To help cope with this evening I shall have a light brunch then lunch in the mid afternoon. That should set me up for not being hungry when I go out. My sister-in-law serves large portions of food. I plan to have two glasses of wine. The rest of the time will be water.

Think I am having a… I feel fat day today.
Don’t know why,
Don’t know when, but I hope we’ll meet again some sunny day 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶😤🎶
Just off for sing song
Love. Lucia
Xxxx

Oh and I was bought a takeaway meal.

Did I go for boiled rice
Or fried rice
Or chips
Nope, I got bean sprouts and veggies, it was great.
Hold tHe MSG.

So i can go to my Chinese take away and survive.

Getting there.

Love luica
Xxxx

Loads to do ,housework wise but j just want to go out and PLAY!
May put a pound on the charity lottery.
I tHink 7.2 million is a nice amount.

Pay the bills off.
Finish all the jobs

Holiday

Then hire a really good looking chef to live in the kitchen to count my cals and carbs.

Then get some hand tailored clothes made for me.

Then see if I can pay it forward. Help donate to obesity and diabetes charities.

Oh and get a puddle making machine.

Oh and invent low cal low carb toast as I miss it.

Oh and when I get to goal weight, go to a spa.

Oh and collect bill captain Switzerland and all the others who have become friends and take them on holiday, wouldn’t it be fun to meet up and chat?

Best Buy two tickets then 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

George clooney,

Good looks
Beautiful wife
Great actor
Can do comedy
Has money
House on lake combo.

Nope, can’t see what the attraction is 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Love Lucia
Xxxx

thanks oz veggy
It just seemed very bizarre – I started trying to reset the goals at first because I didn’t know they were different,. I easily remember the calories and carb goals, but not the fat / protein etc.

My friend’s mother-in-law visited yesterday – she’s type 2 diabetic on Metformin. Asked how much weight I’d lost. Then it was how 😃. She said she may have to start eating more healthily, cutting down on bread, pasta etc. 😃 But she also said about people eating what they want and just taking the tablets. Still, hope a seed has been sown!

I worked with someone last year that had had some form of bariatric surgery – her weight loss was amazing, but i couldn’t help thinking that if she’d cut to the portion sizes that she was eating post surgery she’d have lost weight anyway. And she still seemed to eat really daft things – pizza, chocolate and sugary yoghurts, just minute quantities.
I didn’t quite get it, but hope its working well for her.

Good luck James. Your positivity will take you far!

Well done!

Frog you’re right Oh my goodness no! I just recall thinking that those relishes must be the height of sophistication 😂 I’m not sure I would even want relish on anything now!

There is an article in this week’s New Scientist magazine (Australian) which talks about how weight loss surgery should be included as an official treatment/cure for Diabetes Type 2 because of the amazing results they are getting. Maybe someone needs to mention to them that you don’t actually need the surgery – just the extreme diet you are put on after it. But I guess they get more compliance from people who have had their stomach stapled.

Thanks Izzy, it was easy to stick to once we knew what we could eat and where we could choose it.
Looking forward to week 6 now and hopefully I will see loss at home!

Welcome to reading glasses Izzy and glad you found your stone circle albeit I don’t know what it is!
We have long days and its light till 10pm here also but I love it!

Hope things are better for you Keep Trying — I know it is easy to get mad at ourselves when we think we’ve “blown it” — I try to remind myself that “perfect” is the enemy of good. I had a lot of not-so-perfect days in the past 13 weeks, but overall it has been of great benefit. Sending you warm thoughts.

Butter lover,

I recently bought new kitchen scales from Big W, the Michelle Bridges one. Once you weigh something you can enter its code and get the total calories, carbs info etc. I can highly recommend them, and good value at $A 19.

https://www.bigw.com.au/product/michelle-bridges-nutrition-kitchen-scale/p/WCC100000000245266/

I don’t think so. MFP automatically adjusts calories for the amount of steps I walk too, even without hitting the gym, as it is synced with all my gadgets. I just focus on the total calories, up to 800. I pay no attention to the calories remaining.

Great results SunnyLife – the effort pays off.

