Well done Becca on your great start, and I hope you feel 100% better soon 🙂 You mentioned exercise – what I found helpful during the COVID lockdowns were YouTube exercise videos – there’s ones for gentle exercise, seniors, walking at home etc. They are a good way of getting into regular exercise as you can go at your own pace and in the comfort of your own home 🙂

I’ve had a good week in terms of weight loss – down 3kg or 6.6lb. I’m sure a lot of
it was fluid as I had really badly swollen feet earlier in the week, and they are better now. It was a horrible week with the weather – it was 43 degrees centigrade yesterday, no fun in an older house with no air conditioning! I made a refreshing watermelon, mint and feta salad for lunch yesterday, and then chicken salad wraps for dinner.
Today was thankfully only 22, totally different! So I cooked some corned silverside for dinner and we had that with veggies – it was nice to have a hot meal again after days of salads!
I’m enjoying getting back into cooking my Fast 800 and BSD meals again – I had scrambled eggs with feta and smoked salmon for breakfast – so filling and delicious 🙂
Despite the heat I still managed to walk for 45 mins on 5 mornings – we walk at 7am, before it gets too warm.
Anyway Week 2 begins for me tomorrow and I’m aiming for a 500g to 1kg loss.
I worked out I want to lose 15kg to get back down to the weight I was comfortable with in 2022. That’s still “overweight” on the BMI charts but I felt good – size 16 clothes fitted comfortably and I was happy with how I looked and felt. I’m 5ft 9” and not a light build so doubt I’ll ever be a size 10 again!
Hope everyone else is doing well 🙂

Hi Becca, lovely to hear from you. And well done for such a great start, even though the circumstances were not ideal. All the best for your next weigh-in on Thursday – I’m sure you won’t be disappointed. I’ve been doing this WoE on and off since 2017 and have always found – both myself and others – that more weight usually comes off at the beginning, no matter how much or little you have to lose. Some of it is water weight but I think it’s also as your body adjusts to less carbs and cals going in. So I’m confident you’ll also see a good loss this week. It’s exciting to share your journey. You sound very determined and are also very motivated by your current and future involvement with your family. Good luck with it all, and I can’t wait to hear more about your progress over the next few days and weeks.

How is everyone else doing? Slow and steady this end. This past week has been more about getting back into good habits and the right mindset. I’m consistently 1lb down and hope to shed another 3lb by the end of January 🤞

Good luck everyone! X

Hi everyone, and I hope the year is going well for you all so far. I love reading the posts. Unfortunately, I’ve been down with a bad cold and flu for the last week, having caught it from my daughter’s family just as they were all getting better. Feels like between us all we’ve had sickness since Christmas! I live in a small cottage behind my daughter and son-in-law’s house, and I care for my granddaughter when they are working, which is nice for keeping a close relationship with her. I’m blessed. Except for the getting sick. : )

Well, I did go ahead and start eating very low carb on January 1. I didn’t count calories for the first week, but I also wasn’t eating a lot due to being sick. I ended up with a shocking loss of 13 pounds the first week! A lot of that being water, I’m sure. I’m also extremely overweight and so bound to lose faster for that reason.

Now into week two, continuing the very low carb and into the calorie counting. Will weigh again on Thursday January 15 and see how I did.

At some point I need to start doing some muscle strengthening exercises, even just sit-to-stand or marching in place. I’m 71 years old and have been very, very sedentary for decades. Need to work on this so I don’t end up losing my balance or falling. Plus, I want to be able to get out and walk more, maybe do more things with my daughter and granddaughter. And want to be here for as long as I can to see the little one grow up.

Looking forward to hear from everyone as the days go by. It really is a nice support system. Good luck, everyone! Hopefully by next New Year’s we will all be so happy with what we’ve accomplished.

Cheers to us all! –Becca

Hi all, Margaret dont be disappointed at a small loss, it is a loss. Our bodies are used to being on a diet so it is not exactly like starting a new diet. My very first time round I lost only 3lbs in the first week so I was always a very slow loser – I put it down to the insulin injections.

