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!

Fabulous result Flash
Pleased as punch for you as it’s such a motivator seeing losses
Keep it up!

@frog – that’s great advice – I love a glass or two of bubbles. I guess it’s like an Aero – diet chocolate! 🤔

@shalimar – got to be realistic. Slip ups happen. As long as you keep following the plan all of the rest of the time you’re OK!

Thursday and Friday have been OK. Work has been tough, but busy enough to keep my mind off food – in fact I rarely feel hungry these days, except the couple of hours before I’m expecting to eat. If food gets delayed for some reason I can get quite short tempered. It’s good to recognise that though – I can keep it in check.

On Friday evening, a lovely friend of ours babysat for us, and we went to see the David Hockney exhibition at the RA. It was really good. We sat outside eating our Grapefruit and Cheddar salad waiting for our time slot to enter the gallery and had a decaf coffee in the restaurant.

Portobello Mushroom and Goats Cheese
Braised cod with lettuce and peas
Grapefruit and Cheddar salad
Decaf Coffee

I’ve been taking our dogs out on longer walks, and they’re benefiting too – a bit leaner and fitter. But what you’ve done is a big step up. Congratulations.

Welcome aboard the new life bus Lisa67, you will enjoy the ride – most of the time. Join the club, we have all been let down by the medical fraternity and they are still trying to tell us what to do with our lives when they don’t have a bl—dy clue. Even when the evidence has been presented to them those at the top are loathe to change years of thinking because (a) it would be expensive (b) it would be too complicated. If you can access it I suggest you log onto phcuk.org and type in Healthy Eating Guidelines & Weight Loss Advice for The United Kingdom. This is a public body which advises NICE and the NHS etc and see what NICE had to say about the findings (i.e. they say our diet is the best for everyone)

“Public Health Collaboration recommends that the guidelines for weight loss in the UK should include an ad libitum low-
carbohydrate-high-fat diet of real foods as an acceptable, effective and safe approach.””
AND
“NICE might have concerns that the current knowledge and experience of healthcare professionals may not be adequate to implement the LCHF diet throughout the NHS.” In other words MONEY to educate medical professionals.

It is a brilliant paper if you have time to read it, in particular look at the charts for a good diet THEN (1960’s) and now, the bad carbs have gone.

Don’t worry, they are coming round to our way of thinking and slowly slowly we will re-educate them. In fairness to doctors, nurses, dieticians etc. it is very difficult for them to go against the advice of NICE as they may be in breach of their ethical code and could face legal action if anything went wrong.

We still don’t have to listen to them.

Good luck and keep posting.

Ok Yowzer 👍

Fantastic Avila 😃

Hi all,

I’m starting the BSD diet today too. I’m 5’7″ and embarassingly have seen my weight creep to over 14 stone. I am a 48 year old woman who has been caring for my parents for the past 10 years. My parents both developed Type 2 diabetes in their 60’s but changed their diet which helped a lot. My dad passed away at 87 from non-diabetes related conidtions and now happily my mum has been off medication for the past 4 years. I haven’t been diagnosed as pre-diabetic but think doing this diet will be good for my health and wellbeing in general.

P.S. I’m using the MyFitness App too and spent the morning scanning my groceries. I have tried some of the recipes in the Essential BSD Recipe book for the past 3 days to ease myself into this and it hasn’t been that difficult so far.

Good luck everyone!

Hi
I have also started today, aiming to lose 3 stone., and would like to join. Just making the lamb tagine-does anyone know if I can freeze it?

