Yes, I read that recently.
I did work in one office where we did a take in cheese day – I had some olives from a friend that grows them in cyprus and imports them. There was a sausage day as well – someone who kept pigs!

Worst place ever I worked for having a cake culture was a health charity – a table permanently groaning under the weight of donuts, cake and biscuits.

Thanks Frog! I am! 😍

Hi BubbesDevere
I went thru Andover yesterday on the train, I came down to see the Sophie Ryder exhibition in Salisbury, I love her work, and really enjoyed it. I’d been meaning to travel down for weeks – then realised the exhibition closes next week.
Did you manage to see it?

Well done Manxsprout! It says like you have it under control and enjoying it too. The smoked salmon is a great idea for a brain boost, my job takes a lot out of me brainwise so I might follow your lead on that.

And me too also regarding the work food, theres been a lot of catered events recently but thankfully they have had fruit and antipasti plates so I dont feel too odd not having anything. I was wondering if anyone else read this article recently regarding ‘cake culture’ in the office. Hallelujah someone has said something!
http://www.bbc.com/news/health-36608269

congratulations Happylife – that’s brilliant news, you must be delighted (and Happy!)

Sorry for the super long post, it kinda turned into a journal entry!

Hey Julie13
I have a few nice dresses in the wardrobe that I know my husband loves to see me in so Im hoping to wear one of them 🙂 In saying that I think its a good idea to get some really nice new pieces for the wardrobe as my weight loss progresses. Ive not been dressing so smart lately with the extra weight and some nice new clothes would be a good boost to the self esteem. I definitely want to dump a few clothes out of the wardrobe too.

Well the hommus I bought at the start of the week was a nice shop bought one, it was a 220gr tub. It was very hard to tell how much I was eating from it in one sitting at lunch. After I finished it off today I looked back at my fitness pal diary to know how many times I had it. Based on that I divided it by 4 and I had more than I had guestimated so had to adjust in the diary for each day 🙁 So yes I have that problem too in going a bit nuts! Also I had to have breakfast in work one morning and didnt have time to measure the almond butter out of the jar so I took it with me to dip apple slices into. Divine but was not sure where the 2 tablespoons ended!

My calories are little bit up then 800 on some days too but I think it takes a little bit adjusting. Against my better judgement I had a starter and main course last night when I was at a greek restaurant but OH was having one so i didnt want to sit there looking at him having calamari! I ordered a parmesan rocket salad, then had a whole snapper with steamed veg so I stayed healthy choices. The fish was cooked beautifully. It was too much for one person, definitely over the 800 so will have to go easy this weekend.

Oh and well done on the exercise, I cycle to work everyday so thats my saviour in that regard but doing that for 4 days a week over 2 years means my body is quite used to it now and I need something that challenges me a little bit more. Im hoping that I get motivated next week to start the HIIT in the book or with the video streaming I bought in May. Its spread over 8 weeks too so it couldnt be a better match to the BSD, only 20 minutes a day, 6 days a week, if only I just got around to doing it! Heres the link if anyone is interested http://evolution20videos.com/programs/evolution20-phase-1-2. I was sorry I couldnt get the dvds but they didnt post to Australia unfort. Setting it up to watch on an ipad is a little tricky and hoping the modem isnt having a slow day 🙂

Have a great weekend too Julie13 and best of luck!

Spcox good points re taking out superfluous calories where possible, will keep that in mind when I make the bircher, I have been looking forward to making that.

hey Igorasusual

Thanks for the tips re alcohol, I have successfully avoided it for the last 3 weeks so I hope to keep going. Its been hard tho, lots of work dos on campus with wine, cheese and patisserie cake but thankfully there has been lots of antipasti and fruit so I dont feel left out of the occasion. Thankfully Im more excited right now about fitting into all my clothes again then getting stuck into free food and wine! It will be there when I want it and am at the size Im happiest with.

Thankfully my husband doesnt drink alcohol so I dont feel the need to join in with him. And if I dont bring it home then I just dont drink in the house.

