Hi Ficip It’s a good idea! I am waiting for the tech team to make a decision on making it sticky.

Part of the problem is only Uk residents can sign. A lot of people on the forums do not live in the uk and the number of threads does not equate to the number of individuals posting. Though as you say there will be ‘lurkers’ in the shadows.

We all want this to reach as many people as possible 🙂

LOL Bill

I’ve requested the bloodhounds to seek her out.

Failing that the NCIS team are on standby with their technology.

Lucia – there is no hiding place! Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Lostgirl – you binned a cake !!
Do you even know what a massive step forward that is ?
Your mindset told you that it was bad for you even though you initially enjoyed it – brilliant
Looks like you are set for great things, thank the hubby for his kindness but you are trying to get your rewards in different ways now,, and that will end up benefitting him in the long run too when you get down to where you want to be and are feeling so much healthier and fitter.
Loads of respect coming your way from me.

Hello and thank you for the warm welcomes. Great that there are other vegetarians in here for support. Yes agree with you Bill. Wish I could ‘like’ each and every reply. 🙂

Vyvyen

Hi gbrown if you do decide to go down the shakes route and they need to be made up with milk use full fat milk as it has less carbs and sugars.
A few people started on shakes though I think most gave them up quite quickly

I think you will find real food more interesting – and easy if you keep it simple. Look at some of the meals on the thread what have you eaten today to get some ideas.

Today I am skipping breakfast and having a small tin of tuna fish, a boiled egg and salad for lunch.

For dinner I am having a decent sized rump steak with a knob of mustard butter, grilled tomato and purple sprouting brocolli. I will throw a few slices if onion in the pan before the steak goes in and a mushroom or two to soak up the juices.

So you see, a simple meal. I may be a little over 800 calories so tomorrow i will eat a bit less. I.e. Lots of home made soup will feature in the next few days.
Simples! 🙂

Hi Lostgirl
Well done for putting the cake in the bin. It was the right thing to do. Someone else here yesterday said we should arrange treats along our weight loss journey but they should never be food treats and I think they are right. This can be a hard thing for people, especially men, to get their heads around. Its really important that you explain to him how it makes you feel when he buys you food. Of course, I know nothing about your husband but he might not be as keen for you to lose weight as you are, for many many reasons.

Or I have the cooked breakfast then nothing until evening. Quite a change for me because before BSD I was always looking for food😱

Good point Judith. And if you’re like me – fewer dark colours in that wardrobe.

After years of navy and not much else , my wardrobe now needs sunglasses. At least for tops! Need to talk myself into buying brighter skirts and trousers now😳

Wishbone, just a blip.
Forget it and move on, none of us are perfect.

Bill, Lynne, Hashimoto – I don’t know how to contact you personally, sorry – it’s about the petition!

Having totted up the number of streams in all the forums we have a total of 830 streams going on, with just over 115 signatures on the petition so far (last looked yesterday).

I was wondering if we might post the petition into each forum, as with so many to trawl through, I am wondering if all posters & ‘lurkers’ have actually even seen it?

I sent it to a mate who posted it on Mumsnet & several have signed from there but I am keen, as I am sure you are too (!!) to get this signed by absolutely everyone possible.

As Hashimoto (?) mentioned last week, the forums aren’t the most intuitive, they are a wee bit clunky – so I was trying to think how we could maximise the visibility of the petition.

Sorry if you have already done this, I’m not on all the forums obviously!

Ground control to captainlynne
Ground control to captainlynne
Find Lucia, tell her to get checking in. 🙂
(Apologies David)

Depends on what you are comfortable with Lynne
The BMI calculator says I should be between something like 10 and 11 stones
Not gonna happen, I’lll be happy at 12 if I can get there.

Hi Meredex

Too many years of various slimming clubs actually helped when I hit plateaux on the BSD. I remembered being told it was my body adjusting. That helped me keep on track when the scales stuck.

