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Monday 23rd September Its now 7 weeks since starting my diet, and today my weight is 93kg exactly, or 14st 9lb. I started at 102.5kg or 16st 2lb, so that's 21lb lost. Its made a massive difference too, im down 2 sizes from 22 to an easy 18, and I cant stop looking at myself in the mirror lol as...

Peanut butter is just over 50% fat, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!! Nutrition Facts and Analysis for Peanut butter, smooth style, with salt It follows on of course that it is pretty high in calories too, 94 in a level tablespoon. But if you have to have a peanut butter fix then im sure you...

I don't know much about juddd as such, except that it is a form of intermittent fasting which is what Im doing. My fasting days are Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday and I have a meal replacement for lunchtime and a salad of around 200 cals or so for dinner. I guess I could just have 2 meal...

Juddd is similar to what im doing and I think it could well be a long term plan to keep weight off. The fasting days were a bit difficult to start with as I was getting a bit dizzy, but I breeze through them now. If you can do it, I think its a great idea! It certainly suits me anyway and...

Hi Mayy! Good to see someone nearer to my age here trying to get to grips with the weight loss. Im doing intermittent fasting which is working well for me currently having lost 9kg in about 5 weeks, so Im well pleased with that. Keep us updated with you diet progress and ill pop back to see how...

Official weigh in day, I am at 93.3, that's 2.4kg less than last Monday! wonderful! Not so great is BG at 8!! oh god how did that happen? and it was a fasting day yesterday as well. Anyway, im now over 9kg lost so I have done my 9th kiva loan this morning to a womans group in Sierra Leone.

Taking these supplements may or may not help with weight loss, and if you are dieting anyway how will you know? But the important thing is that they provide a psychological boost and commitment to the diet. If they are not harmful then why not.

Well done Haddy! I think your plan looks fab, and I think the important thing here is that you really understand the need to eat 'real' food and not processed rubbish. You are doing great!

I always lose from my face hips and legs first, stomach last, boobs eventually

Here is a link to the Horizon program, I don't think it is on youtube as I have searched for it there Eat, Fast and Live Longer - Horizon on Vimeo

It wont be months, not if you start right now. Ive been doing my own version of 5:2, which is actually 4:3 as we are living in Tenerife for a few months. It would be way too easy for me to be in holiday mode and say to hell with it but I havnt. I desperately need to get my weight and my blood...

Oh wow, yes! I hadn't realised that! in just a month I have lost 25% of the total weight I need to lose. That's amazing!

Hi yoyo, your diary reads like its describing me, except im older at 58 and I did go on to develop type 2 diabetes. So not only am I fat but I now run the risk of going blind as well, unless a stroke gets me first of course. DONT go down the route of bringing on diabetes. Do something about it...

Weight this morning is down to 94.3, and BG at 5.7. BG has been under 7 for 6 days in a row now, and hopefully from now it will remain under 7. I would like to see it in the 5's every day of course as that would be perfect but as long as it stays in the 6's or less its not doing any further...

Hi Mark, at least you are trying again, I really admire that you can pick yourself up and start over. You CAN do it, you just have to be focussed. Only a few weeks ago I weighed well over 16st, and now amazingly in just a few weeks I am 14.12. You can make a huge difference in a short space of...

Oh well done! that's fabulous news, you should be very proud of yourself because this isn't easy and you are doing so great!

You have to stop buying the sugary drinks, they are desperately high is sugar and calories. I know it can be hard to give them up but you have to, otherwise you are going to let a fizzy drink keep you overweight, are you going to let a fizzy drink do that to you?

Oh good result this morning! weight 94.8 which converts to 14.13, so im under 15st now! BG at 5.7 which is finally a normal blood glucose reading!. This also means ive now lost over 7kg, so time for my 7kg loss kiva loan which goes to Dinara in El Salvador who needs to buy roofing panels to...

Hows it going today niks? have you started your diet yet? and whats the decision on the gym?

Thanks Lisa! it really is starting to pay off now, less than a month and ive already lost just over a stone. Given that im on an extended holiday as well, im really really happy with that result!

The weather is good, very sunny and hot, but windy which keeps you cool, but sometimes drives me nuts with my hair blowing in my face all the time! I love a cooked breakfast and it can really set you up for the day especially if you avoid the carby bread and just stick to the good old egg bacon...

