Yesterday I rather stupidly went to work even though I still had a sore throat and was croaky. Now I have completely lost my voice and am having to cancel all my classes. Luckily I can text most of the class members. Husband is phoning the rest – and making jokes about how nice and peaceful and quiet it is in our house now.

The only good thing about this is that I have completely lost my appetite and only did 24 carbs and 710 calories yesterday. Actually – have just thought of another good thing. I can sit and relax and read my womens weekly magazine in the warm with a nice cup of coffee.

Verano – at least your wine didn’t have any carbs and it didn’t give you the munchies and set you off on an eating binge which is brilliant. So it was just a little blip. So onwards and upwards to your next goal.

Wow thats a fantastic weight loss Ren65 well done👍👍👍

No change on the scales for me this morning. Exactly the same as yesterday. It is a good job I predicted this or I might be worried 😊 Played badminton last night and have definitely now adapted my routine to playing on 800 calories, as I had plenty of energy right to the end of the hour. Onwards and downwards.

Morning all, 8am here in the UK and have had a good laugh at all the posts overnight from far afield, this has set me up for the day and feeling positive at the start of day 3👍. Those of you who posted the calorie and carb count next to your meal is a great help to me as thats the bit i’m having difficulty with, looking up the carb count! Ive just had my 60th birthday and have been on a diet of some sort for years😒, at only 5ft and 1/2 i ch (very important lol) i need this one to work so i can run around and keep up with my 2 grandchildren😍, feeling hugs from this group tho so everything crossed💪🏻. Planned ahead for todays meals so thats a good start, good luck to everyone today👏

No loss today for me, but no gain either. Absolutely identical to the fractions of a pound to yesterday, after my first week miracle I expected it.

Well done Randam on the preparation and planning, I hope move day goes smoothly for you, and don’t worry about the weight gain, it can only be temporary, so onwards and downwards!

Good morning to our UK 10/10’eners. Day three already and feeling positive.
X B

Morning I’m now on day 3 and had to report I have lost 6lbs already after 2 whole days! I’m smiling drinking my breakfast of coffee and cream! Just shows how bloated I was I have also lost 2″ from my waist and 1 from my tummy so feeling great and ready to take on day 3! Hope everyone has another good day!x

Weight: 83.4
Change: – 0.1
Overall: – 5.1 kg
Yesterday’s food
694 calories
61 net carbs

High on the net carbs, but could be worse, especially as the Fat Secret figures are usually higher than on the pots/packets I get here. Bit under on the calories, but we have yet another celebratory do this evening, so will probably go over a bit.

OH eating more than me but still considerably less than he ordinarily would. But he is extremely active in comparison with me. I can see his midriff shrinking already in just a couple of days.

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DAY 2 of 7

Yesterday:
Calories 1310
Carbs 36.5g

I know !!! Just lost the plot last night and cuddled up with a bottle of wine …. added …. 676 cals and 9 carbs to my total! Idiot or what????? I would have been well with my allowances without my ‘treat’ which wasn’t really a treat because now I feel bad!

At least I know what I’ve done wrong and can move forward. To add insult to injury I didn’t add my ‘little extra’ yesterday.

Positive news is that I have stayed the same weight this morning. So now it’s onwards and upwards towards my next mini goal of just 3lbs.

Hope you all had a better day than me yesterday. Have a good day.

I don’t like fish much but I’m trying for at least once a week. And the less food you’re allowed to eat, the more you appreciate what you have, so that improves the flavour! That’s a bummer about canned tuna, it’s one of the few fishy things I do eat occasionally. Oh well, I’ll just have to stick with fresh salmon for my Omega 3s.

Probably a stress gain, Randam. I’m amazed you’ve stuck to this on moving day instead of just getting pizza! Well done! I’m sure the gain will fall off again quickly.

Hi Busybee
Will try never done that before!

