Day 4 is going well. I’m enjoying having the meal plan as I don’t have to think about food too much and love trying lots of new recipes.
The girl sitting on the desk opposite me has just eaten her way through a whole Lindt white chocolate bar! Apparently she does it every day and has a good body 😠

This egg fried cauliflower ‘rice’ recipe is lovely – it mentions bacon bits for the top, but obviously you can leave that out 🙂 I made this and it was delicious. If you haven’t got coconut aminos (it’s what some people use as a soy sauce substitute) just use soy sauce – I did and it turned out delicious 🙂 And I didn’t have the coconut vinegar either (what even is that??) so I just used fish sauce (which doesn’t have any fish in it, apparently) and soy sauce. Even my boyfriend who usually hates veg thought this was tasty!!

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/3195098303/asian-cauliflower-fried-rice

Thank you Middleage1. Hard to believe that week 4 is halfway over, it is flying in. And yes, the main purpose of the diet is trying to reverse Type 2 diabetes, the weight loss is a brilliant bonus. Have a HbA1c test this day fortnight.

Ooh cheek bones. Definitely got those again now. I used to shave up to where I guessed my cheek bones were. Now I can see them without my glasses on, just like when I was in my 20s!

I do still have a stubborn bit of flab under my chin and on the bottom side of my cheeks, but I think that’s more of an age thing now.

Those are all great changes 🙂 I’m hoping that I will start noticing some changes like this after a few months hopefully. Congrats all on your positive changes! Frog I love buying smaller clothes – such a boost 🙂 Can’t wait till I can go shopping again!

And it would be great to feel energetic again…Just the last few months I’ve felt so tired every day, and I’d love to feel a bit more energy and the desire to exercise more. Fingers crossed that will start to happen after a while 🙂

11. I love garlicky cauliflower mash along with lamb leg steaks, really delicious! It’s creamy and tastes *nearly* as good as mashed potato 🙂 I use this recipe, it seems like a lot of garlic but it worked I think because the garlic flavour becomes much more mellow when you steam it (I love garlic anyway)

http://nomnompaleo.com/post/1356203768/garlic-cauliflower-mashed-potatoes

If you don’t have a steamer you can just put a colander over a saucepan with a little water in it.

Those cauliflower steaks sound delicious! I think either the Helmsley sisters or Jamie Oliver have a recipe for spiced whole roasted cauliflower that looked great – I must have a dig about and see…

Depends on the “brown” bread.
I find wholemeal very uninteresting but a nice malty granary can be great.
Sadly I don’t really eat it any more.
If I’m honest, I do miss it but it’s a price worth paying.
John

I’m in the middle of a block of three Eps. Everyone in the street has heard them, even the neighbours the other side of me. But it’s the same old thing, everyone moans, nobody wants to be the one to complain to the authorities, expecting me to do so alone. The thing is with the Police, you then get labelled a ‘grass’ don’t you, you have to remember these aren’t people who generally give a crap about the Police or any other authority anyway. If they did – like me – it would deter this sort of behaviour in the first place. So I feel like I’m in a bit of a Catch 22 at the moment. I could pursue it through the council and the police, but I’ll end up making so many enemies in order to restore peace, that I’ll end up too scared to leave the house. Pointless. It’s a crap one. I’m going to have to think hard about how to approach it so as not to exacerbate things. We are… friendly, if that’s the right word. In that it’s easier to be on her good side than bad. Maybe it would be better to approach things in a nicey nicey manner than all guns blazing.

Yep, everything I’ve eaten has been good, it’s just sometimes when I gain, I almost wish I’d eaten pizza or cake lol, and at least then it would be justified. It will be gone soon. Hope your cramps disappear soon, I suffer badly first couple of days, it’s awful. I find that walking helps sometimes but I would never feel like exercising like the gym or anything.

