Hi flash 🙂

Congratulations on the loss 🙂 You say restarted – how did you get on the first time?

I’ve gone and sabotaged things already tonight – I was offered a drink. I convinced myself one glass of wine wouldn’t hurt. And one wouldn’t have!! However one lead to two, and then going along with a decision to eat out, and then a couple more glasses :S

I’m trying to console myself in that we went for Chinese food – and I managed to convince them to serve me a dish of meat and vegetables and very easy on the sauce (the waiter looked at me like I’d grown another head – but went with it). And I didn’t even eat half :). Didn’t even touch a prawn cracker!!

This (whilst being totally off plan) would not have happened a couple of weeks ago. But it’s made me realise that I can stick to this easily when I’m planning ahead and preparing meals – but I need to work out how to make it work when I go out – because eating out and the odd drinking night or two are regular parts of my life – and I need to be more ready to handle next time!

Hey all,

I started today, can I tag along on this group? I’m 5’6, need to lose a total of 6 stone to be in the healthy BMI range as an 17st now and should be 11 max! Going to be a long journey, not going to do the 800 cal diet for more than 8 weeks in a row, but hoping it will give me a kick start and healthy eating habits to carry on with.

Planned a weeks worth of meals, got food in ready to go so am less tempted by other things. Will post tomorrow about first days but today has gone well!

Wow you must be so very proud of yourselves you’ve inspired me even more and my exercise bike is calling me!!

Hi I will join you. I am 5 7″ and weighing in at 14 stone and aim to get to 11 stone by xmas god willing. Doing shopping list now and starting tomorrow. Bring it on I’m so positive about it. Will report regularly too.

Hi all! I will join you! I’m a 34 year old single mum of one from Australia and I’ve just finished the book. Doing all my prep today in readyness to start tomorrow!
Good luck!

That’s really amazing and so encouraging. Fantastically well done!

Thanks Igorasusual, I am finding this suits me. It is the diet I have been lookng for. Love the recipes, I can cook but am not an inventive cook, so the ideas are great. Love reading your posts! Am working on giving up the scales, but it’s difficult. xx

Aria – see you in Waitrose in a few weeks. I hare clothes shopping so not your best companion for that.
Not so good today. Wine & cheese ‘do’ tonight with friends – rude not to join in. Back to strict BSD tomorrow.

I’m still here and still going! I’ve now lost 21lb at last check in. Has been a tough week with work but I’ve kept the wheels on the wagon!

How are you doing?

Hi there Rio and welcome to you and your lovely lady 🙂

The great thing about the BSD – brace yourself, because you don’t expect it – is that you will enjoy your food, I predict, EVEN MORE 🙂 🙂

I don’t quite know why it is, but my OH and I (and family when we’ve shared our meals with them) have absolutely LOVED the food with no refined carbs, but good seasoning, plenty of spices and chillis, lots of vegetables, full fat dairy, and things we’d not really cooked before.

We have become great fans of curry and fish (my fish pakoras – fish in chunks fried in gram flour batter) were great – would never have tried those before – and there are lots and lots of recipes around which are very easily adaptable to the BSD with very little change, if any.

So prepare yourself for enjoying your food just as much as before, and feeling great as well. What’s not to like?

Best of luck to both of you – keep us posted 🙂

What an amazing achievement slimlady you can justifiably feel very proud of yourself!
My husband & I will be starting the 800 cal BSD on Monday with me hoping to lose 3-4 stone & my husband who is a Type 2 diabetic to lose 1-2 stone & to reduce his medication or if all goes well be able to manage without any. It’s certainly worth him trying this & I would love to be slimmer before Christmas. Good luck with your maintenance diet.

Not far away then I am in Rustington! Perhaps we can get together and go on a shopping spree when we get to where we want to be !

Hello new starters!
My husband & I will be starting the BS Diet on Monday because we are still eating some unsuitable leftovers & will be having family & a friend for lunch on Sunday. We have been used to fasting on 5:2 so hope we can cope well with 800 daily calories! I’m still trying to get my head around the recipes & some unfamiliar ingredients & today shopped for most of the ingredients listed as basics in the recipe book. I am aged 68 & my husband is 69 & a Type 2 diabetic so hoping he will also be able to reduce his medication. Weight wise he needs to lose 1-2 stone & I need to lose 3-4 stone🙁 so a long way for me to go to get to my ideal weight!
Good luck everyone on your first day👍👍🍀🍀

