Here are a few excerpts from a website on Ketosis.

Problems associated with extreme levels of ketosis are more likely to develop in patients with type 1 diabetes compared with type 2 diabetes patients.

If there is not enough glucose available to meet energy demands, the body will adopt an alternative strategy in order to meet those demands. Specifically, the body begins to break down fat stores to provide glucose from triglycerides. Ketones are a by-product of this process.

Ketones are acids that build up in the blood and are eliminated in urine. In small amounts, they serve to indicate that the body is breaking down fat, but high levels of ketones can poison the body, leading to a process called ketoacidosis.

Ketosis describes the metabolic state whereby the body converts fat stores into energy, releasing ketones in the process.

Patients with diabetes who follow a ketogenic diet need to carefully monitor their ketone levels. A serious condition called ketoacidosis can occur if these levels get too high, and although it is most prevalent in individuals with type 1 diabetes, people with type 2 diabetes can still develop ketoacidosis.

Here is the link to the website
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/180858.php

Hope this helps to explain it a bit better.

hugs
Karra

Wow!
That is amazing!
Well done Iwannagetfit.
Bet that makes all the hard work feel well worth it.
😆 I too am surprised at how much extra energy I seem to have.
Looking forward to hearing your next update.

Christine I am wishing you a peaceful and relaxing holiday.
It’s very painful to watch helplessly while our children suffer. Hopefully the girls will have a fun time together and Angela will return home fully refreshed and ready for battle 🙂
Judith

Lynne you will have fun buying new clothes now you are leaving blacks and navys behind! 🙂

Hi Christine, I like the sound of your walks, muddy or not!
Well I started out at just over 11stones 9 and a half pounds, I am now 8stones 13lbs. I hope to lose another 5 lbs but I am now losing ounces at a time because I have increased my calories. I’m quite happy for it to take a few months to lose that other 5lbs so I can get some wear out of the clothes which now fit me 🙂

That was a long fast period Christine. I am only getting pale pink on my ketostix now. I loved the few dark purple ones I got.

I’ve lost count of how many weeks I have done, I’m going to have to count it up on the calendar, I know I was a bit behind Lynne.

Today I met up with a cousin who I hadn’t seen for YEARS along with her family, so a very pleasant afternoon with lots to catch up on!! 🙂

Hi Judith
She is desperately in need of a full time job so that she can move on with her life, I feel a lot of her problems stems from being alone for so long and having a flat she couldn’t get rid of until she got her lease extended, which Sheffield council made extremely difficult stuffing up on more than one occasion! What made it worse she wouldn’t let us help her, it took her ten years to sort it, that’s why she is with us for the moment!
She has gone back with Melanie to Bristol for a couple of days, so hopefully she will be better motivated when she returns.
Thanks for your concern, it really helps me, as I am finding it difficult at times! Looking forward to my hols, we set off in the morning.
Christine

Brunch – Frozen Barries, Full Fat Yogurt, Nuts and oats smoothie
Dinner – Brown Rice with Black Eyed beans curry

7th Day Update… This morning I weighed init is 97.5 KG and I started with 103 KG on 4-4-2016. I feel amazing. In last couple of days i have been feeling that i have lot of energy i started doing some day to day house chores and walking a lot which i hated before. I feel amazing.

Hi Lucia,
I made the mushroom bacon and egg thingies and they are ready for my journey in the morning thanks a lot for the idea cheers
Christine

Hi Trees, what your homeopathic doctor said re diet is really interesting, thanks for sharing 🙂
Congratulations on your fabulous weight loss!! 🙂

Hi Christine I really feel for your poor daughter, it’s so hard when you are conscientious and caring and the job takes it out of you in every possible way. I hope something good turns up for her soon 🙂

Wow neohdiver, it took some guts to try that experiment of yours but it has paid off!! This diet never ceases to amaze me!! 🙂

Wow, funkydoo, two and a half inches of your waist in just 3 weeks is fabulous!! 🙂

Hi, ignore any yoghurts that say skimmed or no fat, or 2% fat etc, also most of the fruit yoghurts have hidden sugars added and or other sweeteners that you should not have. Most full fat do say that on them and the Greek yoghurt has a higher protein content than other yoghurts which is beneficial especially for veggies – it is also lovely :-). Adding berries is fine – blueberries or strawberries are not too high in cals and blueberries release the sugars slowly which does not cause spikes of insulin. A good pinch of cinnamon as well as some nuts to yoghurt is really good.