It is good Timmy, never heard of Joe’s sadly, as I’m from the other end of ‘town’ but how it tastes, for the calories? Immense. Well done on belt victory! You’re all cheering me up with your victories and making me want to keep on instead of tackling the triple layer chocolate cake 🙂

Hi Run for fun, thank you 🙂 Oh, that’s kind of you but it’s ok. I won’t be making that mistake again (as nice a mistake as it was). In future, two scoops it is. Or one. Or four. Seven… But I’ll do it by the scoop not the gram lol. How’s Day 4 going so far?

The speedos were on last night Tokyo. Did a mile in the pool. Annoyingly there was a faster person in the pool last night and I was forced to give way. I hate not being the fastest person in the pool. Grrrrr. Anyway it was the first full mile that I’ve done in a few month, so was pleased with that!

Also didn’t manage to make any yoghurt yesterday. Got home and my kids had eaten the frikin lot! That’s 1kg of yoghurt polished off in 3 days. I think I’m going to need to buy another yog making pot! I’ve left the wife and kids with strict instructions to make another kg of yoghurt this morning under pain of death. If I haven’t got it for my breakfast in the morning there will be hell to pay!

Timmy I have never tried Joes Ice Cream but seeing how the others reacted to it I reckon you should give Oppo a try and see.

Lucky happy birthday to your son! If you email team@oppoicecream.co.uk I can send you the nutrition for 100g to help!

Well done Janey and Tokyo on the weight loss!

Hiya

Welcome! I am 5’4″ and started at 10st 8lbs. Am about 11 weeks in, 8st 12lbs this morning with a reset target of 8st 10lbs after smashing my optimistic 9st initial target (I only thought I’d reach 9st 4lbs).

Not a veggie – I eat fish – but the revelation on this is the full fat dairy, cheese especially.

I would recommend
Getting an app like MyFitnessPal
Logging in your food and checking the nutritional values
Keeping carbs low – I’ve been doing 20-30g per day as that really seems to kick-start the weight loss for me. People here have success on 50g or less.
Using the MFP as a meal planner and weighing out your food so you know what you’re eating and get a feel for quantities. (Pain at first but so worth it)
Check measurements and target clothes not just weight. Often weight plateaus.
Drink loads

With regard to carb loading for exercise it sounds as though you may be carb addicted so may have carb flu symptoms (weakness etc) as you come off and force your body to get energy from the fat cells not easy access refined carbs.

But once you get through this, you will get much increased energy and will be able to exercise without carb loading.

You should keep an eye on it once you’ve settled down into this way of eating.

Hope all that helps. Keep asking questions if you need to! 🙂

Wow Mumofthree, sounds like you’ve changed your life completely around! And apart from being veggie and a lady, you are similar to me! 40 this year, 3 kids and doing the Blenheim triathlon next June (although it will be my 3rd tri).

Huge respect for doing a marathon. I think the furthest I’ve ever run is 10 miles!

If you’ve got a lot of weight to lose then your body will create it’s own carbohydrate from protein that you ingest and fat reserves (if you don’t eat enough protein it will use your muscle mass!), but it doesn’t sound like you’ve got a lot to lose. It is right that you need to eat carbs before doing any cardiovascular activity, but don’t forget this is a low carb, not no carb diet.

My suggestion would be that say an hour or two before your run, have a good portion (half??) of your daily carb allowance, but make sure they are good slow release carbs (quinoa, bulgar wheat, rolled oats, etc).

Cutting out the sugary snacks is definitely the way to go. You may feel a bit weak when you’re on the sugar comedown but afterwards you’ll feel so much better. I used to get really bad food coma mid-afternoon. No such thing for me any more!

As for meat free protein, eggs, pulses and full fat yoghurt will be your friend. You can get plenty of usable protein from veggie food, you just need to make sure you combine your foods and proteins in the right combination to make sure that you’re getting the 8 essential amino acids that make up “usable” protein. I can recommend Patrick Holfords “Optimum Nutrition” for advice on how to combine food to get the most usable protein.

