Hi Barby – easy mistake 🙂
Veg loaf sounds good, and yes it is great for freezing afterwards. I was looking around and most of the recipes I have are quite high carbs so would need to be a small part of the meal. I did find a few recipes on the BBC website for veggie burgers – http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/5_very_good_veggie_burgers
I don’t understand how some of them hold together….. from many years ago trying to make meat burgers, you always added a binding agent – usually egg so get them to stick together and stay together in the pan. The Quinoa and halloumi burger I will look at and try – maybe next week as it does have an egg in it so I can see it keeping together. I need to see the carb count in it first because if it is just 0.5 of a burger on the plate for a sensible carb content, it is not worth cooking! I may look at an alternative for the quinoa – buckwheat maybe and see how that goes. The egg trick is worth thinking about for some of the recipes that did not work – maybe that was what was missing?
I’ll let you know if I get them done.
You weight loss is good – one dress size down in 6 weeks is wonderful! Keep going – we are all different and it is very hard to make sensible comparisons – the main thing is to have sensible goals and dress size is a great one; as is no longer having carb cravings.

Hi Lucia
No indoor soccer here!!!!
Just got up from polishing my cupboard fronts…..no not a euphemism.
I am however sweating and my pulse rate is up but just needed to give my old knees a rest.
Dull and windy here but the thought of your 7000 and going out for a walk is motivating.
Need to up my steps from under 4000 so far today.
When the sun does come out eventually….. my kitchen will gleam and if I go out for a walk I will have a faint glow of self -satisfaction!!!
Thanks for the motivational talk;-)

Hi Orchid

Thanks so much for such an in depth answer, really appreciate it. Am virtually carb free and 800 calls but think the portion sizes may have crept up. Also the excersize has dropped off so will up that again now. Thanks again x

DemiMondaine – 2kg is more than 4lbs. 4.4 to be precise, since 1kg is 2.2 lbs!

I am on here to report a milestone for me. 93kg at my heaviest, got down to 80.8 and lapsed a bit. But I can today report after a few days back on the stricter 800BSD rather than the looser low carb approach, that I am now down to 79.8kg – not much difference but I am really pleased because psychologically 70 something kilos sounds so much better than 80 or 90 something kilos.
Julia

What are you all doing indoor Soccer?
The sun is shining , the birds are screaming (well there sounded like it at 5:30 thus mornings)
Go out for a walk, go buy a newspaper, or a piece of fruit.
Go and enjoy the sunshine, I am expecting snow and blizzards in half an hour 🤔🤔🤔🤔no I told you a million times I do not exaggerate.
Just under 7000 at the moment, going for a walk.

Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Every time I do something right I am choosing to congratulate myself. We don’t do that enough you know. We are all hard on ourselves when we think we’ve failed but how often do we say nice things to ourselves? Not often enough that’s how often.

So today I am pleased to report that I have once again avoided *carb catastrophe* which is a phrase I just made up but sounds totally relevant to our lives here.

For a while now having enjoyed my fitbit flex I have lusted after a fitbit alta! An extravagance of course but it feels good to prioritise my health. I got paid yesterday and had a bonus and decided… I’m gonna treat myself.

My husband forgot to leave me our sons car seat, and I decided that we should go on the train. Bit of an adventure for my son! So we did. Got the train into town, got my new fitbit, a few things my daughter needed and then of course the kids wanted lunch. So bacon bun for the eldest, sausage bun for the youngest and for me.. . Tomato and basil soup. Did I want a brown or white bread roll? Just the soup Thankyou, and a cup of tea 🙂 enjoyed the soup too. I confess I stole a bit of my son’s sausage but I’m thinking… that’s ok.

I can do this 🙂 I really can!

Hi Imogen

I wouldn’t worry about the increase – you may well find it has disappeared tomorrow or the next day. As a scales addict (I actually find weighing every day helps keep me motivated, not the reverse, but we are all different!) I can attest to the fact that weight can vary by even 2 kilos in the same day… and while mine is usually more in the evening than in the morning, the reverse also happens sometimes. So keep looking at the bigger picture, as indeed you are! You are doing really well.

