Ok I am on day 10 today and not having huge success with the scales up this morning to 102 (start was 103.7). I def went slightly over on calories yesterday but no bad food. Anyway hanging in there and waiting for a drop. Aiming next Friday to be 100 and getting close to 99. By the end of September my goal is 99 and by the end of October 94 which would give me a bmi of 94. By the end of November I want to be 90. I am going to reintroduce alcohol after a month, moderately, but stick to this way of life, keep carbs down and and do 800 calories or less at least 4 days a week.

Gluck.

The software release went well but I didn’t finish until 7am. Then I managed 4 hours of interrupted sleep on the sofa. I worked from home for the rest of the day and I can’t remember how many times I walked up to the fridge, had a look in and then walked away reminding myself I couldn’t have anything. By 8pm I was really really tired and feeling very irritable and grumpy. When we finally sat down to dinner everything seemed to feel a lot better after the first few mouthfuls of food. Interesting.

Black coffee
Mushroom with goats cheese and pine nuts
Butternut squash salad
Steamed haddock and vegetables – I hate warmed up tomatoes and their juice so must try to avoid them. Love them every other way though.

Food didn’t feel very fulfilling today – I think that’s because we swapped the sardine dip for the salad – perhaps we could have used tuna or smoked mackerel instead of sardines. Tomorrow’s menu looks like you can at least get your teeth into something.

@shalimar – probably the best description of a real Bircher is the one given by Titanne in the comments on this recipe https://thebloodsugardiet.com/recipes/bircher-muesli/

Just caught up with the BBC3 programme from Monday night – ‘Obesity: the postmortem’. If I’d not already lost weight, that would make me want to do it. Absolutely fascinating, scary, and probably other words. The lady in question was 4 inches taller then me, but only weighed one stone more than me, so it was a pretty good idea what my insides would have been like. She died of heart failure, but also gas fatty liver disease. The amount of abdominal fat, and fat around her organs was astonishing. Well worth a watch.

Tonight also watched the BBC1 programme about the doctor trying to get patients off tablets. Interesting. It’s a two-parter, so have to wait until next week to see the end result. He’d probably like some of our stories – so many on here have reduced their medication, or stopped taking it altogether.

Day 1 is over and went quite well.
Calories :811
Weight this morning 74.6 kg

Thanks to this forum, I discovered Fat Secret, which I like. I had been using MyFitnessPal, which I also found really helpful, but in my opinion, FatSecret is easier to use. I liked the dropdown menu so that you can select your own country and they have specific products from there. I’m in Australia and love the Coles Kale slaw, so was pleased to find it listed.

Congratulations, Chookymama! 😃 Fantastic!

I’m really glad that I looked up the forums when I read about them in the book. I genuinely appreciate all the advice, motivation, encouragement and welcome.

Have taken on board 54andfatnomore’s advice to be strict on the 800 calorie front. Have a tendency to think “near enough is close enough” even though past experience should have taught me that this isn’t correct!

Hi everyone,
I’m coming to the end of my first week in my second stint at the 800 fast. It’s actually been EASY until I did s boot camp class and my hunger got worse after I ate dinner.
SO I HAVE NOW STUFFED MY FACE WITH BRAZIL NUTS and need someone to tell me it’s ok we all do it and at least it wasn’t carbs right?
I didn’t realise white how high they are in calories! I’m shocked tbh, nearly 200 cal in 6!
Well I had A LOT MORE THAN 6

There are different UP straps – mine is the hollow kind where it threads through itself and then hooks. I had read about the strap issues and hooked a small safety pin through at first, but I think it is the solid straps that as mentioned above are the concern and they offer an extra clip.

Well done on 5lbs down! I told you it would give you a boost!!!

I agree with you on shakes and smoothies – I just don’t get them! Real chewing food for me. I’m happy with my omelettes for breakfast, they do keep me full and I can vary them a bit.

I struggled with day 3 today, to be honest. I wonder if that’s because of the wine last night? It was a bit of a topsy-turvy day for me, I ended up eating my main meal at lunch and then only a light meal at dinnertime. All evening I’ve been ravenous and kept raiding the fridge. I tried to make all my snacking as low-carb as possible, though. I just needed to feel full. I snacked on ham and cheese and cucumber. In the end I made a hot drink and that seemed to soothe me…

So, over on calories today but still managed low carb, thankfully.