Out of interest, what distance tri are you doing? Is it open water or pool, and finally don’t shirk the swim training. For my first tri I pretty much did 80% swim training (2.5k front crawl) 3 times a week and I only ran or cycled once per week! I should have done slightly less swimming and a bit more running/cycling but my cardio vascular fitness was so good I breezed the cycle and run. It also took me 12 months to build up to that level of swim fitness! Also, make sure you practice bricks (where you go from cycling to running).

My Type 2 OH has been successfully following a BSD low carb (not particularly calorie restricted) diet since 26th May.

He’s not lost lots of weight although his measurements have gone down a couple of sizes, and he’s feeling really good.

A HbA1c test taken early July showed normal range blood sugar, and the doctor halved his Metformin from 4 to 2. Another blood test next week, he’s hoping to get off Metformin completely.

Good news except he is still getting up to wee 4 or so times per night which unsurprisingly does make him generally tired during the day. This is just the same as before the BSD and is a symptom of diabetes. (He doesn’t think it’s prostate issues, some volume each time)

Not, so far as I can see, because of too much liquid – in fact I don’t think he’s drinking enough, especially early in the day – and investigations on the web point to this as a diabetes symptom not anything else.

Has this happened to anyone? Any suggestions? Obviously another visit to doctor shortly but he’s not keen to raise this as yet another issue. Trying to cut down pills, not increase them.

Any thoughts?

This is such a wonderful thread! My three things are:

1. Food tastes SO MUCH BETTER lately!
2. My husband is such a good man and takes such good care of his mother 🙂
3. Watching my puppy reunite with her sister is the most adorable thing ever.

Today – breakfast was – Tesco full fat greek style yoghurt and blueberries – I kept it down!!!!! IBut the tiny pot was quite calorific – added sugars!!!!! Will have to check out a less sweetened variety. Full fat Greek Yoghurt seems quite hard to get – especially in small individual pots!

Thank you Orchid. All the info is just wonderful! I’ll take your advice and push the extra week of 60g of carbs. I am just so happy to feel normal again, and I started running again for the first time in weeks!

As far as the plateau is concerned, I think I’ve hit it (I’ve been at my same weight now for the last 4 days), but I’m not worried. I personally think it’s my body readjusting to the water weight loss. I was having some odd dehydration symptoms like, *super* dry eyes, dry mouth, constipation, etc., so I upped my water intake to a full gallon a day, and that seems to be working for me. I’m sure that with the running, the low cal diet, and my hydration figured out, I’ll start dropping again soon.

Honestly, it’s physically impossible to not eventually lose weight on 800kcal a day (no matter the macro makeup), so not sweating it 🙂

LACali21, I’m so happy the sleep is better. I think taking care of my sleep hygiene helped me a lot. Emotionally at least, things seemed easier for me.

You know, I’ve really struggled to put all this in perspective. It feels like this was almost an internal battle. Me against My Body. I kept feeling overwhelmed and nervous, and my body kept letting me down, and I wasn’t winning. However, I’m now trying to view this differently. I’m trying to really listen to those symptoms and instead of “overcoming” my body, I’m trying to view it as “supporting” it. For some reason, in my head, it feels more gentle…graceful even. My “fight” has turned into an 8 week self care movement ☺️ I nap when I feel like I need to and I go to bed early if I feel like it. I nourish myself with only the best foods and drink load of water to hydrate and cleanse. I’m doing yin yoga because I like the long deep stretches and I’ve started jogging again whenever I’ve got the energy. I’ve given myself permission to focus on ways to really take care of my body, and it’s made a world of difference to me.

I just want to thank you amazing people for helping me out when I was super low with all your thoughtful advice and encouragement. In the end, you may have all saved me from giving up and living with disease.

Ok, now I’m done being all cheesy and emotional, lol!

Hi Ziggy
Thanks. I am doing well but my job helps as well. It is a very active job where I am on my feet. My partner is off ill at the moment so I have worked for the last 15 days with only 1 day off (I am knackered). I will be glad when he returns to work!. It is helping lose the pounds though. As a side point the pain in my foot that prompted me to start this diet has now gone – hopefully for good.

thanks esp i had a pre weigh tues and had lost a bit but thursday is my proper weigh day !! next week just going to go for thurs weigh in
i have chick pea wraps( lucky wraps) quite a lot but usuall just have one and i havent noticed any difference
timmy we shall have to think of you as speedos / loose belt now you are becoming the incredible shrinking man !!!!

