Thanks Tallyhoo and my pal Eureka for their welcome to ‘old timers’ like me!!!!!
Am feeling great in myself and looking fairly slim now too. Only about 10lbs to go to reach my so-called healthy weight.

Bit disappointed today because I managed to get myself an appointment …..a bit like hen’s teeth round here …to try to get my medication reviewed.
Saw a lovely Junior Doctor who was really pleased to see my BS and BP readings……and of course the weight loss.
She was ready to reduce my Ramipril and look into the Metformin dosage. Unfortunately she took my BP which was 167/72 in the surgery.At home this morning it was 109/58. I’d taken my machine in with me and my arm cuff monitor showed exactly the same reading as her’s. She then had to go off and consult with a senior doctor who said I needed to take 10 readings a day for 3 days and return in 4 weeks when I could have another HbA1c test (at least I get one now).
My test taken 2 months ago only included 7 weeks of BSD diet and Metformin (dosage 3 X 500mg) and was 7.2 % (9.5 mmol/l).
Anyway I’ve been told to stay on all the same medication……the Junior Doctor said she was sorry she’d asked!!!!!!

Think I’d better do as I’m told as I am T2 newbie and not as brave as many others on this forum!!!

Kicking off day one here. Target loss is “only” 4,5kg. That said I haven’t shaken them off in years, think the focus that the bsd brings to food type choices and quantities will help enormously, kicking alcohol has already made a huge difference.

that’s Brilliant MJW, and really inspiring.

I’m still on week one, and a bit more than one and a half stone to loose, but I will get there.
I calculated it this morning as 18 6-can trays of catfood – but I have lost one tray already!

Good work Collie!! That’s a fantastic weight loss!

Hey celestee, like you neither T2 or pre, but inspired not to ever get into that position and lose those kilos that have crept on. Just killing the carbs has already had a positive effect, sure you’ll end up having the dress refitted, and not to have to squeeze into it! Good luck

and some double cream on top

Well done Dogsbody that’s amazing!
You’ll end up more greyhound than great dane at that rate!

I was diagnosed as being pre-diabetic in 2001. At the time, I was told I would definitely become Type 2 diabetic in 5 to 10 years. I managed to keep it in the pre-diabetic range with diet and exercise, but my weight did gradually increase over the years and I started straying into being overweight. And it was becoming harder to keep it down. So, I read the book and started cutting carbs and sticking to the Med style diet. I lost a stone and a half in about 3 months with out feeling as if I was dieting at all.
That was a great result in itself, but I had my standard diabetic check a couple of weeks ago and, lo and behold, my readings have dropped enough for me to be no longer classified as pre-diabetic. And, what’s more, my blood pressure medication has been reduced as well. Needless to say, I am delighted.

well I think my body is definitely TRYING to burn fat, since it is still making me shaky – 2 hours today, after breakfast, while I was out walking
I need to stop my carby breakfast again but I cant at the moment as it is helping my stupid reflux
maybe in a few days

I had this bizarre image whilst walking – of something like fat bubble wrap inside me, and popping the bubbles as I walked
sad – I know

You’ll see it’s a breeze! Proper food and no starvation involved. Best of all, you’ll likely find a whole new world of food, without the sugar……!

Have at it! The first step is the hardest, and the most important. Once you’ve taken the decision it’s simply a matter of persistence. You’re bloke will twig once the meals change and the carbs disappear from the kitchen, but this isn’t about him is it? Day one for me today….. Can absolutely recommend the chicken, red pepper and asparagus suggestion in the book as a starting point for dinner! Just walking for exercise to get up to 10k a day steps is a gentle way to get moving. Welcome to a new way of living 😉.

Today I have reached the 8 weeks of this new way of life. -22 lbs, BS down in the 5’s & 6’s. BP gone from 140/75 to 115/65. Am now off BP tablets and stopped Metformin 4 weeks ago with no effects.
Liver has shrunk so that it can no longer be felt.
I plan to continue.

Having read the book and today is my first day of trying it out as I am a bit overweight and looking at my fasting bloods pre diabetic! I was wondering if there was any info on Konjac flour. I have a family that love pasta and to cut down I have found this in the Bare Naked Noodles and Holland and Barrett are selling a variety in pasta form. Only 0.1g of sugar per 100g serving. Any info on this flour and if I can include it in the diet .

Have made it to the start of week two – my blood sugar has gone down from 8:8 to 6:8 and my weight has gone down by 14 pounds…..somehow don’t think that I will lose that amount of weight every week…would be nice though wouldn’t it! Think I know what I am doing now lots of veggies, fruit (but none that I love) minimum carbs though am still eating some rice as it seems to be a family favourite but am stopping the bread, potatoes and pasta. Looking forward to the coming week.

Thanks for the link to the report!
This was being discussed on the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning – presumably it’ll be on iPlayer.

how funny

think they need a dose of enlightenment before they can enjoy the pie, though!!

