MyFitnessPal is great for recording what you eat and helps make you aware of the carbs and calories you’ve somehow overlooked!!!

To get it to work out your projected weight loss etc at the end of each day. I just go to the snack section at the bottom and
Quick Tools. Then I do Quick Add Calories and stick in 300 calories ignoring the carbs,fats and protein section.
The following day I just click Copy yesterday.
The 300 extra imaginary calories tricks it into thinking you’ve eaten over 1,000 calories and it is happy that you’ve eaten a healthy amount.
I put 300 extra calories in every day regardless of what I’ve eaten as this seems consistent.

The phantom 300 calories works for me as some days I eat a bit more and sometimes a bit less than 800 calories.
It also feels as though I have allowed a bit in there for not being absolutely accurate.

This works for me and I seem to average a loss of around 2lbs a week since Feb 1st.
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Hi Christine

Your church garden party sounds just like the parties we have. Except nobody ever brings salad to ours 😱 Or strawberries and cream! But they do bring corned beef pie 😳 . I think every congregation must work from a template with slight local variations 😃

Hope you’re feeling better – well done on getting to the garden party 😃

Oh no Tokyo 🙁 How on earth did an argument start over the weather??? Did he predict it wrongly or something??? Yes, resist the cake. I wish I could send you a blueberry muffin to have with your skinny tea. If you need something badly try and grab an apple from somewhere to tide you over. Don’t blow it!! xo

Ooooh new ‘do Janey or just a trim? My hair was nearly down to the bottom of my back in May, and I had it all cut off to an inverted bob. Best thing I’ve done in years, I looked like Neil from The Young Ones. Have fun at the fair!

Hubby helped me do the veg and I’ve lifted everything we need for tomorrow out of the freezer. I made some of that yogurty fruity bark thing too. Didn’t put coconut in it or sweetener, just vanilla. And raspberries. Looks good. Nearly frozen. Result.

Hi cherrianne,
Light bulb moment! Yes I had to take ibuprofen for the pain in my legs, back and sciatic nerve problem, I don’t normally take it because of my diverticulitis, however had to resort to it as a last resort as I was in so much pain, ( I had to get up one morning at 5.30 am and just walk around the house for and hour)! So the following evening I took the tablets!
I never gave it a thought! Thank you, however I am already trying to do what I normally do when I have a bout of diverticulitis, just can’t have rice or white bread, that usually works for me!
I was only thinking this morning that I would have to get some probiotic yogurt, I normally steer clear of dairy, (milk mainly) as it seems to slow down the healing, I don’t know why? So I will be getting some of that shortly.
Yes I’m on Pinterest so I will take a look.
At the garden party today there was only strawberries and cream that I could have! There were white and brown bread sarnies, quiche, pork pies, sausage rolls, and a tiny bowl of salad! Then of course cakes, biscuits, tray bakes, scones. I had something before I went then had a few strawberries with cream, so that was ok.
Funnily enough I wasn’t tempted by any of it? That might have something to do with not feeling great still though?
Thank you so much for your response, I really must remember that the purpose of this forum is to help each other out, and not struggle online, which is what I did for a few weeks!
We have relatives in Perth, and friends in Melbourne, Fred in Melbourne keeps asking us when we are going over again! We went over in 2008, had a great time, so Perth then flew to Melbourne, we packed so much into five weeks, still want to go back and do Urulu?, Alice springs, and the Great Barrier Reef, maybe one day my wish will come true. Thanks again, you have been most helpful.
Christine

Hi igorasusual,

Just got back from the garden party, ( which was held indoors!) will sit down and read the paper in a bit, however the bit I did read before I went sounds just like our diet?
If it gets the message out there I don’t suppose it matters which hymn sheet we are singing from?
At the garden party one of my daughters friends stopped me and remarked on my weight loss, I told her all about the bsd diet and the article in the paper today, she was more interested in ‘my’ diet! Said she would have a look on line, so I told her to sign the petition and put it on Facebook too! Also my daughter is looking at the diet, has ordered the book to read and plans to do what Lucia has done, start gradually into it, so more success there too!
Good luck with your weight loss journey.
Christine

