Hi cate, beford I became gluten intolerant I used to make Kasha – a russian recipe

8oz pearl barley
4oz mushrooms
1-2oz butter
2tbspns grated cheesd
1 egg
S and P

Beat ip the egg and stir well into the barley coat and leave to dry.
Slice mushrooms and simmer in 1pt salted water for 15 mins.
Remove mushrooms from pan and add the butter
Then add barley let simmer with lid on for 10 mins, stir occasionally
Pour barley mix into ovenproof casserole dish, with lid
Mix in the mushrooms and s and p.
Bake in moderate oven, gas mark 4, for 1 hour

When ready to serve you can stir in the cheese, and more butter if you would like to

You will have to work out the calories and carbs and decide how many portions you have.

I used to eat it with grilled sausage and tomato.

Lovely nutty flavour and totally delicious!

🙂

Ok this is now 2 days and no weight loss. Feeling better in myself but weight not coming off.

Hoping I see something soon but even though I’m 800 calories nothing is moving 😢

Oooh like the sound of those prawns jps 🙂

hello hashimoto,

I already have a pedometer and have been wearing it for some time, and I can assure you I quite often have less than 500 steps. The most I have done [once] was 4000, mostly around 1000 and 2000. Apart from my hip replacement I also have arthritis throughout my body. I have use of a treadmill and have used it a bit for short periods, but find at the moment with the diet I am still a little light headed.

Thank you

I think he may be too busy but I’m sure he must dip in from time to time and his tech team will keep him informed 🙂

Glad your basket is tied on tight lucia 🙂

Oh, help!

I already struggle with 800 Cals but stay low carb and exercise heavily. However, towards the end of week 3 and last night (wk5) I have gorged on a 200g bag of plain cashews!!
What is wrong with me? (Apart from the obvious weakness).
Why am I hungry and failing?
Not diabetic but body and mind feels better on low carb eating plan. I’m probably currently a stone over-weight even with the 7lb loss in just under 5wks. (That could change after ‘nutgate’😫

Hi purplemartian try the avocado/bacon recipe. You put a bit of the mix into each leaf of a little gem lettuce. 290 cals and to die for 🙂

Fran -amazing weight loss 🙂

Hi jillyb, this will work for you 10,000 steps or just a few steps! Get a pedometer I think you will find you are doing more than 500 steps – it might only be over 1000 but not likely to be under 500. You will be moving more than you think just making 3 meals a day.

I felt I was doing nothing but cooking and washing up during the first 2 weeks. As you go on you will start making larger pans of food so you can freeze some.

If you like hummus you could make crudites and store each kind of veg in plastic freezer bags or containers. You could do a similar thing with salad veg.

Look at some of the resistance exercises – there may be some you can do. You can definitely do the biceps work sitting down

Keep going Jilly 🙂

Hi again everyone. I’ve been on the BSD for 16 days now and have come to the conclusion I’m somehow getting it wrong. After 9 days I’d lost 4lbs, since then I’ve gained 2lbs and only today got back to that lowest weight. I use myfitnesspal, don’t exceed 800 cals, keep carbs under 40g (often only 20 – 30g) and an minimum of 50% of my intake, protein around 30% and carbs always lowest percentage. Haven’t touched sugar or simple carbs, just a bit of swede mash and parsnip one day. Typical meals are feta, lettuce, peppers & olives / fritata with rocket / salmon with spinach / ff Greek yogurt with strawberries & Brazil’s. I drink 3 litres a day, just a decaf with splash of milk (cals counted) occassionally, mainly water and herbal tea. I know this might be just a plateau but don’t want to risk it being that I’m actually doing it wrong by making my own menu.
So from today I’m going to follow MM’s recipes to the letter and see how I get on. This way I’m sure I’m not making any errors. I will post here regularly to kerp myself focused, weigh daily and measure weekly.
Sorry for the long post and I know it sounds like I’m winging – wingeing? – but I’m really not. Apart from the erratic weight loss/gain I love the diet. I feel great and much slimer than the 4lbs loss accouns for, have lost an inch each from bust, waist and neck. My asthma is non existent – (have reduced related meds) , osteoarthritic knee is least swollen ever and have more energy and last but not least I found this forum full of lovely people which I adore reading! I lost a stone on MM’s 5:2 plan earlier this year and hope to lose 2 stone on this one. I know I can do it! Here goes, restarting, book in hand, week menu planned, weight 10st 12.4 and going DOWN!