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Enjoy 😀

Banana?
Naughty Lucia 😉
go stand in a corner and repeat 100 times
Next time I eat a nana I will give Bill £100

So many people have posted this sort of thing, it’s almost folklore now.
Week 1 – 2 fast initial weight loss then maybe a small plateau as your body adjusts to the new fuel.
The fever thing is carb withdrawal symptoms, you may get the odd headache too.
By the end of this week you should be over them and the weight loss should start again.

I caught part of the Victoria Derbyshire show this morning – there was Dr Malhotra, mentioned in the Guardian article arguing the case for fat and a representative from British Heart Foundation (more sitting on the fence) discussing this. And Public Health England is branding it irresponsible – still got their head in the sand.
IMHO there’s nothing wrong with the idea of an Eat Well plate of food – so long as you are fit/healthy, the right weight & reasonably active to start with – a little bit of everything shouldn’t be a problem. We awkward humans tend to have illnesses/injuries, allergies, a whole raft of emotional problems that can mess with weight control. Not to mention the junk generally being cheaper to buy than the good foodstuffs. Medicines are prescribed according to the patient’s condition so it makes sense that dietary advice should be tailored in a similar fashion. And the BSD possibly comes nearest to being a one-size-fits-all diet in that it’s suitable for T2 diabetics and non-diabetics alike.

If I was an avocado I’d be suing for defamation of character! How long did I avoid avocadoes because they were high in fat – now I have them weekly.

Now that the National Obesity Forum has put the cat among the pigeons maybe Public Health England will have to rethink (once they’ve combed the sand out of their hair).

Congratulations!

I felt fruity today, don’t know why.

So I have had berries and yogurt for breakfast
And an apple and banana for lunch.
Just doing it as a one off.

I wonder if my body is carving sugar?
So I am having it in its natural form.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi collie,
Don’t worry about increasing your steps and hitting the mission mark per day, you can always get casters (wheels) on the dogs ??!!!!🐕🐩🐕🐩🐕🐩🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎🏎

Love the expression .. Nuts are my best friend… Yes, I have always been your best friend here on the forum☹️😨🙁🙄🤗😘

How long does it take to change a habit? It took me about four weeks. Then I would automatically go for the salad and not the chocolate.
But
I still get ‘high’ as I sniff chocolate cake. I can’t eat it as I don’t know how to stop at one slice, once I have tasted chocolate I am like a vampire hidding in a dark corner only coming out for a chocolate fix.
It took me a healthy week to realise I am addicted to chocolate so I have to leave it alone. The purple of the chocolate wrapper does something to me… I start drooling….. My eyes go red…. I can almost taste it….. Yup I am a vampire for chocolate.
Or a chocpire. Or a vampchoc. Or a vamplate.

Cycling to work eh. Wow, my hat is off to you 🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩🎩
All I can say is… Go girl!!

I love the psycology of it too.
Read the beginning of my blogs, I thought the world would end if I didn’t have cereal for breakfast. I had cereal for the last 400 years, who could I change?
But
It happened and I am still here to report the tale.

Keep going, keep happy, keep losing, keep blogging

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Cheers Bill1954 will have a look at those recipes when I get home.

Yes I know what you mean about hidden stuff, it’s everywhere! But no the one I’m eating is just yoghurt, nothing added. (unless they are lying on the package which is always a possibilty!!:-))

As far as I understand it, it’s okay to have a small portion with seeds/berries as the healthy fat is what we need but definitely not in big amounts 🙂

I will not get a migraine if I do not eat.
I will however get a migraine if I do not drink enough water.
Society is crazily obsessed with food – it’s everywhere!

I will have to re-create a new way of living. One that does not revolve around food/drinking 24/7.

Week 2 is only another 7 days, that’s all.

Izzy and Leeanne, I always thought walnuts were really bitter and nasty, but I tried them again recently after many years, as part of a mixed nuts pack, and they were rather nice! I suppose my tastes have changed. So the lesson is, try things even if you’ve tried them before!

I really must get a spiralizer! Epspecially- I try to avoid Greek ‘style’ yogs and get actual greek yogurt as the style ones can have hidden nasties. If I’m having a hungry day I allow my self a teaspoon dip in the greek yogurt. its a sneeky snack but it seems to take the hunger away

oooo baked rhubarb – sounds delicious Frog! I haven’t managed to bake it yet (that the book recipe?) but love rhubarb.

I ordered a spiraliser last week too hee hee what are we like :-))) Cant wait to use it.

Congratulations!!

a tray of six cans of catfood loss is pretty brilliant – good on you Frog!

The chips – only with mayonnaise – and I weighed some of that yesterday and 100* calories for a teeny amount (three chips worth!)

I’ve just weighed a tin of cat food – the gross weight is nearly 1/2 kilo
So I’ve nearly lost a tray of six cans (newly arrived delivery stacked in the hall waiting to be put away, os its an easy reference point!)

