Good idea Verano. I shall make an appointment next week. Hair colouring is always a great boost.
Positives from me:
1) my sons have decorated the Christmas tree. Lots of tree decorations from a lifetime of holidays. presents, chilldhood and so on. All my favourite cards are out from previous Christmases, and suddenly we are surrounded by family and friends. Feels good.
2) Finished planting tulip and daffodil bulbs. A bit late but I shall be optimistic.
3) Tried making my own seaweed rolls today. They weren’t very elegant, but were very tasty with a filling of smoked salmon, avocado, edamame beans, salad, and a bit of cream cheese. I liked the extra texture that the roasted seaweed gave.

Hope you all have some positives in your weekend. x

Hi Sunny… and everyone else!

Just one positive for me today …..had my hair cut and coloured… feeling renewed!

Sorry to hear your results s-g. Who knows, one offs happen. You know your own body best so good luck with sorting it all out.
Just two more weeks before the days start to lengthen again. WHOOPEE!
Have a good weekend.

Well had a shocker today with my results. 7.3, that is the highest it has ever been except from when I came back from a cruise and didnt have time to get myself back on track. Need to give myself a good talking to and look at what I am doing wrong. My BG each morning seems to be around 90 and I dont eat carbs. What I have noticed is that I am having a late night snack around 10.30 but usually just meat or cheese but sometimes on a Ryvita, also having Ryvita most mornings with my boiled eggs. Also, if I get shakey in the afternoon I have a Werthers original for the sugar rush. I need to cut out the Ryvita as it is the only true carb I have, also no Werthers if I feel a crash coming although it is more habit than necessity now. Also try to go back to TRE and have nothing from 8pm. Oh well, I guess I know what I have to do from now on – stick to it properly.

Good to treat yourself, V … 🤞🏻the new regime helps improve your nails.

My positives for today…..
🌻🌻 it didn’t rain here today so did a little garden tidying
🌻🌻 think I’ve pretty much finished the Christmas gift shopping now
🌻🌻 the mango chutney ferment I set up last week is yummy … now in thefridge and being consumed
🌻🌻 Sri Lankan friend seems to be okay following the cyclone, as he’s read my WhatsApp message

Keep looking out for those positives folks!

Just one positive today …. this morning I had my BSD go to breakfast of yogurt, stewed rhubarb and walnuts. I love the cold yoghurt with the warm rhubarb and the walnuts are just a bonus!

Sunny read your post and thought I DO have a positive too….

I have a pedicure every three weeks and last week decided to have a manicure every three weeks too! My finger nails are awful so thought maybe if I had them taken care of every three weeks it might just help!

Enjoy the rest of the week.

Sounds like you’re settling back in nicely, Verano. Thanks for finding time to post here again.
Heidi, good to see you posting some positives too. My freezer needs defrosting, but not sure it will happen before Christmas …. well done on getting yours sorted.

Positives from my little corner are ….
🌹🌹 it’s taken me 10days, but have finally got around to planting in my four new rose bushes.
🌹🌹 youngest DD and oldest GS came to dinner last night, lovely to gave their company
🌹🌹 had a pedicure today … now have pretty tootsies again 👣🙂

Whatever your day has held, hope it included plenty of positives.

S-g I understand exactly where you’re coming from and must admit to feeling somewhat the same. Just sort of maintaining between holidays! I guess at the end of the day ‘health’ is more important now than weight per se. As you say your diabetes ‘is what it is’. My mobility ‘is what it is’ and sometimes we just have to ‘accept’ and make the best of, and move forward.

I think, for me, dipping in and out of the boards helps to keep me from letting my blood sugar fall back into the diabetic range and really I’m quite happy with just that. Anyway, I’m not going anywhere and if it helps I’d be happy to help you. Maybe, as ?’Dreamscometrue’’ does on the annual thread, just once a week check in on the three month thread might be enough to keep the thread alive?

BTW you are never boring!

