Hi I too have the fatty liver problem as well as high blood pressure cholesterol and type 2 diabetes….I started the 8wbs in May and was going well until taking holidays. I found it difficult to forego the three or four beers after work each day which I have been doing for the past 40 years or so and so they were virtually eliminating the good work the low cal diet was doing. BUT I’m back….this time without the beers….and with more exercise involved….89kgs… 63 years age …. We will see how I go this time

Yowzer49: Great job on your 8 weeks weight loss. I was posting on Nutty thread on the 5:2 forum but I can not get on the site anymore since they changed it. I went by the name of Loveswalking. It will not let me log in no matter what I do so I just gave up going there.

Does he like curry, I have a fab recipe for chickpea flour flat breads, will look them out tomorrow.

When I explained the plan fully to my doctor, gave him a detailed list of 4 days worth of food so he could see I was not starving myself, told him of the research and showed him Notes For Doctors, he said… Yes I agree with all this except I’m not taking you off blood pressure medication, but you can reduce your insulin and Glycazlides etc etc. He then wrote down the name of Prof Taylor and his website so he could look at it for himself.

I will see him again in November for my next 3 monthly check up and hope he is up to speed, I am sure he will be.

Surely any decent doctor would be at least curious to see what is going on.

Hi Yowzer – Fifteen Kilos – WOW, well done, that’s brilliant

The walk was great (less so for the woman that got lost maybe!)
Incredibly hot and muggy though – and in yesterday’s big sort through of clothes from the storage unit, I’d found some old walking t-shirts that fit again. They might ‘wick away’ the sweat, but so so hot!

It cooled down a bit later on, and I walked to Kenwood House, then part of the way home – 21.5k steps today, (including the nordic bit)

Lucky – enjoy your coastal walk (the best thing about coastal walks, aside form fantastic views and cool breezes, is that it’s hard to get lost, although I did manage it on one occasion, when leading a group of about twenty people!)
Is your foot faring better now if you’re contemplating long walks?

Hi there fellow bsders.
Just hoping to barge in here!
Lost my last thread then had a horrific week of horrific food due to a series of disasters.
Soo, time to start again.
I am 15 stone plus. Every baby=another stone
5 foot 4.
Mother of 4. No more.
Like walking and running but fanny belly gets a jiggle on which is not for public consumption. I long to run with no fanny belly hitting off my upper thighs. Sighs!
Like eating healthy..but healthy portions too..but like a good starving too!

Honesty time here. My weight gain..all emotional has led to…
Increased physical laziness such as asking the kids to go upstairs and fetch stuff..snoring..hirsutism. .I mean a real beard..wheeze at times..people always think I am pregnant when I am not…periods of self loathing and comfort eating and resultant self loathing..inability to tie laces easily..poor shaving technique..an unmanicured lady garden..cos even I can’t see it..nights where you dont want to go out because of how you look and feel..no health concerns officially as yet..but as you can tell..I am heading there. Apart from the enjoyment of food..there is no goodness in being obese. Fact.

From tomorrow. I am on it.
8 weeks of it. To begin.
Bed time I will log in.
This is the beginning!

Tattiescone xx

Hi Morti, I am one of the people who uses the menu plans and the recipes from the book. I have not counted the carbs on each day but I have counted the calories, especially if I started swapping things around due to not liking some things or not having something available, despite my methodical planning. I have not lost masses of weight but put that down to the fact I take insulin which makes your body hang on to weight. Despite that I have found this method successful and my testing b/g each morning went from 190 to 132 in one week and further reduce to below 100 since then (9 weeks in and still low). When I reached week 6, and still just using the book as my guide, it was time for me diabetic check up with full blood tests. My HBA1c was down from 8.2 to 6.7, my cholesterol and triglycerides were down as was my blood pressure. I have just this week started doing the calculations myself and made one or two mistakes in getting the balance right but all in all, if you are following the low carbs in the menus you should be okay.

You don’t say if you are diabetic but sounds like you want to lose weight. Tomorrow will be the end of week 1 for you, are you going to get weighed. You will probably be surprised, but you should be aware that in the early stages of the diet not looking any different can be because the fat you lose is around the pancreas, liver and other internal organs. Also try taking your measurements as a different indication of how you are doing. Hope to hear from you soon.

