That’s a lovely idea to remember your Mother I hope you enjoy your day.

Yes we will be hours ahead it’s 1510 right now so my work day is getting near to done. I’m sat just now waiting for work as I’ve run out and the office is trying to find me something. Not allowed to just go home lol.

Planning a walk with my friend tonight so I am looking forwards to that.

Hi Izzy
Know what you mean, I went the whole 8 weeks losing regularly then plateaued on week 10 😮
Started losing again week 11 and still going down 🙂
I looked on it kindly and regarded it as my body taking a rest before the next big push, keeps me sane anyway 🙂

Yes it seems to happen to lots of us I’m lucky so far though as I’ve never past my official weigh in day without a loss but it could happen and I know to stick with it.

Hey Izzy,
You are doing great and read Pam1954’s post. She lost nothing for two weeks and now started dropping again!!
💜

Pam1954 – 1954er here too!
Congrats on starting to lose weight again as even more on hanging on through the last two weeks!! You have done amazing!!
I love
That you had to donate clothes and just plan on getting a special new pair of pants when you are at your goal weight or get one now to wear a while until they are too big!

Wow that’s amazing! Great job taking one bite and tossing it! My daughter in law gave us two cookies she had made when we were out to eat. I put them in the car and left them there and then last night out them down the disposal. A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do 😳
They smelled too good even a day old to keep here for the kids when they come over.
Usually whenever I get free desserts at a restaurant I bring them home and throw them in the freezer then when the kids come over I defrost them and they get some dessert.

Two pounds is great!! Remember everyone says it gets slow and then sometimes speeds up again as our bodies adjust.

Today would be my moms bday if she was still here and my husband and I always do something special for her. Today we are taking a day trip drive and a picnic somewhere. And I took the day off from seeing clients. 😃

Hope your day was or is awesome – I think you must be 8-12 hours ahead of me in time zones.

Keep going – we can do this!!

Hugs!

Thanks Bill. I keep telling him I’m sure it will pass, but it’s good to hear it from someone else. He is a total sugar fiend!

Lucia: more, smaller meals is a good idea. I hadn’t thought of that. I can get him a tuna steak at my supermarket sometimes (we live in rural France, so it’s pork country around here). He loves the food I’m doing, but just misses his potatoes, sandwiches and cereals, even apart from the biscuits and cake, LOL.

Morning Lucia, morning all,

Today I went to the supermarket …. this was the first time in over three weeks I had felt tempted to cheat on the BSD 800 … all those treats!! Avoided the temptation by giving myself a good talking to. Then noticed the strange looks I was getting (note to self no mumbling out loud) Reading the labels on some items left me appalled – why do they put sugar in meat?bread? – no more pre packed processed foods for me.
Latest wheeze to cheat my crazy mind…I have started eating my meals using chopsticks, slows my eating right down…enjoy my tasty food rather than bolting it. Course not great for soup!😄

Imogen

RozyDozy thanks for this! I just read through it just now… My key learning..? That new habits take time to form and replace the old habits.

I’m having my lunch (deviated from the cheese and having turkey breast instead but still under 300 cals)
Reading the article on BBC iWonder…80% of those who lose weight put it back on again that is so scary – going to finish reading it then go for a walk to get some steps in my food diary too 🙂

Hope your day is going well so far.

Hi all,

So I’ve survived day two with only the minor hiccup of a small piece of chocolate brownie. I regret it, but won’t let it ruin the whole plan as I would have done in the past. Tiny brownie? The week is ruined! I quit! May as well eat the whole plateful! Ha! I won’t lie, I was tempted.

Yesterday, day one, was wretched! I was so hungry and so tired and just generally hating life. Today was a bit better. Had a giant plate of salad for dinner and just a small piece of steak. Last week would have been the opposite, so I’m grateful for small victories. Perhaps I will survive this afterall. Yesterday I wasn’t so sure!

Hi bumble bee,
We will not wait here for 7 weeks and 6 days.
We are all walking beside you today, tomorrow and onwards, so we all step into the vets area with you.

Don’t worry about messing up, just carry on, have a look at my blogs , even if it is to laugh at me and my daftness.

Bill 1954 is fantastic with help, so is captain Lynn and Hashimoto. To name three, there are many here and WE are now your family.

