Have sorted shopping list for next week !!

I am starting my 8 weeks Monday 29th August. Have a long way to go

Is anyone else reading this and looking to start at same time ?

if so perhaps we can all ‘buddy up’ here and help each other along by posting here as we go.

Provide help, support, someone to listen to, share our success etc etc

Please do join and lets make it happen

Hi JMG. another good day for you! Which Miso soup brand do you buy? I used to love it but when i have liked recently the only brands i can find are full of preservatives. I enjoy todu so could add that also. Caro

I have lost both of my dogs – not too much to boast about as one is 3kg and the other 3.8! Very small toy poodles. I wish I had a rottweiler!
Yowzer the modelmydiet is really fun.
Avila I love Charlies -gorgeous dogs

Gavin you will do it I am sure.

Lucky I take my hat off to you – ‘dips me lid’ for weight loss and catering for 70.
Frog always full of good sane advice
Good luck for the job Nurse Bean

I am in week 9 – not sure whether I am just thinking about it or starting a new 8 weeks. Will ponder a few days more.

This is quite good fun..see how you look before n after!x
http://www.modelmydiet.com

EPS you asked if 5:2 works..yes it really does..I have lost one and a half stone three times on it over the last three years. I put it back on each time coz i wd get unfocused and go back to bad old habits,but theres lots of folk on the fast day site who have lost lots and kept it off for a few years now.
The fasts become quite easy,similar to how BSD becomes easy or at least easy – er!
Plus the post BSD fasts allow more cals?

I just struggled sometimes with non fast days..that sense of having freedom to eat is hard to resist..but of course if you eat too much, the weight will return 🙁
I dont think it will happen that i will regain with BSD as have now conquered my carbs monster..she was last seen loping off down my street shaking her head and muttering to herself. X

Day 9:

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs
Lunch: Ratatouille
Dinner: Roast Lamb/Salad
Snacks:
Drinks: 2 tea with milk
Water: 9 glasses
Calories: 672
Carbs: 26g
Steps: 18374 (including 6km walk)
Weight loss: 1.1kg (62.9kg)
Fast: 16 hrs

Thanks PrincestonianStud! Same to you. Caro, I use a Garmin and find it really good. I sync it with Garmin Connect on my iphone and then it automatically links to MFP. I have always used Garmin watches and have never had a problem with them. Nice that your OH is back home for a while. Have you tried Miso Soup as a snack. I find it very filling and low cals. Also, you could have a glass of milk. That would fill you up. Also, try brushing your teeth straight after dinner. It might deter you from eating after dinner.
Hope you have a good day today.

I’ ve lost a fox terrier ..my fave breed! ..and a miniature dachshund! Havent been weighed for several days,so it could poss be a pregnant terrier/ dachshund! 😃😃😃
Night peeps x 🌙⭐️⭐️🌙⭐️🌙⭐️🌙⭐️

Hi Janey
thanks – no it wasn’t a last page issue – there was only the initial post on the thread. I’m pretty certain it was because I was trying to post a link to a diabetes uk web page
it didn’t work three times on the initial thread, or on an alternative thread – but was fine as soon as I removed the link.
I don’t know if that’s censorship, or diabetes UK not allowing links. I did ask technical support about it before I identified the problem, so will be interesting to see what they say. If it is what I think it is, a more helpful error message would be useful, instead of just deleting or not posting the comment – wasted about half an hour faffing with it.

Never mind!

Hi Medinstructor.
I know what you mean about feeling like you are always thinking about what you can eat – how much you can eat and when. I’m hoping this obsession part ends soon. I am day 7 week one and it definitely feels restrictive at the moment. Though others further along say that subsides. Can’t wait for that! Good you have a partner in the house to share your experiences with. Must be very motivating. Apart from my food blowout last night which i just posted i find the “when” is my Saviour really. Trying to space my meals out. Breakfast after school drop off while i chase my young son around. Lunch around 1pm and dinner around 7pm.
Wishing you success.

I donated at teatime JANEYCOUGHDROP ..i put my real name and my username but maybe they only showed my real name! X