Becca, I am not sure how accurate these scales are but as long as you are getting on the same time, same clothing etc it is a record which will give you levels to aim for. I went on one at the gym when I was with daughter in UK and my results yesterday show a weight loss from that date, improvements in muscle mass, body water. I like the ease of reading like my BMI is in red – bad, muscle mass is green – good and the yellow markers are bad but not as bad as red. I like looking a statistics and hope there is some improvement by Monday even if my weight loss is not great. My metabolic age is showing 79 and I am only 72, so that really does have to come down.

Hope you have all survived the snow, have a good weekend.

Good morning everyone I have just weighed & I am very disappointed losing only 1.2 lbs in weight after five days of dieting.😢 Gosh it just shows how much stricter I am going to have to be to lose my excess weight. I am going to a large family gathering for my husband’s cousin 80th birthday at the end of February so really need to focus from now on to lose as much weight as I can before then 🤔.
At least we have not been affected with heavy snow or wind by the bad storm Goretti here in West Sussex although the temperature dropped below freezing again overnight but rain is predicted all next week with the temperature rising.
I hope you can all do well next week 🤞🤞
Margaret xx

I have one of those smart scales, too, Denise. Not sure how accurate all the things are, but they are interesting to look at, and it’s very gratifying to see certain numbers going down just a little, like visceral fat. Hope to see my metabolic age going down at some point!

Sunny hope you arrived safely and are ‘enjoying’!

Well for me 2026 is a year of reset in many ways. So today was my first ….

🏝️🏝️🏝️Visit to dentist… no more hiding the head in the sand!

💼🎓👁️ Spoke to doctor about cataracts! Oh dear!

That’s enough for now… just being positive!

Jumped on the scales this morning but only did body composition, closed my eyes on the weight. After moisturing my feet last night it recorded all the details I want like visceral fat, skeletal muscle, muscle mass, body water and so on. So I now have a starting point and looking forward to the bad or not so good numbers changing for the better.

Have a good weekend.

Morning all! How has the first week of January gone for you?

CATHY I’m pleased to hear you have started your invigilation work now. How is it going? Hope your school has not been affected in any way by Storm Goretti?

I’ve got off to a reasonable start : lost 1lb this week but not counting my chickens as they say. My weight fluctuates quite a bit anyway, and it’s not unusual for me to go up or down a couple of pounds during a week, even if I’ve not done anything particularly different. So my aim is to be 4lb “properly” down by the end of January. This is a slightly faster pace than I expect for this year but I’m hoping more will come off in the early days.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, and hope that we all see some positive results over the next few days!

Well done Becca, stay with it and it will work. It does work. I am not weighing until Monday as that will be one week.

Reposting.

I am deeply saddened by the news of Dr. Michael Mosley’s passing. Thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute. It’s clear that he touched countless lives with his expertise, compassion, and unwavering dedication to improving health and wellness. Beyond his professional achievements, Dr. Mosley’s kindness and generosity will be fondly remembered. His innovative spirit and genuine concern for others stand as a testament to how one individual can truly make a positive impact in the world. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends, and colleagues. He will be profoundly missed, but his legacy will continue to inspire us for years to come. May he rest in peace.
His unwavering commitment to excellence and his innovative approach to science and health have left an indelible mark on the lives of many.

Well, this first week of January has been rather haphazard, because I wasn’t counting calories consistently, just focusing on staying low carb. I am shocked and pleased to report that I am 13 pounds down, having gone from 289 to 276! This might be partly due to having caught the family cold/flu and not having eaten much at all the last couple of days. In any case, I’m very excited and ready to move forward to week 2 with a bit more discipline about counting the calories. Hope you are all staying well and doing well out there.

Becca

thanks for sharing..!

Hi all, must say I am managing on less than 800 cals but yesterday my carbs were 50g all because I had a clementine – just trying to keep fruit and fibre in my diet. The day before it was 760 cals and 20g so I can do it.

Talking about fibre, before we went away I froze some homemade chicken stock and the rest of the chicken from the joint (separately). I always have a bag of veggie ends in the freezer so I made a big pot of chicken veg soup. Talk about going straight through me (and hubby). Supposed to be good for us.

