Got fingers,eyes,legs and toes crossed for you GAVIN! xx
Isnt It great we can all still eat delicious food and still shed weight!
Right i better get moving and use up some calories !

Hi, I’m 53, been type 1 disbetic 43 years on insulin, pumping since Sept 2015 which I love. I am wanting to lose about 50lbs to get and feel healthier. I realise eating refined carbs despite the pimp, plays havoc with my blood sugars. My blood sugars definately improve on reduced carbs. So this is my week 1 and I am following the BSD 5-2 regime.
Here’s to losing weight, better blood sugars and feeling better.
I go swimming when I can. I work fulltime, married, 2 kids. Phew!!

EPS I think we have found the key now to losing weight and keeping it off..i think low carb is deffo the long term answer. I used to think i was just greedy but i now understand that simple carbs that i expected to fill me up made me emptier.
Well done on yr weight loss! XX and i think you can maintain well or lose more by simply watching yr carbs..you may not even need to look at the cals as long as you Curb Your Carbs!x

Some of us lose much more slowly than others, so you have company. Hitting a plateau is very frustrating but seems to happen to most of us at some point. It will come right at some point though, so don’t despair. It’s worth reviewing you carb in take – when I plateaued it was because although I had kept to the 800 cals, the carbs had snuck up a bit.

I’m sure you will be posting some positive results soon, so stay focused and keep soldiering on.

ooo Lucky brilliant news about progress – and future plan all sounds v rational and logical! So great about it changing whole family’s way of thinking about eating/food too – they will SOOOOOO thank you when they are older!! I would definitely do the same if I had kids – not make them obsessive but just aware of what they are eating and choosing.

Hi Toyko! 🙂 Glad you have de-spammed yourself :-))

Thanks for the comment about the 5/2 Yowser – glad to hear it works for some. It’s the flopping between losing and putting back on that I want to avoid so hopefully will get my head around something that works for me too.

Lots of us lose slowly Minnie so you are not alone! I seem to be lucky if I drop half a pound a week at the moment, but I’ll take all I can get. Seems you are doing well on the exercise front – much better than me, as this is an area I really struggle with. Keep drinking plenty of water, but remember to include enough fat, as this helps you feel full and to feel that way for longer. Maybe save a few calories for a little full fat yogurt in the evening, so you don’t have to go to bed feeling hungry.

Keep going and please keep us posted on your progress.

Day 6 of 800 calories a day is drawing to a close, and What an almost-week it has been! Here is my latest update tonight, because I can’t believe how much life has changed, and I have changed, in just six short days.
First of all – Hahaha that ChipsAhoy commercial is very cute, we don’t have them in Australia. Thankfully, one less thing to tempt me…
Thanks for your lovely message greenjanet 🙂 Congratulations on sticking it out 9 weeks!! Very inspiring. And thank you too, Avila!

So at the end of Day 6, I have lost 4.4 kilos. Yep. Six days, 4.4 kilos. That is 9.7 pounds in six days.

Mind. Blown. I’ve never experienced such success on a diet in my whole life and i’ve been on so many diets! I have to admit that losing 4.4 kilos in just six days seems too good to be true so I weighed myself three times to make sure, then again three hours later, but its true. My first few days were not very easy I can’t lie. I was hungry and 800 calories a day is not for the faint hearted, at least not at first and I have discovered just how much planning and counting and measuring needs to go into each and every meal!!! But after six days, my hunger has changed completely. Now I don’t have cravings, not at all! I feel temptations, but tempted isn’t the same as I NEED THIS. I wanted, not needed. Different.

It has become very liberating! And it makes me feel like I’m getting control of my addiction to eating – my hunger is not driving me and i’m not thinking constantly about what I can eat, or what sugary coffees, hot chocolates, etc I will have, and i’m not missing at all my too-late mid-morning breakfasts of lattes and toasted ham cheese and tomato sandwiches with melted butter on top from the cafe downstairs from my office!! Who’d have thought. I want one but don’t crave one.

On wednesday I had a drinks/dinner event to go to which i was dreading, but I ended up doing really well! A vodka, lemon, lime and soda cocktail is only 80 calories, and I chose the roasted veggies with lemon ricotta from the menu, all in all including my vodka drink my dinner was only about 370-400 calories. Phew!!! I half expected myself to say “what the heck its a party, order what you like!”

