You are doing a brilliant job Fofi. Its all a learning curve isn’t it? I’m sure you will make many discoveries over the coming weeks that will help you achieve what you want for your family. I think it must be very difficult to try to be healthy when your kids’ friends are maybe getting all sorts of bad stuff. Nor do you want to turn your own kids into ocd health freaks. The very fact that you care is enough. If more parents understood the dangers we’d be doing a lot better against childhood obesity.

Nic2385 – what brilliant results, you must been really excited to have made such huge headway in such a short period. Hope you keep posting to encourage others wanting to make positive change for themselves too.

Welcome to the forum – hope you will enjoy posting and sharing your progress.
I use nutricheck.co.uk and stick with it, unless there is calorie and carb info on the packaging (none of a butcher bought steak of course) but in most cases on nutricheck, it has a general value as well as values for food purchased from a specific store. Think you just need to select the calorie checker that you are comfortable with and use it exclusively for foods that don’t have the nutritional values on the packaging.
Don’t panic too much about being dead on 800 per day. There will be days you are a bit over and others when you are a bit under – over the course of the eight weeks, it will balance itself out.
Good luck and hope to see you posting some positive results soon.

I’m feeling pretty weak too and a tad grumpy. Sometimes go slightly over calories but weighing 240lb and walking dog for hour every day I am still feeling hungry a week in although have lost 11lbs. Thrilled with weight loss of course but am wishing I could get to the not feeling hungry stage.

Captain Lynne,
Are you trying to kill me?
I was happy to be able to touch my toes, but between you and cat girl, well really 😅
Having a bit of time off, found the energy to sort the bedroom.
Clean out the spare bedroom wardrobe.
Bleach the kitchen, sort cupboards , etc
Move the furniture around in the lounge
Tomorrow I hope to do the dining room.
Then I went for a walk, did shopping and then guess what?
I got three blouses from Bon marche in size 16. Sweet sixteen . Not 20 , not 18. Yipppeeeeee

Hope you are all doing well.
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Thank you for the information on Xylitol, I am nervous about feeding them strange sweeteners. My normal policy is (for them not myself sadly) smaller or less frequent portions rather than artificial sweeteners (or low fat). (My definition of artificial sweetener is not necessarily consistent with anything else.)

I agree that ‘treats’ are out of control, one difficulty is that when everyone else is getting so many how do I make sure that I don’t seem to be so much a tyrant that they then go off the rails. (I don’t mind being a tyrant if it works out well.) I do know a couple of people who took the low sugar thing too far (too far = further than me) and it didn’t end well. The children have such easy access to sweet shops, vending machines and friends with similar access if they feel deprived they can overreact at a later date.

I think that teeth are okay at the moment as treats tend to be consumed with meals as are any sweetened drinks.

We just made ‘Strawberry yoghurt’ this evening, but it was more of a drink. 100g Greek yoghurt, 100g strawberries blended hard and I would happily drink that again. In fact I will once I am at an intermittent fasting stage. The kids weren’t impressed so I added 5g sugar. Next time I will add 4g and see how low I can go. I am in no rush to get this right I have several years of errors to correct.

I need to revisit the bread aisle. I haven’t eaten any for over 7 weeks, but once I return to eating it now and again I will need to make sure our bread is okay. The reason I asked about low sugar bread is that in the book Michael states that some brown breads have extra sugar to make the taste more palatable.

And then as we switch away from honey or jam on toast to Marmite we hit the too much salt problem which is probably a problem for a different website!

Cat girl,
I dare not put a lap dancing pole in the house, it may be too much for oh.
Firemen, in uniform. Mmmmmmmmm,m
Sorry went off on a tangent………
Love Lucia
Xxxx

Hi spirit,
Just keep to the eating programme the two weeks will soon fly by.
I am hoping that the Easter bunny hops past my door this year.
I don’t need the temptation. I am doing small tests that I can control, but a stack of Easter eggs may be too great

Love Lucia
Xxxx

Today I reached 5 weeks on the diet. I have kept to 800 calories everyday bar three when I popped over by no more than 300 calories (each alocohol related). I am now 30lbs lighter anbd have lost 4 inches off my waist. Three days ago my BMI dropped off the obese scale. I am now jogging again, have good energy levels and feel terrific.

My determination and confidence to continue has been fed by the fast results and not rushing into the diet. This lifestyle change really needs forethought and preparation, as much mental as in planning a new recipe set.

