Congratulations xx

JulesMaigret that is interesting. I have been same weight for weeks now and accused my scales of being broken. Scratching my head for a solution and didn’t weigh myself for a while. Mornings getting colder so I had porridge a couple of times ( with fruit ) I believe ‘real’ oats are acceptable according to the book. Hopped on the scales the other morning just because I was standing next to them with no clothes on ( the curtains were shut 🙂 ) and pleasantly surprised and relieved to see movement downwards again. It has spurred me on in a way no self-remonstrating ever could. I think others on forums have repeated that different methods work differently for folks and we need to keep searching until we hit the right way for us. btw not diabetic so simpler calculations for me than those who are.

Great to hear you’re doing well Tattiescone. Snap! For lunch I have beetroot and carrot salad but with feta and walnuts. Haven’t tried it before but looks good.
A young girl I work with (19 yrs) has just started SW ‘cos she loves carbs and is going the old route. Horrified at the mention of no carbs!! We’ll see how we both go, my monies on the BSD. Bacon wrapped chicken for dinner, recipe on forum, very nice.
Have a great low carb day everone xx

Read the book so I am following the principles really but use http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary to help count cals and carbs, it is surprising how and where the carbs hide?
I use only a few of the recipes from the book, I think I am heading in the direction CaptL went European style breakfast, meats, natural yogurt with fresh berries and cheese, keeps the carbs low, which gives more carb wiggle room through the day.

Another post plateau weight whoosh here. Drum roll… SIX STONE loss as of this morning. Four stone since January this year, the other two I lost last year, long before I discovered how easy this diet was once you have kicked the carb habit. Now in the non-stretch size 14 trousers too. 😀

I’ve only read bits of the book, and followed none of the recipes so far, just followed the principles of the diet, so absolutely it is possible. Pick and choose to your hearts content but make sure you keep it balanced, and use similar substitutes for anything you don’t like. One thing you may find though is that your tastes change as you get into the later weeks so keep trying things, even if you historically didn’t like something. Good luck!

Good morning
I failed miserably yesterday. I binged – then I felt terrible. I don’t know why I do it. It started when I remembered I had sweets in my car. I had one which then led to me eating the whole packet. Then I was on a mission to eat everything I could get my hands on. Secret binging doesn’t count does it ……
Back on it today. I feel bloated and yuk and so disappointed with myself. I couldn’t even manage 3 days

I am also interested to hear what your optician says Jon.

Prior to being diagnosed with diabetes my eyesight was absolutely fine with a blood sugar of 23.5. But when put on insulin it only spiked to max of 10 after meals and I was warned by the hospital that my eyesight would deteriorate significantly before coming back to normal – which would take 4 months and not to get new glasses for 4 months. This is exactly what happened.

Insulin didn’t protect me from retinopathy which developed later. BSD – even though my calories and carbs were too high (my error through not weighing) completely cured the retinopathy. (I started 1 May completely gone by mid June). On 3rd Sept I went on the fast 800 properly – weighing everything – and my blood sugars dropped dramatically. I am now off insulin completely. Instead of spikes of up to 10 – the highest spike is now around 6.2.

As before when blood sugars dropped my eyesight has deteriorated. Not as dramatic as before but was confirmed at eye clinic that sight in one eye has deteriorated. They didn’t seem overly worried as the eye looks really healthy now. So I am really interested in hearing what your optician says Jon.

Greenjanet – I also don’t think I am deficient either as this is probably the most balanced and nutritious way of eating that I have ever done in my whole life

another 0.5 kg down so 0.5 kg to my goal of second 5 kg loss !! slowing down a bit here but its still a pound down and lowest i have been for a while !!
i think my body is saying enough for a while so when i hit goal i am recalculating as the lady on the sat nav says!!!!

I’m a newbie too – still reading the book so not yet started diet – was wondering if it’s possible to mix and match the meals on the 8 week plan as not sure will like all the suggestions? Hoping to finish book by weekend and begin Monday 🤔

why not let him take responsibility for meal preparation if he is being so exacting?

No more panic how are you doing? Dummy run week go?
Day 4 today is hard as craving sugar & carbs 😖😖 trying to keep really busy! Boli

Thanks for the reply. I’m with you but hubby still wants to go on using 600. It’s tricky to make meals varied etc etc and so low calorie.

