Hi Numi

I’m also a June the 29ther that was a good day wasn’t it, currently doing a reboot to get to 3 st down, as I’ve faffed around for about 7 of all those weeks. 😬😬😬 how are you doing.
🙋🙋🙋

I’ve loaded a couple of the Ethiopian recipes from yesterday – the lentil one is carbier than I thought.
I got the nutrition from loading the recipes into Fat Secret, then just copying and pasting here.
There were lots of differing database entries for lentil nutrients, (and the recipe was in cups) not 100% certain I’ve got it right.

I’ll post the veg and salad ones another day!

It’s calorieking.com.au

Hi Lynski – I find calorieking very easy to use online.

Plateaus don’t last forever, and even while you are not losing weight the composition of your body can change, so keep measuring, trying on test clothes to check looseness, etc. And don’t worry about it. Stress hormones can affect weight loss, so try to just stick to the plan and listen to your body.

Hi fellow BSD followers. I’ve just finished day 11 of my 800 calorie a day regime and feeling pretty good. I’ve lost 3 1/2 lbs so far. I’ve found plenty of variety in the 8week BSD recipe book, but would like to know if anyone can recommend a simple calorie count book so that I can start to make up my own recipes?

many thanks,

I’ve noticed this too, every now and then it strays below 50 into trained athlete territory as well. I’ve even taken to doing the measurement standing up sometimes rather than a true resting heart rate to get more ‘normal’ looking values.

Lost 18 lbs in first 3 weeks but now no weght loss for a week! I am keeping my eyes on the big picture of good health but actually losing lbs helps my visualization of myself at my goal weight. I keep track of my food, calories, exercise. From your experience, will the weight loss resume? …..Feeling a bit down so any words of hope will be appreciated and hopeful. Thank you.

Glad to hear you are all still with us. Someone, somewhere wants you to keep on keeping on with the BSD Tattiescone!! Glad you’re feeling better. Jackieppp how’s it going? And thinking of you Natalie.
Jocadari how are you, have you joind our ranks?
Another good day, lunch – beetroot and carrot salad with walnuts and feta and salad, dinner -bacon wrapped chicken in tomato and veg sauce with peas, snack – greek yogurt and a plum.
Goodnight everyone x

Since children do tend to run around a lot, especially during recess and after lunch, I think a banana, apple, mandarin orange, a few grapes … that type of thing is okay. They also might like some those small grape tomatoes, snow peas, sugar snap regular peas, or any other vegetables they like … those all have a satisfying crunch and some fresh sweetness … and fibre. I also like the individually wrapped portions of cheeses like cheddar cheese. If you can find a kind of cheese your children like you can wrap up individual portions your self. You also might try and find some low carb crackers and try different ones to see what is liked — crackers with flax seeds and honey and such like.

Dear Nickix
I don’t know if you have already considered using Senna or it’s also called Senakot it’s a longstanding herbal remedy sold in chemists & is gentle or glycerine suppositories? both help to move things along in the morning when used/taken before going to bed. Plus drinking lots of water.
Hope that helps.

Good morning Day Five!

Urg I got up early because I have to fast from 7:00 am. Weighed myself, exactly the same as yesterday, two days in a row without loss! Despite “perfect” compliance with diet. My stomach isn’t awake this early (I often breakfast at 9:00 after the kids have left for school) so forcing down bacon and a few strawberries was a bit of an ordeal – but I felt I had to because I won’t be able to eat again until dinner time! Then, depending on how I feel, I’ll have the steak and salad husband is cooking tonight for the family, or just some chicken soup I’ve already made.

I didn’t have time to finish my cup of tea before the clock stuck 7 and turned me into a pumpkin. It has milk in it, so not allowed. I can have water, black tea, or apple juice. What??? Why Apple juice? No lemon in my water, but I can have a cup of liquid sugar.

Well I’m a little tired and cranky right now, I’m going to crawl back into bed!

