(Pour the lime juice through a tea-strainer or little bits of lime will stick like glue to the glass!)

Alternative drink;
Lime soda :
soda water (I have about 3/4 pint)
juice of one (+?) freshly squeezed lime,
1 shake of Angostura Bitters,
optional pinch of salt,
Ice as required ditto slice of cucumber.
Very refreshing.
Could make similar with tonic.

Lucia, you’re an inspiration keep it up! To those who feel they can’t jump straight in yet still be a wonderful success.

Thanks Orchid. The difficulty is, I have carefully logged all carbs and have never gone more than 30-40g day max, often more like 20. So that’s a bit annoying! I don’t want to increase them at all as I am trying to curb candida as well. I wondered about doing some specific exercises to try and take an inch or two off the waist but it’s almost impossible at the moment as my stomach is ravaged with die-off! Just can’t understand why it hasn’t got just a centimetre smaller……

Hi thanks for all the advice x OzVeggy the miso soup is something I will use as I really like it x I weighed yesterday as week since I started and I have only lost half a pound ! I weighed the day before (day 6) and had stayed the same so I was really down as I had stuck to the diet and exercised . So I ate four ginger biscuits and a white bread sandwich ,nothing ott though ! Was going to give up but decided to stick with BS diet x reading on forums of majority of people losing so much weight first week so disappointed x feel bloated so might be holding onto water and read of woosh effect on here and then researched it so I hope I have a whoosh moment this week lol

Hi Switzerland

Do you remember the tinga and tucker club?
With aunty Jean.
I watched it over here in the 60’s.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

So that’s why we haven’t seen snail wear copper jewellery.
The great mystery resolved.
This website is so educational
Love Lucia
Xxx

Morning,
The sun is shining and all is ok in my world.
Just had a nice walk now on bus to work, starting late today, but will still be there at 9pm

Love Lucia
Xxxx

I know it’s only tiny, but no plateau – a further 0.1kg gone – so officially “over a stone” lost – none of the 13.84lb, the additional 0.1kg makes it 14.04lb – whew-hew!
Ate very early last night – 6pm, a glass of wine at 7pm, then only a dash of milk in tea later on.
Weather was mostly foul, only walked about 8,000 steps

Hi Clover from another noob, I’ve only been on the plan for four days and I have lost 10lbs as of this morning, and also inches from every body part I measured on Saturday (except my left calf – don’t ask, that’s a story for another day). I am not touching any bread, pasta, rice, potatoes etc. Eating plenty of protein and vegetables, salad, lentils, chickpeas, Chickpea wraps are the future (it’s official, my new ‘bread’) and Fage – what have I been missing out on? Eggs, cooked in all ways, poached, scrambled, omelette, mini egg muffins. Bacon. Salmon. I’ve eaten all sorts. I can honestly say I haven’t felt hungry, which you won’t do if you make the right food choices. Good luck to you 🙂

Thanks Cali-girl and Imogen!

I vote we continue the ‘bubbly’ party all week 🙂

(Imogen you are very welcome on my wagon lol)

YAY for BSD.

Yes thank you switzerland that was interesting reading 🙂

Morning all.

Just a quickie as I’ve been posting on other threads and running out of time.

I’ve got my hospital appointment first thing to see if they can do anything about my dizziness that’s been ongoing for 5 months, or 6 I forget.

I’ve had a shake, made in my NEW BLENDER that arrived yesterday lol. I used rasperries and almond milk and as this blender can take it… ice. It was very cold and lovely.

Lunch will be soup, dinner would suit you happy! we’re having fish and veggies. I’m thinking of crushing some crackers to ‘bread’ the fish with. The kids would like that. Home made fish fingers….

Got to run, have a great day 🙂

And yes on the full fat dairy! The Fage, oh my, it’s lovely. Reminded me of the yogurt in those Muller corners I ate as a teen (I know, I know…). I can’t deviate from my skimmed milk because I genuinely don’t like the fat in milk in my coffee, if it’s full fat or semi skimmed on offer in anyone’s house, I ask for water, I dislike it that much. I’ve bought cream, Fage and full fat Creme Fraiche. A little of the good stuff goes much further than a lot of the fake stuff. Amen to that.