I reset my Rhenpo scales this morning but it wouldn’t register my composition, think my feet need some cream to soften the skin. Not happy but it was a sneaky peek at my weight loss and that is okay – just not happy I have let myself go back to what I was in September after yet another holiday. It will go.

We haven’t had any snow here yet but it has been -7 degrees for the past 3 nights, thank heaven for my electric blanket. Only goes on for an hour before bed but it is toasty warm.

Have a good rest of the week and stay warm.

Hello
I’m invigilating today so just had avocado and cottage cheese before my shift. I weighed this morning and I’m down 1.2 lb. I looked at my stats and I’m the heaviest I’ve been for many years but that is inspiring me to work at getting back to a healthy weight.

I had an experimental weigh this morning & have lost one pound after one day & that obviously is fluid & I haven’t managed to drop back to a low carb 1000 calories yet eating 1200 but I will incrementally drop down to 800! So far so good & by next Saturday when I weigh I will be pleased if I have lost 2 lbs which will indicate that I’m on a manageable downwards trajectory 🤞🤞
Keep on going everyone 👍😀
Margaret xx

Hi everyone. Well my first week of my reset is over. Yesterday I re-zero-ed my scales by removing the battery and then putting it back…. result 2lb weight gain! Oh dear! So starting again this week with my no carbs from ‘boxes or bags with barcodes’ regime. I have to admit it was much harder than I thought it would be. I was probably 95% successful. Anyway, now I’ve reset my scales I’ll know by next week if this working or not. I will probably have to add ‘weighing’ food too. Next Tuesday will tell.
Hope everyone has a successful first week.

Hi all, hope you are doing well and sticking with the plan.

Sorry if I made my explanation so complicated, I was trying to explain why it happened. Just now I started to type this and scrolled down a bit to see the line You Are Not Logged In so I had to click on it. Just remember not to use the back button at any time and make sure you are actually logged in.

Becca I am so in awe of you facing this challenge and can understand why you have found it difficult in the past. We did have a lady who lost 9 stone so it can be done over a few years. Fortunately, you dont have any related illnesses and this means you can now avoid them. I am still on this diet after 10 years so it is not impossible to sustain such a diet. My health is more important than toast for breakfast.

I also made a mistake, the symptoms you will feel are not like flu, not that flu. You will just feel pretty rough and lethargic as your body gets rid of the bad effect of white carbs and this is known as carb flu. And, yes, you should be taking it easy until your body gets used to it. You will also be peeing a lot more as you flush out the carbs. If you are doing this properly and not on some other plan (which you are perfectly allowed to) the first thing your body will do is get rid of fluid which is why you can have a super good loss in the first couple of weeks. The secret is to get rid of the carbs. I would say as a diabetic white carbs have a massive effect on your health, as a dieter they have a big effect on weight loss.

Just want to report on something I tried a few months ago for several months and that is Yerba Mata tea. It is supposed to kick the body into increasing natural GPL-1 – the ozempic effect. Well it didnt work for me and it tasted vile. I have just thrown the rest of the bag in the bin. I am now trialling chromium picantate and berebine to reduce blood glucose. I will let you know.

Keep on keeping on.

Hello
Hope everyone is doing well. It’s hard reducing our intake after the Christmas indulgences isnt it. My carb monster is craving! I’m making small tweaks here and there as I ease into my weight loss journey for 2026 and they’re going to make a difference. No bread last night with my evening meal. No breakfast this morning, just a coffee. Home made celery and stilton soup for lunch today, an omelette for my tea tonight. I’ve started a new weight loss chart on my Renpho scales app. I am hoping to see a rewarding downwards line appear over the next few months. Because of the snow I’m not going out walking today as I’m nervous of falling as I have osteoporosis but as soon as the snow melts I plan to go walking each day. Every little bit will help.
We have built up a great arsenal of tools and resources over the years so we know what to do but we just have to do it. I think being sensible and having reasonable expectations will help me this year. I’m going to try a combination of calories, low carb, time restricted eating, walking and drinking more water. My first goal is to get my BMI back under 30. I plan to have my HbA1c repeated in April so I need to keep my carbs low for that test. I want that to be normal so that is also a focus for me. Small steps as I enter the first phase of 2026 and I feel I’ve got this!