Hi happyLife,

Congratulations on being able to drop your blood pressure meds!
So this is a new day for you, not taking the meds? Good luck on the rest of your journey.
Christine

Hi Annadongela, Yep, I know what you mean, I’m at work and really struggling energy wise. But, I am being careful to eat enough. Make sure you eat your calories, but more importantly, make sure you’re eating enough protein and fat. I had avocado and a boiled egg for breakfast, with some pine nuts (yeah I know sounds awful, but actually filled me up right the way through to 2pm when I had to remind myself it was lunchtime !. I’ve just had a tuna salad with some mixed beans and a glug of olive oil to get that fat up !. It’s a new way of eating, but I think we all know that eating sugary coco pops for breakfast wasn’t exactly the healthy option !!

Resist the cake, Tokyo! It’ll just give your husband ammunition otherwise! If it’s any consolation I am trapped with 2 kids intent on winding each other (and me) up! Had hair done earlier to escape them for an hour. We have a ‘healthy’ picnic before heading to the fair. The cookies are packed!

Just reading through the posts, there are a few comments about Fitness Pal ?. It is an excellent app, and really helps with recording your food/drinks etc. Unfortunately if you want to lower the daily limit to 800 calories, and customise how much fat/protein/carbs you want to eat, you have to opt for their premium service, which I think is £7.99 a month ?. If that sounds a lot, then put it into perspective, slimming clubs charge a lot more than that (and don’t work – why would they ?, they want you to keep coming back).
Also, using fitness pal really focuses the mind on what you think you’re eating, and what you ACTUALLY are !

Hi Seadog. I’m on day 2 too and feeling similarly jittery, headache etc. Having finally, eaten some lunch I’m hoping I’m going to feel a bit better. I don’t think I’m eating enough, had less than 600 calories yesterday :$ but being such a picky eater I find it hard to know what I can have. Looking forward to steak for tea though (my favourite, and allowed!) I seem to have brain fog today, really struggling to type lol, could be the migraine tho. We WILL get through this together!! 🙂

Thanks Loopylou. Just had to go into the cupboard to put the flour away that the kids left out and that’s where all my snacks are. Grrr kids!! I resisted but it did make me think oooooh.

Hi Switzerland 🙂

My eyebrows look a lot nicer but there is a sore bit below the right eyebrow like she pulled a bit of skin off? I’m guessing a bit of wax might have gone on there by accident. Still I know it was just an error we all make errors. The beautician was very nice and the rest of it went well, so it won’t put me off having it done again sometime and the skin will heal soon enough.

As for fasting because I’m up early on workdays I can’t really fast too long on those days as I do like to have breakfast and the only time to eat it is before 0700. Usually on most days we have our main meal before 2000 so at least 11 hours between then and breakfast. Days like today are easier as I didn’t have my breakfast until I was home from getting eyebrows done but we did have a late dinner last night too. It would have been 14-15 hours between last nights dinner and this mornings breakfast. So sometimes it happens naturally anyway.

I’m not too worried about the plateau, I really see this as a life change now, the weight will sort itself out at it’s own pace.

I realised when I was cooking the chickpeas that I ran out of olive oil, so I used the low calorie spray oil and it worked well they’ve come out crispier. I guess they will be a bit lower calorie as well and lower fat – I know low fat isn’t good but the protein in the chick peas will give the filling power without the fat I think.

It seems I am likely to go over calories today but that is ok as I will be sticking to BSD principles and still within my own unofficial plan of following 800 most of the time with up to a few days off each week. I had a lot of cauli pizza lol.

