Hello. OH and I are starting again. Our first 8 weeks was really successful (well, actually I went on holiday in Week 8 which wasn’t so great, but OH graduated with honours). Apart from weightloss, OH saw his blood sugars drop – mine were reasonable to start with and seemed to be pretty erratic throughout. Most of all we just felt more clearheaded and in control. Really didn’t miss the carbs, which surprised me as a lifelong lover of bread and potatoes. What we didn’t do was to plan our exit strategy and over the past 4 weeks we have struggled with making sensible choices. So we have decided to have another go round of the 8 weeks, and spend a lot more time thinking about where we are going at the end. I’ve done 5-2 which is fine but I tend to being very repetitive on the 500 cal days. Mediterranean would be a good way to go, but we hadn’t really got the mindset;
So here we are again on Week 1 Day 1. It was a tough stretch between lunch and supper, but the food was delicious (I rely on the recipes in the book mainly). Feta and red peppers for lunch and harissa chicken for supper. Lovely to have all these salad leaved in season….

Hee hee wow serious bargain! Stick it up somewhere and get going – people can walk over it? Can it be put outside with a cover over it? 👏👏

You’ll have to recruit one of the childer as a walker buddy. I like evenings for walking, lots of lovely dogs out😀(Though I am seriously procrastinating here now, right, that’s it, gone!!)

Exactly the same loss here Scandigirl 👏🏻
I’m going to do it for another 8 weeks and then just continue with the general principles for ever! Hopefully..
Would like to lose same amount again and then I’d be in the middle of healthy weight range for my health

Hehehehehe 😉

Very good. I wish I could go out and walk but nobody to go with and hubby wouldn’t let me go alone in the night time. Or the day time for that matter, after the last time when my ex-before-hubby accosted me and offered me a lift to where I was going. Thing is, I’d seen him go past me once, I’d recognised the numberplate, and he would have had to have made a circular drive of around 3 miles in order to be able to pass me in the same direction – again! Creepy much. I’ve got a treadmill but we have to put it up and sideways on as our house is small, and it’s a proper ballache dragging it out, it’s a proper full sized gym one. Looked online and brand new it cost something ridiculous like £1200. Selling on Facebook for £60. Hubby went to look at it. Alone. Took four adult men to get it in the house. We had to remove radiators, door knobs and actual doors to get it in. So a bargain but bloody hell… common sense has to dictate sometimes, right? People have to walk under and over it to get to the downstairs loo and fridge and freezers, can’t get anything bigger than a watering can in or out of the back door etc. We’d have to take it apart piece by piece if we ever needed to move it.

Oops – just read this post

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Hi
For those graduating from 8-weeks, these clubhouses are currently open: after the 8 weeks and beyond, after 16 weeks, and after 23 weeks (yes, I know it should be 24 weeks, but I was on holiday at the time). The next club house to open, in 6 weeks, will be the after 32 weeks club.
All welcome.

Heee heee I was interested in the soccer!! The cheek. 😤😂
No, tonight I will be the athlete 🤓 will listen to a radio documentary as then don’t need a watch, just come home when it’s over 😂👏

If you read a few of the topics with a lot of pages in them Scandgirl, a number of people have done a second 8 weeks and some have done more.

I have started today. Yesterday used mums glucometer to measure my fasting blood sugar. 7.2 was not the result I had been expecting, so having read “The Blood Sugar Diet” some weeks ago I have immediately launched into the 800 calorie a day diet. If there is no change in 8 weeks I will go to the doctor for an official diagnosis. Hoping that won’t be necssary. Am 54 and 19 stone so hopefully I can shift 30+ lbs and also get BP and cholesterol down. Wish me luck!

Glucose tablets, or jelly babies are good for low BGs. Protein will do nothing to raise your BGs. How long have you been diabetic? Your body is probably adjusting to the shock of coming down to a more normal BG. Exercise can also cause your BGs to drop.

Under 3 for most diabetics is considered to be heading towards hypoglycemic shock. Also for a person who is used to a normal BG of 11, 3.3 is a real shock to your body.

I gained a lot of this from an excellent Diabeties forum I am a member of.

I allowed myself to be persuaded that Braggs apple cider vinegar would compliment inulin, Don’t!, even well diluted it scorched my oesophagus and made me feel very very nauseous All Day!, so that went into the bin.
I’m continuing with the inulin on low fat yogurt, it reminds me of glucose powder, but isn’t it the same family?

