Good luck Janet, hope you get the number your heart desires – everyone seems to be doing so well, ups & downs of course but as diets go, it’s tasty, relatively simple to follow & WORKS!!!!

Hi Mumofsome. Welcome to the BSD family.

Well done on jumping in, you’ll find support, advice (and some laughs) on here.

NEVER Lynne
give them to the ragman, you may get a couple of balloons for the bairns 😉

Welcome to all the newbies 😃

Bill, I was waiting for your response on the photos 😉 I’ve already had to do some clothes shopping, but will probably need to go again before I go to Italy early in June.

Bob, amazing results. Congratulations. 😃

Silver, 5% of your body weight in 3 weeks !
Great achievement, well done.

Hey Janet
that should be at around 4 this afternoon then ?
I’ll keep my ears open 😀

Sharon, how many diets have you tried ? How many have you loved ?

LMAO I remember a few years ago, all the sunbed shops around here had these vibration plates and my girls were trying them out.
I, of course got talked into coming along and trying it.
They switched it on, and immediately it started buzzing, I started sliding and fell off the edge.
End of experiment.

Ha, I know all about being short, I’m 5’2″ so have another 3 and a half pound to go to get to the top of my BMI but I don’t want to be just at the top. I lost a surprise pound this morning which was wonderful and means I have half a pound to go to my first stone since january. That’s 10 pounds lost on this diet in 6.5 weeks. Well chuffed with that.

He He that’s the thing about it, half the time it does feel accidental.
It’s strange trying to explain to people that you’re doing a diet that doesn’t feel like a diet but has the same results as someone taking a chainsaw to your wobbly bits. I sometimes feel guilty on weigh days when I see my results knowing that I didn’t really try to get them, they just happened.
This is why, a few weeks back, I christened this as my new lifestyle, Diet just doesn’t cover it 😀

Welcome Reideen. You’ll see from the posts on here that many of us find this not only doable, but effective. You’ll get lots of support on here, and there’s usually someone around if you have a question or problem.

Hello Lucia,

I do my swimming 3 times a week and my daily walk. I’m not sure if the vibration plate on it’s own would work as quickly anyway. But yes, it’s easy to just stand/sit there and let it work my muscles.

Hi Janet I know what you mean, it never happened to me either. I am loving this BSD I have only felt hungry a few time, but I have found I have so much more energy after 4 weeks on this eating plan. I lost 16lb in the first 3 weeks but nothing last week, I have lost 1lb since Saturday, which I’m very pleased with. Good luck on reaching your stone.

Hi Mumofsome
Welcome on board and well done for taking the plunge. As you say there is never a perfect time to start this but, as you read around the threads, you will see that people are managing to still have great lives and enjoy all those events and still stay on track so we have every faith in you! Let us know how this first week goes for you and use us as much as you need to.

Hey Mumofsome welcome to the forums and a whole new lifestyle
You’ve already seen some of the success stories on here, now’s the time for you to join them.
Just stick to the diet (800 cals sounds scary but it’s amazing how full you feel when eating 800 cals of the RIGHT food ) Drink lots of water, try for at least 2 ltrs a day and 3 if you can, unsweetened tea, coffee, etc can be counted, and above all, remember to get some fat into your daily food, it keeps you full and gets your body into fat burning mode.
We are all here to help you along the way so keep posting your progress and if you have any problems, just shout. (do it at night and watch what I laughingly call the “Australian Air Diet Ambulance Brigade” appear like a flash
Enjoy your next 8 weeks, It’s going to be awesome.

Well done everyone.

Hi ditzidora

Glad to hear it, wish there was something like that locally.

Same has happened to me Hawks. Nobody has commented on my weight loss, but if I mention it they say “oh, I thought you’d lost weight’. 😳

My uniform has gone down one or two sizes (funny how skirts get longer when you lose weight!) and they’ve also seen me in smaller trousers and new (smaller) tee shirts.

Luckily I’d kept my old uniforms as I grew out of them so can now work my way back down through them. I am disposing of the big sizes as I’ll not need them again, will I?

Hi Patsy

Welcome on here. Looking forward to reading your progress.

Hi Trees

Brilliant weight loss. Congratulations.

I’m another one staying longer on this and have just finished week 13.