Now, nearly 16 weeks on BSD I’ve lost just over 3 stone, my fasting blood sugars are right down and I feel great b

Stick at it, you will get results. As those same club leaders used to say ‘the plan works, if you work the plan’ 😃

Oh Captainlynne
You are aiming for exactly where I want to be. I’m 5ft 2ins and soon to be 68. Got a fair way to go still but I’m hanging in there. Keep on keeping on and glory in all the good comments you will receive, along with how much better you feel in yourself. Go girl.
Janice

Welcome to all you new starters
Loads of advice help and recipes on here and if there is something you need to ask, just give a shout out.
Gbrown, milk is ok if counted into your daily allowance (use full fat)
Best of luck to you all.

Excuse this posting from Pom ! Just spotted your posting GBrown – Milk is rationed as it has sugar in it, it’s on a basis of ‘if you simply must have it” lattes are OUT, it’s just dribble in a coffee or tea.

Almond milk works for some but I find it too bitter, am now mainlining herbal tea & water, treating myself to a weekly cappuccino, instead of a daily latte…..

Good luck!

Newlife it’s worth skipping brekkie to have a lovely english breakfast at lunch time. I go for crispy bacon, fried egg, butter fried mushrooms and grilled tomato.

Then I’m so stuffed I have to force myself to eat a small evening meal of soup or nuts or FF yoghurt 🙂

Agreed Bill. I was given a big box of chocs before Easter – for me and the twins, and they’re still untouched. Think they’ll be going home with the twins. And I’m another former chocoholic!

Hello fellow Aussies,

I’m in Western Australia in the south west Busselton. I’m just begining my journey as I’ve had a great run of eating anything and everything without moderation for 57 years lol. I’m a vegetarian TOFI too. Looking forward to meeting you and learning to behave (food wise). Any great vegetarian recipies would be much appreciated.

cheers,
Vyvyen

Bill and Judith you both look great and I finally got someone commenting on how much weight I’ve lost and saying I look good 😃 – together with the comment about not losing too much! She doesn’t realise I’ve got roughly the same amount to lose again😱 Well, if I go by BMI and what the medics have always said! Is 9st 7lbs too low for 5ft 2ins at age 65 soon to be 66?

Just checked my calorie intake and over by 200 cal for the day. The culprit was four slices of mild Hungarian salami which my calorie counter tells me is worth a whopping 339 cal. Can’t believe it, and it’s only day one….

Shortapple, wow, way to go!!!!!!!! 🙂

Too true lynne
I was mooching through the cupboards at the weekend (as you do) and came across a packet of choccy biscuits that were bought for the grandkids.
Picked them up, thought nah, and put them back.
No desire involved at all, and from a former chocaholic.
Loz that will happen for you too 😉

Hi newlife, like me your grocery bill must have shrunk too. Save the difference and spend it on new clothes! 🙂

Calling Lucia

Lucia, where are you?

Come in Lucia.

Over and out

Bill – love your image of the naughty child 😃 . Nothing to do with the twins being here, of course – they wouldn’t dare! LOL

Loz – the cravings do go. After nearly 16 weeks of living in a low-carb house my granddaughters are with me and they eat bread etc (sorry folks). Bread used to be my downfall, but it genuinely isn’t bothering me.

Hey, if it fits in to your days allowance why not ? I have had one several times on top of that lot. Sometimes I substitute the tomatoes for half a tin of reduced sugar baked beans too .

Hi TWSAndy (and wife). Welcome to the family.

From reading the posts you’ll see that there are many reasons for doing this. We’re doing it for ourselves, for health etc. But also to prove to others that this works the amount of evident we are collecting is amazing.

I’m just coming to the end of my 16th week, and will be continuing for a while yet. Although I’ve lost just over 3 stone I have about another 3 – 3.5 stone still to lose.

Looking forward to seeing how you and your wife progress.

