Good luck, Sandie – keep at it and you will win. I have had great confidence from knowing what to do and getting control back, and hope you find this too.

If in doubt at any time, post and someone here will be sure to advise you!

🙂

This is what I have been practicing for, the making of the new ME. I am recording from today for eight weeks. This report might not be inspirational nor enlightening for others but no matter as this is for ME. I will make notes of food, drink and exercise. I am aiming for 800 calories and low carbohydrates. Over the last few days I have been making steady progress and am impressed with the weight loss. This morning I weighed 12st 4lb (a pound up on yesterday but no exercise). I would like to be about 10st 7lb and learn how to stay there. I will make my report after my evening’s meal.

KJ77, you are quite right. However, haven’t you left off the most important benefit?

It’s DELICIOUS!!!! 🙂

Congratulations, Sugar Sugar – great stuff!

Don’t think anyone is really suggesting that the BSD doesn’t work if you focus on restricting carbs to under 30g per day – it’s just one of the things you can look at. And certainly not wanting to suggest that you’re wrong if not under 30g.

From experience I know that under 30g is quite a task, but that just being aware that some of the good vegetables are quite carby was really helpful to me. It is important to get more calories from fats, which is not necessarily what everyone is used to.

Early on, I made myself a red cabbage salad – which was delicious, especially with the pumpkin seeds etc I added – but it was really surprising to me to learn actually how many carbs it contained, and I would have been a bit more restrictive in hindsight with the portions I served myself!

BTW Sugar Sugar, just be aware that the fat you burn first is all the dangerous stuff round your liver and pancreas, the visceral fat. The subcutaneous fat, which you can see, goes next. So focus on the inches you’re losing, and don’t get too hung up on the weight, it will go in the end! Although someone said to me that the last subcutaneous fat to go is the bit under your navel……the ‘belly wodge’. I am still monitoring mine daily, not sure if it’s shrinking yet……..

Thank you lovely people 🙂 I’ve started the day with a small portion of nuts and seeds – I’m hoping the protein from these and soya milk will combat carbs. I’m also a vegetarian so it makes things a bit more difficult, when avoiding carbs – but I will find a way round it 🙂

I don’t think it says anywhere in the book that as part of the diet you have to eat less than 30g of carbs daily. Lot of people here seem to keep below 50gs and some probably chose lower than that for various reasons but I didn’t think its one of the main principles? Anyway, just to say that as I think that could make people discouraged or feel they aren’t doing it right if not below 30gs when that’s just a choice that is there if you wanted to.

I find it great to eat as many vegetables as I can fit in the calories, along with the fats and protein, and I definitely would struggle if had to limit even non starchy vegetables too! So far I’m keeping to below 50g and seems to be working.

Good on you Sugar Sugar – sounds like you’re well on your way.

Love this one: baby spinach, courgette (or cucumber), ginger, avocado, pear (or apple), water – plus some chia and linseeds, or you could ad some LSA.

Hi there, you should be getting to the part where you stop craving if you have increased the number of healthy fats and oils if you are drinking plenty and not eating more than about 30 gms of carbs daily. So it’s downhill from here and then climbing real hills gets easier too. Keep going and Good Luck for now…

Sorry to hear OH is unwell…sounds like the two of you really need this holiday.
Warm weather works a treat when you’re getting over chesty things.
God’s speed.

Wow – just weighed in again today – as last couple of days have gone over 800 – been closer to 1000 – however despite this another 4 lbs off – total weight loss in 4½ weeks of 26 lbs. What a great incentive to focus on – we are away for a few days so this will spur me on to be good! I do have a huge amount to lose and am seeing my doctor next week and will then have a retest of my fasting blood sugars to see if I am out of the prediabetic range – fingers crossed. I do however have an immense amount to lose!

NHS UK says this!!! http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/reference-intakes-RI-guideline-daily-amounts-GDA.aspx

They state one should eat 260 gm carbs!!! 90 gm sugars!!! and 70 gm of fat!!! with 20 gm saturated for an adult on 2000 kCal/day and they do not see how they are contributing to the problem of obesity. They list 496 gms of food and so % would be 52% carbs? 18% sugar?? and 14% fat. This does not sound right to me…

On BSD carbs are 30 mg/day and calories 800 so it depends in what you eat. Hopefully someone who uses fitness pal will give you some pointers. But we need to increase fats, oils and greens with a good fluid intake.