Hi Ziggy
Great progress. Nearly 10lbs in 3 weeks is fantastic. I know you were a little disappointed with your loss for last week but I agree that exercise will have an effect. You had a healthy BMI to begin with so the rate of loss is going to be less than someone classed as overweight or obese. The most important thing is to kick-start that insulin and reverse the type 2 diabetes. I believe that is your goal and this is the best diet to do it with. Good luck with week 4.

Me too Izzy and Timmy..its a very positive thing..these days its just right back on the horse clippetyclop when i fall off!x

Hi Lucia

I wouldn’t have either slice of bread!!! 🙂

You tricky person, you 🙂

Thank you so much for your totally inspirational and funny posts. I bet you’ve got lots of readers who don’t necessarily reply on your thread but who, like me, quote what you say as evidence of how you can make your “little voice ” say supportive things, not the usual cynical and defeatist ones.

Wishing you every possible success:)

Just a wee update on Reversing Diabetes – and by that I don’t mean a normal HbA1c, which you can achieve by low carbing but your body still does not process sugars properly – so you still HAVE diabetes. How do you know f it is reversed? Prof Taylor states :-
“Follow-up of the Counterpoint Study at 3 months after completing the very-low-calorie diet showed that seven of the 11 participants did not have diabetes on oral glucose tolerance testing, despite weight gain of 4 kg”

So the way to know if your diabetes is gone is to get an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test done.

Which sets me to thinking, I put off my latest HaB1c twice as I was stating this diet, then rang to arrange it for the last week of my diet, but no appointments until mid-late September. So I opted for August the 11th, I’ll be halfway through week 6 by then so should get good results. As I know that eating no carbs for 2 months will definitely give a normal HaB1c result, in fact my last 12 have been in the normal range!

But, I am going to ask for an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test or do one at home – 2 months after the diet to check how my insulin response is.

Fingers crossed (cause crossing my toes makes me trip)

Well done Izzy. I’ve found that too.

Morning campers. My one question about OPPO is, is it as good as Joe’s Ice Cream? I already know the answer to that, which is no obviously, but is it nearly as good? To be honest, any ice cream that is nearly as good as Joe’s would be up there with the top 10 in the world.

If you don’t know what Joe’s ice cream is, then shame on you! Get in the car NOW and drive to Swansea and ask anyone “scuse me butt, can yew tell me where Joe’s is to?” and any, ANY person from within a 30 mile radius of Swansea will be able to give you explicit directions to either the town or Mumbles one. Buy a small one scoop tub (well we are on a diet), and then know the best ice cream in the entire world.

Anyway I digress. Borrowed one of those belt hole maker thingies from my father in law at the weekend and put a new hole on my belt to make it tighter. Put it on this morning and it feels bloody loose! Will have to put another notch on later!

Hello
I’m starting the BSD today after buying the book last week. I’m 5’2″, weight 9st 9lb, but up until the last few years, I have always been overweight, over 15st at my heaviest. I don’t eat healthily and constantly snack on sugary things, I’m hoping this will reset my habits, fingers crossed!
I’m generally quite active and currently training for a triathlon, I normally run a couple of times a week, although kids on holiday at the moment so everything has stopped! Proudest moment this year was finishing the London Marathon, especially as I was always the fat kid at school who never got picked for anything. 🙂
I’m 40 this year, and would really like to lose 1 stone and be able to keep it off. My main concerns are that I am a veggie and a lot of recipes have meat in, so would love to have more veggie ideas please.
My other worry is about running. I’ve had so many years of people saying I need to eat lots of carbs for running, that now it seems counter-intuitive to drop them.
Thank you for reading. I’m a bit daunted by starting this but really need to get a grip as I seem to have been on a ‘diet’ for a couple of years now and have successfully put on weight, so I think the rapid approach is quite appealing.
Here goes
🙂

Lucia
Ha this is trick bsd question, right!
Bad oh so Norty carbs😔😔😔😔
Brown for me if I had to perceived more healthy right? 🍚🍔
But now I know better. Both are bad oh so bad unless made from expensive seeds etc. To be honest when I started this way of life I genuinely thought I could not manage without bread or other common carbs, but and this is a real honest answer just don’t want them. Thanks for making me laugh so enjoy your posts I have a similar sense of humour just not clever enough to write it down so eloquently .

