Hi everyone

Ive been reading the updates on my phone but am better at writing on the laptop and only got around to it now.

Igorasual, thanks for the update, great to hear you are still achieving weight loss 8.5 weeks in!

Ive been finding it hard to keep it under 800 for quite a few days last week however I still managed a loss of half pound so Im down to 10st 6lbs as of today. Im going to have my weekly weigh in on wednesdays now because that seems to be the day I kind of ‘settle’ so I will let you know if it changes again then 🙂

Friday was a night out at the indian with about 10 people who all thought the banquet was a better idea than the a la carte so it meant there was rice, naan and all the creamy dishes on table. I didnt know the group well enough (husbands work crowd) to say no, I want the a la carte! I could have orderd much better.. funnily enough the next night I met a few of them and they were like I wished we went a la carte too…anyway I resisted an overload of carbs for the most part. Someone (ie my husband’s boss) plonked down a glass of prosecco in front of me and I was like darn it! Very hard to push it back in the situation, but I was very assertive in no refills so I was able to stick to one. First drink in the last 4 weeks!

Rest of the weekend was fine but still hit the 900 mark many days.

Generally I am feeling much better 4 weeks in, (Im counting my detox) 8lbs down in total so clothes are starting to feel better. I feel lighter and confident. I was motivated to start my 20 minute video workout when I came home today, I seem to feel more awake then and warmed up after the cycle home from work so maybe I will try and stick to that routine as much as possible.

Early to bed tonight I think.

Hope you are going alright Julie13 and everyone else!

Who put that other loaf up a few days ago, the butternut squash one, was it Epspecially? With the seeds on top? I might have a crack at that one in a couple of days. Might be handy for summer to have a sandwich on a picnic.

I don’t want another child OR any more prosecco. BUT I would like marmite on toast!!

Loren So pleased for you, safe journey. Keep it up the excellent lifestyle.🍓🍆🍋🌸

Oh no, Timmy 🙁 Hope you’re feeling a bit better by this morning? Sometimes it takes things like that (or a shocking hangover… Janey lol) to put us off for a while. Unfortunately, I find it’s like childbirth, time lessens the horror of it and we indulge once again… 😉

Hi Izzy,
I really admire your self motivation. It’s awesome. To be able to do creative activities for the sake of creating/making something beautiful/writing a story that you need to, is what life is about. We are sentient beings and need to express our creativity. I look forward to your future ‘creations from the den’.
Have a great day.

Hi
I started a thread a while ago, as my sister had started the diet, but because the book doesn’t say count carbs she doesn’t, I calculated the no carb Bircher for ex. It had 287.50 cals not 180 and a whopping 38.1 carbs. I also have done that with many recipes some are not so bad, but they are mostly grossly underestimated. Hence I have lost 17lbs in 13 days I count up to 800 cals and up to 50 carbs, mind you I do have a lot to use, but I know I wouldn’t have achieved that if I had done what my sister is doing, and just following the recipes explicitly. I think this is a very tentative subject though, believing in this diet to have faith in it, we won’t hear those who are saying something that can be deemed judgemental, so yes I agree for me this has been a life saving way of eating, I had life threatening symptoms believed to be S.L.E. That are completely in remission at the moment, haven’t felt this well since I was 19 and I am 58 now.
I think on here everyone gets the good message, measure and count everything, as for my sister I have pointed her towards this forum, but not interested. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.
How are you doing,

Morning Timmy, oh dear, lesson learned! Same with me and prosecco. BSD body does not tolerate alcohol well!! So looks like I will be a VERY light consumer in the future as don’t want to feel like that again 😩

My food processor has arrived! So I may attempt the Paleo walnut and date bread later. Wonder if that can be eaten with marmite??!!

Well I was naughty yesterday (weekends are definitely my weak point!) and had some cheese and marmite on toast. Holy F S Balls I wish I hadn’t. I had stomach cramps all evening and through the night. I’m assuming it was the bread that did it.

On the plus side it’s put me off eating bread for a while! Absolute poison.

Hello folks.

