Thanks will give that a go

Sorry so fixated on carbs no only 1 carb but 287 cals for 100g that’s smoked what I meant is its high in fat which for us is good.

JAN its also a ” rabbit caught in headlights ” look..people look so horrified! ☺️☺️ Heehee! X

Yes I am measuring and my t shirts are definitely getting baggy. I bought t shirts one size down and two sizes down when I was in the UK recently. Many years ago I bought a size 20 dress from Marks and Spencer in the hope that it would fit me one day. It still doesn’t go anywhere near me which leads me to believe that it is an 18 which was wrongly labeled. I only hope when it fits that I will like it.

Hi,
I’m similar to Timmy (“I’m not counting calories (not diabetic or prediabetic, was just 2-3 stone over weight)”) – and I feel just like Timmy regarding having things in moderation. I’ve relaxed things in recent weeks and I’ve noticed if I do have things that are higher carb my weight loss stalls/rises slightly so I just go back to the BSD way of eating. We each have to experiment but keeping a watchful eye on things is the way to maintain all the good work we’ve achieved.

Yep Timmy
Someone here called that the glazed eyed no carb look, ‘, I can’t talk my husband always maintains in the forty years he’s known me I haven’t lost weight I’ve just put it on. Up until I researched the BSD diet I also thought the way forward was slimming world, the big carb pushers. Perhaps they have shares in the medication for diabetis.

What I tend to do now is say nothing, unless they ask me how I am doing it, then I keep it very simple. We here on this forum actively doing this plan, are a very small minority unfortunately. Attitudes to eating need to change, for everyone’s health sake.

Just take care of those pins TIMMY! X
JAN..its easy,thanks to Lucky putting me onto Bills instructions..
You need a photobucket account but its easy enough to join if you havent
Then you can put the pics on yr ipad/ pc etc onto photobucket,then just click on the pic you want to use,
click on Direct,copy the numbers/ letters on there and paste it into the box here and voila!
Its simple pimple xx

Hahaha freezer gravel hehehe

Well I only have one dog (good for the step count!) and no kids to try an entertain at the same time. I have some slimfast on hand when need a quick fix.

Wow!!! It amazes me how much energy the young ones have, I’m tired just reading that 😂

Mackerel is high in carbs?

Ooh how did you do that little blue baby thingy

I know what you mean. I just don’t want them to get into the habit of relying on them all the time.

My boy in particular is a gannet. He never stops eating, but there’s nothing of him so I definitely don’t want to effect him by depriving him of food when he needs it. He’s 8 years old and is always on the go. He’s a plays football and rugby for the local teams and when he’s not doing that he always running around/cycling. Yesterday for example we went skiing in the morning, then he came home and went down the park to play football with his mates, then he came home and cycled up and down the road for half an hour. No wonder he’s lean as anything!

Ooh I love mackerel, but ridiculously high in carbs and cals, so feels a bit of a luxury.

Thanks Timmy.

Yeah I want to get the kids off to a good start too, mine are very fit and healthy and love veggies which is good. Just don’t want them to feel deprived of pasta or potatoes if they want them.

Congratulations! I think your weight loss sounds great!

And can I just add, are you MEASURING and using target garments? Because sometimes you LOOK thinner, and clothes are looser (or dropping off) whilst your weight remains the same. This is what people are noticing.

Can you get into new clothes? The feeling when you can do that is fabulous!

So KEEP MEASURING!! 🙂

Sounds like a brilliant start Avila, I’ve had a meal replacement shake for breakfast. I bought a few boxes just to get me started on track and it’s much easier while the kids are off school. Not planning to use them for more than a couple of weeks though.

Do you know, hsc0307, it’s really helpful to have ‘fallen off the wagon’ because you are training yourself to get right back on again.

You will have blips, we all do, but it’s how you deal with those that are important. If you have a blip, say ‘ok’ and forgive yourself, and start again immediately – not next week, not tomorrow, but now. There’s no praise or blame, you can fail a bit, learn, and then carry on.