Yay Lucyjane on the whoosh 🎉so glad you’re keeping going 😊!

Frog that is exciting moving down sizes. I am delighted this morning because I hit my first mini goal of a 100 kilos a day early with a big whoosh to 100.1. Next goal is 99 by Monday week. It’s funny I was about to give up because I have a wedding this weekend and have missed wine but I am now determined to get through to the end of October and be under 95kilos and hit my goal of under 90 by xmas. Don’t let me disappear from these forums! I love reading everyones success but also struggles. I think I am going to be here for a while until I get to 84 kilos which for me is a size 12 – 14cm – I am a 175cm tall.
Ad the best part is I feel the food is manageable.

You’re doing great! It is really tempting when high carb/calorie foods are all around at work.
I’ll have to write down my motivations and goals and put them in my purse. I have started a food/exercise blood sugar journal …. it’s kind of odd that i don”t even want to write down my little slip ups in that journal which no one but me sees. But i’m writing them down anyway!!!

Good luck …. keep up the great work … and if you slip up don’t worry, just do better next time.

🙂

Nights shifts are a special kind of fight – well done!!!

Purely in the interests of science 😉 tested this theory out last night, hopped off the wagon for dinner with increase in meal size so lots more calories (but kept to M-plan food). Scale reacted by going up 0.5kg from yesterday to today lol. Hmm! Will post if the next few days see a whoosh.

So midway through day 3 and going strong!

Day 2 was a series of temptations, with cake in the staff room and yet another evening function to attend. While others ate their fill of pastries and sandwiches, I indulged in green tea, avoiding the networking taking place around the nibbles table.

I’m being boring with my meals at the moment – same things every day, but have ordered the BSD book and will begin experimenting with meals and tastes soon. At the moment my meals are extremely satisfying, and I’ve upped my intake of green or peppermint tea when I feel cravings.

WOWwowWOWser Yowser!!! Brilliant!!! 🎉🎈🌻🏆

Hey Caro,

Nice to hear from you! 3.5kg is great! Well done. I am surprised at how little I eat now and feel very satisfied. When I was surviving on processed carbs and sugar, I was constantly hungry and dissatisfied.

I seem to have hit a plateau so I am going to look at my carbs and make sure that I am not eating too many.

Fantastic progress cmawp! Well done.

I do like my salted nuts …. but i eat less of the unsalted because i don’t like them as much. I usually have no trouble with salt …. i’ve occasionally felt sick from the amount of salt i ate (waay to much). I like to treat myself to special sea salts and have a salt mill grinder.

But thanks i will watch out for that!

Today is day 3. Only a 200g loss so far but I actually feel thinner.
Checked my calories and carbs in My Fitness Pal. Pretty much on track + or – a few.
I have been hungry, I won’t lie. Not too head-achy, at least nothing that a couple of tablets can’t take care of.
Sleeping is still not great but I don’t know if that has anything to do with the diet, more general ups and downs of life and a very active brain.
Was interesting to wake up this morning absolutely parched and feeling hungover. I have been drinking a lot of water so not sure what’s going on there.
Otherwise, I’m pretty pleased with myself. Usually by this stage I’m about ready to give up because I haven’t lost 15kg in 2 days. Patience isn’t my strong point. It’s reading everyone else’s successes that is giving me motivation to stay on track.

Day 64

Nothing beats a good bowl of chicken soup… or any soup really. even when it is 82 F, a bowl of soup calms the day away. I am thinking of ways to cut the cheddar and hard cheese out. Replacement with something else would be great. i can not eat a can of tuna every day. One loses the appetite.

I have not started using Tofu yet. I should make some Miso Soup from it. It gets challenging finding new things to eat and try. Remember, HersheyPark is the sweetest place on earth! But, what can we do when we give up our sugar appetites? I can not fathom how long it has been since I had a Boston Cream donut at Dunkin Donuts. Nor, a piece of cheesecake or Krispy Kreme.

One stays on this lifestyle for 2 months. And then want to go back to the bad eating habits we see in life and tv ads. It is all challenges in life.

Well done on the great results!

