Yes V, it really takes me back. Most people now come on this site and do the BSD like it is accepted and that is great but when we started no one had ever been so daring as Prof Taylor and then Michael Mosley to even suggest that diabetes could be put into remission or reversed. I remember reading all those ads that pop up, an island in the Pacific where they never get diabetes because they eat this berry or that root, this cure or that cure that I knew were all lies – all a load of rubbish. It used to leave me crying thinking no matter what I try nothing worked. Well this does and we are proof of it.

You have managed to reverse your diagnosis and be med free. As for me, I am in a much better situation than 10 years ago. Medically I should now have failing kidneys, eye problems, degenerative diseases. I look at the time when I lost the feeling in my big toes and my doctor said that was it, once its gone its gone. Not any more, only a couple of months of this diet and I have no neuropathic problems. Also on much less medication even though I am still diabetic – I just dont have to staying power to go without everything forever, because that is what it can take. I am always low carb, do TRE and exercise mostly 3 times a week. For me it is the insulin that keeps me diabetic. Remember that, anyone whose doctor suggest insulin as a simple answer – it is not, it is forever for most people.

Hi SueBlue
Retirement – woo hoo! Enjoy it and enjoy the freedom it brings. It’s lovely being able to choose what you do every day. Time for yourself. I retired during covid lockdown but it was perfect. I then went on to work in the vaccination centre and now im invigilating but it’s my choice and thats very liberating.

I’m another one not looking forward to facing the music this week! We had the Australia Day long weekend here last weekend and then I’ve also had various retirement events – team lunch, lunch and coffee catch ups and a farewell afternoon tea -BUT I retired today 🙂
I was almost late for work this morning as I kept trying on different outfits
And so many of my clothes didn’t fit! I mainly work remotely so just wear comfy clothes, but went in to the office last week and today for the various events. It was a real wake up call! But I’m meeting up with some colleagues in a few months time for someone else’s leaving lunch so I have an initial goal date to work towards!
I’m hoping that by being retired now I’ll be able to focus more on health and fitness – that’s the plan anyway! I want to be fit, healthy and strong so that I can travel and make the most of it! A long term goal is to get to my goal weight
before a planned school reunion in the UK next year – I live in Australia now but was born and raised in England. Ideally that would be a 15kg loss – I certainly don’t want to be in the position I was today where I didn’t feel good in anything I tried on! So here goes!

Dreamscometrue- I’m sorry to read about your disappointing weight loss this morning but I agree with Sunny that the salt and carbs from your meal last night will have impacted this mornings weigh in. I am facing the music tomorrow morning and haven’t been on the scales since last Friday. I know I’m going to see an increase and I hope it’s not even more than when I started at the beginning of January. I don’t know what’s happened this week. I had a day of invigilating on Tuesday when I had to drive through the most horrendous storm on the motorway to get to work. I was very nervous but arrived safely and had a good day . When I got got home at 430 pm I was really hungry and I went off piste. The scales will tell me everything tomorrow and I’m annoyed with myself. We have to remain strong and focused and just dig deep. Keep on trying and don’t give up. I hope I’ve not ended the month heavier than I started!
I think it’s good to be honest and accountable so well done DCT for owning it. You might well be getting fitter and stronger with your gym routine and you might be shedding fat and increasing muscle. Your gym and swimming work is going to be helping you become stronger and fitter and hopefully leaner.
I’ll report back after I’ve done the walk of shame tomorrow.

Quick drop I with some positives ….
🧡🧡 Good journey from Somerset up to London ti see Dad … surprisingly little traffic!
🧡🧡 we had a pleasant meal out last evening and Dad is finishing it off for breakfast 😋
🧡🧡 a friend has just landed his dream job … he’s had a rough ride since folding his business 5yrs ago. Absolutely couldn’t be more thrilled for him, hopefully 2026 will be his year.

What about you? What have been your positives?

It is likely that the higher carb intake last night has hung on to water, hence your higher scales reading this morning, Dreams. If you can just get right back on track, that is likely to rectify over the next couple of days.

