Janet,

I am less than a week on the Jawbone – arrived Sat. App keeps freezing on my phone so still figuring out the potential. I think the calorie burn based on my activity is a bit generous get 10k steps, Monday I had 15k…. I think I have linked to you ….

Thanks Sunny, not sure why it is. I drink 3 litres of water a day and have been having things like Almond butter and apple or eggs for breakfast. Soup made with bacon hock or chicken, coleslaw and feta for lunch then normally meat and vege for dinner so should be enough fat , I would have thought.

I do watch my carbs too but maybe those few beans in my soup may be a bit too much for me.
Not sure but will see how I go by the end of this week. I have been active by keeping up to 10,000 steps a day and 3 x week heavy weights at the gym. I wonder if the muscle work makes me more hungry.

Thanks again!

I snoozed on and off for an hour, then had a bath before work – still a little shaky but overall a better day.

Thank you again – I love this diet and I love this forum ❤️

Night night peeps,another good BSD day done..anyone watchingThe Watchman,i’m on the edge of my seat..xx
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Hi langerhans,
I hope you have had a better day today? Did you manage to get back to sleep after you were awake at 4 am?
Sometimes you just have to give yourself a treat, whatever that might be, and it sounds like you did just that!
Christine.

Tuesdays results, Wednesday’s food, I’m getting confused!
Today I was 12.2.4 and I can’t remember how much I’ve lost, so I think I’m losing it!
I think I have lost 3lb 4 oz this back to basics?
I didn’t sleep too well, again, the heat didn’t help, however it was my dratted legs again that kept me awake, I am going to have to see the doctor about them when I go for blood test results.

Because I was out with friends for lunch I only had a cup of teas for breakfast.
Midday meal, steak and salad and a cappuccino.
Evening meal, sea bass, salad, strawberries and cream
Supper, coffee, 2 chocolates.
Under 50g carbs just over 800 calories.
Christine

Hello Arty1,

How sad to hear of your best friends illness, but glad that you have chosen to spend this time with him…good friends bring such comfort

For me the best yogurt is Lidl’s Turkish style yogurt, a litre tub costing £1.30 something, so great value. It is 125cals, 10% fat and has 4.2g of sugar per 100g and is thick and has a very creamy texture and flavour. I have between 80g and 90g per day for breakfast around 9 to 9:30, with various toppings and find it keeps me feeling full until lunchtime between 13:00 and 14:00. I sometimes add a splash of rose or orange flower water, to give the illusion of sweetness.

@Igorsusual – well done to you and your OH – inspirational stories and motivational tales – you both must be pleased.

Very best to you both on your travels through time and space ………………………

I might do a BSD once a yer during Lent (it’s an Easter thing!)

Day 6 BS 8.2 mmol/L the same as yesterday. How things change quickly. My best mate, Lucky is in Vet hospital having breathing difficulties his cancer has spread to his lungs from the latest xray. Tears all round last night , we will bring him home this afternoon and spend some time with him. How long we do not know. No walk today.

Ten days in, and the whole 800kcals thing is becoming just what I do. Work is getting used to me drinking homemade veg soup for breakfast and my multicoloured peppers and hummus.

So, I just wondered how your macros average out? For me, week 1 was 29/48/23 (carbs/fat/protein) and week 2 so far is 27/51/22. The carbs are coming from veggies and a few berries. I aim to have one definite protein item a day – fish, chicken or feta cheese. I’m definitely losing inches and I’m feeling healthy. I’m using “Fat Secret” app so that’s where the numbers come from.

I’d be cautious 54andfatnomore. Less calories, but still a sugar alcohol. It can cause unfortunate gastric side-effect😱

Eating or drinking artificial sweeteners doesn’t encourage us to lose our sweet tooth😢

Great results Frog 😃💐

Ooh Avila you got a jawbone, so have I want a step duel I’m listed as Jan Moloney. and my profile pic is a Tibetan temple. Then we can spur each other on, it’s really upped my weight loss in the past few weeks.💃💃💃

Thanks janey luvvy, I submit the steps today, been too damn hot here in tropical Kent 😎😎😎 keep up the excellent work yourself, and Tokyo and lucky, keep up the momentum, I’m going back to week one and enjoy it all over again, gluten for discipline me , but just want it b…….y well done and dusted pronto. 😎😊🤐

Frog.

