Blood sugar diet thread 10

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New thread for the Blood Sugar dieters

Link to our old thread;

Blood sugar diet thread 9 www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/3143559-blood-sugar-diet-thread-9

I've been looking through my original BSD diaries and realised I always had breakfast in my first 8 weeks. After that, I changed my eating window and dropped breakfast.
I'm trying to follow my original eating plans so have started having breakfast again.
Sometimes I think it's about changing your existing routine every few months rather than eating in a particular window iyswim.

I ended yesterday on 709 calories + a spin class. Just finished my breakfast omelette. I swear I have had more breakfast so far this week than I have in the last 3 months. I find I get hungry at about 9(!), but after about 9:30 I'm past it.

Office based at work today, which is normally when I mainline tea and chocolate buttons. Not today!! I've got some lemon slices to jazz up some hot water...

Sunshine! Warmth!

Definitely pleased to be doing this now that I may have to dig out last summer's linen trousers.

Forgot to report in after Monday's weigh-in: 5lb off in the first week which I'm pleased with as it was a pretty slothful one in terms of exercise. Husband lost 11lb though!

I'm definitely used to this now and feel good on it. Good luck to the new starters!

Thanks for the welcome. I’m starting today, having devoured a family sized bag of Minstrels yesterday in preparation .

Starting weight 13st 5 and I’m struggling to fit in size 16.

I’m not particularly hungry in the morning so I’ve just had a few coffees. Im planning scrambled eggs and tomato for lunch and the jewelled pepper from the book for dinner. Then I’m saving yoghurt and raspberries for the evening when I usually feel the need to eat crap.

First weigh in since hol. By some minor miracle I'm only 2 pounds up since holiday.

Given me a bit of motivation, thought I'd really undone a lot of hard work!

Isn’t it just amazing to feel the sunshine? I love it! I’m planning a light and quiet day- no run, no ridiculous 25k steps, aiming for 800-1000 cals. I’m going to have a small shake now, a salad lunch, and a 400 cal dinner (trying those curry ready meals out as it’s so easy to calorie count when it’s all done for me!). I was positively itching to weigh myself this morning so had to hurry downstairs and drink a pint of water before the urge overtook me because I am determined to see what a full week (ok, 5 days) if being on plan can achieve. I am addicted to weighing myself though, so it was a real struggle.

Glad to hear everyone’s in good form!

londonista 2lbs is hardly anything. You'll lose it again in no time. Well done! You obviously showed much more restraint than I did.

So, I weighed myself yesterday, and my starting weight for this round is 15'9. Last time it was 17'6.

All going well so far, less than 2 days in!

That's amazing bridget so excellent you had so much progress and are going to progress more!

Hello there - I'm a week and half into it and just found this thread. I did the BSD a couple of years ago and had lost 1.5 stones in 6 weeks. I failed to do any kind of maintenance plan and got into bad habits during a stressful time. So, I'm going for it again with the plan being to do 5:2 for maintenance. I haven't actually weighed myself this time as I was so down about my appearance I didn't want to know. Anyway, I can tell in some clothes that I've lost weight already, though it's probably not much, and I'm determined.

Closing the kitchen on 1003 cals, 59g carbs, 14k steps. No run today though!

I had one of those aldi ready meals which all things considered was actually very pleasant although it was a bit spicy for me (was labelled as mild but really wasn’t!). Was a good back up to have in the freezer for 322 cals. I also had an Oreo cookie ice cream sandwich on the way home from school which is what pushed the calories up, but hey, it’s the first sunny day of the year!

It was fab going out today with no coat, and a lot of people commented on my weightloss which was really nice- I think because I’ve been hidden under bulky winter clothes it was really apparent today. It’s such a boost.

Welcome and welcome back to wowfudge and well done Bridget

Finishing day 1 on 788 calories. It’s not been too bad but I think tomorrow will be harder.

I am definitely turning a corner! Have felt fab all day. Pleasantly peckish but that was all. Had a huge salad for dinner that came in around 300 cals plus some yoghurt and blueberries for around 150 which means I probably came in around 900 all in.

It's freeing not to log stuff and seems to be working ok. I don't really weigh much either because it's either portion controlled or isn't a deal breaker because it's lettuce. I tend to weigh my fruit and yog though.

I did lose 6lb in the first week and another 1 has gone in the last couple of days (I am a daily weigher) so happy with that.

Finishing for the day at 847 calories, and did an hour of strength stuff in the gym. I'm alarmed by how much energy I have each afternoon!

I'm week 5 now and have lost 16 pounds. I have a lot to lose though!
I'm finding brunch more likely now than breakfast to be honest. I've been trying to make some small changes, such as increasing water, meditation via Headspace and walking as my main exercise every day.
I got a new phone last week and was pleased to discover Happy ScAles which is motivational weight tracker which shows you are losing when you think you aren't iyswim. It's similar to Trendweight which I also use and recommend.

As soon as this pesky cold is over I need to get busy with strictly limiting intake as some people just looked at my tummy on the tube and you could see them weighing up whether to offer a seat or not.

Not pregnant, just fat.

Oh, Beans, don't be too hard on yourself . Hope you feel better soon.

GrimDamnFanjo (love your name, it cracks me up!) Well done! 16lbs in 5 weeks! I hope I do as well.