I’ve been strict, i’ve not fallen off the wagon at all, it has been hard work in many ways but six days in, its becoming easier and easier. I’m in the habit now of writing in my food journal every meal, every ingredient and its calorific value (is that a word?). I’ve had the same breakfast three days out of the six and I made the same lunch twice but I’m trying not to be too repetitive because our bodies need more of a variety of nutrients so I’m mixing it up as much as possible, different vegetables, different protein sources etc.

So if anyone is reading this who is just starting or about to start and feeling daunted and overwhelmed like I felt, six days ago, with the thought of only 800 calories and with the thought “its so much effort!!!”, don’t be! It really does get easier and the feeling of momentum towards losing weight – moving towards the gigantic goal I set is So good!

Have a lovely start to the weekend everyone! 🙂

What about something with lentils? I usually find them very filling and satisfying (and I have a very big appetite) 🙂 I adapted this chicken and lentil curry a bit and it’s lovely (I add a little coconut milk for flavour and I didn’t add spinach, but I daresay it’s nice with spinach). And I tweaked the amounts so that it was around 380 cals per portion (using MyFitnessPal)
http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/red-lentil-and-chicken-curry/

Or you could make lentil soup, which is also very filling. Stews with beans and lots of veg are also filling – although with all of these I guess watch the carbs, but if you’re cycling maybe you’ll need more 🙂
some nice ideas here you could tweak:
http://www.dalepinnock.com/recipes/

I’d probably go for a hearty soup with beans or lentils before yr cycle and then a stew or curry with lots of veg and cauliflower rice after – or cauliflower mash with steak and vegetables is lovely and filling too, try this garlic cauliflower mash it’s lovely! http://nomnompaleo.com/post/1356203768/garlic-cauliflower-mashed-potatoes

Good luck, hope you find something nice

Karen 🙂

Morning all

Good news Lucky and well done.

I am so close today to reaching my first major goal of 10% weight loss from my starting weight. So at 6 weeks tomorrow I should have lost 2st 2lbs. (Fingers crossed)

I had a healthy homemade beef burger and sweet potato chips for dinner last night. All allowed and within my daily plan. It was so yummy.

I’ve been on the Fast800 for a week now and am looking for some recipe suggestions for before and after my weekend cycle rides. I do a 40 mile 2:30hr cycle ride and used to load up on toast and peanut butter before and have pasts e.g. beef lasagna after to ‘recover’. Obviously this has to stop.

Any suggestions for BSD type recipes for before or after my ride. I think I need something slow release before hand and something satiating for when I get back as I’m usually ready to nore my arm off by the time I get home at the end of the ride.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks

Den

Hi fellow BSD’ers

I’ve been on the Fast800 for a week now and am looking for some recipe suggestions for before and after my weekend cycle rides. I do a 40 mile 2:30hr cycle ride and used to load up on toast and peanut butter before and have pasts e.g. beef lasagna after to ‘recover’. Obviously this has to stop.

Any suggestions for BSD type recipes for before or after my ride. I think I need something slow release before hand and something satiating for when I get back as I’m usually ready to nore my arm off by the time I get home at the end of the ride.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Thanks

Den

Hi Tokyo – but there’s only 3g of carb per hundred in spam – what’s wrong with that!!!

I made an interesting discovery with the issue of disappearing posts yesterday- anything with a link to the diabetes uk website disappears, no error message, warning, or explanation – you click submit, and it disappears into the ether!

Bread shaped child?

Thank you greenjanet. Auntie was fast asleep last night snoring her head off all through visiting 🙂
Mum hasn’t got a clot on her lung – so no further forward ???!!!

Day 188 weight 9st 5lbs
Blood sugar 8.4

I haven’t been sleeping very well and have been getting up late. I’m going to try to get to bed sooner tonight.

Just to say, Karen, you might give the 800 a try. For many people energy levels go up, not down – your body changes to get its energy not from refined carbs (with resulting bs spikes) but from fat.

So I would give the 800 a try – you should commit to say a week to give your body a chance to kick the carbs – and you may find that your energy levels increase! Mine certainly did!

Hope that helps!