Like you, I like to use daily weigh in’s as a way to keep track and keep me focused … an increase means I need to buckle down, a decrease that I need to keep the ball rolling. However, I’m not at home right now so not able to do that, instead I’m just trying to make very carefully considered food choices. Hopefully I’ll be able to report another small decrease next week too.

SUNNY thanks for the encouragement and well done for that 1lb off. It may seem small, but as you say it’s in the right direction and a loss is a loss. I also think we can underestimate the significance of each pound or kilo we lose. It can seem like nothing, but if you pick up something of that equivalent weight you realise that it is definitely progress.

I’ve had a disappointing week scales-wise. My usual MO is to weigh every day. I like to see the fluctuations and work out what has impact in terms of gains or losses. Not that it’s an exact science! CATHY you were asking earlier if it was cheating to take your average weight for the week and I don’t think so at all. The scales do go up and down for all kinds of reasons. What I do is set my weekly target and if I go below that at any point during the week I consider the target met. But my weight then needs to settle at that weight consistently for a few days before I consider it a real loss. So last week I achieved my lowest weight for the month so far, which was a loss of around 3.5lb from my start weight. I was really happy with that. Then from the weekend my weight settled higher for a few days at 2lb below my start weight. Not as happy but ok, I thought, it will do. And did wonder if some of the gain was muscle as I have been doing lots of exercise, particularly swimming. Probably wishful thinking 😂. But this morning the scales are back up to where I started on the 5th January!! Being honest, we had a little celebration here last night and ended up with fizz and a Chinese takeaway, so I did go (yet again!) completely off piste which probably explains it. But I feel like I’m in the naughty corner. And am just hoping that by the end of the month I see some loss again.

It all seems very hard. Even though yes, this morning’s disappointing weigh-in was completely logical. But I was reading an article on another site about how periods of intense dieting and low calorie eating can reset your metabolism – Basal Metabolic Rate – so that it works more slowly. Which may not be true for everyone, but is another factor to bear in mind.

Anyway, on a positive note, I’m feeling happy and well, and am determined to lose weight and inches this year, whatever it takes. And there will be glitches when life gets in the way. So will keep on and report back at the end of this month on how it’s going.

How is everyone else doing? Do let us know your ups and downs so we can all help each other to keep moving forward!

S-g I just re-read your blog.

WOW it resonates!

It was really good to re-read your blog. How far have you, we, come!!!! I’ve even copied one of my responses to remind me of why we keep on keeping on ……..

I just think to way back when we were ‘guinea pigs’! Yes we took, in my opinion only a small chance, but nonetheless a chance on a new possibly ‘crackpot theory’. But hey it worked.

If nothing else the BDS, plus other findings, made me rethink my entire diet. I now try to eat no UPFs, only grass fed beef, organic chicken and lots of vegetables together with some fruits and pulses a few legumes each week. I don’t find it easy. It’s so much simpler to go to the freezer and grab a, b or c but I don’t.

I have to say I think, but can’t know, that my health generally is much better now than it would have been if I’d just kept eating a ‘normal’ diet.

I have just remembered that I did a very long blog which I guess is what is called journalling. I used to be on a site called Sparkpeople and they were closing down the non paying contributions, so I copied what I had written over the time on my diet from day one and reproduced it here. If you want to take a look it is called 5 Years of BSD- A blog of memories. It should be especially of interest to newbies – just how scared I was on day one and the promises I hope for with so many scammers offering ‘cures’ for diabetes I was so unsure that this diet would work. Hence, coming up to 10 years I know it does.

I also log on Myfitnesspal.

