I’m tutting as if faced with a MOUNTAIN of wilted kale here. How can I be expected to make date and walnut bread if the OH has taken the walnuts to work???! By the way, I have removed all expletives that were in the original question. I hope he hasn’t pigged them all or he can go straight to Aldi. Grrrrrrrr 😡

Hee heee I love it! 👏👏👏

Good on you Tokyo, abstinence makes the heart grow stronger 😹😹😹

Hiya – Thanks for responding – I won’t say it’s good to see others in the same boat (!) but shared experiences are what may make the difference down the line. Nice to know that when you hit a wall you can come on here. Hope you can all see it through and those that have maintain it. Baz

Tokyo!!!!!! Did we miss you? You have to read what you’ve missed out on! Of course we missed you!

A pot of hurrah, and a plateful of wilted kale for us all to tut at!

Epspecially, have you seen what you’ve started here???? 😉

Well done on sticking to it all day, go you! x

Break open a pot of hurrah to welcome Tokyo back! You have advanced candle making and allergy prevention to catch up with, my dear!!

hi ladies !! ( and timmy!!)
well finished work and i cant possibly catch up on all thats been said so just going to say to start i refused chocolates then ivrefused biscuits then finally ivrefused cookies and flapjacks and granola bars !!!!!!!
but bloody hell it was hard!!!!!
very tired but managed to wangle tomorrow off so only weds to work !!!!!
oh and i stuck to my yog and stewed apple for breakfast chicken salad for lunch ( small) and a litre of water !!!!
did you miss me??

Just done a calculation on the egg stuff tomato recipe and it comes out at 285 calories NOT 360. Although I have used Laughing Cow cheese triangles instead of feta so that makes a difference. Just means I have some calories left for my bedtime snack.

*Sits on hands so I cannot type*

Happy Monday Izzy!! So cute your daughter wanted your painting. That made my heart happy! Have a great week!! 💜

Hi Jan
This diet is like a miracle! Can’t believe how reduced my pain levels are, had years of trying to convince a previous doctor that my pain wasn’t all in my mind! Which I was repeatedly told, I eventually got a diagnosis in 2004
When I was diagnosed with type 11 my doctor said ( as we’ve come to expect) the disease was progressive – when you’ve got it it can only get worse. I already knew about Professor Taylor’s work and I told her I would do the 5-2 diet. My bs levels returned to normal but due to some hectic family things I went back to a usual diet and up went the levels. This time there will be no back sliding. Good luck with yours Chris

Hi all – great going for all of you!!!
I am stagnant now for a couple of weeks albeit I am on the program 100%. I am in the middle of week 11 and the great news was I got to come off my blood pressure meds and lower my hypothyroid meds because I am doing so well. As my body adjusts to the med changes its not allowing me to drop weight. So I am working to be patient as my body adjusts.
Focusing on the great news that my BP is good and my heart rate is now only 53. Also I still lost inches last week so hope that happens this week as well.
Looking forward to seeing the scale drop soon! BUT this is why it’s so important to measure other accomplishments like inches lost, coming off meds, healthier skin and hair, etc.
Just keep going is my motto this week. 😄

Hi Julia
Like Dr Mosley says in his book, we were forever told that low fat was the way forward – plenty of veg and bread. Pasta and potatoes which of course has never and will never work!
I’ve always said I didn’t believe in diets and that with everything in moderation all would be well but when I reached 95kgs and type 11 it was time for drastic action. Also I’ve had fibromyalgia for 30 years and have taken anti inflammatory melds and morphine to control the pain.
Now at the end of the first week of the BSD, I have lost 14lbs and an inch off my waist – I was so amazed I had to check my starting weight as I thought I’d made mistake!!! I also read about Cleaves and hope research will continue and reduce the need for bariatric surgery 😀😀 Chris

Low sugar lollipop. Obviously

I was going to say something there then but… best not.

Great result Ziggy!! Keep going and I’m sure you will get to where you want to be. Looking forward to hearing your progress, so keep us posted.

Oh and don’t forget last night’s gem: If he was a lollipop he’d lick himself.. absolute classic!

Hi
I’ve just started today as well! Finding it pretty tough already tho’

Supper for hubby and I tonight is the following recipe

1 small tin chickpeas drained
1 large tin of tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato puree
two anchovy fillets (for taste)
100gm of button mushrooms
chilli flakes
2 eggs

Place chickpeas, tomatoes, puree, anchovies, mushrooms and chilli flakes in a saucepan and bring all together until mushrooms are cooked. Place those ingrdients into an ovenproof dish and crack the eggs on top. Place in a preheated oven 180 until the eggs are cooked. Serve with courgetti or on it’s own! A really nice evening supper!
I worked out calories to 300 between my hubby and I

Hope its given you an idea, if you don’t put the egg on top, it will probably freeze or eat as a cold lunch with a chopped boiled egg sprinkled on the top

Hello the HoneyBeeMe and MaryH – good luck with your journey. You are right, there will be ups and downs, but stick with it and you will see results. Keep us posted and shout if you need support, ‘cos someone here will respond.