Yay to my fellow graduate 🙂

let’s make a pact… BSD for life?

Hope you’re not hung over from the ‘fizzy water’ party last night 🙂

Hi Auntie you’re off to a flying start! and if this works for you and you want to continue then carry on, however if that is a typical days food for you then it isn’t entirely in keeping with the BSD guidance. Banana’s aren’t recommended as they are surprisingly high in sugar and carbs (27g carbs per banana) most of us here try to keep to less than 50g, so even your two banana’s would take you over that. Although carb levels are a personal thing to choose. I’d also suggest a bit more healthy fat in there. Fruit is meant to be a smaller addition to BSD rather than the main part of meals.

I don’t mean to pick, and as you really don’t have much to lose your own brand of this may work just as well. Let us know how your debate in the class goes, we’re all interested in those things here 🙂

if you ditch all the bread, pasta, rice etc as suggested in the book and stick to the 800 calories you should see results within days. Most people have a good loss the first week followed by smaller regular losses in the following weeks. It is very common on week 2 or 3 to lose nothing or very little, followed by a bigger loss a week or two later. Everyone is different. Try to have an open mind and jump in, follow the rules and ride out the weeks where losses seem slower. The losses do come.

I agree with Nettle. I’ve not been lethargic (other than occasional life gets to you tired) and I’ve been surprised regularly at how much food 800 calories can be when you choose wisely. I’m not hungry and like Nettle (most of the time) I don’t miss the carbs.

Some members like two bigger meals, I prefer 3 smaller ones and sometimes a snack you will have to find what works best for you.

Yesterday I had some home made granola and strawberries for breakfast, some home made almond flour crackers with cheese and salad for lunch, stir fry pork for dinner and some nutty stuff.

Today I’ve had a shake for breakfast made with raspberries, almond milk, vanilla extract and ice. Lunch will be soup (cauliflower and bean) and dinner is going to be smoked haddock with veg.

I like to cook and bake so I’ve found almond flour is a great ingredient to make crackers and pancakes. Low carb and higher protein. Almond milk is great for shakes as it is very low calorie and tastes great. Make sure your yoghurt is full fat, read some diaries, check out the recipe threads you will see 🙂

This is much easier than I expected it to be and I’ve just finished week 8.

Good Morning Mixnmatch, nice to meet you too 🙂 I’m in a super good mood this morning, woke up before six (which gives me an hour or so of peace before school chaos begins) and I’m down another pound to 16 stone 13 lb this morning. Four days, ten pounds. Even if it slows down from here on in, that’s one heck of a good start.

For the roasted chickpeas I used canned, rinsed them well. The only downside is that it will make your kitchen (house) stink of vinegar. I had windows opened and my extractor on. They were yummy though. I didn’t want to overdo it by making too many only not to like them. The next time I will probably use dried (cheaper) and make three ‘cans worth’ at one time.

The chickpea wraps – I had some Besan left from when I’d made bhajis for a curry night last year, only a small pack, 500g I think. It would probably have gone out of date before I ever made bhajis again. While in Morrisons I saw they had massive packs of flour yesterday, either 1.5kg or 2kg even for £1.49 reduced. So I chanced it and picked one up in case these were good. Glad I did now and if they still have some next time I’m in, I’ll pick up more. So simple to make. I will make more today to freeze because the batch I made yesterday has been earmarked for the rest of the week with certain recipes 🙂 I seasoned mine with a little sea salt and a hefty shake of cayenne. I’m adhering to the principle rigidly in that – no bread, not even wholegrain, wholemeal. The carb side of it, specifically the counting part, I don’t get at the moment. I know certain things we ‘can’ eat are higher but I can’t get my head around MFP as a counter, although it’s great for looking up counts of things. I’m trying not to over complicate things atm because it’s working. If it stops working then I will have to look deeper into what I’m doing. Hubby and I ate a lot of wraps; salad, chicken, we’d even have them with chilli or spag bol, or curry, so I knew that was the ‘bread’ I’d have to crack or replace as it’s so versatile.

