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.

Okay ..okay..
I will tell you a little secret.
Lean in, I am not telling anyone else other than you.

I went to pound land. To the middle aisle at the back.
The kiddies section…..
I found.
Hoola hoops
Skipping ropes,
Plastic bats and balls
Skittles for in the garden
All sorts of gentle activities.
For a quid.
So why don’t you?
If anyone asks, you are buying them for the kids.
Get them home,
Go into the garden…. In the yard, carefully in the house or in the park etc…..
Have fun.

I also found water pistols, water bombs etc.
I dare my neighbour to pass comment about me washing the car again, it will be WAR,,!!
But that’s another story

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hiya girlies and guys! So I’m desperate to stet this tomorrow. I’m probably at my lowest in terms of mind and confidence I used to be a teeny size 6 an now squeezing myself into a 12 so although not massive it’s a big difference for me. Have been diagnosed with pcos, insulin resistance and pre diabetes.
So I’ve read the book but am going to go with my own food as it will work out cheaper to keep it simple. Do I need to follow any macros or just simply meats, veg, salad, yog and a teeny bit of fruit as long as I’m under 800cals?
Thanks in advance and help is appreciated x

Hello Epspecially 🙂 Lol, extensive meaning… rambly? 😉

Soup sounds lovely, I love a bit of chorizo. Nothing like a nice spicy sausage… Ah did you make Tokyo’s chickpea biscuits? I think they’re going to be trial and error with the sugar and chocolate bits to get the right balance of sweetness, isn’t it? As long as it overwhelms the ‘chickpeaness’ of them. It’s not a bad taste, but it’s more savoury than sweet. Cheap enough to practice with though, I suppose, compared to almond flour anyway!

I’m supporting Portugal too, mainly because of Ronaldo, because I am a United fan and he’s a legend. Feel so sorry for him, he must have really hurt himself to ask to come off. Walk on the spot and shout at the telly 🙂 You’re welcome. Full of use(less)ful ideas, me!

I’m in ‘mum mode’ worrying about Ronaldo’s knee. He may look like a perma-tanned plastic boy but I don’t like to see anyone genuinely injured 😢

Let over BBQ with spicy cous cous and squeaky cheese salad (the recipe is on here.. You’re welcome) for me. Half time I may eat my little piece of cake with a cuppa.. Or a Willie..

Hi everyone, starting BSD tomorrow. Great results from reading posts. Hope I can do it as I have just over 2 stone to lose. Here goes……

Yum burgers, the bun is just filler anyway!😹 Can’t keep up with you lot, your chats are hilarious and extensive! 👏🏻👏🏻😝
Just watching the match here after chicken curry and trusty cauliflower rice! Made the chorizo and pepper soup from the book earlier earlier, with beans instead of the chick peas as didn’t have any. Also some dark chocolate and one of those chickpea biscuits this eve – cut back on the sugar in them so now they don’t really taste of much, still tasty enough tho.
hope Portugal win!! trying to shake myself up for a walk but shouting at the telly might have to do 😜

Not at all, and I didn’t miss it. I’m craving very little at the moment and it’s great, neither sweet nor savoury. Satisfied with what I’m eating.

Ha, are you sure about that, Janey? 😉

What’s everyone up to tonight, then? I’m reading one of the seventeen thousand books I have lined up ready on my Kindle, while the footy is on in the background. Youngest has Portugal in his class sweepstake and will win a prize if they win, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed or he will have a Horrid Henry ‘It’s not fair!’ type hissy fit.

You see? Burgers are not so bad without a bun, are they? Especially if it’s a good burger. I’m getting quite used to eating them ‘au naturel ‘. The burger I mean, not me!

I think it has certainly helped but the journey started long before then. I always wanted to write as a child for example and just stopped as a young adult on the assumption there was no point and I didn’t have time. I didn’t paint because I assumed I wouldn’t paint anything worth having… I can blame my art teacher 30 years ago for that one. I’ve always been creative in the practical sense working out ways to fix things etc.

