Blood sugar diet thread 7

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Here's thread seven for the Blood Sugar Diet followers.

It's 5 weeks and 5 days until school breaks up (may vary by region!) so let's get those bodies lean for Summer!

Continuing thread for Blood Sugar Dieters:
Phase 1 lasts 2 - 8 weeks and involves restricting calories to 800 a day. Eating healthy fats is encouraged as is limiting carby foods (no specific guideline on this but some people aim for under 50g), small amounts of complex carbs are allowed but should be balanced ideally with green veg, protein and fat to lower the glycemic load and reduce the effect on blood sugar.

Schoooooool's. Out. For. Summer.....

Busy day here with celebration assemblies and leavers books and teachers presents and whatnot. Food's been ok, picked at fridgey bits and cheese most of the afternoon, just had a lovely ceaser salad and chicken breast.

Dh and I are away tomorrow for a shopping day, hotel stay etc I'm Cheltenham so really looking forward to that, although I can't promise to be on plan!

Good morning and despite the rain it is a good morning here 2 stone lighter than 5 weeks ago. Now 15stone6.

Can't believe I didn't know about this way of eating until the ripe old age of 46. So many dismal attempts at dieting before now.

Hope beyond hope this is as sustainable as I have heard.

Loving the science of it all and have watched hours of YouTube videos on it.

Anyone else watched The Bitter Truth with Prof Lustig? I could cry at some parts of it I really could (speaking as someone who worked my way UP from 11 stone at 17 to 21.5 stone at 33 by dieting the low fat way and following advice to loose slowly).

Everything went to hell in a biscuit tin last night! I went in a massive crackers binge, followed by, well, a LOT of Bourbons!

New day, renewed effort...

Wow yoohoo, your weight loss is impressive.

Very impressive weight loss yoohoo! I am on week 5 and am just 6lb down, which confuses me as my trousers are hanging off my waist. When I did low fat my boobs always disappeared, this work seems to be going for my middle much more.

Anyway whilst 6lb in 5 weeks is pretty pathetic I am quite happy as this week has been both mine and dh's birthdays. Dh was sent a huge pork pie and couldn't eat it alone so I have had a couple of bits, plus cake, wine etc so just delighted that I haven't had a huge gain this week.

Next week is our wedding anniversary but I reckon I can do steak and salad on plan. Dh can have some chips as well.

I do feel generally better on this woe, less bone crushingly tired. And a weird thing: my eyebrows and lashes seem fuller. Is that even possible that it could be a Thing?

Oldbirdy firstly, it sounds like you're having similar weight loss rate as me. But I really came on to say pork pie, what a fabulous birthday present. I love all types of pastry. Which is probably why I'm on this thread.

Hi all, well I will definitely be having a gain this week! Too much bread, wine and cocktails last night (and perhaps even shared a cigar with Dh, although that's low calorie!) and while I don't have a bad head today I do feel like I've over stuffed myself and the carb no ate has been growling all day. I bought Fat Chance from the book shop so have been enjoying a lovely child free afternoon reading that. It's very interesting so far, but a more complicated read than Michael's BSD book. I'm also about to begin the torturous task of writing the list for packing for our holiday, and this is where I shall be cruelly reminded of the reason why I was supposed to be dieting and fitting into all my lovely summery clothes.

Bear, have a good holiday. I hate packing so little use to you.

End of week 7 and my first week of no loss at all. Am a bit glum as I am still technically a bit overweight- 10 3.5 whereas I need to be 10 2 to have a bmi of less than 25. I know it's a tiny amount but psychologically it feels like a mountain. Ideally I wanted to hit the 9s but I know now that won't happen :(

Have found the last few days tough. Had a bad migraine yesterday and really craved the carbs. Am worried about getting to the end of the programme and putting everything back on as I know I am definitely goning to reintroduce some carbs.

I haven't had a single cheat day and have only 3 times exceeded my calories over 850 but I wonder if in itself that was a bit silly as now in my head I seem to think one day will undo everything.

What a wet Monday morning downer.

Hello. Not posted here for a while. Still seem to be maintaining successfully. But I do feel my attitude has slipped and bad habits have crept back in. So I've decided to do 10 days of strict 800 calories pre-holiday. I want to prove to myself I can do it. And if I've been strict before I go, I might limit the damage while I'm away.

So I am planning to post here a lot for the next 10 days. A bit scared I won't be able to do it again. I even had to check what level of carbs I should be aiming for.

Phyllis, you sound like you've done amazingly well. Don't be too hard on yourself.

Good luck with the 10 days scandi!

I'm just back from a lovely long weekend with kids. Stuck to plan but over on calories without doubt. Found it hard not to pick at stuff, especially when I was doing all the cooking. Hopefully it was compensated at least a bit by even more running around after kids than usual. Who said holidays were restful???!!

Anyhow, beginning of week 5 here. Scales a bit stuck again but I look and feel loads better. And at least I haven't gained.

Hope everyone is doing ok?

Life is not fair. We were away for a long weekend, and I suffered some sort of gastric flu, fainting on Thursday evening and then a major stomach upset on Saturday. I only ate light meals when I was able to and was off the booze.

The silver lining, I assumed, was that it would show on the scales. I certainly feel thinner.

Instead I have gained five pounds. It makes no sense at all.

Worse still I am now really hungry.

Altered - maybe its water - did you drink a lot because you were ill?

Day 1 went well, now onto day 2. Today has been a coffee for breakfast, then soup for lunch and dinner. That comes to 700 calories and 60g of carbs, so a little bit of room for evening slips!

