Lamb tegine was delicious, even picky daughter who was reluctant, as it smelt ‘spicy”, enjoyed it. Found a similar recipe on the BBC website which said it was freezable, so have a readymade meal for when I come home late. Had quinoa for the first time and am now a convert. I was also surprised how full I felt after the yoghurt.
I Have also decided to use smaller plates to deceive my eyes and tummy.

Avila,thanks for the reply …glad to hear you have had no problems , I have 3 stone to lose in total . So hope i’m lucky
It won’t put me off losing weight . Just wanted any tips or advice.

This week I had my first NHS health check as turning 40. Have been trying low carb / low sugar med style eating in way of the blood sugar diet, and was interested to see the affects on my cholesterol levels. The HDL (good type) is 2.4 and LDL (bad type) 2.5…the GP said this was very good, especially the HDL level. I wonder if the diet is to do with this. I have been eating lots of greek yoghurt with berries like raspberries and blueberries, with a little honey and to change from bread i like dark ryvita with butter and sometimes humous. I also eat no red meat, and mostly quorn, and although still have about a stone to lose am pretty active, with a gym membership. I’d be interested to hear how this compares to others on this diet.

Hi Green Tea, I was pleasantly surprised at how full I felt after eating the berry breakfast. It was also delicious.
I’m not much of a tea or coffee drinker, I keep meaning to try green and peppermint tea to see if I like them any better.

Hi all. What a great thread! I started 25 Sept with 20kg to lose and a large middle that grew a life of its own over the last few years with the menopause circus. Super excited we are all in this together!

tigsxx

JANEYI admire you going au naturelle on yr hols! Good for you! Hope you had a fab time and welcome back,its nice to have you here again..
it does seem like our tums really dont like those carbs nearly as much as at times our heads seem to want them.
I can go ages then suddenly i will want something bready,toasty,biccie- ish or cakey,usually when i get a nice smell going past a bakery or something ..all that stops me from succumbing is thinking that these days i might just get a bad belly ache! 😝😝 x

I also started today Lisa 67.
I am 63 shortly, osteoarthritis in my knees. Only take aspirin daily but feel as though I am not living life to its full potential! I weighed this morning and I am 17st 13lbs, 114.2kg, 251.8lbs. Hubby and I went on a marathon shop yesterday. Meal planner done but is in need of tweeking. Which we are giving ourselves a couple of days to sort out again. We have taken before photographs and I think I might do them every month. I have read the book and bought the recipe book which I don’t want to deviate from for the first 8 weeks. I will start to go out for a walk daily even if it is just up our road! Drank loads of water today and enjoyed what I have eaten. Onwards and upwards:-)

Cooked the cod with chorizo this evening on a bed of leeks. Put in extra chorizo – and counted the calories on MFP – came out at 380. Absolutely delish!
Mr BB has now read the book – I put it on his kindle – and found it ‘very interesting’. Loved his supper. Maybe he will join me?

hello, can I join you ? starting tomorrow – newly diagnosed – got around 9 stone to lose but Im not really thinking about that, just looking forward to health !!!!

Ive got a big food delivery coming tomorrow and a cook up planned as I work long shifts, any one know if the muffins are freezable ?

Morning / evening all

Very happy with 3kg (6.6lb) and 4cm off waist after first week. A few headache and fuzzy head days as to be expected but really not hungry at all. That was the biggest surprise as any other diet I always felt like I could eat my desk! And feeling like I can still fit in a week end social night (much much less portions though) which I can look forward to. Super rapt.

I missed in the book or somewhere but I am gathering an aim is to keep carbs below 50. Is that right?

tigsxx

Hi….what a great idea to start this group! I started this morning and have 3 stone to lose (I’m 5 ft 7 and weigh 14 stone 3). I’m 49 and had a shock yesterday when I was put on tablets for high blood pressure. I’m pretty sure that if I eat better and lose weight, I can come off the tablets. Good luck everyone….

I had my colours done as part of ‘valuing myself’ as ‘homework’ in therapy after a breakdown. It was very enlightening,

Not as good as it could have been as had to finish up some leftovers and other half poured me a drink!! However, today went like this

Breakfast was half a Greek yoghurt with fruits of the forest – leftover from earlier in week so had some sugar in them as they were vicious

Lunch was left over black black bean and red lentil chilli with a sprinkling of parmesan

Dinner was homemade minestrone soup – onions, tomatoes, carrot, leek, cabbage and tiny shredded bacon bits, tiny bit of pasta shapes – made enough for 4 meals – around 200 calories.

