Here’s the new thread for the BSD followers. Everyone is welcome to join us. Here’s a quick recap!
The BSD is a low carb, Mediterranean style way of eating, with the primary aim of stabilising your insulin response when you eat. You achieve this by: eating fewer carbs, cutting out sugar and sweet tasting foods including most fruit, and by following a low calorie plan that reduces your visceral fat meaning that everything functions more effectively. Less insulin means less fat storage (in a nutshell, although more info can be found on this online). The diet was designed to reduce T2 diabetes symptoms (or even reverse it entirely) but can also be used for weightloss.
Eat:
Meats and fish
Oils
Eggs
Full fat dairy products
Nuts, seeds
Pulses/ beans
Veg that grows above ground
Limit fruit: apples, pears, berries- in moderation, with meals, with fats
Occasional alcoholic drinks allowed (spirits, red wine are preferable to beer, lager, etc)
Tea and coffee, herbal tea etc.
And water- drink lots of water!
Avoid
sugar, sweets, and ‘naturally occurring sugars’ such as fructose, maltose, honey, agave, puréed dates etc....
Potatoes of any variety
Pasta
Rice
Breakfast cereals (occasional steel cut oats are ok)
Breads/ flour based products
Exercise:
Michael Moseley recommends HIIT workouts to increase calorie burn and help to tone up, and recommends walking more (increasing your steps weekly until you hit around 10000 a day)
Mindfulness
MM also suggests a programme of mindfulness, meditation, practised for a few minutes each day.
How to follow the plan:
8 weeks BSD- 8 weeks, follow the guidelines above- 800 calories a day. You don’t need to count carbs grams because the diet is naturally self limiting.
BSD 5:2- for a more leisurely weightloss journey, or as maintenance, or once you’ve done an 8 week stint, you can play around with a combination of increased calorie count, ‘free eating’ and fasting days (800 cals) until you achieve your goals. Many of our long standing members now follow this approach.
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Fasting / 5:2 diet
Blood sugar diet thread 13
thenewaveragebear1983 · 28/11/2018 18:21
Yey, does this make me an old timer now I'm on my second thread 
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Sadguru sorry I missed your last post where you explained your sad news, hope you are ok 
I’m ticking along ok, weighed in at 10.3 this morning, so a stable maintain. Going Christmas shopping with Dh today, one day to do the lot and a nice lunch out, so I’ll try to be good but can’t promise anything!
Hi all,
Some of you old timers might recognise me.
I did BSD earlier this year and lost 8kgs, but was doing decent amount of exercise too, 45 mins on cross trainer or 60 mins brisk walk,that type of thing.. I was maintaining for 2-3 months. It was great!
Health issues from July onwards, including a slipped disc has meant I have gone off the wagon big time.. Lots of Comfort eating / emotional eating..
And I have put 6 of the 8 kgs lost back on.. Feeling super low now!!
As it is, I am not in a great place emotionally for a bunch of different reasons. But, I have to work my way out of using food as a coping strategy!!
I had never followed a diet before and I was feeling great with the weight loss, diet, exercise..
And I really want to get back to that place again!!
I am starting tomorrow, 01 December! 8 weeks strict is the plan. It will be my birthday in 2nd week of January. If I can even lose the 6kgs by then , I will be super happy.
I will post here regularly to keep me on track. I am a vegetarian and don't eat eggs. My weak point is sugar, in coffee! But, I did it with reasonable succcess earlier this year. So, no reason why I cant do it again.
Sorry about your news Sad . I find that sometimes when life feels out of my control, being able to control what I eat can be a comforting counterbalance. Although at other times, a crisis makes me reach for the chocolate! Be kind to yourself.
House I remember you! Commisserations on your slipped disc. My back and hip injury definitely impacted my weight this year. But you sound motivated and we're all here to help.
I was away for the weekend. DS picked up a sickness bug and tbh I ate too much and slept too little. Although I did manage to walk a bit more than usual. I'm not sure what the scales will say today.
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