Pizza bread lovely but not substantial Eps. I think you’re right, you know. Some things just aren’t worth the effort, and when they are, they’re not worth the calories. But – I think my pizza craving has been satisfied. I’m just thinking it might have been just as well putting it all on an 80 calorie chickpea wrap and baking it lol. If I go over today, I go over, but I will be going over eating legal stuff. When I think of the rubbish I used to be able to put away, I think I can allow myself a few extra calories.

I will try the cauliflower pizza Izzy. I think Aldi have them in their super 6 this week so it will be a reasonably cheap ‘do’. Seeing as I’ve got the pizza-ey bits in, might as well bite the bullet. I have a rugby match on tonight and a kindle full of books so I’m sure I can manage to keep myself occupied. When I’m not ogling, I’ll be reading.

On my way again, lost another 1 lb today, that’s 5 lb in 2.5 weeks. Swimming later so back into exercise after a 4 days break (due to personal circumstances).

http://izzyhew.blogspot.co.uk/ also has all the places I go like stone circles etc. I just spent a while catching up as I hadn’t posted anything in a while 🙂 it’s good to be feeling like I want to do these things again.

I did get along to the post office and it was my sewing machine pedal, so I just hope it actually still works after all this time because it hasn’t been switched on in many years! I will find out tonight. Selfishly can’t wait for my sons bedtime haha. I can’t complain though he is being good today.

I’m not making steak pie now as my daughter won’t be here and it’s one of her favourites so I will keep it for a day when she is home. Not sure what else I want to make…

yes you can’t directly substitute coconut flour for almond flour, coconut flour absorbs more liquid.

It is worth a bit of trial and error, I made carrot muffins that were dire but then went on to make the carrot cake!

Cheers Izzy, the whole US cup measurement thing is ludicrous. what’s wrong with oz or grams? I think mine may have failed as I substituted half the almond flour for coconut flout. Almond flour is naturally moister.. As you rightly say, better to have an extra piece of sthg low carb than a biscuit! We shall prevail!!

Hee hee yes please Janey 👏🏾👏🏾

Hang in there guys, try to make it through the day and tomorrow you may find you wake up back in 100%. Be kind to yourselves, drink lots, and try to distract yourself. If you really must eat then try to allow extra calories without allowing crap and carbs. Have nuts, yoghurt, sugar free gum, you know the deal.

The cauli pizza really is a reasonable compromise

Elana’s recipes are normally quite good, I make a lot of her crackers and pancakes. I also made a carrot cake as well but as it was calorific I froze it in portions and that has worked well. Make sure you are using the right cup size as she will be using American ones which if I remember rightly are imperial, ours are metric usually I think but don’t quote me… I find I make alterations quite regularly. Don’t be put off and keep trying 🙂 I have to say… the carrot cake I made? tasted exactly like carrot cake. It was yummy. Still is – some of it still in freezer lol.

When I’m making crackers she suggests 1 large egg and 2 cups almond flour. I use 2 medium eggs and 2-2.5 cups flour to get the mix right.

Eps! I have the crumble topping here for you! Will post it down lol

Green and black mint chocolate my current favourite… Yuuuuum😝😝💋

Ah sorry to hear about epic fail Friday!
But greAt that you tried new things👏🏻👍👍
Hope pizza bread nice Lucky – enjoy it!

I think I’ll try Bill’s crumble later – I think it sounds good. As to BSD suitsble sweet stuff, I’m not sure if all the baked things are worth their calories as they don’t usually taste as good as the originals and are expensive. If I really want something sweet I’ve been having one piece of really nice chocolate and it never fails and is always delicious 😹👏🏻👏🏻 (and quickly put away bar I’ve found!!!) 😂

there’s an extra strong cup of pfffffft here. Grrrr.

Having ‘consumed’ on of those culinary travesties with said cup of pfffft I do at least feel les hungry. Or maybe its depression. Where’s the wilted kale for me to glare at?

And a pot of hurrah? I think we’re all drinking from the cafetiere of pfffffffffffffft today, ladies!

of to do greek chicken now !! surely i cant cock this up too its chicken and lemons and onions !!!!!
what was that my head said fish and chips mushy peas white bread and butter !!

I don’t think I am either Tokyo, isn’t it funny. Other days I breeze through just fine. This pizza thing is lovely, so it’s not a disaster, not completely, just the amount of calories are. But, looking at it another way, it’s a lot better for me than eating regular pizza. Free range eggs, double cream, butter (proper butter!), herbs, flaxseed, tiny bit of coconut flour, tomatoes, and salami. Sod it. I won’t go over by that much anyway, fgs. Not eaten anything all day, so I’m sure I can have that and a nice bowl of greek yogurt with fruit and maybe a mousse bar later.

As tweeted, Elana’s recipe is FAIL. On the plus side, whoever needed the crumble topping.. I have a ton of it here as the muffins are crumbling before my very eyes. undeterred I fed one to my son and his ‘far too polite to refuse’ friend, who then desperately needed a drink! I am trying to make the best of a bad lot by thinking they would be nice with some ice cream (not that we can have it) or on stewed fruit (too much hassle!).

