I cook in bulk too as there is only me and it is very difficult to make just one portion of many things. I count calories of all bulk cooked dishes regardless of whether they are intended for feed or fast days. There is a list on the freezer door with what is inside and the calorie content of each portion. I like to ensure that there is always a choice, and if I forget to get something out of the freezer I can use the microwave.
I used to bulk cook when I worked and put half portions in the freezer to take to work for my lunch, and full portions for dinners.
It also means that I rarely waste any food.

Wee and amazon.
I do the same for cooking. As far as counting the calories. I try to cook buy using the whole box or container . Because it’s easier to read the nutrition data on their labels to see the calories of the entire box. It very easy arithmetic to add it all up. Then divide by portions. What I tend to do is store the foods in Pyrex to make portions of 250 or 500. So when their frozen I can put in my pressure cooker and food is ready 15 minutes with very little effort on fast days. If I made it seem complicated. It’s the opposite , simplifies the chore of cooking and measuring for me. The benefit of from scratch foods. I’m not a great cook. But I can follow recipes well enough.

When all else fails and I find myself with opportunity to turn a feed day into a fast day. I just open a can of red beans. Because it’s almost always 300 calories, and sates me for 3 hours before hunger returns. I found that cooking on fast days more often than not trigger appetite that has turned into binges. Just my experience so I share. The frozen precooked portions are my coping strategy. Not to mention clean up time is just a few minutes. So in the this way I get great variety in a minimum amount of time on feed days.
I typically do this bulk cooking on Saturday’s because Saturday’s are almost always feed days. Gives me the chance to to put everything in the kitchen back in their places. I prefer to offer my the chance to come into a sterile and ordered kitchen on Sunday’s if she wishes to cook.

Dont know why I’m sharing this.
My first wife and I used to fuss over whose turn it wa to cook. Our relation ship wa good, but the fussing over simple things like cooking could turn into other issues. So I cam up with what I thought to be a fair schedule. I would cook three days in row. The take her out to dinner once a week. Then she had three days in row. Cook days meant also doing all cooking and cleaning. W both found out quickly that made shopping pretty easy . Also to keep from having the same foods back to back. My three days were steak, fish, pasta. And hers were, chicken, pork,salad . Typically we ate leftovers on our day two.
We got fat with all those regular dinners. But what was best was it me to get my wife off the macoroni and wieners . Foods that young people tend to fix and into real cooking of home cooked foods.
The arguments about food simply ceased.

I still do this in my second marriage, however I still do my three days, take the family to dinner and then fuss over the other three days. As she hates routine. What I hate is dishes. I mean to say I don’t like doing dishes everyday. Just three planned days, a I do most of the other chores to. Trash,grass, sweeping, laundry,shopping. It’s a good thing too. As she’s becoming more I’ll. I’m doing it all now. I just revert back to how I used to do it with my first wife and I schedule. Ordering take out on my feed days, and cooking on Saturday’s . Sundays I leave open for her, but the buffet day out fits nicely if she’s not up to the task.
Why this matters to me is for two weeks every month I still give a serious go at ADF. knowing my weakness is simply being in the kitchen.

My favorite  quote from those below  is 
“Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.” – Unknown
When I apply this to fasting .  The one most important reason I choose fasting as my way of lowering my risk of age related diseases is because it teaches me the discipline of how to help my body get into it’s natural DNA repair states much more often than 3square meals of  health foods.   Fasting leads to the DNA repair states. The more it practiced, I believe the more the body becomes accustomed to entering.  After watching eat fast live longer, by micheal mosely. This became much clearer.  There health foods,medicine, and genetics at work.  Put them all together ,I  can believe in my hope.

Inspirational Life Quotes
 
“Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Unknown

“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.” – Les Brown

“I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.” – Unknown

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua J. Marine

“Its hard to wait around for something you know might never happen; but its harder to give up when you know its everything you want.” – Unknown

“One of the most important keys to Success is having the discipline to do what you know you should do, even when you dont feel like doing it.” – Unknown

“Good things come to those who wait… greater things come to those who get off their ass and do anything to make it happen.” – Unknown

“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, or worn. It is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace & gratitude.” – Denis Waitley

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” – Bill Cosby

“Go where you are celebrated – not tolerated. If they can’t see the real value of you, it’s time for a new start.” – Unknown

Dont be afraid to stand for what you believe in, even if that means standing alone.. – Unknown

“The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra

“Forget all the reasons it won’t work and believe the one reason that it will.” – Unknown

“I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. Its because of them I’m doing it myself.” – Albert Einstein

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs

“Life is short, live it. Love is rare, grab it. Anger is bad, dump it. Fear is awful, face it. Memories are sweet, cherish it.” – Unknown

“When you say “It’s hard”, it actually means “I’m not strong enough to fight for it”. Stop saying its hard. Think positive!” – Unknown

“Life is like photography. You need the negatives to develop.” – Unknown

“Don’t worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don’t even try.” – Jack Canfield

“The pain you feel today is the strength you feel tomorrow. For every challenge encountered there is opportunity for growth.” – Unknown