In mid May 2016 I was 18 stone 7lbs or 119 kg, just over 50 years old 5 feet 10 and had been overweight for a very long time. A variety of diets came and went and it was always difficult.Like most people I like my food and drink. Then I visited my doctor for a routine 50 plus MOT test for cholesterol, blood sugar, weight, blood pressure etc. Some results were immediately apparent such as blood pressure which was high and cholesterol was 5.8 which was also not acceptable. What scared me the most was the HB1AC returned a reading of 51 and should have been under 42. My doctor was straight to the point and said the result was in the diabetic range type 2 diabetes and with the usual terrible consequences and I would be on meds for life. This really shocked me to the core. Then by chance I heard about Michael Mosleys Blood Sugar Diet and went out and bought it. That night me and my husband read it in full and committed ourselves to going through at least 8 weeks. Not long after we purchased a digital blood sugar testing device, a digital set of scales that measures body fat, water content, muscle content and BMI etc and a good quality exercise bike. My husband,although he didnt have any blood sugar issues did have elevated blood pressure and weighed 16 stone 6lbs. We both stuck rigidly to around 800 calories a day , banished rice, bread and pasta and virtually no alcohol. That was the hardest part of the diet. In the first week alone I lost 9lbs. I started with the bike by just doing 10 minutes then a week later 20 minutes until after two weeks I was routinely on 30 minutes. By mid June I was 16 stone 3. Mid July 15 stone 2. Mid August 14 stone 4. and now after 18 weeks I am 13 stone 6. I used to be in size 22 and now size 12! My husband is currently 13 stone 7. Between us we have lost 8 stone. It was good to throw out all the large size clothes, but now I need a new wardrobe. It is such a good feeling to have people who havent seen me for a while say wow! I have just had some new tests done and my blood pressure is normal, cholesterol normal range but best of all my new HBA1c test came back as 35! I am sleeping so much better and feel great. My personal goal is to lose another half stone or so to get into the healthy BMI range. I started at 34.6 and am now 26. Yes there are times when the weight plateaued but persevere and it starts again. Its important to keep the faith and keep the booze down. This is a lifestyle change and soon we will both change over onto the Mediterranean maintenance diet and continue to regulate our weight. It was without question worth all the hard work and saying no to those temptations. Best still I wont be on meds for life.

Yowzer – as I was crazy enough to start the BSD one week before last Christmas, you could say I was ‘striking while the iron was hot’! I didn’t just clear all non-BSD foods out of my house, I also decided to stay at home over the Christmas/New Year period somI could control what I was eating. That might seem strange, but it’s what I needed to do at that stage. You’re further into your BSD journey so know what you’re doing and have time to plan so you don’t sabotage your efforts. If you check my earlier posts you’ll see what I did over that season. or ask questions if you wish. Always happy to help 😃

Hi Nettle

When I first had colours done, was winter. A few years later I had them done again because the system had been ‘fine tuned’ – I was still basically a winter, but they had additional sub-groups. My hair colour and skin tone haven’t changed in many years. So I would imagine I”m still a winter – just can’t remember the sub-groups. And of course the system may have been refined further. Need a refresher course on it all – colours, style and make-up 😱

Love the idea of tinted lenses ‘to see the world through rose-coloured …..’ 😃

Snoop – thanks for that thought. It took a lot for me to take part in the original article, but I did it to play my small part in demonstrating the benefits of the BSD to a wider audience. It was about the BSD , Dr Mosley, and Prof Taylor – not about me, I was just a case-study.

I don’t think I would feel comfortable taking part in an article where the focus was more on me. As I’ve said – I’m struggling to decide where to put the photos. I don’t want them in my lounge. Perhaps on the stairs – but visitors would still see them. So possibly my bedroom. Part of me just wants to put them in a drawer! Perhaps what it boils down to is that I spend a great part of my life in front of people and I value my privacy.

Hope that makes sense.

Oh brilliant Maple! So glad I don’t have to do this alone.

I will report back regularly. Best of luck for tomorrow.

You sound as if you’ve done well Trelawney. Can you tell how you’re doing by how your clothes feel?

I’m a great advocate of “don’t worry too much about the weight, how are the measurements going”. Worked for me.

But whatever you sound in good control to me. 🙂

Hi Emily

I will join you! I am starting tomorrow! I’m 5foot 4 and weigh 11 stone 3 pounds, I would love to get back to 9 stone something! I’m a carb addict and want to get back in control of food.

Why are we so led by the scales? I have followed the plan all week, have been for walks but am unable to weigh myself this week and for the next few days. I hope I have lost but there is the fear that I have gained. Why do we doubt ourselves when we have no scales telling us our weight? A sign of my age and conditioning no doubt!!
Lunch today – beetroot and carrot salad with walnuts and feta. Dinner – 1 tuna and chickpea pattie, 2 tbsp cauli cheese and salad. Greek yogurt and berries with sprinkle of toasted almonds.
Bring on the weekend! xx

I should add that I am doing the 800 cal diet. Eek

Hi,

I plan on starting tomorrow despite not having read the book yet (it is taking ages to come through the post).

