Just in answer to your comments about not being ‘worth spending decent money’ on clothes, Lucky, I really empathise.

I’ve said elsewhere that I work in Fashion, and one of the things I did was to explore special ‘Plus-size’ brands for the department store chain I worked for. It was quite evident that most women would not spend a lot of money on clothes if they fit the definition of ‘Plus-size’ and this seemed to be because they always felt they would not be that weight for long – would be dieting it off – and you have just suggested to me that it is also because they felt they didn’t ‘deserve’ it. This makes me very angry, actually. So although we often got requests for more ‘Plus-sizes’ the sales never justified it.

Now I believe more brands are covering more sizes and it makes sense to me that most women want their favourite brand, the one their friends buy, in a larger range of sizes. Not something specially categorised as Plus, or whatever the terminology would be. IF, that is, they think they’re worth it 🙁

I hope you enjoy your new jeans and the other clothes you’ll soon be buying as you fit into them! 🙂

Thanks Frog,I wish that I thought it’s just a number but that’s not the way my mind works. There was a danger/excuse I could just throw it all in the air and give up! I KNOW I’ve lost 10lb so have time travelled and added 10lb to start weight and subsequent weights.This seemed to be the difference between the two scales???🙄 on holiday now for a week and sticking to the diet with an odd glass of wine or two as a treat.Then hopefully fully on it from Monday 5th September. I’m good at starting diets been practicing all my life!!

Enjoy your new toy Lucky. I have used mine for nearly 2 years every morning, apart from the last 6 weeks.

Hi I am also starting my 8 weeks from tomorrow! Getting everything ready for the big day! Have been on it before but became too confident and fell off the wagon in the middle of week 5! Ready to start again and actually finish the 8 weeks on the 800 calls! I know from past experience how much better I felt and want to get back to it! Hope you are all taking your measurements as this is an even better guide to fat loss than weight! Hope we can spur each other on!x

Hi Karen, I will join you. I am restarting after taking a week off to go on holiday. I am very active, exercising for 45+ minutes 4 or 5 times per week. I was fine on 800 calories. Drink lots of water, make sure your meals are filling and you will be fine. Seeing the results will keep you on track.

Hi Ange1ine
You know what’s happened with scale change over – I think I’d just leave the old weights there – you can;t really edit if you don’t know what the real weights were.should have been. I discovered a few weeks in that my old scales were giving weights in the right ballpark , but could vary by up to a kilo by reweighing within a couple of seconds, but just replaced them and was happy knowing the weights are accurate form that point on.
It’s just a number!

Thank you so much Ruth, I will definitely Google Amanda once I have peeled and put on my veggies for my Sunday roast! We are complicated beings, no doubt about that. I felt a bit of an idiot posting this question, because of course, nobody could tell me what was going on in my body any more than what I could tell anyone what was going on in theirs. Lynne hit the nail on the head, it’s all new to us, we’re in unchartered territory. This WOE isn’t going to work how WW or SW worked. I think it just panicked me a bit. Never thought I’d see the day that I’d worry about a big weight loss! Just need to chill out now and try and be as good as possible.

I’m going to try my new toy out in the kitchen too! Always have our Sunday dinner around 5/6 so I can fit in an egg, I reckon! Enjoy Vera 🙂 and thank you once again.

Had to do some time travelling on my smart phone ,changing the date and time on my phone to do it! It’s done so here I go starting all over again!!

Hey count me in! Have ‘dabbled’ with this diet for a couple of months. Hard core when working dark to dark; time consuming to prep. Now ready to do it properly. Love the flavours and foods on this. Will keep you posted. Today weigh 130kg, 5ft 10″, bs 15.

Thank you so much for that Lynne, it’s interesting to see your weight fluctuations on your different jaunts away versus what you ate. It’s trial and error isn’t it? I too have sat with black coffee while out and other people have been shoving baguettes and baps in their mouths! It was tough at the time, but I’m fine now.

