Skyr is low fat, so probably best avoided in favour of full fat options, which will make you feel fuller for longer and encourage fat burning too. I use the Lidl’s Turkish Style Yogurt, which is a yogurt/cream combination and 10% fat. It is quite smooth and creamy and can be matched with sweet or savoury. I have it most breakfasts with berries and a ground seed topping and as it’s so satisfying I have also had 30g with a quarter spoon of honey and a sprinkle of cinnamon as a little afternoon treat if I’m feeling peckish.

Hi cat girl,
Lost everything a while ago,
I now have a mortgage, that has several years to go, no savings, no pension. Plus I am in my September life. So I need to work. Think I will still be working at 80 ! 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
I may put a pound on this weeks lottery, win millions and take you all on a months holiday.
But until that happens I just try and enjoy my weekends.
Anyway, enough of the down.
Your meal sounds wonderful,big will try and do my version of it on the weekend, when I can visit my fruit and veg shop of local produce.
Mmmmmmmmmmm
Love Lucia
Xxxx

😄🔪🔪🔪

So I haven’t killed anyone yet, that’s good right? It’s the carb/sugar withdrawal that’s making me cranky, lol. Luckily I’ve been through this before and I know that this too shall pass in about a day. But Geeze Louise!

To distract myself I have made a list of goals and rewards:

GOALS
1. Stabilize Blood Sugar.
2. Improve Overall Fitness.
3. Lose Belly Fat and Detox Liver/Pancreas.
4. Feel and Look Amazing for Upcoming Weddings.

REWARDS
Lose 5 lbs = New Lunch Containers
Lose 10 lbs = Massage
Lose 15 lbs = New Runners
Lose 20 lbs = Pedicure
Lose 25 lbs = New Purse
Stick to the diet for the full 8 weeks = FIT BIT!!!!!

Orchid – it’s been easier today as I have taken your advice and budgeted for snacking. Much appreciated!

10 minutes to shake #2, not that I’m counting 😉

Cheers,

Deb

Judith, smart phone optional – but more discreet than regular cameras on these missions 😃

You’ll be at six weeks before you know it. It really does seem to pass so quickly and to be honest, I hardly notice I’m on a diet now and you will be like that too, if you aren’t already. It’s amazing how the body adjusts to this new regime and how much better you feel for it.

Keep us posted on your progress.

Welcome to the family Anthony. Lots of support and advice (and laughs) on here 😃

Thanks janet, good idea. 🙂

LOL Janet. I’ve lost 3 pounds since Saturday. Couldn’t believe it, becaus I lost 2 pound between yesterday and today😳😃

Fantastic Judith. I’ve cleared my wardrobe and slowly buying new because I’d only saved uniforms that were too small, nothing else. My poor wardrobe will need sunglasses because from my clothes being mainly navy, colour is appearing. Although I’m not yet brave enough to buy trousers (or skirts) in anything other than navy of black😳 One day😃

Have just put it on my facebook page again, can’t hurt.

Hey Anthony good to have you aboard. You will be surprised how easy it is to commit to the BSD and you will soon be posting your positive results for us to read. Make good use of the forum and yell if you need advise or encouragement, someone will be able to help.

Best of luck!

Since starting this my eating pattern has changed. Before, I would eat a bacon sandwich or similar then be starving again soon, panicking and searching hit lunch (usually a sandwich or something else with carbs), then an evening meal (often with bread and/or potatoes or pasta). Then a snack to eat in bed. Often if I was out shopping I would grab a latte, usually with a muffin or other pastry

Now, I eat a cooked breakfast (bacon, egg and black pudding is the current favourite) then usually don’t feel hungry before late afternoon. Then it’s more protein with various other bits and pieces. I’m not tolerating veg or salad very well at the moment so they don’t feature very much. No bedtime snack. And no lattes (or pastries). The local takeaways must be wondering where I am😱

Welcome anthony! You’ll get lots of help and support here. There are lots of people here just like you. Wishing you every success. Just ask for what you need.

We are up to 104 signatures as I write. My son signed tonight. 🙂

Agreed sunnyb!

3 stone in a day, that’s amazing captainlynne! Only joking! Thats a great achievement well done xx

JackieMac, The team said it was ok to stay on this for a few weeks then go to 5:2, but like some others on here I’m staying on 800 calories longer term as I still have a lot more weight to lose. I’m in my 14th week and today I’ve lost 3 stone.