Hi Bounce, this is not uncommon; many people have a flat few weeks during weeks 3-4 then it moves again. Use the search on the forum for ‘plateau’ and you will see lots of others asking about them! Your body may just be re-adjusting.
For things to do proactively – check your carb intake, it may be higher than you realise. Also – don’t just rely on the scales – what are your clothes telling you and what does the tape measure say? Also – read every label and weight everything out. It is amazing how inaccurate the eye can be! My glug of oil that I would have estimated at a tablespoon is actually more than twice that!
I noticed that I was losing weight on average 1.5kg a week, but my waist was reducing at the same rate as my weight loss and I was losing from my hips and bust, but not my waist. I was using Shakes for the first couple of weeks to make it easy to start and they were high in carbs. So yes, 800 cals a day, but with 80-100 g carbs. Once I ditched them and used real food, and stuck to 60g good carb per day, I found the cms came off of my waist and the weight loss continued.
You can also try to increase your exercise – a little more each week can help.
Hope that helps and things move on the next weigh-in.

Hi Captainlynne, I have the same question. I have stopped the 800 and morphed over into ‘med where possible’, but in an uncontrolled way as I was away from home with a couple of long car journeys, staying with family then on a holiday for a week – so been off for 3 weeks.
I was not diabetic when I started, just heading towards pre-diabetic and 23kg above ‘normal weight’. I kept on the diet for 10 weeks before I went on holiday. I had lost 15.2kg, blood sugars now firmly in the ‘normal’ range and I was ‘fat-burning’. When I started BSD I had looked at my diary and decided is had to be done then as that was the best 8 week window I had. This coming weekend I am on a course and then my cousin is down for a holiday and we will be at Chelsea :-), plus be out and about ad hoc stops etc for a week. My aim was to keep within 2kg of my 10 week finish weight and restart on losing the last 10kg after that – probably first week of June.
So how did I do when I was away – my new clothes are still fitting me, so I knew I had not put on much weight. I did weigh myself yesterday for the first time in 3 weeks and I am 2kg higher (mainly gut-fill) so happy enough with that, no longer fat-burning though and have not yet done BS. I have been eating carbs again at times when I had no choice, but did avoid rice, potatoes, chips etc and deserts except for ice-cream which I had a couple of nights. I still do not feel that I have made a full change and am worried about reverting to old habits.
I read recently that you need a year on a change programme to actually hardcode the change into your system – be that eating or exercise. So – I have started to think about the next phase as I do want this hardcoded into my system.
What did I learn in the 8 weeks?
1. Losing weight fast was such a high……. and strangely great fun. The forum helped.
2. Weight everything – the eye is not accurate; read all labels.
3. Avoid all processed foods – make things from scratch where at all possible.
4. Don’t beat yourself up if one day does badly, the next day starts afresh.
5. Full fat is not the enemy – it is a friend.
I have ordered a paper copy of the BSD book and will reread it over the coming weeks. I read it in January on the Kindle, and gone back often to check things, but it is a nuisance as there are no page numbers for referencing. I also want to scribble on it – saw a comment from someone about that in the last couple of weeks – personalise the book – great idea.
I particularly want to read it in light of my own experiences and look at the longer term especially the fasting which others have been talking about. I took the 800 cals and 60g carbs approach.
The first question for me is whether to go for another 8 week stint on 800 cals to get rid of the last 10 kg then move to the 5:2 or full med; or to go onto the 5:2.
From Judith’s posts she just increased her calories a little each week for a number of weeks until she got to the calories she had calculated was her maintenance point.
So – first step – calculate my maintenance calorie intake per day. Reread the book to see if the fasting days and sticking to maintenance calories for the other days will work on the last 10kg or do 6-8 weeks to get rid of that. Also – look at some of the other ideas that came out of the January ‘Trust me, I’m a Doctor’ series around olive oil for the heart, trying to eat in an 8 hour window per day, barley and oats to reduce BP etc. and see if they can be added into the 5 ‘normal’ days.
Sorry for the long ramble – I have been thinking about what to do a lot and procrastinating on putting it into action. Putting down my thoughts and concerns down has helped me work out my next steps.
I will be very interested in anyone else’s experience, approach or thoughts.

