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.

Mmmm thank you will give that a go!
Jill

Ohhhhhhhhhhh I see. Like that is it, Janey? Stealth competitor? 😉 Well done. Get the feeling we’ll be sneaking little walks in here, there and everywhere to get this step count up, which can only be good for both of us! It’s a week long duel, daily steps don’t count only in the bigger picture 😉 Can you imagine the last ten minutes of this duel if we’re neck and neck? That will be intense haha. Glad you had a good evening with your friend and your curries were a success. Good old Oppo, I gave some to my Mum yesterday, and even she agreed it was just like a premium ice cream, and if she’d been served it she’d never have known it was ‘good for you’. I thought she’d go a bit pale at the price, but even she said I had to look at all the things I wasn’t buying now that I was following BSD and to have a treat that’s acceptable AND tastes nice, you couldn’t put a price on it.

Not a good day here today. Neighbour kept us up again last night until gone 2. I don’t know what was being done to her but she was screaming with laughter one minute and then shouting that something was hurting her. Hubby ended up sleeping on the sofa. He’s had 7 minutes of sound sleep, according to UP. It’s ridiculous. I’m going to have to confront her because I can’t keep going on like this. I don’t like conflict and she tends to surround herself with… people who thrive on it, let’s just say. Scary people. So whether a rational discussion can take place or not is debatable, I’m potentially going to be turning myself into the enemy here and I won’t lie, it terrifies me. If I think I am in the right I can hold my own against any ONE person, I can be reasonable, I can counter any arguments they have. But if they’re going to be ‘bringing their mates’…? I’m too old for that sh*t. All I want is a quiet life and a little bit of consideration, especially once the clock has turned midnight. Anyone knows, surely, that if you behave like that, at that time of the night (morning) you know, you HAVE to know, that you’re going to be disturbing people. Don’t you?

And I’m up again on the scales. Back up to 98.6 kg today, so I’m nearly up 2 lbs from Tuesday. This is where I know I should take my own advice and pep talks. I’m eating right, I’m going to the loo regularly. I’m moving – maybe not my 10,000 a day but considering how sedentary I have been in the past, I’m doing better. It’s too soon for a lady pound. Hubby has eaten exactly the same as I have and he has stayed the same for 3 days. It could be anything. But when you’re 2 days off weigh day and you’re almost back to last week’s weight it’s disheartening to say the least. So, in future, anyone please feel free to tell me to shove my pep talks where the sun doesn’t shine.

Hi oldlady (young spirit!) from another one. I am a slow loser also but now in week 5 and going down. I want to post in a few weeks that I have lost more weight than I ever have and I know I will.

I am also wearing some fitting skirts I could not get into 4 weeks ago, so just follow all the inspiring people and plug on

Happylife you are a marvel. Orchid also.

Anyway I had better go and walk instead of reading

Best to all

Wednesday 27 July

YAY! Yippe Ka-Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

UPS delivered my scale and glucose meter today! So, I am trying to read the directions on the meter….. Spanish, French, mandarin, Japanese, Korean, and finally English! LOL

Breakfast: None

Lunch: 12:00
4 Egg Spanish Omlette with 2 ounce cheddar cheese on top

Snack:
1 Peach
4 Prunes before Lunch
3 Celery Stalks with cream cheese

Dinner: 7:00
Chicken breast
1 Medium Size yam

Weight: 335.6 Pounds
Blood Sugar: NOT AVAILABLE TODAY (Need to read directions first)

2 Mondays ago I went to see my Neurologist at UMDNJ in New Jersey. My weight then was 340.8 pounds.

Thus I lost only 5.2 pounds in 7 days since I started on Wednesday 20 July. 5.2 pounds in 7 days is not bad. I was hoping for a full 7 to 10 because of water weight being lost first. It is upsetting to not have what you expected. Yet, it is joyful that is it still a loss.

It is like a lottery ticket and you really hoped for the 10 Million Dollars. But, you only got $ 1,000,000. I am so upset for not getting 9,000,000 more bux? Or am I really excited anyways for the $ 1,000,000????

I guess I have to expected the unexpected also. I have to do a few things to myself:

1) Cut the Cream Cheese Munchies (Yet, good fiber foods like carrots and celery)
2) Keep it up on almond and coconut milk
3) Take more servings of Coconut Oil through the day! I only do one morning and one evening!
4) Exercise: Start more jogging in the daily 20 minute walk. 15 minutes walk and 5 minutes jog would be good!
5) Started using Kettlebells for exercise on strength training. 25 pound kettlebell and 5 minutes workout 3-4 times a week. I should make it a whole 7 days a week on short exercise. Maybe take one day as a break for muscles to rebuild.
6) Except for butter, go dairy free.
7) Keep the eating in 7 hour eating and 17 hour fasting. It seems to work!!!!
8) Eat more variety of spices! Fulfills one’s taste buds.

NOTE: Eating those prunes in the morning before food….. It moves the colon to eliminates toxins smoothly and at ease. The one cup of Ginger Tea and One Cup of Licorice Root Tea seems to help it a lot.

Any advice is helpful!

