thanks for the post. completely forgot about this.

26/07/16

Week 3
Day 2

Diet starting weight: 18 stone 6 pound

Weight now: 17 stone 4 pound (109.76kg)
BMI: 27.9

Hi all,

It’s the original poster here. I wanted to give you guys an update. As I said before I’m not diabetic or pre-diabetic. I am strictly here to lose weight. My starting weight overall was 257 lbs. Diet, exercise, and fairly clean eating helped me lose 30 lbs over the coarse of about 8 months. So I know what it takes to lose weight. My fear in the beginning was that this diet was so restrictive that wouldn’t me it a week without pigging out. We’ll I’ve been at this diet since May, and I’m in onederland for the first time in over 3 years. I’ve lost about 32 lbs in 3 months for a total of 62 lbs and I’ve lost about 23% of my body weight since I started my weight loss journey.

Now let’s talk about a cheat day, cheat days, and cheat weeks. I’ve had em all since May. I hit a plateau 2 weeks into the diet and took about 4 days off. The next week I lost 5 lbs. Every month I seem have a little plateau to overcome. I’ve gone off diet up to six days in a row (Just being honest) but I got back on the diet and still achieved success. When I’m on the diet I try to stay between 800 and 900 calories and it’s really working for me and knowing that a cheat meal or day off diet won’t destroy my progress makes the diet fairly sustainable.

It feels so weird to be this close to my weight loss goals. I only want to lose about another 20 lbs. The weight really does melt off. Don’t sweat the cheat days, but don’t make them a habit. When I’m on the diet I’m really strict about sticking to it. Count everything!

Hi, Mussels?? Can we have mussels on the BSD?

Congrats on jumping in and starting this way of eating. The people on this forum are very helpful and supportive. I’m only on day 6, but they’ve helped me a lot! The first week was hard, I had a lack of energy and felt tired, but not everyone feels that way and we just have to fight it off and look at the end result.

Good luck!

Hi Clarissa. Well done so far with your terrific weight loss! I tend to get out of routine on weekends, so I can see your ‘fear’ of facing a holiday and trying to stay on track. I take the opportunity on weekends to do more exercise and the dog gets walked twice a day and I get of to gym both mornings. So make sure you take time on your holiday to do lots of exercise and remind yourself how great you look and don’t undo the hard work you have already done. Don’t go near the buffet!!

Hi all,
This isn’t a weigh in but it’s a shocking and amazing target to me so I have to share it. I just went to buy a couple shirts because my shirts are too big and my clients are telling me I need a couple new ones and I am down 10 full sizes from when I started this program. 10!!!
I will probably be in shock about this for another week so bear with me, but it’s amazing and I thank each and everyone of you for all that you share in all of your inspiration.
💜

After a couple of weeks of contemplation (procrastination) I have decided to take the leap and give the 8 x 800 a go.

With a rich family history of insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, the dementia that often follows and a waist line that has expanded over the past 2 years it is time to grasp the nettle and take action.

At 43 years old 5’11” and 91kg (200 pounds) I am hoping to drop 11kg over the 8 weeks and hit reset on my insulin sensitivity.

I cannot only imagine the program is going to be really challenging in parts – particularly for someone who enjoys a wine or three after a long day at the office. However, I am looking forward to the support of the forum community and the tips and hints for making a success of the program.

I am thinking of tracking and sharing my progress and experience on the forum board to help me stick with it. Have others found this to be beneficial?

All tips welcomed.

“The

Congratulations bigP. 💐

You must be feeling fantastic

Just watched it on iplayer😃

Monday 25 July

Breakfast: none….. 🙂

Lunch: 4 Egg spanish omlette 12:30 pm

Snack: Half cup milk and 3 tablespoons flaxseed powder 3:15

Dinner: Stirfry with Cod and Coconut sauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ump-IwBigkI

Ahhhh….. This is the only city that has Brotherly Love! Philly is the place. But, not a place for skinny people. they invented Pretzels, ITALIAN ICEs, and Cheesesteaks. And my favorite:

donuts! I am drooling on Federal Donuts. The Italian Market was a place for the not so skinny. Skinny people were in Chinatown.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIig2Mwwjkg

Moving 3+ hours north far far away was a good step on losing this poundage. Wish you all luck in your goals!

Oh my goodness, I’m pleased it’s not just me. Im 5weeks and 1 day in and I’ve lost 23 pounds in total, however the last 2 weeks I’ve only lost 1.5 pound per week, when I’m struggling it’s disheartening (I know 1.5 pounds in the scheme of things is still a loss) I’m going on holiday on Saturday and I’m terrified I will tumble of the wagon and feast for 2 weeks on bread and potatoes !, I fast for 16 hours and eat within an 8 hour window having 2 meals, any chance I will wake up tomorrow 10 stone lighter?????

Great results Steve – you must be feeling great.