Hmmm. Day 6 started out great. Had a baby sitter for a few hours so i was very efficiently crossing of various jobs and errands. Then came the hunger. Late afternoon. Hasn’t been like this before. Had some chickpeas. I am allergic to nuts so i can’t snack on those like others do. Was passing time at the shops early evening while my daughter does an after school activity. I had Lindt chocolate – one of the snack sizes bars they have brought out. I actually sought out the chocolate aisle when all week i have avoided it. If there is a positive from it i can say that I felt a bit off after eating it so no enjoyment there. A good thing I suppose. But the evening got worse. After we got home and my lovely dinner of chicken and salad I got the munchies. Muesli bar. Cereal. And finished with 2 slices of toast. Aaaaargh. It was as if I couldn’t stop myself. This is the type of evening I would always have. An overload of carbs from Crunchy things. So now having thought about it – It is the crunch I am missing. Suffice to say I didn’t count my cals yesterday just noted the foods down.
Anyway today is a new day. OH is home and can keep me on the straight and narrow for a week if i look like straying to the pantry. He has enough willpower for a whole country and will happily eat what i eat to make things easier for the family routine. Maybe I won’t get on the scales today. Tomorrow morning will be day 1 of week 2 so i will weigh then.
Ordered a Garmin fitness watch thing last night. Actually for father’s day so might get one for myself once i have seen it.
Ok. Confession complete.
JMG – look forward to your itemized day. I did try Mfp but it took me so long i lost interest. So i just write it down.
Hope you are all having success.

Week 2 Day 4
Weight 88.3kg (up 0.3kg but down 2.8kg overall)

Struggled a bit over the last 2 days. Exceeded the carb quoted on each of the last 2 days and it shows in a stalled weight loss.

Have to behave myself today to get the kg’s dropping again.

Hi Brenda,
I just started this past Sunday. I’m in New Orleans too, so I know how you feel. It’s definitely hard to not want to eat all the delicious food around here. I’m on Day 5.

Hi Frog, sometimes you need to make sure you’re on the last page before you try and post a reply. I had that issue previously.

By the way did someone from BSD donate on MyMarathon? I don’t recognise the name due to the pseudonyms on here. Whoever it was, thanks so much!!!!

I love the idea of a mixed group of newbies and more experienced BSDers! So, do we just post the week’s (hopefully) loss on Tuesdays? And subsequent weeks the total within this new eight week cycle?

25/08/16

Week 7
Day 4

Diet starting weight: 18 stone 6 pound

Weight now: 16 stone 1 pound (101.60kg)
BMI: 26

Hi green Janet,
You know big bird from seseme street, you have the size of me with the personality of a blue budgie.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Janet

Glad you’re feeling good at the moment and with your achievement why not!!!

I was thinking that maybe next Tuesday everyone could log on with their aims and goals for the next 8 weeks . Some will be on week one or two some on week 9 and some on week 10 like you. That doesn’t really matter we can all take the same new 8 week journey together.

It will be great to have the ‘elders’ for their wisdom and some of the pitfalls and the enthusiasm of the ‘newbies’. I think we’ll make a great group helping each other along the way. Think it could be helpful if we all report our progress each Tuesday even if it’s not your ‘official’ weigh in day, which I think may make a more cohesive group. Don’t know what you think.

Hi med instructor,
I am SO jealous of you.
You and your partner are doing this together.
Mine won’t do it. Won’t encourage, Wont support etc.
So that’s why I ramble to myself here in the blog, to support myself.

I wish I could have a fitness buddy.
I wish I could have a bs buddy.
To slap me around and keep me on the path.

What are your plans?. Are you throwing yourself feet first into 800 cals and low carbs or are you doing a ‘gradual’ week?

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Hi Antigone
Thanks for the reply. I seem to have lost my enthusiasm over the last few days. I had been scared to weigh myself because I have had a couple of naughty days. Not too dramatic but have been eating twice the calories that I have been used to. The last 2 days I have been good again and was pleased to have lost 2 pounds when I weighed myself today. I now just want to see my weight starting with a 15 instead of 16. All the best to you.

My wife and I start the BSD on 08/21/2016. So now I’m on day 5. The struggle is real. A few weeks ago I started going back to the gym and working out consistently. I’ve combined both the BSD and my gym workouts. I’ve scaled my gym workout back a little bit. I workout for 30 minutes in the morning and walk for 30 minutes each night. My wife and I each have had temptations this week. I don’t really feel hungry, just really want to lose this weight. I found myself constantly thinking about the BSD almost obsessively.

Day 7 BS 8.1 mmol/L. This would seem to be my level at present first thing in the morning, whether I can get that down further we will have to wait and see. Still a good result for my first week as BS is good across the day with lower levels @ 6.4 mmol/L.

One week down, seven more to go. My dog Lucky is back home and breathing better. Might head out for a short walk today, it is good to have him home.

Another beautiful day in Oz.

Fredforest & Igorasuasal – Yep having the same sort of experience as you will the NHS experts.

Well said Yowzer49 my thoughts as well. I can’t even get them to remove it from my records, unless I jump through hoops. My doctor said he has only ever seen 2 people reverse theirs and I was a very rare case (but obviously doesn’t believe it). Well maybe its because nobody is giving us the right information to help our selves, just take the pills!!

