S-g blood sugars are sounding really good. I’m sure you’ll find a house-sitter. Do you ever have repeat sitters? I’m sure your evening dresses will look good … maybe even too big by your next trip!!!

Margaret hope you’re Saturday weigh-in is a step in the right direction.

Becca there is a ‘soup’ thread. Just put ‘soups’ in the search box above and you’ll get lots of recipes.

Still journalling here and I do think it’s stopped the ‘mindless eating’ of last week. Funny how you just can’t bring yourself to write down 6 biscuits, a frozen mince pie, even if it was mini! A packet of crisps, a ‘handful’ of chocolate nuts and a few chocolate mints! Anyway, my journal is much healthier! Not weighing food yet as I’m just trying to get back to good eating habits. Time will tell.

Hope this week is turning out to be a good one.

Not much news, no more weird applications for my sit. Still concentrating on lower carbs but yesterday I did have one slice of wholegrain bread – not normal for me. Anyway, the main thing to report is my BG yesterday was 3.5, so very low so I reduced insulin by just one unit. This morning it was 4.85 which is very good. So, will keep up the good work.

How quickly the weeks go by. I have 3 new evening dresses I bought over Christmas, so they fit me then and hopefully will fit me better now but I am not going to try them on again until I am another 2kgs lighter.

Keep on keeping on…

Thank you Becca & the carrot soup was a very simple one but is delicious. Two pounds of chopped carrots with one onion & three cloves of garlic sautéed in a little olive oil or butter is the base then adding one litre of stock, I just use water with Marigold bouillon powder. I served it with a little crème fraîche stirred in.
Yesterday I did manage to get down to 850 calories & I will try to keep to 800 today. I’m only 5ft 3inches tall so really need to properly reduce my calorie intake but I’m slowly getting there 😀
Good luck with your weigh in today 🤞🤞
Keep on going everyone & I will be weighing on Saturday!
Margaret xx

FightingT2 I agree with everything Cathy has said. Keep it simple. It’s easy to be overwhelmed with the amount of information and recipes out there, plus all the various numbers involved. But in my view it’s better to have a few meals that you just keep rotating round until you get into the groove. If you try to spend ages researching, shopping for and preparing lots of different meals that you’re not familiar with it can get too complicated.

I also think the key to success is in something you mentioned – “breaking bad habits”. This can be really hard and, as I said in my last post, I’ve found I do much better if my mindset is right. So I’d suggest two things. Firstly, you need to be clear about your main reason for changing your WoE , and you’ve already mentioned you want to reverse your diabetes and reduce your blood sugar. But it might help to explore that in more detail about why it’s so important to you. Try to identify your main reason for wanting to do it. You don’t need to share that here but just have it as your main inspiration for doing this and always keep it in focus.

The second thing that may help is to gently wean yourself off the bad habits rather than going completely cold turkey. Others may disagree but this worked for me. When I started this WoE I was working full time in a private school and had very long days. My bad habits included snacking during the day – think cakes and biscuits in the staffroom! – having lots of bread at lunchtime and then hitting the wine and salty snacks as soon as I came home. So what I did was take my own snacks for break eg celery and hummus, eat that at my desk then go up later to the staffroom when the best cakes would already have gone. I avoided the bread at lunchtime and had extra salad items instead. And when I got home it was chilled sparkling water with a slice of lemon accompanied by a handful of almonds. By doing these kinds of things I maintained the comfort factor of the bad habits but replaced the actual content with healthy alternatives.

So the important thing is to be kind to yourself and find what works for you. Also see this as an exciting adventure not an ordeal to be endured. The results will be worth the effort of change. Once you get into the groove you might want to start finding a new recipe now and again, and incorporating it into your regular routine. But don’t try to do everything new all at once as it could be too much.

Hope this helps. And good luck! Remember two things. It CAN be done. And YOU can do it!!

