Wow Coady – good on you. Lovely to hear.

Although I managed to stick to low carbs yesterday, my nibbling of antipasti type meats and veg, plus a wrong-reading of the calories brought me in at nearly 1400 kcal’s.

Nibbling. That appears to be my speciality … those little snibbles that suck me in, by their littleness.

Practiced harder today – still had some nibbles: artichokes in oil; 2 teaspoons peanut butter; mixed nuts (not roasted). So, healthy nibbles, but ended up missing out on breakfast (which I strangely didn’t mind, so maybe that’s an option for me).

Tonight will be a test. Off round to one of my favourite foodie friends house … and I’m one of her best foodie friends (we are the only chubsters in our whole social group), and I’m going to not join in with the foodie thing. OMG. I actually feel a mixture of ‘not fun’ and as though I’m letting her down (even though I know that I’m doing a great thing for me).

Or with the wine (good excuse though, as I’m driving).

1960 i’ m sorry you were knocked off track temporarily by the diabetic dietician xx i’ m sure she meant well,but when are they gonna catch up…i guess its gonna take time
Maybe everyone on this site shd get in touch with MM and ask him to look at whats happening on these forums and publish our results/ make another tv programme. There seems to be a revolution going on and the medics havent caught onto it yet. The ordinary people are listening to MM but not the medical profession.

as for yr little relapse,it happens now and then, i can understand how she rained on yr parade a bit which is upsetting,and what do we automatically do when we feel discombobulated..we reach for our comfort of choice,whether that be wine,spirits,cigarettes,drugs or food!
For us on here,its usually food and / or booze! It never happens to be a few berries tho does it or some cucumber slices! Its always the sugary choccy starchy things we’ve been conditioned thru life to see as appealing by the insidious advertising industry and the big junkfood companies ..they have so much to answer for!
Like you said tho..youve learnt a lesson so now its onwards and downwards! X 😘😘😘😘

loving the positivity … especially the potential excitement of reading that new interlibrary book in bed with the flannel sheets 🙂 decadent cosiness!

I haven’t had time to post today – so yesterday’s positives are:

1. Moving the dining table – by myself into a room where the girls can study. Yippee. This girl can!

2. I walked just shy of 12km. This is remarkable. Truly. (small dog still wasn’t tired out, but I was)

3. Walked around my garden, really taking time to appreciate the plants and insects.

True Igor but sadly it knocked me off slightly and I hit a carb comfort instead of remaining resilient BUT am not staying there ( thank goodness learning something )
So, yes agree with you and it’s my body and my health we are talking about
Guess the fact am on insulin due to the meds am taking for my condition gave her cause for concern and she said what she said due to not knowing any different….

How’s it going Jenko?

Thanks. Looks like lots of info here to dive into.

Carry on trucking 1960smp. 🙂

We are with you, as are the really successful BSDers who have completed and triumphed.

We will make the difference in the end, one Type 2 ‘in remission’ at a time.

Think how great it will be when you can go back and she will have to concede that Dr MM and you (and all of us) were right 🙂 🙂

Yowzer Thanku

Feeling a tad deflated as diabetic dietician rang me today
I told her am doing this diet and why
She was like well that is way too low and concerned that about my diabetes etc and to up the calories to 1200

It feels uphill at times!

Hi doordie
Thanks and I love the sound of the banana trick and will try it out , I hope it don’t take too long before you are sorted ,we are lucky in the uk I know some slag the NHS but we would be up the creek without a paddle if we never had it , from the time I went to Drs and went to hospital was on four months and free

Go for it pgates 🙂 🙂

Drink drink drink
Don’t get hung up about weight, keep measuring and trying on ‘target’ clothes
Do each day each day – if you fall off the wagon, no worries, just jump back on as quickly as you like

Lots of ‘miracles’ have happened here, you be another one 🙂

And keep us posted – use the search box for reams of good advice and experience already here, as well as asking anything you need.

I’ve been a sugar free squash drinker all my life and really don’t like water. I’ve found that lime cordial is the lowest in carbs – so 0.1g per 250ml made up as directed (and I always make it weaker). I drink my first litre of the day as squash because it’s easier to get it down me, then the rest of the day drink water and herbal tea – it doesn’t seem to affect my cravings so I’m sticking with it!