Just as I thought, lots of encouraging and positive replies !. I’m trying to focus on the positive side of this change, instead of focussing on the negative ‘I can’t have that’ etc. I am now so ready to change my life and get rid of the extra ‘baggage’, but more importantly take control back from that addiction that I love so much…sugar.
STAR56 thanks for your comments, (and your Brazilian hugs !) good luck on your journey as well !. I’m actually starting to feel a new emotion, 3 days in and I think just maybe, that I’m starting to feel control over myself.

Loupylou – I didn’t think I liked cottage cheese either, but the full fat stuff is very different from diet stuff I’ve had in the past whole different ball game – I was amazed when I first had some!
Verano – I bought some of the Longley park stuff yesterday – still in my fridge, looking forward to trying it.

Hi Orchid
good news that its going well – the walk I did on Saturday was good; turned out the run was 10k and the walk 6k
– and the weather held off.

I’ve just offered to volunteer for the shine walk – will let you know where I’ll be if they still need more volunteers

Trelawny,that’s brilliant for your first week,well done!Yes,it’s better to plan,as long as I have decent things in the house I can make something that is low cal and low carb.Hope your blisters heal up soon,my worst ones ever were doing the West Highland Way.I’ve just spent an hour at the gym,have decided to do 100 calories on 4 pieces of equipment.I know the machines aren’t accurate,just something to work towards.
Jackie,it must have been so hard having homemade donuts around,think I would have eaten some as well.You have still lost this week and haven’t put weight on which is good.
Welcome SusieB,the more the merrier,hopefully we can all motivate each other.
How are you doing Natalie?

Here’s to a good day for all of us tomorrow.

Hello!
I’m on day 6 of the diet and have been sticking to the daily/weekly plans in the Blood Sugar Diet book. I know it’s early days but I’m not anticipating having dropped a huge amount of weight after the first week and my clothes don’t really feel any looser. I’ve seen so many posts saying that you need to keep carbs down but surely if I’m following the plans I should be doing it right, no? I’ve started using MyFitnessPal but as other people have pointed out the calories seem to be wildly different to those in the book. I could be getting more exercise and I need to address that. I just feel slightly frustrated/worried that I might not be doing this right. On the plus side though I’ve eaten more healthily in the last 6 days than I have in years – no duvets of Wotsits or bags of Maltesers the size of my head! – so that has to be a step in the right direction in itself 🙂

Almond flour in pancakes

Is it allowed ? has anyone used almond flour

Picking up on an old topic – I saw an M&S ad today that if you have a bra fitting (before 24 September), you get £5 discount from bra purchases.

It’s something I’d been thinking about doing anyway – I took a spare bra with me today, but grabbed one that was way too big & ended up putting the sweaty sports bra back on.

AMAZING! you give hope to the hopeless!

Actually, Gael Monfils winning today only 15 minutes ago is a great sign of hope! Not been in Semi Finals at US Open in 6 years! What happens tonight, Tsonga or Djokavich will be his opponent! Tough!

Well, Lee there are 4 words of wisdom you followed well:

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!

Cheers,

PrincetonianStud

This is wonderful news for you, Lee – and holds out hope for other people following the BSD.

OH has now had two liver ablations and his time on the BSD has reduced his blood sugar so he is off Metformin. He’s now on maintenance but keeping carbs low and I know is hoping that this way of eating is also helping his liver. There is some evidence that low carb helps prevent tumours growing.

So pleased for you, you must be thrilled – and you’ve not done the whole 8 weeks yet! 🙂

Well did 10 mins HIIT, jumping jacks, high knee runs and running. Longest I managed was 1min running, then rest. Did manage 30 secs of jumping jacks, very impressed with myself! Revived sufficiently in the 90 secs to carry on, so was able to do 10 mins total. Your swimming is fantastic, keep it up.

Hi SusieB and welcome. We are all in the same boat, all have ‘what ifs’ but that is all in our past. This time we succeed! Today is the first day of the rest of our lives! And just for today we are going to do the best we can!
Jackieppp – I think planning is the key, as they say ‘fail to prepare, prepare to fail!’ I am having low carb ploughmans for lunch, bacon and courgetti frittata with salad and GY&B.
I am feeling much less bloated which makes me feel more able to do things. Didn’t have a walk today as blisters on balls of feet, didn’t want to make them worse. But did do HIIT exercise. A mixture of jumping jacks, high knee running and running, and lots and lots of gasping for breath, lol! 10 mins as recommended.
Well off to bed, sleep tight everyone xx

To any one who’s interested on how the diet can improve fatty liver.