FightingT2- when i started doing the blood sugar diet back in 2017 I read the book and ate very simple meals for quite a time before reading any of the recipe books. Breakfast was always Greek yoghurt and raspberries. Lunch was a piece of cheese and some salad or an egg and salad or a greek salad. I am vegetarian. I would have hummus and celery etc and evening would be an omelette or some quorn sausages with cabbage or some chilli with cauliflower rice. It was quite simple food. This has got me thinking that I maybe need to go back to basics. The recipe books are really useful and I’ve got some lovely recipes from them but this way of eating doesn’t have to be complicated. I remember having an apple and some cheese and some walnuts for my lunch. Jist cutting the bread, pasta, rice, cakes, crisps out of my diet made a huge difference.
Thank you for reminding me about how simply I started and how it made a difference. I have always thought it must be so much easier for meat eaters with the amount of choice you have. I’m also keen on avoiding any processed foods so going back to salads, soups, berries, yoghurt, eggs, vegetables, is something to appreciate for its simplicity and effectiveness in losing weight.
Good luck everyone – it doesn’t have to be complicated. I had amazing results first time round with my simple food! Hoping to enjoy good results again this time too.

Ohhh, Denise, I know it’s not funny, but I almost spit out my coffee reading about the person who wondered if they needed to fly to get to France. My goodness, I do wish you well with your search.

Margaret, carrot soup sounds delicious. You’re making me want some right now! Sounds like you’ve made good progress with the kitchen clear-out That’s always a challenge, and like you, I hate to waste food. Thankfully, when I did a clear-out after the holidays, my daughter was willing (and happy) to take all those carby things. Made it so much easier, because I can promise you, if they’d been here, I would have been eating them. Carbs and I have had a lifelong love affair, but sadly, it’s a destructive relationship for me. Maybe down the road I’ll be able to manage moderation better.

I sympathize with the difficulty in cutting the calories down so far, as I’ve also not done too well this past week. I’m not too angry with myself, given that I’m a big woman and even if I can manage to average 900-1000 calories a day some weeks, I’ll still consider that a win. Weigh-in tomorrow. Since last week was such a huge loss, I’ll be surprised if there’s a loss this week.

Kudos to both of you for getting some exercise in. I’ve not yet begun with any exercise.

Sending out support and encouragement for all of us!

Becca

Many thanks for the warm welcome, Dreamscometrue.
I’ve not been great with the diet so far. I can see my main hurdle is to overcome bad habits, but I’m conscious of what I’m eating, so that’s a start.
I may copy your framework of eggs or Greek yogurt and fruit for breakfast; a salad for lunch, and chicken or fish for dinner. I think I’m getting overwhelmed with all the recipes and need more structure with less options.

Fingers crossed for you S-G that you can find a reliable house sitter 🤞🤞
I am still finding it difficult to cut my calories each day however today it’s homemade carrot soup with a little crème fraîche & a slice of wholemeal seeded bread & an apple & supper will be ham & scrambled egg with probably some tinned pineapple in juice. My kitchen has now been cleared of other temptations & I am resisting having any of the Sauvignon Blanc that is open in the fridge 😀. I managed 5600 steps on Monday after playing short mat bowls & yesterday 4800 steps preparing carrot soup & Turkey bolognese in the kitchen from scratch. Today fewer steps after going to an Arts Society lecture. I am also continuing TRE eating two meals between 1-0pm and 7-0pm & getting back to low carb meal planning & cooking from scratch.
I hope you are all having a good week 👍😀
Margaret xx

Hello.
Pootle rescue chickens!
OK so the bread arrived a little earlier. It’s a bit difficult for me to judge yet but I went for the low carb as opposed to the keto. I have sourdough white and wholegrain half bloomers. Also a seeded sourdough loaf which looks a rather strange grey colour but I’ll try it and see. It’s all feeling very fresh and it’s in the freezer now. The company is Robert Andrew. I used to buy Livlife bread which was really good but they no longer produce it unfortunately. I’ve tried Hey-lo but haven’t been too impressed. I don’t know if you ever buy low carb seeded loaf bread but if not be prepared for slices to be similar in size to ‘nimble’!

