1. Glad I don’t drive.
2. Glad Tokyo likes me.

That is all.

Hi Jill — I have NEVER tested positive with keto test strips (like Ketostix) but have lost three dress sizes and almost 10 inches at the waist. I know I had to be in ketosis because I was keeping carbs to about 20 per day very strictly. When I read up on it, Ketostix are notoriously inaccurate and many people don’t show ketones even when in ketosis. Some people USE all the ketones for fuel and brain fuel so they may not have extra to spill over in urine. I stopped testing because it was anxiety producing. (I am 24 weeks into diet and now gratefully at healthy BMI).

TIMMY just be careful if you have one or two baguettey treats on hol..several people have reported they had awful tummyache reintroducing bread after a short or longer absence…maybe just make sure to have some Colpermin/ Mebeverine with you/ Holland n Barratt enteric coated peppermint capsules. All these really do relieve IBS type spasms…so you can enjoy those little treats,cozafter all,what is a hol if it doesnt involve some goodies to eat and drink! 🍷🎈🍹 xx

we had too much time once at work and a girl i worked with well her partner had cheated so she slowly got her own back his favourite meal was spag bol she made it regularly but what she didnt tell him was she replaced the mince with pet mince !!! still makes me laugh now!!
so yes oh yes i have many vengeful ways up my selves !!!
the image of lucky aka the boss battering her neighbour with her scales made me laugh out loud !!
i only tried the vanilla oppo i have just never liked artificial sweetners but thats only my opinion will try salted caramel one after chicken fajitas for tea

See that’s what happens when you buy an Alfa Janey. Me, I buy Audis. That is unless she makes me buy a Ford. I had a 3.0l quattro Audi A6 Avant S line Le Mans Edition in black which she made be sell to buy an Smax (sob). The only saving grace was that I found a 2.5l petrol 220bhp Smax with Mustang leathers, satnav, pano roof and DVDs in the headrest.

I also used it as an excuse (because she made me sell my fun car) to get rid of my other Audi to buy an A4 cabriolet. Only problem is now, I want a more powerful version. Lol.

Yes even I’m a bit scared of the Hell hath no fury Tokyo model.. incontinence pads??!

I had a midlife crisis and went out and bought myself an Alfa Romeo for the hell of it. It was a beauty, personalised plate, ‘drive like a ****’ mode at the click of a switch. 22 months after I bought it, I woke up in the middle of the night to find out it had decided to burn itself to death… incinerated thanks to electrical fault. That’ll teach me… 🙁

I didn’t get the fake aftertaste on the Oppo btw. Which is unusual for me as I detest anything with artificial sweetener in it. Did you try the salted caramel one as well Tokyo?

Lucky – if there’s a previous complaint to the council, reopen it. At least it’s logged when you batter her to death with your scales in the middle of the night..

Note to self: NEVER cross tokyo

becareful timmy she may exact revenge on your revenge buying !! and theres nothing more calculating than a vengeful woman !!!
think of the shoes handbags clothes holidays furniture she could buy just to catch up with the car purchase !!!
what about some supple revenge lucky anonymous of course ? a load of horse manure delievered 10 pizzas delivered top soil delivered incontinence products ordered from back of magazines !!!! i could go on but am worrying myself !!!!

Thanks Yowzer49 for your support and kind words.
We will get there I am sure

Never replace a man’s desk that he’s only just bought with something he doesn’t need using his money, more like!

She always tells me I waste money on cars. I only bought my latest car a few months ago. Guess what I’m looking at now. Tee hee.

Skiing followed by buying a 4.2l quattro Audi. Nothing says revenge like the sweet rumble of a V8 engine or the gentle swish of skiis gliding down a slope!

get them janey he is a god !!!!! and the funniest man alive bold but true !!!
my word timmy never cross a man and his yoghurt i say !!!

Aw thanks for asking Yowzer. So far I know I have lost 2 pounds! And that is despite not following the diet 100% all week. I am celebrating my 56th today too and daughters had made a cake! Had a miniscule piece and I also made one with fruit and almond flour so we will see.

Bought myself a water infuser and it’s true it gets you drinking lots more so that’s helping too.

I have made smoothies and couple other recipes from book and on here which is motivating me to cook more and from basic ingredients. So enjoyable.

Oh no Timmy lol. That made me laugh. I can’t even say ‘Women!’ because that’s the sort of shiz my husband pulls. I tell him sometimes, it’s me that’s supposed to be high maintenance. Good job I’m not, or we’d be one hell of a pairing. As soon as he has something it’s on to the next one. So far not with women though, thankfully.