When I am back in the healthy eating weight loss zone I write everything into the ‘my fitness pal’ app- it’s not perfect and I don’t have the paid version so I do get some ads, but I’ve been using on and off for quite a lot of years- maybe as much as 8 years…so I have a lot of saved bits in there. When I decide it’s time to get back on it I start logging whatever I eat and agree with Verano- that is already a deterrent and usually quite a shock as to how much and how many of the wrong things I’ve been eating (as well as some good stuff- my breakfasts have stayed pretty much on plan in terms of the right foods throughout, altho portions tend to go up a bit).
I also do daily weighs to keep on track like Pootle (and when I have been off plan and not weighing I lose all sense really)- I record in fitbit app and at the moment also in the fast 800 app- and weekly into a journal log on phone notes and currently also done waist measurement and goals for that and weight in my log and in the fast 800 app, and I always have a goal set in fitbit and myfitnesspal apps anyway- they sync with each other even tho one does food and one does fitness tracking and weight. Strava also syncs to fitbit so if I run (or run walk) and record that on my watch- it records in both fitbit and strava. Absolutely love tracking stats, I find it hugely motivating 🙂

Don’t dwell on the weekend’s digression Cathy and Dreamscometrue, focus on getting back to normal eating again and I’m sure the impact of your off piste eating won’t be as bad as feared.

I’m reporting in with a 1lb discard for the week … very modest drop, but at least it’s in the right direction. Not being a fast loser, it’s about what I was expecting.

The next few days maybe a challenge, as I’m going to visit my Dad, will stick as closely to plan as I can and have already decided on another fast Sunday through to Tuesday, by way of compensating for any glitches.

How is everyone else doing?

Hi V, no I tried to journal in the blood sugar book by Jason Fung and found I wrote the same things everyday and was soon bored. I do however log my daily weight, BG, insulin and exercise but just as numbers not with a journalling type story.

Hi Verano, I have kept a journal since July 2024. I record my daily weight (I have to weigh every day or I tend to think I can get away with too many treats) my fasting BS, taking asthma meds and blow test as well as everything I eat and time eaten. Also BS 2hours after food occasionally! For about 14 months I also measured all foods and recorded the calories, carbs, etc. It really kept me motivated.
At the moment I have a really bad flu like bug despite having the jabs, so I have decided to restart when I have recovered!
I won’t measure everything but I will cut out all bread, pasta, potato and rice again as, I believe, that was instrumental in getting the diabetes under control.
I am 66 this year and 5’ 4” tall… still a size 12/14 😄 down from size 22/24 …😄
Hope everyone is doing ok.
K xx

Well done on the discard Verano … keep going! Yes, think we could all do with a Happy Jar. It’s such a simple idea, easily and cheaply replicated too. In fact, I already have already identified a pretty jar to use as my 2027’s Happy Jar.

Anyway, my positives for today ….
🌸🌸 packing done for my visit to my Dad’s, leaving tomorrow by coach
🌸🌸 booked most of the hotels for our spring drive out to Turkiye
🌸🌸 OH managed to take down a dead tree at the bottom of our garden without mishap. Always a bit nervous when he takes on jobs like that.

I wonder if there have been any positives in your day?

S-g BTW do you journal?

I started to use ‘notes’ on my iPad to write down everything I eat, time of day etc. and weight the next day. Sounds obsessive but I find it helpful. I think if you ‘fancy’ something that’s not exactly on your plan, because you have to write it down, you’re less likely to go completely off plan. Writing down 1 biscuit, 1 or 2 glasses of wine etc. helps to stop a binge…. 8 biscuits is really hard to log!!! Also it gives you a little non-judgemental ‘treat’ which I really don’t think does any harm in fact I think it helps to keep to your diet generally healthy.

Sorry s-g but guess we just pick the day that suits us best to weigh. I think Tuesdays go back to my WW days in the dim and distant past. Tuesday was my ‘club’ night.

You know when I think about it ‘Twiggy’ has an awful lot to answer for! Stick insect wearing mini skirts who we all wanted to look like. Never in a million years would I have looked like that but it started a lifelong ‘diet’. Although I do weigh daily and still keep a weekly log I realise that ‘feeding’ my body, good healthy, unprocessed food, with lower carbs, is what I really need to do now to stay healthy. Yes, I do need to lose weight but it will be secondary to ‘feeding’ my body. It actually feels quite liberating

Well V, looks like weighing on a Tuesday makes no difference, still weigh the same today. If I remember right, being in France the shops are shut on a Sunday so in order to top up my ‘diet’ cupboard/fridge I did a big shop on the Monday and therefore didnt have the right foods in to start until Tuesday. Now I always have the right foods in so I just got over the weekend after New Year and started on a Monday. Really feeling like having a little cheat but will try my hardest not to 🙂

I dont know who remembers but I started drinking Yerba Mater tea as it is supposed to mimick GPL-1 (the ozempic effect) and I said I would report back. Well I have thrown it away, it tasted awful and didnt seem to do anything. Just another hype, although I am disapponted as the tip came for Dr Ben Bikman.