Catgirl I wish I could press a like button for that message to Janet!! 🙂

I know my son has had to offer real examples of going the extra mile etc when being interviewed for pharmacy jobs.

Dear Janet 1973,

Happy belated birthday. In relation to you wanting to work in elderly care, the fact that you are getting to the interview stage means you are doing something right. I retired last year from my job as a hospital matron after nearly 38 years in the NHS and have interviewed hundreds of people over the years, many of whom seemed over qualified for jobs such as healthcare assistants.

There is absolutely nothing wrong in your supporting statement asking them to see past your qualifications and to look at what is in your heart. Sometimes in life we get to a stage when a vocational role is more important because you have so much to give and so many transferable skills to offer. Your business as a dog groomer means you have customer care and communication skills, problem solving, time management, and maybe conflict resolution skills as not all customers and clients can be happy all of the time. Your skills with dogs mean you have to look for non verbal signs of distress, exactly the same as with elderly patients or clients. You need to ensure respect, dignity and compassion in your role. You obviously can work alone or as part of a team and can take instruction as well as delegate. And you would never take on any task without the appropriate training, these are all things we would look for.

Many areas now use value based questions so you need to think of real examples of situations where you have perhaps gone that extra mile for someone (a dog or client or friend), when you have demonstrated care or compassion, when you have had to challenge poor performance or attitude, it’s about what YOU did, not what you might do or what we may do.

I wish you the best of luck and I am happy to offer any help or suggestions, take care.

I’m now in week 8
Blood sugar as low as 5.4 after exercise down from 25+ in the morning . Now 9.5 in the morning
Exercise 3 times a week dancing and loving it
Weight loss 18 lbs
Blood pressure 135/75 down from 165/85
Calories average 900 per day
No INSULIN for 7 weeks……

I feel amazing my bmi is nearly normal my energy is boundless for the first time in 12 years I’d being diabetic (3years on insulin) and for all you beginners and non believers out there IT SOMETIMES IS HARD IT SOMETIMES IS DISHEARTENING BUT IT REALLY WORKS…ITS CHANGED MY LIFE COMPLETELY . I am going on a 2 week holiday soon and intend to walk a lot and keep of the sugar as I refuse to spoil all my hard work ….. can’t believe I’m actually saying all this 😀😀😀😀😀

hi thanks soooooo much for your very helpful comments i already feel better I have given myself a good talking to and i am ready to start back on the only eating plan that has worked for me i will let you know how i get on i am also re-reading a lot of the posts as there is a lot of very helpful suggestions this forum is brilliant keep up the good work everyone

Hi, Welcome on board!
I was puzzled when I first heard people talking about the Mediterranean diet a few years ago for a similar reason! What it is looking at is the amount of fresh foods – especially veg and fruit that all the countries around the Mediterranean. They eat very few processed foods. There is also a lot of olive oil, fish, beans and nuts. Meat, eggs and full fat products are eaten in small quantities. So – no it is not a diet full of pasta and pizza!
Oats, I made my own muesli to a similar recipe to yours and for the 8 weeks, all processed carbs are out, so no oats. Rolled oats ie, non processed, are ok in small amounts – but best left alone. I now use the seeds and nuts and add to full fat muesli and add berries to that an I find it as filling as my muesli was. 60g full fat Greek yogurt, 30g blueberries (or brambles/blackberries/strawberries), then add 3g each of linseeds, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds, 3 almonds chopped plus a good pinch of cinnamon.
http://www.weightlossresources.co.uk/diet/mediterranean_diet.htm this is a good description of the principles..
good luck

Hi – if you have noticed some questions in the ‘Over the eight week line and after’ on ketostix – these are a product you can buy that tests urine and will show you if you are now fat-burning. Hashimoto or Bill will be better at explain the background! you get them from a number of the grocery stores in the pharmacy.

