Oh wow Hashimoto please please please tell me you’re in London so I can go see this practitioner….crossing fingers and ankles now!
I love this all day breakfast idea!!! Don’t like sausage coz I’m always panicky on how much cereal and carbs go into it. Do you think it would be ok doing egg, tomato, mushrooms and beans? – yummy weekend brunch idea!

I get so obsessed thinking of food and looking at food websites its kooky.

Hahaha I hear you Chocolate_ee!

Last night I chopped up some veg, added a packet of bernard matthews roast chicken cut up, threw it into a big bowl and topped it up with boiling water and half a stock cube – felt like fine dining and I was never ever a soup person. It was so delicious and under a 200 calories, didn’t know what to do with myself after because I knew I needed to eat my calorie allowance or I’d get hungry. Ended up boiling an egg and eating it just like that 🙂

Smoked Salmon and avocado with courgetti is on list of meal options for this weekend….I love this indulgent idea of smoked salmon for breakfast, reminds me of Christmas!

Don’t know how I posted my reply twice!!!

Wow, I see what you mean with cod vs salmon so I need to worry more about the calories than weight. I had to look up Fage yoghurt as I hadn’t heard of it but I think it may be also sold in Aldi here in Australia. I think Jalna and Chobani were pretty good low carb options. I think the soup is a great idea. Maybe I could do some minestrone (no pasta) or chicken soup. You have helped me so much as I have dragged the chain this week worrying about starting – more the logistics and the ‘what ifs’ I can’t stick to it.

It seems that real oats are contentious. I know that Michael Mosely said they are OK but probably not best option, I’m not great with eggs.

Hi Hashimoto, that plan sounds great. Very doable and one I would stick to. I don’t want the worry of inventive recipes and calorie counting – I know that would trip me up. Can you have a pot of yoghurt 150/200g or is it really just 2 tablespoons? And for the chicken or fish or meat, is it 100g for women? x

PS do you eat any snacks – I’m thinking they will bump up calorie count easily.

Good news about the doll, Christine – shame about the price though 🙁
Yes, I think planting the seed might light a spark in the grey matter. Sorry for the mixed metaphors!!! 🙂

Kes- well done both of you. Isn’t this the best diet ever!
Penny

Hi Ruby, I have a whole small pot of Fage total yoghurt or quarter of a pot of Aldi authentic greek yoghurt.

The fage is 190 calories a pot
The Aldi is 165 calories a quarter pot. ( the pot is big)
A few blueberries, raspberries or strawberries is not many calories.

My son eats a little gem lettuce if he gets hungry!! Plenty of bulk and very few calories.
I opt for a celery stick as they have next to no calories (12 per stick?)
you could try a few nuts or a boiled egg or a tiny piece of cheese and nibble slowly!!!

A medium egg is only 66 calories.
For the fish I go by weight, if it is salmon as it is more calorific than cod.
A typical piece of cod in a supermarket is about 98 calories.
A typical piece of supermarket salmon is 282 calories!

Smoked salmon is often a better option on this diet as you can adjust the amount more easily and it is very flavourful. Or you could cut your piece of cooked salmon in half and have it for another day!!! It is lovely with courgetti. It’s worth getting a Cuisique spiraliser when you are on this diet! 🙂

Hi Judith,
We did get her boy doll with a dummy, it was very expensive though, so she hasn’t had an outfit as well, we usually buy her an outfit and a toy of some sort.
I’m thinking of given sons mother in law the bsd book, she was very interested, and yes shame the builder wasn’t interested, maybe if I had had more time I could have got through to him? You never know, a spark might have started his little grey cells.
Christine

I picked up the Bouillon from Tescos but most supermarkets should have it . This one was the vegan one but I think there are others. I can’t tell you what a smile it put on my face – daft really . If I’d thought a week ago that I would be grinning over the prospect of a cup of watery soup I’d have thought I’d gone bonkers !

Suggestions for starters … how about smoked salmon – just looked it up – a small portion ( 50g ) is only 92 cals and zero carbs .

Hi Bumblebee, I have recurring problems with my sacroiliac joint rotating out of position. I found a good remedial sports therapy massage practitioner who can work it back into place. She also does pressure point massage to release muscles and ligaments.

