Thanks Cherrianne. I’m hoping I’ll feel better soon. I’m ravenous at the moment! At least at work I’m distracted! Although I don’t think I’m drinking enough water. It’s difficult as I end up dashing out of my teaching room along the corridor every 5 minutes when I keep drinking water, which is not brilliant!

How often do you all weigh yourselves? I hopped on the scales again this mornig but after 2 days didn’t expect to lose anything so wasn’t surprised to see the scale remain the same. Maybe I should do it once a week? What do you all do?

Have a good day!

Ali 🙂

Hi Janet when I was at my appointment this morning my friend (the pressure point therapist) told me she has had no uncomfortable bloating since starting this diet 6 weeks ago. She is trying to persuade her diabetic clients to try it.
She thought it was certain veg causing problems until she cut the carbs out.

It’s amazing how many problems are supposed to be caused by things like fat, spice, alcohol etc. But lots of problems disappear when simple carbs are eliminated from the diet 🙂

Hello,

I was ignored by my mother as a teenager when I expressed my concern regarding lack of regular menustration.
In my twenties I was told going on birth control would regulate the situation. In my thirties I was finally
diagnosed with PCOC, yet no one appeared to understand the condition or provide any lifestyle and nutrition
advice. I am very on metformin, bp and chloresterol meds. I found out about this diet by accident.

I am on week two. I unable to follow the plan to the book due to some living situation problems. I am delighted
to see the number of individuals contributing to this group.

My focus is to firstly love myself for the first time in my life. Also to forgive myself if I slip up. Drinking as much
plain water as I can, reducing coffee and increasing tea. I made a lovely garlic onion, mushroom and red pepper
with one poached egg meal for breakfast yesterday and I felt so very satisfied. Really watching the portions.
I am delighted to report I have lost two pounds… which is unknown to me in the past to loose weight so fast.

I am determined to keep trying and wish everyone the gift of self-love and faith. We are different and this makes
it more the challenge.

Good luck to you all.

Thanks Jilly I’ll google it. Sounds lovely
Judith

Hi nicolaann, sounds perfect to me!
FF yoghurt is a revelation isn’t it?
Makes me cross that i ate that slimy (good description, Natalie) crap for DECADES when I could have had the yummy healthy real thing!! 🙂

Hi all
A friend at work recommended the BSD to me recently and I’ve decided to try it. I have no issues with blood sugar but the PhD student life (stress, snacks, no exercise) means I have some weight to lose – mostly around my abdomen.

I managed to lose about 4 kilos in 4 weeks last year with a 1200 calorie diet and am hoping that I will see similar results this time.

I am terrible at sticking to diets but am reasonably motivated and posting here for accountability.

My current stats are 5’5 and 69.4 kilos. Ideally, I would like to drop about 9 kilos.

Fingers crossed!
L

Yes Bill, it means something completely different here too!!
Hopefully things will settle in time. Am planning on going beyond 8 weeks so at some point my glucose stash will have to diminish logically thinking.
Looking forward to June when my yearly HBA1C and other bloods will be done. A bit of a crisis though at my GP surgery as no nurses through sickness and staff leaving until they recruit some so no diabetic reviews until at least June!!

Hi TenorTubby
yes lots of folk have had that kind of weight loss, and more, in the first few days. It really depends on your lifestyle and how much weight you have to lose as well as your starting weight.
You have got off to a great start though, remember to keep us all informed of how you progress and good luck 🙂

Excellent, Janet!

Hi Embob
If a food label says carbohydrates 20 grams and then of which dietary fibre 6 grams, then the total carb count would be 14 grams.
The same holds true if the labels list carbs and fibre separately. That’s in the UK anyway.

LMAO
Morning glory has a different meaning where I come from 😀
Seriously Leeanne, if your readings are good for the rest of the day, I wouldn’t worry too much about the FBS reading, it may come down in time but it’s really a personal thing as to how your body reacts to stored sugar being released by your liver and how well your pancreas is performing in producing insulin to control it.
Of course you have to get to the point where there isn’t a lot of stored glucose left.

I have to agree with cherrianne Dee
You will start noticing changes (not just weight loss) in the first week. You may experience the odd plateau, lots of us do, but just stick to the plan and the weight loss will start again, you need to give your body the time to adjust to burning fat instead of carbs and your body will fight back at first until it realises that you are the boss now.
Some time during the next 8 weeks you’re going to see someone eating the things you used to love and you will suddenly notice that it doesn’t bother you any more, you will feel fitter and sleep better as well.
Just stick to the plan and don’t forget to shout out if you need any answers or you are having a food crisis. We will offer as much support as we can, even if it’s just to give a shoulder to cry on, but what we really want to do is help you celebrate your new found health.

Best of luck for your 8 weeks and beyond.

