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Hi Donna,
Great to hear you’ve lost weight, but sounds like a bit too much?
One thing though! You say now that you are 22 and weigh less than 100lbs and you’re very happy, but when you created the thread below you said you were 14 and weighed 130lb and that you were sad…?
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/14year-old-and-weight-130lbs/
Hi, just a quick note, I meant to post this morning but time got away from me, a loss this week of just under 2 lb at 700g. Not really surprised as have had no appetite but did have something late last night. I am now at my lowest during this 5/2 journey as almost 19kg gone in under 12 months. Still a very long way to go though, about the same as so far if you know what I mean 🙂
Wee fantastic to hear Jim’s op went according to plan so less stress for both of you 🙂
Nama hoping you recover quickly. For me today is the first day that I feel semi right again, still with nasty cough but not as bad as last week and earlier this week … maybe that is why I lost this week lol
Finally got lots of sleep last night which has helped I feel.
Well it is coming towards midnight so I’d best get a wriggle on and get to bed. Goodnight all 🙂
SAMM we are all missing you pal xx
RT here as some for you pal xx
Actual call-centre conversations …
Customer: ‘I’ve been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can’t get through to
enquiries, can you help?’.
Operator: ‘Where did you get that number from, sir?’.
Customer: ‘It was on the door to the Travel Centre’.
Operator: ‘Sir, they are our opening hours’.
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Samsung Electronics
Caller: ‘Can you give me the telephone number for Jack ?’
Operator: ‘I’m sorry, sir, I don’t understand who you are talking about’.
Caller: ‘On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need
to unplug the fax machine from the AC wall socket and telephone Jack before
cleaning. Now, can you give me the number for Jack ?’
Operator: ‘I think you mean the telephone point on the wall’.
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RAC Motoring Services
Caller: ‘Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am travelling in
Australia ?’
Operator: ‘Doesn’t the product name give you a clue?’
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Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in France ): ‘If I
register my car in France , do I have to change the steering wheel to the other
side of the car?’
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Directory Enquiries
Caller: ‘I’d like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff please’.
Operator: ‘I’m sorry, there’s no listing. Is the spelling correct?’
Caller: ‘Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar, but the ‘B’ fell
off’.
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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven..
Operator: ‘Woven? Are you sure?’
Caller: ‘Yes. That’s what it says on the label; Woven in Scotland’.
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box
told a worried operator: ‘I haven’t got a pen, so I’m steaming up the window to
write the number on’.
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Tech Support: ‘I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop’.
Customer: ‘OK’.
Tech Support: ‘Did you get a pop-up menu?’.
Customer: ‘No’.
Tech Support: ‘OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?’
Customer: ‘No’.
Tech Support: ‘OK, sir.. Can you tell me what you have done up until this
point?’.
Customer: ‘Sure. You told me to write ‘click’ and I wrote ‘click”.
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Tech Support: ‘OK. In the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the
‘OK’ button displayed?’
Customer: ‘Wow. How can you see my screen from there?’
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Caller: ‘I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just realised that I
need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have my file back
again?’.
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There’s always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a long
time and this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true story
from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording
monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk employee
was fired; however, they are currently suing the Word Perfect organisation for
‘Termination without Cause’.
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now you
know why they record these conversations!):
Operator: ‘Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?’
Caller: ‘Yes, well, I’m having trouble with WordPerfect.’
Operator: ‘What sort of trouble??’
Caller: ‘Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went
away.’
Operator: ‘Went away?’
Caller: ‘They disappeared.’
Operator: ‘Hmm So what does your screen look like now?’
Caller: ‘Nothing.’
Operator: ‘Nothing??’
Caller: ‘It’s blank; it won’t accept anything when I type.’
Operator: ‘Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??’
Caller: ‘How do I tell?’
Operator: ‘Can you see the C: prompt on the screen??’
Caller: ‘What’s a sea-prompt?’
Operator: ‘Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?’
Caller: ‘There isn’t any cursor: I told you, it won’t accept anything I type.’
Operator: ‘Does your monitor have a power indicator??’
Caller: ‘What’s a monitor?’
Operator: ‘It’s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it
have a little light that tells you when it’s on??’
Caller: ‘I don’t know.’
Operator: ‘Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power
cord goes into it. Can you see that??’
Caller: ‘Yes, I think so.’
Operator: ‘Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it’s plugged into
the wall.
Caller: ‘Yes, it is.’
Operator: ‘When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two
cables plugged into the back of it, not just one??’
Caller: ‘No.’
Operator: ‘Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the
other cable.’
Caller: ‘Okay, here it is.’
Operator: ‘Follow it for me, and tell me if it’s plugged securely into the back
of your computer.’
Caller: ‘I can’t reach.’