I lost 7kg in my first 2 weeks and felt amazing. No hunger etc. but then the second 2 weeks I’ve only lost one kg and don’t understand why the huge slow down? I have a massive amount of weight to lose so am concerned. Has anyone else had this happen? Any tips to get it going again? Don’t want to fall off the wagon……

thanks collie
and you are so right about sugar

I haven’t given it up completely, well indeed since I had two pieces of the lemon cake yesterday, that is for sure

back in jan when I started the 5:2 fast diet I had two weeks of horribleness when I stopped bingeing and stopped all sweets biscuits and cake (didn’t stop fruit)
had headaches and felt sick and hated the world
but after a couple of weeks that calms down

I feel clearer too at the moment – think the MASSIVE reduction on gluten to almost nothing is a great thing for me
the tricky bit comes with the mh side as its hard to know what is what sometimes

but on thurs my heart was racing the entire day and I have no idea why (but apparently the mh stuff could have caused that too – ahhhhhhh)

annoyingly I was calm earlier but its all kicked off a bit so I am going to go now before I start saying too much and sounding weird or weirder or whatever

thanks for replying to my post and I hope this eating is working for you
sometimes wish sugar had not been discovered!!!! – never thought I would say that – but hey
have a good day x

Hi Rozy,

Swimming sounds great! Once I feel I can go out in public in a swimsuit I want to learn to swim 🙂

Don’t be hard on yourself, life happens and we get sidetracked, its ok…now you’ve come to the point of wanting to swim again which is better than never doing it again…so definitely a win!! Well done 🙂

So far so good, been sticking to my 800 calories but only lost 700g when I checked again yesterday. Im on day 6 today….was day 5 yesterday so expected sometging more than 700g….been stuck on 700g for a while now so I got annoyed and ate a whole 8oz rib eye steak with a teaspoon of English mustard and a few leaves…thought I’d be a rebel and not add up the calories but this morning weighed myself and lost 400 grams so a total of 1,1kg in a week. Not as fabulous as everyone else on here but not bad…. Ended up adding up my steak dinner calories which came to 410 so I got it in my journal 🙂 happy to say was only 60 calories over for the day and did my 10,000 steps coz my bus took forever so walked half way home…

Today I have this insatiable hunger for salmon with garlic and paprika…trying to shake it off and plan meals for the week but adding up foods which aren’t paprika salmon is making me a bit crazy with the craving so I’m going to get dressed and go to the big tesco to find some courgetti and cauliflower rice 🙂

Hope your weekend is going well…

Hi Izzypeach,
great to hear you are getting support from the nurse and even better – she is being training in low carb eating!
If you want to add to your ‘satisfying meals’ how about soups? I find these to be very filling and with a salad for lunch keep me going all afternoon. They have the advantage of being easy to make large amounts and freezing the rest for future days.
I was driving up from Herts to Orkney the other week and very worried about how to cope with ‘meals’ on route. I took a flask of soup and that really helped, but I also the M&S Food Halls that are now at many stopping areas have a few salads that do not contain rice, potatoes etc. The one I like as it is all greens is the super green salad – edamame soybeans, apples, sugar snap peas, & coriander with a dressing of apple, soy and ginger. Calories – 87 and 5.5g carbs per 100g. Pack is 176 g. It was really tasty and took a while to eat – you can add cheese, meat or fish to it if you want to.
Good luck with the curry – check out the recipe section for the onion bhaji’s!