Hey all
I’ve been a bit quiet … packing!
Today is house move day and I’m sooo proud of myself – as I have cooked my meals in advance!
I have chicken kebabs for lunch and a pre made cauliflower cheese ( had a little taste!… OMG!! Yum!!)
Starting move day with Eggs, bacon lardons and tomatoes for sustenance

A 2lb gain this morning!… god knows why??. 🙄 but I am persevering… and know that by the end of the week it will be off again…

Keep going everyone!

Sorry about that last post predictive playing games!!!

Shimmerling good luck with your group.

Didn’t log last night as had been to theatre and had an awful headache but day 3 done yesterday. Total cals 938 cards 38g. Not great on calories but was so hungry!! I’m hoping that will ease off as the days go on. Here’s to day 4 😀

W1D6 and I have upped my water intake. As someone mentioned somewhere it helps get rid of fat. I had to mention that I baked hubs some walnut and date cookies and I was able to do this without sampling. I resisted because I’ve got my eye on the prize. I need this forum to keep me motivated and on track. Love all the good information everyone is sharing.

Welcome Jazzista – another 69er. This is a great group – we have all loved, lived and probably lost pounds before but at this stage in our lives maintaining and improving our health is as important as our looks. As Sneakysnooper sets out above.
What a great story – to come back from such dire place and then be able to get back to work. I did hospice nursing many years ago and loved it. A good death is what we all wish for.
Mindfulness is something else I do. I took an 8 week course with Ed Halliwell, well known in the UK, on Mindfulness. He has a couple of books you might find helpful. He is a really nice guy, self effacing and a very good teacher. One of the exercises was mindful eating which we did with a raisin. Sniffing it, feeling it, rolling it around out mouths and tasting and eventually eating it. Interesting but not my favourite. However I loved the mindful walking and must do more of that.

Oo chicken and mushroom pie with Parmesan cauliflower sounds lovely.

Happy to report 200g down overnight <dancing>, back in mental control and feeling skinnier around the middle somehow. “She’s back in the game”!!!

@ Fairyface….Butterfly_Moves is right. We’re all playing the long game here. The nut thing doesn’t sound like a major disaster. We’re human, not saints or robots: there ARE going to be blips. You can do this. If can succumb to a bowl of spring rolls, wobble (literally) and then get back on it, you can too. Today is a new day and an opportunity to re-start all your great work.

@ Wendy1947: yes, ketosis does put the liver and kidneys under strain – hence why it is not sustainable as a long-term approach. But the carb level is the vital thing – it’s high enough on the BSD for the body to work efficiently. Remember the original Atkins when no fruit or veg was allowed but you could stuff your face with zero carb steak and butter? Yuk. And awful for you. Poor liver – talk about having to work overtime. Even the Atkins has been modified now to include veg and some fruit.

@ Butterfly_Moves: you did make me smile with your ‘wine haze’ comment. Yes, when you take control in one area and see a) that you can actually do it and b) the benefits, it’s going to make you look at what other areas in your life you want to work on too. Momentum! It’s a process I started personally exactly a year ago that has seen me since quit my job (of 14 years), start my own business, move city, go back to university and make some brave decisions in the ‘love’ department. My health and physical appearance is the last (and arguably most challenging) piece of the jigsaw to work on now, hence why I’m here with you all. I’m much happier since I decided to be brave and tackle head-on the things that left me unfulfilled. So I raise my glass (of water with a slice of lemon) to you and wish you the same journey of discovery. It’s not always easy but it is always, always worth it.

Hi how long have you been on the diet? What are your results like.
I am really excited to give this a go.
I live in New Zealand on the sunny south island. With a Mediterranean climate I figure this diet should suit life well.
I am on day 3 now and feeling great. No headaches or side effects.
Dinner tonight we are having spicy lentils with spinach and a little chicken.
Enjoy home safe travels.

It’s almost bed time for me and I’m feeling good knowing I made it through day 3! It really helped me tonight to read all your posts. I have a slight headache; I think tonight is the worst I’ve felt but actually kind of glad to feel this way because I feel like my efforts are starting to work. Yay!

I am so thankful to knowing we are all on this blood sugar diet together. The support is amazing! Thank you everyone.
I am too tired to write more but will check in tomorrow and see how you are all doing.