I had an ultra sound last Friday, rang the doctors for result appointment and they said I don’t need an appointment and my liver is showing no signs of fatty liver. That’s after 6 weeks.

Fabulous weight loss triumphs everyone.

Have got myself in a silly place as struggling to stick to the guidelines even though I know they work…so as a consequence am giving into my flesh too easily but I am determined to get through as I know from the first week on BSD it works!

So thank you for sharing your successes as it really helps those like me!!

Welcome to the BSD Seadog and STAR56,
Wishing you born well as you progress towards your goals – keep us posted on your progress😊

Welcome to the family Seadog 😃

Really pleased to hear that your GP is being supportive, and that you’re taking positive action now, rather than later.

You’ll find lots of support on here. Any questions, just ask. And I look forward to reading about your progress.

Great results Yowzer 😃

WOW!!! Well done Mixnmatch!!!! Take your time with the next goal …. you have done amazingly well so far!

Hello Seadog

I’m from Brazil, I’m 56 years old, two years ago weighed 127kg and Lowcarb and fasting decreases almost 25kg, always had problems of hypertension and swelling in the legs and feet.

Today I do not make use of any medication, perfect health!

I want to reduce more weight will try blood sugar diet, to get a better result.

I’ll start next week because I will travel, home of my mother, lots of food and drink.

No exaggeration because I’m already adapted without alcohol and without bad carbs.

Once again I company to you.

Brazilian hugs.

Excuse me! I write to Google translator

Hi all
Welcome Susieb. Had the grandchildren round today (it’s what I do). We made do-nuts. Guess who’s been eating some – not one just one. Grrrr. Lost 1lb this whole 1st week so 36 to lose now. Kids back to school tomorrow so going to get back on track now. Can’t do much exercise unfortunately except for these fingers which are getting super slim now ha ha. Going to have blueberry yoghurt nuts in the morning and avacado egg for lunch if I plan the day before that might work better for me. Is this what others do? Wish I was a bit more disciplined cos I know it works when my mind’s on it. Love reading everyone’s posts keep it up girls (any men around you’d be welcome too) bfn

Great to have you onboard Seadog. Fantastic news that your GP has recommended the BSD and even more fantastic that you have decided to take action. We will all be interest to hear about you progress and this is definitely the place for advise, support and encouragement. Look forward to reading your posts in future.

Depressing? Seadog, this is a great post and inspiring both from your point of view and from your doctor’s.

Fantastic the doctor took the time to give you that slap, and congratulations to you for taking it on the chin and deciding not that you were going to stamp your foot and deny it all, but that you were going to set about it and get your health back 🙂

Keep posting, there are loads of people here as you will know who will give you the best advice, based on their own experiences and research.

And give yourself a break – you have started on the path which will end in more life and more enjoyable life 🙂

Thanks for sharing.

Success, as of this morning I am 5 1/2 stone lighter than I was and my BMI is 29.9! Next mini goal to follow when I have worked it out 😀