I was on something similar (but also not similar too) earlier this year. Fasting every other day at 500 and on alternate days you could eat and drink what you want. Did it work? Yes. However I spent 50% of my life on the edge and starving and 50% of my life sat down pigging out (and I mean pigging out!). I went down to 16 stone 9, and since I stopped at the end of April (in time for my 40th, meals, weekend away, cake etc), I put a stone back on. That’s what, six or seven weeks? And with the BSD, I’ve lost ten of those fourteen pounds again in four days, I’m eating well, I’m not eating rubbish, I’m not hungry or hangry. It’s remarkable.

Congratulations on your upcoming big birthday, I hope you have as wonderful a time as I had on my 40th. I can’t remember the last time I wore something fitted, probably at my first wedding evening reception *coughnineteencough* years ago. That went well…

Hubby is overweight, probably not ‘as’ overweight as I am as he’s taller. He wants to lose weight too, and in all fairness to him, he’ll give anything a crack. He tried January’s shambles of 30 days of vegetarianism (I put on 10 lbs…) then he did the every other day one and lost over a stone with me. He’s been to Weight Watchers several times, where once we both lost 50lbs (but put it all back on and some!). He has a choice. He doesn’t have to do it with me. At the end of the day, short of chewing and swallowing the food for him, I’m doing everything else. Deciding what to cook. Calorie counting it all. Cooking it. And 75% of the time washing up. I couldn’t make it any simpler. For him! If he didn’t want to do it, he would either get a modified version of what I was eating (with carbs) or he could have a frozen pizza haha.

Good luck to you too, we’ll all get there if we support each other. That’s the only thing I miss about slimming clubs, it’s the camaraderie of people in the same boat as you, doing the same plan as you. Hope you have a fab day 🙂

Does anyone know how feasible or helpful an apple watch would be to track steps and other health things heart rate etc

Not a lover of exercise but have started walking this is the first week of the BSD so just finding my way

Hi Happy, sorry I didn’t have time to reply yesterday.

That’s awful that the rice made you feel that way, it just goes to show that perhaps our bodies simply are not designed for many carbs. You’re doing such a great job on this diet though 🙂

It’s great you are finding yourself visualising in dreams, maybe it’s a case of it being quite habitual because you do it often? I wish it would happen here my dreams lately are generally not the best lol!

I hope you managed to catch up on your work and continue to feel better today, those 3.5lb’s will be gone in no time at all!

Hi there, I have had a similar procedure, the gastric sleeve. That was about 8 years ago and was a great success. However over the recent years with old age creeping in and a very very sedentry job, I am slowly creeping up the scales again DESPITE eating the amount that 3 year old eats. Just today i have been told that I am just into the pre diabetic stage and so I am keen to nip it in the bud and loose abit of the weight that i have gained back.

Thanks Nettle, needed that as I have been a sugar and carbs freak all my life and never put on weight. Assumed that would always be the case but not so. I really do appreciated your help as first day and really having massive cravings. Gave up smoking over a year ago and that was easy compared to this. I will look forward to fitting back into my size 10 clothes that I just couldn’t throw out. I am in size 14 and have been growing by the day almost. Glad to get all the help I can. Thank you Dianne

Hi 9 plus

Firstly take the fear away. It works and it works well. Rather than feeling lethargic most of us feel energized and bright and wow pretty quickly. I have read the book a few times, now about 14 weeks in and it has been so easy I am staying on awhile longer. Mainstream medics will frown at lowcallowcarb but soon I think they will have to sit up and take notice.

Today breakfast for me was 2tbsp of my homemade muesili with 2 tbsp of great natural yoghurt. Sounds small but it fills me up. Lunch today was half a pear, blue cheese, 4 walnuts, celery, some rocket leaves, 1tsp avocado oil a dash of apple cider vinegar and a dash of pomegranate molasses…all in the cupboard so I made it up as I went. I sat in the winter sunshine and enjoyed every bit of it. Dinner is chuck steak stew with 3 vege just no mash as OH will be having. KALE is my pick of the week, read about it, it is a cracker of a food.

If you had told me 3 months ago I would not crave or even desire bread or potato I would have never have believed it. I am seldom hungry, I think on reflection I had been hungry for 50 odd years, and I now get a bit irritable if I cannot get out and have a good walk at pace. Quite a change in the brain for sure.