Keep posting, keep moving, keep losing, and keep HAPPY.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

hi, lucia,

No, ordinary pasta doesn’t do that [ if it did I wouldn’t be so fat ]. There is a pseudo one that is made of konjac which does that …anything with konjac seems to do the damage. Bit scary, eh ?

jillyB

Hi lulu,
If you are hungry , can’t you have more smaller meals and spread it out over the day and evening?

I look for the foods with the least calories and fill up with them.

Do you think hubby may need something substantial to eat instead of what my hubby calls ‘rabbit food’?
If you can, get him a tuna steak, this is like eating a steak, you need a knife, and he will feel as if he is eating ‘man’ food. This with plenty of veg. Just an idea.

Make sure the tuna is from a sustainable source.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi jillyb,
There is a pasta that swells up if taken with a drink and may choke you?
I realise if you a re dead you will not put weight on, but I would rather us all live to fantastically old ages and have races with our Zimmer frames!!

I am going to paint ‘go faste’ stripes on mine🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi gang,
I have been reading blogs and talking to people.
What I find is, they say I will start when I buy a @@@@@@.
Eg. I need a pedometer first then I will walk.
Why?
Why can’t you walk around the block without knowing its 672 steps?
Why can’t you walk towards the shops/school/handsome veg guy shop, for say ten minutes and back?
Why can’t you walk until you need to sit down on a bench, bus stop seat, wall, etc? Then catch your breath and come back?
The gizmo is not needed to exercise.
I was doing yoga in my jeans, these were tight and nearly cut me in two, but I just undid the top button and started to knot myself up.
Now I have difficulty holding my jeans up whilst doing yoga.
So, because I am still doing it, after 8 weeks, I went to cheap primark and got a couple of leggings.
I got cheap ones as I am still losing weight and will out-shrink ( or what ever is the opposite to outgrow ) them.
Then I will go to the more expensive shops and buy stuff that I will wear for years.

I even put cans of baked beans in carrier bags and did cattle or kettle bell exercises with them.

I used a washing line to skip.

So don’t wait for the gizmo, do it right now. Well, maybe not if you are in work, or in a pub reading the blogs, but do it today. You may just love it and lose weight today.
Go for it

Love Lucia
Xxx

Sounds like you’re all ready for this Kassa
Best of luck and if you have any questions or problems, just give a shout 🙂

Hi Peggy
well done you!!!
Do you remember the girl who said “I’ve tried the GI diet (which seems very similar) a number of times and always failed – I’m terrified that I will fail this time too.” ?
Well you sure aren’t failing, you must be feeling heeps better about it.
Keep it up, you’ll get where you want to be

Thanks for the reply bill 🙂
I am pretty good at guaging my insulin requirement 🙂 i will keep a close eye on my bsl while i am on the 800calories a day 🙂
Kassa

Hi Lulu
you can reassure your husband that the carbohydrate cravings will soon pass, and, by the end of 8 weeks he won’t be tthinking of chocolate nevr mind wanting it.
Sugar is so addictive, it comes as a major surprise to most people to find that they suddenly don’t need it anymore.
Make sure you both are eating plenty of healthy fats from full fat dairy, olive oil etc, and it’s imperative to get those 2 – 3 litres of fluid inside you every day.
Best of luck on the journey to both of you.

Great stuff Sue
your perseverance has paid off, lets see more of the same 🙂
Hopefully your busy life will slow down a little.

Hi
the book does say that if you are taking insulin, to consult with your GP before starting.
This is in case your sugar levels go too low, your insulin would need to be gradually reduced in that case.
This diet does work, I’ve lost 2.5 stones in 13 weeks and I’m a long term diabetic. My last HbA1c tests showed my sugar levels tyo be in pre diabetic range after just 4 weeks on the plan and I have now stopped all medication and hoping to be pronounced non diabetic in September.
Stick to the plan and it will work.

Sugar content matters a lot, we cut simple carbs because they are easily processed into sugar.
As to the carbs / calories, you should try to keep carbs down to about 50g per day and calories to about 800 to get the best results.

Congrats to you – it all helps.
Me too: 1lb in the week, slower than usual to date, but all other signs good, so it’s like life – not a straight line.

Thanks for your words of encouragement. Perhaps having read the case studies in the book before embarking on the diet, I set my expectations a little too high. As stated, I am delighted with my blood sugar level reduction and I shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that this is why this diet initially appealed to me. I am 52 in a week or so and been diabetic for about 5 years and foolishly have not taken it seriously enough until now. I shall soldier on!!

hi all,
I am 35 and have a 2 year old. I have had type 2 diabetes now for 17 years and been on insulin for 10 years. I have been trying a few different diets but never seem to have success. My goal is to stop taking insulin and cure my diabetes. I am also trying to get pregnant again but would like to be less weight and healthier.
I am terrified about this diet but even more terrified that i won’t see my little angel grow up.