Just a quickie – I’m going to make a spelt loaf – for the children not us. Just had a talk to them all to tell them things were changing and that size wasn’t an indicator of health. One child is pudgy, the other hasn’t an ounce of fat on him but the skinny one eats less healthier than the chubby one.

Will post a pic later if it turns out bread shaped 🙂

Glad you’re back too Tokyo, a spammer? You hardly ever post! That’s the sort of thing that should happen to me not you…

I’ve just jinxed myself, haven’t I?

good morning all
had a nightmare yesterday could not post !!! they thought i was spam but back now !! thank goodness how did everyones day go ?? lucky what delights are you baking today ???

thanks for the reminder Trudi – I just found it
the interview starts at about 1 hour 10 minutes into the program for anyone that wants to find it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07p13vf

Maybe I’m being cynical but GP’s used to get paid a bonus if they kept their diabetic patients blood sugar levels below 7. Can this be part of the reason they don’t want to lose us!!!

I just listened to this interview on iPlayer. So good to hear this thinking spoken on national radio.

It really is just common sense – but maybe that is only to those of us used to ditching sugar and sorting out our carbs! 🙂

Hello all.
Was very careful yesterday,went to bed hungry in spite of protein and veg for dinner BUT I was strong and scales this am said half a pound loss so better than nothing. Did drink a lot of water, 8 full glasses, but did not get rid of much so I am saying that there is a bit of water retention. It makes me feel happier.
Overslept this am so no time for 30 min gym session before Aqua class but did 45 mins there as usual and tried to work a bit harder.
Have not done many steps for the last 2 days as it is so dammed hot here in the south but am still focussed on the plan.
Please keep posting everyone. When I read of the fantastic losses some of you have made I am in awe. It also makes me feel a bit wimpy but don’t worry I am holding on to your coat tails and being dragged along.
Ta x

Imogen – exactly how I felt. I’d been a mum from 19, got pregnant just as I was due to go to Uni, and things have always got in the way of that, other pregnancies, deaths in the family, personal issues. My youngest is 10 now, one more year til secondary and my oldest is about to hit 21. It is going to sound corny as hell, but I have no idea who I am any more? Other than mum, carer, housewife? Time for some me time. And some you time, by the sounds of it. 60 things might be a stretch, I know others who had 100 on their lists, I struggled to reach 30, but they don’t have to be big things mind? Just silly little things can go on too 🙂 Set up a blog to chart your progress too, with pictures of the things you achieve!

Ruth – the baps are here – https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/recipes/spelt-bread?offset=1
It made 8 decent sized burger rolls, but if you wanted smaller ones, you could probably stretch it to 12? Really good too. I hope they freeze well. I want to make the bread for the children for the weekend. They will be a really good, but very occasional treat for me, and handy for long car journeys and days out. I’ve done so little with the children this summer purely because I’ve felt tied to my kitchen with this diet, and I feel really guilty about that.

54 – I am much more active now that I was, like Janey says, these newfangled devices help, a few of us duel regularly, unfortunately a foot issue has slowed me down this last week or so.
Mindfulness – for me, going from being a proper gluttonous greedy sod eating man sized plates of food, to having to stretch 800 calories over the course of a day? That in itself made me mindful – of what I was eating anyway. You can’t just mindlessly wolf your food down and not realise you’ve eaten any more, because there’s probably going to be so little of it now that you appreciate it more.
Other exercises, the HIIT? No, not once. 37lbs gone in 11 weeks. My husband – incidentally 54 if that’s your age too, started at 18 stone 4 and is 16 stone today in same time frame. 32 lbs. He hardly moved due to ill health, but he bought a Jawbone a few weeks ago and is now moving more. Just walk more 🙂 Good luck!

