In today’s Telegraph newspaper, there is a very interesting article about how the current BMI numbers are not appropriate for people over the age of 65, which many of us on this site are (I’m 69).
The former UK health secretary, Ms. Hewitt, says that older people, men and women, should aim for a BMI up to 30, and possibly even higher. Keeping a bit of padding protects from falls and loss of muscle mass and in the event of a serious illness, provides protection from frailty. This is apparently accepted wisdom in Australia (her comments).
Worth evaluating your weight goals with this in mind. I am not commenting regarding diabetes (so don’t jump on me) — that is another issue.

Hello everyone
How are we all doing? I’ve not posted for a couple of weeks. I hosted book club a couple of Fridays ago and fell off the wagon for a week or so. I am not weighing myself until the end of the month but i can tell I’ve not made any progress. My target for April was only 3lb but I don’t think i will achieve it. I have decided to try something completely different and something I’ve not done for a long time- calorie counting and my word it’s been an eye opener! Things I’ve been eating without thinking are coming up so high in calories! A tablespoon of toasted seeds, crunchy peanut butter, four brazil nuts! I have been logging my food today and it’s been a total eye opener. Usually i eat low carb or keto and just eat what I feel is reasonable. I am going to calorie count until the end of the month as well as stay low carb and see how i do. I will weigh myself on the last say of April and report my score. I have quite enjoyed not stepping on the scales but it’s hard to know how far off target i am.
I hope you are all seeing some progress and look forward to reading your news. Two more weeks to go in April so if we knuckle down we could hopefully be a couple of pounds down. Here’s hoping. When I set my goal for April I felt it was achievable but I didn’t count on falling off the wagon for 10 days!

I wrote a long post yesterday… but (somehow) between posting in Advice and uploading my post on here, I had been signed out, so lost it!! 🫣😩🤔
That wasn’t positive!!!!! 🤯
But:
1. We heard the Cuckoo yesterday, loud and clear, (so must have been close) for the first time in about 15 years!! 😄😄🐦🐦🐦
2. The swallows are back! So now have to leave the shed door open for them…and cover everything in pooping risk area!!! 😄😁🪶🪶🪶
Hope you are all having positives today!

Hi Lucy.
I hope you managed to get things sorted so you could enjoy your son’s Cyprus wedding at the weekend. You have been in my thoughts… xx

Oh2beThin, sorry about your struggles, but welcome to the monthly thread. You are right, if nothing else this WoE should help with inflammation and make you feel better generally …. it has lots of positive knock-on effects. Feel free to vent and rant if necessary and be sure to share wins, no matter how small, so we celebrate with you.

👋 hello all hope you don’t mind me jumping on to your April challenge. It’s been an absolute yonking time since I’ve been on here but was so nice to read some names from years past. I’ve moved home retired due to ill health and husband has rheumatoid arthritis and I’m now living with stage 4 breast cancer. My weight has fluctuated due to treatment & life but need to take control & start back to adopting fully the BSD as I know it will help both me & hubby to reduce all that nasty inflammation we are both dealing with in different ways – I’ve been lurking for a few days to try and get my head straight & motivation up so here I am – hope you can all help me keep on keeping on 😉 day one today x

Hi Verano, sending you good energy from California. Sorry you have been feeling down.
Hi Margaret, your journey with your knee surgery is so frustrating for me to read about. The NHS holds such promise but they have structural issues that have to be addressed!
I am going to encourage you to not give up on the diet right now — seriously, this is not the moment to “be kind to yourself” because in the long run it will be “anything BUT kind” to comfort eat. Surgery will be immensely easier if you lose some weight and the recovery will be faster and more successful. You will come through the anaesthesia better if you are metabolically healthy. You will grow more cartilage when you are eating low carb and high protein (and exercising as much as you are able with your restrictions.)
Bombard yourself and your days with support — watch Dr. Bikman videos, buy expensive teas, hire a personal trainer even if all you do is chair yoga), have wine in small quantities with meals (you mentioned you like wine) — do ANYTHING to stay on the straight and narrow — you will be SO grateful you did so after surgery — think ahead to how you will recover quickly and robustly. You have many good years ahead!