Just get started……and if necessary, again. You might like to look at Lucia’s thread, where she sets out her journey. If you ever thought ‘I can’t do it’ just read what she does/has done, and be totally inspired……:)

You’re not selling skiing to me Timmy! I’ll be back at the ski lodge with a glühwein while you break bones..

This yoghurt is killing me.. or maybe its the after effects of yesterday’s cocktails and street food! Yuck!

Harissa chicken with chickpeas and BN squash for dinner I think! Trying to bring myself to have peppered mackrel at lunchtime…

Well not quite lunch on day 1 here, I went to get a blood glucose read at the local pharmacy 5.8 mmol which they were happy with but the book on p121 notes that different groups have different boundaries to categories. So I could be on the entry side to prediabetic if I were in US. Anyway – no scares but ‘could do better’ so this diet is about the doing better.

Came home to scrambled egg with spinach and then as working this pm and eve with not much cooking time inbetween I have just cooked up the veggie Balti for tea, (which will have a portion for later in the week) and as I was veg chopping did a soup alongside to keep for lunches. As for fluids I filled 3 x 1litre bottles to be drunk through the day.

So I feel very productive and focused at the moment – Day 1 enthusiasm. May not be the same by end of the day/week/month!!

Hi ChrissieW1953 and welcome!

Don’t stress too much about how difficult the BSD will be for you – some people find it more difficult than others, depending on how much carbs you’re used to eating and how your particular body works – but their difficulties tend to be for a very limited time and once you’re through that, you should find your hunger decreases and you start a completely new and enjoyable lifestyle!

Don’t even think about getting dispirited before you start…..onwards and downwards (that’s the weight and the measurements!) 🙂

I only had school dinner for 1 term, at primary school, but there are still things I don’t eat because of it – 45 years later.
Semolina is one of them – I used to eat the jam & try and leave the semolina.

Thanks for your support…..it begins

PS I am a laddie

Hello Claire, Avila, Magpie and Minxie (and others?)
I’ve just finished reading the book and will be starting tomorrow. I’ve just retired, so have the luxury of a bit more free time to plan than most of you busy people.
I have a retirement tea party this afternoon, so will be very mindful of all the cake lol.
This morning I’m sorting recipes and plan for next 2 days – I’ve been trying the low carb plan for a few days and have found it very difficult – constantly hungry so really anxious already that this is going to be hard.
But the book is encouraging and I’ve promised myself I will do 2 weeks and if its still really difficult try the 5:2 version.
Good luck everyone.
Christine

Ah sorry, misread. Still sounds bonkers to me!

It is Slimming World, but WW is pretty much the same. They have to eat very low fat but carbs are free foods and can be eaten in abundance. Don’t know what health problems that stores up for the future but my friend is a tiny slim woman so the diet works for her.

Well done MAGPIE i assume youre in Oz!
Good luck you other day 1 guys! Hope its going ok for you x

Yowzer it was in Austria that I broke my leg. Zel am See to be exact. I haven’t been back since, lol. French alps for me everytime now. Absolutely loving Les Gets. Probably the nicest family ski resort I’ve ever been to.

All I need to do now, is locate a self catering apartment in Les Gets close to the slopes that has a private hot tub (and isn’t too crazy expensive) and my life (well my skiing life) will be complete! Nothing quite like having a beer in a hottub after a hard days skiing!

I know what you mean about the accidents though. When I was in triage in the Austrian hospital, there were hundreds, and I mean hundreds of ski accident victims. The bloke in front of me had broken his back. Sounded horrible, he was screaming like something I’ve never heard before. 🙁

Well done Karen! Great result! X

True. I would make a terrible teacher as I can’t abide it when people don’t listen, lol.

That WW sounds mental! Can’t have olive oil, nuts or avocado!??! 3 of the healthiest food stuffs on the planet right there!

