Unfortunately most standard weights/calories of a teaspoon of peanut butter and MY idea of teaspoon of peanut butter are not the same thing 😉 Level vs heaped etc. I watered some down ever so slightly the other week, added some hot chilli flakes and used it as a dip for celery and cucumber. That was nice. I’ve never had hummus before, I’ve got some in the fridge, a chilli one from Tesco.

Don’t live in France, but go there at least twice a year and also my brother lives there.

Hi SW, have you read the book? If not I’d suggest grabbing it and reading it. Like you I’m not diabetic either and just wanted to shift some timber.

I the main focus of the book is about reducing refined and starchy carbs and really getting a grip on your carbs whilst also making sure you get enough lean protein and good fats.

The book is also a bit of an eye opener about what “good” carbs actually look like!

JollyRoger, the Menton lemon festival?? Is that a trip to France for you or do you live there. I ask because I live near Bergerac and wondered if there were any other people from France.

Just eat it straight off the spoon! My son eats hummus off a spoon. It make my missus wretch.

I am looking at starting this diet, but don’t really want to count calories, carbs etc …

I’m not diabetic, but very overweight and really want to give this diet a go, if I just count my 800 cals a day and focus on good carbs will I still have success?

Peanut butter on wholemeal toast…

Peanut butter on chickpea wrap, toasted?

Can you toast a chickpea wrap?

Hmmm…

See Timmy, I’m hoping I feel like that, because I’m seeing it in the sweetness of normal things. Almonds for example, never noticed before how sweet they were. Just normal fruit. I haven’t had anything I shouldn’t have had in the last nearly 5 weeks, so I won’t be able to tell until I do. But I do know I found the scones I baked overbearingly sweet. I am lucky in that I am more savoury inclined anyway.

Eps, I finished Girl on the Train by the way. Oh my. Did see it coming by about 2/3 of the way through, but not… completely either. Vague but not spoiler-ing it for Janey. These books don’t half creep me out. Makes you look at people in a different light.

My missus makes amazing cakes and she cooked a batch of cupcakes yesterday for the kids. She left the icing off one for me which I duly ate after my steak. To be honest, my tastebuds have changes and although it was nice, I much preferred a bit of peanut butter on ryvitta!

Ah ok. I have to say I’ve been constantly ‘good’ on this, I haven’t eaten more on weekends than during the week, so it’s hard for me to say at the moment if things like this affect me. I’ve made blueberry muffins and the blueberry scones and aside from the one time each – they’re languishing in the freezer lol. I’m not a biscuit person myself anyway, but damn they don’t half look good. The smell nearly finished me in Marks, I tell you. I’ve only just managed to start walking past Greggs without openly weeping. Will have to give M&S a wide berth, I think.

Oooooooh Timmy that sounds good. Just smells you have to have at Christmas 🙂

hee hee sorry, got a bit ahead of myself there.

Not sure about those chick pea cookies though – I even reduced the coconut sugar by two thirds (which made them taste kind of almost sweet) but even then they definitely affected scales for a few days. Now weekends are never as good as during the week but still, I hadn’t really eaten much else over the 800 so suspect No.1 is those biscuits… BE WARNED 🙂

ha ha ha ha M&S and that damn cookie smell they pump through the air conditioning… they do!!

I dare say I could. But I’m currently thinking about an apple strudel one for Christmas to go with my Noelle candle, which smells like mulling spices.

MEEEEEEEE!!! :-)))))

It could even be tonight. Ooooooooooh exciting!

I think you should try the cookies again Tokyo and just adapt and amend. No salt, less sugar, less chocolate 🙂

my query is who is going to get the 1000 post !!!!

Yep Timmy, spot on. Loaf tin is out and everything, lined, pumpkin seeds, butternut squash and pfffffffffft.

oh i see !! mind you since the cookie fiasco i have not dare look at my mixer again its janey baking queen !!! i think she should go up for great british low carb bake off!!!!!

Oh thank goodness, we’re only about a day or so behind, then 😉 hahahaha.

Oh, you name it Tokyo, I’m procrastinating about it today. Housework. Cooking any of these lovely new recipes. Just… pffffffffffffft. Children finish school on Tuesday… that means 6 – 7 weeks of mess and zero point in me cleaning… so I need to give the house a Summer ‘spring clean’ before that happens. Can I be bothered? Can I hell.

It’s PMT time!