Have been enjoying everyone’s positives and just popping in with a couple of my own …
🙂🙂 we’ve got as far as Italy, currently dockside waiting to board the ferry to Greece
🚘🚘 journey so far incident free and we’ve met with friends and enjoyed some good food …. and yes, some wine too🤭

Keep posting those positives!

Enjoy your trips SG and V xx

Just popping in with a few positives. I haven’t been lacking positives lately just not been very active in reporting them.
As everyone has said wonderful weather makes us all feel brighter.

So to my positives ….

☀️☀️☀️ Sunshine has definitely been a bonus.

👩🏻👩🏻 hair cut and coloured. So feeling renewed.
👣💅👣 toes had lovely pedicure yesterday.
🧳🛩️🛳️ now just need to pack! Then we’ll be on our way!

Stay positive!

Thank you, Pootle and Mixnmatch for your replies. I can see its a process of experimentation and I will monitor and adjust accordingly and, given the flying start, I will feel more confident going forward. Positives for today:
Lovely beach walk with the dog
Successfully tackled the ironing mountain (LOL!)
Bought a wooden egg instead of a chocolate one to celebrate the season!

Hi FGS,

I am sure we all do things slightly differently, depending on how much weight we still have to lose, whether we are diabetic, our way of life etc etc.
Mixnmatch has been around on these forums much longer that I have and really knows what suits most people. Personally, I kept to low calories and gradually started to increase portion sizes.

Hope all goes well.
x

Hi FGS, regarding graduation, there are many different possible next steps but the ones that work best and especially if you still have weight to lose are the ones that still involve intermittent fasting. 5:2 is just one option, I have also used 2:5, 3:4, 4:3, and 6:1 variants. (1:6 is a bit close to full Fast 800 to bother with usually). You can also just raise the calories every day, keeping the target below your basal metabolic rate and following the same principles but at 1000 or 1200 calories for example. Whichever you choose, you don’t have to stick with just one, just avoid the temptation to let up the control too soon.

Good morning.

Sorry I’ve been ‘quiet’ lately. I just seem to have had a few minor mishaps which have got me down a bit. Husband seems to be recovering well. But I had a fall a week ago. Fortunately nothing major but a bit battered and bruised. Arnica is a wonderful thing!

I was due to have my hair coloured on Friday but got a message on Thursday to say my hairdresser was unwell but would see me Tuesday, the day we go away! Anyway, as he is mobile, he will come tomorrow instead. So things are looking up.

Weight wise I’ve lost the pounds I put on during my ‘madness’ so am feeling ok about that. I’ve not reached the goal I set in January but I’ve still lost this year which is a plus.

Margaret I sympathise with you. Don’t fret about healthy eating at the moment. Sometimes we can only deal with one issue at a time. I just wondered if you are on the ‘cancellation’ list. I know a few people who have got last minute surgical slots when others have cancelled. Worth.a thought if you’re not on the list.

Anyway, hope everyone is well and April is proving to be a healthy month.

Well I bit the bullet & weighed & have lost 0.75 lb. I am rather in despair about my replacement knee surgery after an NHS fiasco on Thursday evening. I went to the hospital to be seen as I thought by another MSK specialist but my appointment had been changed to a phone call on my home phone from the Consultant Surgeon I had previously seen privately last October. I stayed at the hospital hoping he would call on my mobile for another hour but only got a voicemail saying he was trying to contact me but because his number was withheld & my phone didn’t ring. I then drove an hour back home to find another message on my house phone. A little hope was raised because he remembered seeing me previously & he may now be my surgeon & said he would take further action but no idea what that is & I was sent another appointment in January for May that will apparently be from him although it doesn’t say so! I complained to the NHS hub where apparently all new appointments are now made who said they had sent me a letter that I didn’t receive!! I have given up dieting with comfort eating nibbles with some wine & eating more carbs & not surprisingly because I am now more sedentary & can walk less weigh more than in last October 🤔😢
Sorry for the moan I know I am not a good advocate for eating wisely at the moment & my son & autistic grandson are coming for lunch today & I will be cooking pizzas plus salad.
Margaret

