Timmy – just so I understand about the Easiyo… you buy the maker and then it’s £5 a time for 3 sachets??? How is that good value? Or have you tried with live cultures?

Every one of those 6 will work.

Those were the only non sweary 4 letter words I could think of to describe a person! Lol. I can think of at least 6 naughty ones.

Steak with creme fraiche and peppercorn sauce. A MA ZING

Although it will take up over half of your calories, but it is well worth it!

Yeah… all of the above… *eye roll*

She’s a star? A doll? A love?

paltrow is the scurge of good eating !!!
it should have been tried!!! and mr !!
dam fat fingers !!!!

Timmy – she’s a ****

Apart from that? Nothing 🙂

Paltrow. don’t get us strated…

I made this recipe yesterday, my 2nd out of the book (previous being the portabella toast stuffed with cheese & nuts).

Proud to say it was a HUGE hit for my boyfriend and myself. I never thought eggplant could taste so delicious! I’ve only ever eaten it sliced, dredged in flour and fried like chicken (which didn’t taste nearly as good).

The flavors again just melded in our mouths, along with the textures. I could eat this kind of food the rest of my life. It literally feels like food that heals each bite we take.

We’ll be making the portabella toast and these stuffed eggplants very often. What should we try next?

Anyways I didn’t have lamb on hand , no pine nuts either so this is what I did:

Roasted the egg plant with sprinkled salt & olive oil for 20 mins.

Fried up some minced onion with the cumin, paprika and cinnamon, along with plenty of salt. Threw in ground pork in place of the lamb and browned nicely — slightly caramelizing onions in the proccess. Then added pistachios instead of pine nuts and flax seed instead of pomegrante seeds (didn’t have those pomegrante seeds as well); along with the tomato paste.

Then spoon it in the eggplant and roasted 10 more mins. Garnished with thinly sliced scallions.

Hmm, add the Oppo Pound to the list Lucky (now you’ve surfaced). This is described as a BSD miscalculation rather than misdemeanour..

I’m waiting for my Up2…… where’s my Up2 got to??!!

What is the beef with Paltrow??!!

‘Fried’ Oppo Tokyo??!! Don’t do that, it’ll be another ‘butterflies’ culinary disaster!! I’m hopeing Lucky hasn’t run off with MRS Martin either, or she will be in the clutches of Paltrow.. *gasp*

Ooh runforfun, now I’m intrigued. Obviously if you need product testers…….. 😉

Fried Oppo? Are you from Glasgow originally Tokyo?

I’ll be donning my speedos in the outdoor pool tonight and doing my best to splash the non-wet hair swimming brigade.

Lucky I’ll have to try find you on UP if you dont make an appearance soon ;-)) You can walk but you can’t hide :-))))

Morning Tokyo, Josie, Janey, Janet, Timmy, Collie, Runforfun, Frog and Eps! Apologies if I missed anyone out 🙂

The scales are up. I repeat, the scales are up. I have gained – a new one for the list…

An OPPO pound – the random half a pound to a pound that is gained when the night before you ate nearly half a tub of OPPO by confusing millilitres with grams. Because you’re a tool.

Oooh Janey, bet your house smells lovely! Not quite safe yet, but safer than yesterday anyway. So far. It’s not afternoon yet.

Greenjanet – spoke too soon… lol. We had the Co-op in our village, which was then replaced by Waitrose. The Co-op moved to the next village, replacing the old Kwik Save/Somerfield. Co-op used to be really good, you could do a decent shop there, but this one looks like something has dropped on it. It always looks untidy, the reduced section always seems to have more in it than the actual shop has, it’s hideously expensive, and it has one wall of a frozen section. I’d say 60% of which was dessert lol. But, in all fairness, they stocked the Oppo!

Timmy – hope you and your wife had a lovely anniversary. And if you can’t treat yourself on your anniversary, when can you?