I totally appreciate that about your normal blood results. I daresay I would be so complacent right now if I was diabetic. I would forego anything in return for better health, I can’t say everyone in the world would, but I think most right thinking people would.

Yes, that is exactly what the thousands of pounds of slimming club fees have ingrained in me. Big weight loss week one (but still nowhere near the BSD one!) and then 1 – 2 lbs was the acceptable weight loss per week. So I think this has shook me a little bit so far into the plan, as as you say, much overthinking going on. Just didn’t seem right, but then – right against what? Right against previous experience of… WW! Precisely!

You and Igor have both been a lot of help, thank you so much, between you you’ve covered more than I was anticipating in response to my ramblings 🙂 Onwards with eating the right things and not worrying too much about the scales. Can I have a quick hands up of how many of you are shaking your heads at me worrying about losing 8lbs in four days and thinking ‘ungrateful fool’?

Lesson learned, in future I will try clothes on in the changing room! But to be honest, I was so big that I would actually cry when I got home after seeing myself in the mirrors of changing rooms? So I avoided them like the plague. No longer! Clothes never looked good on me, no matter how pretty or supposedly flattering. I’d just come back out and put things back on the rails and wear cast offs or charity shop clothes because I didn’t think I was worth spending decent money on at that size. Sad, isn’t it?

See CaptainLynne was writing sage advice even as I spoke. And I completely understand about the hunger. It has always stymied me in the past, but I can cope with this WOE much better because I know nice food will come soon, albeit not too much!

Have a lovely Sunday all. I am going to watch Vera for all you Yorkshire lads and lasses. Sunday night telly.

Lucky, Igor is as usual full of wise advice. I concur with it all. We are very complicated beings!

I have read a lot over the past few years and I put a note on Roxanne”s post about staying put for weeks after losing 18kgs on bsd.

There is a woman in Australia called Dr Amanda Sainsbury or Sainsbury Salis who has been researching weight loss for many years. She talks about a famine reaction after some or, in your case a lot of, weight loss. You being kind to yourself and not stressing, just eating what you needed, without going crazy, was just what you needed, and now you are on your way down again because you are still eating fewer calories than you need to maintain your current weight, so you will lose. It is just science. If you look at HappyLife’s loss she had several weeks with static or no loss and quite a lot thereafter. I think CaptainLynne will agree as well. Google famine reaction Dr Amanda and you will find some interesting stuff. She also lost weight about 30kg I think

Please be pleased; you are going so well. Esp. great about the JOTF. Enjoy your eggs. And do not worry.

Igor, that makes perfect sense, thank you so much 🙂 But just to make sure I have understood, in my own terms, my body is finally playing ball. I would imagine after losing over two stone that quite a lot of the visceral fat has been dealt with (I hope anyway!??) and so now, it’s the actual wobbly bits on the exterior that are copping it, and that fat (probably?) weighs more, hence both the insane weight loss and the jeans of the future fitting?

I do tend to overthink things and I am a bit of a worrier. Can you tell? 😉

Yes, I’m not coming off the plan as such, because it’s working for me. Most of the time. I can do most of it at 800. But I know some days will be 1000 – 1200 now. I don’t actually need so much more on the days I feel hungry, I don’t eat breakfast as a rule, never have, but some days I wake up famished and if I have breakfast, I have to forego lunch or have a smaller tea. I know this is psychological, but as I was a big eater, and I mean big, I could eat my tea and then be grazing well into the night, crisps, ice creams, chocolate, biscuits. The thought of being hungry at night terrifies me in that if I do snack, it won’t be on good things. So I always make sure my tea is the largest meal of the day, even if I have to leave some of the vegetables, or salad. I can only eat until full now. And it works, once full at tea time, I’m ok until the next day. So it will be the same foods, but just maybe more when necessary. Me + hunger = big problems. I am bonkers, I know.

