So I said …. Pick one herb.
Hands up all those that selected more than six?
There were a few of you.
So if I said, if you were hanging up by your ears and had to pick ONE, come on people.
I am looking for ideas, you know I cannot cope with too many things.

This parsley sounds good.
What’s the instructions, and don’t say shove it in your mouth and chew!
Do you chop it, shred it, soak it, de-stalk it, I need data, data,Miata.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Judith,
You can tell I am responding to emails can’t you with all these individual posts from me?
We will get round to reading the instructions and watching the video given a bit of time, it’s just we wanted to have a go with it and we hadn’t time to read instructions, or should I say Angela and hubby didn’t!
Christine

Hi Paula,
That would be funny! My link to Coll is that my OH’s aunt owned and ran the B&B. She’s now retired but still lives on Coll. I asked if she counted as a local, having now lived there most of her life, and was told that, no, she is a “married-in” so still not a local!

Glad to hear you are feeling great on the diet.

Day 6 my favourite meal is aubergine with lamb and pomegranate.

The petition is at 246.
Come on people, if you haven’t registered please do so.
They send an automatic email to you, you click on the connection and you have added to the list.
I did mine, my hubby and coaxed the neighbours and people in work to do this.
If each of you and family and friends click the link, we can get it going.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Oohh Judith I like the sound of parsley soup! I must try that when my parsley starts taking over the herb garden
,christine

Hi Julia18togo,
Well I eat a lot of parsley so It should keep me healthy! Although I do like lots of herbs and salads plus veg, if I didn’t like meat and fish so much I would make a great vegetarian!
Christine

Hi Judith,
I grow parsley in my herb garden just outside my kitchen door, plus chives, mint, sage, thyme , Rosemary, mint etc. Since Angela has moved in she has taken over looking after it, so now I also have basil on my kitchen window, and curly and flat leaf parsley, which I like to put in my salads.
She is also growing rocket and kale plus other veg, ( not sure yet what!)
Christine

I’ve signed this. OH has BP at the bottom of high and although Type 2 in family and he is overweight (and 60 this year) Dr didn’t tell him blood sugar level. Just said he wasn’t diabetic and to think about his lifestyle and ‘Goodbye but come back in 4 months for another set of tests’. I am livid. Because I’ve been talking to him about the BSD he mentioned he was thinking of going on it and the Dr said there wasn’t any research to back it up! He needs a wake up call and this wasn’t it. Now to try and get him to read the book.

Hi Alanhypno
neohdiver is correct. In UK & EU the carbs on the package are all you need to count. Fibre & sugars are listed separately. Simples!

B: 4oz mushrooms sauteed with 2 cups chopped baby spinach seasoned with garlic, pepper and salt, two scrambled eggs

L: Two lettuce wraps filled with 2oz turkey breast, sliced tomatoes, and a TBLS of hummus split between the two, I also had 85g of baby carrot

Dinner: 4 oz grilled pork on 2 cups of spring mix, cucumber, tomato, blueberries, red/yellow peppers, shredded carrot, and a dressing made from greek yogurt, dijon mustard, granulated garlic, pepper and a bit of sweetener

Snack: 1 cup unsweetened almond milk made into a pudding using cocoa powder, vanilla extract, sweetener and glucomannan

My calories are around 800 each day, I track using MyFitnessPal, I don’t follow the recipes in the book but rather do it using my own recipes that suit my tastes

I’ll give it a try Pete, I do love cauli.
I’ve always used the leaves and stalks, I’ve never understood why people would throw them away! 🙂
They’re good in cauliflower soup as well – more bang for your buck!

Thanks Paula 🙂
Judith

Hi All
Anyone read the email newsletter from Michael yet? Two interviews from Oz & New Zealand. Subscribe at the bottom right of this page

Got it now – thanks! In Aus and NZ it’s already been deducted.

Have signed Hashimoto 🙂

L – salad with a lentil, quinoa & spelt mix (from morrisons) an apple & clementine
D – venison meatballs in creamy garlic sauce on portobello mushrooms with greens

I put on 2lbs over the weekend (2 dinners out with wine 😳) but lost them this morning 😊

Try the hairy bikers roasted cauli! 1tsp coriander seed, 1tsp cumin seed, 1 tsp mustard seed, 1tsp kolonji, few black pepper corns. Pinch of salt. Grind seeds in pestle and mortar and add to cauli florets together with a glug of oil. Roast on an oven sheet for 15 mins or so. It needs to look slightly caught. (Dont waste any of the greenery or stalk of the cauli. Just chop it up with the florets. It tastes just as good.)

Tell me about it! Even the kids in my class are commenting on how my clothes are too big for me!

Welcome to the pants falling down club, Alan 🙂

Aubergine is pretty bulky. Portobello mushrooms. Courgetti?
The latter is my favourite for bulk 🙂

Today (Day 11)
B – greek yogurt, ground flaxseed, blueberries
L – pan-fried salmon, sautéed spring onions, steamed broccoli
D – cauliflower, broccoli and leek soup (and wish I’d have sprinkled some feta on it)

Today (day 3)
B – black coffee
L – small bowl of veg curry with gram flatbread
D – turkey steak, roast cauliflower, mushrooms and leeks.

