Day 34 weight 10st 6lbs
Blood sugar 10.3

Busy day today, I missed my morning pill by accident, I didn’t drink or eat as much as usual – got a really bad headache tonight, will see how I feel tomorrow.

Going to a funeral on Wednesday it is causing a lot of tension at home because the deceased’s favourite meal which is high carb and sugar we are having for the funeral tea – so I’m debating restricting what I eat on Tuesday and Thursday and just eat it, or go to the service and not the meal? Or go for the meal and just have a cup of tea. It’s not my Oldie or Mum, but it is a close friend.

Ankles boots getting a bit loose around the ankles yesterday!

Denise i USED to love creme eggs too. Half a dozen? No problem. Now just reading about them made me want to puke. What has this diet done to me? It’s like a miracle 🙂

Fantastic missay 🙂

Denise! Welsh and don’t sing???? Can’t believe it! You won’t believe this – I have sung, as part of my college choir. In Bangor Cathedral. But I won’t mention the time I was freewheeling down what we called bangor mountain and virtually ran the bishop of bangor over. Oh boy, I was shocked! 🙁

Hi Moyjos and welcome. Well done on your first 3 weeks loss.

I have a fridge freezer in my utility room and an integrated fridge in my kitchen – both are full of delicious ingredients and when I open them, I feel inspired and motivated whereas I used to think “there’s nothing to eat in here” so I’d grab crisps, or biscuits, or crackers, or bread…or all of these!

Well done David, 5lbs in four days is amazing and well on your way to your goal!

Fantastic first week result Chardy.

I am a 50 something Aussie lady. My mother was diagnosed with type 2 at roughly my age. I have made a point of watching my diet my the last 10 years or so. My weight has crept up to the point where my belly is not under half my height :-(. (need to lose about 20cms) I tried Michaels 5:2 plan for a while, but found that I do really need to eat regularly or my BS drops and I get really dizzy and my eyes go “funny”. I am now into week 3 of the BSD and am loving it. Never hungry and never dizzy :). Oh and I have lost 3.5 kg 🙂

Lucia, that is great!

Today’s food:

Breakfast: Spiced Easter Bun with butter (hot cross bun ‘replacement’ – recipe is in recipes section

Lunch: Home made cauliflower cheese and onion soup

Dinner: Teryaki, chilli and coriander chicken and veg stir fry with sour cream

Snack: Half an apple, one brazil nut

Drinks: water and two teas with milk

Cals:789. Carbs 44g

Hey Sunny – how are you and your husband getting on?

I sat in work today next to a bucket full of about 30 Cadbury Creme Eggs and resisted all day. Creme Eggs are my favourite so this was a real test for me.

Cherriane, you mentioned in a reply to SusieB earlier today about making your own recipes as long as you stick to the ‘calorie/carb’ allowance. I have read the BSD book more than once and use it daily, but I can’t remember reading about ‘carb allowance’…is there a daily carb allowance that some people stick to?!
Thanks in advance 😄

Hi chardythewoodman
My auto correct changed your name at the beginning of my post! So I will repeat it and hope you get the post this time,
I loved the bit where you said not a carb person unless it’s covered in chocolate, I have exactly the same problem! Anything covered in chocolate and I would eat it (nearly). You seem to have done ok on your first week so all I can say is keep it up and thank you for making me smile, looking forward to reading your further posts.

Signed, and link sent to a few friends. Not sure if they will sign, but you never know.

Signed and shared oh Facebook! 🎤we’re gonna start a revolution weellll you know!🎤🎶

Just be grateful you can’t actually hear my singing voice – this is one Welshie that missed out on that gift! 😉

It’s ineresting to read how others share the same thoughts and concerns, and also the info from those of you who have tried different methods/experiements. Thanks for the replies, and, Christi, I think these threads are for everybody, so no worries. If anything in any thread is useful to someone, then the forums are doing their job. It’s good to know that other people are thinking and feeling similar things.

Hashimoto-just off to the petition page.

Thanks Janet. I think I need to be a bit more patient…..it’s only week 3….! 👍

Fantastic lucia, i bet you still can’t quite believe it! You have managed that in such a short time!

Have you signed our petition?