Is there anyone else planning on starting tomorrow, with it being a fresh, new month and all? If so, could we use this thread for support and accountability?

I am in my late thirties, from the Uk and have two young children. I am 5 foot 8 and weigh 14 stone and 2 pounds. I want to weight 10stone. I plan on using this diet as a kick start and then reverting to the No S diet there after. I don’t eat meat but do eat fish. I am nervous about doing this and I think a support thread could make all the difference for me.

Anyone want to join me?

Thanks I did think that, but it was a mainly peas.

I guess that main thing is < 50g carbs > 50g protein.

What a great story yours is. I hope that my blood sugars will be lower in another 7 weeks’ time as I do not want to take the tablets! This forum is helping me a lot,especially when I realised I wasn’t on my own anymore. Good luck,everybody!!

After reading the BSD supplements in the Daily Mail this week, I was impressed with the practical health benefits and recipes which, apart from the cakes and buns, resonated with me as that is the range of food which I eat. However, I do need to lose weight and I shall start tomorrow with recipes planned for the next few days. My lovely lady has agreed to join me and, as I love cooking, I’ll enjoy making the meals. The biggest hurdle is that I love my food…………………….

I have been feeling a lot better these last few days. I completed a long walk with my friend today without feeling uncomfortable and tired at the end of it. I think cutting out sugar has helped a lot. I am on week 2 of the 8 week diet at the moment. I had the Moroccan meatballs today and they were very enjoyable!! Still got a very dry mouth and I have increased my water intake.
Keep going ladies!!

Good for you, Plumptious, in reaching your BMI target. For the past few days I, too, have finally made it into the healthy range of the BMI (admittedly, the very top end) – just need to lose a few more pounds so I’m in safer territory & give myself a bit of wriggle room! Having a plan is good. Like you, I’m going to keep weighing myself daily to keep myself on the path of healthiness. And, after six years of not swimming, next week I plan to dip my toe into the local pool – I used to be a regular swimmer and am ashamed of myself for letting it slide.
I am determined not to slip back into old bad habits.

Thanks for that explanation NEOHDIVER i can never get my head round the T3 T4 stuff ..that helps..
So,not a very useful test in the US either?
In UK we can Pay for a private test with more accurate results..but then Gp may not prescribe a higher dose of meds,shd the test show you need it..so may have to pay for the extra..the test is on my list of things to do tho..i really want to know how my thyroid really is doing..coz tho i can lose weight easy enough if i am strict,i never feel very well and could be the thyroid is to blame,or partly to blame
DOORDIE how did it go for you at the doctors? X

Sounding good Chris! Just be wary of sweetcorn perhaps – I think it’s one of the higher carb veg. No probs with it today though as it fits in your macros 🙂

Well done IMOGEN on reaching mini goal ! Isnt it just marvellous when we go down into another stone bracket! I Love it!
Sorry About yr fish pie SUNSHINE and thanks for reporting on it..the skinny cottage pie sounds good..
Feeling i will soon need something more satisfying and warming than all the salad ive eaten since mid july
GAVIn iwas thinking how after xmas I might do BSD 5:2…hows it going for you? I know youre losing..
are you enjoying it? Do you find you can restrain yrself on the non fast days? X
My 24 weeks actually finishes Dec 27 which means no crimbo eve/day / boxing day treats for Yowzer..but if our CAPTAINLYNNE managed it last Xmas,surely i can too, having such a good role model! X

I put my measuring tape next to the scale. God help anyone that moves it!
I’d like to join you, I started 9 / 29. I have been taking Metforum about 8 months, would like to stop. I had a heart attack 2 1/2 years ago and my fasting has been a bit above normal ever since,I suspect made worse by the statin drugs, as it went up to 148. I was doing well yesterday until husband decided he wanted to have cereal before bed. I went upstairs rather quickly. He was apologetic about it and said he knows he needs to”cut back” too. Hope he joins me soon, he really needs to lose about 50 pounds

I made the creamy fish bake tonight. Too labour intensive, used 4 pans, one for onions and garlic, then one for cream and fish, boiling eggs, and another for cooking celeriac, felt like I was juggling. The end result was, to quote my husband ‘tasteless and boring’. I took it from him as he is a fish lover, and I’m not. I put in parsley, tarragon, salt and pepper and topped with cheddar cheese but the overpowering taste was the cream.

Tomorrow it is skinny cottage pie, wish me luck, or wish my poor husband luck.

Ooh, have I posted in the wrong thread since Lucia started this one for her? So sorry…

Hello everyone! just starting today and thrilled to see a group to make the journey with. Took a 2 day prep time while reading the book. Have myfitnesspal and pacer pedometer apps on phone. 4700 steps starting point from yesterday. Let’s do this!

