Christi – They’re ‘Jeans of the Future’ – that pair of jeans most of us have that don’t fit. Now most of us have pairs that fit 🙂

Hi Christine

Of course I’ll still be friends f I’m still welcome *looks round nervously*.

These 2 pics were taken while I was away last week.

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Hopefully those links work.

When I lose that pound I’ll hit the top of my healthy BMI. Believe it or not, the bottom is 7st! I would never want one go that low!!!

I’m probably just going to keep carbs low, watch what I eat, watch portion sizes, and continue to record everything do I can monitor what is happening. I’ll probably aim to stay between 9 and 9.5 stone (ish) – just gives me some wriggle room and means I won’t worry if I continue to lose weight in he short-term.

Hi Imogen,
I have just been checking my mail in my inbox before I delete stuff and there was a post from you talking about, JOTF, please can you explain what that means? Am I being stupid? I can’t see what that means. Thank you.
Christine.

Avila,
I noticed something similar, people at work didn’t comment at all when I lost 2 and a bit stone. Went on holiday and came back two weeks later having put a few pounds back on and everyone noticed straight away that I had lost weight! Nice to get compliments but agree it’s the benefits I’m feeling that really counts.
I’m waiting til I’ve completed my next 8 weeks to go clothes shopping. Can’t wait! (although I’ve had to buy a belt to keep my trousers up)

Hi ruthdownunder,
Way to go, will your husband really listen though? It’s not a lot to lose, just enjoy the moment when it finally falls off.
I am taking ‘time off’ it’s also a bit of an experiment with me too, I am eating half bsd, ( because I like the food) and enjoying a few treats too, really to see what happens to my weight over a week, so I have got until Tuesday night then in the Wednesday morning I will weigh myself and see if I have lost, put on, or stayed the same! then I will ‘do’ the bsd proper to lose the final seven pounds, then I will reasses myself, I have a suspicion that I will want to lose a bit more!
Oh well, good luck with your last few pounds, will you stay on the forum?
Christine.

Hi Tizzie

I don’t suffer from high blood pressure at all and am in the normal range.

I don’t have swollen ankles or fingers or anything !!

Thanks for the congrats

I’m not doing anything special, just following the plan meals etc

Good luck you too

Back in the 1960s diabetics, along with everyone else, were told to restrict carbs. Bread and potatoes were the enemy (I don’t think we ate pasta then).

Then low-fat came in. And the obesity and diabetes epidemics started. When they took fat out it had to be replaced with something for flavour – so they added sugar. With obvious results. Even today it appears that food manufacturers feel a strange need to add sugar even to meat products! And some labels show more than one type of sugar has been added.

But the pendulum has now swung in the opposite direction and we are starting to reap the benefits 😃

Hi Lynne,
Ok so when you lose that final pound will you still be our friend on this forum?,
Well done you, I bet you are feeling really good, or are you going to assess yourself and deside whether you want to lose more?
I look forward to hearing all your news.
Christine.

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Day 16, BS 8.4mmol/L. Thanks Sunshine -girl for the Dawn Effect Trick shall give it a go tomorrow.

Have been enjoying not taking Meds for Diabetes someone said I want to be Type 3 I like that term it has a nice ring to it.

Hope everyone is well. Off to walk the Dog.

AVILA i agree with all SUNSHINE said and the points she made..
Also, if youre now wearing clothes that are getting TOO loose,you can still look exactly the same.
The trousers ive worn over the last two days are getting clownishly large on me..and it means my silhouette looks just as big! So it could be that folk are only seeing yr outline while yr real body is disguised by extraneous material!
Could be its time to ditch some clothes?
Main thing is,you have lost all that weight and done yrself a great big favour! X

Hi 54,
Has your blood pressure reduced as that could be reducing your macular oedema?
Have you noticed a reduction in oedema in any other areas eg swollen ankles/fingers if you experience this.

Congratulations on your 11lb loss so far- that’s fantastic.

Thanks everyone.

Bissell, I found a couple of old photos yesterday & almost frightened myself 😱 Seeing the difference between the old and new photos is scary!

Rozy – not sure about “smug face” – might be sending for paramedics to treat me for shock! LOL

SunnyB – yes, thrilled. Also surprised at how quickly it’s happened. Don’t worry, you don’t get rid of me that easily LOL. I’ll be starting a new thread when I hit target – posting helps me, keeps me accountable. I’ll need that as I start a new stage in this journey.