Cheers,

Daniel

Glad to see some really good suggestions for water intake. I’ve been adding fresh line juice to fizzy water and ice.
I found Heck sausages in my local tesco so had them for lunch and for dinner! Low calories but high carbs.
Kcal 660, 82.3g
Hardly any steps today as I signed up for Netflix (such a bad idea!).

I find I drink a lot more if I have fizzy water – also I have phases of using robinsons squash with no added sugar – mostly lemon, but my current favourite if lemon and pink grapefruit.
I nearly always have water when I have a hot drink too – probably about twice as much water as tea.
Over the weeks I have increased the amount of water I drink quite considerably – probably helped by the hot weather, but set yourself targets to increase the amount gradually – but as Ingorasual says, until you up your water intake, the weight is unlikely to start shifting – I had quite a long weight plateau from about day five – focusing on more water was key in getting weight loss to kick in.

good luck with it

I’m here. Just too late by the looks of it! Lucky, I’ve been for a night stroll with the OH after my friend went home. Walked off the lovely curry and spoonful of Oppo (made my friend try it.. Big thumbs up!). Ok you beat me on the steps today but I’m heartened by the fact that I’ve managed to get a few thousand steps in since my Jawbone was activated this afternoon. Mine’s running through my iPhone by the way. OH was quite impressed by the new gadget and is keen to help me get more active. Coooool 👍🏼

I’m being buzzed about bedtime…

Cauliflower steaks

Take a cauliflower and stand it on its stalk and cut down from the top in thick slices – I usually get two good slices and then the edges are smaller ones.

Lay flat on a baking sheet, with any spare bits or leaves round the edges. Add salt and pepper and a drizzle of olive oil over each slice and roast in the oven (I would say 180 degrees) for about 15-20 minutes or until browned and the cauliflower cooked through.

The leaves are delicious even if a little blackened and the ‘steaks’ are tender and sweet.

I was reading today you can also do these on a barbecue.

Hope you enjoy – my family love these.

Hi Igorasusual,
Thanks for the suggestions. Yes, I think I may try a few cups of herbal tea in the mornings and sip water throughout the day.

Good day, reversing pre diabetes, but your weight needs that water to start melting away.

Can you think of ways to drink the amount you need? Sipping water rather than drinking lots at one go? Try warm water, water with a little lemon in it, fizzy water? Fruit or herbal tea? (Ginger is my preferred)

You need to try to see how you can do it -!it really really helps.

Any other ideas, anyone, to help?

See you in the morning lovely. Extra good luck for the SOD tomorrow 😉 Whatever the outcome we’ll be here waiting with appropriate dress for you. Hopefully robes 😉

ah yes i remember now i am off to bed now !! see you on the other side !!!

I think she’s got friends around for curry tonight, I think that’s what she said, I’ve lost track of things today, but curry was involved.

Gawd I’m tired tonight Tokyo, I could sleep for a week!

Bril Lucia, I had the same thing today myself with my sons girlfriend, I chose the only thing On the menu I could safely have it was a lovely feta cheese salad, didn’t occur to me to eat anything else. It’s a miracle isn’t it.
😇😇

Today was OK, but I just couldn’t drink any water – I struggled to get 500ml in.

Total: 822 calories, 61g carbs
Water: 0.5L
Steps: 12,101
Active Minutes: 46

I had a sneaky check on the scales – and I seem to have only lost 2lbs too.
I’ve noticed that I get discouraged when I do not lose a substantial amount: so I may decide not to weigh until I go on holiday on 14th August.

and wheres janey tonight bet shes out walking just to use her wristband in the pitch black with a touch !!! ha ha !!

i reckon i could make a living of these phrases!!!

Lucia,was reading way back about yr virtuous shopping basket in the supermarket!
I am the same! I stand in the queue in a glow of selfrighteousness glancing at people and hoping theyve noticed i have a basket chock full of healthy stuff in a rainbow of colours.then i hope the cashier notices! I leave the store shaking head quietly to self at those misledfolk who are throwing carby and sugary things into their trolleys.tut tut!

I also relate to yr exercises in front of tv…pulling in tum,squeezing bum cheeks etc …and i hate the adverts so i get up and wash dishes,tidy up,empty the waste paper baskets! Its all movement and uses up cals and stops me from throwing things at the stoopid adverts ! And it means i get up to a tidy home next day! X

I also wonder how the tanita scales can work out your visceral fat. I think only a scan can show you how much visceral fat you have.
But well done you on your excellent results on the BSD orchid, really impressive, well done you!

SOD! Love it! That’s going on the list too…

thanks i shall be standing on the scales of destruction ( or SOD for short!!) in the morning

Deer babies? Awwwwwwwwwwww 🙂 Night night Eps, sweet dreams, see you tomorrow where you will be gooder than good and we will get 10,000 steps. Or not 🙂 x

Tokyo, you watching hunky Greg on Man Down?

Hi Lucia
I was at cookery club this evening – quite restrained, I only ate half the tiny muffin that we’d prepared for the starter, and didnt have any noodles with the stir fry.
I was assigned making the pudding, as I arrived a bit late, so felt duty bound to try some, but mostly just ate the apricots out of the middle.
And a glass of wine.
Good fun though – and a much nicer stir fry than I have ever achieved, so will try that at home.