Lucia I am H A P P Y. I’m singing it, do you know the tune?

Well, after the hairdressers. I. Totally emptied my wardrobe and chest of drawers. I tried everything on.
Some went in charity bags some went in the bin.
The rest fitted!!! Things I. Had forgotten,some never worn ( I was getting too fat too fast) some old favourites.

Now i can open my wardrobe doors and EVERYTHING fits and it is all colour sorted. I’m over the moon. For years my wardrobes were groaning with clothes but I could only get into a few things.

I have a complete new wardrobe and haven’t spent a penny! I haven’t yet emptied my dressing table drawers so need to find if i need new swimming cossies and I still need to sort my undies. I think a lot of them will be hitting the bin.

I have never enjoyed spring cleaning this much!

I’m still singing xxx

Yes bizzylizzy/penny, it is the diet doctor website

Hi all. I am a 56 year old man, 6’2″ and 275 lbs. (188 centimeters and 125 kilos). I have the food, got a scale, am ready to get a good night’s sleep and begin the BSD Fast 800 in the morning. I am prediabetic, have high blood pressure, have some neurological issues that are probably related to blood sugar, and am just generally tired of feeling poorly. I overeat and consume a lot of sugar primarily for emotional reasons, looking forward to seeing if I can commit to this!

Well done Marjorie. You are right, there’s nothing to be gained by wasting time and energy beating yourself up for slips and blips. Think all of us identify with that syndrome, but I’ve found with the BSD it is so much easier to just get on track again the next day. We all need to be kind to ourselves and forgive ourselves when we err – we are human after all!

Best of luck everyone for great results at next weigh-in.

You’ll get through it csmcnevin and before you know it you’ll be forgetting to eat because you’re not hungry!

It really does get easier the longer you do it, just give your body time to adjust and acclimatise to it’s new fuel.

I’m two weeks in and have lost a little over a stone. I weigh myself every morning (a good motivator to what’s going to happen throughout the day!) and take blood glucose, waist and chest measurements once a week. I think measurements are very important because without them theres no numbers to backup all the effort you’re putting in. Sure, in a week or so your clothes will feel looser but I for one need to know something is actually happening the day after because the process is all largely unseen.

The most difficult thing for me was changing my attitude towards fats as in… eating it without the guilt! My problem before was that the fat generally came with a load of carbs. (love fast food, bread, potatoes but still waiting to not want it!!)

You’ll do it and theres loads of support here 😀

My hubby is also watching the footie but to be truthful I am also a closet fan! However I do get bored with it quite quickly, prefer the rough and tumble of rugby and much better eye candy! Very sexist of me but who cares.

Made prawn stir fry tonight with pak choi, mange tout, sugar snap peas, peppers, mushrooms, onion, courgetti, garlic, ginger, chilli and soy sauce. Calorie count less than 200.

Lucia you must work for some Dickensian company doing the hours that you do, I can thoroughly recommend retirement which I did at 56, went back about 3 months later and do about 12 hours a week and just work when it suits me on the nurse bank. After almost 38 years in the nhs felt it was time for some down time and lots of travel as I am a sun worshiper🏖🏝🌅

Hi Bill

I did my blood before lunch today, by coincidence and it was 9 something. I have had mayonnaise for the last few days and more protein. Before this diet I had already been pudding, chocolate and sweets free and always eat ready meals that were less than 10g of Sugar per hundred. I gave up take aways and had home made sweet and sour made with sweetener. The only thing I did that is different to this diet is that I had a sandwich and crisps for lunch and I had either potatoes, rice or pasta with my main meal. I also didn’t eat breakfast just had a cup of coffee instead. That was the way I ate since 2009 when I was diagnosed.

I am not avoiding fat, I just don’t seem to be eating much. It’s the funeral tomorrow so I’ll have a shake made with water in the morning and hummus with veg for tea and just eat the Tatie pot and trifle at the funeral tea and take the hit the day after!

The food industry are the biggest crooks of all. They’ve had the whole world duped! Hopefully the next time you see your aunt and uncle you will be looking both healthier and chilled out with all your new food knowledge!