Yayyyy Runforfun, and one thing you can guarantee is that you’ll get an honest opinion. If we make bread, or cake, or pizza (eggy pizza meh) and it isn’t like bread, or cake, or pizza, we will slaughter it. Mercilessly. Oppo have made an ice cream, that tastes like a luxury ice cream! And it’s a ridiculous amount of calories. I’m just waiting for someone there to say ‘Oh, shoot… my bad. Miscalculated that one! That was meant to be 176 calories…?’ haha! Good luck on Day 3, it gets easier, I’m on Day… 47. It’s flown.

So I’m not completely bonkers then, Eps? 😉 Not completely, no…?

Tokyo, you have not fried Oppo? Like you get in chinese restaurants, where they batter it? Oh my GOD! DEEP FRIED OPPO IN CHICKPEA BATTER! Or am I overthinking this?
And I wouldn’t run away with Mrs Martin, aka PALTROW. Pffffffffft :-p

What a lovely thread! Such a good idea 🙂

My positives today are:

1. Just started BSD (on Monday there) and not hungry at all – feeling good 🙂
2. Had a nice walk in the park today with the dog and no rain
3. I’ve already lost some weight so feeling positive about the new changes!

Have a great day everybody x

Haha Jenny, we are actually in the middle of not only creating another flavour of Oppo Ice Cream but also another Oppo product maybe a couple of desserts..

Im sorry Especially! We are trying to get Oppo over to you!

i have not fried oppo yet but it sounds like it will be a winner
janey i shall be round bout 7 for my te ok?
wheres lucky to today ? has she finally run off with mrs martin??
and timmy on my way to work this morning i saw to young persons wearing red sweatshirts that had ” team speedos” written on the back !!! i thought of you as i drive past laughing !!!

Morning all, not for me. My blood pressure is mint (this is a complete guess as I haven’t had it checked in over a year, but it “seems” ok).

My SiL has been impressed with my weightloss on this WOE and is thinking about getting on the BSD/Med style diet. I know that one of the benefits of this is that it lowers your BP, but does that mean it isn’t right for people with low BP?

:-)))))) hee hee

I have to make my own Oppo in the meantime – it’s a hard life on the islands 😉

Well I psyched myself this morning and set the intention that I would not eat mindlessly on my return! So far so good. I have eaten two carrots and had a cup of cacao powder with hot water . Off to the gym as I cannot seem to have the will power to go in the morning!!! Steamed Veges and lamb steak for dinner. I am under 800 calls and have enough for some Greek yoghurt later on. Now to repeat this practice each day !!!!

270 cals of bircher for breakfast? I’d rather hav 2 scoops of Oppo @ 78cals lol! Maybe they can make a breakfast version runforfun? Berry yoghurt flavour – with chia bits if necessary! Put it to the team 🙂

1) T – 12 days until holiday! (and T – 198 days until skiing too :))
2) I think I’ve convinced/inspired my wife and mother in law to give BSD a go
3) It’s steak night tonight!

P.s. I’ve just read about it on the diet doctor website. The info is encouraging. The symptoms for with the timing of the diet.

It changes depending on what I put in it Greenjanet. Do you have Myfitnesspal or one of those apps for your phone? You could check the ones online if not. I put everything in there and it tells you what the carbs and calories are.

Havent made this in a while but checked back last time I did it was something like this: Oats 26g = 96 calories (16g carbs), 6 g almond butter =39 calories, blueberries 50g=28 calories, coconut milk 200ml = 52 calories, chia seeds with cinamon (it’s a pack) =54 calories so total was 270 for breakfast. Hope that helps 🙂

Hi
What’s the carbs and cals in your version

Hi Angiebabe, Thanks for replying. Although I don’t faff with my hair much, it’s worrying watching it go down the plug hole!! I had a similar problem when i had my first baby 28 years ago which I put down to fluctuating hormones. Others haven’t noticed – I keep asking hubby – but it just feels very thin and if I put it up in the hot weather my pony tail seems much smaller. (I suspect only a woman would understand!!). I’m going to try and not worry too much.

Epspecially your idea sounds so much better! going to try that instead of the bircher next week. Thanks!