Happy it’s interesting you saying that about the gluten, it could certainly be true! as for my little crafts I’ve also started a hand sewing project I’ve had in mind for a while. My daughter loves mermaids and I’ve seen a lot of these little mermaid tail blankets (like mini sleeping bags) online, either crocheted or made with fabrics. I had thought of knitting one but not got around to it so I’ve decided to make her one. I have a blue skirt I never wear that has some ruffles on it so I’ve cut it to shape and lengthened it a little with the cut off pieces. I’ve chosen some other garments that are in the pile for the charity shop that are nice colours and fabrics, I’m going to cut these up into scales and sew them all over the skirt to make a multicoloured tail, then once it’s all finished I have a blue fleece blanket that I will use to create a cosy lining for it. I thought it was something I could have downstairs and work on when my son is around. I won’t use pins I’ll just sew as I go freehand, then I might add some nice trimmings at the very end. I have some seashell buttons etc.

I’ve also bought her a large art kit, https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000Y1204Y/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

She has been talking about wanting water colours for a while and I like to encourage reading, art and any out to play type activity, and I decided that to get it for her now at the beginning of her school holidays might give her something to stop the boredom over the next 6 weeks!

well i am sat in costa coffee and after walking past every single cake and biscuit i had a pot of tea !!!!! i even had skimmed milk when asked if i wanted that or whole milk smug isnt in it !!! but boy oh boy what i would give for a piece of cake they are calling me i am sure !!!!
i blame my hubby after an argument that started over the bloody weather of all things and included every bloody subject after that !!! i stormed off it wasnt till i got outside the house after a very dramatic slamming of door i realised i left my car keys so i have come into town on the bus !!!!
am avoiding all food ( not ready am sure i would pick something wrong !!) so had my breakfast and will have my tea when i get in !!
so sat alone i costa coffee checking phone but i have one stubborn husband so he wont make the first move !!!!
i knew it was going to be a shit day !!!
i tell you that cake is calling me !!!!

Hi all, I’ve just started as well, and am now on my second day. So far, not too bad, although I am suffering from headaches a feeling of slight anxiety/out of sorts if you know what I mean ?. I’m a little grumpy as well -more than usual ; ) and feeling very tired. I’ve tried several times before to get going on this way of life, but stumbled unfortunately. Anyway, this time I’ve sorted my head out and realised that this is want I want above all else. I have 3.5 Stones to lose (approx. 23KG) which I know is entirely achievable.
I’ve discovered a few things already, using mindfulness can distract me away from bad choices. I’ve just had lunch, a tuna salad and then felt like something extra if you know what I mean ?. Anyway, I didn’t, I went for a walk and distracted myself. I had a little chat with myself (sounding mad), last night, or internal monologue that we all do, and decided that this way of life is above anything else, and that I just need to get over the first hurdle and it will become much easier.
I must admit, I’m finding it tough, I feel quite jittery, but I know that these feelings end. I will look back on this post in a few days and hopefully start feeling the improvement ?. Also, I’m drinking a lot of water, I’m aiming for 3 litres a day at the moment, which means I’m spending half my time in the loo ! I’m going to take one day at a time, and just slow down, planning ahead and seeing any problems that may come up, anything that might sabotage my efforts. Such as….a meal round my sister in laws tonight. She is a great cook, but I don’t want to upset her by pushing food around my plate, so I’ve just rung her and explained what I’m up to. She was lovely, and is going to cook me a BSD ‘friendly’ meal (salmon and steamed veg). I’ve always felt too ashamed to tell people I’m on a diet because of the social stigma, but now, I don’t care, I really don’t. I want to be rid of the extra weight, and will do it as quickly as possible using this diet. I’m up for a ‘buddy’ if there is anyone out there who wants to bounce thoughts around ?.
Best of luck to you all, we can do this can’t we….

Welcome back Hashimoto!! Have missed your postings and inspirations an am glad you are back. Hope your trip was fun and amazing! I hike to get to Australia or Nee Zealand next year!

