Also as part of the planning did a big shop this morning and bought a mango as it was mentioned in the breakfast yoghurts.

Then I read on another page to avoid mangos due to high sugar???

Confused.com

I’m starting tomorrow morning with my first yoghurt! I’m 50% excited and 50% scared.

What am I doing to my body? Will I be ok? Will I like the food? Will I feel dizzy? Will I be able to concentrate at work?

I’m type 2 diabetic on diet control and metformin. Sugar levels are 6.3. Most would say I’m quite slim but I’ve put a stone on over the past year after losing a lot of weight 6 years ago when diagnosed.

I run, walk, try to swim, and cycle each week and have no idea whether I can keep some or all of those activities going given my new low calorie/carb intake.

OK, so it’s time to reveal the vital statistics and I’ve been unpleasantly surprised by a few of them:

Height: 5′ 10″
Waist: 43″
Waist to Height Ratio: 0.61
Weight: 15st 7lb
Heart rate: 64 bpm
Blood pressure: 120/90
Blood glucose: ~7 mmol/L

The blood glucose level was a surprise, and even a bit of a shock – essentially I’m pre-diabetic, if not diabetic. Last year I cut out refined sugar for about six months and I thought that would have had a positive effect on my insulin resistance, but if it did then it seems not to have lasted. It appears that it’s essential that I do this diet.

My goal is lose 43lb to get me down to 12st 6lb which is what was recommended to me at a Bupa health check up last year.

Here goes…

Never did like Minestrone … maybe i need to make my own. I expect once i start eating i will loose more slowly … but i also expect to exercise way more … mind you my exercise had been zero until recently 🙂 🙂
I don’t think i can keep up 10 pounds a week …. but i have a lot of clothes i will fit if i can loose another 20!!
Keep on keeping on!!

Thanks Langerhans – really good to know there’s other people out there! Having to delay starting for couple of days as haven’t quite got my head round what I can and can’t have – your snack ideas really helpful as it saves thinking and I’m not too safe loitering around the fridge for too long. Will look forward to getting going.

hi
I know it’s frustrating – type “plateau” in the search box and you’ll find a million threads.
Mine kicked in on day five rather than week five
You could still be getting slimmer while not actually losing weight (and improving blood sugars if that is an issue for you)

Common things – increase exercise, increase water (yup, even more than two litres!), reduce carbs further
could either constipation or time of the month be an issue?

You shouldn’t need to reduce dairy, just make sure you’re eating full fat dairy – fat is good!
Are you using a reliable way of logging food and drink – logging cals is easy, once you add more variables its harder to track, lot of people use online trackers to record food – Fat Secret (my favourite) , My Fitness Pal, Calorie Count, there are lots out there.

Stick with it – it will start coming down soon!

Hi Antigone – currently enjoying a small glass of white wine! I did have quiche earlier, and picked off all the pastry without hesitation – but cold quiche from sainsburys probably a bit different to the one you had! I think it’s waitrose that do crustless quiches.

Your description of the meal reminds me of an Easter lunch when I was on a french twinning exchange in my teens. At about course three, it was utterly astounding roule au fromage – glorious buttery puff pasty with cheese and bechamel sauce. Amazing, I had seconds. Turned out that there were about eight courses – sooooo stuffed!

avocado chocolate peanut butter pudding – all my favourite things together (well, with the exception of marzipan)
I think it’s best I don’t know!

Mixnmatch – I had thought about adding cocoa to the almond soya yogurt that I’ve been eating this week.
Compared to avocado chocolate peanut butter pudding it sounds incredibly healthy!

Lucky – I like the idea of training chopsticks – I need those (or maybe not if I am avoiding all things rice!)
Reminds me that I have some seaweed from the japan centre that I haven’t tried yet. I had something form Itsu with what I thought was rather thick oddly textured spinach, but turned out to be seaweed, and have all sorts of good things nutritionally..

This is now my fifth week of the diet. I have kept to the 800 calories religiously, watched my carb intake, reduced diary intake, drank at least two litres of water per day and I haven’t lost any weight in six days! I am extremely focused and was so excited and the prospect of loosing 3 stone in 8 weeks but I just don’t see how this is realistically achievable? The programme has made me look very carefully at my previous diet and I now realise the importance of understanding what I should be eating but without loosing the initial weight, this becomes a very long and laborious process which is proving to be more difficult as every week goes by. Has anyone else encountered such a plateau and is there any hope?