If you are somewhere which serves an all day breakfast it is fairly easy to calculate the calories on the plate. I go for one egg, bacon, tomato and mushrooms or a sausage. If I do that I skip breakfast to save up some calories. 🙂

Hi Lynne,
I have found your reply, funny I didn’t get it or even a few others! I have read some of the ones I missed, will have a look through other threads when I have more time, probably Sunday now, I thought it was funny there didn’t seem to be any emails from the forum one night, I thought i had been abandoned!
I used to make cards, however I did start overtaking my life, now the craft club has taken over my life! It is a social and fund raising event though so I don’t mind so much, it’s just really hard work when there are sale events at church, then I can cancel out a couple of weeks at least while it’s being organised, then after boxing up and putting away unsold items, cashing up etc, you can imagine, I do get help from members, however the bulk of the tasks are down to me, it’s a good job David is involved with the fundraising too, he helps load and unload the car and does all the heavy lifting, thank goodness.
Christine.
Oh have just checked my post, David is my hubby!

Hi Hashimoto, that plan sounds great. Very doable and one I would stick to. I don’t want the worry of inventive recipes and calorie counting – I know that would trip me up. Can you have a pot of yoghurt 150/200g or is it really just 2 tablespoons? And for the chicken or fish or meat, is it 100g for women? x

PS do you eat any snacks – I’m thinking they will bump up calorie count easily.

Also, I still feel tired with not much energy. Surely can’t still be carb flu after a month! I am so looking forward to being energised, like many of you describe.

I used to have bad stomach pains after eating too many packets of crisps – thank goodness that has gone.

Hi Lucia,
You certainly are an inspiration, you have kept me going with your humorous posts, especially when I have been ‘down’ with my own lack of weight loss!
I’m sorry I haven’t seen your recent posts, it seems my email didn’t pick up the later posts from the forum, I have rectified that now, I don’t want to miss your posts.
Well done on reaching the eight weeks? It seems like a lot longer that you have been posting, I have lost another pound! How much do you want to lose yet?
Christine

Hi Chocolate-ee

Thanks for the welcome yeah I know what you’re saying – I found 4 stray coco pops and ate them! then thought to myself eeeuuuwww what if spiders crawled on them.

For me it was the thinking that ‘uh oh not going to eat this ever again let me just eat it now so I don’t regret not eating it when I throw it out’

I even threw a macaroon into the bag then fished it out and threw it out again and then spent a few minutes staring at it thinking – my friend brought it all the way from France…..glad to say I didn’t eat it ha ha ha

Wow I love this Marigold Bullion idea, I have trouble in the afternoon as well. Where can I find it?

My breakfasts I have down to T – I have not deviated because I don’t feel hungry or lethargic or grumpy at all, no headaches either. Protein shake with 1g of carbs per serving and 20g protein, just 103 calories + 3 slices of Sainsbury’s pastrami 36 calories + black coffee with a teaspoon of coconut oil 39 calories.

From my last 2 years on LCHF diet my health and energy were at their best so I’m blending those concepts with the BSD and staying under 800 calories per day.

You are most welcome Rachel, so glad to have helped you 😀 I’ve stayed off the latte and toast this morning so you’ve helped me too 😉

Is there like a Facebook Group where BSD followers are getting together?

Hi Hashimoto,

Thank you for the warm welcome.

Thanks for the meal tip too – I’m a bit worried I wont be able to count the exact amount of calories but I’m happy not eating the carbs and great tip telling them i’m on a special diet 🙂

I have issues with my sacro iliac joint which gives me back pain so will look up on the NHS maybe the slipped disc exercises can help as well. Stretching used to help but now my tummy gets in the way of a good stretch so I cant get to where I need to be to ease the pain – one of my big motivations to get the belly fat gone!

Welcome Bumblebee – sounds like you’re doing great. Had to laugh at your eating some of the food you were chucking out ! I did exactly the same. I found myself nibbling on stray cashew nuts and stale cornflakes that had escaped from their packaging – what was I thinking ?!

I had a sneaky weigh this morning and discovered , if the scales are to be believed that I’ve lost 4 KG – but then I know from having done Lighter Life that this can fluctuate during the day so I’m not taking it too seriously .

