Good morning from California KeepTrying! I’m just going to give thumbs up to what Inofen, Igorasusual and Rozy already said — we are all very unique and although the happy “fast-losers” love to post their results (and I enviously read them!) there are plenty of us out here losing slowly! It all adds up though, week after week, until suddenly there really is something significant. Specifically for waistline issues, I recommend some fast aerobic exercise — do you have access to a stationary bike or a treadmill? The more aerobic I did (do), the more I lost at the waist — but not quickly — looking back over my journal, it took about ten days to 2 weeks for each inch at the waist. And, the number wouldn’t change for days and days, then suddenly I would lose the inch overnight. Go figure! How does that work?

I’ve been on the BSD since 11th May and have lost 11.4kgs, which I am delighted about. I started at 98.4kgs, & would like to get to 80kgs by the 8th or 9th week, although that maybe a bit optimistic.

1. My weight seems to have stopped at 87kgs, and It does not seem to be going down. 85.6kgs is the my next target as that will be equivalent of 2 stones lost, but I don’t appear to be getting any closer. I run & cycle about twice a week, I walk the dog most days, & 3 mornings a week to the press ups squats & crunches. There have been a spate of social events recently which have taken me ‘off piste’ on a number of occasions in the last week, and I suspect that this May be a factor. But what else is happening to stop the weight sliding off as it once did?

2,The other issue I have is that I have a colostomy, & for the 1st four weeks, there was no reaction to the new regime. However in the last week, my bowels have come very busy, and I am wondering if things will settle down as my system gets accustomed to the diet. As the diet is working, I am loathe to change. Anyone had similar experiences.

Any observations or advice will eagerly read.

Regards

James

Hi Woolly, don’t do nightshifts myself, but noticed a thread on here the other day about them.

https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/topic/working-on-a-night-shift/

I’ll be doing a 4pm-3am shift this Friday, so will be interesting as to how I get on! Especially as I’ll be cooking fish n chips, chicken n chips and deep fried brie and chips for 600 drunk students!

Well done. That’s excellent. Keep it up!

There’s an amazing dark chocolate with raspberry in Lidl… I’m not sure I should tell you about it though…:-))))

BUT one square is not too bad think 60/80 calories and not many carbs and if it helps me continue with the plan, it’s well worth it!

Good one Loren! And good reminder about the bags of sugar – when I started I was reminding myself of that a lot and it helped a lot so should remember to count what I’m losing in those again, really helps those chocolate cravings :-))))

Good on you Baristagirls – yes, this will be a great week for us all, one good week at a time and we’ll be so happy!

Hello Clematis76 – I was at Lidl just now and couldn’t find this – “Lidl do a pack of very small, dark chocolate bars filled with dark chocolate mousse which are 82 cals and 6.2g of carbs per bar.” Is there anything specific it says on the packet? No doubt me being dumb….

Help needed from any night shift workers out there ! How do you cope with the carb cravings, early morning blood sugar crash and generally sticking to the diet on nights ? Last week I stuck to low carb at work but had to go over 800 cals in those shifts. Do you think it’s even possible ? Particularly first night when you have already eaten for the day.

End of week 5. Another 6.5lbs lost. 36.5lbs in total!!!

Well done on the massive weight loss Timmy 🙂

thanks rozydozy – that is a really good point – but sadly I cant blame meds as I no longer take the mh ones (refuse to)

actually was just checking on nutrition of what I eat, again – and although I only eat maybe a couple of pears a week – they are like 28g carb – so think I shall have to give them up 🙁
also, although I don’t believe I can lose my weight through exercise, I DO think it might give my metabolism a kick up the backside

omg I want a hundred wispas

Awwwwwwww Winifred, I’m sure it’s not that bad? No, I’m giving chickpea mush a miss too.

Great stuff Timmy. Hopefully you’ll have better results with this batch of flour 😉 And if anyone asks, hey, can I make my own flour? Now we know. It’s not advisable. Nor is it edible. I am in awe though at the lengths you went to, I almost wish it had worked for you. You deserved it to work.