Hello everyone. I am a disabled nurse and carb addict. I eased into this over 2days while reading the book. Followed low carb Mediterranean about 1400 calories first day and 950 the next. This is day 1 and feel motivated and ready to roll. Brunch today an omelette with mushrooms, onion and taste of cheddar. Tasted great and at 315 calories will leave me plenty for dinner.

Wt 330 lbs
Waist 55 ”
Bmi 53.3
Fasting bs 92

I really need this to work. Will journal my course as I go. Plan a trip to my Dr soon.

Hi guys, I’m just about to start my BSD.
Anyone else starting out want to be an email buddy to help and support each other?
Good luck.
Ian

LOL! No, the Gynie’s ok, I guess – lord, knows, I’ve had worse. Want to hear sad, Frogie? There are no private gynies where I am. ( I live in a rural, farming community , about an hour, or so, just south of Fargo, ND. ) In fact, there are only two clinics in the whole area. Each clinic has only two gynies. One gynie is out on leave till mid-January, and the other one is booked solid till February. I had to drive 40 minutes, on a country road, behind a combine for much of the way, to a clinic in a neighboring town, up in Minnesota – just to get an appointment! That clinic has two gynies, but both stay pretty booked. We have a horrible, HORRIBLE shortage of docs over here! The poor First Nation gals have it even worse – the doulas usually deliver their babies, as they can seldom make it in time to the town, and there is only one visiting gynie, that comes once a month! UGHhhhhhh! It’s either that, or haul it up to Fargo – an hour, one way – 1.5 hours once the snows come :-< I miss BC so much! I didn’t know how good I had it – just walked down the hill to clinic – never needed an appointment, no “co-pay”, cheap, or free scripts… *SIGH* We live and we learn, eh?

1960 you can do this! Xx Stay strong and you will begin to even enjoy this! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Yoohoo wakeywakey where are all our friends! Anyone coming out to play?!

Well done CMAWP woohhoooo! 👍🏻
I’ m like you ,its week 12 and i’m still sticking to it like a stamp to a letter..havent been weighed for over a week but my clothes are telling mei’m continuing to lose
MAZZAWAZZAWOO Love yr name! Hope youre off to a good start..first week can be tricky,you might feel tired as your body adjusts..if so,grit yr teeth,it will pass xx

UPDATE : Well, I went to the Gynie. He wasn’t mean, or anything – just a bit apathetic. ( I think likely tired, and overworked. ) Anyhow, he sent me for my labs – only thyroid, and iron, though. I was really hoping he would do a full panel :-< He said the nurse will call next week to schedule me for procedures. ( I have to have a tissue sample, pap smear, and a few other things. ) I suppose we will have to just wait and see, now ;-/

*I have good news… I got on the scale, and woosh – 3lbs gone – FINALLY!!! I hate to say it but I think that progesterone cream might have been doing me more of a mischief, than I thought. ( I got on an all natural, bio-identical progesterone cream, a while back, at the suggestion of someone I know, who has medical training, and some experience with hormone issues. I did it to control the bleeding. ) Not only did it not help; I think it might have made things worse. It gave me chin acne, too >;-[ I’ve been off it for 10 days, maybe a fortnight? Anyhow, the bleeding is much better, and the acne is gone, and the scale seems to be moving again =]

***FOR ANY WOMAN READING THIS – IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT, AND PUDGE STILL WON’T BUDGE – GET YOUR HORMONE LEVELS CHECKED, AND BEWARE OF HRT, AND “NATURAL HORMONE CREAMS”! I’m not saying that taking hormones is bad. I’m just saying – BE CAREFUL. Hormone treatment is not a “one size fits all” thing.

Hi Flash12,

I’m four days in and I’m doing pretty good. The first three days was a killer! I would love to join you and share ideas. I still have a lot of weight to lose as well and I need all the motivation I can get. How are you doing on the diet thus far?

A stone – WOW! CONGRATULATIONS, Coady!!!

* I know a skinny Banana “trick”… Next time you are in the green grocer, look for something called “butter bananas” / “finger bananas”. They are literally half the size, or less of the standard banana, and they have the most awesome taste – buttery and sweet! Find plain, Greek yoghurt; add a bit of stevia, and a few drops of rum, banana, or vanilla extract. Mix well. Take one of those little bananas, coat it in the yoghurt, sprinkled with toasted coconut, and freeze. Oh, man is it devine, and only a fraction of the carbs of a large banana =]

Wishing you a speedy recovery, Vicky <3

* No, I don’t want a hyster, unless there are no other options!