Whilst not wishing to be a merchant of doom and gloom on what, I think most people here will agree is an excellent diet, I’d be curious to know whether anyone else has found that when they manually enter all the ingredients of the various recipes into something like My Fitness Pal, the calorie content is coming up higher than the amount stated in the BSD book?

Initially I thought it was a one off, but I’m finding that it seems to be happening fairly regularly. Below is an example of the Beetroot Falafels, which in the book are given a calorie count of 290, but which on My Fitness Pal is coming out nearly 100 calories higher at 360.

• 1 container Chickpeas 400g Tin (240g When Drained) – 306 cals
• 0.50 tablespoon, Oil – Olive – 60 cals
• 1 tsp, whole, Spices, cumin seed – 8 cals
• 0.06 tsp(s), Cayenne Pepper, Ground – 0 cals
• 32.00 g, Button – 5 cals
• 1 large, Egg – 72 cals
• 1 tbsp, Tahini – 89 cals
• 3 beet (2″ dia) (82g), Beetroot – 105 cals
• 0.50 Cup, Chopped, Red Onion – 16 cals
• 1 clove, Smoked Garlic Clove – 4 cals

Total cals = 665 divided by 2, (recipe does two portions) = 332.5, plus 9 cals for rocket and 19 cals for 2 tbspn natural Skyr = 360.5 cals.

As I said, I’m not dissing the BSD as it’s one of the first diets in a long, long time that I’ve been able to stick to, but I’m just a bit surprised at how ‘off’ the calorie counts seem to be.

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Day 1 for me.. Totally un-prepared, feeling apprehensive yet very determined.. I shall succeed! I’m sure this journey like any other will be full of twists and turns and ups and downs.. The start of my new adventure with food and exercise, we shall fall out with one another,, make up again, laugh, cry, scream and smile. My goal to get somewhere near my pre pregnancy weight.. My babies are 25, 22 &15.. It’s taken many years to create this body and will take many months to find the me within the obese, unhealthy body I have created.. Here’s to a healthy long life and healthy insulin free blood sugars – good luck everyone x

Hi everyone,
So I’m on day 6 and I weighed in this morning and have only lost another 100 g since my day 2 weigh in. A total of 1.3kg. What gives??? Has anyone else come across this? I’ve been sticking to the diet religiously. Feeling a bit frustrated… On the upside I do feel better and haven’t got any cravings so I’m poaching some chicken breast for dinner together with a salad. Hopefully the scales will change soon.
Great to read about everyone’s successes! It does keep me motivated and thinking that maybe this old body of mine is just trying to trick me into thinking it doesn’t work 🙂

Shouting in the voice of Victor Meldrew ( the Scottish comedy actor in one foot in the grave) Google if you don’t know hilarious, anyway “I DONT BELIEVE IT ” I’m at day 13 and lost total 17 lbs, my fat pixies are getting it all back. Yeahhhh love this diet, love this forum, and best of all feel amazing even though I have 97 more to go, so well, want to trot everywhere. Only two months ago I was being investigated for S.L.E. Symptoms all gone. This way of eating is a magic wand it you embrace it and love it, do it and love life and yourself again. Good luck everyone.🤗🤗🤗

So – One week in – time to weigh
Male, 6ft 1in, Type 2 diabetes for 7 years, Not taking any diabetic meds, On Ramipril for elevated BP. Slim build – TOFI maybe

04th July 2016 Starting Weight – 13 st – 01 lb – 04 oz
11th July 2015 After One Week – 12 st – 09 lb – 09 oz
Total Loss = 05 lb – 11 oz

Pretty happy to say the least 🙂

1. Continued to de-clutter the studio.
2.Spent time with my husband when daughter went to sleep-over and before son came home.
3.Having curry for dinner with cauliflower rice (had to wait for my daughter to be away as she doesn’t eat curry,)

1) today I sang in an 850 strong choir in Bristol’s Colston Hall, amazing experience!
2) went out for an Italian meal on Saturday with old work colleagues who I haven’t seen for a year,; lots of positive remarks (smug grin from me)
3) I ate mozzarella and toms, followed by sea bass and veggies and it was delicious! Who knew?!

