Yaaay that’s a Friday feeling, in a Thursday! It must be the walking. Which makes me think I really need to up the exercise. I guess that I could now find more time to walk in the evenings of my boy is away for a few weeks. I’ve also been trying to find a yoga or Pilates class that i can get to, either in my lunch hour or in the evening. Local leisure centre seems to be doing its best to thwart this effort by refusing to accept my membership number.. I feel a challenge coming on!

It’s hot and sunny again. Best get the sarong on and hit the garden with my laptop!

Wahooooo! Wow that’s a great week and it’s not even over!! Brilliant lucky 👏👏👏👏 the walking is the key I think, it works so well💪🏽☀️💃🏻☀️

I have an up2 too, it’s great!

Sorry! Fell asleep! Ok, this is the one I have https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jawbone-UP2-Fitness-Tracker-Black/dp/B00QL1GZL0 I’m not endorsing it as being brilliant or better than any other one out there, which it probably isn’t… my friend swears by her Fitbit, I prefer the price on this one. You can input your food, scan your groceries, something I never use it for. Input your activity, or it detects when you’ve been active and asks if you want to input it, works out your calories burned for the day, tracks your steps, you can log your weight and it tells you how close you are to your goal. It monitors your sleep, breaks it down into deep sleep/light sleep. Does an awful lot more than I use it for, to be fair. And you can link up with friends by inputting their emails (I think) and compete with them for steps etc. Cheap, cheerful (as long as you buy it from Amazon and not PC world or anywhere! Where they are still £80!).

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight. Well ladies. Well. My gast is well and truly flabbered. My timbers are suitably shivered. This is where I wish I could change the font size because today, the scales showed 99.0 kg! Yes indeedy my little chickpea munchers! Another loss of 0.7 kg, which already gives me very, very close to 4lb off for the week, and I don’t weigh officially for another two days! The curse has been broken! Another mini goal is marked off my massive goals list – my BMI is now under 40 – 39.8 from my starting BMI of 45.1! Whilst not wanting to get too far ahead of myself, what you said yesterday, Janey, that I could lose another 2 stone before the wedding, well – yes, if I can still pull in weight losses of 4lb a week at this stage of the plan! And I have to say, the only change I have made this week is walking. I know I haven’t pulled in great step counts over the whole of the week, some days it’s only been 6000, but when you think that of late, it could be as low as 2000 a day, it’s a vast improvement! That’s given me incentive to really push myself now! More salads! More water! More walking! I can do this!

Tokyo, the rugby top still looked a bit like I’d sprayed it on. To my shame it’s actually an XXXL not an XXL – but in my defence it’s one of these rigid tops with zero give in the fabric. And it’s a very small sizing because hubby was an XXL before he started this and even his is still tight on him after losing nearly 2 stone.

Happy, happy, happy! 😀

What it says in the title.

Welcome to BSD, lots of lovely people who love to help so shout if you need anything 🙂

Good Morning Mr Stud! Glad you have enjoyed my diary and I definitely recommend keeping one of your own as I’m sure it has helped me along and it’s nice to look back and see how far I’ve come 🙂

We watched some Game of Thrones yesterday evening gradually catching up with those who have seen it.

It was a struggle to get up again this morning, clearly I’m just not built for early! However this is the end of my working week so 3 mornings where I only need to get up when my son does which is early enough.

I’ve had a blueberry almond milk shake with 1/4 banana – nice combination although you do get bits of blueberry skin which may put some off. Lunch is soup, dinner is going to be fish.

Gradually bits of the craft stuff I ordered have been arriving, so I might go up tonight and attempt to make something or maybe paint.

Fo now I got to go 🙁

Feeling tired today as I felt so full of energy yesterday I didn’t get to sleep until midnight.

Beach trip today with friends yay. I will be road testing my new wetsuit so lots of swimming and running after wayward children.

I will leave breakfast to as late as possible and have a green smoothie just before I leave. Probably cauli rice and spanish mush for dinner. I try to avoid lunch but I have Greek yog and blueberries in.

Have a great day all.

