I personally think that the results you’ve posted today are brilliant Bill. Well done mate. Not only that but you have been there for loads of people on these forums, myself included. I like to think of you as the elder statesman of the BSD. Long may you post.

I have signed! Cheers

Bill,

Time, I think, to feel a little smug. Those are terrific results.
I guess we would all like to lose 30+ lbs, but I bet if someone had asked you when setting out if you would settle for -25.5lbs you’d have jumped at it.
The big thing for most of us is going to be keeping it up – I hope we can all keep going on this thread to give each other moral support in the weeks, months, and even YEARS to come.
Having this group chat is a bit like I imagine “Weight Watchers” to be like – I always imagine it’s the thought of the weekly public weighing-in which keeps folk motivated.
All the very best with your first target of 13.5 by June – do you have a second target?
With regard to your comment on staple diet carbs, could it just be that we’re now able (and only too willing) to eat far too much. The people who were surviving on rice could probably only just about afford enough to live on.
Small celebration tonight?

Hi Hashimoto,
A million thanks for your compliment but…..
I am not perfect. I am human.
I try and show on this website the good and especially the bad. Let me explain … if I said yes, 800 calories, no carbs exercise, blah. Blah. Blah, then what am I doing here.

But I have faults, I have been a coach potato, fat etc.
I know the path I am on is not smooth concrete, it is made of cobble stones, I will stumble, or caught my toe, or wobble, but it is my path, I am waddling along, and I will get there, can’t give you a date and time, but know that I have come too far and gained too much to go back.

Yes, I am hungry, ready for my meal, yes I wanted a snack, We all do sometimes, so I work on one cobble at a time, one wobble at a time. Will eat in ten mins, and will enjoy it.

I hope others who hit this same cobble, will find an answer to get past it.

Please note, I do not say I have hit a wall, only caught my toe on a cobble. It’s easier to visualise and get past it.

If I had eaten a snack, I would have acknowledged it, and tried to find a way to fix it for next time.

This time, In having a drink, it eased my need to eat.

Come join me on the journey.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Hi Cherrianne
Thanks for your reply. I always found that Metformin increased my B/G levels. Strange I know. So upon waking this morning my fasting levels where 12. I restarted Metformin and after 2 hours B/G levels up to 19. Having read lots of different stories I realise time is needed to allow the liver to perform differently when on Newcastle 800 diet. I will continue with diet and hope levels will drop as the weight drops. Not sure about the Metformin at this stage. I am due my yearly review end of April and will know how my levels are then. I am not struggling on this diet but I do wonder why levels are so high. Many thanks for any imput. 😊

Hi,

Lifted the tray out of the oven. Instead of eating it too hot, pulled my wellies on and emptied the puddles.
Tried to catch the rain on my tongue.
It is quite amusing to look up and into the bewildered eyes of my next door neighbour.
I am a large mature woman, who does strange things in the rain. One way to bring the rates down!!!
I have come in and am having a pint if water before my meal.

Love Lucia xxxx

Looks like it’s don Judith

Hi Lucia – enjoy the chicken, but sit down, look at it, smell it, then eat very, very slowly enjoying to the full each mouthful. The temptation when you feel like that is to start eating ‘bits’ as it comes out the over, and never get away from standing at the oven door. One you finish the lot in a few minutes flat – guess what – you are still hungry and you can hardly remember what you ate!
Hope tastes good

If you didn’t succumb then you are perfect in my book x

Sorry,
Thinking about food now,,,,,,,,
I admire everyone who is a vegetarian.
I was brought up on a farm so learnt from a very early age where my food comes from.
I am thinking of reducing my meat amounts.
Maybe because I have been talking to the chicken in the oven.
I have had a go at stir fry tofu and found it okay.

I am hungry, sorry.

Just heard the ping.
Love Lucia xxxx

Hi,
I am sorry, I am not perfect, I have just done something really, really really bad……

I am feeling hungry, I don’t want to snack, must went to the oven and talked to the chicken to hurry up and be done.
I nearly pressed my nose up against the door to see if is golden brown yet.

Yup, talking to chicken pieces, omg they will be bringing a straight jacket for me soon….. Ssshhhhhh, don’t tell anyone.

Love Lucia
Xxx

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.

▼More details

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

When you sign you can click on the facebook, email and twitter icons and really start to get the news out there, and help change lives! You can add your own personal stories on your social media accounts and the petition site also gives the name of your local MP so you can contact them as well.

