Wow captain that’s an amazing result and sticking to it for 30 weeks is a great achievement. I have seen on the forum that once you are in the zone and sort your head and recipes out it is easy to stick to, I am hoping that, that quickly becomes the case for me. I did a vlcd with shakes before my wedding and managed to lose 2.7st – I gave myself gallstones but managed to get pregnant. However the whole 12 weeks felt like a chore and I desperately wanted to not be a fat bride! I was still a solid size 14 then.

I am hoping as this is real healthy food I will actually learn something this time. I am convinced processed carbs are bad for everyone and now have to wonderful children so I have plenty of motivation. Just need to actually do it now. Thanks for your reply.

So glad you had a good day! I managed to keep to it despite some really strong sugar cravings (I had hoped I was over the worst of them!)

Very similar food to yesterday,
Breakfast: yogurt and blueberries
Lunch: mixed salad, a salmon filet and a mini babybel cheese
afternoon snack: raspberries
Dinner: 2 egg omelette with mushrooms, onion, and halloumi
Total kcal: 780, Carbs 35.7g
Total steps: 9000

I didn’t quite make the 10k steps but it was so hot I had to come back inside before I melted!

You certainly brought your A game that night, then?? Very classy.

I’ve never had Mongolian food, but if it’s leek based then I’ll give it a miss. At the end of the day, I’m Welsh, be a bit like a busman’s holiday really. Or busman’s meal.

Trolls, like those ugly plastic things with a shock of garishly coloured hair?

Well, it’s just cooling down, my allergies are flared up, I’m sweaty, snotty and I’m going to bed. Night night lovely ladies I will catch you in the am. Hopefully 99. something kgs!

Hi Freya122

I have felt your fustration, the first two weeks just drag on in terms of time and waiting for a good result. You have already done well in losing 2kgs!

Its normal for it to go a little slow initially for some of us. I am a similar weight and sometimes I take at least two weeks to show a weight loss. Sometimes your clothes are a better indicator of cms lost rather than weight. Keep the faith!

Hi. Welcome.

I’m 66 and was type 2 diabetic, with a starting BMI of 40.9.

I’ve completed 30 weeks on the 800 calories and to date have lost 77 pounds (5.5 stone). I have approximately another 14 pounds to lose so am staying on the 800 calories, low carb, Mediterranean way of eating.

My blood sugars are now down in the normal range. My BMI is now 29.2. Currently I have lost 30% of my starting body weight, but after another 1.4 pounds I will have lost 35% of starting body weight.

Starting measurements: 50 49 54, today they are 39 33 43.

I was wearing size 24 but that was getting tight. Now I’m usually buying size 14 tops and size 16 skirts/trousers. After losing another stone I’ll probably be in 12s tops and 14s skirts/trousers. Depending on shops and styles.

I do like an entertaining bag. For a long time I had a little pink fluffy backpack that went out on the tiles with me. Sadly ruined on my 30th birthday night out after my drinks were spiked and I threw up a large amount of Mongolian food (mainly leeks) all over it.. And the bloke I was snogging!!! Classy Jane 🙄 Oh and I had a trolls backpack when I was a student in Germany. And a trolls duvet set. Which I still have!

Great news about your OH John. Don’t beat yourself up about going off the rails a little tonight. Just get back on the wagon tomorrow.

Hi all,

I started the diet on Monday a week ago. Starting weight was 68.5kg. By Sunday morning I was 66.5kg and that is where I have stayed – Monday 66.6, Tuesday 66.6 and now today, 66.6.

Is this normal or am I doing something wrong? Feeling frustrated 🙁

Yes things change when we settle, which is a shame, but at least you’ve got some good memories and you’re still friends 🙂

This darts is nuts. They’re both playing terribly as well, must be really rattled, the pair of them. Twitter is hysterical (and a bit cruel) some of the slaggings off they’re both getting haha. Watch this and then bed. Can’t miss seeing this out to the end, there’ll probably be a fist fight or something!

Struggling to start with this but really really want to and need to. I am not diabetic yet but had gestational diabetes x2 and am approaching 40. Also have a huge bmi at 35.

So how did you get on with the weight loss. How many inches and how much weight did you lose and if female dress sizes. Please.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry, John, but no 😳

Lots of other things, but not playing in the band!

Today’s weather has been fab, and definitely makes it easier to stick with the diet.

