Ay caramba, something along the lines of ‘ the money you save on food will be spent replacing your wardrobe, and then some’ 🙂

Oh Bill carrying a boiler! No chance of holding trousers in place with the elbows!

Wow, OH is making sure you do that big clothes shop Bill! You’d better hurry or she will shop for you and really buy you that mankini! 🙂

Bill
There should be a BSD warning about the danger of following this diet.
Clothing hazard!!!!

OMG the OH went through my drawers and wardrobe yesterday and threw out everything that no longer fits me.
There were 2 bin liners full of clothes.
I need a major shopping trip next month. Pants falling down ? try having it happen while you are carrying a boiler from a wagon 🙁

Congratulations Sue, its a great milestone to reach!

That’s such good news Napangardi! Yes I too have have been weighing and after years of being told not to weigh yourself more than once a week I am finding it motivates me. I’m starting day 5 today and I’m 4 1/2 lbs lighter 🙂 I have been experimenting with food too. I’m finding bulgar wheat filling, and eggs are so versatile. Habits are hard to change – I’m finding that also, but I hope I’m forming new ones. I will be tested over the weekend at a couple of social gatherings….

I’ve woken here to a snow flurry would you believe. So back to winter woollies! Last Wednesday I spent the afternoon at a beach with friends wearing a t- shirt.

Ha, Hashimoto – Mr Pickles is a legend on the island with his antics:)

Thanks for signing Jani. I think hubby’s GP needs a wake up call, he clearly hasn’t checked to see if there is any research! Hope your hubby does start the BSD 🙂

What is happening Zendo is that you are doing everything right.
The full feeling is coming from the extra fat in your diet because it takes your body so much longer to process plus, a lot of what we have always called hunger was actuallyy carbohydrate cravings. Now you are in fat burning mode, you no longer need carbs so your body isn’t crying out for them.
On an aside, had a meal out last night at an Italian restaurant. Had to be careful with choices as most of the scrummy food is sauce laden and we don’t know what goes into them.
Settled for king prawn in garlic starter and a fillet steak with vegetables.
Delicious and FBS today was 6.3 so a result.
You can eat out if you just plan carefully.

We were obviously typing at the same time Bill! 🙂

Hi Hashimoto/ Alanhypo
Seem to have been in ‘the pants falling down club’ for a while now as well!!!
Chose the wrong pair to play tennis in last night (under jogging bottoms, I must add).
Spend part of the time trying to surreptitiously haul them back into place.
Annoyingly this pair of ‘droopy drawers’ are quite new.

Hi feltwicked, welcome to the forums 🙂
Congratulations to you and OH for starting this diet tomorrow.

You don’t need to follow the complex recipes in the book for your packed meals for work. Just follow the principles!

Ideas for packed meals:
Dips and crudite
Salad with ham/egg/tuna/salmon/chicken/beans etc
No carb ploughmans – from book
Full fat yoghurt and berries
Piece of cheese and celery and apple
Soup in a flask
Couple of boiled eggs and some nuts

Lots of things you can have that are easy to prepare – the single pots of Fage full fat yoghurt don’t need any prep!

There are a few shift workers on these forums following this diet so you are not alone! 🙂

Hi Christine, I was like a kid at xmas when i opened mine too. Then i had to keep watching the vid as I used the spiraliser, jigsaw puzzles and mechanical objects are not my forte 🙁

Cracked it Fran !!!
Your Dad has to be impressed with your results, keep plugging away at him 😉
8Kg WOW that’s 35 packets of lard that you no longer have to lug about with you.
You must be feeling fantastic and well deserved.

Nice to know I’m in your thoughts Judith 😉

Bill, that image of you rapidly morphing in a telephone box is going to stick with me all day!!! 😉

Help…complete freak out. Had seen GP who diagnosed pre-diabetes and said fasting blood glucose was 6.6 (after 15 hour fast)….so followed diet, BMI down to between 21-22 from 23-24, 150 hours aerobic exercise etc etc for approximately one month. Bought my own blood monitor yesterday and this morning took my first reading…fasting blood glucose after 12 hours is 8.3.!!!!! Feel in despair. I do know machines show differently but this is a standard Accuchek with strips. What to do?? My efforts have put now put me in worse situation (although I would think if I had had 12 hour fasting with GP might have been closer to the new figure). Last night’s supper was only fillet salmon, french green beans and half an apple with handful of seeds. Tofa

Hi Chongolo, you do need to go to the loo a lot at first but it settles down after a while.

I am one of those whose acid reflux has disappeared, yours may settle down soon. This diet causes huge changes in the body in the first couple of weeks so give it time! !

