Blood Sugar Diet & Fast 800 Thread 22

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Blood Sugar Diet & Fast 800 Thread 21

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/fasting_diet/3993297-Blood-Sugar-Diet-Fast-800-Thread-21

Hi, noticed the thread was full so started this new one. Link to previous one above.

V.quiet thread at the mo!

I had a good weekend all in all. Managed to resist red wine with my steak yesterday which was easier than I thought it would be (helped that I still felt vaguely hungover from Saturday!).

Lunch will probably be scrambled egg or tuna salad and dinner is chilli stuffed red peppers.

'Official' weigh day today and down 1.5lbs on last Monday. Still carrying a little bloat from Saturday's alcohol so I'm happy with that. Most importantly, I did my first lot of re-measuring and I've lost 7.5" from all over since Jan 4th. 2" from my waist (much needed) and 2" from my bust and around my back (also much needed!). I usually lose off my legs first which I don't need to do (am v apple shaped so quite top heavy). V pleased with that! Happy Monday all.

May I join?

I'm starting the Fast 800 today at a weight of 18st 3lb . I've also taken measurements, which frankly I don't even want to think about, much less post!

I've planned my meals for the weeks and going to be eating in an 11am - 7pm window.

I am terrible at diets, I think because I have such a lot to lose (and with an underactive thyroid) that it seems impossible. I've also got some very stressful family stuff going on at the moment, so I am going to allow myself a little leeway on Wednesdays and Saturdays, but aim not to go over 1200 calories max.

My first aim is to get down to 16.7 st, which was my lowest weight in recent memory, about 18 months ago.

Yay! Congrats @texican That's an awesome amount of inches!

I was exactly the same as you yesterday - I had a little bottle of red in my hand when I was buying my steak but I put it back, I do want to be able to do Dry Jan - and yesterday was lovely and chill and I really didn't need it.

Did another 2 hour walk yesterday in the snow - loved it.

Want to get back to recording in MFP this week - was very bad at that last week! Actually looking forward to weighing in at the end of the week and seeing how the month's gone!

Yay welcome @MintyCedric! 😊

I think you'll find this way of eating particularly motivating if you feel like it's an uphill battle as you should see a big loss in the first few weeks and after that it all gets a bit easier anyway. Plus with stressful things going on, sometimes having fewer meals to worry about can be a good thing!

Anyway, welcome!

@PhoenixMama jealous of your snowy walk. We had a tiny sprinkling but it went really quickly leaving us with dangerous ice in its place! Made for a fun walk!!!

Thanks @texican

Today's gone ok...dinner slightly late but it was only salad.

I'm having the same thing for breakfast and lunch every day this week which makes it easier. Am going to just change it up weekly so as you say it's less to think about.

I am bloody determined to crack it this time. I started going to weekly walks with my best mate at the beginning of year so going to try and fit in a couple of shorter ones during the week too.

Hi @MintyCedric So sorry - we must have cross posted! Welcome! When I started in 2019 I was 225lbs (16 stone) and now I'm 181lbs (so just under 13) - I lost 21lbs in my first month! I'd never been able to lose weight because of the medication I was on and multiple Dr's had basically told me I had to suck it up and accept it as a side effect. Stick with the plan and the results will definitely come. I had really bad keto flu when I started and I couldn't do a lot of exercise but within 3 weeks I had really adjusted. If you need any support just shout!

I'm closing the kitchen just under today which I'm happy with. Did not space my meals well because of the homeschool/work combo but survived another day! Forgot to weigh in this morning so I will tomorrow!

@PhoenixMama thank you so much for the welcome and for sharing your story...that's really inspiring.

I've been single for 4.5 years since my marriage broke down and for a long time wasn't bothered about dating, but have changed my mind recently and know that my weight is a massively stumbling block...not in itself but because it really affects my self esteem.

I like myself these days (mostly) but I want to like the outside as well.

That resonated with me @MintyCedric - I think I'm the same after the last few years of marriage breakdown, change of relationship, and a few years of counselling! I think I do like myself on the inside now but the outside doesn't quite match up. Interesting thought, as i know it is improving through losing weight. Weirdly it's not about being 'thinner' so much but more about a level of self control I was really struggling with for a few years. I feel like I've regained control through this, though it's still early days so I'm a bit nervy about it. I think I felt a bit ashamed before by my lack of self control and that's definitely improving which helps all round.

Another day in paradise here today with back-to-back work zooms all day. I made a batch portion of lovely Italian soup last night so will probably have a portion for lunch and then stir-fry with leftover steak for dinner.

I'm feeling a little peckish at the moment so have to watch that extra calories aren't creeping in by 'trying' the dinner during cooking etc. I think I probably ate a small bowl of chilli last night just while I was cooking it!!

My mum doesn't help.