Thanks everyone for all your continual inspiration!
I thought I should share that although I was in a plateau week 9 I was just told by my doctor that my blood pressure is now so low I need to stop my two blood pressure meds right away!! I have been taking them for about 10 yrs and always said someday I would get off of them. And now I am!
Lots of high fives and hugs from my doctor.
Happy times!
💜

Thanks Izzy!!
Huge news!
My finger is okay but the best news is my doctor said my blood pressure is so low on my food plan now I have to stop my BP meds!!!
I have taken them for years (maybe 10) and I always said I would get off of them and the docs never thought I would.
And now I am!!
Best news ever!
Happy dance to the max!!
💜

Love the “I won’t have to see these people again” attitude SunnyB 😃 Must remember that if I go on a beach holiday!

Well done Shopgirl. You’re really into this. Keep up the good work.

Congratulations! Yours is an inspiring achievement.

On June 2, I weighed 110k, and yesterday, four weeks later, I weighed 103 kilos (17 stone 3 to 16 stone 2). I’m not doing full BSD or fasting, just the basic Low Carb Mediterranean or BSD Way of Life. I’ve ended up having a few days when inadvertently, I’ve managed to keep to fasting calories, because I’ve had a lot of evening activities that meant no time for supper. I use the NutraCheck calorie counting website, and when I started, I was on a daily allowance of around 1800 calories per day, but I have now gone down to a daily calorie allowance of 1581 calories. Most days I am between 100-500 calories under that.

I’ve decided to go for a slightly slower, steadier eating regime which is basically the BSD way of life because I wanted to break all the habits and just commit to a sensible low-carb existence.

So far, I have found this working well for me. I am a creature of habit, so breakfast is greek yoghurt and berries or citrus fruit/apples and a sprinkling of nuts. On work days, I also eat about 40g of smoked salmon as a brain booster. Lunch is a hard-boiled egg, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, peppers and a tablespoon of either coleslaw or no-nut-waldorf salad (apple and celery in a light mayonnaise) and if I’m really still hungry, work canteen has tinned peaches but I try to avoid them. Supper is a variant of salmon/lamb chops/chicken breast/pork loin steak usually marinaded in lemon, garlic and a tablespoon of olive oil then grilled with either stir-fried vegetables and/or green salad with rocket and avocado. If I snack, it is, depending on hunger and timing, 30g of cheese, 20g of brazil, cashew and almond, carrot/pepper/cucumber with 40g of hummus and cherry tomatoes.

Have successfully given up all added-sugar products – this has been a challenge: the staff room over the past three weeks has been full of cakes and chocolates and doughnuts as thank yous and birthday celebrations, but I’ve stood firm. I couldn’t pass a plate of biscuits without grabbing a custard cream or a digestive, but now, I’ve totally given those up. I was addicted to chocolate, but haven’t had any for four weeks. The other thing I’ve given up is alcohol. There have been a couple of times I’ve had to drink a toast, but I made sure the glass was only just a sip or two, but otherwise, that has been straightforward.

The other thing I have committed to is upping the exercise. NC is a good website for encouraging this, because when you go over the exercise allowance, they show in their weekly overview how it is contributing to your overall weight loss for the week. I track steps and have walked over 10,000 steps every day except for 4 days during June (too rainy or too busy to walk) and I’ve also managed to do resistance training and cardio 5-6 days out of each week. Sometimes, this is only a 15 minute HIIT session, other days it is a full 40 minute workout. When I am below 15 stone/95 kilos, I’ll start running again, which

I’m aiming for 76 kilos, which will take me to a BMI of 24.8. I’m hoping to reach target weight by the end of the year, or maybe mid-January.

Good luck!

I’m six weeks into BSD and have honestly found it way easier than I expected. Planning and tracking really help. I use the MyFitnessPal app every day.

Just started using Myfitnesspal app and have finished inputting my food for the day. It’s made comment that I am not eating enough, recommending I eat 1200 calories a day. Now obviously that doesn’t fit with the 800 plan. Is there anywhere to change that so it sees I only want to eat 800 cals?

i love the Aldi version so will continue with it, i could eat it for lunch as well but i don’t

Oh that’s a shame Tokyo. Looking at the recipe, I’m sure it could be made better next time if you just omit what you don’t like. I think 2 tbsp coriander is a lot for such a small amount of yogurt (the dip) that could have probably stood alone plain, really, or with a bit of garlic in it? And I cannot stand coriander the herb, it makes me feel sick, like eating soap, so that wouldn’t go in anywhere, except for the compost bin 😉

Janey, you could still have a sausage or two. Fnarr.

