Understood 😉

Thank you

well, they’re tidily stashed away in the storage unit, so the tidy ones did, hoarding not so good!

Silicone egg poachers are great (not to diss your new toy Lucky!)
I used to find the eggs stuck a bit, then I stopped coating the cups with olive oil, and they’ve been fine – sometimes I have to peer at the empty cup to see if its the dirty one or not.
The only time the eggs get too hard is when I forget what time I put them on!
Added bonus is that towards the end of cooking I add tomatoes to the water to warm them through, and replace the pan lid with a plate so that I have a warm plate.

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😂😂😂😂

They worked then…?

Most evenings, I have been giving my OH the same meals as me but in larger portions, sometimes with the addition of carbs, sometimes not. Sometimes he will look for something else afterwards – ice cream, or a few biscuits, but quite often not. He has lost almost a stone in the period that I have been doing the BSD and dropped 17lb.
Hope you manage to find a way forward oldbluejeans. Maybe get yourself an internal mantra to keep you focused and on track. Keep us posted on progress.

28/08/16

Week 7
Day 7

Diet starting weight: 18 stone 6 pound

Weight now: 15 St 13lb (101.15Kg)
BMI: 25.7

Not sure about that book Lucky, but last time I had a big clear out, I think there were about 8 books on tidying/decluttering/hoarding – they’re probably all in the storage unit somewhere!

Thanks Yowzer49 and Ziggy
Yes I am a happy bunny at the moment. I am getting closer and closer to hitting a healthy weight for my height. Hopefully this should be in the next 2 to 3 weeks.

wow – I’d never really thought about the mechanics of how you lose fat Sunshine Girl

And the sitting down comment reminded me of a recentish ‘conversation’ from (note, from, not with, more of a monologue) a taxi driver who went on all the way home from the west end about the benefits of squatting to poo rather than sitting.
You know when you’re in an enclosed space with someone and you’d really prefer not to be 🙂

per person – sorry to be short, X Factor coming on

Monday, it is still Sunday here, have a good week where ever you are

Looks like you have a plan to move forward Kereru. We all have stumbles along the way, with temptation getting the better of us and with some days being more than 800cals – but I bet you have some under too, so it balances out long term. Why not try omelette with salad for a change, or fish and stir-fried spinach perhaps. It’s always a good idea measure as well as weigh, as it can be surprising how measurements can shrink, even if the scales are being stubborn.

Keep going and I’m sure you will be posting loses again soon.

Captainlynne, Sometimes people come out of a consultation with the wrong end of the proverbial stick. I once nursed a woman who was in for a hysterectomy and the doctor explained in great detail what he was going to do. When he left I asked if there was anything she was not sure about and she said ‘no, fine, as long as I can still have more children’ dooh, but that’s what happens. Your ears turn to cotton wool and your brain goes fuzzy. My mum was T2 and swore for years that the doctor gave her a prescription for 7 Mars Bars a week on the NHS. My brother, who is a nurse, said the doctor told her to keep a Mars Bar in the fridge cut into portions JUST IN CASE SHE HAD A HYPO. I know there are nurses as reported on here who still tell people to my Mars Bars but I think that is all they hear. Anyway, why would a nurse say not to eat tomatoes. It is possible your friend might have acid reflux or something similar and that was just part of the advice.

If this is not the case make sure you drill it into her when you next see her. We must keep banging the drum. I have just read the NHS guidelines for weight loss and they recommend low carbs and, although they didnt say very low cal, they did say all the things said about rapid weight loss (put it all back on etc) is a myth. They also recognise that the high carbs for diabetics is still being advised but is now very unwise. This led to a link to the American Journal of Medicine which also recommends low carbs, so do not fret, the message is getting through. Slooooooowly.

what on earth is wrong with tomatoes, Lynne??!
(leaving aside the idiotic time wasting nurse!)

Morning and Happy Monday. Weight for start of this week 131.3!! another 1.2 loss. very happy!!! An interesting weekend with a dinner out Friday night and Saturday celebrating 3 birthdays with family. But still a loss so am stoked!! I was especially careful on Saturday and made up for any overindulgence on Sunday by only having brunch and dinner. Looks like that worked LOL!
So – have got the meals sorted. Now to get the exercise in. I’m up one level in the building I work at, so am going to use the stairs. And going to try and get some walking in during the day. I have found an old pedometer, so will start wearing that and track how many steps I do a day.
Onwards and downwards!!!
KJ

Remember my diabetes nurse? She who was really supportive and telling patients about the BSD?

Well …….