Day 3/56

BREAKFAST: 2 medium egg omellette, 30g smoked salmon Philidelphia, 50g wilted spinach.
Splash of skimmed milk in tea and coffee
LUNCH: strips of beef fillet stir-fried with strips of red pepper, onion and chili with 80g tinned black beans
SNACK: 1/2 pot activia natural yoghurt and 3 strawberries
DINNER: 1/2 portion bolognese with 200g broccoli, 10g grated reduced-fat cheese
SNACKING: pot of Greek yoghurt, 4 slices ham rolled up with lettuce, onion and 30g cheese, cucumber, a little philidelphia.

Calories: 1223 Carbs: 56g Fat: 60g Protein: 112g Fibre: 16g

Exercise: at the moment I’m on 6,500 steps at 10pm. I’ll keep pacing the house till I can get that up as much as poss before husband gets home and thinks I’ve lost the plot!

Hoping for a better day tomorrow! Hope you all have a good one.

Thanks Frog x
How’s it going Tired? x

Loopy, you are the second person to mention the ‘X’ word. Back of the class. But really, only 14 weeks ahgggggg. But I have already booked to eat out on Christmas day with family.

Wendyq – your fibroids sound awful, thank goodness everything turned out well for you. I am sure Natalie will also get great relief after her op.
Hi Cara54. I hope you find the BSD as good as we all do. It is making such a difference to so many peoples lives. I can honestly say I have not felt hungry since starting 17 days ago. Am feeling more energetic already, a great bonus for me. Cutting carbs really is the way to go, the rest is easy. Best wishes for your journey, look forward to hearing your progress.
Had a busy day cleaning again and sorting around. For lunch – boiled egg, hummus, crudites and dinner – aubergine and butter bean stew with cheese, then greek yogurt and raspberries. Hoping the scales are kind to me in the morning. Sleep well everyone, night, night xx

Hope your first day went well!

I agree JOSIE ! X

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Goodnight lovely BSD friends x

thank you without this forum and encouragement from everyone on here not sure i would have done as well, will continue

well done on your results as well

Hi everyone. I’ve been reading through the posts and I’d like to join in. Everyone’s story seems very similar to mine. Age 55 and weigh about 85kg. I’d like to lose at least 15kg, possibly more. I don’t have the book yet but planning to go and buy it tomorrow.

I’ve done the 5:2 diet and lost some weight but it all went back on when I changed jobs. I don’t have a lot of patience for calorie counting but I have no problem fasting so will cut back that way.

Looking forward to reading more posts and joining everyone on the journey to ideal weight.

Yowser
Bril news, sounds like you have a very caring doc.
😊

Loopylou
Go for it girl, get it gone. Yeaaaaaaa👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Josie
Brilliant news delighted for you. 😊😊😊👏👏👏😊😊😊

Welcome FRANFAL glad you’re no longer lurking! X
Yes i dida little skip and jump ANTIGONE! Hoping after my blood test results i’ ll be doing cartwheels😄 X

Hi Janey, thanks for the warm welcome. If it is the solid strap Up2 they make a little clip to lock the catch, they send me one at no charge.

Verano
It’s funny isn’t it how it no longer is the pleasure it was before, and the hangover effect is a good reminder. I did it for a week and it took me four days to reverse the negative side effects again, and get back on track. Onwards an d upwards .
😊

Well done JOSIE fab results! X

Hi Frog.
Sounds like you have had a busy day, was it a good one.
😊

Aw Chooky that’s brilliant. I will miss my weigh in this week as we’re heading off for a week in the sun. That will be a test. I won’t want to get on the scales when I get back. Away now to clean out my chooks before we head off 🙂

Am able to reduce the dreaded Metformin as well, thats a bigger result

Welcome to the madhouse Fran! Thanks for the Up advice. Mine is still holding up although not very old. My OH has a second hand, older Up2 which definitely has a different clasp on it (one that I can’t understand TBH!) so think this complicated version is what causes them to break.!
Btw we are currently sitting outside having enjoyed an unseasonably warm BBQ! Gotta love an Indian summer ☀️😎

All those having problems with their Up. If it is under a year old, therefore in warranty they will usually replace it. Email or call them, the support team are based in Ireland, I think, and are very helpful.