Yeah that’s it. Food Unwrapped with that woman with the hair who likes to dress in fancy dress

Lucky, apparently Sainsbury have got a massive bag for £1.50 too. I’m going to pick some up later.

Hi Timmy,
I saw the same programme – think it was on Channel4???? One of those food/health programmes.
Who’d have thunk indeed!

Hi keep trying,
Don’t know whether it is of relevance to you, but currently (about 1.20pm on 20th June) I am listening to the Jeremy Vine show on Radio 2. They are talking about how some meds, as a side effect, actually promote weight gain – the conditions mentioned include diabetes & mental health issues such as depression, etc. They’ve mentioned statins too (which I am on). I don’t know if you are on any meds at all, but maybe this is something that is holding back your weight loss????? They seem to be saying that newer meds don’t have the same side effect. Maybe checkout iplayer and see if you can listen to the topic.

Thanks Leeanne and Switzerland. The post BSD graduates club is one you want to be a member of!

Chickpea mush sounds about the level of my cooking. Don’t think I’ll try it though.

All good ideas. Thanks 🙂
I’m veggie though 🙁 I Try to eat fish but cant quite do it. Just buy it and give it to my dog! I thin I must be odd in that soup usually makes me feel hungry. Maybe I associate it with a mean to come! Eggs, mushrooms, berries and cheese are all good though.
I also make a sort of coleslaw with lots of raw red and white cabbage and peppers etc and nuts and mayo and maybe hard boiled eggs. Probably eat too much of it though – but I feel another batch of that coming on today! It seems to satisfy that need for something crunchy and without that cloying feel cooked food gives me lately! Thanks 🙂

It’s been about three weeks since. I’ve noticed quite a difference from about 4″ above and below my waist but not so much on the scale. Sadly, I am comforted to see so many others report plateaus. It’s easy for someone to feelit is just them. To refresh peoples memory, I am doing a cross between there BSD and Jason Fung’s 24 hour fast. Not the alternate day fast but every dat. Essentially I eat one meal per day at dinner. It averages 700 calories +/- 100. I am not hungry and rarely cheat but for those very very rare times it is for a slice of swiss cheese or slice of turkey pepperoni. Both are zero carb.

Whar troubles me, and this is an open question, I occationally have very cold feet and hands. Do you? That tells me my body has dropped my metabolism and it it manefesting itself as lesdsd heat to the extremities. According to Fung,one’s metabolism is not lowered during a fast. But, if my metabolism is dropping to 800 calories, I am awed I am still alive and typing.

Are you having similar experiences?

I am quite happy to skip lunch, will it be OK (in your opinions) if I have a small breakfast ie boiled or poached egg with something (what can I have with it?) and then just drink water until my main meal in the evening and have the rest of my calories then do you think? I’ve made some homemade curries and chilli con carne as a batch and frozen them. I would have cauli rice with my curries and chilli con carne. Please let me know your thoughts on what to have on the Fast Days as I am new to this and learning. Thanks

Hi Timmy, oh my that sounds horrendous. Don’t let that experience put you off! If you’re not one of these who has to have things from healthfood shops, then as I said earlier in the post, my local Morrisons had huge bags of the stuff for £1.49, last week. I know it might not necessarily be every Morrisons but it might be worth a look, it would last ages.

Janey! Heroin Chocolate! I am crying here. Between your Heroin Chocolate and my Crystal Meth Fage… we’re a right pair. I really hope the week and a bit off the nasties will make the usual cravings diminish slightly. Hubby asked how I was feeling. ‘Homicidal’ was my answer.

Chickpea Mush. It’s not the future. Forewarned folks… Top marks for trying though, Timmy. Fair play.

Hi Winifred.

I have been on this journey a few weeks now and I offer a few suggestions.

If you can’t be bothered faffing around with prep’ing meals etc, like me, I went to the major supermarkets who have boxes of salads already done, you just peel back the sellophane and eat it.
They have a variety of salads, so if you don’t like lettuce, they have alternatives.
I go to the deli counter in the same supermarkets and get a packet of sliced …. Chicken, ham, pork, beef etc.
And throw a few slices onto the salad.