Thanks Jan. I was getting concerned about me, believe me! Yes, we’re all different, and I do find that if we find our own way to do it, and it works, it’s best to just stick to it. Different needs, different problems, different metabolisms, different health issues, different lifestyles, different levels of exercise, these all play a part in the whole picture, not just how low we can get our carb count on a day to day basis. But – in saying that – for some people, it is just that, too! It really is that simple! Luckily for me, it’s not. UNluckily for me, it seems that I can’t drink wine ever again… 😉

I think this is the way forward for me now, for now though, as I said, it’s something I have to keep reassessing as I go along, even on as short a time frame as a week to week basis. Maybe on weigh day. But I can’t go back to eating how I used to. The cake I had on holiday was too sweet. I don’t desire 99% of the things I used to eat any more. But the ones I do, I know I can make with almond flour, coconut flour, coconut oil, olive oil, flaxseed, besan… my kitchen cupboard is like bloody Paltrow’s! If I knew I could have – for example – a small homemade spelt base pizza once a week (and I mean small because the amount of food I can put away now is less than my youngest son) on a Saturday, I think I’d gladly be able to coast through the week on 800 – 1000 calories a day. I will still be counting calories, and I will still be sticking (mainly) to the list of allowed ingredients, swerving the higher stuff for the lower stuff when I can to get more bang for my buck. But the carbs, no – I can’t do that as well, not on so few calories. It’s driving me batcrap crazy. I’ve seen from my own data that some days it was 30, and some days it was 50 and that’s without trying to limit myself, just with what I wanted to eat on that day, so seemingly common sense alone let me make choices that let the carb total come in at a totally acceptable level. I appreciate that you need this at the moment, and it’s great that we live in a time that exists for us to have this information and these tools on hand so easily. Imagine trying to do this twenty, thirty years ago? 😮

Yes, week 12 tomorrow. We’ll see how that goes and reassess in a week’s time. I may end up eating my words. I may not. But it feels right for me at the mo, and Mr Lucky too. Have a great weekend, I think I am being hauled out by the children as it’s the last one before school! And other sister in law is coming down to stay in her caravan so heavy duty cleaning ahoy too 🙁

Sorry about that Jan!

Yes I think this thread may good for keeping many people focused. Hope it will do that for me too!

I’m coming to the end of my first 8 and have been evaluating my new way of eating and I realised, for the first time, this morning, that I’m now in control. I have managed to jump off that fast train heading towards diabetic complications.

I enjoy this way of eating and don’t feel deprived at all just feel healthier, even though I have only lost 12lbs, hopefully, 13 by Tuesday. It’s amazing what you can do with a cauliflower or a courgette!!!

I have lots to loose too so looks like we’re both going to be here for a while yet!

Hi Arty
Glad to hear that Lucky is home, I appreciate tinged with sadness, but it must be great to have him at home again – have a lovely day with him.

Hi all,
I didn’t get chance to post yesterday’s results, too much going on at home, granddaughters came for day, three of them, had to sort out a hack on my M&S account, £250 taken from my account! Busy day otherwise, went to Birmingham to the ‘new’ library there, they had a great day! We all came back shattered, we walked miles.
However, now for yesterday’s weight and food etc.

Weight was 12.2.0 so well pleased with that, that’s 4oz lost making the total 3lb 8oz in total.

Food,
Breakfast, portobello mushrooms, pine nuts and goats cheese,( my interpretation of the bsd recipe) and a cup of tea
Midday meal, hard boiled egg cheddar cheese, and a small salad, vimto squash to drink
Evening Meal, skinny chilli 1 chocolate and water.
Supper, coffee and nuts.
Also had a cup of tea when we got back from Birmingham.
Walked miles the girls did really well, little five year old Dana was amazing, we got soaked so she was walking with wet feet too, bless her, she just kept going.
Christine

Hi lucky
I’m so pleased you have found a workable way forward for you, I was concerned about you, but doesn’t it just prove how we are all so very different for myself I find the structure of counting, measuring using mfp etc reassuring I couldn’t cope without hem at the moment, and wouldn’t have got where I am now without them but for you the absolute opposite, so delighted for you keep going we will all get there. Wishing you a great week love jan

Hi nikkiD,
I suppose it depends on how you feel about yourself, like the others have said, weigh yourself every day, once a week, whatever makes you feel better about the diet, I weigh every day, then if I have lost it motivates me to do more of the same, if I have put on or stayed the same, I want to do better!
I also got told to up my fat intake if I wasn’t losing weight while keeping to the 800/50 principles!
I hope that helps.
Christine.

Yowser.

I’ve just read out your post about the pregnant terrier to my husband and we are in stitches 😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
You are a very funny little budgie.

