Morning
I’ve had this once or twice and I don’t worry about it at it isn’t a regular thing.
If it becomes so, you may go into starvation mode and the weight loss will falter.
If you truly can’t force yourself to eat more, try adding extra fat in the form of olive oil or butter to your meals to make up the calories.

Hi Bill, thanks for the advice. I am an experienced low carber so i know what i am letting myself in for. I have been cutting my carbs except for a blip yesterday but the next step is to get my calories down as on lchf i usually eat around 1700 cals. I drink loads of water but will have to give up my coffee with cream – boo.

I was thinking of yoghurt and berries for breakfast or green smoothies. If i have to have lunch i will make some chinese or thai style soups with green veg and then a small but normalish dinner – i generally avoid carbs and have cauli rice, courgetti etc. Going back to weighing and counting is going to be a chore but needs must.

My next big goal is going to be heading out everyday for a walk after dinner, i can do that whilst my husband does the bath and bed routine with my little ones but its getting off the sofa that is the hard part!

I am interested in how much weight people have lost in the 8 weeks. I dont actually weigh myself as it makes me a bit demented but i have a pair of jeans that i would love to get into and are several sizes to small – they are pretty old (about 15yrs) and are my goal item, they are so old they are probably back in fashion now.

Would also love any soup recipes if anyone has any quick and tasty ones. Thanks

Feeling great so far but its only been 4 hrs!

Hi Syb
how long have you been T2D ?
It does say in the book that this works faster for the newly diagnosed and long term sufferers will take longer.
I have a theory that, even after losing the weight, because we are diabetic, any simple carbs eaten will still tend to spike sugar levels.
The whole idea is to go onto maintainence and keep the simple carbs down and, as far as I’m concerned, this has to be my way of eating for life.

Your afternoon readings will be very different to your fasting readings due to the dawn effect.
I would recommend you test pre and post dinner and don’t worry too much about the fasting test.

Current Day 13/07/16

Week 1
Day 3

BMI: 29.3
Weight: 18 Stone 2 pound (115Kg)

Try increasing your fat intake from dairy products, olive oil, nuts etc, you must do this to encourage your body into fat burning mode. It’s also essential to keep your water intake up to at least 2 litres per day, more if possible.
Remember also that weight does fluctuate over the course of a day so try to weigh yourself on the same scales at the same time.

Last week I finished my 8/10 weeks. I was getting very unmotivated at the end of week 7 so took a weekend off and did an extra couple of weeks.

I have lost 12kg/2 stone which is around the 10%. My blood sugars are better but any real carbs (multigrain bread, rice etc) still bring my sugars up really quickly.

Has anyone else had any unwonderful results? Everyone seems so positive and I feel like I failed.

thanks

S

Hi and welcome
my advice is first to read through the posts on the forum to understand how this works and the pitfalls involved.
I would start my first week by concentrating on cutting out the carbs, then, after you get over any side effects from that (there are some) look at the calories.
Within a week you should be over any side effects and you will have registered your first weight loss.
This diet works and is sustainable long term.
Forget about low fat products, put any you have in the bin and make sure you replace the lost calories from the carbs with extra fat.
Be sure to keep your non sugary fluid intake up to at least 2 litres per day and we’ll all be seeing a happy post from you this time next week.
Best of luck on the journey.

My thoughts are with you all. 💜

Hi SunnyB and greenjanet
thanks for this about seeds. I was going to throw them out but see now that if I only have a few grams that should be ok. Day 3 went well and had strawberries as a treat lovely. Had veg soup last night and indulged in some more yoghurt and blueberries as a snack and a small amount of sunflower seeds.
Today I have had yoghurt and blueberries for breakfast and a cup of real coffee firstly with microwaved milk but found milk was off so had one with a dash of evaporated milk. I am not following it today as it is the first anniversary of my youngest son’s death who drowned in France near Biarritz last year. So a very difficult day for us both and his siblings.RIP. So will tune in again later today and report how today has gone. Thanks for all your help peoples. Mary

Hello all, i read the book yesterday. I am not new to low carbing but have somewhat fallen off of the wagon since my holidays.

