Still haven’t started diet properly as I had two periods of lethargy and dizziness at work which scared me as my job requires quite a bit of driving,
Also can anyone recommend good substitutes for carbs please? (I’m a hopeless cook)
I’d really appreciate any advice and tips please?

ps Runforfun – get onto them to stock Ireland will you!! 🙂

Poor OH just texted me to say he wants chips :-0)))))) Haaaaaa haaaa smug I’m 11 weeks into this and am a PRO – so I said NO CHIPS FOR YOU!!!! (google soup nazi – it’s funny;-)))

heeee hee Yowzer – mad cow one my favourite :-)))

Heyyyy I couldnt get on here for a while (was good as actually did some work ;-)) but was thinking it was because we crashed the system :-))) And then I get on and you’ve all gone mental ha ha ha ha so mayb you did!

Heee hee poooor Janey gets a punishing after enjoying herself FAR too much at the weekend :-)))

Greenjanet has us all making fake smiles at the computer heee heeee the idea of us grinning through our teeth while munching on celery…

Lucky – you know what you need? A nice yoga class :-))))) *runs away before gets a slap ;-))))))
But you sound bored – I think you need some newness. What can you do – grab someone to go to a new class or a new something or oooooooooo my goodnesss could you get a dog?????? Not that I’m advocating people to just run out and get dogs to cheer them up without thinking about it but imagine how amazing it would be to have a gorgeous rescue dog to bring on walks!!! You’d have some time to yourself because you would be doing a job (bringing dog out for a walk) and you could make sure it was YOUR dog – not the kids, not your husbands, but YOURS. And you would be his favourite.

Don’t mind me…. but it just came to me like a flash of inspiration so I MUST be on to something :-)))))))

The plateau is looking great.

Can we have tropical umbrellas and a steel band?

Perhaps a Summer Festival look? The flowers-in-the-hair sort-of-look……not the muddy wellies!!!

Sunny B – can I ask – did you drink alcohol in that 10 weeks? I know it gets burned up first before fat, but on holiday I would prefer not to hold back if I can – I can be good about carbs but may as well stay at home if can’t drink 🙁 I know that sounds terrible but it is part of the holiday mix (especially at a wedding)!
Jill

Yes Yowzer49 its in Waitrose, Co-op, Holland and Barrett and Budgens. Im loving and the free ice cream whenever we want is definitely help! Although not so good when trying to do BSD!

the layout on the back of the book could read
” a story of how one man fought back from the brink of kale and paltrow to be welcomed open armed into the busoms of luckys wraps”!!!!!!
i would read it !!!

The Lucky wrap of Chris Martin’s meltdown… that sounds like a book to me..

How come I’m the BSD punch bag?? I found Oppo ice cream and made the Nigella cake! Wouldn’t be worth clumping Paltrow though – she’d disappear in a puff of kale scented dust. DUST? Is that the **** word?! 😀

The bunk bed is made up with its best Star Wars duvet cover if you need it Lucky!

Oh I wish… I wish…

Hi runforfun! Is oppo available in supermarkets? I have a feeling ive seen it in Holland & Barrett?
Hope youre enjoying your internship at Oppo! What joy to work in an ice cream place! 😋 Specially an ice cream that isnt tooooo bad for you! x

but maybe she divorced chris martin so you could have him ?? eh have you thought of it that way ??
and he would be so grateful for one of your wraps after the s😎😎😎 shes made him eat !!!!

You can all interpret the **** in any way you like. In any eventuality, you will be correct.

You’re welcome Runforfun 🙂 We aim to find ways and means around EVERYTHING. We have wraps, bread and chocolate cake. Crackers. Cookies. It can all be done.

Paltrow? If she were to knock on my door now, I WOULD open up a can of whoop ass on her. Firstly for divorcing Chris Martin. And secondly because she’s a kale munching, smug, patronising ****.

if it gets it out of your system janey would take one for the team surely !!!!!
its in a good cause and all that
OR i will find paltrow maybe thats a better idea you could lay some whoop ass on paltrow imagine how many kisks/ steps that would use up your wristband would be screaming !!!!!

bring lucky back janey
bring her back from the darkside !!!!!

Happylife
What brilliant work you are my new go to role model, keep posting for us that also have a lot to loose. I’m gives us hope
Love jan😇😇😇

HAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAA Yowzer, the last one! Going to tell hubby that one! Yes, I thought so, he’s crying laughing here.

Tokyo bloody hell! You can’t just turn Janey into a human punchbag!

Can you?

Thank you Janey for introducing everyone to Oppo and for the welcome.

Thank you Lucky, cant wait for the diet! Amazing how much you’ve lost! Reading this thread has already put a smile on my face and made me chuckle!

it made me chuckle too that us exceedingly sad !! i am here alone with our cat !!!
i have a vision of lucky clobbering you over the head with the chocolate cake !!!!