You like eating in the day, don’t you Eps? See, it doesn’t bother me, but if I can’t have a decent sized tea, I’m done for. Even if it is a lot less than I used to eat. Because I can’t go snacking and picking like I used to, can I? I’m happy now, I know I’ve got a nice juicy burger and a salad, and chocolate cake and ice cream to come in about 3 hours. And I may even have a few calories over for some nuts if I want. Never thought I’d see the day when I’d be eating nuts daily! Or a small amount too, I used to polish off huge bags of them, oh my God, I really was a bloody glutton, what was wrong with me????

She’d know. I reported her to the council last year about the noise. She approached me and apologised of a sort. I thought, fair enough, fair play for doing that, I expected her to go mental, and I didn’t take the complaint further. Wish I had now. I think now she feels comfortable, feet are under the table so she thinks she can do as she pleases. Thing is, she can, because everyone else will talk and moan and gossip about her and the noise but won’t do anything about it. It’s only me it directly impacts on, so why would they? So I’m actually hoping in a way that nobody else does report her, because I know where the finger of blame will be pointed straight away.

Tokyo, I noticed a tiny bit of aftertaste in the teaspoon tip that I tried but not anything I’d call horrible. Didn’t notice it when I was eating the huge bowlful (#whyiputontwopounds) but I know what you mean. I was a huge diet drink fan, my mother however can’t touch the stuff because of the sweetener ‘aftertaste’. I don’t taste it the same as she does because I must like it so don’t know what she’s on about lol. Hope you get front row!

I know Janey, you’ve caught me up!!!

http://maximizedliving.com/2012/09/modern-wheat-contains-hunger-inducing-opiate/

Interesting article above. Kicking the wheat binge eating habit again is no different than…………

Getting high on HEROIN in Hamburg’s Reeperbahn Red Light District!

Yes, Wheat, Barley and Rye are nothing more than Opiates (Just like Opium)! That is why you eat one Drake’s Coffee Cake and end up eating 6 custard donuts 1 hour later! Hunger is never associated!

Welcome To The Mosley Rehabilitation For Opiate Junkies (Like I used to be in Philly eating Cheesesteaks)

Rules Of The Princetonian Stud:

1) Cut the GMO foods
2) No genetically made foods allowed: That includes Frankenfish
3) Eliminate Genetically Modified Chemistry Lab Made Wheat, Barley, and Rye FOREVER (Yes, booze also)

Like the Pringles Commercial Says:

Once You Pop…………………..:O:O:O:O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suai1lU4x-g

HA! That’ll learn her for wasting our money. I’ve just had a 35% discount code for the Snozone this weekend. Family skiing on Sunday it is then! MWAHH AHHAHAHAHAHAHAH revenge is sweet.

1. Beware Timmy’s yoghurt rage.. it could get messy 😮

2. I’m also tempted by Greg Davies tickets!!

3. Do you see me there Lucky? I’m FOURTEEN steps ahead of you!!!!!!!

coconut halves, scooped out melons… the mind boggles!

lucky the oppo was in budgens a vanilla one and a salted caramel one !! it came to 7.52 and i bought crumpets at a pound i thought it was cheap !
i have survived the lightly blanching of hairdressers but he told me i was looking really well said have you lost weight which i am sure been a hairdresser he says to most people !!!!
but i smiled and screamed yes a stone !!!!!
now then my oppo review !!!
when i got in i thought i would have a cheeky test bfore i put it in freezer now i am a lover if ice cream and i have just thrown out a strawberries and cream hagen dazs and a speculous ben and jerrys !!! so i like to think i know ice cream anyway i tried it and first off i thought my god this taste just like vanilla haagen dazs however i find and this is probably just me i have that artificial sweetener taste left does anyone know what i mean ? i dont drink low sugar drinks cos i dont like the after taste of artificial sweetners so whilst i am sure my OH will love it i am waiting till i have it with strawberries later but i can see why people like it i am just odd i guess!!
more importantly LUCKY !!!! greg davies !!! OH is lined up to get them and i may sneak out of work at 10 when tickets go on sale i want to be sat in front row this time seen him twice before and been on third row so this time i am going to the front !!!!!!!!

Hee hee I know Lucky I leave the levels of carbs MFP wants me to eat and stage a little REBELLION against the system every day :-))) Never fails to cheer me up :-)))

See it all started with eating two slices of porridge bread and eggs for breakfast and went a bit downhill from there, all because I wanted to stop feeling sick. Had an almond milk hot drink and a seed bar thing from the cafe next door – all healthy but calories adding up boooo. Not too downhill and just had salmon and peppers and feta for lunch and will have chicken something for dinner.
ha ha ha lots of herbal tea I guess!