I get the frozen mixed veggies, and throw that in the oven, sometimes I open the oven half way and drizzle something like olive oil and add seasoning etc, or herbs.

I get a chicken breast, cut it open, throw a bit of cheese in, close it and stick a bit of bacon around it. Throw it into the same oven as the veggies.

I have egg, bacon, mushrooms and toms as a fantastic main meal, like a full English breakfast.

There is hardly any effort in all the above and all of them are tasty and healthy.

Re the hating of the washing up, cook in baco foil then bin it, salads you can eat straight from the box and bin it,
Use paper plates and bin them. But this isn’t good for the environment. Can’t you get a dog and have him lick the plates?
Yes, I heard you all go eeehhh!!!!
There are ways of getting around all your choices.

There is one thing though that you are missing…..
My hat is off to you……
I applaud you….

You have taken the biggest step … In deciding to go for it. Great.

Keep blogging, keep asking, keep sharing, keep laughing, keep losing.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I also saw something about pasta last week that was interesting. In some factories, the process by which they make different pastas requires them to be put under extremely high pressure through different shape making thingies (technical term). It transpires that forcing the wheat through these thingies at high pressure can change the composition of it and as a result fettucini has a much lower glycemic load compared to say fussili. Who’d of thunk it?!

I can’t remember what make the pasta was, but I’m certainly going to bear it in mind when I’m at my target weight.

Good on you for starting Winifred. When you say fasting days, do you mean the 800 cal per day and then also fasting? If so I wouldn’t recommend that. 800 cal per day is already low so I wouldn’t suggest going lower!

Hating salad must limit you a bit, but I’m sure we can help! Do you like fish? Steamed fish, is just as easy to cook as chicken. Also, smoked fish can be eaten straight out of the fridge. Eggs are great. Boiled, poached, scrambled. Accompany with mushrooms, or tomatoes, broccoli. Hummus is a staple in my house and I have it with everything.

If you want a substitute for rice, then grated cauliflower, or if you can’t be bothered with that I’ve bough quinoa and buckwheat which does the trick and cooks in the same way.

I’ve also been making curries with a paste and using either pulses or chicken. I’ve normally accompanied this with poppadoms (make sure they are chickpea ones and not flour ones though!).

A couple of things that might interest. I don’t know if anyone has heard of this one ? For pasta lovers….if you cook your pasta as normal ….REAL pasta, not “funny” pasta……allow it to go cold , fridge if you like and when you are ready to use it, just reheat and serve with your usual sauces. Apparently the process of cooking, cooling it makes some sort of structural morphing which turns the pasta from naughty carbs to resistant starch which is much better, just don’t eat tons of it, just a moderate serve. I have tried it and it really works. I made a carbonara this week, noted my BS then did it again after the pasta….I only went up 1-2 thingies, so good for a change and certainly tastes like the real thing.
My other find for those who enjoy dried biscuits/crackers [ don’t know what they are called in the UK, but the biscuits you put cheese on, not the ones you dunk in your tea/coffee ! They are Finn Crisp [ original ] and come from Finland. I figure if they can send them all the way from Finland to Oz, surely you might have them over there, only a hop, skip and jump to UK. 22 calories per slice, about 3 grams carbs. They are rye and very nice, I have been eating them for years.
Hope this might help someone.
jillyB

Hello Speedy, Timmy’s breakfast ideas are great, I enjoy cooking but just do not have the time at breakfast. Sometimes I poach an egg (takes 2 minutes max) and weigh out some smoked salmon, or yoghurt and berries involves no prep or cooking. Could always fry a piece of bacon.
The other thing mum and I have just started doing this week is cooking those new Heck paprika smoked chicken sausages, timing them to come on and finish the time we eat breakfast 🙂 or they can be enjoyed cold at lunchtime if you have to go into work.
Another idea is soup, I have a lot of this and really believe it aids weight loss. All it requires is shoving veg and maybe meat plus stock in a souper or liquidiser however you like. Add cheese if you like! Good snacks are nuts and babybels.
Cottage cheese is good on a dark rye ryvita which is only 7g carb approx.