Bother!! Just on the verge of throwing a major hissyfit because my weight increased by one pound 😤 when I remember that I have lost over a stone in the last 4 weeks….😁guess my mood fluctuating also.
Hmmm,. Busy day yesterday + reduced water intake may have played a part! Flare up of arthritis not helping as slowing me down.
All good: will eat well, drink more and meditate.

Hope all you guys have a great day.🌻

Hi Alipalicat,
Well done on a difficult two weeks. If you can keep going through a high stress event, then you should have no issues getting to the end of the 8 weeks!
If you have been hospital visiting, you have probably been getting more exercise than you thought….. I know from the last few hospital visits I have had to make the car park is miles from the reception area and then the ward is as far away from there as can be – plus the stairs as I was never prepared to wait for the lifts!
Let us know how you are getting on in the coming weeks.
good luck.

Well done Jim, great results, well done! Please let us know if you are confirmed as clear of T2, as Bill says the more confirmed there are the better the chance that this approach can be pushed out through as standard in the future.

Hi Alan,
Maybe a quick review of what you are eating and your exercise prior to starting the last few weeks? I did that every couple of weeks and tweaked what I was doing as I went through. Check your carb intake – especially any foods you ‘assumed’ were good. If you can, up the steps a little each day.
You have already achieved a lot – 1.5 stone off and reduction in your meds, so don’t be too hard on yourself – celebrate what you have achieved as you go forward.

Hi Cicipops,
I was not disagreeing that porridge is a great way to fill you up – I have had oats in homemade muesli for years.
What I was pointing out is that the BSD book does not recommend the kind of porridge oats that are processed – and most that we now buy are processed. Porridge is fine if made with the oats that you need to soak the night before then cook next day – steel-cut or rolled oats.
There are many posts on this topic and some diabetics find they can manage oats, others cannot – please use the search engine and you will find the posts.

From the BSD book:
Page 34
‘In one study, he took 12 overweight teenage boys and on separate days gave them three different breakfasts. One was instant oatmeal with milk and sugar. Another was traditional, unprocessed oats, “steel-cut”, the sort your grandmother would recognise. The third breakfast was an omelette. The worst breakfast was the instant oats. After eating it, the boys’ blood sugar and insulin levels soared. This was followed a couple of hours later by a “crash” as blood sugar levels fell below where they had started. This crash was accompanied by a surge of the stress hormone, adrenaline. The boys felt tired, hungry and irritable. At lunch they each are a whopping 620 calories more than those who had had the omelette.’
P113
‘Avoid most breakfast cereals: they are usually full of sugar, even the ones that contain bran. Oats are good as long as they are not the instant sort.’
P131
‘Q There are carbohydrates in this diet, yet you say I should not eat them.
A There are some carbohydrates in the menus provided – but the right sort. As you will know by now, starchy carbohydrates are essentially concentrated sugars and are disruptive to blood sugar. You will find recipes here that include jumbo oats, and even brown rice – but in small quantities. It’s a taste, not a main component of the meal. These carbohydrates are the slow-burn kind, meaning they take time and energy to digest, which means you’ll feel less hungry.’

After reading this, I adapted my eating to the principles of the BSD diet and instead of breakfast with 30g oatmeal and 100g fat-free yoghurt plus berries and seeds, I now have 60g full fat yoghurt, berries and seeds and find that every bit as filling as the one with the oatmeal. The full fat yoghurt is what keeps me feeling full.

Hi I am finding I can now tell the difference between mouth carb hunger and the real need for food . Not sure I will ever lose my love of carbs but oh so feel better without them I think they were killing me slowly sorry if that sounds dramatic but it’s true for me . I truly believe I was/am addicted to them.

Hi Odette C
I have e mailed you , sounds interesting .

Just to add to this, have kept carbs well under 50gms for the last few days and a step on the scales this morning show 3lbs gone!

Will persist with this low carbs strategy. Still some way to go, but a better result than I’ve been able to achieve for some considerable time, and I’m not hungry and am really enjoying my food. Eggs, spinach and smoked salmon this morning – what’s not to like?