Desert island sounds good with you and Yowser. Hell is other people, except us of course ;-))
You probably right so, to treat the whole neighbour thing gently gently rather than send in the police if that’s not seen as good thing around there. How would they know it was you who called them though? If you kind of friendly you could go in and tell her some sob story about how you are just exhausted etc and maybe even tell her about BSD and how she should try it to increase her well being… i.e. so she wont be shouting her head off at night!! ha ha but then she’d read about herself here.. hmm… flaw….

Well as I bloody thought. Phoned home to check if she’s put the yoghurt on to yog. Which she needed to do before midday to make sure I wasn’t going to have to stay up until God knows when to put in in the fridge to stopp the yoggin process. Has she? Has she f$%K!! Instead she’s bought some new furniture in the playroom to replace the new furniture that she bought about 4 months ago because she thinks it will work better.

FFS!!

Ok – so here I am in week 4. 1 Stone lost to date but stuck this week so bought ketostix to check if am in ketosis as I understand that is how we are all losing is that right? I guess that is the first question – is the diet all about getting into ketosis and if you are not in that state do you not lose? Next question is what to do if you are not (like me – my reading was zero keytones). I have kept to under 40 g carbs and 800 cals since the start..what do I need to do to get into the fat eating ketosis state please?
Thanks all you experts out there – I know someone will know! . PS – am not diabetic.
Jill

Oh God Tokyo, you poor thing. Have you survived being lightly blanched???? Can’t you buy the tickets online? Where did you get Oppo for £3???

Yes it is a bit confusing, Eps, have you seen how many carbs it WANTS you to eat? Jeez! 150 on mine! I’ll leave it though because as long as I can see how many I have eaten that’s the main thing. Well, that’s the only reason I’m using it tbh. Everything is inputted for the day, including cake and Oppo, except for my salad and raita which I will do when I’ve weighed and measured at tea time. 39 carbs. Looking reasonably good then. How have you nearly eaten all of your calories for the day??? It’s half one! Oh my God, if I had, I’d have to drug myself and take myself off to bed for the rest of the day LOL.

Hi Yowzer 🙂 It is horrible, been a year and a half now just getting progressively worse. Ironically, the old love she replaced, was deaf as a post and we’d hear her telly blaring sometimes as we were in bed, but in fairness it was always off by midnight. I wouldn’t mind but she’s got four children herself. Just a complete lack of respect and consideration. Can I come with you to the desert island? We can have a half each…?

Saying that, they’d have to be big bloody coconuts to harbour these babies… watermelon shells for me, maybe?

Ive fallen off the wagon many a time and may well do again hsc xx
the important thing is youve got up,brushed yrself down and ready to try again! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻..
each time we fall we learn a little more so no need to be disheartened! Welcome back into the fold,we are all here doing our best,sometimes struggling, but is there anything better than knowing youre getting slimmer and healthier!

I’m off to France in 10 days and when I’m there (every summer), lunch normally consists of lovely fresh baguette laden high with pate and Brie/Roquefort/Camembert/any other stinky cheese you can care to imagine.

It’s going to be hard not to smash that into my face. Saying that, I’m normally so active on holiday that I come back a few lbs lighter anyway! I may treat myself once or twice!

Hows it going 1960? X

LUcia,The bread question… I would go for neither just now as havent eaten any bread for 16 days ! * shines up halo* 😌😌😌 but in the old days ( ” good” old days hehe!) if i wanted a slice of toast i d love the white with plenty of butter on it..if it was GOOD brown ( some browns have just been dyed brown)!!! I would go brown if it was lovely multi seeded brown. I am amazed and delighted that i’ m not really missing bread..I was dreading not eating it,but feel better for not doing so. The first non bread day,i cdnt take my eyes off someone on tv eating a sandwich,had to stop myself from pawing the screen! 😳 Xx

I agree AUTUMN..food tastes like nectar of the gods when we only have 800 cals to play with and are making better choices.
Fage Total yoggy is delicious and a daily treat for me right now with some berries.x