Me too, Pootle. And thank you for your kind words. Everyone has been so supportive and welcoming. Our final week of the diet and I’m a bit nervous about what comes after. I still have more weight to lose so I’m thinking of “graduating” onto the 5:2. Is that what everyone else has done? Grateful for any suggestions based on your experience of what works/what doesn’t work.

Positives for today:
Just like you, Pootle, the sunny weather makes me feel alive! It’s so uplifting!! (Just wish it was a bit warmer)
Have just organised a lovely birding holiday in Wales in May (my jam!!!)
Difficult to put my finger on the exact reasons but generally feeling positive and energised (probably another thing to attribute to the miracle that is the BSD)!

Have a lovely weekend!

Hi Yowser, my oldest grandchild is actually 6! They go down like steps, 6, 4, 3, almost 2. The girls both tell me that the baby shop is shut, so 4 it is and that’s plenty for me ❤️
DCT, happy retirement! I am sure you will revel in it. Every so often u have friends telling me that they miss work but I just look blankly, I adore being retired. Enjoy ask the opportunities that come your way.
After my steady week last week i’m happy to have had a 700g drop this week, to 70kg! That’s a big psychological barrier for me, I didn’t really think I would get below it again. Next goal is 68 and possibly 65 as a final goal, we’ll see how that goes.

Yes marigold Bouillon is good during fasting because it has low calories, no added sugar moreover it’s fasting friendly. so you can consider it in fasting.

Wishing all the travellers wonderful, relaxing holidays! Hope you all enjoy yourselves, indulging when appropriate…and I look forward to seeing you all back from your journeying!

FGS…a fresh wardrobe is so uplifting…and brilliant that you have spread the word. I feel so fortunate to have found the BSD and this ‘community’, it has improved my life so much!

Positives for today;
The long spell of sunny, warm weather is continuing…makes me feel good to be alive! ☀️☀️☀️
My seedlings are growing on…just have to prepare the veg garden soil ready to plant out! 🌱🌱🌱🫛

Hope you all have some positives in your day!

Oh my goodness, driving all the way to Turkey – bon chance. We will be driving up to Ouistream on Friday, staying overnight then early morning ferry. Enjoy your break. BTW we are all winners here.

Put it back to notes about Dr Mosley.
I am deeply saddened by the news of Dr. Michael Mosley’s passing. Thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute. It’s clear that he touched countless lives with his expertise, compassion, and unwavering dedication to improving health and wellness. Beyond his professional achievements, Dr. Mosley’s kindness and generosity will be fondly remembered. His innovative spirit and genuine concern for others stand as a testament to how one individual can truly make a positive impact in the world. My heartfelt condolences go out to his family, friends, and colleagues. He will be profoundly missed, but his legacy will continue to inspire us for years to come. May he rest in peace.
His unwavering commitment to excellence and his innovative approach to science and health have left an indelible mark on the lives of many.

I hope you have a wonderful & relaxing trip SunnyB 🥂🌝
Margaret xx

This is my last pre-trip check-in and can report that the scales are reading exactly the same today, as they did on Tuesday last week. Would have been nice to see a dip, but I’m taking it as a win …. I’m in the right stone bracket and feeling good.

We leave home tomorrow morning, dropping in to see my parents, then travelling on to our eldest daughter’s. We’ll be there until Friday morning, when we start our road trip properly, crossing to France to drive through to Turkiye.