Well down Shalimar. That’s a n amazing result and one I would love. Unfortunately I seemed destined to be a very slow loser. I have gone from 103.7 to 101.9 this morning, so 1.8 kilos. A bit disappointed as have averaged 30gm carb and 800 and done 10,000 steps a day. Still that is week 1 done and dusted. I guess I just need yo keep going. I have twenty kilos to lose so long way to go.

Today I am lunch out so will have a salad and tonight a minestrone soup.

night yowzer

I’ve just finished shortening two pairs of trousers (purchased ages ago & they only fit now) – one pair is an 18, the other a 20, both are a teeny bit tighter than the size 16 pair that a started wearing about three weeks ago,

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Night all x hopeyou feel better tomoz LUCKY X

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Night all x

Great work KJ!

Good luck DKendall, Wannabee and all other new starters, I’m starting tomorrow too, do I need to count the calories for all green veg, berries?

Thanks 🙂

Hi denisesunny.

No, not decided yet – been really busy. And I was trying to decide which forum to post it on – whether to stay on here or post on the BSD Way of Life forum. If nobody objects, I’ll stay on this forum. I’ll try to decide on a new thread name tomorrow and post the information on the threads I post on.

Not had many suggestions, so having to exercise my little grey cells!

Hi Jan – I didn’t realise how long it was until I posted it 😱

My target was flexible, although I did have 9.7 in mind all along. So now I’ve got there I’m trying to be flexible and not stress too much about losing a few more pounds. Like you I see different attitudes on here.

I’ve had a really busy day, and not long been home so just catching up on the posts.

I’ve already had a few surprises (non-BSD) come along for the coming week, so it’s going to be interesting to see how the maintenance goes!

Hi Shalimar – it can be done. Stick with it and you’ll get there.

Enjoy Yowser 😁😁😁

Hehe Jan who needs food when you have hunky eye candy ! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I too feel wrung out after the trial ..bed after Victoria I think! X

Bril shalimar keep up the good work 🙂🙂

Yep my kitchen is closed now as well so not thinking about food anymore too exhausted after the trial, need to save my energy for poldark hunk overload hour hehehe

Wa-hey SHALIMAR well done,ten pound is a big chunk! X

Nooooo step away from the pringles! Waaarghhh! FROG Ritz are nearly as nice as saltines.
There were some called Tangs ? I think. They were oval shaped and the smoky bacon ones were lovely!
MY KItchen Is Now Closed…some of the saddest words in the english language 🙁
XX

Thanks captainlynne and greenjanet! I’m 5 ft. 6 in. and need to loose 70 pounds also. Just lost my first 10 pounds … so it is now 65 pounds to go actually.

Thanks everyone!! Lost 10 pounds this week 🙂 🙂 🙂 Just got organized and wrote this down in my new daily planner!!!

I did a diet once that was supposed to include saltines, no idea what else, don’t remember, but I substituted ritz crackers
whatever you do, don’t go near the pringles
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5851487/how-are-pringles-made

JAN re saltines..apparently not available in england coz there are banned substances in them that US allows but Uk doesnt! They taste fab tho..and they were deffo on sale for a while in uk in the late fifties/ early sixties when the supermarkets first started opening x

Thanks everyone for the advice. I am going to try and stick to the 8 week plan in the book as I work long hours and don’t have a lot of time for planning meals etc. Think I am going to struggle with no bread/crisps or chocolate which are all my weaknesses 🙁