I use of those electric wand blenders to do my shake, they are really cheap too in Tesco, about £4 for the Tesco own brand one, could you buy yourself one of those and leave it at work with a plastic jug? it will make very quick work of blending the shake with not a lump in sight.

Do you know what, I bet the instructor would be full of admiration for you! for one thing you present someone that they can make a big difference to, to help you get back to full health and fitness. It would give them an immense sense of satisfaction to help you get on the road to losing weight...

We all love the kind of food you love niks, I guess that's why most of us are here lol. But you have to see it for what it is, its an addiction eating all this crap stuff, and you have to beat the addiction. Don't let a bag of crisps or a bar of chocolate dictate what size clothes you wear, you...

Woohoo!! weight 95.7 this morning, and its my official weigh in day! that's from 97.3 last Monday so a loss of 1.6kg! also BG was down to 6.4 this morning too. That has now put me over 6kg loss so time for my next kiva loan. This time I have sent a $25 loan to Maricel in the Philipines who needs...

Well done Liz, that's fantastic! you must be over the moon!

Weight back up to 97.0 and blood glucose at 7.0 this morning. Ah well, back to normal now. Puerto was lovely, we had a really lovely time there. I got to eat at my favourite restaurant and we did go a bit overboard! I should have stuck to the salad lol, but anyway we had a good time. Thinking of...

Yesterday morning blood glucose was 6.2, this morning was 6.9. We are in puerto de la cruz for couple of days now , I drank rather a lot of Red wine last night and woke up around 2.30am with a stinking rotten headache or should I say hangover . Fortunately I had paracetamol but found it hard to...

It was a year ago when we last was there so I cant remember the exact dishes, but one was a salt cod dish I remember as someone was raving over it, but by the time we got a table they had sold out of it. Ill make a note of whats on the menu this time and report back! I do remember that I had a...

Well done xtracute, 6kg is a fantastic result, well done you! actually its more than 12lb, 2.2lb for a kilo so you have lost almost 1 stone in a week, way to go you!

ok I didn't put the scales away and I cannot stop myself in anycase. This morning my weight has dropped to 96.6! and blood glucose at 6.9. Last night we had indian as well, although I was careful about what I had, prawn cocktail without the sauce and tandoori chicken with a salad, and of course...

Well done! 8lbs is a fantastic loss!

weight this morning 97.3 blood glucose 7.8, so both are on their way down again. This is the problem with weighing daily, weight isn't static or downward only, there are all sorts of variations. So im going to put the scales away and just weigh on Mondays. Ill just do my blood glucose daily...

Hi jody, im reading the teen diary book, its hilarious and apparently totally true, its called My Fat Mad Teenage Diary by Rae Earl, and is based on her own teen diaries from the late 80's Im doing this intermittent fasting diet thing due to the BBC Horizon program about fasting, so it a bit...

Uggg, today both my weight and my blood glucose is up, and I cannot figure out why. Blood glucose at 8.0 and weight at 97.5. The only thing I can think of is that Friday and Saturday are 2 consecutive 'eating days' although what I eat on an eating day is fairly limited. Yesterday I ate a large...

oh I have lots of plans for the greenhouse! bringing on plants early in the year for hanging baskets and tubs and growing fruit and veg, I love it! im also very keen on growing fuschias, they are so beauitiful. I have about 30 different varieties at the moment, many are not hardy so need to be...

How about just having strong black coffee? That should give youths caffeine boost without the glucose

Hi Lisa, glad to hear you are doing ok with shake that weight. What flavours are the shakes? I usually get Exante as they are quite cheap (relatively speaking) and I like the taste of them. Im on some Spanish thing at the moment as that's all I can get and I can taste the sweetener in them, but...

So this morning weight down again very slightly to 97.1 blood glucose up very slightly to 6.8, still in the 6's though! Today is 31st August and is my last official day of being employed. Although I left work at the end of July, August has been using up holiday so officially I was still working...

Thank you both, its lovely of you to say so, but its a very small gesture that im making really and its for my own selfish needs in the end :) a way of encouraging myself to stick to the plan and lose weight! Also, its kind of humbling to think that hubby are I are eating out 4 times a week on...

