An unusually quiet reply for you bill?

Orchid, my ketostix do the same thing with half an hours jogging/walking. More walking than jogging.

Hi SunnyB, glad to hear you have arrived okay and are enjoying it. Your ‘cut-offs’ are great news and certainly will give you a good indication that you need to make adjustments.
On the ketostix, I have only just started using them and I am -/+ in the evening, but + or ++ some mornings. What has been more interesting is that I have just started exercising more – yesterday a 2 hour hike, today a 45 min jog/walk, both after breakfast and both ketostix first thing were +. Both activities were about 45 min drive from home so I took the readings an hour after exercise was completed. On both days it went up to ++. Now before I attribute it all to exercise, I need a ‘non-active day’ and take the measurements about 2 hours after breakfast and see if it increases during the day normally. If not – a brisk walk may help kick you back into fat-burning mode with fewer adjustments to your diet.
I’ll report back – looks like Sunday is the next ‘non-active’ morning.
Enjoy all the lovely fresh fruit and veg there – and the cheeses and yogurts.

Breakfast – Yeo greek yoghurt & pomegranate seeds
Lunch – Red Pepper “rolls” (1 red pepper halved and filled with hummus, fresh coriander, cucumber, feta, a sprinkle of mixed seeds, black pepper & a squeeze of lemon juice)
Dinner will be baked sea bream with lemon and chervil butter and a green salad

I follow guidelines in the book and check weights for acurate(ish) portion sizes.

I think thats a question you could ask the team behind the scenes. You can do that through the contact us button at the bottom of the website.

Sunnyb! I was just thinking about you and wondering how you were! So pleased to have you back. I’m sure you’ll do just fine. The food will be so delish you probably imagine it can’t be good for you when really, its the best food for this plan. Enjoy! As you can tell, we are all ambling along as normal here but the weather is kind of picking up. We seem to be getting lots of new members, its great to think word is getting round. Keep in touch, even if it does make me jealous!

Hi debs14

I have just had a similar experience. It seems like a war of attrition sometimes -who will give in first? Me or my body? Well, on this occasion it was me, I gave in and had three days of eating what everyone else in the house was eating. I put on 2 and a half pounds in three days. I got back on plan on monday and have lost three pounds. Thats my fastest weight loss ever. If I had stuck it out just a little longer, maybe the weight would have shifted anyway. I think weight loss can be really erratic with no rhyme or reason sometimes. I realised I wasn’t drinking enough water though and I cut the pepsi max, all sweeteners in fact. And I’ve tried to get just a half hour walk in every day. I don’t know how long you will have to wait, but if you can stick with it, the weight loss will come.

Hi jillyb
I’m not one of the forum’s big losers – 15 and a half pounds in 11 weeks. It has been quite erratic, no real pattern, some weeks three pound, others one pound, others nothing. I put on last week and that was because I let my plateau get to me and I went off piste. In three days I’ve lost what I gained and a little bit more. So, the conclusion I am coming to is even if you do the same things day in day out, your body has its own ideas about when it will relinquish the weight. All you can do is keep good records and keep the faith until your body decides it is time. It HAS to happen if you are doing the diet correctly, there’s no other way….eventually.

Steamed beansprouts? Or just skip the rice altogether and make up with more veg.

Brown rice is better than white, if she feels she must eat it.

Hi Janet1973 and Bill
Sounds like you are both doing really well with continued progress. I am attempting to keep a handle on things now that I’m in Turkey. Think it’s going okay. Not weighing in for two months, so I will have to rely on how clothes feel and using ketostix to see if I’m burning fat, as an indication of how I’m doing.
Weather is in the mid-twenties and sunny. We are settled in and enjoying some R&R. Will post occasionally and keep an eye on the forum periodically during my absence from the UK.

I haven’t lost any weight in the last 8 days. Seems like I may have hit a plateau. Let’s hope it changes soon. Have been very strict so I don’t know what the problem could be. Feeling frustrated:(

Thanks for your replies everyone – there are some great suggestions here 🙂

@hashimoto I bought myself a smallish Thermos flask today, which I expect will help (e.g. keeping hard boiled eggs or fruit cool). Thanks for the tip about the kettle @Ahmedin. I will have time on Monday nights each week to do a shop at my local supermarket. @fofi I think you’re right on the weekly balance; I’ll probably have to accept Monday-Thursday will be more bland then go wild with flavours on the weekends. It’ll be something to look forward to! Protein bars are a good shout too as they’re so easy to pack.