Izzy you are becoming a girlie girl! What’s funny is I am wearing some makeup now and then as well!! Around twice a week input on eye shadow and mascara and a little blush. I always wear lipstick or lipgloss.
Guess female confidence makes us more girlie feeling. It’s a good thing!

On another note Izzy, I was thinking about your down periods and how you are now having fun projects and an upbeat attitude as well as pulling yourself quickly out of a funk recently. Wondering if you are away that it’s been reported gluten can cause depression in some people. Since you are off it for long now wondering if that’s helping you? I hope so!!

Here’s to your girlie self girlfriend!!

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Thanks Izzy!

Today is my first day without one f the meds. Kinda scary but also exciting!

I also found out the other day I can have my favorite eggplant and tofu with black bean garlic sauce! It’s a Thai or Chinese restaurant favorite! I also looked up the recipe and it’s super easy to make so we might try it this weekend.

Tonight we are meeting my son and daughter in law and the two grandkids for dinner at a dim sum place. Luckily this place has several delicious vegie side dishes and a tofu dish. Asparagus with black bean sauce, pickled green beans, and baked tofu! I also order the vegie dim sum and only beat the insides which are delicious!!!

Last night my hubby took me out to celebrate the good news on getting off my meds. We shared 1/2 of a kale/arugula Caesar salad (so 1/4 each) and also shared a halibut entree. Both were delicious and the wait staff who know us were all asking what I am doing. So nice!

It’s July 4th weekend here so lots of towns and the cities have things going on for Independence Day. Our little town has a walk/run, two parades (kids then adults), a dance event at a park, and then fireworks at 10pm. So many other towns and cities have so much going on that after we go to the other side of the lake to eat with the kids tonight we will stay close to home the rest of the weekend. It’s too crazy with traffic and parking to deal with it all for us. And our dog is scared of fireworks so we always stay home with him anyway.

Bought a new desk and desk chair and my hubby put them together. He also took down and put away our dining table and chairs as we never use them but 2-3 times a year. Since my son has a big house now all holiday meals will be at their place so it’s made our little place a better working space for me – for now.

My smaller undies I had to buy about 5 weeks so which were somewhat tight initially are now too large. Want to wait another 20 lbs before buying more though.

Have to find a dress to wear to a friend’s wedding in a month also. Might take one in but it’s a lot of sizes to take in so might have to buy a new one. Trouble is the stores are starting to have fall and winter clothes and the wedding is on an expected 85 degree day!!! I know it will all work out – just thinking about it.

My hubby couldn’t stop saying how proud of me he is last night. Over and over. So cute.

Well it’s early here – I was wide away at 5am and it’s 6 now. Even the dog is still asleep and so is my hubby.

Have a great day everyone and enjoy yourselves wherever you live!

Hugs!
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Thanks Josie 🙂 Well done to you too, and yes, give it a big, big push this week! I don’t eat enough fish, but I was surprised last night how much haddock I was able to have for so few calories, and it was filling too. I made those muffins but I made them in silicon cases so they’re a bit bigger than fairy cakes but not as big as a muffin. Don’t look anything like the picture lol. 159 calories each, hubby and I had half each and they have the thumbs up. Going to have one tomorrow in our lunch box and freeze the rest.

Sorrry to hear you’re not well Annadongela. I hope the migraine passes soon. Snacking is my problem area too and bread is my nemesis. Once I start I can’t stop. I know it’s early days, but so far I am not missing it

i hated slimming clubs and been to them all except for Rosemary’s my friend went and was encouraged to leave a third of her food on her plate. Madness to me.

Does anyone think that i could make chips from courgette if i cover them in Polenta

New to this eating plan, and my digestive system is very confused. Thanks for all the sensible viewpoints!

woo hoo well done, i have reached 12 lbs now hopefully a stone next week. I will start week 4 tomorrow lots of fish i think.

Hi, Janet! I hope it’s going well for you so far. I can’t think in stones so I had to google – that’s a solid goal, and I hope we can all help you achieve it! So far I haven’t experienced the easing of hunger pains. I am still hungry. I hope this sorts itself out soon.

