Blimey, Lucky, you don’t want to pop round to my place too, do you?

And r e l a a a a x 😉

This isn’t an answer to you Tassiedevil, but strangely OH on the BSD was peeing on the hour every hour during the night and got quite concerned as despite his water intake this was rather extreme 😉

In fact since this is a symptom of diabetes he thought somehow (despite evidence to the contrary) his blood sugar might be increasing.

Anyway, BS results were so good, he came off Metformin and – strangely – the peeing frequency has now gone right down to once per night. He said this morning that he could only think that it was as a result of stopping the tablets.

Odd or what?

Morning Gavin, not me… although I did have a lie in (by my standards, anyway) until about 6.45 am. Capitalising on the lack of children milling around the place to give my living room a good clean, pulling furniture out, de-cobwebbing, hoovering, ugh. Cloudy but nice here, promising anyway. See if I can get my step count up a bit higher today 🙂

It is very hard.

Everyone here has had such good experiences from BSD no refined carb/low carb eating – with, generally speaking, few contra-indications or poor side effects – that it’s frustrating to hear “expert” opinions from people who’ve not done it.

I think we just have to press on – more and more research now being done/results announced, the tipping point will be reached.

MM (and his GP wife) will doubtless use stories from this forum and the vast majority of positive posts here to further emphasise the benefits and the numbers of the medical profession actually trying the BSD will increase.

And of course there is the “drip drip” effect of us all showing what can be done and inspiring family and friends and acquaintances to follow suit.

Yet another example, however, of how dangerous it is to take media reporting about anything as gospel. Frightening, really.

Come on BSD team of forum readers – if your GP/diabetic nurse won’t support you, we will! Won’t they feel stupid once the tide turns.

Morning everyone, looks like you are all napping still 🙂

Congratulations on the great losses!!! 🙂

I hope you also MEASURED or have some clothes you’re testing your shape with? Because it may be that the weight loss slows but you will continue to lose inches.

I’m always saying this here because though I achieved everything I wanted and more from the BSD there were moments when everything slowed down – or seemed to – in weight terms though I was doing the calories as targeted. Keep an eye on your waist – as the visceral fat starts melting away you will find your clothes fit better even if the scales stay level.

And you don’t yet mention how well you will start to feel once you kick the carb addiction! You have that yet to come!

Very good luck for your journey! 🙂

Have you heard the reports on radio 4 this morning about the benefits of the Mediterranean style diet on patients with heart problems, based on new Italian research that has just been published?

the idiot they chose to interview on The Today program said – “don’t just do this and ditch your medication without talking to your GP” – fair comment, & I can understand why the BBC would have someone say that – although a lot of us here would disagree with it.
– then goes on to say “maybe try the diet, but supplement it with benecol products” I kid you not – advertising on the BBC – and for crap food that is stuffed full of sugars and artificial flavours.

Oh well, they seemed to have edited the benecol promo out of the clip that they are repeating on the news bulletein

Well done!!! Isn’t it a wonderful feeling to see the scales go down? Keep up the excellent work. And yes the dog must always be entertained – she has the RSPCA on speed dial. (Rosie is a lurcher so naturally skinny)

Thanks! will give it my best shot.

yeah! well done Verano, that’s brilliant
I’m sure you’ll be fine for next week

!!!! AT LAST !!!!

I have finally made my first stone and what a struggle that has been!

When I started this thread 10 days ago I needed to lose 2.4lbs to get to my first stone and at last I’ve done it. This has been such heavy going for my but entirely of my own making.

This the last day of my first 8 weeks and I have certainly learned a lot from the journey so far. I think the most important lesson for me is that I can do this, I’m not hungry very often, I like the food and enjoy this way of eating ….. it’s become my new ‘habit’. BUT I have to be more vigilant …. ditch any red wine, the odd oat biscuit or dark chocolate digestive (don’t keep them in the house anymore!) and the occasional cracker. Apart from that I think I’m learning. Last Sunday I had an Indian meal which seemed ok …. 1 poppadum, chicken tikka and chickpeas and spinach. Put on a pound the next day!!! Last night I had chicken tikka but with my own homemade carb and calorie counted chickpea curry and today I’ve lost 0.4lb!! So it is possible to eat ‘normal’ food it just takes a little more thought.

Anyway, my next mini goal is to lose 1.5lbs to get me down into the next stone. I would love to do that by Sunday, when I go away, especially as I think it will be so much easier to stay with this if I have incentive of not going UP into another stone.

Looking forward to starting my next 8 weeks on the ‘2nd 8 weeks’ thread but will still be here with my mini goals!

