hee heee – would Madam like the green or the red today? :-)))

Pie man Andy :-))) Looked him up there as had never heard of him. I’m sure he’s a lovely man but he’s a bit skinny??? Needs to eat more of his pies :-))

what about lean mince? That’s well worth the calories and protein and good fat, and v filling. I like lentils but like to be able to see them you know? No dissolved stuff…though maybe I should try that once and see – maybe then I could actually have a full portion of it.

Traffic light soup!!

I sneaked lentils into the infamous cottage pie… 🙁

Definitely cookbooks are better in the flesh. Especially James Martin ones. And that bloke who makes pies. Andy something, those eyes! Swoon! Andy Bates. I would, anyway. At least once.

Don’t know about the salt, I just use normal sea salt. There’s a salt local to me, called Halen Môn. Sometimes you’ll see it in foods, like crisps, in special editions. Those posh crisps as I call them. It comes to something when you have to start buying different salts, doesn’t it?

I currently have a) red soup and b) green soup in my freezer lol.

Has he shown any interest in joining you? The moment he does, pounce. Before he changes his mind 😉 I’m so glad hubby is doing this with me. I have to say, he’s a good egg like that. And at the end of the day, he’s not doing it for me, it’s benefitting him in the end. But it would be harder to do if I was watching him tuck into pie and chips and things like.

It’s just the thought of it Janey, I am a bit funny about food in some ways, I’m very adventurous in one sense, but in others, if I’ve taken against trying something, there’s no budging me. And it doesn’t matter how many people tell me you can’t tell the difference, it’s lower cal, no. I can’t even think about putting it in my mouth, and if someone ever tricked me into eating it I’d be very cross lol. I’ll stick to veggies and lentils when I’m doing a spag bol 😉

I’d like to get my OH to try it for a few weeks, but he is panicky about not being able to obsessively eat ham rolls for lunch every day at work.. the nutcase! He eats a version of the BSD for dinner, and for brekkie at weekends (you know, add a bit of toast, or rice) so he’s halfway there already.

Celtic sea salt is just.. salt as far as I’m concerned. These women go a bit overboard at times!

I don’t mind a bit of quorn Lucky. Quorn mince is often sneaked into the mix with normal meaty mince, either to stretch it further or make it lower cal. No one in my house can tell when I’ve done it… Muahahah. I don’t mind chicken style pieces either, although I don’t see why a veggie would want to taste something chicken-y! I have this argument with my sister, who’s been a terrible veggie for 30+ years. Doesn’t like potatoes, tomatoes, peas, pasta makes her ill, she has IBS etc.. I told her it was time to give in and eat a steak because her diet wasn’t making her healthy!

I’m just taking mine with water, I tried cold water, but it got clumps in it, I now dissolve it in warm water and it dissolves fully. A couples of tablespoons of apple cider vinegar before meals is meant to lessen the sugar spike of the meal, but just before the meal so the food stops the cider eating away the lining of your stomach!!!

Can you test your Cholesterol at home? Cholesterol is quite a complex issue as it is much more than just good cholesterol HDL and bad cholesterol LDL. It also includes triglycerides and LDL can also be subdivided into VLDL and benign LDL particles, etc.

Good diet can definitely reduce your cholesterol, but the widely accepted theory that eating ‘fatty’ foods increase your cholesterol is no longer accepted by a lot of experts, they blame high cholesterol on too much carbohydrates, especially the carbohydrates in a lot of processed foodstuffs.

oo yes, though I like Kindle for normal reading, I just cant get head around the cookbooks on it. Seem to spend my whole time scrolling backwards and forwards and cant see the whole of the book in my head and it disturbs my brain :-))) I like cookbooks I think, the nice thick paper and cool photos – maybe more for the niceness of the book than the actual recipe info!! Funny. I have you lot for keeping me up to date with the online stuff anyway ha ha ha. Elena is good though a bit annoying sometimes – like what’s Celtic sea salt??? ha ha ha… They all seem to have their fascinations – think with the Hemsley ones it’s cauliflower which is ok cos I can say ooo me toooooo :-).

