Good luck with the job bean, when do you find out

Bril frog 🎉🎉🎉

Perhaps his carbs need to come down further? Some people cope with higher levels than others, while some need really low levels.

Just tried on a pair of trousers that i bought in the House of Fraser sale – TA DAAA!!! SIZE 16!!!
Plain black for work, but ankle length which I like – they have a ‘secret’ elastic panel in the waist, so hopefully they’ll fit reasonably for a while. And they were reduced to £8 – what’s not to like?
I’m half thinking about seeing if they still have them in a 14.
Now I have to reassess which jackets aren’t too tent like!

Also tried on a pile of dresses that I bought a few summers ago when I was even heavier than when I started BSD (hot summer, and was so bit I couldn’t find any trousers that looked half decent & were comfortable) Apart from a couple that are ‘floaty’ and I’ve worn when I’ve been anything from size 12 to 22, they were all huge.

Hi Blue1919

I’d love to travel on the Orient Express. But it’s just so expensive😢

Sounds like you’re doing really well 😃💐

I eat breakfast, then nothing until my evening meal. Sunday is a little different – breakfast, small lunch then a tiny snack in the evening.

I live alone, so find I often eat the same thing several days running. Sometimes I freeze leftovers, sometimes not. Breakfast is usually a cooked breakfast – bacon, egg and slice of black pudding. Otherwise sliced cooked meat and/or cheese – possibly with salad. Evening meal varies. Meat/poultry and veg/salad. I don’t eat much veg/salad – it sometimes has errr ….. unfortunate side effects 😱 So I need to be careful with how much of it I eat! I don’t eat much fish – still trying to persuade myself I like it – with varying degrees of success.

Glad to hear you’re off the Metformin – I was being threatened with it when I starts this.

Hi all so into week 10 still around 800 cal keeping carbs below 50 and only eating good food nothing refined, he is also doing 20/30 mins on the treadmill everyday but the blood sugar is still around 8/9 before diner he has given up taking morning readings as get depressed when they are high, have booked in hab1c next week on holiday for 3 weeks so will get results when back. Does anybody still get these readings so far into the diet would there still be fat around ??? over 2 stone lost in weight any ideas ?? no medication being taken either bp tabs or sugar tabs the bp is around 110/70 just this bloody sugar thing

Carina. I had a lot of weight to lose, needed to get blood sugar levels under control and get some energy back.

Now, after 35 weeks on 800 calories BSD, I’ve lost over 6 stones, blood sugar in normal range, HbA1c in normal range, more energy, thinking more clearly and better concentration.

I’d certainly suggest the 800 BSD. Let us know your progress

Hope the news is good for your job interview Nursebean.

Such an inspiration as always Lucia🌻

Hi Langerhans,

Sorry it’s been a rough day. Here if you need a chat… take care of yourself, as igorasusual says a little self comfort, warm bath, some lovely bath oils to help you relax…get into favourite comfy clothes or pyjamas??… wrap yourself in a cosy blanket and watch your favourite uplifting movie or show. 🌻

Baristagirls……great BMI score…….

and Orchid……plus 4 stones lost. Way to go girls 🙂

I’m not there yet but 3 separate people in the last week have said I’m half the size I was……not accurate ….
strictly speaking I think I’ve lost around 23% of my body weight!!!!!

Excellent, great news. Well done! 🙂

I agree with Frog. The BSD rules say no refined carbs and if you want to follow the BSD you should stick to that.

No problem if you prefer to try something else, but people here have had their success from the BSD rather than variations.

Hope that helps.

So sorry to hear that, Langerhans. Being a nurse does put you at the forefront of bad stuff and it’s no surprise you are upset.

Can you comfort yourself – that’s what you need – with a warm bath, some candles, a warm drink (it may be a very hot day with you too, so maybe a cool bath) and some music?

But you should also forgive yourself. Sometimes things are hard and you do what you do.

Thinking of you.