Having said that, the straps on the Up2s are rubbish. I have 2 in a year (so now out of warranty🙁). Mine is currently, super glued & wrapped with insulating tape! When that fails I think I will try and weave a friendship band thingy to encapsulate it.

By the way have been lurking around reading this thread for a few weeks, love it, very inspirational and funny. What’s not to like😀

Good news for you too Yowzer – well done. Did you skip out of the doctor’s?

Excellent news Josie. Well done 🙂

Well done Josie, that’s a fantastic result!! 🎉🎉

Oh well done Chooky! So pleased for you great result! Whatever you are doing it’s working! 🙂

Hi everyone
Krysia, good news about your eye problems. It’s amazing the side effects of this diet.
Frog. Sorry about your gain but I am sure it will have disappeared by tomorrow.
Jan , my spiraliser is a twinzee. It is like a pencil sharpener. I guess you could spiraliser carrots but it can’t do anything bigger than a courgette although maybe you could do other stuff (butternut squash?) if you cut it into courgette sized pieces. I have only had mine a couple of days. I am sure the others can give you better advice as to what you can spiralise.

I just worked out its 14 weeks till Christmas and I have 17kg to lose. Do you think it’s doable? I have been weighing in pounds but maybe I’ll change to kg. One kg a week seems a good target (I don’t think I could do a frog and lose 1.4kg in a day!). Let me know if you think it’s a realistic goal.

Have been to get the results of my 12 week blood tests today, have gone from 71 to 42 so in the pre diabetic range. Blood Pressure within normal range, pretty amazing really pleased.

Ohhh my goodness! Have you seen the moon tonight..its beautiful! 😘😘😘😍😍😍 xx

*Spoiler Alert*. Broken 80kg!! 79.6…..WOOP WOOP.

THINK IT WAS THE CYCLE RIDE THAT DID IT. 😇

VERANO if its any consolation,youve helped me a little today!
Its over ten weeks since ive had bread too and altho i havent wanted to eat any( in fact,a little scared to eat any of the things i havent had for ten weeks – which in itself isnt that great is it…really makes me feel i AM an addict and just imbibing one crumb will send me mad!) …
anyway have been very curious as to how it might feel to have some bread after the weeks without …i sensed it might be like you said..very very heavy in the tum
Well you’ve lived and learned! And youve satisfied my curiosity for me too!
I guess if we are ever to introduce SOME bread into our menus ( if only to stop ourselves from making bread into a huge big deal) we may well be happy with a little nibble or two..not too bad on the carbs and not heavy on our tums…rather than massive doorsteps – thats what i used to eat anyhoo XX

I CONFESS ……

Today I had bread!!!!

This is the first time in over 10 weeks and in part maybe I just needed to see how it would be!

Had a huge urge for rollmop herrings and just needed bread to go with them! So had some French baton, not a lot , with butter and a few tomatoes.

Was it good?????? No, not really! Taste was ok but not really any more satisfying than little gem boats would have been! Left a really heavy feeling almost like I’d swallowed a lead balloon or at least what I think it would feel like had I swallowed a lead balloon!!!!

Then of course I put it into to Fatsecret …. can’t even report the number of carbs of calories here I’m too ashamed!!!!

Surfice it to say I won’t be doing that again!! I know that we all have to make our own mistakes but I urge you, if you need bread etc. please check you carb/cal counter before you eat it , may just save you from yourself!!!!!

Hi Frog … just one of the problems of being a daily weigher! You know it will all be fine in a day or so!

BTW Fatsecret is a good app/pc program for counting carbs etc. Fatsecret.co.uk or .com if not in the UK.

ANTIGONE they sound lovely. I do like a crispy crunchy cracker..well done stopping at one – not easy! X

Saw my GP today..she’s lovely. She was apologetic that she wasnt well up on BSD,but is keen to learn more and was very complimentary on how between 5:2 and BSD i ‘ m attempting to improve my health.
I deliberately didnt take mybp meds this morning,and GP was impressed that bp reading was pretty good tho not perfect without them. I have forgotten the figures now but my bp a while ago was sky high without meds.
Sent me for blood tests and appt made to see her again in about ten days
She said her only worry was the very low cal count, tho was reassured when i told her what I mainly eat these days. was i getting enough vit c to absorb iron from my food was a concern. She advised strawberries for vit C seeing as i was having berries every day…didn’t have the heart to tell her that they are quite Carby! X

Had a meeting with ‘lunch’ at end – turned out this was a fish n chips order. I was very good asking for fish and mushy peas – no chips. Confused the list maker but when the ‘small’ portion of chips turned out to feed a family I was very glad. Once something is on my plate I am much more likely to attempt it – something to do with when it was not easy for my family to get food on the plate, so don’t waste it once it is there etc – but everyone was struggling with the chip portions.