Really when my husband became so ill with his depression I didn’t recognise him and it was so bad I had told him our marriage was about to end I realised that I was juggling all of our joint responsibilities. His depression had caused him to check out a while before. All I did was work and kids, work and kids and all that did really was make him worse and make me ill too. That was the turning point, a time when I stood up and demanded that I could and should take back time for me. I wrote my first novel in a haze of depression but it helped me survive it – my own little world where I had control over what happened.

Couple that with coming to that place in my life where I don’t fear failing at something. If no one likes my painting who cares – I like doing it. If I never sell a book who cares – I’ve enjoyed writing and people I love have enjoyed reading.

It’s been a long walk back to health for me and I don’t dismiss the part BSD has played but it isn’t all that has contributed. I’m also aware that whilst increasingly I do feel better it also doesn’t take much to knock me down. I am inching ever closer to health but I’m still not quite there.

In other news… I ate a chocolate muffin…

confession complete!

all other food as planned, chicken salad and home made salsa any minute and tomorrow back to 800!

Glad you’re feeling better Janey. I’m thinking long and hard as to whether to ‘risk’ drinking in the foreseeable. I thought the cake looked fab. I’m finding things very sweet all of a sudden, I had a couple of almonds before and they were really sweet, something I’d never noticed before. If I’m baking in future with that coconut stuff I’m going to use much less than the recipe calls for.

I really enjoyed my tea, against my expectations. I made sure I had all the tastes of the burger on my plate, the salad, gherkins, mayonnaise, and I ate it, very slowly with a knife and fork, cutting the burger into the smallest of pieces. Felt like I’d eaten a huge meal. If it had been on a barmcake, it’d have been gone in five bites!

Good afternoon everyone.
Today has been an interesting day, weigh in this morning. Hubby has lost 11.4 llbs and myself 8 llbs. We are pretty happy with the result and are enjoying trying new foods and recipes. My husband is T2 and has been taking his sugars am and 2 hrs after dinner every day, his levels have dropped to 4.2 he usually takes 2 x 1000 mg prolonged release metformin hydrochloride every evening, he has decided to drop 1 of the tablets from tonight and see what happens to his readings. We are feeling great, more energized, less bloated and thinner. Had to get the hubby 2 new suits today as the old ones looked massive, he only wants to loose another 1/2 stone, but he is desperate to get off the tablets. I have a little more to loose but found a smaller pair of jeans that now fit, and clothes are generally feeling a bit looser. Gonna be a tough week ahead its our sons graduation on wednesday so we are off out for a celebration meal, then off in the camper for a few days to catch up with old friends.
Even though i havent lost as much weight as my husband , yet !, I am determined to keep going and get to a point where I am happy with what I see in the mirror .
Stir fry and salmon steak tonight….yum xxx
Stay strong out there
xxxxxxx

As long as you are not seriously hungry, have a snack before and after but there is no need to eat lots before. It is fluid you lose so just make sure you drink plenty of water afterwards.

I’m normally ok but eat loads before I go. Thanks for the advice

By BSD standards it was great 😋 The hordes complained it had no sugar in it (it had coconut milk, strawberries AND dates in it.. How much do they need?!) but for me, and my friend’s hubby who likes plain chocolate it was fine! I glazed the berries in top with a teeny bit of coconut oil and a spoonful of the raw honey I bought. Just as good as jelly! Next time I would add a bit more baking powder for a better rise and try to find a ‘cream’ to go on top of the base and under the fruit.