Hi Orchid
Good luck with the walk in September.
Your training sounds good preparation. A marathon sounds pretty impressive to me. Managed to do 12/14 mile (?) charity walk earlier in the year but was limping quite badly towards the end so I think a marathon distance would be really hard!!
Do plenty of other exercises though and try to mix it up a bit to wake my body up and get a bit toned….ha ha!!
Must be working though as I don’t have flab on my legs and arms …..no Bingo Wings any more.
.
I do spinning classes sometimes for the cardio benefits but not every week. Been trying to do more Body Pump atm to help
the wobbly tummy!!!! Not shifting any weight but losing visceral and subcutaneous fat….hark at me.!!!
Tummy is wobbling less….and I may even be gaining a waist.
What’s not to like?

Get up and waddle around folks……you know it makes sense!!!!
(It doesn’t need to be a fearsome indoor cycling class btw…..unless you’re a bit mad like us!!!)

Hi,
I’m on day 9 of bsd800 and it’s been going fine so far, sticking to plan and enjoying the food.
Something really nasty happened at work today (I’m a nurse) and I’m just home now feeling tearful and shaken up, and trying really hard not to comfort/emotional eat. Help me please…

So gang,
Where are we?
Are we all doing the bsd 800?
Or are you just thinking about ?
Reading about it?
Finding it too hard to start?
Well how about little reductions?

I used to eat the big family bars of chocolate, I changed the size to a kiddies one, like a cadburys Freddie chocolate bar.
I used to eat two take aways , and large chips, curry sauce and half a loaf with butter on.
So I changed the size to one take away or one curry and small chips., and just one round of bread and butter.
I used to eat a full family bag of crisps, or the ones with 8 bags in, I ate the lot in one sitting, so I changed it to one bag of crisps.

I still had the taste of the junk food but single portions.

When I started the bs diet, I changed what I ate to “normal food”. For a week, then I changed into the Bs diet.

You just got to do something even if it’s to reduce the size of the junk food.

Then change one meal a day,

Then two,

Then count your calories

Then your carbs

Little by little.

Thinking of having a go now?

Come on in, the waters fine

Love Lucia
Xxxx

sounds idyllic Gavin – enjoy!

It depends which diet you choose to follow really, BSD or whatever the Daily Mail is currently promoting.
If you plan to follow BSD, then piles of carbohydrate, hot or cold, is not part of the plan.

If you don’t have the book, there’s a link above to purchase it.

Found this article today:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-3754358/Say-YES-carbs-eating-white-rice-pasta-WON-T-make-pile-pounds-help-control-weight.html

Interesting findings…does this mean cold (post cooking) rice and pasta is acceptable?

Hey shall we have a whip round and hire a coach and go and see lucky to cheer her up, any one up for it, take her some grapes and flowers. 🚌🚌🚌🌺🌻🌺🌻🌺🌻 it’s so unnervingly quiet without her, it’s not the same without her our little ray of sunshine.🌞🌞🌞

Yeah beans bean good, it will make all the difference my old bean.😎😎😎

22 lbs lost and my liver showing signs of getting better after 4 weeks. This diet is brilliant!

Hi Frog

It is a bit cooler up high on Dartmoor. My weather station is reporting 22.9 degrees C with a WNW wind of 1mph gusting 4mph. 82% humidity. With the slight wind its not too bad but its still hotter than normal.

I love almonds and cashews. Normally have about 5 on a plate to bring me up to 800 calories. Today is my breakfast shake, soup for lunch with a 20g cheddar cheese . Lamb with salad soon.

Hi Nursebean
fingers crossed on interview news

I’ve just eaten a nice salad for lunch – lots of leaves, avocado, salmon and cherry tomatoes.
only 7 carbs so far today!