Hallie, I found the first week very easy, but the second and third week harder. I wasn’t weak or hungry just slightly obsessed with food. I would try the suggestion to add more fat because if that works it will be great for you long term. But also, to me, the book isn’t as extreme as many on this forum and mixing in a spoon of brown rice, or one of the other allowed low GI/GL carbohydrates should be okay (as long as you include the calories in your total).

Also you could try more non-root vegetables to bulk out your meals if you are hungry.

That is fantastic news, I bet you are so chuffed with yourself! It is brilliant when you have such positive results especially sitting down! Way to go girl👖

I don’t like cooked mushrooms either, so will now visit the supermarket and see if I can get precooked peppers. I don’t have a local Lidl. Thanks for the suggestion.
Can you tell me if I can drink Tomato Juice? I love it with a spot of Worcester sauce in it. I know we have to avoid fruit juice but wondered if this was? The other drink is an OXO is this ok?
Day 5 for me, no cravings as such – certainly not for chocolate. At the moment tho I’d kill for a crispbread. I have been following the recipes from the book, with a bit of swapping as I’m afraid some just don’t appeal to me. But having had a look at some of the ones on this forum I can’t wait to try them.
I have lost a few pounds I think – i weigh myself first thing (after a trip to the loo), am trying to do at least 2000 steps (which my dog is loving), trying not to think ‘another 7 weeks of this to go’ but ‘ well done you, that was a quick week’.
I think the bottom line is I had to do something – I have too many friends who ARE diabetic. I don’t want to join that club. Anything else is a bonus.

Thanks for the info about the popcorn.
I will stay away from them.

So it’s just the diet whey I don’t understand.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi gang,
You know the pair of jeans that are at the back of the wardrobe because I haven’t been able to fit into them for over a year? They used to only go past my knees and I couldn’t get my bum into them?
Well, I am wearing them they are buttoned and zipped up and I am sitting in them.
🙃🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙃🙂🙂🙂🙃🙃🙃🙂🙃🙃🙃
I love Michael Mosley.

Love Lucia.
Xxxx

Thanks purplepenguin 🙂

It looks like I’m having similar beginnings to many of you – I too devoured the book in one sitting and Michael’s guidelines really resonated. I could not believe it when I lost 4 pounds in 2 days, even though I had decided to start walking up this steep trail for about an hour (counting rests) those two days. 🙂 I went for a longer hike the next day, still sticking to no carbs except the beans in my chili, and was flabbergasted to see an 8 pound drop in 3 days! REALLY? I have had an occasional headache, which reminds me to drink more water. And I have been indulging in one or two squares of dark chocolate (25 calories) every night. Is that within the limits? I usually stay well within my 800 calorie range and that’s all my sugar for the day, so…hopefully that’s not a deal breaker, because I have been diagnosed with diabetes recently. After 6 months of Metformin, my A1C only dropped from a 9.6 to a 9.3. My doctor upped my dosage to 4 tablets instead of 2 and threatened me with insulin if my A1C didn’t drop by the next blood test in May. I decided right then I needed to radically change my diet because deep down inside I knew that’s the key to getting rid of my diabetes (and life long high blood pressure – even when I was a healthy weight). Now, with these amazing results (and that’s without the metformin) I feel compelled to do my hikes everyday, even though I’m feeling lazy at the moment; I think they have really been instrumental in the extra weight loss. I have a lot to lose, but this is really opening my eyes to what I can accomplish if I truly put my mind, body and heart into it.

No worries……I nearly am asleep now anyhow, it’s been a long day!

Thanks captainlynne I’ll add extra olive oil to the cauliflower instead.

Thanks for the feedback, very much appreciated. I’ve just checked my BP and that’s down 10/8 which is more important to me at the moment. It usually varies quite a bit so I’m hoping to see that going down in the long term.

I’m sure 11lb of the 12 is water judging by the number of times I’ve been to the loo. Let’s see what next week brings with all that delicious chocolate to tempt me.

Hi Hallie

I’d say it was best to push through. We don’t want to keep that carb monster happy. The more we allow carbs in the longer it will take to get them out of our system.

Most people find that adding fat into their diet, and drinking plenty of water helps with the hunger pangs.

Great loss of 5 pounds 😃

signed xx

Hi hallie, try to push through if you can, it will soon improve if you do.