Shalimar – be careful cutting down on salt. On the BSD the high volume of liquid means that sodium is excreted in the wee, so potentially short of salt. Dr MM warns about this. So need to have salt on food to avoid lightheadedness

In fact, some people drink Miso soup or have a stock cube in hot water to add in the salt – you could stick with your salted nuts! 🙂

Day 64
Wednesday 21 September 2016

Breakfast: none

Lunch:
1 Cup Greek yogurt with blueberries
3 Ounce Sharp Cheddar

Snacks:
1 apple
1 Peach

Dinner:
2 bowl Chicken Soup

A mid-week check on my progress and I’m down to 103.5Kg, that’s 9.2Kg (20lb) in the first 9 days.

This week I have been working nightshifts, which present their own challenges on the body and mind, but so far I have to say I haven’t struggled. My tactic was to wake up around 3pm and eat breakfast 100-150 cal, have a 400-450 cal dinner at 8pm and then a lighter ‘lunch’ of around 200-250 cal at 2am. Bedtime is around 7:30am, so I go to bed around the time I’m starting to feel hungry.

Monday was odd in BSD terms because that was the night I start my nights on, so effectively I ate 4 meals because I was awake for 24 hours. To make sure I stayed on the straight an narrow, I had 2 ‘lunch’ meals that day in addition to breakfast and dinner.

I also had a light cold this week but seem to have fought that off in 48hrs, suffering only from a runny nose and headache.

Hi JMG.
You are still doing well. Very committed. I have lost 3.5kg so far coming up to the end of week 5. Happy with that considering no exercise. Haven’t counted calories or carbs for a week – husband was home again. I think the lessons learned are portion sizes matter and I don’t need as much food on my plate as I thought I did. And processed carbs were really setting me back. I make sure my plate is dominated by vegetables now.
Caro

Week 1 Day 2. I felt like Delia Smith or Rachel Allen today. I was up at 5.30 and travelling all day so brought my breakfast and lunch with me. Breakfast was great (yoghurt, berries, nuts). Lunch was the tuna salsa lettuce wrap. I found it a bit bland. Now I admit that I didn’t add the coriander – I had it in the fridge but just couldn’t face adding that to my picnic box I was hauling around for the day!! Next time I will add a bit of chilli to give it a little kick. Dinner was pork chop in a mustard sauce and broccoli anchovies and garlic. It was delicious! I am not overly fond of pork but the sauce was to die for!! I did feel hungry and added half a sweet potato.
Now for confession- I also had a couple of bites of a scone that was staring me out on my sideboard all day! It fell out of the cupboard before I left for work, so I left it out hoping that some of my offspring would hoover it up. They didn’t, so it was stil staring at me when I got home and forced 2 bites into my mouth before I threw it away. Who know that scones were such bullies!! Also went visiting and was handed a few squares of chocolate with the cup of tea. Ate them also…I could have made a big deal of my “new regime” but didn’t.
After week 1, day 2 weight is 73.9 (-1kg!!) – even with the deviations!! Good to all. Corkie

Yes!
I agree. I think when you take Scotland for example..the diet up until the 60s would have been
Am.. eggs or porridge
Lunch: quite often the main meal. .mince..stew..soup..veg..potatoes..but not a lot of potatoes for the ladies
Eve: maybe poached egg..fish..milk pudding..etc.

Then fast forward to the 70s 80s..we were definitely being told to eat pasta and rice and baked potatoes in great quantities. Pasta and rice definitely labelled as healthy. In a decade or two..the actual diet constitution plus the portions changed dramatically..together with less active roles (less manual labourers) . Is it no wonder the obesity crisis and health concerns.
I for one realise that with the pasta and bread and rice I just blow up..it’s as if us Scots are not designed for it. In the old days..the most carbs a lady like me would have had was toast soldiers with a boiled egg and maybe 1 or 2 potatoes with the main meal.
But still..even the dietary advice for us fatties is to stock up on bread and pasta and rice.
Anyway..today has been a good day.
Tomorrow will be another I hope!
No bread..no tatties..no rice..no pasta. My fave lunch just now is grated carrot with beetroot and tuna. Keeps me going all day.
Tatties cone xx

CONGRATS k8!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

This summer i had trouble even keeping my blood sugar much under 30!! Yesterday it was 4.8 and today it is 5.9!!!!
And that’s amazing, especially since i stopped fasting and ate!! I was so hungry! I was pretty okay on the food. Canned tuna and canned salmon don’t have many carbs at all and not even that many calories. I had just a little full fat Miracle Whip mayonnaise and some green relish with the salmon and now a lemon in my diet coke.
Alas i also had some alcohol!! … never mind, will do better tomorrow.