Thank you so much, once again 🙂 And onwards indeed 😀

Hi Lucky

Great results.

I think we need to remember that our body will do what it wants, when it wants. Sometimes we have a surprise loss, sometimes we stay the same or even have an unexpected gain (especially for ladies).

I’ve been away from home several times while on the BSD. A day conference, a 4-day residential conference, 5 days in Prague and 10 days in Italy (plus an overnight hotel near Heathrow). Each has been a learning experience.

The conferences came first and I had a good idea what food would be available. Being out of my normal routine made life ‘interesting’. I normally eat breakfast then evening meal but we didn’t finish until later so I ate a tiny amount at lunchtime. Dinner was 3 courses, but I ignored dessert and made the best BSD choices I could – and stayed the same. Prague I was definitely out of my comfort zone for many reasons. I gained a few pounds, which disappeared with interest within a week. I learned that I needed to be more careful with portion control.

Italy I stay with friends. We went to the supermarket for me to buy food I could eat when they have their breakfast carbs. Eating out I ate BSD friendly foods (which led to some interesting conversations), even drinking my black coffee while everyone else tucked into fantastic-looking ice cream dishes.

But I was diabetic. Having dropped my test results to ‘normal’ levels I font want to do anything to raise them again.

I’ve found I don’t get hungry during the day, that I don’t crave the foods that I used to live on, and that I feel so much better in many ways. I try to plan if I’m travelling and have been known (when nothing else was available) to buy a sandwich, eat the filling and throw the bread away!

I think we often over-think things. Can I suggest that you continue sticking with the BSD, doing what you’ve been doing on plan. Don’t spend too much time worrying about why the scales are changing. Just be happy that they’re going in the right direction. I think those of us who have spent time and money at slimming clubs worry that our loss is too quick, because of their mantra of ‘one or two pounds a week’ and being told we need to eat more if the loss is more.

The BSD has stood many of our old beliefs on their head and it takes time to adjust.

I hope at least some of this is helpful. Anything else, just ask.

It’s annoying when that happens with clothes. I’ve had 3 or 4 uniform blouses, all labelled the same size, but would sometimes try them against each other to see which was the smallest or largest depending on which I needed because they all measured differently!

Glad you explained that, Imogen, I was wondering what the auto correct gremlin had changed……

Lucky, I think the body is a very strange thing.

I could never understand why my weight stayed level when day by day my waist was shrinking. I always said it was the visceral fat going, rather than the subcutaneous fat, but surely visceral fat has weight too?

So taking that as an example, perhaps you have been losing visceral fat with (somehow) less weight implications, and have just switched over the last few days to more subcutaneous fat losses? I was told that the body tries to deal with the ‘worst and most dangerous’ fat (i.e. visceral fat) first, with the more visible subcutaneous fat later (and slowest of all for the belly wodge, which I have to say even at 8stone 10lbs I can still see on myself!!!)

It seems from the Jeans of the Future fit that your measurements ARE going down, even if the scales were slowing.

I don’t think there is any conclusion to draw apart from that the body is a very strange thing, that you are not only losing weight but training amazing hormonal changes – switching the body to burning fat cells for energy – and that this takes time and has implications which are too complicated for us (and perhaps even for medical researchers) to fathom.

Maybe your body with its last weight loss is saying to you – ONWARDS! – and you should respond with a fresh look at what you’re doing (I know you’re switching programmes) as the pounds or kilos fall off.

Congratulations! Well done to your hormones! Let them get on with it! 🙂

That should read ‘listening ear’ – auto correct hissy fit😊

Morning Lucia,

As Igorasusual and Ruthdownunder have said; we are here to offer support, cajoling, sympathy, advice or a ‘listening war’s, whatever you need Hon, to keep moving on.
Just read your profile… you are doing great!! … sounds as if you have a real challenge everyday if your OH not very supportive.
I’m just up the road near Wigton, Cumbria…so thinking of you neighbour😊🌻

Avila, I love that proverb, never heard it before but looks like good advice for anyone to take!

