Hi Shalimar
http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com is a site that Igor often recommends – I have used it and thought it was useful.
You put in your personal details , target calories, carbs etc, and it comes up with recommended fat and protein

When I was aiming for 50g of carbs, it came up with 45g protein and 50g fat (or vice versa) – I mentally remembered as pretty much 50/50/50. TBH, if I am counting carbs and calories, I tend to stick to BSD principles and let the other stuff fall out by itself.

You can then use the targets that the keto site gives as goals in Fat Secret/My Fitness Pal or whatever you are using to track.

Personally, with any recipe, I always calculate the calories, carbs etc from the ingredients that I use – I often vary recipes that I use, and invariably adjust the quantity that I make.

Yowser, Boredom is definitely a trigger for me to eat😱

Think I need to get some portable music device…would help on walks too…managed a 10 mile walk this week…could have used some music then!! Love zumba, dance, any kind of exercise that includes music – really helps energise me. Not fussy ‘re music as long as not a dirge 😴 … gonna look online for something wearable and not too expensive for my tunes…thanks for that reminder.

At the moment, in an attempt to simplify and de-stress I find clearing out upboards, sorting clothes, identifying items/furniture I can happily live without to pass on. I can track my state of mind by the relative chaos in my my home😲, I feel better when that feels ‘under control’.
Other times any creative activity…making, sewing, art, crafts, can be a perfect diversion.

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Hi,
I suggest you look at the thread ‘How many carbs’ and ‘losing belly fat’ where there is more background.
I think is really depends on the individual (male/female/activity levels/overweight or not). I have been on the diet 4.5 weeks and for the first 4 was concentrating of the 800 cals per day. I then saw a few threads where people were saying that if you get stuck on weight loss, you may need to lower the carbs. I was not stuck, but it was a step change, eg no weight loss two days, then a drop of a kg. I looked at my daily percentages and they varied a lot day by day. Like you I went looking how ‘how much is recommended’ so I had the right proportions.
I thought I had seen 30% carbs in book (ie 60 grams carb per day) and there was a thread (How many carbs) that has this advice (with thanks to janet1973):
100-150 grams per day: This is a decent maintenance range, and is good for people who exercise a lot.
50-100 grams per day: This should lead to automatic weight loss, and is a good maintenance range for people who don’t exercise that much.
20-50 grams per day: With a carb intake this low, you should lose weight quickly without experiencing much hunger. This carb range should put you into ketosis.
I decided to set my target as 60 grams as I did not intend to go into ketosis. I was not as worried about protein and fat so was happy if they were 35% each. I started to make changes last week and have steadily lost weight over the week day by day – an improvement on the step changes of before.
However! What I have seen this week is a lot of water loss, and headaches. Accidentally (I entered something into my calculator incorrectly) I only had 25% carbs yesterday and I had cramps through the night!
I may well be that the 60 grams for me is too low and that my ketonic boundary and I am sitting on it, confusing my body (see losing belly fat threads from pmshrink).
I have just found a website that suggests the following (inactive-active);
45-65% Carbs
10-35% Protein
20-35% Fat.

This last week I was averaging 30%:35%:35%.
I am going to up the carbs to 70 grams to avoid the cramps etc. and will see how that goes. As I said to begin with, it will depend on your own makeup so I suggest you adjust a little each week and see what works best for you.
Good luck!

Well I’m at the roller disco, for the first time since the school holidays started… It’s clear I’m out of practice! But it’s a great way to lift the mood (whilst avoiding breaking a limb!!). Who cares if I’m technically old enough to know better!?

Oh That is just brilliant how you have turned yr life around!
Thanks so much for sharing,it us so inspiring to read of the changes you have made to yr health,yr appearance,yr life!
Who knew 19 weeks could be so lifechanging! X👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Congratulations. I’ll try your favorite recipies!!

I’m know i’m going to have great results, when i stick to this, also!!!!

YEAH!! HURRAH!!

No Yoga class this morning after all … some confusing scheduling at the community centre. But did get a bit of a walk in … and they’re having a big centre jumble sale this p.m. so i may go back. Also might go for a walk and get some good olive oil, etc. at a local Italian deli place.

