Wow Captain Lynne, just seen you on the Mail online – you look stunning!!!

I admire your resolve. I was doing well for about 3 months, then life happened and I went back to my old ways. Just trying to summon up the determination to start again. I struggled being veggie, especially when socialising – but it has worked better than any other “diet” for me.

The pics of you and the other ladies have inspired me again, and no doubt many others. Fantastic result!

LUCKY enjoy the evening,hope the meal is nice and have a lovely night away ..hope youre feeeling ok ?
What are you wearing? X
Talking of clothes ( or lack of) JANEYCOUGHDROP are you off on yr hol yet! X

LYNNE like LUCKY said,a visual inspiration here in words AND now in pictures! You look knockout in that dress x
Feel very proud to know you! X

LYNNE you look fab in the online Mail! That dress is lovely XX

Thanks Frog
I did it slightly different but its the same

I do prefer this actually and NO reminders about logging on!

Don’t think it has a scan majiggy tho to scan labels? that would be good

WOW!! Lynne

you look fabulous!! Well done….

Wow Lynne! Wit woo! What a transformation, your figure is amazing, I’m only 5 1 and a half so I know the struggle of being travel sized And overweight. Taller people get away with it a bit better. And decent pair of pins too! I think my calves are the same size as your waist. 3 You’re an inspiration on here, in words, but for those who need a more visual kick in the pants, that should do it. Well done all the ladies! ☺

Fab picture of you Lynne, you look marvellous!

Hi Julian, there are many of us here who’ve been in exactly that position. The key is to realise that sugar and carbs have to go, probably forever. And fat which we’ve all avoided for so long is not the enemy after all. Don’t drink diet drinks, drink tea, coffee, water, fizzy water, herbal tea. Try not to have artificial sweeteners. And I find it much easier to avoid fruit. There are no nutrients in fruit that you won’t find in veg. Sign up with myfitnesspal or something similar and weigh and count calories for everything you eat. The first few days are tough as you will be hungry but that soon passes. I’ve found that eating a little extra fat has really helped, but you don’t get much for 800 calories a day! Basically you can have 3 small meals a day and no snacks. Eat plenty of leafy green veg to fill you up. Good luck!

Lucky – it’s in the online edition, just saw it 😱

Frog – most of my old clothes weren’t fit for the purpose you suggested but I’ll beat it in mind for the future. No office near me though.

Weighed today at 9st 2lbs – down another 2 pounds. That’s 96 pounds in total. Looks like I might hit the 100 pounds target after all. 😱

Check out today’s Daily Mail (print or online) to read the latest article on the BSD and the new recipe book. I’m one of the ‘victims’ interviewed 😱

Hello ladies!

Lynne that’s awesome. I won’t buy the mail on principle (Google Carol Sarler Autism and imagine your teenage autistic child finding that article online, you may understand why) but just this once I will relent, because it’s you.
or even better I’ll get waitrose to pay for it when I call in later 😉
Sorry for patchy reply am on my phone. Dongle appears to not be playing ball. Am off away overnight. I have size 24 knickers I can donate to cause.
Frog, that charity sounds like a fantastic idea.
Yowzer, I want to see the Beatles film! Might meerkat movies it next week while the children are in school.

Onwards!

Weight this morning – 9st 2lb – down another 2 pounds. Looks like I might be heading for the 100 pound target after all – it’s only 4 pounds away😱

Second shock of the morning was checking the Daily Mail online and seeing myself. I knew it would be in, but still a shock. Typical journalist ignored most of my amendments to her piece!

Hi my name is Julian and I’m 43 and it is time for me to change.

I am 19st 7 and want to get down to 14 stone. I suffer from high blood pressure and constant headaches and dizziness and my doctor says it’s all weight related so now is the time to do something about it.

I own a sports media company and have a big summit on November 17 and want to lose as much weight as I can by then and feel great.

This would be my first real checkpoint on a longer journey.

I haven’t read the book yet, but will this week so any help and support would be amazing thank you.

Regards
Julian

Anyone got any ideas for a bread substitute??? Have seen some recipes for “could bread”. Has anyone had a go.

Hi Frog

You aren’t being cynical ! GPs do get an extra ‘fee’ for each diabetic patient they have in the practice. But in saying that I do think you are best to be monitored and good to hear that your GP was positive about you’re ‘self-help’!

There are advantages to being removed from the diabetic register, such as lower holiday insurance premiums, but I think monitoring is important just in case we fall of the wagon which is all too easy!!

I am literally doing 7 days reboot. No long term plan, just a short sharp shock to get back into the swing of things. So no huge pressure and it would be great to have you along.

Well done Mixnmatch! It’s amazing what we can do when we need to.

I forgot to mention the ‘Mindless’ eaters!