Konjac noodles? I haven’t tried them, they don’t look very appealing. I have zoodles (zucchini strips) with pasta, quinoa or cauliflower rice with Asian dishes (or just a little bit of rice), lettuce leaves instead of tortillas in Mexican food. I haven’t found a substitute for fresh warm bread slathered in butter yet…

Current Day 20/07/16

Week 2
Day 4

BMI: 28.4
Weight: 17 Stone 8 Pound (111Kg)

Hi Figment, I don’t use Myfitnesspal but most of those apps you can create a “meal” and then you only have to enter all the ingredients once, after that you just type “my cauliflower rice” or whatever you called the meal and it logs the whole thing. Have a look around the app and see if it has that. Or maybe you can copy a previous meal across in a click or two instead of entering again. I use CalorieKing (in Australia) and I can create meals and copy meals, saves a lot of time – assuming I make it more or less the same way each time.

Just found this post yeah! Well since I started my first 8 weeks in April, ive lost 6 kgs, i’ve become fairly ‘relaxed” on the BSD recipes. But am still watching what I eat mostly, and am pleased to say the weight has stayed off. This is my first consistent weight loss ever!
I’m almost half way through 4 1/2 months of full time work – which is soooo sedentary, unfortunately my exercise is not happening.
My GP has started me on metformin, and was very pleased I had lost weight. So encouragement is good. Looking to get started again slowly and surely back on the BSD a bit more religiously. But I’m pleased so far my choices are going ok. I will look out for more posts. I tried the noodles that start with K, they didn’t tickle my fancy – its hard to have a substitute some times. Am totally loving hummus. stay well everyone. cheers

Take it easy on yourself. It took many weeks of Ben and Jerry and Krispy Kreme to gain all this weight. It also takes time and efffort to lose it also.

I have a secret to better food cravings control:

A glass of water with lemon before your coffee.

A teaspoon of coconut oil before your coffee (Or in it as I crazily do)

A second teaspoon of coconut oil in afternoon.

Miraculously it cuts your cravings with lots of good fat.

Hi Figment – dumping the scales is a tough one. I did the sneaky weigh in this morning too and I’m down 2.5kg exactly from my starting point which is actually pretty good from a motivational point of view even if logic told me it’s mostly water weight etc etc etc … We’ve been eating mostly poached eggs and avocado for breakfast with a little lemon and cracked pepper and some paprika and they’ve been delicious. If I could work out a way to prepare them the night before that’d improve them too because it’s not fun preparing them at 5.45 in the morning. Last night we had beef kofta with a cucumber/capsicum/red onion/tomato salsa and it was pretty fab. We are both still craving bread so last night we shared one slice between the two of us for ‘dessert’. I’m thinking I might have to try the recipe for ‘cloud bread’ that I’ve found on the internet and see if that’s a better low carb alternative. Still struggling with my coffee a bit. I like it milky and often and it’s been difficult to change that. Headache all week which I’m not sure is attributable to the caffeine or carb withdrawal. It didn’t improve after the half a slice of bread though so … probably caffeine. Trying to soldier on through it but after 4 days it’s a struggle. Biggest win this week was that partner’s fasting BSL this morning was 6.5. He was very nonchalant about it but I know he’s pleased. He’s also lost 3kg and he hasn’t seemed to struggle with the eating changes much at all. He is already doing 2 sessions a week with a personal trainer but we are going to see if a bit more walking helps too. The thing I notice is that we’re both looking more ‘bright eyed’ and clear skinned than a week ago. Not that we were spotty or anything just … I don’t know, less florid? Hard to explain. We feel better and that’s a good thing.

No answer for your question on the app. I loaded the app when I got my phone two years ago but never used it so a lot of my settings are still default and I haven’t worked out how to change them yet. I think there is quite a good support network online for the app but I haven’t really looked into that yet either.

Anyway, well done for your progress so far and thank you for sharing your journey!

Annais

Thanks for your diary! I makes me to want to do more!

I am a copy cat! I started Tuesday and keeping one myself!

PS I was no stud when at Princeton University 10 years ago! My goal is to be a Stud! 😀 I looked like the Buddha when living in China.

Breakfast: Never eats!
1 Coffee
1 Lemon Water on Wakeup
2 oolong Tea

Lunch: 4 eggs, half bell pepper, one onion Omlette

Snack: Red Delicious Apple

Dinner:

1/4 cup Moong dal (lentils)
1 Chicken breast

Started eating at 11:30 AM
Ended at 630 PM

Hello Mate!

Well, Kando I have one thing to say to you:

Congrads on cutting the Booze! I believe that is one of the hardest things to quit in the lifestyle change.