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” – Farrah Gray

“The only thing that stands between you and your dream is the will to try and the belief that it is actually possible.” – Joel Brown

“Self confidence is the most attractive quality a person can have. how can anyone see how awesome you are if you can’t see it yourself?” – Unknown

“We learn something from everyone who passes through our lives.. Some lessons are painful, some are painless.. but, all are priceless.” – Unknown

“Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. it means that you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” – Unknown

“Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don’t have a plan.” – Larry Winget

“Three things you cannot recover in life: the WORD after it’s said, the MOMENT after it’s missed and the TIME after it’s gone. Be Careful!” – Unknown

“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard

“When the past calls, let it go to voicemail, believe me, it has nothing new to say.” – Unknown

“Rule #1 of life. Do what makes YOU happy.” – Unknown

“Walk away from anything or anyone who takes away from your joy. Life is too short to put up with fools.” – Unknown

“Love what you have. Need what you want. Accept what you receive. Give what you can. Always remember, what goes around, comes around…” – Unknwon

“Just remember there is someone out there that is more than happy with less than what you have.” – Unknown

“The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at all.” – Unknown

“Life has two rules: #1 Never quit #2 Always remember rule # 1.” – Unknown

“No one is going to hand me success. I must go out & get it myself. That’s why I’m here. To dominate. To conquer. Both the world, and myself.” – Unknown

We hope you enjoyed these inspirational life quotes today. Please don’t forget to share these with your friends, family and followers to brighten their day and inspire them to live a better life.

Morning all.

SAMM, thanks for the one liners, lots of inspirational stuff there, but the two that do it for me are

“The biggest failure you can have in life is making the mistake of never trying at all.”

“I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.”

Fast day 4 today. I think I might struggle, but I’m going to succeed :yes:

I’ve just weighed myself and another 2lb has disappeared 🙂
Just what I needed to help me get through a fast on a dull damp day.
Have a good day everyone.

Just back from my walk around Kew Gardens. It is warm and hazy with intermittent spells of scorching sunshine. It is very hot for mid September. I love Kew so much and every time I visit I see something different. I am very lucky to live so close, and my annual membership costs approximately the same as five visits so it is a real bargain.
I decided that in order to stick with the fast today I need a treat so I’ve bought myself 350 calories worth of sirloin steak which I shall have for dinner with some mushrooms and tomatoes. I’ve been eating a lot of veggie and fish/seafood meals , so it will be a nice change, and it will take ages to digest so I won’t go to bed tonight with a rumbling stomach 🙂

Hi Weemam. I am surprised that the vote was not closer. Hopefully the government will stick to their promises.

Hi all hope you are well and looking forward to the weekend. I’m not very well I’m afraid nasty sore throat/ cold/ cough combo – really miserable and feeling sorry for myself. My colleague has been off sick A LOT and much as I sympathise it quite hard when you have to soldier on while she’s off yet again. Moan over! I’ve been very aware of my bad eating habits and emotional eating in particular over the past couple of days- fortunately I have very few high cal foods around because when I feel sorry for myself I could go way off course. I was fantasising about carrot cake earlier!
Jojo- I was a NO voter – it might be more accurate to say NOT NOW. I was deterred by the lack of concrete policies eg currency and Europe . The Snp line of “trust us it will be fine” made me feel like we were all holding hands and jumping off a cliff. Given the serious global recession of recent years I would like a little more stability before we take this irreversible step. I’m a very proud scot and love my country dearly but I’ve lived in England (both our daughters were born down south ) so I also feel British. I deeply resent some quarters questioning NO voters loyalty and some of the tactics during the campaign were deeply offensive and strengthened my resolve.
Best wishes to all

aww Tartan lass I hope you feel better soon . This voting is all over and like you I wish it had been done without some of the hate some people have shown . Mind you I think in life there will always be some trouble makers . I am a great believer in people getting on well together in life .

Anyway I hope you feel better soon pal .
I have never been to Kew gardens but it is a place I would love to visit .

Wee xx

Hi everyone, remember me?

It has only been a couple if weeks, but seems a lifetime since I last posted, and so much has happened. I am desperately trying to catch up. Poor Jojo, what a lot you have been through, but I’m pleased you are feeling positive and now raring to go again, and Weemam, so sorry to hear about your fall. Hope the bruises are on the wane now. I’m sorry you are upset over the outcome of the Scottish vote. I’m afraid I am with Amazon and Tartan lass. ‘Yes’ would indeed have been an unknown quantity, and I also feel that, with all the horror going on in the rest of the world, we need to stick together as a united nation. I’m also with Amazon in the hope that the powers that be can deal sensibly with the issues.

Amazon, you must be the only other person I know who was into Callanetics. I’ve got the book, the original video, and the advanced video from the 80’s (or was it the early 90’s? It has all become a bit of a haze!) I was an avid Callan fan and the exercises. really made a difference to my body shape. I must look out for the DVD as I’d love to do it again.

I’ve loved reading the jokes and one liners. Samm seems to be a past master at that, which is wonderful given his circumstances.