Morning Lynne, thank you, you’re a bit of a legend around these parts 🙂 And it’s probably not anything anyone can shed light on, merely just one of those things, or maybe everyone will think ‘How the bloody hell should I know!’…

Right… the last three mornings, I’ve lost a total of 2.7kg. Which is great, I’m not complaining by a long shot. I have relaxed my counting of carbs and calories, because I’d done the 8 weeks and three extra at 800 and I was starting to flag a little. I was absolutely chuffed yesterday when the scales hit 14 stone 13 but to be honest, I was expecting fluctuation to 15 stone and back the next couple of days. So when I woke up this morning, and I was ANOTHER kilo down, I stepped off the scale. Found my weight, weighed it. Yes, scales correct. Weighed again. Kilo down.

Any other time my instinct would be to rush here and tell everyone my good news. Even posting from the bathroom on some occasions, and I thought to myself. Four mornings, 3.7 kg – which is a tad over 8 lbs – gone. I know this diet is a miracle worker, but in week 12? In half a week? Really??? I even thought to myself, will people think I’m lying? Not that I’d have anything to achieve by it but, really?

I haven’t even been walking. I’ve got a pain in my heel which has stunted my daily step count to 2 – 3000 at best. I think back to my weightlosses on the first 8 weeks, and my best was (obviously) week 1 – when I lost a stone. My next best was (if I remember rightly) week 6, when I lost 5 lbs. But even that came after a big fat zero the week before. The only thing I can think… I’ve been away twice in recent weeks. One five day camping stint, where I did have a few treats but not to excess. And a weekend away last week, where – with the exception of two bottles of wine (shamefaced) and one small half of a roll with egg mayo on – I stuck to plan. Even took hummus and veg sticks to the christening while everyone around me scoffed pastries and sarnies.

Have I essentially cocked up so much to the extent that I’m experiencing ‘Week 1’ weightlosses all over again? Because this amount of weightloss in such a short time, so far into this woe, seems bizarre. Or is it actually possible to still pull in these large weightlosses so far into it when you’re a larger person? I am still quite big after all, I’m 14 stone 11 today, so there’s still a long, long way to go for me. I know nobody can give me a definitive answer, I suppose I’m looking for someone a way in to the plan who has – maybe on holiday – not been eating strictly BSD for a week or two to tell me that yes, when they got back on it, they had a huge weight loss again. Or could it be because I’m essentially on a ‘new’ diet to my body, because I’m slightly increasing what I’m eating on some days (but not all because I just can’t now!) and so I’m getting first week weight losses? I really don’t understand how the body works, I don’t retain information well. To me it just doesn’t seem possible, and I’m not as bouncy about this weightloss as I was yesterday’s. Which is a bit sad, because for me, it’s the only reason I’m on it, there is no underlying medical problem.

I really probably haven’t explained myself as well as I wanted to, made sense in my own head anyway. Sorry for rambling.

And – the Jeans of the Future are on, zipped up. These are jeans that although state size 20S, are not a size 20 pair of jeans. Bought at the same time as another 20S, same style, same shop, same rail even, the only difference being the colour, these are dark denim, the others light. I knew they were a good fit so when my old ones gave up, I went, I bought without trying on. Light fit me (briefly!) Dark wouldn’t go over my bum. Holding the waistbands up together, it is clear that they are nowhere near the same size. They’re an 18.

I really am sorry for rambling on this post (but only this one, none of the others 😉 ), I hope what I’m saying or even some of what I’m asking makes sense to someone.

Gavin – my egg maker is here!!! 9.50 am! I love you Amazon Prime!

Hi

I am starting on Tuesday when I return to work after a week’s holiday. I think with the support from this group and also the FB group we will all succeed. Good luck to you.