I just had some really nice sweetcorn and kale fritters from waitrose, along with their yoghurt dressed coleslaw – along with tomatoes and a pile of spinach. There was some potato in them, but only 14g of carb.
Both were really nice – I know I could make these things myself, but neither had junky ingredients added, and it’s so tedious (and tempting to snack) faffing with such small portions

I had greek salad for brunch, so all in all, well under 800 calories – I had a glass of wine too.

I mentioned the amazing array of plain full fat yoghurt that I’d encountered in the Turkish supermarket yesterday to a friend who is Turkish today – he said he always likes the Turkish yoghurt from Lidl best!

To add extra support, how about all us 9 + week ers log on here our weigh days so we can cheer each other on, while we are all sitting at the back of the BSD bus, my weigh day is Wednesday mornings. Can you tell I’m in a very proactive mood at the mo, too much time on my hands as I’m on hols. It will also help those just starting to see beyond the eight week mark. What do you think.🤔

Hi Lucia,

Very inspirational! I agree it’s rough to start. It’s a drastic change to my norm. However I realize if I want to lose a drastic amount of weight in a short period then I have to do the BSD.

I’m exercising each day and getting at least 10K-11K steps each day. I feel good, and don’t really feel a lot, although I do at times…lol

Diabete.co.uk has a very helpful chart and reading info as well.

Hi Frog unfortunately if I want my records amended to say I am not a Diabetic, then I have to do the test. Which could have an impact on Insurance and other questions at the dentist etc that you have to tell them about it. If I went into hospital they would see it on my records. I hate to think what else is on the records that isn’t true.

Captainlynne – That is just ridiculous, what is the NHS playing at, no wonder it looks like the UK numbers are going sky high. If you broke your arm and it healed, they wouldn’t keep it on records as being broken 6 months down the line!

I have booked in for October and my doctor knows if its clear its coming off my records or I will be complaining way up the line. If 2 tests can prove I had it, 2 tests can prove I haven’t

No wonder only 2 have came off the register at my docotrs, there is just no support and proper information, they just want to put you on pills – RANT OVER NOW

And what a lovely budgie you are 😎😎😎 Hehe you are always such a laugh.

Just re-started the 8 weeks as we had slipped a little off plan while moving home. Today I have :

L – bulgur wheat, chopped veg & a little raspberry vinegarette
D – salmon on stir fried veg
S – yogurt with chopped fruit & nuts

Hi Fifo

if there are no guidance notes with the testing kit that you have purchased, the diabetes UK site has useful guidance on normal blood readings.

However, if you are concerned enough about whether you have diabetes to purchase a blood glucose meter, it would probably be a good idea to see your GP.

spooky – I think I have worked out why posts don’t appear!!

I posted a third time, in a different thread and the same thing happened
common theme was a link to the diabetes xx (you know where) website
I will try it again, on the original thread with no link

Has anyone posted a successful link there?

It can be a bit hit and miss – but the original price of these was £55, and I paid £7, so worth the odd nose!

that’s brilliant Avila – glad it worked!

Hi Avila
I first discovered it when I had problems with a keyboard (lots of crumbs and cat hair) and found online instructions to “pop off” the keys, clean and put it all together again.
Pre easy camera phone, I carefully noted all the placements, ‘popped’ the keys off and broke the clips on about ten of the keys. Took forever – and when you can do it for £10, why would you!?

Fifo64 – I posted a reply on the thread you created on blood sugars – but for some reason it kept disappearing, so hope you catch it here!
If there isn’t any guidance with the testing kit that you’ve purchased, a good place to start would be Diabetes UK
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html
Alternatively, if you are sufficiently concerned about whether you may have diabetes to purchase a glucose testing kit, it may be wise to visit your GP.

Great stuff Frog 😀

I never have any luck in TK Maxx, yet others I know get wonderful bargains there time and time again!

So, it is true.
I look at the wall so high, then roll my sleeves up and move one brick at a time.
Inch by inch,
Calorie by calorie.

The walking at the beginning , using everyone’s garden wall, or the seats in the bus stops, helped me.
I just waddled off and when I got to something to sit down, I just plonked my bum down.
Caught my breath, went to a more dignified shade of red, rather than purple, mopped my brow, and got waddling again.

Sometimes it’s lonely, what’s the point, my .. Knee, foot, arm, ear, eyebrow hurts so bad.

But after you do the exercise and recover, there is this wonderful, cozy, smugness I feel, that, I, one big budgie, has actually exercised and survived it.

Love luica
Xxxxx

Hi Lucky – see me in the TK Maxx sale trousers that were way too small when I got them a couple of weeks ago but have just put on 🙂
teensy bit tight, but easily disguised by all my tops being way too baggy.