So to my positives…..

👁️👁️👁️ Visit to optician who agrees my cataracts should be removed. Going forward with trepidation!

🍞🥐🥯 As above bread arrived will report back hen I’ve tested it out

📚👩🏻‍💻📚 Reading, well actually listening to, a really interesting book, “It’s not a Diet” by Davina Taylor. I’ve started journaling!

👩🏻✂️👩🏻 Hair cut and coloured yesterday which always makes me feel brighter.

Hope you’re finding positives at this miserable time of the year….
Oh! That reminds me just saw🌼🌼🌼 my first daffodils of the year (I know these aren’t daffs!)

Hi all, I am off the site for one day and it all goes to hell 🙁 I hope there has been some reporting done.

I am having my own computer idiots problem. Looking for a housesitter and been with Trusted House Sitters for around 9 successful years. Then this year there are a load of idiots applying, one coming from Australia and asks if they need to fly to get to France, one coming from America and dont understand the concept of NO PUBLIC TRANSPORT saying they will rely on my local knowledge to advise how they get around – you hire a car you idiots. Then there was the man who was caught on camera doing things to himself – I dont know how he is still applying. Then I found a couple who appear perfect but when I ask for a face to face they blank me. Anyway, still got 2 months to find someone so I am not panicking yet.

Diet going good, exercised on Monday and hopefully again today, so just every other day.

How are the rest of you getting on.

Just a small point, I have now reported serveral posters but not made the comment ‘reported’ as it brings them back up to the top. Just report and ignore.

Hi everyone, and a special welcome to the latest two newcomers FightingT2 and Patsnotcarb. Hello and lovely to “meet” you!

FightingT2 I hope that you find this thread a helpful support in reducing your blood sugar. Both Verano and Pootle have put diabetes into remission using the WoE, as have several others on various other threads. So you’re in good company and if you need ideas or inspiration, just shout! I hope that you see great results this year : it CAN be done 🙌

Patsnotcarb well done on your first two weeks! It’s interesting you are finding it easy this time, because when I first started in 2017 I found it easier than expected, and began to lose weight quite quickly. But at other times since then it’s been an uphill struggle. You’re right that there are definitely more resources around now, which is great, but I think a big part of it is your own mindset. I am doing well at the moment but I think that’s mostly because I feel very motivated and excited at the prospect of losing weight and fat, and I’m willing to stay on track because it’s important to me to do so. Whereas at other times I’ve made more of a half-hearted attempt because I felt I “ought” to, or whatever. It’s amazing how completely interlinked our mental and physical health and wellbeing is, even when we don’t acknowledge that. You sound like you’re also very motivated so I look forward to further updates soon.

Arcticfox I’m pleased you are nearer to finding a new counsellor. It sounds like you had gone beyond what your previous one was able/willing to provide and in that sense you didn’t need them any more. You referred to “the monster” she helped to create but in a way it’s all credit to both you and her that you have come so far. It’s great to hear you sounding so confident and you sound as busy as ever! Well done on the food experiments too : I’m glad you are finding things that you enjoy and are now able to eat.

Cathy I hope your appointment goes well today. And Heidi, I’m thinking of you every day X

I’m plodding on. Another pound gone which is great. Though my main desire is to see some inch loss by the end of the month. But I’m taking things gently. Currently having three meals a day in no particular time window, so I have the option of dropping to two meals and/or a limited eating window later to shake things up if needed. I’m not counting calories or carbs but reverting back to combinations that have worked for me in the past. So it’s mainly eggs or Greek yogurt and fruit for breakfast, home made soup or a salad for lunch, and a simple chicken, fish or veggie dinner. I’m also cooking and eating earlier in the evening to cut out that tempting late afternoon drink/snack time which just adds empty calories. I may allow myself to indulge on a Friday as a weekly treat, but I’d got into the habit of doing that every day which is lethal 🙀

Hope everyone else is having a good week. Let us know how you’re getting on 😊

Heidi I’m very sorry to hear about your husband, in recent years I’ve supported a few friends in similar circumstances all I can offer is – be gentle with yourself and deal with one crappy thing a day (don’t try and do it all at once) and then try and do one nice thing even if it’s small – a cuppa or patting dog .