All it says on page 171 in my book for yogurt with apple, mango and hazelnuts is 180 calories. I have no idea where you are getting the 50 carbs from … is that for plan unsweeted yogurt?
I have no idea how many grams of carbs, proteins, fat, etc. is a good balance …. maybe someone else does.
On 800 calories, or even a bit more …. you can hardly go overboard on anything.
I’m going to aim for veggies and greens, and a little of complex carbs from mainly beans, lentils… and maybe a plain unsweetened yogurt with berries for a treat. And a bit of olive oil, butter, cream, avocado for fat.

I was 360lbs and unable to do too much in the way of exercise because of the weight I was carrying.

I was constantly hungry, and whilst having healthy meals, I was eating huge portions.

My waist was 48 inches…

At my widest point 56 inches…

Then I started the blood sugar diet.

I am now 90lbs lighter at 269lbs

I am loosing a stone a month.

My waist is 38 inches.

At my widest I am 44 inches

And all without feeling hungry once, I was to put it simply 100% addicted to carbs.

So what are my favourite meals

Yeovalley yogurt with a few blueberries or raspberries (110 cals)

Baby spinach, boiled egg, avocado and smoked salmon salad (140 cals)

40g mixed nuts (220 cals)

Greek Salad, sea bass, chicken breast and lean steak are all favourites, served with roasted mediterranean veg, or salad.

What I change in under 20 weeks.

This week I cycle the 10 miles to the local town and back for a meeting.

From armchair slouch to cycling fittie.

This has to be the BEST life changing diet ever.

FROG ! I Agree with JANEY! Bunny jelly moulds ! I have to get some,what could be nicer?💕💕💕💕

Talking of housework tho..i am not a fan..but its saved me today…was having a sort of “ugh” day ..feeling low,wanted to eat,more out of boredom than anything..but I stuck my headies on,brushed off my little ipod and have been working away on my flat,with little rests here and there,and my mood is much improved and my pad is looking good..and ive only had my usual brunch of yog and a few berries. Tonight spring greens with butter and black pepper and roast ham

Two Questions:-
What do You do to banish the ughs,folks?

And what music do you listen to when you need a lift?

Ive been listening to LOVE with Arthur Lee..theyve been around since the 60s tho Arthur passed in 2006…RIP
Listening to a concert from a few years before Arthur died..the atmosphere is electric..wish i had been there x

GAV lookin forward to the blog..good luck with 5:2 BSD x

Wow Frog, brilliant results on the reboot!!! 😊👏

Gavin, looking forward to seeing the results on your blog on Monday. Congrats on a great result! Good luck in your move into 5:2.👏

Not cheating at all in my eyes, and you get even more mini goals if you measure in both metric and imperial so 5kg lost should be soon after that! 😊 Of course the mini treats need to be proportional, and affordable, so maybe just a hot bubble bath a haircut or a small piece of dark chocolate for the really mini goals. My goals are metric and imperial amount lost, % lost, dress size / measurement reduction and going under the next stone or kg mark.

Frog, Yowser49, Lucky and Gymgirl51 – thank you 🙂

I am going to start the 5:2 BSD now. I fancy a few more calories now.

And as promised my selfie before and after photos are going to be included in my 8 week update on my blog, this Monday. I have just created a collage of the photos for my post.. The before and after is staggering, beyond staggering. They show the entire head to foot difference as well..

Stay tuned for Monday’s post on my blog 🙂

Well done Lucky and Gavin fantastic weight losses both of you !😃😃

TBH Frog, I think finding a rabbit jelly mould trumps housework any day of the week!!

Sounds like an hourglass figure to me!! Be really proud you deserve it.

Thanks for your reply. Much as I thought you were really committed which is how you’ve done so well. I’m not sure the odd days when the scales stuck can really be counted as blue days! I think once you got to the realisation that some foods were no longer to be in your life plan then I think that was probably the moment you cracked it.

I must admit into week 10 I don’t miss bread even though my OH has it regularly! In saying that we’ve not eaten potatoes since I started this plan, he’s had rice once or twice and tonight I’m making courgette lasagna and he hasn’t objected one bit! So hey ho ! You never know he may also ditch the carbs even if not all of them. BTW his weight is fine but he’s dropped 4lb doing nothing!

What an achievement Mixnmatch, well done you!

Thank you for telling me about the mini goals thread, it was really helpful. I’ve lost just under 6lbs so far. Would it be cheating to engineer a mini treat for my first half stone??? 😂😂

thanks Yowzer, yes I’m very pleased – renewed inspiration!
(not quite enough to do any housework though, which would be more productive than looking for a rabbit jelly mould!)