Wow for your wonderful results, delighted for you. 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏👏👏🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺

so which is the best / lowest sugar content yogurt to buy ?

There are loads on the shelves !!

Well done everyone.

My mood is still low but contained as far as food is concerned. Distracted myself with the mowing and other gardening – 3 hours in the heat , but Jawbone didn’t register a lot of it as not actual steps.

No breakfast; brunch? of 2 boiled eggs and lots of leaves and tomatoes etc. Just had supper of stir fried veg with a bit of chilli, and had coriander chopped in full fat natural yogurt to stir through and cool it . going to allow myself a square of 85% coca chocolate.

Trying not to fret over the step backwards weight wise from end of last week and yesterday. (A whole cheesecake just for me, and bag of choc chip cookies, plus booze!!! When I fall I really fall!)

I have discovered ‘no added sugar chocolate with xylitol sweetener’

how bad is this for the BSD ?

anyone else had / tried / know ?

mix of cocoa and soya

plamilfoods,co.uk

I did say before you are a mystery to medical science…….

Congratulations on your BSD results, every rib, and hope you will be upping the B12 (if not with marmite) to bid farewell to the pernicious anaemia. Quite a sinister name for a condition, i always think.

OH and I are doing fine thank you for asking.

Both of us have finished BSD, I am still under 9 stone, with the wiggle room I gave myself and have booked a full blood test (didn’t specifically ask for HbA1c as not ever diagnosed as Type 2 or borderline) for the end of this week to see how BS and Cholesterol are doing. Still generally sticking to BSD, and keeping carbs low – we had a weekend away and though we had a lovely Italian meal, were able to resist the bread+olive oil+balsamic quite easily.

OH now totally off metformin, with some follow up HbA1c testing due early September to see if his results are maintained. He succumbed (well, he chose) some chips over our weekend, and had such immediate violent indigestion I think won’t be repeating that in a hurry.

Can’t see us going back to refined carbs at all, apart from a few roast potatoes at Christmas.

Very best wishes to you and your ongoing journey, whatever you choose to do…….

No, during the diet I did cut down on cheese and maybe didn’t eat as many eggs as usual – as as for Marmite – no thanks – so I could have gone low during the diet. I do know what pernacious anaemia is and am not unduly worried since coming off the diet.

Sadly my GP (who is leaving shortly too after 20 years) is the appointed ‘diabetes expert in the surgery so all diabetics are referred to her, so I can’t get a second opinion. I think I will move on to practices afar.

I don’t know why they didn’t do the HbA1c and neither do they or the labs. Got cholesterol, kidney function and every other diabetes related test except HbA1c.!! Quite a number of other tests.

The sad thing for me is doing the diet, intentionally in time to have my HbA1c tested during it to a) prove it worked (but as my GP said today that if I had walked in any time in the past five years they would not have classed me as diabetic because my control has been so tight and b) to see if I had reversed my diabetes. I am classing my BSD as successful – got down to lower than my target in the six weeks and looked quite gaunt and could count every rib in the mirror.

So that’s the story. None the wiser, just skinnier. Thanks igorsusual and sunshine-girl. How are you both doing.

Like you, just gave it a cursory scan, but looks like it could be really interesting. Will try to find time to give it a proper read through in the next couple of days.

Agree with Frog and Igorasusual, the BSD plan is quite clear on refined carbs and on here it is this plan that we are following and seeing great results from, so the Daily Mail info is not helpful to us.
Of course, everyone is free to make their own decision and follow any eating plan they feel will work for them, but for me personally, this would be a move in the wrong direction. I’m BSD all the way!

