Blood sugar diet thread 6

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Continuing thread for the blood sugar dieters......

Exocet?! Expect!

Day 7 is a big achievement, it's hard but definitely worth keeping on going if you can.

I'm on numerous different types of medication, the worst weight gain from steroids (over 10 years now!) so get where your coming from. I'm on amitryptiline at night to help me sleep as the steroids cause insomnia. Seems crazy treating a side effect of one tablet with a different tablet. I'm hoping that by following this way of eating my health will improve alongside the weight loss.

I'm not sure if it would help you, but I am keeping a journal each day. Writing down my food but also my emotions and successes. I have limited mobility so although the book aims for 10,000 steps I am happy with 2,000 on a bad day. I've set out a non-food treat at the end of each week to keep me motivated. If I survive tomorrow I am going to buy myself a new book to read, the following week I have promised myself a hair cut which is well over due

When you say "bored" Slim, why is that do you think?

I'm also on amitryptiline aswell. I'm on it due to daily headaches / not being able to switch off at night and very mild depression but for me that was caused by my terrible headaches and I could barley function.

They have been amazing for me. I sleep like a log now and rarely suffer bad heads.

I've downloaded the recipe book and the calories seem a lot lower in the book than reality. Some nice ideas in it tho I'm liking the meat kebab skewers and going to try them tonight.

Ginger, sorry to be thick but I don't understand your question....

If it's, why am I bored in the office, it's because it's boring?! I'm fine on work at home days.

I think being veggie is a tough one for this diet too.

Slim, I am the opposite. I find work days very easy, I take lunch, no problem. It's when I'm off work, or weekends, when it's less structured, that I find wine and crisps have been eaten by the bucketload!!

Hungry for the first time in ages today. Could be because I slept badly coz of humidity and woke up early and my system started wanting breakfast 3 hours early. . Feel like an old rag now. Trying to ignore it and drink extra fluids.

I've had a few 550-600 cal days this week. Is it OK to be so low? Should I eat 200 cal more even though I'm not hungry?

Its week 1 day 7 for me, looking forward to weighing tomorrow morning to hopefully see my first weeks loss.

Fibberty - I go under most days I personally find it very hard to calculate it exactly. I don't have snacks and sometimes seems madness to bulk my tea out even more when I know the portion I've weighed out is substantial.

Good luck for you weigh in tomorrow.

I am WAY over cals today. DH wanted to do a BBQ I bought the meat logged it into MFP and calculated about 800 cals as I've saved them all for my tea. I bought a smallish pack of belly pork as the carbs were low but cals were high. Said 1 of those 1 turkey sausage 2 prawn skewers. Instead of 1 belly pork slices he cooked 1 whole packet.
I am the only one who will eat it and it seemed a waste.

So today's cals are 1550 but 10g carbs.

Oops, my first slip up.

Slim i was just wondering why geing bored at work makes the BSD harder :)

We're veggie too - finding Quorn "chicken" fillets are an easy substitute for the chicken recipes in the book - top with basil and pine nut pesto and serve with the warm halloumi salad (I don't bother putting it on skewers, I just stick it under the grill). Or the spicy chicken and green lentils are lovely. The Mexican hash is good too. And the skinny chilli with soya mince with cauliflower rice made an absolute mountain of food that's lasted us weeks in the freezer. Anything with the eggs goes down well too.

I've overeaten (planned) today but was 12st9.5 this morning so about 8.5lbs down - hope for another half a stone over the next 6 weeks.

I was doing ok today and just scarfed leftover chicken. And 4 prunes.

sigh. Holidays are too unstructured for me!

There are worse things to scarf Flighty!

Good to know its not just me under on cals. Thanks Pink

pub lunch was very lovely today. I have no idea of cals/carbs but I had steak with green vegetables, soda water and lime chunks so it was fairly reasonable. Yogurt and berries with flaxseeds for breakfast.

Slimtobe I hope you are feeling better - meds are an additional challenge and I take your point about some people (like me) eating whole bars of galaxy (and the rest to be fair).