Well Done Janrg1.
I also started last Monday and am very proud to say that I’ve lost 3kg (which apparently is 6.6lb). Don’t ever remember being so keen to get on the scales as I was this morning! It’s amazing how motivating it is to see the scale go down so regularly and so quickly. I think that’s partly what makes this diet so ‘do-able’ is that the motivation stays. I have never experienced that kind of feeling before with previous diets.

Keep up the good work (and entertaining the dog)!

Wow abisaysyes, brilliant work! It just shows it CAN be done.
Good luck with getting back on board, I’m sure those kg will fly off by September. 👍

This ‘new’ way of eating flies in the face of all the ‘established’ guidelines for diabetics. So there will be many people out there who haven’t caught up yet. Frustrating but true.

The science behind low carb eating just seems to make so much sense to me. Hopefully by the time she’s ready to ‘teach you how to eat’ she will have read the book!!!

Before I read BDS nobody had ever suggested low carb eating and I got the usual ….. if you need a biscuit have a ginger nut instead of a digestive! Now I know better!

Good luck with your journey!

Hi all! I just got back from holiday last night and…I lost 0.5kg on holiday!! I ate bread most days but managed to be in france and italy for 12 days and not have a single croissant, or chocolate, and only one ball of ice cream, so i’m pretty pleased with that. (We also did an awful lot of walking, and some cycling and swimming too!!) Back on it seriously now though, aiming to lose 8 kgs in the next 5 weeks (end of September). Bring it on!!! Thanks to you all for the encouragement and motivation. Happy bank holiday!

PS not read all posts while I’ve been away but Avila, well done!!! Amazing work. Claire, I know how you feel, isn’t it crazy how all of a sudden sugar makes you ill?! Must have been happening all the time but we just didn’t feel it. Enjoy your time away, you’re doing great xx

Hi GemGem

Please go back and read you first post and then your last ….. seems like a completely different person. What a difference a week makes!!!

Well done on your amazing loss … just keep going and if you feel low or wavering just read your first and last posts again.

Good luck this week !

I started last week at 16 st 9 3/4 lbs. When I weighed myself this morning I had lost 10 1/2 lbs. With the 3 lbs l lost the previous week while I was reading the book I am just 1/2 a pound short of losing a stone!!!!! I am down to a weight that I have only dreamed of for 30 years. This diet has been so easy to stick to compared to the ordinary 1000 call diet that you can imagine I have tried off and on for all my life. My husband joined me on the diet but only needs to lose about a stone. He also has a very active job so he isn’t sticking to 800 calories and is having some bread and noodles with his stir fry. Even so he lost 5 lbs this week too. Well I better go and celebrate now with a little singing and dancing…..don’t worry the dog already knows I’m mad 😆

Angiebabe, 40 pounds, that is great, Veronika you are off to a great start

HappyLife thank you for great stats, reminding me to keep going!

Hey all

Week 13 and another 3lbs gone making a total of 40 so hurray me!

I have a long way to go but am pleased as finally happy to manage eating out without stress.

Onwards Team BSD!

Nice post thank you! Yes, I am married to a nurse so I know that feeling about too much info – usually during dinner!!
And yes, female! Me not him. Very true about the poo too, but I hadn’t linked that, so interesting. Must try to get some ketosis sticks.

This has been going on about 5 weeks now, but then it is always a problem when I fast too, I guess I’ll just have to live with it as I doing well on this so far, half a stone off, off the BP meds and blood sugar dropped to normal levels.

Oh how frustrating for you! It is okay to feel disappointed at not getting your gold stars. Here’s some from me – ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Hope you are doing your mindfulness – it does help in these situations.

Some health staff are open to this, some aren’t. It is what it is. You know this BSD is working for you and you have proof. You are the expert on your diabetes.

Yes, I’ll join and start my 8 weeks tomorrow too. I’ve been doing the 5:2 low carb Mediterranean diet for almost 8 wks. I have lost 20 lbs (~9 kg) and 2 dress sizes, but I have hit a plateau and need a push especially with getting my bs levels back down so that I can continue to stay off my meds and/or insulin. Best of luck to all of us.

Re previous post – Oops, meant to say, unfortunately I didnt measure myself at the beginning of the diet.

Lucia have you got the Bank Holiday off? Are you going to do anything special and sporty?

Started the 800 calorie BS diet onto week 2. Seeing great results so far.
Had an appointment to see diabetes educator and I was so excited to show her the amazing drop in BS readings.
I arrive at my appointment with a very detailed diary of fasting BS then 2 hrs after breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. I recorded everything I had eaten and the calories contained in each meal. Like a little child who has completed great work school I was waiting for my gold star lol 🙂 .
Sadly my educator started picking everything apart and told me “it’s the carb content I need to know not calories” !
My heart started racing and my head spinning oh no here we go again ! I have finally found something that works for me (even adding other medications didn’t make a difference) and now this!
She went on to say ” stick with this for a while then I will teach you how to eat” and “Once you start dropping weight you will feel motivated to continue”. To which I replied all my motivation is in the numbers I am recording everyday!!!!!
My Mother is a wise woman and has on many occasions said “If you really want to know the truth go speak to someone who has suffered the same because they are the only ones who can give you true advice”. I know everyone is different but she is right.
So I am sticking to what I am doing yesterday recorded my first 5.2 reading and my first fast reading of 7.2 🙂 I haven’t had reading this low in years!!!!!!!