Thank you all for the kind words about getting off my BP meds! It’s scary not to take it today but exciting as well!!

Lynne, you are just amazing!! Did you ever have a plateau week?? 71 lbs – just amazing!!!!!

Igorausual way to go!! So exciting to have “new” clothes isn’t it! Congratulations and enjoy them!!!

Hugs to all!
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Thanks Loopylou. Will have a look for that. I’m really ill today (2nd day) Got a migraine lurking, taken migraleve, been to bed and although the headache has eased it hurts to move my head and I feel violently sick. (Had so much to do today as well 🙁 )Don’t know if it’s connected or not as I do get them. Surprisingly not hungry. Have only had a raspberry smoothie so far today. I’m much more mindful too about snacking. Snacking is my thing and I do it without thinking, that’s the hard bit but I’m being mindful of whether I am actually hungry or not and so far avoiding all the niceties in the kitchen.

Well done on being so good lat night. I think socially will be my weakness too, though I bypassed cakes and biccies last night when I was out.

Very interesting, Christine.

The BSD is indeed a simple, easy to follow version of a low carb, high fat diet – I think Michael Mosley set out to make the programme simple so that people didn’t have to worry too much about nutritional percentages but had instructions which they could follow to produce often quick results.

It would be great if people did get to know how much better you feel without refined carbohydrates, and how easy it is to do once you accept the Mediterranean Diet principles.

Amazing how pervasive all the ‘too many eggs are bad for you’, ‘bread is very important for health’, ‘carbohydrates give you energy’, ‘don’t eat too much fat, it makes you fat’ “rules” have become.

Ann: on my fitness pal you can reset the goal to 800 calories, then it stops nagging you! Go into ‘more’, then goals, then nutritional , and you can change it there.

I have been doing B SD for half a week so thought I would have a quick review and check- in. This morning I was down 4 1/2 pounds. Whoopee! ( dances around room). Had a headache for first couple of days but had one before starting BSD so not blaming the diet. This morning I woke up feeling great.

I had my first challenge last night. I went to a quiz with lots of snacks , Pringles (😁 I love Pringles), followed by a plough mans with bread etc and wine. I took a bottle of fizzy water , declined all snacks bar a few peanuts and had a bread- free ploughmans. Came home feeling really virtuous.

This morning I was in the woods walking the dog when my back gave way. This hasn’t happened for years. Had to hobble out of the woods and call my hubby to pick me up and am now lying flat on the lounge floor. Will not be doing my 10000 steps today or for a little while! Determined to stick to the diet though. I’ve got my son making me tuna mayonaise in iceberg lettuce wraps as we speak.

Hi Christine,
I really hope you are feeling better soon. Just wondering if some yoghurt, full of probiotics, would help your upset tummy if it’s something dodgy you’ve eaten? Another random thought, have you taken nurofen or other antinflammatory meds as they can cause similar problems?
It is hard when you have to feed other family members something that you shouldn’t eat. Baking then freezing cakes in individual servings can be helpful. Asking family not to bring their chocolate or whatever home but to eat it while they’re out might help you too. Making sure you have low carb alternatives available to your biggest temptations does help also. I don’t know if you are on Pinterest but there is an amazing number of low carb recipes on there that are great substitutes for just about everything. Some things are always going to be hard to resist ( I’m ok until a bag of crisps is opened and then I’m so weak lol, just ask Judith) but if you buy them infrequently or in smaller packs/ individual serves you won’t do as much damage.
I remind myself that controlling my blood sugars and staying healthy is the most important reason for not eating whatever is tempting me. Since doing the BSD the sweet stuff doesn’t bother me at all, but I do find crisps and crackers harder to resist. Crisps don’t seem to affect my blood sugar as much as other carbs, so an occasional indulgence hasn’t been too bad.