Tonight I was speaking to someone who has just been to see the same nurse for her annual mot results and she was told she is borderline diabetic. Just to add to her other health issues. So – what advice was she given?

She was told to watch how much sugar she eats. If she wants a biscuit or slice of cake to just have half. And not to eat tomatoes.

At my last visit I thought the nurse was on board with the BSD. But now …!

Feels like I was wasting my time talking to her!😱😥

In the book the recipes says how many calories and then how many servings but I’m not sure if the calories are per person/ serving or in total.
Can anybody help with this?

Hi igorasusual,
That is incredible! I’m amazed, I wish I could keep carbs and calories as low as you, I do have the added problem of having to cook for two died in the wool carb eaters, in other words, bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, cakes, puddings, you think of any food that is made with flour and sugar, my two eat it in abundance, I have to say I am weak, I succumb more often than I should.
The first eight weeks,I was fully supported by husband, I lost just under two stone, since then however, they have got bored with my ‘diet’ and have gone off piste!
You will have to give me a few ideas, the only day I let go a bit is Sunday, I will have to sit down with the bsd book and take a long look at what I am eating and what I can eat to keep my calories and carbs down!
Thank you for the inspiration.
Christine.

Think this is something a lot of us have struggled with to some degree. I try to limit fluid in the evening, which seems to keep me to a maximum of one toilet visit during the night. I try to space my fluid intake evenly through the day and to help with this, I have a policy during the day, that if I go into the kitchen I have to drink a glass of water while I’m there. Obviously this doesn’t happen in the evenings.

Hope you manage to find a solution TazzieDevil. Broken sleep saps energy, so it’s important you find a way forward.

Good luck – let us know hoe you get on.

Glad you’re feeling more positive Dottyeel. If you look hard enough, there’s usually something to be grateful or glad about. From you last sentence, I’m guessing you have been struggling on your BSD quest recently. Be kind to yourself, refocus and push ahead with it – it will come right eventually.

My positives for today:
~ Got out in the garden and started sorting out the ‘jungle’.
~ Started to planning the refurb of our conservatory, to make it a useable room.
~ By removing a dying fir tree, we have gained a lovely new view from our kitchen.

Hoping for a good result on the scales tomorrow and planning to have a turf out of baggy clothes this coming week.

Hi green jacket,
Congratulations, and well done, you must feel great, I remember my first eight weeks, I lost a lot and the More I lost the more I was motivated!
Onwards and downwards.
Christine

TassieDevil, that peeing sitting down thing means I assumed you are female

Posting early today, we have had the three granddaughters since tea time yesterday and a busy time with them too, we had to get them to a wedding this lunchtime, breakfast them, lunch them then get them ready for dad picking them up after we collected them from the wedding, they weren’t going to the reception, to top it all the middle child had a nightmare so was in bed with us from 4am! I don’t think I slept after that!

So today, weight 12.2.4 no change again,

Food,
Breakfast passion fruit, yogurt and tea
Midday meal, beef, broccoli, green beans, cavolo nero, 1 Yorkshire pudding, gravy, tiny spoon of rhubarb crumble, more rhubarb than crumble, made with Truvia sugar, and water
Evening meal, egg and cheese, 1 slice malt loaf with butter, and water
Supper, coffee and nuts.
Over both calories and carbs, however I always let go a bit on a Sunday, always have even in lent, Sunday is celebration day every week.
Off to bed early tonight!
Christine.

Hi Jan

I’m sure you’re right. It’s also possible that GPs have to be seen to be offering statins. My doctor, who is really excellent, did all the computer tests but still couldn’t get me into the ‘at risk’ group. As I said to her, the cholesterol limit had been 5.2 for as long as I could remember and my cholesterol had always been at that figure. The fact that the powers to be, maybe with a push from the pharmaceutical industry, brought the healthy limit down to 4.5 was irrelevant as far as I was concerned as my level was still steady.

I really wouldn’t have statins mainly because I know a few women who have actually been made ‘ill’ by them. I have walking difficulties so the last thing I need are painful and aching joints!!!! Have enough to contend with as it is.

My real goal is to dump Metformin. My husband started on them a few months ago. I don’t think he needs them. Although I’ve not mentioned this eating plan to him he has actually decided he can live without potatoes and rice, probably because I don’t cook them anymore!!!. Bread etc will take a little longer before the penny drops. He’s a TOFI!!!

Hi Jan,

Glad to hear you’re having a great holiday!
Was following your posts to Lucky, and something struck a chord…had ‘forgotten’ to factor in the role that stress can play on cortisol levels (and the way that can interfere with the weight loss process), so that; combined with the famine reaction may be contributing to the frequent stalls / plateaus in my weight loss.

