[nutterly_uts]

Been hearing good things about this way of eating and have ordered the book. I am planning to start this on the 1st of June. Is anyone keen to try this with me?

As a brief overview - You watch carbs and restrict calories to 800 (either every day for 2m for a massive kick start or 2 days a week and eat Mediterranean for the rest of the week in a slower form) This is following the studies done in Newcastle University that show shocking the body can help lose the fat around internal organs, especially the liver, which causes people to be diabetic/pre-diabetic

https://thebloodsugardiet.com/what-is-the-blood-sugar-diet-bsd/

[waterbuffalofarmer]

it looks good I might try it, hang on my mum tried the 5:2 diet and she looked guant by the end of it, it was horrible.

[Rupert the bear]

As a type 2 diabetic and lifelong porker I have tried all types of diets few have worked long term,lack of will power is the main protagonist .
 Nowadays I have with a little success combined 2 types of diet on the diabetic side getting the carb / protein  balance right and alongside the Eat less  Move more method , still need willpower though 

[nutterly_uts]

Lack of will power is the main protagonist

I struggle with this too. I'm keen to try this though as its a set period to follow that has a concrete finish date - for me that should help keep me on the straight and narrow. Once those 8 weeks are up? We'll cross that bridge when I reach it

[Steph Hen]

Just about anything that heads towards low carb and intermittent fasting is well worth consideration in my book.     I'm on another way of eating, so won't join you but wish you all the best.

If it's any use, on fast days, I find it much easier to not eat till I actually get hungry (about 2-3pm normally) and then have a smallish meal, and another small meal/soup about 6pm in place of dinner and that's me. All the times I've tried having a single boiled egg, grapefruit, tiny bowl cereal for breakfast I've been dying of hunger before midday.

[nutterly_uts]

If it's any use, on fast days, I find it much easier to not eat till I actually get hungry (about 2-3pm normally) and then have a smallish meal, and another small meal/soup about 6pm in place of dinner and that's me. All the times I've tried having a single boiled egg, grapefruit, tiny bowl cereal for breakfast I've been dying of hunger before midday.

Useful advice I've never been one for breakfast because as you say, once you start its hard to stop!

[Rupert the bear]

I found fasting started a roller coaster effect, got really hungry them would eat a bigger than normal meal   

So its Eat breakfast like a king , lunch like a prince and supper like a pauper, plenty of sugar free liquids during the day and every meal balanced out, Oh and willpower, may have mentioned that before 

slowly but surely.........

[devonlady]

As to dieting, just eat what you need! How many people who are a bit overweight were made, as children, to sit at the table until they had finished everything on their plate? Or praised for eating up the left-overs?

[CarolineJ]

As to dieting, just eat what you need! How many people who are a bit overweight were made, as children, to sit at the table until they had finished everything on their plate? Or praised for eating up the left-overs?

Me, for one, for 11 years at school and oh boy has it caused me problems!  I still can't leave food on my plate, but at the age of 40 I've finally discovered that I run much better without breakfast.  Most days now I have a 3-egg cheese & veggie omelette for lunch and a massive salad with some sort of protein for supper and am disappearing at steady 1.5lbs a week when I stick to it properly.  Sadly I discovered Tesco's new oat, hazelnut and chocolate chip cookies, so I've been a bit stalled for the last three weeks 

[Rupert the bear]

As to dieting, just eat what you need! How many people who are a bit overweight were made, as children, to sit at the table until they had finished everything on their plate? Or praised for eating up the left-overs?

yep, empty your plate, there are children starving in Africa  Mother would tell us .

[Backinwellies]

As to dieting, just eat what you need! How many people who are a bit overweight were made, as children, to sit at the table until they had finished everything on their plate? Or praised for eating up the left-overs?

yep, empty your plate, there are children starving in Africa  Mother would tell us .

...... and so there are!!  So yes clear you plate EVERY Time ..... BUT   don't put so much on it or better still use a smaller plate!       Has anyone noticed how much bigger a standard plate is these days compared to those used by mum?

[Steph Hen]

There is a portion size argument, but it's not the whole picture.

My plate can be piled high with sausages, bacon, tomatoes and eggs and butter fried mushrooms, but I won't be able to finish that much fat and protein.
Probably could eat twice as much Chinese takeaway, noodles, sweet and sour, prawn crackers and have pudding, and a snack two hours later.

Low carb, High fat is allows you to reduce how much you eat, without feeling hungry. Many people naturally cut out all snacks and the odd meal within a few weeks of eating this way. Hunger goes away. And even with my childhood training to finish my plate, I start thinking that I'll leave this half of the steak, or curry and have it for lunch tomorrow (yet normally, with potatoes/rice on my plate as well, I'd eat the lot).

It's hard to get your head round it after a lifetime of hearing a different story but there are some excellent books out there. And once you start reading the science, you realise calories are not the whole story, and that calories in, calories out, move more eart less is so over simplified it doesn't really work. It's a similar picture with heart disease. My fav is Gary taubes, why we get fat.