Freeezer gravel hee hee – yes I do that with the bags Lucky – and soups that you’re not sure what’s in it until defrosted:-))

Currently working on getting Oh to join in eating plan – he’s healthy enough as he is but I think he’d really like it if got into it. I’d love another guinea pig anyway – it’s so interesting watching what happens physically and mentally.

I used to go every Saturday morning without fail (until I discovered sex and drugs and rock and roll. Ok, ok, snogging and snakebite and rave music… and then Saturday mornings were spent working and hungover instead). I remember being really into Sweet Valley High.

Oh God, the thought of Quorn makes my hackles rise, I’m sorry if I offend any vegetarians here but I find the idea of Quorn as offensive as you probably find meat. If I had to eat a vegetarian diet then it would be just vegetables and pasta and rice and stuff like that. Actually, I did eat a vegetarian diet and it WAS just vegetables and pasta and rice and stuff like that. Add to the mix that I don’t eat cheese = crap veggie. No wonder I put on 10lbs. Not the best ‘diet’ I’ve ever been on. Won’t ask how you know what grannies’ knickers smell like…

Yes – your visceral fat does not show on the outside of the body (AFAIK – unless maybe when you have stones of it), the spare tyre is subcutaneous (under the skin) skin. Exercise can tighten the muscles in the area and reduce the appearance of the spare tyre by up to 2 inches (trust me I’m a doctor – http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3391275/Eating-breakfast-later-sitting-supper-early-key-slimmer-waistline.html ) but dieting is the way to go!

Good luck – you are doing very well as it is, 2 stone weight loss is brilliant.

I loved libraries as a child and teenager.. was always lurking about the shelves.. would read anything that took my interest! I am probably a qualified surgeon, psychotherapist and architect based on my voracious reading. In recent years my visits are less frequent, possibly due to the availability of E-books and Amazon prime fast deliveries! I would much rather read a proper book, but I agree, Lucky, there’s just not the space to keep them. I had to get rid of 3 or 4 big boxes of books after I sold my bespoke 6ft long bookcase (too big for the house..)

I’m also an avid collector/non reader of cookbooks.. guilty as charged! Hence, Fearne is on my sideboard, unsullied apart from the cottage pie recipe (and we all know how that turned out!). I downloaded a few paleo/low carb/coconut/almond flour recipe books that were free on Kindle. There were a handful of useful recipes and tips to be had. Otherwise Elana and he Wholeheartedly Healthy bird are giving me (dubious) tips!

Freezer gravel… muahaha.. break out the quorn ‘fish fingers’! No one likes them AT ALL. They smell like grannies’ knickers!

Brilliant work, keep it going you will be amazed.
Love jan🌸

End of week 3 have lost 23lbs or 10.46 kgs for you foreigners. Amazed, such a wonderful eating plan, loving every moment.
Love jan🌺🌺🌺

We’ll end of week 3 total loss 23lbs so pleased, can now fit into my jeans, and so many other things. Continue to have no side effects, other than mid week, spontaneous couple of eating bouts, one was a visit to casualty with a relative, very distressing, and a sudden offer of some down time, so I eat 6oz of Yorkshire ham wrapped around pickled gherkins, very yum but not planned. Anyway observed my uncontrolled mind for a moment, then back on the plan.
What drives me is the lovely feeling of being in control of my eating, and feeling very calm because I am able to do it, and the amazing feeling of waking up in the morning, and first thought ooh what’s happening today, another wonderful day of gorgeous healthy food. The lovely feeling of hope.
I also have a family wedding on 3 Sep, so want to surprise everyone, I won’t get to my target, but hoping to loose about the same again, might be stretching it a bit, but I say aim for the stars. I will get there eventually but definitely want to get to target by my birthday at Christmas. So still have a lot to loose but a lot less than when I started.
I wish strongly for you all also to have amazing happy results.