So the the 8 trays just delivered (heavy to lift in) is 24 kilos
Overall, I want to loose 18 trays of catfood – there is NO way I could carry that around all the time, it was hard work enough moving the box of 8 trays!

thank you for the encouragement

Week 5 is history and my results are as follows:
weight loss 30 pounds
fastings 99 to 108

I did have one day where my blood sugar spiked to 118 for fasting, not sure what went on there

captainlynne, I plan on saying with this beyond the eight weeks, I’m finding the 800 pretty easy to do now but I’m still weighing and measuring everything.

debs14, I was on a lower carb diet prior so I know how that works. surprisingly, my doctors office actually support lower carb as long as its around 50 carbs a day (not net) they want me getting lots of nonstarchy veg and some berries

Go Collie! That’s just great!

I hear you about the tasty food and the less shopping – who knew that bringing a shopping list to shop means you don’t buy any old thing that looks tasty :-)))

Wow that pulls no punches
This is going to go mainstream soon, you can see it starting to happen.
Watch the price of full fat dairy and healthy veg go up once the word gets out

hee hee sooo many chips! :-))) But who’d want them 😉

Wow go Barby and Bill! That’s seriously impressive

Hi Patrice
great to hear you’re spreading the word!
Imagine the results if every successful BSD’er could get just 3 people to start the plan 😮
We could end up ruling the world 😀

Me too Barby 😉
Only 18 pounds to go 😮
How many chips in a sack of spuds?

Just do what works best for you Frog, it’s the only way to go.
I purposefully tried to keep things as simple as possible for myself from the outset hence the scales thing and the not counting calories because, if it gets too complicated I know I wouldn’t stick to it.
I wouldn’t dream of trying to force my way on others, loads of folk are doing it other ways and getting great results.
When I get to target I’ll see how I’m going to work it out but probably I’ll do the same as Judith (Hashimoto) and just slowly increase the calories until the weight stabilises.

Yes Bill, great idea – I have only lost about 18 pounds, but if I got 8 packs of sugar at 2 kilos each, and carried them around, I’m pretty sure I’d really notice it, and be struggling with carrying that weight of sugar. Looking forward to qualifying for a sack of potatoes 🙂

Morning bill

I’ll have a tidy round but dont expect to be offered any cake or biscuits when we offer you a coffee!!

Just starting week 19 with a re read of the BSD book this morning –just to refresh as I feel I was starting to do my own thing ie not weighing or measuring.

Went out Saturday night and everyone noticed my new figure — told them all about the book — they are all buying a copy today!!!

Just going to have my morning espresso with full fat cream — lovely. Then cut the grass!!

Have a great day — Patrice

I had that Rachel, its my first week too.
I lost a lot in the first two days, the put (a teeny) bit on again and today, day 6, I’m back to my weight at the start of day 3.
Hopefully it will stay in a downwards trajectory from now on!
I think its quite normal for your body and digestive system to adjust to a new way of eating, good luck for your weigh in tomorrow, hope it goes well.

Brilliant Collie
Shout it from the rooftops, tell everyone you meet!
You did it. No one but you and you have proved to yourself that you can continue doing it 🙂
Before you know it, you’re going to need a whole new wardrobe 😀

But then again, eating more courgetti pasta….

addicted to my newly arrived spiraliser!

That’s great! I hadn’t lost anything after 3 days so gave up on mid week weigh ins lol my first 1 week weigh in is tomorrow morning….

thanks Bill – I didn’t get too hung up about it, after 40-50 years of veering between diets/not bothering & putting it on again, I know that I usually loose some fast when I start a new eating plan, then have a bit of an adjusting phase.
Being under 100kg has been a perennial block for quite a few years, so I WILL keep plugging away until its 90,… 80… 70……hopefully even 60!
I think I wrote on another thread, I read something recently about reaching a target weight, then continuing to weigh yourself daily AND ADJUSTING FOOD ACCORDINGLY to ensure that you stay within a kilo of that.
It may sound like common sense to a lot of people, but it was a real light bulb moment for me “oh, that’s how people do it”- so I won’t be ditching the scales!

Congratulations Babs, on the lost weight and gained grandson! Are you feeling better for changing your eating habits? I certainly am, and the waistband is most definitely looser. I have to admit to feeling smug when I heard on the news today that dietitians now concede that telling people to avoid fat and eat more pasta is actually not a good idea after all!

Nice to see all the new arrivals in this (at present) club for the real long termers.
Can I ask you all to have a sweep up and tidy around?
I’m moving in next week 😀

Hi Epspecially
It’s good to envisage your weight lost as bags of sugar or blocks of lard. It gives you a mental image of just how much fat has gone.
Look at some of the big hitters like CaptainLynne et al
Bags of sugar don’t quite cut it for them, now it’s sacks of potatoes 🙂