeks rather than 4!

I lost 4.5lbs in week one. I’m so pleased with that since I didn’t count calories at all.

Hi Cowslip,

I’ve been wondering about that too. I LOVE cheese and would be miserable without it. However, although it’s been within my allowances, I have eaten quite a lot of it this week and have not seen any weight loss either. The same happens with milk intake too. I did read somewhere that dairy wasn’t great for insulin resistance but then full fat dairy seems to be well recommended on BSD. A bit confused now!

Kool Big Chap 🙂 :HUGS

Focus is always good!!