thank you for your support
it does help knowing there are people out there ‘listening’ and understanding

one thing that confuses me is yes, I am measuring and weighing
and my waist has stayed the same since I began the bsd which was 6 weeks ago
I have lost perhaps an inch of hips, but nothing from anywhere else
I realise week 4 was a complete fail, but the rest of the time I have been trying really hard and certainly in the last two weeks my carb intake is probably never over 50g/day and often around 30g
I still have 4 stone to lose if I wanted to get to an ‘average’ weight for my height

I do go out, to mh support and for walks/shopping
although I seem to have a lot less energy at the moment
and the trouble is, living in a small flat, not much movement is necessary to get anywhere!!

Morning gang,
Well I ah e had a lie in. Okay, okay, but 15 mins is a lot for me.
Hubby and I watched game of thrones at 6am.
There is only one episode left.
Then he went to work and I well, I am on holiday.
So I made the bed, hung the clothes up dusted all the surfaces in the whole house, tidied the bathroom,
Then the hall stairs and landing.
Then lounge
Then kitchen,
Emptied the kitchen cupboards, washed the insides, dried and organise the stuff away.
I went around all the skirting boards and ceilings, looking for cobwebs.

Then I had elevenses at ten, so it’s tenzes.
Went out for a cycle ride for an hour.
I have brass cutlery, so I polished them when I watched game of thrones.
I washed them with fairy liquid, they look great.

You see, I feel guilty slobbing out.
I have to tidy everything, then I can relax and enjoy playing.

I am sad like that, but when I look around, I don’t see jobs. So I can relax.

So remember when I asked if you felt worthy of the effort or time on yourself, as you can see from the above, I still have a couple of self issues to deal with.

I just hope no shrink reads this, they will knock on my door with one of those nice white straight jackets !!
Don’t think I can spell psychiatrist. Is that right?

Anyway, just going to enjoy the afternoon.

Tomorrow , if it’s not raining, I will do the garden and relax in the afternoon.

Wednesday either the garage or the car will shine.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Hello again, keeptrying,
Just dropping a line to echo what Imogen and Igorasusual have posted. Keep plugging away at it – we are not all the same so don’t compare your weight loss with others. I remember that you had already lost weight on the 5:2 before doing the BSD so think about what you have lost in total – and give yourself a pat on the back, not beat yourself up. And use other means such as baggier feeling clothes to assess how you are doing. I still get times when I struggle to resist food temptations. My weight loss has been slowish, it’s been a bit up and down but I have come to accept that’s just how things go for me. And I know I’m never going to win a Miss World contest so I don’t worry about it!! 🙂
Keeping active, or at least occupied with something, can take your mind off things – allow yourself to get lost in something and push those cravings/negative thoughts to the back. Give yourself a respite. Your target is a healthier you and you are on the way.

Hello everyone, Please may I join you all?
I too have decided enough of the fat, time to shift it. I do minimal cooking, downright lazy as hate washing up, and loathe salad. I don’t do breakfast, but have read that a later one is fine so that’s O.K. Starting today as have been shopping, full of enthusiasm. Found some feta cheese, and Greek yoghurt ( not a yoghurt fan, but need to eat something!) Dear me, I do sound frightfully picky. I can never think of what to eat, apart from chicken breast and spinach. Haven’t dared weigh myself or do blood sugars – tomorrow. I do exercise, walk the doggies, potter in the garden and ride, doesn’t seem to make much difference to the fat though. Having had a go on a mini trampoline, such fun, have ordered one for me to bounce about on. Be grateful for your support and ideas of eating without to many ingredients as can never find things like chickpea flour? Thought I’d throw in a couple of fast days just to boost things along, good or bad idea? Thank you.

Today is going well after a not very obedient weekend. I have lost nearly a stone in 4 weeks, lets give it all for week 5. If I could achieve the same over the next 4 I will go into the 5:2 having achieved weight loss that I have not managed for at least 3 years.