1. The native birds are acting like Spring is here.
2. It’s been very windy……so I’ve thrown caution to it. (!)
3. Good things happen.

Bring me a blanket of mardiness. I want a crocheted one because when you’re down, anything crocheted makes life even worse!

Someone beat me to it on the ‘lively words’. I think lively words are what everyone needs! Tokyo, you are still a legend in the bus nightmare stakes. We couldn’t do this without all our BSD calendar girls (and Timmy’s speedos!)

Napangardi where in Australia are you? My DH and I traveled the East side of the continent about 2.5 years ago and I absolute loved it. I want to move there. We can be BSD buddies since we are on the same road to weight loss. 🙂

I need to keep posting or I lose motivation. I love this group. They have been so helpful!

oh yes you and thelma are quite famous round these parts!!! you for your BSD achievements and thelma for the sheer fact she makes me laugh and her BSD bakes!!!!!!! you are the poster girls of BSD ha ha 👭

Lively words? Damn you autocorrect…

I go through knitting phases but my mum will churn out a cardigan a night, she astounds me. I’ve really got to be in the mood. I love knitting decorations for Christmas trees, little animals, stockings, Santa hats. Cute!

Hi, LACali21, what an achievement. We have a similar challenge. I am working towards a hundred pound weight loss, although being Australian, it is about 40 kilos. I am working towards 20 kilos by my sons 21st. That is three months away and three days. If it is doable I am doing it… Just measured my waist this morning and thought what a way to go but with way of eating it is achievable. Keep writing !

Should of said, I don’t go low on purpose, it is just this diet has had that effect and rather than eat more I have been able to reduce meds. Right now I have stuck to the same amount of insulin for 1 week to see if my bloods stabilise. If they are still keeping low by tomorrow I will reduce my insulin again.

Until this forum/eating plan i knitted all of the time. Have lost interest/focus on my current blanket project the baby is now overdue.

Blanket? Of mardiness?? 😍😍😍😍😍 I love it!!!! In fact, I’m going to knit us all one! And it’s going in the glossary too lol.

Thank you for your lively words. I can’t believe you tell people about lil ol’ me! I feel much better after my pep talks and my bath 😊 Tomorrow will be better. I’ll get my finger out and start packing for my trip. And get more steps than 936 lol xx

You gals rock!

lucky i love doughnut peaches !!!
janey i am glad your back i missed you !!
if theres a road trip can i come ? i may fare better on that than a bus !!!!
lucky – heres my pep rally to you !!! you have kept me going when i first met you and janey on here you both kept me wanting to carry on to the point thats its just my way of life now, lucky you have done amazing when i tell people about this diet i say theres a lady i know thats lost … and thats you lucky your sense if humour and sheer determination has made this the easiest diet i will ever do !!!! so today you can wear your slippers and hold your blanket of mardiness ( if you have one i do! you can borrow mine!!) but i know tomorrow you will be back TA-DAH!! like the super ninja you are !!!

The smell is still burned into my nostrils, three years later…

I take it you HAVE smelled a meerkat house? At a zoo or theme park??

I’m sure there’s a meerkat out there somewhere that’s horribly offended by your comment!

Hi Penny, hope today went well.
I managed to get back on track, after a weekend of indulgence – which is a first for me!
I went to the gym this morning – for approx. 40 mins and ate te following:

Breakfast: Handful of Almonds
Lunch: M&S Spiced Chicken with Quinoa & Rice
Dinner: Chicken Thigh
Snack: Nectarine

Total: 600 calories, 33g carbs

Water: 1.5L
Steps: 11,769
Active Minutes: 69

Not bad 🙂

Thanks for sorting out the plateau Lucia, it’s looking fabulous🙌🎵🎶🎵 – been hanging around here for weeks so it will be good to have some fun! Something ‘groovy’ to dance to please for this child of the sixties🙋💖🌻

XX

Ok flat peaches then! 😝 I’ve seen them called doughnut peaches though so ner! Lol.

Just out of the bath, cleaned, washed, conditioned, vitamin c serum on. Age defying apparently. We’ll see. Cba drying my hair. Unfortunately… when I go to bed with wet hair I wake up looking like Barry Gibb circa 1977.

Yayyyyy Janey! Road trip? Lol.

Feel a lot better now that I don’t smell like a family of old meerkats 😅 Tomorrow will be better 🙏👍

Also by testing at 630am you should get a high reading due to your body naturally putting glucose into your system around 4am so you have energy when you awake.

