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….

Mixnmatch, I’m way behind you (only 5 kg in total), but I have reached my first mini goal: 83.5 kg, the lowest I’ve weighed all year.

Next target is to reach the 70s by the middle of November. I seem to lose more slowly than everyone in my ‘intake’, but this should be doable.

Anyway, congratulations and good luck to everyone.

I came across this TED talk on the Web yesterday by an American obesity specialist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1vvigy5tQ
Title: Reversing Type 2 diabetes starts with ignoring the guidelines | Sarah Hallberg | TEDxPurdueU
Over a million views.Dated May last year. Confirms the BSD hypothesis. About 18 minutes long.

Weight: 83.5
Change: – 1.0
Overall: 5 kg
Yesterday’s food
755 calories
39 net carbs

So that’s all the wedding weight and a tiny bit more already gone! Seems unlikely, but there you go. Probably go up a bit tomorrow.
Either way, this is the lowest I’ve weighed all year. I seem to lose weight more slowly than everyone else (even allowing for holidays), so I’m setting myself a target of getting into the 70s by the middle of November. I won’t have weighed that for at least 15 years. Talk about turning the clock back!

Day 2 and having trouble counting the carbs in veggies, noticed that one of you had 8 types of veg and only 35gcarbs, WOW well done👍, what veggies were they as i’m struggling and would like to copy your success😍

Was doing really well this week. As you know I lost 7.5pounds , and was doing great yesterday until I found a packet of M and S chocolate truffles that my hubby had opened and left lying around the kitchen. According to MFP each has 22.9 carbs and I had eaten 6 of them before I found that out. So consequently I am not logging yesterdays figures but writing it off and starting again on the other thread!

DAY 1 of 7

Hi
Well done Krysia! Hope you are better today.

New week , new challenge, clean sheet… here we go!

I’m adding some light weight exercises, which I d already forgotten about! Will do them later. I’m back down to 30g carbs and 800 calories this week. I think the extra leeway of 35 carbs made me a bit complacent and I had a few very high days.

My goal this week is to lose 3lbs. It may be a bit of a tall order, 2 would be ok but 3 would be great!

Have a good day and enjoy your ‘little extra’!!

I am a bit more organised this morning so on day 8, stats are 0.4 lb down but no change to the headline 12 stone 4. Body fat went up slightly but I have noticed before that undigested food and such are counted in that one so I am not concerned. I had a two salad day yesterday, but the weather is borderline now for enjoying that style all the time so I am making a carrot, squash and ginger soup to heat me up a bit for the rest of the week. Today is a badminton day, so my style of eating is fairly settled. Porridge at 12:00 (buckwheat, chia, Linwoods nuts and seeds, cinnamon and cocoa nibs with skimmed milk, added plum and chia ‘jam’ adapted from the Daily Mail recipes and a bit more clotted cream swirled in.) Then a light early afternoon meal of another M&S protein pot, a bit of celery and some houmous, and a protein shake for badminton, before and after. Onwards and downwards.

Hi

Well yesterday’s figures are
Calories 940
Carbs 19.7g

My average for the seven days is
Calories 829 slightly over my target
Carbs 32.2 g so within the 35g

Loss this morning 0.2lb overall this week 3.6 lbs so very happy with that! My b/g was 6.1 this morning so not bad but could do better !

I haven’t enjoyed this week because I was out of control over the weekend, logging as I went rather than at the beginning of the day. I’ve decided to go back to 30g of carbs a day as I feel that because it’s so low I have to make my decisions in the morning!

Anyway, hope this has been a good 7 days for you and you have achieved your goals.

See you on ‘7 Days .. A little extra … if you want to join in.

Carbs yesterday 17 (a bit low but I didn’t do much yesterday as I was under the weather with a sore throat) calories 765. Today feel much better so will go for my walk before work.

Weight this morning is 10 stone exactly which makes a stunning weight loss of 3 1/4lbs this week. In the 2 weeks I have been doing the weekly challenges I have lost an amazing 6lbs so the weekly challenges really work for me.

