Maybe I should save a few calories myself for late night snacking. I do get the urges also.

YAY! Saratoga Raceway Opening day was today! So much fun. Sucks having to munch on diet food when all were barbecuing burgers and eating cheesecakes. LOL

Wish you all good luck on your munchies this weekend!

DAY 3
Friday 22 july

Damn it today! grabbed 3 ounce of swiss chesse (300 calories) early in the morning to much on. Yet, I took some healthy snacks to munch on at the Saratoga Raceway. They had 200 extra picnic tables today….YAY! It is so challenging getting a table to sit at on the opening day.

BreakFast: Broke the 16 hour fast

3 ounce of Swiss Cheese

Lunch
Can of Tuna
baby carrots and hummus
handful of sunflower seeds
1 apple
1 peach

Dinner

Leftover from night before Chinese Food
1 Chicken Breast

Damn I must have done 1000 calories today instead of 800. Practice makes perfect.

Did my daily 20 minute walking.

There is always tomorrow. Sunday is misery: The Fast Of Tammuz, when Jerusalem was sieged by the Romans in 69 AD. Wish they did it in winter when days are shorter! LOL

Here comes the landing of the 2 space ships in Close Encounter Of The Third Kind! Got to go and watch the movie that made the idea image of what an alien looks like. Speilberg’s imagination!

See you on Mars one day!

Thanks Imogen for the welcome and well done on your success so far!
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction for more info on bsd beyond 8 weeks! X

Hi Yowser49

Welcome to the BSD

Yes, there are a few veterans who have remained on the BSD800 well past the 8 weeks!! Check out the threads for ‘over the 8, 16, and 23? week line’.

As I have a lot of weight to lose, I intend to continue until I have returned to a healthy weight. Currently on week 14 (i think – lost count😕) and it is beginning to feel like a way of life.

Glad you are finding it easy. I am sure you will make lots of new BSD buddies…this gang are so friendly!

Imogen🌻

Night night Tokyo, I’m off in a bit, just had a massive sneezing fit, something triggered my allergies off. How about Write-off Fridays? Thank God it’s Saturday tomorrow.

Haha! You’re very welcome Gymgirl. Unfortunately he’s retired now, picked up an injury, so he won’t see the rest of the season out. So I won’t get to ogle him tomorrow. But hey, thank God for Google. And my calendar. Which is strategically placed on my kitchen door. I’ve never enjoyed washing up so much in my life… 😉

Day 12 was not a great success unfortunately.

It started great,
Breakfast yogurt and blueberries
Lunch was a butter bean and tomato pot with some chicken

Then it all went wrong (dramatic face). I couldn’t do my planned walk because it was raining, and I was feeling quite blue so I blew the diet completely and had a large chicken caesar salad and a mini magnum ice-cream.
It was glorious and I enjoyed it immensely!

I’m not feeling too guilty about it. I think I need to recalibrate and start again from tomorrow.
I haven’t added the ice-cream to my totals as I just can’t face it! But without the magnum my totals were:
Kcal 944, Carbs 58.3g
Steps around 6k

I hope your day was more successful!

Thanks for the Google tip Lucky ! That’s brightened up my evening 👀👀

Day 12 completed 🙂

Breakfast: Handful of Almonds
Lunch: M&S King Prawn and Rice Salad
Dinner: Hot & Spicy Wings

Total: 850 calories, 30g carbs

Water: 1L
Steps: 12,076
Active Minutes: 67

I think I’m doing OK, but worried about some of the wings, chicken etc. that I’m eating – as I’m sure they’ll all have sugar – but not sure how much I’m eating!

Plus I’m still struggling with my water intake – am nowhere near the recommended 2L.

thank you and with that i bid snother friday good night !!!! at least janeys cske worked hurrah !!!!

I didn’t get a chance to go to Waitrose, I don’t know what happened to today. I only managed 20 minutes on the treadmill, didn’t get my cakes made, all the stuff is laid out ready to do them, I wish I could say I’d accomplished something in the house, but nope! Day just gone!

My mum nearly had a hot flush looking through the calendar lol. Had to start fanning herself with it. He is a model too, and he does book covers, those gorgeous men they have on books come from somewhere you know! Lol. I will share him with you, not selfish 🙂

oh my word lucky !!! he’s a bit of alright yes please thank you very much !!!!!

am going to google said gentleman right away !!!! have you tried that ice cream ?

It’s the only thing I can think. I’ve had success no matter how runny the batter is, so it seems a bit odd.