I am always been on the big size except for a brief period in my early 20s where i subsided on fags and coffee! However i am now a semi respetcable mother of 2 and a lot older and heavier. Since my youngest was born 2 years ago i have lost about 2 st from my starting weight of nearly 16st, i am 5ft 5. I still have a long way to go and whilst i love lchf i am finding that i am messing about losing and gaining the same 1/2st.

I had gestational diabetes and am worried that i am at risk of developing full blown diabetes. I am nearly 40 and am starting to see the effect of my weight, on my body- basically now is the time.

I did a vlcd for my wedding, so i know its doable and i like that this diet is all about real food and nutrients. I am fairly fit and exercise sporadically but intensely, so my aim is to get out for a walk every day my my husband puts the kids to bed and to generally walk more and rely less on the car. I also do kettlebells but i need to start that again.

After a lot of humming and haaing about whether i should wait until after the weekend etc i just woke up this morning and decided to go for it.

My breakfast today was a green smoothie – i love these, made with spinach, avocado and half an apple. So 250 cals and 8g of carbs. I have had it as late as possible as i would like to try and do 2 meals aday so i can have a substantial meal in the evening. We eat really early at 5-6pm and i am busy during the day, does anyone else do this?

Any advice you might have for a newbie would be appreciated. Thanks Blessed

KBoo I can really sympathise it is very hard to diet when you cook for a husband or family . I have to say this diet has been transformative in that my husband, who is a typical Geordie man’s man, whose mother cooked his meals and I took over from her, has realised I really need to succeed due to my blood sugars. He now plans and cooks his own meals leaving me total freedom and independence to get on with my diet. I really don’t think I could have done this but for that – the recipes are a bit of a faff as they are new and strange and take me a while to make. Added to that I find I can be a bit more ditsy due to hunger pangs by the time I reach meal times, which can slow me down!
I don’t have kids at home so am lucky there but if you could encourage your hubby to cook more for him and the family – I can’t tell you how liberating that has been!

Hi all you beautiful BSB (waving to you and blowing kisses )
Sorry still feeling this sort of hysterical happy mania, that I have had since the second hour on day 1 cannot believe this is day 15 already, and I have survived, and coped in my humble opinion wonderfully, not been really hungry if I am honest at all AMAZING for me who could consume 1000 cals while cooking dinner then eat dinner. My passion was beautiful good bread and salted butter. Must admit I work very hard now at not even touching or sniffing the stuff, as it might attack me. But I find not relating to things at the moment allows my mind to remain peaceful so it doesn’t get excited which is what would trigger me to succumb to stuffing in my gob as fast as I could usually secretly.

I have eaten beautiful tasting food, my tastebuds are zinging. I am wanting to trot everywhere. I sleep beautifully and wake up feeling well joyous, I have a plan to feel alive again and it is working. I have dieted for 41 yrs, and succeeded in just putting on over 8st for you lovely peeps down under is over 100 lbs. ooh how did I get so big, how could I have tolerated feeling so ill. As for the last 7 years due to having 3 very serious illness one I am happy to say I believe due to eating in this way is either in remission, or was wrongly prediagnosed. They thought I had SLE an immune condition life threatening. But these last few years looking back well I want to cry, because I can now see just how ill I was and moving around in the world like a semi dead thing, just about surviving all the time, and I am not that person any more.

But now , sorry just having a grizzle, it feels like the sun has come out, and I am in it. The plus side of now feeling so well, is that I have been loosing the lbs that the fat pixies have given me, and weighing in this morning I have lost since starting 18lbs. I am aware the excess weight I was carrying around was a small adult, I have lost a bit of that spare person, hence why I can move faster I suppose.

