Thanks SunnyB and Frog for sharing your experiences and thoughts.
I think the 8 weeks seemed liked a great bargain in retrospect; my expectations were hopeful rather than high, so when it worked I was amazed – particularly in that the science made sense too.
I have a nagging feeling though that there’s a bit more to go. My internal fat, as measured by the Tanita, is staying around 13-14% from 15%, so a further drop to a healthy 12% would give me a sense of ‘job done’. And also since sticking to a plan will keep me to more variety of food and a few less calories/carbs, it will do me good anyway.

I think I will do another 8 and meantime will look on the other thread too.

This morning 163lb again. Now to hold that and make progress!

Well done Snoop.. steadily going down by the day! Good work!
54 such good news: down again! Love hearing your weigh ins!!
Mental4ever you’re already well into it with a 6lb loss! All of us have had to work out kinks and figure it out as we go, the main thing is you’re doing it! Keep planning, reading, trying the foods, calculating, etc and you’ll keep being rewarded!
I’m a slow loser. .last week I was so diligent with daily exercise and eating up til the end of the weekend, and lost but stumbled Sunday. So I just re-lost that pound this morning. 😂

Not to be too personal, but my mini goal is to get through the first few days of my monthly friend totally on plan and try to keep the sodium down. I weigh daily, and it’s discouraging to swell up suddenly even when I am being faithful! Thinking it will hit me in a day or two judging by my crankiness yesterday and savage desire for chocolate. (Had a couple bites of 70% dark chocolate and that did it!) All recorded.

Have a happy day y’all.

There is a range that is ‘healthy weight’ so no reason not to stop only at the upper end of it. Don’t push to get too close to the bottom of that range either, but 10 stone seems comfortable – for your height NHS BMI suggests 8 and half to 11 stone is the healthy range.

Hi Indy
Wooho weight loss 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 keep posting here we need BSD buddies like you to inspire us.
😎😎😎

Hi all –

Been off for a bit because of work, but just crossed 50 lbs down mark and SO EXCITED! 38 lbs on the BSD (and the rest before since January 1).

I’ve been following the thread even while off and was so comforted to see everyone’s comments about the post 8 week lull. I’ve been struggling at the same weight for about 2 weeks and got really frustrated by it!

Also had a visit to my dr about three weeks ago. She was thrilled because everything is in the normal range (well, not my BMI but it is much closer!) and she looked at the book, flipped through it, and handed it back to me and said “This is a good diet.” She’s Russian, so that was pretty effusive for her. She said as long as I feel good, keep it up.

But just want to say a big THANK YOU to you all – so much easier to stay on track when you are all sharing your challenges and successes! I think I would have been very discouraged (and I think we all know what that can lead to!) if I hadn’t seen all your posts!

Have a great day! 🙂

Yesterdays food/ exercise:

Week 1: Day 1/56

LATE BRUNCH at 11am (16 hour fast): 2 medium egg omelette, chopped chill, red onion, 10g grated reduced-fat mature cheese, 1/2 small avocado, 1/2 grilled tomato.
PM SNACK: 100g black-eyed beans, 2″ cucumber, tabasco, 25g cheese, 1/2 apple.
DINNER: 140g salmon, 100g green beans, soy sauce
Splash skimmed milk in tea & coffee

Calories: 795
Carbs: 42g Fat: 41g Protein: 64g Fibre: 16g

Exercise: 14,000 steps.

Drank loads of water, pee-d for Britain.

This morning’s weigh-in….3lbs down. Whoosh!!!
Bye-bye water from muscles! Fat, I’m coming for you next!

Ha, ha, Topac, yes, I’m keeping it simple this time!

Good luck on your 8 weeks – I look forward to following your simultaneous progress! 🙂

Thank you, Sunshine-girl!
Yes, I plan to do some toning exercises. I would be interested in seeing your 10 minute routine, if you have a moment!
Thanks for the tip on keeping up the fats, I didn’t realise that they also protect the muscles. 🙂

Hi all,

I’m so glad I found this forum and I hope you don’t mind me joining! I am 2.5 weeks in and starting to worry that I might not be able to lose much more because I’m no longer technically ‘overweight’. I’m 5 ft 6 and started at 159 lbs (11 stone 5) and I’m down to 148, though most of the weight loss was in the first week. I’m hoping to get down to 140 (10 stone) by the 4th October when I’m going on holiday. So I’ve got just under 3 weeks left.