Hello everyone ,
Thank you Dreamscometrue for starting the thread.

I started Fast800 on 1/1/26 almost completed 2 weeks!!! Stuck to it so far, finding it easy, so much so I started to triple check weighing and logging food 🙂

I have done the diet before years ago but this time it seems easier, more interesting recipes and loads of resources around, I’ve even enlisted the help of AI to adjust a recipe or two ensuring low carb / high protein, with ingredients I have.

This week I started to also do 16:8 and exercise more, that’s made it a little harder and feels more like I remember.

I haven’t weighed myself I decided it would depress me too much, using a tape measure instead to regularly record changes/ track progress.

I’m using MyfitnessPal to log food, for some reason the app started to use a large amount of data? I googled it a known issue with some users? I was thinking of signing up to the fast800 program that includes food logging but I really like the food / recipes I have been discovering and making.

I hope everyone has a lovely week!

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Glad to hear of the positive changes, ArcticFox, and I hope it will all work out well. Sounds like you’re making a good effort to care for yourself with relaxation, volunteering, and eating well as the business of finding the right counsellor is sorted.

Thanks, Arctic Fox. Seeing all the spam showing up is so sad. Makes the boards feel a lot less cozy and safe. I hope they will be able to find a way to filter out these kinds of posts.

Posting a positive to get this thread back up above the reported posts.
I interviewed a new counsellor yesterday and she seems lovely and is very experienced. My body breathed a sigh of relief when she was explaining her approach. I did not realize just how on edge I have been seeing my previous counsellor over the last few months. I am so glad I made the decision finally to not go back. I have 2 more interviews this week, but am already more hopeful that I will find someone I can work with. My motivation to cook and make healthy meals has already improved. I think I was under so much stress that the relationship with my previous counsellor had gone wrong that it was causing me to almost shut down. So interesting the impact of stress has on our bodies and well-being.

Just bumping this back up to the top over the spam posts.

A quick post to bump this back up to the top.
I interviewed a new counsellor yesterday and what a relief it was to feel like I was finally being heard. I really don’t understand how things got so far off piste with my last one, other than I finally started to stand up for myself, not only in the real world but in her office and she couldn’t handle the monster she helped create, I suppose. Anyway, I have 2 more to interview this week; one today and one on Friday. I am off work so just trying to relax other than keeping the animals clean and fed and watered. Well, not quite true. I have a hay delivery coming tomorrow potentially depending on the weather and the first night back volunteering with the Girl Guides since the holidays. I started at the beginning of December. So I have been trying to eat a bit healthier while I have more time to plan and cook this week. I had a prawn salad last night with green bell pepper and cubes of cheddar in a mayonnaise-based dressing. Quite nice. I still can’t eat eggs, so I had to have a plant-based mayo which was not as nice as my regular mayo though. I can eat small amounts of tomato now again though so that has opened up some options. I think my gut has healed enough from not eating the gluten anymore that I have been able to add most things back in, including dark chocolate and some higher fat things like the mayonnaise. So that is good.

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Okay, so new positive …. we have managed to get this thread one page further on! Well done to all who have posted positives, let’s keep it going … what positives can you share with us today?

Okay, so new positive …. we have managed to get this thread one page further on! Well done to all who have posted positives, let’s keep it going … what positives can you share with us today?

Verano, so sorry you’re having a rough time … if it’s related to the time of the year, I can sympathise … although right now I’m having break from that.
Pootle, runny eggs are about the only time I miss bread …. to my mind it’s the only time bread is essential. Hope your rescue hens reward you well.

My positive right now ….
🌴🌴 currently lucky enough to be enjoying some tropical weather … Will be making the most of it before having to face UK weather again at the weekend
I don’t need any other positive right now, just happy to be able to step into a new personal decade in a warm location.