Hi Lucia,

No, we didn’t have open toed sandals or a large floppy hat but we did have a mariarchi band! (Not really, just a vivid imagination).
On breakfast TV this morning ‘does George Clooney make a good TV host?’ Well…….my answer is that George Clooney makes a good anything.
Lucia, I agree with your definition of the week-end commencing 6pm Friday and finishing dawn Monday. I factor in meat free meals to our weekly menu. I do it for a lot of reasons. It’s good for the environment and the family budget just to name two.
We’re in for a wet week-end. There’s an ‘East coast low’ off the coast of Queensland and New South Wales. East coast lows are really nasty weather systems.I’m no meteorologist (wow, that’s a huge word for Saturday morning) but I believe that if the same ‘low’ formed above the Tropic of Capricorn it would be referred to as a cyclone.
Have a safe, healthy and happy week-end.

I’d forgotten the relish pots Gilly – but yes, I loved those too
Maybe not recreate that bit!

TiggerB good luck… I’m almost at the end of 8 weeks and have really enjoyed every week.. Lots of change which I am so pleased with and feel so much better too!

I remember Strikes too! It was a really special treat to go… I loved the relish pots!! Ha memories…..

I’ve been logging food intake on MFP for a couple of weeks – today I decided to start logging exercise as well.
Having logged the stuff that I’d done in the gym, I realised that MFP had amended all the food targets by the calories that I had used in the exercise logged.

The general point of exercising is to increase the gap between calories consumed and expended – not to exercise so that I can eat more.
Is anyone using MyFitnessPal that knows if there’s anywhere I can turn off this really unhelpful function?

I just had some for supper with asparagus and smoked salmon – delicious

the lasagne sounds interesting – I’ll try that the next time I cook some mince – I normally cook a big batch with tomato and onion, so that will be something different to do with it.

It was quite nice going to a large supermarket for a change – I have several mini-supermarkets very close by, but it’s nice to have wider choice.

Third day numbers: calories 786 carbs 11.37 walked 4.46 miles and 1 hour Body Pump Class. Weighed 12st 2lb, no change. Tomorrow should be interesting as we have been invited to a party at sister-in-laws.

It’s been a funny old day. At the opticians I discovered I should have glasses for reading so that’s a chunk of money gone just like that lol.

Then I went and picked up my niece and we went off looking for the stone circle I wanted to see and as we drove along my car started getting noisier and noisier so I pulled into a carpark for a look to find a nice flat tyre. So swapped it over with the spare, but there is another chunk of cash for getting a new tyre soon.

We found the stone circle which was lovely and then home, finally managed to sort out my car insurance properly and took my daughter for her eye test to find that she also needs glasses for reading so right there is yet another chunk of money ready to be spent lol. I’m broke! We have to go back tomorrow for her to choose what she would like.

I’m just grateful that we have what we need and can pay for them, albeit that we don’t have much spare we are fortunate enough.

I’m off now to fit a fan in our bedroom. We used to have a pedastal one but it broke and we haven’t room for it really so I’ve bought one that fits on to the wall. I also have a blackout blind to fit as it’s too light just now. In Scotland we have long hours of daylight during summer. So I best go get it done!

I had cheese, tomato and crackers for lunch. Chicken and cashews with cauli rice for dinner, and I’m going to try and almond milk hot chocolate later 🙂

Night all.

Hi all. In reply to Tofa’s question, it seems that Angela Rippon has a healthy BMI, but her visceral fat was about 3X what was healthy, so the answer seems to be yes. On a parallel track studies by Prof Taylor of Newcastle University indicate that losing visceral fat from the pancreas can help it start producing insulin again, so the BG diet + inulin could be very helpful for diabetics, providing inulin does what is claimed. That’s what I am hoping for anyway!

It’s great that you can still see benefits to this way of life even if the weight isn’t coming off, but having just had your road trip I think it’s fantastic just to have stuck to it like you have 🙂

Big Well done to you!

just passed by and noticed your reply
how kind
thank you rozydozy

head is not good
have also given in to bad eating including a whole packet of cheddars for lunch, and copious other things
(so have blown the wheat free as well)

have ordered all fresh produce, chicken, fish, and veg for Tesco delivery tomorrow and hoping that will work out

I’d agree with skywalker I don’t think the apple is the best lunch, no wonder you are hungry!

As for the gallbladder I don’t believe it is a problem for your blood sugars. I’ve had mine out too but I’m not diabetic so I can’t confirm for sure, but my understanding is that it has no relevance. It stored and released bile, which helped digest fat mostly and to my knowledge has nothing to do with blood sugar.

I’d recommend re-reading the book if you have it, or brushing up on the guidance here. I don’t usually cook different for the family either but I cut out bread/pasta/rice/potato etc and I have courgetti or cauli rice frequently. I’ll usually have yoghurt and fruit for breakfast and soup or salad type stuff at lunch with cheese or chicken etc.