I did something a bit odd today. Is odd the right word? I want to find something to mark the weight I lose, and so far ive lost 5kg! Yesterday I came across an article about microloans where a small loan can make a huge difference in third world countries. Generally these loans are given to...

This morning blood glucose at 6.7! That's a BIG drop and hopefully I can look forward to normal levels soon, I think normal is 5.8 but anything less than 6 will for me. My weight is down a touch to 97.2. Today is an eating day, so I can look forward to the usual half baguette at lunchtime as...

What a fantastic result! You have lost an incredible amount of weight for your holiday and all you regained was 4lb! im so jealous lol. It is tough to get your head back in diet mode again, but please think about it, you have come so far, why jeopardise it all now? Get your diet head back on...

Good luck with the weigh ins tomorrow!

Hi Jody, we just got back from our walk. I think we were out for almost 3 hours, although we were not walking for all that time, we stopped at 2 bars for a drink (just fizzy water for me). Im not sure what makes P20 different to other sunscreens, but it is different certainly. Its an...

Oh glad to hear that your diet stuff turned up, have you started it today?

Blood glucose this morning at 7.8 , that's shaved another point off. There is no blurriness to my sight either this morning, and im not getting up in the night to pee either. Its all good! If I can keep this up I wont have to resort to the Gliclazide. Update 4pm. another overcast day here, but...

Hi Lisa! thanks for stopping by my diary, hope you come back again! Hi travel jody! Weather is still overcast here, but warm even so. Warm enough to lounge around in a swimsuit all day that's for sure. This evening we went into Los Cristianos and had a meal at The House restaurant. It used to...

Hi Liz, how are you doing? Have you got a plan going yet for your diet? Im getting on with the diet here, and its going ok.

Todays scores are - weight 97.4, down .4 from yesterday, blood glucose 7.9! woohoo! im in the 7's - just. Feel very happy with this result today, makes yesterdays anguish with the hunger all the more worth it update 4.35pm. I finished The Accidental Apprentice today, it was ok, not as good as...

Not just husbands, well meaning friends and the rest of the family do it too. I was 16st, clearly I have to lose weight, yet half a stone down and everyone goes into a dam panic. Jeez, just let me get on with it lol

Yes without doubt the sun helps, and it used to clear up completely when I was in the sun. But in recent years ive seen a deterioration in the amount of help I get from the sun, now it calms it down on the whole, although it will still flare up from time to time. yesterday my hand was very...

Yes pretty much, 3 days a week I limit myself to 400 or 500 cals, on the other 4 days I eat sensibly, which for me is to stay below 1500 cals and to a greater degree limit carbs, but as its hubbys responsibility to get lunch that generally means I have half a baguette at lunchtime. As we are...

I know what you mean about getting shaky in supermarkets, I think your senses are heightened when you are dieting and the smell of food can be overwhelming, especially if there is a bakery section. Im not really doing a vlcd, well I suppose I am, but only on an alternate day basis, so it makes...

Thanks Mini, and thanks for the diabetic info. I found it tougher today, the hunger would not go away and just felt very weak so I had my shake earlier at 1.30 which made me feel a lot better for a few hours, I had a peach at around 5pm and ive just had my salad, and now finally feel full and...

Ohh I see other people are reading Gone Girl, I have that on my kindle ready and waiting for me, so that might be my next book

Im currently reading the Accidental Apprentice by Vikas Swarup. This is the guy who wrote Slumdog Millionaire (originally called Q&A). I like reading his books but they all take pretty much the same route, each chapter devoted to a specific answer. This one though is stretching the bounds of...

Don't let other people put doubts in your head about your goal weight, its still a very healthy weight at a BMI of 20. You have obviously changed drastically with a weight loss as much as you have done and that's a fantastic achievement. But it can take time for those around you to accept the...

ok.... that was unnecessarily rude, ill leave you to it

I note that a lot of diaries on here are focussed around losing post baby weight. I just want it to be known that I too am losing post baby weight, but the baby is question though is now 33 years old sadly. I really should have got to grips with it sooner...........