I have found it surprisingly easy (after the first few days). I too use ketostix and have found that even the occasional treat at social occasions hasn’t brought me out of ketostis.

I’m so encouraged by all of your stories, knowing that it is possible to maintain the weight loss even if you’re technically at a healthy weight 🙂

Thanks 54 & Snoop.

Will plug away this week. My OH asked why I was quiet this morning so I told him. He gave me a big hug which cheered me up. 😍😍😍

Orchid is right Nedds Mum, we all stray occasionally – we are only human. The secret is not to waste time beating yourself up about it, but rather, to refocus and move on. I too have found the forum invaluable for support and encouragement when things have got tough and I have really struggled. It is a real boost to be able to have a bit of a rant here and not be judged for messing up and receive kind words and advise – it is empowering.
Anyway, we will hopefully be reading your positive results soon – good luck.

Oh wow Linda thats fantastic!! Thanks for update. I’m so pleased to know that cellulite actually disappears!!
So many good things about this BSD.
And this is just another one. Yay

Hi Orchid
that sounds technical – very detailed planning!
Do drop me an email with sponsorship details, or post a link on here if its a justgiving link or similar

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Great stuff, I tend to have my water with some slices of lemon in it so good vit c, which we need to absorb the iron and protein we are eating, it makes it taste very nice also. Keep up the good work.
Regards jan

Thanks Jan – day three and I feel fine today. I drank 3 litres of water yesterday and will try to do the same today (not easy – I detest water). I really don’t suffer from migraines – maybe one or two a year so it may have been coincidence or psychosomatic but I will take on board your comments about salt – I actually added it to my dinner last night which I don’t normally do so maybe my body is prompting me anyway! Not feeling hungry and just munching my way through breakfast as I type. I know this sounds perverse but I am actually looking forward to the carb withdrawal – can’t wait for this poison to get the hell out! Will keep you posted on progress 🙂

Beg to differ Minnie, I think the problem items were sweetcorn and beetroot, both of which are high in carbs. Having said that an increase of 1.25lb, could be attributed to something as simple as a little water retention or constipation. There is every chance if you weigh again tomorrow, that small gain would have disappeared, possibly with a little bit extra too.
Don’t be afraid to add in olive oil and avocado, as both contain good fats and fat is important on the BSD. It does help to count both the calories and carbs in everything you consume, but you are right though, to back off while you are on holiday. Just try to broadly stick to the BSD principles, but enjoy a glass or two of wine and relax. Don’t beat yourself up about where you are right now, just go away, enjoy yourself and come back ready to refocus and begin again – we will still be here ready to offer support when you are ready.
Have a great holiday and hope to read some posts from you on your return.

Hi Mandoir
Some people do lose more slowly than others – it’s not a competition, but the 10-15% in 8 weeks is possible, people on this forum have done it.
I started at 102 kilos,, and lost 13 kilos in 13 weeks, so slower than others. After a bit of a plateau, I have started paying more attention to BSD principles, and lost 3.9 kilos in a week, so it is do-oable.
I’ve just realised that the 3.9kilos brings me back to the kilo a week, including the 3 week plateau

With the sudden unexpected gain,
have you checked your scales are accurate (weigh yourself 10-20 times in quick succession and make sure that they are giving consistent results)
Any issues with constipation or time of the month?

With so many berries and regular beans and quinoa, you probably having a lot more carb than others here, so you are likely to lose weight more slowly, but you’ve still achieved a loss that many on WW or slimming world would be agape at!

Hi Verano.
Holidays throw us don’t they, like Xmas, we all go a bit bonkers, I lost the plot completely while I was away, didn’t even particularly enjoy it either. Anyway as you can see from frog and I a quick reboot sorts any weight gains. Hope you have a fab hol.
Love Jan 😎😎😎😎

Bril frog👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Go for it , it’s Greeat getting excellent results isn’t very motivating. 😎😎😎😊