Its amazing how even one day reflects on the scales. Was pretty much at my lowest this morning, and I've been varying between that and a couple of pounds over. Interesting to see if I get a decent first week weight loss again, since I've probably got that retained water to come back off.

altered if you feel hungry after being ill then eat. Lack of sleep and added stress can halt your weight loss even if you've not been eating much. I know it sounds counter-intuitive but you probably do need to sate your hunger before you'll lose again
Scandi well done! I feel like I've slipped into bad habits again too and have been toying with having a strict few weeks. For some reason, it feels harder to commit to it this time.

altered sorry to hear you were ill. I think maybe weigh yourself at the same time of day for a couple of days and see if that was a random one off might give you some clues (?)

Anyone who has done bsd for a second round after a gap, did you find it harder to be strict on yourself?

Tobee definitely! I have started 3 rounds now, although 2 and 3 have not been as strict, but I have never achieved that totally on it feeling as with my first round. I just don't seem to manage on 800 calories and as a result have never got beyond the first week of detox before cracking, which means I am permanently in the throes of week 1. So get good losses, but big gains, and all the fun of detox over and over.

This might be just me though^^

I'm currently reading Fat Chance and off the back of it I'm going to design my own 'version' for when o get back from my holidays as there's things in there that are more relevant to me (but might not be to others)- but basically I need to be strict. The first round I didn't drink a drop either, which must have helped and had a tiny babe in arms who was sweet and cooperative rather than this 2ft tall dictator who seems hell bent on destroying my sanity (is it really only day two of the holidays? Really?)

Every time I read the BSD book I realise that I am not wholly doing the plan- I cheat, I drink too much at weekends!, I eat more fruit, I have more days where I don't count than do, and I rarely exercise beyond school runs and general toddler herding. I did this in round one too, but I think my fat has gotten wise to my antics now, and stays put rather than melts away regardless.

Fwiw, I wish above all else that I had continued after round one immediately, rather than had a break and returned because I reckon another 4 weeks would have made a big difference and instead I'm still the same weight a year later and I've been 'dieting' since then! No guarantees that I wouldn't have regained in maintenance, but at least I might have got there to start with IYSWIM.

Oooooh I am a right fun Bobby today aren't I!!?

The thing what's hard,imo, is that I was pretty strict for 9 weeks and then... life got in the way - ghastly cliche but true. You think "well, it's just a random day off plan. I've been good. I've lost weight. " But it's all too easy to keep doing that. I've got a holiday starting on Saturday, will probably be reasonably good. Will start again when I get back. However, Christmas was my last time off any diet. I kept thinking after that "how nice those mince pies etc were. Maybe I'll start diet next week. After all, I'm in control. I know the diet works"

(Bear) and (tobee)- really interesting to hear your experiences of rounds two and three. I suppose the initial enthusiasm wears off a bit and you realise that, despite all the positives,800 cals a day is quite hard to stick to for any length of time- especially with life going on in the background too...

I am finding this diet taking up a lot of my head space at the moment.

Things ok here despite no loss for a week.

Work conference today so will need to avoid the obligatory cakes and sandwiches and sit in my car for lunch (unsociable!!).

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Morning! Still going, though the last week has been really hard.

Does anyone else get acid reflux if they have carbs? I have always had it to a certain degree but I'm noticing it seems to be more severe lately and I'm slowly identifying that it appears to be when I have carbs. I had some Livlife low carb bread this morning and I'm really acid-y at the moment.

Apart from that, I gained 1.75lbs after last Tuesday and have maintained at that but I have been over on cals pretty much most days so I'm not too upset. Evenings are hardest at the moment - I get bored and start trawling the kitchen!

I'm definitely not calorie counting today, partly because I am trying to use everything up before we go away and partly because the children are driving me crazy.
So here's my delicious ceasar salad with a bit of avocado, crispy bacon and blue cheese.

Yes to carbs = acid reflux. At least I think so.

Nice crocodile bear! (Thinks:"if that's not a crocodile, bear is going to think I'm really weird"

Helloo people, have just caught up with the thread, really impressed with the motivational speeches, weight and inch losses!! Apologies for the silence but school broke up on Friday and so we bogged off to the beach for the weekend.Saturday was the end of my 8 weeks but I weighed in Monday after we got back - still haven't done measurements yet but super super happy that in 8 weeks went from 16stone 5.5 bmi 33 to 14stone 3.5 bmi 28.5 :) Following smallest's birthday cake on Monday and a scone with cream and jam at lunch yesterday I am 14.4 today, but that's cool. We are at a wedding tomorrow - not sure what to wear because what I was trying to get into is now too big (best problem ever!!!) and after that am planning to try to push down a but more but NOT go back up again.....
Tobee what you said "any fool can lose weight" is sooo true.
I don't miss bread at all. Eating the cakes made me really bloated and windy!!! 😷
Need to navigate summer now, out of work and routine....good luck everyone :)

Btw bear, with ref to your earlier gripe about holiday lists, do you use a tablet/laptop/pc? I'm a great list maker and used to do it afresh every time. Then when I got a laptop, back in the dark ages, it suddenly occurred to me to save the same list and then adjust it according to destination, time of year, age of children etc. So editing nappies and toys to phone chargers etc., sun cream and swim suits to cagoules and umbrellas etc! Sorry to derail the thread and state what's probably the flipping obvious.

This year the list is different again. No kids....

Ps what I meant when I said "what tobee said - any fool can lose weight" I was agreeing how hard it is to navigate life getting in the way, birthdays, weddings, random crave moments. (Read my post back and it read wrong!!)