We’re away until July and in that period I’ll be reading posts, but contributing less. Wishing you all a fair wind and hope to be reading about some great results in the weeks ahead. Keep on keeling on everyone.

Congratulations Pootle …. you guys married the same year as my OH and me, our anniversary isn’t until October though.
Bon voyage to you too V, hope things go well.
Hope you got some lovely new things to wear, FGS.

Couple of positives from me ….
🙂👍🏻 packing pretty much complete, just a few last minute bits to drop in.
🌸🌸 crazy excited that a dahlia I overwintering outdoors in a container wrapped in bubble wrap and horticultural fleece, has put up three lovely green shoots!!

What are your positives today?

That’s a great topic! One idea that works really well is offering a small reward or shout-out for participants who share their first few photos something like a “Photo of the Week” feature or a digital badge. You could also create a themed challenge (like nature, color tones, or reflections) to give beginners direction and motivation. Simple incentives like getting featured on your homepage or social media can go a long way in encouraging people to participate and keep improving!

Thank you everyone for your kind comments! What a nice bunch you are! I do like this thread. Been clothes shopping today at lunchtime and I am 2 sizes smaller! Eeeppp! That is an excited squeak if you need a translation. One a more serious note – sad but true – I don’t feel so ashamed when I catch a glimpse of. myself in the mirror. All of this is splendidly motivating! My husband and I will “graduate” in 2 weeks time but I am going straight on.to the 5:2 to continue to lost weight. I do have an ultimate goal in mind but the BSG is such a good way to start! I now have 3 other friends who have embarked on their BSG journey and we are swapping recipies!

Just a quick post .

Happy birthday and anniversary Pootle.
Great news FGS!
Hi Julia hope you’re well.
Sunny ‘Bon Voyage’. Enjoy!
S-g ‘Bon Voyage’. Enjoy!

All going in the right direction here. Will post as and when but STAY POSITIVE!

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I hope you have all had a good weekend!
My positives for today:
Over the weekend we celebrated our 28th anniversary 🥂🥂🍾🍾🦞🥙
I found butternut squash seeds had germinated in the compost bin, so I planted them up and am nurturing them in the kitchen! 🌱🌱🌱

I had an hour on the phone with a very “long standing” friend who I haven’t seen for over 5 years! 📞📞☎️😄

Good About this

Brilliant news FGS26!
Isn’t it wonderful to rediscover a waist!! Well done!
Keep keeping on!

🤸‍♀️🎉🥳 Excellent news FGS26 ….. win, win, win!!!🥳🎉🤸‍♀️ You deserve to revel in you achievement …. it’ll soon be summer so an ideal time to show off your newly found waist.

Hey FatGirlSlim 26, EXCELLENT work! Good job! Well done! Top woman!
That is an amazing accomplishment — you are to be congratulated and I am very happy for you — especially for your newly rediscovered WAIST!! I still love seeing my ribs, all those years I didn’t know how lovely they are — and a “waist” is even better.
Take yourself forward carefully now — it is easy to lighten up and regain weight. Stay focused on what has worked so far.
And again, warmest congratulations on your loss! (sounds kind of funny but you know what I mean ha ha)

Hi all, 6 days before we leave our home and 8 before we get on the ship. I think I have just about finished my packing and, thanks to packing cubes, everything is very organise and has all fit into one very large case with one overnight bag. I still have to pack makeup, toileries and medications but they will fit in the gaps. I have really pared back on things, so only taking 6 pairs of pants (knickers) – there are washing machines onboard. I have one pair of dressy shoes instead of a pair for every different outfit. Silver goes with anything and they are particularly comfortable. For shore I am just wearing trainers. That seems to be it.

As for my weight, I am still dithering around 71.2 as hubby came home with a gift of 6 bottles of white from one of his volunteers and he wanted to try one. Push the weight up to 71.6 but now back down. Not expecting much more but still not giving up.