Have been looking at the BMI again and the low end for my height is 8stone 3lb which is a bit low for me so am aiming for somewhere between 9 and 9 stone 7lb. And that is where the real challenge will begin – to maintain it. Thank goodness for the support from this forum – because I really think that this time I will as long as I stay on the forum.

So this week will aim for 30g carbs and the ‘add a little extra’ is the fish to make my food more Mediterranean.

Mazzy …. you said you feel as if you haven’t lost weight …. what does your scale say??

What about a change in your measurements … anything new there? 4 days may be a bit early for measurement change … do your clothes fit better?

Are you just counting calories …. or carbs too? Most of use here are trying to get down to 50 g. of carbs …. or less.

Which diet plan are you following … 800 fast calories …. 5:2 ??? or just low carb mediteranean???

Natalie 🙂 HUGS, great start on the walking! TEA and cream …. only works in ordinary tea … herbals and anything with a fruity component will separate both milk and cream

Maharani kitten 🙂 HUGS great start … the rowing machine is one of my favorite exercise machines

Tapatch 🙂 HUGS …. the first week is probably the hardest …. sleep is good

I haven’t started yet …. it’s not Tuesday morning here yet …. but i re looked up my carb and calorie counts for possible meals tomorrow. My feet are swollen so i actually dipped into my prescription pain pills. Don’t think i’ll make it to the gym … but will try and get in a walk or two.
Will report in later today!

Good evening All! One thing I can say is that this diet has really made a difference in my lifestyle. Allow me to recap. So back at the beginning of August 2016 I had a routine doctor’s checkup and was newly diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In addition to that my cholesterol was high(7+) and weight was at 245lbs(I stand at 5’4). Healthwise, I had trouble walking for long distances because of aches and pains in my knees. Occasionally I’d have gout symptoms on one or both my feet. Sometimes I couldn’t walk properly and was always tired. Not sleeping well at night, having to use an inhaler to control my asthma. Doc had said that my health was spiraling down due to poor nutrition. Furthermore as my dad was diabetic, I had a chance of inheriting it sooner or later. For a while, I was denying the tests and feeling down. I realized then and there that first, I didn’t wanna be relying on medications for the rest of my life. Second, I wanted to live a long and healthy life.

For a month prior to beginning the 8 week diet, I had undergone an herbal detox(Cleansesmart). I ate as healthy as I possibly could and cut down on sugar, carbs, junk food, etc…and drank a lot of water and herbal tea(Bojenmi) Also took to being more active at my full time job keeping on my feet and finding extra tasks to do rather than sitting. After a month I dropped 20lbs.

September 10th 2016, I began Dr Michael’s diet. Honestly, at first I was having a bit of trouble adjusting to this but as I had finished my detox, my cravings toward my typical favorite foods dwindled down and reduced as each day passed by. I was surprised at my daily weight losses. Other days there weren’t any. So I took to working out at the gym and lifted. Also combined intermittent fasting with this program. I also continued drinking plenty of water and select herbal teas, eating wild game meat as it had less fat in it.

October 10th 2016 update: I sleep better every night now and wake up feeling well rested and with an abundance of energy. There are no longer aches and pains in my knees, no more gout symptoms, skin is clearing up, no more bad food cravings, and my weight now reads at 185lbs. I’ve reached the halfway point in this diet and will strive to continue to follow it precisely and as a accurate as I can and may continue it…until I reach a healthy weight, and set my blood sugar and cholesterol levels to normal.

Great first day Maharani! That’s sad that you developed T2 even after losing weight, but hopefully this diet will stabilise your sugars.

I’ve had two 20 min walks today (not sure if you could call them brisk!), 6830 steps so far today. I’m happy with that as a starting point. Lovely spring day here in Sydney.

I had strawberries in my yoghurt this morning, there are some offcuts near me now as I sit at the kitchen table and they smell intoxicating! Sweet sweet strawberries. Mmmm, food. I think I’d better move to the lounge room, there is still more than 3 hours until dinner!