Sunny what a wonderful idea … a Happy Jar. I think we would all benefit from one of those!

☀️🌈☀️ My positive today was a dip in my scales for the week. Happy bunny here!

S-g yes that sounds really odd maybe as you say it’s psychological!

Well almost the end of January and I have at last had a ‘good’ week. I’m back to doing 30+ a week and it’s forcing me to add variety to my meals and also adding much more fibre to my diet with nuts and seeds. I’ve found a lovely mix of seeds with dried goji, cranberry and blueberries. So I’m having two meals a day and on my ‘yogurt’ days I add a passion fruit, maybe 4 walnuts and a teaspoon of mixed seeds and a teaspoon of seeds and another fruit. I find that keeps me full until dinner. I must admit I’m really enjoying adding fruit back into my diet. I missed it very much.

Hope everyone is keeping motivated and hope you have a good week.

Interesting about your 5:2 experience, Tulip – I never actually tried it because I knew I’d likely eat too much on the 5 days, especially if I wasn’t tracking. I’ve finally learned over the years that tracking is pretty much the only way to keep myself accountable. Otherwise, my tendency is to just graze all day and night, and that historically included a great many carbs, especially sweets, hence my extremely overweight body and the previously high A1c. Not sure if it was actually diabetes or just a reflection of all the sugar floating around in my blood from whatever I’d been eating.

I have read that some people have a lot of success with 5:2, though.

Sunshine, you were right in what you pointed out about how even if I’m eating 900-1200 calories, I’m still eating well below what most people on the calorie-counting boards consider to be healthy, even though I’m an older, shorter, very sedentary woman. I don’t know who created the line about “never go below 1200 calories,” but I’d venture to guess that most of us on this board are getting far better nutrition than a lot of those mainstream higher-calorie dieters, and thus will probably do just fine staying under 1200. I know I’m eating a lot more protein now, for example, than I used to in my more abundant-eating days.

Speaking of protein, though – I MUST cut back on the cheese. I’ve been overdoing it, and it won’t be doing my cholesterol any good.

Ah Becca, so glad to hear you feel reassured and will stay with us! My aim also is to get some days nearer 800 but it takes me a while to work down to it.

Becca/ SG….as I understand it, the original 5:2 was 5 days of eating healthy diet but not calorie counting and 2 days of 500 calories for women and I think possibly 600 for men….over time MM realised that 800 was some kind of sweet spot: still great for a fast day but more sustainable than 500- so then you got the new 5:2 (2 days of 800 calories, which actually I believe can be 800-1000) and also the BSD/ fast 800….

hilariously I did try the original 5:2 back in the day, but only skim read the book- really really must have skim read the info as I was doing 500 cals but just not really thinking what and then the other days eating to my usual appetite and style- i.e. eating like a horse- I actually managed to gain instead of lose weight 😅😅

It wasn’t until the even greater weight gain and onset of pre-diabetes post-covid illness in 2020 that when the diabetic nurse suggested the BSD- I actually properly read that book before starting and realised that what I was eating was as important as the lower calorie days…..I have rarely felt as well physically and mentally than when I stick to this WOE.

🙂 🙂 🙂

You are right Becca, I have never looked into 5:2 but thought it was 5 on 2 off but it do think the 5 days are around 800 and the 2 days drop down to 500 cals.