Operator: ‘Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?’
Caller: ‘No.’
Operator: ‘Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over??’
Caller: ‘Oh, it’s not because I don’t have the right angle – it’s because it’s
dark.’
Operator: ‘Dark??’
Caller: ‘Yes – the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in
from the window.
‘Operator: ‘Well, turn on the office light then.’
Caller: ‘I can’t.’
Operator: ‘No? Why not??’
Caller: ‘Because there’s a power failure.’
Operator: ‘A power……… A power failure? Aha, Okay, we’ve got it licked
now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer
came in??’
Caller: ‘Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.’
Operator: ‘Good.. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like
it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.’
Caller: ‘Really? Is it that bad?’
Operator: ‘Yes, I’m afraid it is.’
Caller: ‘Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?’
Operator: ‘Tell them you’re too bloody stupid to own a computer.’
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What a great bundle of funnies, Wee. LOL for the punchline of the last one!
Great to hear that Jim’s op was successful. <<hug>> 🙂
Is there a time at your local pool when the oldies meet? Say for an aqua aerobics class? You won’t be the only person in your community who is a little shy of exposing herself.
AO that is a great 12 month journey fantastic effort and now to infinity and beyond 😉 Weemam so happy for you and Jim that things turn out the best for people who make the best of the way things turn out. That compilation of funnies was bloody great LMFAO 😆 thanks heaps
Nama who said miracles don’t happen what a sensational win from the hot pies last night and did push Adelaide through to finals his year fantastic
Just Saying
Peace RT
Barata, how rude 🙂 A time when the ‘oldies’ meet!! Perhaps pools should run sessions for those of any age who have lost a significant amount of weight and don’t feel confident baring all?
Wee, I love the phone call transcripts especially the last one! I don’t think my response would have been so polite or humourous!
AO, you might have a way to go yet, but wow, you’ve done well this year! And you must feel great, not only for being lighter, but akso for knowing that you’re going to get rid of the rest and be a new woman and have a whole different future. Go girl!
Lol Happy . our eldest is 52 and he is always asking me when I am going to get old . I always tell him NEVER 🙂 xx
last week I called to Jim to go get the iron please :). he asked what I wanted it for and I said ” this” and waved my hand over all the folds lol . We had a good laugh about it .
I do feel so much younger since I have lost the weight and jim says I have a spring in my step and that I look great . I just adore that man . I hope he still thinks the same tomorrow when he sees me with 2 good eyes 🙂 🙂
xx
barata I never thought you meant anything wrong pal .Not for one minute . I know exactly what you meant and I am seriously thinking about it . Please don’t think you did anything wrong .
I used to wonder how my Mam and Dad still thought they could do everything they could when they were younger . My dad still does:). I know now that our bodies get older but our minds stay young . SOOO I am never going to grow up lol 🙂 xx
Hi all,
Hope you can get some sleep Jojo – I know the feeling, I was as high as a kite last night when my football team had a really good (unexpected) win. And unlike you, I wasn’t even playing!
RT, from the good people of Collingwood to the good people of Adelaide, it was a pleasure!
AO that is brilliant news that you have made a PB! Well done, especially whilst being so unwell. My weight has stayed exactly the same this week, despite a diet of cough lollies and soup. But there have also been several ‘sides’ of panadeine, so I think I need to get the codeine out of my system for things to start showing on the scale! I still have a cough and a few razor blades left in my throat, but I feel like the lurgies have vacated my bod overnight thank goodness. Thanks for all the good wishes everyone.
Love the jokes Wee! And Happy – you in a Call Centre? The mind boggles!!
Nama, you don’t think that would be a good career change for me?!
Glad to hear your lurgy is leaving you.
I hate to say it, but whilst your coughing may have left you exhausted it seems like the calories burned just aren’t enough to be worth it!
I found another website which suggests just 8 calories for 10 minutes coughing… Interesting, as that was part of a response to a question along the lines of ‘Will coughing burn a lot of calories and leave me with wash board abs?’ No, and no! See above, and putting a lot of strain on your muscles coughing isn’t the same as exercising to strengthen them.
Sorry!
Wee, I don’t believe you could think wrong of anyone 🙂 🙂 All good, Happy, taken in the spirit it was offered. 🙂 Once we get live video on the thread we can read each other’s expressions.
For a totally side issue, I heard about planking on another thread, and am currently at day 11 of the 30-day challenge. I know it will get harder, but would love to make a dent in the tummy (I know, can’t spot-lose, but at least tighten the muscles). Will let you know the result.
Jo,
Well done on resisting the midnight munchies!