I have completed the first day. I took the advice of an experienced poster and got myself a notebook, wrote everything down.
Kept to just over 800 cals and 35 g carbs. I wish I could say it was easy. Now I have done one day, tomorrow beckons. I have already planned the meals so just have to execute the plan!

My friend who had to go on a 500 cal diet before she had surgery said the first few days were the toughest, and I have no reason to doubt that. Just looking forward to when I can take this in my stride.

At this point, don’t know if it is tiredness setting in or reaction to deprivation! I guess I better pop off to sleep and hope for another good day tomorrow.

Hope all of you 10/10 ‘ers are doing well.

A good first day. 890 cals and 34g carbs.
I’ve followed a low carb, high protein diet for ages and agree that keeping carbs as low as possible is the key..
On previous plans have never counted calories at all, lost 56lbs and kept it off but since T2D diagnosis my usual plan has stopped working and I’ve gained weight really quickly on diabetes meds. V common, apparently..
This plan was recommended by a friend who has reversed her blood sugar problems in 8 weeks.
Blood sugar stable today. Will be interesting to see fasting numbers.

Tomorrow’s food

Bacon and tomato
Feta Salad
6 almonds
Fish and steamed broccoli

Tomorrow’s exercise
30 mins on rower
20 minute brisk walk – I do love my short briskies!

Good luck for day 2 everyone x

My nightshifts have come around again so today has been another strange day.

I’ve had one breakfast, three ‘lunches’ and a snack throughout 21 hours, so calorie wise I should be ok; probably around 1100.

Last time I had a 450 cal dinner instead of one of the lunches but didn’t feel I needed it, so I cut down this week.

Just had my salad and it was very nice, big bowl only 240 cals 9g carbs. I adapted it from one on the internet and I didn’t get the balance quite right, I’ll post recipe once I’ve refined it another day. More chicken, less bean sprouts!

Do people put cream in tea, or only coffee? I tried it in tea and it separated and went all oily and yucky.

Hi jmarie41: well done on getting started. I’m not sure about the putting weight on at the beginning as I didn’t weigh myself for the first 4 days…. I think sometime the body just needs time to adjust. But there are other influencing factors such as hormones etc. I know I can retain water at certain times in the month so maybe this could be something you monitor.
Good luck with just setting on your new venture of 800cal BSD. I think I found the first week the most challenging whilst trying to get my head around the amount of food versus cals etc. I have really found it helpful logging it into the myfitnesspal app. There are numerous other apps around but this one syncs with my Fitbit.
I re-read the book daily to keep my motivation going and head back to this thread daily too. Fingers crossed the scales give you some encouragement soon.

Hurrah for the twinkle!!!

The cataract is not bothering me that much for now …. i want to wait until next summer to see what this nutrition plan does with my diabetes …. i am kind of hoping my eyes will get better.
When i first got diagnosed both my eyes went from near sighted to far sighted. For a while i even had to read the large print books with a magnifying glass. I can read regular print but i usually close one eye and it’s just not comfortable for a nice long read.
I am going to wait and see ….. perhaps Ontario change it’s coverage from the old procedure to the modern one. Or when i finish all my home repairs i can use some of my retirement money to get the better method.

I am very good at waiting (a.k.a. procrastination)!!

SHALIMAR will you have cataract removed..i did and the difference was amazing..
I had been flagging down lorries thinking they were buses! But now vision is v good!
They toook out the cataract but left in the twinkle!😄😄 x
Glad youre feeling better x

Hi FROG doc thinks most likely an ear infection which will go in its own time and in meantime,the meds will help with dizziness etc Hope it goes soon coz have enough ailments without this grrrrr…
Night folks,sweet dreams xx

Natalie …. healthy, healing thoughts for your op on Friday! 🙂 HUGS

Another class this morning – made stuffed butternut squash, bit carby, but I cut out a third of the quinoa
The butternut squash didn’t really get time to bake properly, so was quite hard – and was a bit bland. I diced some of the flesh and mixed it in with the stuffing mix – those bits tasted nicer, because they’d taken on more of the flavours.
Had a nice Mexican breakfast dish too – the woman who heads up the cookery school is Mexican – sort of scrambled egg with onion and pepper in. It was nice, will have to get the recipe for that too.