Thanks Ms Sunshine, I THINK I understand what you meant there, so I will be careful to remember that trick for posting.

It’s been a low-energy day and I’ve slept a lot in the recliner — I was exposed to the flu from my daughter/son-in-law/granddaughter and may be coming down with that. I don’t think it’s keto flu, as I usually know how to side-step that. Anyway, it’s almost 4:30 pm here in California, and I’m just eating my first bit of food, a cup of green tea with some ham and cheese and celery stalks, with everything logged.

I’m excited to hopefully start seeing the weight go down quickly again. I was doing Fast 800 Keto between October 15 and December 15 and lost 30 pounds (!!), even though I messed up a few times. Then took a 2-week break for Christmas and put 10 back on. Already lost 3 of those doing low carb the last few days, even though I ate quite a bit and didn’t count calories. Water weight, probably.

I’m quite certain that I have a LOT more to lose than anyone else on this board. My weight this morning was 286 pounds official starting weight for the next 12 weeks. My long-term goal is 136 pounds, so that is 150 pounds yet to lose (roughly 11 stone). I will be working at this for a long time, it’s safe to say. If I do end up losing pretty quickly, my “very very overweight” status will be a big part of the reason.

Best of luck to everyone on this journey.

Becca

Glad you got to see the new year in Pootle and that things are going well with the new pup.

Been a couple of days since I was last here, so it must be time to post a few more positives.
🌼🌼 Christmas was put back in the loft yesterday and youngest DD and eldest GS came to dinner. Double positive and we got to spend time with them, as well as used up some food before we go away.
🌼🌼 picked up some festive silicone stamps in a charity shop today, a good find as I’m planning to make some Christmas cards for 2026
🌼🌼 packing almost complete and pedicure done, so close to being ready for the off tomorrow … very excited 🤸‍♀️😊

How is your new year going? What positives have popped into your life recently? Please take a moment to tell us about them, so we can share in your good fortune.

Hi everyone and welcome to Lollylu17, I think this is the time you can stick with this as the weight loss is fairly good in the first few weeks. People give up when it starts to slow down around weeks 3 and 4 but we are here to keep you on your toes. Talking about on your toes, dont worry if you feel lethargic and tired, you may also feel like you are getting the flu. All symptoms of your body craving carbs and you should not give in to it, it will thank you in the end.

I am super excited to be getting back on track. I have set a weight loss goal but not really going to talk too much about it. Right now I have to get my BG down – it was 8.5 this morning and that it really bad for me. Guess I shouldn’t have finished off the 1 macaroon we got free on the ferry coming back. I have 11 weeks before we go on holiday and I really do have some nice dresses to get into. So here goes.

Anyone feeling apprehensive or nervous about this new way of eating, we all feel the same but try to enjoy the excitement of achieving something for yourself.

Just a word to BeccaBSD. Not sure if it is the case but when you type in your post then press submit ALWAYS go to the top of the page in Forums and click on any of the 3 subjects. I usually click on All Recent Topics. If you dont do this straight away you might forget and press a key to come off the site (your post wont register) or, even worse, hit the back arrow to go back to the list of subjects and this takes you back to where you were before you posted, hence deleting your post. It is such an automatic thing to do, to go back but it is not the right thing. One other thing, make sure you have signed in before commenting as, again your post wont be registered.

Have a good week everyone.

Hi everyone reading this, and especially those who have joined the thread so far : POOTLE, BECCABSD, VERANO, SUEBLUE and CLARINETCATHY. Welcome. Plenty more room for others to join too : whether you want to post regularly or just now and again, it’ll be great to have you on board! I’m also treating this as DAY 1.

So much of what has already been said resonates with me. Like several others, I started BSD in 2017. I weighed 175lb and began to weight quite quickly over the first 2-3months, despite me not expecting to (more to do with my willpower than the way of eating!). I then continued to lose weight at a slower pace and reached my lowest weight of 135lb in 2019. My original target was 133lb but I didn’t quite get there and found even 135lb difficult to maintain. But my weight settled at 138lb for quite some time and that is my goal by the end of 2026. I’m currently 158lb so have 20lb to lose.