There were lots of people ‘wandering’ around the buffet tables, plate in hand, munching away while they decided ‘what’ to eat !

The biggest eye opener was a large open bowl of ‘flubes’ those pink and white marshmallow tubes. People were just mindlessly picking them up and popping them into their mouths! Another, jar of them that needed tongs to get the sweets out, remained largely untouched!!

I guess buffet food is fine as long as you eat ‘Mindfully’ !!

Thank you Frog – brilliant instructions – they were so clearly set out. I followed them and have reset to 800. I am going to save them so I can change it again for when I am on maintenance.

I have tried dozens of times to work out how to do it but just couldn’t – so thank you. Also would like to thank you for recommending fat secret as it made all the difference. Weight loss before fat secret 1stone 1lb in 4 months. Started using fat secret on 3rd. September – weight loss 11 3/4lb and still losing fast. How fantastic is that.

Hi Gibbette, I think you’re right on track! Hang in there with the headaches and the disturbed sleep, they WILL pass, sometime in the next few days to couple of weeks, depending on the individual. Try and get lots of rest over the weekend, and don’t be afraid to hook into the pain killers to get you thru this phase. It’s called ‘carb flu’ because you can feel as bad as if you had flu – so treat yourself as kindly as you would if you were sick. Glad you’re enjoying seeing that scale number start with a 7 again! Nifty hey? Be even better soon when you start feeling good as well! 😃

Hi loopylou and strange visit to opticians who said my eyes had changed dramatically by 1.5 points.
Means suddenly short sight is much better but long sight not so good… A friend who us a national diabetic specialist said however, that this was a normal spike given the shifting sands of glucose and depends on the glucose concentration inside and outside of the lens in the eye.
According to him nothing to worry about and in two to three weeks should be back to normal.
Bad day today as 7.5 hours traveling t o Leeds followed by three hour show; tough on salad , and protein only!
Probably up to about 1000 for the day but this is the first day this has happened so premier inn tonight and hopefully back on the horse tomorrow !!!
Determined as lost so much weight in 13 days and nearly two inches round my waist… I’m not enormous but far too big and my count was 9.3 fasting today down from 13.3 going in the right direction …
How are you and you other guys striving for this goal?

Hi Krysia

In My Fat Secret, the page where you log daily foods
at the bottom there’s a little pie chart that shows you a broad breakdown of what you’ve eaten in the day
Just below that, there’s a hyperlink that says “Set your Recommended Daily Intake” click on that
you then get a box that states your age, height, weight….
there’s a little green button at the bottom just below that box that says “calculate my RDI” – click on it and it will tell you something daft, mine is currently 2100 calories. Overtype the calculated number of calories with 800, or whatever you personal target is, and hit save.

It isn’t particularly intuitive, but that’s how I did mine

Hi
I’ve not been logging on much recently – hope that everyone is well
I noticed the comments above about what to do with all the too big clothes – I did suggest a clothes swap thread a while ago!

I’ve been donating all of my smarter ‘work’ clothes to a fantastic charity called SmartWorks http://smartworks.org.uk/ – they work with women who are trying to get back into paid employment, and provide interview training and appropriate clothing; one of their biggest problems is getting enough clothes in larger sizes.
A charity that I used to work for refers clients to them, and it is a much needed service. I was horrified when I donated piles of stuff last year to a regular charity shop when I saw how little they actually made from it (I gift aided it, so they write back and tell you the total raised) – so I feel that donating to SmartWorks is a better option, and I’m planning to volunteer with them while I have some free time. They have offices in LONDON, EDINBURGH, READING, MANCHESTER & BIRMINGHAM (excuse the caps, copy & paste!)

Hi Verano it went well for the first week (well, six days I think!) – then a slippery slope – next Tuesday sounds good.

It wasn’t new blood results, the ones from about a month ago, but I’d only discussed them with the nurse, rather than the GP at the time. I was pleasantly surprised when she acknowledged reversing the diabetes, after other posters had written more negatively about their own GPs reactions. GP’s reaction to coming of Metformin (my unilateral decision) was “very sensible” – whereas the nurse was definitely a but miffed about it
I know some people posting here had been keen to be removed from the “diabetic register”, but I don’t really have a problem I’d prefer to to monitor on a regularish basis. I did wonder if GP’s get a higher level of remuneration for diabetic patients – maybe I’m just too cynical!

I’ve been a bit busy & not logged in as much recently – hope that you are doing well and enjoying your holiday.