Full fat Greek yogurt should have 220 calories per cup. Not sure about regular yogurt, since I buy it far less frequently.

I add 3 Tbsp sunflower seeds (or fewer depending on my eating plan for the day), 20 grams of pomegranate kernels, and .5 – 1 tsp of cinnamon to 5 oz of full-fat Greek yogurt..

Kate_ls, that would be some impressive night out to add 1kg! Probably just some natural variation along with water gain. I actually put on nearly 2.5kg in my 10 days, but about 1.5kg fell off in the first two days of the restart – just like it did at the original start. I put that down to glycogen, plus extra food passing through.

Hi Alan

Until someone more expert replies, I’d just say avoid anything that says Low Fat or 0% Fat, and also any fruit yogurts.

Originally I thought Greek Yogurt was best, but noticed there was a 0% fat version of that too.

You’re right they don’t say full fat – it’s a minefield trying to choose!,

Glad you’re enjoying the blueberries, and hope you get some more answers soon.

Really pleased with another Inch off my waist (40inches to 37.5 inches in 3 weeks) and 6lb off in total though I have yoyo’d in last two weeks with holiday and work commitments making planning meals harder. I’m one of those who isn’t losing lbs in vast quantities but seeing a huge change in my shape, particularly waist measurements as above. So be encouraged!

Bruno you’ll do it!!! 5 lbs and you are at that weight beginning 16 st. I was lucky that this book appeared at the time I was piling weight on for no apparent reason, others were less fortunate. I’m pretty sure, the way my weight was going pre BSD diet, that I would have had an awful lot more to lose! 🙂

Just Me – a brilliant start to your BSD way of life and you are over the toughest week! 🙂

Hi BobSmith, good decision to get the book on your kindle! Don’t worry about your cholesterol as I think you will find, like others, that it comes down on this diet! the only thing which concerned my GP was the fact I was eating full fat. I get my cholesterol checked next Tuesday and I expect there to be an improvement 🙂

Lucia we called it twosie balls – or however such a daft word is spelt!!!

Yeah, Lucia we could defo play it!! 🙂

Olliej, what janet and FiFiP say!!! You could always eat like Bill1954, he sticks to the principles of eating full fat, no starchy carbs, tries to keep carbs below 50g and keeps an eye on portion size without counting calories. Perhaps you would find that easier?
I love what fifip says about your body being a temple not a warehouse!!!

Starchy carbs are what got us all into this mess in the first place!!!

You did it tough for 8 whole weeks, so doing it Bill’s way should be a doddle!!! 🙂

Hi Janice, I’m sticking with the principles of the fast 800, it’s so much easier than 5:2. Some days I eat around 800 other days anything up to 1300. Obviously my weight loss has slowed down but I am still slowly losing., but I don’t need to lose more than another 5lbs.
I don’t exercise enough either but once the weather is warmer no doubt I will be doing a lot of gardening!!! 🙂

Ah, I live in Teesside, perhaps we should meet up sometime when you visit Saltburn! 🙂

Hi captainlynne

Chin up, chest out, shoulders back, stomach IN Atten-shun! Saluting General Lynne
Eureka

Ha ha, no, I have lived in Rotherham for nearly 20 years now. My family are all still there and I have a holiday business in Saltburn so I visit quite regularly.

Daft question but what’s full fat yoghurt ,I looked all over Tesco couldn’t see name full fat so got natural plain tub for a pound it’s massive too
I stuck blueberries in small bowl of it delicious but is it bad !!
Cheers Alan

Omg Janet, so did we! Do you still live on teesside? 🙂

Hi EIMary
BONZA!
From an unwhinging Pom
Eureka

So here I am, nine weeks in. (I did an extra week to compensate for Easter excesses. ) I have lost almost 2 stone and I feel good. I still don’t exercise enough but as the weather improves I am to increase that. The thing is, I am finding it difficult to move on. I don’t know how long to stick with 800 and what to add if I decide to go 5:2. Any ideas?