Hi to anyone who will read this.
First of the reason for my title is literally how life feels right now a wobbly person ,,!,
I’m not diabetic or even close and generally have quite low sugar although my husband has been type 2 diabetic for a fair few years now. He has been told that tablets are no longer controlling his diabetes and will soon have to go on insulin .
so I am doing this diet to support him to see if together we can stick to it and reverse his bad sugar levels.
I do although I forgot to add need to lose weight and loads of it. I was vastly overweight then gave up smoking (cold turkey) last October 1st. 2015 and proceeded to put on around 20 kilos.
So here goes, I will carry on my introduction a little later . I really wanted to ask which ap any of you finds helpful for carbs etc .

That’s got to be at least an 8 mile walk to burn that little lot off, Epspecially. Is there no sporting event on tonight that you can feign interest in and watch instead? Curling? Darts? Greyhound racing?

Ooo maybe it reforms itself in the tin, like an alien…
I’m going for a walk👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😝 to get rid of sickness feeling from mouthful of eggy custard I ate and from two (small) pieces of dark chocolate I might have eaten🚶🚶🚶

Qunikydinky – I just started inulin today and came across this thread this evening.
I am taking inulin powder in water, and have started at 3 gm and will build up slowly to let my gut become accustomed to it.

I am very interested in the connection between the second brain (the guts) and insulin production. as posited in MM television documentary about the 800 diet.

I hope it does Ziggy, keep going!

Such brilliant news, power to the BSD.😀😀😀

Good grief! 2 hours??? Pourquoi? What will happen if you take it out after, for example, an hour and a half? Keep us updated!

The ‘bread’ has been Deloreaned and is in the oven. If that turns into a loaf I will eat my low carb hat. Keep a page spare in the WTDW (Well That Didn’t Work) book. 30 mins to cook, 2 hours to cool in the tin before I’m allowed to try and prise it out 🙄

For the Mexican chicken salad

http://www.eatyourbooks.com/library/recipes/451281/a-delicious-chicken–avocado

Thanks SunnyB,

Just got to keep telling myself that I am doing it for me, and the (supposed) Summer is a great time for doing it cause of all the salads etc. Do any people, as MM tells in his book, have to end it early, owing to having gotten to their goal (which in my case is diabetes reversal) early. I wouldn’t know if I have since
a) I don’t have testing equipment as the NHS don’t think type 2s have to test and
b) on this low cal diet, my BS post-meal would be normal as I’m not eating enough carbs to spike them.

Thanks for your encouragement

Definitely 😂

Oh no! Which one, the second one? Buggery. Another for ‘Well, That Didn’t Work – BSD recipes NOT to try, Volume 1’?

My last 12 six monthly HbA1c blood tests have all been under 40, but I still have diabetes. I just control it – not the other way around. What I am hoping is that this diet will reverse my diabetes

Banana custard FAIL! 😫😫😫
It’s gross..grey and eggy tasting, like a disgustingly flavoured soufflé

Ah well, on the plus side at least I won’t waste calories on sugar!

Well just amazed!! Used cauliflower rice in a stir fry instead of rice or noodles and I can’t quite believe how good it was. I actually enjoyed the chicken fried ‘rice’ more with cauliflower than I ever have done with rice or noodles! And feel so much better without the carbs!

Just looking forward to using cauliflower rice again soon

Izzy, nuts is just the tip of the iceberg! We have candlemaking, Guantanamo, tutting at wilted kale, selfish walnut stealing OH’s, Tokyo’s return to work, and Janey’s affectionate pet name for her… er… food processor (I hope it’s her FP, anway!)

Ooo Izzy I started the artist way last year, must read more of the book, it was great! Would love some good projects 👏🏻

I haven’t time to read back but yesterday – naked men

today – nuts!

carry on!

😹😹😹😹😹😹

LOL Epspecially. Poor Janey, the most innocent remark and… *sigh*

Ooo too much information Janey! 😳

Oi! I’ll have you know the walnuts have just arrived home unscathed. I shall be firing up the Delorean (so to speak) presently…

Hmmmmm. Where could one get some walnuts from. Nip across to Janey and see if she has any…

Hi Penny welcome to BSD 🙂 Well done for making it through the first day! You won’t be hungry for long it really does fade but I’d recommend being careful with things like panini as the bread element would have been quite high carb. As you become established in the diet many people realise that if they do eat something like that it can trigger cravings and hunger – I find I can have a little without having cravings but I’ve noticed I feel tired afterwards.

You will settle into your own routine soon and find everything that works for you.