I have kept a spread sheet record and my average daily cals are 780. Who would have thought that possible to feel this good at that level?

I purchased two fast diet cook books at a very reasonable price and have book marks all through them, the Bramble and Beetroot soup is on it’s third batch.

Other than knocking out the white carbs, I don’t think I have altered my food type much at all, I definitely don’t snack like I used to, I do not feel the need. Do keep up a good fluid I take it makes all the difference.

Hope this helps. Just relax. I hope you can report back to your Dr soon by bouncing into the room like Tigger.
N.

Been to doctor today and she has confirmed that I am at the low end of the pre dibetes scale.
I have read the BSD book and Im getting my head around an eating plan.
The doctor felt that at 800 calories a day that I could get lethargic.
SO…………….can any of you share how you have made the 800 a day work for you.
Whats for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

I am studying the ideas in the book but would like any tips from those that have actually done this.
It scares me to think of only 800 a day

Hi Dianne

Well done for getting started. You are seeking hints…what I can tell you is that within a week you will feel like a new woman. Most of the blogs note the same thing, it’s a quick response. Many of us had a bad day or two first week, and I suppose the bigger your carb – sugar habit the rougher the detox is…but good stuff happens and soon so hang in there. I am on week 14 I think, I lose count because it is so easy to just keep going. This morning I had a 5k walk in the sun. My body would not have been up to that 3 short months ago. I have had two trips to the shops in that time to buy smaller clothes, just writing that puts a grin on my face. This week I planned ahead a bit and bought the next size down. I’ll be watching out to see how you feel in a week so let us know. This is a life altering chance, you will be out there and active and your cervical spine will thank you for it.
N

Hi CloverNev

I worked night shift for 15 years, loved it but know all about the problems of snacking to keep going as the body wants to shut down at 4am in the morning. I’d suggest soup as a good heat me up, fill me up. Even in summer time a lighter broth type would do the trick. Also consider a measured chunk of cheddar in your food box. It will sustain you and give you the fat boost you need. Assuming you had a good healthy meal before going to work, why not pot up a smaller version of that for the mid shift break. Remember to plan for and resist the CARB urges. I reckon my weight gain for years can be tracked back to toast fuelled night shifts.
Good luck and good sleeping.
N

Hi

I am new here, I work on night shift, I would like to ask what is the best snack for late night without gaining much weight.

Well done just started today and really struggling, have had my thyroid problem since 1991 and currently only on 50mg but struggle with weight as I get older and less active and only 5ft tall and weigh 69kg, so quite over weight. You are all doing great so hopefully I can too. I find I really miss sugar and carbs already and not even half way thru the day. I have been a big sugar eater all my life, it was fine for years until I have cervical spine surgery and I am less active. Any hints to help me keep going would be appreciated as want to enjoy life to the fullest and be healthy. Inspired by you all that’s for sure. Dianne

Hello. Hoping by putting it out there that I am starting this diet again that I can stay the course this time. Managed 5 days the first time before having people over for dinner and the rest was history. Stressful situations and I continued to comfort eat. That is my problem. Food is a crutch and always eating in a rush. Running around after kids will do that to you. It’s ironic though I am very mindful of what my children eat but don’t look after myself. I need to do this to avoid the serious complications experienced by my father and grandfather type2. Neither of them were over weight – thin on the outside fat on the inside type people but lifestyle led them to type 2.

I don’t have any scales. Just judge myself on how my clothes are fitting and for several years now that has been rather uncomfortable fluctuating between sizes. So to those that have been doing this diet for a while do you think scales are necessary? Still waiting for the books to turn up. Any tips would vet greatly appreciated.
Caro

An example – yesterday I ate 3 chocolate bars and a few bowls of cereal. Not good.
Enjoying reading your posts. Very encouraging.

I know this is a common question, but to all the people here who already started their weight lose journey. How long does it take to see result? What is your everyday diet, how much calorie you need to cut?

Julia18togo,
You are but a Spring chicken….and you only have to do 42 minutes exercise.(I say jealously trying to remember back to when I was 42).