Hi Hashimoto, Our Shrine of Remembrance is very beautiful and stands high up on lovely green lawns amongst magnificent trees that have been there since the 1st World war. It might be on google if you want to see it,

Regards jillyB

Hi Bill, the majority of my daily readings are in the pre-diabetic or non-diabetic range which is pleasing. Like you say, I must be one of the ones who get high morning figures. My hubby who’s not diabetic sometimes has a 7.4 in the morning if I can get him to test. The funny part is that he gets mixed up with dawn phenomenon and embarrassingly refers to it as morning glory!

Agreed natalie!

Same for me. I was told I have underactive thyroid about three years ago, and have always struggled to lose weight but I’m now 19 pounds down in 11weeks. I believe it is cutting the carbs that has made the biggest difference for me.

We sure do, Lucia !

A huge football game ! What else ? we are Aussies !!

jillyB

Wow Jilly, that’s quite an event! I’m very impressed by dawn services! 🙂

Hi Hashimoto,

I live in Victoria but I think most of Australia does the dawn service, even a lot of suburban places and country towns have a small ceremony around their cenotaphs that honour the young men who lived in that town and didn’t return.
I forgot to mention, after the service and having a drink with their old comrades, we also have the annual football match which is huge. This is part of tradition with the same two teams playing against each other. This is all part of our big league and they somehow arrange these two teams to meet each Anzac day. It was a cracker of a game today. As you probably know, Australians are football crazy, even I have my team to barrack for ! My two sons are mad for it, too ! Nice to hear from you.

jillyB

Hi Sim, welcome to the forums!
I have hypothyroidism and could not lose weight no matter how hard I tried. If you look at my profile you will see I hoped to lose 2 stones on this diet. I didn’t believe it was possible. Some time ago I had lost 2 stones, 13 lbs and I am staying stable while I have increased my calories.

I’m sure this will work for you too as it is very hard to lose weight when you have hypothyroidism.

Good luck 🙂

Hi hashimto,
I notice you ask what state jillyb lives in.

In case I ask, I live in a state of blissful insanity, looking for the humour in all things as life is too short to growl at.
😎
Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi,
Please may I also acknowledge 1006 posts.
When I started it, I was just doing a dear diary to myself.

Now I have millions of friends all over the world, who know I am crazy but still come back for more.

Big hugs to you all.

Love Lucia
Xxx

To all Australians,
I salute you on your special Anzac Day.
After the seriousness in marking the day, I hope you all celebrate it too.
Love lucia
Xxxx

Hi Hashimoto
Could you not utilise the space in the rear compartment to store your snorkel, mask, flippers, beach ball etc?
Thought it would be helpful.
Love Lucia
Xxxx🐠🐠🐟🐠🐬🐬🐟🐡🐬🐳🐬🐡🐟🐠🐡🐬

I love when everyone tries full fat yoghurt with real fruit instead of slimy over-sweetened “healthy” yoghurt-like-substance! I remember what that was like. Hey, this stuff isn’t disgusting after all! It’s like dessert for breakfast.

Hi , I have been doing the Bsd for two weeks now and still trying to fine tune so that my weight loss is better. For those of you who experience rising blood sugar levels when every thing else is basically the same, I wanted to throw out the possibility that your cortisol levels have increased which I understand can make your blood sugar go up. This issue is discussed a bit in M Mosley”s book but not much. My understanding from past experience and some reading is that if you put certain stresses on your body like working out really hard it will increase your cortisol. Anyway may be something to look into. An increase in cortisol can also affect your weight loss according to some of the literature that I read. I would be interested in knowing if anyone has dealt with this issue and how they handled it. Td

Well done to everyone posting great results this morning. And an even bigger well done to those people who are determined to keep going regardless. As Bill says, there is sometimes no rhyme or reason to the results but people often report a welcome but unexpected drop after a plateau. So stick with it until it happens!

As for me, I can’t believe I am saying it but I am now only 9 pounds away from my goal of losing 2 stone. I would estimate that over the last three years I have made more than twenty attempts to lose weight and have never managed more than 4 or 5 pounds. I have now lost 19 pounds in 11 weeks and couldn’t be happier!

Hi all, end of week 6 and another 2lb down making 19 in total 🙂

Two colleagues at work have complimented me this morning 🙂

Keep going everyone!

Hi Lachlan,
You know you gave it your very best! So sorry it didn’t work for you. 🙁
Is your specialist going to do antibody tests to make sure you aren’t a late onset type 1?
How I wish you could have had a great result after all your hard work.
Thank you so much for letting us know what was happening, I was concerned when we hadn’t heard from you.
Best wishes from me

Hello all!

The discussions on this thread has not had any responses recently but I wanted to see if anyone has any tips for me. I’m starting the Fast 800 today and I have had PCOS since I was 17. I’m weighing at about 11 stones and hope to lose about 1 – 1.5 stone in the next 8 weeks. For a ‘normal’ person that doesn’t sound a lot but with PCOS it seems hard to even lose a few pounds. So any help is much appreciated 🙂

Apologies if this has been mentioned before. I am now in week 11 and delighted with the almost 3 stone weight loss I have managed on this diet.
Just had some week 10 blood results through and my TSH levels are now in ‘ abnormal range’ ..just wondering if any fellow dieters with underactive thyroid have found they need meds adjusted? I am currently on 150 levo.
thanks

Hi Paula

Today is my day 1 as well and instead of starting a new thread I thought I follow on from yours. Its amazing the encouragement and support you get from everyone else. Just a background – I’m 11 stone just now and would be delighted to lose 1 – 1.5 stone in the next 8 weeks. However, I have PCOS as well and it makes losing weight that bit harder. Is there anyone else who has had success with PCOS and Fast 800?

