Blood sugar diet thread 8

[thenewaveragebear1983]

Thread 8 for the blood sugar dieters

Closing the kitchen today on 944 cals, 48g carbs (13g fibre). A bit over, but I have done 14000 steps! So hoping that will balance out.

Tea tonight was beef stew and veg, and leftover (found in the freezer) Christmas veg! So cal counts are probably a bit off as its hard to measure homemade stew, and the Christmas veg was likely buttered and a bit more luxurious than regular Thursday night fodder. I was hungry afterwards, so had some yoghurt and a kiwi.

The children have hit the sugar wall today. Grouchy, whingey, bickering. Oddly enough, their appetites seem to be calming down. The toddler has eaten lots of olives and cheese today and didn't even ask for biscuits. Ds age 5 asked for crisps for pudding. (I had to do some deep parental soul searching to decide if this was ok- decided yes, it's better than sugary stuff. One thing at a time and all that....)

All calm now though, hopefully they will get decent sleep. I am delivering a training session tomorrow (first paid work in 2.5 years) so I'm nervous- but i've already prepped my salad and roll drink my shake before I go. Walking there and back too as my car is being serviced. I fell really healthy and on it right now!

Hope everyone's ok?

Gorgeous food bear . Good luck for tomorrow! Just think an entire day without the DCs and with adults. It will be bliss and you will be amazing!

I have been catching up on paperwork today so had brunch (ham and goats cheese salad) and dinner (chicken in mushroom sauce with stir fry veg). I accidentally ahem ate two teeny tiny shortbread biscuits. They're about the size of a ten pence piece so shouldn't have done too much damage. The only problem is they are very moreish.

urgh thanks Beryl that is so annoying.

Aplace well done! Lovely to be able to just pick up size 10s and 12s and feel confident they will fit! Resist those minishortbread.

Bear I hope to join you with feeling on it soon, but I am dragging my feet about it. Always takes me a few false starts before I get back in the swing of it. Good luck with your training session tomorrow - fingers crossed you get a good group!

I did intermittent fasts over Christmas and managed to only gain a couple of lbs despite a frankly gluttonous approach to food the other days. So I guess I’ll take the as a winnish.
Back on it now. Fast day yesterday with running 4.5 miles too, but then fell off the wagon and finished up some Christmas chocs . Today I plan to be stricter, because there are no chocs left to tempt me.
Good luck everyone!

Snorfig that is def a win - I need to have some kind of strategy in place next year - prob 14:10 or something.

Not the best start as I have already had a slice of white toast but I am hoping to pull it back and do better for the rest of the day.

We have deleted posts! All the months I have been on the BSD threads and yet I miss the excitement - typical.
Well, I was wonderful yesterday until about 10pm at night and then for some reason I ate half a trifle and a packet of crisps. Fingers crossed for a better day today.

I know! Missed all the drama! Probably someone flogging diet pills or something, well done for getting it removed.

Not such a great day for me. Despite taking my healthy salad to work, I ended up eating the nice thick white doorstep sandwiches which were laid on for us, and then as a result once I got home I then was on proper fridge-raiding mode. To be fair, I had a fleeting thought of all the Christmas chocolate still left, and talked myself out of it, which I wouldn't normally do. But I did have a sizeable chunk of cheese, and a handful of nuts.

Dinner tonight is a leek and cheese bake using a Schwartz mix (does contain some sugar but not very much. Some of the mixes have sugar as the first or second ingredient!) and broccoli, so as a result of my day of gluttony I have reached 1600 cals and 95g carbs. Damn you, delicious white doorstep bread......

No wine though! This will be the first real hurdle of dry January as we wouldn't normally drink mid week anyway. Friday and Saturday will feel odd without wine.

Did your training go well bear ?
I have a box of After Eights in the kitchen but luckily checked the carbs before I opened them. They're so high! I've left them wrapped in cellophane and will gift them on asap.
I have been ok today, some cheese, a beef stew and two dark chocolates. But my danger time seems to have shifted from afternoon to late evening so I'm not celebrating a good day just yet.

Gosh I bet after eights are high, the inside is probably pure sugar. They definitely aren't worth it!!! At least milk chocolate has some fat to balance out the sugar. Much healthier choice, obvs

Training went ok thanks place, a bit dull to be honest. Although it was my first foray back into work and for that I'm glad to have it out of the way!

Like a PP said I seem to have sussed afternoons and do well til after 6pm when I start grazing.... it’s boredom and tiredness combined. Fortunately I only have things like roast corn kernels to binge on so I guess it could be worse, but they’re surprisingly high carb! Trying to switch to almonds instead.

I woke up today in the foulest mood ever. I wonder if that's sugar withdrawal? Or wine withdrawal?

Had avocado and feta for breakfast, lentil soup and ham for lunch, and Dh is doing bolognese for dinner, which I have without spaghetti. Also did a 3k run on the treadmill.

Still want to throttle everyone.

Throwing my hat into the ring of BSD too, I’m on day 3 and actually not finding it as tough as I thought I would. Workdays will be the challenge for me when I have to prepare properly and avoid the chocolate tuck shop/ other peoples temptations/office food sharing for birthdays.