Day 2 and 3 on a TS will be your most difficult days, your body is just starting to wake up to the fact that its in danger of running out of glucogen which is normally topped up constantly by carbs. Soon it will have to switch to burning fat as the glucogen supplies dry up, and with that comes a...

Oh yes to the painkillers, but I think my headache is as phantom as my hunger, its all psychological im sure. My body is determined to make me eat and im determined no to, so I just need to distract myself and im sure the headache and hunger will go away, if not then ill resort to some...

My plan is one that has come about due to a combination of things. Uncontrolled diabetes being the main driver, but I accidently came across a BBC Horizon program about the benefits of fasting. The guy who did the program has since written a book about it. It wasn't specifically a weight loss...

I usually cannot drink coffee without milk in it, ive never been one for sugar though. I bought some milk the other day and it went off pretty quick so I had no choice but to have black coffee, and now im actually getting used to it. Ive even asked for black coffee when we have been out. But its...

Today weight was 97.8 and blood glucose 8.3. That's 4 days in a row that glucose level has been less than 9, so its going in the right direction. I have to take my weight as a base line figure as I don't know if these scales I bought yesterday weigh me the same as my scales at home in the UK...

Im interested to know what meds have your psoriasis under control. Im currently using dovobet, which calms it but little else. My hand is so painful tonight that I can hardly use it. I get psoriasis on my palms and soles of my feet, so either my hands are too painful to use or my feet are too...

I don't think Minimins means anything except its a play on the name of Mini who is the administrator here and probably the site owner. It might also be a play on the word minimise as that's what we are trying to do, minimise ourselves.

Hi xtracute, im here too. I feel for you, I totally understand your need to ramble about all and everything. I do that too lol. It helps to fix the mindset and its all about the mindset when it comes to sticking to a weight loss plan. Ipost in a diary here and I also blog, in a private blog on...

Well this morning my blood glucose reading is 8.5. This whole blood glucose thing is such a mystery. I eat it goes down, I fast it goes up. I have been researching of course, you don't get much sensible stuff from the doctor. I ask questions and they cant give me the answers, not ones I want to...

Today my glucose level is down to 8.0, finally going in the right direction! Still too high though, but im feeling a bit happier about it. Today is a fasting day. Yesterday evening we went out for a meal, I had chilli and salad and 2 glasses red wine. The usual half baguette for lunch so I...

Well this morning was better news, blood glucose at 8.5, so better than yesterday, its not exactly good news but its a bit of a drop in the right direction. Today is an eating day, we had half baguette for lunch. Hubby is in charge of lunch and that's about the limit of his kitchen abilities, so...

Hi Lunarlight! welcome to minimins, im sure you will find lots of new mums here who can help you with your weight loss regime. Good luck with it!

Hi Claire, congrats on your 4th baby! and well done for getting into a diet regime so soon.

Hi saralee, good luck with weight watchers, but you are starting bank holiday Monday? I hope the class is on for you. Well done on losing 2 stone, that's fantastic.

Hi bobbins! good luck with the Exante! Ive always liked the exante shakes and even though I cant do total solution the shakes are still an important part of my diet. im sure you will do well.

Good luck with the Cambridge diet, if you can stick to it then you will get some great results!

Gutted this morning, after a good fast day my blood glucose reading was 9.4. I feel like im banging my head against a brick wall. How can I consume no more than 420 cals and wake up with blood sugar levels that high? it makes no sense. Today is an eating day, hubby is in charge of lunch and I...

Its Thursday night, ive been in Tenerife for 2 days now! Finally got a good wifi connection sorted today for €30 a month, so a bit of a bargain considering. I had a fast day Monday and did very well, eating day Tuesday and Wednesday and another fast day today. The eating may have gone off plan...

Blood glucose was 9.8 this morning, very disappointing after yesterdays result and I guess this is why I avoid bread and carbs in general. Not good. Fasting again today though and I think it will be pretty easy today, I don't feel sick and bloated anymore but my stomach feels quite tender. Have...

Hi liz, well done for not regaining, I know how easy it is to put the weight back again after losing. So whats the plan this time? Are you joining a club or doing your own thing?

I think its very appropriate somehow to read sci fi on a kindle! Thanks for the suggestions Tracy, I will look up some of those authors. Ive just downloaded Enders Game so I will be getting stuck into that soon.