Last time I told her I'd been having a nosey on Tinder, her reply was "do you have to put your weight on your profile...you wouldn't want to meet someone and them be shocked when they see you."

She's the master of tactless comments but I don't think I'll ever forget than one.

@MintyCedric & @texican It's so funny because my motivation was/is similar. And I totally get the wanting to look on the outside like I am on the inside. Plus there's something very sexy about feeling confident with your body and not constantly trying to cover up or hide away.

Minty - my mum is similar with her tactless or backhanded compliments but I never struggled to get dates at any size so def ignore her!

Down half a pound this morning making it 11.2lbs lost this month so far. I'd been hoping for a stone but that might've been super optimistic lol

Plus there's something very sexy about feeling confident with your body and not constantly trying to cover up or hide away.

Exactly.

Unfortunately after my mum's comment I did meet someone on OLD...we clicked intellectually and sense of humour wise, spent 3 days chatting before he told me he 'really fancied' me.

So in the context of the messaging I sent a (flattering) full length pic as he'd only seen headshots (and mum's words were ringing in my ears). He came back saying I was hot and he loved curvy women...continued chatting for a few hours, being very complimentary...

...then the next day I found myself unmatched and never heard from him again!

Now given his enthusiasm, I suspect it was less to do with my weight and more to do with the fact I hadn't picked up and run with some of his more suggestive comments (purely because I didn't get the 'only after one thing' vibe and didn't want to cock it up!).

However...I will always have that niggling doubt in the back of my mind and I don't want to be in that situation when I start seriously considering dating again.

@MintyCedric It's horrid when that happens but I think it has a lot more to do with them not getting the sexting they (only) want back! Been there a hundred times!

Today has been weird - DD (11) having a huge meltdown about her body & body image & me trying to walk the line between what's healthy and what's not while also totally remembering what it was like to be bigger than my friends.

But - big non-scale win today, I wore a form fitting jumper with a tighter skirt and had zero muffin top going on! So yay for little victories!

Haven't been too hungry & have eaten well but ragingly thirsty. Going to run tomorrow, hoping all the snow & ice is gone. I actually miss running! How did you guys do?

@PhoenixMama the irony is I was only there out of drunken curiosity, and tbh I'd he'd made his intentions a bit clearer he might actually have been in luck! Hey ho...

It's tricky with DDs isn't it? Mine put a lot of weight on between 12 - 13.5 whilst we were living with my parents while her dad and I got divorced. She took it in her own hands once we moved into our own place and lost about a stone and half, got really into the gym, but late 2019 had some friendship issues, then Covid and has been comfort eating and piled it back on (she's 16 now).

Since being locked down again though, she's been working out or going for walks once or twice a day, and eating more healthily although not calorie counting, and it's really starting to show.

I empathises with you both, that must be quite a tricky conversation to balance. I would find it really hard as it would remind me of my own memories of weight struggles at that age. I think a focus on health and nutrition can be a good angle as it can help to think about food choices that nourish our body rather than the food we rely on to lift our mood or cravings. That's helped me massively as an adult - learning about different food and veg and their vitamins etc, cravings and their real causes, the addictive quality of junk etc. I do also think teen girls do fluctuate with weight over the teen years so keeping it all quite low key is best.

@PhoenixMama no muffin top is a great feeling! @MintyCedric how are you getting on? Are you feeling hungry or is it manageable? Today is your day off?

I am losing about 0.2lbs a day and while rationally I know that I am losing inches (and am starting to see & feel a difference) I find myself feeling a little impatient. This is pretty unfair given I lost around 10lbs in first 2 weeks so was due a few weeks of not much movement on the scales - and I knew it was coming! But it's so nice to see the big losses, so not seeing them is a bit urgh. Keep on keeping on though. Still lower than last week and that's all that matters!

I was really hungry yesterday and probably did eat more like 1000cals (and I wonder why I'm not losing like I did...). I had been experimenting with different types lunches as was turning into a scrambled egg, but to be honest eggs fill me up and are nutritious so today's lunch will be back to the standard scrambled eggs, mushrooms and spring onions! Perhaps with a bacon medallion to feel like a treat. Dinner is 'creamy garlicky mushrooms' which I got from the low carb recipe thread on here so will report back as first time cooking it. I made the creamy pesto chicken off that thread last week and it was delicious.

I find posting on here motivating and it's good to have the company! ☺️

Hi @Texican

For various reasons I've not been quite as strict as I should have, so today won't be a cheat day after all!

I have manged to stay within my upper cheat day limit though, and walked 3.5 miles yesterday so not going to beat myself up about it, if it takes me a few days to ease myself into it, so be it. I know the effect won't be as dramatic as quickly but I'm here for the long haul anyway.

Well bugger me sideways...