To any new or potential dieters the message is this, if I can do it anyone can. Good luck.

Nic

Wow stingle, that will be an interesting consultation 🙂

Hi whalleyrange, I would say try not to worry. A number of people have queried calorie count of recipes in the book I’ve followed the book and have lost 2 stones 6lbs so far and now have a bmi of 22.1 so if you stick to the principles of the diet it does work.
Bill has lost a lot of weight following the principles of low carb, full fat and plenty of water and his stats are amazing! 🙂

Hi Sabina. Welcome to the family. Nothing to add to what the others have said, except clear the carbs out of your home, record everything you eat, and keep to the 800 calories while low-carbing. Jump in and join us – it really does work.

Thanks for your posts guys. I had a bad time in week 2 but you all said stick at it and I darn well have. A few weeks to go then I intend to hit the diabetic clinic and my doctors with gusto and politely inform them that this plan could save the nhs millions and hand them a copy of Dr M’s Blood sugar diet book then jump on the scales with gay abandon ! Can’t wait ……

Thanks Judith. I remember once, many years ago, eating a pack of Mars bars washed down with Diet Coke while waiting for my mother’s test results. It did me no good, and didn’t affect her results. Lesson learned. Kind of. Now, on the BSD I’ve lost the taste for the comfort foods I used to turn to. As you so rightly say, I need to keep strong and to do that I need to keep healthy. Thanks for the hugs 😃

Hi sabina have you got the book or just the posts on here? If you don’t have the book yet google daily mail 8 week blood sugar diet. There are 5 articles by M.M and 2 to 5 have a weeks menu.

If you do have the book

Drink 2 to 3 litres of water a day

Include FAT in your food

Keep to low carbs

🙂

Hi Sabrina
Welcome to the BSD clan. The forum is full of advise and support, so make the most of the various threads and shout out if you need to, as someone will respond.
My advise is keep the book close at hand, count the calories in everything you consume and keep a watchful eye on carbs as well as calories. That isn’t mentioned in the book, but it does help to keep carbs down to around 50g a day. It’s important to eat fat as this helps to keep you feeling full and also encourages fat burning. And last but not least, be sure to drink plenty – minimum of 2L a day.
Other than that, just jump in and see what you can achieve.
Good luck and remember to keep us posted on your progress.

Hi lizzy you can also take any of the dips with crudites 🙂

Great results stingle. Isn’t it great to find something that works so we can take control of our lives 😃

Hi Stingle – brilliant results! Hope now you have found the forum, you’ll be posting your results more frequently. It’s good news like yours that bolsters those who are flagging a little. Keep up the good work.

Stingle wow, wow, wow. Absolutely amazing! It really does work, doesn’t it? 🙂

Starting in today. Reading content and getting used to this concept. Would love your inspiration and advice for success. Still not sure how to work this way of eating.

Hi Chezza,
What Ryvita can you get that’s only .5g carb per serve? Is there a special low carb one?
I used to love them but the only ones I can find have over 6g carb per slice ( I’m in Aus so may not be available here).
Three of those would put me at over 20g.

I have now been on the BSD for 4 1/2 weeks with the followingresults
Morning Blood sugar (fasting) from 24 to 9.9 (been as low as 5.9 after exercise)
Waist minus 4 inches
Weight minus 13 lbs
Blood pressure 115/72
Excercise 4 Times per week . .. boundless energy for the first time in years
Insulin injections NONE FOR 4 WEEKS
Still on 2000 mg metformin but who cares !!!!!

THIS ACTUALLY BLOODY WORKS IT REALLY DOES. IVE BEEN DIABETIC FOR 15 YEARS AND 5 YEARS ON INSULIN – I HAVE TAKEN MY OWN LIFE IN MY OWN HANDS FINALLY. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Rubbu- omg! That poor flower! 🙁

Hi Jpscloud,
It is just a blip, mine was a small chocolate egg (that I had brought for the grandchildrens Easter egg hunt) like Judith said tomorrow is another day.

Have to agree with you Patsy. I find some days I have to remind myself to eat as I rarely Hungry on this diet, sorry lifestyle! I do plan meal’s ahead each day, but some days I don’t have the inclination to eat.
But I do. I believe it’s very important not to skip meals. And I always enjoy what I make myself.