Hi Verano
I have only just noticed your reply – I actually use an iPad and really must learn how to copy and paste!
I have found the recipe under search and will print it off.
Many thanks
B

Hi NeNe love your post it was as if you was writing what is in my mind that is exactly how I feel. We can do this I have just come back from my daughters graduation ceremony she is now a qualified community nurse very proud of her, made sure I had the cooked breakfast before I went sat and had a coffee while the rest ate lunch. We all went for dinner the only healthy option for me was a Caesar salad. The dress I had in my mind (the only one that fitted me 2 weeks ago) was too big hurrah. Managed with ease to get into a dress I brought in the summer but never fitted I am very pear shaped. Weighed myself this morning 9lbs down since 1.10.16 never ever been able to lose the weight like this before. I am definitely in this for the long haul currently as of today 15 stone 7lbs lightest I have been this year would like to get to 11 stone if it suits my age and figure. Onwards and downwards everyone big hugs.

Nick is have found linseed in my book 1tbs 2 carbs 55 calls sorry cannot find chia seeds xx

Thats a great idea Mixnmatch. I will try it. Thanks very much.

Thanks yowza49! That’s great help too 😄 I did see those on the shelf today. I’ve got cod liver oil tablets already. The woman in holland and barrett (there great aren’t they!) advised to soak the linseed and chia seeds over night then add to a smoothie or porridge or whatever as it goes slimmy so may try that too! Especially for the future. Hopefully something will happen soon Especially after the tin of prunes! Lol 😂 I may go over my calories today but onwards and downwards everyone 🙃 Good luck

Thanks julesmaigret that’s a great help and reassurance 👍

I’ve just made Nigella’s cauliflower and chickpea salad (available on google) for tea. Cheap, nutritious and delicious and the portion size means I’m sorted for lunch tomorrow as well. Since starting BSD I reckon at least a third of my meals are now vegetarian and I have a new found respect for cauli, spinach and fennel. I too don’t feel hungry.

Remember “if meat is murder, is Quorn wasting police time?”

I threw out all the bigger clothes that wouldn’t ‘do’ anymore, after a mammoth trying on session. I just need a very good belt to hold up some of the size 20’s, luckily although the waist has shrunk dramatically I still have my ‘pear’ hips so can get away with some of the better fitting pairs.

I have about 10g of chia and 10g of flaxseed with my breakfast yogurt and berries. However, they do contain just over 2g of carb but add up to nigh on 100 calories so not bad as long you factor that in!

Ah well, now that I have your permission Yowzer, I’ll know what to do next time I’m tempted 😜
So pleased to hear that the tablets are helping you feel a bit better 😊
And it was an iron rule wasn’t it! That’s what makes it feel a bit miraculous to be free to eat infrequently and only when genuinely hungry. I haven’t had this relationship with food since the first time I was pregnant

I’ve lost six stone already with Slimming World but struggling to lose my last 20 lbs. Have always felt carbs were my problem and the book has confirmed this. With a father, sister and brother who are all Type 2 diabetics I’m delighted to say my fasting glucose level is now 4.5 (though at my heaviest it was 5.8) End of Day 2 and must say I’m really enjoying this plan … I dont normally eat much Quorn but dont want to stray too far from the book so substituted Quorn Ham for real ham etc. Not eating quantity of melon and oranges is strange but I’ll get used to it. Got to say haven’t felt hungry at all !

Yehthanks NUMI the medication is really helping..ive been slightly dizzy/disorientated for years due to other health probs,and its wonderful to actually at last feel like i am solidly and firmly on the ground! Wdnt mind staying on them long term – but wd love to reduce my bp meds, fingers crossed.
I think i started a bit after you..july 13 ish..am on day 93 week 14! Me too,just wish i knew about BSD soooooo long ago..wd have saved a lot of yoyo dieting. I love the feeling of being so distanced from bread,cakes,biccies..the things that ruled me..i was under the iron rule of the Carb Monster for so long!
Have Kicked the Carbs to the Kerb and it feels good!
TOTM choccy tho…you HAVE to have it then!..its the law! Well, everyone needssomething to get thru those days!
XX

NICKIX Those beans might do the trick!
I take a flaxseed capsule most days and dont add it to cal/ carb count..i choose to believe nice lady in Holland and Barrett years ago who told me that the cals in them dont count! Whether thats true or not I dont know but it does help to keep thinks moving and i think in general is a healthy addition.. Sometimes i buy starflwoer oil or evening primrose instead. I imagine linseed wd be the same or better than all those,and i doubt a sprinkle of chia seeds will do any harm to yr diet. Hope you get a result soon !X

P.S. …. when i said Metformin was a crutch …. i just meant that it is for me …. because i can control my blood sugar when i keep to the BSD …. when i overeat then my blood sugar is not controlled.