When I was a child we were in the (bad!) habit of having a bowl of cereals at bedtime. That’s basically having breakfast before you go to bed…
If you really have to eat before bed, and especially before a fast day is over, have you considered having something lower calorie and protein/ fat rather than carbohydrate? The eggs are better than the cornflakes, but how about having one boiled egg instead of two? Or a few nuts or a glass of almond (or other) milk?
I don’t know how many calories there are in a bowl of cornflakes, but it presumably takes you a fair way over your fast day allowance? Also a bowl of carbohydrate is going to give your body external energy to feed on rather than using your stored reserves (fat burning) and its going to spike insulin which we all now know is a big part of the problem.
Please, no more cornflakes at bedtime? That’s just self sabotage!
Morning/evening all,
Another fine sunny morning 🙂
Well done AO. After all you’ve been through in the past few months and then got sick, reaching a new low weight wise must make you feel great. Be proud of yourself and keep on keepin’ on 😛
I’m going for another Thames Path walk today. We are going by train to the Southbank and then walk home. The forecast is for a warm and dry day which should be perfect for walking.
Have a good one everybody.
Evening all,
I’ve not stolen anything. I can’t help it if the sun shines on me 😛
The walk was great, all 9 miles of it! We stopped for a drink on the way and once we reached our destination found an Italian restaurant for some dinner. We shared a starter and had a main course each and were both stuffed. How I ever ate three courses I’ve no idea 😆
My niece has given birth to a baby boy, so I am now a very happy great aunt ?
Amazon,
Great aunt! Wow, congratulations. Although you’re not really old enough…
The walk sounds great. I must admit – and please forgive me! I do live in Cumbria – that I don’t really class what I do daily (4-5m) as a ‘walk’. But 9 miles is definitely a walk, and I hope you feel it tomorrow 🙂
Re: the sun. My Dad tells me the sun shines on the righteous!
Morning/evening all,
You’ll all be pleased to know that the sun appeared for 15 minutes and is now obscured by cloud, with rain forecast later. I’m very happy with that as I need to plant some new perennials in the garden next week and can do without trying to put them into rock hard soil. The recent rain and todays will make it easier 🙂
No after effects from my walk thanks to doing so much walking these days and all the hard work in the gym. All I need to do now is lose some weight……..
FD today, plaice, prawn and veggie parcel on the menu tonight. I have a busy day planned watching sport on TV and reading so I should be just fine 😉
Have a good one everybody 😛
Hi Amazon,
Well the sun is shining here at present, but it’s dry and the wind has dropped. Hoorah.
You’ve obviously got a reasonable level of fitness now. It’s great that you’re not feeling any after effects from your long walk… but it does means you’ll have to walk even further to get that ‘I know I exerted myself’ feeling 🙂
Walking longer distances would be fabulous but I won’t be able to do that until I have had some physiotherapy for my back problem as that is what usually terminates the walk. I’m still waiting for an appointment and am hoping to hear something in the next week.
I exercised several times per week from when I first started 5:2 in May 2013, but I’ve really noticed a difference in my fitness this year which I think is a combination of being so much lighter and the work I do at the gym. I am really looking forward to being pain free and more flexible once I’ve had physio as I know I’ll be able to do so much more.
It is brightening up again here ?
Good morning all of you lovely people . I had a lovely long lie this morning . Jim had the washing out on the line when I got up ( lovely man lol) overcast now but quite warm . that will do me :).
I have gone off the rails a wee bit the last few days and i NOW HAVE A SPLITTING HEADACHE . I THINK IT IS JUST ME CALMING DOWN . SO PLEASED JIM CAN SEE WELL NOW . HE IS 76 AND HAD GLASSES SINCE HE WAS 5 . iT IS SO STRANGE TO SEE HIM WITHOUT THEM
OOps ss hit the caps key again 🙁
We are having the day off today and just lazing about .
To be honest in the past I would be beating myself up by now and saying ” what the hell” and keep eating BUT I am fine . I am back on track and feeling really proud of myself . No more beating myself up . I can happily do this WOL forever .
Take care all of you lovely people xxxxxx
Hi All,
Count me in Amazon and Weemam – I need to get back into the fasting groove today – Monday morning here and starting out with coffee only! Overall half a kilo lighter for my ‘sickie’ week, due to poor appetite and missing taste buds, but I have missed the discipline of fasting more than I would have ever thought!
I am looking forward to finding out if my new attitude to food is just from being unwell, or something sustainable? Over the last few days, whenever I have thought about a sugary ‘treat’, the attraction has not been there. I would slice up a nice crisp pear, or some strawberries instead. I am really hoping my tastes have actually changed! Yesterday I felt like some ‘comfort food’ and even got the custard powder and milk out to make some custard, previously a big favourite. Not fasting, no guilt, gave myself permission to indulge. But I put it away again because it just did not appeal! I really hope this is not just a strange side effect of having the flu!!