I also discovered a great snack which really satisfied me when then hunger pangs kicked in mid afternoon yesterday ( my weak time of day ) from a tip on another board – bought some Marigold Bouillon which is negligible carbs and cals in fact I”m not even going to include it in my daily total it’s so tiny. Just holding a mug of steaming salty vegetable broth made me feel great – something to wrap my tastebuds around when the going gets tough . Worked a treat.

I still find myself obsessing about food every minute of the day but I”m hoping that will pass . I just need to stay busy.

Good luck everyone.

Welcome to the forums Bumblebee 🙂

If you are meeting up with your friend for a meal most meals are ok if you skip the carbs. Steak, chicken, fish , soup, burgers. Etc with no chips, rice, potatoes or bread.
I always explain to the waiter that I am on a special diet so I can’t have starchy carbs on my plate 🙂

I have back problems and go to a pilates for bad backs class recommended by my physio. If you look up slipped discs on the NHS site there is a short video of simple back exercises which relieve pain/discomfort and gently help with core muscle strength : )

I am trying to speed up my weight loss – I’m really checking everything I do and eat, to see if I can improve losses. I think I have a very low metabolism from being VERY sedentary for years – still am. I have lost nothing in last 2 days, but have felt bloated.

I’m now going to start weighing food more often like most of you longtimers.

For last hour have just been on MFP under My Foods, creating my standard Yogurt/berries/nuts/linseed/chia etc breakfast – weighed every item, logged it all, there were no great surprises there, at least it is quick to add every day in future.

Have done the same for my standard goats cheese salad. The only item I’m not sure about is the squirt of Hellmans mayo. It is only a few cals more than the oil and vinegar, and similar carbs.

I’m trying to find the ” best value” foods to eat – the Yogurt breakfast is first on list.

Being veggie, I need to get my balance right re carbs/protein/fat. I am trying under 50 carbs, and 40+ fat and protein.

I don’t add fat like oil or butter, just get it from yoghurt and cheese – hope that’s OK.

I like pulses, but try not to eat too many.

I have broken low carb a couple of times in the month – by having half a roll etc, but counted it in. Would that really affect weight loss considerably?

Also I get very bloated quite often. I am starting to suspect that Quorn mince does that to me – though the Linda McCartney sausages are fine. Will try the Quorn chicken style chunks next.

I wondered if I should increase my fat more?

I am drinking at least 6 large glasses water per day. I have been increasing my steps a bit, and tried the walking up stairs too (thanks for suggestion)

I do want to lose more quickly, it seems sooo slow for me. Rather disheartening.

Any suggestions gratefully received 🙂

Good morning everyone

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped me yesterday, your support and advice meant so much and pulled me back from the brink of throwing in the towel.

Thank you again,

Rachel xx

Hi All,

Also new on here and saw this thread so thought I’ll give it a go – Got the book last week, read it twice, Last weekend I threw out all the yukkies from my food cupboard and ended up eating some of it, I’m on my 4th day now doing the 800 calorie diet with real foods not shakes.

Initially I was really concerned that 800 calories wouldn’t be enough and I’d be hungry and fail. So far I’m really ok, not feeling like i’m starving, have increased energy already and feel like I can do this. A challenge today as I’m meeting a friend after work but just to make sure I have enough support I’ve told her about my eating plan and she’s really supportive.

Any tips for a new starter?

Lisas nanny you have motivated me to start counting my steps – putting on so much weight has given me this terrible back pain I never had before and I feel if I start walking a little while on the diet I can definitely get the added benefits from it.

for counting calories my phone doesnt have enough memory for a fitness app so I’ve got a small notebook that fits in my bag and write everything down. I’m really impressed how in control I feel – feels really good and having all this amazing support and great tips is fantastic!

Great to meet you all!

Bumblebee

xxx

Hi Bill i could always cut my toenails but now it is so much easier and I don’t have to wriggle to do it. I bet it is the same for most people on here who have lost weight. It’s a real bonus! : )

Perhaps not the most delicate subject but one that makes my life a little easier is the fact that I can actually bend down to cut my own toenails 😀

Thank you Fatty. I’ve thought long and hard about it and the times in my life when I’ve been the correct weight I ate a low carb diet (I didn’t know it at the time!) Reflection is an interesting process! Best wishes for your journey.