In the past I’ve too often set myself ambitious goals – in line with my early BSD weight loss – but I want to change that in 2026 and just take things steady. If I can lose 1lb or 2lb a month that’s fine, maybe a little more at first if I get off to a good start. I aim to do a gentle Mediterranean-style diet most of the time and also use the 5:2 method of 2 strict days per week. In parallel I need to find exercises to tackle my main bugbear – belly fat. It is really noticeable now and means that many of my clothes are currently out of bounds. Rather than refill my wardrobe with bigger clothes I want to get the fat off.

Wish me luck!!

I look forward to travelling with you through 2026, and hope it’s a good year for everyone X

Hello everyone

Today I weighed myself and my weight was 166 lb! I estimated it would be 171 lb so it was a nice surprise to see that I wasn’t as heavy as I estimated I would be. My BMI is 30 so my first task is to get a BMI under 30. I have had some hot raspberries and Greek Yoghurt with chia seeds for my breakfast and it was delicious. When I first embarked on the blood sugar diet in 2017 I started at 175 lb so I am lighter than I was then but not by much. It has been a huge step for me this morning to weigh and admit my weight but I can’t bury my head in the sand anymore if I want to be healthier this year. I’m feeling positive and I’m glad to be back at it.
Sue, it was -7 degrees here this morning. It will be soups for me and salads for you! Well done on your day 1. It’s good to have you to share my Day 1 with. I am looking forward to seeing our progress.

Good luck to everyone who is detoxing from the Christmas feasting! I’ve enjoyed it but it’s time to eat healthy, nourishing food and now I’ve faced the music of my post Christmas weigh in, I can plan each day and look forward to my clothes feeling more comfortable over the next few months! My 65th birthday is in June so it would be nice to feel good about my progress on my birthday.

Hi all, going to try again to post something. Tried a few times over the last couple of days but they didn’t get posted. Started to wonder if I was blacklisted or something! Anyway, I’ve transitioned back to low carb the last few days, but will only be starting my calorie counting today. Best of luck to everyone over the next 12 weeks!

Becca

Good morning everyone & my return to low carb BSD eating starts today with five days until I weigh next Saturday 🤞🤞
I will just take it one day at a time & record what I am eating initially keeping to 1000 daily calories to ease my way back in then reduce incrementally in the next two weeks to 800 calories on week days relaxing calories at the weekend so a sort of reverse 5:2 to 2:5 😀. I also will be as usual doing TRE because I don’t need to eat breakfast. It will be interesting to see how my body reacts because I think the shake up in eating more for the past three weeks may have had a positive effect on my body. I expect to be spending lots of pennies losing carb fluid!
Good luck to everyone who is getting back to BSD eating 🍀🍀👍
Margaret xx

Cathy thanks for your post – your words really resonated with me! The main reason I want to lose weight (again!) is for my health. My blood pressure has gone up so much over the last 6 months, I have really swollen feet from fluid retention, joint pain has been increasing again and to top It off I think I may have sleep apnea too! I wake up numerous times during the night, am so tired during the day and my husband complains that I snore 🙁 All these things were happening
10 years ago, but my health then improved as I lost weight and ate a healthier diet. So now I’m determined to feel healthy once again!
It’s Day 1 for me and so far so good, I spent some time yesterday preparing some of my favourites from my BSD and Fast 800 recipe books – granola, cheese and chive muffins, fruit compote and lentil bolognaise sauce. The muffins (from the Fast 800 Keto book are really tasty, they only have 1.5g carbs as are made with almond flour. I had one for breakfast today and will have another with some salad for lunch tomorrow.
We are in for a very hot week here in Sydney – temperatures between 35 and 42 each day from Wednesday to Saturday 🙁 I absolutely detest it as my house doesn’t have a working air conditioner… anyway I’ll definitely be eating lots of salad this week! I managed to walk 11,000 steps today on my morning walk and then running errands, and the plan is to walk early each morning this week before it gets too hot.
Hope everyone else is off to a good start too 🙂

Hiya- thank you so much for setting up this 3 month thread- I’m ready to get started again!!
🙂