Lots of water.

Tomorrow will be much better.

Well done to all of you for doing so well on maintenance. It is very inspiring to know that you have seamlessly moved from the weight loss phase to maintenance and instead of immediately putting the weight back on you have either stayed on target or have even dropped below target.

My start weight was 12stone 3 3/4lbs. Target was 10 stone 7lbs. I am now 10stone 3 3/4lbs and clearly at 5′ 6″ do need to lower my target to 9stone something – maybe 9stone 10lb.

So that is what I will aim for and adjust lower if I need to. So thank all of you on maintenance for leading the way. It is so much easier to follow in your footsteps rather than try to make my way on my own. I feel very emotional tonight – I looked in the mirror today and hardly recognized the person looking back at me with a waist smaller than it has ever been since I had my children in my late 20s – I am 68 now.

I’ve just returned from a week in Spain today, embracing the Med diet although with some additional bread and alcohol! Will be glad to cut carbs down again though as the stomach doesn’t like it!!!

BUT my holiday snaps are far more favourable this year than last.. and when you’re a naturist that makes a difference!! 😎☀️😂

Ok so todays meal were (all from BDS 800 recipe book:
Breakfast – Poached egg and avocado
Lunch – Ploughmans Lunch
Dinner – Veg curry and cauliflower rice.

I loved all of these meals.

Yesterday’s meals (my first day) were :
Breakfast – Portabello toast with goats cheese
Lunch – Sardine dip with crudités
Dinner – Baked fish with green beans

Not keen on the sardine dip (I have a problem with the taste of oily fish!) or baked fish, but I can work on that recipe and customise it to my taste.

Too scared to weigh in as yet, think I will be weighing once a week on a Friday only.

Drank heaps of water (about 2.5 litres so far) and will keep on doing so.

Have had headaches today, but from what I’ve seen on the other threads these are not uncommon and pass within a few days, so I have taken some painkillers which solved that problem!

Not feeling hungry I am so happy with that, as was worried due to lots of scare stories around VLCD.

Hope you are all keeping positive!

HI Lisa,

I started on Friday so I am only on day 2.

Good luck with it, if you can kick smoking then you can do this.

Chris

Welcome Purplespice and we’ll done fir facing the scales!!

So I calculate you are aiming for 14kg loss, which is 30lb. And I am pleased to tell you my 26 lb loss took me 9 weeks – so you are absolutely in the ball park of achievable! 🙂

Measure – use clothes if you like to judge- don’t worry too much about weight plateaus
Drink, drink, drink, drink
Count carbs as well as calories and if you can do 50g or less of “good” carbs per day, that will help
Plan and use an app to record and help
Weigh your food
Try lots of different food – your tastes will change
Add salt and especially if you feel lightheaded

And GO FOR IT!!!! You can do it

Let us know how you go 🙂 🙂

Oh these are awesome replies!

Thank you so much… You have really given me confidence that I can do this.. And not put it off using the hotel stay as yet another excuse not to tackle my problem with sugary carb addiction

I did all my shopping today for my first week.. And I think I spent the longest time ever in a supermarket …. Normally I hate shopping.. But today was an education looking for ingredients I’d never heard of before!

Hi everyone,
I ‘ started’ the BSD yesterday but couldn’t face the scales. Today I did. I’m 4ft 11inches – approx 149 cms with a medium frame. My target weight is 52 kg. I was 65.9kg this morning before any food/ drink. Long way to go- It is good to read other people’s continuing successes.

I have started today!
weight today: 114.2kg
Menues: sorted (mostly)
Shopping: done (still more to do)
Meal planner: made out for next two weeks (nearly)
Before photographs taken:-(
Measurements recorded:-/
Just need to decide how much I would like to get down to.

Put the skinny cottage pie recipe in my calculator and it comes out at 310 cals as it says in the book and 10 carbs not 8 and I have left out one of the cheeses. So it must be higher calories than it says. I always check first.

