DAY 2 Thurs 21 July
Breakfast: Never eats to fullfill 18 hour intermittent fast daily
Coffee, tea, and tablespoon of coconut oil
Lunch: 4 eggs spanish omlette with mozzarella
Snack: 1 Cup of milk with ground flaxseed
Dinner: Chicken leg stirfry with spinach coconut flakes 1 zuccini and chicken broth
Did my 20 minute daily walk. I am going faster now when not eating Drakes Coffee Cake.
The flaxseed drink flush out my colon very well. Gets the job done in constipation with my ginger tea.
I weigh myself every day and although Wednesday is my proper weigh day I probably shouldn’t post the number on the scales on a Friday but I can’t help wanting to share my news!
I was down another 2lbs today! Now 10st 1 1/4
I was wondering when I might break through the 10lb 3lb barrier. The next goal always seems so far away and unreachable and then when it happens it’s like yippee! Getting into the 9’s will be the next achievement 🙂
I probably should be upping my toning exercises now but often I just cannot get my head into it. I cycle to work still about 4 times a week so I’m not fully sedentary. Starting small maybe the trick….
And I’m still mostly eating more than 800 calories a day which amazes me as I’m still losing weight regardless. Eating lots of Brazil nuts, wonder if that has anything to do with it!
Good evening everyone I’ve had a busy night in my little den 🙂
I made a small fabric ‘box’ from an old t-shirt and some felt. I fixed a dress belonging to a friend of my daughter, I took in a top of mine that was too small, and I added a broad lace band to a shrug to extend the sleeve length as I was never comfortable with the sleeves as short as they were 🙂 super productive. Well… it was productive inbetween fighting with the sewing machine that decided at one point it didn’t want to play.
it is 1120pm and I’m hungry so I’m going to have a few macademia nuts and head off to bed.
Hi Fig, glad you liked our posts. I’m pretty proud of us!
Wow, reversing, that’s a lot of steps! Well done! I can’t believe we’re on day 11 already.
Breakfast was yogurt and blueberries
Lunch was a Le Pain Quotidian lentil and avocado salad with chicken (thank goodness they put their menu and calories online)
Which left me with just enough calories for a boiled egg for dinner and a square of dark chocolate for supper.
Total kcal 804, Carbs 23.6g
Steps 10008
I found going to a cafe today quite difficult as I was very tempted by all the treats, but I managed somehow. I’ve also been craving a cold soft drink since it’s been so hot.
On to day 12!
Hi Figment – welcome!!
I’m glad you’re enjoying reading our diaries.
I can’t belive I’ve managed to complete Day 11 and again resisted indulging at a ‘tea and cakes’ meeting.
I do not recognise myself!!
So today, I ate:
Breakfast: Greek Yogurt with Strawberries and a few walnuts
Lunch: Chicken Breast Salad
Dinner: Scrambled Eggs with Sardines
Total: 880 calories, 40g carbs
Water: 1L
Steps: 14,909
Active Minutes: 100
Looking forward to reading how you got on today Penny.
Always a better class of shopper in Waitrose !!!! Never see a waitrose customer in Uggs and pyjamas
I think a lot of people are going to be descending on Waitrose tomorrow, Gymgirl! I’ve used Waitrose more in this last six weeks than I have in the x amount of years it’s been open here! It used to be a Co-op, and if I went in twice a year it was something. Heck sausages, ice cream that’s BSD friendly, and Fage! I heart Waitrose now!
Yes, I grabbed mine as soon as!
Ah right, as simple as that Eps. There’s me with my fancy new-fangled language which makes people spit. I could make it work as an insult with a profanity or two behind it 😉 Well yes, if you had been participating in real life tonight, the ice cream might have passed you by! Never to be mentioned and eaten in secret. You might have thought that Oppo was a slang for opportunity if we mentioned it. You never know!