Snails hate copper (downfall, it’s expensive). I have some copper gardening tape and they will not slide over it (pesky little things).

Wow Lucia,
You are exactly two months older than me.
I know what I’ll get you for your birthday…it will assist with ‘the look’ for world domination….mustache wax!
You’ll be pleased that I approve of all of the things you want to implement when your plot for world domination is fulfilled.
I especially love the fact that you’re going to buy up all of MM’s books and give them away – when you do this don’t forget ‘TOFI’s’.

Breakfast – porridge with cherries – very good indeed
Lunch – olives & cashews
Supper – I ate out this evening, I went to a Cafe Rouge, which had quite a lot of feasible low carb options – most things on the menu come with a choice of house salad or fries, and there were several BSD friendly salads to choose from.
I has salmon nicoise, which doesn’t have any potatoes in. I forgot to ask for it without dressing, but it came ‘naked’ and I was offered a choice of vinaigrette, or olive oil and vinegar.
I did have a glass of wine though – all good aside from that!

42 years old
You are still only a puppy.
Love the exploding snails.
Wonder if hubby will etc some for breakfast…..

Evil laugh whilst twirling moustach

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Switzerland,
You are the same age as me.
It’s my birthday though on 25 June.
My birthday I exactly half a year before and after Christmas Day.
So am making the most of being this age for a little while longer.

A few weeks ago I was cutting my age in half, do you remember, I must have had a mood on me that week.

Love e the idea of me and world domination.
I would buy all of Michaels books and give them to everyone.

Then rearrange all the supermarket lay outs.
Have ready sorted meals for 800 cals and 45 carbs a day.

Free classes in exercise with handsome tutors.

Reduce the price of fruit and veg with handsome shop assistants

Build more gyms and meeting places for people to exercise together that don’t have skinny things in reception.

Force kids to breath in fresh air and not spend so much time killing things on computers.
Ban mobile phones until you are 25. Forcing people to revert back to talking to each other.

Make longer weekends.

Make easy clean ovens.

Develop non ironing clothes, bedding etc.

Self cutting lawns.

Volume control on birds

Timers on birds.

Stop garage mechanics taking a big breath in and shaking their heads, force them to give a clear simple breakdown of the price and a true estimate of when the work will be done.

Have exercise channels on the tv in case you don’t want to go to the gym

Bring back Jane Fonda Lycra and grapevine.

Have a happy onesie minions day..
Shall I go on……
Nope, you get the picture.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi Lynne – whew – pondering where on the scale of healthy BMI you want to be, get you!!!

I did a similar thing with diet tonic the other day – had it instead of a G&T, but it tasted really sweet & unpleasant- I abandoned it for fizzy water.

I am a bit sceptical about BMI – a long while ago, in my early 20’s I was briefly-ish a size 12 – and still weighed 11 stone, around a stone overweight according to BMI charts. I even had ribs that stuck out!
Admittedly I used to do a lot of weights at the time, so was quite muscley (and I do have ‘big bones’ – if I was the right height for my feet I think I’d be at least six inches taller!) – but that’s partly why I have a dress size in mind, as well as a target weight – if I get to a size 12 and my BMI still isn’t “healthy”, I’m not going to try and loose more to achieve that.
I did a healthy eating and fitness course a few years ago (didn’t work, but I had other health problems at the time) – the woman that lead it didn’t exactly say that BMI charts were rubbish, but did emphasise just to take them as a general guide.

42 minutes of exercise for me, Lucia😊
Mostly running as been too disorganised to get to the Pilates classes – but I have a multi ticket so I won’t have to pay when I do get back there.

Snails explode when fed oatmeal, apparently. They’very been gorging on my dianthus and peas. I sprinkled some oats around my decimated plants tonight and will watch to see what happens – cheaper than feeding them quorn😊

Thanks HappyLife

Glad to hear my posts help😃 They keep me motivated, making me think about what I’m doing.

We celebrated the Queen’s birthday this afternoon. I bought some Schloer grape juice for everyone – you can’t toast the Queen with a cup f tea, can you😱 – and had just a sip. The rest of mine got poured away – it was just too sweet now, but I used to like it!