One thing that’s fascinated me is the individual nature of diabetes. While I know that ‘one-size’ definitely doesn’t fit all, it still surprised me how different people can tolerate different foods. My son is type 2 (diagnosed after me, with higher BG levels). He’s on Metformin plus another tablet and was threatened with insulin. He did change his eating and drinking habits slightly. But he still eats lots of carbs. He eats foods that I certainly can’t.

Thank you very much for your really comprehensive answer! Much appreciated.

Certainly food for thought. I think I will wait until after my next review with my GP and depending on the outcome will rethink the testing question. I’m not planning on going back to ‘bad’ carbs again. Although, ‘Never say never’, as they say, so we’ll see if I can add the odd slice of bread in the future but certainly not at the moment!

I think you are absolutely right about trying to combine diets … it just doesn’t work. BSD just makes so much sense to me and most people seem to feel so much better for it, apart from the weight loss part. I think any of us who have been around a while and have tried every diet under the sun have found it difficult to take the ‘full fat’ mantra on board. In fact without bread etc we probably have less fat than when eating ‘low fat’ , but at least it good fats.

Ruthdownunder- re fruit, I realise all my life I have thought that “fruit doesn’t count” and it’s ok to have apples, oranges more or less without limit.

At the end of our family walking holiday I “ate up” the rest of the apples/clementines. Then I looked at MFP – aaaaaaaargh. The sugar! The carbs! The calories!

Good for you- yes. Carb and sugar laden – yes. Calories/carbs better spent on other things – quite probably. Moderation in future and more considered eating – oh, yes. 😉

Lucia you are so inspiring yourself it doesn’t always sound as if you need support.

There are lots of people here who have been helped by you, why not ask us for some support in return?

Have you ever posted your results? Do you want to tell us specifically what’s been hard for you and see if there are any tips?

Everyone is waiting here to buddy with you. [virtual hug]

Morning Lucky

I’ll look out for your next post.

Sorry for your frustration. 🙁

I think if you have eaten the same foods for the whole time a fresh look at possibilities might help and also refocus yourself – almost like a new start.

So
if you’ve had lots of meat, try fish (or vice versa)
Try different vegetables – swap cauliflower for broccoli for example
Do soups if you’ve not already done them
Try spicy food – I love chilli now and it’s absolutely delicious in stir fries. Or invent your own curries if you like them.

If you make things interesting again it will take your mind off the scales.

Also I’m always going on about MEASURING. I think visceral fat does vanish and for some strange reason doesn’t show on the scales. How are your clothes doing? Looser? Does your face look thinner, is your waist smaller?

Have you tried drinking even more water?

It WILL work, just see if you can mix it I again and “relaunch”. And read all the long-term threads here !

Very best wishes to you and congratulations on your losses so far!

Frog!!!! Egg and wine for breakfast? I don’t know if I’d have the stomach, oh my days. The things we’ve done to lose a few pounds.

Haha brilliant. Hmmmm, maybe you could offer her some of your old clothes? Lead balloon dot com?

Morning Ruth (or evening, I suppose for you!). The rolls are high in carbs, no two ways about it. The second batch I made for the children, I got 12 out of the mixture, which would decrease it somewhat but still too high for anyone following this and devoutly sticking to 30 – 50 carbs a day. But for the times when ‘needs must’ – for me, such as my upcoming long car journey of about 7 – 8 hours… one of those will be better than stopping in a Motorway service station. Or eating shop bought bread. Thank you for your lovely comments about my photos. I don’t feel the same about my birthday ones. I was so determined not to be fat at 40, I wanted photos I could look back on and feel proud of. Put in an album. Maybe I can get someone to photoshop them??? Thank you for asking about my husband too, he hasn’t been too well this week, day or night time. I might try and gently prompt him to phone his consultants secretary to see when his next review is due and if it’s too far away time wise, to ask if he could be considered urgently for a last minute cancellation, as we only live about 3 miles from the hospital.