I eat loads of asparagus and it really is a super food – below are it’s benefits

1contains glutathione, a potent antioxidant, well known for it’s detoxifying properties.
2.Is a good source of fiber, folate, iron, vitamins A, C, E and K.
3.Is a natural diuretic – a beneficial food for those with high blood pressure and other heart-related conditions.
4.It contains inulin – a prebiotic which helps support the beneficial bacteria in our gut.

Hello fellow finishers or are we? I am in Week 17 having slowly built up calories and food types again since week 11 and 12. I no longer count anything and am on a plateau, 2 kg below my main target, with maybe 1 kg to go if I want a BMI under 25. I have learned to eat more healthily and with a regular weigh-in can adjust it fairly easily. I have found that the occasional beer, sweet or meal out really stirs up the results but they can be ironed out again painlessly but sometimes a bit slower than I would like. I intended to go to 5:2 but it seems a bit formal if my new regime works. I suspect that 5:2 is the answer though and it might make my weigh-ins a thing of the past. I have some health issues of long standing that limit my exercising so I will have to just wait and see how it goes in the longer term. Most important is that I have broken the bread addiction and so the sugar one too but like all addictions we are recovering sugar addicts and have to be wary.

Well my weight is starting to go down again, after a bit of a blip, but my FBS is going up! I think I must still be eating too many carbs, currently aiming for 65g a day. What does everyone else do? Is 65 too high?

Hi all, wondering how you all got on? I’ve just finished the 8 weeks and am very close to target (lowest weight in about 20 years and feeling great) so will continue for a couple more weeks, but my husband has much more still to go so will probably go with another 8 weeks. We don’t find it too difficult given how delicious the recipes are. However, we had a small celebration to mark the 8 weeks (baked pasta dish, bottle of wine) and are very disappointed to have each put on almost 1kg! Does this signal we are going to have to be super-vigilant every single day to avoid ballooning up or are there some helpful pointers anyone has?

Hello Deetia, I get Tesco’s greek yoghurt, natural, comes in a 500g blue pot. Only 5.5g per portion. (full fat). It’s yummy 🙂

Hi I had a bad day yesterday but renewed enthusiasm today, first day of a month always makes me feel good. Does anyone else have problems finding low sugar yogurt nearly all the ones I see are so low fat that the sugar is high – what is high anyway?
Today
B. greek yogurt and strawberries and hard boiled egg
L. feta salad
D. chicken salad
snacks fruit – are cherries ok? love them
Dee x

Thanks Barby, I have frozen a few meals in the 1st weeks plan so hoping they taste OK 2nd time around! 1st week wasn’t too hard and lost 3.3 kg so happy with that. I find I spend a lot more time on meal prep so hoping freezing some helps with time management on my busy days!

Hello Gormenghast, all the best. You may find you get hungry if you have quite a few carbs in your 800 cal…. just a warning. (but not everyone has a carb issue like me 🙂 🙁

Back on pills !
Sadly had to go back on full dose metformin last week 2000 / four pills per day
My BS was climbing high to mid 8s
Also still high couple hours after meals and don’t mention morning fasting
Lost over two stone and in week 8 now so intend to carry on this eating plan another 8 weeks and monitor my bs ,if it reduces then I shall reduce pills by one at a time.
Had couple hic ups over this time so aiming 100% sugar free this time ,see if it reduces,.
Alanhypno

Hi Switzerland
I’m just coming out of the other side now but, unfortunately OH is just going down with it now and it’s a 14 day thing so she is going to be unwell when we go 🙁
Probably the minion onesie would be the best fit for me as I’ll be going with just one eye.
I suppose a few days in the heat will do us both the world of good though.

Thank you all of you . Your words helped. Following a long walk with my others my head is sorted. Kindness is never wasted. Xxxx🐾🐾🐾🙋🏻

Oh, and I watched the movie….Shakespeare in love …last night.
Loved the costumes,
Loved the story.
Loved the Shakespeare that they performed in a light hearted manner.
Loved Shakespeare’s dreamy eyes with beautifully long eye lashes. Swoon….swoon…..
Not so keen on ms Paltrow.

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Hi ingorausual.
Nope, you are not a party pooper. You are going your best friends a little bit of news.
I welcome it.
I just fancied the taste of the grapes, hence the amount.
I wouldn’t get excited over fizzy water, as water is all I drink.

All tomatoes give me heart burn, same with cucumbers so I eat them in moderation.

Isn’t it strange how we all have different tastes and needs?

Today I am salading again. I will probably have salad for lunch for the summer now.

Still growling over the icecream but growls are getting less and less.

Will weigh in on the weekend see how things are progressing.

