Hi. I’ve been meaning to post for ages but I’ve been really busy at work. I too have pretty much fallen off the wagon but luckily not put on any weight. .I’ve been ‘BSDy’ for the meals but failing on the crisp, chocolate and wine front.

I’m 50 on Monday (totally distraught and in denial) and am going to various parties and going on holiday next week. I’m going to start again properly after that although I’ll continue to avoid bread which gives me stomach ache. I’ve also got a friend doing BSD now which is good.

So I suppose the next goal would be Xmas. A stone off by then? Possibly going to Rome between Xmas and New Year so that would be a good incentive.

Hi Avila,

Thanks very much for your reply – well done on your weight loss. It’s encouraging to here of your success. May I ask if you were doing the low carb med style diet, or the low calorie/5:2 diet?

Hi,
I have been lurking (stalking) the forums on this site for a while and I was wondering if you would mind if I joined here? Lucia I have now read just about your whole story in the last week or so and I have enjoyed your posts hugely. Such a positive inspiration!

Currently having a prep week prior to OH and intend starting on the 800C lifestyle change next. I’m newly retired and 63 years old (though that sounds way too old to me – its like weight, if I don’t look in the mirror I mostly feel fine) and need to loose 16 – 20 kg (sorry I’m Aust and been using Kg, mL etc for most of my life). OH is joining me on the plan, mainly to support me but he needs to loose 10kg too. Monday is D-day. Mondays are such a good day to start something. Always keen, determined and strong on Mondays!

Good wishes to all in their journeys, keep supporting each other and learning along the path to new health.

Hi C. Lynne
I don’t know – I go away for a few days (to a very wet Auckland) and come back to check to in on your thread, to find out that you’ve hit the DM and that the weight is still dropping off! Congratulations to you and must have been hugely scary at the same time! 100lbs is a very neat number, but in the long term – which is where we’re all heading for; is finding that magically state of ‘normality’ and staying there.

My Auckland visit meant not being able to weigh every day and being very aware of what I might be offered to eat and then eating out, what might be good on the menu. Found it relatively easy to stick to, thanks to your shared experiences on here. Happy to find the scales reporting in at 71kg only another 0.8kg to reach 50lbs gone! (start of Week 25). Its difficult to describe how I feel, very light, very active and that’s with only half of what you’ve achieved. Perhaps you feel like floating? Found myself in a conversation with several others at work yesterday, where I mentally noted that I didn’t feel the need to adjust my clothes, adjust my posture or suck my stomach in. Heading towards normal in my head at least. Six kilos to go to my first BMI normal target.

Interesting to read peoples’ thoughts about Turmeric. Hubby and I having been taking it for a couple of years, they are high strength capsules (Now Foods, Curcumin, 120 Veggie Caps(650mg)) from a USA website called iherb.com we’ve found it very helpful. We also take Vit D and Vit K and magnesium, seem very reasonably priced compared to NZ.

Looking forward to your next weigh in on Saturday and to read how everyone’s getting on with BSD!

Cheers
blue1919

Today:
167lbs this am
765 calories
70 carbs

Working on eating habits in the home with everyone. Super busy day schooling, so that helped me resist the urge to nibble. Mental4ever, you’re holding fast in spite of a few days away. Doing great to have only added a pound. It will soon be gone!

that sounds nice Igor – I love fish with lentils.

Kristin … good for you to try and nip things in the bud … before you possibly get diabetes.

So far i have had my ups and downs with the 800 BSD plan … but i have stayed away from breads, chips/crisps, chocolate, cake … even sweet potato fries with chipotle dip!! A Kaiser roll and butter still sounds wonderful.
I need to stop buying liquor that i like. (p.s. i don’t like the tast of most liquor). The liquor store has moved to the mall where my gym/fitness club is located so i’m there quite often. I have to just nip THAT in the bud.