Gavin – still waiting for my egg boiler, so please, keep egg related comments to a minimum please 😉 I am craving an egg like I usually crave pizza.

Louise – good luck with your BSD start tomorrow. I’ll eat my hat if I ever find I managed to come in at 800 precisely. It’s just a ballpark figure, but try and keep it in the ballpark as much as possible.

I do have more news for you all this morning but it’s going to be a rambly, advice sought type post, possibly more so from some of you long timers who might glance but not comment. But first, the beef must go in the slow cooker.

GemGem that’s a great start! 🙂

Now just keep calm and focus and deal with all the little issues which will come up. Don’t forget to keep measurements on your spreadsheet too. And perhaps little snapshots to show the changes (I didn’t do that, and regret it now!)

Oh I love that proverb, Avila 🙂

Thanks GemGem

I’ve never posted like this on forums in the past. When I first started this it was for support from others on the journey. Along the way I’ve made some friends. And realised that others, like you, find my posts helpful. Posting on here still helps me, because it keeps me accountable and, sometimes when I’m asked a question it makes me think about what and how I’m doing things. So I’ll continue to post after I reach my target weight.

No idea if true but sounds about right….

‘Tibetan Proverb: the secret to living well and longer is – eat half, walk double, laugh triple, and love without measure.’

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Morning Verano

I think the original (mis)diagnosis was 2006 or 2007. As I said, the nurse did the oral GTT incorrectly. A year later the GP was so surprised at my ‘control’ that he reviewed my records and found the error. As a result the records of all the diabetics at the practice were checked to see if it had happened to others. I should add that this was not the only error involving me at that practice. Eventually I got a call from the GP asking me to make a statement because the nurse in question was appearing before her professional body.

The next diagnosis was in 2009. One of the new patient blood tests needed repeating. Guess which one LOL Again, I was fortunate because the result was just over 7, so only just in the diabetic range. Even so the medics were eager to push pills at me.

I’ve worked with doctors and know my way around research papers so when a (locum) GP suggested I check some research I did. And immediately decided he had no chance of putting me on the regime ha had suggested!

At the end of the day, it is my body and I’ve had it now for 66 years so I know how it reacts in different circumstances. There are medicines I can take and some I can’t. I’ve suffered from bouts of clinical depression over the years and found a drug that helped. More recently, when I saw a GP for depression he asked what helped. When I told him, he refused to prescribe it. As did another GP in a different area some time later. The one that worked is old-fashioned. But I suffer bad side-effects from the ones they are willing to prescribe.

Self-testing – I’m all for it. When I was diagnosed in 2009 I decided that was the way forward for me. I tested every morning, first thing, then before and 2 hours after each meal, then at bedtime. I needed to know how different foods affected my blood sugar. I recorded everything in a notebook. Once I knew how a food affected me I could cut down on testing until it was morning and evening, and after new foods or if I felt ill. Fast forward to BSD – at the beginning I tested through the day as before. Then as the figures started to drop I tested morning and evening, then morning only. Now the fasting level is consistently under 4, I only do random tests. Before the BSD I really struggled with my fasting blood sugar, it rarely came under 7!

For me, testing is a useful tool. I think the meters from big companies are reasonably accurate. I’ve had no issues with them. In the UK you can normally get one free of charge from the manufacturer because they make their money on the test strips. But I thought it was a worthwhile cost because it helped me. But I understand what you mean about obsessing, because in the past I’ve found myself trying to combine two different diets! I soon learned that trying to combine the plans of either of the main slimming clubs with low carb eating just didn’t work. So when I started the BSD it was just that, but trying to forget everything the slimming clubs had taught wasn’t easy at the start, but I stuck with it 😃

Sorry for the (very) long answer. Hope it helps.

