Signed!

I brandished the book at my dr last Monday and she gave me her blessing to try it.

Hi I experimented with raising my calories last week, I had finished the 8 weeks but wanted to continue….but this nagging fear of what would happen if I ate more would not go away…..well I had a week of 1000 to 1200 calories a day for a week. I didn’t put any weight on, it just stayed stable, I even lost half a pound!!! 1000 to 1200 was what I was eating before and still putting weight on. The difference was I did not eat bread, potatoes ,pasta or rice. I stuck to the principles of the diet.

Lynne has made a good point, forget the carbs!!! Stick to the principles of the diet. Eating the old way got us into this trouble in the first place! The only exceptions I will make are perhaps a roast potato and parsnip on Xmas day or other celebrations.

Like Janet I will return to the fast 800 if any weight creeps back on and get it sorted.
May I ask if you would sign this petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125704

It is to ask the NHS to encourage T2 diabetics to follow this diet
Thanks 🙂

Hi Everyone,
Great to hear how you are all doing.
I’m at the end of week seven and at my weigh in today I’ve lost a total of 33lbs.
For all of you who find your weight stalls occasionally don’t let it get you down.
I weigh myself on a Friday and occasionally I’ve jumped on the scales on a Tuesday and found I’ve lost nothing, but it soon gets going again.
For me it’s now more of a way of life than a diet.

thanks 🙂

Again, thanks for the replies. Interesting point, FiFiP, about the liver processing the old gunk – hadn’t thought of that. I am a bit concerned, though, that I have been doing the diet for 7 weeks, so would have expected any benefits to be showing, rather the opposite. My family has had hereditary high cholesterol, both my parents had it, and my brother has been on statins for 30 years, but my previous readings have always been ok. If I am starting to have problems, I’m not sure how important it is health-wise. I know doctors get really hung up on high cholesterol, but I have a feeling there are vested interests regarding prescribing statins.
I seem to remember on one of Michaels tv programmes he went for a walk after his evening meal, and it made a positive difference to his morning cholesterol levels. I’ll try that before my test on Tuesday!

It sounds really difficult to get around, Lynne. is it easy to get to a train station or is that just as difficult? x

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125704

Hi folks could I ask you if you would mind signing this petition? It is a proposal that the NHS should encourage people to try this diet.

If the link doesn’t work just google petition, NHS to encourage

Hi tree peony, I hope the link works!! A few of us have posted this to our facebooks. Once you get to the petition there are icons for emails, facebook and twitter.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125704

No worries! All the best to you Christi.

Well, That is truly horrific!!! Tree peony, if you haven’t already, please would you sign the petition we have started?
I will try and post the link

Petition
NHS to encourage the treatment of type 2 diabetes with a low carbohydrate diet.

Professor Taylor has shown that Type 2 diabetes can be reversed using a low carbohydrate, low calorie diet. The NHS has announced it is rolling out a programme to give pre-diabetics lifestyle help. There is no mention of the blood sugar diet which pre-diabetics and diabetics should be following.

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Hi Janet1973

There are some good idea there, think I might pinch them, I needed inspiration and reassurance, I know this post wasn’t for me, however thank you

Presumably because it makes it sell better! I didn’t know either until I started asking which sauces were sugar free and got the horrific answer…. none of them!

It’s endemic, I’m afraid…. 🙁

Hello Malkey

My husband was diagnosed with high cholesterol levels in his early 50’s, it transpired that it was a hereditary problem.

He has to have regular blood tests for cholesterol, but it’s always fasting, 12 hours.

He has joined me on BSD to see if he can bring down his levels naturally, so that he can stop or reduce the statins, which give him unpleasant side-effects.

I’d hang on in there, it might be ketosis, your liver & kidneys processing what’s been sitting there for a while, or it could be because you had eaten before the test.

Also as Hashimoto says, 4 years ago means a lot of water under the bridge.

Good luck!

Welcome merrymary, you won’t regret your decision. This is far easier than the 5:2! You may feel a bit hungry the first few days but then you find you are satisfied with the 800 calories 🙂

Just noticed you get it redone next week. 🙂

Hi malkay, when bill posted his blood test results 4 weeks into the diet I noticed his cholesterol was lower than his pre diet results. And bill always reminds people to eat fat.

Your lower cholesterol reading was 4 years ago so a lot might have been happening in those last 4 years that you weren’t aware of.