Hi Frog,
It looks like you will be about 40% of the way through which is great. I start at 9.30pm so will hopefully see you about 1.00-1.30ish. I need to call Cancer Research today to see what food and water is available and if so at what distances. Ideally I will have their bananas and water rather than carrying that around with me, but I will have my own protein bars and jelly babies with me :-). If I eat well during the day I can hopefully get through the night on that, but it will be different to the recent walks when I have been eating a large snack at 2 hour intervals. I was reading an article last night on running anything above a 10k, and they were talking about carb loading plus topping up on route. The issue I had after the half-marathon was zero carbs left in my legs, so I will follow the carb load for a couple of days (4.5g carb per pound), so that is 700g carbs per day for a few days before, and keep that topped up by eating some carbs every 20 mins over the race. I also need to be sure I get enough electolytes/salt en route. Clearly the walk won’t be as severe are a run, but I want to make sure I finish this and am able to move again the next day! I have booked a hotel room nearby the end for the Saturday and Sunday nights, so if my muscles are aching I can come home Monday morning, or if I am just tired, I can come home during Sunday, but won’t be getting chased out the hotel at midday. Looks like I will be on the BSD 800 for the week afterwards to decarb :-).
On the apps, I was training for 5 and 10k’s 5 years ago (an completed both) and use a website called The Good Run Guide. It is aimed at runners, but I kept my subscription up (you can also use it for free with a more limited access) and have a data store there of runs, weights, measurements etc that have helped me compare to my fitness and shape of 5 years ago. It allows me to plan my training and log what I have done. There is also a targets section and you can set all sorts of short and long term targets which I have found very useful and used it for my target weight and waist measurements for the BSD. My next target is a park run, so I need to think about what to do for that.
Anyhow – back to sending out emails to friends for sponsorship!

Hi Jan

Still here! My weigh in day is Tuesday and this week I GAINED 1.4lbs!! I’m not too unhappy about that because I’m on holiday! Will probably be more before I go home but hey will just regroup and start again! Still sticking to the basics no bread, potatoes pasta etc so hope I don’t do too much damage.

Well done to all this weeks losers especially those that are doing a re-boot.

Welcome to the forum phlebas and well done on the results so far, you have every right to be thrilled with it and it is more the 33% of you target loss too!

Keep doing what you have been doing and I’m sure we will be reading more great results from you soon.

Hello everyone, I’m new to the BSD.

I’ve previously lost a lot of weight doing 5:2, but thought I’d give BSD a go for a change! I’m 41 & would love to lose 31 pounds. I am a definite carb addict – bread & wine mainly so have gone cold turkey on both. I’m planning on staying alcohol free for the full eight weeks.

I’m on day 14 and have lost 13lbs so far … pretty happy with that!

Hi Ruth – sorry to hear that your weight has bee stuck for a bit – are you eating enough fat if you’re still hungry?
The keto calculator thing suggested that I should be aiming for around 50g a day – I’m fine with going for full fat dairy, but still tend to be really cautious with olive oil and choosing the leanest of lean when I buy meat.
Froglet did indeed get a healthy share of chicken!

Morning Jan. I’ve got one of the tiny pencil sharpener type spiralisers – great for carrot cucumber and courgette, but a bit limited.
Lynne recommended a cuisique spiralizer (it doesnt come with a guarantee the you’ll do as well as Lynne!)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PR54V30/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pd_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=25QDCOFFOHKHK&coliid=I17194YQUQY0J&psc=1

I had curry once on raw chopped cabbage – lovely and crunchy!

85 kilos!!!!!

BSD day 7 reboot – 3.9 kilos!!! In a week!!!
day 1 – Lost 0.4 kilos
day 2 – Lost 0.7 kilos
day 3 – Lost 0.5 kilos
day 4 – Lost 0.5 kilos
day 5 – Lost 0.6 kilos
day 6 – Gained 0.2 kilos (DDCC)
day 7 – Lost 1.4 kilos!!!! (have pooed all the bloody DDCC lentils and beans!)

and 17 kilos altogether since I started BSD in May
FatSecret has a very simple formula that divides the amount to your target by the amount since your last weigh in.
Apparently, if I continue to lose 1.4 kilo a day, I will reach my target in 3 weeks
– a bit unlikely, I won;t hold my breath, but it amused me!

Sorry for all the explanation marks – a bit stunned.