By the way, I live in California and it’s 8:40 pm. I got up to go to work at 3:30 am this morning so I’m exhausted.
I am really enjoying reading posts from those of you who live in other countries. Sleep well, those of you who are on a similar time zone and good morning to those of you who live far away from me.

Hi, Sneakysnooper! Jazz buff, yes! Especially Bossa Nova!

Hope you’re back on track now Gtownclaire. Have you read the section in the book about catastrophic thinking?

You certainly eat some serious sounding low cal, low carb foods! I haven’t been brave enough to stray from the recipes in the book when I’m at home.

Thanks for the recommendation on the Zero konjac noodles. I put them in the Spanish chorizo and chick pea soup and was thoroughly stuffed!

Thanks Wishbone. I’ve just followed the book to the letter, not a lot more to it! I am a male and I do have a fair amount of muscle mass so I think that has done me a favour.

I hope you’re getting on ok on your BSD, it was around day 2 that I began to struggle. Drink and pee through the difficult times is my advice.

Welcome Jazzista. Just a wild guess here, but by chance are you a jazz buff? 🙂

ANewDay…Thank you for the kind words. I may be the only one here old enough to remember Dr. Doolittle’s double headed llamas, Pushmi Pullyu, pronounced “Push Me Pull You,” but this site reminds me of them. Some days someone might have to push me towards my goal, and other days I may have to pull you towards yours. And that’s the strength of this thread, we’re all pulling for each other in positive ways. That’s why I visit every day…strength in numbers, lol!

Frog, a good friend of mine studied to be a dietician only a few years ago and she said the same thing (not sure if it was 130 or 100 grams of carbs that are “essential” to human life). So this is what is being taught at universities right now, our doctors aren’t really that out of date!

But did you know that in all their years of study, family doctors have usually had ONE HOUR of instruction on nutrition? It is not their area of specialty. Makes it very tricky for them. I think we need to get our diet information elsewhere.

We have sugar snap peas in Australia too, slightly different. They look more like normal pea pods although you do eat the whole thing. Snow peas are really really flat, as if there is nothing in them at all. Both are nice.

I’m having one of those days where you start with a long list of things to do and then you get a phone call and three emails and suddenly that is the morning gone! At least it takes my mind off food. I work from home (I’m an editor but at the moment I’m taking time off to write a book, it’s in the final polish stage) but most of the distractions I get caught up in are house and family stuff.

My lunch salad (eating right now) is delicious but I don’t like only having 270 cals left for dinner. Today will be 250/270/270 I find something like 150/280/20/350 easier. At least I think I do? I guess I’ll see how hungry I feel this afternoon.

Hi with regard to snow peas someone was asking about, here in the UK we call them sugar snap peas. Thank you and goodnight!

Shalimar…..reading other people’s experiences about the GPs and diabetic nurses, giving outdated advice and generally being skeptical and negative about their patients trying to help themselves, i realise how lucky we were with our GP. My mum and i keep thinking of gifts we could give her to say thank you!

Helsbels ,,, that’s a wonderful experience!! Nice to hear this!!

Thanks Yowser …. i am fine with waiting.

Canada/Ontario does have great healthcare …. compared to many.

Not everything is covered …. but i am good with that.

We had positive experiences with our GP. My mum went to see her about her yearly blood tests, among other issues, and was told she was pre-diabetic, to lose weight and cut out the carbs. We did this, swopped white for brown bread, cut out the cakes, potatoes etc.

Went back a couple of weeks later and she told my mum to try the BSD, and me also i had a lot of weight to lose. The GP was also on the BSD as she said she wouldn’t recommend the diet unless she tried it herself. She wasn’t obviously overweight but said she was carrying excess weight around her middle she wanted rid of.

Back to the GP again about 3 weeks later, i’d been on the diet a week and mentioned the weight i’d lost and that my mum had just started it. She was made up and excited to talk about the recipes in the book. Since then, my mum has lost 14lb even though she is 81, very inactive and has recently been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. Also interesting that when i was on the RA forum they also mentioned that a mediterranean diet was the best one for arthritis, for dealing with inflammation.