PhyllisWig Well done for turning that corner! I've found it's quite a slog to get into it (lots of shopping, meal planning, prep) but it's ok when you're in the zone.

Well, if you don't hear from me again, I might have melted...

Lunch.

That looks like a lovely healthy lunch.

This is day 4 and I am 5lbs down. Finding it ok at the moment but I am in that early honeymoon phase. First big test will be the weekend when DH and children are about. I can more or less please myself what I eat and when I eat during the week as I work from home and DH is away Mon-Fri.

I have done no exercise which I shall have to rectify. But as I have about 7 stone to lose I will cut myself some slack this week and concentrate on getting the food right as this is going to be a long journey.

Hi everyone,

I'd like to join this thread please. I started a thread looking for some help before I start but I thought it would be better to post here where the experts are.

(copied and pasted from my thread)....

Hi,

I've just finished reading the BSD book and want to start asap but I have a few issues I'm hoping someone can help me with please.

I work 12hr shifts, days and nights so there's no way I'll have time to do the all-food BSD and will need shakes for convenience. The problem is the book doesn't list one recipe for a shake nor does it say what carb/sugar gram count I need to be below per serving.

I have a shake which I bought a couple of weeks ago (before I heard about the BSD on MN) but per serving it seems to be too high in sugar.

Has anyone doing the diet found a good over-the-counter shake or do any of you have recipes for one or even overnight oats? I'm ideally looking for something which will come to 3 x 200cal servings so I can work a full 12hr busy shift and not be starving or weak. I tend to get hypo's regularly though I'm not diabetic and I think they're carb driven.

Any help or advice greatly appreciated and thanks in advance.

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Also, how many carbs grams are allowed in a day. I must have missed that in the book

TIA

Hi i am not an expert but I will try to help.

There are no carb limits given in the books but if you stick to the food lists the carbs should be self limiting as we shouldn't be eating wheat, pasta, rice etc. If I had grains or lentils for lunch I would try and stick to protein and veg for dinner. This week my carbs have been between 30-40g most days.

Do you have a microwave at work. I have been eating soup for lunch. Normally comes in at 150 cals per portion. I think some people make up their own shakes with protein powder, avocados etc. I am going to get a nutribullet and start experimenting. I imagine they could become calorific though.

From memory Exante shakes are the lowest in sugar. I don't think they contain artificial sweetener either. I have some sachets from Asda that work out around 180 cals and 6g of carbs if I make them with unsweetened almond milk. But these are not total meal replacements so I wouldn't have 3 a day.

About protein shakes, I looked at a few different brands. Most of them have sweeteners and loads of other stuff. I think when they are marketed as meal replacement, they have to fortify it with vitamins etc etc. Personally, and I am no expert, I wanted a shake, with no sweeteners. I have been using the brand, Pulsin, protein powder with unsweetened almond milk and have found it to be great. I had usef PhD nutrition brand earlier and it was making me really hungry.

Hi Belinda,

Thanks for replying. I work in EMS so I never know when I'm going to get to eat. I could heat something in the microwave but if the radio goes, I have to run. I still think I can do it because I have a small coolbag that I could keep the milk in and eat on the road if needed. I could also eat cold food, chicken/salmon or whatever BUT I have an hour commute each way and I could get a late call either so it's the time to food prep that is the biggest problem really. It's the reason I am the size I am, convenient take-away after a long shift!

I feel a bit confused after reading the book. I get the science behind it but the food side of it has stumped me because of my job. I'm determined to do it though as I have a wedding coming up late summer and I'm not attending another family occasion feeling self-conscious and frumpy.

My shake label reads - per 23g of product: 93kcal, 1.2g fat (OW saturates

Flamin hi, welcome. I agree with belinda above, the plan itself is largely self limiting if you avoid the main foods (so no bread, potato pasta, rice, (I also avoid grains, cereals etc) plus sugar, and I only really eat berries and have cut out all other fruit). Ideally you’d avoid anything with sugar as an ingredient, and hugely limit anything with sugars occurring naturally. Some low carbers say 50g or less as a benchmark; others will count ‘net carbs’ so will deduct grams of fibre from the carb total. But really, there is no harm in having some days low and some days a bit more... I tend to hit around 30-60g (and I don’t stick to 800 calories every day either and still do that).

Re; shakes- I make mine with
250ml almond milk -33 cals
50g raspberries/blueberries- 16 cals
10g maca powder- 29 cals
20g peanut butter or 50g avocado or 80g full fat yoghurt - around 120 cals
Handful spinach - 5 cals

so it comes to 200 cals approx. But again it’s not a meal replacement as such, but it is high fat/high protein/ sugar free. It keeps me going all morning. I’ve not found one that I can afford online that isn’t artificially sweetened, or chocolate/vanilla flavours added to them.

Aldi do a great range of powders such as maca, spirulina, wheatgrass etc in their ‘foodie market’ range if that’s your thing to add to shakes.

Hi House,

It took me so long to write my last post, I missed yours!

I wouldn't know where to look for added stuff that I'd want to avoid. I mean I can read on the label all sorts of things but I don't know what most of them are or if they're a no-no.

Mine is a whey protein that I got from Holland and Barrett so I don't think it's a meal replacement.

Embarrassed to be so clueless