Captainlynne that is fanbloomingtastic! 43lvs is awesome you must be feeling like a new woman.

Jackie

Do you think Michael ever reads these posts?
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Hashimoto,
Of course I have a basket on the front.
AND I ring my bell with attitude!!!

Around here the basket is wire tied on.

I will try not to let the string of sausages trail behind me for the dogs.

Just off now.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

B Greek yoghurt and fresh raspberries
L Greek salad with olive oil and feta cheese (no rye bread today!)
D Gram flour dusted prawns stir fried in coconut oil and spices, with a green salad

Lucia, if you cock your leg i hope you don’t pull a face like VB. What’s wrong with that women? I bet she curdles the milk for miles around.

Lucia have you got an old fashioned wicker butchers bike basket to wheel your meaty goodies home in?
I’m picturing you like a female pied piper with all the neighborhood dogs running behind your cycle in single file!

Yes, totally approve of using less face muscles – I already am – your posts make me smile.

I hope you have ordered those Australian blister socks!

Failing that, what about some trainers? You could carry your smart shoes in a back pack and change into them at work. I used to walk the 4 miles to work when there was a lot of snow and ice. Walked in my walking boots (2 pairs of socks) and put my shoes in backpack.

It’s not very nice getting blisters 🙁

There are proper walking sandals you can get in the summer. Not the prettiest footwear you will see but they would save your poor feet – and walking is becoming part of your life now. So ask for money not pressies when your birthday comes round! :). 🙂

Hi newlife, you are at the stage where your body is a bit shocked. What? No more carbs?

You will keep on losing. Just keep an eye on those nasty carbs, drink your 2 -3 ltrs water and eat fat and fat will keep disappearing 🙂 but 2lbs in a week is not to be sniffed at

12lbs = 24 half pound packs of lard. That’s a lot of fat your body doesn’t need to lug around! 🙂

Cherrieanne welcome to the, should I say 9 weeks line, and after!

You have been so supportive to so many people on these forums and your medical knowledge has been invaluable.

I’m so pleased that you are in the non diabetic range – you richly deserve that result 🙂

I feel like we are friends although we have never met. Isn’t it good that we know we can ditch the carbs and live healthily for the rest of our lives? 🙂

Just seen message about collecting the girls. Your family will be astonished when they see you 🙂

Wow, Lynne, that is absolutely amazing! Well done!

Are your granddaughters with you yet? 🙂

Hi. I think dashes of lite milk in tea and coffee may be mounting up. Also I haven’t been counting carbs just adding up calories from recipies in the book . I need to work out how to find grams of carbs in meals. It doesn’t tell you that in the book😁

Yesterday:

B: FF yoghurt and mixed seeds
L: 3 D+A sausages, half can reduced sugar baked beans

Didn’t feel at all hungry at dinner time (wow! definitely a first) and just had a G+T (light on the G, heavy on the slimline T)

Today:

B: yoghurt, seeds and berries
L: will be 2 baked chicken breasts with cauli and broccoli ‘cheese’ (grated cheddar sprinkled over, bit of butter)
D: will be 2 dessert spoons cottage cheese with tomato, cucumber and red pepper salad.

Lost another 4 pounds since last Saturday – total of 43 pounds. Now down to 12st 13lb from 16 stone.

Welcome to al the latest veterans.

Just a quick check-in before I go to collect the twins.

Weighed in today at 12st 13lb so 4 pounds down from last week😃 Started at 16 stone, so now lost 43 pounds 😃😱

My FBS seems to have settled under 5.