After 2 weeks of no weight loss I have now started to lose again – 2 lbs in last 3 days. Weight loss so far is 19 lb, or 11% of my total weight. It’s been slow, but this is a diet for life. No more ‘whites’ – bread, pasta etc. I don’t even miss them. If I crave a Bolognese sauce, it’s with courgetti. BMI is down to 30, which makes me overweight rather than obese. Target: BMI 25 or less. I am no longer pre-diabetic. Thank you, Doctor Michael.

Hubby, who has type 2 diabetes, refused to start the BSD but has more or less defaulted to it, apart from treating himself to potatoes once a week. He doesn’t weigh himself or test his blood sugar unless he feels unwell, but he has a lot more energy and he he’s had to donate a lot of his clothes to charity shops as they are now too big.

I’ve had to donate quite a few of my clothes too. I don’t mind that, but I’m still mourning a pair of snazzy yellow denims, never worn, which went into the charity bag in February, because ‘obviously, I would never get into them’. This was just before I started the BSD…

Hi dinkydo,
It must be frustrating for you but do not despair – 20lbs lost is 20lbs you are not carrying around anymore. (It’s taken me 3 & 1/2 month to lose 21lbs – OK, I was starting at 174lbs). The drop in your blood sugars levels is great. So plenty to be positive about.
Your body is adjusting (it will try and keep its fat reserves & try to thwart your efforts) – plenty of people go through what you have described. There is no steady, constant weight loss – it goes in fits & starts and, dammit, sometimes it goes back on before coming off again. Stick with it, the weight will come off again.
Good luck!

The change in blood sugar level is fantastic! I think that is the most important thing. Maybe weight loss will speed up again later.

Is it more important to count calories or carbohydrates, and then does sugar content matter?

I have been on the diet for 6 weeks now. In my first week I lost 11 pounds (about 5kg). Each week since though I have lost only one or two pounds and nothing at all one week. I weighed 302 lbs at the start of the plan so had plenty to lose! I have lost a total of 20lbs which is very pleasing but considering the amount I have to lose, my greatly increased activity level (a lot of walking the dogs) and the steadfast way in wihich I have followed the diet I would have thought I would have lost a lot more. I am a type 2 diabetic and started the diet with a blood sugar level of 18.8 and very quickly dropped to a level of 7 or 8 so I am of course delighted with this.
Am I expecting too much to expect a greater weight loss though?

Good for you, gal!
I’ve just posted a message about an article on BBC iWonder – have a look at it. Bite size chunks of useful advice about why people put weight back on – and what to do about it (basically, developing good habits).

Hi, Just seen this:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxm8v4j

It’s about losing weight and why so many people put weight back on. Might be useful for anyone who struggles – lots of useful info (which deep down we probably know already) to keep you motivated and on the right path.

Wow peggy that’s fantastic. I wish I could swim half a mile! Perhaps building the muscle isn’t showing on your scales but on a more sculpted you! : )

Hi RozyDozy,

Yep happy to get on the scale this morning and see 400grams off, was a bit down for a few seconds then thought, that’s almost a brick of butter minus hundred grams (I was able to visualise 100g because I bake alot – well I used to) so then I felt ok.

Yep need to find ways to keep busy when I’m at home. I bought a mindfulness colouring book and some felt tip pens to occupy myself when my hands need to be busy doing something. I’ve also cut down smoking so need to keep hands busy.

I agree with being kind to yourself, some days 800 calories feel so little so I’ve decided next time I feel hungry instead of eating junk I will just have another portion of real BSD food instead or eat some carrot sticks and hummus. As long as I stay away from the carbs it should be ok. How is your head feeling today? I noticed Saturday I didn’t have morning coffee I ended up with a headache so I’m guessing I have some kind of caffeine dependency – could be wrong ha ha.

Yes thank you Rozy, I planned last night for breakfast and Lunch with an open-ish option for dinner – the cooked veg portion I have prepared with either some home cooked salmon or some feta cheese and olives – Probably end up with the salmon as its rainy and going shopping before I get home sounds a bit of a drag.