No, I know Janey, who knows what could happen between now and then. I’m going to leave it until last minute, I know I shouldn’t but pffffffffffft. Haha, those teas I call ‘freezer gravel’. Where everyone has a completely different and utterly random tea, of all manner of meat,fish and breaded chicken (or at least we think they are because I have a habit of decanting odd bits from bags into clear freezer bags, is it chicken? Is it scampi? Try it and see!).

It is I with the collection of cookbooks and the more I own, the less I cook Eps lol. Have you got Kindle App? It’s worth checking what’s free on Amazon if so. Just put in low carb recipes or spiraliser recipes and then hit the results to show you cheapest, and there may well be some free on there. I have Kindle Unlimited which is really handy and worth it if you spend more than £8 a month on books, and the way I look at it now, is it’s £2 a week. It’s not even a glass of wine, is it? I don’t smoke, don’t drink, don’t go out, don’t splurge on clothes, and I’m not buying junk food any more, music and books are my loves, so it’s a small price to pay. But agreed, we should use libraries more, we’ll be moaning when they’re closed… I just love the convenience of ebooks. Plus – I hate getting rid of books as I get attached to them, and small house, so this way I don’t have to store them 🙂

I’d say you did better than steps, and yes, chatting works the jaw, will stop you going jowly 😀

Apparently it’s the last bit to go, your visceral fat as I understand it is the fat in and around your organs. Don’t despair, if it’s going from somewhere then it will all eventually equalise out I’m sure, you are doing brilliantly keep up the good work.
Regards jan

Yum mushroom and eggs are delicious together though yum Janey.

Very exciting then Lucky, you’ll find a gorgeous dress to wear this time (maybe the butterfly one even) and you’ll feel fabulous!! I must keep reminding myself about that for the wedding I’m going to in September too – can’t wait.

You beat me on the steps yesterday – I had plans for walk after the freeezing sea swim but didn’t happen as there was too much chatting. 🙂 Swimming counts too though and surely cold water burns something…not to mention the chats!

New plan is to go to the library and get a new cookbook later. I have loads already but think someone mentioned the more cookbooks they have, the less they cook! that seems to happen to me too… Saw a spiraliser one so think will get a loan of that and then pick some recipes that fit each week. Libraries are great! I should use more…

Grr it lost my last post!

8 weeks till the wedding.. you could have lost another 2 stone by then! Don’t buy a new dress yet!

Think I have chicken skewers for dinner, with salad or veg and chickpea wraps to save the day! I’m generally ok on dinners (can rustle up a meal from things I forage from the freezer, fridge and cupboards), it’s just breakfast that I struggle with, especially when I’m trying to get my heat lethargic son out the door for the last day of school! Honestly I’ve never known a child so grumpy from the heat!

On a recent holiday I was reminded again of the scuba – mindfulness link, some 25 years on since my last dive, and 35 years since I completed the PADI Certificate in a pool in Dallas and a river near Austin. In diving, the slower and steadier you breathe, through a regulator attached to an oxygen tank, the longer your air lasts and the calmer you feel. Underwater there isn’t much to distract you from the outside world – it is a world removed from phone calls, e-mails and other interferences. You concentrate on what’s in front of you – the wonders of the reef and sea life – and the present.

We had a dive instructor/leader who helped my daughter through the basic scuba qualification and whose ability to connect was noticeable. It’s a bit special interest, but since we came home I accidentally discovered this programme on youtube, which explains why he was so good [and mindful]. Mauritius and scuba was a lovely antidote to our news and catastrophe driven culture that leads many of us into unhealthy lifestyles as we try to escape. Mindful breathing/meditation is an everyday alternative.

https://youtu.be/fXBbmNbk4ow

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Janeyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! I tried it on last Saturday after I’d weighed and threw tape measure across the room. Fits better. Still look like a sack of spuds in it, but a sack of spuds after about a fortnight’s use of said spuds. So an improvement, but not wedding-worthy yet. Might not be wedding worthy in time, but at least I’ll be able to hopefully go to a ‘normal’ shop and buy a dress this time! My last wedding I had to wear trousers and a top and I looked like I was going out for a casual meal, everyone else looked lovely in their pretty dresses and suits. I was nearly 19 stone then though. Wedding is on 17th September so I think that’s eight weeks on Saturday. Be great if I could lose another stone by then.

