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  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good evening another cold day, when I was bowling it was sunny, windy, raining, hailstone then when my game finished the sun came out. Hopefully it will be dry and warmer tomorrow. Jean hope all goes well at the vets.

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Evening All…
    Blue skies tonight about time…

    I have had a good fast day.. weight is high after my birthday week of eating.

    Charlie has had a seizure he is going to the vet’s tomorrow to be checked out and maybe blood tests.. he has had three in 18 months. He is fine at the moment. It’s a worry.

    Nana..
    The weight goes on as soon as you off the button… I will definitely be high tomorrow… its nice for you to get away, I was wondering if I could… maybe wait for better weather…

    Dave..
    To loose 6 lbs you really move it when you put your mind to it.. you will be upsetting everyone in your group. 😂
    So fed up of this cold weather..

    Hedgehog..
    Hope you have enjoyed your trip away.

    Hemmy..
    What are you up too?

    Haddock and chips tomorrow .. maybe..

    Jean x

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Evening All…
    Blue skies tonight about time…

    I have had a good fast day.. weight is high after my birthday week of eating.

    Charlie has had a seizure he is going to the vet’s tomorrow to be checked out and maybe blood tests.. he has had three in 18 months. He is fine at the moment. It’s a worry.

    Nana..
    The weight goes on as soon as you’re off the button… I will definitely be high tomorrow… its nice for you to get away, I was wondering if I could… maybe wait for better weather…

    Dave..
    To loose 6 lbs you really move it when you put your mind to it.. you will be upsetting everyone in your group. 😂
    So fed up of this cold weather..

    Hedgehog..
    Hope you have enjoyed your trip away.

    Hemmy..
    What are you up too?

    Haddock and chips tomorrow .. maybe..

    Jean x

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 – FD – South Africa 🇿🇦

    Pocket List Day 25 🍋
    @merry 🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie
    @jaifaim
    @ccco
    @leoniraats

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD – 161.4

    I think that we all feel smugness after a FD that was successful, but more to the point is feeling smugness after an NFD, right? Because this morning, I’m absolutely polishing my halo! 😇 I had significantly more at supper than I’d planned, but that only took me to the 1200 (well, 1264) calories of the CD I’d planned; if I hadn’t still been quite hungry, even after waiting fifteen minutes, but had managed to avoid that extra food, I’d truly have been at 800 for the day. 💪 I can see that the challenge of successful NFDs is going to be to persuade myself I’m not actually hungry enough to eat more, not a small challenge since this girl can EAT! 😂

    @funshipfreddie I giggled when you said you didn’t know where the wiggle room went. Umm…salted peanuts??? But. That little jab aside, you do so impressively well keeping your weight right where you want it, and low, so I’m sure your wiggle room will show back up soon.

    @jaifaim Your comment about Chinese food made it sound glorious–and made me realize it’s been years (literally) since I’d had Chinese food. Maybe that should be on our list of restaurants to visit on a Friday night!

    @brightonbelle I hope whatever has you traveling is going well, and I’ll bet you’re so looking forward to Nice!

    We had a bit of rain overnight, and are supposed to get a bit more this morning, but then the kind of storms at midnight that send some people under the bed and again tomorrow afternoon, so our lovely warm and sunny spring days have been hidden by the clouds. It’s always fun to look at clouds and think about the sunshine that’s still above them; I was so surprised as a kid the first time I flew and the plane went up through the clouds and continued on in sun!

    It’s a super busy day today with my first Ascension choir practice tonight, and I haven’t even poured my first cup of coffee, so it’s time to get moving.

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    Pocket List Day 25 🍋
    @merry 🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie
    @jaifaim
    @ccco
    @stitchincarol WFD

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    USA. Day 25. FD

    Pocket List Day 25 🍋
    @merry 🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie
    @jaifaim
    @ccco

    Have a great day!

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 – USA/GA – NFD

    Weigh-in: 228 lbs. OK, ok. I don’t usually have all these high calorie bagels, cream cheese, chicken salad, and the like laying around — I bought it all for an event last week, very little was eaten, and I took what was left home where the cost of the food and its availability overcame me. I did better with the cracker assortment I took to an event on Tuesday. I asked someone to please take and share with their classes, and left it all there. I just need to buy a lot less and/or let people take things home. I also do worse when it is all day snacking vs set meals, as was the case on Tuesday.