Good Morning Ladies and Gent(s) 😀

Ooh Yowzer, when do you actually get to your daughter’s to go and weigh? I bet you’re chomping at the bit, aren’t you? You’ve much more restraint that I have 😉

Thank you Ruth, I just went on autopilot for it tbh (the catering) and not so on autpilot (the diet!). I said yesterday on another thread I think, that once we’ve done the 8 weeks its going to be something we need to assess on even a weekly basis at times. I was really gung ho at the start of week 9, I was definitely doing 8 weeks again, and that was that. But by this week, something changed in me (end of week 11 tomorrow). And the results I’ve had over the last couple of days have been staggering, since I decided to chill out slightly. However – I’m not diabetic, I’m doing this simply for the weight loss and the other health benefits that come with being smaller, more energy, less pain with less stress on the joints and hopefully – living longer. Everyone has their own path to travel, don’t they, for their own reasons? Those are mine.

Butterlover – glad your bathroom issue is sorted (that actually sounds worse than it is, hope people read your post properly haha). Most of us have snapped like that and if not, probably we will at some point. It could have been worse. If I’d snapped and done that 12 weeks ago it would have been a packet of biscuits and a multipack of crisps. Maybe it would have been for you too?

Jan, I’m afraid I haven’t been much of a worthy step dueller to you this week, I’m very sorry.

Well, my news. I posted yesterday that I had lost 0.9 kg and that I needed to lose exactly 1 kg to get back down to my pre-holiday weight. I figured that I’d give myself a week to do this, especially as I took the decision to relax a little on the plan now. It’s 2.2 lbs, it’s a decent weekly weight loss at this point. By relaxing I don’t by any stretch of the imagination mean reaching for the takeaway menus or Dairy Milk or things like that. But I still want to cook and I still want to bake, because that is what I’ve done for years and it’s hard to break a habit. People come to me because I’m the cook of my group and family. That’s my role in my world. Take that away from me, and I am very little else other than a Mum. At the end of the day I can only physically eat what I can now, and I eat until satisfied not stuffed because I despise that feeling of being bloated and unable to move. But I made my little healthy (ier!) crumble and I had a little portion after tea.

I made bread rolls yesterday. They were made with spelt flour. I don’t need to know if it’s allowed or not on the plan nor the carb count in it because I’ve done my digging and I know precisely what the N.I is on it and the health benefits/drawbacks, and I don’t care. Cooking with spelt is endorsed by Bowel Cancer Uk because it’s high in fibre, so I’m happy with my choice. They were a healthier choice for everyone than pulling a Warburtons white roll out of a bag, and they were absolutely lovely. My husband looked like he would marry me all over again when I presented his burger in the bun. My children, every single one of them, wolfed them down and declared them the best bread they’d ever tasted, and they turn their noses up at anything new. I’ve never made bread before. I’m going to make these, and the loaves, a few times a week for my children, so they are having a decent healthy bread that isn’t full of preservatives and additives.

And by this morning, I’ve lost a further 1.1 kg. I am now at my lowest that I’ve been on this WOE. Ok, only by a smidge, but I am at my absolute lowest now. Do I credit it with relaxing? Maybe. Do I advocate anyone else doing it? No, this is right for me and me alone. Maybe I wasn’t eating enough, as has been suggested twice. But I do know that – for me – things are now shifting along finally, and it all started going wrong for me when the ‘c’ word came into play. My weight loss was absolutely fine until I started stressing about bloody carbs and shoving things into MFP when I had successfully used the other ‘c’ word up to that point – common sense. If it ain’t broke and all that… That’s just my take on what’s happened to me. Some need to be more regimented. I didn’t. So I am still committed to getting healthy, but thankfully I can afford to take a more ambling, leisurely pace in doing so, with the occasional treat, because God knows the rest of my life rolls at such a frenetic pace that I don’t need to stress myself out unduly! And the minute any weight loss plan or way of eating becomes stressful or a chore? That’s when things are going to start going wrong. I think most of us can agree on that, from experience. It had started to become a chore for me. So I am taking it back to how I was doing it at the start. Common sense, with a few treats chucked in, made from healthier ingredients. Some allowed, some not. But there won’t be white flour or white sugar or crappy margarine or low fat things involved. I’ve managed to shift 37 lbs in 11 weeks doing it this way, so I’ve obviously been doing something right – for me, my life and my needs 🙂

So – 15 stone I am on the final day of Week 11. Started at 17 stone 9 lbs. And I am thrilled to bits with that. I’m in the process of overhauling how my whole family eat now. Head off any problems before they begin. Everyone have a lovely Friday 🙂 Hope the sun is shining for you too.