Hi LesleyB
After reading your post I had the same brunch, so easy, and lovely. Looking forward to when I am at target and can have a slice of rye bread to mop up the luscious remainder of the sauce, but our dog Lady Lucy much appreciated it, lots of tail wagging, must admit though because I hadn’t eaten for 14 hours, it made me feel quite unwell for half an hour after I ate it. But yes one for the do again list. I used full fat c.fraiche, and mine was 324 cals and 5.4 carbs, so all good. Hope you have a super day.
😊😊😊 Jan

Hi Thanks for your post. I will try and post each day and hopefully not negative. Wednesday will be hard but Geoff and I are going out to lunch during the day where we can remember Paul who I miss very much. Our memories are from when he was growing up and all the funny things he did. Just read about the grapes and cherries. I have had 14 grapes but no cherries. Made the soup but of course with no potatoes which was hard as I love potatoes so much. Had to have a mid afternoon snack so I had some natural yoghurt into which I put said grapes (not all of them) and some sunflower seeds and I tried some vanilla essence which I bought some years ago whilst on holiday so I think it is pure – came from one of the carribbean countries. I try and buy spices and seasonings/essences when on holiday as it is much cheaper.

I am waiting for an amazon delivery now as I ordered one the of test at home blood sugar monitors as I have no idea what mine is other than I am pre diabetic so will let you know how I get on. Don’t like the needle in skin bit though…..
Thanks to you all.
Mary

was the cake good then by our standards? what was the recipe ?
i need a pedometer i can wear at work unfortunately no phones allowed !!!!!

Hey Chris AKA Eric! LOL! Very sorry to assume you were of the Y chromosome persuasion 😜😜 actually these days it’s the old President Clinton’s “don’t ask don’t tell” especially with regard to single gender bathrooms — we have gone off the deep end in the US with regard to how to decide which gender uses which bathroom (I just don’t care but many really do). But back to BSD stuff — i really do think there is something here regarding inflammation — I did a bit of reading on it and in the 1950’s a Royal Navy surgeon Thomas Cleave developed a theory that all disease was related to consumption of refined carbohydrates. –his theory was bolstered by his brother’s experience as a POW in Japan. There was a lot of research on this but researchers didn’t separate out the refined/sugar part of the carbohydrates and so the focus ended up going toward the role of animal fat (which has been hammered home to us all since the early 1980’s). Meanwhile people like you and me are seeing results on low carb diets. Oh also, they treat epilepsy in children with low carb diets. I hope more research comes out soon. It is practically criminal to encourage 8-11 servings of bread/ grains per day (US food pyramid).

Hangover is finally receding thanks to a marvellous (if I say so myself) omelette and some painkillers. It nearly killed me to cook it (OH is to cooking what Paltrow is to cake) but I managed to eat it and enjoy it by the end. OH and child have disappeared off out while I watch the Men’s Final… Love Wimbledon! 🎾

I have taken advice from the effects of last night’s alcohol vs lack of carbs to soak it up. The BSD body doesn’t like it. One bit. Lesson learned. On the plus side there is a small amount of the ‘cake no one likes’ left for me to have with a cuppa in a while. Life’s not all bad 😉

THREE WHOLE STONE!!!! That is such a fantastic result! At times I wish I weighed, just so I could smugly report numbers like that! But my clothes testify to the success I suppose. There are 2 pairs of trousers in my wardrobe that I’ve NEVER been able to get into (second hand bargains) so those are my next goal. You’ve got the right idea with your clothes purchasing at the mo P.

Hangover is slowly receding thanks to a lovely omelette and some painkillers. I think I overlooked the multiple refilling of my glass last night because we were having fun playing a game. But this will be a lesson, believe me!

So,
F1 cars,
Tennis finals
Football finals.
Bah humbug…..

I went to the gym for a second go.
They have just closed.

They let me in… Twice… Ha!

There you go, we can all step it up a little at a time.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Getting close to end of week 2 (day 12) and not lost any more weight (lost 3.5 lb in week 1). Starting to feel seriously disheartened and trying to remain positive. I will not give up as I have seen b/g reduced from 180 / 190 to 105 this morning. Reduced insulin by 3 units but taking it slowly down, don’t want to cause a spike. All in all I am feeling good just want the scales to smile at me.