I am indeed! Don’t know if I’ll have lost any more, was the same this morning, but either way, I’m currently 4lb down on last Saturday, so it would be greedy wanting any more. Although I’ll take it gladly if it wants to come off! Won’t complain at all! Hubby bought a shirt at a testimonial match for one of our team’s players who was retiring (and who I fancy like mad! Google Stuart Reardon and click on images!) and in the time it’s taken for them to gather all the orders, order them, and have it sent out to us, it’s like a baggy dress on hubby! So – guess who has a nice new rugby shirt that fits over the old Nurse Gladys Emmanuel boobage? Bless him. He’s a diamond. I also have a Stuart pen, calendar and mug 😀 The calendar is… artistic. You know, artistic how our BSD calendar will be…?

Calling by to introduce myself..this looks like such a nice friendly happy and informative place to be!
Am finding BSD surprisingly easy and lost twelve pounds in my first week.
Hoping to do 24 weeks..i think i read somewhere that you can stay on it for longer than eight? Can anyone tell me if thats true?
Looking forward to making some new pals and having a good browse around xx

i use the morrisons flour and normally i am frying them for england and everyone is perfect but tonight no good seemed too runny like you wondered bout the weather !
you ready for you weigh in tomorrow lucky?

Were they like… almost eggy, soft and tearing apart as you try and turn them over? Mine were. I had to REALLY cook them on the first side, longer than usual, and then turn them over.

Tokyo – my first lot with leftover Koh-I-Noor chickpea flour – fantastic. Ran out quite quickly so…
Bought a bag from Morrisons, KTC make – can’t do a bloody thing with it when making wraps. Same recipe, same frying pan… if I could get two out of the batch, it was a miracle.
Finally got my Koh-I-Noor from Tesco again – first batch – fantastic, second and third batch – awful. I threw more away than we ate. The only difference that I could say, was the weather! That it was really hot when I cooked them, but I can’t see that making a difference?

So, you are not alone there my love!

evening everyone well fistly janey have a lovely time !!
and timmy too although not together !!!
secondly i am now going to have to find a new name for friday !!! after last weeks epic fail on the baking i thought i shall avoid all baking of any description !! so for tea we had persian lamb ( you know the faffy one !!) so i thought i will make luckys wraps like i have made loads of times but would they work hell no !!!! i managed to get a few but not as good as my usual standard !! wondering if i had a batch of flour ?? or the saints of cooking are against me on a friday !!!!

Nooooo I have to wait until my sister rocks up tomorrow afternoon 😱

I’m annoyed at myself for forgetting to bring one of my quinoa ‘easy pots’ to have with chilli. Might have to give in to a spoonful of rice with it at this rate. Can’t eat it with nothing alongside 😡

How soon after you arrive before you cut into it??? I reckon within 10… 😉

We’re on our way over on the ferry! I’ve had an apple to keep me going and have my trusty pot of flaked almonds in my bag for emergencies. Hope th cake has survived the trip!?

took me a while to find the link from last night, so I thought it I thought it deserved its own thread!
http://www.oppoicecream.co.uk/
After looking forward to this today, I discovered my local Waitrose doesn’t stock it
Will have to try a larger branch tomorrow

Has anyone tried it yet?

Why, what’s happened in Munich???

How long until you get there? Haven’t you packed a small snack? Have a safe journey, let us know that you’ve arrived safely! I’m going to google the news now, this is what happens when your TV is permanently tuned to Sky Sports and Cartoon bloody Network!

We are sitting in the car, waiting to get on the ferry! Cake is in the back, hopefully unscathed and the sun is beaming down! Small bit of anxiety because the company I work for is based in Munich so have been trying to make sure all my friends and colleagues are ok and accounted for. So far so good altho it’s horrific what’s happening.

Am starving for some food now. Avoided stopping at McDonald’s (‘no time’) and have had to ensure the other 2 piglets working their way through a bag of maltesers on the journey down. I know chilli is on offer at my dads when we get there

Physio said two weeks, so you take the two weeks 😉

Saying nothing about sharing a muffin with your husband. I shall just assume that is a euphemism…

Don’t mention the F word in front of Tokyo… that wasn’t one of her better days either, was it Tokyo? Yes, I could do, and cut it into nice thick wedges 🙂 Thanks 🙂 Determined not to balls this up!

Lucky could you make a frittata to take with you for a couple of days ?

Hi Happy!! Good to hear you are still doing well always nice to hear from you when you have time to check in!