I was however a bit disappointed, the shake I normally drink has sucralose in it. I never stopped to think to read the ingredients in the 4 months I’ve been drinking it. Today I opened a new pouch and up to now all I checked is the calorie content and the 103 calories per serving made me happy. I tried to take a quick look through the book index to read up on sucralose but my gut tells me it sounds like sucrose so its probably evil – I need to find someone to give it to or its £20 in the bin…maybe send an email round at work 🙂

Lunch I’m having a portion of my cooked vegetables (120 cal) and a slice of Edam Cheese from Sainsbury’s (78 Cal), got my 25 calorie afternoon snack of dried mushroom and seaweed soup (made the packs up myself to be sure what goes in) Thinking in a week or so I’ll try to stop the in between but afternoons get me peckish and the soup does the trick to keep me focussed.

Hope you have a great day Rozy!

Sue I am so pleased for you. If anyone deserves success you do as you have had to deal with so much right from the beginning of this diet 🙂

Yesterday day 79 weight 10st
Blood sugar 9.5

Had my shorts on in the sunshine and noticed how skinny my legs are.

Day 80 weight 9st 13lbs 17lbs lost 🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆🙆
Blood sugar 8.9

Pleased I carried on. Delighted that the weight seems to be moving quicker. I haven’t been exercising but I find I’m not sitting down as much, I try to get up and do something, even if it is going into another room to switch the radio on, or put something away. Blood sugar still not where I want it to be, but not as bad as it used to be.

Hi, I’ve only just started (re-started) after a failed attempt before Easter. I was giving myself too many excuses to cheat so have put my wife in control of the chocolate and crisps for the duration and made sure I have no handy unopened booze! BUT it’s my birthday in four weeks and my plan is to treat myself to a very good quality fillet steak and scallops with mushrooms, tomatoes and the other trimmings – without the chips and onion rings. I’ll probably go over the 800 but will still avoid the carbs and blood sugar spikes.

Just wanted to say hi.

The DH and I (sort of) started the diet two weeks ago with the aim (for both of us) of losing weight and (for him) of hopefully reducing his arthritis pain. We don’t know if we have any blood sugar issues. Currently, we are only easing in – for instance, I let him finish up his normal fruit yoghurts and mid-morning bananas, etc, until they were gone 😉 – and we have not cut down as far as 800 calories – to tell the truth, I am not really calorie-counting, although we are definitely eating substantially less. We have both lost about 6lbs in two weeks.

I am having no problems with the diet – to my surprise given my fondness for red wine and chocolate – but he has only been on the diet properly for two days and is feeling nauseous in the morning until he eats – I take it this is normal and will pass? He is also craving sugar, chocolate, etc, like crazy and is feeling utterly miserable – desperate for the eight weeks to be over so he can go back to his pint of hot chocolate and biscuits in the morning, and huge mounds of spuds with every meal. Although he suffers a lot of arthritis pain, he is unconvinced that diet can help him, and he is not used to feeling hungry.

Breakfast is apple and fromage blanc with pecans; lunch is a stir-fry, grilled salmon or 100% beefburger or chicken, with steamed veggies, or a casserole, ratatouille or soup; dessert is full-fat fromage frais with berries; and dinner is a salad followed by yoghurt. I am full and feeling fine; he is just ravenous all the time. Is this because he didn’t cut out carbs two weeks ago like I did? Will it pass?

Any advice gratefully received.

Start of day five…five pounds gone! That’s such an incentive to keep going. Looked on the recipe section on here last night and planned the rest of the week. Off to the ships to re- stock!
Also, stumbled upon a TV prog last night ‘eating well with Helmsley and Helmsley’ os something like that- good recipe ideas! X

We are mainly eating stir-fries for main meals. Mushroom and courgette with a handful of cashew nuts or chickpeas is a favourite (usually Chinese or Thai-style), and also aubergine curry made with grilled aubergines, onions and tomatoes – you can vary the latter by using herbs instead of spices and topping it with cottage cheese, in which case it’s more Italian. I also do a lot of main-course soups such as carrot/ginger, celeriac/cinnamon and veggie minestrone. In the evening, it’s mainly salads – we’re not actually vegetarian and the DH has ham on his, while I stick to cheese or home-made hummus. Choucroute is another favourite main course – hardly any calories and very filling.
Good luck. It’s hard to be carb-free as a veggie. You might want to look at sites such as http://gluten-free-vegan-girl.com/ and http://glutenfreeonashoestring.com for ideas (you’ll have to skip the lovely recipes with added sugar, though, so beware!)