Thank you

Hello and thank you DCT for setting up our 2026 thread. I started BSD in 2017 and achieved my goal weight later that year. It took me about 9 months to lose 42 lb. I maintained for about 3 years and then gradually found it more and more difficult to keep my weight under control. I’ve spent the last few years failing at any lengthy weight loss achievement: up and down the same half stone. I’m drawing a line under things and particularly last year and starting a clean sheet from tomorrow. I’m going to weigh myself tomorrow (dreading it as not weighed since August) and take things slowly. My plan is to think about healthy living, being kind to myself and nourishing my body and mind. I’m not going hell for leather as I would normally do in January. Slow and steady wins the race! Last year I was convinced I would achieve my goal weight as I was so determined but for a variety of reasons I struggled. At one point when I was so disappointed I decided that enough was enough, I was fighting a losing battle and for the last few months I’ve not weighed and I have found it quite liberating not being obsessed about what I eat. However, my HbA1c is creeping up, my weight is definitely up as my clothes are tight and I have to be accountable for my health. I am 65 in June. I want to feel well, in control and positive. I have to stay focused and accountable and also be responsible my future health. I would love to feel good about myself once more. So with all that being said, I’m weighing tomorrow and facing the music! I want to be a positive influence on this wonderful thread and so once again here I am- ready to try again.

Hi Lollylu,
You are in the right place for great support! Welcome!
I can greatly recommend the BSD and wish you all the best for your journey!

Hi all – happy new year. I’ve always been terrified of starting anything to help me lose weight. I start… then get sidetracked so easily and always choose the lazy option. I’m 57 and have never managed to stick to anything. I’m looking to be a part of a community to help me stay focused. This is completely new to me even though I’ve had the books for years…. They still look off the shelf new! I’m taking this one week at a time so it doesn’t feel so daunting. I’ve been lucky enough to not have to go on any medication so far but I know I need to change something before it’s too late. Looking forward to getting started and try to change my mindset

S-g I looked back and my first post was July 4th 2016 but I didn’t start the BSD until the 7th so we really did start at almost the same time. I hadn’t realised that that was the year that the website was set up though. Ten years! Who would have thought!

But hey 10 years ago I was on the highest dose of metformin and threatened with more medication. I took things slowly and listened to my doctors and came off metformin around six months later. Since then I’ve been ‘drug free’, over 9 years. When I think about it without Michael Moseley I’d probably be on the highest doses of all medications to ‘relieve’ T2 now! I thank him wholeheartedly for that.

Margaret great, just a few pounds is excellent given the ‘pleasure’ you’ve had! Shouldn’t be too hard to get back on track now all the ‘leftovers’ have gone.

Why oh why do we keep ‘denigrating our achievements? Let’s just call a ‘loss’ a ‘loss’ we don’t need to sell ourselves short. Put on weight and it’s ‘fat’, lose weight and it’s ‘water’. Oh dear, talk about self-sabotage. Weight loss is weight loss … end of ….and an achievement!

Good morning everyone!
Well I have bravely just weighed & to my surprise I have only gained 2.5lbs over the last three weeks despite drinking wine eating savoury nibbles & snacks plus shortbread & madeleines. My kitchen is still being cleared of leftovers because I don’t believe in throwing good food away & we still have a third of a baked salmon to eat. However I am back to the weight I was after my knee op because I suppose I am still quite sedentary as well with my walking still not very good. Looking back over the past year I have slowly gained nearly a stone in weight which obviously is not helping my knees 🙀.
Well done S-G ( I am also used to referring to you like this!) losing 1kg & I am hopeful of losing some weight next week when I go back to lower carb eating which will I know mostly be carb fluid loss.
Best feet forward everyone now 👍🤞🍀😀
Margaret xx

Thanks for the New Year ‘start’

Well done on the washing front Verano.. Hope the ironing goes well! 😉
Sunny, hyacinths… don’t they just perfume a room, reminding us spring is on the way!

So just a couple of positives from me today:
🐩🐩🐩 Our new pup actually likes food!! 🎉🎉🎉 ( our previous 3 all were very fussy eaters and had to be coaxed into eating!)