Nikki

Have you MEASURED? Are you testing against clothes?

There is lots of experience here on the forum about weight slowing but measurements shifting. If you look me up in the search box you will find my thread about “not too much to lose but….”

So I would recommend a couple of things

See how the measurements are doing.
Weigh as often or as little as you need – don’t get attached to what the scales say, you are doing yourself good and you need to commit to the 8 weeks.
Divide your target into small chunks.

Also – how many carbs are you eating? Less that 50g per day within your 800 calories can kickstart the weight loss.

Hope that helps.

Hi Karen

I exercise already too.

I swim 3-4 times a week for 30 mins or more, but don’t feel its doing good and I am told by my GP Ill never lose weight by swimming’ so looking to do the fast exercise with this plan.

I am doing the 800 and I have NO disciple and will go ‘off piste’ badly with the 5 ‘off ‘ days.

But fingers crossed for you

Hi 54, love your moniker! Actually exercise seems to have surreptitiously crept up on quite a few of us now we are feeling more healthy! The fitness apps and bracelets are making us all more aware of how much we move. I for one have benefitted massively from having the little bracelet nag me and try to walk for at least 30 mins a day, more even at weekends (previously I walked to my car and back!) I’ve even been inspired to raise money for charity on this basis. Specific mindfulness.. Not sure. A few of the ‘flock’ use yoga, for me just having quiet time with my OH as we wander in the evenings seems as therapeutic.. It’s about switching off from the day’s stresses and finding time to relax 😀

Hi nikki
I weigh daily, and yes I did plateau, sometimes for days, sometimes weeks. I am on week 9 and lost 33lbs but I am sticking absolutely to it, I do not eat what isn’t permitted and I eat 50 and below carbs a day. But we are all very different, I had 104 lbs to loose when I started so my loss may be faster than those who only want to shift 20 lbs. I was also very ill prior to starting this plan so I had a huge motivator, which will now last the rest of my life as I have now turned around serious symptoms.
So do what’s best for you, if I stay the same or put on it motivates me, but if it demoralises you then perhaps weekly. Keep us posted.
Regards jan

Hi everyone, can I ask, does everyone weigh themselves daily or weekly? Because I have been adhering the to diet so strictly, I can’t wait to weigh myself each morning to see the result, however I am then disappointed when there is no change for 2-3 days. I am 2 weeks 5 days into the BSD and have lost a total of 4.4kg. (9.7lbs) so far. My goal is to lose 15kgs (33lbs) down from 87 kgs (13.7 st). The first 2 weeks I lost much quicker than this week. I am adhering to the diet strictly and thought the weight would come off quicker after reading other peoples results.

Hi Verano

I’m a Jan by the way yep Tuesday sounds good to me trying to spread the word bril idea, this thread there are so many moving of the 800 and I think while I am doing it as per the book I need to be around others in the same boat or bus so to speak, I think it will help to keep us focused, I find it hard to read about others eating choc, cake whatever its not where I want to be. I have so much still to loose scared of the old Jan returning and commitment running of down the road like Yowser said her appetite or something went of muttering down the road cor she does make me laugh😀😀😀

Yeah I’m doing the same although not sure if doing the 800 or the 5:2. I already exercise and don’t think I will have energy to do so on 800 calories so wondering about doing the 800 on days I don’t exercise. Good luck !

I am new to the forum – and the website – I am keen to loose weight not least I will be able to cycle up hills easier and hopefully cheat my family genes of heart disease and type II diabetes! I am already a regular exerciser doing weights x 2 weekly and cycle about 75 miles a week. It doesn’t seem fair that weight loss has eluded me but it has and I have come round to the not all calories equal point of view. Anyway how do you manage when on 800 calories and doing a lot of exercise? I am worried when out on a strenuous 35 mile bike ride I will literally run out of energy!