Today’s positives.
Sunday morning working, always binged when got home. DIDNT HAPPEN woo hoo
Relaxing now watching the tennis.
Feeling like I have possibly turned around my doom laden pre diagnosis of S.L.E. Which if that is the case it is 100% a miracle.
Also want to be greedy and add another, sitting here feeling the love and compassion coming from all you B.S.D.peeps. bless your beautiful kind minds for taking the time.
💜💜💜

Hi tokyo14
If you have an iPhone just download the pacer app, excellent pedometer, cheap pedometers are rather unreliable.
Regards
Jan

Hi Aria.
I thought your weight loss was great that calculates to almost 14 lbs, so very good for two weeks, I have lost 15lbs in two weeks, haven’t been hungry and no side effects, except today as I went 14 hrs without eating, so was getting a bit shaky and when I did eat, which was the luscious, mushroom salmon egg be hazel sauce recipe, I felt very wh oozy for about 30 mins. But I’m feeling great, so much energy, and all my serious S.L.E. Symptoms melting away, hopefully I have reversed that prelim diagnosis.
I’m counting carbs and cals, I find the recipes counts in the book to unreliable for my liking. I find precision gives me faith in this way of eating. How about you.
🍓🍓🍓

Thanks for the answer. I have been low(ish) carbing for some years now and was a big proponent of fat is good – due to the diabetes forum I belong to. Oh I eat cheese and cream. It’s just that any decent amount of these is very high cal. A cube (mouthful) of cheese is 100 cal! And nuts are very high too. Would more protein instead of fat help? The body can utilise protein instead of fat (if there are no available carbs).

I have even bought a yoghurt today and am intending to try it, as it has been many years since I tasted one and my tastes may have changed.

Will see if I have any weight loss tomorrow SunnyB, I don’t feel any lighter, and take it from there.

Are your 8 weeks over? Or I see you went to Turkey so did you stop the 800?

Anyhow thank you for your answer and good luck in your progress.

I couldn’t have gone to the gym at the beginning of the diet.
But now I need a bit more than walking, hoping, skipping, dancing, stepping.
Thinking of joining up fully tomorrow…..
Also fancy having a swim too.

Love luica
Xxx

Going crazy, having whitebait today with salad.
Haven’t had it without flour before.
Will see how it goes.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi mary
Meant to say veg under the ground luxury, tropical fruits a no no. Also it’s good to talk, all of us who are 50 and over will have our emotional rucksack full to the brim, and it’s these feelings that drive me for one to food. So you talk away. I use this forum on a daily basis, it’s like my online A.A. site. I haven’t seen anyone being judgemental on this forum so far, and I also believe the mind has boundless capabilities. So if those words are encouraging you in something that is virtuous, then go for it. Thankyou for trusting us in your openness. Power to the B.S.D. Peeps.
🌸💐🌺

Hi LesleyB
Thankyou. The diary thing started as my attempt to treat this forum like an AA session, coming clean and baring my all. I also started it as my sister started two days ago, but unfortunately I can’t seem to get her interested in looking at this site, so now it’s my affirmation moment to remotivate myself, and recognise the amazing changes that seem to be happening everyday.
I realised this morning that after six months of monitoring and investigations into me possibly having S.L.E. As I had almost all the symptoms, (it’s a serious untreatable sometimes fatal condition, effecting kidneys heart, etc.and lots of other things like fatigue ,severe joint pain etc ) that I think my symptoms are in remission. And hopefully was misdiagnosed, or reversed by this amazing way of eating. So now I’m wondering whether my lupus anticoagulant genetic condition that I have, a genetic condition that was triggered by a virus a few years ago, might go away, but the only way I could find out would be to come of my medication, which could result in another embolism. So I will just have to wonder at that one.
So yes my daily blog gives me time to rejoice in my amazing good fortune to have this chance to improve my old bag of meat and my mind. If my words from my inferior mind are of any Benidorm to others then I am delighted.
Hope your day is going well. Keep posting here be it good or bad, then we can all support you. We are not alone in this we are one big international loving the BSD gang.
🌺🌻🌷