We’re making soups (and bread!?) next week. I found a good website that had “ten best soups” with lots that sound interesting:
http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2013/10/10-best-low-carb-soup-recipes-fall.html

I particularly like the sound of the Mexican chicken and lime one and the mulligatawny.
The Greek one could be a potential disaster zone with the potential for curdled egg, but I bought some left over squash home from this morning, so I’m going to try that one at home.

Music has no calories or carbs … who knew??? 🙂 🙂 🙂

Had a long nap and i finally feel okay today!
Thank the inventor of Large Print Books …. so much easier to read if one eye is near sighted and the other far sighted … and the other one has a cataract 🙂
Thank the inventor of PVR …. i love recording my favorite TV shows and then watching them and skipping through commercials …. or being able to watch them when ever i want.

LOL … even though i am dieting i find The Great British Baking Show comforting …. i rewatch episodes … current ones, old seasons … even when i know who won!!

Asian shredded chicken salad with peanut dressing sounds gooood!!

P.S. I was skim reading through the posts i missed …. i only had 3 hours sleep so i ended up feeling crappy and i lay down in bed with my frozen feet and a large print Agatha Christie … and fell asleep.

EVERY single thing counts …. use the internet, MyFatSecret, a paperback calorie/carb counter. Even so …. whatever you look up is going to be approximate as there are many varieties, brand names, etc. Do the best you can.

There are NO free vegetables. Root vegetables have more sugars/carbs …. that’s why above ground veggies have less calories and carbs. You can have root veggies … you just have to count them.

Yes you can have milk …. BUT you have to count it in your calories AND carbs. If you just need a little bit … cream might be better flavour and easy on calories and carbs.

Good idea to invest in a small scale and an assortment of measuring cups. I had to buy some smaller ones …. it was difficult to measure 1 cup in a BIG cup.

If you wish to follow the fast 800 strictly to loose weight … most people here seem to feel you need to get close to 50 g. of carbs or even less. Mind you … you may want to save the strategy of going under 50 g. of carbs for when you hit a plateau when you are not loosing (the dreaded plateau happens all the time … give your body time to adjust and then try and go lower on the carbs).

I have to laugh …. because i haven’t had success applying these tips …. will start tomorrow!! But i have been reading what everyone else is doing for a month now. I am armed and ready.

Congratulations Cecily! That is a huge improvement regarding your BP! Wow! :–)

Hi yowzer
glad that you got an appointment OK – and had your mind set at rest re blood pressure meds
Hope the tablets work – still a bit odd to not know what the cause is – hope the work & you start to feel better soon

Well done everyone! I restarted BSD yesterday so I’ve been posting on the 10/10 starters thread, but I’ll still be following you. My op is on Friday but I decided not to wait, the healthier the better going into it!

I’ve lost 0.6 kg overnight, I know that is mostly water but it’s still nice!

Today’s plan:
B: yoghurt with strawberries
L: Asian shredded chicken salad with peanut dressing (a new recipe for me)
D: beef fajitas with lettuce leaves instead of tortillas

Vege soup in case I get peckish, two cups of tea with milk, lots of water.

Good morning to everyone on day two!

Hosta – I’ve maintained approx the same weight for years but my body shape is changing, not for the better. My stomach is getting bigger and slumping. So clothes don’t fit as well as they used to. I use the CalorieKing to track my calories and carbs, it’s a bit of work at first but once you’ve put some regular foods and recipes in (I’ve been using it on and off for years) it gets easier.

Soosiewoosy – yes I’m in Australia, those counts were for the whole day!