I think I may be reaching my cauliflower cusp! What with cauli rice, cauli cous cous, roast cauliflower et al. I love it but my innards are starting to complain! What else can I have as the ‘filler’ accompaniment?

Thanks Cherrianne, I think I need to review my good fats and maybe re-visit the original weekly plan. I’ve seen another post on here saying a similar thing about week two so I feel a bit better knowing I’m not the only one.

Can’t notice a dufference yet,couple times got bit shaky after food
I just wanted to monitor my BS accurately , two weeks in lost a stone easily zero hunger pangs fat belly vastly reduced.
Pants falling down !!!
Alan

I’m not sure about impact on BS, but my heavy bleeding may be the reason I quit this diet. I am only on Day 10, but I have had the WORST bleeding for the last 8 days (I am on the mini pill and don’t normally have any period at all).

Shellster – I believe you have it backwards. I’m pretty sure the UK the fiber has already been subtracted. (I know in the US it has not been – different labeling standards.) No idea about New Zealand

Hi Alan,

I’m pre-diabetic, so not on meds. Just trying to avoid T2 through diet control. How is it going for you without the neds?

Kags,did you stop your meds if you were on any at all ?
I’m in week two and came off on my own accord
Alan

Thanks! 🙂

Striving to hit the 10kg off mark this weekend. Was a bit miffed yesterday when I did a pre-meal blood and it was 4.7 (excellent), then did one after 2 hours and it was 8.4. Seems I still have some way to go until stability.

246 signatures. Don’t forget to sign if you are new and a British Citizen – wherever you are!! 🙂

Meredex, like others have said, please don’t give up. Give it the full 8 weeks then make a decision. Please?
🙂

Hi Janicem, just ask him/her! They can’t kill you for it! Only two possible answers – yes or no. If your nurse is enthusiastic about the diet there is a chance some of the GPs will be too!
I’ve got to say I have had positive interactions with my GP and nurse – but I’m asthmatic and hypothyroid rather than epileptic so I can’t give you advice about your condition other than ask!
Wishing you good luck 🙂

Hi Paula, glad to hear it is still going well! 🙂

Hi Peggy, welcome to the forums!
We have all found that eating any starchy carbs increases hunger so once you are not eating them your body will adjust.
You will find this fairly easy once the first few days are over.
Have a look at captainlynne’s results – the thread is called something like over the 16 week line. That tells you some of us are doing this for far longer than 8 weeks to get massive changes to our health and wellbeing. Lynne has already lost 48 lbs – Lynne correct me if that is now more than 48lbs – others have lost massive amounts of weight too.
So don’t be frightened you are safe with our friendly BSD family! 🙂

How’s it going Sim and Napangardi? I’m nearing the end of day four and feel great. I’ve had a busy couple of days which has helped. Hope all is going well for you.

Hi Hashimoto – yep nearly lime day 🙂 No I haven’t signed the petition but of course I will.

Hawks we may well have met! I moved here in 2006…..the island hasn’t changed too much. We now have a new community centre in Arinagour and a few houses have gone up. Been for a lovely, but very cold walk at Toraston today.

Slightly nervous about asking if I should start the diet as I am epileptic and take lots of medication.
At annual check up the nurse is very enthusiastic about the diet and very encouraging. It was delightful to listen to her after reading many of the folks with negative feedback.

Hi Silver, welcome to the veterans club!

I have done a lot of weeks on this diet, I’m at the weight I want to be at so have increased my calories but stuck to the principles. No starchy carbs for me, thank you very much!!!

A lot of us feel the same – the new life style not a diet!!!
🙂

Hi pmshrink
Thanks Penny, husband just saw him & impressed too. Three years upset wiped away in one visit!
I’m getting there & feel good. Hope you do too

Hi Scott
Welcome. Very good weight loss. Your FBS 150 – 97mg/dl ( 8.3 – 5.4 mmol/L English) great too. I only wish!
Hope that ‘starving’ feeling quells soon. Make sure you are eating those good carbs & fats. I don’t get the ‘ munchies’ very often & have a hot drink when I do , it helps me wait it out ( I don’t like tea or coffee so it’s fruit teas)
I try & have one or two long fast times during the week.

I like the coin idea. Swimming over to Canada (as if) in June so I’ll borrow arugula & cans for three weeks
Keep on keeping on

…and I am at the end of my 8 weeks BUT it feels more like the beginning to be honest. The beginning of what? The beginning of me believing that if I set my mind to something that I thought was nigh impossible – I can actually do. And that that is a brilliant feeling. I have stayed off sugar for 8 weeks and I have lost 4 kilo. I wanted to loose more but I had a holiday in between and did drink some alcohol and had to guestimate what I was eating calorie wise. Although I didn’t put on which I was happy with. I enjoy eating this way and I don’t want to stop. I would like to loose about 7 more kilos and I think it is possible. Any tips aside the book I would be most grateful for. Also has anyone given up dairy and still done the BSD? So to close this post – I feel good, I am positive and my skin to be honest has never looked better and I have soon much more energy in the morning. I had a long flight on my way home and ran out of healthy snacks. With a 7 hour layover I ate what was available – my son’s breadsticks – and what was so interesting was how it played havoc with my digestive system. I know its about dinner time, so i won’t go into unnecessary details but the internal functions are well happy with my new eating habits. I will stay on the forums as I still have some work to do – this is a lifestyle that we have had the guts (pardon the pun) to create for ourselves and its hard in this super laden world of ours – but anything is possible. Thank you ! Would also love to hear from anyone else that is nearing the end or has ended –

How do you feel?
Whats your plan of action?
Do you, iike me have further goals?