I have learned a number of lessons with the BSD plan …. and one is that if i get upset or stressed i do tend to eat to much AND turn to some alcohol. I am going to have to try mindfulness and meditation.

The BSD plan involves 3 points … the food, the exercise, and getting one’s head straight. It’s clear they all go together and that i have work to do on all three fronts!!

How’s the week going?? Hoping all is well with you and your family and you’re getting good sleep.

still having my ups and downs … really swollen feet but i’ve taken some steps that will help.

Finding lots of helpful hints in these forums!!

Hi Yowzer

At least your blood pressure is going the right way! – so that’s good news.
As well as stressing about getting away on time, “white coat syndrome” can cause BP to rise. My GP practice has one of the “do it yourself” machines in the reception area, so that you can do it while you’re waiting. Mine is always in the normal range now, so if I’ve done it in reception and give them the print out, they don’t always bother to do it again.
I did one of those 24 hour blood pressure test things a few years ago – the biggest stress was organising to collect and return the thing, as the service had just been outsourced to a private provider who had a rubbish phone system so impossible to get through to them – and I have vague recollections that there was a transport strike, so I had to walk there. No distance at all now, but I was still really anaemic, so three miles was a real endurance test. It’s a bit inconvenient, but although it’s called 24 hour, you don;t need to leave it on through the night. Another thing with it was that my cat, Muji (this was pre Froglet) really disliked the noise, and first just looked startled, then started hissing when the BP cuff started inflating.

All resolved eventually when a consultant reviewed the huge list of drugs and said “stop taking those, and the blood pressure will go”, so that got rid of two lots of medication, and there was another one that I’d been left taking way beyond when I should have, so the list reduced very quickly.
I caught the second episode of that “Drug Free Doctor” program last night – it was really good, must be on iPlayer – worth watching.

And brilliant news on the cholesterol, well done.
Very interesting about the trans fats
I thought they’d been banned in the UK – but on googling, there seem to have been a couple of calls to ban them, including from NICE, but no action.
They recommend low fat everything on DDCC

Hello. I started the 800 plan today. I am a huge eater and have 100 to lose. I am not diabetic as of yet but have high bp and have hypothyroidism. I have to admit I am starving today. I hope this will soon go away and I also have a huge headache. I am thinking the carb withdrawal as I was a HUGE carb aholic. Not sweets. Just breads. Pasta. Potatoes in any form… Oh and alcohol. I will admit I was a nightly wine drinker as well. Awesome to see so much success. Is it possible for me to lose 100 lbs on this plan. If love to lose a majority by Mid March for a vaca! Thanks and nice to meet you all!

I laughed at the restaurant Sunshine Girl – in the UK I really like cote restaurants – they have a brilliant fixed price menu, and easy to choose BSD friendly from it. A friend who is veggie always suggests that we go there – then is fed up with the veggie selection – happened about 3 times so far! Each time I remind her that she should have ordered from the standard menu rather than the prix fixe.

Last time I went, I had a smoked salmon starter, which came on sourdough. Carefully ate the salmon, left the sourdough – and then ate it before they cleared my plate away. Was only tiny, and quite thin, but I was cross with myself!
Shame that you didn’t have a nicer time though – hope the company made up for the bad food!

I’m having 50g of carbs as my top limit, but aiming to be below it. Today not quite as good as yesterday; 51g of carb and 822 calories, but happy enough with that.

GBBO without eating was hard – I should have made some jelly!

Hello everyone who has responded
Billingebabe – Captainlynne – Yowser49 – lifeafter50 – and all the other ‘poster’ girls here.
I wasn’t going to weigh myself until Id done a week but couldn’t resist. 1.3 kgs in 2 days – over the moon – that’s 2lb 8oz in UK speak!