I would say don’t worry and ask to have test repeated in two months 🙂

Tree peony I have always made my own indian foods i had no idea restaurants added sugar. Sorry for giving wrong advice. Why do they put sugar in? I’m actually gagging here at the thought 🙁

I would avoid korma tbh. There is quite often sugar added to the sauce 🙁

Tikka is good 🙂

It definitely worked for me to give myself permission to have a day off. I’m back on it today and feeling fine about it. I am not good at strict adherence to diets but the fact that this one gave such quick weight loss results helped. Part of me is disappointed that I didn’t make it through the first week but part of me also knows that’s how I work and I will just do my best to stick to it now.

This has made me laugh so much, my fridge looks like an explosion at the Greengrocers too, have resorted to stuffing the harder veggies into bags and hanging them up from a tree in the garden…….

It is a good thing to have a problem with though, better this than cupboards full of processed foods.

I invested in a wheely-trolly….. Couldn’t carry all the food in my hands, it’s a fetching shade of purple……with flowers….

ROTFL!!!

Leeanne, it’s strange but marvelous. I hope it continues that way for you and bill 🙂

Fantastic week chardy, well done you! 12lbs is absolutely amazing. You must feel terrific!

Chardy, wow, wonderful first week loss! 🙂

I’ve always thought our fridge was bigger than we needed – but I’ve changed my mind now!

Tandoori chicken isn’t usually very spicy – and there’s no carbs. If you had that with salad and missed out the bread and rice you’d be fine.

I think if you know you’re going to break the diet for a special occasion then it might be a good idea to give yourself permission to do that, rather than feeling guilty. It’s my birthday soon and I’m going to do that. I know that if I try not to have a glass of wine or eat anything extra I’ll feel like I’m depriving myself and am more likely to give up.

Thanks FoFi

I’ll have a nice glass of water instead. 🙂

Good luck with it, MerryMary.

Excellent start!

Thanks everyone, I only took one tablet this morning and my bloods came up as 5.7 about 3hrs after lunch, pre-teatime. Like Bill said, I’m also beginning to wonder about the drugs as this was one of my lowest readings to date on one tablet less!!! My fbs when I got up was 7.2. It’s all very strange!
(P.S. Bill, your poor wife is on a right concoction there! Hope she’s doing ok)

Wow, chardy, 12lb in a week! That must be up there with the best week 1s logged so far! And you’ve already got your head around your strategy. Good job!

Shared on my Facebook too.

You might have to copy and paste the link into your browser

Hi fi, just google petition nhs to encourage…. And you should get it 🙂

Read the Blood Sugar Diet book in one day, it made so much sense I couldn’t put it down. Reading the ‘symptoms’ I recognised myself and the real life examples really drove the message home.

I’ve stuck to the diet 100% in terms of food types and gone to 1000 calories a couple of times. I don’t tolerate dairy well so I have Alpro Natural Yoghurt and Feta cheese which is stronger and tasty.

I work away a lot so finding good quality food is hard, but Pizza Express and Nandos both do superfoods salads which are delicious. Outside that its a trip to Sainsburys for a salad with some prawns. Scrambled or fried eggs are a good breakfast choice.

First weigh in was a 5lb loss after three days – and a lot of peeing. Total loss after one week is 12lb.

I’m feeling great, if I get hungry I have some water and a couple of walnuts which are tasty and filling. I’ve had a few headaches, but a glass of water clears that up quickly.

I was never a carby person, but if it was covered in chocolate it had my name on it. So far this week I’ve had three squares of dark chocolate as part of my meals.

No more snacking, no more grazing on crap. I’ll stick to the 800 for the eight weeks and then move to the 5:2 plan whilst appreciating the knowledge I have about what food to eat from now.

I’m looking forward to looking less haggard and maybe picking up a compliment or two on a trimmer physique 🙂

That sounds wonderful, MerryMary. Definitely have to buy a cauliflower now!

Hi MerryMary. Welcome to the BSD family.

It really is surprisingly easy, and gives great results. Just forget about WW, other slimming clubs and low-fat diets. Enjoy eating full-fat foods again 😃

Jump in on 1st April, but keep us posted on your progress. Looking forward to reading your brilliant results.

Yes, fingers crossed for you Malkay, I’m a bit nervous of some of these tests doctors do, I don’t always believe they know what they are on about…don’t know why…?