Lol. I didn’t eat the mush. It didn’t look particularly appetising! I’m an impatient blighter and wanted to try out the pancakes yesterday, but this was 4pm on a sunday, otherwise I’d have nipped down the supermarket!

As it is, I’m off to the healthfood shop today to see what they’ve got that tickles my fancy. Gram flour is on the list!

Oh dear Lucky, I feel your PMT pain as I am also a long term monthly psychotic maniac when those days hit! Although I have to say that I have definitely been a lot less murderous in the last 2 months and while the chocolate cravings are still there I have rode them out. Judicious consumption of cappuccino seemed to help, and then when totally desperate, some cubes of strong cheese.. Just about got me through it. I absolutely love G&B 85% ‘heroin chocolate’ but I fear that I would not have enough willpower to only eat it on PMT days 😕

Timmy – home made gram flour??!! That goes hand in hand with making your own butternut spaghetti. Life is too short and gram flour is that cheap that it is a waste of time even entertaining the thought. But at least chickpea mush is nourishing. Probably..

It’s so nice to look and feel better isn’t it?! I’m also promoting BSD to all who will listen and surreptitiously converting the rest of the family to the BSD way of life.. Although cauliflower mash on top of the BSD cottage pie last week was an epic fail as far as they were concerned. I liked it though! I’m pleased to report I’m back in the M&S jeans too..yay!!

Hmm. Tried to make my own gram flour yesterday to make pancakes/wraps. Total and utter fail. It didn’t help that I havent’ got a working oven at the moment, and I was using tinned chickpeas. I tried to dry out the chickpeas on a pan, then used a nutribullet to make the flour.

I made the batter then left it a couple of hours and starting frying. All I ended up with was a gloopy mess of slightly soggy fried chickpea mush. I think I’ll be buying gram flour from the shop from now on!

Lucia as you are getting greater your body is getting smaller. Hurrah. regards Sandie

Didn’t weight myself this morning, but I did have a planned wagon falling off session over the weekend. Stuck to the food part, but went out for a few drinks on Friday and Saturday and also shared a bottle of wine with the Mrs last night for some stupid reason! Those are the last drinks I’ll be having for a while. Although I’m a cheap date now, a couple of pints and I felt drunk as a skunk on Friday!

I know that I had put back on a couple of lbs when I weighed myself on Sunday morning, so I think I might leave it until later in the week so I can see a nice loss hopefully.

I like the idea of mushrooms Timmy, they are my favourites – in fact I’ve eaten sandwiches etc so long now that I really don’t fancy a cooked meal anymore – or rarely so.
AB, I can exercise but it’s very limited because of my weight. But I really like the idea of getting ideas like Timmy’s breakfasts sorted so I don’t resort to bread – it’s so easy to do so! I lost quite a bit on the 5:2 diet 2 years ago but stopped and put it all back on again and more. My circumstances mean I am often alone and that makes it easy for me to relapse.
This is very interesting – and echoes what MM says and DR Chatterjee and Dr Malhotra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TxvkRzFMi8 about low carb/sugar diet and illness weather we are fat or obese or not.
Though I know enough facts and info – it’s just getting into the state of mind to do it.
Keep posting though AB, it does help.

Izzy, g’day. Think back to my comment on Time Machine. If you have an Apple laptop then it has Time Machine on it – hunt about in applications or ‘launchpad’ ( don’t know what you have there ) that is how I access my external drive. If the drive is always attached TM backs up every hour then as the days go by there is one backup for each day of the last year.

Will have a look at Elana’s recipes thanks. I must admit I wish I was at the stage where I don’t have to look/plan/think about food as much as I do while getting BSD ‘nailed’ . I am not diabetic so previously have eaten anything freely. I like food/cooking but feel my day is somewhat dominated by thinking about it these past weeks. It will settle into a pattern I’m sure. Eating out also gives me puzzle as I don’t want to live on salad or omelettes every time I have lunch out. Makes me appreciate what my several friends with Gluten probs have to cope with.