Ok so I did have the batter with the fish but compared to what I might have consumed….

Hi Lucia, it’s a great service to humankind.

Lost another pound so that’s 9 altogether,I’m really happy,just have to keep going.I’m really enjoying halloumi cheese,I dry fry it with tomatoes and it keeps me filled up for a long time.Have just had a litre of spinach soup,just onion,spinach and a stock cube,it looks like green sludge but tastes OK.There was half a massive bag of spinach to use up so decided to make it into soup rather than just eat it raw.
Natalie,the surgery got rid of the fibroids.My hormones went to pot when I was pregnant and these huge fibroids grew,as a result my son was born at 26 weeks.I got them removed 4 months after the birth.The Dr said I probably wouldn’t be able to have more children as the operation was very extensive,took out loads of fibroids.He said there were 7 the size of a mans fist,5 slightly smaller and dozens of pebbles.I went for tests and everything was working and we had 2 more sons,the fibroids never came back.I wasn’t allowed to have a natural birth and had elective sections 3 weeks before my due date as he said my womb would rupture if I went through labour.I recovered quickly from the surgery,have a huge scar!I’m sure your operation will go well .

Hi Tiredofthis

You have taken the first step by finding this group and the second by starting on the journey!!

It can seem daunting at first but I think the advice to adapt current meals is really good. Also, checking carbs can be an eye opener but if you try to concentrate on them rather than calories at first the calories will soon take care of themselves!

One of the most difficult parts of this eating plan is to take on board ‘full fat’! We have been so brainwashed by ‘low fat’ for years that to have full fat yogurt for breakfast seems alien. But actually it has less sugar, lots of low fat foods have sugar substituted for fat, but full fat keeps you fuller longer. Lots of people have full fat Greek yogurt and a few berries or nuts for breakfast.

Cauliflower seems to have become the new ‘best friend’ of all on BSD … take a look at the thread ‘101 ways with cauliflower’. Just put it in the search bar at the top of the page. You’ll be amazed what you can do with cauliflower!!!!

Spiralisers are also popular especially for making courgetti spaghetti … great for putting bolognese on instead of pasta ! Must admit I would never eat courgettes but they are great used as spaghetti and sometimes I just toss them in a homemade tomato sauce with some Parmesan cheese grated over them.

Sorry hope I’ve not over faced you with food ideas but best of luck on your journey

So there was this woman on the bus last night…….
She is going to have a look at the website and book today.

Strike one.

Now, .
Looking for another one.

Feel like a bit of a stalker.😆

Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi Frog
It’s weird how the scales vary from day to day. One kilo in 2 days is stunning.
The growbag to gourmet course sounds way better than the dodgy diabetic course.

Was at eye clinic today. Retinopathy and oedema still in remission. I started BSD to reverse the oedema – which it did in 8 weeks -but it is now all about the joy of getting thinner

The application procedure may vary from one GP’s practice to another, but essentially you sign a consent form – I downloaded the form from my GPs website, filled it in and dropped it off at the surgery.

this link is for an NHS info leaflet outlining the benefits, discussing security issues, etc
http://www.nhs.uk/NHSEngland/thenhs/records/healthrecords/Documents/PatientGuidanceBooklet.pdf

Hi Frog
How does online access work then. Haven’t heard of it before, very interesting.

In France rapeseed oil is called Colza (huile de). It is odd that Italy buys so much Spanish olive oil – you’d think they’d produce plenty of their own.

Wooo hooo TOPCAC highfive!
Well done xisnt it lovely when you see the scales go down!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I agree re shakes..that one sounds delicious but prefer to get my teeth into real grub!
Stay motivated and positive and healthier.Ypur body is thanking you for looking after it! X