Enjoy the lovely weather and the weekend.

Morning all. Thank you YOWZER as always for your inspiring words. It always feels like spring (in the UK) is a time of new beginnings so here’s hoping!

I’ve been busy with work and life, but am now retired!! Im off to London today to see my daughter for a combined celebration of Mothers Day, retirement, and it would also have been my mum’s 97th birthday this week. So we’re meeting at her flat for Prosecco then going to see a play and finish off with a Mexican dinner! So my reboot (of the reboot of the reboot . . .) starts Monday. I’m feeling positive and hopeful, especially with the better weather and more time to plan meals etc I’m confident of seeing some good progress soon 🤞

Well done to all who are losing. CATHY you are doing really well and it sounds like you are on target for your cruise. And I also love your “one in one out” philosophy. As I think I’ve said before, I’m really trying to cut my clothes right back – ideally to a fully fitting and functioning capsule wardrobe. How are your eyes doing now? Did you ever have the rescheduled appointment? Hope you’re progressing well.

MARIET enjoy the time with the grandchildren. As Yowzer said, I can’t believe your oldest is 4 already! Has all your dental work finished now?

SUEBLUE good luck with getting the rest of the MIL house sorted. It’s such a long slog. And when you do get back to meal planning please share on here as your food always sounds amazing and I’m looking for new inspiration!

MIXNMATCH great to see you back and I’m so pleased your mum is out of hospital and doing better. But it’s such a worrying time. Take care of yourself and I hope that everything settles down now.

POOTLE it’s a time of celebration for you too! Belated birthday greetings and I hope you have a wonderful anniversary celebration too.

How is everyone else? NOKIE, DAWN, ARCTICFOX, VERANO? And HEIDI it must be your birthday round about now? Hope you are ok and that you have something special planned for that. And hello to anyone else reading this too.

OK, must go and get ready now. Time to face the process of trying on all my ideas for what to wear then getting grumpy because nothing fits 😂

Love to you all and I’ll be back raring to go next week! X

3 positives:
I have a waist again!!
I have lost 2 1/2 stone.
Can’t stop smiling!!!

Belated happy birthday, Pootle … sounds like you enjoyed your celebrations.

After a difficult couple of days and sleep disrupted nights following sad news, I feel able to post some positives again …
🌸🌿 once again, my garden has been a balm to my troubled soul. Delighted to see the lilacs are starting to bloom and roses beginning to form buds.
🧳🚘 packing for our road trip is coming together nicely.
Grateful to have some positives to post, so at this point those two will do for me today.

Happy April everyone aboard the Good Ship Lollipop!
MARIET is your older grandchild nearly four now! seems like no time since you were awaiting their birth!Time goes by so fast. Already a quarter of our year long cruise has passed.X
POOTLE happy wedding anniversary! X
Well done MIXIE and hope yr Mum continues to get better soon X
Cant go back any further without going onto another page,so I’ll just say well done to all who have lost,even if just a small amount,and have a great weekend! X
I read this April Blessing…
May the warm sun rise in our souls and illuminate the precious nature of life.
May the gentle winds of change blow through our uncertainty and remind us that we are beings of infinite possibility.
May the newness of spring awaken our hearts with love, peace and the hope of new beginnings.
May we remember our shared humanity and act from a place of love, kindness and peace.
May our prayers rise together for all suffering beings and for the healing of our earth.
🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸🙂🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸

Hope your mother continues to improve M&M.
CC, great that you are heading in the right direction.
Mariet, I have also gained this week…2lb…but I think because I succumbed to a bottle of sparkling wine on my birthday! (I stopped drinking regularly about 10 years ago) I suspect I will gain a little more tomorrow, as it is our wedding anniversary, so I will be tempted again! Life is for living..(or cruising!) I had been maintaining well before that…so will get back on board on Sunday! Good luck with the grand children…hope they don’t wear you out first! 🤔😁
Keeping on keeping on!