Hi all, had the expected weight gain from the quiz night but the good news is WE WON. We have joined up with some great people who had a team of 4 and we are allowed 6 so they asked us to join them as we always came second to them but with just 2 of us. There were 5 of us this week and win a bottle of wine each – 6 into 5 doesnt go so we gave one person 2 bottles so they could add it to the Christmas charity raffle. We also booked to go to a feast on NY Eve. The menu is a buffet so plenty of low carb for me followed by roast guinea fowl, then a buffet of cheeses and desserts. Not like us to go out on NYE but what the heck – we have some good friends and better than moping at home.

Verano, do I really mean to fade away from the site. No, not from the site, just from running things. It was okay when there were 3 of us sharing and I don’t know how we managed when it was weekly. I would like someone to take over. Possibly I will set up a thread for January (3 months) for a winter period. I am not really losing weight, just managing to maintain with occasional spurts of loss for holidays etc and then the usual gain. Because I am setting up the thread I feel I have a responsibility to keep it going and welcome newbies and just keep everyone upbeat. Just getting fed up with it and sure others must be sick of me going on – which I do for something to say to keep people interested and gee up the comments. Like you, I will have been on this site for 10 years in June, so maybe take a back seat. Also, my diabetes is what it is, I cannot do more. Even after all this time I still stick with around 800 to 1000 cals daily and rarely eat white carbs, try to exercise 3 to 5 times a week – so I even bore myself going on about it.

Have a good week.

Defrosted the freezer. It’s a job I hate doing, so I feel a bit smug.
For the first time in my life, I paid for a cosmetic procedure – 20 minutes in the dentist chair, and I now can smile with confidence. It’s my early Christmas present to me.
Christmas tree has made its way up from the cellar. Looking forward to the family decorating it tomorrow.

Just wondering if anybody had heard from Lucy or Pootle lately?

Well I’m trying to post more positives so yesterday ….

🍗🍅🧅 Made a very nice chicken casserole for dinner with lots of vegetables and a can of ‘5 beans’. Trying my best to increase my fibre intake.

✉️📧📩 Sorted out a stack of post yesterday most of which was junk but also dealt with the few important bits. Always a chore when you’ve been away!

☀️❄️☀️ Looks like being cold but sunny today!

S-g are you really planning on ‘fading away’?

Hi there Verano and Tulip, the start of the month is always a time of great motivation. First tip of the month -I am lucky to be retired and living deep in the countryside not bothered by office parties or lots of temptations but if you are you can try to alter your mindset and handle difficult situations by planning ahead. How many times have you started with good intentions and change you mind when you see what other people are ordering that are normally off limits to you. Can you check online what is on the menu and know exactly what you are going to order. I am going to a quiz tonight and I know there will be very few carbs as it is not in the French nature to add potatoes or chips to a meal. BUT there will be bread. I plan to have just one slice but use it like the Glucose Goddess advises, do not eat it first – make sure I have some veg before to line to gut opening which slows down the absorption of sticky carbs.

Tulip, I was speaking to Wendy yesterday as you reminded me we have not been in touch for a while. She is fine, she spent a lot of time in Australia being a new grandma and she is enjoying life with closer family in France. Just faded away from the site – just like I am going to do. We had both been on it for years and life moves on.

Have a great week.

(p.s. where is Wendy (Wendleg)- I may have missed something due to being intermittently absent myself)? x

Hi SG, thank you for setting up the new thread 🙂 🙂 🙂

Well done S-G setting up the December thread & resisting the carbs 👏👏
I have just come back with my husband from watching the Royal Ballet filmed production of Cinderella which was very enjoyable but I was very chilled sitting in a cold down draft & have warmed up having a Brandy & some nibbles 🫣🙀
I will be baking salmon for supper with creamed spinach & some boiled sweet potato 😀
We will also enjoy watching the results from Strictly from Dancing on tonight.
How is your house sale going S-G?
Take care everyone & see you in December!
Margaret xx

Thank you s-g for setting up the monthly thread …. again! Odd to think this will be the last one but I’m sure we will all benefit from the new seasonal thread.

In the meantime, I promise to be more ‘present’ this month and post as often as I can.