I’ve just had a re-read of the early pages of this thread. Sad to see so many names that don’t crop up any more. Maybe they’re posting on other threads and I just haven’t spotted them. Hope so. One thing I did come across is Verano’s recipe for courgetti with tomato, anchovy and caper sauce. Now that will definitely appeal to OH. He’s supposedly not dieting yet (starting end of next week) but he’s already losing weight simply because I’m not cooking the usual carbs, though he’s still having bread and wine with meals. I’m going to be green with envy when he gets going for real.

Tabletalk, you’ll have hit your 162 pounds by the time I get back from the wedding, and I for sure will no longer be anywhere near 83.5, even assuming I make it. But never mind. My next aim will be to get into the 70s by the end of October. At that point, I’ll be in nigh-on uncharted territory. I have no idea when I last weighed anything starting with a 7.

Thanks mazzawazzawoo. I’ve just followed the book to the letter, tried not to snack between meals and have been drinking lots of water and an occasional herbal tea, black coffee or diet drink.

The BSD is amazing. I almost don’t want to tell anyone about it!

Very nice to meet you too!

Injuries suck, don’t they? I’m really frustrated at the moment. Even walking is terribly painful for me. I’m trying not to rush things as I know that just sets me back but at the same time I hate not being able to do anything.

I’m definitely going to try to avoid giving myself breaks. I know they don’t work for me! I always have that little voice in the back of my head trying to tempt me down the carbs road but I am going to ignore it! Feeling positive today as is my day 4 and I have lost 7lbs. I have also started my own thread, so feel free to pop over there at any time!

https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/topic/so-it-starts-today-my-8-week-at-least-diary/

Fellow squash drinker here! I’m ok with plain old water but much prefer something with flavour. I always have sugar-free squash and it would be awful to give it up! Some things are not negotiable 🙂 I have managed to cut back on tea to only one or two cups a day – sometimes with milk, sometimes without. Coffee is vile! Also not sure I’d have been able to resist a buffet so all credit to you!

Hello Caz123!

I also (re)started this week! I think if you’ve already managed five days you can definintely stick to this plan. I am in roughly the same place as you: today is my day 4 and I have lost 7lbs. I am quite excited about this as I don’t find it very easy to lose weight at all. It gives me some kind of determination to carry on! I need to work on a lot of stuff like portion sizes and beating cravings but I feel like I’ve made a good start 🙂

I think this plan will help you with your blood pressure as it should drop as the weight comes off. Not wanting to go back on medication is a good motivator for you! Glad to hear your headache has cleared up.

Looking forward to hearing more of your progress!

I also have my own diary of sorts if you want to come and join in over there!

https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/topic/so-it-starts-today-my-8-week-at-least-diary/

Hey LolaB!

How are you getting on? I hope your first day went well. I’m happy to be your buddy on here and through the BSD journey 🙂 I’ve got a lot to lose and started only this week (well, a restart really!). Would be nice to share ideas.

That is an impressive weightloss technique 🙂

So technically I have already started – I started this on Monday – but wanted to get an idea of whether this was something I would / could stick with before leaping in there and creating a diary of my 8 weeks that never got written in again. So far so good – so here I am!

This is day 5 for me. I’ve decided that I’m going to weigh daily, and that means that I know that I have already lost 7lbs :). I’m not kidding myself – this isn’t my first diet, I know it’ll mostly be water, but it’s very motivating :).

I’m here because my blood pressure is high – far too high really. I’m hoping that doing this will bring it down – I don’t want to have to go back on the medication – I’ve been on it before, and it didn’t like me! But have to be realistic with myself and if this 8 weeks doesn’t work then I’ll have to go see the GP about it.

So far – day one and two were fine and I found it a lot easier to stick to 800 calories than I expected. Days three and four were more difficult – I had a persistent dull headache and felt exhausted by lunchtime, however so far today seems to be a turning point – the headache hasn’t shown up and I’m still able to function and it’s now 4pm 🙂

Well that’s me and my week one so far in a very short nutshell. I hope anyone reading this is having a good week!

So nice to meet you all!

Lily girl, thanks for the advice! I workout 3-4 times a week at a bootcamp (HITT style) so those extra calories will be very helpful 🙂

Flash, I totally understand how you feel. I messed my ankle up really back in 2006 and was booted for 6 months. I have injured it twice since (and the horrible boot came back D:). Don’t rush physical healing or you can hurt yourself again like I did lol! It good to know someone else that has issues with “breaks” 🙂 keep me posted on your progress as well.

igorasusal thanks for the link!