Tokyo – you can’t go to bed at 4pm.. but I know how you feel! The Slippers of despair are firmly on!

i dont want to be a mardy bum
( miserable bugger!!) but i am so not feeling the BSD today !!!
i agree you could have found i regular pizza and its a lot of calories when we have teeny tiny cal allowance
is it too early to go to bed and call it a day !!

Oh God Janey, just seen your disaster too, I’ve been hopping back and forth between two devices, not too successfully. Elana, didn’t you say she was a friend of Paltrow? Say no more.

Ok, I’ve tweeted the pic. Upon cutting it, it IS more bready than eggy. So, we cut one slice into half to try (100 cals each!) and – it’s actually very nice indeed. Just very very high in calories. Nearly our whole calories for the day in three small flat slices of ‘pizza’. So, pretty much like eating regular bloody pizza then. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Don’t know what to do now. What a bloody day.

Yes, I know what you mean Tokyo. Jeez we’re all on a rampage today!

Just spent last half hour making these, plus time watching them in oven, and really disappointed. Got a real stick at the back of my throat from eating just a morsel to try. Added a fair amount of water but they just looked like mashed potato and looked like mashed potato with crispy bits on top when cooked. Very claggy, very coconutty and a very weird texture, not nice I’m afraid!

Well my pizza bread is out and it looks and smells delicious… But the whole loaf thing worked out half a cal under 1200 cals. It’s sliced into six… 😞 Will attempt to tweet a pic off this pad thing now

my mix was the same it just wasnt right !!!!! i looked wrong not like the usual batter more a clump!!!

i may have to have a Willie to cheer myself up 🙁

I get where you’re coming from though..

i know i may be on my own on this one and as much as i find this diet do-able i am not sure all the coconut flour almond flour coconut sugar all the million and one things in our ever expanding cupboards will ever taste like we or maybe i expect it too!!
i know this is probably treason and i maybe held accountable for treason against BSD but no brownie will taste like my brownies , no amount of farty bread will taste like a crusty white loaf with butter on !!!
i know its about what we want what are goals are but geez i could murder a bar of chocolate right now !!!!!!

I fear we may need to declare today ‘ Epic Fail Friday’. I have just attempted Elana’s bloody coffee cake and the whole mix looked wrong. What she described as being a batter looked more like very lumpy scrambled egg, even though I tried to add a little oil to soften it up. Put the mix in muffin cases rather than a whole cake and now they look like cooking mini crumbles.. with almonds on top 🙁

20 mins till they come out of the oven.. and I’m starving!

I know this might sound odd to people, that I’ll eat pizza but not entertain it on a potato or a sandwich or an omelette but… I just don’t like the thought of it. Bugger.

Oh no Tokyo 🙁

My pizza ‘loaf’ is in the oven. You had to bake a layer first… and it looked like omelette. Then layer it up with tomato, cheese, salami/pepperoni etc and then put the rest on it. So basically, I have probably, very probably, just p*****d around for the last hour making a pepperoni and cheese omelette in the oven. I DON’T LIKE CHEESE! I would never, ever eat a cheese omelette!

the one out of the book just wanted something a bit chocolatey it was between them and some chickpea sweet muffins from phil vickery i found should have gone with the muffins !!!! taste no sweetness not nice !!!

Ohhh… what’s up with them then? which recipe did you use??

OMG!!!! i feel violated !! i only have one word duped oh yes they look like brownies and they smell like brownies but my god they sure dont taste like brownies !!
i tried it and spat it out brendas kitchen gives it a bit fat zero !!!!
i would rather have the teeniest tiniest piece of my normal brownie
another fail !! off to make tzatziki now for my greek chicken !!

We await your results Tokyo! let’s see if people ‘diss them as much as they did to mine!

Seconded
you know how low carbing works, should be a breeze for you.

well i have just made the brownies in the book
now keep in mind i made brownies on a firtnightly basis and people even asked me to make them and i will just say these are not or ever likely to be a brownie !!!! and i tweaked the recipe too !! i await the exit from the oven !!!!

Exactly what I do. Fasting readings are notoriously erratic because of the stored sugar released during the sleeping hours.
I also found that having a fatty snack before bed reduced the fasting readings as, apparently, it stops the liver from releasing so much sugar if your digestive system is otherwise engaged.
My pre and post meal readings are much closer to the HbA1c test results.
Like I say others had the same experience, I think Cherrianne was one of them.

I am still of the opinion that the 800 cal diet is supposed to reverse diabetes – check out the Newcastle Diet webpage. People returned to eating the food they ate before but with a bit of moderation as to portion sizes etc. and remained non- diabetic a year after the diet. this diet is supposed to replicate the Newcastle diet, with the exception that instead of using colorie controlled shakes and 200 cal from leafy veg, it is based on ‘real’ food.