Hi Lisa67
Welcome!! I started on Monday. I haven’t got diabetes, but have got mobility problems, probably from not being active enough and about 120 lbs to get rid of. I know what you mean about the fridge…..I can’t find anything, ‘ cos all the green stuff is hiding everything ! Preparation is defineatly the key, that and the inspirational stories on here.
I have had quite a good week, and not really been hungry or had major cravings but, we had friends round last night and I really fell of the healthy wagon. But…. Back on again this morning as I am determined.
Good luck and let’s all have a great week ahead. 😀
Meant to say I have lost 4 lbs so far, not brilliant, but better than gaining

Hi Lisa67
Welcome!! I started on Monday. I haven’t got diabetes, but have got mobility problems, probably from not being active enough and about 120 lbs to get rid of. I know what you mean about the fridge…..I can’t find anything, ‘ cos all the green stuff is hiding everything ! Preparation is defineatly the key, that and the inspirational stories on here.
I have had quite a good week, and not really been hungry or had major cravings but, we had friends round last night and I really fell of the healthy wagon. But…. Back on again this morning as I am determined.
Good luck and let’s all have a great week ahead. 😀

Thank you snoop fat secret looks really good!!

Garlic is YUMMMY

Finding lots of places to use it instead of as garlic bread …

On this plan I have discovered fish from the fish counters – though gutted some still have head and bones. Learnt to cook from that and being the one responsible for removing the bones (much easier from baked than fried fish) teaches you to eat slowly and ‘mindfully’ !!! I joke about the dog inhaling rather than eating her food at the speed it goes but as someone who is the only human in the house I have got used to eating pretty fast too – none of that conversation over the table, (I notice it when I am occasionally eating with others). So not much time for the gut to tell the brain to stop…. but eating slower now, and from real ingredients. End result is less packaging for the bins and more peelings etc for the compost!

Guys, if you’re keen to keep a log of your food intakes, someone on here recommended Fat Secret on the web to me and a number of other people. They have a UK (fatsecret.co.uk) and a US website (fatsecret.com), so you can choose which is most appropriate to your location. Lots of people also use My Fitness Pal (you’ll see it abbreviated to MFP on this forum). Dead easy to use as a means to keep a detailed record of what you’re eating and the exercise you’re doing.

Fat Secret is a pretty awful name, but the site itself is self-explanatory. I’ve never tried MFP, but I imagine it’s similar.

Hello all – feeling virtuous today

Did my first ParkRun ( http://www.parkrun.org.uk/ ) this morning, I not only survived the 5k but got a time of 37 1/2 mins. Not too shabby, (even if halfway was lapped by a chap running pushing a child in a buggy!), I admit to walking part of the route but ran more than I expected, I am tall enough to have a long stride which helps, but so does being a whole 2 stone lighter than when I started the BSD on Aug 1st.

I started at just under 16st /100 kg now 89kg – 10% body loss; I am 5ft 10

That journey includes days and weeks way off plan, probably 3 straight weeks of not counting though avoiding carbs. So my 8 weeks were effective though far from perfect. So yes this is worth doing, I am also off my BP meds 🙂

Another run is needed to get down to healthy BMI but Drs happy so far….. and so am I. 🙂 🙂

Flash, I Added mint leaves to the lemon and lime slices and what a difference….delicious

Am pretty motivated today so happy about that

Having lost 2 stone on BSD and regular dog walking as my main exercise, I logged into to go on my first ParkRun this morning. 5km in laps around the town park. Alarm was set (I am not a morning person) and I drove there in good time. Not sure what to expect except that not expected as many people as turned up, and they looked fit, kitted out and lots wearing tops of running clubs and various 10k runs etc.

A few had dogs and some were running 5k pushing child in a buggy (one of which I saw finishing when the rest of us had another long lap to do, nothing like being lapped by someone with the extra weight to push, glad the buggy wheels were up to the speed though).

So feeling intimidated but determined…. off I set, I did walk some, I claim it was ‘power walking’ but ran for more than I expected. And came in with a time of 37 1/2 min. (I was 553rd….)

I then needed to visit 2 different Macmillan charity coffee mornings – I crumbled with 2 biscuits at the first; but went for the bacon without a butty at the second as my brunch/lunch.

Still have my dog to walk – didn’t want to take her on my first go in case it was too much for her (think it will be with the crowds) and then not having time to get her home before coffee mornings – she has weight to loose too and friendly church members with biscuits….

Feeling proud of myself, and impressed at what I can do when carrying 2 stone less baggage.