Good news on the blood tests, FB.

And good luck with the diet.

Thanks K9zz re the cream 🙂 … it is a fat … but i think the carbs in it are simple … and my own problems is that i use so much cream in the day … i can easily use 10 g. of carbs per day. I think that’s one of my worst habits … both with fats and carbs.

Hello all,
Frog thanks for webpage on low carbs. It was a real help. Depressing regarding fruit but it’s gotta be avoided.
Coady, wow, amazing a stone!!! I’m day 4 now and the only thing I’m lossing is my sanity! Actually I’m only going to weigh myself weekly so got a few days to go.
My headache has finally gone as I had to take some paracetamol for it eventually.I also had a terrible hypo at 1.30am two nights ago. I’ve never had one at night before. Ate a peach and nectarine to recover. I’ve brought my insulin down from 50units a night to 20units. No excessive highs or lows since. I did go to the GP and asked for a blood test to check that I didn’t have slow onset type 1! He stared at me like I was insane and said he had never heard of it!!! I told him to speak to someone who had and get back to me. I’ve been called back on Monday. Let’s see what happens?
I have the recipes in the 8 week book theangelwithin, do you suggest another recipe book?
Wishing you all a good and healthy weekend!
Candi

Coffee and Herbal tea all day.

I got the results of my blood test for diabetes and cholesterol.

The diabetes is negative I am in the high end for blood sugar 42 being top of normal and me being at 40.

Cholesterol 7.1 with HDL at 1.4 so there is no action from the doc’s for any of this.

But hopefully with this diet my numbers should drop.

Hey i just lost 100 pounds in the last hour ……………. misprint …. i am 236 pounds nor 336 pounds 🙂 🙂 🙂

I think of Miracle Whip as mayonnaise with extra lemon. I even make an easy tarter sauce with just Miracle Whip and green relish.

p.s. Just tried Oikos Greek Yogurt with frozen raspberries … 1/2 c yogurt and 1/4 c. raspberries …. if you like tart, and i do …. that was gooooddd!!

Hi Shalimar
That sounds really good, I’ve put it in my plan for tomorrow’s lunch – wrapped in lettuce leaves, mmmm yum.
I wondered what miracle whip was, and now I know !! Any other tasty tips, let us know 😀

Good luck to both of you!

Just to say it really does seem to be about the carb content rather than sticking religiously to the calories.

If you are working out, you can increase the calories but keep the carbs at 50g per day (cutting out the refined carbs of course) and that should be effective.

I found the following website helpful in planning the nutritional breakdown so have a look and see if it helps http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com

I’m just avoiding the canteen – seems to be ok at the moment….but I’m in charge of ‘clear up’ – wonder how much of that will be into my mouth!!! 😀

Just to add to sunshine-girl’s comments – you can get an app such as MyFitnessPal or FatSecret – there are others too, all free – which let you enter in things like coffee, milk and companies’ coffees such as Starbucks etc. You can also get the nutritional content from the net on companies’ websites.

Using an app helps you add everything up (measure exactly how much milk that “dash” is in your tea/coffee – you may be surprised!) and then you can add it in to your calories/carbs

An app also keeps you accountable and helps you plan so you don’t succumb to two cappuccinos and find you’ve no calories left for dinner. 🙁

Hi, I don’t drink tea but do have one coffee per day with semi skimmed milk, I count it into my calories and carbs and it comes out at 20 calories and 2 carbs. If it was more than one a day I would have to think twice about using up maybe 80 or 100 cals on 4 or 5 cups. I drink green tea with lemon so nothing to count but it is recommended you stick to water if you are a bit of a teapot.

Weighed in yesterday at 336 pounds. This week has been going a lot better than last.

Blood sugars except for 1 reading was under 10.

Nice flavour combination this morning : can of solid tuna in water, drained, with 1 tbsp. of Miracle Whip mayonnaise and a handful of chopped celery …. and 1/3 or so of sliced cucumber …. never tried that combo before and it was great.

Hi Kay,

Igor’s advice is excellent, as usual! I’ll echo it and also add that when I attempted my first go at this a couple of weeks ago, I also did not lose massively and quickly. I derailed so have just started again this Tuesday and my first weigh-in after only 4 days shows a 7lb loss – which is pretty much unheard of for me. It might just be that you’re settling into this new way of eating. Give it some time. Lots of people on these forums report similar to you and then a big whoosh of lost weight. You could be heading for that right now! However, what have you been eating this week? Have you cut your carbs down to around 50g a day? Are you aiming for the 800cals? Give us a bit more info if you want as it might point out some discrepancies. As Igor says, don’t despair!