If I think of anything truly ingenious whilst on my weekly travels I’ll post it up 😉

There isn’t really much of a substitute in this country either! Perhaps quinoa, bulgar wheat? Do they get cauliflower in china? For cauli rice? Or just more veg on the plate.

Cauliflower rice – if they can get caulis?

hi Merry Mary,
with fats no longer off of the menu, a little butter on the mushroom makes it very tasty!

Thanks Bill, those plateaux are painful! Hence, the gain. But I believe in this programme and I went back to checking everything I eat and have even been walking half an hour a day on my treadmill/clothes horse and its all come together again. Congrats on being med free! What do you think the docs are making of the wave of people coming off meds instead of having to go on them? Didn’t they say metformin is for life not just for Christmas??

Carolg
congratulations!!!!

Are there plans to publish this book in other languages while taking into account local culinary traditions?

I am thinking particularly of China where Type 2 is increasing alarmingly.

Penny,
All great ideas – thanks
John

Hi orchid,
I’ve never been a big fan of mushrooms, however my tastes are changing and I am trying to be a bit more adventurous now that my taste buds aren’t soaked in sugar half the time 🙂 Thanks for the tip

My Chinese friend’s mother (who lives in China) has just developed Type 2 (probably triggered by the shock of her husband dying).
The main food accompaniment in China is rice and it is difficult to suggest eating less rice when there is no real national alternative.
Any suggestions?

Carol,
Happy for you
John

Lunch – morello cherries and raspberries, cooked in microwave and fage yoghurt. Amazing – did make my eyes water a little but in a good way. My dog loves fage yoghurt too!

Good to hear Janet
Let’s hope that’s the end of the pesky plateaux and you can get back on track now.
Well done for sticking to your guns

Weight plateaued for five or six days, then I gained 2 1/2 pounds. Now I’ve lost three pounds in three days. Total lost 15 1/2 pound and three inches off each thigh. No more thunder thighs for me!

CarolG that’s brilliant news!!
Another major success for both you and the BSD
😀 😀 😀 😀 😀 😀

Hi MerryMary,
I found putting scrambled eggs or poached eggs is great on a grilled portobello mushroom – I spray the mushroom with oil prior to grilling it. It gives something to dip into the runny egg!

Your ideas are so good Lucia…I too have struggled with what to put my soft poached eggs on!! I have succumbed and had dark rye toast occasionally but a bed of wilted spinach and a small thin piece of ham are sufficing well.
Also My lovely husband who looks after me when I arrive home at 8pm “hangry” after a 12 hour shift made a fantastic baked salmon fillet the other night and put it on a bed of truffle oil garlic cauliflower mash (he gets it really smooth with the stick mixer)…Delish!! Hew only used a little drizzle of the truffle infused olive oil and a dash of cream. It was spectacular!!

Hi Judith
That’s so encouraging, that you’re still losing on increased cals.
Penny

Hi Bill,
Soon I will be so scared to lift both feet up together, in case I float away….. Wearing a smaller size.
☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☀️☁️☁️☁️☁️☀️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️🌧🌧
Oh another song coming on

Up to were the air is clear 🐚🎼🎧🎧🎼🎤🎧🎼🎤🎤🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶〰
(Mary poppins)

So will I be vertically challenged ? As I can’t keep connected to the planet?
La la lalalalalala La la la

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi guys,
Well it is 2 weeks tomorrow for me. I am weighing in in the morning and I am nervous, although my work uniform is a lot more
comfortable so that is a good thing!
Now I need you to hear my confession….Forum forgive me for I have sinned….
We went out the other night to a local Italian restaurant for my daughter in law’s birthday and I had the vegetable minestrone soup which was wonderful. I was so proud of myself for resisting the cheesy garlic calzone and the pasta dishes and then I blew it when it came to dessert… I thought I would have a scoop of chocolate and raspberry gelato ( I have been known to be a gelato-aholic) and justified it thinking that everyone else at the table (other than my husband who was happy drinking red wine) were having tiramisu. Well it was as though I had a very strong coffee just before bed. I didn’t sleep a wink all night and had to get up at 0530 for a 12 hour shift too. That’ll teach me, and it tasted so sweet I couldn’t finish it which is amazing for me….Having confessed to that falling off the wagon episode, it is the only episode I have had of eating sweets. Part of me is sad that when I am in Italy on the Amalfi coast in September, I won’t enjoy the sweet gelato flavours :-))
I am still keeping my fingers crossed that I will continue to see a downward trend on the scales in the morning!!