Beginning of day 5 today. Yesterday was not a great day. Had to go home from work with a migraine. I’m not a regular migraine sufferer, in fact I’ve only had 2 in my life and that was 2 years ago. I worked it out that 2 years ago was my first foray into low carb high fat so I think my body is doing some serious detoxing, hormone re-balancing type thing. I’m wondering if anyone else has had similar things happen? Also am not sleeping well at all which would not be helping.
On the plus side, scales this morning tell me 79.8kg. That’s 1.2kg (2.6lb) loss in 4 days which is unheard of for me. Can put up with the headaches for that kind of loss!

We also tried the chicken with garlic cheese and wrapped in parma ham, had it with the simple roasted cauli, was great, easy to do and v tasty, my mum loved it. Would also be lovely with the roast mediterranean veg recipe we had from the book last night with some salmon.

Loving all the new stuff we’re eating!

Keep up the good work Corkie.

Hi Sandors girl. I am currently into day 5 and was interested to know if you have had any issues with migraines so far? My first and last 2 migraines were 2 years ago and yesterday I got an almighty one. Coincidentally two years ago was also my first attempt at low carb so I’m wondering if there is a correlation. Hope you are not feeling too bad, I hear there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Have tried to change to 800 also but haven’t been able to do so. Was wondering how you had done it?

Day 4. Travelling again so packed my yoghurt, nuts and berries for breakfast, and had the tuna, artichoke and Butterbean salad for lunch. (Never bought artichokes before. Not sure whether I really like the tinned version). Still it was a very satisfying lunch. Made the easy bolonnaise for dinner with courgetti. Now bolonnaise is a regular in my house. I found the BSD version was sweeter than my usual (I wouldn’t usually add carrots). Still it was nice for a change and the family liked the variation. I added a glass of red wine and a tablespoon of Parmesan cheese!
I have a family event at the weekend and was doing some baking for same – trying out two variations of scones recipes. Reader, I had to test them – well half of both types with some butter, so the old 800 calls went to 1337. But scales were still kind this am 73.3kg, so now down 2.2 kg.
Good luck to all!
Corkie

Yes house all fine, just the gas smell on the way in. She is a very food motivated creature, so unlike the rest of us eh?

Hi Captainlynne
I’m sure you probably don’t know – but nurses are bound by strict protocols and guidelines that come ‘from the top.’ She may well agree with what you are doing but unfortunately her hands are tied unless she wants to get herself into deep trouble. If she endorsed a patient’s experience then that patient became ill, it would be easy for the patient to take her ‘all the way.’

Not sure why she’s asking you for the top of her healthy BMI – she would have access to that info at her fingertips! Maybe she is trying to be supportive to you.

As for her needing to lose weight – we’ve all been there! One day the penny will drop, something will click and she will join our ranks. Let’s hope and pray that happens soon for her- we all know what it feels like to try so hard all our lives and get nowhere!

Come on Captainlynne’s nurse – let your brain click – we are rooting for you!

I went to a funeral recently and the only thing I could eat was quiche, I had three slices and ate the filling with a teaspoon, leaving the pastry.

Yowzer – It’s taking some getting used to! I admit to feeling a little nervous about tomorrow😱 Will be checking the online version when I wake up to see if the article is there. Then going to buy a print copy after breakfast. If it is online, I hope I can not look at the comments people make – they are often so cruel. It’s certainly been an incredible nine months! Oh – I’ve been promised copies of photos after publication.

Avila – welcome to the circus. Hope everything was ok at home !

Well done Verano – I love your guide on how to survive a hotel buffet, wedding or christening.

AFTER DAY NINE
WEIGHT: Still 73.4 kg 😕
Walking: 11, 900 steps

Thanks for the encouragement, sunshine girl ( great news about your diabetes!) and igorasusual.
Well done, mental4ever. That’s a great effort! I think it’s great that you have a plan for your time away. I know that it’s when I haven’t planned that I make my big mistakes. Which reminds me……..
We are off to the theatre today to see Warhorse. Must pack a cut up apple in a ziploc bag and some other low calorie snacks and water.
Hope you have a fantastic day, Tabletalk!

Oh my goodness AVILA?.they can be so naughty but are so lovable..he could smell it,who could blame him for wanting the treats! Was everything ok when you got back! I hope he looked suitably guilty!
Have you ever seen ITs Me or the Dog on tV? A dog trainer visits bad dogs and teaches them better manners!
Its amazing how quickly the doggies respond to her X !
Ps oh yes! Please join our trampolining team !

Impressive week 3results PHLEBAS X! And well done on repairing the damage by getting right back on the wagon!
I can relate to a few things on yr list..my bras fit better..like NORFOLK GAL said, they hook up easier and sit better.
I’ m more cheekbone- y tho i noticed last night a small new crease on one cheek,quite ageing..a friends mum alwatys advises folk not to lose weight as they get older ” you dont see wrinkles on an inflated balloon!”
However BSDand 5:2 fasting seem to lead to shedding weight more on tum,hips,thighs,than on face,fortunately.