It was garbage collection day so i also pitched some cereal and some raisins!

A few ALMONDS are not bad at all.

I’m going to train myself to eat nuts without so much salt …. i usually buy half salted, half unsalted and mix them … i live near a bulk store … i am going to up the unsalted and decrease the salted in the mix. That’s how i trained myself out of sugar in coffee …. going to have to work on the huge amounts of cream i put in!

I started a food journal too. And an exercise journal …. i don’t have a pedometer though but i can time my aquabics, yoga and to an approx. distance on my walking.

Week 6 Day 1:

Breakfast: 2 x boiled eggs
Lunch: Lentil Soup
Dinner: Lentil Soup
Snacks: 2 x boiled eggs/Pistachios
Drinks: 2 tea with milk
Water: 8 glasses
Calories: 680
Carbs: 36g
Steps: 23779 (including 7km walk)
Weight loss: 300g (60.1kg)
Fast: 16 hrs

Hi Nedds mum, I had been wondering how you had got on at the weekend with reading the book and planning. Looks like things are going well – great news 🙂

Feeling drained after swimming …. thats way i carry around a small can of emergency vegetable juice. Might still do that even though i’m not fasting anymore.

Many people don’t know that Clay Aiken CAN rock it out when he puts his mind to it. He does give a great hug too! I just love his voice …. even though he’s gay … his voice can put you in that loveseat 🙂 🙂 He is a fascinating and very warm person! He does however not suffer fools gladly.

Couldn’t sleep last night … i was finally so hungry i just went for it! Was still okay for carbs and calories til i dipped into the alcohol!! Mainly canned salmon and canned tuna. I did indulge in some green relish with the salmon but even that didn’t put me over on 50 carbs.

No exercise.

Still admiring my new furniture 🙂 🙂

My blood sugar was 4.8 late yesterday … and now only 5.9. This summer i was having trouble … mostly in the high 20’s even with metformin. Have only taken 2 metformin in the last few weeks and it made me feel sick. If i can keep my blood sugar in single digits without metformin that would be amazing.

Wow it sounds like we could set up a camping gear shop!
JANEY Are you going to a nudist camp!? That certainly would help with the packing! Happy hols anyway x!

LYNNE ..caught up reading the last few pages i have missed
I know you dont really want or need to lose more but youve deffo got plenty of wriggle room now! It does sound like you need to get a bigger appetite from somewhere tho…
How amazing about yr hat! And yr overcoat getting so roomy! Glad youve got a nice new one x and some cosmetics! You get smarter and glammer by the day! 👍🏻
Was interested to read about turmeric as ive been meaning to look into that for a while
Well done ORCHID on yr walk! X
Oh and LYNNE the pencil skirt! You were only in York a couple of weeks ago!!! x

Hmm, that’s funny. Just lost my last post into the wilderness. I’ll try again…

@shalimar – when you said you were getting a “a sofa, loveseat and a great rocker!!” I thought you were talking about a private Clay Aitken concert.

Work was busy with quite a few issues to sort out but I did go swimming in the evening. I felt a lot fitter, but when I left the pool I was drained. I literally dragged my feet around Sainsbury’s getting in the food for the rest of the week.

Blueberry and green tea shake
Chicken and butterbean salad – nice and filling
Crabcakes – they tasted nice but the recipe has too much liquid and we ended up frying a sloppy mess – I wouldn’t add the lemon juice next time

There’s a party going on in the block of flats next to ours and it sounds like there are a few idiots in attendance. Quality sleep may not be guaranteed tonight!

And whoosh. 100.1 this morning. Back in two numbers soon.