I am still doing the diet for the purpose of reversing my diabetes. I didn’t have to lose much weight, maybe 17 lbs which would leave my BMI in the low edge of ‘normal’, My BMI is normal, my lifestyle and diet has kept my HbA1c in the ‘normal range since diagnosis, but I would like to give my pancreas a chance to do its work properly again, and I see this diet as a means to achieve this.

I suppose this is one of those “time will tell” situations.
Personally I have no wish to go back to eating simple carbs, I don’t miss them or even fancy them, but I stiil get a spike if I inadvertently eat some.
It will be interesting to see the outcome for someone who has been told their condition is reversed when they go back to eating the simple carbs again.
Like I said before, it doesn’t matter if we call it reversed or diet controlled, as long as the results are the same.

This is from Newcastle University Website

“Professor Roy Taylor said: “What we have shown is that it is possible to reverse your diabetes, even if you have had the condition for a long time, up to around 10 years. If you have had the diagnosis for longer than that, then don’t give up hope – major improvement in blood sugar control is possible.

“The study also answered the question that people often ask me – if I lose the weight and keep the weight off, will I stay free of diabetes? The simple answer is yes!

“Interestingly, even though all our volunteers remained obese or overweight, the fat did not drift back to clog up the pancreas.

“This supports our theory of a Personal Fat Threshold. If a person gains more weight than they personally can tolerate, then diabetes is triggered, but if they then lose that amount of weight then they go back to normal.

“Individuals vary in how much weight they can carry without it seeming to affect their metabolism – don’t forget that 70% of severely obese people do not have diabetes.

“The bottom line is that if a person really wants to get rid of their Type 2 diabetes, they can lose weight, keep it off and return to normal.

“This is good news for people who are very motivated to get rid of their diabetes. But it is too early to regard this as suitable for everyone. That is a separate question and a major study is underway to answer this.”

It also says that after te 8 weeks people returned to their normal food though were advised to eat in moderation

I should be ok Izzy, it’s getting measured in with a spoon lol…

We will be here for you when you return, don’t beat yourself up about taking a few days to get into the zone.

You CAN do it and you WILL!!!!

I only bring this up, not to be controversial, but that the very hope that reversal is possible, is a great incentive to keep going and give us the strength to overcome the daily challenges we must face to overcome this unnecessary disease.

“The high readings were in weeks 5 to 6, after that they settled down again and I know others had the same experience.” – Very Interesting

If you are testing post meal – test at an hour and two hours after to catch quick and slower spikes

I mindfully over consumed and enjoyed it but feared the net weight gain might be more. There was residual glow from the BSD since I was feeling and looking fitter even after +5. Although I’ve lost my taste for excess bread, pasta etc. I found can still eat several ‘healthy’ meals per day and drink plenty of rum cocktails and SA wines without too much guilt!
And I was always conscious that it was just a holiday thing; by the end of the hols I began looking forward to eating less again.

*Crosses fingers and backs away from slippery slope that leads to the fridge*

I believe that the word, reverse, is a legitimate term in this discussion, albeit it is more easily achievable for those who have had the condition for only a few years.

From just one of many, many sources (Healthline.com) :

“Can You Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?

Treatment for type 2 diabetes includes monitoring your blood sugar levels and using medications or insulin when needed. Doctors also recommend losing weight through diet and exercise. If you start eating healthier, get more exercise, and lose weight, you can reduce your symptoms. Research shows that these lifestyle changes, especially physical activity, can even reverse the course of the condition.

Studies that show the reversal of type 2 diabetes include participants who have lived with the condition for only a few years.

Weight loss is the primary factor in patients who have experienced a reversal of type 2 diabetes. Excess fat in the body effects the production of insulin and how it is used. Research has shown that bariatric surgery can reverse type 2 diabetes, but there are less drastic ways that you can lose weight and reduce your symptoms. A commitment to exercise and dietary changes may be all you need. “

Weather is yucky so doubt we will go far, just the post office lol, don’t mind getting wet to get my sewing machine working!

lunch was 2 fried eggs, 2 slices bacon, 1 cherry tomato, and 15g cheese. Yummy it was too!

I’ve added my latest creations to my blog, if anyone wants to see!

http://dragonflydreamseeker.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks Izzy
thanks too for the recipes in your other thread, I’ll try a couple of them next week. 🙂

I think you make perfect sense Bill.

will you be covered in the double cream later too? or shouldn’t we ask!

I am usually covered with a coating of something… flour, icing sugar, batter, so I have to wear an apron. Very messy cook… but, hey ho. Very small kitchen 🙁

Right off out to get some double cream, forgot yesterday. Catch you later with (hopefully) an edible pizza loaf thingy!

No I tend to look more fraught than smug.. until it comes out of the oven. I don’t wear a pinny or have my hair in a bun or anything like that.. I’m living in a world of chaos here!

Tokyo!

I do sometimes… when I know I’m knocking out something absolutely spot on. Like my Reese’s Dessert.

i have a confession i dont like nigella shes just too smug !!! no one that i know bakes or cooks with that smug face !!
( please tell me you dont janey!!)