Sorry to hear your struggling Natalie but I agree that Mondays do mark a new start. Weekends are always difficult, I tend to kick back and relax and think ‘what can I eat to reward myself?’!! Invariably have lunch out, loaded with carbs. But have done really well the last 2 weekends (only on my 2nd week, so haven’t become complacent yet). That’s my problem, and many others from what I have read. You merrily go along, strong and confident on your new diet (and I’ve tried many, many different diets!) and you think one biscuit won’t hurt, and it doesn’t appear to, so you have another and then you find that you haven’t got it under your belt as you’d thought. But writing on here is giving me such a boost and helping me face my mistakes. Writing therapy. Of course this diet helps you lose weight so quickly, (found my diet book from earlier this year and it took me 10 weeks to lose 10lbs and I have already lost 9lbs on the BSD!). I am telling myself regularly that this is for my future health, I want to be able to fend for myself well into old age, lord willing! Of course long gone is my PMS. My
daughter (39 years old) says she tries to replace hers with PMA (positive mental attitude), but
raging hormones are definitely the devil’s work!! Have you thought about doing the 5:2, 4:3
or 6:1 diet on your bad weeks? If you could it would possibly make you feel more in control of your weight.
Well today for brunch I had 1/2 an avocado, 1 fried egg, mushrooms and 1 slice fried
halloumi. Dinner was Harvest Vegetable Pie then greek yogurt and blueberries. 5 coffees for
the day and loads of water. I am really enjoying the recipes, they are really tasty and so quick and easy to make. Have done lots of sorting out again today, am finally getting on top of this place. Trying to fit all our belongings in a tiny 2 bedroom bungalow has taken a great deal of throwing out. But the Konmari method came to my rescue. Clearing clutter makes you feel so good and I love it! Well bfn xx Have a good ‘1st day’tomorrow xx

JAN yes well said…ihave worked at a womens refuge and its so important to empower the disempowered x
FROG i know! I was in bits waiting for someone to go and get Henry as fast as poss! X
I thought i was gonna stop listening to the Archers after the trial,but the story is not over ….x

I thought it was very odd that no one was concerned about Henry’s safety
Would have loved what turned them all round to not guilty – the chair’s rant or the realisation that was the only decision that would get them free of the other odious jurors before the weekend.

Ooh I cried and cried,what powerful acting, praying that will now empower the disempowered, no one should feel unsafe, and frightened. Wonderful stuff.

Hi everyone, I am starting (again) tomorrow 12th September. I have about 14-21lbs to loose. I have signed up for a 10k locally at close of October, which means I am running 2-3 times a week to get fitter. I also need to do some RT to build muscle and tone up. Good luck everyone – we can do this and maintain a lighter weight too as a lifestyle. Carbs are not so hard to reduce, a lot of it is habit. In 5 months it’s my birthday 🙂

Yayyyyyyyyyyy hooooooorayyyyyyyyyyyyyy ! X Not Guilty!
That verdict gives out the right message 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That awful guy Rob tho….he’s chillllllllling isn’t he 🙁🙁🙁
I like the triumphant music at the end! But why arent they rushing to get Henry before he gets kidnapped!

Happy Monday! starting weight for this week is 130.05 – only a .4 loss, but not worried about that as a loss is a loss. From the start of this I have lost 7.6kilos, so I am stoked!! Now to work on the next 10 kg. As to that, I am going to add in something a little different for a couple weeks to see what happens. Am going to add in the 5:2! This is where you eat ‘normally’ for 5 days and only have (I think) 500 cals the other 2 days. Essentially breakfast and dinner is what I am going to do on those 2 days. I did try this before and didn’t really work for me, but now that I have cut down to 800 calories and really watching my sugar intake I’m thinking the 5:2 will be a real goer, but time will tell. Still working on the walking, and doing the 1 level of stairs at work each day, so little by little am making a difference for myself.
Onwards and downwards!!
KJ

Have you named your new thread yet? Don’t want to lose touch, you are such an inspiration.

Just went to do aquabics at my gym …. weighed in … LOST my first 10 pounds since last Sunday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooh Yowser I’ve just googled them and yes I remember my nan had some one Xmas when I was a little kid, and they came in 4 in a cracker and you snapped them into 4 very nice, never seen them though to buy them, but what you could do is just dip your finger in some salt that may suspend the craving, but I know there’s nothing like crackers butter and cheese, but enough of that I want to be healthy more, I will indulge when I get to target at Xmas. Phewww best not think about that one.

The black rice cat one, I actually have a maneki that looks like that, some are cuter than the traditional sorts. I saw a bento box thing the other week on a site, so that’s going on my Christmas list. They also had other maneki things I haven’t seen in the UK before, including a mug! https://www.japancentre.com/en/products/5973-lucky-cat-bento-lunch-box-with-fork-black

I have no idea what it is Antigone, it just feels like I’m drunk, the head rush and staggering, but without the inherent stupidity. Almost like when you’ve been on fairground ride after fairground ride and you feel disorientated. I fell asleep in my chair AGAIN. Five hour lunches? The French know how to lunch, that’s all I’m saying 😉 The food all sounds lovely.