I’ve had a pretty successful 8 weeks whilst eating porage for breakfast most days.
25g porage and made with water (try it – it really is OK – add a little cinnamon, half a dozen raisins and a 1/4 teaspoon of honey)
It must be proper rolled oats (as in Quaker “Old Fashioned”) and not instant.
The carbs are slow release and keep hunger away until luchtime.

Hi,
I just had chicken,bacon , spinach pasta, but without the pasta.
It was yummy.
I was head achy when I got home after a poor nights sleep. Took a couple of tablets and it’s an early night for me.

Hubby is watching the footy tonight, so I have to amuse myself. I will google some size 12 dresses and dream.

Hashimoto, it serves bill right for wanting me to chase him up and down the aisles in Asda. Bet you he’s going to look them up, as long as it’s not a mankini.

Sitting with my feet up, not doing anything crazy other than drink the pint of water beside me.
Tomorrow I will seize the day, today I am just holding it lightly
😝😝😝😝😝
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Thanks Penny, I’m guessing that it was probably at least part of the problem. Feel like I’m on track to hit my goal of a stone lost well before 8th April now. This Friday might throw up a small problem, as it is my husband’s birthday, but I will be sure to save plenty of cals and carbs during the day and keep the fluids up!

Well done Orchid and MaryR – did it seem like 8 weeks?

I too made it “over the line” on Monday

Jan 5:2 diet result -12lbs
Feb – Mar BSD result -23lbs

YTD -35lbs (didn’t measure anything else – just waiting for my trousers to fall down)

A huge “Thank you” to Prof Taylor, MM and everyone on the thread

Time to slowly up the kCals and see what happens.

Headaches often hit in the first week. Don’t be scared to take painkillers if needed, but they will subside eventually – if you have to work, you’ll probably want to get rid now rather than later though. You are certainly keeping well hydrated! On days when you know you won’t be home to eat at the end of the day, it’s probably worth putting a little extra thought as to how you are going to manage that, so that you don’t end the day feeling deprived. Maybe take a more substantial lunch with you and then a smaller finish to the day won’t feel so bad.

I’ve been looking at diabetes.co.uk. They are in favour of low carb for diabetics and have free downloadable recipe books, divided by types eh vegan, Italian, Indian etc. Which I downloaded. But unfortunately they seem to be low carb AND low fat – hopeless. But there are good recipes, just add fat!
Penny

Thank you for the link can’t believe it, when I was on a diet ( the sort of diet you do when you do it for 3 days…I would eat 4 bananas in a row!!! ) wow the education on food is complex

Good 2 words)) thanks for sharing)

Another hug squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze

Do you think the food industry are like the pharmaceutical industry ?? ( my uncle says the biggest crooks are the ones who wears a suit ) I kind of agreed but then I never saw El Chapo in a suit

My uncle/aunt said to me today that I am starting to look healthier, look stressed but healthier) only see them every 4 months so please that I had good feed back ( what a pun )))

Vegetables are a lot more appetising with butter, olive oil and/or cheese, all of which you can pretty much est freely when you are only counting carbs.

Yes, not good news I’m afraid. Of course fruit is better than cake. But veg are better than fruit. Of all the fruits, berries are the lowest, hence the berries with yoghurt which a lot of people have here.

Hey SunnyB

Thanks for the warm welcome and encouragement 🙂

Oh… how I dream of week 6 LOL

Road trip to Turkey sounds awesome and plenty of Med eating there to boot! I’m sure you’ll defo hit your target by then.

Thanks again 😀

Hi Bizzylizzy
It may have been on diet doctor. com
It really works for me to stay way under that – nearer 30g. But it depends on the individual.
Penny

20!!!!!! Arghhhhh thought fruit was good.

I ate an apple the size of a house yesterday

Ouch(( gutted

Going on the link now…..

Was skipping lunch and having an apple (

1 medium apple – 20g carbs

https://mobile.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/food/apples/carbohydrate

Hi Annie16
Well done for getting through the difficult bit!
Now for the reward.
The other reason- apart from remembering Fat is Our Friend – is that normally we re biting carbs which we re eating. If we stop eating them we burn stored fat. But that takes different enzymes in the body, and it takes 2-3 days to make them. So you feel starving, then it goes away
Penny

Lucia. Bill. Leotard? I’m splitting my sides x

I read somewhere on one of the forums about putting fruit flavoured teabags into sparkling water, this really makes a nice change to plain water and tastes lovely, it’s worth a try to give a bit of variety and zero calories.