Yikes, have you got anything in for tea tonight??

Thanks Eps 🙂 I’m chuffed to pieces! It’s gloriously sunny now but with a nice breeze. Had a mahoosive thunderstorm last night, still going past 6 this morning, so the air is clear. It’s hot but nowhere near yesterday, which was ridiculous. Decided on burger salad again (lol) with one of my flat baps underneath it. Going to really push on in the house today, it was just too hot yesterday to do anything at all. My half hour treadmill walk really took some doing. Hopefully today it won’t be as galling 🙂

yaaaaaay, capes and robes DONNED for smug celebration! Have you tried the butterfly dress on to see how it fits?? Am so pleased – you’re a trail blazer for this WOE 😀

It’s terribly hot here. If the boss wasn’t in I’d be in me vest and pants!

Breakfast tribulations this morning as the fridge and cupboards are largely bare until the Ocado delivery tomorrow. Realised the only thing I could have was mushrooms and eggs, and had about 4.1 nanoseconds to cook and eat them! Consumed and legged it out the door, 10 mins late for work but never mind!

Lowenna
Everyone seems to be on holiday…

I am not that concerned with cholesterol but was with a blood sugar spike after illness. The BSD 8-week plan, which involved reducing carbs and eating plenty of veg, pulses, healthy fat, along with meat and fish, worked for me and my glucose and cholesterol levels are [back to] normal. I choose to continue with more sensible eating and drinking and have read and watched much in support of the Mosley approach. There is however much disagreement within the medical and nutrition community, with older ideas still dominant at official level. If you haven’t read the BSD 8-week book you should and/or watch the original Mosley documentary:
https://vimeo.com/103656060

A basic understanding of the science is one motivation for following through on a change of diet/lifestyle.
In short, excess sugar is the problem not fat. If it is not used within a short space of time after eating it is converted to fat for the body to store. Some of it is obvious and some less so – internal fat interferes with proper organ function, including production of insulin, thus blood sugar can rise and cause lots of problems. If you limit your carbohydrate intake, whilst eating harder to digest protein and healthy fat, then you make your body use stored fat as an energy source instead, hence potential for significant weight loss. It is a form of calorie restriction and/or fasting. We eat too frequently and too much as well as the wrong balance of food and drink.

Thanks Switzerland – I thought I had posted yesterday but obviously didn’t press submit.
Day 3 – weighed 121.4 so since return from holiday have lost over 10 lbs in a week. My FBS was 7 yesterday but up to 8.2 this morning obviously still trying to settle down.
I find it hard to walk any distance because of the claudication in both my legs but managed over a mile on Monday and 3/4 of a mile yesterday. Will do another mile today but have gardening to do for several hours today.
I have spent several hours reading the various posts on the site and you are all a great inspiration to me. My personal 8 week goal is for 20 kg but more importantly is the BS levels and riding myself of diabetes. I don’t really get bad hunger pains and tend to go 17-18 hours fasting.

Thanks so much everyone :). I’m not using myfitnesspal at present but just going off the recipes in the book. I think I read somewhere that the calories listed against some of them are wrong? Fingers crossed the ones I’m using are ok. I’ve stuck to just a few recipes as I’m very busy with work and need to keep things as simple as possible :). Each morning I’ve just had the yoghurt with passion fruit and almond flakes, lunch has either been the haloumi and zucchini salad / prawn pho / avocado and tuna, and dinner has either been baked fish with veggies / Mexican hash or omelette with peas and baby spinach if I’ve snuck in a coffee during the day (no sugar).

I’m still struggling with sugar cravings but it’s starting to get easier. I’m missing bad carbs lol

Hi all, anyone else having issues not losing the dreaded visceral fat? I have been going well, lost 2 stone since beginning of May, but so far only my boobs, face and legs seem to be smaller, a paltry 1/2 inch off my waist 🙁 Any suggestions on how to the target the “spare tyre”?