Bacon Lettuce Avocado and Tomato salad tonight, with some rather nice looking roasted garlic mayo I picked up in Marks this morning. It’s my cousin’s anniversary and her two little ones have been ill all week, so I picked them up a meal deal with wine, a victoria sponge and some Reese’s Pieces and a large Toblerone. Didn’t bat an eyelid but the smell in that place – evil. Pure evil. Smelled like croissant. Timmy, can you make me a croissant candle?

Getting her bake on I think.

no need to fear lucky i have investigated and we are way behind longest post 36 pages and 1,750 or near enough !!!
procrastination about what pray tell ?

Thanks Sophors, I do take some vits, but maybe need to have a multivit instead so I get everything, Any recommendations? As to the Omega – 3, I eat salmon at minimum twice a week( its my favorite), would I still need to supplement? I also take Starflower oil. I also take some coconut oil on a spoon everyday, so on Bill’s advice, on the days I need to up my calories to the 800, I think I will just have another spoonful, instead of trying to struggle something down.

Thanks for the congrats. Going through my wardrobe last night……….found some things that I was waiting to wear……….tried them on and its too late…….too big now! I should have tried them on earlier, never mind, its worth the good feeling that it gave me:):) Going shopping tomorrow, have to get a few things to tide me over

I probably drink a similar amount. Mind you, I didn’t used to. It’s working wonders.

What is the longest thread here? Do they go over 1000 comments? I’m a bit worried now.

Oooooh a proper toastie. I think it could work, I used to use ‘crap’ thin bread in mine when dieting (Nimble, WW) and loved ham toasties with brown sauce. It could well work. You’re all doing so much better than me. I am currently wearing the Shameful Veil of Procrastination.

Yes we pride ourselves on confusing anyone who dares read this. And because I am competitive I want our thread to be the longest one on BSD!!

Now, I’m thinking that maybe my fart breads could be made into a toastie. Two slabs, goats cheese and tomato in the middle then slammed into the breville. I’m working from home tomorrow. I’m going to try that 👍🏼

Hi greenjanet

To change the calorie count on myfitnesspal…. go to the start page and the 2nd line down is in black and has ‘Goals’ on it (2nd title in).
Click on that and you get to a page that has a box saying ‘Daily Nutrition Goals’. You can edit your calorie count and carbs there.
Don’t know why but it took me ages to find that!!
Hope it helps 🙂

I have a 1 litre jug in the fridge and usually drink 2 of those a day. I also have a mug of green tea, plus a glass of lemon juice and water at breakfast. After lunch I have a mug of black coffee. I probably drink near to 3 litre daily. Mind you, I need to as I live in a hot part of the world so it is a good habit to have.

Oh my God, 900 posts? This isn’t like Mumsnet where they can it after 1000 is it? :-O

Cat Psych 101 Tokyo, keep up, Jesus… 😉

if i was a visitor from another planet and read this thread that started 901 posts ago i would think what the f😀😀😀!!
on second thoughts i am thinking what the f😀😀😀 !!
have i missed something with cats ??
it is the most random thread in the land od BSD !!!!

Nice! You’ve got the same movie taste as me 😉

Yayyyyyyy I finally get a saying of the day! Nobody say anything witty now until midnight. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Ace Ventura!

hee heeeee :-))))

Now THAT is saying of the day – Always eat your tuna armed with a laser pointer.

That’s my mantra. I may even have it tattooed on me. Under the pashmina of determination obviously.

You snooze you lose. Or to give another film quote ….. Lahoo saherr.

OK, what film is that from!?

I knew Timmy, dammit stop beating me with phrases, you did it the other day too!

Oh I would have died laughing, that is priceless Janet!

Hello Sunshine girl – sorry to mention water, but I’m not telling you to drink more 🙂 Out of interest, what is your average daily water consumption?

Awwwwwwwwwwwww Eps *hugs and thanks* that was lovely 😀 You’re right. No limits. As long as I break it down into baby steps (because another 7 stone is like sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh!) who’s to say I can’t get down to that size again? It’s obviously how I was naturally intended to be, so if I’m eating foods I’m meant to be eating, and not eating the ones I’m not, then common sense says my body should revert to type, right?

Moral of the story – always eat your tuna armed with a laser pointer????? 😉

Lucky you’re doing a great job by the sounds of it – and now he has the bleedin’ books so no excuses! There were a lot of people who didn’t bother to buy the books when I was in college, it was pretty common. But more to the point you’ve now got a good leverage stick (not sure that’s the right phrase?!) because you’ve just spent money on books for him which was the reason he gave for failing so now all he has he has left to do is pass. And at the end of the day it’s up to him – he has a choice to do what he can before August and if he wants to stay in college he’ll have to do it – otherwise, well he’s made a different choice – guess no harm in reminding him that he can go either way. (especially ‘cos you say he’s bright)

So enough waffle, some cat truths… (feel free to share with him;-)))) When our cat is chasing the laser pointer, he walks himself into his water bowl, bangs his head off cupboards, jumps about 5 feet in the air to get at it. When you want him to get off the counter and stop trying to stick his head in your tuna, he turns into a dead weight and becomes impossible to move….