So together with changing up my regular foods, may need to be more mindful of my emotional state…recently I have simply been gritting my teeth and ‘just getting on with it’ …maybe not so healthy! 😵😕😅

Thank you🌻

Been feeling rather negative lately but today I am grateful to be able to give blood.
So often it’s helping others that kicks me out of a slump and gets me back on track. Back on the wagon tomorrow.
🙂

Hi bloke 41. It sounds like my husband’s and my stats are parallel with those of you and your wife. I know we can achieve this with your wife and I reversing our T2 (my husband doesn’t have it). Hope you enjoy the food. Let us know.

Yep lucky having a lovely hol , but cor have I conked out for about 2 days okay again now, jigging around all over the place , was beginning to think the SLE was rearing its head again, but no alls good. 😎😎😎 hope your week goes well 😊

Interesting that you still exercise ok – very encouraging. I do 2 x session weights and cycle 75 miles (with hills) a week so am interested in how it goes, thanks for your reply x

Thanks for your post – yeah happy to buddy up. Not sure how this works think there was a buddy system somewhere. would be nice to have some support x

And I will look up the exercises too 😀

You know what Imogen? You might have just hit the nail on the head. If I put it in a bowl, with some gravy on it, like a stew… I wonder if that’d work?? It might just work! The thought of beef stew appeals to me right now! Thank you! 😀

Thanks Jan! That makes a lot of sense, it just seemed ‘too’ big a loss for such a short a time, and probably is, so yes, a plateau is probably coming soon.

That is worded better than I made it sound this morning, when I was waffling about first week weight losses again. When you reach that certain point in a diet and nothing you do seems to work. Switch it up a bit, do something a little differently and then it goes great guns again. I’ve had a lot of food for thought today (no pun intended) and it could be some or even a little bit of all of the suggestions made. I’ll keep a watchful eye on how things progress now. It is interesting though!

Thank you very much 🙂 Hope you’re enjoying your holiday so far 🙂

Can you take some of the ingredients and whizz up some soup as an alternative??? Or maybe not if you have been cooking all day😞…feel for you Hon.x

Hi Lucky

In reply to your query about good weight loss this week. Firstly if you think back to SLW or WW days we would consume about 1500 -1800 cals and expect to loose 2-3 lbs a week. Scientifically a 1lb loss is achieved by reducing the energy imput by 3,500 cals. Add the additional factor your expressed reduction in stress you will achieve a greater weight loss. Stress is a obstacle to successful weight loss due to the chemicals released within our bodies.
So if you have lost 8 lbs then you possibly have not reduced your energy input by 8 X 3,500 so just be aware the next few days will most likely plateau.
I have found over the years one way will work well for a while, then you have to subtly change it. We are not on a starvation diet as this plan involves plenty of protein. So it’s not rebound weight loss. But I would suggest you read doc m section on strengthening exercises, so you are burning fat not muscle. If your heel is still playing up.
Enjoy your good fortune, and change it when it slackens of. You have a wealth of knowledge now, use it all to achieve your goal.

But delighted for you lucky. Keep smiling.😎😎😎

This is true about the nasty undies… it is also true about having something under a hospital gown, I’m surprised actually that I wasn’t made to learn my lesson the hard way, that is usually how my life goes! Not something I would advocate doing now that I’m 40. However, I was 24…

I’ve just realised. I am the exact weight now as I was starting that WW stint I spoke of. 14 stone 11. That time I got down to 12 stone 10…

Grrrrr… bloody messing about! Tap tap, slice, done. No. Five minutes peeling the bloody thing when son had already said just take top off so he could eat it with a spoon from the shell.

I won’t eat it, I can tell you now. Nothing wrong with it, I make a lovely roast dinner, second only to my Mum, apparently (pffffffffffft – thanks family!) but after I’ve stood there all afternoon and cooked it and dished it up, I don’t want it. It only happens with a roast dinner, no other meal. I’ve stood for hours batch cooking curries from 6 am til 6 pm before now and I’ll gladly sit down with one at 7 pm. It’s odd. The only exception is Christmas dinner and probably that is only because there would be a big fuss if I didn’t.

These boots will NEVER be too big Tokyo. Trust me. 40 lbs down and half an inch off one and nothing off the other. It’s not happening.

I always took it that the clean undies rule ‘in case run over by a bus’ was about not being shamed by nasty grey ones, in which case no undies not so much of a problem – though having something under the hospital gown would feel more secure!

