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Great Job Bev. I am so cheering for you. I have not weight today, and don’t want to do so till Monday morning. It is going to be 23 degrees Fahrenheit. I don’t think I am going to go out for a ride on my bike in that. I will look up some exercises that my bones can take for tomorrow. I had a great breakfast with the coco banana pancakes and 1/4 cup of greek yogurt. mmmmm…. Twas good. Have a great day everyone, and I will read all later. Oh. Today is my daughters birthday, and was wondering if it would be ok to partake in a small portion of birth day cake and if I need to replace something in my meal because of it. Thank you. Anna

Thanks for the help and glad to meet you. Good luck in all your struggles. It’s nice to have people around that will help you with answers and motivate you to try to get where we want to be.
carol aka Misfit2013

Not sure what I am doing wrong…lost 1.5 lbs after 4 days and waited another 8 days to weigh myself and I was back to my original weight. I have followed the plan for the most part and have cut most carb portions in half. I have about 12 pounds to lose, so is it harder to lose the last 10 lbs? I must say that I do feel great! Steph

Steph….keep going …i put on three pounds the first week.
It is probably because you have been on a low calorie intake and the bady is hanging on to the extra food you now need to eat in order to increase your metabolism. 🙂

Thanks Ossie, I am going to give it a try. Seems like alot of food to eat though. I am currently counting calories using the Fitness Pal App so I am afraid that I will gain weight eating so many calories a day but maybe it just seems like alot and it won’t be alot of calories.

Quick update on UK SWG foray, as promised.

The SWG flour was delivered on Thursday, but I was away for the weekend. I’ve therefore only just attempted my first recipe. As you’ll have guessed, other ingredients were unknown so I’ve had to make substitutes.

I used 2 measures SWG flour; 1 measure organic half-fat milk; a half sachet dried yeast; one teaspoon of honey and two of black treacle (molasses), as a blind substitution for ‘coconut sugar’ to feed the yeast.

I halved the recipe, as it’s only me eating it, to make 8 servings.

The whole thing was very sticky and took 1.5 hours on 160 degrees! The consistency is very moist: like ginger cake but with a breadlike crust. The flavour is good and nutty and went well with haricot bean, tomato and spinach soup. It would also be good with cheeses. (I may add a handful of steelcut oats to my next batch, to counteract the stickiness. Oh, and perhaps some ginger!)

This will last me through until Tuesday night, but then I’ll have a go at some pancakes, to use as wraps, and some dumplings to add to a new batch of soup.

I’ll post an update when that’s done.

BTW total cost about 20p a slice.

NEED SOME HELP? IS THIS DIET THE SAME AS THE ATKINS DIET? I drink 8-10 glasses of water and it almost goes through me right away with each glass. I have gotten dehydrated and have been light-headed, weak, and feel fluish. That can be dangerous! That’s how I always get with dehydration. I started the diet on Jan 7, 2013, and yesterday I had lost 8 lbs (mostly fluids). Are there any foods/drinks that replace the electrolytes and nutrients that we lose when we pass the water from our body? I had to buy several bottles of SMART WATER that has electrolytes and other nutrients in it, but it is $3 per bottle. I should NOT have to do that with any diet. HELP PLEASE! 🙂