It isn’t even really that hard, although its early days. But, I feel very motivated this time to do something about my health and I am encouraged by everyone’s support here so THANK YOU all

About 4 months ago I stopped drinking alcohol because of the hot flashes I was beginning to experience. Within 3 weeks they stopped almost completely – and now I rarely have one – It felt wonderful to no longer be going to bed and as my head would hit the pillow I’d get a hot flash (followed by countless others during the night). I only occasionally have a glass of bubbles now. I think breaking that habit has been helpful… I thought if I can cut back on my alcohol consumption – which was very much in moderation – I can do this. AND I CAN!

I live in South Australia and we had a massive blackout across the city last night and as I had pre-prepared our meal not having electricity for 12 hours was no problem!
bye for now Debs

Hi Abisaysyes,

As an Aug 1st starter this should be week 8 but 3 and bit weeks of walking behind the wagon instead of riding on it. I am still down from my start point and climbed back on the wagon this week.

You can get it going again, as yes wiser too…

Hi passionfruit,

I didn’t reach diabetic but high risk, I put on a lot of weight on psych meds too.
Not sure about the diabetes being induced by the meds directly but thought it came from the weight side effects of the meds – in which case should respond the same way as most type 2 ???? That’s my theory anyway.

As someone following this plan whilst being on psych meds (Sertaline and Quetiapine) I have lost almost 2 stone over 8 weeks (16 to 14; I am 5ft 10). That included some days ‘off plan’ as in Totally Off – the depressed lets eat a whole (serves 4) cheesecake was a classic.

So can you lose weight on this plan whilst still on meds that give you the munchies – yes you can. The full fat is filling which helps, as does banning temptation from the house – and trying to avoid accidental shopping. That is a risk factor for me…

Found some inexpensive magnesium pills (with calcium and vitamin d also). First drug store was 2 times as much.
Tried Turmeric for the first time … dumped some in the soup this morning … Turmeric is supposed to be great and anti-inflammatory. Much better than taking a pill.
Got email that my new BIG yoga mat and fitbit zip arrives Friday

I had my ovaries out and a hysterectomy when i was in my mid thirties. The surgery was no problem. I never did get to have children … but it wasn’t something that was an obsession for me. I’ve been on a low dose of estrogen … and over the years i’ve taken less and less of those (i am aware of the supposed risks … but i always thought that since my estrogen level was zero after surgery a low dose wasn’t going to be a problem for me). Bioidentical hormones are available now … and actually if you still have your ovaries you wouldn’t need hormone replacement.
I could probably switch to herbals now … a brand called Estroven has worked somewhat in the past.

Me … i am for hysterectomy …. and as for the downtime … maybe that could be a good thing. Too me it was worth it … short term pain for long term gain.

It’s all been okay in the end for me.

Hi Doordie
I hadn’t realised that you were in the US – I’ll stop whinging about the NHS so much
But do look at mooncups – they are definitely available in the US, and while they won’t stop or reduce flow, they make it tons easier to cope with – just the feeling that you can move away form the bathroom for ten minutes can be quite life changing!

You can get Mirena in the US, and it really isn’t complex – I had mine put in under a general anaesthetic when another procedure was performed, but it is usually done under local – and often in GP surgeries or family planning clinics rather than hospitals, so it is likely to be available.
If your Doctor isn’t very well informed, do read thru the info yourself.
Essentially it’s a contraceptive coil, but the hormones are distributed very locally to where they are needed, unlike an oral contraceptive, but stop you having periods in the same way. I think some women still bleed lightly, but mine stopped straight away, until a v light bleeding a couple of weeks ago – so four and a half years.
http://www.mirena-us.com/index.php

My consultants wanted to do a hysterectomy – I resisted because it’s so invasive and the downtime – and the typical bloke response of “doesn’t work, don’t need it, cut it out”. Don’t do that with their penises do they?
To prepare/research I bought a book on the subject which contained such gems as “before your operation, teach your husband how to use the dishwasher” “buy yourself a pretty nightie so that you feel glamorous when visitors come”

I really hope that your appointment goes well tomorrow, and that your doctor comes up with some solutions.