Nettle good idea about lab debriefing but maybe the medics need training too? in fact more urgently? I just threw away a ‘factsheet’ ( having a tidyup) printed out by my GP only a few weeks back re high blood pressure and it trotted out the low fat high carb diet and 8 glasses of water mantra – I mean – really? Way too much conflicting advice for them let alone us. Recently some research has suggested we are not all the same therefore need different meds/advice – that sounds reality to me.

Way to go Epspecially! That’s a great result. End of week 5 for me too, have lost another 3lbs! Whoo! The red wine and handfuls of peanuts from last night may come back to haunt me this week but I am going to think good thoughts – thank goodness there was no choccie in the house otherwise that would also have made the list, talk about a craving!

Back on course today. What seem to work for me is a fasting period everyday (roughly 8/9pm until 1 in the afternoon) and then two meals, the evening larger than the daytime one. Would prefer it the other way around but it’s a family lifestyle thing. Have started ketostixing which is oddly motivating when the scales don’t go down.

Have now lost 1stone 8.5 pounds in 5 weeks. People have just started to say that I “look well” clothes feel much more comfortable and I definitely feel lighter and move faster. Not surprising I suppose since I am not carrying around the equivalent of over 10 bags of sugar (or 22 blocks of butter) I was carrying around with me all the time 5 weeks ago…

All your stories are inspiration and I look forward to all your posts. Have a fab week all.

I love to cook, but I’ve been without an oven for the last 4 weeks! New one arrives on Friday (thank goodness!).

My staple breakfast takes seconds to prepare, but you do need to do some groundwork for the first time. I’ve got a tupperware that once a week I fill up with a mixture of seeds and nuts that I roughly chop, then mix up. Breakfast 5 days out of 7 consists of 2 dollops of natural yoghurt, a couple of spoons of the nut/seed mix and a handful of frozen berries from the freezer. Job done!

Just make sure you work out the calories the first time you have it, then it’s easy.

My other breakfast is simply mushrooms (currently fried, but will be grilled when I have a grill again!) and 2 poached eggs. I’ve got some of those silocone egg poacher floaty things which make the nicest poached eggs ever. Prep/cooking time for this is about 5 mins.

I’ve also found a curry paste (paste though, not sauce which would be full of sugar) with no added sugar and very low carbs. I’ve been mixing it up with a bean curry or a chicken curry. Fry off some onions and if you’re having chicken, some chicken also (just to sear it). Then add in the curry paste and mix. Put in a splash of water then stir for a couple of minutes. Throw in some tinned tomotoes, whatever veg you like and pulses, stir, then simmer with a lid on for 20-30 mins.

I haven’t put in quantities because it depends on how much you want to make and how many calories you are going to allow yourself. But you can portion it up and freeze it if you like. The prep takes about 10 mins, but you could get a few meals out of it. Also, if you shop around, you can get poppadoms that are made from gram flour (chickpeas) to go with the curry! In fact, I’m having it for lunch today!

I know in my town there is a group formed who cook for others. Maybe you have a friend who has a friend…… who would could cook for two at least a main meal and share with you? Might be something you could do in return that they can’t or won’t do? Just an angle to think about. I love the cooking -but some days I wish I could just make a sandwich it is so easy. However I can’t be bothered with the washing up – still lots even making for one. No room for a dishwasher in tiny flat. Press on regardless. Hope somebody else has the same issue and thought of recipes ( gap in the market for a book? or at least a blog )

So end of week 5… I think!! It’s crazy, never thought I wouldn’t even notice what week I was on! This 8 weeks is flying and not sure I’ll stop when I get there if havent reached my goal.

Another 1.4kg lost this week – yahhhoooooo!!! And most of that was lost Monday – Thursday as a weekend of camping and did eat a bit too much dark chocolate one of the evenings (still addicted to it clearly!!)… in an attempt to avoid the fish and chips – which I did! 🙂 Also had a glass of wine one of the nights which wasn’t counted.

Nobody really notices the weight loss except me but it doesn’t matter as only for me really! I definitely notice it in my clothes and generally things just fitting better. Total in 5 weeks is over a stone lost and have just over another stone to go to be in the healthy weight for my height. Cant wait!! Would like up to 2 stone more to go, as then I would be back to what I was when v fit so probably a healthy weight for me.