Glad that you have mentioned you are diabetic. Makes it all the more important to keep the carbs low and 50g is a good level to aim for. I personally can manage 20g for one day then run out of ideas of what to eat. As for fruit, I usually stick to berries or apples/pears but unless you are eating something really sweet like mango, I dont think some fruit does much harm, might just put your carbs up for the day. I have had some pineapple chunks today and, although they are not considered bad for BG they are very high in carbs. A little of what you fancy as they say.

Thanks, Tulip and Sunshine, I appreciate the understanding! I’m still going to try to gradually move the calories down, and try to insert at least a couple 800-ish days a week.

Sunshine, I thought the 5:2 was only two very low calorie days and five maintenance calorie days? I remember first learning about it after Michael Mosley’s documentary called, “Eat, Fast, and Live Longer.” Always wondered how he put his diabetes into remission and lost 20 pounds after just a couple months of doing that plan, especially since he wasn’t even doing a low-carb diet.

Speaking of surprising results, was also surprised that Dr. Roy Taylor had such great diabetes remission results in The Newcastle Study using the Optifast shakes, since they are not low-carb, either. Apparently his belief is that it comes down to calories more than macros.

I was keeping my carbs under 20, but now I’ve changed that limit to more like 30-40. It has helped me to allow a small slice of thin whole grain toast each day – I use Dave’s Thin Powerseed Bread, which has 12 gm total carb and 3 gm fiber, so 9 net carbs. That’s in the US, so not sure where else it is available. I had also tried the low-carb tortillas, but they messed with my stomach, and to be honest, I don’t quite believe that you can just add some extra fiber to a high-carb food and suddenly make it low carb. I would think the fiber has to be naturally present in the food.

Have also been mixing a low-carb protein shake with a little tub of unsweetened yogurt for breakfast, blending them up together. Very satisfying and satiating, and 42 gm protein. I’m aiming for quite high protein, and that drink helps a lot.

I haven’t been eating fruit, and do miss that, so may add back a little bit when things come more into season, like plums and apricots. Vegetables, I don’t get enough, and need to work on that.

Would love to hear what kind of a food balance everyone else is eating.

Oh, one final thing, S-G, I’ve been working on getting the A1c down, also. I was up to 7.5 (US numbers) this time last year (diabetic), and most recent test I was down to 6 (prediabetic), so hoping I can keep lowering that with weight loss, and get off the metformin soon, which also messes with my stomach. : /

Thanks again for welcoming me to stay and post, it means a lot to have this support system and friendship! –Becca

Thanks for the reminder that we are inclined closer and closer to the clocks changing again, V. Tgink it us nice possible to see the days are noticeably getting a little longer now.

Right, so, I have a few positives to report, so here goes ….
🌼🌼 yesterday OH and GS worked on DD’s car, while she and I caught up on news
🌼🌼 DD and GS gave me belated birthday presents, a cheese making kit (wonderful) and … this one is just up my street …. a Happy Jar. It comes with a little pad of tear off notes and each day you record something positive, memorable or perhaps just made you smile and put it in the jar. At the end of the year, there’ll be lots of wonderful things to look back on.
🌼🌼 today there was no rain until early evening – the first day without rain for a ten hours straight since we came home on 18th Jan!
Going to have one more 🌼🌼 four of my hellebore plants are in bloom and three anemones are in bud🙂

VinnieMac, as SunshineGirl said, there is no need to cook complex meals if that’s not your thing. However, try to avoid processed foods, opt for fresh produce instead.

Just keep things simple by choosing a protein source (meat, fish, eggs, cheese) and then adding leafy veggies or salad. It’s easy to add good fats by drizzling with olive oil or making an oil based dressing. And if the jeans are getting a bit samey, you can ring the changes by using herbs or spices to give interest.

The important thing to remember, is that the way you have been eating, is the reason you are looking at changing to this low carb way of eating. It’s a challenging learning curve, but it doesn’t take long to adapt and it will soon become second nature to opt for low carb choices.