Sending love and comforting wishes to you, Heidi. You sound amazingly strong and positive, though, despite such a profound loss. Please do continue taking gentle and nurturing care of yourself as you adjust to your new life in the coming year.

A big giant hug from Becca

Hi friends, sounds like everyone has made a good start and working out whatever tweaks are necessary to get to a happy outcome! We’re all unique and it’s important to make the diet work for us. Good weigh-ins, Margaret and Denise, onward and downward! Tulip, Lollylu, Pootle, how are things going? Verano, I can relate to that occasional late night need for something, just to quiet your mind and stomach down, and have opted to allow myself a pickle or a few bites of sauerkraut as “safe” foods, with hardly any calories or carbs and satisfying saltiness, even when it’s outside my eating window. Have also discovered again how eating really low carb helps quiet down that food noise and helps so much with cravings. It has helped me stick to this, despite it being somewhat boring at times. Strangely, I’ve found a certain freedom in the simplicity of just keeping to high protein foods, vegetables, and a few berries. I know that’s not really the diet as written, but just feeling the need to be strict with myself for now, as I have so much to lose and feel an urgent need to get it off, given my age (71). Certainly makes grocery shopping and meal planning easier. Well, I’ll check back in on Thursday, which is weigh-in day for me, and in the meantime, keep the faith and keep at it, everyone! ❤️

Heidi, I’m so sorry about your husband. Do take your time. It can take a while to process.

Verano, I agree that reading through the posts on other threads has made be realise that I should be counting all the positives in my life!
Sorry that you are struggling and in need of finding positives..I really hope the low carb, keto bakery order works out. Is it on-line? If it is good, please share! 😄
So finding a couple of pluses today:

👩‍🍳👩‍🍳👩‍🍳 My cooker has been fixed!! 👩‍🍳👩‍🍳👩‍🍳
🐓🐓🐓I took in 3 new ‘rescue’ hens today. 🥚🥚🥚
🍳🍳🍳 Eggs for breakfast tomorrow (would love some low carb toast to soak up the yolks!) 🍞🍞🍞

Oh Heidi, so sorry to read about your husband. I can only imagine how difficult things are for you right now. Thinking of you, take care x

Well I thought that I really needed to post today because I really, really, really do need to find some ‘POSITIVES’!

I can only describe this last week as one when my behaviour has been ‘destructive’ so I really do need to change…..
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🍞🥯🥐 My first win is that I’ve found a new, to me, low carb and keto bakery. So first order on its way! Hopefully it will live up to expectations!

☀️🫑🫒 Today is working well . I’ve found a new ‘meditation’ source and that set me up for the day despite making me very teary at first.

🔥💦🌈 Reading through the posts today there are so many others who have ‘real’ problems, not just ‘weight’. Weight is a ‘number’. If it’s too high we know what to do.

Let’s just live the best life we can with what we have!

Heidi I’m so sorry to hear your news. Sending love. Dawn XX

Heidi my thoughts are with you.
Do what feels best for you.
Your first priority is to take care of yourself and do what’s right for ‘you’ now.
Dig deep!

Heidi, I am so sorry to hear your sad news. Be kind to yourself.
Thinking of you.
Xx

Heidi, I am so sorry to read about your husband. Please accept my sincere condolences.

Thanks Verano. It’s so encouraging to hear from people who have put their diabetes into remission.

Heidi- I just want to send you my sincere condolences. I am so sorry to read your sad and heartbreaking news. Take time to grieve and come back when the time is right. It’s good that you’re looking after yourself and we will be here for you when the time is right. Lots of love to you. News like this certainly puts things into perspective.

HEIDI I am so very very sorry to hear your news. That is truly awful. Sending you lots of love and a big virtual hug. Please know that we are all thinking of you and are here in any way we can be.

Hello to others too, especially newcomers. I will post again in due course, just wanted to reach out straightaway to our lovely Heidi.