Am going to try adding in some more exercise this week and hopefully some meditation though it’s a busy week ahead…

Congratulations everyone on their successes, battles and attempts – go team 🙂

Hi speedy,
I was doing the same things, just having sandwiches or baked potatoes or at best a simple pasta. Carbs, carbs and more carbs! I want recipes that don’t need a lot of ingredients or spend a lot of preparation time. Having looked through the recipes on here and in the book there some I will do. But some take too many steps and time. I mean, 30-40 mins to make a breakfast!

How are you managing? Are you doing this diet? At least you can exercise that’s great. I don’t think there are going to be any more replies to my post to help us though. 🙁

Hi Forkers

Have you seen my reply to your other post about this subject?

Just wanted to know what you thought about that, before responding to your question – as I think the advice might be slightly different, depending on what you reply.

🙂

Hi keep trying,

Oh honey – it’s just a rough day, do not let it derail your efforts – you are losing weight. Remember this is about finding your way back to a healthier you…sometimes it can take longer than we hoped.

Can you get out at all? You mentioned that you do not get out much…would giving yourself some time out following a favourite interest or hobby help? Perhaps join a group activity do something fun. Maybe find something that gets you out of your normal routine and stops you over thinking? (Only suggestions which have worked for me in challenging times, feel free to reject)!

As you said yourself you have come a long way since Christmas…keep taking one step, one day at a time.x

Yes, don’t get discouraged!

I had various plateaux, and it really puzzled me, as I could see I was looking a bit thinner, and my clothes were a bit looser. And I am also testing if I am burning fat with Ketostix (trying to follow less than 50 gm of carbs per day).
So I wouldn’t lose any weight, but the Ketostix were showing I was definitely ‘burning fat’.

So I concluded it was going from the fat round my organs, my visceral fat – which is all good news! – and that the subcutaneous fat, the bit you can see/feel, would come later. I was told that the body burns the ‘dangerous’ visceral fat first, and then gets going on the subcutaneous stuff. And that the last of the subcutaneous to go will be the ‘belly wodge’ which is certainly the case with me.

Your body is a very interesting thing, and I believe it adjusts individually for all of us with this change of style of eating. Follow the BSD, keep the faith and trust your body, and you will see results – sometimes not in weight, but in measurements (and often also from feeling better in yourself). 🙂

Good luck!

Got up this morning and am feeling great. I am really grateful for all this fab advice. Iv been back on the wagon for for days so I count this as day 12. My starting weight was 14st 1 lb , fist thing in the morning and my blood was 10.1mmol. This morning I am 13st 9lb and my blood is 8.2. So yes It is working 🙂 .

To CaravanSue, I have just been thinking exactly the same thing. Later on in the day my blood could be in the 7s. I think my doctor said something about it being normal as the boday works hard when asleep.

Thanks to all.

I have such admiration for you keep trying for keeping trying! 🙂

time is such a strange thing, isn’t it, it seems endless when you are in it – but when you have completed a task, or got through something, it all shrinks up in retrospect and seems no time at all. So I wonder if you can think to yourself that you will commit to this 8 weeks no matter how you feel within it, and not make any judgements at all until it’s done.

Then you can look back and see what the conclusions will be.

You are still detoxing from the carbs, most definitely, and this will pass as so many people have said. But if you have had years of carb addiction, do you think the effects will disappear immediately? No way, of course! But they WILL go eventually.

Weight is not the issue, it’s the fat you’re burning as you start to have your body operate a different way – you can often see this in measurements. Have you got anything you can measure yourself against? I keep having slow loss in weight terms (and I agree that’s so frustrating!), but can feel a bit lighter and see some reduction in measurements.

So could you give up on the weight – some people say they don’t weigh themselves at all, as they know small losses discourage them – and purely go on clothes?

And whatever you do, don’t stop trying. You are magnificent to carry on, to remove the biscuit temptations, and tell your carb addiction just where to go.