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Becca, if everyone who exceeding the 800 cals was to leave I would be here on my little lonesome, and even I would have to leave on some days. We dont care what plan you are following or whether you are able to stick to it, just being here keeps your thoughts on the right track. I am pretty sure the 5:2 allows unlimited (within reason) calories on 2 day and some people who cannot manage 5 days of 800 then switch it to 4:3 or whatever suits them. I know you wont mind my saying but I think your body can still lose weight on around 1000 or even 1200 – that is still a big reduction in what most people eat who are not on a diet. If you think some of us are angels and always behave, then think again. I must say that I have been ridgedly strict since 5th Jan and around 8 to 900 cals and no alcohol for 21 days (a miracle for me) but I have such good reason trying to get my diabetes under control. I would rather you tried your best and slipped up or went a bit over than not post which will lead to you giving up. So no more talk of not posting. Finally, as you have ditched the carbs you are already cutting pointless calories and eating a healthy diet.

It was my weigh in today and I have lost a measly 2/3rds of a pound. Verano, I puzzled at your wishing me luck for Tuesday but I read on and think it is because that was always our weigh in day. Maybe I will go back to Tuesdays and let you know my weight tomorrow 🙂

You asked about Sundays and my stomach. I have no idea but every Sunday while I am eating a brunch of 1 egg, canned tomatoes, either bacon or sausage and grilled mushrooms, I start with diarrhea. Then it would start even before I sat down to eat and it lasts all day. It is nothing to do with my Saturday diet as that is always different (chicken curry this week – steak and salad last week etc) and the only thing that stops it is 2 Imodium on Saturday night. BTW I also have the same effect when I do my supermarket shop. As soon as we start walking round I just have to go. It could be psychological in that if it happened once and then again my body then expects it to happen. However, it is a bloody nuisance. Great way to start the weeks discussion.

Have a good week everyone and, just for V I will weigh again tomorrow.

Hi Becca- truthfully I rarely only eat 800 calories….I run at totals similar to you- the weight loss I guess is slower- but it’s all super healthy food so I know it’s good for my body-
so definitely stay, we all have to find what works for us 🙂 🙂

Hi, all. have been hesitant to post because, although I am still working on weight loss, I haven’t been sticking to the 800. My daily calories are cycling up and down a bit, within a range of 900-1250, still low carb. I’m feeling better with a few more calories, and the weight loss seems to be slowly progressing as long as I stay consistent about tracking my food. It’s an interesting learning process.

Since I’m not really sticking to the 800, not sure if I should continue to post, as I don’t want to be a distraction to those who are keeping to the straight and narrow. Then again, I suppose some of you others aren’t really staying rigid with the 800, either, but just figuring out what works best for you.

Anyway, best wishes to all! Not much left of January!

Becca

Hello.

For some reason I don’t get the notifications on this thread! So I just pick up the new messages as and when.

S-g fingers crossed for Tuesday. BTW what’s so special about Sunday mornings that mean you have an upset stomach?

Pootle the first round is always the easiest partly because the ‘health issue’ is a huge motivator. After that it becomes a little more difficult. Don’t despair. You’ve lost half of your Christmas gain. You don’t have to lose the other half in a week or even a month. Just pace yourself. Leave the really carby stuff alone and you will lose you extra pounds without too much effort.

My week had been better than last week which is all I can ask for. Tuesdays weight in will be the real test of how this week has been!

Just one positive…..

It’s 13 weeks since the clocks went back but just 9:till they spring forward again. The countdown has begun. Enjoy those extra few minute of light each day …. Spring is almost here,

CATHY I feel your pain …. and share it! Have gone completely off piste this weekend. Made a curry on Friday but crunched too many poppadoms. And over the weekend have definitely downed more wine than I should 🙀

But tomorrow is a new day, and the start of a new week. Let’s see what we can achieve by Friday : the end of January.

Good luck everyone! X

Hello everyone
Confession time -been bad this weekend! Ate some left over from Christmas Ferrero Rochas chocolates and had some sourdough bread with home made marmalade a friend made. Both delicious! Back to basics tomorrow! Feel bad because I have been doing so well and lost 1 lb every week since starting . I hope I’ve not put them all back on this weekend! I’ll knuckle down again tomorrow and hope that by Friday I’ve managed to maintain this week rather than put on any weight. Am still on track to lose 5lb by the end of Feb but I need to be stronger!