Hi Happy 🙂 I was thinking of you earlier so it’s lovely that you were able to get on and post! Your stats are brilliant and you could set yourself up as a BSD consultant as well by the sound of it lol. Your clients are very lucky to have your support beyond their original reasons for seeing you!

I’ve had a mostly chilled day with my son, his sister has been out most of the day and Daddy at work. I’ve caught up on the laundry and we ventured out to buy a new toy as a reward (it’s a struggle getting the boy to poo appropriately) I’m wearing my taken in top- which could have done with being taken in a bit more too, and my modified shrug 🙂 I really like my new sleeves! I was thinking I might add a band of the same lace to the bottom of my top. Might be quite funky… I have so many things I want to do and so little time lol. Ah well I will get there and at least I can never be bored when the kids are in bed.

I did make pancakes for breakfast, and I’ve been modifying the recipe over time – I’ve posted it in recipes as it is now perfect for me.
Lunch I fried up some courgetti with bacon, garlic, tomatoes and peas – a bit random I know but the fridge was running low!
Then I was very very naughty – I ate a banana!
Cauli pizza is off the menu as I haven’t got everything I need, hubby is having some chicken thing and I’m going for courgetti again this time with beans and onions and tomato sauce. Gotta go finish sorting dinner 🙂 then we’re going to watch some more Game of Thrones.

The cake looks lovely Janey and well done Tokyo👍👍.My back is starting to feel better but I haven’t mentioned it to the offspring yet, my son put the vacuum round yesterday after work and my daughter has said she’ll do the ironing tomorrow……result ! Tea tonight is fish pie …mashing celeriac gets a lot of aggression out . Had a bit of a treat at lunchtime when I shared a muffin with my husband ( no dirty minds please ) but today and yesterday were much better days, Have fun on your weekend Janey 🎂🎂

Hi Autumn,
Just post! There are a lot of people who have gone through the programme and it will be surprising if others have not had a similar experience or something that you can relate to. It is a fantastic forum, full of a lot of knowledge and people happy to help and share.
Good luck – looking forward to your next post!

oh my god that looks stunning, i can almost taste it

Hi Andy is going into week eight he lost around stone and a half which is excellent my only concern is his blood sugars are still around 8/9 most times morning/midday/night does anybody no why ??. I must admit he has only been doing small amount of exercise should he carry on with the 800 cal and start to exercise more is the fat taking longer to disperse any help would be great, he is concerned about loosing more weight so should I up his food intake please advice asap thanks Wendy

Hi Yowser and just do it.
Thankyou for the advice re warfarin, I am aware of that info as I have a medical profession also. I started on the 29 July and have lost 23 lbs with no side effects, other than delight, at the departure of my insatiable appetite. I wish you both well.
Regards jan

Thank you Yowzer 🙂 Well, as for the weather, it’s Wales we’re talking about so I won’t be holding my breath… Try and remain strong, the more situations you can come out of without cheating, the easier you’ll find it the next time. I’ve survived a Sunday Dinner at my parents, where I had no roasties, no yorkies and no mashed potato. I ate everything else and took my own mashed cauli – potato substitute. Everyone else had a lovely homemade dessert, we had greek yogurt and berries. I sat with a black coffee watching my sister in law eat the world’s biggest steak baguette. I’ve only got eating out and camping to get under my belt now and I can take on the world! Greggs… I will be having a Festive Bake at Christmas though, whether or not.

Tuna and boiled eggs yes, and hummus possibly, I’ve only tried it once and that was this week, it was ok, nice, jury is still out at the moment. Prynhawn da, Bissel! Diolch am y syniadau dda! Fingers crossed that you passed, although the fact alone that you’re learning and were willing to take an exam, you should pass by default 🙂 Pob lwc efo’r canlyniadau ac yr Eisteddfod! 🙂

Hi there,greenjanet! ,following on from what’ just do it ‘ said,you do need to see yr doc first if youre on warfarin ( page 116 of MMs BSD book)
I do hope you can go ahead with thus..i am on day ten and its easier than you might think,plus the results makeit all worth while..i lost 12 lb my first week. As a serial yoyo dieter and gainer/ loser of stones over the years,i feel hopeful this will work… I plan to do 24 weeks tho jumping ahead of myself a bit there seein as its only day ten as yet!😀 Xx

Hi captainlynn
Fabulous results.
Here’s hoping more and more of us come off that wretched diabetic register.
We are marching forward…….hopefully in a lighter and more sprightly manner…..so to speak.
We can also manage skipping, hopping and Samba as well! (Actually have no idea about Samba …but we could easily try!)