OMG! Crumble..and pliss we can have some? LUCKY I am moving to yours,you always have something nice and tasty on the go!
I am so sorry yr heel is still hurting..i really feel for you knowing firsthand – or first foot! – how painful this problem is 🙁
And they can’t sue you for changing to 1000 cals on some days..after all, we cant do 800 cals for ever can we…dont think that wd be healthy if it was forever and always! Long as you dont go backwards Lucky and i know you wont let that happen!
Great news FROG ! And yes stick it to the medics who seem so obsessed with keeping us on meds..some of them need to open their minds a little and have some faith in their fellow doc, MM
GAV yayyy…You sound optimistic! Thats so good! Good for you sticking with it and then suddenly see things moving the way we want them to! X
JANEY i love yr laidback attitude! It obviously works! I’ m trying to be more like that,youre my role model!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hi Lucyjane
Well done on taking the decision to act now. It sounds like you had good success before using and so you can again. I’m coming to the end of my second round of eight weeks, with a sort of break of ten weeks between them, for an extend holiday in Turkey. Overall I have dropped 17lb (7.7kg) and am still losing, if rather more slowly than at the beginning.
Although it was tough at the beginning, the 800 low carb thing has become a habit. I am much more realistic about portion size and find that if I can’t weigh and measure things – e.g. when eating out – I know what I can eat without it being a complete disaster.
I understand that you are worried about committing to the 800 for 8 weeks, as it seems a daunting thing to do, but it actually very quickly becomes a way of life. Can’t help feeling that if you want to hit your target, you would be better doing 800 cals a day every day if you can, but can I suggest that if you are doing higher cal days, you try to keep your carbs at 50g or less a day, as this will help to stop your blood sugars yo-yoing, causing cravings for carbs.
As Barnett said, there is heaps of advise and support on here, so do make the most of it and let us all know how you get on and post your results and the encouragement fellow BSDers provide on here will help you to stick with it.

I think youve made a good choice deciding on BSD. i am a fan of 5:2 and have often fasted over the last three years,but the non fast days are tricky coz its so easy to over eat!
With BSd,,each day you have the same cals andyou keep yr carbs and cals low…..the low carbs help you feel not hungry ( coz surprisingly,tho carbscan seem filling,they makeyou hungrier! Has taken me many yearsto learn this fact!)
SUNNY has given you excellent food advice..follow it and you wont go wrong!
I’ m on week 7 and have eaten after noon each day ( so i get a little fast in as well!) usually berries and yoghurt,then in the evening i have my main meal..some protein and either big salad or tons of steamed veg.
Usually works out a little under 800 cals and up to 50 gcarbs. For me,having full fat yoghurt and some butter,some nuts have been my saving grace! Lost 26lb at last weigh in,due another weigh in now!
Have a great holiday! X see you when you get back!

Fantastico news Frog.

Great news Jan and Tokyo.

Crumble … yummy… Lucky… glad your feeling human again. Need to stop the alien abductions 🙂

So, Saturday will be 6 weeks. Last week was a stay the same weight week, but I have been weighing each day and I am so so close now to something.

There are so many…love your enthusiasm…how you can break down those seemingly impossible exercises into smaller steps that are doable, practical and affordable!!

I also loved the image of you arranging chairs at the top and bottom of the stairs and setting out to do what you could right then (and building on that)

Brilliant – no excuses – just funfilled activity 🙌 reminds me to not take myself sooo seriously!!!

You bring the same positive common sense approach to the diet, I am sure that many new BSD ers have benefited from your posts.

I am so thankful to you (and all the other super supportive BSD band who have helped keep me sane over the last 18 weeks 😵)

Thanks🌻💐🎶🎵💐🌻

That’s astounding Frog, and total proof that this CAN reverse the scourge of diabetes. We need to get out kids into this way of thinking early I reckon…

Well done on dropping the 4kgs, that’s a great result in less than two weeks, you must be really pleased.
Shame you are feeling hungry most days. Are you including enough fat in your meals? Fat helps you feel full for longer, so it’s worth ‘spending’ calories in making sure you have enough. Also make sure you are including enough fluids, as often when we feel hungry, we are actually thirsty.
Finally, check you are not taking in too many unexpected carbs, as carbs will cause blood sugars to spike and when they fall it will drive the hunger as your body calls out for more carbs. Some foods are unexpectedly high in carbs and can cause you to eat more carbs than you think you are, so it’s worth keeping an eye on carbs as well as calories.
Good luck on continued great results – let us know how you get on.