Thanks for the encouraging words Igorasusual, it’s very kind of you to share that. I will keep that in mind and will try more liquids aswell, something I find hard to keep on top on. I love herbal tea but I probably don’t drink enough water. Onwards and downwards for sure! 🙂

Sydneygirl, for me it feels like only yesterday when I was desperate to get under 10 stone (good I noted some of this down, otherwise I’d truly think it was very recent – in fact I broke that barrier on 28th May).

This morning 9st 3lbs, which is another 1lb lost since last Sunday, 13% of starting body weight. As I’m getting closer and closer to target my main focus has been really upping the liquid even more – this week I’ve been having at least 4litres per day, with accompanying effects!

I think the only thing to do is week by week, get your foods counted and sorted out, keep the carbs low, find a few favourite menus (I’ve never eaten so much chilli in my life, now absolutely love it!), and watch the measurements as well as the weight.

If I can do it, you surely can. Yes, mark those milestones!

Onwards and downwards! 🙂

Hi all,
Check out today’s daily mail, page46, a doctor Aseem Malhotra has an article about low carb high fat diet, looks very much like the bsd diet, haven’t read it all yet, worth a look, so do sign the petition today if you haven’t already, and, post on your Facebook page too, we need to get this discussed in parliament!
Off to a very wet parish garden party now, I have had my lunch so won’t be tempted.
Christine.

1. Voted in the federal election, now watching the results flood in (I am such a political geek!)
2. Spent time with my cat having a mutual ‘lovefest’.
3.Spent time in the garden (I can get so much more done in Winter and don’t have to worry about red belly black snakes) and was visited by white cockatoos, eastern rosellas and king parrots.

Hi Christi1948
Hope you are feeling better today……..sending virtual hugs!!!!!

Hi Sandie,
The cucumber sticks are a great idea. Crunchy celery is OK if you like it. I’m not sure about what you like or can eat but a teaspoon of plain full fat yoghurt is good too. Some people will eat a boiled egg when they’re really hungry.
I empathise with you waiting for OH so you can eat your evening meal together – it’s the same time of day that can do my head in too.
Best wishes.

Hi Christine

Read it on the bus earlier. Sounds very like the BSD. Well worth a read. They’re going to print some recipes.

Hi all,
Daily mail today page 46, a doctor Aseem Malhotra has an article about low carb high fat diet , haven’t read it all, however looks very similar to the bsd diet, worth a read?
Christine

Thank you Tokyo 🙂 I am really chuffed, it’s unbelievable really. I felt a bit sorry for my friend, but she was adamant that she needed the structure of a slimming club. I said I used to feel the same but I feel more supported in the forum than I ever did in a class. It’s up to her anyway, you can’t force people, can you?

Just been to H&B to get almond flour, so I’m going to do my veggies for tea and then make my muffins. I’ll let you know how I get on later, and if they look like the picture. Haha. Good luck with finding something to eat, when all else fails – salad 🙂 Dry here so far, just sent hubby out with washing, so that’s rain on it’s way 🙁

Thanks both for the thoughts and ideas I will stick to the recipes/menus to start off at least ! Let’s see where we are in a week Lesley!

Hi weescotty,
Despite my name I’m in Australia and Aldi sell jars of Organic coconut oil here – delicious and indispensable when it comes to cooking cauliflower rice and guilt free chocolate muffins. My experience here has been that some things are hard to find but I’m so fortunate to have an organic food co-operative 20 minutes away that makes the search a bit easier.

Hi Izzy,
Absolute luxury for you to have your eyebrows done – good on you.
After reading about your plateau I just want to tell you what I’ve been trying lately. (Remember I’m currently doing BSD 5:2.) I’ve been making sure that I have a minimum ‘fast’ of 12 hours between dinner and breakfast the next morning. One day this week I stretched it out to 16 hours because I just wasn’t hungry at breakfast. I still drink herbal tea of an evening and I’ll have coffee of a morning but I’ve been reading about this and find the 12 hours easier to achieve. It’s been contributing to a decreasing waist measurement.
Izzy, that’s the other thing – it’s handy during a plateau to get out your tape measure and write down your body measurements – sometimes when the scales don’t move, your measurements still shrink.
By the way, brilliant idea to buy in bulk and save money.
Best wishes.

