Hi merry Mary,
You say you are saddened not to have wonderful ice cream on Hol in September. Why?

There is a weird fraction that has been flung about. Let me introduce you to it.
80/20
Be good 80 per cent of the time, ease up on yourself 20 per cent.
So be good between now and September, then when on holiday, have an ice cream as you deserve that, if that is what you want, you know it will only be a few times on holiday, then you are back into the fold. Back with the team and getting back with the programme.

I cannot see in Michaels book that you have to be perfect. My goodness I tried it, and got my knickers in a right twist.nthats why I had a day of eating right but not weighing everything. It topped my batteries up no end.

In fact I would even suggest a flake or sprinkles too if you want them.
You are saying now that you know it isn’t the best for you, so you have already learned the best lesson.

Enjoy yourself.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Great news Carol

Judith, I know what you mean about not being tempted. This last few weeks I’ve sat with the twins while they ate sausage sandwiches, cakes etc and not wanted them myself. I was happy with my black coffee. 😃 I sometimes have my (4 item) breakfast in BHS and look at some of the other breakfasts being eaten. They were 12 items, now down to 10😱. All covered in lots of sauce😱. Today I was in a supermarket and noticed a particular trolley, full of convenience foods and alcohol. And the size of the person with the trolley? Definitely not slim😳 It’s only 4 months since my trolley would have been full of convenience foods and carbs – but the difference those months have made😃

Hi Kate-Is
Have always been fairly active with classes etc even before starting the BSD diet. I play tennis and have started some new activities like Ballet and Tap. I go to classes at our local Leisure centre like Body pump, Zumba and Aqua fit.
Anyway, thought I should share my new discovery.
Just started to use myfitnesspal in the last few days. A few minutes ago, this is what it told me!

Yesterday I sat in a car most of the day and it said; if everyday were the same as today I would weigh 10st 7lbs in 5 weeks..that’s good!
Today did an Indoor cycling class (45 mins), a Tap dancing class (45 mins) and I will do a Yoga class (90 mins) later.
It has predicted that if everyday were the same as today I would weigh 9st 13lbs in 5 weeks…..oh my!!!!!
Practically identical calorie count on both days.
Know that these kind of exercises are not for everyone…and I suppose today is particularly intense activity wise.

Genuinely surprised by these figures though. So thanks for starting the exercise topic and well done you for starting your exercise journey. Not sure if I could jog for 10 mins like you. I tried running a year ago and it felt embarrassingly awful.

Anyway…. Go Girl.

Good luck everyone.

Hi Mary, check out Lucyjanes thread which I think we should rename scalesulkers! It will show you how many of us are or have been stuck. It makes a difference to know quite a few folk have small or slow losses but also shows the health benefits experienced as non scale victories. Don’t feel disheartened just keep plugging away with the rest of us xx

Yes thanks Orchid I have looked at the recipes section. I have just logged Halloumi on My Fitness Pal and it is high in cals but low in carbs. 391 cals 31 fat 1 carb for half a pack (4 slices) but was sooo good.

I am just trying to find a nice soup recipe for tea, need to stay low cal for rest of day. I know Bill and some others just count carbs, but I daren’t do that as I’d eat a ot of cals with cheese etc.

Hope you enjoy yours.

Hi barby,
have you had a look through the recipe section on the website? There are some interesting ones their, but you have to check the calories and carbs per portion for the amounts you used.
The halloumi sounds good, I am always wary of it as with the calories, it always seemed I would have to have too small amount to keep me full. I have some in the fridge I bought for this diet so I really should try it now!

Sent my email, it read

“Hello
I am a type 2 diabetic I was diagnosed 8 years ago with the probability that I had the disease for up to 10 years before that.
I was taking 2 metformin twice a day, 2 gliclazide twice a day and 2 exanatide injections a day.
Despite that I could not get my blood sugar under control
The I started showing signs of severe retinopathy, to cut a long story short I have had 4 vitrectomy operations and 2 cataract replacements at Newcastle eye centre.
I was desperate and felt that I was on a steep downwards slope to insulin then death, no one it seemed could offer any help, I was given all the usual dietary advice and it just didn’t work
At the end of January this year I received an email from diabetes UK recommending the 8 week blood sugar diet by Dr M Mosely and professor R Taylor.
I bought the book and started the diet which is a very low carbohydrate, medium protein, medium fat regime. 4 weeks later I had my annual HbA1c blood tests. The GP was amazed at the results! my blood sugars were in pre diabetic range, my cholesterol was in normal limits, and I had lost 20 pounds in weight. I had stopped the injections at week 2 and halved the Metformin dose at week 3.
Today, at week 11 I have lost 2 stones in weight, and my daily blood sugar readings are well within normal range.
The diet is simplicity itself with no feelings of hunger and no cravings for sweet things after the first week.