Good morning my lovelies.

Monday again, how does that keep happening so fast?

Yesterday my daughter and I were not overly impressed with the movie ‘The Secret Lives of Pets’ it wasn’t bad and there were bits that made me laugh – but it wasn’t awesome.

Before we left I didn’t know if my husband would be home in the afternoon and I set the oven timer to cook the chicken for dinner. I was feeling smug. However when my daughter and I were sat in the cinema I suddenly remembered…I may have set the timer but the chicken was still in the fridge. Thankfully I texted my husband and he was home to pop it in lol.

Yesterday evening my friend came desperate to see my loft den. So we were up there chatting and enjoying the atmosphere of the room, discussing my plans, and I painted a dreamcatcher on a coaster 🙂 It still needs varnishing so once it is finished I will add a picture to my blog. She is an amazingly supportive friend worth her weight in gold and more. I need a 2nd seat up there for a guest so I was thinking I might get a bean bag.

My daughter asked if she could have the stoney painting I did the other night so I’ve given it to her, and she has requested I do her an underwater scene with lots of fish! I will try. Sudden thought – I could make people christmas gifts this year…

Food was strawberry shake for breakfast, lentil soup for lunch, pasta bake for the family so I’ll make something for me with courgetti.

I would have been over calories on saturday and sunday (over carbs then too I expect) so definitely back to 800 for me today.

Have a lovely day 🙂

Aw Lesley I don’t think I have ever been quoted in such a way as to become a screensaver! I’m glad you liked my comment 🙂

Janet – Stay greedy, have 100 positives!

My friend came yesterday to inspect my den! She loves it and insisted I paint something whilst she was there, she stood patiently watching me paint a dreamcatcher on a coaster, provided encouragement and insisted I keep doing my stuff. She is an amazing friend I’ve had in my life for 21 years and seriously has walked beside me through my hardest experiences. She is my biggest cheer leader and I love her dearly.

Had a lovely day yesterday out with my daughter,

My son gives awesome hugs.

I’m up to date with the laundry. Of course that will last half a day at most but still!

Morning! Well it’s the end of my initial 8weeks today. Haven’t lost anything this week, I suppose I had to go through a plateau at some stage (or was it those chocolate covered strawbs😳) but I am happy enough. I have lost over 2 stone (13 kg) and over 6 inches off my waist. Feeling healthier and more energetic than I have for a very long time. A colleague wanted to know if I had something done as I looked younger by the day – a lovely comment! Off on holiday tomorrow and I will be trying to keep to my new way of living. It really isn’t much of a hardship at all. Will check in at the end of the month when I am back. Thanks for all your support on this site – you are all amazing. Keep at it – I look forward to reading about your progress! X

Hi all -starting BSD today – 50 year old bloke over 16 stone type 2 for 10+ years & in denial for most if it. I know it will take weight off(had a go at the Necastle diet for 2 weeks-the n Easter happened!). Just want to help my condition – I have no expectations that it will reverse it as I’ve had it for quite a while but want food & drink to stop controlling me as stress default – Cheers Baz🙂

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Hi Everyone,
I have just started the 8 week plan today. I’m vegetarian so will be modifying some of the recipes – any other veggies out there? I need to lower my blood-sugar and my husband has bad arthritis so he is doing the plan with me to see if it helps with his inflammation. We have lots of social functions coming up but have started anyway. I’m always fussy lol so no-one will notice. I’m not usually big on eggs but since high sugar diagnosis I have tried to include more – this morning I had a kale, cherry tom, spring onion and red pepper omelette and for lunch an almond butter and avo/salad lettuce wrap. Reading your posts reminds me to go drink some water. Will menu plan tonight and shop properly tomorrow.

Congratulations to everyone for doing so well.

I’m still learning about what I can and can’t eat, and so am getting mixed results.
I’m using Ketostix to see if I’m burning keytones instead of carbs. that way I can see what foods tip me over into the carb-burning zone.
I can’t login so often due to the work I do; I work away from home for three weeks out of every six.