Hi Lucy.
I feel for you…wish I could help. It is a nightmare, and the bureaucracy is unbelievable. When we were at our lowest, trying to get help, MIL wouldn’t go into respite…or allow assessment, in the end she was sectioned to get her somewhere to be assessed…that was a terrible day! BUT life did improve once she was in full time care.
I think the thing to remember is you need to TRY to give yourself some time for yourself. VERY difficult, I know, but essential for your health.
The weight will come off again…if it has gone once, it will be easier to lose next time, and you know you can do it! I put on 2lb this week…I think due to the bottle of sparkling wine I succumbed to on my birthday! 😩( I stopped drinking regularly a few years ago)
Thinking of you.
xxxxx

Disastrous week. Put on 4lbs that I lost last week. It’s amazing how just a couple of slip ups can be so dramatic.
It’s been an awful week. Dad has been so ill with uti that I spent all week extending his respite….and let me tell you it would be easier to join MI5, literally so much work.
We have to look at long term care and now the family is off to Cyprus for rhe wedding next Saturday apart from my parents obviously. And now he will be due out next weekend so I have one week to organise long term care which is a nightmare. They wouldn’t do it this week as he needs to be reassessed for long term and they won’t do that whilst he’s ill . Literally lay awake last night thinking how am I going to do this.
He’s not eaten anything all week and looks so frail. Should be looking forward to Cyorus but all I feel is dread. I don’t know how I’m going ro sort this out. As there is no way mum can cope with him at home. Dementia is significantly worse. Alongside all the ither issues.
Anyway….hope you’re all OK. I’m seriously gutted re weight but it’s all I can do at the moment. Xx

Glad to see you back Mixnmatch and I hope your mother continues to improve.
Well done on your results CCathy, a really solid result.
I am reporting a gain for the first time in a while, only 200g so not the end of the world but still a little disappointed as I haven’t fallen of the cruise ship or lashed out on any way. Oh well, maybe make up for it next week 😁
Tomorrow (Saturday) I have two little grandchildren, nearly 2 and nearly 4 staying all day with me, and over night and they will go home Sunday lunchtime. Their parents are going to a wedding and I am glad to help out and give them some child free time but I’m kind of dreading it too! They are dear little kids but exhausting.
My strategy is always to physically wear them out and luckily we have a spell of fine mild weather so we’ll hit the parks and playgrounds!
I hope everyone has a great weekend, keep on keeping on!

S-g yes you are so right I should have come here to ‘talk’. Sometimes I am so ‘lost’ that ‘talking’ just doesn’t help. Anyway, on the brighter side I now realise that my husband’s illness/surgery/recovery took a far greater mental toll on me than I’d anticipated.

So, the last few weeks, or so, are gone now and today I’m back to ‘mindful’ healthy eating. I guess I’m just not that good with ‘uncertainty’.

So just 6 days until you go away Sunny and maybe 8 or 9 S-g?, and we have 11 before we fly. I’m going to do my best for the short time I have before ‘holidays’ but I’m also going to do my best when we’re away. Spending all of our trip in the Med so it should be possible to eat healthily, even with a cruise in the middle!!!

Let’s try to ‘Advance through April’ the best we all can individually and maybe re-group in May…. which could become our ‘marvellous’ month! I’ll do my best to keep in touch.

Hi everyone. Verano, I am so sorry you have been having such a hard time lately. You really should come on and ‘talk’ to us about it. It always helps to vent. Hopefully you can now go and enjoy your holiday.

Yes Sunny, I have enjoyed the peace and quiet but it is getting a bit boring now and I have to do everything rather than think about the shared jobs. Like feeding the cats, setting out the litter tray, didn’t know how to work the dishwasher but managed to work it out 🙂

Still around 71kgs but not giving up yet. Just want to lose another kilo if possible.