Oh I am blushing…😊😊😊😊😊😊
I honestly meant for you lot to guide ME to other blog to help ME.
I wasn’t fishing for compliments.
But
I give you all 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁
Thank you so much, I never think anyone is reading dotty old me and my ramblings.
Love lucia
Xxxx

Ello Frog – I see you 😀

Everyone has got a story in them Imogen! I can’t wait to do it again, it really did pass those stormy Autumn evenings away! Yes, you’re spot on, we all know what works and what doesn’t, what we need and what we don’t. I’m lucky in that (as good as they can be from allowed foods!) carbs don’t seem to affect me, but it looks like wine is my no-no. I can go weeks without having a drink so, it doesn’t bother me not drinking wine.

Fantastic results, it’s been really inspiring to see everyone posting them the last couple of days. And halfway there! Well done 🙂

A 60 before 60? I only managed just over 30 things on my list, that’s how boring I am! But I got a fair few of them done. I wrote my book, I met my favourite pop group, I won something fantastic – more than once. Snowdon was… Snowdoff on the day my best friend came up to climb it with me and I didn’t get a chance to do my hot air balloon, that might have to be next Summer now. I bought designer glasses instead of the cheapest ones in the shop, and I’ve started seeing a psychologist to conquer my (what I thought was) needle phobia (but which turned out to be a condition, an actual condition called Blood Injury Injection Disorder!). It was nice spending some time on me for once. And of course, the weight loss which is well under way now 🙂

testing
I’ve just posted a reply on another thread twice – and it has disappearance each time – weird
someone else had a problem with that a week or so ago

Odd – I just made a post and it disappeared – someone else was mentioning that happening recently

Fifo – if there wasn’t any guidance issued with the unit that you purchased, the Diabetes UK website may be a good place to start.
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

Alternatively if you’re concerned enough about whether or not you are diabetic to purchase a blood glucose meter, maybe it would be a good idea to see your GP.

Hi
If there was no guidance included with the unit that you purchased, diabetes UK is probably a good place to start
http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes_care/blood-sugar-level-ranges.html

– or if you’re concerned that you may be diabetic why not see your Doctor?

Amazing Lucky, what a great creative challenge! Not sure I have a novel in me…struggle just keeping up with the threads😵 Sounds like you have your post BSD800 plan well in place – knowing yourself and what works best for you is the key to success me thinks.

Me; Week 18, lost 45lb, still have about 45-50lbs to reach my optimum weight (half way there🙌) Now officially ‘normal’ on blood test – was 46 now 42, cholesterol down from 5.5 to 4.9, kidney function and other tests all good😊 Have asked to stop medications, waiting to hear from GP, though the nurse informs me that I am still considered diabetic….even though results would say otherwise…

Also know I still need to keep tight reign on my eating choices, as even a small amount of carbs leads to instant weight gain – so no treats for me – for now!

I am taking inspiration from you and will make a list of things to do before…..well just turned 55…so maybe 60? Something else to work towards after losing all the weight!!!

Congratulations to each and every BSDer on all the fantastic personal achievements🌻💐

WHAT! Avila had cheesecake and offered me none???? Well, Cheesecake is my ultimate weakness. It is actually fantastic when you fall off the wagon! Then you go back on and make your goals even better!

My Chips Ahoy Commercial was too much for everyone? Them cookies can dance all they want, but I wont eat them. I hate these rainy days at the lake house. Hopefully, no rain this weekend for the San Francisco opera house visiting!

Well, I have one more thing to say:

Live Long And Prosper!

Hi everyone, I’m not a diagnosed diabetic, but I have bought a blood glucose meter online, most mornings, fasting readings are around 5.4 upto sometimes 6.4. Please can anyone clarify the ideal fasting readings , are mine currently too high? Pre diabetic??
I have committed to starting and I’m only on day 2 so far. Onwards and downwards……

Many thanks in advance.

I drink squash/cordial rather than plain water – I would find the lemon too sour too. It is sugar free squash but does have sweeteners so not ideal but minimal – and helps me get my fluids.

My appetite eased after the first week – but suffering from the appetite effects of falling off the wagon into a whole cheesecake when depression hit (not diet related). So it does affect your taste, but can reverse too.

I am 41, less to lose but concerned about being on blood pressure meds already for a couple of years. There are folk on here who have lost as much as you need to – not in the 8 weeks, but they have. \browse the forum for inspiration. And the people here are great – whether cheering on, or offering hope when finding it tough.

It definitely is now haha Eps. Love it.

It’s a real challenge. I did do a bit of prep during the cold, rainy October evenings, not a TV lover anyway, so I swapped reading for plotting lol. I don’t think I’d have the guts to send it off ever, nobody has seen any of it yet!

Well, the bread is made, it’s lovely! Go on Twitter Eps, and search #luckysbaps

I’ve got the pic saved on my ipad. Or phone. Will have a look after tea 🙂

Hi sue.

Wishes for the speedy recovery of your mum and your auntie. 🌺