Fatty I told you you would have to change your name soon lol!!!

What about ‘few fatty clothes’ at the moment? Until it is ‘only skinny clothes for me’

Congratulations on your journey so far!! : )

Congratulations Kes and welcome to the veterans club!!! And well done on what you have both achieved! 🙂

Isn’t it great to see those stones numbers coming down? It’s a real thrill! 🙂

Hi Lostgirl, how are you doing? I don’t seem to have seen any posts from you lately and wondered how you are?

Hope all is well 🙂

I’ve been told I’m high risk of becoming type 2. I’d like to avoid/minimise that if possible.

I’m tired of feeling fat and not liking what I see.

I’m sorry for all the times I’ve wasted money and time eating crap for little actual pleasure. I don’t want to be that person. I want to be true to myself and treat my body with the care it deserves.

I want to be able to have fun with my children.

I want to be able to wear my smaller clothes that are all stuck in bags in the loft.

Petition
NHS to encourage the treatment of type 2 diabetes with a low carbohydrate diet.

Professor Taylor has shown that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed using a low carbohydrate, low calorie diet. The NHS has announced it is rolling out a programme to give pre-diabetics lifestyle help. There is no mention of the blood sugar diet which pre-diabetics and diabetics should be following.

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The programme will cost £7 million pounds to run. The dietary advice will be the same as that currently being followed. We have a diabetes epidemic so the old advice is not working.
Dr Maureen Baker, of the Royal College of GPs, welcomed the scheme but she warned “The long-term behaviour changes we need to see is hard to inspire”. However, there are forums for the Blood Sugar Diet which offer the support and inspiration needed which will also ease the burden on GP surgeries.

The link: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125704

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Hi Switzerland

You so often speak(or write) exactly my experience I too always thought I was a hopeless case with no will power. STAND UP CARB ADDICTS!!! Wow. No more feeling like I just cannot stop eating. I simply -for the first time I can remember in my life- feel satisfied

Keep it up

Cheers. Fatty few clothes. ( few left that fit!!!)

Hi Janet, no idea as mine has come down and I eat FF yoghurt and far too much cheese every day and I’m rather liberal with the olive oil too.

My thyroid tests showed as border line – low TSH and T4 at 18 but I explained to him that for 10 to 15 years my test had come back like that and my hypothyroidism went untreated until I got a goitre. He said if I feel fine he will leave me on my current dose of 100 and see what Mondays repeat test shows.

I wonder how efficient the test was that you had done? The labs tend to use the cheapest tests and they don’t check everything. Since higher cholesterol readings go hand in hand with hypothyroidism it makes me wonder.

Have you seen your test results? If you haven’t already make an appointment with your GP to discuss it. TBH though a reading of 5.2 isn’t bad for someone with hypothyroidism. Mine was 5.5 and I was happy as I have had readings as high as 8 or 9 before 🙁

Oh if you got a message from a crazy person about a new phone number it was me!!! I forgot to add my name and have had a few messages asking ‘who is it?’ Apart from Lynne who asked ‘is that you, Judith?’

Have a good day, Janet 🙂

Well, that’s me over the 8 week mark and there’s 1st 4lb less of me and 1st 2lb less of him! We’ve not been as good as we could be, nor as good as I wanted us to be but nonetheless very happy with what we’ve achieved and like others will continue on the path until we reach our goals.

This last week I’ve said goodbye to 15st and, in the 8 weeks I’ve seen off 16st well and truly, next short term goal is to see 13st13lb and I can wave goodbye to 14st something too. The remarkable thing is I know I can do it now, this diet makes it all possible.

Thanks again to everyone for the encouragement, inspiration and company, you’re all stars.

That shop sounds great I would have to travel to find that. I haven’t been able to find chickpea flour yet either but I have coconut flour.