The garlic and a teaspoon of cream cheese gives you a lot of bang for your buck on this diet! Saves wasting most of a jar of passata as well!
I love chilli so always add that as well. If you like chilli it is vit C rich and anti inflammatory as well 🙂

Wow that’s strange Chongololo
A lot of folks have reported that their acid reflux has vastly improved during the 8 weeks.
In fact I’m sure Hashimoto is one of them.
I’m sure she’ll be along soon to confirm that.
Anyhow, best of luck with the plan. If you can stick with it then 20kg is very acheivable, others have lost that and more.

Sorry you’ve got a cold Lucia, try echinacea its very effective, you’ll be better in no time. I’m with you on Darcy, or Colin Firth in any role! Jules x

I haven’t change clothes in a telephone box for many a year Judith and the Kryptonite is a real PITA these days 😉
Meredex I’m so happy you have had a rethink. Of course I’m going to be watching you now so let’s get that weight moving.—– Starting this week 😀

I’m so pleased you’re sticking with it Meredex, the losses will come and you’d have missed out on them if you’d stopped now. Us tortoises need to stick together, we know we’ll get there in the end and we can support each other along the way. Jx

Bill! Have you got a secret identity?! 🙂

Sorry, Meredex, Bill is not Michael in disguise, he is pretty brilliant though! 🙂

Thank you all for your encouragement. Well I sulked for the day, then had a word with myself whilst putting my scales under the bed. I am in this primarily for weight loss. As a yo yo dieter I thought I had found my perfect diet as its wonderful not feeling hungry. I look to my not so distant past and can’t help wondering how much more I would have lost at slimming world ( I would guess 2-3lbs consistent weight loss a week) but I get bored and fall off the wagon! I am amazed that in 4 weeks I haven’t eaten any carbs other than green leaves and veg – it’s amazing Warburtons bakery hasn’t gone bust! As I said I’m going to stop being mardy, weigh once a week and carry on. If Michael happens to be reading this he may need to come up with diet number 3 for those of us slow losers! I would happily be a Guinea pig. Actuall I had hoped BILL was Michael writing under a pseudonym 😉 Xxxxxx

Great result Julkat
You’ll be down into pre diabetic levels before you know it at this rate
Well done you and best of luck for the next few weeks

Hi hashimoto,

No I hadn’t thought of that – I have always preferred tomato based sauces for pasta and stuff (fuel for the parmesan!) but that IS a good idea. I need to stop in at the shops and grab some dogfood and maybe a chicken breast for tomorrows dinner, I will add some philly to the basket.

One thing I have noted is so far this diet has had me racing tot eh loo all the time, and is playing havoc with my acid reflux. I am changing meds anyway (too insecure about PPI’s so trying the H+ ones) but yesterday and today the reflux has showed up MUCH earlier. Possibly previous continual snacking kept it at bay somewhat?

its annoying, I have antacid chewables on me. Here’s hoping it chills out, i have read other have had their reflux improve?

oh well. talk later 🙂

Hi all, my partner and I are sbout to embark on the BSD tomorrow morning. We’re definitely looking forward to it. My big issue is the fact that I’m a shift worker with 4 days of midnight (tonight) to 8:00am followed by 3 days of afternoon shifts 1600 to 2400. The weird times makes it difficult to coordinate the complex recipes in the book, but we’re working that out beforehand, ie right now. I’ll keep you posted on our progress. Goodbye type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure (me) and excess weight (Jeanette and I).

I’m going to try the BSD 5:2 I think, see if increasing my calories will help things settle down a bit. I was pretty strict on the carbs, so I’m going to add more of those too, oats and hummus probably, although there is some suggestion chick peas may effect oestrogen levels. There is so much conflicting advice.

Anyway, I really don’t want another night as messy as last night. *shivers*

Paula you will have to post some of R’s Mr Pickles stories! 🙂

Way to go, justdoit!:)

Well, it might fall off as you walk but you would leave a fragrant smell in your wake 🙂

Hi toni, welcome to the forums! 🙂
The constant need to visit the toilet seemed to subside for me after 2 or 3 weeks! So it should get better soon and you will enjoy improved sleep 🙂

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Mr d’arcy.

💔💛💚💙💜💙💚💚💛💛💙💛❤️❤️💔💔❤️❤️💛💚💙💜💚❤️💗💖💞💕💖💘💞💗💛💙💙💙❣💕💝💝💓💓💓💙💛❤️💛💙💕💞
Oops.
Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi Hashimoto,
Sorry, I thought you were giving me a cold remedy.
To rub myself all over with parsley and lemon zest.

You know my brain isn’t wired the right way.

Ps, wouldn’t the parsley fall off me as I walk?

😀😀😀😀😬😬🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋🍋
Love Lucia
Xxxx

In pride and prejudice
I love the expression,,,,,
I would have been a fantastic concert pianist, if only I could play the piano.