🥂🥂🥂 despite having said we wouldn’t, hubby and I saw the New Year in and toasted it with a glass our favourite sparkling wine. 🍾🍾🍾

🫣🫣🫣because we just don’t drink anymore, we had a second glass last night and are having a third tonight (from the same bottle) 😉😉😉
Time was we would have had a bottle each!! 🥴🥴🥴

Good to have positives in our lives!

Happy New Year 🤸‍♀️🎉🥳 … hope 2026 has started well for everyone wherever you are and whatever you’re doing. 🤞🏻it will be a good year for us all.

Thank you for kicking things off for a new year on this thread Verano. Hopefully we can keep it running for another year!

Thought it must be time to post a positive or two my first in 2026 … so here goes …
🌸🌸 lovely new year’s eve date night dinner with OH to herald in the new year
🌸🌸 have a basket of hyacinths in the living room, which smell fabulous
🌸🌸 have been enjoying using the retractable fountain pen a friend gifted to me at Christmas … hoping it will help me neaten up my hand writing again🤞🏻

Please take a moment to post a positive or two, we all love to read them.

Happy 2026!
Well my first post of the year …..

🍅🫑🌶️ Huge great pan of bolognese bubbling on the stove. My first ‘batch’ cook of the year.

🧺🧺🧺 First wash of the year in the machine … now just have to do the first iron!

🥬🫒🥦 First three days of no carbs from ‘boxes or bags with bar codes’ went well. Day 4 … all good so far!

Hope you have some positive too.

So I will have been on this site for 10 years on 28th June 2026, wow. Same year as Dr Mosleys team set it up.

Not started the diet yet but just eating nearer to normal and I am down 1kg. Will still count weight as of 5th Jan.

Happy New Year friends!
Thank you DCT for setting up this thread 🙂
I first started following BSD in January 2017, so this year is my 10th! Unfortunately I’m almost back at my 2017 weight 🙁 not quite, but not far off either. Looking back at my stats, 2021 was the year I did best, with over a 10kg loss between start and end of year, so my goal for this year is to repeat that success!
One thing I did do well in 2025 was to start most days with a 5,000 step walk, which takes about 40 minutes, I’m definitely going to keep that up.
Basically I just need to get my eating (and drinking) back under control. I like the sound of your approach Verano, I want to try and be “sensible” first and if that doesn’t work then I’ll get back into calorie counting, monitoring macros and weighing foods
I’m planning on a re-start from Monday 5 January, and will check my weight every Friday.
Looking forward to continuing my health and wellbeing journey with my friends here in 2026!

Hello Denise & Kath 😀 it feels a bit like an uncloaking with having just watched The Traitors first episode.
Well today I have hidden four boxes of chocolates with a view to donating them to WI & bowls club raffles & frozen an uneaten dessert I made from yesterday when a friend came to lunch plus six mince pies to get them am away from being tempting. As my brother would have said I am clearing the desks for action😂
Margaret xx

Thanks s-g /Denise for this quarterly thread!
I have put weight back on over Christmas and new year although I am still 1/2 stone lighter than I was this time last year. My finger prick BG has been good despite eating a number of carby or sugary treats over the festive periods… also the odd glass of Blanquette de Limoux (I very rarely drink any alcohol!)
I don’t intend to weigh and count every calorie or carb in the next 3 months (i have personal records if I need to refer to them) and hope to lose the extra weight and keep the diabetes in remission without recording everything ! I like the idea of not having “boxed or bagged carbs with a bar-code”.
Here’s to keeping on again in 2026.
Kath. (pootle)

Thanks Verano,
Over 12 months on from my last post on this thread and I am still enjoying the food and keeping weight down(ish).. I went down to 9st 8lb for a few months in 2025.. but some Christmas indulgences that I forwent last year have put me back up to 10st.
I am keeping on keeping on… diabetes in remission weight very comfortable!
Wishing everyone success in 2026!

Just wondering if everyone is getting notifications when a new post is posted?
I’ve ‘ticked’ the boxes asking for notifications but aren’t getting any. Any ideas?

Pootl just about to post and re-read your story. You are still doing so very well. Keep on going in ‘26.