My hunch is that this way of eating as it is such cutting edge science, will have a lot to reveal, about how it can affect the health of the nation. Not just for diabetes, but loads of other conditions also.

sorry for going on, but it has all hit me today, perhaps I am not Jan, perhaps Jan was beamed up by an alien and really you’ve got an alien talking to you. Who cares,’ it feels good ‘you know the song ddddddd well the alien is in the house and LOVING IT.

Okay shut up now of to have my clotted cream well fage, but it tastes like cream to me and blueberries then make weeks menu and shopping list , of shopping and a nice long walk as I have a lovely day of yeahhhhh

Wishes for you all to have a beautiful day also

Love jan👽👽👽

Thanks Eps, it’s a bit better now the tablets have kicked in, unfortunately they knock me a bit daft, so I don’t like taking them too often, I’m daft enough as it is! Haha. Have to keep on moving, everything hurts whether I sit, stand or lie down anyway so – onwards it is!

Yes, maybe, they weren’t too expensive so might be worth a try. They have five star rating on MySupermarket, not that that means anything, I’ve seen one star ratings on things I adore. It’s a matter of taste isn’t it?

aouch, hope your leg feeling better soon Lucky.
Have never tried frozen avocados but wouldn’t say they’d be great as they go really tasteless when even in the fridge, and kind of woody? Maybe worth a try tho!

Hi Lucia
Love having the energy. Sunny day here and off to play tennis later. Feel I can almost skip around the court.

I really like your idea of keep pretending to start the diet again and re-reading the book.
If my weight slips the wrong way I go back and re-introduce the odd recipe from the book to give me a nudge.

The weight has gone….. the tummy bulge has gone. I’m feeling much better and less sluggish.

The body is working so much better now but I think it should concentrate on getting my abs ready for Rio.
Hoping it is working towards the Jessica Ennis look….ha ha.

Hi everyone.
I am back from my four day trip to Biarritz and very nice it was too. I managed to stick to low carb incredibly well food wise, but didn’t worry about the 800 cal limit. I did tell my friends what I was doing and they were largely supportive but I am afraid I fell at the first cocktail hurdle. I have consumed gin and tonics, wine, mojitos and even one pina colada (A personal holiday weakness). However, as it is my two week weigh in today, I fearfully got on the scales and had put on only one pound while I was away, Making a loss of 7 1/2 pounds in two weeks. I know that now I am back, I can get back on track and start shifting that weight again.
Honeybeeme, I am sure your headache is just your body adapting to your new diet and will shift quickly. If you look back to some of the earlier posts in this thread you will see it is not uncommon. As Janiebee said, take painkillers and be kind to yourself. You may possibly have reduced your caffeine intake which can cause temporary but severe headaches.
To all the new starters, well done on a great choice and good luck. and everyone else, great results. Keep it up. It is so inspiring and motivating to read all our successes.

Not sure of my way forward after hitting my Target weight. This is my 24th Week and I have lost 3 stones in that time…..but what next?
I think I will need to be really vigilant so I don’t just pack those pounds back on.
What have other people done about this?
If I just concentrate on Mediterranean and avoiding those nasty carbs which I think I can do fairly easily as that is now my usual habit.
Will that be good enough?
Does 5:2 work well for other people?
What about 5:2 the other way around….. ie around 800 calories for 5 days and more for the other 2…?
Think I will need to stick in the 2 fasting days anyway as this really works for me. On 1 day at the weekend I eat brunch and another meal and on another day in the week I eat breakfast and lunch but no dinner combined with a high exercise hit.
How have other people managed to keep their weight stable after BSD?
Still worried about this.
Any advice appreciated.

Hi
Great stuff, it’s wonderful isn’t it. We all have our own magic slimming wand. I’m thinking about it, as I have so much energy now. Keep us posted.
Jan🏋🚵🏂

Bill 1954, I have a question for you.

You know you said you didn’t calorie count , you only cut carbs.