Thanks Yowzer, and I hope your unpleasant dizzy symptoms are improving. And that they turn out to be nothing more than the fact you need to come off your bp meds, I’m guessing you would be thrilled to get off tablets. I think I remember reading somewhere else that you started about the same time as me, June 29th? Or am I getting confused? It is certainly a life changer and while I could wish that I’d known about this WOE about twenty years ago so that I hadn’t had to spend so long hating my figure, I am delighted to be one of the fortunate people who has discovered it in time to stop the rot, as it were, from going any further. I feel younger than I have done for such a long time. I really understand your comments about feeling as though there is a big mental aversion to lots of the refined carb foods. That is how it feels for me too, a sort of sense of ‘who would even put that in their mouth’. Doesn’t always work, (chocolate at ‘that’ time of the month still seems tempting although I’ve resisted so far) but it is a useful reaction which helps me out loads of the time 😊

MIX I like yr approach! And its a good name!
I agree re new clothes..i too want to hold out..but in the meantime its not as plain sailing as i thought..many tops that now fit over tum,hips etc,seem a funny shape around neck/ have too long sleeves
Some of my trousers in smaller sizes look wrong somehow on thighs..too baggy and make me look fatter! Plus some trousers i’ m dragging out from where theyve lurked a long time have bust zips from past efforts to get into them! Not someone who can replace a zip and so i have to ponder..are they worth paying my local dressmaker to rezip or shd i just get rid! Also i have finally realised i dont suit bootcut trousies coz i have short legs and bootleg makes them look shorter….grrrr..i used to beleive they balanced out my big hips!
so i dont have quite as much to wear as i thought..but am enjoying mulling over what to wear each day! X

Well i wish to confess! I’ve just had a small slice of toast! I hadn’t eaten today as still having problems not going to loo! Up’d my water to 3 bottles plus herbal tea and coffee. Tried sweetcorn 4 days ago which I’m still waiting to see! Lol the physillium husk’s but nothing’s worked and my stomachs so distended! I haven’t been hungry! Anyway I’ve been told by Dr I need to eat melon – galia is in recipes. Kiwi fruit which are ok but got to try prunes now? Are they ok?? Got so down I’ve just had some bacon beans a poached egg and half a slice of toast!!! 😞😞 I so want to do this but having sjorgens syndrome I don’t produce secretion through my body. I may need to have linseed and chia daily plus prunes. Anyone know if I can still do it but include them in my diet? Sorry to unburden myself on you all. Good luck folks 👍 X

I chose my name especially for this forum as it matches the somewhat patchy way I am addressing myself to losing all this weight. I take different elements from lots of diets like Sirt and Whole Approach, and also in cooking I always customise depending on how I feel. It seems even more appropriate now as I am wearing a mixture of different sized clothes, from size 20 to size 10 as I will not go and replenish my wardrobe until I have discovered my ideal weight and am stable at it.

Hi all
Tattiescone – glad to hear you’re feeling better.
Natalie – good luck for your op tomorrow.
can’t stop at the mo as cooking tea!!! Busy today catch up with you all later. Good luck with the BSD
bfn

BUTTERFLY MOVES! So pleased for you..such a good feeling isnt it! Well done! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
* thunderous applause* xxx!