Woo hoo janey
Is that nude all week 👙👙👙👙👙🌊
Bold

I’ve actually lost weight. Am only 10 days in. Think I’ve lost 4-5 pounds. Sooooo happy. 😊😊😊😊😊

Interesting you have mentioned this Jon as I have been on this plan for 13 weeks and was pre diabetic, I have normal blood sugars now, but my eyesight has deteriorated a little more, I’m also due an eye test, so keep us posted. Mind you my change hasn’t happened suddenly, it’s been a steady deterioration. So we will see, but I don’t think mine is due to a lack of anything, as what I am eating is very balanced. Something to keep an eye on , oh dear what a pun

Keep going. You sound determined and you will do it.

I’m only 10 days in and my cravings are diminishing. I went to the supermarket at the weekend and that was my most difficult challenge to date. I’d have done anything to gorge on the chocolate there. So proud I didn’t cave in though.

I think once you are a week in it will get easier. The first few days were so difficult for me.

Well done, stay strong. X

That is so true Natalie, everything we eat and drink has been condemned by someone. But the BSD is promoting good healthy food, nothing artificial added. There is so much research going on around the world ‘cos doctors and scientists are realising that the sham foods we have been eating have done the harm!! It isn’t the fault of us mere mortals that we are overweight. We have tried every conceivable diet going, always losing weight, but haven’t been given the tools to maintain. We now know that low fat, high carb isn’t the way!! Every diet club I have joined has promoted this way of eating and here I am 63 years old and fat (getting thinner though!). But from the remarkable feedback on this forum, it is obvious if you embrace this way of eating, and lets face it, it is a fantastic way of eating, you will succed with losing weight and maintaining. Everybody on here has had days (or more) when they’ve eaten more than 800 calories, but they’ve gotten back on it and achieved amazing losses and gained good health and a renewed zest for life. There is such hope in all these posts that we can’t help but be encouraged to carry on. I am certain that your recovery will be quicker following the BSD as well. There is a very bright future out there for us all, everyone
of us.

All these massive clothes that we are casting aside… i resolutely sent my big jeans to the charity shop a few weeks ago… no excuse to slide backwards again!

One more day at work and then me and the OH are off to Spain for a kid free week of sunshine and relaxation.. and nudity! It makes packing a doddle 😆😎

Sadly worse but going for sight test coincidentally tomorrow and retinopathy next week so we shall see!
Thanks for replying so quickly Jan.
Jon

captainlynne,
Thanks for the details; I’ve concluded that everyone is different after all [!] so we’re going to be satisfied results that work for us as individuals. I’m happy so far, but admit to myself there might be a little bit more to go. So I’m going to continue with what works for me but with even more insight. I don’t want to lose any height so will give the BMI a miss [ha, ha!].

Christine,
I appreciate your input. I’ve also enjoyed my ‘summer rest’ [now that it has a name] and feel optimistic about having another go at the 8 weeks to see if there is anything else that wants to disappear. Congrats on ‘pre-diabetic’ results and significant weight loss, may the next few lbs be painless.

And may I recommend a bit of mindful meditation to you all to complete the picture.

cheers

AFTER DAY SEVEN

Weight: 73.1
Walking: 10004 steps

Total loss for the first week: 3.1 kg. I also lost a lot in the first week I was at Weight Watchers, so I know that every week won’t be like that. Wouldn’t it be nice if it was, though? 😋

As someone else on this forum said, onward and downward!

Yowzer: Wow you have done wonderfully. That’s over half a pound a day………

W’hooo!!! My AM blood sugar was down to 96 for the first time in a few years. Very exciting! Also got my calorie count down to 990 and carbs down to 44 yesterday, and lost another 0.6 pounds. And, I feel pretty good! 🙂 Yesterday I had a few wobbly points and again a few today, but nothing painful or alarming. I’ve had this same sensation when my blood sugar was a little lower than I’m used to but I check it regularly during times like this. My doctor mentioned that I’ll feel it as my blood sugar goes lower, but not to be alarmed unless it drops too low. My body has gotten used to living at a higher blood sugar level and now it needs to adjust to living at a lower level.

So today is day 4 and I’m dealing with hunger issues but when I look at my food journal I can see that I’ve had a nice amount of well-balanced calories so I’ve been trying to talk myself out of grabbing another nibble of something. Yesterday I caved and grabbed a few almonds, and still managed to keep total calories under my goal of 1000. Today’s goal is to get under 950 calories.

Shalimar, thanks for all the helpful tips. Great stuff to think about! Good for you for going for it with the fasting. Hope your next few days go well too.