Gavin – I missed your post when I logged in earlier – huge congratulations

Gavin & Lucky – I have found the perfect gadgets for you both to celebrate your achievements! (I was looking for jelly moulds!)
http://justbento.com/handbook/bento-decoration-techniques/fun-japanese-egg-molds

I have found a jelly rabbit mould – but also John Lewis have really cute individual size jelly baby moulds!

Just calling in quickly in midst of housework blitz to say Congrats GAVIN on completing yr 8 weeks!
How are you feeling? Are you gearing up for another round of bsd or do you have other plans? X
Ps…FROG just 3 days reboot and look how quickly youve turned it round! 👍🏻 very encouraging isnt it! X

For the sake of completeness – when I began on 19th December my measurements were 50 – 49 – 54

Today they are 38 – 30 – 39

Hi Verano

Blips – as I weigh every day, but officially weighing on a Saturday, I could see fluctuations during the week. Fortunately experience over the years had taught me that this could happen but it would sort itself out. The only weekly gain I had was after 5 days in Prague in my twelfth week on the BSD, when I gained 3 pounds (then lost 5 the following week). Although I’d tried to stick to the BSD principles, I wasn’t careful enough with portion control. And it wasn’t easy trying to decipher menus to find something I could eat. The only sugar free soft drinks I could find were Diet Coke and water – so I drank a lot of water after a few Diet Cokes made me ill😱

In 37 weeks, that was the only gain I had, and it came off just as quickly.

Blue times – when the scales didn’t move for days (until they did). Does that count? Possibly when I started to realise that foods I’d previously enjoyed (and eaten far too much of) could no longer be part of my diet – but now I honestly don’t miss them.

I can say that the longer I have stayed on the BSD the easier it has become. In social situations has become easier to resist those things I know I shouldn’t eat – and it can lead to interesting conversations. At the end of the day, I am responsible for what I put into my body. And I decided that my long-term health was more important than the short-term pleasure of eating whichever carbs were available.

Hope this answers your questions, if not please ask something and I will do my best to answer.

Thank you for your kind words. I have a shed more to lose. Another 99lbs to go to get into a healthy BMI (plus sensible buffer zone). I know it will take a long time but now I can see a plausible way to get there. Sharing the journey with everyone here really helps. I can be honest about myself and the people here are kind and supportive. I already feel like a winner just for having that. When I started my 8 weeks I was horrified to find I was a whole stone heavier than I first thought I was. I felt terrible. Then somebody here on the forum told me ‘that will be the last time you see that number’ and I held onto that thought. My advice would be, even if the odd wheel falls off, just keep climbing back onto the wagon. We are all heading in the same direction and there are plenty of fellow journeymen willing to help pick up the pieces as you go along. As Captainlynne says ‘just keep on keeping on’. I think that should be the official BSD motto 🙂

Woo hoo FabEllie,
You are a star and can be so proud of yourself for sticking at it in spite of your setbacks. Well done👏👏👏👏👏
How much more do you want to lose?
Cheers
Linda

Hi Rich
It is very easy to follow BSD without the recipes and lots of specialist foods – just cutting out the bread/potatoes rice and pasta, and substituting with lower carb veg, and lots of eggs. Gram flour pancakes in moderation (biggish bag of flour, but you only need 10g of flour and water for a single pancake) – and if you’re currently eating takeaways, and can cut those out, you will probably eating more economically.

You don’t say if you’re diabetic – if you are the GP may be able to point you at (or refer you to) a support group or session – I did one when I was first diagnosed a couple of years ago, or a CBT referral – again as a session thing or 1:1.
I also came across a local charity that is starting a 12 week diabetes cookery and lifestyle group on Monday, and the same centre is also home to a “talk for Health group” – you might find something similar on your area that would be helpful. Depression alliance maybe another avenue to try, or there’s the national Walk for Health scheme that could provide a combination of gentle exercise and getting away from the hermit lifestyle.

Bet wishes that it goes well for you – even if you can’t find a local face to face group or assistance, I’m sure you’ll find lots of support on this forum.

Morning Lucky and Jan – planning Christmas already Lucky – scary!
I will have a comparatively tiny piece, and I won’t do my usual sampling of Christmas pudding the moment they appear in the shops, and I might even have it with yogurt, but I will not compromise on having proper Christmas pudding!