Lynne, I’m sorry to hear about your bad news re your friends mother. I’m still trying to catch up with posts after two days on the allotment and today a mega cook.
You are right about keeping things under control and it will help your friend if you stay strong for her. What a wonderful attitude you have, Lynne big hugs (( )) 🙂

Curlygirl – how fantastic – not just your amazing weight loss but the change you are finding in your tastes and attitude. 1 square of dark chocolate and you felt sick!!! Wonderful – not feeling sick, of course, just the fact that you now have the confidence that you don’t need or want that stuff!!!!
Really looking forward to hearing about your progress! 🙂

Hi Orchid
I think it would depend what your recipe is the one I use is http://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/vegetable-stock it has the calories etc
Enjoy

You don’t need to worry about saturated fat in any food. Firstly, Coconut products suffered very badly during the ‘fat is bad for you’ campaign but is actually one of the most beneficial fats you can use. Secondly, saturated fat does not cause cholesterol, trans fats do. Again, this was a piece of misinformation from the bad old days.

Hi jay thankyou for your kind words to forum posters. We would love to hear how you are doing so keep on posting 🙂

Jpscloud – tomorrow is another day as they say. You just had a little blip but it is in the past. Sounds like you have it sorted 🙂

Good choice. There’s absolutely nothing of any value to our bodies in Coke, and most other fizzy drinks, except for the water.

I suppose it depends on how lean the meat is, but that does seem a wide variation.

Excellent weight loss btw – should have said well done for that first.

Adding enough that the average is 800 a day sounds like a good idea. I don’t think it matters too much if some days are a little up and some down as long as over all we keep to around 800.

Hi, I’m in week one also first time post to the forums. I really feel the BSD 800 is going to help but realise it will take more planning than first thought. I’m especially having trouble in getting consistent information from the web world regarding the calorie content of foods. I am looking up the calories for a butchers bought lamb steak. Google says 100g is 294 cals, Caloriecount says Asda is 205 and Tesco 155. Fatsecret has M&S as 230 and Waitrose as 187. Then Fitnesspal has Tesco as 120 and Sainsburys at 240. All for 100g of the same food. It makes meal planning and keeping to 800 cals a day increasingly difficult. Has anyone else found this an issue and resolved it. Thanks

Hey Judith, never mind shouting! Flags and drums as well. We’ll get their attention 😃

That sounds unpleasant, Quickfix. Have you mentionedit to your doctor?

Hi grandma48,
I am sorry I ‘posted’ the last post before I had finished, I am crap at these sort of things! ( iPads and computers) you wouldn’t believe I used to work in computers in another life, when they were as big as a small office! However didn’t keep up with technology so here I am struggling to get things right, I am due at the docs next week and am hoping he will be kind to me and say well done! Also off on holiday the week after, so worried I won’t be able to stick to the diet and exercise. Will just have to get back on the ‘horse’ when I get back, good luck with you and your journey, you too mosleyfan, by the way I am 68 while I am on holiday so no pressure!

Thanks for the info on xylitol Mary, my dentist told me all sweeteners are bad for the teeth so there is some good news at last!

Maybe its not so much limiting the carbs for healthy children, more teaching them to eat the right kinds. So called treats are not treats these days, they are every day occurrences. It would be nice if we could all get back to a situation where a piece of cake or whatever was a rare luxury. And it would do no harm to change the emphasis away from bread, pasta, potatoes and rice to good quality meat and vegetables. The latest stats say that a third of children aged between 2 and 15 are now obese or overweight. We need to turn this around before it gets any worse.

Too right lynn, you’ll hear us shout up and down the land! 🙂

Shadow2 will i post when the petition goes live? Try stopping me!!!!!!

If we get 10,000 signatures the government has to respond. 100,000 and it has to be ‘heard’.

When it goes live you can click on ‘map’ and track the number of signatures in each area. It also gives the name of the MP for each area – so lots of lobbying potential!

🙂

I’m creeping in with my tail between my legs! Did really well all day (day 5, very pleased with myself) but fell victim to catastrophic eating tonight (scones were involved, let’s say no more).

I think in the big scheme of things it won’t be too bad… I have an off-plan dinner scheduled for tomorrow but I’ll keep calories to a bare minimum during the day, then on Friday I am getting back on plan. That’ll make this week kind of a 2-5 I suppose, with 5 days low calorie and 2 a bit higher.