Having eggs and mushrooms tonight.

Keep going team love luica
Xxxxx

Hi, my first time posting here. I started the BSD 4 days ago and I am encouraged by my progress. I am using MyFitnessPal to keep me accountable (in a relaxed way).
Can anyone help me with what % I set in ‘Goals’ for Carbs, Fat and protein, please?
Thanks

Goood Morning BSD!

I was going to have pancakes today but I forgot to take the batter out of the freezer, so yoghurt and strawberries it is.

Lunch I have some tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, pickle, crackers.

dinner will be pork stir fry 🙂

That’s great Scandigirl – onwards and downwards!

Thanks for the post jillyB. Congratulations for reaching the 8 week mark. Brett and I are into our 6th week. Yes, I too appreciate a NZ white wine but Australia still makes great reds. Into the diet a couple of weeks and Brett bought home a nice bottle of red. My reply to that was “I haven’t had a craving at all so why start now”….and I still haven’t. Wow, Skywalker week 16, good for you! Yes, I agree. Eating carbs makes you want more carbs and drinking wine makes you want to eat carbs. Vicious circle. We have always eaten quite healthy but the BSD has taught us we were eating far too much. Last night we enjoyed pork with pepper sauce. The sauce had a tiny bit of cream in it but it showed us we can enjoy good food even by having less of it. Usually our plate would have been swimming in sauce however now it just covers the meat. It is like our taste buds have woken up! It is such a cliché but ‘Everything in moderation’ is so true.

What an inspiring post Beverley – you’ve come so far. Like you and Robin I really enjoy the feeling of NOT being hungry. I try and follow the 3 principles of the BSD. For me it’s not just about the food. I love the sense of wellness that the combination of the food, exercise and mindfulness gives me.
You’ve put a lot of thought into this – I love your plan of putting together a monthly menu plan. You’ve inspired me.
Best wishes.

Well done Frog. I’ve really noticed the change in my shopping trolley since I’ve been doing the BSD too. It’s nice to have a trolley with healthy contents!

I had courgetti with cottage cheese this evening – really good, will definitely be having that again.

I also did a big supermarket shop this afternoon – quite unusual for me, I mostly do little and often.
I had a trolley full of veg and more veg, healthy stuff like tuna, salmon & steak – not a single cake, biscuit, chocolate or bread in sight – a real first for me!

Hi Beverley
congratulations on the loss so far – 15kg is great (i’m an accountant, I always round up!)
Even in the two weeks which weren’t so great, it still looks as if you lost a couple of kilos – sounds more like a continuation than starting again – and of course huge congrats on the new wrinkles!
I’m just at the end of week two – whenever I’ve had the odd day that’s gone over the 800 or 50 carb that I’ve set myself, I just try and think of the next day as a new day & carry on with it – on balance, other days are below the target, and if I have time to fit in a bit more walking I do. Even if I’ve eaten more than planned at lunchtime, or a ‘snack that I didn’t mean to, I still have a low calorie low carb meal in the evening (otherwise I’ll snack again!), rather than abandoning the day.
Both the 800 calories and the 50g of carbs are extremely low, so even with the occasional slip up, every day is way more healthy than the way I used to eat! For me, too many diets have ‘failed’ in the past because I have been too much of a perfectionist and abandoned them if I’ve had a slip up – generally consoling myself with a bar of chocolate!

Weight: 98.2kg

Following the BSDFast800 diet over 6 weeks I lost 13kg, dropping from 113kg (weight at last hematology appointment) to 99.9kg. The last 2-3 weeks I lapsed back into old eating habits, particularly snacking at night. This coincided with a gradual dip in my mood due to my mild bipolar II (manic depression). I wasn’t paying attention to the third arm of the diet: mindfulness. I also wasn’t doing daily exercise, the other arm of the diet, which would also help to balance my mental health either. Starting Again is my commitment to myself to give the BSDFast800 total dedication and priority in my life so that I reach my goal of health and fitness.

Over the next 8 weeks I aim to lose 13.2kg, taking me down to 85kg.

My eventual goal (by the end of this year) is 65kg which would give me a BMI of 23.9 in the healthy weight range.

This time around I am going to develop a set of main meals that are easy to prepare, use the kinds of foods that we like to eat and are used to eating together with some of the recipes in the Fast800 book. These are going to be calorie and carbohydrate counted and recorded as a series of recipes in a booklet which will form the basis of our ongoing diet and which I can share with others. They will build towards a monthly menu plan. I want to make it as easy as possible for us to continue to eat in this healthy way for the rest of our lives.