Not we honey, just you, and I prefer vertically challenged 😀

Hi Arran gran

It was a big challenge to understand how I would cope without certain things.
bread.
I need it to put cooked meat on,
Melted cheese on,
Toast it with a dippy egg on.

Yes, meat good
Eggs good
Cheese good but measure.
But what do I put it all on?

Then the penny dropped. Duh,!!!!!

Wrap the meat in a big curly lettuce leaf.

Put the dippy egg on a slice of ham

Put melted cheese on cauliflower.

Once you get the theory of it, you can then see options

Love Lucia
Xxx

Don’t despair jillyB, I’m on week 12 now and have lost 48lbs so far. First week I lost 7lbs, 2nd week 6lbs then 3rd week only 1lb. I thought that was it but stuck to it and 4th week I did 6lbs. Some have a plateau early on or some later, but keep at it and the results at the end are worth it. Don’t forget, it is an 8 week plan not a 3 week plan.

Hi Hashimoto,
Bill 1954 will not allow the word fat.
We have to say gravity challenged 😀😀😀😀
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Lunch time,
Yummy.

I now have the list of carbs per 100 Grams per food type. Many thanks Hashimoto.
So I am going to convert it simply to say :
Apple xxx carbs etc as I haven’t found the perfect apple of 100 Grams 😀😀😀😀
Walked passed the bank of vending machines upstairs, now full of crisps and they have added popcorn.

They are test driving some fancy foods for the gym about half a mile away.

Shakes
Low fat this and that
Butties
Cereals
Etc
Starting at £4.50 for a drink
Need a mortgage to get lunch, will be avoiding that one in a BIG way.

Happy sorting my own lunch out.

Keep happy, keep losing, keep going

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Thanks Bill, always good to hear all is well.

Talking rubbishy ,fast
Thought occurred to me I used to have some kind of sugar rush or drop and have periods of speaking absolute rubbish for a period of time but this week I’m more stable and very relaxed ,anyone else notice this or do I ring the shrink 😜
Alan

Hi Christina
To answer your question – sugar is an addictive substance! So it’s hard to stay away from. And we live surrounded by it. I was at a coffee stall at a famous museum the other day. They had dozens of items there but not one was not sugar and carbs. Luckily I wasn’t tempted. We live in a carb- addicted society. Imagine if any other addictive substance was in every shop and on every street corner! Argh !
End of rant!
Penny

Pasty – great!🏆
Penny

Have been out of the loop for a week, but am now in Turkey with some wifi access again. Have been trying hard to keep control of diet and think I am succeeding at the moment. Have been checking for ketones each morning and getting some result, although most of the time it is only just registering – taking that as a positive sign (hope I am not completely deluding myself there!).

Was difficult to keep properly hydrated on the way here, as spending hours at a time in the car is not readily compatible with just popping to the loo. This of course didn’t help the constipation problem I was already struggling with, but I’m pleased to report that since arriving at destination, both issues have been successfully resolved. Have found the Omega seed mix from H & B has helped no end with the constipation and now we are in our apartment, I can make sure to stay hydrated with ease.

Visited the local food market yesterday to stock up on some beautiful salad veg and strawberries, fresh herbs, fresh eggs, nuts and spices. Limiting myself to the occasional glass of red, plenty of strawberries and yogurt, fresh salads with meat or fish and the odd nibble of cheese too. I have a pair of cut-off that historically I have had to leave the top button undone on, I can currently do it up with space to spare, so I am going to use them as a measure of how I am doing – if they get to tight for me to button comfortably, there will be a major review of diet!!

I will drop in occasionally to see what is happening on the forum threads, to see how everyone is getting on and add a post or two as well, but in the main, I am going to be on my sundeck with my kindle!