Hi all, I’ve hijacked Bill1954’s original post name, as he has inspired me to get on with this life changing lifestyle. I’m feeling rather gloomy today as I went to the GP yesterday with a health concern. I’ve noticed fluid around my ankles, and shooting pains in my Achilles tendon. The GP was a young guy, well younger than me anyway (I’m 47) and was very honest. He told me in no uncertain terms that the fluid build up was caused by being overweight, and should not be seen in someone my age. My BP is also very elevated, around 180/90. He looked through my medical records, turned to me and said ‘Your father died at 62, you’re going the same way’. Yes, you could say he had no right to say that, but I actually appreciate his candour, maybe at long last I will finally realise that I cannot go on like this. I’ve had my blood sugar checked, and I’m still OK on that, not pre-diabetic at the moment, but…I’m sure if I carry on abusing myself I will be. Anyway, he has put me on medication for the raised BP, and then said that if I continue to not look after myself, my list of medication will increase year on year.
Then, here’s the thing, he said have I ever heard of the blood sugar diet ?, yup, a GP who believes heart and soul in MM and Prof Taylors hard work !. My 10 minute appointment turned into 40 minutes, but it appears that I was the last appointment of the day, so he was giving up his own time for me. He wants me to go back in two weeks time, and then once a month after that where he is going to monitor me and my progress on this plan. He has done me a huge favour, taken his gloves off and given me a hard slap round the face (metaphorically !) . I’ve known about this plan for quite a while now, but I’ve now had the short and sharp shock I needed to get on with it. I’m on my third day now, and starting to feel the benefits. Apologies for quite a depressing message, but I know there are plenty of good people on this forum who can help me along. I also had a chat with my wife last night, who has always been fantastic and understanding, but when I told her I was now on BP medication, she said that I must now take action.
I’m about 3 stones overweight I guess (18 Kg), 18 Stone now and want to get to 15 stone.
Thanks all.

I applaud your doctor for being honest. That reality is the reason I’ve never entirely relied on doctors for care of our medical zebras and unicorns. (Diabetes is just a horse – but the principle still holds.) Doctors have hundreds of patients, with many more conditions (depending on their specialty). I’ve got three. That reality means that I (and my family) will get far better care if I do the basic research and not rely on the doctor to know everything.

My goal, whenever I meet a new doctor – or have a new condition – is to be able to anticpate everything they will discuss – and for them to be familiar with anything I bring up. If, at the end of the visit, they are on a different track than I am, chances are pretty good they will not remain my doctor for long. It annoys some doctors (one fired me this year – after I’d already fired the rest of his team), but any doctor I’m willing to have treat me appreciates it – or at least is willing to work with it and recognizes anything I ask about, even if they don’t agree with it.

Good luck tomorrow loopylou.

Spiraliser wonderful all sorts …. Electric, salter type (see on Amazon) and hand held. I’ve just bought a hand held while I’m away but not successful! Others do have success with them.

Try Longley Farm full fat cottage cheese … completely different texture almost like cream cheese!

Well done to all losers. Those of us still trying …. just keep going!

It’s incredible to be consuming that amount of sugar and carbs in something that actually doesn’t fill you up and is more a habit! I only drink tea (with 1 sugar) so I’m going to try and avoid it as much as possible whilst reducing the amount of sugar when I do cave in to it! You’re right Caro-it’ll be a work in progress for me too. I also struggle with not finishing off my son’s meals or ‘tasting’ it as I cook. I’ve realised I do it without even realising I’m doing it until afterwards! Not had the best day but will finish off with a feta and avocado salad to try and redeem some of the bad points! I bet you’ve lost more weight than you feel Caro-sometimes I feel bloated and full around my time of the month but actually it’s not weight gain.

Galleyslave, I guess from your name you do the cooking. If you are serious about going on the diet with him, how about going on it without him like Igorasusual did. Look at the recipes and make nourishing meal similar to what he might normally eat and (like with children) sneak in a few good carbs and slowly leave out the potatoes, pasta, rice etc. My daughter said our (grand)son would not eat chickpeas, I was eating the spanish chickpea and chorizo soup (in the book) and he asked if he could have some, he loved it. Try making stews using pumpkin or butternut squash (not the best carbs but better than potatoes). I think you might get the idea.

On a cheering note, my husband is not overweight, not diabetic and has nothing much wrong with him. He does have high blood pressure so has an annual MOT with blood tests and a cardiology visit. Since I have been on this diet he eats pretty much what I do and I add the devil carbs like some chips with the veggie fritata or rice with the stir fry. More and more he is saying, don’t bother, I’ll do without. So he is half on this diet AND he has lost half a stone (just to smooth out the podge) reduced his blood glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides and been told he shouldn’t really be on blood pressure tablets, which is to be reviewed soon. So just by dipping into my diet it has done him a world of good.

If he really doesn’t care or understand the implications of going on insulin ask him how he would manage sticking a needle in his stomach or thigh every day, sometimes more often and is that better than giving up certain foods. It is awful and it still makes me cry sometimes – not from the pain of doing it, from the hopelessness of it.