Night night and yayyyy Friday for those who it feels like a Friday to. Every day since the schools closed has felt like a Friday to me. I won’t know if I’m on my head or my backside now for the next six to seven weeks, what day it is, what month it is even…
I’m off to bed too, I’m battling to keep my eyes open. See you all tomorrow 😀 Sweet dreams!
Ice cream looks good 🍦🍦🍦🍦🍦Waitrose here I come
Hee hee yes send me ice cream💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Bó is like bow as in a bow in your hair. And it doesn’t work as an insult btw 😂
Sleep time! I really am neglecting real life with this forum, like our own Pokemon go – bonuses when you find the bsd friendly ice cream 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😹 Friday tomorrow yaaaaayyyy!!!
if you go to their own website, there is a £1 off voucher – click on it quick, it doesn’t come back!
stores listed include Waitrose, co-op, holland and barratt, budgens
If you can’t get any, I’ll post you some over, shall I? 😉
Hello Frog 🙂 Nice to see you again 🙂
It was all Janey’s find, what a little star. We owe her everything. Unless it’s nasty and then we can whisper about her behind her back.
Wow – looks amazing, am off to Waitrose tomorrow!
Thanks Janey and Lucky
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA loon!
H&B over here, definitely! I didn’t realise you were in Ireland 🙂 Hey, how do you pronounce bó? I’m fascinated with languages and the similarities between them. Cow is buwch in Welsh, pronounce be-you-and then the ch that only the Welsh can do without spitting. Closest thing I can think is the ch in loch.
HI Starcyl – keep at it – I think a lot of people get a bit of a plateau after the initial weight loss – stick at it, and have a lovely day tomorrow- keep thinking about adding to the 11lb when you see anything tempting but carby!
Cos it has no milk not because they snuck in some slabs of steak 😹😹😹
Ooooo wow!!! That looks great!!! I’m not sure we have it here though, maybe in Holland And b? Will definitely have to research!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We do have this though: http://nobo.ie/ very very tasty bit 50g =100 calories 😹😹😹 no bó means no cow (bó in Irish 👏👏)
And! Read these reviews!!
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/DisplayProductFlyout?productId=382284
Will do, seems fine so far.
If it’s working for you then there’s no need to change anything, that’s the way I look at it. I don’t count the carbs, but because I try and eat the allowed foods I think I’m doing ok on that score. But last week, when I had a stay the same weight? My instinct says it was exercise and not carbs. So I’ve tried to move more this week, and yep, the scales have moved too. Me too on the 14 stone something, another 9lb to go I think, and I’ve lost 17, 16 and 15 stone behind (hopefully) never to be seen again!
I’ve no idea on the dosage of the tablet, plus I’m not diabetic. I’m a firm believer in gut feelings though. If it doesn’t feel right, see what you can find on the internet.
Deep breath… This is momentous…
Google OPPO ice cream… And then thank me for making life worth living BSD style ☺️
Tell meeee!
(Yes sister you will beat all odds again tomorrow and boldly walk where no lady has walked before but mind your knee as knees are useful)
it was me i have spoken to the doctor who says its about the diabetes not the tablets. 2000mg a day seem like a huge dose to me, but i am not medical so what do i know. I am not so diligent as you i weigh very little, i think that if i don’t lose weight then i will start to weigh things. As i seem to eat mostly veg and cauliflower cous cous and hummus and carrot for lunch it seems ok for the moment. I also have many targets so have been 16 st something 15 stone something and looking forward to being 14 stone something within the next couple of weeks hopefully.
It was your discovery Janey, you can do the honours 🙂 Don a garment of smugness first, and Eps? Sit down for this revelation…
Yes indeed, tomorrow is another day. One in which I am probably not going to be able to walk… lol. Ah well, no pain no gain, right Eps? Right????? Come on, Smartcoach me! 😉
Should we share the latest discovery Lucky?………
I know but it looked nice And it does t even have any added sugar in it, just coconut flour, coconut oil and dessiccated coconut so it’s almost a health food 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂
Just kidding, well done 🙂 My knee is aching off, I’ve had it up all night, on a pillow and had to take a painkiller. Couldn’t do any more if I wanted too lol.