A summary of my first week is below – in case it is encouraging or useful to anyone. Please correct me if I am wrong on any of my hypothese.
1. I found that I got an awful headache on about the second day. I had the headache for about two to three days. I looked up what happens to our bodies, and found that, when eating and burning carbs, your body releases insulin, even at the thought of food, When the insulin stays in your blood (as I suppose it does if you don’t eat carbs – apparently insulin holds a “key” for assisting the carbs enter the fat-cells in your body), you get headaches. I suppose that when the headaches go, a person is burning ketones instead of carbs and not releasing much insulin.
2. I lost weight – not much, about a kilo, then put it on again when I ate a Vietnamese dish – Pho, when in the city with my daughter. there were noodles in the dish – and I ate them. I also noticed, from the Ketostix, that I stopped burning keytones.
3. Drank some red wine one night, but that did not seem to affect my weight loss, but lowered the amount of ketones being burnt.
4. Not discouraged, I went back on the diet and lost another kilo. I have lost my enthusiasm for food, which is a good thing. But thought I’d try to make muffins. I googled and thought I’d make my own recipe based on low-carb recipes on-line, and the comments on what reviwers would do to improve the recipe. My version was delicious – but this morning, I was almost a kilo heavier, and my body had returned to burning carbs (Ketostix evidence).
5. So today, I will return to just drinking black tea (vanilla rooibos), one coffee with a tablespoon of cream, a quarter teaspoon of cocoa in water with a tablespoon of cream, and my favourite – vegetables fried/broiled in coconut oil and butter, and a little haloumi or goat’s cheese.

Oh Caro, I am from south Australia, we have had wild wet weather! I am from the Clare Valley which is a beautiful part of the world

Well good to read that others have been challenged and then have picked up the challenge again. I am feeling fairly positive. I am down 1.6 kilos so whilst much of it may be water I feel lighter. I think my issue is that I tend not to formally count calories. I sorta of work it out but this morning thought I need to be mindful of exactly what it is I am consuming. I am on school holidays and whilst my position requires meetings and catch up jobs I am so grateful not to have to move out of bed at 6 am….I think will start planning recipes this am!

Hi,
I just pan fried it dry,
When it was crispy, I plated it up and served with slices of lemon and a little Mayo. And a huge crispy salad.
It’s not quite the same but was crunchy as I dry fired it,
I didn’t want it oily nor soggy.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi there. I am on day 12 have lost 15 lbs but I do or had 104 pounds to loose, I’m loving the eating plan, felt marvellous not hungry, and even when I’m at target, I won’t go back to carbs and sugar again, as loving feeling so well.
Great to get excited about starting, plan it then eat it. So you don’t go over. Any queries there’s always someone around.

Great stuff
Love jan🍓🍓🍓

Hi jan, thank you so much for replying!
It’s rubbish finding out all this stuff I’ve tried metformin and glucobay but it just made me feel more poorly as was fainting on a daily basis 😭
I’ve got my fitness pal all set and ready to go tomorrow, can’t wait! I’ll keep you posted on progress! How have you done with this?
Charlotte x

Lucia – you didn’t say how you got on with the non floured whitebait. Interested to know if it worked when you fried it, and if you used coconut flour instead?

Well done all of you – there are lots of stellar examples on this forum.

KBoo – join me on another round of the BSD800. I have had a rotten week or so and reckon that the extra kilo and a half is not water retention but consumption of extra carbs. I’ve been eating too much. Just inputting tomorrow’s meals into mfp now so I know what calories I have left over and cannot kid myself if I want to binge (am a past mistress in the art of telling myself it’s not much, just a mouthful or so!). I’ll check in tomorrow and trust you to join me on the wagon way!

Julia

Yay. Thank God. I’m going now before I drop. See you all tomorrow 🙂

That settles it then. We need a chickpea cake to complete the trinity. The cookie, the cake and the pastry crust. Amen.

I know, I’m ready to go too… just hope France don’t score or we’ll have pens to sit through as well.

Yes, good luck for tomorrow Tokyo! Hopefully your colleagues will be amazed by how much weight you’ve lost since you’ve been away. And well done on sorting all your meals out too.