‘Delicious’ has such a warm, wholesome, and possibly decadent, but not too decadent, feel about it. One of my ‘delicious’ breakfasts is a bit ‘decadent’, ’ scrambled eggs with smoked salmon. Not ‘naughty’ but very nice. I love avocado so another go to this month. I’m trying to eat much more protein but with far fewer carbs this month so that’s my goal for December.

Hope it’s a good month for everyone.

Thread set up under Starting the BSD – Welcome to Delicious December 2025. Some are new starters and they are very welcome but I want to see our regulars supporting this thread.

Nearly had a disaster yesterday. We are thinking of selling our breadmaker as not used in 10 years but had to try to see if it stil works. So hubby made a loaf and the smell alone was enough to drive me back onto carbs. Although not quite. I resisted by having half a slice of the crust end with butter. Yes it was delicious. He asked if I wanted another slice with my brunch this morning and I said NO! Thereby leads to addiction. No more bread and I only gained 0.1 of a kilo. Still down to 73.65 and will be lower still before our night out.

See you all next month,

I hope you are going to join us in this last of the monthly threads. We will be starting a new thread in the New Year with a seasonal theme so dont forget to look out for that.

In the meantime we have just over weeks before Christmas. Plenty of time to get into that lbd (little black dress) or whatever you want to wear. Lets support each other and make this a Christmas to feel proud of ourselves, whether it be a slimmer you or someone who has improved their blood glucose. Can we also include tips and hints for avoiding the madness that leads up to the big day – yes it is just one day so no need to make it the undoing of all your good work.

See you all here.

Sunshine-girl

Hi all, tried to set up a new thread but it kept sending me back to beginning. It will be called Welcome to Delicious December, normally it is in Welcome to BSD but will try to put it in another section.

Hi everyone,
Good to hear your gum is improving Cathy.
SueBlue, hope the reset is going well.
Yowzer where are you?? As Cathy said, it would be nice if we all check in before the end of the year. Not exactly a muster station, since that would mean the ship is going down! But you get my drift.

I can’t believe it’s less than three weeks since my father’s death. Life is sad and complicated. I am trying to resist the carbs, but not always succeeding. Here in NL, Christmas temptations arrive early with Sinter Klaas, and I succumbed. Big time. Anyway, 0.4 kilos back and lesson learned. Total lost since May is 15.6 kilos. I hope you all have better focus than I do!

Wishing you all a good week. xx

Hello everyone & I agree with the suggestions that a three month timed thread would be useful & would enable a longer period to be able to focus on & achieve a better weight loss. Looking back on my last three months all I seem to have done is bounce one or two pounds on & off but really have achieved very little weight loss. I am looking forward to January when I feel that I can refocus & set myself a more realistic goal over a three month period.
A delicious December certainly would represent the food available during the festive period & an enjoyable time to be had spent socialising with friends & family. This time of year can be very stressful trying to plan for hosting, gifting & to not eat or drink too much 😀. Let us try also to be kind to ourselves & each other 👍😍
Margaret xx

Glad you arrived home safely Verano … sounds like you’re getting settled back in nicely. Enjoy your home cooked low carb meal this evening.

My positives for today ….
🌼🌼 lovely date night with my OH last evening
🌼🌼 two catch up phone chats with friends this afternoon and one planned for tomorrow
🌼🌼 all holiday laundry done now … just need to sort out the non-holiday laundry now!!

Hope you all have a pleasant weekend full of wonderful positives.

Hello.
Time to add some positives….

🛩️🧳🛩️ home safely albeit delayed resulting in a post 2am bedtime…. my goodness the bed was freezing! But the positive we’re home safely and the bed will be warm tonight!

🧳🧺🧳 Cases unpacked and first lot of washing done.

🥒🥦🌶️ Fridge restocked. Cauliflower in the steamer and salmon in the oven …. so looking forward to a home cooked, low carb meal.

Going to have a fourth…..
🦶🦶just had a lovely pedicure. My toe nails were a mess after five weeks so really good to see them looking pristine again!

Hope you’re well Sunny and S-g so glad you brought this thread back up. It would be a shame to lose the longest running thread on the site.
Have a good Sunday and a good week.