Hi KrysiaD

I find it strange we both have positive changes so feel must be something we are doing as I have never had one previously

Cant find anything in ‘the book’ or on the web site about improvements in macular disorders

cant find any research done on the subject either.

Good to keep monitoring this though

yes I was told £1000 so you getting a bargain !!

Great result SunnyB 😃

Thanks Bubbles 💎😃

Thanks everyone.

Appreciate the flowers Nettle😃

Verano – I think all the walking I did helped! 4.5 miles, 6.39 miles and 6.36 miles. 😃

I do, Yowzer. 😃 But I have to say it feels strange to be so close!

Watch this space. Looks like I’ll be starting a new thread in the not too distant future😱

Yes – I found the same. After 8 weeks fluid completely gone. Fingers crossed that it is still the same at the next hospital eye clinic appointment shortly. The consultant told me that each injection cost £800 – so a huge saving to the NHS. Also – I find the whole procedure horrible. When I told one doctor what I was doing he said that keeping my blood sugars in the non-diabetic range would make no difference whatsoever and that my eye would continue to get worse. There was absolutely nothing I could do. I am hopeful that I will prove him completely wrong.

Way to go Lynne, you must be thrilled to have come so far and be within a finger-tip’s distant from reaching your ultimate goal. You posts have been inspiring and have helped to keep us all focused and positive. Hope we won’t be losing you once you have lost that last pound!

The occasional beer should be okay, as long as he is keeping the rest of his carb intake low on the days he decides to have a beer. I was away for ten weeks earlier this year and was observing the principles of the BSD most of the time while away. I gained 2.8lb and that was with the occasional wine, spirit, cake and ice cream. Think you have to be realistic, if he is going to drink beer, he has to expect to gain a pound or two. You both know though, that it will be easy to get back to the BSD and get rid of it once home.

Have a fab time and don’t worry too much about having the occasional holiday treat.

Thought I’d resurrect this thread, as I was itching to post a small triumph. This evening I have been able to put on three rings I haven’t been able to wear for years!! One of these is my engagement ring, so I’m happy dancing inside right now.

Hello everyone
Thought I’d do the ‘in’ thing and sign up to Fatsecret. Just need a few spare hours to work it all out. I’ve put my weight in and what I would like to be and it’s telling me I have 37lb to lose so might count the lbs down instead of up (that’s obviously when I lose some!). I’ve never done it that way before so might give it a go. Also need to read MM’s book again as I’m trying to remember everything. Thanks Trelawney for this thread, I’m with you all as it’s always the 1st day of all of our lives. bfn lots of love

I must be the same age as your mum Snoop. Your memory is spot on. It was all about ditching the bread and potatoes 50 years ago – they were the bad guys that caused the weight gain. I followed the advice and was skinny. I remember being so confused when the advice completely changed and bread and potatoes and everything low fat were now the good guys and would keep us slim and healthy. Looking back – that was the start of my battle with my weight. My daughter was very impressed with my weight loss on the BSD but I had a stern lecture from her that all the yo yo dieting must stop as it is so unhealthy. I could quite honestly say to her that this is the end of the yo yo dieting as it actually a healthy way of eating that you can keep to for the long term.

The strange thing is that I can remember my mum trying to diet 45-50 years ago, and the recommendations she got were very similar to the BSD. More calories than the BSD, I imagine from what she was eating, but similar advice about carbs. So at some point, at least some medical practitioners did know.

ok Day54 over

AFTER DAY 5

WEIGHT NOW: 21 Stone 1 pounds
START WEIGHT: 21 stone 12 pounds

LOSS AFTER DAY 5: 11 Pounds !!

Exercise. None

INTERESTING FOOTNOTE:

I suffer from macular degeneration (Fluid on the macular) and my eye sight has been getting worse steadily for 3 years in one eye. This is measure by viewing letters on an special eye chart and having a scan to measure the fluid in the eye.

Every 4-6 weeks I am monitored and either have to have an injection to remove the fluid or am monitored.

Today my eyesight has IMPROVED

I can see more letters and have less fluid on the eye without an injection.

So is the diet causing this improvement !!!

Comments Please.

Have you experienced this diet bonus ?

ok Day54 over

AFTER DAY 5

WEIGHT NOW: 21 Stone 1 pounds
START WEIGHT: 21 stone 12 pounds

LOSS AFTER DAY 5: 11 Pounds !!