I’ve had my official mid-week weigh in and… drum roll please…. I’m down by…. an impressive….0.5 lbs lol. At least it’s moved a little and it’s in the right direction. Half way through week 3 🙂

I had a look at the My Fitness Pal app last week and couldn’t work it out at all but that was before I started monitoring my Fitbit so it may make more sense now . I like the fact that yours reminds you to move ! I’d like mine to remind me to drink water although I feel like I’m constantly drinking as it is but never enough ! Think I’m racking up the steps just going to the loo all the time !

How’s it going Territowlling? I actually lost another lb yesterday so 4 lbs in 4 days is probably the quickest weight loss I’ve ever seen.

morning Lucia, isn’t it lovely to find we can do things we couldn’t do before? x

How are your handcrafted quilts coming along? xxx

Hi keeptrying, when you are feeling like that perhaps you need some specific help in terms of organising things to make life easier.. Do you have access to a printer? Perhaps you could copy and paste the list of packed lunch ideas I have just added to this post. You could stick it to your fridge for ideas the night before work and pick something from it.

Something as simple as that can make all the difference to how you feel at the moment.

1. Frittata – it can be made the evening before and kept in the fridge. There is a recipe in the book but you can ring your own changes, add bacon instead of chickpeas or some cheese sprinkled on top before placing the pan under the grill.
2. Dips and crudite – there are five dip recipes in the book and make a lovely packed lunch. Or ring the changes and add some chopped spring onion and a teaspoon of curry powder to a mix of cream cheese and yoghurt.
3. Salad – a few leaves and salad veg of your choice with any of the following: tinned tuna or salmon, smoked salmon or other smoked fish, chicken, egg, ham, bean, cheese or any combination!
4. Homemade coleslaw – prepare your carrot, onion and cabbage. Keep it in a sealed bag or container then each day mix some plain full fat yoghurt ( I add mustard too) into the amount of slaw you are having for lunch, then mix in the ingredients of your choice – walnuts, cheese, apple, celery, chicken etc.
5. Soups – make up home made soups during your weekend and heat and place in flask to take to work – or in a container if you have access to a microwave.
6. No carb ploughmans the recipe is in the book.
7. Full fat yoghurt with a twist of seeds and berries to add at work.
8. Half an avocado and a boiled egg just sprinkle some lemon juice or vinegar on the avocado to prevent it turning brown.
9. Medi platter – the recipe is in the book
10. Lettuce cups – there are three recipes in the book, they can easily be put into a container for work.
11. Cottage cheese – add your own favourites from the typical BSD foods – a bit of diced smoked salmon and cucumber is tasty. There are more ideas in the book.
12. Ham rolls – not that kind of roll! Spread some cream cheese on some ham and roll it up in a large lettuce leaf!
13. Nuts and apple – if you are in a hurry grab a handful of nuts ( watch the calories) and an apple. Or a small piece of cheese and an apple.
14. Courgette bhaji – just as nice cold. The recipe is on the website.
15. Chickpea flour flat breads – the recipe is on the website, eat with your choice of food – treat it as a wrap.
16. Red pepper rolls – Posted by Alibaba – (1 red pepper halved and filled with hummus, fresh coriander, cucumber, feta, a sprinkle of mixed seeds, black pepper & a squeeze of lemon juice)
17. Coconut flatbreads – nice with some yoghurt and berries ( see website for recipe)

You could make a list of your favourite meals for your evening meal and do a similar thing. I make large batches of the chickpea flour flatbreads and freeze them. When you are feeling more up to it perhaps you could do the same?

Whatever you do please keep posting because we are all here for you whether you want to rant, weep, wail or celebrate your victories.

Hope you have a better day today 🙂

thank you so very much for ALL your kind replies
and to dumptynomore – a special thank you for such heartfelt and honest words, I am GLAD you decided to post last night
I actually read it just before I went to bed and cried,