I really appreciate everyone who keeps the regular threads going….seasonal/ every 3 months sounds great, I’ll be very grateful whatever you decide, just somewhere we can pop in as needed. Is Wendleg Wendy still about? I may have missed her being away or something else, due to not always checking the threads…..?

Love Tulip x

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Hello.
S-g you’ve done really well to keep this thread going for four years. I know how hard it is to be ‘responsible’ for keeping threads going.

Looking at the last few months it seems we have a very small group of contributors who steadfastly post with lots of ‘dipper in and outers’. I agree that a longer thread might be better because maybe then we won’t fall into the trap of ‘the month is almost over so might as well start anew next month, so no point in posting’.

I like the idea of a three month/seasonal thread. I think we have different motivations with the seasons and maybe more people can relate to that.

I’d like maybe ‘Delicious December’ to let the monthly thread go out with a bang. December is a ‘delicious’ month and there’s lots of ‘low carb’ deliciousness about if you seek it out!

Anyway, I’m now home from my travels and I’m really embarrassed to report a 0.6lb gain. Honestly, after my many indulgences over five weeks I was expecting maybe 7 or even a 10lb gain! I guess there’s something to learn from this, well for my body. I was eating three meals a day with no IF. I was walking a lot more than normal but then I wasn’t cooking, washing, ironing etc. so maybe that evened out. I was eating plenty of protein with eggs lots of mornings and I was also eating even when I wasn’t hungry… very naughty. There was also the odd dessert or three! Anyway, I was shocked and it’s really made me rethink about the way I’m eating. I think that maybe switching and changing our eating patterns occasionally ‘wakes’ our bodies up. Don’t know just guessing. Nonetheless, I’m looking forward to some good low carb home cooked meals!

Hope everyone is well and looking forward with enthusiasm to new threads.

Hy,
Fresh milk Dubai is always my go-to for quality, and the same freshness reminds me of how well the Chipotle menu delivers bold, flavorful options. From Chipotle Burrito to bowls, everything feels wholesome and customizable, making it perfect for any craving.

Thank you for all your past efforts S-G & four years is a long time . ⭐️⭐️
I have just weighed & amazingly have lost two pounds but did walk 6.500 steps on a day out to Brighten yesterday despite a pasta lunch & a glass of wine. I find December to be a dangerous month for food temptations & the amount of money spent with two more birthdays in my immediate family. It is so easy to go overboard in every way with social occasions & the difficulties in resisting joining in with canapés, snacks, alcohol, & the continual bombarding commercial pressures to buy more more & more of everything. As you can see it’s not my most favourite time of year & I have already completed my Christmas gift shopping for my family with things they have said they would like rather than guessing what they might like!! I do however enjoy eating Scottish shortbread & sherry trifle, no jelly allowed in my family recipe & mincepies🫣🙀
I hope everyone has a good next week 🤞🤞
Margaretxx

Hi all, looks like it is time to come up with a new title for December. Also, it will be my last time at running the thread, I think 4 years is long enough when it is now down to one person. Maybe we could think of a longer-term idea – 3 months, 6 months, a year, or seasonal, spring, summer etc. I am not leaving the site, just giving up setting up this thread.

That said, December is looming and I will set something up in time for Monday.

I am still under th 74kgs but barely. Going out for a meal on Monday so want to lose a bit before so I can never see the 74kgs again. Have a good weekend.

To make this thread relevant to it’s name again, I’ll post some positives ….
🌸🌸 put my first Christmas decoration out last night … a little ‘crystal’ Christmas tree with a sparkly lite interior. Bought it last weekend and it’s so pretty I wish I’d got two.
🌸🌸 managed to get advent calendar fillers for grandchildren finished yesterday … phew!
🌸🌸 one of my close friends has landed a permanent job, after struggling all year to secure something more than a temporary role. So happy he can look to the new year with positivity.

Please post a positive yourself, to keep the thread going …. it’s always uplifting to read all the posts.

Both adverts for Dubai carpets and curtains have been reported.