Illuminating eh…. ;-)))))))

I think you’re great – a great example of restraint and humour and patience – AND on top of all that are well on your way to being a skinny minny, or as skinny minny as you would like to be – NO LIMITS! :-)) I totally agree – aim high, who says you can’t be any size you’d like to be – nobody. Though by the time you are fab and even more healthy than you must be already after all this cauliflower, you might not even care about being a stick – who knows what’s ahead. ***lots of clapping hands***

And Happy Anniversary for Sunday!

Oh God, the meat knot, I was thinking about that this morning… not in a pervy way, just when you mentioned speedos. Or did I mention speedos. I don’t know. But anyway. Yeah. Meat knots. Fnarr.

I think I have an explanation for my slow weight loss. No. 1 Before BSD I used to eat next to nothing anyway but lots of lettuce leaves and home-made soup, but then I would be starving and make myself a tuna sandwich, then there was the wine. Now I eat lots of really good stuff and feel good on it. No.2 I normally swim twice a day, totaling 40 to 60 mins. Since the diet I have not had quite that much energy and managed 30 minutes each day, which is a big reduction. Now I am getting used to the diet I could swim more but it has rained for the last 3 days. No.3 I am not using the toilet as often. Normally twice a day regularly, now it is once every other day. Don’t tell me to drink more water, I do. My body just needs to adjust and everything else is working fine. Do not even feel hungry.

Oh my God Timmy, it just shows how easy it is to do. They say something like that, that it takes 21 days to change a habit. You don’t always equate it with changing good habits into bad though, do you? Just changing our vices, smoking, drinking, food etc? You can do it! We’ll be here like your personal ever-diminishing cheerleading pack 🙂

Yes, no need to waste good alcohol is there? One of the bottles is for 16lbs time when I’ve lost 3 stone. The other, maybe Christmas or something. Can’t believe there’s been wine in the house for two months, untouched! Pashmina of determination! I like it! I like it a lot! I may buy one in three colours!

I love my new friends 🙂

I am going to work him like a b*tch in the house this summer, to pay for the books.

It’s from Beavis and Butthead the Movie.

Hi Jill.
How did you get it to accept the 800 count, played around, with it no go for me ?

Timmy
Enlighten us we are dying to know

Hi figment
I am at day 15 and have now lost 19 lbs, but I have a lot to loose, it was 104 when I started, so it’s speedier for me, at the moment.
Regards
Jan 🤗

Don’t start her on the willies again! We’re not talking about meat knots are we?!

Firstly, do not drink the Prosecco or you will feel as utterly awful as I did on Sunday! Better to hit him lightly over the head with the bottle, thereby conveying your frustration but preserving the contents! Take 5 mins, have a mousse bar or Willie or something nice, and then realise it wasn’t THAT nice and that you are doing BRILLIANTLY on the BSD.. plus you have a new bunch of crazy friends; chandlers, accountants, quilters, readers, yoga doers (?!), all of whom are cheering you on as well as counting on you for moral support and giggles.

Tut at the wilted kale then don your pashmina of determination (a new garment) and soldier on!

p.s. As the mother of a son I am under no illusions that I would also want to batter him, but then would cough up for the b****** books!

That’s a good idea with the photo. I’ve got a photo of myself on honeymoon in Cannes in nothing but a pair of shorts. 6 pack out and looking lean (and dashing of course). I might pin that up for inspiration!

Funnily enough that was the beginning of the end. I used to go to the gym 5 days per week and lift. I was fairly rippling with muscles. I had a week off to get ready for the wedding, then 2 weeks honeymoon. So for 3 weeks I did sweet FA exercise (apart from usual honeymoon exercise, cough, cough). I never could get back into the gym when I got back, and 11 months later out popped two sprogs! Game over, massive balloon in weight from a slender 13st to a chubby 15st.

I’ve since got back into exercise but haven’t shifted the weight until now. In fact that was 12 years ago to the day when I let it slip! It’s my 12th wedding anniversary on Sunday. It’s crazy how the time flies and the excuses we make. 12 bloody years of being a skinnyfat.

No more I say. My 6 pack is coming out again this year.