Can you explain simply to me, what where your swops or substitutions please.

So a bacon sandwich.

Breakfast cereals

Roast dinner with spuds

Fish and chips

Curry and rice

I kno you will reply to your little ( well smaller) Paduan.

Love luica
Xxx

Morning,
Sorry a little excited this morning.
I have planned to go to the gym after work…!!!?,

Before the diet I would be planning to sit on the settee and what programmes I would watch and what takeaway to ring up for and have delivered.

So thre you have it.

Chalk and cheese

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Morning Everyone,
Baristagirls mum speaking, has this diet worked so well for anyone that they are struggling to eat the allotted 800 cals??!! Last night was desperately trying to eat nuts to boost my calories, tasted like sawdust in my mouth and went round and round. Found that I do need to have my 800 to lose weight.
Just not hungry anymore, feeling absolutely great. For the first time ever, food doesn’t control my life. My 8 weeks will be up this coming Monday, but will carry on as I still have a lot more to lose.

Goooooooood morning campers! How are we all today? Still the same on the scales, hubby quite rightly pointed out that it wouldn’t make sense to change the scale measurement until Saturday, or we won’t know what we’ve lost this week. I’ve woke up barely able to use my left leg, watching me trying to get downstairs would have been a particular delight this morning 😉 So I’m having a few minutes with a coffee while the pain relief kicks in trying to work out what to make tonight. I go from having not enough choice to too many choices.

Also wondering if Tokyo woke up surrounded by pillow foam this morning? 😀

A question for you folks, I don’t happen across Tesco very much any more, it’s priced itself out of my league for a weekly shop. I only use it if I have a hefty money off coupon or need a more specialist ingredient that only they sell. Yesterday, in the freezer department, I saw frozen Avocado halves? Has anyone tried them? I’ve never seen frozen avocado anywhere before, and I do tend to either waste a fair bit of avocado by buying massive bags as they’re cheaper, or I run out of them (this week’s triple pack will be gone by tomorrow). I have faith in certain frozen veg and they’re handy for rustling up a quick soup, but others (like carrots) I really don’t like, whether that’s bought frozen or blanched and frozen, they don’t taste the same. Anyone tried these avocados? Wondering if they’d be worth having in my personal Iceland for back up/avocado related emergency?

Hope the scales and waistbands are being kind to you all this morning! 😀

Thank you for your advice. I usually drink around 3litres of water each day so nothing different for me. I am having 800 calories each day.. I will persevere and hope it passes

Hi
Hope you have a good break.dont worry about the scales glitch, it does go up and down and stay the same, thinking long view is a good approach. Hope Adelaide is lovely.
Love jan🌺

Hi Fig
Woohoo good results both of you. Bril, yes tuna in brine is fine. Re the myfitnesspal app when you first check out a food item yes it does take a few seconds to find the correct one, but once you have entered it into your list, for the day it then keeps it as a sort of a shopping list where you can just scroll down and click on. Do a few pretend days and have a play, it took me a while, but once you have it sussed it’s a real asset, it also has a scan bare top right that you just click and it tells you the cals etc.
Hope you have a lovely day
Love jan🌺

Hi HoneyBee
I tried this diet a couple of months ago and had exactly the same. I reckoned the headache, in my case which lasted at least 2 days, was sugar withdrawal. It is really unpleasant but stick with it, it does pass and then you feel great. Keep hydrated but I think it is something you need to go through. Take painkillers if they help and take it easy for those days. Good luck and look forward to hearing by Thursday that it is all gone 😀

Hi there,
I am nearly four weeks in. I love food and cooking so I have found it challenging but I am sticking with it for lots of general health reasons. I have got through the low energy element of cutting out carbs and I am getting better at modifying the way I cook – I have a young family so cooking two meals is not a great option for me.