Hi Christi1948 and Igorasusual, thanks for replying. Unfortunately I did not weigh myself at the beginning but my clothes definitely feel looser. I guess it’s not too late to measure. BUT how can I loose inches but not weight?
I’ve been very strict with the diet, keeping my cars below 50 grams and including vegetables, protein and full fats. When I weighed yesterday (beginning of week 4) I hadn’t lost anything, which I find so disheartening. When I see a little weight coming off its such a motivator to continue. BUT I will listen to all the wonderful people and advice on this forum and stick with it, though this week my hearts not in it. 🙁 🙁

Morning everyone!
Please count me in. I am 53 and I managed to lose a substantial amount of weight earlier this year doing the eight weeks. While I have kept the weight off so far, my doctor thinks I should keep going until I reach the correct bmi.
I would love to have back up this time, as I feel I am in danger of becoming complacent because this time it is his idea, and not mine. Good luck to you all.

Good luck all other new starters for tomorrow.

Think ill post weight every day and hope it will encourage me

I am going to try and stick to the menus for first 4 weeks and see how it goes.

I may then switch to own 800 cal options

Good luck again

Puhutakawa

Great to have you n board with us

Hi Bloke 41

Good to see you on here with us. I’m the same loads of weight to lose… full starting stats revealed tomorrow day 1 !!!

Thanks Twinklyt

Good to see you made it week 4 and beyond. Encouragement for us all I think !

Hi Ren65

Thanks for joining us,

would be great to get your advice on how to ‘survive’ week 5 !!

Gem Gem

Great advice thanks, thanks for your post

Will remember to plan. I am a write it down person also,

Dory Back, Healthy again , sandrea

Great to have you on board , we can do this

Day 9: Quick update before I head off to work. Total weight loss in 9 days: 5.9kg (13lb). I weigh myself at the same time each morning just before breakfast.

I would say my over-eating tendency has pretty much completely gone. I haven’t felt cravings for several days. I do get Hungry of course but it is very very different hunger. Its not compulsive. I don’t crave bad foods and I’ve now gone to three different social events and survived the day.

My method on some days where there has been a dinner or a lunch to go to, has been to choose carefully from the menu, and skip a meal, so I stick to the approx 800 calories. I’ve also had a vodka cocktail one day, a glass of red wine on Saturday, so I don’t feel i’m missing out.

One trick I’ve learned is to make sure I eat my evening meal when I feel hungry rather than wait till ‘dinner time’ which for me used to be 8pm. So I find I’m eating it much earlier than normal, around 6.30-7pm.

That’s my update 🙂 I’m delighted with the results so far, it is starting to be noticeable now in my looks, people have started to comment, its a bit embarrassing having people come up to comment on how I look 🙂 But definitely nice!

Hi Sarah

Yes me too, lists made, food in fridge, tape measure ready… long way to go for me too so heres good luck to both of us.

Day 10:

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs
Lunch: Salad
Dinner: Roast Lamb/Salad
Snacks: A small piece of chocolate
Drinks: 2 tea with milk
Water: 8 glasses
Calories: 705
Carbs: 34g
Steps: 26023 (including 6km walk)
Weight loss: 300g (62.6kg)
Fast: 16 hrs

Day 11:

Breakfast: 1 fried egg and mushrooms
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup
Dinner: 2 boiled eggs
Snacks:
Drinks: 2 tea with milk
Water: 8 glasses
Calories: 617
Carbs: 36g
Steps: 16405 (including 6km walk)
Weight loss: 300g (62.3kg)
Fast: 12 hrs

Day 12:

Breakfast: 2 boiled eggs
Lunch: Pumpkin Soup
Dinner: Pumpkin Soup
Snacks: Camembert, Cashews, a piece of chocolate
Drinks: 2 tea with milk
Water: 8 glasses
Calories: 696
Carbs: 62g
Steps: 26438 (including 7km run and 6km walk)
Weight loss: 300g (62.0kg)
Fast: 16 hrs

Hey Caro, well done on your 2.2kgs. That’s awesome. Glad the miso worked out. I made pumpkin and mushroom soup on the weekend so I will be living on that for a couple of days. I love soup! Had a good weekend despite going to several social engagements but I made sure I ate before I went and didn’t eat too much while there. I know what you mean about a long bath. I always promise myself one and I’d be lucky to have one per year. Just have too much to do with my children around.