I had smoked haddock on wilted spinach and it was lovely. Simple, but lovely and slightly odd smelling. A bit like me, really! 😀

Joint of pork loin out for tomorrow, roast dinner, plenty of veggies, no potatoes but I might have a tiny weeny bit of Paxo with it. And I’ve decided that I am going to make these for our Sunday day out, as the children like them, we’d eat one or share one depending, my friend wants one – http://cookeatpaleo.com/blueberry-paleo-muffins-recipe/ I felt a bit sorry for my friend tonight, she has been in SW for the same amount of time as I have been on BSD. And she has lost 7lb. How much have you lost, she asked. I told her she’d clout me. 20lb, I said. I won’t tell you what she called me. It rhymes with itch, though.

I need to buy the coconut ingredients at some point to go with the rest of the ingredients that i will probably never use, Sounds lush tho

Yesterday I found some weights in the garage, they are ones that you strap to your ankles. I have had them on all day today. I have been at home all day gardening and getting the grass cut etc. Tomorrow I might wear them whilst walking the dog.

SunnyB he got home just in time. We have eaten and he moaned that five different vegetables were too many. Men!

Hi Vikki

I started the 8 week plan yesterday and can honestly say that so far I haven’t felt hungry at all. I was really expecting to experience massive hunger pangs going from loads of potatoes/pasta etc to low carbs but I’ve felt happily full all day on both days so far.

I have found reading the forums really helpful as it’s great to see so many others having done so well and being so positive.
I’ve been drinking loads of water which really does help and I’m feeling really healthy and positive.

Good luck on your journey !!

Hmm, could be an appendix to the Book of Failed Recipes. Try to BSD book one I told you about but don’t worry about pomegranate if you don’t have any lying around! No bread/no potatoes BBQ for me tonight. Can just about deal with that now altho I miss a hotdog 😔

Igorasusual thank you for advice x I am starting afresh this week as struggled last two weeks with carb content etc I did not realise how some veg are high carbs so have written everything down . Started using the fitness app to not everything down . My weight went up 1 pound this week as I went off track . Thank you for the brilliant advice on carb content as it is this I am struggling with most x hope for weight loss next week x you have done so well and I may reduce carbs from 50 to 30 .

word to the wise ignore the recipe i just put up!
Luckys wraps brillant the lamb mince lovely the yoghurt sauce pants and the roasted aubergine with a drizzle of pomergranite molasses disgusting !!!! another jar going to the back of the cupboard all that faffing and for basically mince and wraps oh well onto the next recipe !!!

Dinner was chicken and cashews with cauli rice, very yummy it was too 🙂

I shut myself away in my bedroom for a few hours earlier and left my husband on duty lol. I added a bit to the painting I started recently but the colours are not right I will need to paint over again. It’s one of the things I love about painting you can take as many chances as you need to get it right just keep painting over it!

I also base painted my 10 coasters and have started painting designs on 3 of them, it’s going well so far 🙂 I might do some more over the weekend.

Hi Vikki

I agree with everything posted above.

Tomorrow I’ll have been on the BSD for 28 weeks. Yes, eating 800 calories a day for 28 weeks! And staying low carb.

Briefly, I was type 2 diabetic, but my test results are now in the normal range. Not pre-diabetic – normal.

My weight has dropped 71 pounds from 16st to 10st 13lb. My waist from 49″ to 36″

You may want to look at some of the threads us old-timers started: over the 8-week line, over the 16 week line, and over the 23 week line.

Enjoy the journey and let us know your progress.

I hav that crazy tune in my head
🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶
Alla ca zoo and calla Mado
And bibity bobbity boo
Put it together and what have you got
Bibity bobbity boo.🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

Yes, I know but it’s my version and my words.

Love luica
Xxxx

I do have bingo wings.

I have heard people ask how to lose weight just from the bingo wings.
That’s daft.
You have to diet to lose the blubber all over, then you lift a few weights to tone the muscles.