What dress size to get to to be the same as when you married Lucky (but hopefully not pregnant! – or is that a new target too?)

Despite a bit of a midnight binge (cheese then Jelly with a spoon of the almond soy yogurt), I lost a further 0.5 kg yesterday
I think I’d maybe cutting calories too low – as the binge was cheese (and not even very nice cheese it has to be said), carbs still under 30g.
And – the sugar free jelly with a splodge of the almond soy yogurt is like having your sixth birthday party all over again – well, except no rabbit jelly mould! And only having the Froglet to party with at 1am.

so – three days of reboot BSD, 1.6 kilos
day 1 – Lost 0.4 kilos
day 2 – Lost 0.7 kilos
day 3 – Lost 0.5 kilos

When I entered today’s weight into FatSecret this morning, I got an error confirmation message saying something like “that’s a lot of weight to loose in a week, are you sure you’ve entered it correctly?”

thanks Fabellie I am just starting and your post gives me hope. 🙂

Hi Linds awesome tips thank you been on BSD for 5 days now not much luck yet will keep going x

Hi Rich,

Firstly, you’re not alone. I have no idea of your personal circumstances but I’ve had bad depression myself in years gone by. I’m sure you’ll find a lot of support here.

It strikes me you might be taking on a lot to change you diet so completely whilst having so much else to deal with. It’s more important that you make healthy changes than it is to lose weight quickly. You will still lose weight I’m sure if you’ve been eating a lot of takeaways etc. Your hunger might only make your depression worse and it sounds as if it already feels like an unsurmountable problem. I understand you might want to lose weight quickly but understanding a little myself how will power is even harder when you’re depressed can I suggest that you start with altering to the mediterranean diet and eating as much as you need to not feel hungry. You can do this with the knowledge that you will be feeding the right gut bacteria and hopefully that will go some way towards helping your depression or at least helping you to cope with the dietary changes.

Do you cook or enjoy cooking? Tell me a little more about yourself so I can support you better.

Sally

Please don’t despair, Rich, you can do this.

Cheap, Filling, Easy suggestions

Eggs and bacon.
Omelette (2 eggs) with 30g cheese or some ham or your preferred filling eg mushrooms
Roast veg in oven – bung them in with some olive oil, lots of salt and pepper, (chilli if you like). Cauli, courgette, peppers, your choice – all are good.
Put some chicken in the veg in the oven.
Also I did chicken thighs as sort of casserole – first on stove top to brown with a little onion and some mushrooms. Then added chopped tomato and put in oven. Serve with steamed veg – we had broccoli

Hope this is some inspiration for you.
If you are really carb addicted like you say, it may be that you will have a bit of “carb flu” as you kick refined carbs but it does get better quickly.

The other thing to try is reducing your “bad” food bit by bit (Lucia’s threads – type her name in the SEARCH box) is particularly good to inspire you. Try reading those.

Good luck! 🙂

Soup. Cheap, healthy and filling. Minestrone slip. There is a good recipe on the recipe board. 80% food 20% exercise. Gluck. Sorry know nothing about candida.

Hi eternallyoptimistic. Love the term overhang – I’ve got a fair way to go before that disappears! Anyway congratulations.

Thanks for the info on spiralisers, Frog. Might see if I can get a Cuisique from Amazon. The blades look very easy to change. Much safer than the fancy French mandoline I bought. Came with a good finger guard, but you could easily lose the end of your fingers changing the blades, as they don’t fit at all well. It’s still packed away in a box somewhere since we moved here (years ago), but I’m not in a hurry to fish it out. It was positively lethal.

My figures for today’s weigh-in
86.0 kg
– 0.5 kg
Overall change – 2.4 kg

Yesterday’s food and exercise
731 cals
68 carbs
45 mins moderate walk with dogs. Really enjoyed it.

Quite a big drop for me in one day. Slightly fewer carbs and fewer calories than I meant to eat, but ate very well and healthily and slept like a log.