And another well done Peggy from me! So exciting – amazing weight loss – and it can just keep going and well done with the swimming half a mile – how encouraging when you can start to wear the old clothes you love and still have lurking.

Well done Peggy! I’ve done well on the food front, but I’m still not as active as I need to be. That’s my next area to focus on. I’ve got a step counter somewhere……

Hi Guys, Never really done a blog before so bare with me 🙂

I am 25 and live in Australia i currently weight 100kgs (220lbs) after suffering a back injury and requiring surgery in 2015. i still have a few ongoing issues but i hope by completing the BDS Fast 800 8 weeks i can come closer to a healthier lifestyle. Today was my first day and so far so good, i havent been craving anything or feeling like i ‘have’ to eat. its nice to be able to tell when i am actually hungry and not just shovelling food because im bored. ive split my meals into B:200 L:200 D:300 and Snacks:100 calories, and we will see how that goes 🙂
I figured i should blog my journey so i am held accountable and it encourages me to be pro-active about meal prep and willpower aswell.

Hello! It’s been 2 weeks today and I’ve lost 11.25 lb and 4 inches off my stomach! I haven’t lost anything in the last couple of days but I guess that’s ok after losing so much so quickly. I’m wearing a pair of trousers that I haven’t been able to get into since last summer, so that’s good.

I’m gradually increasing my activity – I’m now walking an average of 5000 steps a day instead of 2000 and yesterday I swam half a mile.

Yay! Lost 1lb. Maybe small but very welcome. It means I’m still heading in the right direction. Thanks for your encouragement.

Jackie WilsonSaid – hope you’ve got over your stall.

I agree with the water – my flat breads don’t ‘feel’ dry, but they make me very thirsty
but then they have lots of fibre, and that plus water is all good I think

if you have ever eaten GF bread, some of that is like eating a sponge, it seems to soak up all my saliva as I eat it, until I am almost gagging – and that ISN’T fibre

so this is better to me and for me I think, PLUS it stays together which shop bought gf bread doesn’t

hi Natalie,

Nice to hear from a fellow aussie. Yes this the one I mentioned on my last post. I purchased this in Woolies and found it with ease, yes, in the health section and the name is Slendier. It has the warning, which I have heard about konjac, drinking water while eating it because it swells up once in your mouth and can choke you !!!….nice !!! Probably why I haven’t tried it yet, also I don’t relish the idea of swilling water while trying to “enjoy” my “pasta”.
Thanks for the reply.
jillyB

Good morning fellow ‘life changers’ 🙂

So today begins week 4! yay!

Morning weigh in is 2.2 lb’s down. My waist and bust are the same measurements as last week but my hips are an inch smaller so I guess that’s why I’m feeling my trousers loosen. I forgot to do fasting blood before breakfast but I will do it tomorrow , it is only out of curiosity for me anyway not needed medically.

I’m really happy to be 10.2 lb’s lighter than I was 🙂 Hopefully the stone mark is only two weeks away, but I’ll keep at it regardless. I’m enjoying my food and I don’t really feel like my diet is restricted. I’m shocked looking back at how much crap I was eating and feel an element of shame but I’m trying to talk to myself like I would a friend. There is nothing to be ashamed of. I was carb addicted. I hope I’m not anymore but I guess as with any addiction it can rear its ugly head randomly so I will try to stay aware.

Todays food…

Breakfast yoghurt and raspberries

lunch cheese, tomatoes, cucumber, branston pickle, chickpeas

dinner chinese chicken with cashews and broccoli

I was going to have soup for lunch but it’s hot here again, well by our standards its hot lol. Probably cool for many of you at the other side of the world. I could probably do with a bit more lunchtime variety on work days but I will keep working on it and look for different ideas, because if I want to maintain my weight once I’ve lost it, BSD will need to be a lifetime thing.

Mooooorning awesome BSD’ers 🙂

My morning weigh in is 2.2 lb’s lost this week and I will be totally happy if it continues at 2/week. My total loss is 10.2 lb’s in 3 weeks. Slower than many but I’m kinda used to that. Every diet I’ve ever lost anything with has been slower for me than others, but ya know this is still fast! I’ll keep going, and I still have 5 weeks left so should be well over a stone gone by the end (I say the end but I will likely keep going after week 8)

Congrats to everyone else on their losses 🙂