Anyone still lifting baked bean cans in Carrier bags!

Love luica
Xxxx

Thinking of cycling further tomorrow.
Got to pick my specs up about 5 miles away,BUT it is the opposite way from my veg man, sorry I meant veg shop.
Rats!
Love Lucia
Xxx

Christine

I’ve posted a reply to you from Judith on another thread. She’s away and can’t access the forum on her phone.

Just a thought – sometimes I react badly to chicken and wonder if this could be part of the problem?

Hope you’re starting to feel better.

I know EVERYONE hated Ramsey Bolton, but didn’t he have nice blue eyes.?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Dee
no, you don’t have to pay – but using the free version does mean putting up with irritating ads that pop up when you move the cursor across the ad (you don’t even click on them!)
Just refresh the page whenever you get irritating pop ups that won’t go away.

If you’re new to my fitness pal a few point to note:
– if you want to enter in grams or ounces, type that in the search box (eg “apples grams” ) – otherwise you get loads of entries that will come up with US cup measurements (another way to achieve this is to type the name of a UK supermarket “Tesco apples”)
– database entries are created by users – they can make mistakes, or not record full data (I got a data entry for something I knew had carbs, but none were entered – presumably the person that created that entry was only calorie counting, because they’d only entered calories), and other record had a decimal point missing. It is pretty accurate, but when using a new record, I always cross check with the packet, a supermarket website (Sainsbury and Waitrose list nutrients for pretty much everything they sell)

that said, it is pretty good, I started of using a spreadsheet, then switched after a couple of weeks – you just need to do logical checks on it if you’re using new records. If you spot something is incorrect, you do get the opportunity to correct it.

Good luck, I’m sure that you’ll get the hang of it

Game of thrones finished.
I used to do exercises in the commercial breaks.

Rats!

Love lucia
Xxxx

Footballs on…
Rhubarb!!!!
⚽️🔫⚽️🔫⚽️🔫⚽️⚽️⚽️🎂🎂🎂⚽️😬🎂⚽️🎂⚽️🔫😬⚽️⚽️⚽️🔫😬😬🎂😬🎂
Love lucia
Xxxxx

Well I like my new blouse.
It’s Aqua. It has tiny white flowers with. Navy blue dot in the middle of each flower.
And
More importantly , it’s drip dry.

Drop the Mike!
Boom!

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I was daft today.
I wore heels, well huge heels for me, say the length of your little finger , say 2 1/2 inches? Or three inches.

SO glad to take my shoes off when I got home.

Just for a short while, my feet are in a pouffe or footstool. Fluffy slippers are on. Shows and tights are off.

Did you all say ‘white rabbits’ this morning?
I did, we will ah e to see if it is lucky.

Anyone else superstitious?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I’m another who is starting on Monday, I have been reading the book and it makes sense just goes against everything we have been programmed to expect when we need to do something about both our health and weight. I know I will do it and have been leaving most of my carbs out this week but not down to the 800 cals, two lots of cakes in the office and I didn’t succumb so that’s a bonus, we have a holiday booked in October and with around five stone to lose a few pounds off would be great.

I am trying not to get my hopes up that the weight will just fall off because I am realistic but as a lot of it is around my tummy area if that started to shift I would be one very happy bunny. I have treated myself to a new set of scales and weighed myself today for the first time in a long time and yes it was a bit of a shock especially as it was in pounds and not stones and pounds!

Glad to see a few others starting at the same time and hopefully we will be able to swap both ups and downs with each other and the ways we get over the bad days.

Here’s to a healthier and lighter year!

Hi Christine

Judith’s asked me to answer you as she’s away & can’t get on here on her phone.

She goes for bland food. She can’t eat bread do her doctor suggested yoghurt, cheese, eggs, rice & fish. She says you mentioned not eating dairy but doesn’t know if you are lactose intolerant or been told in the past not to eat it during an attack. If you Dan eat dairy, cheese and yoghurt they are still in the BSD. She wouldn’t eat the rice, bread or potatoes because of the BSD.

So (she says), cheese, yoghurt, fish & chicken. She sometimes cooks chicken in a pan of hot chicken stock to make a bland meal.

She says she hopes you feel better quickly.