Ooo definitely my fitness pal Lucky, it’s waaaaaaay easier than working it out yourself and you can add common meals on one button press once you’ve added them in under “my recipes” I’m telling you it makes you want to eat one of the things you’ve logged just to keep it simple 😂😇

Wouldn’t worry about going up (I know you’re not really) as it goes down again quite randomly as long as no bad carbs involved I’ve decided. I’m actually a bit suspicious of chick pea flour at the moment As any time I have it even in allowance me weight goes up. Or maybe it’s in not great at keeping to the amount I can have of the chick pea stuff!!!

The neighbors sound rude and head wrecking and if they are the scary type I wouldn’t even think about it just ring the police straight away. Let them do their job, why should you have to handle that crazy lady if she’s not the type to be reasonAble. Is there a house on the other side? Maybe she ll think its they complained! Not that it matters but just if she planning revenge🤓😳

Hope you get it sorted as no doubt you will. Sleep is important for weight loss apparently!

Janey – great on the chinos wooooooo

Tokyo yippee for weight loss – I seem to have said that to you recently so it must be going well!😄
Hee hee about cat, secret life he has😆

Painful stupid cramps today but on the up side good bye lady pound!(Hopefully) didn’t bother to weigh myself as feeling too bad. Porridge bread will save the day i feel! So much for this healthy life style, minimal sugar and no gluten getting rid of cramps, i wait every month for improvements and get my hopes dashed! I always knew the exercise more myth was rubbish as have always done loads and it never made the slightest bit of difference to pain – in fact if I do too much it gets worse. Ah well, there’s always next month! 🤓😬😀

My goodness – you are averaging a lb per day Middleage1 – fantastic, you are like Osain Bolt to my Jogger!!!

Keep it up! And the weight down !

Woooooooooo Janey, well done! Isn’t it amazing that we’ve finally found something that works on the ‘I’ll keep this for when I lose weight’ clothes?? I’ve got a wardrobe full of those clothes! I’ve got a lovely red dress too that I was last in when I was pregnant with the one who turns 13 in September. So many times I’ve been so despondent I’ve thought about just chucking them all in a bin bag and getting rid, thinking I’ll never get in them We have hope, ladies! We have hope.

My ‘baby’ is 10 today, he’s just opened his cards 🙂

I’ll have to give it a try Tokyo. I have the app on my iPad, I’ll have a tinker around with it later. So tired again.

I have a feeling you might pass me today Janey, I’m rooted to my chair drinking my second coffee.

28/07/16

Week 3
Day 4

Diet starting weight: 18 stone 6 pound

Weight now: 17 stone 2 pound (108.86kg)
BMI: 27.7

27/07/16

Week 3
Day 3

Diet starting weight: 18 stone 6 pound

Weight now: 17 stone 3 pound (109.31kg)
BMI: 27.8

Winifred … must be hard if you’re not into cooking but there are so many ready prepared alternatives such as the vegetable steam bags. Fish and chicken are available in bags ready for the oven or microwave. Just be careful of any sauces! It’s a quick meal with no washing up after!

Good luck!

your right when kids are involved its different but you would think people would have a bit of sense regarding noise at night wouldnt you ? particularly when you have kids asleep never mind yourselves!!!
i just use my fitness pal all i do is write what i eat then it works out carbs fat protein etc !!! god i couldnt do that it would be way too much work !!!!
this is start of my sixth week so just two weeks left before i reach the 8 week mark obviously !!! its gone so fast i cant believe i wasted so many years doing so many diets and never had this much success ever!!!!!!
off today but iut later so just trying to get stuff sorted before then i know i have said it before but really how can two people and a cat make so much mess ?!?!? i blame the cat !!! he has parties when we are not here !! invites all the local cats riund to lennys cribs !!!!