I’ve not been doing the fast 800 so far but adding a varying number of fast 800 days to 1600 calorie maintenance days, trying to train myself on portion size as well as cutting the carbs right back. I started on classic 5:2 then went to 4:3 and have switched to 2:5 for September prior to an 8 weeks hit out for October November. My willpower used to be as bad as anybodies, but like anything else it gets better with exercise and my metabolism certainly likes the diet. I am just three pounds off losing six stone, have lost 30% of my weight as at last February 2015 (reached yesterday and celebrated with just one glass of red wine on top of my 800, I had still lost a pound this morning). I have lost 8 pounds since the start of September, and am just starting to fit into size 14 clothes from a high of size 22. I am not saying it is a solution for everyone, I came to the BSD side of the diet relatively late having already exercised my willpower with some protracted no alcohol diets like the Whole Approach diet some years ago, and find it relatively to control my intake now. That said, after the Whole Approach I fell back into my bad old habits and put all the weight back on plus some extra hence my current emphasis on self education rather than just dieting. The maintenance training I am doing is for the rest of my life. No going back to the obese me ever again, and if I do indulge in a night out/christmas/wedding then I will just add an extra fast day until the added weight goes away.

Morning all!

Thanks Jan, glad your wedding went well too, and yes, it is lovely to fit into smaller clothes! Without seeing my dress, my daughter bought a dress in the same material but in a different shade of purple, so we’ll complement each other too 🙂 Hers however is a size 10 to my 20… Mr Lucky looks really smart in his new suit too, he looked like he’d borrowed his old ones! Even if he’d wanted to, he couldn’t have worn them. So he’s actually smaller now than when WE got married. A bit wrinklier and ‘tinsel’ haired as he calls it. I, however, despite being pregnant at the time (and no guys, it wasn’t a shotgun wedding… we’d been engaged over two years 😉 ) am not. Grrrrr.

Thank you Antigone 🙂 Ah, it’s a bugger isn’t it when things throw you off course. And you’re right, we do see now exactly what the bad stuff is doing to us, but I think it’s amplified now because we’re not eating it regularly any more. If that makes sense. I doubt that it would have put so much weight on us almost instantly in the past, but it’s because we’re not eating it any more. The way I look at it now is that this WOE is going to be for life, yes I’ve done well losing three stone but still, I need to lose a further 5 – 6 stone, so I’m not even halfway. And even when I get there, it’s not going to be the end of the story, it will never be the end otherwise all that weight is going to go straight back on! It’s inevitible that it will be done with little blips in between. With Christmas in between. With the occasional party or meal out or takeaway where I’ll want to eat rice, or chips, or have a drink. And I’m going to. Most of us will. We’re only human after all. But it’s not the blips we should focus on, as long as they are the exception and not the rule.

Christmas is going to be fun and games though. We’re going to have to make sure that the damage is minimal. I’ll stress to everyone not to buy me or Mr Lucky chocolates. There will be no big tubs of chocolates bought for the house this year. And I need to devise a BSD friendlier Christmas pudding with almond flour and coconut sugar. That’s just off the top of my head.

Morning Gavin, and well done, what a great weight loss for your first 8 weeks 🙂 What are the plans now?

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Well I keep seeing these small meals etc and gourmet recipes, I need something to fill up on thats cheap, easy, quick, budget is low, but fight this hunger and cravings for takeaways, systemic candida Ive had for ages, false hypos, though being so severley depressed etc and lots of physical and mental issues makes this seem impossible, 36 years since this started, a personal trainer would be better..

No will power beyond a basic hermit type lifestyle, hunger is a massive problem

Thanks, Frog. Very informative. Anything that might help with constipation sounds like a good idea. I sprinkled a few salt flakes on a curry I made yesterday. I could taste the salt even more strongly than the curry flavour. Next time I find a health food store, I might get some miso. There’s a fair bit of salt in that I think. Meanwhile, smoked salmon sounds like a good idea! Thanks again.

At times I doubted I would get here but FINALLY I reached the end of my week 8 journey and I’m singing a happy song!

Okay, to borrow feltwicked’s phrase (thank you fw it made me chuckle when I read it) I wasn’t so much on the wagon for the whole time but from week 6 I had just one foot on the tailboard whilst hopping along behind. At one point I fell off and the wagon actually reversed back over me before trundling off into the distance. Luckily, I dusted myself down and set off again in hot pursuit before it got too far away.