I’m back now from beautiful Wales, where lots of long beach and forest walks were combined with much socialising. I’m pleased to say though that I managed the requisite 2 fast days per week, and have come home just over 1lb lighter, which brings me to exactly 2 st lost altogether. I’m very, very happy about this, as it is such an easy way of losing weight without giving up (in moderation) the things I love. It’s a fast day today – a boiled egg for breakfast, no lunch and my favourite prawn stir fry tonight with, of course, Zero noodles. Can’t live without them. I’ve been shopping today (not for food!) and that usually takes my mind off eating, but tonight I’m ravenous. OH has been clearing out his workshop and garage where he keeps a couple of his old cars, so I know I will have to wait for him to come in and have a bath before we eat. I’ve just resorted to a couple of raw mushrooms. Just hope I can stay the course. May have a cup of Bovril while I am waiting.

Everyone is doing so well. What a great bunch. I will try and wrack my brains for a few jokes…..

Smiffy x

QUOTE

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far I’ve finished two bags of M&Ms and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.

 DAVE BARRY

Forgot this was supposed to be a fastday. So trying to find the humor in the fact that this little piggy had roast beef and still went wee wee wee all the home.

The Three Little Pigs 

Three Little Pigs went out to dinner one night. The waiter came and took their drink order.

“I would like a Sprite,” said the first little piggy.

“I would like a Coke,” said the second little piggy.

“I want beer, lots and lots of beer,” said the third little piggy.

The drinks were brought out and the waiter took their orders for dinner.

“I want a nice big steak,” said the first piggy.

“I would like the salad plate,” said the second piggy.

“I want beer, lots and lots of beer,” said the third little piggy.

The meals were brought out and a while later the waiter approached the
table and asked if the piggies would like any dessert.

“I want a banana split,” said the first piggy.

“I want a cheesecake,” said the second piggy.

“I want beer, lots and lots of beer,” exclaimed the third little piggy.

“Pardon me for asking,” said the waiter to the third little piggy, “But why have you only ordered beer all evening?”

The third piggy said, “Well, somebody has to go ‘Wee, wee, wee, all the way home

Morning all.

I’ve done 2 B2B fasts this week. The first one went well, but I struggled yesterday until I bought the steak for my dinner. The answer for me when it gets tough is obviously a meat treat! I couldn’t resist getting on the scales again this morning as a 2lb loss for 7 fasts and lots of exercise seemed a bit measly, and I’ve dropped another 1lb. That is 10lb since 11th August so I am a very happy bunny.
My best friend has been very supportive but she is as thin as a stick, and trying to gain weight, and it is not quite the same as talking to someone who is in the same boat. The enthusiasm, tips, ideas and support from everyone on this thread is great and very inspiring. The kindness of strangers although I feel we are all friends in this virtual support group 🙂

jojo, Callanetics is good for toning muscle and the exercises are designed to protect the back. As Smiffy said, it really changes your body shape. Why don’t you take a look on youtube and if it interests you the DVD is available from Amazon.

Have a good day everyone.

Can’t see it, hermaj…
They’ll take you out kicking and screaming! P 😉
Hope you are ok Jojo and Weemam after your trying week. P

Hi, could I join in with you? I have a large amount to lose and started this week, so could use some tips as time goes on I’m sure.

Hi Amazon,

I’m in Sth Aust.

Fasting was quite easy for me this week (just finishing 2nd fast day).

I’ve seen the full documentary (I didn’t see/watch the bit on Ch7 that apparently aired last week I only heard about it later). I’ve been researching for a while and came across this, checked out the full story (over an hour online) and felt the connection regarding the principles and methodology.

For me size is just as important as kg’s/lb’s IMO. I’ll be happy with a couple of lb or kg per week, even a few g’s lol.

I’m changing my fast days next week so I don’t have one on a weekend lol 🙂 but was not quite prepared to do it any sooner this week. I hear you re changing the eating habits.

Already I’m finding it easy to do and that it fits into my life nicely so this is encouraging me to believe that this is IT for me!

Looking forward to continuing my journey with you … also garnering information and tips, maybe even recipes along the way. I’ve checked through MyFitnessPal re some of my own recipes and worked out the cal content, my two fav’s are quite low in cals but only when I stick with correct portions 😉

😆

Is this the start of a Callanetics revival?

Many apologies Ply. I have requested that it be removed.

I ate breakfast and succumbed to a sarnie at lunchtime and I’m still full. In the past I would have cooked and eaten dinner anyway but not today, I’m going to sit on the sofa and polish my halo!

Hi jojo.

I thought you’d like to know that I sent Shosholoza to my great-nephew who is doing GCSE music which includes studying various types of music, classical, jazz, ethnic, the list goes on.

As I thought he would, he loved it – especially, he told me ‘the key change in the middle’. I confess I didn’t notice it until he pointed it out – I’m sure you did – but I’m delighted that he is musician enough to be aware of it. At school he’s studying a piece called Yiri, from Burkina Faso, which he says is similar. Must track it down.

“Amazon,
You are a shining example to us all”

rolls on floor laughing………………..

I know that there’ll be days when I don’t manage to be so disciplined, like last Saturday so I’m making the most of it while it lasts.