Hey Lucky,

Hope you resting up after your marathon catering gig!! Word on the thread is you’re not feeling so great…hope you feel better really soon💐

Blimey! It’s so hard keeping up with you guys!
Isn’t it hot today – the hottest day yet?! I’m not a fan of this heat. Had an interview today so am waiting to hear whether I’ve got the job or not. Fingers crossed!
Hope Lucky is feeling better xx
I’ve bean very good on the carbs lately. It took me a while but I’m getting the hang of it. Yesterday I only had 39 carbs – woohoo, get me!
Bean xx

I love cashews too Jan – for me, a teaspoon of peanut butter is far more satiating than the actual nuts (that I could eat, and eat….) – I think it’s the texture of peanut butter that makes a teaspoon enough.
Maybe it would work with cashew nuts too – just avoid sneaking any before they make it into the blender!

HI Gavin
It is lovely, but I’m waiting for it to cool down (and pollution to lessen) before I venture out again
now if I had ready access to the wilds of Dartmoor!

Hi
just spotted a link to recent RSA research on mindfulness and eating – I’ve not read it fully yet
Pretty certain that the content is available to all, rather than just Fellows
There are links to more the more detailed reports on the research that they’ve done

https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/reports/easier-said-than-done

Hi everyone, its such a lovely day today…

Hey Janet – well done on the results, great turnaround.

mind you when you feel ill you just want to curl up and console yourself dont you ? if your reading this hope you get better real quick and the blanket goes away nothing worse than feeling poorly on a sunny day and no cheats to cheer her up !!! 🍰 here’s a slice if sugar free cake !! x

My mini goal is to get through this week without doing any damage but not expecting weight loss. Family are here for their final week and we have just one restaurant meal booked so I might be able to keep control of what I eat. It is the drink that will be calling but when they were here 3 weeks ago I drank very little and let them get on with it. Just finished week 8, met all the goals I set for that time and will think about new ones when they have gone home and I can sit down and think straight. In the meantime I will just enjoy having my family with me.

I fear the blanket of mardiness may be in play for poor Lucky… 😔😰🤒

Oh lucky, heard you might be poorly.

Sending you magic medicine pixies lots of love luvvy. Hope you get well soon 💤👷🐓🌺🌻💐🌷🍎

The back in line plan has worked and I have lost the 2 lbs I put on plus another l lb, only taken 4 days to do it. Today is the end of my 8 weeks and, despite my glitch and pizza tasting, I have lost a total of 9.5 lbs. I am back on track with the plan (I don’t call it a diet anymore) and my b/g are around 90 to 95 (5,0 to 5,3) so very happy with that. I am going to continue with the plan, possibly forever, but definitely for the next 10 weeks before I get my HBA1c done again and see my doctor. I am setting myself new goals as I have beaten all those I set for myself.

Daughter has arrived today so not so much pressure with the little ones but the first thing she did was open a beer (okay I hate beer) and ask for a snack. I made a pot of hummus with veggie sticks. She was happy with that and she will be sticking on the plan with me but not so strict calorie-wise and we have a restaurant booked for Thursday lunch to meet up with a group of friends.

See you all in a week when they have gone home (sob) and I will be completely back on track. Thanks for your support.

oh no nothing serious i hope janey ???
🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸
please send her these flowers to make her better and let her know i am thinking of her xx

Hmm ok I’ll pass on that. Probably.

I think Lucky is ill today. Best wishes and get well soon!! 💩😷😍💜🙏🏼

Cor blimey they wouldn’t stand a chance of being made into butter with me I’d eat them, I adore cashews🤐

life is too short mrs janey !!!!!

first Lesson today – really enjoyed it, despite the sweltering heat (even though we kept to shady bits, it was still really hot)
Hampstead Heath is amazing – looking forward to rediscovering it!

I’m considering making cashew butter with the large bag of them I randomly bought. Or is life just too short?! 😆

I’m with Timmy on the controlling of ‘sweet’ urges with a teaspoon of no-sugar peanut butter.
I’ve forgotten which brand, but it just contains… peanuts.
I didn’t like the meridian one much, I found it a bit gloopy.

How were your Peanut Butter Muffins Lucky?