Like Bill I can’t imagine going back to the food I used to eat, or the amount I used to eat, so I’ll be around on here for a while yet as still lots of excess baggage to lose.

I love this new way of eating. Got on the scales this morning, delighted to report that i am now exactly two stone lighter than i was at the start of this journey. Also five inches has disappeared from my waist measurement.
Still about a stone and a half to go, so may have to do about 10 weeks. But has i had one week break from 800 cals and maintained, i know that long term this is an achievable lifestyle choice.
Best wishes to everyone. Hope you all achieve your goals. It feels fantastic.

Hi there, I’ve just started today and I’m so encouraged by how well everyone on here is doing, and how supportive you are. I’ve procrastinated about doing BSD for about a month, ‘there’s never a right time to start’, ‘oh but this function is coming up’, ‘when am I going to find the time to get it all organised’ – all those rubbish excuses. But after a weekend of baking cakes with my children I’ve realised now is the time! I got my birthday coming up on Easter Sunday so it could be double trouble, but it really is now or never. Have a great week. 😊

Thanks Janet1973 and Bill
It does feel good to really see something happening. I’m feeling so much more positive for having that good result this morning and being able to zip the dress and feel comfortable. It’s encouraging to see the BMI coming down too – still have a way to go – being short doesn’t help that cause! After the glums last evening, today feel much sunnier.
Thank you both for the praise, even though the results feel most accidental than intentional.
Hope you are both having good results too.

Lucia, thank you so much, for the first time in my life I think this is doable, the support is wonderful, I hope my computer skills are up to scratch and that I can follow all the chats and support,

Hi Sharon. I just hate that. People who don’t really try yet lose shed loads of weight! That never happens to me. No really, I am pleased for your hubby but jealous too! Well done for achieving the rosy pink stage (if your ketostix look like mine), its a very reassuring feeling to know you are burning fat. I can report another pound list this morning since Saturday and I have only been at 1.5 for most days. I am at 13.5 pounds now in 6.5 weeks – a true miracle for me. When I reach my stone you won’t need me to post, you will hear me cheering! All the best, keep posting, I find it all fascinating.

Hi reedeen.
Have a look at my postings. You will see I was heavier than you when I started. Also you will see that I would eat Chinese takeaways and family bags of chocolate for just one meal. Millions of calories.
I am now a little way into the diet, and I no longer will murder for chocolate.
I also loved buttered toast, a whole loaf between me and hubby. On Friday I tried a half slice and it just didn’t give me the buzz I used to get, so I passed it on.
My taste buds are changing, I am trying different things. I had feta last week, I haven’t had that in many years.

I used my first week to gradually change to the diet. I thought it would be too hard going from one to the other. Again, look back at my blogs here.

But, don’t ask me about bathroom scales nor yoghurt as I hadn’t realised either of these were giving me a hard time.

I now enjoy a small tub of yoghurt and ignore the scales until my weekly weigh in.

There is a section called what did you eat today, that’s a big help for ideas.
I haven’t tried the recipes yet, I will do them when I get bored of what I am eating.

In getting out and about, I am enjoying the fresh air, probably too much. As I wax lyrical about it all.

You have done the biggest step, joining and deciding to change your diet. Congratulations. That is the big-y. Now just enjoy each day, and if you make a ‘mistake’ just acknowledge it and go passed it. I put weight on and I could have hit the chocolate big style, but I sulked for ten mins and then got my head together.

Hope you post and share.

Love
Lucia
Xxx

Great attitude Reideen
I sense a litle retail therapy in the air soon, I’ve promised myself a shopping trip (Promised ??? I detest shopping 🙁 ) at the beginning of June just before my holiday.
I suspect Hashi’s old bloomers will be ready for consignment to the bin by then too 😀

Totally agree with Bill. Nothing can take away from your success last time round. I think when the 5:2 came out, low carb high fat was still in its infancy and seen as a faddy diet. Now there is much more evidence to support it as a long term change for life. You have the choice now. You can either do what you did before – it worked but maybe didn’t give you the lifestyle changes to keep the weight off. Or you can be open to the new evidence and give it a go and see how it works for you, hopefully gaining some new lifelong habits as a bonus. Wishing you every success whichever you decide.

