Hi frog.
Love your blog.
Isn’t this website great.
There is so much info, help, friendship and chicken rustling.
( you need to read Larsons cartoons)

Keep going
Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi Lucia ,

Thank you for you real honest blog/ diary about your journey so far ! You are such an inspiration to me and a hilarious one at that keeping it real and letting us inside that funny brain of yours !!
Really look forward to keeping up with your journey !!

Xx
Bianca

So I have been thinking….
I am in a growly mood now…..

It’s just not fair I have to count carbs and count calories and stop putting too much food in my mouth. And have to refuse when I am offered the biggest slice of chocolate cake, the size of a microwave.
And having to endure everything wobbling as I run.
And have to make sure I do my steps ,all of them, at least 10,000
And have to make time to exercise and focus on what I eat, so I notice that I do eat it and not shovel it in and don’t know I have shovelled it in.
And go out in the pouring rain to exercise
And go to the veg shop for the freshest produce
And I have to force myself to do it day after day…

WOW!!!!!!

I do all that, every day, cricky!
I have got good will power to do this for so long.
Look at all the hurdles I have leapt over.
All the decisions
All the temptations.

And I am cute too!😇😇😇😇😇
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Whoah! Congratulations!

🙂

Hi all ,
So here I am about to lay every thing on the table and be accountable to myself and to blog about my journey. I want to look back on where I have been and where I am now . I never am going to let myself get this big again because life is just not fun being a unhealthy mum to three beautiful active girls under 5 and as I discover new health and a new way of life I would love some support and encouragement to keep me going please !

So in March 2016 I had my last follow up at my doctors as I was put on medication for postnatal psychosis in November 2015 after having my baby . I no longer needed to be on medication and after stopping the medication I had gained a lot of weight. The heaviest I have been in my entire life and I was embarrassed and ashamed to say the least ! 1m 80cm tall. 140 kg ( 22 stone 0.65 lbs ) bmi 41 + stared me in the face and the hard reality hit me I was heading for life changing health problems if I did not start to do something about it and probably wouldn’t live a very long life which is a very true realisation and not very nice to think about having 3 dependant children to love and care for. So I started little changes like increasing water intake to 2ltrs a day , ate smaller portions , cut as much sugar as I could and was more aware if what I was eating instead of shoving the closest thing I could grab into my mouth !
I lost 6.4 kg from these changes which was a great start to keep me going !
Then I discovered this new way of life and don’t ever want to look back ! I am so happy with how far I have come in such a short time even though I have a lot to loose , bit by bit , day by day , I will get to a healthy weight; BMI and be a more fun active mum with my girls !

Week 1 start weigh on BSD -16 may 16
133.6 kg ( 21 stone 0.54 lbs ) bmi 40

Week 2 start weight
127.9 kg ( 20 stone 1.97 lbs) bmi 38.6
Total loss 5.7 kg

Week 3 start weight
125.3 kg ( 19 stone 10.24 lbs bmi 37.9
Total loss 2.6 kg

Weight loss total for 3 weeks so far !!
8.3 kg !!!!

I know it’s only a blimp in the scheme of things and I do have a long way to go but I am so excited that I have started this journey and credit so much of my inspiration by each and every one on all the forums , you all have helped me to be accountable to myself and to get out there and become BSD loser !!

Thank you all for your real honest and awesome posts blogs , look forward to reading more along the way !

Will check in week 4 on Monday 6 June.

Keep on loosing ;

Xx

Bianca

Don’t feel as if we have had a long bank holiday weekend.
Suprised my boss hasn’t bought me roller skates to make me go even faster
Love Lucia
Xxx

Keeping with the carbs have made a difference for sure. Down 12 lbs this morning!

Hi Nicky72
I’m day 3 and had a blip yesterday. Lost 1kg so far… but need encouragement!! Its tough out there

Hi, I’m on day 3 😀 and whilst I don’t feel hungry at all I do have a brutal headache and feel pretty sick. I’ve no plan to give up or anything like that. I purposely started this week whilst I’m off work because I thought this may happen (I’m one of those hypersensitive A topical people) any advice would be gratefully received!!
Thanks for all the positive updates…really helps to keep me focussed

http://keto-calculator.ankerl.com

Hi AlexX, and welcome!

You could try the website above which takes your measurements and suggests to you a mix of carbs, protein and fat, which you can then type in to MyFitnessPal.

It’s the way I worked out how to adjust the balance. This website says that you are ketogenic (i.e. fat-burning) on 50g of carbs a day or under – depending on your personal stats – but you can also get Ketostix on the web which will let you test very easily if you are fat-burning or not.

Hope this works for you! The BSD doesn’t really restrict your carbs, so long as they are good ones, but trying to balance yourself out with fewer carbs, but making up the calories with fats (counter-intuitive to most of us) as well as protein, does seem to work well!

Thank you Igorosusual, appreciated. regards Sandie

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.