I note that the government is about to set up diabetes boot camps for 100000 pre diabetics in the UK. Can I strongly recommend that the nutritional information contained in this book is used in these bootcamps.
i am far away from being the only person experiencing these results, a quick look here, https://thebloodsugardiet.com/forums/ will show lots of people who share and surpass my achievement.
We now have the tools to control and even defeat this terrible disease. We can ensure that future generations have a healthy T2D free lifestyle just by eating the correct foods, and it will save the NHS a fortune in diabetes treatment costs
The knowledge is out there, it is up to our government to implement it.

Sincerely

William Bell”

First shot fired, who’s next?

It’s been a while since anyone posted here, but I just found it and there are some great ideas for veggies, especially Ms’ courgette stir fry with boursin cheese, sounds delish.

I am not a good cook so these simple ideas are very helpful, thanks. You mention a book M, yes or a thread with just veggie/vegan recipes and quick ideas would be great, all in one place. They have similar on the Mumsnet Bootcamp low carb with separate thread for recipes.

I only tried eating low carb once before and gave up quite soon through boredom with limited food I was eating. The answer is to keep finding new things and keep the interest going. I have just had some fried halloumi with fried tomatoes, and a green salad with a little balsamic vinegar – so tasty and lovely and quick.

Hope you are all doing well still.

Out n bout and peckish
Bought tiny bag nuts £1-9p
Saw 600 calories in the bag
Ate four and chucked em in the bin
Outta temptation
Think I’m losing the plot
Alan

I just received this link in an email and I’m reproducing it as I just know there will be people (including myself) who will want to get involved in it.
Living with #Type2diabetes? Share your experience of #diabetescare in a blog post for the @APPG_Diabetes email:diabetes-appg@outlook.com
Fill yer boots 🙂

an excellent substitute for rice, as it is rice. I use it in my cabbage rolls recipe. Seems to taste alright to me, and I love rice. So glad I found them. They only sell them in Morrisons so far as I’ve seen. But you can buy them online.

https://www.barenakedfoods.co.uk/products/noodles/6-x-barenaked-rice250g

Deb,
Is that a “souped-up” version of a spiraliser?
John

Never thought of warming berries – good idea @janet1973! My cat also loves Fage yoghurt – she begs for it!!

@alibaba – those rolls sound lovely, will be trying those.

Sometimes I’m at a loss what to have for dinner, esp if I’m limited by the cals already used in the day. I enjoy browsing on here for inspiration.

Good Morning Sunshine!

Headache is still hanging around, but it’s not as bad, so I think we’re on the other side of it!

I am very excited as I got a Veggetti this morning (I ordered it through a girl at work), so instead of the soup I was planning for work next week, I’m going to to zucchini and bolognaise! I am VERY excited.

Hope everyone is having a great day.

Cheers,

Deb

Ketostix are my new addiction! I check nearly every time I go. Sad I know.

You have succeeded willsmum! Well done for finding your way here and for making a cracking start. We are all so pleased to found a champion in Dr Mosley. There is lots of support here for you. Feel free to join in any time on any of the threads and keep going!

I’m sure a lot of people would say I talk rubbish most of the time but I can definitely relate to the sugar rush bit. I used to get them quite easily after eating chocolate or cakes. Its what made me wonder if I might be prediabetic. I wasn’t but maybe I wasn’t far away. Not so much now that I don’t eat anything to cause a spike. I would expect it to be a positive side effect of a diet like this one.

Hi Janet, thanks for that info. That is a real motivator for exercise and such a quick visual one!

That probably looks incredibly rude, to gatecrash sunnyb’s thread and not even say hello. But we caught each other on another thread earlier. Nontheless, great to have you back sunnyb. I never realised the power of seeds until I started this programme. Your food shopping sounds wonderful.

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