Thank you Hashminto, love all the advice and tips, I’m reading through the older posts and everyone has done so well on this so I have mad myself a promise to do the full eight weeks and have a new me just ready for summer😎😎😎

Hi spirit,
Love the idea you think I have a muscle somewhere. Yes, I am taking it easy, hence the floor work. I am not ready to downward dog it yet. Or planks etc.

Do you think you get a good work out from your vibration plate? Me just wobbling doesn’t sound as if it could do me much good? Sorry to ask, but I haven’t seen one.

Love Lucia
Xxxx

As many of you know, I am a big fan of the diet doctor website as I think he is singing from the same song sheet as our beloved Dr M. I found the article below today and although its a bit high brow for one of such small brain as me, I totally agree with the sentiment. He is talking about US. WE are the pioneers and I consider it a privilege to be counted among this great group of groundbreaking individuals. If you have time, its only a couple of paragraphs but he pulls no punches!

http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2016/03/19/a-comment-on-the-anointed

I wouldn’t say it was all for nothing if you lost weight doing it. The fact that you have since regained some takes nothing away from that.
Time to look to the future now and get where you want to be with the Fast 800
Best of luck

Hi fifip, I think I have led you up the garden path a little bit. The number from the days of yore I meant was the number 13 which you haven’t seen in 12 years! I’m definitely an old money girl too but I’m quite proud of how adept I’m getting with kilos. Although if you’ve caught some of my other posts I hopelessly confuse grams and ounces! But kilos have a nice rhythm to them 2.2lbs is 1 kilo, 4.4lbs is 2 kilos. That’s the limit of my maths capability. Like you, I am soon to see a number on the scales I haven’t seen since 2012. Can’t wait!

Hi Sharon,
Ironically Saturday I froze all day, to the point my daughter came in from work, (she’s a gardener) and got a blanket to put over me. Sunday I was nice and warm and today I am hot! And no it’s not the menopause! I have been through that and come put the other side ok. I haven’t a clue what’s happening to me, just hope the weight loss kicks in again soon, I am getting frustrated at the moment! Thanks for responding though, will let you know how I get on.

Thank you,

I understand the differences between these diets but I was just wondering that the BSD was newly researched and eliminating the original 5-2 as out of date research.

I was on the 5-2 before falling off the fast train and I’m now wondering if it was all for nothing in the first place if the 5-2 has now a newer sister.

Hi allychat
I too am getting confused with the fat thing, however I am trying to have more olive oil, nuts, and avocado! I am doing ok on the diet, even if I have a gripe every so often, or when I am feeling down mentally, I am still not losing weight 2 lb in just over two weeks, I think the problem is you lose so much in the first four weeks, you expect it to continue, then when nothing or hardly anything happens you get all anxious, (well I do) especially as I am cooking for two others, they are happy to eat what I eat, except they have the carbs and the desserts and the odd bar of chocolate! Which is really hard, as I am not diebetic, just pre diebetic, anyway I digress! I will try and up my fat and see what happens, thanks for the tip, will let you know how I fare.

Hi Janet! – I can’t do ‘new money’ as it’s called in our house, can’t follow any recipe in grammes, has to be lbs & oz…..have to convert all recipes – that way I can always ‘see’ how much food there is & if the recipe is modest for 8 people or huge for 4. Obviously the BSD recipes are different as they are set for this diet, I just double up when my hubby is eating it with me. But honestly, outside of spoon measurements, I have no clue how much food will actually end up on the plate!!

Thanks for the advice about MFP Kat. I have started typing in foods into Google as I have no room on my iPad and iPhone to accommodate MFP.

Definitely worth investing in measuring spoons. I have 2 sets which are essesntial for me.

Brilliant to read! I am nearly three weeks in – down 3 kilos – not huge but feeling good. I wonder why some people’s weight loss slower – any ideas? I started at 66.6 and now I am – was 63.1kg this morning. Its all coming off the stomach area. But yes I feel great and when i awake in the morning – thats the biggest difference i feel – I don’t feel groggy anymore and have alot more energy. I love making all these dishes and seeing how they all taste. Well done all of you – great positive encouraging posts – thank you!

Hi Cherianne,

Thank you for your supportive message xxx

Yes, being cold and feeling a bit anxious becuase of the environment is never a good mix. However, Sunday was much better and I brought a lovely warm scarf with me to snuggle up in.