Thanks Igorasusual. I’ll check out my carb levels as I’m using My Fitness Pal to keep count of everything.
I’m hoping the headaches get better. I’m used to the fasting headaches, which usually get better once in a rhythm. I drink tons of water so I know it’s not dehydration. I’m prone to headaches anyway, so it’s always a challenge. Here’s to some serious weight loss!

Hi Amb63 – I’m sure you’ll find the records useful – there should be instructions on how to access on your GP’s website.
the diabetes nurses at my GPs seem pretty clueless – a worry when only some of the nurses are “diabetes trained”

still, shouldn’t moan – someone replied to a post last night about the comlpex web of the US healthcare “system” – made me appreciate the NHS a bit more!

The weirdest thing that I have learnt on the BSD is that my husband is now paying attention to what he is eating. He has lost just over a stone and is heading to 17st. He has said that, “I have had enough to eat” and he has said, “I am thinking about what is on my plate” and he has said, “If it tastes real good that I don’t need so much to eat.” And he has also said, “I have never eaten so much fish.” Yes Lucia all of that is weird.

Hi Cole 62, it really does help to log in daily. I have found it such a boon. The advice is priceless and knowing that everyone has bad days as well is empowering, lets you know you aren’t the only one that gives into temptation.
Didimarks, Ihave found that going out for a meal has been relatively easy, in 8 weks you will know the diet really well and be in a new routine of eating so I think you will be able to cope very well.
Today – lunch was salad with butter beans and cheese and oil and lemon dressing. Dinner – salmon with nut crust and oven roasted veg. Greek yogurt and berries.
Went for a nice walk this evening to clear my head, work stressful and have got the builders in – very, very stressful!!!
How are all you newbies doing? Will be great to hear yor progress.
Sleep tight, a new day tomorrow, 1st day of the rest of your healthier, slim inside (and out) life! xx

Day three over and in the bank weighed this morning 19st 7 another three pounds. Felt ok today,but hungry but predictable 2 boiled eggs, carrot and coriander soup chicken salad. My skin feels really soft, let’s hope things are improving.

Well done everyone who lost weight today and kept to 30 carbs and under.

Sunshine-girl it was a shame the restaurant was so bad but Verano is right – it maybe saved you from yourself.

Was quite hungry by late afternoon but had losely farm cottage cheese mashed up with half an avocado and salt and ate it with a piece of red pepper and some sugar snap peas – very yummy and very filling. So did 28 carbs and 748 calories today.

Hi there passion fruit

If you put med-induced diabetes into the SEARCH box (top right) you will find, in addition to your post, some others which discuss medical treatments inducing diabetic effects.

Hopefully some might be useful for you? 🙂

Thank you !
* Yes, I always drink water – always thirsty – even slip out of bed at night for it.

* I have thought of a hysterectomy, but everyone says it goes so much easier, if you are closer to menopause, ( peri, or at least showing some symptoms ). I, sadly, have none of that. Also, I am concerned about the “down time”. I knew someone, ( a lady vicar – so not likely to lie, or exaggerate ), who had a hysterectomy , and it went badly – almost three months bed/sofa-ridden, and six more months before she was back to her old self. My life couldn’t take that :-<

Hi there Mazzawazzawoo

Great you thought you learned some lessons and I don’t think just over 1000 calories is too bad a miss.

However the thing that jumped out at me in your food today is the Muller Light Fruitopolis. I’ve just looked that up on MyFitnessPal and because it’s Low Fat (Light) it’s got 14 carbs, of which NEARLY ALL ARE SUGAR!! I wonder whether eating that gave you a spike which drove you to the biscuits?

If you possibly can, just boot out the low fat or ‘light’ yoghurt product and switch to Full Fat (which has much less sugar in) and if possible eat the plain version with a few berries.

I found MyFitnessPal app (there are others) really helpful in telling me what the nutrients were in what I was eating – otherwise it’s really easy to sabotage yourself and I really think that’s what you did today.