Hope you have a good week.

yup everyone here has been a great support to me 🙂

Today I have been lazy, spent most of the day playing with bits of paracord trying to make bracelets and keyfobs lol.

I didn’t have breakfast, and I had chilli with cheese for lunch. Dinner was a kind of lasagne dish but only with bolognaise mince no cheese sauce, and pasta made with almond flour – which I won’t post the recipe for because it was only ‘okay’ and I won’t make it again! I also had some nuts and a hot choc made with almond milk.

Hi
I’m starting tomorrow. Also 54, and really need to get life back on track. Feel like there’s a long way go but going to embrace it all! Lists made, shopping done, here goes.

CaptainLynne, I think your nurse is going to be the one who looks foolish. We are all losers here because we are all winners, or should that be the other way round.

I too have had a break, family arrived 3 weeks ago, drinking and eating, but not me (maybe a little wine), family left and left grandchildren with us, days out, days away at theme park, family back to collect the boys, more meals out. So hard but I have kept faith with the carbs, maybe not so much the calories.

I am from Yorkshire and love York, you will enjoy it. Have a good time. Stuff the critics.

Hello itstime – fabulous losses! I’m at the same point as you – day 14 today. I’ve committed to weigh in on Tuesday though on another thread of mixed newbies and 2nd rounders. But I know its working.
My top tip – don’t look for substitutes for simple sugars and starches as this is your chance to change your tastebuds forever!

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Goodnight folks x lots to catch up on here but will save it til tomorrow xx

Hi ARTY good to meet you..how did it go at the doctors?
Sending big hugs to you and yr beautiful dog. Lots of pet lovers here and we know how hard it is when a precious
four legged friend is unwell xx

Puhutakawa

This isn’t a ‘diet’ it’s a new way of eating which will revolutionise your life!

May take a week or so to get into it properly as you could have ‘hunger’ in the first week but after that you will just start feeling better and better.

Yes you could ‘cheat’ but you have to persevere . Once you ditch the high carb foods such as bread , potatoes and rice you will soon start to feel like a new person and any low feelings will start to recede.

Good luck!

Hi TIMEFORCHANGE! What impressive results! Well done x

Hi Arty
Birthday wishes to your wife, and hello to Lucky
What’s a Gemini cake? I googled it to see, but only came up with cakes with twins iced on them, and Gemini birthdays are May and June, so that didn’t make sense!

Welcome TimeForChange. Great results 😃💐

Hi Frg

I remember jumping out of the way of cyclists on Regents Canal towpath😱 Funny how they never seemed to have bells!

I’ll report in from York when I can 😃

One place not on the agenda is Betty’s. Last time Imwas in there – years ago – I had a Fat Rascal and it was really dry!😱 Not what you expect in there!

I’m not making any plans,. Need to chill so will go where I fancy, when I fancy 😃 Weather permitting – a lot of walking. Don’t think it’ll be as long as yours, but who knows!

Now over 32 week line – not bad for a diet that was going to last 8 weeks. Thank you to Drs Mosley and all the contributors here who have spurred me on. In the 32 weeks I’ve lost 53 lbs and my BMI now 22 and a bit. BP at the low end of normal and BS generally in the normal range. I still can’t eat carbs without a spike but I am in control and have no desire to go back to bad habits. I’ve been fighting my weight for 20 years but now know I have a chance of winning. Thank you all.

the other thing I do to warm dishes (bowls mainly, as they make less suitable pan lids) is drain vegetables over the bowl, the water warms the bowl before you throw it away.
OR – the second recycling is to pour the vegetable water in a used cat food tin after the bowl to partially clean the tin, and also to let the label peel of easily so the dishwasher doesn’t get bunged up. Then throw it away.

You could try the ramblers – although Orchid was saying that they can be a bit variable, some are very nice, others less so (or weird).
the one that we went with a few weeks ago wasn’t part of the ramblers, so worth googling
As you aren’t walking regularly, there is a national scheme called Walk4life that may have something in your area

I used to run a walking group a few years ago – on one of the walks our group ‘kidnapped’ a rambler. She’d joined up with our group at the station by mistake, intending to meet up with a group for the ramblers. It was quite a while before she realised the error, and by that time she had a discounted ticket on someone’s network card – so she never got to join the ramblers that day!

There was also that “We are Team GB” thing yesterday that may be a way of tracking down local groups – or buy an OS map and go with your family. I found out the other day that if you buy an OS map these days, you get a code that lets you download it to your phone.

Great work KJ! A kg a week is an awesome effort. Just think, keep this up for a year and you would have lost 50kg!!!!!!!!!!!!!