SG, hope you are making the most of your ‘me’ time whilst your Hubby is away.
Pootle, well done on your maintenance, you really seem to have it cracked.
V, you are right, we are too ready to bear ourselves up for transgressions and small gains, forgetting to look at the big picture and what we have achieved. So pleased your OH has a clean bill and you are able to take your trip … go back enjoy!
HappySnap, well done, your first target is so close and I’m sure your approach will see that achieved very soon. When I started fasting, my OH was very anti and convinced it would make me ill. Now he just says, ‘Are you eating tonight?’ Once your loved ones see fasting isn’t harming you, I’m sure they will ease up too.
I’m not reporting in at the moment, as I’m only weighing weekly on Tuesdsys at present. So for now, I’ll just say, keep on keeping on.

Hi all.

Seems March has been a challenge for quite a few of us.
Hopefully April will be an easier and better one with less temptations and more lbs off!
I have lost another .6kg for a total weight loss of 8.6kg so far. Doesn’t sound so impressive until I googled “how many lbs is 8.6kg” and I was shocked to discover it was 18.9lb!!!!! I never realized its much better currency to weigh in lbs 🙂
So my first goal has been 9.2kg (which is 10% of my body weight which was 92kg when I was weighed by my consultant) and I am getting very close to that goal- hooray!!
But aware that I still have a long way to go from there but at least I am on the journey and it doesn’t seem like hard work at all- currently doing OMAD and occasionally longer fasts of 36 hours too. I like fasting and it really doesn’t seem like much effort. I don’t feel like i’m dieting…
Anyway thanks for being my safe space to share. Everyone else seems to think i’m going to fade away if I don’t eat immediately- honestly as if being 83kg that’s even a possibility!!

Hello.

I’ve had a really rough few days. New week, new month but still my demons have been raging.

OH has now been passed as ‘fit to travel’ so now scrambling to wash, iron and pack!
Anyway just getting my head back into gear!

I’ve been really ‘down’ these last few weeks and it’s now time to just get myself back on track. So instead of dwelling on the odd pounds gained here and there I’m looking at the bigger picture. I started here in 2016 and I’m still 2st less than I was. Yes I lost more and regained but hey I’m still winning!

Maybe sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. We should look at our achievements and build on them rather than beat ourselves up over the odd pound or two gain. Positivity is the way forward!

Good to have you back on board ship MixnMatch- I hope your mum continues to improve.must have been a worrying time.
We are all enjoying a leisurely cruise and you’ve got plenty of time to get back into the swing of things. I’ve enjoyed pacing myself this time round and learning to be patient. Two steps forward and three back sometimes but am heading slowly in the right direction.

Great to be actively advancing…
Thanks for the new thread. I haven’t posted much on the monthly threads since Christmas, but have been reading and mentally encouraging everyone as we all live the BSD life!
I am still maintaining 😄😇 and am happy to turn down potatoes (including chips), rice, pasta and bread (mostly..toast is still a temptation!🫣) but I still have a sweet tooth, so dessert is a major temptation.
To get over this, I have persuaded husband to have a pudding that I would like, and I have a teaspoonful!
I still haven’t had a follow up with the diabetes clinic and wonder if the nurse black listed me as a difficult patient. I saw her at the end of June last year!

As an April baby, this is my favourite month.
So I wish everyone health and success as we all advance!
Xx

SunnyB
Wish your OH a very happy birthday from another April Fool!
My positives for today:
1. A delicious celebratory meal out today 🥙🦐🍤🦞 for my special birthday!
2. I resisted dessert! 😇 ( and chips!)
3. A glass of sparkling wine this evening. 🥂The first since Christmas, went down really well! 😄😄😄

Quick post with my positives for today …
🥳🎉 OH’s birthday today 🤸‍♀️
🌞🌞 sunny day and a pleasant visit to Lyne Regis
🍽🥘 lovely celebratory lunch out

Hope your day has been a pleasant one too.