Try a hot drink, even hot water with a splash of lemon, I don’t know why but hot drinks can ease the hunger pangs 🙂

This thread has been very helpful and reassuring for me! Thank you! X

Almost at the end of the 8 weeks now. I am pleased to report that both hubby and I have now lost 24 pounds each – nearly 2 stones! We both feel much better. In fact I had forgotten what it was like to feel this well 🙂 Great news. Had my average 3 month blood test at week 7 and my result was 8.6 down from 11.8. I will have another test in about 8 weeks time (providing my doctor will do this, rather than at 12 weeks) and I hope by then my average is down to under 6.5. I understand from the book that I need to lose 15% of my body weight to reverse diabetes, which is about 42 lbs and therefore understand why I’m not quite there yet. Armed with better understanding of carbs, sugar etc, hubby and I are now ‘branching out’ and trying new recipes found in magazines and on the internet. We cannot thank Dr Mosely enough. Top man.

Oh sooze, i am sorry. I think i should be asleep it looks like I have brain fatigue 🙁

Sounds like you have answered your own question MT. We all have fluctuations due to hormones so if this is a pattern you are familiar with, it may well continue for you. Or the lack of carbs in the long term may even improve things on that front. You will see from the other threads here that plateaus are quite common on this program, as is inch loss with apparently no weight loss. You are getting inch loss so you are going in the right direction. Keep going and your weight loss will soon catch up.

That’s a very reassuring experiment you did Judith, a great way of testing that its the low carb thing that makes the real difference for us. I haven’t counted calories for a couple of weeks now, only carbs (50 grams a day) and I am happily still losing weight.

Hey All, (well ladies mostly!)

I lost 7 lbs in week one and was amazed!
This week, I have been Super strict after gaining 3lbs as a result of a weekend reunion with old friends and too much wine in week 2 😁😁, but on weighing myself, at week 3, I have stayed the same. My trousers are a lot looser in the thigh and I was looking forward to yet more weight loss, so I was very upset when the scales didn’t budge!! I am premenstrual though, and I usually feel that I retain fluid at this time every month. So ladies, help! Can you relate to this? Thanks in advance 👍

Hi guys, this is a great thread :-). On day five now and I have to say it is getting harder. Day one and two I wasn’t really hungry, it was the cravings that were killer. Today and yesterday though I have felt very weak and really hungry all the time. At what point did you guys start to feel better? Thinking of adding a few spoonfuls of brown rice to my cauliflower rice tonight because I don’t feel great. Or is it better to push through?

On the plus side, I weighed myself on Wednesday morning and I’d already lost 5lb :-).

Erm, it’s sooze actually…….I’m not asleep yet lol 😉

LOL. don’t know what time he opens and I’ve never been in. Apparently he opens for a few hours, then closes at 9 so he can deliver to restaurants etc. 😳 x

Hi Lucia – some info for you so you can decide 🙂

Tyrrells Poshcorn lightly salted – I found it at the gym last year and the headline on it 80cals. Oh good I thought and ate the bag in one sitting.
Actually the bag contains 70g and the recommended portion is 17g! The calories per 17g portion at 83 cals, so per bag that is 341 cals. Carbs per 17g is 8.3g.
Not so low calories!
Ingredients – Popped Corn, Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt.

Breakdown per 100g;
Protein 8.3g
Fat 25.5g
Carbs 50.2g.

Data taken from Waitrose website – no idea what the other 15g are!
These are ‘moreish’ so I personally won’t have them in the house just now just looking at the carbs – 50% carbs.

Great, bruno 🙂

Popcorn is pure carbohydrate. 16 grams in half a cup so I wont be having any, sorry.

H Hashimoto,
That’s the petition signed.
I’m in Scotland and thankfully we are still part of the UK 🙂

Thanks snooze39 🙂

Closes at 9am ? ? ?? The mind boggles!! Does it open at midnight? X

Him hardy the woodman
I loved the bit where you said not a carb person unless it’s covered in chocolate, I have exactly the same problem! Anything covered in chocolate and I would eat it, ( nearly!) You seem to have done ok on your first week so all I can say is keep it up and thank you for making me smile, looking forward to reading your further posts.

Nearest train station is Durham, Judith. It’s not that bad, just takes planning. You get into the routine.

Only shops in the village are two convenience stores (one is also the Post Office), chemist, newsagent and a butchers that closes at 9am!

So I either have to travel for food shopping or do it online. x

Signed.