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.
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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…

Wet spots, frosting, wrong wick size, cheap fragrance oil, paraffin wax, the list is endless!

That and they don’t really seem to test for the hot scent throw so long as the cold scent throw is strong!

If you want cheaper then you won’t like my candles. LOL. I’m just preparing a batch for Blenheim Palace right now in fact! I’m in the more pricey end of the market though!

If you want a reasonably inexpensive candle that is good quality then you would probably be better googling to see if there is a local small business to you that makes them. I know of a few good small candle makers in North Wales. Not sure how they’d compare to Yankee price wise, but one thing I do know is that they would have been fastidiously tested for scent throw, and would more likely than not use soy wax (which is cleaner and lasts longer) rather than stinky paraffin wax!

Omg, really Timmy? I love the smells on them. What is it that’s wrong with them exactly? I mean, they work as in they light and they smell… Is it that they’re overpriced for what they are or what? I’m guessing yes, have you got any suggestions for something better, and preferably cheaper?

And they’d be less sweet too Janey. I’m finding the almond very sweet lately, and to me a sweet bread is a cake lol. I wouldn’t put ham on a slice of carrot cake.

My mum is the same, she’s a bit of a feeder, bless her, she’ll turn up with goodies for the kids AND us, but I think she’s realised this time. I tend to use food emotionally, it’s how I show my appreciation for my friends and family. They’re going to hate the new me…

Lucky, one of my business is in the luxury fragrance market, and amongst us chandlers (people who make candles) we have a rhyming nickname for Yankee candles. All I’ll say is that it begins with a “W”.

I won’t let them near my house!

Hi rachluvbhg,
I have also noticed a change in energy levels. I rarely now fall asleep in the evening watching TV and having been on some courses recently, I am no longer finding myself struggling mid afternoon to keep awake!
Thanks for the recipe suggestions and good luck keeping to the food plan.

Ooh yes, chickpea flour could be a goer for the rainbow flatbreads as almond flour is the equivalent of a gold ingot to buy! I still can’t find enough recipes with coconut flour (which I bought a bigger bag of ‘because it’s cheaper’). WE should buy shares in chickpea plantations (or however they are grown!). Lucky – your hubby is a true convert to the BSD – what a star!

I just informed my dad that I am still on the BSD so that he doesn’t try and ply me with carb junk when I visit in a couple of weekends time. I get the feeling there was a bit of teeth sucking going on when I let him know.. but it’s not a big deal. I will just take quinoa with me and fill up on salads. The problem is that historically I was the girl who loved all the creamy cakes and biccies and fresh bread so I guess they aren’t prepared for a slimmer, cleaner living, borderline teetoal (after last weekend) daughter!

Hope Tokyo is getting on ok, first day back.

My food processor is looking at me from the other desk at work. I’m home alone in the office. I want to go home and try it out!

I do burn scented candles (Yankee addict…) and have reed things and plug ins… and I sneeze when I put perfume on… or my husband is wearing strong aftershave like Million or Eternity… oh bugger. So, I can’t eat bread, crisps, chocolate, pizza, pasta, rice, ice cream, cake, I can’t drink wine, I can’t wear perfume, and my house is going to stink. Thank God I’m married is all I’m going to say… because I’d be a crap date! Bwahahahahah 😉 Love the cat psychology, my best friend would love that!

I know, it’s brilliant. I think he’s really into it because he can see the results quickly. He hasn’t even had his once a week toast treat for the last two Saturdays because he can’t justify it. He has lost a lot of weight before on WW, put it all back on of course… but this has been like ‘WOW’ and in 4 weeks. Where he’s lost it from too, to look at him, he looks like he’s lost a lot more, it’s made such a difference to his body shape. Very soon, I’m going to be venturing into weights that I haven’t seen since the late 90’s. It’s very exciting but also sad that I’ve spent all of my twenties and my thirties obese. I wish I’d found this years ago.