Catch up later – off to catch a train – packed breakfast in bag😊

Chiming in with my experience so far:

Week 1: 8lb lost
Week 2: 2lb lost
Week 3, day 6: I’m on track for around 2lb loss again. I’m not doing anything differently compared to week 1 and I’ll confess to being a little disappointed but then I think how pleased I’d be if I lost 12lb in 3 weeks on any other diet. Plus, I don’t feel hungry and I’ve never been able to say that on any other diet. AND my chocolate cravings have almost gone and are now easy to resist.

I’m in this for the long haul and I’m not going to let my impatience derail me.

Does anyone know the USA comic strip called the pickles?

It’s about an elderly couple. He is always in the dog house.

I look at it each morning and it makes me smile.

The website is go comics or the artist has his own face book.

Let’s all do less excercise, it takes less muscles to smile than to frown, you game for a little laziness in the face muscles department?
Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Will cycle to my butchers soon.
He does two huge chicken breasts, four pork chops, 3/4 lb lean beef mince and 6 pork sausages for £10. It’s not pre sealed in plastic and polystyrene.
Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Are you all up and ready to go?
I have read the newspaper.
There is a photo in the daily mail of Victoria beckham cocking her leg up. Today, my mission is to see how far off the ground I can lift my right foot and Bob the blister. 👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯👯
Love Lucia
Xxxxx

Hi jillyB,

I forgot about small freezers. I do understand about the preparing meals all day though. Maybe as the days progress the food preparation will become easier.

It’s fantastic that you’re motivated and have such a good attitude. As I wrote before any increase in exercise (even small) will help. Looking forward to reading about your progress jillyB.

Hi Natalie, DJD & Switz,
I reckon we are going to have a ball on this journey.
Just back from my first shopping trip, amazing how the aisles were full of non food food items.
Yes, all those things that I would normally have bought.

As hubby isn’t joining me on this diet I do have to keep some carby items around for him.
However he will be getting the diet dinners made for him, it is just the rest of the days food and snacky items that I will need to avoid.
Long term plan is to get us both eating a Mediterranean type meal plan. He is really interested in seeing how I go on this.

Looking forward to getting started on Monday.

They weren’t super sized they were smaller than the shop bought ones but only got 4 out of them. I can say they were yummy..

Even if I was making blinis I don’t think I could have got 4×4 out of the mixture

They are sooo good!’ Really hope it’s 115 calories for all 4 as will
Be a great addition to some dishes

To Switzerland and Wedgie01

Thank you both for your suggestions….much appreciated. Unfortunately my freezer is not very big and already packed .
I have done my stint with the physio and not much can be done. However, I am feeling cautiously motived and am certainly going to give it my best as I am thinking that any weight lost may well improve my walking ability.

Thank you both.

Hi jillyB. Just wondering if there are any of the meals that you’re cooking that you could double and then freeze portions for days that cooking from scratch is difficult time wise? Sorry to hear that you can’t exercise. I’m trying to recall what Dr Mosley wrote in the book. Obviously you have to be safe, but any exercise (no matter how small) in addition to what you normally do must help.There are physiotherapists that can give sound advice in this regard if there is one in your area.

Hi 14kgTooHeavy. I’ve just read the nutrition label on the jar of Vegemite………check for yourself……..you may be able to ‘have your Vegemite and eat it too’, but you’ll have to ditch the bread. How does carrot and celery sticks with Vegemite before bed sound?

Hey Jillyb,
My wife, also 50 something, had a recent hip reconstruction. She went on the diet with me and has lost weight regularly. I believe it is a lifestyle change. Once you convert to the type of meals supported by the program, if you stick to it you will shed the weight.
Good luck to you.