Haven’t had a need to see the GP recently but when we do, will have to say a big thank you to her for telling us about the BSD and being open minded enough to recommend it to her patients, which doesn’t seem like the norm for a lot of Dr’s and diabetic professionals judging by people’s experiences on this forum. I’ve lost 75 lbs so far, with more to come and it has been life changing so i owe our GP big time!

QUOTE :
The Diabetic Nutritionist (healthy diabetic living and eating course for diabetics provided by a local charity) has been interested in the diet, but has made odd statements, such as “nobody can survive on less than 130g of carb a day, it affects their brain”

No wonder some of the recipes say no carb or low carb …. because when you are having 130 g. of carb a day as the official goal ……. 50 carbs seems like nothing!!

My doctor didn’t say much … it’s a walk in clinic and there isn’t that much time for patient. I asked to to send me for some basic tests which will be redone in 3 months.

The nurse and nutritionist with Diabetes North kind of freaked … but i didn’t really take much note of their ignorance. I don’t really thing these people keep up with new research. I am only going to keep their appointments and do their tests to show them.

I think doctors and other medical personnel have gotten so used to patients that want the magic pills and easy fix that they just automatically hand out pills … it’s easier for the doctor and the patient. BUT everybody seems to be under the impression that you just take the pills and eat what you want.

I am sure there are exceptions … i am generalizing here. Frankly that’s what i used to think … i just keep taking Metformin and eating cheesecake and chips and candy, etc.

SHALIMAR I thought maybe your name was after 80 s band Shalimar ( tho thinkin about it,maybe they were Shalamar…) no idea if theyre still going..i loved two of their songs There It Is, and Night to Remember x
Such a lovely exotic Eastern name! I also like Christel,very pretty !

This is one area where i slack off. I do count calories and carbs but not the rest. I do eat healthy for my 800 calories/up to 50 carbs … i eat meat, fish, beans, lentils, veggies, yogurt, bit of cheese, nuts and seeds, salad greens, berries, avocado … so i think i am always going to be ok for healthy fats, proteins.
Some people like tracking everything so if you do go for it.

@butterflymoves, Excellent, Liz, I will add you now!

@verano, It is I set the group up, so in that regard it is legit. I will only block people for inappropriate behaviour, nothing more.

These days not many people use perfume/cologne anymore because of other peoples alergies.

Shalimar is the name of a perfume that i have loved for a long time. Don’t spend money on it anymore …. but it also reminds me of a scent i got in a little wicker sachet at EXPO 67 world’s fair …. i still remember it all these decades later …. lovely, exotic … i think from the India booth.
The memory of those scents still makes me smile. I actually still have a Shalimar soap that i use in my clothes drawers.

Shalimar /a.k.a Christel

It’s only day 1 …. and i already had a long nap in the afternoon. I was feeling a bit sick …. probably because the BSD plan is already working!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!

Just got throught the morning on coffee with cream … even had a short walk to the library before i ate.

Coffees with cream …. 3 …. 180 calories 6 carbs
3 eggs with a bit of chopped ham …. 315 calories 6 carbs
few slices cucumber, 4 grape tomatoes, small bag of snap peas …. 150 calories 22 carbs

Total so far: 645 cals and 34 carbs

I was going to cook up some drumsticks … but i will leave that until tomorrow … i think i will be tempted to eat them

I may have a few more cucumber slices later instead

HUGS HUGS HUGS everyone ….we are doing soooooooooooo great!!

Morning all, day three of BSD and day two of the headache, arghh. Also a sleepless night but TBH I’m putting that down to the first night in a long while where I haven’t had a few glasses of chardy. On the plus side, despite the headache, I do feel more energetic this morning. Sending positive thoughts to you all for a good day.

Just saying “Hi!” Joined and got my book today! This looks like a great group! I just turned 69 like Sneakysnooper! I love that name!