Exercise. None

INTERESTING FOOTNOTE:

I suffer from macular degeneration (Fluid on the macular) and my eye sight has been getting worse steadily for 3 years in one eye. This is measure by viewing letters on an special eye chart and having a scan to measure the fluid in the eye.

Every 4-6 weeks I am monitored and either have to have an injection to remove the fluid or am monitored.

Today my eyesight has IMPROVED

I can see more letters and have less fluid on the eye without an injection.

So is the diet causing this improvement !!!

Comments Please.

Have you experienced this diet bonus ?

ok Day54 over

AFTER DAY 5

WEIGHT NOW: 21 Stone 1 pounds
START WEIGHT: 21 stone 12 pounds

LOSS AFTER DAY 5: 11 Pounds !!

Exercise. None

INTERESTING FOOTNOTE:

I suffer from macular degeneration (Fluid on the macular) and my eye sight has been getting worse steadily for 3 years in one eye. This is measure by viewing letters on an special eye chart and having a scan to measure the fluid in the eye.

Every 4-6 weeks I am monitored and either have to have an injection to remove the fluid or am monitored.

Today my eyesight has IMPROVED

I can see more letters and have less fluid on the eye without an injection.

So is the diet causing this improvement !!!

Comments Please.

Have you experienced this diet bonus ?

Hi my husband and I have just completed 12 weeks of the BSD we’ve both lost 2 and half stone each and his bs have dropped well after giving up on all meds at the start of week 2 . He is type 2 I’m not ,,We are now starting a 3 week holiday and naturally he would like to have a few beers , we are hoping to still keep quite careful with doing the 5&2 whilst away . But he would like a beer or two . We’ve heard Pilsner is best but when we research it’s as bad as any other beer . Any useful suggestions would be appreciated

Hi PatFraser – lots of us hit plateaus and they are quite common early on – think it is something to do with the body adjusting to the new regime. It’s hard to stay positive when going through a plateau, but try to stay focused and know that it will come right in the end. Just remember all the key things, like drinking plenty, using full fats and watching the carbs. Trying to find the non-weight positives will help buoy you up – feeling fitter, sleeping better, pair of trousers fitting just a bit better – basically any little thing that you can us as a plus.

You will soon be posting positive results again I’m sure. Stick with it, cos it will work, believe me. Looking forward to reading about your goo news soon.

Neen welcome to the clan! The more have experienced this the better in a way because if it is caused by the BSD then it will recover, hopefully as it will be Telogen Effluvium as opposed to female pattern baldness. It can only be one of the two as far as endless hours of research show me…and the former is much better news as recoverable from. My doctor just smiles and I can see he thinks I’m just post menopausal and I should get over it. But I just know it’s not an age thing ….I can’t prove it but 99% certain so it looks like a waiting game. I’m sure all on This thread will pitch with any hints and solutions they find. Hang on in there and we will come out of the other end of it I am sure!
Jill

Not really worried – just finding it a quirky thing. I move across different groups and so it can be a month between meeting people, esp over the summer.

The gains for me are the dominant focus.

Avila, humans are quite complex beings. Sometimes they give compliments just for something to say or have been told to try and see good in things. When you actually lose weight I think they are afraid you are going to be insulted (do I look like I needed to) or say you have a serious illness.

I have a photo of me (which kick started the diet) in a particular dress going out and thought I looked nice. When I lost just under a stone (4lbs on a different diet but took 2 months and then 8.5 on this) I put the dress back on and asked hubby to take a photo in exactly the same pose. I couldn’t see a difference. Sometimes it is what you are wearing, how you are standing, even who you are talking to. Also if people see you nearly every day it is different, hubby cannot see it in me but daughter could after 9 weeks apart.

Interesting observation – one person I work with has said a couple of times over the year ‘you are losing weight, I can see it’ when I wasn’t (in fact gaining) but just wearing different shape of clothes or something.

Now i have lost over a stone and clothes looser – an d absolutely no comments, or signs that people have noticed! I know that being tall at 5 ft 10 meant that I have more space over which to hide the excess, but thought that a stone might have some visibility. Oh well I have the scales in my favour, the feeling healthier (lowered BP) and fitting into things that used to be tight…. the notice of others is so so minor. Just perverse that got comments when not losing, not not when I am!