Have been very quiet of late as had no success to report.
Yesterday I had managed to get to 10 10 3/4. Don’t forget the 3/4, very important when you only lose slowly.
Had a salad for dinner as it was hot. This morning scales said I was back up to 10.12 which is about where I started. Salad consisted of lettuce,rocket,tomato,1/2 avocado, 2 small slices smoked salmon, some sweetcorn, olive oil dressing and beetroot.
Didn’t calorie count it as I bought it was all healthy.
BIG MISTAKE
Think it probably was the avocado and the olive oil that did it although I thought they were both good.
Will have to work out calories for everything I fear.
Am going on holiday on Saturday so think I will have to put this to bed until I return in October.
Feeling a bit down but will try to improve on my return.
Well done all of you with success stories. It is very interesting to read your posts and you are all so very supportive.
Feeling a bit of a wimp but will focus on your successes and hope some of it will rub off on me.
Minnie

Whatever it is you’re doing, 54andfatnomore, it’s obviously working!

mental4ever, I went up a bit on one day and I’ve stayed the same on quite a few. But the overall trend is down. Not as fast as 54, but faster than any other diet I’ve tried and without feeling hungry or deprived. So, all positive really. Just be patient. There are quite a few ‘slow losers’ on this forum. Some people are just better (or worse, depending on how you look at it) at storing calories genetically or epigenetically (look up Dutch Winter Baby Syndrome for an extreme example). So long as you stick to the calories, cut the carbs and find some time to be active (my big failing), it’s bound to happen eventually, whether you follow the plan or free-range, like 54. Like you, I’ve occasionally left food because I was too full. Just make sure you eat the right things to stay healthy. Good luck, and keep posting. The support here is fantastic: inspiring and motivating.

Morning Lynne.
Amazing thread here thankyou so much it will inspire and assist many, as you always have done through your journey. Reading your posts I know your commitment will not waver, and your maintenance will be as Yowser says “simples pimples” . It seems this plan has a beautiful inspiring way of re educating our palette, making sticking to plan easier. 😀👏😀👏😀👏😀
I am so looking forward to joining you on this thread, officially qualified so to speak, but it will be a few months yet. Hope you have a happy week, thankyou for the inspiration.🌞🌞🌞
Regards Jan

Hi Flowepot
I’ve lost 28kg and all the cellulite I had in my thighs is GONE!😀
Cheers
Linda

Thanks 54andfatnomore.

I think it was more the shock of putting the 1/2lb on that has depressed me. I have made sure that I have the correct ingredients in for meals for 2 to 3 days in advance so that I would not be tempted to go freestyle.

Was only a sneaky weigh today without my OH knowledge, as he finds it easy to loose weight, and I wanted to surprise him. Oh, did that backfire.

Will keep plugging on with the diet plan for the rest of the week and then have a rethink whether to soldier on or go freestyle.

Great idea Lynn. Looking forward to your ideas going forward.

Mandoir

You must do what you want but I would say that the book suggests a weight loss of between 10 and 15% of tour starting body weight is possible.

Have you calculated what that is, and also looked at how many pounds per week it is? I agree that an odd 5lb gain is a blip – caused by many reasons as suggested – and you can either submit to despair and give up or go with the flow and wait (day by day if necessary) to see if this changes as your body changes.

Many people have done this and seen a sudden and inexplicable switch. The body is a very complex thing and each of us is individual.

You don’t need to apologise to anyone. It’s your decision. But perhaps you will look back and think – I’m so far in, why didn’t I stick to it?

I had lots of discouraging moments but am glad I did my 8 weeks and lost 15% off my starting weight and achieved beyond my wildest dreams a final weight not seen since I was a teenager
Now several weeks into maintenance and still feeling absolutely great. Won’t go back to what I did before.

Do what you do. Good luck.

Hi loopylou.
I started 29 June, good day wasn’t it, well done for your weight loss 👏👏👏👏👏it’s great breaking through barriers, 👏👏👏👏👏👏 I have 1.4 lbs to loose to get to 3st.
what sort of spirallizer have you got, and other than courgette what can you use them for, do you cook it like normal veg then or eat it raw. Sounds just what I need though I need some changes of routine, I tend to eat a lot of courgettes stir fried with olive oil, but wondering how spirallizer courgettes would taste with curry over the top, I miss the rice, and cannot be bothered to grate 100g cauli to make rice, and I love cauli and always want to eat more, and if you freeze the rest it’s not quite right it goes very grey and is a bit of putting.
Keep up the good work, next week we will be even more amazing. 😀😀😀😀😎😎😎😎😀😀😀🍓😀😀😀😀😀

START DATE 29th AUGUST

END OF DAY 16

WEIGHT NOW: 20 Stone 2 pounds

START WEIGHT: 21 stone 12 pounds

LOSS AFTER 16 days : 1 stone 10 lbs

COMMENTS: weight still coming off !! Drifting away from set meals as dont like taste /textures !! (Oh dear)

I dont count carbs I strict 800 cals (Much easier)

Hi mental4ever

dont get downhearted !!!