Hi Eureka
Thanks for the advice. I m not down enough yet. Another stone to go. I agree Jenny Ruhl is great, she read everything that exists I think to find out the real facts.
I was being a bit tongue in cheek in my previous post. When I’m down enough I will experiment.
Thanks, hope your readings go down
Penny

Hi Lucyjane
Make sure you get support from here before each event- I have been to two weddings and managed ok but a 21 st birthday party undid me. I had a teeny piece of cake- made me stuck for a week!! I ve tried to learn from that but the internal social pressure is hard to resist. You don’t want to feel antisocial. Anyway if you fall off the wagon people here will help you back on.
Penny

Hi Dawn I’m a Greek Yoghurt convert, with added frozen cherries/blackberries, + chopped seeds/nuts and sprinkle of milled flax and chia seeds.

I make it the night before, keep in fridge in little pot, and take to work. Personally I try not to eat it until about 11 30am. If I’m busy this is quite easy. I have a black coffee when I arrive, then about 4 glasses of water in morning.

I have made shakes the night before but didn’t enjoy them so much. I think it’s better to eat than drink. I really love the extra sprinkles of good ingredients as some crunch with my yoghurt.

Once you get organised buying the new items, It’s much better. Good luck.

Fine fees ?!? Fingers! Haha

It’s been a roller coaster over the last few weeks. I have pain and numbness in my toes. Had in left toes for years; recently also in right and tingling and beginnings of numbness in fine fees. So to GP. Tested bloods etc normal, after discussing might be diabetes. Meanwhile got Michaels book and did M test and BMI etc. BMI 31.9! Waist 48″! Weight 15 stone! So even tho not dia. soon could be. Yet, though decided to do the 800 bsd it’s now gone 10 a.m. And not eaten – kind’ve stalled.

I have just found a couple of recipes that sound good, not tried them yet, so didn’t want to put on Recipes yet – thought I’d share in case anyone interested. I wouldn’t buy the flax flour but just grind up my flax seeds in my nutribullet. Apparently it is good to have the parmesan very finely grated. I found it here : http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/zero-carb-flax-meal-pizza-crust.html. Would be interested in how it compares to the Caulifour pizza base. Will try it soon.

Flax & Parmesan Pizza Crust

INGREDIENTS PIZZA BASE
1 cup flax meal (ground flax seeds)
½ cup finely grated parmesan cheese
2 eggs

Mix the flax meal and Parmesan (or Romano) cheese in a medium bowl. Add the eggs and stir until a dough is formed. It will be sticky, let it sit for about 5 minutes or so until it’s easier to work with.
Wet your hands with water to help keep the dough from sticking to them and press onto greased cookie sheet about ⅓ inch thick in a circle. You should get about a 10 inch crust out of it – if it’s a lot smaller than that you are making it too thick.
Bake in a preheated 350 degree (F) oven for 8 minutes. Remove.
Add toppings. Bake for another 15 minutes at 350. Remove.

TOPPING
½ cup sugar free marinara sauce
1 Italian Sausage Link, cooked and chopped
½ cup broccoli florets, cooked
1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

SAUCE I make a simple red sauce using 2 cups tomato puree, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp basil, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, 1 Tbl olive oil (optional) splash of lemon juice or red wine vinegar. You don’t even need to pre-cook it – just mix it well and spread however much you like on the pizza

Par-bake the crust as described above.
Add your toppings and bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees (F).
Cut into 4 pieces. Each piece is considered one serving. 1 piece Calories: 381 Fat: 19g Carbohydrates: 4g Protein: 24g

Here is the alternative recipe, whihc has more carbs
. http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/09/low-carb-gluten-free-pizza-crust-2.html

Salty it will take a week or two for your body to adjust, some see results earlier.
At the moment it is having to deal with a new energy source but as the weight goes, so the fat will begin to drain from your liver and pancreas, that is when the results will show.
You may experience short term rises in weeks 3 to 4, a few of us have but they tend to stabilise after a couple of weeks and has been explained as stored sugar being released by the organs into the bloodstream

I started the diet on Monday. My stats were 15 stone 8 lb and my blood sugar was 7.8. After three days on the diet my blood sugar has went down to 7.2 and then back to 7.8. I have not put a foot wrong on the diet with three litres of water intake each day. My weight this morning on the morning of day 4 was 15 stone 1 lb which I actually had to weigh myself 3 times before I believed it. I understand the initial weight loss will be predominately water but my question is about the blood level, how soon do you see a difference in it and am I expecting miracles to happen too soon or am I doing something wrong ? All recipes I have used are from the book and I have not went above the 800 calories per day.
Any help would be appreciated.