I must advise that no chickpea was harmed in the making of my cake. Although I did finally break out the COCONUT flour instead of almond. I think the bread uses coconut flour too..

Just want to football to finish now. It’s been on forever! I need me bed!

Hi Charlp87

Welcome to the forum, and Bril that you start tomorrow, I’m sorry to hear about your diagnosis of PCOS, but I can assure you as you will have seen from reading on this forum, this way of eating, helps you to feel seriously well, and I am sure a week from today you will be feeling a bit more positive, and weight loss always helps us cope with things better doesn’t it.
Not sure what you mean by macros, but eat what the book tells you you can, count everything cals up to 800 and carbs up to 50 I count both some people don’t. You can download myfitnesspal app which gives you cals and carbs.
So keep us posted, need any help just shout there’s always someone online to assist
Love Jan🌺

Omg Epspecially, I’ve never heard that saying before! Stealing that one!

The tension is high in the living room. Little one is on the edge of his seat, I don’t know what he thinks he’s going to win if Portugal win it, probably only be a box of sodding raisins or something. It’s bloody boiling in this room too, I’m sweating like Elvis in a greenhouse, and I can’t open the window as it’s gale force and raining 🙁

No, it’s been a quiet one tonight Tokyo, bit of a flat meh day all round I think what with back pain and hangovers etc. Well done on resisting the chocolate. Is it going to be a chickpea cake??? We haven’t exhausted the chickpea yet, surely? You and Epspecially have done the cookies, I’ve done the pastry, Janey, was your cake chickpea??? I can’t remember. Good luck tomorrow, will be thinking of you and missing your interaction. What will I do without my daily dose of Tokyo??? I’ll tell you what I’ll do. Some bloody housework for once!! 😉 haha

Hi Switzerland and Linda A

Thanks for your encouragement. I’m sorry to say that today was another failure – my husband made french toast for lunch which both children were turning their noses up at…. I was drafted in to demonstrate how lovely it was (actually, it was rather burnt, yet soggy at the same time, but I was still required to scoff it all up and declare it was yummy!). I also needed to eat the french toast to encourage my husband to approach the cooker more often!!! It was an impossible situation!

My second failure was a chocolate fountain that my husband “had” to test for work. We used fruit on cocktail sticks, but pretty soon we were all covered in the stuff. At first, I restrained, but seeing as I’d already had french toast and my husband only ever enters the kitchen once a year, I was soon elbowing the children out of the way to get at it.

Ho hum. Maybe tomorrow. On the plus side, my throat is healing up nicely and I didn’t need to chain-eat the choc ices today.

Lucia, your antics in the gym and the garden are very inspiring!

Thanks, all of you – I hope you all have a good day tomorrow,
KBoo
x

Day 12
In the bag, a very lovely one walked 6000 steps, feels like my symptoms that have been investigated for S.L.E. may be in remission hopefully for good. Very interesting research Thankyou LindaA . I’m sure it may be right. Had three lovely meals.
Breakfast, poached eggs, smoked salmon, mushrooms and bechamel sauce.
Lunch while watching Wimbledon strawberries and full fat fage.
Dinner cauli rice and Thai chicken curry.

Very good grub. Cals 863. Carbs. 26.6

Hope all you lovely BSD peeps have had a good day also, and your modest slimmers halo is shinning as much as mine.
goodnight and for Murray winning 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Yeah

Thank you, Izzy, apologies for delay have been out of Internet and phone range in deepest Northumberland in Coquetdale.

Best wishes to you as you pursue all your creative abilities in your new loft studio – you are doing marvellously 🙂

Week 7
Aaarrrggghh! Just not doing well at all this week. Desperate for bread and bread and some more bread. Not sure what is going on with me. Made chickpea flat breads and veg curry on Saturday night for a treat in the hope that would sort out the bread obsession, but no. Any tips please????

evening ladies not missed so much today i see just going to look for a pedometer !!
i fancied some chocolate this afternoon first time i really craved anything but i resisted !!! had a pear instead !!!
made some stewd apple to have with yoghurt for breakfast tomoorow no sugar just apple and cinnamon have to say stacks better than the rhubard !!! so for me a bit of a winner !!
think i may find a cake to bake for next weekend as a bit of a treat !!