So today (day 9), I had:

Breakfast: 1 Poached Egg and Flat Mushroom
Lunch: M&S Harissa Chicken with Couscous
Dinner: Pork Ribs
Total: 870 calories, 39g carbs
Water: 1L
Steps: 10,865
Active Minutes: 56

Still feeling OK. It’s been tough at times, but certainly not as difficult as I expected.
Still working on increasing my water intake.

no idea were the bag is or went , we didnt ask for his autograph as people were trying to get pics and we were just chatting away like he was our mate .
we had some good times me and my friend i met her when i went to college shortly after first husband left she was in same boot as me and we just clicked both same age both husbands pissed off both had teenagers , it was like what do we do now ?? so we started going out and for the next two/three years we had the most amazing adventures we are still in touch but it changed once we both got remarried but those 2/3 years were hysterical !!! such stories !!
darts sounds hysterical too i am laying in bed but even now its too hot !!!

Good morning BSD’ers

Im still hanging in there! I stayed the same weight this week but for reasons I know of. Im 10st 3 and quarter lbs as of this morning. Quite a few eating out/takeaways were had last week, all low carb but still more than the 800 so I wasnt expecting a great loss. Im also having a bit of trouble in the bathroom area without TMI. Ive been taking flax and a bit of herbal laxative but still not quite there in terms of where I would like to be on a daily basis. Anyhow Im ‘working’ on it.

Igorasusual well done on coming back from hols with no significant weight gain. I really admire your focus. Its a great idea to post your plus points good on you!

And another great idea to get rid of your bigger clothes, in past Ive left some roomier clothes in the wardrobe and I think thats sometimes a little bit detrimental because they are always there to fall back into.

Some of my learnings this week has been with eating out and takeaway, We had thai twice and Ive learned that the tom yum soup with veg or chicken can be a nice tasty main, I didnt feel deprived when others got their big stir frys and pad thai. People were oohing and aahing over my soup too! I didnt need to have a second starter which was my mistake. On both nights I could have just had the soup and been satisfied. Tex mex on the other hand, too many beans and very large portions. I had the ‘naked’ burrito which is without the floury tortilla and they were too quick to lash loads of black beans, no rice though mind you.

Heres to a good week, hope everyone else is going ok!

Hi all. At 63 (and three-quarters), Type 2 and many pounds overweight something had to be done. I have ditched the high-stress job and retired early, just had a three week holiday whilst researching and planning BSD 800 and started yesterday (Monday 18th) to give me 9 weeks before my 64th birthday where I plan to surprise a few of my friends and relations! It would be great to have some company on this journey and I plan to update progress as we go.

I started yesterday. I can really recommend the cauliflower rice. It was a revelation. Doesn’t even taste like cauliflower

Glad it’s not just me 🙂

Lucia you are a star

Tokyo, you (and your friend) are bloody nutters! I’d love to go on a night out with you! That’s brilliant, I bet you two have so much fun together 🙂 I like Bob. Well, I like Boomtown Rats anyway lol.

We’re promised thunder tonight, thunder and rain tomorrow and nice-ish on Thursday.

Just watching the darts, bit of a grudge match and handbags situation going on with these two, slagging each other off on TV and on twitter, it’s hilarious, you’d think they were heavyweight boxers the way they’re dissing each other! It’s DARTS fgs!

Do you still have the bag??? You should have got him to autograph it!

Im the same Lowenna. I too would find it hard to give up the frothy coffees. Australians have a serious coffee habit and I have joined them in that habit for the last two years! I am lucky in that the coffee place I usually go to has Almond milk, something called a Barista Blend which makes it much easier to froth than the stuff you get in the supermarket generally. 250mls of it is only 60 cals so I just add it to my daily calories.

i survived the bus and dived in the bath when i got home and still too damn hot !!!!
had low carb mousaka for tea bloody lovely ! weather forecast for us back to mormal thurs so tonight and tomorrow still i gate hit weather give me cold any day !! or sunny with a breeze !
i also had an altercation with a certain mr bob geldorf !! whilst in dublin with said friend of dress and michael bubble fame ( there’s a pattern forming here!!) we each bought these daft handbags mine was a frog and hers was a cow anyway stood in dublin airport on way home going through handbag xray machine thing and people were looking we thought it was just at our daft bags !!
the bags went through xray and were catapulted out for some reason knocking a mans briefcase who was stood with his back to me over , at this point we are both still laughing at the flying frog and cow bags i go to pick mans briefcase up saying in a very very posh voice ” terribly sorry old boy my frog appears to have knocked your ruddy briefcase over ” which me and my friend thought was hysterical !! anyway he turns round smiling and its bob geldorf and starts chatting asking what we had been up too and loving our handbags !!! by this time people taking pics of us and our bags and mr geldorf !!!