I’m glad we don’t have the cake culture in my work place. There used to be one department that sat close to our team and they had a Thursday cake day every week which my team wasn’t invited to. We used to feel a bit snubbed but I was sometimes thankful i didn’t have to face the extra calories.

I like the idea of a sausage, olives or cheese day, down with cake!

Not sure which forum to post this – will try this one as it has so many entries. If you are in a country where Aldi have stores I spotted they are now selling jars of coconut oil. Better price than other stores. If this way of eating gains a good momentum we should find ingredients are easier to source – some times in UK it can be a bit of a ‘hunt the thimble’ exercise ( children’s party game)

Good luck both of you!

First week only for me but I’ve kept it simple with the quick and easy recipes from the book. Short recipes with few ingredients are my favourite.

Breakfast: Greek yoghurt, berries, chopped nuts on top
Lunch: shop bought hommous and sliced pepper or carrots
Dinner: vegetable soup with chopped chicken

I heat the berries for a minute in the microwave to make them a little tastier.

huge congrats on you weigh in lucky !! how good is that you must be chuffed to bits and in three weeks as well
just imagine what your weight will be in another three weeks on even at the 8 week post !!
i felt your friends pain last night with her 7lb loss was it , its just staggering that people and i was one of them still ” diet” that way
anyway sunshine and showers here at min when is summer coming can someone remind me !!
i am off to find something for tea not sure what having a bit of a wobble today so far not done anything damaging ( no huge bar of chocolate!!) but just not feeling it today !! oh well lets see what i can find for tea who knows what i may discover in the world of low carb !!!!

Thanks Igorasusual 🙂 Wow that must have been very satisfying to get back into all your clothes, kudos to you! I know 7 weeks doesn’t seem so long but part of me wants to press fast forward to get there! I think if I set some small milestones and mark them with something cool it will help the time pass and give me something to look forward to and focus on.

Hi Jill
I’m starting Monday too, also going to start off with the suggested menus and have been drawing up my shopping list for the weekly go round ‘Stresco’s’ (I hate supermarkets but it’s easier there than Painsbury’s or Whinerose!)

I find it’s best to stick as closely as possible to meal plans (I’ve done many diets!) and just swap things where I really can’t stand the thing suggested (for me it will be the almond butter and hiking breakfast)…consider it an adventure and you might be surprised!

The biggest challenge will be weaning off the ridiculous amount of peanut m&m’s, crops an wine I’ve been comforting myself with lately….and finding some energy to get a bit more active. But I’ve a sneaky feeling that reducing the junk will increase the energy, and that once I feel more energetic I will not want to slob on the sofa comfort eating! Win / win!

Best of luck for your Monday start ….I’ll be watching 🙂

Xx

Hi leap of faith.
I’m on day four week one, yes it is the total anti thesis of everything gone before isn’t it, but looking at the forum it works, I have similar symptoms to you, I have 99 lbs to shift, so in it for the long haul. I began to feel so much better within a few hours, more alert, abdo pain, from a fatty liver subsiding, sleeping well. One thing I will add although I planned well in advance for starting this I have slipped up twice counting the carbs, so have gone over two days, you have to count everything, I would never had imagined carrots would need to be a luxury, as they are high in carbs, so count recheck it then eat it, well it’s what I am doing anyway. Also I admit I did the dance when I realised a half tin of lentils was half the carbs I had thought they were. The fitness pal app is excellent for working all this out for you.
I am a historic attendee of all things slimming clubs, blah blah, so I have to keep reminding myself that although something may be allowed its a small amount. But I can’t say I have been hungry, but I am so motivated I think that’s keeping me going.
I haven’t weighed myself yet as I so badly want this to succeed I am scared I might not be loosing. So happy getting started day on Monday. Embrace it and love it.🤗🤗🤗