Well a moment on the lips a life time on the hips that’s all I’m saying..step away from the bananas.. 😠🤓
Had spoon of delicious yoghurt instead..yum. Now if only I had some walnuts😹😹

Thanks you guys, no idea what Timmy meant though haha.Happy it was very sweet she was very pleased when I said she could take it. It’s only on paper so it won’t last she may as well enjoy it.

Have you read Elizabeth Gilbert’s book ‘Big Magic’? Switzerland it seems like something you would enjoy. She is the author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ which I just couldn’t get into and didn’t finish but I love her book ‘Big Magic’ It is about creativity, also a book by Julia Cameron called ‘The Artists Way’ helped me to embrace being more creative last year. I’d recommend reading either or both. You can also go on youtube and find Elizabeth Gilbert on Ted Talks, actually let me post a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA it’s worth a listen for anyone creative. There are lots of good tedtalks on writing, creativity and general ‘enjoy life’ type topics.

Well the day has gone fine so far for food and drink. Still to have my dinner but it’s all ready in the pan to cook. Courgetti, onions, garlic, bacon, tomatoes and a little olive oil. I’ll fry it up once my son goes to bed. Not sure if I’ll be in my den tonight or not yet! I’d like to be but I also need time with hubby. Have to have some balance.

Good luck convincing me when I have all the ingredients heeeeeeeeeeeeeere! Mwahahahahahaha. I’ll remind you of this next Saturday when I’ve put on 7lbs and I’m sobbing… 😛

Second one looks good too though, tbf?

Settled on this instead, less bananas!
https://wholefoodsimply.com/baked-banana-custard/
Almond butter is so yum but yes I’d say other one would totally work with peanut butter. But it’s not a good choice so probably better to have another desert! No I’ll have to convince you all to not have it 🙄😊

HELL no, I want the details. You think it would work with peanut butter? And – that amount makes 4. The recipe can be divided easily into 4. Make one. Simples 🙂

Ah good the walnuts are being rushed home 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Yes too many bananas which are full of sugar but I may make anyway. Won’t give you all details though so as not to influence. 😂😂👍

On a more suitable note, my cauliflower rice was yuuuun again. The vegetable that keeps on giving😍😍

Hi all,

Was really encouraged by the posts on here and thought I would add my daily diary as a way to keep up motivation.

I may also add bits of motivation – quotes/recipes/etc and would love to hear how everyone else is doing – Please feel free to add your daily diaries if it helps you!

Today was my first day and I am pretty happy with myself. I really struggled around 11am and 3pm (my usual snacking times) and would have sold my soul for a chocolate biscuit, but somehow I persevered!

Breakfast: Yeo Valley natural yogurt and 80g of blueberries, peppermint & ginger tea
Lunch: Two egg omelette and a hot smoked salmon fillet
Dinner: Costa chicken and pepper panini, peppermint tea

Exercise: 4 reps of walking lunges at lunch time, 6000 steps

total: 787 calories, 62.3g carbs

I had planned on cooking dinner but unexpectedly heard from a friend and we met for food in Costa. I was worried that I’d collapse and get something sweet, but the panini was a good compromise.

I am hungry, and I want to up my steps, but I feel like today was a success.

That’s what I thought, but damn it looks good. I suppose once in a while won’t hurt… but then you could say the same about pizza and bread and cake and Reese’s Giant Peanut Butter Cups… it’s your call though.

The ******** total ****. Powers, my ****. They were meant for your ******* bread!

Hi gang,
The alternative options in flour seem very expensive.
Does anyone own a windmill?😉😉😉😉
Love
Lucia
Xxxx

Hmm I hate to wilt your kale Eps but I think banana is on the no no list for BSD. Too much fructose I think 😔

Yes a whole ******** bag 😱 He eats a lot of them because of their ‘powers ‘ (google them alongside bananas, avocados & dark chocolate. He’s weird)

He’s in a panic and rushing home now. I feel a low carb dinner coming on for HIM

https://wholefoodsimply.com/3-ingredient-banana-pudding/

I kind of want to make this..with half the dates instead of the amount here. Worked out its only 164 calories a portion so could be breakfast! I know lots of carbs but maybe half a portion? Say yes!!

Hahaaaaa

Well done jabbygirl, my hba1c has drpped from 48 to 42 since feb. I try and do my blood sugars at work to see how they are and have seen my daily readings come down.

So congratulations and keep on! X
.

The inconsiderate… *takes deep breath, remembers this is not Mumsnet and certain words are not acceptable here, if – wholly warranted*

Was it a full bag???