Hi Nursebean
If you haven’t read it already, I really enjoyed Girl on a Train – and everyone I’ve mentioned it to says they did too.
It took me a while to get into it – I found the trick was to pay attention to the dates of each chapter (and who is ‘writing’).
It’s described as a psychological thriller, so I think it would meet your remit.
The film isnt being released until October, so you should be safe from having it as the in-flight movie.

When I mentioned the book to my sister she said that she’d started it and didn’t really like it – after I’d explained about paying attention to chapter dates, she texted rather grumpily a day or two later to say she was really tired because she’d stayed up til 4am reading it. Once you are hooked, I’d say it’s an ideal book to read on a journey such as a plane where there are lots of distractions – you really won’t notice them.

I loved ‘Kevin’ Yowzer – the friend that told me about it said ‘you might find it a bit shocking’ meaning the idea that some children are born evil.
Nope, don’t really do Children, I start of with the premise that they all are, but some redeem themselves!

Here is a good video on your losing weight diet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42m_9eXIU74

All of life is a roller coaster! Enjoy The Ride!

Live Long And Prosper!

Hmm Tokyo and janey

You are exactly right I’m just to frightened of my as in the past monster appetite, and if I let the lid of the can of worms I will never get them back in, but I must admit I have no urges to eat anything sweet, despite having what I thought was a sweet tooth, which I now think was just a sugar addiction. Each to their own, it’s important as you say to digest the avail info here and make your own decision. Never mind that get stepping girls, it’s a hot day, but no excuses. We want calves and bottoms like a supermodel don’t we. 👙Well I’m wishing for some anyway a girl can but dream. Where’s lucky got to, I expect she’s exhausted after feeding the five thousand, what a task. Respect.👏👏👏

Not Strange! Your body not starving from sugar. It is such useless calories in sugar found in: Cola, Energy Drinks, Starbux! Read what is on the news this morning from American Heart Association:

http://cbs4indy.com/2016/08/22/american-heart-association-releases-new-sugar-intake-recommendations-for-children/

Make sure it is 80 % or more cocoa. I make a mean hot chocolate with it. Add bit of moo juice and one stevia packet. That is my splurge food when I start seeing Chips Ahoy dancing around:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KvWslZlgko

32 days and strong! Not lost as much as I wanted, but I am a LOSER! 🙂

Live Long And Prosper

You keep going Caro, it’s not uncommon. At least, it happened to me, I took quite a few weeks to get over the slumps! Was difficult to even go up the stairs. Ride through it and keep drinking water and it’s well worth it.

Hi Jan
Congratulations on your results – that’s brilliant.
I had HBa1C and other stuff tested yesterday, so keen to see the results.

I was wondering that the other day, in respect of the ‘no added sugar’ squash that I probably average a couple of glasses of a day, although I mostly have less sweet flavours like lemon or grapefruit, and dilute it tons more than the bottle suggests.
Although I loved the jelly, have only made it once so far (but did buy some more at the supermarket) – I did ponder buying gelatine and making my own, but it seemed a bit of a faff.
Difficult to say what impact it’s having, as I haven’t tried not having it.
I certainly haven’t had the ‘it’s too sweet, I couldn’t possibly eat this’ reaction to foods like cake or fruit etc, that other people have reported, although I have been able to resist them, so not sure really.
I’ve been using Stevia occasionally as well – but I only used a teaspoon with a kilo of rhubarb, so that was still quite tart; I just checked a recipe and that was suggesting 85g of sugar to 550g rhubarb – so that would be about 30 teaspoons for a kilo, I think that would make me gag.

I must admit when I made the jelly, I did eat all of it (one portion first, then went back for a bit more and a bit more…..)

Apologies Butterlover – probably not my best suggestion!

i agree with you janey i have a little bit of what i fancy and i have still lost weight and if like today i eat a little too much i pull it back tomorrow whats that saying is it horses for courses ? or did i just make that up ??