Hahaha, morning folks. In case you hadn’t noticed I was slightly squiffy on said beer last night!!! However the good news is that beer made from elephants is obviously high protein/low carb as don’t have the shocking BSD level hangover today.. Yet!!

Can you edit the weight you now realise you started at, so you can still see the loss online? Frustrating but better to find out than not.

Hi Karen,
I am also starting tomorrow (29th) and would love to buddy up. I have done the 5:2 for a while which worked for me but then I got lazy and fell off the wagon so thought I would give this a go to kick start me before returning to 5:2.

Cracking result GemGem, well done!

I was a bit mind blown at that until she tweeted me a pic of a certain brand of beer with elephant logo 😁

Disaster has struck!!!😲😲😲😲My DH was weighing a very heavy object to send by courier for an eBay sale! He must of been using himself plus object because said object wouldn’t stand by itself,and has BROKEN MY SCALES!!!! I tried in vain to mend them,batteries out ,new batteries in,fiddled with settings (never been used,to complicated) but they just measure 00 for everything!
OK time for a new set! The new set come 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟for accuracy on the old www,lots of good reviews!
Having lost 10lb in two weeks 😁 I now (on my new scales) weigh heavier than I did when I started!!😔
All my bloody apps are tied into those measurements I’m at a loss what to do or where to begin !HELP!!

Hi Frog

Interesting! I guess if you’d not been taking Metformin long it was relatively easy to stop taking them. I have been using the slow release version almost since I was diagnosed six years ago, and have not really had any side effects but I just hate taking ‘pills’!!

I have a diabetic review every 6 months and the next one is due in October. I’ll be interested to see if my HAB1c has come down but in any event I’m going to ask how high it would be without Metformin. When I think about it, it was only in the low 7’s before Metformin and is usually around 6.8 with it! Not much of an improvement!

54 – have a look through Izzy and Lucky’s pots – they have both experimented with BSD friendly cakes

I think one or both of them use https://elanaspantry.com/all-recipes/ for recipe inspiration
they are both cooking for families though – if it’s just for you, it could mean faffing with teeny quantities – or eating too much!

My cake treat cheat in the first few weeks was Graze (sold by tesco & sainsbury) do a ‘deconstructed cherry tart’ – teeny one portion box of dark chocolate buttons, raisins, sour cherries and pecans. It is 184 kcal & 23 g carbohydrate – so a treat, but doable.
Waitrose stock Kind bars – not exactly cake, but nut bars with dark chocolate that are under 200 cals and about 16g of carb

Morning everyone. Egg boiler is in action. Low carb toast too. And not forgetting an expresso for breakfast. Damn the egg on toast this morning was amazing!

Ruthdownunder – thanks 🙂 – now keep going.

Louiselamour – in my 6 weeks of being on the BSD , I have often been slightly under or slightly over eg 780 – 825. I do try to aim at 800, but sometimes its not possible nor does it matter so long as the overall nutritional balance is correct for the day. The BSD book also makes this comment that you don’t need to be precise at 800. A few times I have been higher eg 850 or 860 because I fancied a few almonds or cashews.

Fascinating!! Over what period of time were all these ‘diagnoses’?

So every practice wanted you on Metformin but you resisted. I know several people who have a bad experience with Statins and strangely enough they are all women. Maybe our bodies process them differently.

What’s your opinion of self testing? I never have but since joining this forum it has crossed my mind on several occasions. I just don’t want to become obsessive, especially when I’ve read that some monitors are really quite inaccurate. It’s bad enough obsessing about weight jumping on the scales every morning!

Sorry Bissell!

Hi all, I have completed two weeks, yay! I have to say this week was tricky, I had a day where wine got the better of me and I ate a little more BUT did manage not to go crazy. I have kept to the no bad carbs but ate a little over 800 some days. I feel sick of meat and vege so need to switch things up a bit this week. Overall I have maintained the 4kg loss from my first week but I have lost 3 cm from my waist this week. Switching any alcohol consumption to vodka and soda for the days I just need a drink!
Hope everyone else is going well!