I do hope he comes around. I can guarantee if he goes on this diet for 1 week he will see improvements straight away and maybe that will be enough to convince him. Make a bet with him. I am running out of steam here but I feel so passionate about this.

Good luck and take care of yourself.

Well done krysia and 54 and sunshine girl. Great results. My weigh in is in the morning. Fingers crossed I do as well as you.
My mum broke her hip but after surgery seems to be improving. I am back up to Norfolk tomorrow and Thursday for visiting the sick!
Keep up the good work everyone.
Talking of courgetti would you recommend getting a spiraliser? I usually just use a potato peeler and have courgetti ribbons.
Frog I HATE cottage cheese. It’s a texture thing I think. I won’t tell you what it reminds me of.

Fantastic figures Yowzer, onwards and downwards!

1st Feb 2015 I was at the heaviest I had ever been and decided this had to stop. I was having difficulty showering, out of breath walking up the stairs and so on. I started on a local leisure scheme where they lent you a “pebble” movement measurement device and encouraged you to get into sport and activity without having to join a gym. I started with a back to fitness course that mixed yoga, Zumba, step etc. for really unfit people and a few weeks later started playing (very badly) badminton on the same scheme. Since then I have been experimenting with different diets and variants of diets and am now really happy that I have an approach that will take me right to whatever my ideal weight proves to be. I also have got much better at badminton. 😊

Hello, Trelawny, Natalie and Wendyq,

I hope you don’t mind if I join you in this thread one week late? I see we have similar stats! I’m 52 years old, 5’5″ and around 13st – I will have my official start weigh-in tomorrow!
I need to lose about 42lbs. I have dabbled in this diet a few months ago (Oh, what would I have weighed now, I wonder, if I had stuck to it!) But – I must focus on the Now and not the Past.

I look forward to joining you on the next 7 weeks!

wel done on the weight loss that is truly amazing

Ay caramba, – thank-you for that! I was having miso soup at lunchtimes, and the dizzy turns were nearly all in the morning! I had been intending to dig out my vegemite as I found some lovely oatcakes ( 2 are 16g so 7.6g carb) that I was having some days for breakfast as well as my normal muesli – I love oatcakes and vegemite/marmite with a bit of cheese. I will definitely try that with celery as well. 🙂

Just calling by quickly to say its day 56 and ive lost 34 lbs..2 stone 6, 15 kilo..whichever sounds best
Average of just over 4 lb a week for 8 weeks! 👍🏻 x Donning the Cape of Smugness..
best decision i ever made to try the BSD..all thanks to my friend Nutty on the 5:2 forum x when i saw how well she did on it,i decided to give it a go,tho I never thought i wd do it for more than a week,and intended to allow 1000 cals a day -but i didn’t go over 800 once and many times was under. onwards and downwards now! X

Igorasusual is right, if you can persuade your OH to check out some of the threads here – especially Bill1954’s and captainlynne’s – it might inspire him. I have to agree with your OH about the ‘happy clappy’ stuff at ‘slimming clubs’, I loathed it too and to be honest, their whole approach is now thrown into question by the BSD and similar approaches.

There is nothing like showing someone how things can change, so if you can make a start yourself, may be he will be willing to follow.

Hope it comes right for you both and that you will soon be posting results, instead of pleas for help.

Good luck.

Hi ay caramba,
I’m impressed that you have got rid of the bingo-wings. I look good in clothes, but without them I have bingo wings, still got a bit of flab on the stomach – some of which is loose skin so probably will never go now, and likewise in the thighs. With only a couple of kg still to go I am not so worried now about losing that as improving the muscle tone overall. Might try the body pump after the marathon is over and see if I can fix the bingo wings etc.
As you say – get out and try to do something – every little bit helps and suddenly you find you are doing even more than before.

Well done, Orchid, you are an absolute star, fantastic achievement.