Hello all. So here I go…overturning a whole load of diet beliefs that feel ingrained! I was actually a so-called weight loss coach about 10 years ago and thought I knew about nutrition and weight management; obviously not well enough as I’ve put on 3.5 stone in the past few years! It seems that science and Mr Moseley have sneaked up and changed all the rules while I wasn’t looking!! Low carb – OK, High Protein, OK, dairy products, not on your life!
Eat less than 1200 calories….never! Just do enough exercise to counter the calories over what your body needs (yeah right!) Fast!!! You have to be kidding…you metabolism will just shut down!!

As far as I’m aware my blood sugars are OK (nothing showed up in a barrage of test done 2 years ago to investigate my exhaustion; chronic fatigue syndrome was the ‘diagnosis of elimination’ which I think means “we can’t find anything wrong, you must just be lazy” and the startling news that I was in menopause… really??? You mean that’s what the past 10 years of hot flushes and crappy mood swings has been all about? I’d never have guessed! )

BUT I am currently 50lbs overweight, a lot of the blubber around my tummy, have so little energy that my only real activity is walking from the front door to my car, my car to the office and the weekly slog round ‘Stresco’s’…I reckon if I do 10,000 steps a week I’d be lucky, let alone a day! This is aggravated by having Plantar Fascitis (a foot problem that makes walking painful) and an inordinate ability to trip over fresh air (currently nursing a broken rib!)

But the time has come, the Walrus said, to think of better things, and in October I am off to Australia to visit my 26 year old daughter. Not only do I want to look better and feel comfortable in summer clothes, but I want to have the energy to have fun with her, join her Yoga classes, (she teaches) and be able to enjoy all the sight seeing stuff. The source of my foot problem is the miles we walked around the souks in Marrakech 3 years ago…you know you’ve walked and shopped a lot when you realise you know your way around the souks!! I want to be able to walk that much in Sydney and NSW!

So I make my commitment to you here now….I will put my faith in something entirely new, put aside my previous beliefs and stick with this for a full eight weeks starting on Monday 4th July (this weekend to plan and prepareIf) If I could lose 20lbs I’m that time (judging from other posts that’s doable) would be soooooo happy! After that, hopefully I can get control and keep on going down. I WILL need your support and encouragement and promise to provide the same.

Here’s to a healthier and happier life!

Namaste

LesleyB

Pleased to report that I hit my stone and a half today! Another mini goal marked off the huge list. My next scale goal is to get into the 15 stone bracket, which I will reach in three pounds time! Woop! And so, here endeth week 3 and here beginneth week 4! Best of luck anyone weighing or measuring (or starting!) today 🙂 I’m off to buy some almond flour 😀

Hi gettingthere
I’m impressed by the thought of jogging.Well done. I’d be happy with trotting.
It does seem get easier as I lose more weight.
The other day my friend said I was positively skipping around the tennis court.
It didn’t stop us being soundly beaten in doubles by 2 ‘mature’ ladies. One is 82 the other is 86.
Now that is what exercise does for you…..that and being good at tennis!

Hi Switzerland
Keep on hiking. Yes it’s the downhill bits that are tricky for knees. When I had an arthroscopy op on my damaged/dislocated knee the surgeon couldn’t find any evidence of a posterior cruciate ligament and declared it was missing and completely ruptured. My knee is stable (thanks to exercise and my physio friend) plus the use of a horrid rigid knee brace for dynamic stuff like tennis and skiing. I’m trying to avoid an op as long as possible.
Enjoy the Tour;-)
Move and shake!!!!

Hello fellow BSD friends. I start on Monday and off to shop for food today. I had thought I would follow the suggested menus for week one in the book as they are already calculated (it will include eating things I don’t like though). Has anyone else followed the suggested menus or do you all ‘pick and mix’ menus for each day?
Thanks for any advice – nervous about this as really want it to work!