If you can find and kick out the hidden sugars, you will see much more success, I promise! 🙂

28/09/2016 Day 1. Weight 19st 2lbs. Waking BP 125/74 Pulse 93
Measurements inches: Waist 49.5, Thighs 29, Tops of arms 17, Bust 49.5
Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled with tsp butter, salt and pepper – 183kcal
Lunch: Muller Light Fruitopolis – 85kcal
Snack: 2 ww oat biscuits – 89kcal
Dinner: Bolognaise (no pasta) with 30g cheese – 559 + 125
Total – 1041

Massive lesson learnt with portion control. Hoping my carb loaded body will learn to go without and my meals will become smaller. Sweet tooth was calling and stupidly gave into it with sweet yoghurt and then biscuits.

Proud that I didn’t eat the whole box of biscuits and puffed on my grape flavoured nicotine free shisha pen instead.
Proud for not eating anything near what I normally would.

N.B. need to drink more water and exercise.

Hi Billingbabe, might see you on the beach one day as I live in West Sussex. Blood sugars down again today. Feeling positive !

I gained a lot of weight due to some psych prescription meds, became insulin resistant and then diabetic. At the moment I am unable to withdraw from the drugs involved but have just started the basic blood sugar diet. Has anyone had experience of this and any success?

Lol not use a Shammie , but No not a period since like I said best thing I ever done get round the dr and just tell him to sort it good luck 😀

I am too. First time watching it. I just want to eat those cakes! However I am sucking on my new nicotine free grape flavour shisha pen in the hope it will stop me eating something I shouldn’t.

Hi everyone
Is any one else sat in front of the TV watching bake off and thinking why am I on my 8 week diet and why am I watching it 😱 Or am I the only nut case lol time for my glass of water

Hi Lucy Jane . I have been challenging my alcohol consumption for years and have come a long way. I found it best to strengthen my awareness of how the mind works. The undertow is the strongest and hidden reflex. That happens when you’re doing really well and then the undertow drags you into old behaviors when your awareness drops. Yoga is great to strengthen the mind and meditation is also great for me. Hope this helps.

Hello and welcome Timetochange!

Pulses are absolutely fine on the BSD but they do tend to be carb heavy and it can be more effective in weight loss terms to keep carbs to 50g or less per day within your 800 calories.

So if you can count in your pulses according to targets, carry on – otherwise perhaps you could reduce quantities and/or eat less frequently?

Whilst it does take a little getting used to, cutting out refined carbs completely can be done relatively easily and a lot of people see amazing benefits.

Good luck and do keep asking questions if you need to – and use the SEARCH box as there is a lot of experience on this forum now! 🙂

Ok!! Shame the food was that bad but maybe it saved you from yourself! At least the rest of the days food sounds lovely.

I agree with you about the 5 courses almost like the eat as much as you like buffets for €7 that seem to be around in most resorts! In saying that in Spain restaurants have to serve a ‘Menu del Dia’ which is very reasonable and is normally of good quality. Usually 3 courses, with a choice and a drink. The food in most decent places is just smaller portions from the main menu.

Going to watch GBBO soon!!! I can drool even if I can’t partake !

Hi, I started the diet 3 days ago. It’s pretty tough but so far so good. I have experience of 5:2 but wanted to lose some more weight, but quicker. I don’t have diabetes or high blood sugar, but as my dad developed it in his 50’s with no apparent risks factors (he was probably what they now call a TOFI type), I want to ensure that I do what I can to avoid it. I love potatoes so that’s hard. I have no idea if I will last, or need to do the full 8 weeks. I. could comfortably lose at least 1 stone, so I will see how it goes. I was wondering how much people incorporate pulses into the diet. I eat pulses regularly as part of my normal diet, but want to ensure that I don’t go overboard. I’m weighing everything and can keep that up for a few weeks. Also I was wondering what people have found when eating out. I know each place will be different, but any experience/tips from those of you more experienced? Any experience, advice etc is really welcomed. Thanks

Lots of us ‘old-timers’ have been on the BSD for a sustained period, staying with the 800 calories and low-carb – whatever carb limit we have set for ourselves.