Hi everyone. Thanks DCT for setting up the new thread, and welcome to the newcomers. It’s always nice to share the excitement!

I am back in lurking mode. My husband died last week and my head is all over the place. But it’s good to say hello. One point of thankfulness is that I am entering this awful stage in a much healthier and more resilient state. For newcomers, just to explain that I started eating healthily at the end of May last year and reduced by 15+ kilos, moving from obese to a healthy BMI for my age. I am so glad I did that.

I am planning to stay on the same course this year – avoiding processed carbs, rice and potatoes and booze, and not going mad on avocados nuts and cheese (though I shall continue to enjoy them!). . So continuing to treat my body and mind with healthy food, and not get too wound up with counting. It has worked so far, so fingers crossed.

Very best wishes to you all. I probably won’t be posting again for a while. xx

Thanks S-g. Welll done on a great loss!
Yes I have allowed myself ‘mindless eating’ which isn’t normally what I do. Of course olives! I love olives and you’re right they are self regulating! Although in saying that I buy olives from a specialist company and they are almost as ‘moreish’ as chocolate!
Just have to keep on keeping on …..

Hi all, end of week one for me, although it is actually 9 days. I have lost 4.5lbs. You know what I am going to say, most of that is fluid but in fact it was a complete change after what I had been eating. Not quite back into exercising although I did one session last week and planning on even more this week. I have set my goal at 71kg so hope to lose 6.5kgs before we go away. We don’t have any events planned except my birthday when we are going out for a meal on the lunchtime.

Verano, I found the nibbles stayed with me for a few days and had to think about what to have. I have fruit and nuts and olives at hand. However, I find the best thing to do is set a time limit and do TRE, you only nibble when you allow yourself that freedom. The only problem I have with the fruit (clementines and pineapple) is they are so high in carbs and of course the nuts are high in calories. I can only eat so many olives so they are a self regulating food.

How are the rest of you getting on. If you are struggling let us know if we can help.

Have a great week.

Good afternoon. Hope everyone is well.
This last week has been less than stella for me! I’ve just been so unsatisfied after my evening meal I’ve started ‘picking’, and not the good stuff. I think I need to start eating earlier in the day.
Hope you’ve all had a good week.

Hi FightingT2
As Pootle says you’re in the right place to reverse your T2.

I found BSD in mid 2016 when my HbA1c was 46, not very high you might say, but I was on the highest dose of metformin and threatened with another medication. May 2016 my HbA1c was 46, I started the BSD in July 2016 and by October it had dropped to 37. I stayed on medication, slowly reducing for almost a year because at that time low carb was comparatively new so I was guided by my GP. Staying low carb my blood sugar has stayed in the mid 30’s, drug free, ever since, with just one blip at 41 in 2023. So I reigned in my carbs and here I am over 9 years on and still have normal blood sugars. So yes it does work.

Weight loss is very important but carbs are THE real secret. That’s not to say you will never be able to eat carbs again. When your blood sugar is in the normal range you’ll be able to experiment and add in the odd carb here and there but each ‘body’ is different so you will have to find you’re own ‘sweet spot’. Best of luck. Low carb works!

Hi Pootle, thanks for the encouragement. I really appreciate it.

Hi Fighting T2.
You posted at the same time as I did!
You are in the right place for support, there are very experienced people on here.
As a bit of encouragement for you, I put my diabetes into remission in 2024 by following the BSD and using recipe books for Fast 800 and the BSD. Counting carbs as well as calories. It can be done!! I lost over 5 stone!
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Good morning all,

It is sooo encouraging to hear how everyone is doing. I know we all have issues with something but coming together on here is so very supportive!

I really must not allow my weight to creep up again..so easy to get onto the merry-go-round of ‘just one won’t matter’! I did put weight back on over Christmas, and I am finding it hard to resist the carb monster.. but I have got back below the 10 stone point and my BS levels are good! I am determined to keep the diabetes in remission so have to maintain the diet!