I’m toying with the idea of making a small pumpkin bread loaf…

Hi
I have also experienced a total remission of my semi diagnosis of S.L.E. There is a lot of research around polysaturates omega 6 I will have to find the link LindaA gave me. It indicates SLE. ME. ( MS I think don’t quote me. ) Asthma. Allergies. Interesting times. It’s so good to have an improvement of debilitating sometimes life threatening conditions isn’t it. Keep up the good work
Regards jan😊😊😊

Thanks Lucky! 🙂 Yep I get you on the stuff in the sandwich, which is now on a plate! Bread is filler anyway, who wants filler – lets have more of the good stuff!
Mind yourself with the allergies, that sounds annoying ;-( Wonder what it is… Hey dyou have candles on a lot? Flavoured ones? I know you said you bought a nice one recently (or I think you did?) – I find they make me sneeeeze loads. But anyway, that’s just a random theory because the vet said that to us about our cat when his eyes kept running – keep him away from candles or incense or that kind of cleaning product stuff. So I have jsut used amateur cat psychology on you :-))))) Dont be insulted though as our cat is lovely! 🙂 Hope it gets sorted soon anyway and your healthiness extends to your nose.

YAYYY to the recipe swapping and banter. And great about husband ordering the good stuff. Hee hee it’s funny how priorities change.

Was on treadmill today, did 5K – not particularly fast but without stopping and after the run felt very good (which is unusual for me)
Have to start other core exercises and mindfulness exercises today too – another Monday of fresh starts 🙂

Hi MaryH

Go for it, I’m loving it 13 days in. Plan , count, eat, exercise simples.😊😊😊

My official weigh in day is Wednesday but had to celebrate with a post–my fasting blood sugar this morning was 85!!!!! Amazing. I am so pleased. Feeling better each day. I did weigh and am down 1.5 pounds since last Wednesday but will post my official weekly weight in two days. Thanks to everyone for encouraging and knowledgeable posts. Downward we go. Laura.

Hi.
Bril work for restarting, I also when started weighed in at more than you 117.73 kilos, 13 days in have lost 17 lbs, so us curvy ladies can do it faster me thinks. So we are in it for the long haul. Thank goodness we’ve started huh.
Go for it.😊😊😊

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Epspecially! 😀 Massive, massive well done on completing the 8 weeks and your fantastic weight loss 😀 I agree that the lack of bread and wraps and potatoes and things does leave room for more good stuff, whether that’s a bit extra meat or veggies. I love vegetables so it’s a win for me. I loved my burger salad last night and I also loved my B.L.A.T salad the other day, but if I had a salad as a meal, like… meh… salad? I haven’t wanted it. I’m finding that it’s what I’d have enjoyed on bread, that I’m enjoying the tastes of on a plate, does that make sense?

Those breads look fab, I’m going to try too! Like the idea of the beetroot one. May be cheaper to make using the chickpea flour, and probably a tad more savoury too? The almond flour is so pricey that I think it lends itself more to sweet recipes if you can get away with using chickpea for savoury things.

In the last year and a half I’ve had allergies spring up overnight. At first I thought it was hayfever, and loratidine and cetirizine (i think!) combined used to work. Then winter came and I’m the same so it’s not exclusively hayfever, then wine started making me go the same way, and then the tablets stopped working. I had to try another called acrivastine which works in time, but takes a good couple of hours. I had a slice of toast a couple of months ago and waaaaaaaaah! Proper bakery bread too, wholemeal and I could have grated the insides of my nostrils. I did wonder whether it was gluten or wheat or whatever and was hoping this diet would end that bit but I’m 4 weeks plus now not eating it and I’m still the same.

Hubby asked me to buy avocados and raspberries today. He has been well and truly BSD’ed. Five weeks ago it would have been pork pie and roast pork and crusty rolls. Oh and I forgot to tell you, the little love is in another stone bracket, 16 stone 13lb. He’s like a dog with two er… dangly bits, today!

So we press on with the recipe finding, the sweet, the savoury, the chickpea, the creating, the weight loss, and most importantly – the banter. Agreed?

I’m missing Tokyo 🙁 Hurry home Tokyo…

SunnyB
Bril work 👼👼👼

Well done everyone, some great results being posted here. I am posting an overall loss for the week of 2.6lb, which I am quietly pleased about, not least because I was expecting bad news when I stepped on the scales this morning. I have had a couple of iffy days, going over the 800cals, what I was forgetting was I have been under for a couple of days earlier in the week. This also means I have lost all of the weight I gained while I was away, plus a smidge more and now I only have 0.2lb to lose to be exactly one stone less than when I started the BSD and away from achieving my first goal. Once there, the aim is to drop another stone – fingers crossed.