Eps, you have zero restraint! That was for tomorrow! Tsk 😉
Haaaa haaaaaaaa
Tomorrow’s another day dear 😂😂💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Lucky is not speaking to Eps tonight. Can someone tell Eps that Lucky is not speaking to her? Please?
Pfffffffffffft.
It was you who was wondering about some tablet causing tiredness ages back on the thread, wasn’t it Josie? Was it Met something? Did you ever go and see your GP about it? It is really easy to follow, I find the hardest part is the weighing and adding up, that’s time consuming. But my cravings are very few and far between, I’m enjoying the weight loss too much at the moment, and I’ve had years and years of eating things I shouldn’t have. It’s a small price to pay though, right? I can’t wait until I need to buy a whole new wardrobe, but I’m quite a few stones off that happening yet 🙂
9190 steps yaaaayyyy
Ate some and now I feel sick. Ah well..that ll teach me! Not too badly over anyway as falafel was low enough.
Ooo yes I do know autocorrect but didn’t know there was a website ha ha ah good so tears of laughter so! I thought you were doing car tax online or something 😹
thanks for that i will google it
so far i have lost 15 1/2 lbs but have t2 diabetes so seem to be really tired a lot of the time, don’t do much walking as i am too tired when i finish work and decide what to cook its then too late. But the diet is the easiest to follow strangely and seems ok to follow it doesn’t seem worth cheating. I don’t follow the plan so much but do keep within the calories. I have many clothes that now fit but am concerned that they will be too big soon and then i will have to buy more. Oh well
LOL I’m in just about the same boat as you that I have sizes ranging from 12 – 18 that don’t fit right now. I’ve just about made it into those 18s so many time it’s sick. I was a size 12/14 when I got married 13 years ago, so I know there is no power suits but they won’t be the height of fashion right now. LOL But I don’t care, I will wear them with pride if I can just get into them. 🙂 My short term goal is to get out of the W sizes. I want to wear just a 18 with no W.
Wow Tokyo, that’s fab! I love Saints (seriously!) although most of my experience has been with Saint Jude. The patron of hopeless cases, and of things almost despaired of. We could have done with him last Friday I think. And Saint Anthony for finding lost things. Saint Hildegarde sounds like a cracker, she can be an honorary #bsdbabe 🙂
Yay Eps, glad you had a recipe win! I bet you can’t wait for tomorrow now. I found a crumble topping think it was ground almond, butter and coconut sugar. More importantly, did you beat my steps? Bet you did, didn’t you?
Seriously both of you about the autocorrect??? You know how phones and… usually Apple items love correcting things that you type in messages, texts etc? Making the most innocent thing random or filthy? Well, sometimes you don’t notice and post or send… there’s a whole website of phone and message screen grabs from DYAC moments! Damn you autocorrect dot com, no spaces. God, it’s picked me up many a time when I’ve been low, it’s hilarious!
Ooo st. Hildegard sounds quite the lady! I find biscuits in general good for the humors😝😂👍
they will fit soon, I promise!
I have a lock up storage unit that has all sizes from 12 to 18 – I’m just a bit concerned that when I get to the size 12s, I’ll find I’ve been paying to store a collection of brightly coloured 80’s power dressing suits with giant shoulder pads
I only had a splash of red wine to accompany the cheese. BSD hangover need not come tomorrow morning. As you say, I have a cake to bake!
Yes what IS AUTOCORRECT?
Yaaay good walk, tired now. Tasted crumble omg it is actually really nice!!! Had to go back through all our crazy chats to find the recipe which wS really easy anyway. Didn’t make enough crumble to cover the rhubarb and raspberry but seriously nice! Not like crumble, more like a coconut something but definitely not a fail 😂💪🏽💪🏽
What’s autocorrect thing?