I put my measuring tape next to the scale. God help anyone that moves it!

Stay strong 1960, it was a diabetic dietician that set me on a course of gaining 5kg and changing my excellent HBA1c (5.8) to a whopping 11.2. She told me to eat carbs with every meal plus 2 snacks, said it would stabilize my b/g when I only went to ask her what I should eat it when I got shaky after exercise. Her theory is that if I ate until I burst I would never get shaky. Agggggggggh.

Anyway, I took things into my own hands and cuts out most of the carbs and got my HBA1c down to 8.2 and there it stuck for 6 months (2 tests) and then I found this plan. Now my HBA1c is 6.7 after just 6 weeks when I had my test (now been on it for 12 weeks) and know who I would take advice from.

Do what you feel is right for you and keep on keeping on.

Thanks guys your comments are very helpful.Bit scary but exciting also starting on a new journey.

Hi,

Just completed my first day and as I thought I could not complete my calories for the day on MFP as they are below 1000.

This what I have eaten so people can compare notes

Breakfast
Protein shake

Lunch
Chicken breast peas and sweetcorn

Dinner
2 slices smoked ham and a boiled egg
high protein yoghurt

loads of black coffee, herbal tea and water.

Totals for the day:

Calories Carbs Fat Protein Sugar
787 48 14 110 30

Cheers

Chris aka FB

Having now achieved my original goal of getting into the normal range of BMI , I know that I will never return to my old ways of eating.
That said , because life is busy and things can creep up on you when you are looking the other way there is a small possibility that I may add weight so have decided to weigh myself daily as that is what I have been doing first thing in the morning and also keep my records daily too in my notebook.
I will continue to log in here once a week to record figures as this will help keep me accountable to myself. I will continue until the last day of this year and then re-assess.
I am really happy with the weight loss, change in shape etc but have a few loose wobbly bits still and feel that a few more pounds will naturally come off if I keep within all the parameters I set myself.
I plan to keep up the walking and also do a weekly swim (proper commitment on the calendar-there are 3 over 50’s sessions that I can utilize at times that fit in with my pattern of daily life). Longer term I plan to not renew my “my fitness pal account” once the annual renewal date is near but will download/photocopy lots of the days and make them into a little magazine/book to use as an aide memoire.
Can’t decide which day of the week I will commit to yet as I have a lot on at the moment so will look at the year planner and start soon.

Overdid the pizza by about 6 more bites – 877 cals all up so I’ll take that. Trade off of higher carbs for less protein and fat. A good end to the week though and hoping I can do that on a Friday or Saturday when it’s pretty social

Exercise focus today

Hope you are doing well

tigsxx

Hi Yowser🙋🌻🎶

Yes still here, just been laid low by a virus, so not been posting, or doing much of anything really… How are you?

So today was first weigh in for a few days and I finally hit my mini goal by reaching 95kg…that last kg took a few weeks!!! Although I still need to drop another 20+kg have decided to take today to fully appreciate dropping into the 14 stone bracket at last… will reset next goal tomorrow😇

How’s the rest of the gang? Has gone quiet recently, though perhaps that is natural as we move into ‘veteran’ territory…??

Thanks for the reminder to post though – love to read everyone’s stories and want to keep in touch with all the fantastic BSD buddies – hi folks 🙌

Hello Again!

I’ve been MIA for over three months and I apologize. Life happened, as per usual.

I got a blood infection and was hospitalized for awhile and then my Diabetes team and I were fooling with my meds to an almost dire end. I’m good now though. Only gained back 10 lbs or so <– I am counting that as a win.

With my Diabetes Team (my GP, an intern, and a clinical pharmacist) on board, we are ready to do this again. Hopefully we will stick it out for the full 8 weeks as I REALLY need a new dresser (see profile for Goals & Reward Scheme).

I look forward to catching up.

Cheers,

Deb

Hi! Can I join?

I’m a 42-year-old female, slow loser, coming off a typical SAD diet (lots of refined grains, fried foods, potatoes, etc.). I fortunately don’t have a craving/desire for sugary things like soda or pie or cake, so rarely eat those types of treats, but I can easily eat enough pasta in one meal for a family of 6.

I started on Monday and so far, so good. Most days I fast through breakfast, and sometimes I fast through lunch. Then I eat a low carb dinner and low carb bedtime snack. I may overdo it on dairy and nuts right now, but I’ll cut back when my weight loss stalls.

So far I’ve lost 4 pounds, but I am an experienced dieter, so I know it’s glycogen/water stores.

Friday and Saturdays are my “food fun” days usually, so I am hoping I can make it through them without too much damage. Plan tonight is taco salad.

Great to meet everyone!

I hear that! Good for you!

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.