For me, reading the book dropped several pennies at the right time and I'm trying to eat twice a day. I was scoffing chocolate, sandwiches and crisps in a window of travelling home from a day where I run around grabbing coffee on the go. Then when I got home I'd actually be full /burning or feeling sick so I wouldn't often eat "dinner". Then I might have cereal later (full of hidden sugar). Weekends were healthy family dinners interspersed with my bad habits left to my own devices. As of tomorrow I will have managed one week - this is a drop in the ocean because it has to be a new WoE. I do hope for a big loss on the first official weigh in because I want what everyone else wants - the boost, the results and the kick start but ultimately, so far, this diet is giving me a way to change my eating so my body is healthier. And my family's. Smallest had berries on his porridge this morning instead of the usual dollop of jam. Whoop!

And although I eat steak, I don't eat chicken or spicy food - so some recipes have needed avoidance or tweaking. Thanks for the suggestion of quorn instead Ginger (and congrats on your fab weight loss) - do they taste like chicken?? Wierdly, I went off chicken in pregnancy and have never been able to face it properly. The smell and taste of chicken has become really offensive to me!! Am much happier with fish or halloumi.
Here's to a good weekend lovely people

A long time since I've eaten chicken but I wouldn't say they were identical in appearance or texture. Just as bland though so soak up flavours quite well!

Cheers Ginger, will give them a try
Also curious Flibberty - so what's your new book going to be??

I've ordered A Boy Made of Blocks by Keith Stuart. Seen quite a few good reviews. Should be here tomorrow thanks to amazon prime next day delivery. l am looking forward to sitting down with a cup of tea and my new book tomorrow afternoon.

Ginger, it's because I can't even look forward to a nice lunch, have to manage hunger as well as boredom and can't eat so much as a ginger biscuit. To be fair, I might not be hungry in the office but I notice the lower food intake more.

Plus I'm more sleep deprived in the office, when I work at home, the alarm goes off and I log on immediately. An office day means getting up at least two hours earlier and I often don't get to sleep till 3 ish. I think it's inevitable to feel hungrier the more you are awake.

Last night I ate cereal and toast at 1am! And I really enjoyed it and went to sleep after. So weight loss for the week is 2.5lb. Previous diet attempts have been half a pound a week so that's better.

Sorry that was dull. I was out tonight, had salad main and then some ice cream but home at the weekend so that's good. I might try it as a 4:3 going forward and see what happens.

2.5lb in a week is fantastic!

I'm having a few days off before my big relaunch. It's ds's birthday and we have various parties and family to stay so it will be tricky. Just weighed myself and I've gained 1.5lb while away, and I bet most of that was in the last 2 days. I was actually pretty good while we were away, but did drink every day and didn't calorie count so I am happy with that. I remember 7lb gains in the past so.......!

In preparation for my big relaunch I've bought myself a new notebook and I've done a few things in it- such as planned out a daily tracker with all 7.5 weeks (until my summer holiday) marked out; I've drawn a chart to track my measurements when I've achieved certain exercise goals (I'm going to try and do 30 days of shred during the time) so will measure after each 5 sessions; plus I've written quite a substantial list of some items of clothing I'd like to wear and a tick box to check off when they fit me!

I know that I seem like a serial yoyoer on this plan, and I think it's partly because I never really do it like the first time. I'm always pushing the boundaries a bit and that affects my willpower as well as my weightloss, so this time round I am really going to cut out all the things I shouldn't have, including alcohol, and sweetener in my coffee. I've got 3 events in the 8 weeks that will be drinking dos but other than that I'm going to try really hard to not just have a glass of wine for the sake of it.

This time five years ago I was the biggest I have ever been. I had gestational diabetes, I was 8.5 months pregnant with my ds who was eventually born in the afternoon by c-section, and I would estimate that I weighed very nearly 15 stone. I lost it all then regained it pretty much over again with ds2, which is what has brought me to this w.o.e as I struggled being that size pregnant but knew that the reality was, if I didn't do something about my insulin control, I would end up diabetic and probably that size for life.

Today is my first day doing the Blood Sugar Diet. Just made myself the raspberry and spinach drink for breakfast. May have added too much lime juice as it's very sour!
Went holiday clothes shopping yesterday and I did feel good about the clothes I bought because of my prior loss, I know that if I didn't do a little extra, I would feel a bit bad for my holiday.

Day 5. I'm hungover. And off to a BBQ later so I won't be calorie counting, but will low carb.

I'm really struggling with hunger and tiredness, I haven't exercised for the past 2 days as been feeling too weak!

Sneaky weigh in and I've lost 4lbs! So it's working.

First week loss is 4.9kg - really pleased with that. I've still got a long way to go but it's a good start. Thank you for a great thread to keep me going through week 1.