After deciding I could do anything for 8 weeks, I find I’ve been doing it (the BSD) for 9 months. No, it’s not always been easy. Much of my work involves food and people can be sensitive if you don’t eat what they’ve prepared. But it doesn’t often bother them now. Each trip away from home has been a learning experience, building on the trip before.

But the benefits (health and non-health) have been great. And of course the weight loss.

After I saw the first rapid results I wanted to stay with this plan. Now I can’t imagine ever returning to eating the way I used to. I will be staying low-carb now. I just don’t want to go back to feeling like I used to!

But that’s me. Others will do it differently.

That does seem odd, sharonjean5cc. I still have skimmed milk (I like it), and 20 cl is given as 10 carbs on Fat Secret.

hope your meeting with the doc goes well – I had this over 10 years ago and had a hysterectomy. Never looked back. Apart from feeling very tired, and unable to go anywhere, my whole life seemed to be dominated by this huge loss of blood. If you are putting on weight would it help to drink more water maybe? I used progesterone cream externally to help with menopause symptoms which seemed to work well x good luck x

WOW. No period? At all??? Oh, Coady, that just sounds so good!
I’ve got to do something. I hope the doc will be nice, and actually give a damn, and run full labs!
*No, never spent the night on the bog, but have found a new use for those “super shamwow car shammies” , that I’m pretty sure Billy Mays would never have thought of – LOL!

Still sticking to it too. I am not weighing myself till the end but I change into a dress when I get in from work that is not that flattering at the moment. I hope to see this improve as the days and weeks go on. Plus, where it looks so awful on, it has kept me motivated not to give up. Keeping in carb range on my fitness pal. My only concern is that the semi skimmed milk is logged as zero carb. Surely this is wrong?

Verano the food was terrible. It is one of those cheap French restaurants where you get 5 courses and a glass of wine for €13. Most of it I couldn’t eat because it was carb and some I couldn’t eat because I didn’t know what was in it and neither did the waitress (an old lady who helps out now and then). The starter was tomato soup with noodles, I tried to eat around the noodles and got about 2 tablespoonsful. The next course was supposed to be a plate of chacuterie (cold meats) it was a choux bun full of something, didnt eat, tomato topped with something, ate the tomato, and one slice of pate. Turned out the something was tuna mayo. Main was guinea fowl, okay but overcooked and dry, served with mush of cabbage, nothing else. Then I had the cheese course, 2 v small slices of cheese. For pudding they had coconut cake with raspberry coulis. I ordered it then shared it with my friends.

It was easy to resist the wine as they give you a bottle of red without asking and as my OH and 2 friends all drink red I just did without.

I don’t know why the Brits go to these awful restaurants, some sort of wow we can get 5 courses etc. I’d much rather go to my 1 Michlen star place that does a set lunch for €25. Wine is extra but the food is amazing.

So that is why, with grilled mushrooms and poached egg for breakfast and a fritatta for dinner I managed 700 calories. I will have a snack later with the 100 calories spare and I have had a half hour swim, it was lovely.

Hi doordie
Just reading your post I had heavy bleeding for years super plus and extra large pads used to last about an hour on me then have to change some nights I have slept on the loo that’s how bad I let it get in the end went to see dr had the tablets did work for about a week then back to bleeding so ended up up the hospital had scans then they found polyps and fibroids went in and they took a sample of them to make sure they were not cancerous, came back all clear then had a choice coil or endometrial treatment had the endometriosis (basically they laser the lining of your womb out) took ten mins from start to finish and i have not seen a period since that was last Dec I wish I had done it years ago hope this helps but one thing I did notice was when I was having my monthly blood donation as I called them I would gain between 2 and 4 pounds in weight
Hope you go and see your dr and get it sorted
Coady

Back from doctors…bp still improved but not normal yet. However was a bit stressed coz by the time I got in to see Doc,i had waited for 3/4 hour past my appt time …it was nearly 5.30 and was anxious to get to a shop before it closed at six ( just made it) so i think my bp was up a bit coz of that. Doc suggested i do a 24 hr blood pressure monitoring to get a good picture round the clock.so will try that tho i recall a friend doing it and it was a bit of a faff….