That’s as good a reason as you’ll get John. Great to hear your OH is ok. Get back to it tomorrow ! 😊

Sounds really appetising !!!!! Enjoy!

Hi.
Such good news, don’t fret on a little slackening of the plan. Celebrate, by planning a good on plan day tomorrow, and the week ahead. What better treat than a weekly weight loss, and gorgeous food. Get excited, get motivated, get it done and enjoy the rewards.
Remember we are all doing it together. Keep posting.
Regards
Jan 🍓🍓🍓

I do, on occasion, buy massive bags of avocados from Morrisons, think they have about 7 in them. And with the best will in the world, I won’t use one a day.

I haven’t darkened the garden, it’s still 26 degrees here and I am not a happy bunny. I bought some quinoa and bean mixture thingy from Iceland today, thought it would be handy to have in my personal Iceland.

I’d eat your cauli cottage pie, Janey. We love it here. Kids probably wouldn’t though.

Promising thunderstorms later! Yippee!!!

Unless you live in Israel (or wherever they grow) I don’t think you’ll ever enjoy a glut of avocados! We’ve had dinner in the garden tonight. Healthy chilli, mine with quinoa instead of rice. The kids both seem to like these new grains too. Still some disrespect about the legendary cauliflower mash cottage pie going on round the table tho 😡

Hang in there Blessedenough!! Just climbing back on the pony will do the trick. It is clear that you’ve the mind-set to do this, just bring your cranky, resistant physical self along gently. I got hungry too — sometimes it was just unbelievable and I would stand in the kitchen arguing with myself in front of the fridge. When it got to be too much, I ate a tiny portion of something with protein — like salami (uncured so you don’t eat nitrates) or left over chicken — Then I went outside. You will find your own coping mechanisms (keep trying new ideas) and in a few weeks it will be much much easier until it literally becomes second nature. You’ve got this — I can hear it in your posts.

I totally agree.

Also, you can spend a lifetime of reading blogs, reading the books, research, etc etc.

All you have to do is, stop putting tons of carbs in your mouth.
Just change one meal eg breakfasts, for a full week, then another meal, say lunches for a full week, then dinners.
Just do it gradual and keep it going.

Walk a little.

Then you are on the path, just keep plodding.

Love Lucia
Xxx

I think they would have to be super ripe, agreed. I’ve done a bit more investigating online, and there’s loads of recipes out there along the same lines, some use banana as well, coconut milk instead of almond. I don’t know. I might try it if I ever have a glut of avocados 😉

Really not sure about the mousse although avocados would give it a creamy texture as long as they’re not too hard nothing worse than lumpy bits 😃

Don’t know what tomorrow will bring.

Gone just little off the rails tonight, but there was a reason. We’ve been sweating on a biopsy (for OH) for the last week and today was the day of truth. Very relieved when the doc walked into the room and her first words were, “Good News”.

I now know how you felt a month or two ago, Bill.

Hence we shared a 20cl bottle of bubbly tonight.

John

I can’t wait for this to be gone, sorry, I don’t care if I’m bah humbug (but a summer version!). Bring on the rain. Just not on Saturday, please.

Oooooh Eps that looks nice! Well, you can put me to shame tonight because I’ve just done 30 minutes on the treadmill – in *THIS* in *THERE* (points towards sauna porch outhouse thing) and I am dying a death. No more. No. More. Today. I’m submitting my final step count (aside from going for a wee and possibly some greek yogurt and blueberries later) for the day and it’s 6559 steps. Might make it up to 6600 before bed. It’s better than yesterday, anyway 😉 I’m still sweating and I came off it half an hour ago!

Well, looking at the various pictures I’ve seen, I don’t think there was too much rise in them anyway, to be honest. Not proper bread roll rise anyway. I didn’t use apple cider vinegar, I used the ‘or lemon juice’. Maybe it was that. Either way, it was too wet. And the only proper ‘moist’ in it was egg. Aside from the lemon and 3 tbsp water. Yes I used maple syrup Tokyo. Nobody tell me now that I’m not allowed to, please.

