Oh christine, how wonderful! I bet it’s the first time it was good to have your clothes laughed at!

Ketostix – at the least rosy pink! Hoping for deep pink. Ecstatic at purple!!!! 🙂

Janet, you are so like me, you are sure every problem has a solution, if we can just think inventively enough. I have tried them all because Son & Heir drinks them as well. I really like the milk alternatives on cereal, but not in tea/coffee. Rather have them black than have the wrong milk! And there are loads of baristas in Edinburgh who bear the scars I gave them last summer, for confusing semi with skimmed. “We call 2% skimmed!” Then you will have to make me another coffee!
Thanks for all your efforts, much appreciated,
Venus

Hi, I recently read the BS diet and felt that it was the right approach for me. However I’ve just had news that I will likely need shoulder surgery in the coming months and now my main motivation is to be healthier for that.

There is such a wealth of experience here and am enjoying reading so many different viewpoints. I’m looking forward to my journey and feeling really positive but I’m realistic and there may be rocky days ahead. But I know where to come 🙂

Hi All,
I thought I’d give you a quick update. I’ve just completed DAY 5 and results are good so far! Weight down 4KG and fasting morning glucose down to 5.8 (from start 7.3). Blood Pressure from 140/79 to todays 133/80 (mornings).

QUESTION – Should I stop my 2 tablets of 500mg Metformin tablets per day after food? I have not taken them for 2 days so far!
Same with my BP tablet once a day. I assume I should continue this and monitor daily?

I’m not getting hungry like I used to pre BSD plan. I’m walking daily 5-6000 steps and starting jogging soon.

I think it will get harder but heading in right direction… all the best, Nalin

Unfortunately for a bread lover like me, here in Romania we can’t get low carb bread yet, so I’ve been looking online for alternatives. While making a cauliflower pizza base (which is delicious, by the way!), I did a bit of hunting around and I found a recipe for a toasted cheese sandwich made from cauliflower “bread” slices. If anyone is interested, I can dig it out and link to it. I’m definitely going to try it.

Hi Janet 1973
Got some ketostix today at morrisons, thanks for the heads up x

Hi hashimoto
Read the above, what colour am I looking at to see if I’m fat burning? Cheers

Hi Lucia
See above, I just have to figure out how to ‘read’ them now, oohs and I love NCIS and especially Gibbs, he has something about him doesn’t he?

Hi catgirl
See above, thanks

Last night my carbs were well down so I thought I would experiment, I had the tiniest sliver of chocolate cake that I had made for the visitors over the weekend, this morning I had put a pound on why I have no idea, was it the chocolate cake that raised my carbs by enough to make me put a pound on?
So today I decided to not have breakfast! I could not have done that before this diet! So effectively I fasted from 9pm last night until 1pm today, I had omelette with cheese for lunch, then lamb meatball for this evenings meal with a tiny bit of broccoli, green beans and Spring greens, I will have a coffee later then see how my weight is in the morning.
On a lighter note my daughter called in today after a day out with her three girls, she took one look at me and laughed, I was a bit taken aback until she said, and I quote, oh mum you have to dump those trousers and that jumper, they are way too big on you now, they are hanging on you. Well you can imagine how I reacted, I laughed back and said I would give them to charity as soon as I had washed them!
I might even try a few more trousers on in the morning now.

Hello everyone, I’m on day 3 of BSD. Previously I was a great snacker, not snacking whilst on the diet but the family are missing out on my baking.

I’ll be making the books brownies tomorrow. Can anyone suggest some tried and tested recipes to satisfy my family’s need for baked/snack goods and me to not feel guilty having a nibble.

Thank you x

P.S I have a 2 year old obsessed with cake

Ahh, 17 syllables! 🙂

I had headache for about 3 days that I couldn’t shift with any amount of water – think it really just is withdrawal symptoms from our carb addiction! It is definitely a temporary thing though so stick with it and you’ll soon be over the worst of it 🙂

Thank you. Probably not the best time. To be honest l don’t know why l need to take that test so soon.

Hi Lucia

I remember Fred
Demise immortality
Just a shoe away

Eureka

Hello, have you tried chia seeds? They are fab in a smoothie (if you have a device like a bullet thingy to smash them to bits – otherwise it’s not a very smooth smoothie!) or sprinkled on a salad. They are very filling because they swell up inside plus they are extremely nutritious, low carb and high in fibre! Here’s a link which gives more info. Hope it helps. https://authoritynutrition.com/11-proven-health-benefits-of-chia-seeds/

Very poetic punning lucia.
Alliteration!