Use this FREE forum a lot. It is worth it more than 200+ Bux.

Chat away to me in New Jersey USA if need moral support!

Cheerio,

Daniel

Hey, Fellow Life Changers!

Just joined myself into changing my health. Never too late for New year resolutions. I always break them the next day. LOL

Any complaints, aches, pains, or good recipes, just send an e-mail!

Cheers, (British Slang from a Jerseyite)

Daniel

I just started Monday July 18. Oh boy we all have felt the pain you are in. Just hold on and keep on drinking water. Lack of hydration is main cause of hunger pains.

You just got off of wheat, an opiate. Yes, eating bagels is like taking heroin. The addiction I used to have after eating a bagel was needing a Krispy KReme. NOT ANYMORE! You are going through the similar crap feelings rehab patients go through from withdraw of opium. After first 3 days, all is better and body is more used to the NEW YOU.

I (and anyone reading this) all are going through the beginner’s pain with you. 😀

Be Strong! and……

Live Long And Prosper!

Does anyone on the BSD do regular High Intensity Interval Training? I am 70 years age and fairly fit and active despite a badly damaged ACL. I had the best results with about 3 to 6 minutes of HIIT daily mixed in with an hour of hill walking and/or Xtrainer aerobic work. Not sure how to ease back into HIIT after a few weeks off it – any suggestions? I used to have a brilliant PT who was sufficiently sadistic to get me moving at 10 km/h uphill for short bursts despite crook knees and obesity. Since retiring recently I simply can’t afford PT sessions.

Double wow GrumpyT2! After my first day on BSD I have dropped from 10.0 to 8.1, but waiting to see a consistent fall. Your report of going from 15 down to 5-6 is cheering me on so thanks for the inspiration. Could you please tell me how long that has taken?

Hi all
I was so enjoying reading this that I got to the end before I knew it. Your doing great. I only wish I liked yoghurt would make life so much more simple.
I don’t know how you can refrain from weighing yourself all the time I find I need that reassurance but probably not doing me any good. Keep up the good work
Regards fig

Hi all
As much as I needed to dump the scales. I still had to have a sneaky weigh and finally made it to the weight I was before my glitch.

Had my staple diet of 2 small boiled eggs again today then a stunning celery soup hubby made yet again.
Dinner was a skinless roast chicken leg and salad
A few coffees and a handful of grapes
All in all another good day .

I’ve finally worked out the my fitness pal ap so will see how that goes. At the moment it’s driving me mad adding each ingredient as we cook .

Does anyone know the correct levels of protein and fat I need to alter on the ap ?

Will report my weight tomorrow once I’ve ran round the block a few times,,,,,,!!!,!
For now goodnight to all
Love Figment

Hi Penny, Day 10 went well for me too.
I managed to stay away from the doughnuts and treats all day. So very proud of myself!

Breakfast: 1 Poached Egg and Flat Mushroom
Lunch: Chicken Breast Salad
Dinner: 175g Chicken Legs

Total: 780 calories, 20g carbs
Water: 1.5L
Steps: 11,058
Active Minutes: 40

What super powers does this wristband offer me? Or does it just nag me for not doing enough exercise?! Send me the link!

you need to get one too janey it will be like gettingbin a nightclub you have to show your wristband !!!! ask lucky

I’m trying to read here lol. Mind you, the OH has just arrived home, several drinks in him… No doubt he’s excited to go to bed too, but for different reasons 🙄

What wristbands are you talking about? I’m confused!

aah i see let us know how it fits mrs
not used to janey being so quiet !!

So I can try my rugby shirt on! Tsk! Filth! 😉
It’s one size, you can adjust the wristband 🙂

have i missed something ” excited to go to bed now”?? bit too much information ha ha
what size did you get ( wristband !!) wheres janey when you need her ooh ers mrs !!

Day 10 went well, even though I seem to be in the midst of a mood swing that’s put me off my stride a bit.

Breakfast: yogurt and blueberries
Lunch: bit of a mixed plate today; some chicken, a salmon filet and a mini babybel cheese
Dinner: 2 sushi nori sheets with avocado, smoked salmon, cucumber and a small amount of tamari (gluten free soy sauce) Very yummy and super low carb.
Total kcal: 750, Carbs 28.7g
Total steps: 10000

Out to lunch with a friend tomorrow so will have to be extra careful!