My version,,,,,
I would have been an excellent size 10 if I hadn’t been stuffing my face with junk.

So here we go again,
One note at a time….
I think, being on this path a month, I am able to play the kids tune ‘chopsticks ‘.

Keep practising, keep happy, oh and don’t forget to swoon over mr d’arcy.
Sigh….
Love luciaXxxxx

Parsley and lemon zest rub on some cod, Lucia.?
Xx

Sorry about the cold – I drink lemon, chilli and ginger when I have a cold! Slice of lemon, a piece of ginger root and a sliver of chilli in a mug, add hot water – very warming and comforting!

I’ve filled my kitchen window sill with parsley, basil, mint, coriander and chives (big ones from supermarket and they are still going strong 5 weeks later – it’s like an indoor greenhouse! I add a handful to everything I make, delicious!

Julkat, amazing bs results! 🙂

Can you all lean back away from the computer and phones please.

Government health warning……….

I have a cough and a cold.
I knew that when people in my office got it, only time would bring those pesky little bugs crawling over the wooden floors, up the chair leg and at me.

Oh well. Have got lemons with me today for a hot lemon drink.

One of those things.

Love lucia

Hi so I am announcing that it’s parsley day on Saturday. I will get some and try it with my meals.

How us everyone this morning?
I was so cold yesterday evening I had to put the fire on!
And regretted taking the electric blanket if the bed.
That’s the trouble with losing my blubber, nothing to keep me warm.😆😆😆😆😆
It was so icy this morning too.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi chongolo, you have done well to reduce your Bmi so much.
Instead of pasatta have you thought of garlic and so.e cream cheese added to your courgetti?

Wow Fran84, that is just a brilliant result! 8kg in 4 weeks is smashing, I would be so happy with that. I have just begun, so yet to see what my body is going to do to me – it added 0.2 after day one, so I think i shall have to step away form the scales a bit.

I think your 12 week plan is a good one, I do wonder how 5:2 works in practice though. Congrats on the BMI! I remember doing that – it was a great feeling, the BMI number goes down much slower then the weight number, so a round figure there is something to be celebrated! Cheers, C

Hi Elma the team told captainlynne she could continue for a while after the 8 weeks and she has just finished week 18!! So don’t worry about a few more weeks before switching to 5:2 🙂

Hi Ladies, try eating as much iron rich food as you can, parsley was mentioned yesterday, put some on your savoury foods each day, rhubarb is coming into season in the Uk, it’s rich in vitamin C and iron, important as the body needs vit C to absorb iron. Watercress is also good 🙂
I’m trying to think of foods which are low calorie and fit into the diet, otherwise I would be saying a glass of prune juice every day 🙁

Thanks hashimoto – my main aim was to reduce my levels and the extra weight off was a secondary but with the big loss in week one I thought more would have come off again. But I am in no way giving up 😆

Hi LizB, I agree with you. It’s hard trying to manage with heavy blood loss. I’m prone to anaemia too so as well as being on iron tablets I need to ensure my diet is iron rich too as a lot of it is just lost.

Sue, your bs levels have dropped!!! RESULT!!!!! You will soon lose that 1.8 – it could be just water retention, so onward and up the revolution!!! 🙂

Hi Fran, Captainlynne has finished week 18 on the fast 800 as she wants to lose more weight so no reason for you not to do 12 weeks! Well done on your achievement so far – 8kg is a lot of weight to lose!!! 🙂

As you lose more weight and get more good health benefits your dad is going to get more interested – it will be fabulous if he joins you and loses his prediabetes status!

Onward and shrinkward – I can’t remember who coined that word but it’s great! 🙂

Week 2 weigh in after my fantastic loss of 6.8 kgs in week one I am sssoooo disappointed to see I have put on 1.8 kgs 😢😢. But, my fasting BSG’s have fallen to 5.8. Here’s to better results next week ☺

Halfway there at week 4- I had to buy new scales so I am not sure if the old ones were inaccurate but my weight is the same as last week. Still, I feel like I have lost more which is the main thing I guess. Also I can feel it in more of my clothes. I have lost 8kg in four weeks. I would love to lose another 8kg in the next four weeks but really would be happy with 5 🙂 At this stage I plan to continue the 800 calories a day for a further 4 weeks taking me to 12, then I will switch to the 5:2. I am now trying to get my dad to get on board as he has pre-diabetes. I think he would find it much easier as he eats meat. Will keep suggesting it to him. Also my BMI is now under 40 🙂

I am now on my 9th week and feeling great the compliments have come thick from close friends and people I meet in the street. I have spoken to my Doc. about it and he has given me the go ahead to continue as my sugar levels are improving and I need to lose more weight and I am a 71 year old so anyone can do it. Good luck to everyone.