Middle names twinkle!

Just been the dentist.
I was so brave.
It’s the foot on my chest , keeping me in the chair , that I object to!

Aren’t I loud now that I have had it done. Boy was I quiet walking into the dentists reception.

I am going to treat myself for my bravery, not with food, but with a foot spa tonight.

Keep going gang. Keep happy, and keep brushing your teeth. You only get the one set in Adulthood. So look after them. We do damage with all the junk food.

Love Lucia with the clean teeth.
Xxxx

Yayyyyyy!!! Congratulations Lucky!!!! Great work 🙂

Welcome to the forum, I also do batch cooking etc it makes things much easier, and as you say stops you going over your daily allowance. Keep us posted to your progress.

Regards jan

Hi there.

Brilliant work getting your priorities right. We are with you all the way. I am at the end of week 3, and I never feel like I am doing this alone. This forum is brilliant. I also spent 5 weeks training my mind to get used to the idea of this. Keep posting here. The positive and even more important if and when needing help.

Regards
Jan

Apart from 66.6 being a well known number (as espoused by Iron Maiden), it is generally accepted that people who have more weight to lose, when using a calorie restricted diet will lose weight faster than those who have less weight to lose. I weigh every week instead of every day. You weight can fluctuate daily based on a variety of reasons, oddly enough I read this article this morning – it was also titled Why your weigh fluctuates by 5lb per day – >
http://greatist.com/health/understanding-scale-bloat-and-weight-loss

You will lose weight, just keep up what you are doing!

Hi robin_dj

Just out of curiosity, how many strips did it come with?

Well 🤗 This morning I hit not only one but two goals! I am now under 100 kg AND I have hit my 2 stone lost mark today!!! It has taken me 40 days 😇 Smug mode is well and truly activated, the cape of smugness is on, a pot of hurrah is brewing if anyone wants to join me! My next mini goal is losing another pound or so to get my BMI under 40. Then onwards to two and a half stone. Will I get it before my 8 weeks is up? Who knows. Doesn’t matter though because I’m sticking to this now, IT WORKS!!!! 😍

(Starting weight 15 St 7.5 lbs BMI 31.72)
Day 3. 15 St 4.4 lbs BMI 31.27 Loss = 3.43 lbs to date.
A happy start!

thank you

Current Day 20/07/16

Week 2
Day 3

BMI: 28.5
Weight: 17 Stone 9 Pound (112Kg)

A small latte coffee (frothy but with little milk) in bed.
Cauliflower soup with some grated tasty cheese in it and lots of pepper for lunch.
Super low-fat minced beef cooked with garlic, grated ginger, Chinese 5 spice, fresh chillies and soy – then add a stack of low carb vegetables as a kind of stir fry. Delish!
Cups of tea (yes, I add the mil in as calories for the day otherwise I’d go mad)
Water…and more water.

Hi Freya,
I wonder if the amount your body needs to lose overall will affect the rate? At 66kg you’re not enormous and so the loss might be slower. I know too that in the past, my hormonal cycle can affect weight loss for me and it seems to get delayed.
Are you using a tracker like MyFitnessPal? Although I find it tiresome and clunky, I have been putting my recipes into it so that I know that I am not ruining a day of 800 cal eating inadvertently. For example, my cauliflower soup is 81 calories for a big mug of it and it’s a great lunch for a working day.
I also agree with Sydneygirl – measure yourself and use some clothing that was a bit tight as a benchmark. I often think that the person who invented stretchy fabric, where you can slowly expand and still get into the blooming clothing, should be shot! 🙂

Great looking dish weescotty! Shall try this very soon.

This thread is helpful for beginners like me. Getting great ideas.
Brunch – Light curry Kedgeree made with steamed cauli rice, small piece of fresh salmon, white beans, onion, tomato
I topped it with a soft boiled egg, a few capers, lots of fresh parsley and oregano, and a couple of flat anchovy fillets.
Good points: 395 cals Low carb 23 gms and sugars 7 gms, good balance of 30 gms protein 17 gms good fats. Healthy tasty and so filling I could not finish. So a good start to my BSD.
Bad points: Bit high on sodium. Quite hard work so I might prep a couple of serves next time.