Hi Igorasusual
Congratulations to your OH. They are great results.
Here’s hoping more medical professionals take notice of the positive effects of the BSD.

Hi sunshine-girl, that sounds like a good result! Hopefully you can take the results into your GP and show them how it really should be done!

Tinned sardines/tuna? Boiled eggs? Hummus? Cheese? Any help?
Prynhawn da Lucky! I’ve just finished the second year of Welsh evening classes, I did an exam and everything! Haven’t got the results yet, so I can kid myself it was ok. I’ve forgotten most of it by now though and I’m a steward at the Eistedfordd one morning. Please god no one asks me anything! Apart from ble mae’r Ty Bach?
Enjoy the camping!

Thanks for the welcome Lucky and congrats on yr and OHs great progress
I hope the camping goes well and you have lovely weather x i’m at DDs house for the weekend and a bit scared i will somehow come off track..even tho she is a 21:3 faster so its unlikely she’ ll be tempting me with goodies!
Me too re Greggs! *sigh*!

Gawd I haven’t got as far as the packing stage, I’m *this* stressed out at the ‘paper’ stage! This is a mere list! Great call on the avocados! They’re nice and filling, and they would be great for a lunch, just make sure there’s a sharp knife in with our picnic stuff. Orrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! I could even try the frozen ones! 😉 And the smoked salmon, that’s what I’m having for tea tonight, peppered smoked salmon salad, it’s nice too, just nicked a tiny piece. Hubby is making the salad now, that’s one of his jobs (as well as stirring the pans ) 😉 and he can say he’s made tea four times this week now lol. We’ve got a cracking massive coolbox that keeps things frozen for up to 5 days depending on how often you go in and out of it, plus there’s a little supermarket within about a mile that has a good range of salad and meat, there’s a butchers on site, because it’s a farm shop so they have nice steaks and homemade burgers, and all the major supermarkets are within about 10 miles too. Two days after we get there, the car boot sale we got the double yolker eggs from is on, that’s only about 10 miles away too, so we’re going to go and stock up on those, can’t go wrong with an omelette for breakfast or for a quick lunch. I would be bouncing excited about it only for the food thing. Breakfast isn’t an issue, nor is tea, but it’s just the going out for the day, where we could usually pop in a bakery or take some sandwiches, the last thing I really want to be doing is assembling bloody salad at 8 in the morning on a camping table.

Hi Igorasusual, I am catching up with a few weeks of replies :-(.
Saw this yesterday and was really pleased to see the practice looking at this so positively. If you read the whole BSD book you may remember MM’s description of the change to ulcer treatment that he did a programme on in the early 2000’s. It showed that many ulcers are caused by bacteria and treatable with antibiotics. I remembered the programme when he wrote about it, what I had not known was that after it was aired, the GMC had denounced it and it took 2 years to get it accepted. It was mainly through people going to their doctor and demanding antibiotics, being given them (probably just to shut them up) and then the GP’s realising it was working that the GMC changed their tune! People power can work!
Keep up the good work.

Hi everyone. Special welcome to loopylou and all new visitors. Many thanks for your kind comments 😃

HappyLife – I’ve not taken BP meds for many months since it went really low. But they’ve only just taken them off the computer!

sunshine-girl. I’ve lost 5.5 stone (77 pounds or 34.9 kg). I know about fat feet – I’ve already had to dispose of a pair of shoes that were too big now (and my favourite pair of fitflops😱). Hope I’ll be able to boots for the winter that go higher than my ankles! Not been able to do that for many a long year because of my fat calves😱

Let us know your results everyone.

Orchid, that was extremely helpful! I was super hesitant to post since I really didn’t want to sound as pathetic as I feel, lol. I’m glad I did though. I think being so lethargic is also sapping my optimism too :). I’ll go ahead and try the higher carb count and see if that helps. I really am loving the weight loss, and I don’t want to quit! Thank you for help.