Was desperately tempted to have fried egg on toast instead of my usual carbon free scrambled with bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes, so I though I'd jump on the scales, with very minimal expectations.

3.5lb down since Monday...probably mostly due to hormonal fluctuations but it's been a while since the scales read under 18st so I'll take it!

Whoo hoo! @MintyCedric Great results!

I want to bang my head against the wall and very much think there is dessert in my future today...

I don't have a hugely sweet tooth...it's wine that's my downfall.

I'm making a fat free swiss roll type thing tomorrow but most of it will go to my parents with me.

Well today went massively off the rails. I've been up since 5:20 and only just finished work now, DD had 3 major meltdowns over school and I nearly completely lost it on her in M&S, so that was fun. Ended up eating total crap and feel worse for it - physically & mentally. Tomorrow's another day but man did today suck.

Urgh @PhoenixMama that sounds like a shitty day and finishing work so late too ☹️ yesterday felt quite hard for anyone connected to schools or with kids at school I think. My step daughter is year 13 and she's putting a brave face on it but I feel gutted for her that her sixth form has been so rubbish. My partner is a head teacher and the stress some days has been almost intolerable. This way of working is easy for no one. Today will be a better day.

Yay @MintyCedric. What a motivating loss - and if you weighed in the middle of the day I'll bet you are even lower first thing in the morning.

I'm hungrier this week definitely, I think because I'm really tired. Weighed this morning and have dropped 1lb which is the biggest single drop for a while and psychologically quite needed! Today I'm going to have my beautiful soup again and have some of last nights left over chicken with a small salad as the soup didn't fill me up last time. Cajun tuna steak for dinner.

Happy Thursday!

@PhoenixMama hope today is better for you. Sometimes I think the hardest thing is to get back on it after a day like that...if you can do that you're winning.

@texican I'm a secondary school administrator but on sabbatical at the moment caring for elderly parents. I am so grateful not to have to be in atm...there's no way I could cope with the stress on top of everything else.

My DD is Year 11 and her last year at school has been decimated. She's coping pretty well and I don't think it's had much impact academically but it breaks my heart to think about what she's missed out on in terms of experiences.

She was awarded a significant prefect role last February, one that she had set her heart on for a couple of years and took a lot to achieve, and she's been able to do virtually nothing in the role that she would have been amazing at (Head of Community so lots of outreach and charity work).

Her school (which is also where I work) have been fabulous...from a student POV I don't think they could have handled the situation better, but it's just so sad for these kids.

Oh @texican & @MintyCedric I totally feel for anyone working in a school right now. I think it's hell all round. It also breaks my heart how many experiences the kids are missing out on. You can teach them the material one way or another but you def can't give them extra experiences. DD was dying to be in the Y7 choir and go to Disneyland Paris to perform but all that's just wiped out.

Only up marginally today (although it might still come and bite me in the ass lol) but really interesting was how awful all those carbs made me feel. Good motivation for keeping on track!

Think I'll have soup for lunch today too. I'm staring down the barrel of loads of emails today so need to just get on with it and hopefully won't finish so late today!

Very grateful to have you guys to check in with or I would be well off the rails right now. x

Morning all! ☀️

@PhoenixMama I completely agree. This is really helping me to stay on top of things and actually notice when things are slipping a bit. It's great to hear your progress too, and share when things are a bit rubbish. Better than compensating by eating!

I have lost a bit again this morning leaving me a tantalising 0.6lbs away from the next stone bracket which I haven't seen for too long! Likely not to get there over the weekend but hopefully this time next week I'll be in the 9s!!!!

I am likely to have a drink tomorrow, and maybe tonight but haven't decided. That seems to stall my progress for a good 4/5 days so have to decide if it's worth it. Lunch today is same as yesterday and dinner is chicken fajitas in lettuce wraps which I really love. Doing a zoom murder mystery thing tonight so will be distracted by that for a bit so maybe won't drink!

I just bought the Fast 800 easy recipe book. But it's hard to find any sub-200 calories breakfasts. Any idea please?

Morning! So I had an amazing run this morning- ran all the way up this massive hill by my house for the first time ever, had a great yoga session, clothes feeling like they fit better and then stepped on the scale and it said I was up 3lbs and my measurements are slightly up too.

I know it's just water but after working so hard I really wanted more results. I also know it's the day I went off the rails biting me back but grrrrrr. Good news is that it's made me want to be really strict today and tomorrow so hopefully that will pay off!

Sunday is my friend we're bubbled with's birthday and there will be cake so need to be prepared for that lol

@BarryWhiteIsMyBrother I'm really boring and have 2 eggs pretty much everyday for breakfast. Occaisionally some fruit with greek yoghurt. That said if I know I'm having a bigger meal for dinner I often don't eat breakfast at all and divide the 800 cals over 2 meals instead of 3 to make it easier...