This is what I want to say — I am not at all sure if I am sticking exactly to 800 calories. I am staying off carbs, sugar and booze. And I really want to make it too 8 weeks and then not flick back to my old habits. I have lost some weight and that is great.

The only thing is – in a way I find it not so helpful to constantly be adding up calories in my head and referring to websites for calorie counts every meal time. It’s an extra step and a bit of a hassle to always be online. And I have this feeling that I might be “doing it wrongly’ if my meals don’t add up to 800 calories which makes me feel like it will all go to the dogs when my 8 weeks is up.

So I guess I’m saying – just how important is the 800 calorie count? I hope I am not sounding neurotic, I just want to get the most out of this effort and ensure it is not wasted as an isolated event, there is no way I would spend this much time paying attention to the calorie content of my meals as a matter of course.

I hasten to add, I am a healthy eater (generally) and rarely eat cake/biscuits etc.

Thanks for listening.

Hey Figment – Love reading your posts. Your results and your husband’s results are amazing – must be a huge motivation for both of you. Tuna with salad is just fine. You can also get tuna with various flavours. That’s also fine, although a bit heavier in calories. No need to drain those, just pour it over your salad and you have instant dressing. Yum!!

I thought that I would share a technique that I used to kick my 40yr nicotine addiction almost 6 yrs ago. I’ve found that it also helps me with food cravings. It’s a really simple technique that involves reminding yourself that you CAN have bread, sweets, chips – whatever it is that you are craving – absolutely any time you want – it’s just that CHOOSE not to have it right now. I find that this technique stops me feeling deprived and powerless and I also remind myself of all the reasons that I started this in the first place – health, weight loss, looking good, feeling good, fitting back into my favourite clothes etc etc. Puts all the emphasis back on the positives instead of the ‘poor me’s’. Hope that helps :-). BTW, I’ve just finished my 2nd week and I’ve lost 5kg and 10cm off my waist, so I’m super pleased with the results.

Hi Jan , well I weighed myself today and had put on 800 gramsugggh . I am off to Adelaide for three days so I am going to give the scales a break and will weigh on Saturday . I tried the body scan last night and fell asleep, then I could not sleep when I went to bed! I think my issue is nuts! I eat them on a regular basis so I can only blame myself! Anyway Greek yoghurt , passion fruit and a teaspoon of cinnamon for breakfast. I have worked out I have 43 kilos to release ! I am looking at it from the point of 5 kilo amounts. Hopefully in 7.5 weeks I will have lost 10 kilos. I am sure it is doable and I must remember I am as capable as all to adhere to this way of eating!

Wow Izzy you are so close – just 3 lbs away!!!
I am at a ceramic paint store painting ceramics with my husband, something we often do on my day off when I get one which today was only 1/2 day.
To my delight I figured out how to fit in tacos to my plan so we both had two corn tortillas with 1/3 c Refried beans (1/2 in each), 1 oz cheese in each, and 1 T salsa in each and they were yummy!!!! It’s the middle of week 11 so getting new foods introduced we can eat is a fun thing!
Wishing you the best!
💜

Oh now that was funny and must have made your day. How long has it taken you to lose the 18lbs? I’m sure you said you had been on this 3 weeks. surely thats taken much
Longer?
Regards Fig

Well today was day 2 week 2

Breakfast was portobello mushrooms again and due to finishing of this death trap of a metal shed, time went fast and I skipped lunch . By the time I had done the usual school run and shopping I thought dare I.?
So yes I did opt for a sirloin steak with steamed cabbage . I don’t snack at all but I do drink coffee with a little milk. I have tried not to but can’t get used to it . I also had one of those zero calorie orange lucozades not sure it’s allowed but always have to bend a rule or two.
Hubby just tested his sugars omg he’s told me he’s taken no medications at all today?…
At the start his sugar was over 14 don’t know how but 2 hours after dinner tonight 5.1
Weather this is a glitch or the shape of things to come I’m not sure but something some where is working. I never expected it to work so fast.
And my good news was I finally took of a little more weight after a weekend of fluctuating and now weigh 102.7 kilos
…
The thing is Jan hubby cooks more than I do I’ve got fybromialgia so we share a lot of kitchen chores .
I installed that ap but so far it just keeps asking me to log food.
That must take hours to log every ingredient?
I need to start some form of exercise but a bit limited at the moment. I need to try swimming again I think but we will see.
Any ideas if tuna in brine is ok with chopped salad? I think it is but nice to know.
Think it’s time I stopped for tonight I feel a coffee coming on
Good night all and Jan
Love fig