Hi Igorasusual,
that is a great result from your holidays! I do recognise with the mirrors and the worry that it will all come back on. It has taken me quite a few weeks to adjust to the new profile in the mirror – actually looking in the mirror is a big achievement, I used to manage to walk past them all without looking in them!
I was getting measured for a new bra a week or so ago and was in my idea of a horror chamber – two mirrors positioned so you could see your front and back view simultaneously. I struggled to look and realised, it was ok and also that I still had some weight to lose. Having got to the goal of 80kg (I am 173cm) and 3 dress sizes down I was feeling good. I had assumed I would stop at 75kg – normal BMI. The two mirrors made me see what I now was, and not just that there was a bit difference from before.
So – the new target I have now set is a final goal of 70kg. That is 7kg over my weight in my 20’s and 30’s so not an unrealistic maintenance weight.
Having taken 6 weeks off when I was on holiday and away from home a lot, I put l little back on, but it came off and ketosis set back in within 5 days of restarting 800. I knew I would have put some weight back on and logically I knew it could not be much as my clothes still fitted, but I would not step on the scales in case I found it had all gone back on!
The last few weeks I have been away at weekends, carefully eating, but not too restrictive, so more 4:3 or 3:4 and still losing 0.5-1kg a week. I have also added in a 14 hour fast – that is as much as I can do, I eat breakfast at 8am and have my last meal between 5 and 6pm. After that it is water or redbush tea. I think that helped get back to fat burning quickly, it has also brought my FBS down to low 4’s, but that is not surprising given the body ahs 14 hours to process the foods instead of 10 hours.
So, like you I am on the final stint. Today I weighed in and I am 21.6kg down – about 3.3 stone. 7.2 kg to go which I hope to have lost by the end of August latest. I’ll keep to the 800 for that period so with a bit of luck and exercise, I might get there a bit quicker!
Good luck with your final few weeks.

Have great time camping Lucky! It’ll be brill. Hope stressful packing stage is nearly over. Only the stressful putting up the tent stage to go so ;-))))

I went for a weekend on about week 5 I think, and found avocados good to have because you can just eat them like a spoon and an instant meal almost! Kind of stopped me thinking I was missing out too as they are so tasty. We brought rashers too but didn’t cook them – also smoked salmon was kind of useful. OO and dont forget the water! I brought bottles of sparkling water and kept one around all the time. It’s good as no kitchen or fridge to find delights in either! 😉

Hi there, don’t think I have published my blood glucose results. I take my test every morning before breakfast. I always have a small (healthy) snack just before bed so have not eaten for around 9 hours. I started off at 190 (HBA1c 10.5) and I am now down to 104 or 5.7 this morning. I have been lower but that is not my aim as I want to avoid hypos. I have reduced my insulin from 37 units each evening to 28. I have also reduced my diamicron from 3 tablets each morning to 2.

I think my body has settled at a good level and hopefully I will be able to reduce insulin further as it levels out. Two years ago I was using 24 units and everything went to hell after following the recommendations of a nutritionist who added carbs into every meal, told me to cut down on protein (even though I only ate 1 portion per day). The result was 5 kg weight gain and bloods running at over 200 (HBA1c 11). That is what led me to find this diet.

I couldn’t be happier and don’t care if I never see another plate of rice or potatoes. But, there is a box of wine already opened that has been sat there for nearly 4 weeks. If it goes sour I will just have to use it as white wine vinegar.

Hi Yowzer, welcome 🙂 Great weight loss, doesn’t matter what it was, water or fat – it’s gone now 🙂 I am a pastry addict, a whiff of Greggs can reduce me to tears. It is easy as long as you know what you’re eating in advance, I’ve found it’s when you don’t it’s dangerous. I’m currently trying to plan a camping trip and I am at my wits end and could strangle my husband when he said ‘I’d like to stick to the calories but it would be easier to have a bap with my bacon in the morning’… give me strength!

I start week 7 tomorrow and I have lost 29 lbs and my husband 24 lbs. I’ve still got a long, long way to go, so I am going to do it for as long as I need to/can and then switch to 5:2. I like this way of eating, there’s very little I’m missing to the point of craving it and I’m managing fine on 800 calories. If I find that changes, I’ll increase the calories slightly but still keep within the remit of what’s ‘legal’. Which is probably what is going to happen while I’m camping… 😉

Hi everyone and happy BSDing! I am on day 10 after being inspired to give it a go after a pal lost 31 lb in 8 weeks of BSD!
I lost 12 lb in my first week,mainly water i know,but soooo encouraging!
Also pleasantly surprised that apart from the first day i havent craved bread etc though i am sure i am (was) addicted to anything from a bakery!
It seems this diet is not as difficult as it may look at first glance!
My question is :- is anybody doing this for 24 weeks? Or did i imagine i read somewhere that it can be done for 24 weeks!
Thanks for reading and have a good weekend! X

Hi Lynne, don’t know how much weight you have lost (too many posts to read) but a common cause of height loss is getting rid of the fat pads on your feet. Yes you can have fat feet, I have shoes that don’t fit (at the moment). I have all my tests done on 8th August and will see my doctor on the 10th with my results. Can’t wait to see what good this has done.