Just double checked all ingredients and it works out at 380 calories not 310, so be careful out there peeeps

Good for you AVILA spreading the word! Its good that some folk are keen to know more. I think a lot of peeps are just a bit scared of it..i know i was,BSD sounded too harsh,even to a seasoned faster like myself! And yet the reality is delightful in many ways! X
Mmm bacon butty…😋😋😋😋 well done on swerving the bread! X

Hi Verano – I started weighing everything and logging it into fat secret on 3rd Sept. The first 4 months (started on 1st May) I guessed everything and thought vegetables and berries and hummus contained hardly any carbs). I was told by the dietician at the hospital that the carbs in hummus do not affect blood sugar levels so there is no need to count the carbs or inject insulin to cover it. Clearly not true.

I lost 1 stone and 1lb in 4 months then with fat secret and weighing everything I have lost a mind blowing 1 stone since 3rd Sept. Two stone overall (I had to lose 1lb twice).

It shows how bad I was at guessing. Also planning the day in the morning I can tweak my menu – usually I have to take out the blueberries or cut down on the quantities of veg. I had absolutely no idea that non starchy vegetables contained so many carbs.

I’m in too. I started today and I’ve planned and shopped for tomorrow’s meals and Monday’s Breakfast & Lunch. I will need to shop again for Monday evening’s meal so if anyone eats any delicious dinner I’d love to know. I have 3 stone to lose.

SHALIMAR its a bummer isnt it when you realise how many carbs in veg! Yes i was brainwashed into free veg too! And its great how the Carb Monster just runs away scared when we stop eating simple carbs..after years if bullying us!
And i commiserate with you re sciaitia…mine has been biting at my hip all day today…grrrr
SNOOP latest blood test shows my cholesterol the best its been in ages..4.6 despite eating far more fat in the last 12 weeks. GP said its coz i am not having any trans fats..the kind of nasty fat you get in mass produced biccies and cakes and in low fat spreads and margarine..the kind thats been messed round with and processed by the food industry.
HI TIGS and thats great that youre losing weight rapidly and incorporating fri nights and friends into your new way of eating x
Welcome LOULOU and good luck on D Day! X

Hi Fairydewdrop
That’s really scary, I was just thinking about all the loose skin when your post popped up. I have so much weight to lose, there will be lots, and I know exercise is probably the key. I’m not able to do much now, but I’d like to know too from the big weight losers, did they need to exercise a lot ? What is the best thing to do ? Thanks all.

Hi Fairydewdrop,

Snap. I had the same breakfast today! I found the greek yogurt quite filling so may lessen the portion next time (recipe book said 150g, will try 100g next time).

Sharikenn,

Yikes is exactly right.

As my username suggests, I’m rather partial to green tea so have been drinking that and lemon water all day instead of my English cuppa with skimmed milk.

Thanks *blush*

sunshine-girl -I liked the skirt, but not fond of the colour of the blouse. It was a very, very pale pink. Colour that seems to be in the shops at the moment.

Yowzer – the money I saved on food has been spent on clothes😱 Its likely to be early next year before I go to get my colours done again. I can get colour analysis, style analysis and makeup lesson all together – takes 5 hours. A shopping service is also available – you’re taken shopping and the stylist finds the clothes for you to try. Says no obligation to buy, but I’m not convinced! I thought that getting it all done in one day made sense, practically and financially. But I’m busy for the rest of this year, so a treat for early 2017 😃 But I do have the appointment to see about contact lenses on Wednesday!😱😃

Enjoy the food fair. If I go anywhere like that it’s the cheese I head for 😃 Or cooked meat, or olives. I agree that M&S Greek yogurt is delish😃

I have gone down 2 stone without any hanging skin.

I think when you get to higher levels of loss it can be an issue, and the older you are the more of a challenge the ‘bounce back’ can be. There are people who have lost 6 st plus and they may have comments to make. but at 41 yr old and 2 st loss not an issue at all.

Don’t let it be a reason to not try the diet and all the health benefits for your internal organs.

Wow EMILY you ve really started something with yr October band of BSDers! Wishing you all the very best of luck xx plenty to read on the forums here to help you stay on track and lots of friendly folk who are ready with tips and advice shd you all need it! We’ re all at different stages from beginners to folk who are post 8 weeks and well beyond..i am on week 12 and i’ m gonna stick with it til ive completed 24 weeks.
No need to do that of course,its jsut some of us have a lot to lose so we are finding this seems to be the most efficient way to lose weight and inches and see really satisfactory results a bit quicker,and also to get better blood test results and improved blood pressure readings! X

I am sure I am not the only one to focus on the downs instead of the ups? I wonder how much more if I had not wobbled – a common symptom I think.