Day 189 weight 9st 5lbs (end of week 27)
Blood Sugar 9.0
Tried to have a night out but gig was cancelled at last minute so went home and watched casualty with my friend and had 1/2 a bottle of wine each – oops

Day 190 weight 9st 5lbs
Blood Sugar 9.8

Update:
Mum – its a problem with her heart, but hospital don’t know whats causing it – on monitor all the time
Auntie – Now has pneumonia and on new lot of antibiotics as no improvement since she went into hospital
Me – my HBA1c has gone up from 57 to 59 🙁 Will be seeing doctor w/c 5th September.

the saga of the eggs a story to behold !!!!
you have to eat your roast or you will waste away to nothing !!!!!
and then the boots will be too big!! 😷

Hi Verano.

The only reason the docs obcess about our cholesterol is because pharmaceutical companies have pushed statins for years it is worth mega bucks to pharmacy and medics, it’s easy to monitor as well. Unless you have a familial tendency to have very high cholesterol, just concentrate on eating healthily, it will resolve all that, also the measurements that surgerys still work on are out of date, as they are with blood sugar control. So don’t worry, just focus on Mediterranean diet.😎😎😎

I wouldn’t have statins even if I had had a heart attack, my body knows what to do if I give it the right fuel.😊

Sod all here for lunch! Apart from the bloody Pepperami! No egg, anyway! And very, very likely, no tea either! Yippee! See Twitter for full story…

Mentioning the boots is unlikely to lighten my mood… shall we just say… I’m going to be a size 8 and my bloody calves are going to be bigger than my waist.

I haven’t tried the silicone ones Frog, I did have a metal pan once that supposedly poached them, four metal cups, but they were always hard poached, and I wanted a soft yolk. I had a microwave one, that was pretty much the same story. I finally saw how to poach an egg perfectly on a cookery programme, went in the kitchen and did it straight away. Been fine since. But yes, the cleaning, plus if you’re doing more than two, you have to wash the pan, change the water and by that point, I really can’t be bothered. And at that point, can you hazard a guess at who has to do without their egg? In one! Moi! This will boil (steam) six at once and poach four. I might have one for tea…

Oh God, I bet that was galling seeing that label Frog, but also great that they are now consigned to the ‘too big’ bag – get them gone! Great news on the abundance of clothing ready for you. Have you read the book by Marie Kondo, or has anyone else? The Life-changing magic of tidying up? Specifically the clothes part? I think I’m going to be doing that soon. Size 16? I’m coming for you, Frog. I’m coming for you 😉 Well done 🙂 But of course, you will be a 14 by then so…

That’s really funny Lynne, I’m just assuming that once I’m an acceptable size that I will automatically start shopping like I deserve it. Whether that’s because I used to when I was 8/10/12/14 and even 16 to an extent or not, I don’t know. I hope the feelings of unworthiness disappear with the pounds. I didn’t think of that at all. Love the Minnie Mouse knickers, why not indeed! Why not! I personally can’t wait for the day that I can buy an off the peg bra without having to have them especially made. Ok, well I am overexaggerating slightly but still, sheesh? £30 for a bra? For ONE bra? ONE? Surely there’s not THAT much more fabric in a 44FF than there is an off the peg 40? Surely? No specialist machinery needed for that extra couple of inches of fabric, right?

Yowzer it sounds very much like I hit something like you did on the 5:2 then. I’ve been fine since, absolutely fine. Next mini goal one kilo or two pounds away! Can’t wait 😀
Just seen your email – will pass it on now 🙂

Thank you Imogen lol, and glad you understand what I meant ;-). I never thought I’d see the day I’d be perturbed by too much weight loss but when it doesn’t happen to you usually it’s a bit like ‘WHAT just happened there?’ I am beyond cross about the egg, you have no idea the full story of the bloody egg. I am just telling Janey now on Twitter and I think I may be slightly PMT. Slightly. Yes, she agrees. Well done on the jeans! And yes, get the big ones gone, none of us are going back there again. Ever. Even if there’s a carby meal out or a piece of birthday cake or even a holiday blow out, it can be undone in a week, two tops.

I constantly overthink things Avila, not as much now as I have done in certain periods of my life, but still it’s random stuff like today that bugs me. And if you don’t have the answers with a science degree, I don’t think my GSCE Science D-D grade is going to help lol. I am useless at science! Only count the naked weight, we weren’t born with full stomachs or clothes 😉 Thinking about a WW stint when Mr Lucky and I first got together, we would actually go commando to our WW meeting. We’d weigh our outfits to see what the lowest combo was we could find. And realised that our underwear weighed… Ye Gods, Gok Wan or Trinny and Susannah would have had a field day with some of the get ups I had one some evenings… 🙂 It’s a good job I didn’t have an accident, or my Nan’s warning of always wearing clean underwear ‘in case’ really wouldn’t have helped much…

It’s not easy being me…

Lucky
Your “petite but plus sized” reminded me of my Mum, who always used to state that she was ‘long bodied’ and ‘long legged’ – she was about 5’1″ (maybe, probably not when her hair was in a flat style!) so my sister & I never quite worked out where the short bits were.
I do appreciate what you mean though. I restate my claim that given my shoe size, I ought to be 5’10”.