Haha you should know by now that I’m not the carb police! I just stay away from the danger foods and otherwise eat in moderation. I don’t even know how many weeks in I am (14? 15?) but I know this WOE suits me, has helped me lose 2 dress sizes and made me feel more energetic than I can remember for a very long time!

Big congrats Jan – phenomenal achievements in the opening 8 weeks 👍🏼. And to everyone else still losing weight and inches.. Keep up the good work.

Right, I’d better get out walking again. I have some duels to win 😉

HBa1c results have arrived today

22 Aug HbA1c levl – IFCC standardised 38.000 mmol/mol (Normal range 20 – 42 mmol/mol)
15 June HbA1c levl – IFCC standardised 62.000 mmol/mol (stopped taking metformin after this)
17 May started BSD
21 Jan HbA1c levl – IFCC standardised 106.000 mmol/mol
17 sep 2015 HbA1c levl – IFCC standardised 102.000 mmol/mol

so even if weight isn’t going super fast, really pleased with this
& stuff the GPs who were p’d off that I’d stopped taking metformin!

– For satisfying meals, think low on carbs and high on protein and fat. It sounds counter intuitive, but it works.
– Look to eat plenty of leafy veggies, avoid root veg as these tend to be high carb. Make good use of cauliflowers – they make great rice/couscous and mashed with garlic they make a great mash potato substitute – see thread on cauliflower for recipe. Indeed there are lots of good recipe ideas on this site.
– Use good fats like olive oil – great for salad dressings etc.
– Once you start the BSD properly, remember to count calories and carbs in drinks consumed as well as foods.
Good luck and we will all be interested to hear your results soon.

SUNSHINE youve done incredibly well while faced with the challenge of feeding hungry children and being so active with them,and at same time,being cautious yourself as to what you ate..in yr situation,it wd have been sooo easy to gain five lbs or more,but no- you lost! High five! Yay!
Having smashed that,you will easily manage the next four weeks with such a lovely incentive ahead of you! X

Hi Rugby2462, great results and it is good that you and your wife are doing the diet together, I always think it must be harder when it’s not just you to worry about. I have just bought a gadget as well to make courgette spaghetti. I didn’t have any treats to start with as I didn’t trust myself!
But at week ten Im going to have an occational glass of wine or one of the scones from the receipes – keeping within the calories still.

I had had diabetes for 7 years getting progressively worse and after the note of caution in the books about longtime diabetes I was not expecting miracles so when after only a couple of weeks my blood sugars had gone down I was delighted.

Trebor728

Your results so far are terrific.
I understand what you mean about the money for new clothes, but what a great reason to have to buy them. Your comment has actually got me looking at clothes that will fit me in a few weeks.

The article on low carbs being dangerous is the stance my doctor has as well, I find it really strange that reversing diabetes would save the NHS a fortune and they do nothing to encourage a dieting approach. Maybe with more success they may change their minds.

Sandra

Thank you. My house will sparkle by the end of 8 weeks!!

Hi greenjanet. Great result 😃💐

Are you at the end of your BSD journey or do you have further to go?

Thanks for your kind comments 😃

SandraJH thank you 😃

Weighed in this morning at half a pound less for the week, not a remarkable result, but I’ll take it, especially as we have been away for five days camping with the grandchildren and I haven’t been mega strict. Now I have four weeks to really knuckle down and stick to the 800/less than 50g carbs, to shift as many pounds as I can before a wedding and a trip back out to Turkey – wish me luck folks!!

Just jumping in, Lucia, I think the best thing you’ve written here was about your exercise going up and down the stairs with a chair at the top and a chair at the bottom, for those people who are too embarrassed to go outside, at the start.

I think that is the most inspirational thing you’ve written and I’m always quoting it to people.