Since fred has died invisibly I guess there will be no funeral?

Xxx

“There is one sentence I have heard many times over when listening to doctors: ‘I don’t believe in…’.
But medicine is not theology: it is not for us to believe or not believe. We simply need to study the evidence – and when it comes to gluten, the evidence suggests it’s a lot more complicated than we know.”

Read this in a Daily Mail online article this morning. Talking about a new book in gluten sensitivity, and there are a lot of similarities between what we are saying and what the article says. Anyone interested, the book is: Gluten Attack: Why Gluten Is Waging War On Our Health And What To Do About It? by Professor David Sanders. Sounds like Prof Sanders is to gluten what Prof Taylor and Dr Mosley are to low-carb!
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3523461/Is-proof-avoiding-wheat-not-pointless-fad-new-book-leading-doctor-reveals-gluten-making-people-ill-thought.html#ixzz44ymqlgD3

Yes it would be good if we all did that. I am retired but I’m going to be selling it to some ex colleagues tomorrow and some other friends on saturday. One friend has my book at the mo so I’m hoping she and her daughter will sign up 🙂

I use the Turkish style yogurt from Lidl, which is 10% fat, so a little goes a long way. In the early days of the BSD, when I too had between meal pangs, I used to have about 30g of this yogurt and a few sultanas, which I kept in the pot in the fridge, pre-soaked in a ginger or rose tea – because they are all plump-shush you only need a half dozen or so to give a sweet treat.

I’ve just scanned the first page of replies to this thread- ‘ How will my GP react?’.
Firstly, I feel saddened by the nervous tone in the question, which reflects the old fashioned, patriarchal service that a lot of people are still clearly receiving from our so called ‘modern NHS’. I too am a nurse, and expect more from my GP. Any government paper will always wax lyrical about care being ‘patient focused’ and patients being ’empowered’, but sadly, reading this thread, it seems not. There are glimpses of good practice tho; in the BSD book, a reference was made to one of the guys in the case studies being an ‘expert patient’.
Sadly, our GPs have been tied to ‘targets’ for BP, cholesterol and Blood sugar levels for years, and a lot of them seem to have lost sight of the notion of patient empowerment at all!
Saying this, any GOOD GP would applaud their patient for taking responsibility for their health and well being and would support them. Same for practice nurses. I know a few practice nurses they get allocated a mere 7 minutes per patient, often with no lunch break!
My take on it all is this; This is YOUR life, your body and don’t worry about what your GP may or may not think. Go right in there, tell them what you’re doing, that it’s fully evidence based and that you want their support (and monitoring) to safely wean from whatever medication you are on. If they don’t want to do this, change your GP- I did, and get a great service now. It’s so worth it. Good luck!

hi cherrianne
Thank you for sharing the website address, I had a look at my ideal weight and it was exactly the weight I was aming for, brilliant.
Christine

Still struggling with constipation. I’m taking psyllium twice a day, plenty of fluids and still it persists. I have seeds and veg (though perhaps not as much as I should) and have taken senna three days running and …. nothing! I’m sure it’s stalling weight lose and it’s very frustrating.

I have a question. I have made the fish stew tonight and it says it’s 390 calories for 1 serving and it serves 2. I have been through all the ingredients and I can only get the calories to add up to more or less 390 for the whole pan of stew. There’s no way there’s nearly 800 calls in the pan?? I’m using Spanish stock cube which is only 20 cals, tomatoes are only 65 cals, seafood was 200 cals, 80 cals for the olive oil and I’m overestimating, fennel was 12 cals, spinach was 10 cals, the rest of the few cals are for the garlic and little bit of onion. Am I making a mistake coz I’m about to eat the whole pan?

What about your families and your friends and work colleagues?
Email the link to them.
I am sure we can get a lot more.

I am hoping for one more later this evening.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi Lostgirl

Hooray for the lovely couple! Why not give them a bowl of delicious homemade soup or a really tempting salad to say thankyou.