Weeks 1-4 went like a dream. Week 5 I was hungry the whole time no matter what and cals crept up to 900 per day. Week 6 I was tired all the time no matter what and cals hovered around 900-1000 per day. Still managed to lose 2-2.5lbs each week though. Week 7 seemed to be going well and back on plan until I sabotaged the whole week by succumbing to PIZZA the night before weigh in – doh! And I didn’t even enjoy it. I missed my steamed fish and veggies!!! I was so close to getting to my 2 stone weigh loss goal and then my weight went back UP after pizzagate by 3.5lbs. I was so cross with myself. Week 8 has been a mixed bag with wavering motivation after my pizza disaster BUT I weighed in this morning and lost 1.5lbs so have half undone the damage and feel motivated for the start of my 5:2 journey ahead.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the BSD diet. Overall weight loss so far (despite deviations) is 1st 11lbs. My blood sugar is in normal range. My blood pressure is back down to borderline normal (without meds!). My measurements are gradually shrinking. My GERD has resolved. My arthritic knees have improved. My fitness is improving steadily. Potted herbs now grace my kitchen window sill. I discovered things about food I never knew. I have a new found love of fennel and lemon (previously disliked both, now they are favourite ingredients). Things that have needed fixing around the home are suddenly getting fixed. 4 bin liners of fat clothes have gone forever. I now slosh around in the bath tub because there are GAPS all around me. The cookbooks on the shelf have changed. I could go on and on but you get the picture.

The benefits of BSD are not singular. The effects of the physical changes have spilt over into everything else.

My new hobby is to extend my repertoire of low carb/Mediterranean cooking. I was surprised how much I loved the recipes in the diet book and I want to take the next step. A plate of courgette brownies is my first attempt at low carb baking in celebration of reaching the 8 week milestone. They are 95 cals per serving and just 8g of carb each. Hubby is just making me a coffee and we’re going to taste test them. Wish me luck. Baking isn’t my strong point.

I just wanted to say to all of you on your 8 week journeys just stick with it no matter what. You will be so glad you did. I dedicate my first low carb brownie to you all.

And the wagon just keeps rolling on. See you all over in the 5:2 forum 🙂

End of week 2. So happy as I’ve lost 7 lbs and the jeans now fit so much better – with no overhang! I havent weighed 10 st 10 lbs for about 3 years. One more week of strict dieting then a week in the sun, when I plan to at least not put any back on! Then back on track for the next 14 lbs. Again i have to say how much I’m loving some of the recipes in the book. I have around 30 cookbooks yet I’m making quick and easy veggie meals that are so different. Even my carnivorous OH and two teenage sons are also enjoying. Loved the beetroot falafels we had last night – and they are really filling. Hope everyone else feels as good this weekend.

Good morning everyone 🙂

Today is 8 weeks on the BSD. Just completed all my measurements.

2st 4lbs in 8 weeks. Bloods normal. Blood pressure normal.

The monsoon of rain that hit Dartmoor all night is clearing.

Just trying to catch up but its near impossible as you can’t quote text into a reply, so apologies everyone.

Lucky I did read you hit 3 stone. Well done. And to your son too.

All this beard talk. Must go and shave now 🙂

Thanks Bissell. I don’t mind going a few pounds under 9.7 but not too much more, otherwise I’ll need even more new clothes. Going a few pounds under gives me some wriggle room 😃 But 9.7 is the top of what I want to be. Time to start the next stage, not losing much more and maintaining.

Hi

Just before you ‘go’ I’d like to ask you a question please.

I’ve only been following your journey for the last few months but it has been more than remarkable ! You seem to have had a very steady ‘descent’ but have you had any blips or blue times along the way?

Excellent news Captainlynne! Were you still trying to lose weight or did it still happen anyway?