On Wed I was part of a church gathering and preaching the BSD (several keen to know more) and today having the bacon butty without the butty got into more conversations to plug BSD .

The one thing I have concerns about losing weight fast is hanging skin ( I know personal subject sorry) I have over 3 stones to lose .
Can anyone advise me if this was a problem or how you combat this . Thank you ! any advice or assurance would be helpful.

You look great LYNNE. ..I love that dress anyway,but youre incredibly trim in the skirt and blouse,not a lump or bump anywhere!i bet you felt a million dollars!
Treat yrself,get the colours done,make up,perfume,hair,anything you fancy,you deserve it all x
Do you feel youve saved money over the last year with yr grocery bills? I am spending a lot less but i feel i spend a fair amount on Total Yoghurt..its not cheap but I love it..i think having something creamy to look forward to has kept me on track. I must try the Aldi and Lidl greek yogs as ive heard on here they are cheaper..does anyone know if theyre as creamy and thick as Total FF? I know tesco and MnS greek yog isnt as thick..its more like Mr Whippy ice cream and quite delish!
Going to a Food Fair tomoz but wont buy any goodies for me,will just feast my eyes! Maybe buy a healthy treat or two for DD and SIL …some good honey,cheese etc

Thank you for the encouragement x Usually gave up after a bad day and thought I will start again Monday. Monday never came , Until type 2 arrived. I’m going to save your post to remind me to get back to it if I have a bad day.

So far feeling good food wise, day 3. I have a nasty migraine but I suffer with those monthly anyway so I think it is hormone not diet.
Breakfast : Strawberries,Blueberries and Greek Yogurt.
Lunch : Half avocado, Lettuce, Cucumber,1 slice ham
Dinner:Mushroom stir fry

Drinking plenty of Water. I think this is stopping me feel hungry.

At one time I couldn’t live without my very low fat H….. salad cream and used to bring 5 or 6 large bottles back from the UK. Just around the time I started this plan I ran out, all my stocks had gone. Now I just love plain Greek yoghurt with a chopping of mint leaves, a squirt of lemon and crushed raw garlic. Yummy and it keeps the mosquitoes away. And my hubby

whit wooooo, sexy lady. I love the red dress but really like you in the skirt and blouse, you are our pinup girl

Hello Californiagirl
First of all, well done on your results. I love hearing stories like this. 10″ from your waist wow. Thank you for such a motivating post, especially for the newbies such as myself.

Hello Greentea
I have just scanned up the posts, I am very similar to you, also 48 and 5ft 7 and my weight is over 14 stone. yikes when guys weight less than you. MFP is a life saver. Good luck.

btw – As someone who was on Slimming world all this year, I have just read that in the toffee fat free muller light yogert (Free on slimming world) it has 12.4g of sugar + the artificial stuff. yikes.!

AVILA! I agree with JANEY! .. 2 stone in 8 weeks and doing a 5k parkrun is excellent..things are very different from how they were on 31st July! X
Well done 1960 on being motivated and resisting temptations!
Its rainy here so ive stayed in today,and avoided eating by doing housework…i was quite tempted to have eaten up my days worth of cals n carbs by two o clock just thru boredom! 😊😊😊 happy now coz everywhere is shipshape!

Hi Nettle – I said I few days ago that I’d post the photos. Finally got to my laptop so here they are.

For anyone else who is interested, here are the two photos the Daily Mail emailed me – the one that was published and one in different clothes.

http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q390/captainlynne1/image_zpsam40cfsp.jpeg
http://i349.photobucket.com/albums/q390/captainlynne1/image_zpsph3bxz9i.jpeg