I second toofastblack. I didn’t lose as much as I’d expected in my first week, so began weighing and measuring, and keeping a running total for each day. I realised I wasn’t counting in milk for coffee and tea, reasoning that it was ‘only a splash’.
When I checked, those splashes were a quarter of a cup, a good 30 or so calories and 3 grams of carbohydrate for each cup. If you’re a slow loser like me, everything has to be measured and noted down.
I’m finding my carb count is usually around 25 grams, and sometimes I go a bit over the 800, but never above 900. I’m lucky if I lose more than half a kilo a week even then, but it’s more than I’ve lost on the standard diets. Don’t give up, just check that you’re not inadvertently taking in more calories or carbs than you think.

Speaking of the 3F club, I too am a member! I’m day 2 week 1. Something I’m holding on to is the reason I’ve started this journey – to achieve good health. The BSD lifestyle is the whole package – diet, exercise and mindfulness. I really need to step up with the exercise and mindfulness. There are some great apps out there for meditation/mindfulness. Red devil, I’m so pleased that you’re leaving your abusive carb relationship behind!

Started on Wednesday and have reached my 4th day. Seem to be always cooking or preparing something, not giving me any time to do anything else. My husband is retired so I am cooking 3 meals a day every day. He is not on the diet and has no desire to, some meals he will eat and add a little, which I appreciate. But it is very time consuming.
I am elderly, diabetic for a long time, can’t exercise, only a little walking because of a total hip replacement so will never, ever manage 10,000 steps, not even 500 ! So I wonder if this is going to work for me. Any weight I have ever lost was all put back again, even though I eat healthily and carefully watch what I eat. I haven’t weighed myself , except on the first day, because I don’t want to become too dispirited so early in the diet.
Thank you all for your informed forums, I find many of them quite informative. Will let you know soon as to how I go.

BSD800 log: Day 2. So far, so good…….I find I’m OK with working out the 800 calories (brave statement after 1 day) but I need to work out carb grams and protein grams. It’s a steep learning curve but from the posts of other BSDers, well worth the effort.

Hi all, I am day 5 now and doing much better with the hunger pains. I have added extra cheese, olive oil and I am having some full fat yogurt everyday. I made pizzas for my partner and toddler last night and wasn’t even tempted- happy with my fish and vegies. I have lost 4.7kg since Tuesday, again I know this will be mainly fluid but my jeans are lose this morning and they are straight out of the dryer which is highly unusual! Purple Martian I am not an expert at all but for me I am going to do my best to avoid “bad” carbs such as cakes, bread, potato, sweets etc for the whole 8 weeks (and beyond!) as I have some bad habits and a sugar addiction to sort out.

I am finding this forum really helpful. Thanks everyone 🙂

Hello all. After a long time lurking, getting inspiration and advice from all your posts and reading the Blood Sugar Diet book, I started the 800 BSD on Tuesday 29th March. Apart from feeling cold (from lurking-I read this is normal) so far so good, I don’t feel so hungry that I would consider giving up.

I am not diabetic (there is T2 in the family, Father Brother, Aunts & Uncles) being proactive on that front and would like to: lower my BMI currently 28, lower body fat currently 41.8. lower my weight currently 146lbs, reduce my waistline currently 36inches. I am 5ft1” can the diet make you grow taller, ha? Improve my concentration, all the great things that Dr Mosley informs us will happen, I want it all!

I am hoping to reboot my digestive system, since having a hysterectomy (6 years ago) I have become intolerant to some foods (Garlic, Broccoli, Beans, Milk, Hard cheeses, Sulphates, Peaches…) until Tuesday I had been mainly surviving on carb poison!

I want the last half of my 40’s to be the healthiest and fittest I can be. See you on the journey x

CARBOHYDRATE SPOTTING

Choose The Blood Sugar Diet. Choose health. Choose to lower your BMI. Choose losing weight. Choose low cholesterol. Choose a smaller waist and dancing all night. Choose sitting in front of the computer at work all day long never walking the length of yourself. Choose not ever exercising and wondering why you look and feel old and unhealthy. Choose Netflix, drinking Rose wine and gorging on crisps. Choose a diet to lose weight and reset your metabolism. Choose BSD Fast 800. Choose 5:2 BSD. Choose Med Style Low Carb. Choose Fast Exercise. Choose Mindfulness. Choose the BDS way of life… “But why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose not to choose life. I chose somethin’ else. And the reasons? There are no reasons. Who needs reasons when you’ve got” CARBOHYDRATES?
Apologies to Irvine Welsh. x

Hi Red Devil, welcome to the team. … I’m day 5 week 1. The best advice I can give is to read all you can on here, start your eating plan, learn from your mistakes, take heart in the fact we’re all on this journey together. I’m also a member of the 3F club. 😉 Looking forward to hearing about your journey.