I think another factor that is blocking me – that didn’t before – was that my time on fd worked really well, I enjoyed the food way more, gave up most sweet things/carbs and gave up chocolate and didn’t miss it
but contrary to apparently most of the world (apart from a couple of people I found on here), I GAINED considerable throat reflux issues and they just got worse
and guess what
yesterday and the day before, when I ate some low carb meals (before the binges) – those same darn issues began to get worse again, straight away, and that just does my head in even more

so I just am all over the place

I was never fat as a child – we ate the normal meat and veg and had some pies/cakes and sweets on a sunday and NO fizzy drinks ever except Christmas
in fact I was pretty skinny and nobbly kneed right up until of course my teens when those vile hormones decided to make me change shape
but even then it was all ‘in control’ because I was at home and others were controlling it and telling me when I was/wasn’t hungry really and when I didn’t need things

first 3 weeks at uni I gained half a stone – which of course was then ‘my fault’ because clearly it hadn’t happened at home
its all my fault, everything
I am currently reading the Gary Taubes book about why we get fat – you should read it – it is fascinating and really hammers in again and again the MYTH that is we are fat because we are lazy and eat to much

however I AM, I do both and I know it
I understand that other foods help/make me lose weight – I saw that years ago on the scarsdale diet
eating less carbs, I was less hungry, and lost lots of weight

I guess there is a lot of good reason why they have mh illness as part of the disclaimer for NOT signing up
because my head scatters to the four winds and more – I am spinning round – and today I need to pack a lunch for myself and I cant even do that because it is all such a raucous mess inside me

I will do it, I need to do it, and lots of ‘me’ wants to, but I just don’t know if today or tomorrow or when

thank you for reading, if you got through all that xx

Hi Christine isn’t it so frustrating when you can see someone eating themselves to death and you know how to save them but they don’t want to listen?

Keep on being a secret caped crusader like Bill it will save someone sometime.

Perhaps it’s because it is an all girl family that Dana wants a boy doll. And with a dummy! Children are so interested in the world around them. Hope you found one for her : )

Hi chongolo, glad to hear it is still going well for you. MM refers to having an occasional small square of dark chocolate. I guess at 70% there can’t be too much sugar in there! Aldi do a range of single origin bars from 65 to 85 %, though I don’t know if Aldi have opened in perth yet.

I am in the mood for spring cleaning, started this morning and nearly missed my bus. I had to run up the road.
Do you see that magic word…. Run….. I can do that now and catch the bus.

Will do more when I get home tonight, may tackle the Windows too.

Love Lucia xxxx

Strangely I needed this,one pound ON this week.
After losing one and a half stone in three weeks,Yes a lot I know,I became complacent and last weekend had a Donna kebab ,one bar chocolate and two glasses white wine
During week a further three glasses of wine,naughty boy
Needed a kick up the proverbial !
Back on track now folks
Alan ……watch this space 😋

Hi NewLife, what wonderful results! And you will soon be joining us on 8 weeks and after thread! Congratulations 🙂

Strangely I needed this,one pound ON this week.
After losing one and a half stone in three weeks,Yes a lot I know,I became complacent and last weekend had a Donna kebab ,one bar chocolate and two glasses white wine
During week a further three glasses of wine,naughty boy
Needed a kick up the proverbial !
Back on track now folks
Alan ……watch this space 😋

Seeing tomorrow. 🙂

Oh by the way – will have lost 3 stone on Monday (just one more 1lb to go) in 14 weeks – yaay!!

Don’t forget that there are three different types of diets being used with people on this forum. I sometimes get puzzled at people’s comments because I’m doing the blood sugar diet ie 800 cals a day and I don’t do any fast days – others are doing the 5:2 so do have fast days – hence the sometimes differing suggestions and concerns. Once I’ve lost all my excess weight (keep positive!!) I will revert to the 5:2 now knowing the fasting days will be easy for me as I’m used to a low calorie intake.

What a good idea for a thread 🙂

What motivates me:

1. Stopping the binge-eating-feeling-crap-about-myself-more-binge-eating cycle. I don’t think about food 24/7 anymore and that’s a revelation to me.
2. Vanity and clothes shopping. I feel so much better about myself when I’m slimmer and clothes shopping becomes a joy rather than a just-get-whatever-fits expedition. I was size 20 nudging 22 and now I’m 14 🙂
3. Avoiding Diabetes. I have a strong family history and although my blood sugars were still normal it was only a matter of time.

Hi everyone 🙂

I haven’t been around much for the last couple of weeks, life has been challenging and I’ve had no spare time or energy, but settling down a bit now thankfully.

I’ve been plodding on, now 7.5 weeks in and 21.5 lbs down. Very very pleased 🙂