I’m on day 4 and no longer in the 11s. Am 10.10, still overweight but not by much. And my starving I’m about to keel over a lnf die feeling has passed. Now I feel pure and on it. Phew. It wasn’t as bad as I thought. I think the first week can be gruelling. Once a week is sussed and survived it gets better. Also I’m reminded about how magical this diet is. Dropping 4lbs in 4 days feels bloody great. (I know, it’s just water and all slows right down, but still).
Bear - hang in there, prob just hormones and sugar withdrawal. How are your kids coping?
And petals - I too have Work kitchen filled with sweets and cakes. It’s a nightmare. But just turn the other way. I have an insanely busy job so being at work is actually much better than being at home. Plus my family are all skinny and so the house is full of both kid and treats. It’s tough. But I have clothes get fit so..... I’m staying strong!

That's great pitpot, it will slow down you're right, but usually not for a few weeks if you keep up the low carb and low calories. I'm too scared to weigh myself. I've had some good days but I find once I weigh it breaks the spell and it all goes wrong, so I'm not going to.

The dc are doing brilliantly actually. The little one is only 2, he has literally not asked for a biscuit for 3 days now. The older one is Finding it a bit harder- partly because he had still had something sugary at school each day, and also because he doesn't eat so much cheese/olives etc as the little one. All we have cut out so far is jam, biscuits, sweets, chocolate, cocopops and children's yoghurts. They are still having some small amounts in other foods. I calculated the other day that, not including fruit, the 2y old was having possibly 50g of sugar on some days, compared with just 3g on Thursday. I'm really proud of us, and hope we can continue. It's easier probably at their age because I give everything to them, they have no agency to choose what they eat.

Gone over today (up to about 1400) but nothing off plan. I could do with doing a few days at 800 to really get back in the swing of it. Still no wine, plus hitting 10K steps + a day.

That’s brilliant for your children. Also it means that the calories they are eating are actually nutritious, food that actually nourishes and does good rather than empty crap.
You know that saying that we should treat ourselves as we would a new born baby - feed yourself on the best, healthiest foods, never say harsh words, give yourself kits if love, also give yourself fresh air, lots of rest... You’d never ever give a baby crappy food or insult it or keep it in a room all day. So that’s how we should treat ourselves. That’s also how you’re treating your (slightly) bigger kids. I might try to nourish mine too and cut out the sugary gunk. Urgh.
Anyway, I weigh myself constantly - always first thing and sometimes later in the day too. I bloody love it! Not sure why. If it’s good it encourages me to carry on I suppose.

One reason why I don't weigh so much is because I retain a lot of water. The last time I really revved up my exercise regime when we got our treadmill, I lost absolutely zero pounds despite running loads over a 2 week period and it was really detrimental to me; I ended up crashing out and going completely the other way. I am going to measure myself today so I can do inches rather than pounds and maybe weigh next weekend. I know what you mean though- the first time I did BSD I was losing a pound a day for the first few weeks and it was so motivating! Especially for someone like me who'd struggled on at slimming world losing half a pound a week, or none at all. It was a brilliant feeling and really kept me going.

Another removed post! It's normally so sensible on here....what is going on??!

Can't believe I missed all the excitement! We've never had deleted posts before. Ever!!

I'm not doing very well. Well, I am, some of my meals have been very low carb. But others not. Plus I've eaten loads of shit, crisps and chocolate.

And I did Dry January for 5 days. Then went out for my friends birthday and had 3 bloody Mary's. Why? They aren't even my normal drink.

2 of my closest friends asked if I'd lost more weight recently, saying I looked like I had- and they saw me in the same dress in November. As I was wearing, when they made this comment, in December.
But yet, on NYE I couldn't fit into one of my dresses, so needed to wear a different dress.

I'm confused. And pissed off. And cross with myself.

Will try harder.....

Hi oblomov, don't be too hard on yourself. You know you can do it when the time's right. I've only really managed this time because I have literally stripped the kitchen of all sweets, chocolate, biscuits and anything that contains sugar (like spice mixes, Mayo) and got the whole family on board albeit grudgingly at first. Plus, Dh is onside, horrified that he is now over 12 stone. I said 'gosh' and tried my best to look horrified, thinking I've just weighed in at 12.6!! It really does help.

In the past it's really helped me to be honest with everyone and simply say 'look, I know you don't really understand this but I can't have these things around, I can't just have a small bit, and the fact I can't control myself is almost as upsetting for me as the fact I'm overweight'- I had to do this to really stress just how big a deal it is. If you can get a few days under your belt you get stronger around sugar, so perhaps going tough for a few days might help oblomov?

I've had a reasonable day again, ending on 980 and 38g carbs. Had a delicious brunch of bacon, Brie and avocado, and the dinner was roast chicken, veg, 1 little roastie and 1 Yorkshire pud, which I had promised myself all day and then they were very disappointing. Did a run on the treadmill but it was the wrong time for me and I was too tired, I felt like I was dragging my feet. Menu planned for the week ahead ready to shop tomorrow.

Hope everyone has a great week! I'm debating weighing in tomorrow, but as I said upthread I'm scared to break the spell so I might try a few more days at 800 cals first.

Welcome Lalalaleah ! Sounds like you're doing really well. I've not heard of those matcha supplements, what are they? I don't think anyone is pescatarian, although we have had a few veggies on here over the threads. If anything, I'd be keen to hear your fish recipes because I don't eat much fish at all although I do like it.

hello, i'm restarting tomorrow (monday). Had a bad spell recently but moving on from that. I actually dread Christmas due to the food. I can handle an indulgent meal with no problems but Christmas, even with the best intentions (and this year I had very little at home) is something else. Endless parties, food literally everywhere . I used to have an eating disorder and although i'm recovered now I still find food can cause problems.