Afternoon all,
Just touching base as I am, once again, struggling!
I have lost half the weight I put back on over Christmas, which is great…BUT….
When I started the BSD back in the summer of 2024, I managed to cut out all the bad carbs, with husband’s full co-operation! So no temptation in the house..and after the ‘onset’ cravings for sugar and carb didn’t have a real problem sticking to the diet.
Having relaxed my strictness over Christmas, and with husband wanting to eat the ‘bad’ things, I am really struggling with the cravings!
I have slipped every day in the last week, compounded by having a very bad cough, so feeling very sorry for myself! I have been unable to resist slices of toast, or porridge, or( the worst) yesterday I demolished half a box of Border Boscuits! Husband doesn’t hide his food!!
Without the motivation of needing to lose loads of weight and get shot of diabetes, I need to find strength or I will slump back into diabetes and weight gain!
Sorry !! After all the support you gave me, I need to find even more motivation!
Xx
I hope you are all doing ok and moving forward into 2026!

Tulip, I forgot to say, after you sprinkle with parmesan you put them back in the oven for the cheese to melt. Stupid of me to forget.

Got my usual Sunday morning upset stomach. Always hope it means I will lose more weight as been on the loo 7 times already. Sorry if that spoils your brunch.

Cant wait for next Sunday when I am going to try on my holiday dresses, see if anything needs taking up, which I can do myself unless it is a lot on my sequinned dress as it is possible the sequins will start to unravel without professional care. En verre (we will see).

Thank you- sounds delish! 🙂

Hi all, just had a sneaky peek at my weight as I felt thinner. Not declaring but it is looking good. Would have loved a couple of drinks last night but resisted and more determined now and will keep going until Monday and hopefully beyond. Not got eating plans until 2nd Feb.

Did 16 hour TRE.

Courgette crisps – thinly slice a courgette put in a bowl with a small amount of oil, sprinkle with garlic salt, lay out on a baking tray and place in oven. Good idea to put on a greased baking paper. Cook on a very low heat (150) for 15 mins until starting to crisp up then sprinkle with finely grated parmesan. Voila. So moreish. I also do it with sliced aubergine. When I am making aubergine (in place of pasta) lasagne I slice some about the thickness of a pound coin and stick in the airfryer or oven for 10 or 15 minutes. I do this because the dont always cook right through when layered up in the lasagne. What I have left over I slice a bit thinner and do what I do with the courgette but with oil and cumin or a bit of chilli powder. Yum.

Hi Margaret….

I always think that any loss is good- I think mine is just faster as I’m at the start of the diet again- the body is like, woah that’s different! It’s not that I was doing *none* of the WOE (breakfasts I kept to mediterannean: plain greek yog, berries, chia- or on weekends, pinhead oats porridge with apple and cinnamon, or berries and dark choc, with a bit of plain greek yog….although even then I had started to melt some 85% choc into every yoghurt breakfast)- but I was well off piste in other ways, especially as I built up into a frenzy of Christmas eating 😅 😅, and just feeling dreadful, tbh. I’m hoping that this feel-good factor will continue, because I do feel healthier and more energetic physically and mentally.

Hope your knee continues to come on in leaps and bounds, or possibly steps and larger steps 😉

I was off most exercise for a week as I had a cold but I managed a good walk yesterday and I am goimg to try a very gentle walk/ run (I’m doing C25K programme, but very very gradually)

xxx

Good morning everyone & a great weight loss Tulip & S-G & pleased you have found a house sitter & welcome Jane A.
I have just weighed & have lost 1.2lbs similar to you Verano. I am rather disappointed with how slowly I am losing weight now but I suppose I do need to become more physically active again. I thought that I had done so well last well doing TRE & fasting one day. I have now cleared out all carby temptations from my kitchen & am back to cooking from scratch which I admit is taking time to prepare, amend & plan shopping & daily meals. My knee is coping better with standing in the kitchen chopping & cooking which is good & I have been forcing my right knee to climb up & down stairs rather than continuing to rely on my left leg. I think it has taken me seeing a tv programme on health & pain speaking about how our brain can continue to use pain as protection when actually our body can be used through it as my physio said that I can’t break my replacement knee using it 🤔😀. Anyway my knee is more flexible & less sore now.
Oh well onwards & downwards everyone & I have one month until my family gathering now that I want to be slimmer for.
Good luck everyone for next week 🍀🍀
Margaret xx