I was bought two bunches of sweet William. I have put them in front of mirrors, they smell wonderful.

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Well done on your achievement to date. Sounds like you really have this thing nailed. This week I have started in on the BSD again. I did seven weeks and then went away to Turkey to for ten weeks. Had lost 6.5kgs during the seven weeks and put back on 1.5kgs while I was away. Start back on the programme on Monday this week and am beginning to make progress again. It’s inspiring to read how others are doing.
Hope you hit your 20kgs by the end of your eight weeks. Good luck and keep us posted.

So how was everyone’s first week?

It’s not easy is it?

To move from the old path, and change direction and follow a new path.
You unconsciously , automatically walk the old path. It takes a lot to remember to walk the new one.

But slowly your feet remember the way.
Like all walks, there are smooth paths and lovely views. But other times it is hard on the feet, it’s boring, and you could catch your toe in a stone.

Just enjoy the journey, you have a lot of friends walking alongside you.

Love luica
Xxxx

Well thank you so much team!

I thought at least one of you would notice my new blouse. Typical.

Going off for a mutter………

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Everyone: I also use Myfitnessfal and I always weigh my food when I’m at home. Of course I can’t do it when I eat out so I make the best choices that I can.

I have things going on in the next couple of weeks but decided to start now. Like others have said its really hard to find a good 8 weeks with nothing happening. This will give me a good start before then and hopefully I will have lost my craving for carbs. by that time and a few pounds.

Today I had some cheddar cheese, pepperoni with some watermelon for lunch. Made hamburger cabbage soup in the slow cooker for dinner tonight. Will have a salad to go with it and my calories will be at 800 and carbs. at 50 for the day.

How is your day going for those who already started.

You have my sympathy Sandie. Had a similar problem on Wednesday and I ended up eating before OH got home, ‘cos I couldn’t hold out any longer. Don’t worry about the unplanned rose, we all have little slips like that from time to time.

Haha SunnyB you’re right, I won’t ever see those people again! Thanks for the reply and encouragement.

Hi Vikki
As Igorasusual says, you might well have carb withdrawal for awhile, but stick with it, it does pass and you will probably be surprised how good you feel once it does.
My advise is not to try to replace carb high breads etc. with low carb versions, but to start to think outside the box about how you can use your 800 cals most effectively without processed foods. I have tried the konjac products and they are okay. The smell is a little off putting though and they have an odd texture, but they are filling and so can be useful, particularly in the early days. You will find though, that by opting for full fat versions of things and adding olive oil to salads and so on, that you will feel fuller sooner and stay feeling that way for longer too. It’s counter intuitive, given the past propaganda fed to us has been low fat, low fat, low fat, but don’t be scared to go full fat. It helps to kick start the fat burning too.
Sounds like you have set yourself a huge weight lose target and I personally would set incremental goals, to avoid become discouraged if things don’t move as fast as you hope or you hit a dreaded plateau, which is quite common, even on the BSD.
It sounds like you have done plenty of prep work and planning, so good luck as you take your first steps towards a new you. Don’t forget to keep us posted on progress and shout out you need support, because someone here will certainly respond.

Doh, I have a problem. I am hungry and need to eat. The Duck and vegetables are cooked and ready but OH is not here yet. I have been working in the garden all day. I didn’t have breakfast because I chose to fast. For lunch I had home made fish and vegetable soup. Then strawberries and cream. To drink I have had plenty of water, also coffee and tea. Whilst waiting to eat our evening meal have had a small piece of Cheddar cheese, 2 glasses of rosè (unplanned, drat), 3 large glasses of water, two coffes and I have been nibbling on blueberries. I hope he is home very soon or I am going mad or I will eat without him. At this rate I may even eat his food.

No problem. I have had so much support from the good people on the forum, that it’s only right to do my bit too. Drinking enough has always been a failing of mine and I have to make an effort to make sure I’m drinking enough on the BSD, so I make sure I have a glass of water every time I go into the kitchen. I also have a little chart on which I draw little cups and glasses at the beginning of the day and then I cross them off as I go.
Hope you see some results soon.

SunnyB
Thank you , I think I am not drinking enough , just had the light bulb moment. 💡💡💡so kind of you to reply X Collie