Hi Lucyjane and everyone else on this thread😀
Welcome to the BSD!
I’m now on my 21st week on the BSD 800. I’ve lost 27.5kg (60lbs in old money) and I’ve just today bought a size 10 pair of jeans to celebrate. This is compared to when I started where I was squeezing myself into a size 16!!
I’m not T2 or had blood sugar issues in the past and I’m 56 yo and post menopausal.
As far as alcohol is concerned, I advise that you go cold turkey and cut it out. Especially until you reach your goal weight. It doesn’t help with your willpower and I hear the hangovers are atrocious!
In saying that, I’ve only had a total of 3.5 glasses of wine all up since I started as I decided not to risk it😀 I actually don’t much feel like it anymore.
My tips:
– treat this as a way of eating for the rest of your life, it can’t just be an 8 week plan. I’m still not eating simple carbs or any sugar, but I have increased my cals so that I stabilise to where I am now (62-63kg). If you go back to what you used to eat, you’ll go back to the way you used to look and feel!
– Record everything that passes your lips on an app, I use EasyDietDiary, but I’m in Australia and not sure if you can download it elsewhere.
– Drink at least 2-3 litres of non calorie fluid per day, this is vital. Most of mine comes from herbal teas.
– Eat full fat everything, no low fat or lite. Don’t be afraid of eating fat, by not eating carbs, your metabolism switches to a state of ketosis (burns fat) and the increased fat levels will help you feel fuller for longer.
– try to do at least 10,000 steps per day. I have gone from 0 – at least that, sometimes double that and now get up an hour earlier in the morning before work to go for a walk. No excuses, well, except when it’s raining!
– Stick to less that 50g of carbs per day and if you find you are not losing weight, drop it to 40, then 30 until you do lose weight. You will be surprised at just how much you can eat within 800 cals per day. The trick is to record everything and not guess. Particularly with fruit, it is much higher in carbs than what you might think!
– Read the forum every day and look through the other threads as you can pick up a lot of tips along the way, both of what to do and what not to do!
– Treat every day as a new day and if you fall off the wagon, just get back on straight away.
Best of luck and feel free to ask questions of any of the old timers as we are only too happy to help.
Cheers
Linda

At the end of 38 weeks on the BSD I can report 2 pounds gone since last week’s official weigh. Total now lost 92 pounds.

That now takes me a pound under my target weight of 9st 7lbs, which is also the top of my healthy BMI.

As I’ve said, don’t mind losing a few more pounds, but not more (otherwise it’ll be more clothes shopping😱). But 9st 7lbs is the top limit – I really do not want to go above that ever again.

I’ll be starting a new thread later today (I’ll tell you what it’s called later, when I’ve finally decided. I’ve had a few suggestions already – any more ideas?). The new thread will record this new stage in my BSD (or should that be post-BSD?) life.

More later – watch this space 😃

Hi Lucy Jane. I’ve had a disastrous week5&6 through partying etc I am not proud of myself 🙁 However I console my self with the thought that I would have done the same on top of my old eating patterns previously ( and actually on my worst day i totalled about 1200 calories which soon averages out). I think this Eating regime changes your tastebuds so you start to not enjoy the old treats.You have to have a social life so just do your best with the BSD rules but enjoy yourself.

It’s the weekend and am hoping I can stay on plan and remain focused. Baking cakes and having family over could positively side track me….

I have jumped on scales and it’s moving down so am pleased.

Bfast today was a 1 egg omelette with a side of bacon and mushrooms! Deliciousness

Hello All, congrats Lucky – 3 stones in under 3 months! Fantastic. Good news about your son also 🙂
Frog – are you following ‘the trial’ on Radio 4 ?
Yowzer – great bear PIC. Unfortunately it’s hunting season here and it isn’t just bears that poop in the woods!
Gavin- have lost track of your progress.
A disaster week for me with parties and family staying. Bit of a do this weekend also 🙁 However, I have 2 weeks to reach my first goal of 1.5 stones loss and I have (had) lost a stone at week 4. So its possible I think. When you are monitoring your food like we are you can see what a difference a (relatively) small amount of naughty food can make – no wonder the weight crept up!
Have a good weekend y’all 🙂

End of week 38, another 2 pounds gone. AND that takes me a pound below my target weight of 9st 7lbs, and in my healthy bmi😃 Total weight now lost 92 pounds.

Happy sat all you lovely back seat girls.

Woohoo detox big time, had my first proper BSD day back on it again yesterday all good, down .8 of a kilo today yeahhhhh but ooh headache big time, why did I eat refined carbs for a week, I didn’t even blooming well particularly enjoy them. Ooh poorly piggy Jan today. But never mind plan in action, very busy day ahead, food organized, and by Monday I will be much better. Looking forward to my energy levels going back up, I’m like a dish rag at the mo.

Short time aim back to previous weight by Wednesday and 3 stone loss in a couple of weeks, I’ve messed around enough, I want to be a chrimbo fairy at chrimbo it will be my 59 birthday, so aiming for target this year. So I will feel fabulous when I am 60 ohhhhhh dear feels awful 60 where’s all the time gone.

So what you all doing today girls, more importantly how’s your week going. Where’s the two sunnys, and Vetona and happy life so many I cannot recall, we need them on this bus trip, all cosy on the back seat.

Have a great weekend. Love jan 🚌🚌🚌😎🚌🚌🚌