Hi HelenD,
I look forward to sharing and comparing with you, it will be good to use this site as a support. I feel so determined, I am planning this like a military operation! Photos & measurements taken, new note book for stats etc. Ready for th big weigh in tomorrow!

Hi Aliba
I’m not bad at putting together healthy meals, it’s just calorie counting I find hard work. Especially as I want really good weight loss in the first month. I think there are some good Low GI diet recipies out there, I hope they should fit in ok with this plan. At least I like exercise. Thanks for your tips, I will look at people meal records they have posted.

Just taken got m husband to take some ‘before’ photos of me, they are shocking! At least I will have something to compare my skinny photos with…her will be skinny photos! Will check starting weight tomorrow, but was 14st 12.25lb this morning. I’m 5’7″, size 18, 45″ stomach measurement. I have three weeks before being measured for new work uniform so I hope I can drop a fair bit of weight to start. After that I have less pressure asmy Son’s wedding is 12th August so want to buy outfit in July. I lost 50lb 5years ago with Weight Watchers and went down to a size 10/12 and kept it off 2 years until had to move in with my Mum for 7months looking after her prior to her death. Being away from home and stress and doing my back in just finished me off, boy did I comfort eat! So excited to know I will be a size 14 again, I plan to be an easily maintainable weight so happy to drop 2 dress sizes. Looking forward to Monday morning.

Wow! fantastic – well done you

I almost fell off the scales.

Lost 16 pounds in 2 weeks!!

Hi Niffer
I’m a rubbish planner and not a great cook so tend to stick to easy things. I have made lots of stir frys using Turkey breast or chicken, steak etc a little coconut milk, soy or fish sauce , some chilli flakes and lime juice. I serve it with pak choi, tender stem broccoli or cabbage also stir fried.
If you are serving someone not on the diet just add rice or noodles.
I posted my first week on here somewhere, think it’s called what to eat.
Anyway good luck all

Hello everyone. I started the 800 diet 12 days ago , and to date have lost 9 lbs. I am about three stone overweight and this diet is perfect for me. I am not diabetic or pre-diabetic that I know of, but I think this diet is one that seems healthy and balanced and if it prevents me from developing diabetes that can only be good. I have enjoyed reading everyone’s posts, and am looking forward to trying more of the lovely recipes. I am dairy and gluten intolerant and happily these recipes don’t contain gluten, and I substitute soya or nut milk products if required. Good luck everyone !

Can anyone suggest a make or supplier of meal replacement protein shakes?

http://hellogiggles.com/game-changer-its-cloud-bread-time/

heres a recipe using greek yoghurt rather than cream cheese , so should be better for those on 800 cals

Thanks Clare
I will report my progress on here on an ongoing basis

cinnamon also lowers blood gloucose

I just made the almond butter and apple recipe – sooo easy! Apparently, cinnamon can help with weight loss and BSL so I added a good shake of ground cinnamon to the nut butter portion I had with the apple and it was delish.

Does cloud bread work without sweeteners ? I really dont like them (nor sweet tasting bread )

I can’t see any reason why you shouldn’t do the Blood Sugar Diet if you are also taking Thyroxine. Diabetes and Hypothroidism are often associated, but if your levels are Ok and you are not getting thyroid related symptoms, you should be fine. As Hopeful says – ‘no bad effects, only good ones, like losing 10lbs!!!’ for which congratulations !

I’m starting on Monday too. I’ll definitely be planning ahead and aim to start with some of the easy recipes. I think lunches for work are the most challenging but will aim to either prepare salad with meat/fish or take a homemade veg soup and heat it at work. Breakfasts will mostly be yogurt based or egg with avocado I think. Shouldn’t be too hard to stick to the meat/fish and veg for dinner but the main problem I think I’ll have is portion size to ensure I don’t go over the 800 cals. Will be using Myfitnesspal to log everything so hope that will work. Good luck to everyone starting tomorrow!

Looking forward to finding you all there!
I know it’s early days for us all but do any of you have any idea what kind of macro ratio we should be aiming for? The default 50% carbs is probably too much isn’t it?
Today so far mine are 74% fat, 22% protein and 4% carbohydrate (based on a cheese and onion omelette for brunch).
Haven’t started the diet proper yet but beginning to follow the principles. Waiting to start it with my mum over half term and I will be curious to see what the macros look like!
Would anyone care to share their recent macro stats?

I have also read the book and keen to get started it is breakfast I am struggling with as I don’t like eggs! Also nevber have a lot of time before work in the am.

Wow that’s very encouraging, I have my review with gp this week so I am going to discuss with her
Thank you, I am very excited to get started

Hi all, I’m about to start the programme this week and feel extremely positive about it. Have just finished the book and it seems that when someone has had diabetes longer term, the ‘reversal’ will probably be less dramatic. Having had diabetes for 21 years now, and longterm insulin for 6 or 7, I don’t want to have any unrealistic expectations but would love to look forward to reducing my medications – metformin and levemir – along with losing more weight. Has anyone else any experiences to share? Cheers!

Fantasic weight loss, Bernie, Yes I am looking forward to another week also ..( I think I may be another pound down now also 🙂

I thought about a sprialiser, but then its just another kitchen gadget to store so I got a juleinne peeler instead .. it does the same thing , but is much cheaper ( mine was £3.99 ) and you can store it in the cutlery drawer!

CARB,CALORIE,FAT etc

Does anyone know where I can find the carb,calorie,fat etc, content of a meal I want to make for myself???
I know My Fitness Pal does it but you have to list every ingredient separately and it takes ages.
Many thanks

thankyou for your advice. im really pleased that you are losing weight. I deffinately want to try this.