I have chocolate fairy cakes in the freezer but I don’t think it’s about the chocolate. Or the cake. I think I’m more in need of a slap than a hug tbh. Tough love etc.

I was so looking forward to it, and so enjoying it though. Ever just feel something that you can’t put into words?

Janet, that has made me laugh. Sat here with a pen in my mouth and my family like 😮 And ‘it also stops me eating’ 😀 Well, yes! Indeed!

Going to go and put tea on… same old, same old…

Hahaha, I wish I had a ‘like’ button for your last post Tokyo! Chuckling away here. Just as well there’s no one in the office to witness it!

not yet janey but i have offered you to lucky so she can thump you to ease her bad mood !!! every time i write it i laugh !!!!

Lucky, i hope a few “thats how the fight started” jokes might make you chuckle..

I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first.
“I’ll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.”
He said, “Aren’t you worried about the mad cow?””

Nah, she can order for herself.”

And then the fight started…
~~~~
My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a
nearby table.

My wife asked, ‘Do you know her?’

‘Yes,’ I sighed, ‘She’s my old girlfriend. I understand she took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she
hasn’t been sober since.’

‘My God!’ says my wife, ‘who would think a person could go on celebrating that long?’

And then the fight started…
~~~~

My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, ‘I want something shiny that goes from 0 to 150 in about 3 seconds.’

I bought her a scale.

And then the fight started…~~~
XXX

oh lucky what can i do ? kick your arse for you ? set janey on you ( bit like that scene from steel magnolias at the end you may have to had seen it to make any sense!!!)
you have done so bloody marvellously and you keep everyone smiling
i could bake you a cake ??
maybe not janey could bake you a cake !!
maybe its the thought if the camping once you get there you will be fine
sending hugs ( and janey if you need someone to thump!!!!) my god i made myself laugh !!!!

hmm, how many carbs do pencils have *wonders*…

I can see you Tokyo! Although I keep losing posts today.

Have you ordered it yet?

Perhaps make a big banner I have lost 32 lbs so bril just be patient a low mood always gets worse if we allow our mind to relate to it, one trick that helps me is to release endorphins to help you feel better is to put a pen or pencil sideways in your mouth so it is sticking out either end of your mouth so simulating your lips into a smile, this opens up pathways for endorphins to flow.
It also stops me eating. Try it and let us know 😃😃😃🖍🖍🖍

OH Lucky, don’t be down. I think you have the blanket of mardiness wrapped too tight around you 🙁 If I had any Nigella cake left I would UPS you a piece, quick smart. Also if I was closer I would come round and give you a BSD hug, or slap your legs and tell you to cheer up!

I agree with eating the sister in law actually. She will almost certainly be under 800 cals and definitely low carb..

Being 40 can seem to be kind of rubbish, but remember you are now 40 and 32lbs lighter than in May. I was on a real downer when I was 41ish, but I’ve got through it, and life now is the best its been! And I have you nut jobs to entertain me as I lose weight as well 😀

I can see you Tokyo 🙂

i cant get logged on again !!! hoping this posts me and technology!! its like theres a little man sat somewhere saying NO !!!

Hey old lady (wish you picked another name as we should always tell ourselves positive words) so I change it to young spirit and will call you that. Haha)

Anyway yea get the tape measure and measure your chest, waist, hips, one thigh, and one arm. I have clients do this weekly and do it myself as well. It’s an amazing motivator when the scale isn’t moving much certain weeks.

Hugs!!
💜💜

Oh SunnyB you are an angel – thank you for that reassurance, I had visions of all the good work going out of the window whilst I was away. I take great heart from your example – I will also get some ketostix! Thank you so much
Jill

Amazing just how much delicious and nourishing foods mentioned on this thread and elsewhere?!
Like Autumn says above,eggs,steamed veg,yoghurt are some of our best friends ..and filling too. 🙂
Really enjoying eating this way..i’ m craving green veg at the moment..have you tried Birds Eye green medley with a hint of garlic…tastes wonderful xx

Hey Sunny!
I have a lot to lose also and have lost 39 on this plan (in middle
If week 13 now) and 59 total since February.
Still have 100 or a little more to go like you but just keep going. That’s the trick! It’s easy once you are rolling with it.

And anyone on here saying they can’t lose due to age – it’s not true. I am 61 and doctors told me for 25 yes I couldn’t lose weight due to being hypothyroid. It was a crock and now those doctors are sending me their clients and I work with them and help them lose weight.

I’m here! And guess what, I’m on another DOWNER! Don’t ask me why, I don’t know what the hell is going on with me, nobody has rattled my cage or anything (for a wonder!). Just utterly, utterly fed up at the moment. I could just pack an overnight bag and bugger off for a week on my own somewhere quiet with no TV, no internet, a box of wine and a journal. I wake up fine, bouncy if the scales allow, and the more the day goes on, the more meh I’m feeling. Didn’t help that I had to buy a massive triple layer chocolate cake for youngest son who turns 10 on Thursday. It’s on my dining table taunting me.