Up the revolution FiFip! You and lynne are real BSD warriors.

Note to self: time I caught up with technology and bought a smart phone then I could join you two in deer stalker, magnifying glass in hand:)

Hi Rob

Sounds like you’ve had an interesting day. Your mind likes to race doesn’t it lol!

My words would be vanity and optimistic.

I don’t do porridge with water either, I cant remember if that figure included milk too, it might have done. But the point is, porridge is quite high in carbs I’m afraid.

Your posts are fine (and funny) – we often name each other if there is particular conversation we want to flag up so just keep ’em coming.

You need to be drinking as much as you can as it helps to de-tox and is needed to keep your bowels working. Tea, coffee and soft drinks (sugar free) do count towards your water but of course actual water is best if you can. 2 – 3 litres a day.

Go easy on the hugs, I suspect you might be quite strong!

The archaeology in orkney, Orchid I’m positively green x

Hi Rob
It’s not just calories in and out – carb calories can spike your blood sugar if there’s too much or the wrong sort ( eg sugar) whereas the same no of calories as fat won’t do that. It’s the blood sugar spiking that puts fat round the organs leading to diabetes.
As for the Egyptians – all such societies rise and fall – the Mesopotamians ( now Iraq/Iran), the Phoenicians, ( Syria), the Greeks, the Romans. No doubt one day the US and Western Europe will be little backwaters!
Penny

Hi Janet

Rule is 50 carbs per day

What’s the count for an apple??

Your very kind for doing this

Hi another learning day,
Just realised if I check my mail box your replies are there, ( I spend ages trawling through the the forums to see if I have had any replies ) so apologies to any one that I have not replied too. Will check mail daily now as I do need the support

Bad day for me today…..one of those days that need comfort eating,,,and I did but it was inform of the fish pie))) didn’t do the topping as I have no idea what that veg is that I was supposed to buy

I like
Carrots, turnips, sprouts, cabbage, jolly green giant peas, leek ( I am Welsh)))) here’s some more useless infor…what do Wales have daffodils and leeks as their emblem ?? Answer….Saint David during a battle with the Anglo Saxons informed the soldiers to wear the leek in their hat to show who is friend or foe!! The Latin word for leek is the same for leek so when the word spread we used both!!! The war was in year 500) like eggs, steak, chicken, porridge ( please tell me I can eat that??? And if so how much ???) aubergine …well so far every thing in the book ( still sticking to it ) except for walnuts/avacardo

Answer to my previous question …what happened to the Egyptians …rem the next biggest structure after the pyramid ( proven night as the fire that burnt down the Lincoln cathedral can not be incl ) Eiffel Tower!!! Any way the answe is someone said it was the work of the devil to do arithmetic/science!!! So they slowly were over taken in the education dept!!

Will be booking dr appointment tomorrow for the next 2 weeks for bloods and cholesterol test…

Bought scales yesterday))) long way to go tho ((( arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Janet just seen your menu….looking at it, made me feel as if I was in macie d’s thank you)))) squeeeeeeeze/hug but porridge with water yuk won’t being eating that.

Is it ok to drink 2 pints of water day

Orchid…have you read up on the four horse men? It highlights exactly what you just said

Is this the best way to reply to all ? Or individual ones better??

TO ALL……one word to describe why your doing the diet..( love, health, image ??? And 1 word to say how you feel right now…( happy, starving, lethargic , lonely …etc

Mine, health and desolate

Keetz- Glad to help! ☺️

Hi Keetz
I think it’s fairly normal to feel thirsty when you first start drinking a lot of water. Possibly our thirst alarm is usually somewhat repressed by never drinking enough. Now it’s going off all the time! But it will calm down.
Penny

Yes, I agree its too easy to micro-manage every tiny gain and loss but its not really a healthy state of mind. I lost a stone in around 9 weeks and have another stone to go. But having got half way, I find my state of mind is much more relaxed and I am not weighing every day now. I don’t even count my carbs that strictly, I know roughly what my regular foods are and I still manage to get a very naughty latte in there for 15g a day. I would probably have lost an extra five pound by now without the lattes but I’m just not ready to let them go!