Very true Lucky….have stories…just not much of a writer, so maybe a challenge would help!!
My 20’s to 30’s were full of possibility, challenges and crazy adventures…since then… not so much! Last 20 odd years have been devoted to raising and home educating my son. Now feel that I want to reclaim ‘me’, so spent last couple of years sorting my head 😵(not convinced that worked😉) This year been focussing on fixing my physical health.
Then maybe the list….work in progress…60 things might be a stretch, better get started!
Thanks for the inspiration,🌻

Oh Yowser that’s so funny😀😀😀

Hi ruthdownunder

Us July girls are still going strong yeahh verano has started a thread for those of us still doing the 800 Cals who are still committed to getting healthy, and who are at week 9-16 i think of it as the bsd bus and the back seat is for us all, those of us on it are going for it full blast if you are carrying on join us and we can all enjoy the journey together, inspire, share bring it on. Hope you have a lovely day😀

well done you all, good on everyone.

As a new start I am curious. lots spoken about the ;new way of eating; but how did the exercise go and the ‘mindfulness’ are these still big parts of new lifestyle post 8 weeks ?

not a lot is mentioned

Yowzer! Thank you so much! In the notification email it only gave your ‘real world’ name that I didn’t recognise but when I checked my page out online it told me it was you! Now I have another mystery name to work out as well. In so chuffed with the support I’ve had so far on this and it’s not even 24 hours yet!

Re 5:2, I also did very well on it originally but lapsed due to lack of control on the non fast days. That’s why I like the re education of the BSD. I never have a day now where I think I’m ok to stuff a choccie bar!!

Verano, it’s all about the trend! I’m not even two weeks in so my losses are a great boost for me. I expect they’ll slow down soon but as long as the trend is downwards and my health is improving I’ll be happy! Looking forward to seeing everybody’s results…

Hi all. I don’t have a dog or cat so I’ve been trying to calculate how many Goldfish to a kilo so maybe Ive lost 500 fish =5kg .it sounds like a lot when you say it in these terms. Happy to report a good trip to the GP yesterday.BP down,DR was happy that I have stopped taking BP medications. I rarely remembered anyway.Ordered some tests and asked how I was loosing the weight. He already recommended 5:2 a while ago when I didn’t think that I could do it,so he was impressed that I was doing BSD. On the down side, a very stressful day dealing with trades people quoting for a new bathroom and planning the disruption of living with a mobile ensuite .I lost the plot and went to my son’s room for a chocolate biscuit. Thankfully one was enough to get me through for a while, then another issue sent me to the pantry for potato chips about half a packet, of course the result is weight up slightly today. I managed to get all the trades for the bathroom set up and within my very tight budget so back on track today. Going out for a walk before it rains. cheers

Hi Langerhans

I just thought that if everybody reported their losses on the same day it would be easier to judge our own performance. Although, in saying that I know only too well that some people lose faster than others …. I’m one of the slower ones but that’s because I’m not as vigilant as the ‘fasties’!

Hi Fifo64 , Im also not diabetic but I use my blood sugar readings as a guide to how Im traveling. According to the BSD book I am prediabetic with fasting BGL above 5.5.So I check it every morning and record it in my app.then when I feel starving or tired or in any way off .I will check again, this helps me control emotional eating. If I ague with hubby or get stressed, I usually start scoffing food but when I know my BGL is adequate around 6, I know Im not hungry and I can do something to keep busy till the hunger passes or its actually time to eat.The other trick which I tried this week was to enter all my meals that I have planned into my app in the morning,so when I check if I can have a snack ,I see that the calorie count for today is too high so no snack.This also means Im planning my meals early in the day , not eating on a whim when Im hungry. welcome to the journey

I know what you mean Wilma. I have deviated (yes I like the word) from the full 800 diet over the last few weeks. I hit a great milestone when getting completely off all medication, and I didn’t so much fall off the wagon, instead I’m hopping behind it with one foot stuck on the tail board.

I’ve still a few kilos to lose but my mass is in a much better place now.

I chomp on 90% cocoa chocolate, having a touch more than I really should – if you can call eating half the block instead of one segment “a touch”. Still my weight has been maintained fairly evenly.

My partner and I are transferring to the 5:2 diet with low carbs throughout. That way we lose weight and still get the yummies we were avoiding.

Hikari Miso – Instant Miso Soup (Wakame)