Just one thing I wanted to add – if you are getting dizzy turns, have you thought that you might not be getting enough salt? I know we’re all recommended not to have too much, but if you’re drinking loads and peeing loads, you’ll be washing it out of the system and this can indeed cause light-headedness. You can help by

adding more salt to food
drinking miso soup or perhaps a stock cube in boiling water as a drink
marmite/vegemite on a celery stick as a snack

Hope that might help you, it’s important and not always appreciated that lack of salt can have poor effects

Yowzer!!! great stuff, well done, that’s fab! Bet you feel on top of the world! 🙂

Hi Elaine, I was going to do an update today so here goes!
I did the long walk that I planned, but the temperature was even hotter than forecast. I left the car I the shade and it recorded 30 degree plus at lunchtime. It was 32 degrees plus at 5pm when I left! I only did just over 13 miles, partly because I got a bit lost in the morning and kept stopping to get my bearings so lost time; but mainly it was just too hot. By the afternoon my back was really tired and it was a struggle to keep going. I did finish the half marathon distance and although my back ached a lot of the way, my legs were fine – only a little tired. That is a big improvement on when I did the Shine half marathon walk 2 years ago and at the end my legs were dead, there was nothing left in them and they were the same next morning!
Last week I went back to the same place having identified routes I could do that meant I walked about 2 hours then had a short break to eat, then back to the next 2 hours loop then break and out for the third one. That worked well and I did 19.6 miles. I started at 10am and finished at just before 5pm, so roughly 3 x 2 hours walking with two breaks for food and toilet of 30 mins each. If I can keep that up, I can get through this marathon in 10 hours. The challenge will be the food, as I looped back to the car each time so was not carrying anything with me.
The 13 miles walk, I had a pack on my back which was an extra 4.5kg. The 19.6 miles I ditched the pack and had a bum-bag with a phone, money and nuts with me plus water attached to my belt. That worked well and although my back ached a little early afternoon, I walked through it and it was my legs that were beginning to complain near the end. It was a lot cooler – 18 degrees in the morning and 23 in the afternoon.
I am planning one more long walk either this week or next to get to 22 miles so I know I am able to do it.
On the actual walk there are lots of pit-stops for water and if it is the same as the other one I did there will be lots of bananas to take on route. On walk days I do not stick to the low carb – I try to have at least 20g carb for breakfast (I added 10g toasted oatmeal to my normal full fat yoghurt, blueberries and seeds breakfast) plus a Portobello mushroom and cheese (10g). After 2 hours I had miso soup, an egg, cheese and salad cream filling with a besam flour flatbread plus black coffee. Next break was a salad with oil, two small plums and black coffee. I had a peanut bar with me in the bumbag that I ate 2/3 of towards the end of the day. That worked fine, but was well over 100g carbs. I still need to work out how I do the actual nights fuelling – that will be the things that makes or breaks it.
I am concentrating on back strength for now to stop the backache and possibly be able take some food with me in a back pack on the night. I also need to call Cancer Research to make sure they are providing the same foods as they did last time!
I was getting dizzy turns last month, mainly in the mornings when I bent down to pick things up. I was doing archaeology fieldwork and was on my feet all day so decided my carbs needed to go up a bit and also to make sure I did not bend down and back up too quickly. That helped, and I also had a square or dark chocolate in my bag with water in case it happened again. I suspect I will need to stop the diet completely the week before the walk especially if the overnight food is bananas and health bars!
I’ll let you know how it goes and what I found worked and what did not.
Good luck with your training, make sure you do a lot of work on your back strength, my core strength is quite good, but you are on your feet for 8-10 hours at a go with short stops and your back works as hard as your legs do!

Just calling by quickly to say its day 56 and ive lost 34 lbs..2 stone 6, 15 kilo..whichever sounds best
Average of just over 4 lb a week for 8 weeks! 👍🏻 x

Thank you so much for your brilliant posts – what a success story and you were so well disciplined and organised!
My main problem with the diet (I’ve been stopping and starting again for months) is that I lose focus and become bored with my meals. I find it so time-consuming logging every single tiny little thing into MFP, although I will do it but then I get bored with the food.
I would be so intrigued to see your 2-week menu plan from your spreadsheet – are you able to share?

Again, very well done! I am re-inspired!

Hi yes silly me a Dexa scan it is suggested in the tests. I dont think ill bother though.

Do you mean a Dexa scan but that is for bone density, do tell what it is.

You will find lots of support here and by the sounds of it you have managed very well before, a stone in 2 weeks is great. I’m waiting for a stone and I’m in week 9 but I am a slow loser. My excuse is the insulin holds me back and my doctor agrees but says it can be done.

Join in when you are ready but in the meantime there is lots to browse through. Good luck,