If you do get one of those let me know and we can connect via the app and BATTLE!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉 And check Amazon, they’re about £30 cheaper on there than other places! It was about a month ago I tried it on last and it was a bit tight. Excited to go up to bed now!

i looked at those wristbands you said so maybe one of those
i ma sure the rugby top will look divine darling
when you cake making janey ??

Yes, unbattered fish doesn’t sound as appealling. Plus you’d have to trust yourself not to eat it lol.
Yayyyy you deserve one! Have you decided on one yet? No, no more cinderella moments as yet, going to try my rugby shirt on before bed, see if the muffin top is more like a cupcake top for this weekend!
Mmmmmm fry up, can’t beat it. Shove a heck sausage on it too for good measure 😉

Ah right, yes that makes sense. I end up cooking loads of bloody wraps and not eating them or not enjoying them. Will try that next time.

That’s what extension cables were made for Janey 😉

I’ve retired to bed with a book as OH is out this evening. Gym girl.. Your children will do housework??! Make the most of that bad back!!

Lucky – I think the chick pea batter lasts OK in the fridge. I’ve had leftover batter a couple of times and it’s fine a couple of days after. If it looks too thick I just put a bit of water in it. Certainly better to have spare batter than reheat cold cooked wraps, as far as I’m concerned!

Working from home for rest of week.. Lovely! Hope weather is still ok and I can stretch the laptop lead out to the garden ☺️

Thanks Igorasusual :). Weight 66.0 today and I did as you’d suggested – 4cm off hips and 2.5cm off waist. Back moving in the right direction – yay! Target is 60kg.

its a bloody long day on sat think i will avoid fish as for me the batters the best bit !!
my feet are throbbing tonight when i get paid next week i am treating myself to a pedometer thingy !!! i reckon i walk miles in a day certainly feels like it !!!!
have you had anymore cinderella moments lucky ?
i have a few items i may have a try on this weekend as not tried for a while
tomorrows tea good old bacon and egg and black pudding toms and mushrooms !! you cant beat it !! like you janey waiting for morrisons van on fri with my goodies or shopping not so many goodies anymore i remember the time it was full of ” goodies”!!

That sounds good, Gymgirl, and low impact too with the water supporting you, good call 🙂

Christ, can we swap children??? Please???

That is definitely the spirit, make lemonade from lemons etc! You’ve got a bit of time now albeit against your wishes, and helpers willing to help out so use it wisely, fill your freezer, meal plan ahead as far as you can. I try and do this and it’s half the battle. We never stick to it religiously, we do switch things around but it’s good to know that I won’t have a night where I’m thinking ‘Takeaway’. Like I did a few weeks ago when I made the worlds most awful curry. It was pink. And nutty. Like me. Don’t ask.

Thank you very much, I am really proud of myself, but also it has been surprisingly easy too? It’s amazing, once you cut the carbs and the sugary junk out of your diet, just how much bang you get for your calorific buck isn’t it? I am looking forward to my friend seeing me, I was in a size 24 dress the last time she saw me. She’s a serial dieter too so she knows the struggle. Will try and do more steps tomorrow, but either way I’m doing better than I have done the last few weeks 😉

So tonight after being hungry for 3 days..I hope this does goes soon. I decided to have a square of my favourite dark chocolate. It tasted awful. I could taste it much more strongly and it tasted odd. So I tried a piece of expensive dark chocolate I bought on holiday last week I didn’t like it because it tasted so bitter. Tonight i didn’t like it because it tasted so sweet!! Amazing taste can change in such little time

Evenin’ Tokyo! Good to see you 🙂 Glad curry was nice, I’ll be more inclined to use it now lol.

I think the broccoli rice was the Helmsley sisters, do I take it by your utter distaste that you won’t be trying it?

I’ve never saved batter, I always cook it all, so that’s good to know about leaving it. Although, I have to say, I really have nothing to say to them after the event, they need to be fresh and warm for the meal. When I’ve eaten them cold if we’re out for the day, or I’ve frozen them and eaten them after, they don’t seem anywhere near as nice. Bhaji much better though, right? I’ve been eating poppadoms with my curry, I think it’s Aldi ones that are made out of lentil flour (some makes do have wheat flour in them but these don’t) and they’re only 34 calories or something ridiculous. 3g of carbs (which means nothing to me, if it’s good or bad?) but it’s nice having something with a bit of crunch in! Could almost convince myself I’m eating a massive plain crisp lol.