Oh yea meant to say 2007, mind you I feel like Jan was beamed up and an alien is in her place 👽 Who is motivated full of will power, weirrrrrrd after 41 years of behaving like a eating machine. Bril

oooo nooo I’m telling you there’s soggy and then there’s nice-tasting-soggy – much better ;-)))

I sometimes put 20gs of oats over night mixed with almond milk/coconut milk with no sugar (or normal milk if you have it) + tablespoon of Chia seeds, some frozen raspberries, tablespoon of Fage and a teaspoon of almond butter/peanut butter = SOOOOO delicious. Can also add cacao powder and leave out raspberries and add coconut – so nice. 🙂

Hey Greenjanet
So pleased youve found Oppo near you.
For 100ml of the tub Salted Caramel had 76Kcal, 7.4g of carbs of which sugar 6.2g
Very good for a naughty food fix!

Hi Timmy
Oppo is a healthy ice cream which is much lower in carbs, sugar and fat but taste just as good as normal ice cream!

I don’t like the bircher idea either. Anything that’s been left to get soggy overnight in the fridge is a nono! Have a poached egg, handful of rocket and a slice of smoked salmon for brekkie like I did today – you feel like you’re dining like a duchess but being good as well 😉

Janey’s Goan Gastropub for 6? :-))))

OPPO is THE FUTURE! Its’ non dairy, low carb ice cream – 38 cals per scoop, and low GI! And most importantly, it tastes like a proper dessert! I am sold on the salted caramel! Lucky also gave it a big thumbs up last night! Download your voucher Timmy – it’s a game changer for healthy choices!

Thank you runforfun – we are happy to spread the word on this!

Now, back to less exciting yoghurt. My mum used to make her own by reusing the live culture. Apparently very easy once you’ve got started. I may head over to ebay to see if there are any yog makers going cheap (or is that moo?)!

quick update – if you can access the link below it is a quiz on the fruit and veg amounts we should be eating per day. I had the weight per item slightly high – it is 80g per item so 400g a day, although in fairness that is the lowest you should have. I got most of the quiz q’s correct except one that surprised me – pulses and bean only count as one regardless of how much you have per day 🙁 ….. I have been adding humus as one and lentils in dhal as a second. Back to the planning board.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z27h4j6?intc_type=singletheme&intc_location=bbcone&intc_campaign=eatwellforless&intc_linkname=guide_fiveaday_contentcard6

Hee hee I think you’re probably not alone on the poo-phobia Lucky! But unless we find a dog that doesn’t need to go very often, I guess that solution is out! Though some dogs are very discrete!! 😉

Hope today is a good day – Wednesday already – can’t believe it. :-)))

Oppo needs to make it over across the sea very soon, what with all the talk of it. Though I have decided to have no more dark chocolate (continuing saga) in the house for a few weeks as a tiny piece is sneaking in all the time so not sure another sweet tasting thing however healthy is good.

The French yoghurt which becomes British over night hee heeeee. Wonder how long we have to wait before it goes Greek ;-)))

Hey

You have my sympathy as I went through a phase of losing quite a lot of hair in my big dose steroid days it is so disconcerting. I have also lost hair on previous low cal diets. The diet hair loss is often related to low protein intake so do check what you are eating. It does grow back! Also I was quite upset by it all but in fact no one else noticed even when I lost a lot.

Hope this helps

I’m not sure gone off milk is quite the same Frog, LOL!

I too want to know what this OPPO is. It is some sort of ice cream?

HI Kando, I cannot comment on inulin as I decided not to try it. I saw the programme with Angela Rippon and what was most surprising to me was that was the only ‘solution’ she gave for visceral fat was inulin and no mention of the BSD food plan which attacks the same issue.
I bought a set of Tanita Scale’s a couple of years ago when I needed to replace existing scales. I bought them mainly for the visceral fat readings having seen few programmes by MM than mentioned the dangers of visceral fat. I weighed myself at the time of day they recommend plus the time of day I prefer (first thing in the morning) and in both cases it gave me a reading of 12. According to their information, I was ‘ok’ for visceral fat – above 12 and I have too much – so very much on the cusp. I have put on more weight since then and noted that my waist was getting disproportionately larger than my hips; the reading was never higher than 12. Once I saw I was not over 12 I assumed I did not have an issue with visceral fat – my mistake!
At the beginning of February I had just read the BSD book and taken a BS reading only to find I was just under being classified as ‘pre-diabetic’! Over the next 8 weeks my BS dropped to the low 5’s (normal range) and the reading dropped to 10. It has got as low as 9.5, but not lower despite me losing over 20kg and losing 23.5 cm from my waist. I have no idea what exactly it is measuring and how it does it, so cannot comment on the accuracy or what level is ‘safe’ as it only ever mentions the ’12’ is the cut off for ‘safe’ to ‘dangerous’. Sorry I cannot give you better information, but from my experience I would concentrate on your BS readings and waist measurements as I don’t believe Tanita’s measure is particularly sensitive.