Hi ziggy i tested my sugars around 630am each morning and during the day once or twice i caved and ate chocholate with little diffrence and dropping back to within the 4 range there will allways be a spike after eating but its how quick our body returns to a normal level that matters and i believe mine are in the normal non diabetic range and i have not gone over 6.5 thru the day .

cheers
steve

I’m a teenager of the late 70s so Saturday night fever is the one for me, leaping aroung burning up those blinking fat lbs the pixies have given me, but yep defo will need a deckchair in the sunshine to recouperate. Yeahhhhh.
💃🎉👠💃😎💃

Fantastically helpful thanks so much both of you!
I will visit that website now!
Jill

Hee hee doughnut peaches, have we come to that 😝😂😂😂👏👏👏

Enjoy your bath Lucky, bomb n all🍸💪🏽

My current end goal is a size 10 – Canadian/US. I don’t know what weight that will be but when I get to it, that will be the smallest I’ve been since grade 8. My first goal of 50 lbs was to get me started, I get frustrated and discouraged when I look at the whole picture so I’m trying to break it down to mini goals. Over 100 lbs to lose is a really daunting task. We have a lot of people here who have lost that or close to that, so they are my motivators. If they can do it, why can’t I?

I love tomatoes!! They are one of my favorite vegs. I usually eat them with my meal so they are not so much of a treat. 😉

Thanks again Igorasusual!! 🙂 I appreciate the support and suggestions.

Hang on till the morning and I’ll come and pick you up!! 😆

Bottom please 🙂 Ace. I’ll leave now. But I’ll have to walk as I don’t drive. Be there in a fortnight. Oh. Wait… bugger.

Oh yes come and lie on my sofa and enjoy the peace. I’ll feed you nourishing BSD food (not quinoa porridge ) My neighbour is lovely, not noisy and she likes a G&T! You’ll have to sleepin a bunk bed though (choice of top or bottom bunk!)

Disturbing quinoa porridge… Christ.

Glad you home safe! Can I come and stay for 2 weeks? I’m not missing mine.

I presume we are all supposed to concoct disturbing quinoa or other some such grain porridge or Bircher in winter. Eggs and mushrooms may win through in that case!

Finally home after our epic journey. House is quiet as we are now child free for 2 weeks. *sniff* missing the rugrat already…

We need many more programmes like this.

Hell Yeh @ sunnyb. take quite a while to get your head into motion. Takes a while. I seem to fall off and nibble on my Kryptonite: anything dairy. I lost two good friends because of this dieting/lifestyle: Ben and Jerry! I love the Chunky Monkey.

KEEP active and forget about dieting. Time flies very fast until next meal.

AND REWARD YOURSELF EVERYDAY!

Got some Oppo Salted Carmel Ice Cream today – 77.3 cals and 6.7g carbs per 100g, so a 50g portion certainly isn’t a disaster, give it a go!

That’s it Penny, straight back on track. Wasting time beating yourself up, is not going to change the past or help you drop those pounds! Love the positivity and look forward to reading some great results from you soon.

Jill

Try looking at this website, which you enter your details on, have an estimate of current body fat, and it will tell you your base metabolic rate so how many calories you need to maintain weight.

You can then set your carbs and it helps you set your fat and protein levels. I had carbs set at 20g – you can of course have higher – and it will show you the best balance which you can enter on your app.

I have had great success, and I hope this helps you too.

Also a graph at the end showing what loss you can expect over how long….

http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com

In small quantities and as long as you count the calories and watch the carbs, they are not a disaster and with things like maple syrup, as you progress you will find you only need a tiny bit, because you won’t want things too sweet. I sometimes add a quarter teaspoon of honey to my morning yogurt and am pretty sure it’s not hindering my progress.

Hope you find a way to make the BSD suit you. Think we all have to find a way to make it fit us as individuals. Keep us posted on your progress.

this morning on Monday July 25, I abstained longer from eating my break fast!

12:30 Ate my everyday 4 egg spanish omlette

3:15 Drank half cup of milk and 3 tablespoon of flax powder

Not hungry. Not craving for my kryptonite: Cheddar cheese, Haagen dasz, or anything else dairy.

I really need to make a stop at Shoprite and corner the market on Almond, Soy, and Flax Milk.

Here is me at HersheyPark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHKOkVVyAVM

6 Months later needs to become the Princetonian Stud instead of the PIllbury Doughboy in the Macy’s parade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHoVcoMgNgk

lots of fun every year in Flushing, NY to blow it up and walk down 5th AVE…… IN THE NORDIC FREEZING COLD!

Glad to here you are in a better headspace now VIP66. Let us know how you get on and give us some posts on your progress soon.

This is something I don’t measure, but I think I remember seeing somewhere on the forum, that one of the folks posting believes it to be around 40g, but from a quick search on the web, I think it should probably be nearer 30g. As I said, I don’t track fats as such, but I do ensure I eat full fat yogurt, use olive oil in small quantities, have tahini sometimes, eat a few nuts most days and have the odd cube of cheese too. I weigh everything I eat and work out the cals and carbs, trying to stick around the 800cals and less than 50g carbs.
Not sure any of that helps, but maybe someone else can give a more definitive answer on this one.