Thank you for all your thoughts, they’re so helpful as well as being very very funny. 🙂

Oh Ziggy. No wonder you are frustrated

So, you had a blood test done and that produced the results you’ve reported, i.e. the low platelet count and the folic acid issue, but despite your being on the list for your six monthly HbA1c test, they didn’t do that one????

Pernicious anaemia? Well, that’s B12 as sunshine-girl says, and you are vegetarian I think you said?

But I cannot think that the BSD can have caused that, because surely you have been eating B12 rich food such as cheese, eggs, marmite, as you would usually have done? I know that low-fat dairy has more B12 apparently, and I assume you have moved on the BSD to full fat? Could that alone (in the time, 6 weeks!) have caused such a fall in B12 levels to cause pernicious anaemia?

Otherwise, all the recommended food for B12 in terms of meat, fish etc are fine within the BSD.

I do wonder whether, prior to your successful BSD (I will persist in calling it that, because at least you’ve lost 21 lbs plus and you must have reduced your visceral fat), you had too little B12 within your normal diet and the removal of the low-fat option for dairy has pushed it lower? What do you think?

There is no problem in having low-fat options in the BSD of course, if you add them in – it’s just adding the sugar within them which is an issue.

Stop banging your head against the wall (well, I assume you’re doing that, I would be), take a deep breath and perhaps you could make am appointment with another doctor at the practice with a list of cogent questions???

Hi Imogen,
What’s the best thing you have read on this website?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Sounds like you have a dippy doctor. I very much doubt this diet would cause pernacious anaemia unless you are vegitarian and not getting any meat products. A lack of B12 is the usual cause but not through not eating but because the body cannot process it so it is not something you just get all of a sudden. I know what you are like Ziggy for doing your research, look it up and also find out why your HBA1c was not done. The diet has not failed as you don’t even know the results yet.

YES.. I’ll do that.. thanks!

Ohh BRENDAwhat a great incentive – a cruise! Lose some weight for it and give yrself some wriggleroom for all the lovely food you’ll enjoy in November! X

Ruthdownunder I am quite short, 5ft 1. Now that I remember I always weighed a bit less at the docs office than my scales at home. I will weigh myself at the docs office when i get my blood test after the diet and work out my BMI on the NHS BMI calculator 🙂

Nursebean, I am on lower carbs now and I don’t feel any hungrier. I like this diet 🙂

do whats right for you and the mister lucky there no ” carb police”is there unless janey is a secret one !!!👮 hope your heel gets better soon

Oooooh Tokyo let me know what it’s like! Been dying to try it!

I’ve made a blackberry and apple crumble with a little oats, coconut sugar and butter. Picked the blackberries from the garden 👍 Smells lovely.

I’m toying with the idea of eating more too, if I’m honest, I’m struggling a bit coping on 800 now some days, others I’m fine though. Hubby is too. I’ve never really been bothered with the carb side of it and it was working just fine when I wasn’t counting them. Think as long as I’m sensible, stick to the right foods from the list of allowed things and avoid the flour, pasta, rice, potatoes, junk food, WINE etc. It’s taken me 25 years to get here, I can wait a little longer for it to come off. Will weigh on Saturday then not weighing daily again. Will eat when I’m hungry and stop when I’m full. Common sense. Wish I could move more but my heel is playing up. Docs I think… 😐

Wow.. 26lbs Thats awesome… thanks for your response… yes so hard to smell and not crave but I think I’ll just have to work and head straight home for the next 8 weeks.. got a cruise in November.. want to look decent in beachwear… Have a nice day! 🙂

SCHNITZ well done! I did something similar two days ago..i felt like i was ready for my dinner by about3pm! Cleaned out a cupboard and forgot all about dinner! X diversionary tactics help x!

Oh MIN my Beau is the same! No health probs,very slim except for a paunch which is developing recently. Not nice of me but i view it with glee…its hard to spend time with someone who can eat his fill but not put on an ounce!

I Like yr cunning plan!if its not there,you cant eat it!x👍🏻