Decided to leave the camping until next week. Go on Tuesday or something rather than this Friday. Might be a bit quieter then too. Picked up a few bits to take. But I’m just not feeling it this year. I’d normally have the living room full of camping stuff by now, ready to bounce.

Hello Runforfun, welcome. God help you. Not the diet, no, that’s fine. I’ve lost 32 lbs in just over 6 weeks. It’s amazing. Just… God help you here. Run for the hills and don’t look back. It’s like Royston Vasey in a forum thread in here… 😉

Tokyo, eat the sister in law. Problem solved. No offence to any vegans but… eat her. Otherwise, no idea. Tell her to bring her own food? Or ask her what you can make for her? Wilted kale on a chickpea wrap? I’m no help.

Going to take more than a ******* bath bomb today, I tell thee… I think the elation of turning 40 has worn off, and it’s quite possible that I am having a mid-life crisis. Apologies.

Thanks SunnyB that sounds wonderful,will give that a try definitely x

A co-worker suggested taking 1 tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar before each meal to enhance weight loss. Has anyone heard of this or tried this?

Good luck on your first fasting day Carina..may it lead to more of the same and increased good health👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Hi
There are a lot of us who have 100 pounds or so to loose, so never fear we are in it with you following in captainlynnes beautiful wake, we just follow her example , keep motivated, keep planning, and being patient, the good results will arrive most definitely. I say this from a 41 years of wasting time with slimming clubs etc, all they taught me was how to eat loads. If I can do this plan absolutely anyone can.
So dont despair keep smiling.
Love Jan 🌷🌷🌷

OK. Tape measure is on my shopping list! Definitely lost some stomach flab, there’s not so much area to balance my ipad on now 🙂

Frank that is incredible, whilst the diet makes this achievable, you still have to put in the work and have the willpower to push on and achieve such spectacular results. I am 4 weeks in and have lost 16lb, I am hoping to lose a similar amount in the next four weeks and another 16lb after the full blown diet to get where I want to be. My big motivator is doing this with my wife who has T2 diabetes and is on insulin, she has been steadily reducing her insulin as her levels have dropped, though still on the same level of Victoza and Metformin. Our first goal is to get off injecting insulin (and off the DVLA 3 year driving licence) then maintain the same principals to see if the others can eventually go in the bin. The BBC 2 programme “Fixing dad” was inspirational for anyone affected by T2 diabetes who wants to try and reverse it, if you missed it get it on catch up. Again well done.

SunnyB I have a lot to lose. 🙁 Still over 100lbs and I’ve already lost almost 20lbs. I think that’s why I’m in such a rush to get this stuff off, because there is so much of it.

Thanks for the kudos HappyLife and SunnyB. I look forward to what week 2 has to offer.

Yaay, welcome Oppo ice cream person! I’ve yet to try it but it promises much (it was me who spread the word amongst us BSDers!)

Welcome onboard the BSD too. You’ll soon get the hang of it, and us mad bunch are here to cheer you through and keep your spirits up if things don’t go to plan… You will soon discover how much better you feel in a relatively short time 🙂

Hello!

I have just started BSD. I was introduced to it by someone who emailed in to Oppo Ice Cream after reading this thread! I am an Intern at Oppo so if you have any thoughts or questions please ask away. Otherwise enjoy your ice cream!!

lucky recommended the jawbone one i will have a look at the i got u one speaking of lucky has anyone seen her ?!

7.5lb in a week is not to be sniffed at LACali21!! I wish I could see the same. As a slow loser, I’m chuffed to bits if I can get to 3lb off in one week, with most weeks being more like half of that. What is great with the BSD though, is that week on week, there is almost always some sort of progress to be pleased about – lbs or inches lost, feeling healthier, looking better in your clothes, dropping a dress size, etc. Grab the positive with both hands and set your sights on the future!

Hmm, perhaps we should both hit the Amazon button and go for it! I’m trying the i-Got U version I think..

its just the thought of the doughnut !!!
as lovely as the peaches are it aint no doughnut although seeing how bad OH was after his ” pastry” try on saturday maybe not !!!
think our bodies may soon reject pre BSD goodies !!
i have a wristband in my basket on amazon like you hoping it will spur me on !! or will it go in the cupboard of uselessness ??

Hey Izzy!
You are so talented with all your fun projects!! Wish I had time to do some like you as creating things is so rewarding!
You will reach your 10 stone soon, maybe tomorrow!!!!
I just went to buy a couple shirts yesterday 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 you for all that you share in all of your inspiration.
💜