Hee hee I should get the little trampoleen out and get really into it😹👏 yes sad about poor Ronaldo though I do get the impression if he was a lollipop he’d lick himself as they say😹 Yes moth weird, didn’t flick it off or anything!

Yes they are the famous chickpea biscuits, kind of worth it I’ve decided. Not too sweet and not too chickpea like. Though maybe fage yoghurt is better desert really, with tiny bit of maple syrup yum! Cmon Portugal! 👏🏻👏🏻

Best of Luck for tomorrow MaryH.
Tomorrow will be the start of my second week and my first weigh in.

Nah. Bread. Savoury.

Indeed. One treat a week. Altho.. The food processor turns up tomorrow and I did threaten to make the date and walnut bread. Does that count as a treat?

I found a skipping rope when I clean up in the garage last week. I used it. I also dug out some ankle weights and have wornbthen worn them all day when wearing trousers. Next I need new rubber stoppers to go on to my little rebound trampoline.
Have fun in the garden Lucia.

I think you should stop smoking while on the BSD.
Get a copy of Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking: Revised Edition, read it & then stop smoking.

Why?

Because so many who stop smoking go onto have problems with their weight. If you’re tackling the weight now with a clear structured eating style when you stop smoking you’ll be less likely to head down the road of excess eating and bad habits or fall off the healthly eating wagon. The mindfullness you are doing now for the BSD will also help you after you stop smoking.

Yup I am an ex-smoker who read Allen Carr’s book after I stopped smoking and wished I had read his book first. It took me a long time to come to the same concolusions as Allen Carr and just stop. Food then came my next addiction. Had I stopped smoking & followed a way of eating like the BSD I know I would not have put on so much weight. Weight that I now need to loose 6 years later!

At least get the book…you have nothing to loose!

I’m ok with most insects, but slugs and snails are my fear. I once lived in an awful rented place and I’d wake up in the morning and my sofa, carpets etc would be covered in trails. Made the error of getting up for a glass of water in the early hours and I saw them in my kitchen on the floor, and without sounding crude, they were like huge poos on the floor, I have never seen anything like it in my life, mutant slugs. I went to take a bin bag out this morning, lifted the lid up, two slugs fell out at my feet. I screeched and took the bag back in. If someone steps on a snail it makes me physically sick.

Yes, that sounds nice and do-able. I wish I could bring myself to try the cheese, I’ve been seeing it a lot in cookery mags and it looks nice, all golden and crispy on the outside, but I just don’t think I can bring myself to.

Good that it’s gone though, so you don’t have another slice tomorrow. Slippery slopes and all that!

Ughhh, those moths in the stadium. Anything in a swarm makes me shudder. As you said, poor R must’ve been in pain not to notice that brute on his eyebrow!!!

You could always adapt my quinoa salad (not cous cous, that was a hangover induced typo) and replace the squeaky cheese with chorizo! Yes! That’d definitely work! I’ve had the cake but left the Willie off. Best not to have too much of a good thing 😆 My boy has now decided he DOES like the cake so I lost the final piece.

Don’t be disheartened, plateaux are common on the BSD and they seem to happen at any time. Just check your carb intake isn’t too high, that you have enough fat in your menu and are drinking plenty. It will come right, so stick with it and I’m sure you will be seeing positive results again soon.

Me too Janey, although I’d have had to have been a very young mum. Did you see that moth land on his face? My kids were in stitches. I think he’s very pleasing on the eye, but his Adam’s apple makes me cringe a bit. That would be a deal breaker for me.

Ah I forgot to tell you, I don’t think I’d be able to try squeaky cheese because it’s different milks isn’t it? And I’m a bit… nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh about that. Which is silly, I know, when I eat things made from cow’s milk, which should be no less odd than eating things made from any other animal’s milk… but I just can’t bring myself to #weirdo

Stick a willie on top of the cake. Best of both worlds.