Dee, once you start your tears will be of the happy kind 🙂
You will quickly realise that you aren’t giving anything up that was worth having. You will be giving up the extra weight, high blood sugars, tiredness, lack of energy, and bleak future as a type 2 diabetic.
On the other hand you will be gaining better health, more energy, better blood sugar control, a feeling of well being, trimmer figure, and a much brighter future in remission from diabetes.
Chin up, you can do it 🙂

Embob,
Tonight, we had our vegetables in the form of a stir fry. Into the electric fry pan I put some olive oil, broccoli, cauliflower, leek, red capsicum, zucchini. Then when it was all frying nicely, I added a splash or two of olive oil on top. This was eaten with some fresh fish (NZ Terekihi) also done in olive oil.
Dessert was some Greek yoghurt with thawed frozen blue berries. Delicious!

Jim

Hi Hashimoto

It is going okay thankyou, I think! What do you mean when you say deduct the fibre or do I need to refer to the book?

I have been having heart burn since starting last Tuesday which surprised me a bit….is it unusual do you know?

Thanks for all your advice it really is appreciated xx

What an amazing coincidence Hawks and Paula. Hawks you probably nodded hello to Paula on one of your walks!
It’s such a small world 🙂

Omg Hashimoto I had a Ff Greek yogurt this morning it was divine. I added raspberries, pomegranate, seeds and almonds it was lush. I’m having a feta cheese salad for lunch and home made beef and veg soup for tea. In your experience does that sound ok. I’m only on day 3 any guidance would be helpful. X

Weight this morning 12 st 7 lb, fasting blood sugar 4.6. Breakfast eaten, case packed, ravelling later, two sessions this afternoon, then evening meal at 7pm.

Be interesting to see weight and blood sugar results on Friday!

Will check in when I can. Might even tell you what culinary delights have been on offer 😳 Have a good week everyone.

Hi Ali,
Much better fat and protein intake today, you’re really getting into the swing of it.
Headaches are pretty normal at this stage, they only last a few days and paracetamol and lots of water (about 3litres a day) really help. You might get a flu type feeling too, it’s all down to the carb withdrawal, but again it passes in a few days. Then it’s all good news: hunger passes, more energy, lower blood sugars and weight loss 🙂

Big difference, JoannC!

When people use spiral courgette in place of pasta, do you cook it before adding sauce?

B – Natural yoghurt, blueberries & a tiny amount of rolled oats

S – Green tea & blueberry shake

L – Poached eggs & salmon on grilled mushrooms

D – Thinly sliced chicken thigh, marinated in soy sauce & garlic, cooked in a non-stick pan & served on grated raw zucchini, carrot and lettuce. (The family are getting this with the addition of rice)

I’d guess in the oven maybe 200 and probably 10 mins. I’ll have an experiment and report back 🙂 I’ll toss them in olive oil and maybe try a little chilli salt …

Not sure about the squash and sweet potato, but I think they are too high carb for me just now. I’d guess you could cook them the same way just maybe a bit longer.

Gosh, well done!

My weight loss hasn’t been anything like as rapid – but I haven’t cut down my calories very much.

Is there any chance of buying more food on the way, or having someone meet you with extra supplies?

Vacuum packed beetroot will keep without being chilled.

Good luck with it, Dee.

Tomorrow Tuesday 26th April 2016 at 9.30am I will have my fasting bloods taken. I begin eating the BSD way straight after that. Hopefully my doctor will support me but I won’t know that until Thursday the 28th. The kitchen is ready, the groceries purchased and all is good to go but I’m still emotional. Joining this forum is the best thing I could have done to help myself as I’ve already had replies from very caring people who made me feel that I can do this xxxxxxxxxxx thanks so much <3 So, Blueberry ‘n Green Tea Shake for breakfast tomorrow when I recover from the Nurses needle lol looking forward to it beginning 🙂

No weight loss this week. On the plus side I haven’t actually gained any.

Must try a bit harder. I’ve been very good at avoiding the carbs, but not paying attention to portion sizes.

Well done to those who’ve lost weight.

People like you will certainly help me, your so kind. I’m not sure if I’m tearful because I feel I’m giving up so much or because I may have found the answer to fixing what ails me and returning to health at long last. It’s good to know that there are others who have been there before me and understand. Thanks so much 🙂

Thanks for your words of encouragement. I’m sure I’ll experience rough days much like others do but 8 weeks is a short space of time to give my overall health. The possibility of being Diabetes free is like being promised ultimate wealth just for looking after myself properly. Well done you too for working so hard on your health, keep it up 🙂