Hi I don’t feel shaky but certainly more alert and can think clearer. I have taken to camomile tea at bed time and no electronics as quite wired at night , feel so hungry as well and the two seemed to go together for me. I look on sugar as a drug so for me I am de toxing or de fixing as I don’t like that word . I am hoping that these will settle but as I am in for the long haul I am willing to give it at least 6 weeks before this settles I ate sugar for a whole lot longer . Wish you well

Hi All I went for my first bike ride in ages all good and felt the love with my bike. On a different note mu UP band has stopped working what fit bit step counters etc would people recommend . Loving the posts thanks for the motivation.

Hi Cicipops
Completely relate to your post. Well done on doing your induction at the Gym. I also felt terrible when I first went.
Go to a few classes now and have been going for several years……suppose I am a bit of a veteran.
I completely agree that the so called ‘easy’ classes are far from it…sometimes Yoga/Body Balance or Pilates feel positively evil…..though they are obviously not supposed to. However what would be the point of going if you didn’t push your body a little. After all our goal is to be healthier.

Certainly remember being positively purple at the end of the classes. Think I still am but people no longer come up to me
to ask if I’m alright…… more likely to be telling me, in the last couple of weeks certainly…… that I look well… aka lost loads of weight.

Moving more is a great goal and moving easier has worked for me.
Good luck to all the movers and shakers 🙂

I did like the 5:2 but it caused all my reflux issues to get worse so not sure it is the best for me
this way doesn’t seem to be so bad – so far

thank you for your reply and yes I agree that the emotional and weight etc etc gets very tangled and tricky

things have calmed a little in my head today so that is good

oh the lemon polenta cake was gorgeous and everyone loved it – really lemony and yum – and not a hint of wheat or gluten anywhere

I had a better nights sleep last night – I have a lot to catch up on from the past few days – so hopefully things will settle back down now

thank you so much for your support
I hope things are going ok for you

something that might help – if the issue is ‘upset’ stomach as in needing loo quick etc!!!!!!!!
lots of people find taking calcium tablets helps (after gall bladder removal)
but take just calcium – NOT the ones with magnesium added as that can make it all ‘loose’ again

I used to take some from Holland and barrett – and I still had a gall bladder, but had lots of other issues and they even helped me too

only thing was the tablets were big and not the easiest to swallow

After 2 weeks:

7kg off
7cm gone round my middle
Signs of a waistline returning
Feeling much better in myself
Not hungry so often
Dug a whole pile of tight clothes out of my wardrobe and some nearly fit again
Been clothes shopping 😉😀
Saving money

Only downside is my innards seem bunged up.

Week 2 weigh in and I’ve lost 2kg. Keep reminding myself that’s 4lb so not bad at all.

Hello, I’ve been doing the BSD for 7 weeks – great results and I’m on a bit of a mission to help others understand that reclaiming your health and vitality IS possible. I am starting a local group using my experience of being a coach and trainer so that we can explore the science, the food (mmm.. cooking and tasting), and how to create a plan to make moving more and reducing stress work for YOU whatever your starting point . You can find out more on http://www.8weeks.co.uk.

Hi Jim
Wonderful results for you, if your doc isn’t impressed by that, bin him.
I really hope your blood sugar results come back as well as your weight loss has. Make sure to let us know, anyone who manages to get a diabetes reversed decision is a cause for celebration in my eyes.

Hi everyone

Weighed in a day early as going out for alcoholic drinks this afternoon 😱

Anyway, end of week 10 and after my plateau last week it’s another 2.6 lb loss this week.

Pretty happy with this as I was out for dinner on Wednesday, and while I had steak and veg, I also had some carbs. My plan was to enjoy it, have a few chips etc if I wanted them but leave the majority of the carbs on my plate and it worked!