Hi keeptrying,
If you are still reading these messages, I’m sorry that you are still feeling uncomfortable. Remember, you are better than the “bad” foods, don’t let them get the better of you. You chose as your name “keeptrying” – I suspect there is an inner core of determination within you. I hope you find your way back when you are better able to cope with things.
Take care.

Thanks Cherrianne 😃

I’ve used a slow cooker but have to say it’s not my best friend. But in your circumstances it could soon become one😳

Hello all,
I agree with Skywalker – I’ve been BSDing since mid-January, approx. 20 weeks – I bypassed the 8week/800cals, and the 5:2 part, I just went in at the simplest level possible and have just continued. I found for me that tweaking things when necessary works best for me. So far, I’ve lost 1.5 stone – still not yet in the healthy section of the BMI but I’m on my way. I recently relaxed things a bit and had a few off-limits foodstuffs (for variety, to use up some things in my cupboards) and my weight loss stalled but, most importantly, it didn’t go up. The past few days I’ve excluded the off-limit stuff again and the weight loss is restarting.
For me a LITTLE of what I fancy does me good but hopefully now I’ve learned not to go overboard. So I wouldn’t worry about having a celebration meal or whatever, and I’m not going to agonise over things. So long as I monitor things I know what to do if I need to nip things in the bud. I truly believe that this way of eating is the most maintainable diet I’ve ever tried.
So don’t worry about life after the initial 8 weeks.

Thanks Frog 🙂

When I was doing low carb a couple of years ago, I made lasagne using full fat cottage cheese mixed with a beaten egg as a substitute for the pasta sheets. Worked really well! The egg set and it formed a nice cheesy layer between the mince and tomato mixture.

It is really hard for me to find full fat cottage cheese – my local supermarkets rarely have it. Glad you like it 🙂

Hi TiggerB
£2 – someone really wanted the space back in their bedroom! – enjoy. I went to the gym this morning for the first time in ages & used the stationary bikes there – and the rower.

I love fruit in savoury food – rhubarb with fish is a favourite.
Partly inspired by realising that full fat cottage cheese is tons better than skinny versions, I was remembering an upmarket (well I thought it was at the time, I’d have been about 13 or 14, and visits to my sister in London were very glamorous and exciting!) that my sister used to take me to in the early 1970’s called Strikes – I loved a dish with an open burger with cottage cheese and a peach on the top.
Sounds weird, but I’m planning to recreate it!

I’ve been adding cinnamon to yoghurt too – I had some apple and yoghurt with lots of cinnamon for desert the other day – really tasty.

Congratulations Josephsmum – on the weight loss and resisting the cake!

I think the being full is related to the fat content – hence the full fat yogurt rather than the no fat variety.
I’ve had cottage cheese this week – I think I’ve previously only had low or no fat versions when on other diets, and thought it vile, but encouraged by other posters on here I tried some full fat, and its really delicious and incredibly versatile – it doesn’t add the tang that yoghurt does when you add it to things.

well done on the ‘not wanting to kill everyone’ too – I’ve generally been fine, and in a really good mood, but I realised this afternoon that I was feeling really grouchy – I decided I’d not slept much last night, and went to bed for a couple of hours, before I sent any more grouchy emails!

I am thinking of chicken with a nice crisp salad.
But I thought you were going to go veggie for the weekend.
So when does the weekend start?
I say 6pm on a Friday to dawn Monday.
Sssooooooooooooooo, I suppose some of that dipped rubber then, sorry I meant tofu.
Harken me, don’t I sound posh again.
May wear a kaftan for the meal.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Well gone really well so far, was surprised I wasn’t hungry – had a little glitch yesterday and ate a piece of cake but even then by daily calorie count was under 1200. Forgave myself and got back on it 🙂

I had avocado, grapefruit and cheddar salad the other day – like in the book but normal salad leaves instead of fennel. I now love grapefruit in salad!! I am also using extra virgin olive oil in my cooking/salad dressings and also eating full fat mature cheddar. Using lots of spices in my food too – ginger and cinnamon at least in my yogurt in the morning – which makes food interesting.

Really enjoying it and feel like I’ve lost weight. My Hba1c is in the pre-diabetic range so measured my blood sugar on Tuesday morning (after not eating for 8 hours) and it was 9.1. Going to weigh myself and re test my blood sugar on Tuesday next week to see what it’s like.

Exercise hasn’t really got started though I have bought an exercise bike off eBay for £2 lol.