Hi grandma48
I started the diet in February, just about to finish the seventh week so not so new, however was a watcher and reader of the forum for a little while, I am on a plateau at the moment , I lost 14lb in the first four weeks, up to now in the last three weeks I’ve only lost 3lb so a bit frustrated thats when I downloaded the fat secret app, recommended by mosleyfan, I am still finding my way around it.
Hi mosleyfan where is the pie chart haven’t found it yet?

HI Fofi,

I do think that you are absolutely right to be looking at reducing the amount of sugar in your childrens’ diet- as a retired dentist I can say that this will be of enormous benefit for the health of their teeth, quite apart from their long term health in general. Does your dental practice have a dental health educator, who would be able to give you suggestions for sugar free alternatives? You are quite right though to be educating their taste away from sweet foods, and not wanting to use artificial sweeteners, however, sometimes you need something to counteract the acidity of things like yoghurt, and for baking. I think from your posts that you are already ahead of the pack in knowing that things like honey, agave syrup and maple syrup are just as bad, and in some cases worse, than ordinary sugar! However, there are two which are good natural substitutes, don’t cause dental decay, and are low calorie- xylitol and stevia. In fact xylitol is actually beneficial for teeth. Personally, I use xylitol, its easier to get hold of, and you can bake with it, though it may take a bit of adjustment. I am told, not being much of a baker myself, that it lowers the temperature of the mix somehow so may need a higher temp or longer bake. Patrick Holford’s Low GI diet cookbook has a good few recipes including biscuits, shortbread, that tick our BSD boxes, and use low carb flours and xylitol. I haven’t calorie counted any of them yet; I will try a couple.
My experience with two children and two grandchildren is that there’s a good chance they won’t get a sweet tooth if you limit the sweet foods and in particular drinks that they have- fruit juice is a major culprit.
Kid’s breakfast foods can be a big problem, most of them are heavily loaded with sugar, porridge is your best bet. I believe shredded wheat is OK, but would need to check that out. All I can say is get reading the labels!
I wouldn’t be concerned about giving them bread, (good whole grain bread of course, not the white rubbish) the sugar in good bread is only to feed and activate the yeast, and is very low. Or make your own, or try the flat breads and waffles on this site and in the book.
Biscuits- not much alternative here other than to bake your own; I found a fab recipe for choc chip cookies on the internet, I’ll try and post it up.
Yoghurt- I’d try natural yog, and add enough pureed fruit and xylitol until they’d eat it- trial and error.
On a separate question, I wonder of we need to limit the carbs for healthy children? If they are not overweight, they should be able to deal with them. It different for us, when our metabolism is cocked up from past mistakes!

Thanks everyone. Keeping control of what I can helps in stressful times. In this case it’s keeping tight control of the food 😳

Hi eghime
Welcome to the BSD forum, great to have another recruit to the diet and the forum. This diet is not low fat, but the exact opposite – even saturate fat. What you do need to watch with coconut flour is the high calorie and high carb content. However, if a dish incorporating coconut flour fits into your 800cals everyday, it’s fine, but because of the high calorie and carb content of this flour, it is unlikely you will want to use it that frequently, but more probably once or twice a week maybe.
Hope you will be posting results and using the forum for support and tips as your journey progress.

Following on from my post yesterday about sugar in meat and poultry products, I’ve just sent this email.

“Dear Mr Rowe

I regularly buy food from your stores, but have a question which I hope you can answer.

Could you please explain why so many of your meat and poultry products contain sugar? I recently looked at the ingredients on a pack of sliced cooked meat which showed a carbohydrate value of zero, but gave a total sugar value per 100g which I struggled to understand.

Both the whole roasted chickens and the roasted chicken portions are roasted in a sugar marinade.

In light of the current obesity epidemic, and the rising number of diabetics in this country would it be possible (if not advisable) to produce meat and poultry products which do not contain sugar? After all, most people would not expect to find sugar added to meat and poultry.

I look forward to hearing your comments. ”

When (and if) I get a reply I’ll let you know what he says.

I have had tinnitus for 18 months or so and recently had an MRI scan. Luckily this came back clear but my tinnitus is always worse around 3 or 4 in the morning and always wakes me up and it is difficult to get back to sleep. I have sometimes thought it is worse when I am trying to lose weight and noticed when I was on 5.2 diet that it seemed to be worse on fasting days. Does anyone else have a similar problem? Would be great to hear from you.