Shopgirl0423 – don’t panic, this is not unusual and happens to most of us at some point on the BSD. If you keep going it will come right, but it could be worth checking you aren’t eating too many carbs, that you are including enough fat and drinking plenty. These three are important to the success of the BSD. When I plateaued, I found it was the carbs that had crept up, that was defeating my efforts.

Good luck and do let us know how you get on, I’m sure you will be seeing positive results again soon.

Yes! Yes! Yes! We could use it in so many contexts. For example:

‘No use in tutting over wilted kale’ etc for when we’ve buggered up diet wise or recipe wise.
‘Timmy, are you tutting over wilted kale, again?’ when he’s being a bitch about rival candle makers.

You know the sort of thing 😉 A pot of hurrah though, that’s going to take some bloody beating.

Low carb cannon balls. You obviously haven’t tried my dumplings then, little difference there would be except the amount of carbs 😀

Excellent result lab!!

On the days that I eat 500 cal, I’m not doing the overnight fast. I am doing the overnight fast on the 5 days that I eat regular meals.

Honestly I get on with work for an hour, and everyone is chatting without me!!

Lucky – tell your hubby he can only eat his ‘guantanamo’ if he is wearing an orange jumpsuit.. that’ll confuse him!

I think ‘Tutting over wilted kale’ may have to join the list of historic BSD quotes. Best served after a Pot of Hurrah, whilst wearing the cape and robes of smugness…

Hmm, what IS for tea. I made an impulse purchase of an aubergine at lunchtime (because they are purple and shiny and beautiful) so may do a version of Tokyo’s spicy lamb dish (without faffing, mind). If I crank the food processor up I could serve BREAD with it!! I’m not sure chickpea dumplings will work though – they’ll be like low carb canon balls!

By the way, I think burning a candle for 9.5 days contravenes health and safety. Almost 100% sure of it 😉

Have to tell you all out there, keep going on the bsd had bloods done in February to go onto a research programme for diabetres in my local area and they returned as 48 showing me to be diabetic type 2. Bloods for the research programme done in June show my hba1c to have dropped to 42 and therefore possibly not eligible anymore. My weight has dropped by a stone over the past five weeks, my clothes fit and I don’t miss carbohydrates!

So keep going the BSD does work!!!

Ooh lovely Sunshine-girl
I’m having that tomorrow, ooh I knew someone would come up with some ideas, I have no imagination for this sort of thing. Hope you enjoy it.
🙁🍅🍅🍅🌰🌰🌰

Saw a recipe on Facebook (you know, the things that just pop up). 2 tomatoes, tops cut off, scoop out seeds, stuff with chopped onion and a little feta cheese. Break an egg into each and oven bake for 20 mins. Voila, little or no carbs and only 360 calories. So that is what I am having tonight.

Not an expert but if you really want to fast no almond milk, black or green tea okay as is coffee but no milk at all, obviously no sugar. Drink lots and lots of water. Cant understand why you would want to fast and then have only 500 cal as this diet is low enough to start with but that is up to you. How many people say we shouldn’t have only 800 so what do they know.

Farg and blueberries, and prawn salad. 384 cals 14.5 carbs.😊 So days total 799 cals and 54 carbs.
Regards
Jan

It’s my first day also. I have 30lbs to lose. A bit unprepared but so far today it’s been OK

You’re welcome 🙂 Just chopping up salsa stuff now, I am quite hungry today, I don’t think this weather helps, it’s like Winter. At least when the sun is shining I feel like eating the right sort of stuff. Looking out at this grey, rainy misery of a day, I feel like I should have a beef stew and dumplings in the slow cooker?

Oh my God, I can’t have dumplings.

Note to self – Google chickpea dumplings later tonight.

heee heeeee funny – he’s in for a treat so – delicious guacamole – wish I never had it and could start again having it the first time 🙂
Yuuuum definitely going to try that spice thing – sounds delicious, thanks!:-)

Is there an expert that can give me a definitive answer on this please? I want to make sure I follow it correctly.

That has to be quote of the day… ‘tutting over wilted kale when we grow our own’ hahahaha. Love it.

I know, that’s me told innit? I’ll probably never buy one again now, thanks Timmy. Pffffffffft.

It is lovely, and it’s probably the simplest thing ever, a homemade spice rub of a tsp of paprika, tsp of cayenne (but I use more) 1/2 tsp each of cumin, mixed herbs, onion or garlic powder and salt and black pepper to preference. Coat the meat, heat a griddle pan to smoking and char the hell out of the chicken breast or pork on both sides. Finish in the oven. Never tried the salsa before, thought it would accompany it well and indulge the boss’s craving for avocado.

He is a dopey sod though, when he asked me this morning for avocado, he actually called it ‘Guantanamo’. Meaning ‘Guacamole’ – which, incidentally, he has never had. Just that his poor broken mind has equated avocado with guacamole… and come up with Guantanamo. Never a dull moment, folks. Never a dull moment. You couldn’t make this shiz up.