On a lighter note – in my obsession with the scales (I’m one of those who finds them motivating!) I stepped on again this morning and they say a pound and a half gone… Given I’ve only been back on the 800 BSD proper for a couple of days I am well pleased. Definitely need some calmer days though – I managed to prang the car on Wednesday, got it scraped on hinge of our driveway gate. All stress…
Hoping for better days ahead in the sunshine (even though it is freezing again it’s lovely to hear the birds singing).

You’ve done an amazing job even managing to stick to most of it through your husbands emergency, you should be super proud of yourself! That hospital sandwich would have been a much needed meal for you that day. Glad to hear he is home recovering and I hope he will be well soon.

Lynne you just keep going from strength to strength
Anyone following your posts can’t fail to be inspired by them, I always have been.
You’re going to be right where you want to be in the not too distant future.
Well done 🙂

Christine1948
I really hope things are getting slightly less raw for you. I have been out of touch with all the posts so only saw your news just now. Puts my daughter’s exam stress into perspective. Thoughts, hugs and prayers are with you.
Julia

Hi Happy! I also have no gallbladder and I’ve been ok.

The surgeon explained it to me. Usually our liver will create bile, and then our gallbladder stores it. When we eat fat it secretes the bile to help digest the fat. When we don’t have a gall bladder the only bile is whatever the liver can produce on the go, none is stored. Some will be lucky and the liver can keep up, others maybe not so lucky. However it does make sense that eating fat in smaller quantities spread out would perhaps be more manageable for our bodies than one large portion.

You could try low fat cheese for your cheesy meal, I know it isn’t quite in keeping with BSD ethos, but the protein and (still some fat) may still be enough to keep you full.

I wouldn’t say my diet is as high in fat as many, maybe that’s why I’m ok. I have my yoghurt and cheese, and I use oil to fry but a lot of my meals are pretty low I guess. That isn’t by design it’s just the meals I’m enjoying. I’ve always cut the fat off meat because I don’t like eating it. I know you’re not eating meat anyway.

Good morning! I started this diet on 4/5 and have had 2 slip ups along the way – an evening out on day 2 which involved a packet of crisps! And my husband having to have an emergency op and being in hospital on day 7 – this caused a hospital sandwich to be consumed as I had been stuck there all day. I have not managed to stick to the 800 cals every day but have kept my carbs to between 20 and 40g. I have done very little exercise because of hospital visits etc and not drunk as much water as I’d like and too much tea and red wine BUT I’m over the moon to report a loss of nearly 9lb and I feel so much better. No painful bloating stomach, clothes feel better and I love this way of eating. Husband is home from hospital now and will hopefully be on the mend so I will be trying very hard to stick to the 800 calls this week and see what the results are.

I’m determined to continue so that when I have my next blood tests the nurse will be happy with my results and tell me I am no longer pre-diabetic.

Thank you BSD 😃

Hi everyone

Just finished week 21, and the result this week is …….

another 3 pounds gone!😃

That’s a total of 49 pounds so far😱

Only two pounds to go until I drop into next stone, and five pounds to go before I become overweight instead of obese!

Fasting bs this morning was 4.0.

Safe journey Judith. Speak soon 😃

Hi everyone

At end of week 21.

Another 3 pounds gone, total now 49 pounds 😃

Lucia – I might be borrowing that white catsuit of yours. A pound down this morning after just a few days back on the 800 BSD. I need to cut my grass though this morning so can you lend it to me later on. I wouldn’t want to shock Jo Public wearing it while out jogging either 😁

Hi Poppyflower!
Thanks so much for your kind words and thoughts about what might help. I actually decided to try that starting tomorrow as I have been eating cheese for one meals protein since I am a pescatarian (only eat fish and no meat or chicken) and realized I should switch that meal out for fish or shrimp or something lower in fat than cheese
Fingers crossed it helps. I have a long trip starting next Wednesday so don’t want tummy issues.
Hugs for a happy day!
🌷