Sunny B
Have you tried cloud bread? Sounds interesting. Would love a decent bread substitute.

Morning all, today’s wardrobe is brought to you by the previous decade! I am wearing a pair of trousers that I believe I bought/last got into BEFORE my son was born.. And he’s 10!! Pale chino type wide leg trousers and they’re ON!!! Easily. Probably look better than when I bought them actually. Jawbone woke me up, seemed to be at the right moment as didn’t feel like hell (even though curry kept me awake last night!)
Neighbour situation isn’t good Lucky. Confrontation is awful, but a quiet word when she’s not surrounded by morons is better than calling the police. Which is your next stop I’m afraid.

Anyway, sun is shining. I have steps to take in our duel!!

Neither, it would have to be a really amazing whole meal, but still wouldn’t eat it as I know what it does to my body.

Hey

You sounded really tired Izzy maybe that’s what was happening and your body was pushing for some instant energy? There is a huge correlation between weight gain and lack of sleep I should know I am a prime example.

The strange thing about the BSD is when things go wrong I kinda stand back and look at myself and think now why did that happen? In the past I would have kept my head down and carried on eating and not wanted to know why.

Bless your heart be very kind and gentle with yourself for a few days and things will be fine.

You have a huge following of well wishers here so lie back on that cushion of support.

10. Further to the ‘egg fried rice’ I have added ginger, peppers, spring onions, shallots, beansprouts, lime juice, fresh coriander, soy sauce and a touch of sesame oil and served with cooked chicken ….. ‘chicken fried rice’ !!!

Was delicious but be cautious with beansprouts they look innocent but are relatively high in carbs!

Hi
Good to hear you are still doing well, had thought you had stopped as hadn’t seen you on here, keep up the good work.
Love jan😊

I’m going to try the steaks. I think I’ve overcooked my roasted cauliflower in the past. It’s been hard and blackened but sweet!!

8. I made Indian cauliflower last night. This is a similar recipe to one posted on another thread can’t remember which one!

In a bowl or bag mix 100g of greek yogurt roughly one teaspoon of each of …. curry powder, cumin powder, coriander powder, paprika, garam masala or any combination you have. I added fresh coriander leaves and lime juice. Cut a small/medium cauliflower into florets, not too small. Mix together and leave to marinade for a short time.

Place on a lined baking tray and cover with tinfoil. Cook for 30 minutes or so at 170 fan. Remove tinfoil and cook for a further 15 minutes or so. I was cooking something else at the same time which took and hour and cooked the cauliflower at the same time.

9. Made me think a similar recipe with thai curry paste, coriander, ginger, minced garlic, lime juice and either yogurt or coconut milk might be good as well. Will try that next.

Yayyyyyyyy well done Tokyo! Well on your way to your next goal now 🙂 And a step closer to the JOTF fitting you!

Oh don’t worry about me, it’s not my proper weigh day, it’s my decision to weigh daily, isn’t it? If I didn’t I wouldn’t have been any the wiser about it. I know it can change in a heartbeat, you’re right. And it might be time to start keeping check of the carbs, although to be honest, it’s something I could do without at the moment. I find it taxing enough thinking about what we’re going to eat and being on the ball for that, and counting the calories and weighing and measuring. I know there’s apps that do it but I just can’t get the hang of them. I suppose I’ll have to, won’t I!

It’s getting beyond a joke and if I don’t pull her up about it, she’ll just keep pushing it further and further, getting worse and worse. But I’m dreading poking at the hornet’s nest. She doesn’t bother me as such because I’ve locked horns with her before, but it’s who she associates with that worries me. Who and what I’ll be taking on. You have to think about that when you’ve got kids, don’t you?