Absolutely! That’s exactly why we keep on keeping on……

Exactly the same for me Verano. 10 years, omg, where has that time gone. The fact we are still keeping reasonably well as far as T2 goes is why I stay here. So far no complications with neuropathy, glaucoma, kidney, liver or other problems which I was told would be inevitable and especially now after 20 years from diagnosis.

Thats why we keep on keeping on…

Hi Denise! Although I think you will always be sunshine-girl to me! Actually we started in mid 2016 so it will be our 10th anniversary in the summer. Frightening how time goes so quickly!

Talking about blood sugar levels mine have been consistently high, finger pricks in the mid 7’s and even over 8, over the festivities, but eating low carb for two days brought my level back down to 5.6 this morning. So I have to keep low carb and for that reason alone I feel that I need the support of these boards. Weight loss would be an added bonus!

Happy New Year. Hope you gave it a great welcome last night.

I wont be getting on the scales until Monday 5th but I will be watching my BG levels. That is why I have been on this diet for however long, is it 8 or 9 years. Verano will know as she joined just a couple of months after me. Good health is more important to me that weight but I have lost and kept off around 8kg. I just never seem to get much further. So here I go with another challenge that I am hoping will give me the results I want.

I am doing the diet as I did 8/9 years ago.

Welcome to BeccaBSD, you ask if I still do 800 cals. Well as the diabetes is always the point of dieting for me so I rarely eat white carbs and without the carbs the calories automatically stay low. I would say between 800 and 1000 is what I average. Although I was at a NY Party last night I had lots of meat a pates from the buffet, went back for seconds, so when the main course of guinea fowl came I didnt have any, maybe my stomach has shrunk as I couldnt face any more food. You say you were here before (apparently), what do you mean. Great for you giving this another chance.

Hi to Verano and Margaret (Wendy1947). This is the first time I have used my real name on a thread, so hi from Denise.

Already today I have missed breakfast then had 2 boiled eggs and a Ryvita for lunch. I bought a ready-cooked rotisserie chicken before we went away so that is what we are having for dinner. I am no angel and some Cremant (similar to Prosecco) is currently cooling in the fridge. Fortunately, because we have been away we have no leftovers or goodies in the house Margaret. In fact we are going to have to shop tomorrow for some basics like milk and salad and veg.

Anyone lurking, come and join us for diet, diabetes and general chat and share you hope, dreams and progress. See you all on Monday if not before.

Happy New Year!
Thanks for setting up the new thread DCT. I’ll pop in and out. I have my first goal for the year written in my ‘little black book’ and as I’ve said on the new seasonal thread I have a new ethos this year. I listened to Ben Bikman and he has no real problem with carbs in their natural form rather he says just don’t eat carbs that come in a ‘box or bag with a barcode’. Makes sense when you think about it and so simple! So I’m not weighing, counting or logging I’m just going to limit my carbs by not eating any carbs that come in a ‘box or bag with a barcode’. Well I’ll try!
Hope 2026 brings everything you wish for!

Happy New Year!
Thanks for setting up the new thread s-g and welcome Becca.

Well I ended the year much where I started so I guess neither good nor bad. In saying that we had a very busy year holiday wise so I’m pleased not to have gained. Anyway, for my new year ‘reset’ I started by doing some reading and then I sat and listened to a Diary of a CEO episode with Ben Bikman. I really like his work. So, I listened to the 2.5 hour chat and came away with a new, to me, ethos.

As I’m ageing I’ve come to realise that nourishment is more important than the number on the scales. I’m too long in the tooth to go back to weighing, counting and logging and I’ve spent too many years stressing about ‘food’. Ben Bikman opened my eyes when he said, basically, that he doesn’t stress too much about carbs when they are in their natural form. So yes eat fruit and vegetables. He just says…. “Don’t eat carbs that come in a box or bag with a bar code”. So when you think about it that just about covers most refined carbs and UPFs.

So for my ‘reset’ this year I’m not weighing food, calorie counting or logging I’m just going to make a conscious effort to not eat any of those foods that come in a ‘box or bag with a bar code’. We will just have to wait and see what happens!

Hope 2026 brings everything you wish for!