You will need to record your BS readings before and after eating for at least a week,note how much lower your readings are, then ask your Diabetic nurse how many units you need to take with your 24 hour now that your readings are lower.
Hope that helps.
Keep at it, you can lose weight on this diet.

Hi! Mine has stalled too (day 12). In fact scales say have put 0.5kg back on (no!!!!) I have no suggestions but I think for me it’s being on holiday & far more sedentary. I am also not going to let it derail me but remember the total weight loss so far and push on. Good to have those other tips though if things don’t start moving again! Good luck!

Read the book and now planning menu for next few days. Finding it quite hard trying to choose things that both myself & husband will eat.

Day 5 results were interesting for me. My official weigh in is Wednesday morning. I am only about 5 lb overweight in BMI stakes but weigh 15 lb more than I am happy with. When I sneaked a look this morning I weighed 3 lb less and when I looked at my belly measurement it looks like (my measure isn’t very good) I might have lost 3 inches. My belly is disproportionate to the rest of me so I need to lose around 9 inches. I am a big fluctuator though. It might not stay that way.

Hi, I have the Hemsley & Hemsley one. Only downside if you are a gadget queen like me is storing it. I spotted some smaller gadgets in Steamer Trading.

I will add you too later. I am Josephina Bonetto on there. If anyone wants to add me they can. I haven’t joined the group yet.

Hi all!

I started last Wednesday. Currently doing 2 shakes & a 400 calorie meal. Lost 8lbs already.

I’m very very overweight & am prediabetic so it’s my aim to sort that. Morning glucose has dipped into the 5’s a couple of days but up to 7 one day. It remained in the high 6’s on just a very low carb diet I tried last year.

This has been the easiest diet to stick to I’ve ever been on. And the fast loss is very motivating.

Can anyone tell me which spiralizer they have? I have looked online & it’s a bit of a minefield – so many to chose from & they all look so similar! Help please!!!

how did you know how to lower your insulin. the fast acting one I take with food is easier to work out but the 24 hour one, I have no idea?

Hi
I am on Insulin twice daily, and Byetta twice daily.
Since I have been on the BSD my blood sugar has gone down so I have been able to lower my insulin intake and this has also helped me to lose weight, nearly a stone, and all I have done in the way of excersize is walk a bit more.
Give it a go, the diet will help you loseweight even if you’re not running a marathon!!!
Good luck

Wobbly…I’ve been on it for just over a week and lost 7lbs…..using my fitness pal app to record what I’m eating and there have been a couple of days when I’ve give over 800 cals but overall it’s been great. No cravings and feel well…it’s all good!

Hi, I have been on Thyroxine for years, been on the BSD for three weeks and no bad effects ONLY GOOOD ONES, LIKE LOSING 10LBS!!!

Hi Mooster, good question – I take thyroxine too and was wondering the same thing. I would imagine the diet is pretty safe, just go easy on the kale!

Thanks Aliba, day 2 and I’m still motivated so that’s a good sign! Got the book on my kindle yesterday and have spent this morning meal planning for the week ahead so hopefully I won’t go adrift. How long have you been doing the diet for?

Hi
Just starting the diet today I have Hashimotos hypothyroidism and take 100mg levothyroxine per day and need to reduce weight any tips? Thanks

Very well done Bernie….that’s a great weight loss!

End of week 1 for me and have just weighed myself and lost 8lbs which I am overjoyed at. Just done the menu plan for week 2. I have found planning is the key for me so I know what we are all going to eat each day. Looking forward to week 2 which I have never said about any diet I have ever been on.

I made them on Thursday and froze them – haven’t tried them yet but need something to take for lunch at a day conference on Thursday. I found the mixture dry and had to add a bit more orange juice. They look a bit dry now cooked but they smelt lovely. Will report on cooked texture after Thursday.

Yes- cloud bread is a blessing when you want something a bit bready and its lovely with cheese . I first heard of it as oopsie bread (it came about because of a mistake reading a recipe). I add psyllium husks to mine to get more fibre for obvious reasons. Enjoy making it! 🙂

Just noticed you walk 5-6 miles a day!!!

I’m six days in now. My BS has gone from 10.5 to 8.3, so although I still have a way to go I’m very happy (it started at 21.9 in November!) I’ve only lost 4lbs but I haven’t been as strict as I could have, fluctuating between 700 and 1000 cals a day. It’s certainly given me the incentive to carry on which no other diet in the last 30 years has done.

Well done woobear! Are you being really strict? Are you doing exercise as well?

Hi Pinay
That’s very discouraging for you. I saw a good TED talk on you tube. A doctor called Sarah Hallberg who deals with diabetes. Worth a look, very encouraging – she tells her patients ‘No GPS’ which is no grains, potatoes, sugar. At least easy to grasp!
Hope things start improving for you.
Penny

Hi, I have just finished reading Michael’s book and am also starting the diet. Do you have a to reduce your blood glucose levels a lot as well as weight? I certainly have to do both, am very excited about my journey.

Hi all, hope you don’t mind me joining your thread. I started last Wednesday and I’m thrilled to have lost 5lbs already. I’m lucky as I haven’t been hungry so far and the immediate results on the scales have spurred me on. I was diagnosed T2 at the end of October with a grand total of 6.5 stone to lose to even get into the realms of s healthy BMI and still got 4 to go. This book had been a godsend as it has just made beautiful sense to me, plus it’s good I like so I feel very lucky!

Jojo I’m vegetarian too so having to adapt the recipes ( well my husband is). This morning I have lost 3 lbs down to a weight I havent seen since 1992! Fbg was 6.4 . No spikes in sugar readings during the day. Body fat down 1.5%.

Well end of week 1 for me and have lost 10lb, blood sugar down to 5.1 this morning 😀
Looking forward to week 2

Yes 800 cals. Sorry forgot that bit!