I agree strongly that styles that are designed for sizes 8/10/12 won’t necessarily translate into size 20 or larger (or look particularly good, however confident the person wearing them). I often prefer(red! past tense!!!) to purchase well made clothes from ranges that are designed for larger sizes (not talking just cut large with lots of elastic here!) on the basis that they will fit better, rather the largest size of a ‘normal’ range.

I guess though, from the number of tags on newly found clothes at the back of the wardrobe that I’ve bought in sales at huge discounts (because I was going to fit into them one day) that Igor is right – women do tend to avoid spending a lot on clothes in a size that they’re unhappy being, hence the discounts – even though really well made and tailored clothes can hide an awful lot and be incredibly flattering.

Why eat no sugar chocolate when chocolate is allowed on this diet, just make sure it is 70% or more. The higher the cocoa content the less milk and sugar they put in. I hate milk chocolate and love the very dark stuff so it is easy for me to say but you can change your taste buds and this is partly what this diet is about.

Yes, I guess we’re all different when it comes to our reactions to foods as well as medication. The last thing I want is additional medication. I’m hoping to dump Metformin not add to it!!

well done Gemgem

TassieDevil excess urine is the way the body gets rid of fat. In case you wondered where it went, does it melt, no or it would still be inside you, does it come out in your skin, no the far globules are too big to come out through pores, does it come out through pee or poo, yes, the fat can pass easily through the urinary tract. If you were to do a lab stick test you would be able to see the fat in your pee, only it is called ketones. That is why you have to drink lots of water to replace and to flush. Sometimes your poo will get harder and that is because the fat is drawing water out and into the bladder so it is drier, another reason to drink lots. After 2 or 3 weeks it will sort itself out so nothing to worry about. Maybe drink your fluids during the day and stay dry 2 to 3 hours before bedtime. When you go for a pee make sure you completely empty your bladder, sitting on the loo creates a little reservoir in your bladder so when you stand up the urge is there again very quickly. Too much detail, sorry, used to be a nurse.

Wow, so many posts but I’m halfway through this one and my Mum showed up to visit, so I’ll post this and then crack on with the rest!

Igor – this is a discussion I have had many a time with larger friends, and it’s one that always seems to get quite heated, plus sized clothing. For me, there’s no stigma in the term itself, but for others I know it’s a big deal. But yes, of course, it does help if you can go to the same rail as the size 12’s hang and pick what you want without being confined to a separate ‘special’ part of the store. I have friends who are very confident in their larger sizes and who manage to look great and can pull off almost anything. I don’t, however. I am also very small, I am petite as well as plus sized. I looked like a little barrel lol. My friends argue that they should have the right to wear what they want, if it’s being made in a size 8, they want it in a size 22/24/26. I know however, no matter how lovely an item of clothing is, just because it is being made in a size 24, it is not going to look on me like it does on the mannequin in the store window. Some women don’t care, but I do, and I don’t believe every single item of clothing made in a size 8/10/12 translates to a larger size. I think some of it made in plus sizes are absolutely horrendous. But if it’s not offered… It is each to their own, of course, everyone will have their own opinion on it, and I do think self confidence has an awful lot to do with it. I think I look at the mannequin and then I look at me in the changing room mirror and I don’t see what I want to see, or expect to see. I just saw a fat woman in another dress/top/suit that would look great if she was several stone lighter and I’d just think ‘Why bother? I won’t feel good in it. It’ll sit in the wardrobe.’ Go home, and instead of doing something about it, I’d console myself with cake.

Also the ‘I intend to lose weight’ thing is an issue, yes. It’s one I’m still battling now at the moment, and I think quite a few of us are too, when we aren’t yet at the end of our journey. I could have spent a fortune the other day on beautiful sale clothes, which weren’t even my usual level of ‘cheap’ at half price! But the difference is now, I’m battling it in a good way, in that I am very successfully mid (ish!) way through losing weight and I don’t want lovely clothes that will only fit me temporarily. This is opposed to my old way of thinking about not feeling worthy. So, an improvement all in all – but I still probably won’t have new clothes for a good few more months yet!