Thanks snoop, I am really glad. Go girl you can also do it!
Hi Kristin….sorry I am no good at maths….it was my husband who has lost the 3 stone….I have lost 4 stone 9lbs. I was 15 stone to begin with and it took a run up couple of weeks and then two cycles of 8 weeks. I was still not at the BMI “green line area” so decided to keep going week by week until I got there . This has taken a further two weeks.
It would have been a good idea to plot everything on one thread Angiebabe but I was so absorbed in weighing things, shopping lists, getting my head around the book and keeping up with other folks posts etc I just didn’t think of it at the time.
I am definitely going to join in with a weigh in type maintenance thread soon.

Hello Sazzle, If I was you I would go and have my bloods done to see where you are. Then I would speak to my doctor and tell him that I was serious about taking control of my condition and weight and was embarking on a plan that would help with this. No need to mention 800 calories as most doctors fall off their chairs (if you are doing the 800) just say you have been looking into a healthier way of eating. You can use your previous experience as proof that you have had some success even if you have had a bit of a backslide (now you are 15 stone – am I right, not 19 so ahead of the game). Tell him you want to go back in 12 weeks and be retested to see how it is working out for you. If he insists of putting you on meds (you don’t say if you are) or increasing meds or starting insulin etc ask him to give you this breathing space to try for yourself. OKAY.

Are you able to check your own bloods, can you get hold of a machine and blood sticks, it helps to see how you are doing, mine came down from 190 to 135 in 5 days and a week later were down to 120 and now lower, so if followed to the letter the plan can be that good. Hope that has given you ‘food’ for thought – but not carbs. You can still start on Monday and get your bloods done in the near future. Or am I guessing you want to do the diet for the 8 weeks and then go and see your doctor. Either way, you need to know what your bloods are so you can tell him of the improvements. Anyway, do what works for you, stick to the plan and you won’t look back.

I have to ‘show my face’ at 2 coffee mornings tomorrow, thought I had escaped one today by another appt but found there was a stall there too!!

Actually didn’t feel as tempted as I might once have been – though it is salty crisps that are a stronger weakness for me now.

Well all that walking and working will have burnt it off…. You must feel exhausted though.

Thanks for all the replies, I have no intention of quitting, just puzzled over weight not going down. Igorasusual, thanks for that explanation, makes sense although as you say heaven only knows why visceral fat behaves differently.
Flash21, my typical meals are a green smoothie in the morning, or eggs if I’m really hungry, usually eaten late, sometimes not till lunchtime, then at the moment I’m having avocado, celery and either tuna or pink salmon, then dinner is soup, either Superfoods or Prawn Pho or Beetroot and Bean or Chorizo, all taken from the book or website. In addition I have 1 coffee with coconut milk and no carb bircher for a dessert. All calories and carbs are counted as previously stated including any milk used in tea.
BTW, Shalimar, cream isn’t a simple carb, it contains a little carbohydrate but is mostly fat.
Thanks again
K9zz

Day 1-4
3.5lbs lost.
Just 1.5lb more and it’s another stone gone.
Loving the reboot!!

It’s great to see a new number on the scales especially when you’ve been almost there for a while, well done Verano.

Hi to everyone, I have read lots of posts over the last few days. I have the books and I am armed and ready!
Just to tell you a little about me. I am from Wales, just turned 50, type 2 diabetic for about 12 years and probably menopausal. About 4 years ago my blood sugars were out of control, I was taking Metformin and injecting (not insulin). I embarked on a low carb diet and lost a huge amount of weight going from around 19 stone to 12 stone, I brought my blood sugars to normal and came off all medication. I joined a gym and got myself fit. Then I let it all slide. I have put 3 stone on in the last 18 months and I am too frightened to have my bloods done at my GP surgery because I know they are going to be bad (burying head in the sand I know).

So it is time to sort it out! I have every faith in this way of eating, I just need to get organized and back on track. I have made a plan of my menu for the week and I have done my food shopping online (to avoid temptation).

So Monday 5th Oct is the day I turn things around…again.

Thanks sunshine only having one banana as a treat if I do good next week it’s an orange sounds sad but I mean to stick to this and I have my Fitbit to help 🏃😀