Woohoo just googled it I have downloaded a voucher, and AMAZINGLY they sell it in the coop, my village has the largest and apparently most profitable coop in the country, hence why it’s still there, everyone really dislikes it as it’s usually about 10-20 % more than anywhere else. We was supposed to get wait rose, but that went to another village by mistake. Mind you I’m a aldi/Lidl girl, I love saving money on delicious food, their fruit and veg is always über fresh, as it always sells out everyday.
But back to the ice cream what’s the count on it. Carbs and cals. Anyone know. I’m typing fast this is the old Jan thinking about her food fix ooh ooh bad👹👹👹👹👹👹👹 get back in that box.
In the voice of Yoda MINDFUL I AM TODAY. , and the little pixie on my shoulder says in the other ear about ***** time.

Hey, I’ve just joined BSD and this forum seems like a really good idea!

My reasons to be happy and positive
1) Introduced more people to Oppo Ice Cream and they loved it! (Its a healthy ice cream!)
2) Got a big well done when I arrived at work this morning
3) I got my workout in before work this morning

Hi Wendy George, thanks for replying. I have been anaemic in the past (women’s problems) and did think it may be linked. Ill see if I can improve my iron intake somehow! I was vegetarian for a while but have had to introduce a little meat back purely to fill me up. I’m going to get my hair cut to a chin length bob in the hope that this may help.

Marriott often do short term offers at Christmas time – I once had a Christmas at home, went to the gym every day and lost weight over the break. From memory about £12 for a week or ten days.

City of London has a great scheme at the Golden Lane gym at Barbican – if you’re over 50, it’s £45 a year (less if you actually live in city of London borough) and includes several free gym sessions a week, swimming and gentle aerobics (where everyone else is over 50, rather than trying to keep up with a bunch of lycra clad 20 somethings) – and using the gym at weekends and times of the week that aren’t “young at heart” sessions costs £1.50.

Hold up a mo I’ve gone through dozens of posts, what’s oppo it sounds very important, quick tell me someone , dont know how any of you find time to eat you chat so much hehe, please enlighten me I get that it’s some kind of ice cream, please tell me more.🤔🤔🤔

on the yoghurt front, there’s always forgetting to put the milk back in the fridge when you go out in the morning.

I didn’t try it, but got home to a solid half bottle last night – there’s a level of logic that says that yoghurt/curd cheese etc is the same thing, but on the other hand – YUK

Love your responses to Oppo!! Sent them round the rest of the team here and they were so pleased! We are going to try a sort an special offer or voucher out for all BSDers so keep spreading the word!

On day 3 and not sure about the no-carb Bircher..

Funnily enough I used to be a member of my local hotel gym/pool but left because of the price and because they didn’t have the right equipment to do deadlifts and squats. I joined a monkey gym full or roiders instead.

But yesterday when I was with my kids at the same said hotel for their swimming lessons, and it turns out they’ve lowered their prices and got in proper barbells! I’ll defo be rejoining there after my hols.

Hi leeanne
My daughter has been having a lot of hair loss (not on this diet) and has been told by the doc that most lightly reason is iron deficiency. She had also had her bloods done but because the range of “normal” is so large nobody picked up on it. He said the range is from 10-300 and hers were 20,pretty low! But it came back normal.
Hope this helps and u get it sorted.
Wendy

You said the last time you weighed that much was 2017! 😉