My best tip is the clear out the bad stuff from your cupboards. You’re less likely to slip up if it’s not right there in front of you and you have to make the effort to go out and buy something off-plan specially.

It was a toxic love affair though, cos carbs take more than they give. It’s a very one sided relationship and you’re better off without them. 🙂
After a week or so you will be surprised at how well you feel without carbs. You’ll have so much more energy and the feeling of well being is amazing.
Remember your support crew is standing by you, cheering you on. We are pretty global now so there’s always someone around.

Thanks Cherrieanne.
Will definitely try to hang onto a sense of humour, although the carb devils may take it hostage.
Have been putting together my shopping list and there are things on it that I have never bought before.
Bidding a fond farewell to all my carby treats this week end. It is always sad when a love affair comes to an end. 😢

Red.

Hi Orchid, Could you point me in the direction of the mushroom barley risotto recipe please. It sounds delicious!

Hi Lostgirl, I don’t know what recipe you used but if it was for 16 of them and you only got 4, then I guess your serving size and cal count is for 1. Was it super sized? Hopefully Penny will spot your post and help you.

Lucia, you never fail to make me smile 🙂 you say all the things we only think or wonder!!
Yes, it does feel like a family. We have a lot more in common than many families I know and these forums are one of the best bits about doing the BSD.

Also hi all, from Perth Western Australia, 4 days in and I’m finding this relatively easy.I am obsessing about food like I was with the 5:2. Weight is dropping nicely and Im feeling really positive about the next week’s. I just ordered the book, sold out in every book store and have downloaded the menus from the daily mail. I’m hoping to beat my family history of diabetes and fit nicely into the airplane seat by October.

Hi Red,
One of the best assets you can bring to the BSD is your sense of humour, so you’re ahead of the game already. It will help you through the first couple of tough days. As a self confessed carb addict you can expect 2-3 days of withdrawal as your body demands some sugary easy to process carbs. So treat yourself gently if this happens to you, some people breeze through it, take paracetamol for headaches and rest if you need to.
The main tips are to drink plenty of non sugary fluids, at least 2-3 litres a day, keep your fat intake up by using full cream milk, full fat yoghurt and cheese, oily fish etc. this will help you to deal with hunger/carb cravings and kick start fat burning.
Keep reading the posts for inspiration and call out for support/ advice if you need it. Same with your successes, post them here and we’ll cheer along with you 🙂

Hi every body ☺
I am going to be starting this dietry change/diet on Monday.
I am a carb loving addict with prediabeties blood sugar levels.
Have somewhere around 12kilos to shift, the typical 3 F’s. (Fat, Female, 50)
I am planning on trying to follow the diet as laid out in the book to the letter (with the addition of coffee).
Sporadic gym junky (weight training) and getting out on my bike around 3 times a week, covering around 100ks (cumulative) for the week.
My step count for the day can vary between 2000 and 15000 steps a day.
Just wondering what are the best hints and tips that will help me get through what is sure to be a very interesting and challenging 8 weeks.

Cheers all
Red.

A big Greek salad with a small can of tuna to add before you eat.
Pre cooked vegetables to reheat in microwave and a heap of grated cheese in a separate bag to sprinkle over the top when hot.
Some home made stew, in a flask or heat in a microwave, take grated cheese to add.
Some gram flour flatbreads made with chilli, cumin etc (recipe on this website)and a pot of cottage cheese
with onion and chives.