I can actually see myself getting to my goal weight – unlike other ‘diets’ in the past. Only ever reached goal once before, and that was many years ago with Slimmimg World. I was ill at the time, could hardly bear to eat anything, and finished up at 8st 7lb – still in healthy BMI. From neck down it was great – could tuck tops into straight skirts, could double cross my legs when sitting down (would like to be able to do that again!) – but from the neck up, if wasn’t too good😱 Everyone said I’d lost too much weight and a photo of me taken at the time could be used to scare naughty children. I’m aiming for 9st 7lb, which is a few pounds into healthy BMI. But I need to be prepared to raise that slightly if necessary. I saw a link on these forums a few months ago giving alternative targets as BMI can be low, and on that my ideal weight was 10st 3lb, whereas ideal BMI is 7st 3lb to 9st 11lb!

Christine – sorry you’ve not been well. Missed you.

Stringbreaker – welcome back! To answer your question – Bill1954’s on holiday still I think.

Where’s Judith ? Missing her too!

All the best to everyone for a very BSD week !

Julia

Hi John,
Welcome back. Bill has been unwell with a bad chest infection and all the coughing caused a retinal bleed. He’s now on holiday.
Judith has been on holiday here in Aus and we spent some time together, both in Perth and in Adelaide. She started her long trip home last night.
I haven’t been posting or reading much as we are in the middle of stressful house renovations. A few weeks away and there are so many new topics and posters that it’s hard to know where to start lol.
Glad you are back on track though, you’re sure to meet your goal this time. 😃

Hi Baristagirls,
Yes I did. I lost weight in the first couple of weeks and weight was coming off of my hips and bust, but proportionally not moving from my waist. I was sticking to the 800 cals but not checking my carbs. I decided to try using shakes for a couple of weeks and as we cannot get the ones the Newcastle team use in the shops, I bought one from Boots. That was made with skimmed milk and each portion was 200 cals – so 3 a day plus soup or salad to get up to the 800. I was getting 100-120g carbs a day – and to lost the fat around your waist you need to be half that – it varies per person – I moved to real food, my own recipes – (I am veggie) and stuck at 60g carbs per day targeting 800 cals – but if I was too low of carbs to get my carbs up, I would go over the 800 and likewise if my carbs were going to go over 60g, then I changed my later meal to under 800 cals. For me that level worked – for others they go to 50g. You will need to find your own level.
Once I did that the inches started to come off of my waist.
Check what you are eating for ‘hidden’ carbs. Also – it is important not to vary too much the carbs per day – the body responds best to consistency.
Hope that helps

Hello, from a fellow food lover, serial dieter and lurker ☺
Did you boil the chickpeas before roasting them or just soak them or use canned?
I keep meaning to try the chickpea wraps, and have just bought some gram flour to have a go. I still eat bought gluten free wraps in strict moderation at the moment but low carb must be easier to fit in the limits.
I am looking forward to following the rest of your journey to a healthier you.
Hello to everyone else as well, I echo Lucky Maneki’s appreciation of the forum residents, I have also been moved to laughter or tears by some of the stories in here.
I am also new to the forum, and the principles of the BSD, which was recently introduced to me by a colleague who is type 2.
I reached my heaviest ever weight January last year after successfully losing around 3 1/2 stone a couple of years earlier. It just went on so gradually I didn’t notice at the time and I ended up almost a stone heavier than I was before that previous diet.
Later this week I hope to be able to say the last two pounds of my first 4 1/2 stone loss have gone thanks to the BSD. I am down from an in denial (I only buy big sizes because I like looser clothes only works while they are still loose) size 22 to fitting in size 18 trousers and jeans and needing a belt for anything bigger. I even bought a couple of pairs of size 16 jeans last week for added motivation.
I have realised with hindsight that the other diets that were successful for me were very similar in their initial phases to the BSD, and the wheels always came off when the ‘white carbs’ were allowed back in. Moderation is clearly not my strong point when I am not paying attention to my diet.
Since I found the forum I have been reading everyone’s stories with interest and quietly modifying my current diet to be more BSD like. I’d forgotten how wonderful full fat dairy tasted I’d been on the tasteless stuff so long. I never joined any diet clubs or did anything really organised, just made my own mistakes over the years.
I am currently doing a slightly modified version of the 5:2 with three fast days instead of two. I also try to use Sirt foods like buckwheat, strawberries and carrots when I eat carbs and am not controlling the quantity of net carbs as strictly as many here, and I have ‘weekends off’ when I still try to generally eat healthily and control portions but allow alcohol and some treats. I am averaging 1350 carbs a day and 75g carbs at the moment and the weight loss, which had slowed quite dramatically before BSD, is now back up to 2-3 lbs a week.
Exercise is mainly badminton 2-3 times a week now (I took it up very soon after deciding to lose weight Feb 2015) but I have also just bought a new bike and started cycling to work and back sometimes. I also like walking and went for a six mile hike in the lakes last weekend. I have ordered a Withings Go as a birthday present for myself to track my activity more accurately.
I am toying with the idea of accelerating the weight loss with a Fast 800 8 weeks in October / November if my current rate of loss slows by then as I still have around 4 stone to lose, and for the first time I am starting to believe I can not only get there but stay there as well and I am keen to get to a ‘healthy weight’ as soon as possible.
I am 50 at the end of this month, and will be wearing the fitted size 18 dress I bought as a target in the January sales this year when I go out for a celebratory meal 😀 I tried it on this weekend and it fits!
Best of luck with the new lifestyle, how I wish I could persuade my OH to have a go at the diet too. It would make it much easier to plan meals.