Boobage is stinging Janey. That was another cringey moment. I wore a sundress in Devon and we went out for a meal. Child number three looked at me, and loudly announced ‘MAJOR BOOBAGE!’ at me, all over the restaurant. Everyone was in stitches, other diners, waiters…

I’ve dragged myself to the garden. Which is approximately 9 million degrees but does at least have a breeze. Do you think your baps mixture was too runny and that’s why they didn’t rise Lucky (said in a Kenneth Williams voice)? Do they have apple cider vinegar in them? Apparently it’s a raising agent??!! I’ve seen an avocado mousse recipe somewhere before and threatened the OH with it. It’s another of his ‘super foods’ so maybe we can use him as the Guinea pig?? I need to find a chicken cashew nut recipe as I bought a tonne of them, originally for Fearne Cotton’s flippin’ ‘cheese’ cake (scrapped that idea pdq). Did you survive the bus Tokyo? How’s the sunburned shirt potatoes Lucky?! 😆

I am back and I start tomorrow. I feel stuffed, tired and a bit sick- lesson learnt! I like the idea of proving I am in charge, will def try that one. I never have 3 courses and the starters are usually the tastiest not on the menu. Before I became a carb addict I never had dessert as they always promised so much but never tasted that great. I have 3 days worth of meals prepped and I am out and about tomorrow so that will keep me busy and out of the fridge.

Pickled Tokyo 👏😂 hope you off soon.

Lucky and husband chasing down the track in the car competing in their local ironman😂😂👏🏻👏🏻

Speaking of which, swim again this eve as so hot and probably another massive walk..just saying like…no pressure lucky😂😂

Made cashew for oh and he had with rice and I had half portion of a version of this with yoghurt instead!!! Not for every day maybe, even with reduced maple syrup, but it’s seriously nice…
https://wholefoodsimply.com/raspberry-breakfast-bowl/

I cannot exercise due a mobility problem. I am still losing weight just at a slower rate. I am losing about 1 kg a week, but have lost inches!

it is rather warm on the bloody bus !!!! besides which i am having a hot flush and sat on the sunny side wtf!!!! by thurs this weather will have gone !!
did you put the maple surup in the bread ? for me the helmsley sisters are as bad as the paltrow !!!!!!

Well done HoneyBeeMe. Great result. I’m enjoying the thought of vodka and SLIME line tonics!

It’s this one Tokyo, jeeez I bet you’re lightly blanched on a bus in this!!!

http://www.viva.co.nz/article/food-drink/hemsley-flaxseed-buns-recipe/

Well done on another successful day of avoidance 😀 I don’t know about you but this weather makes me less likely to want to eat junk too, just the thought of chocolate melting or anything greasy makes me feel quite ill. I always want fresh light food.

its too bloody hot !! just walked out of work and the heat hit me !!!!!!
what recipe is the helmsley baps lucky !!
well another day refusing goodies its easier at work somehow and no one knows i am doing it !! normally i would swallow all the goodies up without a second glance !!now on the bus with all the other commuters but they are not talking to you mad bunch !!!

Oh God it’s hot. We’re watching an Ironman competition and it’s making me ill watching them. Just asked hubby if he could do one of these competitions. He pondered a while and replied ‘Yes, in the car.’ 😀

Enjoy your Cashew Chicken!

Ah right 🙁 Typical lol. Of course it would be nasty lol. It’s just another fakery-food isn’t it? Suppose that’s a good thing though, because if it’s nice I’d probably be making it daily. Best not try it either, could be a waste of a good avocado!! 😉

Actually no I think I made a version of that mousse for friends once and was told it was quite disgusting👏🏻😂 but try it and see!

Hee hee ah no, though if you made that mousse I’d be pulling it off you😝😂😂👏🏻

Yum, fish parcels. I making chicken and cashew nut and broccoli for dinner.

Don’t panic, that BSD will work regardless. It is of course enhanced if you can exercise, as you would be burning more calories per day, thus increasing likely weight loss. I confess I am not as active as I should be and really not for any good reason, but I am still managing to lose weight using the BSD.

Suggest increasing your activity in any way you can, ‘cos every little helps and stick as closely to the 800 cals a day as you are able and watch the carbs don’t sneak up on you, try to keep them around the 50g mark if poss.

Let us know how you get on.

The salmon was LUSH! I’d eat it every week made that way, and I think I may have converted hubby too, he said he really enjoyed it and he’d definitely have it again – and he’s the sort who would say if he didn’t want it. What do you think about that mousse I posted above? Is it just me or… is it do-able????? Oh. My. God.

Good news about the dust 😄. The baps sound interesting and you’ve inspired me with the salmon thanks again!

Um… What the WHAT????

http://www.mumsnet.com/video/one-minute-chocolate-mousse

Lost 1lb which is a total of 5 in 3 weeks. Slow loser but a winner in the b/g stakes as I have reduced my insulin by 8 units and diamicron cut by one tablet so taking 2 a day instead of 3. My motto is keep on keeping on.

Oh my, that is fantastic weight loss. We are all different so no accounting for why you have lost more than hubby. I am a slow loser, only 5lbs in 3 weeks but I am not going to give up. Keep up the good work.