TIMMY I worked in a ski resort in Austria in my youth! Didnt try ski ing tho,saw too many guests break legs! enjoy the gluhwein ..and the scenery is stunning isnt it and the sparkling fresh air. Ledenhosen not a good look tho 😀
LUCKY ..how romantic..💕💕…he was prepared to move miles to be with you x ! Aww i love a good love story💕💕

You’re well entitled to with that weight loss! 😉

Lucky just saw yr post from a few days ago I think about craving egg fried rice? This recipe is lovely (egg fried cauliflower rice) and very tasty! I used soy sauce instead of coconut aminos and left out the coconut vinegar cos I couldn’t find it and it was really lovely 🙂 Hopefully that helps with your craving the next time you fancy egg fried rice with your curry 🙂

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/3195098303/asian-cauliflower-fried-rice

You have heard the saying, you can take a horse to water etc….. Just be pleased you have found the answer. I have had so many people saying I don’t eat enough, I will damage my metabolism, I will put it all back on when I come off the ‘diet’, No use trying to convert them as they are still stuck in the traditional beliefs. We know the truth. When I told my hairdresser (a life member of Slimming World) she said, can’t have olive oil, can’t have nuts, can’t have avocado. She can eat as much pasta, rice or potato as she wants without even counting it into the points system she uses. She doesn’t criticise me and I don’t her. Her diet works for her and she can see mine is working too. Back to that horse, it is horses for courses.

Hope D day goes well👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 make a tiny start,even if nothing else, to limber up! X

Whaow Middleage1 you are having fantastic results, very inspiring! I’m sure you are delighted with your results 🙂 Well done!

Well, Day 1 done and dusted! Discovered lots of things on the way. I don’t believe how many thoughtless calories I was consuming. Old habits such as drinking endless cups of coffee all add up. I have had a lot more water today…as a consequence I’ve done a lot of my 10 000 steps going to and returning from the loo! Wearing a pedemeter has made me more aware of constantly moving. I haven’t been hungry today but it has been a huge day at school (I teach K/1) with a meeting after school. An early dinner and a cup of tea afterwards has done the trick. Bring on day 2! Hope you’ve all had a good day as well.

haha Lucky I just realised I used 10 million smileys in my last post, I am just so excited! Really positive about the next seven weeks now, and glad it has gone smoothly so far x

Were we supposed to be having an August 1st weigh in on this thread or did I make that up??!

Anyway, if we were I’ll start. 89.9kg or 14st 2lbs.

Still a little more to shift, but I’m been going ever so slightly off piste for the last few weeks!

I just got on my Wii Fit to do my BMI and I am officially obese, but less so than I was 5 weeks ago. Because I am only 4 ft 11 inches anything over 7 stone makes me Fat on the BMI scale. I will never be 7 stone but would be happy to be 9 stone.

You have done fantastic, keep it up.

You don’t know what you’re missing ladies. Standing at 2000m on top of a mountain, the sun shinning on a vista of pine trees and crisp white pistes, then you take yourself over the edge and glide down to the midway cafe for a mulled wine or hot chocolate. Bliss!

Not such a great loss this week – only half a pound – bringing my total to 1st 6.5lbs in 12 weeks. My scales showed a greater loss yesterday and I suspect the difference today is due to (ahem) constipation (tmi) My blood sugar was 105 mg/dL. When I started it was 127.

We went to friends on Saturday for lunch and one of my friends who I haven’t seen for ages commented on how much weight I have lost. She also said I am walking better. I didn’t know I wasn’t walking so well but I realised later she is remembering when we were invited to them shortly after I had recovered from my operation two years ago and the walk there was quite an effort. When coffee was served there were chocolates on a raised plate at eye level and I managed to ignore them no matter how much they winked and beckoned to me. Previously I would have dipped into them.