Good for you for refusing that cream cake, that’s a smug star going on your chart for that 😉

Dementia is one of the cruellest things I have ever seen, without a shadow of a doubt. My Nain had it and to see such a strong independent woman become a shell was heartbreaking. Now and again there would be a flash of recognition within her but it would be gone as soon as it came. A memory box is a lovely idea 🙂 Why don’t you just have a fish and pull the batter off? Slather it in mushy peas. Or tell ma in law that you’ve gone veggie too lol.

Wow – that is some drop in your BG levels, well done on that, have you had an HbA1c since your levels dropped? Just wondered if you had, what your GP said.

Well you see, I never could eat yoghurts, didn’t like them as a child, so never tried them since. Then I took the plunge last week and got the no fat yoghurt – which on reflection was a silly move. Manged to at one and keep it down.

I may try some of the youghurts that you have suggested, thanks very much. Faye/Total/Skyr/Yeo ???

Re inulin, I mixed about 4 gm with a small glass of water and ……. nothing happened, no thickening, well maybe just a little but hardly noticeable.

Fine thanks Lucky compromised on the no exercise by walking lengths in the swimming pool! And my offspring have offered to do any housework I want …..this may mean that my back is bad for some time !!!
I’ve got myself a bit more organised today food wise after a couple of bad days so feeling more positive, breakfast and lunch for tomorrow all made 😇.
You should be so proud of yourself bet you will look fab at that wedding 👗.
Keep up the steps x

Good evening ladies
this work malarky is getting in the way of my posts!!!! but here now !!
have to say brocoli rice wtf really !! which one of those do gooders clean living lifestyle gurus suggested that was it paltrow or those sisters of heel the helmsley sisters !!!!!! i aint going down brocoli rice road its one push to far !!
tea was excellant that curry sauce is lovely and cauli and paneer go really well in it i did have an oinion bhaji too as made some batter ladt night for lucky wraps but when came to use it tonight not playing it was like a gloopy mess so figure you cant leave it like a normal batter !!!
i find when i am work i dont eat much just breakfast (yog and fruit) and dinner( cottage salad ) and 5 almonds if hungry !!! so managing well at work although today someone bought in cream cakes i did look at them but just looked have to say they looked better than brocoli rice !!!!
hoping you have a great weekend janey and if you bake a cake make it work my nerves wont take another epic fail friday !!!!
i am off to see my father in law on sat in durham hes in a nursing home bloody dementia its a pig !! this time i am going loaded up tv radio memory book i made him memory box full of goodies anything to make it feel like home , however OH mum always makes us have fish and chips for lunch !! so this should be fun shes ask me to get some if that ” funny vegertarian food ” as OH sister is going to be there and shes a veggie so going to good old m and s and get some goodies so may be able to avoid the delish and they are fish and chips !!!!

A small roast breast of duck cauliflower tender stem broccoli and green beans it was lovely

Hey Gymgirl, how are you? How’s the back today? Are you taking it easy?

Well done 👏👏👏👏👏

So i have done a lot of batch cooking this evening, i have made spanish mush for topping courgetti and i have made ricotta cups which are great for picnics and breakfasts. I have added both recipes to the recipe section. I have the ingredients for making a lovely thai style broth, i just need to work out the carbs but my brain hurts now.

I have been a bit slack on drinking water so i will have to chug down another pint before bed. Good news is no headache and feeling positive.

I’ve just realised that to save cluttering up all your inboxes, I only need to report my daily weight if it changes.

John

Thanks for the advice igorasusual and LACali21. Had just gone into a flap about it all, but now feeling more controlled. Today I am wearing cropped trousers that used to fit, but I am having to tie the drawstring extra tight on, as the waist is much too big now. Ashamed to say I do not do as much exercise as I should – always find it hard to motivate myself in that regard, so I don’t think I can chalk this problem up to increased muscle mass.

I’m in the zone for today’s calorie and carb intake, so feeling in a better headspace now. Thanks for all the support guys, it’s so appreciated. It’s so good to be able to sound off here and know someone will reach out.

Lucia,

Courgetti Prawns (from the book)

:-b

John