Wow Lynne, 64 lbs now, amazing!!
😍😍😍😍😍

Hi Christi1948,
I’m pleased to read that somebody liked your chicken goujons! I don’t want to be intrusive and ask about the age of your granddaughters, but much of the literature says that children need to try a new food up to 6 times before they like it. (That’s a lot of chicken goujons).
I’m sorry to read that you’ve been unwell and I sincerely hope you’ve been able to get help.
If you need to post something to me, you could do it on ‘….my eight weeks’ – I’m sure Lucia won’t mind.

Hi Slimmingmayya,
I hope your strategy is working. Best wishes.

B – smoothie from the book (full fat yoghurt, almonds, spinach, blueberries). Mustn’t have out enough blueberries in as it was better than yesterday but still verging on slurry. Done the hatch it went nonetheless.

L – working in a primary school all day, had school dinner with the kids. Difficult but a good test of mashed potato resistance. Opted for vegetable soup (probably had potatoes in it but not much to be done about that) and then a bit of custard but left the apple pie untouched.

Mad cravings for bread in the afternoon especially as had hour to kill between work and sign language class, spent in costa coffee and resisted the m and s shop by reading these forums.

D – spinach, tomato, avocado and radish salad with olive oil and balsamic dressing. Nectarine.

Cals about 950, carbs just over 60. Should have left that custard!!

Christine,
SO sorry to hear you’ve been poorly. Do hope you’re on the mend.
John

Hi Josie, nice to meet you. I am still learning something new everyday, I must admit, Google and this site have become my new best friends for finding out if it’s something I can eat. I also knew that I would need a ‘bread’ alternative, so the chickpea wraps were ideal for me, I feel a lot better knowing I can have those. It’s like everything else, you learn as you go along, don’t you? There seem to be plenty of knowledgeable people on the site who know their stuff. I just love food, not always unhealthy food either, just… food. I was a grazer. Pastry is going to be my downfall, I know that ahead of time. I passed Greggs today and nearly cried.
That’s one thing I don’t like – cheese! Thankfully, because if I did, I’d probably checking in double the size I am now as I’ve no restraint, or should I say I had no restraint. Small mercies. Avocado is another matter, and this is the first ‘diet’ I’ve been on that I can eat them without having to starve for the rest of the week 😉 Good luck to you too 🙂

Hi stringbreaker,
Welcome back, although I haven’t been posting much over the last couple of weeks, been ill and therefore down in the dumps too, so it was good to come on the forum and find your name there!
Christine

Thanks John.

As of last Saturday total loss 64lbs, including the 2lbs I lost on holiday. About another 28lbs to go.

Lucia,
Just done 10 mins indoor cycling.
Where does one find the blogs?
John