I make up any shortfall in steps on my mini trampoline – as I lose more weight I should be able to bounce higher and higher – so that will be my trick for the circus.

I know we are not having performing animals but my dog turned the gas cooker on whilst I was out and trying to reach a tray of tasty drips from yesterday’s roast chicken!!

Another with no gall bladder and no bad effects on the BSD. I feel better than I have done in many years, eating meat and full fat dairy products.

LYNNE HOW AMAZING IS THAT! Fame at last eh! Life has got very exciting between photoshoots,interviews AND a circus to run! 😄😄😄😄😄
Wa- hey ! Thrilled to bits and cant wait for tomorrow..i wonder if it will be online earler…..XX 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻You cdnt have known back last December that you wd change yr life in the following nine months..2016 really IS yr year! X

Oooohhh Me – ringmaster! Sounds good 😃

How about synchronised trampoline artists?

I love markets 😃 Two near me sell huge cupcakes – more icing than cake! Fortunately cakes etc don’t bother me anymore😳

I think I might buy some salted nuts tomorrow!

If you’ve not seen my other post, the Daily Mail are printing a series of articles, starting tomorrow and running through next week about the BSD and the new recipe book. They wanted success stories for the article. I am one of the ‘victims’, had a telephone interview and went to London for a photo shoot. I’ve been told this evening that my story and photos will be in tomorrow’s paper!😱

In theory yes you could do beetroot and carrot crisps – they would be a bit carby.

My recommendation is to give crisps of any kind up – can you try it for 7 days and see how you go? For the same reason as not trying to substitute pasta with gluten free.

This is really a lifestyle change. It’s only for 8 weeks – many people feel so good on it they carry on – but there’s nothing to stop you going back to refined carbs afterwards.

But I would really recommend not trying to replace crisps to start off with.

Sorry I sound such a party pooper.

Go for it – you can do it!

What is your target weight loss? Are you type 2? What’s your overall goal?

Oh well,i’ ll let you off LYNNE – You can be ringmaster instead!! X
i’ m getting so slim and agile these days i might lead the opening parade,going round the ring waving and turning cartwheels! 😄😄
Oh jeepers i went to a big market today ..by where i used to live..good job it wasnt there then!
Huge array of everything edible including things ive never heard of ( anyone heard of jack fruit seeds) ?
It felt strange actually to be holding back from buying a lot of the fruit n veg on display..in the past i’d have felt quite virtuous
The bakery part ..oh my goodness…from the massive birthday cakes to the individual amazing cakes to the gorgeous biscuits and varieties of bread..it made me feel a bit depressed..would i ever be able to sample such foods again? But strangely in another part of my brain, I was thinking..no i don’t even want them anyway!
So something has shifted somewhere somehow in last 101/2 weeks!
I bought a box of pumpkin seed biccies fo DD and SIL ..theyre in my kitchen and theyre not even shouting and jumping up n down at me ..just quietly waiting to go to their new home! 👍🏻 x

Oh no!!!!!! just realised I can’t have crisps…. Nightmare. Anyone know if I can make carrot and beetroot crisps as per Jamie Oliver’s recipe. Slice thinly with mandolins carrot and beetroot (and parsnip but can’t have these) preheat oven to 150 then bake for 2hrs 10 mins…. Not tried them but could be an option 😊

two days back on track. I haven’t weighed but I fitted into my size 14 grannie-knickers quite comfortably 😀 Will have a couple more days of being super strict then way on Monday I think!

Captainlynne, lets hope it opens this up to the wider public and gives it some credibility. I want to tell everyone about.

GREAT!!!!! An inspiration to us all here and now maybe to a load of ‘newbies’ !

Well done you !!!

Great idea thank you so much Igorasusual I have never tried them and will make this one of my first new items to try. Getting my menu plan ready now for the week ahead to ensure I stay on track. Thank you for all your replies, I will update you on my progress and my views on courgette 😋 I am looking forward to beginning this change to my eating habit more and more. Thank you again.

Fame at last 😉 🙂 🙂 🙂

And well deserved too

You are most welcome and good luck with your journey 🙂

By the way, you don’t need to buy a spiraliser at the start if you don’t want to, or don’t know if you’d like the veg that way.
I have really fallen in love with courgettes during the BSD and I just cut them into chunks (about an inch square I suppose) and sear them in a dry saucepan over quite a high heat. If you leave them for five minutes or so, stirring them about with a wooden spoon, they shed their water and go brown, and taste absolutely delicious – you could put a pasta type sauce on them then.

And 150g of courgettes is just 27 calories and 2.7g of carbs! 🙂 🙂

For anyone who is interested (or curious) I’ve just had it confirmed that I’m in the BSD article in tomorrow’s Daily Mail!😱