Thanks Tracey! I will check that board out

That's fantastic that you didn't gain the weight back! many people will be very jealous of you :) Ive never been a vegetarian but the idea of being pescetarian does appeal especially as the older I get the more bothered I am by how we farm meat. For many years Ive only bought free range eggs...

oh dear what a bad day ive had! This morning started well, I had an exante at 10am and felt fine. My elder son wanted to come over to watch Chelsea play on sky sports so I made a chilli, which we had with some crusty bread. I don't normally eat bread, its a rare treat for me. I had one whole...

I don't think its as simple as just doing 500 cals for 2 days, but what you are doing is clearly working. If you have lost 7lb in a month, just by doing a 2 day 500 cal diet each week then that's really very good! The 500 cals needs to be mostly veg or salad based with a bit of protein thrown...

Hi there Is there anyone here with a similar profile to me? Im in my 50's (mentally im 18, some people never grow up) type 2 diabetic and struggling with it, and have around 5stone to lose. I would love to hear from anyone with a similar profile who needs a diet buddy. Lilly xx

Hi Shazzi! Welcome to minimins! What sort of diet are planning to do? Lilly xx

Hi Malibu! Looks like we have very similar goals, so maybe we can keep each other going! I started out just over a week ago at 16st 2lb at 5.7 tall and I want to lose 5st as well I like your train of thought on creating a diet plan that suits you. And there is no reason why you cant vary it to...

ohhh so you are replacing fat with muscle, well that does make a lot more sense, so yes I can see where you are coming from. Sounds much too complex for my ancient and addled brain to cope with, but actual weight loss isn't the be all and end all of how you are doing on any given regime. I know...

That's a big drop in just a few days! so well done for that, but is it possible to lose 4 and half pound of just fat in 7 days? or is this your overall weight loss. Im a bit confused by the fat mass calculation. Anyway, whether its fat or just overall weight, that's very very good. You must be...

So my first fasting day is done! It was so much easier than I imagined it would be. Interestingly its not the hunger that could potentially sabotage a fasting day, but the odd feeling I had in my head. I felt slightly off balance and tired, actual hunger pangs were virtually nothing and really...

ohh tell me about this egg cooker, that sounds very interesting. Well done for keeping off the biscuits, if it were me I wouldnt even allow them in the house, if I cant have em, no one can lol. Im just plain selfish. This couch to 10k thing, sounds very scary. What are you doing, is it...

ohhh I have a reader! Hi FreyaJane! I saw your first post in the introductions, you have done amazingly well so far this year! The book is called The Fast Diet by Michael Mosley and Mimi Spencer, but the program if you want to watch it is here Eat, Fast and Live Longer - Horizon on Vimeo Its...

Hi Robandmandy! So a cruise diet! sounds like fun. How did the May 2013 cruise diet turn out and what was the cruise like? Good luck with it! Lilly xx

I have that book as one of my holiday reads, but I kind of like strange so maybe it will suit me. Ive just finished reading The Man Who Forgot His Wife. A guy wakes up in hospital with amnesia, after a week he is rescued by a friend who tells him about his life including that he is married. He...

I got into reading a lot of sci fi last year by accident really. Im a cat person and I was reading one of the many cat books around. This one mentioned the Heinlein book A Door Into Summer, the cat in the story, Pete lives with his owner in a house with 12 doors or exits, and the cat constantly...

I saw the Horizon fasting program the other day , it was aired last September so I didn't see it as I was in Tenerife, and Ive only just heard about it. I then found the book that goes with it, its really very interesting concept for a diet. Fast 2 or 3 days a week then normal (whatever normal...

Hi Hopeful! Im new here too, I joined a few days a go. I saw a BBC program the other day about fasting , and ive since bought the book. I really like the premise of this kind of diet. Today is my first fast day and im coping way better than I thought I would. What sort of plan are you looking to...

I woke up with thoughts of hot cooked breakfast this morning. How easy it would be to fall out of bed and into the car and find the nearest little café. After all a cooked breakfast is low carb right? maybe it is, but im not going down that particular slippery slope. Im off to Tenerife Tuesday...