TOKYO, well done on continuing loss!..i cant WAIT to get to week six,just started on week 3.
Like you,fear of regaining weight loss so far is keeping me carb- low! I have horrid feeling that the fat ive lost in last 2 weeks will all jump back on.
LUCKY,am so sorry about yr noisy neighbours. Its such a horrible situation to be in. I had a neighbour who used to vacuum at midnight with Lionel Ritchie on high enough to hear over the noise of the Hoover😼😼😼 then she wd be going out to work lively as a cricket at 6.45 a.m.,while i was bleary eyedly trudging to my job. Complaints were water off a ducks back. She also had 3 teens who all played loud music too. I now live in a flat and have several elderly deaf neighbours who all have tvs blaring in unison all day and evening..*sigh* wd be nice to go and live on a desert island..maybe then no diet probs,just wear grass skirt and two coconut halves,and feast on luscious fruits…🍉🍑🍍
Ps sorry bout shouty caps..no facility to tag on here ..xx

Yay Tokyo – reviews soon 🙂

i have just got two oppo ice only cost £3 each so i too can see what its all about

hee hee look at all you with your MFP and Ups :-))) Isn’t it so cool! Technology helping yaaay.

I think you can turn off the link with MFP if you dont want food to show up in Up Lucky – it’s kind of annoying isnt it as it judges your food for the day and seems to like when I eat more carbs which is distracting. Another thing in MFP is it wont let you complete your diary on 800 calories – it has decided it’s not enough and you are starving yourself so keeps trying to put up my goal for the day anytime I change my weight. Anyway, it’s great to watch the graph going down (usually!) – very motivating!

Hee hee Runforfun there’s always those ones stuffing themselves with chocolate and bone thin. I noticed it more at the beginning too but in my case I was usually envious, especially if there was chocolate involved. Still, all that sugar isnt good for anyone whether it turns into fat or just corrodes your insides/makes you sick! She’ll get hers..;-). (Joking!! I hope she is just one of the lucky ones :-))

Have nearly eaten all my calories for the day (and definitely carb allowance) so it will be a quiet evening haaa haaa ah well – and a MASSive walk. C’MON the steppers :-)))

Will reply properly to you all in a while but I have a camping shower and a shower tent 😉 No verrucas for me thanks!

sat in hairdressers now!!!
I would say it was a no brainer lucky i anow writing this without my reading glasses so god help you all i apoligies for spelling but i really cant see !!! haha
and now my lovely hairdresser has put bleach on my hair and stuck me a menopausal woman under a revolving hair dryer thingy !!!!! kicking heat out !!
i will take this cloak off and will have shrunk to mini lady !!
and guess what lucky greg davies tickets go on sale tomorrow in my area and i am working !!!!!! i am now looking for someone to get them !!!!! why nit today !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Timmy
Positive side is I lost 7 kg and was able to get meds down temporarily to 1 metformn a day. Haven’t restarted yet. I have set Monday as D Day

The positive thing is that you’ve started again. There’s plenty of people here who’ve fallen off the wagon (myself included). Don’t beat yourself up about it, you need to stay positive and know that you’re on the right path again.

Half the time when we go to the static homes in France I end up going to the wash block for a shower anyway. The pressure is normally much better than the piddle that comes out of the caravan shower.

Not sure what campsites you’ve been to Janey, but the ones I go to tend to have lockable doors on the shower cubicles! Was it you that was on about nudist beaches!!?? Maybe go to a non nudist campsite! 😉

Hello
I did the BSD for about 5 weeks but then fell off the wagon. Feeling a bit low right now. Blood levels are rising again and just had the results back from my retinopathy screening showing background deterioration. I desperately need to get started again. Could do with some help.

I’m waiting for my yoghurt kit to arrive… Timmy, you will have to give me some pointers…. fnaa fnaa…

Call me a snob, but I really struggle with the idea of camping in a tent! I could possibly be persuaded to a pod, but generally my minimum requirement is an ensuite bathroom, and the ability to shower without the local perv or kids looking at me. And not catching verucas (*retch* Lucky?!) The pod is a no brainer for £10 extra a night. Less hassle, less clutter, more shelter. Probably the same veruca issues though lol

We have booked a chalet booked in Devon for our august kids holiday. Usually we borrow my neighbours’ parents static caravan in Norfolk (which the kids love passionately) but I marketed it too well for them and all the weeks got snapped up in the school holidays. That’ll teach me… My boy does at least have a week there with his dad and half siblings at the end of August so he can maintain his amusements addiction.

Hmm, when is MFP going to sync with the UP??

I love camping in a tent but for the sake of £50 it’s not worth it for us hauling the trailer for 70 miles. If it were closer and easier access to get onto the site (very windy and narrow) it would have been ok. At least you don’t have to take it down in the rain, half the battle!