They all had their KFC takeaway, not one of them offered me so much as a bite and Mr Lucky had his chicken tikka salad. When it came down to it I couldn’t face salad so I ate my sausages cold off the baking tray. I now have killer heartburn. They’re out playing manhunt at the moment, so we’ll sing Happy Birthday in a bit when they’re in, then they can have cake, and go for their baths and showers. Mr Lucky is ironing all the uniforms ready for this week. A man who finds ironing therapeutic = keeper.

Ive only got involved with the Rob/ Helenstoryline JAN..i know nothing of any other characters and havent watched Poldark either..tho i know he’s eye candy
would like a big glass ( vat) of wine to drink while listening / viewing tonight, and very much fancying some buttered crackers …thats after staring mournfully for quite a while at packets of posho crackers in the supermarket earlier.
Do you ever recall a snack called Saltines? I could nyamm an enormous bowl of them right now..think i just need salt – which i will get from my dindins..having halloumi with salad x got some pink himalayan salt which looks v pretty and bought some chia seeds and milled flaxseeds today! Feel am gettin more n more healthy tho i widnt be a bit surprised if i start pecking and tweeting after all the nuts,seeds,berries etc lately xx

Ooh I vote Poldark, in the hope that he gets hot again, know what I mean hint hint. But archers is supreme in my humble opinion.🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜

Hope the birthday celebrations are going well LUCKY and youre feeling ok x
Wd love some KFC and fries right now and a nibble of birthday cake ( i thought ” big slice” but my body rejected the idea!think am losing my sweet tooth or in my case,teeth! Birthday cake used to be my fave food ever..i recall telling my greatniece that fact,and her ( aged8) saying severely thats NOT food! ..and she was right wasnt she!)
Hope you and Mr Lucky are havin a nice salad…i’ m having salad with halloumi xx love how low carb it is!

Hi Lynne
Thankyou so much for taking the trouble to post all that, yes the good results of health are a great motivator, I’m okay again now I’m back on track. I have another 71 lbs to go I’m 5 ft 6in so not sure what target will be realistic for me, but I’m thinking about 10st 10lb, but I’m flexible. I find it interesting how many seem to drop of at the eight week point despite having lots more to loose. But I have your example in mind to help keep me focused, this forum has been so unbelievably helpful. To the point I never feel like I am doing this plan alone.
I will be very interested to see you go into maintenance phase, ooh how wonderful does that sound. Hope you are having a lovely evening. And a happy maintaining week ahead.
Love Jan 😊😊😊

Yes good idea, we have a ‘carb cupboard’ in our house where bread, crackers, cereal, crisps, biscuits and sweets live. It’s contents have reduced in the last couple of months but I’m not allowed to get rid of it completely!!

Me too JAN..my toes are twitching in anticipation!
Keeping active til then cuz will be a couch potato from 7 pm listening to Archers then watching FirstDay at Big School on ch 5+1 at 8 then Victoria at 9 pm x

Ooh frog and Yowser how great you are archers addicts as well 64 minutes and counting ooh I cannot wait, it’s been a very long spring and summer waiting for this hearing, ooh twitching with anticipation.💀💀💀💀💀💀💀🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣62 mins weeeeeeeee

I give a wry smile when I see all the low fat dairy products filling the shelves and wonder just how long before the tide turns. In my small local supermarket the 0% fat premium greek yoghurt has just been joined by it’s normal counterpart- I’m convinced it’s a sign!

Hi Lucia, 🙋

Sounds like you had an active day.x

Hi Wannabe healthy!

As well as the great suggestions from Tizzie may I suggest that if your family members have snacks…you put them away in a special cupboard or tin…well out of temptation!! and enlist your family’s help to stay on plan. It gets easier after the first few days as your appetite will decrease. Good luck😊

If you like cocoa nibs, one of my current favourite things to go with the Greek yoghurt is a teaspoon of nibs, and a teaspoon of cocoa powder stirred in well. You can add a few chopped nuts as well, or instead of the nibs, but I find it addresses the choccy cravings very well for not a lot of extra calories.

Wow Stewart, how wonderful! Thank you for inspiring me x