The weather here today is awful .. so wet it isn’t conducive to getting outside, which is essential to my mood!! However, I am now signing off, to go out to feed all the animals and get a bit of exercise!

See you all soon!

Morning, everyone. I’d also like to start today. My last HbA1c was 59, even with medication, so this is the year that I reverse my diabetes!
I plan to follow the Fast 800 recipes. I’m not sure if I’ll be doing 5:2, I just want to make an effort to reduce my blood sugar.

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post to say I’m starting today as didn’t think it was realistic for me to start last week as I wasn’t really in the frame of mind to resist some unhealthy food we had in the house. We still have a few bits but I feel totally differently towards them today and am about to work out this week’s food plan on MFP.
Well done to everyone who started last week. Your posts are all inspiring, whether it’s regarding weight loss or just general thoughts about the year ahead. I’ve eaten pretty unhealthily this last week so I think most of the weight loss I will have this coming week will be water but as long as it’s coming off I don’t mind! I’ve spent the last few days rereading the Fast800 book so I’m raring to go, let’s hope that continues😀 Wishing everyone luck for the coming week.
Dawn XX

HI everyone. Lovely to read all the recent posts!

ARCTICFOX welcome. back! I was so pleased to see your post as I was wondering how you were getting on. Great news that your surgery went well, and that it is already making a difference. I hope you find more recipes that work for you, and also hope you can find some suitable and fun ways to be more active. I’m sure that this combination will get you back to your pre-surgery size very soon. Sorry to hear about the counsellor issue, and I hope you find the best person for you very soon.

SUE well done on your weight loss last week! water weight or not, it’s a great start. Good luck for this week. I always love reading about the meals you are having, as they sound delicious and give me ideas. Good idea to lay off the alcohol too, especially after Christmas. I think a short period of abstinence can really help to reset expectations and make it easier to drink more moderately. Dry January is a big thing in the UK and I was going to do it this year then fell at the first hurdle. But, like you, I’m making a conscious effort to cut it right down as a couple of glasses of wine can really add fat very quickly.

CATHY I love your recipes too! That butternut squash salad sounded lovely and I may give it a try. It sounds like you are enjoying your new job which is great news. I hope your Christie’s appointment goes well too this week. We are both aiming to lose 20lb this year and both taking the slow and steady route so it’s lovely to have your company on the journey.

Hello to anyone reading this and hope you’re doing ok too. Do post to say hello, even if you never have before. It’s great to have the support and companionship of so many on these forums who begin as strangers but soon become friends.

Here’s to a successful week for us all!

Arctic Fox so glad your surgery went well. Sorry to hear about the issue you’re having with your counsellor and I hope
you can sort something out soon. In the meantime, take care of yourself x

Cathy and DCT well done on your losses. The slow and steady approach works best for me too. Cathy I’m going to focus on 5lb goals too, that works out to be about 2.2 kilos, so my first goal is to lose that amount in the next 4 weeks. This aligns with the goals the Happy Scale app has set for me too. If I can keep it up at that rate I’ll be at my goal weight in July, well before my birthday in September.
Today has been lovely and cool at 23 degrees and with some welcome rain showers. I went out for a walk in the morning with my husband, and then lunchtime with my daughter as we both had errands to run.
Lunch today was a corned beef wrap (with left over corned silverside from dinner last night) and dinner today is Lentil Curry. The recipe I use is on the Recipe Tin Eats website (mega flavour lentil curry or something similar), and I LOVE it as it’s so simple to make and so cheap too! It’s probably not low carb as such but like you Cathy I’m focusing on nutrition, my family will have their curry with rice and garlic naan bread, and I’ll have mine on a bed of steamed broccoli and cauliflower.
I took my measurements today too, as I remembered that sometimes there’s no or little loss on the scales, but I will have lost some cms.
The other decision I made today was to give up alcohol until Australia Day (2 weeks away) and my husband has agreed to this too, so really hoping this will make a difference too.
I’ll weigh again on Friday and post results here so that I can keep myself accountable!