I’d say drinking your tea would be fine, as long as there’s no sugar.

oooo interesting Timmy – candle making sounds like a lovely job, I can imagine you’d get very fussy about ones you see in shops now too. I’m a bit like that with salads these days – tutting over wilted kale when we grow our own ;-0))

Bet you sorry you ever said you liked candles now though Lucky hee heeeee. That dinner sounds delicious – I’ll be over about 6:00 ;-)))

Janey, get working on that fancy desert for us now wont you! 😉

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh is it? Although I’d want 9.5 months continuously lit for £230. £25 isn’t bad at all.

I love curry, that is one meal that I’m really missing the extras with… I’m toying with the idea of making chickpea wraps, making lamb and mint samosa filling and baking them to see if they’ll go crispy.

I know, I need to get a grip…

Hi Janet.
Can I ask – if 415 cals is your supper – what did you have for breakfast and lunch – food wise and calorie count. I find i have to spread my c als out evenly for me to feel full between meals. Caro

Not sure about the tea, but I would say it is vital to keep on drinking the water.

I try to get 3 litres of drink in me every day

Chicken curry for me. Off to the gym as soon as I’ve finished making this batch of candles, then picking up the ingredients on the way back.

Ha ha. The £290 one is absolutely massive. I don’t do those ones. I make 220ml ones. I think JM do 200ml ones for £42, my 220ml ones are £25.

I think the £290 has a burn time of 230 hours which is crazy. It would theoretically stay lit for 9.5 days straight!

What’s everyone having for tea? I’m having spice rubbed and then blackened pork steak with avocado salsa and salad.

I am doing the 12hr fast from last meal eaten at night and waiting 12-14 hours the next morning to have a meal. Does that mean that I can’t drink my black tea (w/almond milk, no added sugar) or even water before the 12 hours? I need help clarifying this. I am doing this overnight fasting in conjunction with the 2 days of 500 cal fasting. I am starting today!

I’ve just looked at how much Jo Malone candles cost. In fact, I uttered the words ‘HOW MUCH!’ as I looked. Jeez. How the other half live… £290 quid one of them was! I’ve broke out in a cold sweat!

Saying that, mine aren’t as expensive as Jo Malone. I would say they are a similar quality, but mine are about half the price of hers!

Haha. That’s true. Before we started candle making all I would do was pick up a candle and sniff it. Now I can’t look at a candle in a shop without tutting and thinking how inferior they are to mine 😀

Welcome MaryH! In eight weeks you will look back on today and think how far you have come and how much has changed. Keep at least a small diary or notes of your days because they are going to be fun reading in the future! Take every day as it’s own — start each day fresh. And even if you have a bad day (happens to all) never never quit!! Just pick up and start again. The time will actually fly by and in eight weeks you will turn to look behind and you will think, wow, was that eight weeks? See you on the posts!

Thought I would start this thread, as I am basically lazy and thought this might be a good thread for inspiration for a different supper. As I need some new ideas.
I’m cooking today, green lentils, on thyme, red onions, roasted carrots, mange tout and a chicken breast on the top, baked with some veg stock, oh and a bit of Cajun spice and lemon. Was yummy last time I cooked it but I am hardly ever a consistent cook hehe🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓🐓 oh the important bit cals 415 carbs 39.5

Hi Saloh

I run regular 5 k and the odd 10 k but don’t find I need more than about 40 g of seeds/nuts as fuel just before a run. It is not much volume and therefore I don’t feel it heavy in my tummy, but find it gives me the energy I need. Not that I am fast, about 30 min for a 5 k but I found that I ran faster as the weight came off – initially I was much slower! I am now doing a second round of 800cal to drop the extra weight I have, prob 10kg but I’ll be happy to lose 7kg. First round it didn’t seem to matter being on the 800cal – I always run faster first thing in the morning before breakfast anyway, rather than after a day in the office (definitely a lark not an owl!)

Julia

Lord Jesus no, I’m not royalty type income. Not to say I wouldn’t like them just… couldn’t afford them lol. Fair play though, you must be good!

I just liked this particular Christmas one because it smelled like a coal fire, just smelled of winter. And we don’t have a coal fire any more so maybe a smidge of nostalgia in there too! I suppose like anything else, if you know your onions about something you can see what’s wrong with it. The normal bloke/woman on the street wouldn’t pick up on any of what you’ve just said, would they? I buy curtains from department stores and my friend who makes bespoke curtains and cushions for posh people (a pair costs more than the cost of every single pair of curtains I have owned combined over the course of my life), she goes mad with me, takes them down, lines them and puts pinch pleats and all sorts in them. I just want to hang them at my window… 😉

Timmy! You are the go-to expert for candles! Lucky – hang your head in Yankee induced shame! I don’t go in for all that stuff – my house smells of Febreeze or whatever foul thing one of the cats has brought in! But, our Timmy is chandler to Royalty! Love the developing characters on this feed 😀

I agree almond is a bit sickly. Need more testing on coconut flour, but there’s less in the recipe section worth trying. My kids hate the new me as I keep using them as guinea pigs for Elana’s creations. Muahahaha…