Hello fellow 800’s,
Whilst trying some clothes on today when shopping, I looked in the mirror and wondered to myself how I would know if I was in fat burning mode. It made me chuckle to myself! But how do you know if this is happening and what can you do to make it happen?

Awesome Lynne 🙂

Hello to all,

I’m new to this and not yet embarked on a programme – so far I’m thinking about my options and how I can make changes. I have a few questions about foods:

1. I get that the Mediterranean diet is meant to be healthy. HOWEVER…..Italians eat loads of pasta and pizza as well as cakes for breakfast! And those we are meant to avoid. I’m baffled and confused, especially about the pasta. Can anyone enlighten me?

2. I normally eat a breakfast of my own muesli: it’s rolled oats, with mixed seeds and nuts. No sugar, no dried fruit, just semi skimmed milk. Is that to be avoided too? Are ordinary rolled oats OK to have or need they be the jumbo type?

Any advice and thoughts welcome, please 😀

Hi olliej, sorry to hear you’re going through a tough time.

But you did low carb for 8 weeks, that’s a huge achievement and if you’ve done it once you can do it again! Tomorrow is a new day and you CAN do it.

We called it toosies in Teesside

Judith, what you said for the newbies thread sounds good to me. We’ll see what bill says.

Hi Toofastblack. I was used to going to the pub a couple times a week, but have refrained apart from one occasion when i went completely overboard! I had two vodkas at home last night, and to be honest before the plan i had a high tolerance to booze, whereas last night it was my limit. So that has got to be a good thing. The social aspect is whats bothering me, hopefully in a couple of weeks time i will have seen more results and will be able to go see my friends and have the odd one and thats it to just soda like you yourself. Bound to get ribbing from them but to be expected i suppose. At present its too much of a craving. Good luck 😀

Hi FoFi. Good luck with the rest of the plan, after my slip up with copious amounts of guiness i put on 1kg! Shocking after just one evening of excess

Hi orchid. I know what you mean by the need for something naughty after a drink. thats definitely a massive part of the decision to allow or not allow booze. Good luck to you

😀

Hello OllieJ – as Janet says, you have shown great determination + focus, you did it for 8 weeks!

What many of us are now coming to terms with is that the Med principles are a way of life, not a short-term diet fix.

Simple Carbs are poison, or, we could say an occasional treat, for weekends or high days and holidays.

Chuck out the bad foods you have bought, stock up on Med classics, get a good repertoire of recipes under your belt and perhaps look at 5:2. A more relaxed week with a couple of days tightening the ‘food belt’?

Hubby has been BSDing with me and we have decided that sugar loaded foods, white pasta, spuds and white rice are toxins, extreme but it helps us when faced with temptation.

Your body is a temple, not a warehouse, treat it well and give it respect!!

Cherrianne, I don’t do any other forums either. I dislike facebook as there are always pictures I don’t want to see with no warning. I think this site is much more productive.

Pork chop egg and veg. Mmmmmmmmmm
Just an apple for beakfAst.
Great I don’t have to overstuff myself.

How you doing Bill?
Hashimoto love the song. When you were little did you play with two balls against the wall. Understand and overs and bouncys. We could do it to that

Love luciaxxxx

I only use olive oil for salads or cooking in the oven. For frying I use linseed oil or butter, olive oil degrades at high temperatures

I use the free version of myfitnesspal website and app. The numbers are mainly crowd sourced so not always accurate. And also shops change the sizes and amount of sugar in things.

The app seems better for new products with a bar code as I can scan it with my phone, and it also searches well through my previous additions. The defaults tend to be US, but most supermarket products I have scanned have worked well. The website and app are linked.

Oooo that’s great news, thank you. That means I can spend my birthday money. I do like buying new gadgets!

Hi olliej
You know can always come here for help and support. You did brilliantly well to maintain the programme for 8 weeks. Your next challenge is to get your head around the fact that you can never go back to your old eating patterns. The carbs have to stay gone for good. But you’ve learned how to do that, you just need to make it a lifestyle rather than a diet. You can do that!

Thanks Judith,

Feels good to be in the veterans club and thanks everyone for all the help and encouragement I have received. 🙂