I started the BSD in March and soon after, I was shocked when great amounts of hair started to come out in my hands when washing my hair. It is still falling out 5 months later and really, really upsetting me. I’ve been to an endocrinologist recently to check out the thyroid etc but endo thinks my thyroid is fine and believes it could be because of big weight loss so quickly on this diet but no answers as to why it’s still falling out at an alarming rate. I’m eating very well with plenty of nutritious food so am at a loss as to why it’s still happening. I reckon I’ve lost about half of my hair and shudder to think what it’ll be like by the end of the year. Seems the doctors have no idea. Just tell me to buy Rogaine!!! And hope for the best. Not very reassuring! Hopefully we get some regrowth soon. Good luck everyone.

THat’s amazing, Lynne.
What an inspiration you are.
Hope you are practising your “smug face” for when that final pound is gone.
Good luck.

Great that you are going to speak to your doctor. If you are doing the BSD 800 you will need to also cut pasta, rice, cereal, all grains (one or 2 exceptions) and potatoes. If that sounds daunting, look for posts on here about what we eat to replace them. I love cauliflower mash and cauliflower rice and many more alternatives.

If you mean meal replacements then I don’t know anyone on here that uses them. The meals we have are so nutritious that we prefer to make proper meals from real food. If you mean liquid meals like ready shakes, again no-one here uses them. I think they are mentioned for the bariatric patients (stomach ops) who cannot manage real food at first. Part of the enjoyment of this diet is eating and chewing is a very important part as it triggers the ‘full’ response in your brain, liquids don’t do this and are frankly boredom in a glass.

Now if you mean vitamin and mineral supplements, it is recommended that a multi-vitamin might be of use, be see above, our meals are packed with all the essential nutrients so you should not need them.

If you want a great liquid meal maybe once or twice a week then the breakfast shakes in the book are great, I love the melon, blueberry, spinach and almond milk drink but would only have it for breakfast as it is only 100 to 130 calories.

I’m not sure this is what you wanted to hear but without ready meals and energy shakes we have all managed very well on this diet and enjoy the food more than we enjoyed the old way of eating. I’m sure you will have lots more questions so don’t be put off and good luck. When is your proper start date. We would all like to follow your progress.

What a lovely post BUBBLES! X
PAT eleven pounds in yr first week! Thats fab!
Let that fact keep you going and i am sure you will continue to see good results..there are just phases along the way where the scales arent kind..but watch out for those non scale victories like finding that yr blood rest results are significantly better and that suddenly clothes feel looser!
Keep on keeping on,you wont regret it and the weeks will fly. At the moment yr body is still adjusting to the big better changes you are choosing to make! And the cravings for takeaways etc get less and less as time goes on x

Verano – I definitely think it was reading the forums that kept me on the straight and narrow. It is the first holiday that I have ever had where – although I did eat more calories – they were all legal. Before the holiday my portion sizes had crept up a bit and I had hit a plateau so I decided I would continue with this on holiday – but today I am re-energised and back on track and am doing the 800. I think that it is great that I can ease off a little sometimes and as long as I only eat the legal food – which I now really love – my weight either stays as it is or I have a tiny weight gain.
In the past I have done WW, SW and Rosemary Conley. I was either on the diet or spectacularly failing. This time it is different – maybe because it is a lifestyle change and not really a diet, and I do really love the food. What was great also was there seems to be a much greater willingness by chefs and restaurant and pub staff these days to cater for low carb eating.
Well done Sunshine girl on your weight loss – I hope to be able to report the same next week

LUCKY what an eventful day. No wonder you felt you needed to reach for something to soothe you- but you resisted! Good team work there with you n Hub. Thats the way to do it,both help each other thru cravings,impulsive eating etc!
Oppo..i have segs on my eyes searching for it but have yet to track it down! Cant wait to get my mitts on some!
Great news on the JOTF no longer being JOTF!
My current cecks are now too big..noticed yesterday they were falling down,after not long ago being uncomfortably tight..now unflatteringly baggy in the bum! And too large on thighs/ legs..not a good look but cheering to see as now on day 53 and looking for as many non scale victories as well as scale loss between now and tuesday ( DDay!) so will be big final weigh in wednesday a.m.!
ANTIGONE congrats on providing such a super spread but not digging in to it! X
Is GREENJANET ok? Havent seen her for a few days?
JAN tomorrow is the start of helens trial week on the Archers…an interesting story line and well done Archers for highlighting issue of domestic abuse and even more so, of coercive control ( been in that type of relationship and it was horrid,sinsiter..it is so subtle its only much further down the line you realise how you were being manipulated – Never again!)