Ditching cake is hard – not that I eat – ATE – it a lot. I have a savoury tooth. However, I make Very Special birthday & wedding cakes. You can’t buy them, I give them as presents. But , I’ve just had to explain to my soon to be 40 yr old son why he won’t be getting one! He is very supportive & is paying for the family to go on holiday & be together for his special day. It’s a big year for us, 70 ,2 x 40, 18 & me 65yrs old. I was going to make a very BIG cake!! We don’t get together often. I’m disappointed & probably everyone will be. BUT , it’s more important for me to stay on the rails than to make & eat CAKE!

I will make him jam tarts though. And then I’ll move away from them very quickly!!

Did you know Pepsi coke is excellent for cleaning toilets? Chuck it in & try it. 😘
Eureka

Ah, Fred, Fred,
Sorely loved
Now just dead.

A haku’ poem.

Do you like the sorely because he was a blister?

Three lines.
To the point.

Love Lucia
Xxx

Things like crudities with hummus or a yoghurty dip would be low cal and filling, while adding a bit of fat too. Personally what works for me is delaying the time I start eating. If I skip breakfast, its as though my stomach stays asleep until I put something in it and I don’t feel hungry until after that first meal. I don’t know if it works that way for other people too?

Hi captain Lynn.
Sorry to say, NCIS , Gibbs hasn’t arrived yet.
How can you build me up , only to knock me back down.
I would love Gibbs to be our team leader, I would definately not eat carbs if he says so.
Swoon swoon.
He had a make over or over haul at the start of this season.
Sometimes I think his overcoats are too long.
But his smile……. Dreamy.

Oh and
Yogurt and apple.
Ham salad
Fish and veg.

Tons or gallons of hot water.

How are you doing?

Love Lucia

Xxx

Hi lucia could he be mourning for fred? 🙂

Hope you will soon feeling much better and brighter Caroline999. You should soon be out the other side, forging ahead and clocking up results.

Hi Hashimoto,
How come Bill 1954 missed me, I blogged the night before?
Must be my aftershave.
👩
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Menu Today:

B – Yogurt and seeds
L – fish soup with a dollop of yogurt
D – 2 x Heck Sausages, roasted cauliflower topped with grated parmesan and quinoa sprouts, with olive oil and vinegar dressing

First time I have done roasted cauli and I love it! Gives it quite a nutty flavour and is not as soggy as boiled cauli. Really impressed.

I love the idea if a family of flytraps! I understand its hard when you have try to please all the people all the time and I agree with you about the waste issue. I have had to grin and bear it with a few new things I’ve bought but they haven’t lived up to expectations!

Another alternative might be almond, coconut or soya milk. All low carb and low cal so long as you stick to the unsweetened ones. I am currently using almond milk and it works quite well in tea.

Any newbies in the forums who would like to sign our petition? 176 signatures so far 🙂

Lostgirl you should have a thread ‘on a high’.

Well, diluted pepsi is much better than neat! Perhaps aim to slowly dilute it more and try some other herbal teas – you might like the strawberry herbal teas 🙂

So glad you have friends who put you onto this diet:)

I would be happy to swop a slice or two, might say bye bye to the half pears, for instance. LivLife here I come.

Thanks, Janet1973, great minds think alike! I’ve put that suggestion up to the other Flytraps, but the other two I share milk with can only use skimmed as the fat in cream, semi skimmed and full fat tastes off to them. It’s genetic apparently! So I’m veto-ed. I do have the odd individual catering carton of evaporated as I regard it as a rare treat. (Shades of my misspent youth.) So I might just switch to that when the current pack of skimmed is finished. Am I the only baby boomer who can’t “waste” food no matter what the provocation or benefits of doing so? I’m beginning to feel I have hijacked LucyAB’s original thread. Although it has been worth it for me! Thanks for all the ideas, guys.

Thanks Bill, Captin and Sunny! I’m a it of a scales addict so may give them a miss for a day or too. I’ve been to so many slimming clubs so your advice was spot on! I’m going to concentrate on nice meals and plenty of water. Thanks again and please keep me posted on how you are all doing (brilliantly by the sounds of things) xx

I follow a low FODMAP diet due to my food intolerances. I’m only on day 2 but feeling optimistic as I think the recipes follow that philosophy quite well. I’m using lactofree free options of things like milk and cheese, and swapping out things I can’t have like onions! Good luck.

Reading your post was like I’d written it. My mum is also T2 and overweight… although now fighting lung cancer too. I’m not diabetic but definitely addicted to cars (sugar mainly). I’ve tried nearly every diet going, and been successful. But- I’ve never managed to maintain it as a lifestyle. Always slipped back to ‘normal’ eating. I am following a low FODMAP plan as I am intolerant to lots of things. The BSD seems to fit this well. Feeling positive about this one.