Thanks all,

Sun 166
Mon 166
Tue 165
Today 164

I must drink bubbly more often 🙂

John

Thank you so much for the reply SunnyB. That is just the support I need to get this off the ground. I have been going through the forum posts and have found so much helpful information. I will keep looking for Inulin as it is supposed to be effective in clearing out visceral fat which is the basic cause of so many health problems. Angela Rippon was so brave letting them show MRIs that revealed her abdomen was absolutely packed with visceral fat although she looked normal weight and youthfully fit and healthy for her age of 72 years. That all helps a lot. Although it is wonderful that we are learning how to overcome lifestyle based diseases (Bad Habits), the horrible downside is the stigma and feeling of shame and blame so we beat ourselves up. Not helpful.
Can you anyone give me a rough idea of the desirable gram count for sugars, carbs, protein, fat? It is astonishing how much natural (not added) sugar is found in skim milk and yoghurt and when I added some tomatoes and onion to breakfast dishes even these innocent sounding vegies had a little natural sugar.
I use the MyFitnessPal website linked to my FitBit HR Charge to get readouts on nutrient content and my exercise.
Would you believe there is an Australian BSD website where they want to charge AUD 250 (about 120 British pounds) for a 12 week program? I think I will try to get started with the book and this free website and forum support.

Day 2 – I ate a few too many carbs last night, so I made sure to get myself back on track and record every carb today. So far, so good. I stayed under my carbs and under the calories. But I feel so tired today, I hope this week go away after a few days.

Hi davemo

Congrats on landing here. You won’t believe what happens in your household over the next few weeks, could be life changing. Sounds like your friend has set a great example.

Questions:
I can answer the exercise cal distance thing. Mapmywalk by Under Armour is what I use when I step out on the big walk of the day. Great fun with a record of all I have done since kick off. I use an Omron pedometer for the rest of the day as it is more convenient. Because I don’t log food on any gizmo, stay tuned some of our regulars will direct you.

Snacks, avoid the peanuts purely because they are high in carbs, almonds and walnuts are a good alternative. You will soon learn we try to keep carbs down to less than 50g a day. Don’t worry too much, once in a pattern you find your choices lead you that way.

Don’t overdo the fruit either. It’s good and healthy and all, however the sugars, even the naturally occurring ones pump up the cals with carbs.

One thing you can have as much of as you like is WATER. Cannot undersell that point, if in doubt drink water. Like others here I have found fizzy water sheds the kgs faster. Need a lab expert to tell me why but it is my new fav thing for sure.

Adding in extra amounts of what you like will work if you count and keep cals in check. Remember, do not beat yourselves up if you nudge over 800 some days. Very soon you will know what you can bulk up on.

You will also experience the miracle of …..not being hungry. Let me know when that happens, it is less than a week away.😲
That’s when the tension rolls off, you feel great, you relax and quite simply get on with it. Snacks were always THE most important thing on any diet I have been on, in desperation of staving off hunger, doesn’t happen here….not often anyway.

Tiny word of caution you may feel a bit jaded in the next few days, it’s the carb detox effect, hang I there, it passes PDQ then you will be comparing 20kg weight loss with your friend.

If you don’t have the book get your eyes over one. A lot of us read and reread from time to time.

FYI, I am 19 weeks in to the EIGHT week plan, love it, still cruising, I’m not diabetic but it has fixed my auto-immune condition and how! A few more weeks and a few more kgs and I will be my ideal BMI, then off to the GP to get comparitive bloods test.

Good Luck to you both, I will look out for your progress reports.
Nettle.

Best of reasons for you John, no guilt for that.

I’ve just recalled myself standing in front of a roomful of WWs and saying “diet should fit our lives, not vice versa. Can remember thinking at the time how important that was. I think so again. One of my little rants is that I’d love to reclaim that word “diet” for it’s overarching meaning i.e what we do with our food and liquid management over our lifetime NOT as a short term ‘fix’.