Ouch! I ate my omelette before plugging it into my CalorieKing app and it has a lot more calories than yoghurt with berries! I know eggs are good and filling but a total of 259 cal for breakfast including tea is a big chunk of my daily allowance. I see my huge lunch salad shrinking! I think I prefer a smaller breakfast and more food later in the day.

Good morning to Day Three!

I have a headache again but not as bad as it was. I’ll make sure to keep the fluids up. Today’s plan:
B: two-egg omelette, cucumber
L: warm steak salad (strips of steak on grilled asparagus, grilled capsicum, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, snow peas, shavings of Parmesan and a dressing of balsamic vinegar and sesame oil).
D: roast lemon chicken with roast veges (no potato!)

Cup of soup and two cups of tea with milk, lots of water with a squeeze of lemon.

Feeling strong!

Thanks for all yr replies, so much fun to read..and sometimes it explains a lot!
LANGERHANS i agree with how you visualised the word as a child! Gives me the same feeling ..and reminds me somehow of a friend i had on another forum who called herself Isle of Hue..had that same mystical feeel – and also sounds like I love you!
NATALIE were you on fast forum as Cupcake? I regret being Yowzer,..sounds like a grumpy old man! 😄

My GPs reaction – initially not that interested, & thought I was being optimistic about the amount of weight I intend to lose, but pleased I’d lost some; about a stone at that point, and HbA1c result had dropped from 112 to 62, and all other issues (fatty liver, cholesterol etc) back in the normal range.
Following the next HbA1c result two months later, after dropping metformin, my BG was back in the normal range at 38, and she seemed far more interested, pleased with the results, and described my diabetes as being reversed, which I understand has been an issue with others’ doctors on this forum. Confirmed that I had made a sensible decision in dropping metformin.
We had a conversation around my being taken off or remaining on the diabetic register; I agreed I’d prefer to stay on it for a couple more HbA1C tests, to check my levels stay in the right range for a long period of time, but probably not bother with eye tests while BG levels remain normal.

The reaction of the diabetes Nurse at my GP practice have been more worrying – seems totally unfamiliar with BSD/Newcastle research, and uninterested. She was pleased that my blood sugar results have come down – but seemed happier with another patient who’d reduced BG levels but still had high HbA1c results but had been “following a proper diet, not a silly one like yours” and being compliant with medication.

The Diabetic Nutritionist (healthy diabetic living and eating course for diabetics provided by a local charity) has been interested in the diet, but has made odd statements, such as “nobody can survive on less than 130g of carb a day, it affects their brain”

Loved reading all these. I’m afraid Natalie is just my real name! On a different forum once upon a time I called myself Cupcake but I felt that was giving off negative vibes when we’re not allowed to eat them!

Really enjoying reading all your posts.
I lost 5lbs the first week ( though on Sat the scales had a mind of it’s own). Came out with an itchy rash and then panicked that I had a ketosis rash so upped the carbs. Have now decided to relax, enjoy the meals ( daughter loved the cauliflower and broccoli gratin ) and count calories instead of carbs for a bit.
I made the flapjacks but cut them into 16 instead of 24– oops but instead of beating myself up, I thought a) eating healthy foods b) far less calories than I would usually eat and perhaps most importantly I can follow this and lose weight even if it is a slower process.
As you say onward and downward .

We are trying out different recipes from the BSDiet recipe book & can highly recommend the beef stir fry with asparagus. It was delicious but I did adapt it with the ingredients I had so we had thinly sliced broccoli & green beans instead of asparagus & some flageolets beans however we will certainly have it again & it is very filling!
We so far have managed to keep around 800 daily calories but are finding now it’s better to not eat breakfast but have a larger lunch & supper. So far so good but my scales this morning only showed I had lost 2ozs! hopefully it will increase to pounds by the end of the week!
You all seem to be doing brilliantly even with a few ups & downs along the way😀

If you are following the eating plan in the book then it is not necessary to watch your carbs any further, as many people have done this and lost weight. I don’t have the book so am improvising, and find it useful to look up ingredients I want to use and keep my carbs to below 50 g. I have used recipes from this and other sites, and the Daily Mail recent series, but most of the time enjoy making up my own.