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Also, SG- courgette and parmesan crisps sound exciting- do you have a recipe? 😊

Hi all, been a bit quiet for a few days. I dont have much to report, I weigh daily and seem to be around the same as when I weighed on Monday, just a smidge under.

I too looked at the app and actually started to fill in the application for a 7 day free trial then reduced monthly fee (£29 I think) for 3 months. Then I realised it was the week before Christmas so not worth it. Having got back on the diet I decided I can do it myself and lost 7lbs in 2 weeks and I still follow a lot of the recipes and try to stay around 800 cals, low carb and TRE most nights, also exercise 3 times a week (mostly). Not only that but it was only 11 weeks to my cruise so I didnt have 3 months to spare. I might look again when we get back in April but I think I am still following the plan so closely that I can manage on my own. Good luck if it helps.

I put on YouTube to exercise and looked at a slightly different programme. Still ShaunT HipHopAbs but a 40 min workout instead of my normal 30 mins. Well it nearly killed me 🙂 . I had to stop after 30 mins and my only cool down was collapsing into the chair for 10 minutes.

Have a good weekend and I will try not to have a drink, been 18 days of sticking to the diet properly and saving a drink for my birthday.

Thank you for the warm welcome. Dreamscometrue, I recognise your name, but don’t think we’ve really ‘met’ before. I’m looking forward to being part of a supportive group again and getting to know everyone here.

Like you ClarinetCathy I weigh daily, however I only count the Tuesday results, while using the other readings as motivational tools.

At present things are looking okay for this week, but although this us my first week back to proper eating, I’m not expecting to report anything impressive on Tuesday. As a slow loser, I’ve never experienced a big discard at the beginning of a weight decrease journey, or a ‘whoosh’ at any point, so if I can record any decrease of any size I’ll be content.

Have a good BSD weekend everyone

Welcome to the group Sunny. Good to have you with us. I too am trying to get back to basics and undo the weight gain. We are all trying hard to achieve our goals. It’s so disappointing when we gain after doing so well to lose but it is what it is and we are all here. .
I have lost another 1lb this week. Well, I am doing something different this time and recording the average weight loss over a week because my scales fluctuate every day. Yesterday I weighed 163.4 so that is 3lb g down from my start weight of 166.4. Today I was slightly up but I am taking yesterday’s reading as being the best of the week. Is that cheating?
My goal for this next week is to lose another 1lb. It would be good to be 162 next Friday. Slowly chipping away. I can certainly make more tweaks to my regime. I did go out for two long walks this week which I felt did me some good. The weather isn’t looking too good next week so I might check out the walking at home videos on YouTube.
Have a good week everyone.

Hi SUNNYB and welcome! As you say, you’re in good company here. There are several of us who have been doing this WoE for a long time, and also various lovely newer participants.

Good luck with your short term goal of 6.5lb by your forthcoming trip. It’s ambitious but do-able so please let us know on Tuesday how you’re doing. It sounds as if you’re doing all the right things and are feeling very determined ……. so I’m excited to hear what happens next 😊

YOWZER I’m glad you have another course of action for your sciatica. I hope and pray your appointment will come through soon and that it bring you some relief X

Always find it’s a difficult time of the year for finding positives, but feel I need to make that effort, so here’s an attempt for today …
🌻🌻 have completed the editing of the village newsletter for next month
🌻🌻 it stopped raining for an hour today
🌻🌻 have made arrangements to visit Dad for a few days next week
Nothing earth shattering, but the exercise of looking for high points and pluses is a good one, especially on gloomy days. Can you tell us about one of your positives?