What we have both noticed following the BSDFast800 is that we’re not hungry, we don’t feel any adverse effects (provided we drink at least 2 litres of water which alleviates any headaches we experience) and that it hasn’t changed in our diet other than eliminating junk food and high fat/sugar snacks, especially in the evening, and regular commercial iced coffees/chocolates. We both feel well. Robin’s snoring has reduced considerably, only happening quietly now when he is sleeping on his back. I am feeling more energetic and motivated although I still experience chronic fatigue symptoms.

I still don’t feel brave enough to track my waist circumference – simply knowing it will upset me! It is enough to know that it is visibly shrinking. And I am celebrating the wrinkles caused by fat loss around my face and neck. 🙂

Hi Bill,

Just wondering how you are – but don’t want to be intrusive.
OH is going to be so proud of you on holidays – a mankini and a minion onesie!
Best wishes.

Hi Lynne
there are branches of Leon at Heathrow They do amazing poached egg with ham hock & truffle gruyere sauce.
180 calories, 0.6 carb, and delicious
A couple of years ago I worked really close to a branch – I used to grab one for breakfast too often – along with their tasty wholemeal toast dripping with butter – but the egg pots are great on their own.
have a good flight

I got stuck with lunch at a motorway service station today – thankfully there was an M&S, and I had prawns and mango

That’s such a great post jillyB. The benefits of the BSD far outweigh the massive commitment and early struggles. Notice how we’ve all developed more determination since those hard early days.
Well done.

Hi Gormenghast,

There are no imposters here. Many of us read threads before we ever posted. It helps you get your head around all aspects of the BSD.
If you go through a difficult patch it’s comforting and helpful to read how others have dealt with it.

Beat wishes for your BSD.

Hi CaravanSue,

It’s great to read your posts again. BSD at home…shops….scales….tape measure…..24/7 internet access. Absolute luxury after your outback trip.
Yes, it’s up to you but you’ve always got your fellow BSDers on the forum threads for support.

For a salad dressing this evening I used olive oil and cider vinegar. Tasty.

I counted my calories and carbs today and did much better. So glad we have this board for advice and encouragement!

Hi. I have just found this forum. I also watched the Angela Rippon programme. It said that whilst inulin was in chick peas and other foods the quantities we would need to consume to help lose internal fat were too vast to be practical, so this concentrated fibre was recommended. No “dose” was suggested. From looking at internet it seemed that 20g per day was normal, but one study showed diabetics reducing blood sugar by 10% with 30g per day. I started taking inulin about a month ago, but have had to increase dose gradually from 5g up to current 20g, due to initial increased bowel activity and later flatulence. Have no weight loss so far, but blood sugar level has dropped. I have scales that show internal fat, but I think too early to expect any significant result yet. I will check soon though and post again.

I totally agree that I have to be committed and only I can do that 😁 Thanks for your support!

Scandigirl we are in this together. I am starting to calorie and carb count tomorrow. I have been loosly following the BSD for a few days now and am loosing weight. I am looking forward to my next 8 weeks

Yes the Daily Allowance tables for essential nutrients quotes in milligrams and micrograms as appropriate but yes 300 mg is 30 gms.

Thank you Izzy 🙂

There are a few people who run on higher carbs, see if it seems to work for you. If you find after a week or two that you are not losing any weight you could reconsider trying to cut your carbs further.

There are those members too who have found it easier to ease themselves in, so in that sense your plan could serve you well.

Good Luck I hope your plans work for you 🙂

Welcome to the forums Gruely,

It’s truly so motivating when you compare weight loss on the BSD to previous attempts. The other aspect that I find refreshing is no longer feeling constantly hungry and seeking out sugary carbs. If this hasn’t happened for you yet just stick with it. I’m in Week 9 and now follow BSD 5:2.

Enjoy.

Hi Gruely! Welcome to BSD lots of lovely people here who will help you along 🙂 Sounds like you are off to a flying start so just keep going and you will soon see big results!

Good Luck to you.

Welcome along Gruely, you’ve made an excellent start there! I hope you continue to get encouragement and inspiration from the forum; they have certainly helped me. I’m on day 32 and have found the going fairly steady and not too hard. And best of all I feel really well, so it definitely is worth sticking to.

Enjoy your good decisions and best of luck.

Sorry to hear you’ve struggled to find the right food, but I can see you have minimised the carbs as much as you could. I’m pretty sure it will pay off for you.

How lovely to catch up with such a long term friend 🙂 sounds like a great trip you have had!