In that context John, your celebration was not an excuse for going off track but a damned good reason for celebrating your life with your loved one. Carry on carrying on John. Love to you both. Marilyn

Hi all,
Just started the 8 week plan with my wife yesterday. We are really excited.
One of my friends put me onto it after losing 20kg’s.
I would never have believed it was possible if I had not witnessed it with my own eyes.
A couple of very quick questions if someone could help.
1) what is the best free iPhone app to keep track of calories, exercise etc
2) for snacks, what would people recommend – a handful of peanuts, strawberries etc.
3) is there anything that can be eaten (as above) without limit? He said he could eat as many strawberries as he wanted.
4) can vege portion sizes be increased? Followed a recipe last night saying 100g of broad beans. Would have liked more.

Thank you all in anticipation.

Regards
davemo

Hi

Thanks for the reply, came to the same conclusion, brought a relatively cheap one from Amazon that came with more than enough test strips to get me through the 8 weeks

Hi
You all seem to be doing so well. And John do not fret there are many people just starting out who would love to be as close as you are now. Keep up the good work I had a wine blip at the end of week 2 had a real bad day. But gave myself a slap and carried on where I left of. There’s no hard rules well maybe there are but rules are meant to be bent to suit just once in a while.
This threads been an amazing journey .

Hi again.

After all this time, the healthy way of eating has definitely become a habit. If you read through the posts you’ll see that some folk have tried eating refined carbs after some time on the BSD but found they felt ill afterwards. Personally I can’t imagine eating those refined carbs again because I feel so much healthier. Not only are my joint pains much improved, but I’m thinking more clearly, better concentration and more energy. Today, in all this heat, I managed much better than before I lost the weight – and I didn’t even want an ice cream😱 A cold bottle of sparkling water was great though😃

I have twin granddaughters (will be 9 in January), and my aim is to be around for a long time for them (and my son and his partner). And for others for whom I have responsibility in my work.

Enjoy the BSD and let us know your progress 😃

Hi all
Well I’ve been waiting for a call from the fitness centre regarding my personal program which was promised to me for Monday still nothing . Not to worry it was too hot today in any case.

Breakfast was 2 small boiled eggs.

Lunch was plough mans hubby had homemade veg soup… Far too hot for soup!!!

Dinner was a skinless chicken leg smeared with a combination of chili powder , garlic powder, caraway seeds and half a teaspoon of olive oil that mix did a full chicken though. With a side dish of cabbage and chickpeas ( recipe in forums for the side dish)

Had perhaps 3 coffees during the day with a touch of milk also.
I’m not going to weigh myself for a few days if I can. But not sure if it’s best that way or not.

The good thing was I managed to avoid that ice cold Heineken I so love on hot days. Helped that we didn’t have any in the fridge best thing is clearing your temptations away …. It works.

So right now I’m still sat in my garden wondering why on a hot day like today I can’t smell any orange blossom or night scented jasmine then I remembered hey we are not on the Mediterranean Coast we are in rainy old Britain on a good day…
Oops forgot to mention I used to live abroad and that’s one of the things I miss.

We’ll need to stop rambling on and baton down the hatches ready for the stormy weather forecast. Goodnight all
Love fig

I’m not in bed early (again) but I’m off in a minute.

Today after work as I was just toooo hot I’m wearing a dress that used to be tooooo small and I feel ok in it 🙂

I’ve been in my loft painting more coasters, I’ve done two with a christian theme as a gift for my parents. It is their anniversary soon and I have no idea what to get them so these will do! I will try to think of something else as well though. I hate that I have to go to bed I could sit here painting all night!

http://dragonflydreamseeker.blogspot.co.uk/ if anyone wants to see my latest.

The day went well for food although for reasons unknown I did feel hungry this afternoon, so when I got in from work I had some of the nut brittle I had made that was in the freezer and that kept me going until dinner (frittata) and I’ve not felt hungry since.

Right I guess I best be off and try to sleep!