Hi PeggyCarterRogers
Welcome to the BSD (blood sugar diet) your new best friend!
You / we all have a hunger hormone (Monster) in us. It’s called GHRELIN (pronounced GREL – in). Some people can’t switch the monster off when it’s been fed!! But you are going to learn how to do it with this diet.

Simple Carbohydrates – Bread, Potatoes, Rice & Pasta keep it hungry. Take them away & eat good, Complex carbs & you tame the monster! Read the book a lot. Read the recipes a lot. Try & get more knowledge about what is good for you to eat. Use the web sites people have posted on the forum. This time you are thinking about learning about food, not just eating anything. This is for you & your children.

Although it says 8 weeks for this diet to work, there is no rush. You keep going & just aim to lose your weight. Professor Roy Taylor , whose work Reversing Type 2 Diabetes, Dr Michael Mosley based this book & diet on, said the important thing is to lose a substantial amount of weight. You say you are not diabetic yet ( although mum is) so let’s keep it that way. Let’s see if we can help you & your mum.

Bill & lots more folk have done wondrous things on this diet & really help & support you. They have woven the T – shirt, never mind worn it.
No need to be terrified, you will be in control 👌😀
Eureka

Hi Kate_Is
Hope you are still jogging around the garden….ha ha;-)
Would like to try this but mine is too small for that…..might bump into a dustbin or two!!!
Sorry I didn’t reply earlier but have been away and am the proud new owner of a fitbit that has motivated me to walk over 10,000 steps each day.
Sadly that didn’t stop me putting on 2lbs this week! Think that a wine-tasting tour, cocktails and buffet lunches are to blame lol.
Back to BSD now though. Still got a way to go to get down to normal, healthy weight so I will definitely persevere.
BTW as other people have mentioned you have to cheat with myfitnesspal and add extra bogus calories over the 800 to get it to calculate your daily results. I usually add 300 extra calories at the bottom and the app is happy with that.

Well done MerryMary on your many steps and chocolate refusal techniques. On days I don’t do exercise classes I have discovered my step count is too low, so the fitbit is a great motivator.
Get moving everyone 🙂

Thanks Bill! Good advise I have been pretty good with the low carbs but probably have not had enough healthy fats.

Hi Eureka
Great re GP.
And you’re doing so well.
Penny

I think it’s possible that eating refined carbs was one of the triggers for your binge eating. After reading the book, it does seem that these foods leave us wanting more, rather than satisfying our hunger. The reports of people not being hungry after the first few days seem to back that up.

Good luck.

Hi Scott and welcome to the BSD global community.
Loving the coins idea, Penny does the same thing with water, lines up so many empty glasssses to cover her daily intake and removes one each time she has a drink.
Whilst watching the calories, keep a close eye on the carbohydrates as it is this restriction that really spurs weight loss. Make sure that you are replacing the carbs with healthy fats to keep you feeling full and to assist your body in the transition to fat burning
Best of luck for the next 8 weeks 🙂

Off to see the GP tomorrow – blood glucose now 4.6 when it was 7.2 when tested 10 days ago, today is day 7 of the 800-cal regime.

Quick comment about wrist monitors for blood pressure (just my 2p worth) – my GP advises strongly against them and I have to say that mirrors my personal experience.

After using an Omron blood pressure gauge for years, I always hated the tightening cuff on the upper arm and the ensuing thudding pulse down the arm as it took its reading – so I bought a wrist monitor, admittedly one from Lidl!

The day after I took the first reading (hadn’t done one for months with any gauge) I was breaking down the GP’s door to get an appointment – the reading was way in the danger zone (maybe pushing 200 systolic).

Turned out the meter was wildly inaccurate – your mileage may vary as they say 🙂

Everhopeful, if I were you I would move back to the weekly menus for at least a week as they are worked out by a professional nutritionist and see if that makes a difference rather than using your own menu – it takes all the stress out of working things out. I certainly don’t like some of the dishes but I am determined to try all of them at least once. I don’t feel hungry at all on this diet, hmm, I wonder if I am eating too much, mind you I am sticking to the ingredients and weights and measures.

Of course we can.
Personaly I never counted the calories, just the carbs and I found that I was only eating small potions so that took care of the calories. To date I’ve lost 2 stone 3.5 pounds doing it that way.
I have a small fatty snack before bedtime, fruit & full fat yoghurt or a crispbread with a little cream cheese or pate. I find this helps and also keeps down that early morning pesky sugar reading.