Thanks Judith. When I started this I weighed 16 stone exactly. Not a good look at 5′ 2″ when stretched😳 Today it’ 13 stone 3 pounds. Another 4 pounds and I’ll be in the 12s. 😱

*puts out the ‘Welcome Bill’ banner*. Party time!

Your results are amazing, my friend. An inspiration to those joining us.

Good thought about natural carbs v ‘processed muck’. Looking at ingredients lists can read like a science lesson these days (and I failed science at school😢)

Even a well-known store is adding sugar to its meat and poultry. I’ve taken sneaky photos of some of their labels and will respond to their reply when things settle down after the weekend.

I’ll also be emailing my local MP and anyone else I can think of about the petition.

Oh, btw. This week I’ve lost another 3 pounds. Total lost now 39 pounds. Can’t wait to see ‘that’ nurse’s face when I see her in a month to get results of my next HbA1c 😃. Must ask her to tell me the last few results for my personal records!

Hi cat girl,
You best get saving as soon you will need a blouse or top to go with those jazzy trousers. Ready for the summer.

You will soon be stepping out in them.

It’s started to teem here at 1pm, just been for salad, eggs, mushrooms and chicken for us.
Also loaf , beer and a small bag of chocolate buttons for Him.

Now settling down to have a duvet hour, watching the rain build my puddles big enough for me to attack.

NCIS is on, I love Gibbs, swoon, swoon.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Lucia, 16,827 steps is amazing. Hard to believe you were a couch potato so recently!! Total respect!!! 🙂

Great idea to email everyone as well!
Every little does help – so many people haven’t heard of this diet yet.

Hi cherri Anne
Thank you so much for the diet whey info.
I read the container but didn’t understand it.
Carbs, no whey, ( joke there).
Still learning.

Ready for another question.
Mehta are the best crackers that I can have please?

Love Lucia
Xxx

Wow, lynne you are a star! Won’t be long before you hit the 3 stone mark!!!! 🙂

Hi Hashimoto,
16,827 steps. Not bad for a coach potato.
Signing the petition and have emailed everyone in my added. Book both home and work. Every little helps.
Love Lucia.xxx

This week I’ve lost another 3 pounds. Total now 39 pounds 😃

Bill, I’m so pleased for you. See you on the other thread.

Bill I asked the team to change the title to Sign the petition. Is it better just to start a whole new thread with all the info?

Well done Pete on recognising the problem and not dropping out of the BSD. Have a great week

Welcome AnnieandAlfie. What a great start. Hope to keep seeing your progress.

Hi Janet, I’m notorious at putting my foot in my mouth, sadly age doesn’t seem to have taught me how to redress this problem 🙁

Hi Catgirl I bet you will get into those lovely sounding trousers in the summer.

I was reading this morning that ducks lOVE kale!! I wonder if swans are the same? Who came up with the idea of trying to feed ducks healthy kale? I take my hat off to them!

Enjoy your walk!!

Hi Janet. Like Judith I took your first post as great advice.

I’m a fellow suffers of ‘foot in mouth disease’😱

Hi Mojos. Lots of us used to feel like you, eating the ‘old’ way, but cutting out carbs has meant we no longer go dizzy etc. When I ate caFBS I was always thinking of the next meal. I’d get really wobbly and panicky if food wasn’t readily available, feeling faint. Now I eat a low-carb breakfast and nothing then until my evening meal. I don’t feel hungry or faint in between. Congratulations on the great weight loss!

Hi JillyB. Welcome to the family. Lots of advice on here. Shout if you need help.

6.6 this morning leeanne
If it stays this way for a week, I,m stopping them altogether.

I was just thinking the same re Lachlan when I woke up this morning. Give us a shout Lachlan!! 🙂

Hi gypsybasker
You’ve made a tremendous start and I don’t think your little bit of chocolate should make you feel guilty at all. If it helps you get through, just a little bit is fine. You may even find as you go on that you don’t need it so much. Full fat yoghurt ad berries makes a great replacement, is more filling and contains stuff our body needs. But its only an idea. Well done you!

Hi Lucia, I too have a pair of trousers hanging up that I have never worn, bought them in the sale a few years ago 2 sizes too small! Still look longingly at them as they are a summer item, black background covered in multicoloured flowers, no shrinking violet for me! For once I have hope that this summer is the one, will keep you posted but still a long way off.