So will I go again? Yes, I will, though can’t do next week as working from early, but I CAN DO THIS!!!

http://www.parkrun.org.uk

I started on 26/9 too. Good to see there are a few of us. First time on 8wk for me – I’ve high hopes as I’ve tried many others in the past.

Done 4 days and lost 3lbs and 3″ from waistline. Hope it keeps going.

Shopping online and getting it delivered is a great way to get out of the red mist of supermarkets.

Today is day 1. Yesterday I cleared out all of my kitchen cupboards and took hubby on a 2 hour shopping trip round the supermarket to shop for this weeks food. I thought I was in the wrong house this morning when I opened my fridge.
I am 50 next year seriously overweight, have had type 2 Diabetes for 9 years now and ischaemic heart disease resulting in a heart attack at the age of 45. I have poor mobility, on 12 tablets a day and really need to be on insulin now. I have actually realised this week that I am just existing and not living!
I feel seriously let down by my health professionals as they have never guided me in the right direction re my diet, and after reading the BSD book this week I can now see why other diets have never worked for me.
For the first time in the last 3 years I feel motivated to get my life on track, I used to be a heavy smoker and have not touched a cigarette in 3 1/2 years so I can stop this carb addiction too. Over the last few days I have planned made lots of tables to track my progress my Blood glucose and BP daily. I am following the 8 week plan and will be very strict with myself so wish me luck and keep those motivational stories coming.

Well done Shariken, I can only answer one question, taking a break is okay as long as you try to stick the the principles of low carb. Obviously the calories will creep in, I like a glass or two of wine too, and you might very well regain a little weight. However, if you can come back 2 or 3 lbs heavier instead of half a stone like with old diets you can get straight back onto it and shift it in less than a week. Hopefully, by the time you go your head will be so free of carb addiction you will be able to control your carbs and portions plus you should have lost a bit more weight so your starting point will be better. Enjoy New York, my daughter is taking my 2 grandsons there on 21st Oct for a week, say hi if you bump into her.

Maybe I can add to the question about GI cook book. It should be okay but be aware that it might allow small amounts of things like rice or pasta just keeping the total GI low but we don’t eat rice or pasta. I still get the Slimming World magazine (to have something to read in English for a change) and although the recipes may be healthier I still make the same things they do but leave out the devil carbs.

P.S. I know SW is notorious for allowing unlimited carbs but I know how to change the recipes to suit this diet.

Hi all and greetings from Dublin, Ireland. I’m off on the programme today also, hoping to shift two stone by Christmas.
Habits that have to change are the regular wine in the evening time, late night ice cream and a shift off the chair, currently spending eight hours a day at work in an office and home to the couch.

I’m at that dreadful mid to late fifties age and starting to be really concerned about health and fed up talking about losing weight and not doing it.

First time join a forum so I’m really delighted with the support, yes a post each evening on foods and tips and weekly feedback on weight loss sounds like a wonderful idea.

Best of luck to all!!!

Lil

Hi
I feel I am getting towards the time when I need to decide my target weight. I am 5ft 7in, and had previously lost a few pounds on 5:2 but seemed to be stuck at 11st 2lb. Since starting BSD just over 3 weeks ago I have lost steadily and today weigh in at 10st 4lb! I think I am aiming at 9st 7lb, which I haven’t been since before I had kids (my daughter is now 28). I think this is do-able within the 8 weeks. I am loving the food, and have the new book ordered, should be here next week.
Now off to grill some smoked mackerel for lunch – yum!

Thanking you all
Great job Josie!

Am really motivated to keep on keeping on….proof being, ( for myself) managed a small food shop trip and did not get tempted by the lush smell of fresh bakes and reduced chocs. Lol
Feel quite virtuous lol

Planning my weekend menu as we talk….

WELL …. I JUST USED GARLIC in my healthy soup …. I have never used garlic in a recipe!! But i need it with my healthy low carbs …. 🙂

Garlic for the first time … my brain IS working better already!! 🙂