I actually feel
Full. So think think the old rum tubby Tum may be getting smaller!

Having diluted Pepsi . Tried the ginger tea and licorice.. Even true adding fizz…. Not for me.. Maybe add stevia ??

Think if I can keep the Pepsi diluted it should be ok.

The soups I made today were own off the cuff soup. But tastes so good. All stuff from the book!

Thursday will
Be a mini slip day. The lovely couple who put me onto this diet will be popping over. They are off on holiday and will be eating lovely food.

I can honestly say from the bottom of my heart they saved my life. Sure I’m doing the work but if they hadn’t of told me… I would never have tried.

I’m now telling everyone!! It’s real food and not rabbit food!

Lostgirl you are doing so brilliantly!!! You could afford a small piece of cheese with a strawberry. 1 oz of cheese is 113 calories and less than half a gram of carbs!
1 0z of cheese would take your calorie total up to 752! 🙂
OR a medium boiled egg (66 calories) with a bit of salad. 🙂

Thank you all..

I do feel good. I downloaded a new app( trial for 7 days) Nutra check . It’s got every food in there uk version. You can scan a bar code even put in your exercise.

I had strawberrys for breakfast followed by a cabbage and pancetta soup then a roasted pepper soup with oodles
Of cheese 34g to be precise all this and I’m at

639 calories!!!

I think later I may just treat myself to a few more strawberrys!!!

Hi ruthleonie, sorry to hear you news , as others have said listen to your docs. Cherrianne is our ‘resident’ district nurse and always gives superb advice.
Wishing you all the very best during your treatment.
Remember we are all here for you so keep posting so we can offer support – even if it is only written rather than practical 🙂

Thanks John and deb 🙂 I wish I had been there when the gp saw it!!!!

Hi JackieWilson said – Aldi also sell them as milled flax seeds – only £1.99!!! 🙂 you can also get miso sachets from sainsburys.
I like to use those little stock pots – on offer at Sainsburys at the mo for £1 a box. 🙂

Hi Caroline999, welcome to the forums. I had a pretty bad first 4 or 5 days when I started the diet. As you are following the book to the letter it will be as Sunnyb suggested – carb withdrawal. Have you tried some hot herbal teas as well as cold water?? It can be a bit more comforting.

All I can say is I took paracetamol for the headaches and this phase doesn’t last for long. Soon you will be singing the praises of this diet and feeling very well 🙂

Hi ruthleonie

You have already met & conquered the BSD challenge, that fortitude you will carry forward with you now. All our best wishes are with you. Be guided by the medics now. We’re here to support you – excellent advice already given. Anytime you need an ear, just shout

Love & prayers
Eureka

Hi SunnyB, thank you so much for your reply. No idea whether the fat I’m taking in is sufficient, I am literally following the menu from the book, to the letter. I think you’re right though, it’s carb withdrawal and hitting me hard, as I did have a carb-rich-diet before. I’ll hang in there and hopefully it will pass. Meanwhile, the painkillers are going in! Thanks for your support, it’s appreciated.

As an after thought, remembered too late to edit, Bill – do you know how many carbs are in the coconut flour flatbreads you put on here?

thanks orchid and FiFiP – it’s turning out to be an education! will try

Hi Crispybacon

Welcome to your better future. You did have a choice & you made the right one!
I’ve just finished 8 weeks (I’m type 2 diabetic 3 yrs) & my husband (prediabetic ) joined me. See Fast 800 forum, topic : Over the 8 week line & after, for my (our) story
You will do well & overcome any problems. We’re here to help.

Please read & sign our petition. Click on forums & all recent topics. It’s in : Welcome to the BSD forum, topic : Please sign our petition.
Many thanks. We are trying to make LOW CARBS the treatment of choice & advice given to both pre & diabetics. Pass it on

Ps you will still be able to have Crispy bacon😀
Eureka

Clearspring make the Miso paste, I get it from a Healthshop, but Waitrose stock it as well. Flax is another name for Linseed, and the label may have either on it. Again Waitrose have it -golden linseed. Sainsburys also have the linseeds, but they have jars of Miso paste which I did not find in my local one last week – but that may have been out of stock.
Hope that helps.