Hi there! I am 40 with two boys and have 15kg to lose too! I started 2 weeks ago today and have lost 4 kg and that is with the odd stumble of the wine variety… It is possible and having my menu planned for the week really helped me. Hope you go well I will be watching!

Hi starting my 800 blood sugar diet tomorrow and looking forward to feeling healthy again. Do you have to have 800 cals exactly?

That sounds really do-able Frog. I would also have eaten the whole lot more or less at once. Probably hurriedly, stood in front of the fridge, as if I thought that it didn’t count like that. I think this way of eating really might bring some understanding and control to my life.
I really want a sausage roll now though!

Ooh Igorasusual that sounds delicious! All round to your place then!

Hi all – most of you sleeping

Lucky, thanks for spelt bap links. I have decided that I have been having too many carbs, so have put them in favourites for later. I even have spelt flour in pantry because I have been buying all those funny flours for years, although coconut flour is a newbie and I like it.
Your photos are lovely, and although you obviously look much slimmer in the second I thought the birthday one was beautiful also. I do hope your OH is getting well. Mine is 83 and a ‘marvel’ for his age, or so his doctor tells him.

Gavin, high five. You are one of my new inspirations. There are so many of you now, I will have to keep going. Frog I do not have your problem, am the eldest of 4 and the only fat one. They live a long way from me so I am hoping that when I see them I will look substantially different. But I do have a friend who would really benefit from this diet, and I am gently gently making suggestions….

Throw out your big clothes. I have cupboards full of smaller ones, as I tend to be a bit of a hoarder, so won’t be shopping for ages, and as I am retired and live in a warm climate I do not need much. When my shorts get too big I will use a belt and I have dozens of smaller tops. When the shorts fall down I will go shopping…..

Greenjanet I hope you enjoying your hols. Who looks after the beautiful shop?

Hi LiveLonger! I’m a mom of 4 young ones as well (11,9,6,6) and twins too! I have about 20lbs (I think?) to lose. I’ve started and fallen off the diet several times, but I really have faith in it that it’s the best solution for me. After just a few days on the diet, my skin clears up, my cravings die down, and I lose weight. I struggle mostly with busyness and keeping up with the pace of life, and just getting over the initial phase of needing to say no to goodies that are around. It seems like almost every day there are sweets offered to our family or present at every social gathering. I don’t keep treats in the house as of a few weeks ago when I finally had the courage to ask everyone if they’d consider keeping sugar out for my sake and just enjoying it when they’re out (and there are lots of opportunities then!). I have a beach trip coming up in 4 weeks too!! So I think it’s helping me to be a bit more serious about saying no right now rather than waiting.
I began the 800 diet 2 days ago and have stuck to it well so far. I’m working out our family schedule this week and hoping to nail down exercise time. I love to exercise, but it is hard to defend the time to do it. I home school the kids, so we have very full days! I’ve been so encouraged by the forums lately and am glad to see so much optimism and encouragement here.
Which HIT program are you doing? I’ve been alternating between Jillian Michaels DVDs, running through the neighborhood and walking, which are all fun, but I should mix it up a bit. I’ve literally been doing the same Jillian DVD for about 4 years…you know, off and on, not solid!!

I don’t have diabetes…yet…type 2 runs in my family on both sides: both grandmothers, and my mother. And I see how it happens: the stress and demands of life and the shortcuts of easy carb-laden foods which are fast, convenient and comforting slowly add to our weight and trap us in habits of eating this way. By the time my grandparents and mother were in their 50s, their weight was really high, and their addiction to sugar was pretty deep. I’m working at killing the monster cravings I have for sweets and making new habits.

You’re off with a bang it sounds like with exercise and all! If you can’t get to a workout one day, don’t panic too much…lots of plates to keep spinning here ( : Hope you have a great day tomorrow.