Hello All. I am back from my travels at last. I had hoped I could continue my healthy eating and regular fasts while away but it was not to be. I have not yet had the heart to step on the scales to see the damage! In my defense, I had some unexpected difficut events to negotiate which also steered me off track somewhat. So good to have this friendly and supportive forum to report to. Will read through the posts to catch uup…

Quick pop-in to post more positives….
🌞🌞 driving to the post office on a bright chilly morning and really appreciating the beauty of the Somerset countryside
🌞🌞 set up a mango chutney ferment today … excited to taste the results, have to wait a few days though
🌞🌞 more online Christmas orders placed. I’m enjoying ticking things off the list!

What positives blessed your day today?

Quick ‘hello’. Welcome back Kazz.

Just three more sleeps before I’m back in my own bed, own home, own kitchen and able to eat my ‘own’ food again. It’s been wonderful to have such an extended holiday but food wise it’s been a disaster. In saying that I’m so looking forward to getting back into my healthy eating routine again. I just hate eating carbs!

Hope everyone is doing well. November is almost over so maybe soon time to start thinking about December???

Can’t believe this year is almost over. I’m not going to look back to January rather I’m going to focus on looking/moving forward from December onwards…. one day at a time!

Reported Adan

Hi everyone,
Cathy it’s good to hear that your gum is healing and you are feeling a little better. Sorry to hear the consultant was so horrible though! You are right that a lot of us haven’t had the year we had hoped for and it’s definitely completely knocked me off track for the last 4 or 5 months so I very much doubt I will be at goal by the end of this year (yet again). I’m away this coming weekend at the Burghley Christmas fair and know I won’t be sticking to healthy eating whilst I am there, maybe once I’m back I will have a couple of healthier weeks but I’m not going to worry at the minute, I’m definitely lighter than I was at the start of the year so I guess that’s something. I hope everyone else is ok, as you say Cathy, it would be nice to hear from everyone before the end of the year.
Dawn XX

Apologies for a lengthy absence from this thread … a little over two weeks of sun, relaxation and a bit of a tech detox in Tunisia to recharge the batteries after a difficult summer. Back now and looking at positives to report….
🌻🌻 being able to escape for a little winter sun before the festive season
🌻🌻 four rose bushes I ordered a couple of months ago, arrived the day before we got home, just need to get them planted up now
🌻🌻 only been home four days and already ticking things off the Christmas gift list

Hope you are able to find positives in your day … let us know about one or two of them please.

Hello everyone
I am feeling a bit better, my gum is healing and I’ve got an appt to discuss my treatment and to plan how am going to manage the gum going forward. The consultant at the Max Fax Unit was rude and very disparaging about my dentist last week when I attended for follow up. He said I should not have been referred to his service as he is a cancer specialist and I told him my dentist thought it was cancer. He told me that my dentist should have attended his lectures and then he would have known I had a periodontal abscess. As I left I said “I’m sorry for wasting your time”. He was so rude! I’ve been having problems since July with this gum! I’ve been in the most severe pain but things seem to be settling at last.
I’ve got some invigilating shifts in December and next week I am singing Monday and Tuesday in the Bridgewater Hall with my choir. As for losing weight- it’s not happening! I’m not even trying! Clothes are tight! I’ve bought bigger sizes! When I attended my MRI scan on Saturday I had to let them know my weight and I didn’t know because I’ve not weighed for months! I just guessed! I have enjoyed eating without feeling any guilt which has been a revelation. Ive enjoyed saying yes to things and not feeling bad about food. My years of dieting always steers me towards healthy options but being more flexible feels so liberating. The stress of trying to be slim has overwhelmed me this year and I’ve accepted myself more in the last three months. I am disappointed that I’ve not achieved anything weight wise this year- I tried and tried and failed and failed. I’ve had lots of ups and many downs but I’m doing ok. This year just wasn’t my year. Many of us haven’t had the year we hoped for but that’s life. I was convinced I would get to goal weight this year but hey ho! Well done to everyone who has lost weight, it’s hard to keep chipping away but when it begins to fall off it’s so exciting to see the new you emerging. There have been some big weight losses too! Well done.
I hope before we come to the end of the cruise we can all get together, if we have lost or gained we have sailed together for a whole year and it would be lovely to catch up before we disembark. 🚢 🌊

Decided to make a comment to bring this thread up over all the scammers who are posting. Admin, please do something about them.