I stick with the menus BUT hate some of the so go ‘off piste’ a lot

i find it a lot less ‘faffy’ and more straightforward to choose things i like within ‘the rules’

I DONT COUNT CARBS

I strict 800 calories (But ensure this is average over the week)

I dont drink (At the moment) eat no bread, no sugar and no white grain stuff

Love cheese have milk in coffee, go to the pub, have meals out etc etc

Planning is a key. I know what i am eating tomorrow

i have Told EVERYONE I am doing this and (after a few times of ‘just one wont hurt!!) they are very supportive.

Keep it up, this is a bit long term but well worth it !!!

Morning everyone. Many thanks for your kind comments.

Good to hear from you again Justabloke. Great result 😃

Nettle – I still take a deep breath before, with fear and trepidation, I buy size 12. When I try it on (at home) I still don’t quite believe it will fit. It normally does!

Nettle – your wish is my command😃

For those who don’t know my story (edited highlights):
At age 65 I began my BSD journey on 19th December 2015. At 5’1″ my starting weight was 16 stone (224 pounds or 101.6kg). BMI 42.3 and my measurements (in inches) were 50 49 54. As a type 2 diabetic (not on medication) my fasting BG that day was 10.9 and a recent HbA1c was 9.6.

In the first 8 weeks on the BSD I lost 27 pounds and that gave me the confidence to continue on the 800 calorie, low-carb lifestyle.

Since then I have encountered social occasions, residences and holidays (home and abroad).

Last Saturday (10th September 2016 – official weighing day) I weighed in at 9st 6lbs (132 pounds or 59.87kg) which is a pound under my target weight and in the healthy BMI for my height. Since beginning this, I became 66 years of age.

So I have lost 6st 8lbs (92 pounds or 41.73kg). Random fasting BG is always under 4 and two HbA1cs are ‘normal’ – April was 5.5, July was 5.2.

Measurements now (in inches) 38 30 39. My dress size on starting was a 24 (headed for 26) – now it’s normally a 12.

And now … life on maintenance begins. More experimentation, this time to discover how to maintain this weight (although I don’t mind losing another few pounds, just to give me wriggle room between my weight and the 9st 7lbs I never want to go over.

If I’ve missed something, or you want to know anything, please ask. 😃

Great Lynne will be following you there, delighted for your achievement. Keep posting here to keep your focus, I have never got to target, but I’ve been told it’s the part that requires even more commitment and focus, and staying in touch with all of us will assist you with this I would imagine. Hope you have a happy week. 😊😊😊 jan

Well done Jan. Great results.

Morning all
Thankyou everyone for your encouragement, well weekly weigh in this morning have smashed through the 100kg barrier I am now woohoo 99.8 kg ooh joy of joys doing the jiggly dance.💃💃💃
End of week 11 loss this week 2.6kg total loss so far 16.56 kg, this week was very committed from Friday, so excellent results for five days, fully back on track now, feeling amazingly well, just wish I hadn’t mucked around loosing the plot for about 5 of those weeks, I would be much further down the weight loss path. But never mind focused now.
So day of today, accounts, meal plan list for the week, and shopping.
How are you doing and Verano weighed in yet, come on back seat girls, jump in we are all of for a lovely journey on our BSD bus. Beep beep🚌🚌🚌

Hi Jill, no it was the Fast Day Forum (- search 5:2 fast day forum – it’s not Dr M’s site though). There is a thread on there started in 2013 called “I’ve just discovered coconut oil!” from where you can see the various uses members put the oil too. But hair care was a “biggie” for many of us.

Morning all
Thankyou KrysiaD for your encouragement, well weekly weigh in this morning have smashed through the 100kg barrier I am now woohoo 99.8 kg ooh joy of joys doing the jiggly dance.💃💃💃
End of week 11 loss this week 2.6kg total loss so far 16.56 kg, this week was very committed from Friday, so excellent results for five days, fully back on track now, feeling amazingly well, just wish I hadn’t mucked around loosing the plot for about 5 of those weeks, I would be much further down the weight loss path. But never mind focused now.
So day of today, accounts, meal plan list for the week, and shopping.
How are you doing and Verano weighed in yet, come on back seat girls, jump in we are all of for a lovely journey on our BSD bus. Beep beep🚌🚌🚌

Fantastic result! Inspirational.