Since we bought the treadmill I probably am walking better as I am definitely puffing less. We were hoping to push it into one of our spare bedrooms (we live in a flat) when we have guests but it is too large, even when folded, to get through the door,. So we push it into a corner and cover it with a sheet and pretend it’s not there. Having it set up in the lounge means that I am motivated to walk on it even if it is only for 15 minutes.

Yesterday we met with my sister-in-law who is visiting from the UK and who I haven’t seen for a while and she also commented on my weight loss.

So not such a great loss this week but at least it is noticeable to others.

Some people really are blooming clueless/stubborn! There’s a woman in my office, quite tall but quite clearly overweight also. At 10 o’clock on the dot every day, she’s off to the tuckshop to buy some crap (pasty, sausage roll, sweets etc).

It’s someone’s birthday here today so there’s an abundance of cake in the kitchen which I have resolutely ignored. She mentioned to me that she wants to lose 3 stone in 6 months but it’s not going to happen whilst there are cakes in the office. I said that I’ve lost 2 stone in the last 6 or so weeks and if she is interested then she should look into the BSD. I said it is based around cutting out refined carbs. Her response was “I don’t believe in cutting out any food groups”. I tried to explain that all I was cutting out was fake food. I.e. food that has been tampered with beyond recognition like pasta, which is basically starch as all the fibre has been taken out of it. And replacing it with real wholefoods.

Absolutely blank. I guarantee she won’t have lost an ounce in 6 months. Maybe her belief in not cutting out food groups is why she is overweight!

Janey are you trying to make me surrender the duel?????

Yep, taking your word for it I find cod, chips, curry sauce and the last glass of the second, third, fourth, tenth bottle (depending how many present the night before) works. Side order of self pity. Wrapped up in a crocheted blanket of ‘Never again’.

Hello Gorgeous peeps. Came back from hols last week and have now caught up with all your fab news. How great are we all doing?? Got back from hols last week feeling very relaxed. I did drink and have some ice cream whilst away but generally kept the carbs low. Did absolutely masses of walking though. Registered just under 2lbs loss when I came back. Weighed myself this morning and have another 6lbs to add to that. So have now lost 2 stone 8lbs in total. Can hardly believe it! I too have been having some really good filter coffee (my fave is illy) with hot millk as well as copious amounts of fizzy water. Have upped the exercise so try and do 10,000 steps a day (easier now There is less of me to carry around). Feeling so much better about myself, happier, fitter and healthier. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that reading about your journeys is a tremendous boost to mine. Thank you. Xx

Skiing and hangover cure are not words that gel together for me tbh! Skiing full stop is not on my list – I have enough issues standing up on two legs as it is, nevermind strapping 2 planks of wood on my feet.

I’m going to try REAL yoghurt, and if that doesn’t work, I’m ebaying and back to Aldi before I put myself off yog for life.. barf!

Walking into town this lunchtime Lucky…. 10k steps a day is virtually impossible for me during the week, but I must give it a shot!

Welcome Minxie, and here’s to a new you.

I’ve actually started weaning my kids of the refined carbs too. I don’t want to set them up for the same fall that me and the missus had!! Saying that, I’ll need to be careful as they are in no way fat. All three of them have got an 8 pack!

Haha. It’s true though skiing is the best hangover cure. Unless you completely f$%k up and break both the bones in your leg going down a black run,which I did once, whoops. It was at the end of the day though, so can’t really be blamed on the hangover

The snowdome isn’t a patch on the mountains for a hangover cure, but it’s the next best thing!

Hahahahaha! Understood Frog 😉

Oooh you saying pink porridge now, do you know what I had a craving for completely out of the blue a few days ago? Semolina with jam, like I used to have in primary school. The jam was warm and thin and in a massive metal jug. We used to mix it together until it was pink. What a completely random, bizarre craving to have! Of all the things I can’t have!

Right, onwards! First coffee of the morning is finished, and I must shift my backside into gear! It’s either Heck Sausage or Smoked Haddock for tea tonight. Not relishing either but I’m determined to eat the freezer gravel this week!