I feel your pain PatFraser! 2 weeks and no loss. However, I do think my shape is shrinking though this is difficult for me to see when I have over 50kg to lose and have lost 20. It seems quite common for people to have a plateau and it will eventually drop again if you are sticking at it. I take comfort from the fact that I am no longer Type 2 Diabetic; some changes are just going to take me a lot longer to reach but I am determined to continue as this is a way of life, not a diet for me. Good luck for the week ahead.

Captainlynne …. captain my captain! You continue to be a wonderful inspirational diamond on the forum! Well done to you.

And everyone on here, I read all of your posts but don’t have time to respond to everyone but you are an amazing bunch and together we motor on …. onwards and downwards!
Bxxxxx

Thats Incredible CAPTAINLYNNE! You must feel fantastic! X

Plateaus are crushing aren’t they? Check your carb in take and make sure you are drinking plenty. It was these two tips that got me off my main plateau. Good luck, hope you soon achieve that 19th Aug mini goal.

Hi, I have just finished reading the BSD book and am pulling a plan of attack together for myself. I need to sit down with my DR on the meds side but in the short term going to drop alcohol (gulp) reduce bread and kick start the exercise. In the book it talks about using diet meals/supplements initially whilst you get your head around the menu’s, I would also find this useful at work. Are there recommended ones to use?

Having just experienced one of my longest plateaus yet my 19th August mini goal is still my next, but I am closer now at BMI 30.2 so could be this weekend. I am not doing the Fast 800 (yet) but will increase the number of fast days from 3 to 5 for September before starting the full diet on October 1st. I will be fasting during the weekdays and having weekends “off” but still Med style and focused on nutrition.

Thank Sunny, I only decided to check on the carbs as I have gone off piste and started devising my own meal plans. Knowing now that the soup is quite high I will avoid it but now having that knowledge I could replace the lentils in dinner with something like cauli rice or courgetti. However, then my calories would be around 500 for the day. As I said, a real balancing act. I have ordered the official BDS recipe book (I just love to browse) and hope I can get lots more ideas whilst remembering to keep my own count. This diet gets more and more interesting.

Think the recipes in the book and the meal plans are designed to keep the carbs relatively low without taxing you to count them, however, most of us go off-piste and mix and match dishes, design our own and put together our own menus, which means we need to be more aware of the carbs.

The first time I plateaued, I was advised to start tracking carbs, as a way of kick starting things again. Since then I have been counting total carbs and keeping around the 50g mark or lower wherever possible. It’s been working, so on the basis of ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ I have stuck with this format.

Olive oil, a slice or two of cold meat or as you say, some cheese, would all offer more calories with little to no impact on the carbs. And if you feel full, it doesn’t matter if you are under on calories today, ‘cos in a couple of days time, you might well go over, so it all balances out over the long term.

Thanks so much SG…I am not diabetic however but yes it could be the quick weight loss I agree, it is another possibility of course..
J

Hello my lovelies I am grabbed by the creative bug again and can’t wait for later when I can get up in the loft I want to make belts for our Rocky horror show outfits, and I want to try to add hoods. I have some black lacy fabric with a spiderweb design so all being well it will become hoods!

In the meantime I am pacifying myself by making an experimental soup – if it turns out nice I will post the recipe 🙂 it has chicken and tomatoes and butterbeans mainly… we shall see.

skip the apple and beetroot with beans soup, just worked it out at 39 carbs.

That is a question I have too. I have not been counting carbs as I have been following the menu plans and recipes in the book. I know they can be a bit out but today I had the beetroot and apple soup with white beans and a portion came out at 39 carbs which seems quite a lot considering I only have 11 left for the rest of the day. Fortunately, I had scrambled egg and mushroom (1 carb) for breakfast and will be having spiced duck breast with lentils, roasted red pepper and asparagus (23 carbs) which makes my total for the day 65, which is a lot lower than someone not on this diet. However, my calories are only 630 so will need to find something zero carb to top myself up to around 800. Start with 10gm very dark choc at 50 calories and 1 gram of carb. So I still have 120 calories to eat. Worked out I can have 30 grams of cheddar cheese for 120 calories and no carbs. So all good, but what a balancing act. I have a good carb counter but the carbs I have counted are total carbs.

As an afterthought I have just looked at the recipes in the book and it gives calories but not carbs, why not when we are counting both.