Hey julie13 good on you for keeping motivated. Like you I know there are going to be times that it will be nigh on impossible to stick to the 800 especially with socialising and it’s better to accept its not going to be a great loss week. I was relieved to hear that our Saturday night out last week with friends did not include dinner especially after the Indian on the Friday night. I would have struggled to stay motivated. I’ve been good at avoiding alcohol, just having a fizzy water has been plenty and I always have a good enough time without it, so far! My husband doesn’t know what to make of me without wine and he’s a non drinker 🙂

My Wednesday is definitely a better weigh in day, I was just under 10 4 today. (Fist pump) 🙂 This diet definitely works when it works so I’m sure you will reach your target weight in time for your holiday. Also knowing Igorasusual has done so well is really motivating, I still feel I’m far from that kind of success but who knows where we will be after our eight weeks😄

I’d never heard of those Janey, just checked them out on Amazon, they look funny! Added to Wishlist 🙂

There was more to it than filth, Epspecially!! It was a tearjerker!! Are you sure you’re not thinking of 50 Shades? 😉

Nighty night. I’m off too. Everyone sleep well, and let’s see what concoctions are cooked up tomorrow! I’ve too many bloody choices now, 6 days of meals and I want to eat them all tomorrow! Will it be pizza loaf, or will it be the nacho pastry lamb and mint samosa with raita, or… or…

Gone.

Ooo will have look for those books 👏🏻👍

Yes books into films can go badly wrong. Love cartoons though don’t watch enough. Brought my nieces to that sheep cartoon Shaun and laughed so much they were looking at me 😹😹😹

Time travellers wife? Think I read bits of that in a book shop once and found myself skipping to the racey bits😂
They obviously weren’t v good as didn’t buy it!

Right night night, I need to be asleep before 11 to continue my 3 day average 😫😫👏🏻👏🏻😹

Hi Penny, hope today (day 2) went well for you.
Below is a summary of my day:

Breakfast: 1 Poached Egg and Flat Mushroom
Lunch: M&S Sesame King Prawns & Rice Salad
Dinner: Piri Piri Pork Loin (had a few too many nuts, so ate the pork loin without anything else!)
Snakcks: 30g Cashews and a Nectarine

Total: 823 calories, 48g carbs
Water: 1L

Steps: 11,168
Active Minutes: 47

Not sure why, but I found it hard today!

Not a big fan of books being turned into films either. Occasional exceptions (Misery, Girl with Dragon Tattoo) bit generally I like my imagination to tell me what’s going on. Anyone read A Man Called Ove? Or My Grandmother Sends Her Regards & Apologises? Both marvellous books 👍🏼

‘Are you an Emperor? Because you RULE!’ – I mean, what the actual, everloving F word? Just because I’ve clicked a thumbs up on something…?

I haven’t read Girl on the Train yet, I probably have it on the Kindle waiting, in book limbo, getting pushed further and further down the list every day… 😉 Yes, I read While you were Sleeping too, I think it was SJ Watson or CJ Watson or something. I don’t know if it’s been made into a film, I’m not a huge film fan nor TV unless it’s sports or Cartoon Network (DON’T judge me lol), and I’m really not a fan of books being made into films. Now, books being made into serials, I’m fine with. I loved the Stephen King one about JFK’s assassination, that translated well. But trying to shove a book into 90 minutes? Time Traveler’s Wife. Loved the book. Raved about it to hubby. Made him sit through the film. He didn’t have a clue what was going on. Neither did I. I actually apologised to him. 90 minutes of my life I’ll never get back there!