Hi Marilyn MARSIE good to meet you! Glad this thread is giving you a smile! X

Hi NUMI and welcome..this is my fave thread too! X i love all of them tho,coz this is a great place for friendship andmutual support,so i’ m glad you’ve jumped in after lurking awhile..the more the merrier!
Well done on yr weight loss and getting down into the merely overweight category! X 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Thanks so much Maharani Kitten! I will try that in the morning! Wow! What an unusual tip! 😊

Yes Mixnmatch, you are right – it is because we have all the tools to make this style of eating our new way of life and you really get to like this style of eating. When I started I never thought I would say that. I absolutely love the food – my taste buds must have changed. Yesterday I was given a liquorice tea bag. I couldn’t drink the tea made from it. Even though it was only liquorice root it was way too sweet and I had to throw it away.

Smart BMI now in healthy weight range at 39/70.

Still working on the other BMI, but sure it will happen before the end of my 8 weeks.

When feeling ‘clogged’ I often find a glass of ice cold water followed by strong hot coffee …errrr….gets things moving. I don’t know why! An old trick of my auntie’s. But it works for me 😄

And the scales finally moved. Less than a pound but I’ll take it. New low weight for me, and probably twenty odd years since I was last this light.

No breakfast today, but a homemade spicy squash soup, and chicken salad for lunch, and I am making a sausage casserole for tea. Will Actifry some penny chips for the OH as this will be a potato free version of my mum’s recipe, and with added butter beans. Last night’s homemade protein shake was delicious, far nicer than the ones I’ve been buying. A little higher in Calories for the same protein, due to not being so low in fat, but the same carbs and protein. I used 50g of the powder, with 10g Green & Black’s cocoa powder, 5g cocoa nibs and 10g chia seeds, with 425ml water, then just Nutri Ninja’d it smooth.

Thanks Shalimar 😊 Have you had any luck with the chia seeds? I”m starting to feel a little blocked up too

well done Lucia

Hi Heather Patricia, I don’t usually eat anything with my coffee, but you could try chopping some sort of nut/seed bar, like a 9 bar if you can get them, into bite size pieces and just have one or two with your coffee, almost like those little Italian biscuits, but less carbs. Keep the rest in a jar for the next day.

I did lose a little on this morning’s weigh in, but less than a pound, still, it was in the right direction 😊 All the chia seeds I am eating seem to have helped with my digestive transit issues, which is good, that may have been the reason for my three day stall.

I passed another small milestone today when I plugged my weight and height into the Smart BMI calculator online and it came back 39/70 which is just in their healthy weight range. (30/70 – 39/70 are healthy weight range for this measure) and because it takes age into account as well, it is supposed to be more accurate than the WHO BMI figure.

Lakhi 🙂 …. it is very exciting!! 2 kg is wonderful!!

I’d love to please join this post too. I started 10 October too and am 165 cm (5f 5″) and currently 75kg. Looking to lose about 15kg to get to a healthy BMI. I started at 77kg on Monday 10/10 and have already lost 2kg. Very excited!

I’m sure at this stage a lot is water weight, but finding my sugar cravings down and stabilised.

Primadawn, I have my fingers crossed that you will win. It’s great that you are listening to the signals from your body and adjusting your diet as well. That is one of the tools that we can take away from this way of eating when we reach our ideal weights.

I know how you feel, having done the same recently. This time really is different, because we all have the tools going forward to make this style of eating our new way of life.

Primadawn ….. hope you are the winner and you take it all!!! …. but you are a winner already!!!

Hello all! I’ve missed a few days posting, sorry! It was the first week of a new term for us and it’s been insanely busy! I am happy to report that I am still losing and have lost a total of 8 pounds now in less than 2 weeks. My horrendous headaches have FINALLY abated and I’m not feeling nearly so sick. I had some digestive issues that I’ve had in the past and evaluated my meals and found that I was extremely low on carbs, which has given me issues in the past. So I upped carbs to around 55-60 grams and everything fell into place! So much better!
Today at the small college where I teach, faculty and students started a “Biggest Loser” competition for the term (10 weeks). We each put in $10 and it’s winner-take-all, based on percentage of weight lost. I’m really excited about it and feel that I have a good chance of winning! Just kind of wish my 6 pound loss from last week counted too! lol

Thank goodness … because you could take some kind of pain pill for the cramps. Hope you never are constipated … because it’s a real BUMMER@!

Thanks for that. I will look it up. I’m not constipated though… yet 🙂