😃

Merrymary, you are very welcome here! You clearly have some real challenges to deal with but also you have a great attitude which will give you great strength for your weight loss journey. This is no fad diet, its not magic and its not based on any one product that is supposed to work wonders (and never does!). You will read many comments here about how surprisingly easy it is. And it really is! The hardest part seems to be getting your head around the whole concept and then getting organised. We often boil it down to some simple rules; cut the carbs to 20-50grams per day, stick to around 800 cals (but a few more won’t derail you), get more fat than you are probably used to – butter, olive oil, skin on your chicken etc (yes, really!), drink around 2-3 litres a day of water.

If you can do these things – and we are the proof that you can – you will do very well on this program and you will see results very quickly indeed. We have a good contingent of australians and english people using the site so whether you are on nights or days there will always be someone to speak to in real time. And then we have loads of other people living all around the world which just blows my mind. Whatever you need to know or whatever you need help with, someone here will be able to help. So I wish you a brilliant first week from April Fool’s Day onwards and make sure you let us know all about your progress.

My husband makes a mean truffle oil cauliflower mash which goes really well with a lean eye fillet. He uses a stick blender to mash the cooked cauliflower and adds a little cream, butter and truffle infused olive oil, and some black pepper. It is so much tastier than potato too and low in carbs. We haven’t had this for a while but you are all inspiring me to get back in the kitchen again and get motivated!

Posted link on Twitter as well.

stringbreaker, the general advice in the book is not to add extra calories to replace those used in exercise. In general if your not trying to lose weight weight I think that if you burn more you should be able to eat more and maintain equilibrium.

You do need to be careful about about the calorie information you see. An active male might burn 100kcal every waking hour, some machines add this info into to the numbers displayed.

Obviously for many (including me) having that first drink makes saying no to the second that much harder, and the bag of salted peanuts…

You are all so inspiring. Thanks for the soup tips. I am going to get my slow cooker out of the back of the cupboard on my days off and make some soup! 🙂

Thanks Judith, signed xx

Buss here are interesting, Judith. Apart from that one, the other service runs between Durham & Bishop Aukland, every half hour Monday to Saturday. Alternate ones continue to Asda & the hospital in Bishop. But the last bus from Durham is about 8pm. No service to speak of on Sundays or Bank Holidays. 😳

I’ve never driven, so I’m used to it, just means I carry lots of bus times and routes in my head😱 And shop frequently so its not too heavy. Oh – and sometimes do online food shops 😊

Hi! Petition is great, am trying my hardest to sign it, but it keeps telling me that I haven’t clicked the link, when I have…..

Will try to find another way to get this signed as we need everyone possible on board!!

Hi misssay, I also understand your frustration at the gain after just a little stray from the plan. I know exactly the same would happen to me. Thinking long term, I have a few strategies up my sleeve. Firstly, as you say, I do not intend to ever go back to eating the way I did before so my diet with remain much lower in carbs from now on. Secondly, once I get to my target weight, that will give me a few pounds ‘to play with’. This will be important as I don’t intend to weigh myself every day the way I do now. I think by then it will be better to be more relaxed and accepting of the fact that sometimes I will gain, but other times I will also lose. I’m also thinking I will build in a little ‘boot camp’ or ‘de-tox’ if you like, of a serious week of 800s every six or eight weeks so any weight that does start to creep back will be lost again with minimal fuss. Maybe similar strategies might work for you and put your mind at rest that you can make these changes for life. Wishing you all the best and fingers crossed for getting into that lower stone!

Hi Adlr27.

As Janet says, there are many on here who aren’t diabetic or pre-diabetic.

There seems to be agreement that following this low-carb way of eating is beneficial to everyone. As well as lower blood sugar readings and lower blood pressure, there is weight loss, and a general feeling of improved health including more energy, clearer thinking and a loss of the desire for the carbohydrate foods that gave been making us feel ill, although we hadn’t realised it.

Hope you decide to give it a try, and let us know how you get on.

Lynne that’s not an excuse! It’s a logistical nightmare. My aldi is a ten minute drive away so easy peasy for me

Hi

I’m almost at the end of 14 weeks on the BSD. I was on holiday (5days) abroad a few weeks ago, and stuck to low-carb foods. When I arrived home I’d gained 2 pounds, which I lost in 3 days back on the BSD.

What did I do differently while away?

I ate a low-carb breakfast, like at home. But I ate a meal at lunchtime, while at home I eat breakfast then my evening meal (I’m just not hungry at lunchtime) And I wasn’t careful with portion control. (Apart from a steak – I ate half & took the other half back to the hotel for later). And I also ate again in the evening.

So, what did I learn? Probably the important lesson for me was portion control. Staying low-carb wasn’t the issue – it was how much of it I ate.

And I don’t think I drank enough, especially water.