Well ….what a numpty I am. I thought I had almost finished my first 8 weeks but when I looked at the calendar again properly I must have had a “Specsavers moment” last time. I counted the first day as week one , stupidly, so in fact now have another full week.
Ah well. On a positive spin everything is still going in the right direction and am now down to 12st , 3lb, 0 . That means it is looking likely I will hit the 3 stone off mark by this time next week. Not counting my succulent full fat but skinless chickens, but do remain positive and hopeful.
I did have to buy a few items of clothing that fit the shrinking size, this week, as all my other clothes were hanging like they belonged to someone else!
I have chosen ones that can be pulled in with a drawstring as well as having belt loops and a lightweight jumper that is of a style that would not look too bad slightly large.
The weather has been so dreadful and raining for the time I am seriously considering putting all the lightweight stuff away! Our local carnival was cancelled yesterday as the main activities field (after the procession ) was waterlogged and gazebos/stalls getting wrecked by the minute.
Janey CD you made me laugh about the champers after abstaining for a chunk of time…half a glass of wine started doing that to me last week so abandoned it….I am the one at the party who laughs… a lot…loudly, about everything and nothing, before sinking into oblivion….so didn’t want to apologise the next day!
Keep bashing away everyone….especially those struggling…..it will be worth it and this does work….just more slowly for some folk. We are all different bodily makes so I think it stands to reason that we will all have different journeys.
Off visiting friends now. They have been warned in advance not to produce cheesecake, biccies or any other goodies at all.

Hi, I have answered this question yesterday but it must have been for someone else. There is no reason to change from this diet to give blood. If you have a tendency to faint or go dizzy take something with you like some nuts or a couple of prunes and seriously keep up the fluids, do not eat the biscuits they offer. Your blood is replaced within a few hours so does not really have very much effect on your body.

Hi all
I’m three days in and i feel great. Do feel hungry at times but just push through – drink some water or watch Gilmore Girls hahaha…
I’ve been on holidays from work this week so i have been able to control what foods i am around. Back at work tomrorow… training day and i know there will be amazing food catered.. but i take my chicken and slendier noodles and i keep on track.

Down 2.5kg , i know its prob water weight but its still weight gone – sleeping better – after such a short time – getting personal visiting the loo more due to water increase ahhhh!

fasting sugars down too.. this is ging to work for me … im determined

Day four come at me!!

Week 3 starts tomorrow I’m now 11.11 I can’t believe how easy it is. I went to slimming world for months and didn’t lose this much!!! I’ve even had some red wine
Love this diet

Hi there mary.
Defo no spuds, and cherries and grapes will come out to high in carbs for the mo, strawberries, blueberries and raspberries are all good, but weigh don’t guess, just always check on my fitness pal app or an equivalent which will give you the cals and carbs, a faff at first, but just write a list, then that’s your reference. You can do it, and we will all do it together. Go for it, enjoy it, rejoice in finding what I consider in my humble opinion the medicine for a long life. Keep posting here so we can support you even if it’s negative, you need us even more then.
Regards
Jan

Hi Ziggy – I’m not vegetarian, but I can advise keeping use of any root veg low, as they are higher in carbs than veg that grow above ground. Yes any fats are high in calories, but you don’t need a lot to help you feel full and it will help you feel full for longer too. Try adding a drizzle of good olive oil to a salad for instance. You say you don’t eat yogurt or cottage cheese, but what about cream and other cheeses? These would make a good addition to your diet, helping you to get some fats and proteins too. – a creamy sauce with mushrooms perhaps or cheesy sauce with cauliflower would be good. It’s definitely worth spending calories on fats, as that helps to burst the fat burning process.

It’s hard to get your head round the whole ‘fat is good’ thing, given the rote we are so accustomed too, that full fat is evil and carbs should make up the bulk of one’s diet. Try to stick around 50g of carbs per day if you can, as this seems to be the level at which most people find the pounds drop.

Hope that helps a bit. Sorry I don’t know about keyword searching on the forum – hopefully someone else will know.

Keep us posted on your progress and good luck with achieving your goals.