Lady valiant – you can have as much milk as you can budget in to your calories and carbs – but full fat please! None of that reduced fat rubbish. I love tea too, giving up sugar is a wrench.
Also I think you have to make careful vegetable choices to keep the carbs down, they all count. You’re supposed to have mainly above-ground veges (but not corn!), root veges are more carby. I managed to have eight serves of vegetables yesterday and stayed under 40g of carb total, including my yoghurt.

Poppycat – how can you “accidentally” miss breakfast?

Kirsty – yes shame about no juice, I never drink bottled stuff but I love fresh squeezed! I’m going to have a whole orange one day with breakfast, a bit carby but you get the fibre too. And if you have it with fat (cheese in my case) the sugar release is slower.

Hi everyone
Coady well done you – that is a brilliant weight loss. I’m a little slower! but 1lb off this week which is better than none.
Trelawny- I know what you mean cos even that 1lb loss makes me feel like skipping – ooh if only I could.
Today I’ve done the blueberry smoothie. (Hey just remembered I’ve bought the new recipe book, love the feel of the pages nice and smooth. I’m really funny about paper! Recipes look good, going to try one tomorrow). Fish and salad for tea.
Glad I kept on reading the posts when I wasn’t doing so well i.e:no weight loss at all, as now I feel I’m back on a roll.
Love to all

Hiya I will be starting tmrw. Very excited and slightly apprehensive

BILLINGEBABE! more wonderful music! Teenage kicks! And the marvellous fabulousJohn Peel..RIP..
I enjoyed Cold Feet too..do you reckon that was the last episode? Been a great series ..i still love the soundtrack from the old series more tho xx
My cals n carb count very similar to yrs BB x well done us! X

Hi all 10/10 starters! I’ve just done my first day and am not feeling hungry at all!! Maybe its beginners luck or I’ve followed the plan wrong lol. I can recommend the Creamy Cauliflower and Bean soup kn the recipe section, it was delish! Good luck to us all, have really enjoyed reading everyones thoughts, hints and tips.

Hi Mazzy! Don’t worry, it can sometimes start slowly even when you are carefully tracking calories. You could be retaining water or it is just those little fat cells holding on with both hands — pesky dudes — they are on their way out. I had a slow start but as my metabolism started to work right, my weight loss speeded up. Now (seven months total, two on maintenance) my body just doesn’t hold onto weight the way it used to do. I am thinking that I have lowered my insulin levels and so I am not so much into fat-storage mode — I seem to be burning all the calories I am eating. Have you checked your carbohydrate intake? I really recommend that folk get a copy of Gary Taubes book, “Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It” because it clearly explains the carb/ fat connection which is from research in the US out of Duke University. The rule of thumb is carb-drives-insulin-drives-fat and the more I wrapped my head around that, the better for my weight loss and it definitely is helping with maintenance. I can eat more than even before the diet but it doesn’t pile on — I am sure it is because I am eating the right things now. So good luck on your journey! Don’t quit even if it starts slowly — it will work for you as it has for so many!

Hello everyone
Hugs to you Carb Addict. Just remember that it’s not the falling down that defines you- its the getting back up and continuing the battle.
My language has become very military!!!
NeNe, you are so going to lose weight with that will of steel. I am Irish too but I couldn’t contemplate going to a wedding and doing what you just did.
I still haven’t dropped any weight according to my scales and my wonderful husband has suggested that the scales must be wrong. They aren’t. I only bought them last week.
However I feel great, the sober for October plan is going better than I expected.
I’m eating like a sparrow and never thought I would feel so good,
Tomorrow is another day so good luck to one and all.
CarbAddict, you are well able for this challange. You’ve done so well so far. Don’t let a minor glip set you back.
Cheers

1. Just watched Cold Feet on the TV and Teenage Kicks by the Undertones featured – memories of John Peel!
2. Beautiful sunny day & washing hung out on the line. I love to see it there instead of in the tumble drier.
3. Cold tonight & lovely warm evening with a fire.

Oh and 806 calories today: total carbs 46.
All good!