I was lying in bed this morning thinking 'would it really be so terrible to go into town and find a café for a cooked breakfast' I mean, I could justify it as a low carb meal assuming I stayed off the toast or fried bread. The answer is yes of course it would be terrible. Ive even booked a...

Hi Rj28! good luck with the weigh in! Im sure you will be really delighted with the result. Keep us posted on how you are doing. Lilly xx

Hi mummymanda! congratulations on your baby! that's so wonderful :) how lovely to be a new mum. But you do have to get that post baby weight under control and im sure you will get lots of encouragement here. Good luck with it! Lilly xx

Ive never heard of Nupo so I did a quick google and it seems to be a Danish product. pretty much like Exante with shakes and bars. Im sure it will be fantastic, if you can do that type of diet. I tried and couldn't so hats off to you! I do like the replacement meal shakes though and I have one...

HI FreyaJane WOW you are doing so well! that's fantastic what you have achieved, especially with all the upheaval you have had. Are you going to keep a diary here? I would love to find out how you are getting on. Lilly xx

Hi Michala! Good luck with the weight loss! Lilly xx

I was going to call my diary How to Lose 5 Stone Without Trying, but that's just asking for trouble so if I call it how not to lose weight, then hopefully it will prove me wrong and ill lose weight! Reverse psychology. So yeah 5 stone is kind of the goal. Well it was a bit more than that last...

Hi got2doit! Welcome ot minimins! im a new member here too. Lots of people are joining slimming world, so there will lots to keep you company here. It seems to be a very popular club round here, almost all the new joiners are joining slimming world so im sure it will be fantastic for you! Lilly xx

oh well done on getting into the dress! Im sure you must have been in a bit of a panic. How wonderful though that you are going to be bridesmaid! Keep up the good work and have a wonderful day! Lilly xx

Hi Afewmistakes! I know just how you feel! I think its a common problem though lol, once you get on this diet merry go round theres no getting off it again. Good luck with the new plan!

I love Exante shakes! even when im not dieting lol. Ive been buying them on and off for a couple years, I always have one for breakfast, but I agree about the soups, they are disgusting! I don't think I could do total solution though, I could do 3 shakes a day AND eat but not just 3 shakes a day...

Hi mummyscovell! Im new here too, but ive been reading through the forum a bit and it seems to be a good idea to make a diary, I might have a go at that myself. Im not using an app though, so I don't know how that works lilly xx

Hi Del13! Welcome to MInimins! Well done for such a small gain through pregnancy! I think I always put on 2 stone each time, so you have done really well!. You have to plan if you are going to make a diet work and it starts with the shopping list! Don't buy any snacks naughty girl lol. :) IM...

Hi Hannahfaye! Im new here too, just joined today. So this woman at slimming world sounds awful! You should contact their head office and complain, because they need to know. Ive often wondered what it must be like to run a slimming club thing, although ive never joined slimming world myself, I...

Hi Fberrypink! I just cant help feeling that chocolate Weetabix is a bad idea whatever diet your on, but hey! I could be wrong! To be honest Ive never done slimming world, so I don't know what the rules are, but I guess you could ask at the next meeting. If its true I might have to join! Lilly xx

HI Sponge Mug, its not generally an accepted GOOD idea to go down the aisle naked lol, so ummm better get dress shopping. Anyway this is so exciting!!! your getting married!!! so wearing a beautiful wedding dress HAS to be more important than not sticking to a diet! am I right? You will do great...

HI Xtracute! Im new here too. Im also doing a kind of do it yourself low calorie low carb low fat thing diet that I made up myself. Its going good except I eat the same thing every day haha. Ah well, it means I get to cook once and just reheat every day. At least its quick, cos when I get hungry...

Hi carnew, what new pack are you waiting for? what sort of diet are you doing? Lilly xx

Hello Sararobinson! Im new here too. also diabetic strangely enough, type 2. OMG victoza, don't even get me started on that horrible thing, felt like it was switching my brain off. How are you doing with it? I have to go face my doctor this week and tell him where to stick his victoza. Anyway...

Helloooo lovely people!! Im fat and id rather be thin, but there is dieting thing im suppose to do that im not very good at. So ive come here for some help and support. Any Sims 3 players here? Anyway, im not sure what im supposed to do next so ill go have a read. Lilly xx