This is my 2nd day; and I put on 2lb!! So not a happy bunny.

I tried the Blueberry and Green Tea and Melon & Blueberry shakes and I must admit, I don’t like them much. It might be my blender but the blueberry and green tea one has almonds in it and they did not grind down very well, so kept getting a mouthful of nuts every time I took a sip. The melon one was slightly better but kept getting lumps of melon. Might be time for a new blender.

For dinner yesterday, I had the ‘no carb ploughman’s’ and it was surprisingly tasty. Today, I had chicken breast with lime and coconut milk at it was delicious! Even the brown rice was tasty, and my family DEMANDED I make some for them, too!

And yes I liked gone girl but the other one the girl on the train? it was almost too scary – hated the scenes when she was drunk and trying to remember! We did it on bookclub and it freaked out loads of people. Another one was while you were sleeping or something – it became a film? Not sure I have that title right actually, someone Watson wrote it.
Scary. But really I prefer murders 🤓

I have a fit bit too and I like those!!! 😂😂😂 it’s like it’s minding me 👏🏻👏🏻 not to mention the cheery reminders, high five etc 👍👍👍😝

Yes!! Omg we are so onto something here😂😂😂👏🏻

heee heee I love your suggestions😹😝

X=256 calories “bet you’re sorry you ate that now, aren’t you!”
😂😂

My fitness band gives me really cheery ‘Yayyyyyyyy you GO girl’ type hints when I’m doing well, and slightly patronising ones when I’m not. ‘Hmmmmm, your 211 step count today is slightly under your weekly average. Ten mile walk now? You in?’ Or ‘You’ve slept 2 minutes less than is recommended this week. Bed by 4.30 pm tonight? You in?’ It buzzes at 10 every night to tell me to go to bed. What am I, 12?

‘You really shouldn’t have cooked that, let alone eat it. And you know this. Bananas? No no.’

‘You are aware it’s 800 calories a day, and not 8000… right?’

”Congratulations! You have now eaten your body weight in Gram Flour!’

As long as it’s a good old fashioned cozy murder, they’re ok. Less… murderous than other types of murder 😀

I really like these new style psychological thrillers? In the Gone Girl vein, where you really don’t know what the hell is going on until the end, and even then you’re not 100%. Especially if they’re British ones. Disclaimer was one of the last ones I read, that was really creepy and I didn’t see it coming at all. I’ve got so many backed up on my Kindle if I did nothing but read for the rest of my life, I wouldn’t clear them. And I keep getting free ones from Bookbub every day 🙁 Someone stop me 🙁

Haha Epspecially, hey, there’s obviously a gap in the market… just saying… you could make a fortune!! Or maybe the powers that be could devise an app… (if you’re watching PTB…)

Hee heeee my fitness pal, I can’t believe it doesn’t have options for “BSD disaster: one bite, half spat out: 53 calories. Those app designers have no sense of humour, I’d have put in all kinds of stuff to keep the dieters cheered up😂😂

Ha ha ha Tokyo, you’re very restrained though! 😂😂 I wouldn’t have been able to stop myself saying it was 💩😹😹😹

Books and rain and cats, in there too! Love thrillers and murders too – anyone read Tess Gerritsen? Very good. Also Agatha Christie (repeatedly) and brother cadfael stories by Ellis peters, sooo good. Apparently they cozy murders -none of your real life evil books for me, just the odd cozy murder😂Hey Ellis letters books are in 9th century Wales, lucky you and izzy might like as historic interest too 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Back latish so had thrown together dinner: courgetti and tomatoes and slice of blue cheese and prawns, Tokyo your husband would have been proud😝Also had some Greek yoghurt.