Out to do small amount of food shopping them off for a walk to feed the swans at a local lake, they are so tame we hand feed them although have had the odd peck from the more pushy males, lol.

Wow what a good idea !
Come on BSDer’s let’s inundate out MP’s and get them earning their salaries.

Thanks Judith, I’m adept at getting my foot into my mouth, its a skill I’ve been practising for many years! ‘Nuff said 😉

I USED to love crème eggs too, but then I found them too sweet and sickly – even before BSD. But caramel eggs, or mini eggs – that’s a different matter!

But I’ve not eaten chocolate in any form for ages

I’ve been given a tin of Heroes (for me and the twins, and the donor knows I’m diabetic!). Today, in a shop I was given a big block of chocolate! I’ll find good homes for said confectionery 😳

Hey Judith
Emailed you regarding having this thread made a sticky

Hi

Welcome to the BSD family.

If you read Bill1945’s post you’ll see the great results he’s achieved, including reducing his medication – hoping to be medication free in the near future.

Are you checking your blood sugars? That’s a big help and a guide as to when meds can be reduced.

We haven’t heard from Lachlan on here for a while. If you are reading this Lachlan, let us know how you are doing, I’m wondering if you’ve overcome those high fasting sugar levels yet. 🙂

Great news Hippo

Looking forward to seeing you on over the 8-week line and after’ thread on the Fast 800 forum.

Hi Jpscloud, reach out on the forums, there’s always someone who’ll keep you ‘virtual company’, even if no one is close physically.
People post on the what did you eat today thread and you could use that for ideas or as a blog to keep you accountable. Use a food diary tracker and make yourself a promise to be honest.
We are all here because we need and want to make changes. If you acknowledge your binges on here you won’t get judged, you’ll get help 🙂
If you don’t keep it a secret it won’t be so shameful, and the beauty is we have no idea who you are so no need to cover it up! Bet you anything it’s the ‘secret’ bit about it that’s controlling you. Now you’ve revealed it, you’ve stripped it of power.
Have success this week, all the best…

Bill, I strongly believe you reap what you sow! You sow support, love and care for others, glad you’re enjoying the harvest x

jpscloud, that is so tough on you. Is there anyone you know who would be prepared to join you for a day eating what you eat? If you could find a few people who would do that you could have a few days of the holiday like that. Things done companionably are so much easier.
Wishing you luck 🙂

Well said, cherrianne 🙂

Fantastic, stringbreaker! 🙂

As well as signing the petition I also emailed my MP to let him know I’d done so.
Just had an automated reply saying he will respond.
I’ll let you know.

Hi folk, I thought it might be easier to post the petition as a separate thread to reach as many of us as possible.

Just click on the link below, you will need to give your email address and post code then you will receive an email to click on to confirm your signature. Your email address and post code do not get published.

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

Thanks so much my friends
You know what Cherrianne ? Something struck a loud chord in me when I first read the book. It just made sense, but not just that, it was telling me to do just about the opposite of everything I knew about diabetes. The knowledge that I had based my life on, given to me by professionals and which wasn’t working and I was getting worse. My train of thought was that if I did the opposite of everything that was giving me bad results, then just maybe I could get opposite results.
Didn’t that work well ?
Two months ago I was confident that I could achieve something good.
The reality has been beyond my wildest dreams.
I also have the added bonus of meeting some of the nicest, friendliest people I have ever known on these forums.
Long may it continue.

Brilliant stats Bill and good to have you over the line! 🙂

When we were nippers,as daft as this sounds, bread was different – it was made from older varieties of wheat. We won’t get that back. I often wonder if it has also contributed to the increase in gluten intolerance.

Hi Bill
Id consider your 8 weeks as a total success. Your achievements in that time are pretty awesome. Totally agree with Judith! Read back on some of your posts and you’ll see what huge changes you’ve made in your health and well being in such a short time.
Would you ever have dreamed two months ago that you could achieve all you have already? For once I have to disagree with you, you are remarkable and should be proud of yourself !!
Consider yourself ‘told’ man 🙂

Bill I am delighted for you – what an inspiration you are to the rest of us. It’s so much harder to lose weight when you are older, but you have shown it can be done. Be very proud of your achievements.
Janice