It is interesting how we all reach for the comfort food when we feel certain forms of fear and uncertainty. I think you’re right about humans being the same in this respect. I am determined to examine my uncomfortable feelings and be present with them, instead of falling back into unconscious patterns and giving in. If I actually fancy a hamburger and chips or chocolate, or whatever, I think that’s different. I just don’t want to eat those foods with the mistaken belief that they will make me feel better or soon I will find myself stuffing down every uncomfortable feeling with food.

I was actually OK in the end.. I resisted going to the burger joint, came home, warmed up and made the Fritata which was quick and easy and exactly what I needed. I don’t eat eggs in most forms, but I do like omelette and fritata, and I think I needed that protein hit. I felt much better the next day and the craving for a hamburger and chips didn’t even enter my mind!

I will visit my health food store and see if they have proper chai tea, thanks for the suggestion!

Just to update you, the weekend turned out to be much better than I thought it would, and it was a great learning experience!

Great weight loss GwendolineAnne, you will soon begin to notice that clothes begin to feel looser and then you will know your body is rewarding you for the steps you are taking 🙂

For me, (not diabetic), this has been my worst problem while on this diet. I haven’t had a problem with hunger and I’ve always had headaches (lots of stress) but I have struggled with constipation. I seem to have found the answer (for me) which is to have 30g rolled oats made into porridge (with mostly water and a splash of milk) and 2 tsps flaxseed mixed in – this is breakfast. The book says ‘rolled oats’ are ok, which confused me at first until I googled it and discovered that normal porridge oats are actually rolled oats! So I don’t have to scout about for jumbo oats, which is good news because oats can be bought very cheaply for a large bag. My OH, who is diabetic has eggs for breakfast, but was also having these problems, eats 20g of All Bran in the evening as a late “supper”, which has done the trick for him. Hope this helps someone. 🙂

Well done!

Well done to all of you have lost weight. I have weighed in this morning after my first week on the diet and I have lost an incredible 6lbs. Although I must say I don’t feel like I have lost that amount. Probably because I have so much to lose that it isn’t going to feel like it yet. Maybe next week. I find that I usually dip in feeling tired and hungry around 15.00hrs, I usually get a drink of warm water and that seems to satisfy me until I get home. I have cut my coffe consumption down to 3 cups a day, which is very good for me. I found the weekend a little difficult, not quite as easy as the week days. Have a good week everyone.

Hi Julia,

That is so lovely, thank you. I feel really uplifted by your text. A hot bath would actually have been amazing (and a great way of getting really present and thinking about whether it would be worth sabotaging the diet) but I got your message the morning after! I will keep that in mind though, I think that would be a great remedy. And since I can now actually fit comfortably in the bath (seriously!) I will make use of it.
Sunday was much better as the environment felt more familiar and I had connected with a few people. And I brought warm clothes with me! I get a bit anxious in some situations that feel unfamiliar and my default is to reach for comfort foods – I know I am not unique and this is the story for millions!

Bob Fox, I am in awe!!! 🙂

Oh, that’s lovely that your wife is so proud of you Bill. You’ll inspire her to do this diet full on at this rate 🙂

Try this app…download for free from usual…apple/android stores. All you do is enter your food as you eat it…everything else done for you. I keep it on my phone. You can do it at the end of the day too, but you may forget.
It shows how many calories, protein, carbs, fat etc eaten and can display in a chart, pie chart with coloured portions to make it an easy picture to realise the balance between fats carbs and protein.

It can no doubt do lots of other clever things but Im just learning to use it. Its not hard just me!

Give it a go and let me know how you go…give me some tips if you work out more gizmos.

Thanks for that Bill. I’m sure that at the end of next week you will be very happy with your results, like I am with mine. What a wonderful journey we are all on after the years of mis-information.

Congratulations SunnyB
You’re going to be looking fantastic at the wedding.
Get lots of pictures taken, you can look at them along with the before photo’s and compare the difference between pre and post BSD
You should see quita a change.

Bob 37 pounds gone !!!!!!
You really put me in the shade but I’m going to try my best to get there.
I join you over the finishing line next week but, like you will be hanging around to lose the extra weight.
Your story will be another wonderful inspiration in the 8 weeks and over thread, imagine a new starter joining the forum and reading THAT. It’ll start the weight moving all by itself.