Fantastic Nettle 😃💐🎈. Hope the shopping trip is successful!

Blue – good point! I think many of us are where we are because we “can’t say no”. We’re often care givers and have little time left for ourselves, but need to remember that if we don’t look after ourselves we’ll not be able to look after others.

Week 11 results (Jan, you and I must have started on the same day – 29th June)
3lbs loss. This takes me to 10% of my body weight gone. I think that deserves celebrating. I am really pleased and my hubby says my body shape is starting to change which is encouraging.
I was really strict yesterday finishing up my diet doctor naan with garlic butter (I think they are better cold). They really filled me up too. Then courgetti and arrabbiata sauce for dinner. Only 600 cals and 17g carbs. Im not sure I could do that every day or would want to, but it certainly made the scales move!
BTW, my new spiraliser is SOOO much better than a potato peeler which is what I was using before. Jan, if you haven’t got one, I would really recommend it. Mine was less than a tenner from Amazon.

Next goals:
– 1lb : 1 1/2 stone loss
-2lbs: into the 12 stone somethings

I reckon they should be achievable this week.

Off to tennis later – first lesson after the summer, but I seem to have lost my sports bra. I better find it before 11am or I will knock myself out with my own boobs! (they may be shrinking but they could still do a fair bit of damage i’m sure!)

Hi all. Feeling a bit down today as have done two days of the 8 week plan and I have put 1/2lb on.!!!!!. Prior to this in the 10 days I was doing my own thing and just making sure I was averaging around 800 cals a day I managed to lose 6lbs.
Wanted to follow 8’week plan to ensure that I was keep within carb range as I did not on the previous 10 days. I am not an adventurous cook but as the meals looked so good in the book and I did not want my OH grumbling about ‘same old, same old’ meals I thought I would give them a go. I have followed the recipes to the letter and even had to throw part of my dinner away yesterday as I was too full.
Has anyone else got/had the same problem. 😕😕😕

Hi Ruth.

What’s been going wrong with the plan, I had a couple of episodes of being non focused and it does stall the weight loss, and it’s so easy to put it on, but with 800/50 it comes of unbelievably fast, I’m usually about .5 k a day, and it just makes me feel so well love it, but we shall see when I weigh in today, end of week 11 where you at. Keep at it it’s worth it.
😎😎😎

Hi Lovely people. I am still down here at the bottom of the world. Been a bit pre-occupied and not going on line. Also I am cross because I have only lost 1 kg in 3 weeks! and that is going down and up and down and up……. and I have been starving as well. What a rotten plateau.

greenjanet, I am glad to see that you had a good holiday. I am in awe of your good reboot and also that of Frog and how much walking Frog does. I hope froglet got a little chicken.

Krysia you will hear me from here when I have a 31 inch waist. How wonderful

Hi All
End of week two results – 5.6lbs down. Whoopee!
Start – 207.6 now 198.4 so 9.2lbs total loss.
Waist hasn’t changed but the area between my bust and tummy button has so I’ve just measured it so I can monitor that too.
Had a 100% focused week which has really encouraged me. Off to Centre Parcs tomorrow meeting up with family and I think I will be fine. We are only going to eat out a couple of times and I realise now that I am in control of what I eat. In the past it has been too easy to blame holidays etc for failure but ultimately the responsibility is mine. Nobody has ever force fed me!
Keep the posts coming please, it certainly helps me.

yowzer49 you were right – I drank bucket loads of water yesterday and things did “move” and I am now 10stone 9 and three-quarter pounds. A three-quarter pound drop for the week! The downside was that I forgot to have enough salt so had massive leg cramps in the night. But I agree – even if I hadn’t lost it would be good. Re: the 31 inch waist – the tape was pulled really tightly to achieve that, so I am probably cheating. I also wonder if I have managed to stretch the tape a bit.

Frog your roast chicken dinner sounds lovely and only a little over carbs. I am sure your walking more than cancelled it out. Nordic walking burns many more calories than ordinary walking and what a super place to walk and relax in.
Was looking forward to chicken curry today but have defrosted chicken casserole by mistake.

Greenjanet good luck for today’s weigh in.

Hi Snoop. Well done on your stats. The battery has gone on my scales which I think is a blessing after 2 days working away and staying in a hotel. Re. the oil spray, I’ve not seen a refillable one in the supermarket, but don’t see why you can just fill any spray bottle with your choice of oil??