I am loving this thread, and reading what everyone is doing! Have to say, I’ve never been a very active person. Done a few hillwalks in the past (which nearly finished me, I was so out of breath!), but apart from that my only exercise was housework. Anyway, 2nd week on my diet, I decided I’d join the gym. (That was last week). I booked an inductiion and 2 classes. Never having exercised before, I was kinda scared of going along, but I pushed myself. The guy doing my induction was really nice – not at all judgemental about my ‘unfitness’, and showed me some gym equipment I could try which would not be too testing as a beginner. I’ve been 4 days out of 7 this week so far and quickly discovered my favourite exercise machine is the rower. Cos I’m not that fit, I can’t manage much timewise 10- 15 mins only, and even that with breaks to get my breath back! ( I cancelled an abs class cos I thought perhaps I was gettig ahead of myself, and went to a stretching class with my daughter who said it was easy? (Was she
Joking, or what???). But……..and this is quite astonishing really……I’ve lost 2.5 inches from my waist in just this week!!! The weight loss aint been so good this week, but so what. I’m sticking with the plan! Absolutely buzzing!!!! Keep at it guys, just doing what your doing, and in no time we’ll aĺl be where we want to be and will have changed our bad habits for LIFE x

I have a meal replacement/protein shake in the morning, takes 2 mins and you can drink it on the way to work etc and it curbs my hunger until lunch. Make sure you get one that is low carbs – ideally a VLCD one.

I find the first 3 days are the hardest while your body is withdrawing from sugar/carbs. Keep telling yourself its only 3 days and I am sure you will feel better by then. Once you see the number on the scales dropping you’ll get lots of drive to push through any hunger pangs but if all else fails – Cheat with meat hahaha Not sure where I heard that but a small amount of protein can help. I usually have half a tin of tuna if I am really hungry. Keep going!!

Hey Jim
Well done, that’s brilliant 😀
I bet your doctor will be thrilled! The more that get to know what is going on with this diet and how well it is working and helping with the type 2, the better. Let us know what the doctor says. Do you have much more weight to lose?
Cheers
Linda

Hi Befoon88,
This new lifestyle isn’t a torture chamber and if you feel like having the avocado that much then pop to the fridge, have a couple of mouthfuls and jump back into bed. I’ve been surprised how little of this kind of food satisfies my hunger and it’s not like you’re getting up to open a packet of biscuits! You’ve done the right thing on posting your thoughts here, there’s someone, somewhere in the world that can offer some support anytime of the day or night.
What country are you in? If you’re just going to bed, it must be late, so I’m guessing the UK?
It a lovely 24 deg C Autumn afternoon here in Australia, I’ve just hit back from an hours walk with the dog and my fit bit tells me I’m up to 15,000 steps for the day. Don’t worry, I’m 3.5 weeks in and I can tell you within the week, the hunger pangs will have diminished and you’ll be loving this new way of life😀
Please keep in contact and let us know how you’re going.

Hi happyLife, I also have no gallbladder and have no problem with the extra fat. However prior to having mine removed I did lots of reading and discovered that many people have problems with fats. I was prepared to have problems but I have been lucky.
Maybe try fats in smaller amounts across the day and see does that help. Good luck

Nonnie, you are so lucky. Another friend told me tonight she has lots of trouble with too many fats also.
I am patient so hoping my tummy figures it all out. 😄

Hi HappyLife, I haven’t had a gallbladder for 30 years or so, and have never had tummy issues. In between diets, I consumed the highest fat, junk-filled diet possible. I’m sure it depends on the individual; I’ve always thought I had a “cast iron” stomach.

I have just done my first day on the BSD. It hasn’t been to bad. Lots of support from my mum, who has already done it. Even after she left I was ok, watched a few programmes on the tv, all ok. Reading in bed; keep being distracted from my book, firstly just by thoughts of the day. Then by thoughts of food, then on needing the loo (x3). Now of thinking about the avacardo in the fridge full cottage cheese and me gorging on it! Feeling hungry. Not massively but normally I don’t think I allowed myself to feel hungry very often. Now all I can think about is that avacardo sitting in the fridge and how good it would tast and I feel like crying.