Big well done again, you’re doing great. Hope your UP comes today! x

Delighted to hear that WE including me, that we are no longer under the power of food.
We can and are making choices.
I know it’s a little argument each time, but we are all getting there.

Keep going, keep losing, keep walking, and especially keep singing

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

So as I have been walking this morning, I have been singing the tunes from the movie, Notting hill.
Not so keen on Julia Roberts, but liked the story.
Especially .., ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone…🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Love Lucia
Xxxx

So let me ask a question.
I want to see what the consensus is across all ages, countries etc.

If there was a slice of white bread and a slice if Brown bread on the plate in front of you, what would you go for?

I would love to hear your decision and why.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

good morning
well weekly weigh in for me and i am 0.7 kg down which equates to 1.7 lbs !!
slightly gobsmacked it keeps going am waiting for it to stop !!
sorry lucky felt bad posting that after your weigh in morning but you once said to me you have a couple of days before your weigh in i am sure it will change
i have noticed as i fill my fitness pal in daily i am keeping well under 50g carbs daily so maybe thats whats making the difference and no treats i am sure if i ate something i shouldnt it would go back on !!!!!
sorry bout your neighbour too nothing worse my neighbour is deaf and she has a dog and one night it barked and barked!!! she never heard it but we did i did have a quiet( well loud) word!!!!
perhaps we could send janey and timmy round ( aka jules and vincent from pulp fiction!!!) only our BSD version could do the job !!!!

so I had a fall from the wagon – doesn’t sound like a positive? Well in the past a fall from any diet wagon would have been long and consisted of many days of ‘I’ll start again tomorrow… just one more day off’ I’m not doing that this time. I’m back on it.

Tomorrow is Friday!

to add to the fake rice comments – I don’t like it steamed in the micro which seems the common way to cook it, but I do like it fried with some olive oil, garlic and chilli, you can even fry an egg through it like fake egg fried rice!

cauli pizza is good too.

I’ll try the cauli steaks too!

I bought myself a nice glass just for the water each day (I am desk based). I put slices of fresh lemon and lime in the freezer and add those to fizzy water. Great tip for cooling G&t without ice cubes too!
Jill

Frog – yes eggs in vinegar! prepared and jarred up you have to wait at least two weeks to eat them and then they last in the fridge for 6 months. I’ve eaten the last of mine though so I need to make more.

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/member-recipes/recipe-detail/3527/

Mr Stud, a massage does sound awesome…

Well last night I ate some things I shouldn’t have in an uncharacteristic fall from BSD grace. I’m not really sure why. I wasn’t feeling great yesterday and I think I’ve let myself get too tired recently. I’d also forgotten to take my medication in the morning. Anyway I came home last night and ate some chocolate and a biscuit, and then a packet of crisps! I’ve never done that since starting BSD! I’ve only ever maybe had one thing at a time, and usually it has been planned deviations like when I was out with my friend. It’s always felt controlled until last night.

I considered not telling you guys – the nature of the internet… no one would know… Only I know. The kids don’t know, my husband doesn’t know…However I think in order to trully conquer my demons I needed to stay true and honest here. This diary is where I keep myself accountable after all and if I’m not honest here then where will I end up?

So last night after eating the things I shouldn’t, realising that actually I was pretty exhausted I went to bed early. I was asleep when my daughter phoned me (from her bedroom lol) at about 2215 to ask me something, and I was asleep again when my husband got home from work at 2300, then slept right through and was not ready at all to get up this morning!

So last night is done and gone. I stepped right back on the wagon when I went to bed, and hopefully that is where I will stay. I’m having a strawberry shake, I have cheese salad for lunch and hunters chicken for dinner (didn’t have it last night)

I feel a bit shaky this morning but I don’t know if that is post-carb nonsense, or tiredness. Anyway much as I’d love to be back in the loft this evening I really think my body is craving some good old fashioned rest so tonight I will have another early night I think. Tomorrow is Friday so I only need to get through today and my working week is done.

So back on track – listen to my body- practice self care.

Have a lovely day my friends.