Mmmm, Bill, now I’m salivating. Poached egg too?

Hash, Lynne and Bill, thanks!

I think when I hit 2st I’m going to do a wardrobe cull and if I’m still feeling as confident as I am now I’ll get rid. Some of my thin clothes have too many associations with my marriage and they may have to go too. At this rate I’ll need to buy a whole new wardrobe 😉

Cheers Bill. However, got my sums wrong 6.4lbs off- even more joy!

Hi Bill *waves*

Thanks for your kind comment 😃

I go for my HbA1c on 20th April. Annual review with all bloods will be July. I’m making an appointment with the diabetes nurse for when results are in on HbA1c – that should be interesting 😃. We’re both away the week after the test so probably early May before I get the results.

It’ll be interesting to get all the results in July – see how much things have changed in just over 6 months.

Hi New Life
Get rid of the fat clothes. You’ll not need them again, will you!

If you have to, keep one item – to remind you how big you were, but dispose of everything else and fill your wardrobe with nice new smaller clothes.

Newlife
Saturday brunch, mushrooms, goats cheese, a couple of crisp bacon rashers and a few cherry tomatoes.
Heaven and an apt reward for all the work you did through the week.

Bill, 2 stone!!!

Totally awesome.

Great stuff shortapple you got past week 1 with a result!!!
Another 7 weeks and you’ll be singing it from the rooftops 🙂

Hi one
A lot of us make our own soup on here as it comes out a lot less calories and heaps more soup. So soup is allowed, I always have a stock of soup in the fridge so that I can have more cals with my dinner.
Gail

Newlife, Hashi is right.
You have no intentions of going back to the way you were and you know how to deal with things if the weight starts creeping back.
Bin or charity shop I say 🙂

Too right bill, too right!! We are both looking great already!!!!!! 🙂

Thanks TWSandy, we’re up to 165 signatures yaaaay 🙂

Where is my early morning Lucia fix ?
Are you climbing a mountain?
Running a marathon ?
Or just running late ?
Going into withdrawal here come on L

Newlife……..get rid of the fat clothes….this is your new life, right? If you put a few pounds on you know how to deal with it fadt, right?. 🙂

Hi, all signed up

A great cause, that they should take notice of

Yeah Judith, you get sexy new dressses and cardies, I get a rusty six pack
BUT
We’re both going to look great 😀

Today:

B: FF yoghurt, mixed berries, linseeds
L: tuna mayo and mixed salad (basically for lunches, at least at work, I’ve just swopped out the sandwich bread for salad)
D: smoked mackerel fillet and mixed salad

Congrats to all the ‘losers’ on here, been reading over all your successes.
Deb, that is a fine profile idea- will definitely be copying you.
Anyhoo- popped in to say 1st week-5.6lbs off. Overjoyed!

Lost girl. Tell him it was such a lovely thought but you have developed a strong love of flowers, they brighten the place up, make you feel cheerful etc. Sadly the cake had become stale and had to be binned!!

Congratulations on binning that cake – far too much temptation!!!!

There are so many lovely soups to try! Just look at what veg you have in/ what’s cheap and google a recipe for say, celery soup recipes.

Onions are on special in aldi at the moment – brown onion soup mmmmmmm. Put some grated cheddar in the bowl and ladle the soup on top!!!!! 🙂

Mushrooms with goats cheese – yummmmmmy idea, will copy!

So many losers here – WTG everyone 🙂

Good idea Deb, I’m going to think about some inbetween rewards.

Congrats to all the new veterans from a not-there-yet bod!

And a question for all of you: what are you doing with your old too-big clothes? Getting rid or keeping them just in case?

I’m in two minds. I’ve yo-yo’d so much in the past that common sense tells me to keep them. I’ve got rid once or twice before and had to buy new fat clothes. But emotionally I feel like I want to get rid of them all because keeping them is like subconsciously expecting to fail again.

Thoughts?