Janey wine and cheese yuuuum
well this working is really interferring with my posting on here!!
by the time i get on at night i have missed it all and no ones around all busy walking or baking or reading or making candles!!
i send good thoughts and prayers for baking friday i pray the saints of baking will watch over you all and look what i found on a proper saint website !!!! ha ha !!! patron saint of BSD
Saint Hildegard
1098-1179
Feast Day: September 17
St. Hildegard is not officially the patron saint of anything. But a mystic nun who wrote recipes and developed a nutritional philosophy belongs on any list of Catholic saints associated with the culinary arts.
St. Hildegard’s interest in the healing properties of food makes her a very modern saint. To promote health and cheerfulness and to slow the aging process, St. Hildegard recommended a diet high in foods she considered most nutritious (spelt, fennel, chestnuts, chickpeas, meat from animals fed grass and hay, certain fruits and vegetables) and low in harmful ones (strawberries, eel, refined sugar, and sausage, to name a few). Among her dietary principles were that breakfast should be eaten late and served warm, and that a walk should be taken after dinner.
A brilliant woman, she also invented an alphabet, composed sacred music, founded monasteries, wrote books on medicine and botany, spoke out against corruption, travelled through Germany as a preacher and healer, and corresponded with popes and emperors. Never formally canonized, St. Hildegard was recently named by Pope Benedict a Doctor of the Church, one of only four women to be so named.
St. Hildegard’s recipe for “Cookies of Joy” is still used today. She encouraged bakers to eat the cookies often: “They will reduce the bad humors, enrich the blood, and fortify the nerves,” she wrote.
Go easy on the wine! Don’t want a BSD hangover! You’ve got a cake to bake tomorrow, remember?
I’m guessing you mean burned, should be ok 😉 Haven’t made ratatouille for years! Not since I binned everything-intolerent friend who survived on fresh air, water, and dust.
I’m in the middle of my quarterly visit to damnyouautocorrect and I am in TEARS here. I’ve had to clean my bin lids three times already because of the tear splashes. It’s my usual go-to when I’m feeling a bit down, it’s actually a novelty to be reading it in a good mood!
Hi I haven’t post for nearly two weeks but have been reading what you have all been up to. I did really well in my first couple of weeks but haven’t lost much since, those scales are being really stubborn but I have lost just over 11lbs and feel a lot better. Tomorrow is our company mid year do with free food and drink so a bit of a challenge but I am going to drive so a perfect excuse for not drinking. Mind you I was bad last weekend and had a few glasses of wine but felt awful the next day so will try to avoid for the time being.
I have noticed my knees feeling a lot better this last week and did wonder if it was anything to do with the diet, let’s hope so as it makes a huge difference to daily life.
Everyone seems to be doing well so keep it up, you’re doing yourself good but you are helping me too x
I’m enjoying goats cheese and my S&P crackers, and a snifter of red wine! Yum! Ratatouille with chicken was ‘well done’ thanks to OH’s usual appalling timekeeping but was nice anyway. Very caramelised. Altho, surely we should avoid caramel lol
Hehe, but unfortunately the pooch is out of favour at the mo, as she bit me quite badly yesterday, and am feeling quite poorly , she’s a rescue dog, show type cocker, with severe PTSD. All I can think was she was stressed by the fan, so no exercise for me at the mo. Typing here is just about it. Always surprised at the effect of shock. Sticking to plan though.😹
It will Definitely help with that,
Thanks guys. Think I will give it a whirl and see is it helps. Constipation has long been an issue for me, so perhaps this will give some benefits.
Just tried cauliflower and not sure! Put the cauliflower in with a scoop of oil but after 30 mins was still really chewy !!! Think I may go back to roasting
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Thank you Ziggy. I am not at all an expert (Internet research and a couple of books only) and don’t know much about Atkins. My drive for relatively low carbs was because I had not very much weight to lose. I am continuing just for a few more weeks (have increased overall calories to 1000 per day) to see if I can knock off the final pound to target. Then will increase carbs a bit.
I think the sweet potato thing does sound good! 🙂