I’ll pass on the yogurt today, thanks. I’m already going to be eyeing my raita with distaste as is it, thanks to you… 😛

We’re braving a tent this year. Pre erected too (I’m sure there’s a joke in there somewhere, yoghurt anyone?). We normally go to France to one of those static home things (Canvas/Eurocamp) but this year we’ve got a week in my in-laws ultra posh “timeshare” doodah. Only thing is I didn’t book the ferry back in time so we’ve had to extend our stay at a canvas site in Brittany in a tent! I just hope it doesn’t p!ss it down with rain, which in Brittany is a definite possibility!

I’ve found what I’ve inputted in MFP has now shown up in Jawbone automatically Janey. Don’t do both.

Ah bugger, does this mean I have to move instead of camping plotting? Glamping I should say… 🙂

And oooooh – we’ve just booked our trip away and resolved the space problem! The campsite we stay at has pods available and they’ve knocked £50 off them. So for the 5 days, it’s probably costing us £50 more than it would have camping. But. But!
We don’t have to erect and take down a tent. Which is usually wet the morning we leave anyway. We don’t have to take the heavy, bulky tent. It has heating. It has light. It has power. So we don’t have to take loads of sleeping bags and duvets. Loads of lights and torches. It has table and chairs so we don’t have to take them. So, all being well, and due to the nature of how flat camping stuff tends to fold up and store, if we take the parcel shelf off the car, we should be able to fit everything in! For the sake of a tenner a night… jeez, well worth the much less hassle it will entail!

Peeing down here too Tokyo. Eeeeek 2000 posts. It’s as it it was yesterday that we were getting excited about nearing 1000 posts. We’ve come so far ladies and gents… *sniff*…

I’ve got MFP to work. Ish. Took an age to sync and then buggered up my UP app as it posted me as 112 kg which was apparently my weight when I started this. So I’ve had to amend that. I’ve put in my lunch (homemade soup), I’ve decided on lamb burger salad with raita tonight as Birthday boy has decided on Burger King so we don’t feel too left out! The burger is inputted ready (most important part). I’ve successfully imported the chocolate cake recipe and managed to get it to the calories that I worked out with the ingredients I used (145 calories per cupcake). That is put in ready. I’m going to scan my Oppo in a bit (one scoop! 😉 ) and then it’s just the salad and pickles. So far carbs are coming in as 33 used. So it is very, very possible that I have been overdoing the carbs.

Hi Run, Nigella cake is a fantastic one.. everyone enjoyed it and didn’t notice it was ‘healthy’. Just swap the refined sugar for coconut sugar (approx £80 grand to buy but lasts!). And your almond flour is cheapest through RealFoodSource online – I think Eps does the PR for them?! Or is it Josie??! Either way, recommended!

I’m trying to figure out the way UP and MFP link up – apparently they are now connected on my phone but not sure how they sync. don’t want double bubble on calories!!

I’m walking up to town in my lunch hour Lucky. You’ve been warned.. muahahahaha.

Tokyo – has your Jawbone arrived yet? I want another ‘UP Friend’!

I’ve had success with this – but I made it as cupcakes http://myheartbeets.com/paleo-chocolate-cake/

Janey had success with this – https://www.nigella.com/recipes/chocolate-olive-oil-cake

Hope that helps 🙂

just noticed lucky not far off 2000 posts !!!

thise lidl dark choc mousse save me on many occasions !!! well i am just about to go out and the sun has gone in and now its starting to rain !!!! thanks weather !!!!!
off to hairdressers to people watch !!!!!

Yes that’s true!

Help please, got a birthday in the office next week and we need a healthy cake for the girl? Suggestions please!

Good good! 🙂

Ah, but appearances can be deceptive! You don’t have to be overweight to be manky on the inside, remember! Can’t be good for you that long term, no matter how slim you are, can it? Stay smug. Have a square of dark chocolate 🙂 Lidl do little dark chocolate mousse bars that are about 80 calories. They’re fab for a little treat.

She’ll be a LOFI then! Lean outside fat inside.

And I’m assuming she’s probably fairly young. Guarantee she won’t look like that forever!

Talking about soy sauce. Kikkoman do a gluten free soy sauce. I had to get some in for my brother and it’s all I buy now. I didn’t realise how much crap was in soy sauce until I read the ingredients! The kikkoman gluten free one is simply water, soybeans, salt and vinegar.

When you compare that to normal soy sauce it’s amazing how much junk is in it!