Thanks everyone for commenting 🙂

Well done Kel that is terrific you must be over the moon

Well done SunnyLife that is fabulous!

8 weeks done but carrying on
My measurement loss has been
Chest 2 inches off
Shoulders 2 inches off.
Thigh 3 inches off
Waist 4 inches off I measured this at fattest part
Weight 2 stone lost
Blood pressure from 138/82 now 122/80
BS today before dinner 6.2 but still on tablets,except sitagliptin 100 mg which I stopped weeks ago
Alanhypno ,doesn’t seem loads inches but clothes all baggy
I intent to reduce metformin one at a time now gradually
Cheers folks

Burritos.
Did you wear open toed sandals and a big floppy hat too?

Love
Lucia
Xxxx

Ok. A bit of gossip, shhhh but don’t tell anyone.
Our Michael Mosley has been busy doing a programme of those electrical cigarettes.
Must be a long wire if you smoke outside.

I notice the people in work on them are not reducing their addiction.

So there you gave it

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Switzerland,
Well he is just a perk of the job!!!!

No, I think our bodies are evolving and doesn’t need meat every meal.

Still say pandas are chunky on leaves and butterflies are skinny on pure sugar. It’s not fair!

Once I finish in work, I have my laundry to do.
Sunday is suppose to be 22 degrees.
As I am still in Fahrenheit I am not impressed u till it hits the 70’s 😎😎😎😎😤😤😤😤😤😤😎😎😤😎😎😤😤

Now don’t all say add 34 , and subtract your birthday and add six if there is an r in the month.
I am too thick/lazy/old/cute/daft to work it out.

Anyone got any news or gossip ?

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi, still interested in inulin and have read some of the research which says its a good thing. I had been doubtful because of its high starch content and thought it might be high carb but have found that Amazon sells “inulin fibre (chicory root) – LCFoods available from West Coast source”. It specifically says zero carbs and diabetic friendly ! Prices in dollars so clearly available in USA, so will continue to chase info about organic version in UK. Am wondering whether its possible to have visceral fat with a BMI bordering 20/21??? My BMI was previously 24. Without an expensive scan don’t know whether I have visceral fat. Sadly after 3 months still getting some fasting blood sugar readings of 6.3, 6.4 so still pre-diabetic although some more hopeful ones in the mid 5.’s. I also wondered about inulin as now I eat beans and pulses very sparsely compared to previously (vegetarian) to keep to carb targets. i.e very small amount of quinoa, lentils and chickpeas. I am largely dependent on fibres in veg which continue to have the more obvious desired effects…..!! Similarly wondered about taking Vit B complex ?? Tofa

Thanks AlexX – ah cheese, totally my weakness 😉 I’m starting to try and go through recipes to see what I like and what I should stock in the house. 🙂

This is actually working! I started the 800 plan last Thursday and have found to my surprise that I have not wanted to kill everyone I meet or rush home to eat the carpet!

I am splitting my 800 calories over 3 meals, and depending on how hungry I feel, I will adjust the amount of food I eat at each meal. I do find that the more meat or eggs I eat at one meal the less hungry I am for the next meal. I know it’s all about protein being more satiating than carbohydrates, and I am happy with that.

I have mainly been eating eggs in the morning (more like brunch time) or full-fat Greek yoghurt with frozen berries, and then a nice big bowl of home made soup in the afternoon or a large salad with some meat, then a main meal in the evening will keep me full all night quite happily.

Today was a good test for me. I volunteer on Fridays for a local charity, and one of the other volunteers brought in a home-made lemon drizzle cake – my absolute favourite cake (or it was – before the diet) and I wasn’t even tempted to take a slice when offered!

There is a long way for me to go yet, so I am hoping my resolve continues for the next 7 weeks – but so far, so good!

Aw you guys are so impressive. You have will powers of steel. Mine not so much. I’ve struggled here in the US to eat healthily as we’ve been out with friends a lot, hey ho, I’ll get back on it.

Keep up the good work and inspiring posts! Hope you two lose your 2 pounds Bill and FifiP!

Have fun x

Hi OzVeggy, I am still new to this and only in my first week. A couple of days ago I adjusted my goals to
Carbs 30g 15%
Fat 53g 60%
Protein 50g 25%

I am going to see how that goes and if it’s too difficult I will increase carbs/reduce fat. Looking at the last couple of days I haven’t always eaten the fat but today I am adding in some avocado.

Half way through week six and I finally hit 10% lost from my starting weight!! Don’t give up!!