Wow! Welcome new starters of October 1st! Must be something in the fall air (or spring if you are down under!). It is wonderful to see so many new people and so good you’ve all found a new thread. I’m an early-adopter from way back in the depths of dark February, came across BSD book in the London Heathrow airport on holiday, was embarrassed to buy it because I figured everyone was thinking, “well she sure needs this book”, but bought it anyway and brought it home to California and just started following the guidelines — I’m sixty and I was adding weight every month and just hating how heavy I had become and couldn’t find a way out despite being a very athletic person. I probably fell off more times than I can count and it was slow at first but I did eight weeks, then sixteen weeks, then twenty four weeks and.. It changed my life. I am at goal and I lost ten inches from my waist. I still refuse io weigh myself because I decided I never want to step on a scale again but my tape measure is my trusty friend and I even take it on holiday. I seriously recommend a book by Gary Taubes “Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It” as a primer on low-carb — I followed the Duke University guidelines of 20 carbs per day but you will find your own sweet spot. Also, weigh everything, make fat your friend, fill up on low-carb vegies and sparkling water and most important of all, DON’T QUIT. It does not matter if you have a bad day, the most important thing is to start again the very next day. Just pick up and move on, no recriminations or self-hating or despair. It is the day-to-day sticking with it that will do the trick. Good luck! Looking forward to your success stories and don’t ever give up!! This works. You are going to amaze yourself.

That’s brilliant Avila, on both the running and weight loss front! I think you’ve done yourself a disservice over the 8 weeks as I’ve only heard you speak of your ‘blips’. 2 stone is a phenomenal achievement though so you must’ve done sthg right!!! Keep going 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I have just read the report referred to by sunshine-girl. Very interesting reading, this should be required reading for all health professionals.

Thank you Shalimar … halo is polished, but body, mind and soul want a lovely glass of red wine. Hmmmmmm.

Excited!!!

Just got my ‘Recipe Book’ and really surprised at the quality. I was expecting something similar to the BSD book which is a bit rough but no, this is very smart lovely quality and nice pictures to show you what the food should look like!!!

Looking forward to using it.

I have 182lbs to lose but I am not going to let this phase me. I am actually quite looking forward to the journey after reading such motivational success stories on these forums. Well done for getting back on it Determinedthistime that is the hardest part and of course not to feel guilty about it. Good luck 🙂

Congratulations Plumptious and RozyDozy 😃💐💐

May I join you?

I’ve also hit my healthy BMI. Like you Rozy it was the top end, but I have lost a few more pounds since then and will probably lose a few more to give me the famous wriggle room.

I still weigh myself every morning and record everything in my notebook. For the last few weeks I’ve experimented with recording food but not counting calories while still staying low-carb.

It’s difficult to fit anything regular into my life because of my work, but I walk as often as possible. I did look into swimming lessons, but the classes locally are full at the moment.

Like you both I’m determined not to go back to my old ways!

Thank you will definitely have a look at this. Thank you for sharing 😉

I’be been away from home several times while on the BSD.

As the others say: breakfast is usually not a problem – ignore cereal, juice, toast etc and eat the cooked breakfast, bacon, egg, mushrooms and tomatoes is what I usually have.

Lunch : I don’t normally eat lunch, but if dinner is going to be much later than I normally eat I have a slice or two of cooked meat with a small amount of salad.

Dinner: make th best choices from what is available. At one hotel it was a 3-course dinner and we were given the menu at breakfast time to make our selection. Dessert was instantly deleted. Then I picked the best BSD friendly main course, crossing out anything I could not eat. Then I picked a starter, again deleting anything I couldnt eat. I usually found that I couldn’t eat everything on the plate anyway.

To start with I was embarrassed at making the changes, and not eating dessert while everyone else was. But then I realised that nobody else was concerned. Many people were altering things on the menu for various reasons so the staff were used to it. And the people at my table were too busy eating to worry about what I was doing.

I agree with Igorasusual – take water with you. And drink lots of water. I don’t think diet shakes are the option – as shalimar said. Partly because you might struggle with energy levels, but also because eating is a social experience and just having shakes could feel quite isolating.

Don’t stress too much about it – its all part of the learning experience. Remember the BSD basics and avoid the carbs. Everything will fall into place.

Enjoy the trip.

Hello!!

I’m starting today with the aim of kick starting an initial 3 stone weight loss. I’m 5″3 and 13 stone, I haven’t been to the Dr’s but my dad has been diagnosed as Type 2 diabetic and I know my weight isn’t doing my mental or physical health any good at all.. I’m currently sat in the kitchen writing a meal plan for the next two weeks, I have a couple of work events which I’m going to have to work around. I’m really lucky that a colleague has already started and is doing well so I have support at work, I just have to keep up the momentum at home and get into some HIIT. I’ll be using MFP, so perhaps those using it to might share their usernames for support on their too?

Good luck to everyone!