My positives are:

started to lose weight again and definitely under the 74kg bete noir.
thrown out the DVD player but managed to find my favourite exercise on Ytube, Shaun T. Glad I can still keep up with him even with the asthma.
120 days to our next cruise, got to get Christmas over first with hopefully little or no damage to my weight. Not much chance of that.

Hi everyone, Kazz nice to see you back – tip of the week, share the cake or only take one really mindful bite of yours just to get the taste pleasure. We are dragging out our breadmaker this week to try it out before we put it up for sale, that means having lovely crusty bread in the house. Will hopefully get hubby to freeze half.

Hi Tulip1, it is not easy to get motivated to exercise when it is cold and miserable (yes, even here in France). I managed 2 sessions this week.

Lost another smidge and down to 73.5kgs. Will try not to be tempted by the bread.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Hi all, I’m not feeling very chatty, but determined to carry on my weekly check-in! Thank you for all your good wishes.

Congrats SueBlue on the reboot. Your food diary looks delicious, and I am sure it helps to be less calorie focused and more quality focused.
Dawn I hope you have recovered from the stomach bug and can press on with op recovery!
DCT thanks for the good wishes. I am in Europe so two countries rather than continents to negotiate in all this sadness. That makes it a bit easier!

It is nearly six months now since my 25 May reboot, though the last month has been a bit patchy in terms of carbs. I am getting back on track. I see from my last post that I must be down 0.7 kg this week, since I have now lost a total of 16 kilos – though some of that has been on and off a few times! Keeping on keeping on. Good luck to everyone this week.

Welcome back Kazz 🙂

I’ve been not terrible (re healthy eating), but not perfect either……although I have lost a few pounds so the overall trend is going down a tiny bit….really, not enough consistency as yet tho!

Exercise-wise, I have been regularly putting in what is needed to increase fitness, so that is one positive.

Love to all xx

Hello, returning “oldie” here! Lovely to see a few names that I recognise, such as Sunshine-girl, Verano, Wendy1947 and Tulip1 to name a few. “Waves”. I think it must be about 5 years since I was last here. What a lot has happened since then…. I’m newly retired (5 months) and still battling on with my Achilles heal – white crusty bread! I am hoping by re-joining I can give myself the incentive I need to get back in control. Since retiring, I’ve got into a rather naughty but nice habit of taking mum and I out / shopping twice a week and we then have a nice coffee and cake or share a fish and cone of chips each week for lunch – I need to reign it in and become accountable again! It is good to be back and nice to see a few familiar faces! 🙂 I hope everyone is well?
Kazzeexxxx

Thank you for this thread and being able to post a tribute. I’ve not posted for a few years, but I wanted to say how grateful I am to have stumbled across Dr Michael’s BSD website back in 2017 when I was very low and quite desperate – searching for answers to my digestive issues…. he taught me so much and since then I have been on a marvellous journey, learning and educating myself.
However, utter disbelief and immense sadness when I first heard the news of his passing. He wasn’t afraid to try things out for himself – such as the tape worm! I’ll never forget that experiment! My thoughts are with his wife Claire and family who are carrying on with his legacy and that is just amazing! What an awesome man and family. Thank you, Michael and his Team, for all you have given us.

Gone down to 73.6kgs so that is progress. It takes me back to having lost 7lbs since September. Not the 14lbs I wanted but still 3.5 weeks left. Only one night out during that time.

Hope you are all doing okay. Feeling sad I seem to be here on my own most of the time.

Hi all, still dithering around 74kgs, Dont know why I worry about my weight so much as it is my BG that is more important, but the 2 can be connected.

Still trying to get down to 71kgs for Xmas but it is looking bleak.

Thanks Sue, I bet it was awful having it on holiday. The worst part for me was the agonising stomach cramps which were as bad as the worst kidney stone pain I’ve ever had. If my sister hadn’t had exactly the same I would have been concerned that something had gone wrong with my surgery! I’ve been out and about this morning for the first time since the operation, I let my husband drive as not sure I could do an emergency stop yet if needed but am hoping to be driving again by next week🤞Dawn XX