RT very pleased to see that your team had such a great win, I am sure you had a wonderful weekend in the big smoke with your boys. I hope you also enjoyed the pies and beer, you have well and truly earned them!
I envied you your walk Amazon, I have also missed my walking and swimming this past week and cant wait to get back to normal. I hope you get your physio appointment very soon.
Have a great Monday everyone x
Hello Fast Trackers
Nicky Emel comespring and Aussie O in South Australia Nama & Keirra in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi in France & Barata in NZ and Jojo SAMM HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Lor_PA CakeyWakey Sarah103 HealthCoachB and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Wow the football rocked my world and blew my mind 57 to 1 in the first quarter was outstanding and Nama had I my share of larger and I did snaffle up a four n twenty pie with sauce very lovely very beautiful 😉 the menu at the footy these days has much more to offer and gourmet at that with great weather awesome crowd and a solid win over a top 2 side and a genuine flag contender very satisfying indeed. A boys weekend was fabulous and what happens on the trip stays on the trip thankyou Adelaide Casino I will be back 😆
Ok lets get our fast on
Happy Monday guys
Peace RT
Morning/evening all
It has been raining non stop since last night, typical BH weather!
I am so pleased I managed a fast yesterday. After doing four fasts in 8 days I failed on 3 occasions since last Sunday until yesterday. It is more to do with emotions than willpower and I know I’ll get there, but it is frustrating all the same. ADF for me from now on if I can succeed with the fasts. The more I do the easier it becomes, so I’ll give it a go. I’ve planned a menu for the next week which should be easy to stick to, so fingers crossed I can nail the fasts.
Nama, so glad you are feeling better. Your change in appetite is probably a combination of being not quite recovered, and new eating habits.
I don’t want to no longer enjoy sweet treats but I want to be able to control how many of them I eat. I now find the majority of commercially made cakes and desserts too sweet, and after my Belgian bun experience I’ll not be buying anything like that ever again. I love pastry and bread, well made desserts and cakes and want to continue to enjoy them occasionally. I always used to buy a bun or a pastry to eat in the car on the way home from the supermarket. I doubt that I tasted it, just a bad habit and it didn’t stop me from preparing a meal as soon as I got home. Habits like that are what I’m keen to eliminate, and I’ve almost succeeded. I’ve stopped going to the store for milk on the way home from the gym when I am always very hungry as the croissants and pastries are very tempting.
I am having roast pork today and have plans to turn the leftovers into a healthy version of sweet and sour pork. I have a recipe that I’ve used before with chicken, and although it is low calorie already, I’ve tweaked it to cut out half of the oil and sugar and added more vegetables.
Wee, you seem to be coping well with maintenance 😛
RT, so pleased you enjoyed your boys weekend ?
Have a good one everybody ?
Hello Fast Trackers
Nicky Emel comespring and Aussie O in South Australia Nama & Keirra in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi in France & Barata in NZ and Jojo SAMM HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Lor_PA CakeyWakey Sarah103 HealthCoachB and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Hi guys just back from a 6 km walk and what a joy the first day in spring is here in the South East of South Australia Australia 😉 a smidgen of warmth in the evening air as well working on a Thai beef salad and wonder what the rest of the fast trackers have for dinner all around the world
Good morning good afternoon good evening and good night.
Peace RT
Good Afternoon RT!
We will be finishing off the Pea Soup for dinner after an overly calorific lunch! Spent a lovely few hours in the sunshine at Brighton Beach and had fish and chips, heavenly! So in order to maintain the new ‘low’ I saw on scales this morning, it will be soup only for dinner! Enjoy your Thai salad, yum..
I saw a discussion of “wonderment” this morning – how can you not feel wonder when you see Spring bursting forth in our cold, bare gardens…
Hello fast(ing) friends:
Emel, AO, RT and comespring in South Australia
Nama in Victoria
Bay in ACT
Purple in NSW
Barata in NZ
Jojo, Smiffy, HappyNow, Amazon, Hermaj, Lizzy, Wee, CakeyWakey, Tessy and Iona72 in UK
Wiwi in France
Applepie in Spain
Ply, SAMM, Lori, HealthCoachB and Sarah103 in US
DJ in Canada;
Well done RT. Lovely sunny day yesterday 20oC and pleasantly mild today here too, despite getting rained on (had umbrella) this morning on my 20′ walk from the car to the office. Fitbit about 9,500 steps and 7 floors at 5.30pm.
Succumbed to a small portion of delicious-smelling pea and ham soup while cooking dinner last night but no apparent damage on the scales this morning. Much better day so far today with grilled silver whiting and salad for dinner.
Take care all and keep up the good work. n xxx
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