Blood sugar was normal but amazingly it always has been! I assumed i must be pre diabetic before starting BSD,considering the amount of junk i shovelled down.

The Best News !!! Cholesterol has fallen..pre BSD was six something,now 4.6!
Asked gp her thoughts about it dropping after my switch from low fat to full fat,and she said its coz i’m no longer eating the trans fats in low fat spreads,biscuits,cakes etc..so I thought that was very telling! X 😋😋😋

Hi Igorasusual.

Thanks for posting the link to check your metabolic rate. I have just dived in and checked my rate and it came out with a reading of around 1550. Many mountains to climb before I can safely look at going for this daily intake but the fact that I can enjoy 800 cals a day makes me more determined to reach my goal weight.
Any ideas on what other vegetables can be spiraliser would be appreciated.
I have bought an aubergine today with a view to expanding my OH’s palate even further. Glad to say that he has not rejected any of my meals so far, with the exception of an avocado. I am looking for ways to disguise this within other vegetables as the BSD poached egg and avocado just did not work for him (can’t say here exactly what was said, as you all have very sensitive ears – ha ha)

Just to say, abisaysyes, welcome to the club of all of us who fall off the wagon and feel bad about it.

CONGRATULATIONS on wanting to climb back on, and the good news is that you can and you’ve not been bad and wrong you’ve been human. 🙂

Everyone has a fail or indeed more than one, and instead of deciding that you’ve completely messed it up, you can start again at any point – and in fact the weight you gained will probably fall off again quite quickly.

If you can learn from what went wrong – did you have temptation lying round, did you have some stress, did you not plan in advance and have the right food – whatever went wrong, if you can understand it then maybe next time you won’t do it, or you will manage to do less.

This isn’t easy if you have a CARB MONSTER on your shoulder whispering in your ear…..but we’ve been taught to eat the wrong way, and you need to KICK THE MONSTER not KICK YOURSELF.

So welcome back on to the wagon, I don’t think you will have missed too much and you come back wiser, which is a WIN whichever way you look at it.

Well done, and WELCOME BACK again 🙂 🙂

Hey everyone! How’s it going? I…errr…. am not doing so great, and putting the weight back on!!! ARgh. So going to be on it again from tomorrow. Anyone want to join me for a second bout? Or are you all doing great and lost all you need to lose already, and it’s just me floundering?! Hope you’re all well xxx

Dear Candi

Do you have one of the books? The good news is that they are full of chicken and fish recipes, which you could pad out with pasta and the like for the rest of the family.

Do make sure that you are filling up with enough fat and protein – those are the cornerstones of this approach as far as I can see. It’s not just low carb.

Other than my sneaky cheats with milk and a banana I’ve eaten only recipes from the book and to my surprise I’m not at all hungry. They are fairly simple with lots of ideas for quick lunches and so on. Another advantage of doing it by the book is that you don’t have to count cals and carbs. This is the first time that I’ve followed a diet meal plan and the recipies are really delicious.

This early stage is all about finding our way, I think, so keep going.

Best x

3 hours and only 700cals! Well done.

Looks like water with that snack tonight!!!!

Oh, I certainly hope so – I need something to shift for me!

* According to the A*k&n% site, the lowest carb fruits are : olives, avocados, berries, and fresh apricots. Bananas, mangoes, dates, and grapes are the worst.

And, of course no grains, or bread at all :-<
On being female, and eating bread after 40… Well, ladies, you may as well sit in it – ’cause that’s where it’s gonna go >;-[