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Where are you all? A really cold day here. Not looking forward to bowling it’s just to cold. Been out with Chloe and can barely feel my hand so cold. I’ll be back as Arnie says.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 UK CD

    On my second train of the day , so will be a quick check in and will be the same tomorrow but travelling back home

    Have a good one all

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

    Pocket List Day 25 🍋
    @merry 🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie
    @jaifaim

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾.

    Hey @merryapple I had the most delicious Chinese meal at our favourite Chinese restaurant last night. I like Chinese food but it’s not my favourite but love this resto – fabulous vegetable dishes (they do meat/seafood also)and as a group we had so many dishes on the table… was just perfect. I didn’t go crazy 👍
    I hope you are enjoying Anzac Day all of you 🇳🇿 🇦🇺
    A great FD planned today. Have already avoided the lure of a milky coffee so am on route for a good one
    Positivity only today. 😆🌟

    Fab to have Nice to look forward to @brightonbelle and I hope you get to explore the coast – such a beautiful and classy place to holiday and the perfect time of year. 🇫🇷 ☀️

    I seem to be “bobbing” In a lower range this week, having touched my ATL last weekend (thanks again gang! 🤗).

    My focus for posting is a little off this week.. lots keeping me busy but 5 days to go everyone 🌟🌟🌟

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

    Pocket List Day 25 🍋
    @merry 🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie
    @jaifaim

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

    @excelsior12309 – nooo?! I could do it, but I find food preparation of any description very tedious; & then there’s the mess it makes. I’m hoping I’m still around when they invent replicators. Y’know those gadgets they have on Star Trek? You just tell it what you want & it instantly synthesises the meal/drink. Kind of like a microwave, but you don’t need to put anything in first! 😃

    @northgeorgia – that is a LOT of food?! I’m sure if you totted up the calories you’d be surprised. Maybe you’re compensating for what you’re not eating on your FD’s, subconsciously? Hence the yoyoing & those 5 lb swings 🤔

    @merryapple – catch-up mode, me too for the last week. Dunno where the wiggle room went, but it’d be nice to get it back 🎯

    RESOLVE to the Thursday fasters 💪

    Pocket List – Day 25 🍋
    @merry🍎
    @at
    @funshipfreddie

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 25 FD Auckland 75.2kg😕

    ANZAC DAY
    Australia and New Zealand Army Corps
    Celebrates, if that’s the right word, their incredible bravery and loss of lifeat Gollipoli during WW1 fighting the Turkish Army. The British top.brass sent them in on what was essentially a suicide mission…

    Lost a post y’day????
    I’m going up Mt Eden with dogs shortly
    Has a large meal at a Chinese restaurant last night.
    Tonight I’m cooking roast lamb…
    Yes, I can hear you, @funshipfreddie.
    Everyone leaves tomorrow so I will be in catch up mode…
    Cheers Big Ears!!

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 – Ireland – CD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾.

    Under pressure 😂 as Queen would sing… but here….
    Keep the faith everyone 💪

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good afternoon I have been to the MoreLife meeting and have lost 6lbs, so a good week last week. The sun as come out so all is well with the world.

  • Snacks ! ??

    Do you always take healthy snacks with you to avoid buying sth thoughtlessly?

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    USA. Day 24. FD

    Pocket list day 24 🐞
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia
    @stitchincarol FD800 or CD
    @ccco

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD – 161.0

    After that truly hideous weight on Sunday morning, my weight this morning is very reassuring. Also, I’ve been trying to figure out what to wear for my piano students’ recital this Sunday, and pulled a dress out of the closet that I bought twenty years ago for when I was 20lbs lighter and an inch taller. Sadly, it doesn’t fit at ALL the way it did then–but it actually looks decent. (It’s snug around the waist, so all those lumps showing is the issue.) After yesterday’s WF my belly is fairly flat, so I’ve set myself the task of fasting and eating as little as @ccco does–you like being held up as a role model?? 😁–through Sunday. It’s not at all certain that I’ll find that much RESOLVE, but seeing me in that dress in my memory should be at least a little motivational!

    @funshipfreddie I do indeed finally have my ducks in a row, thanks. It was a crazy day of phone calls and texting yesterday, in addition to piano lessons, but the hymns and choir pieces are mostly chosen, my choir is in place, and our first rehearsal is even set for tomorrow night. Whew! Now I have to practice like a crazy woman, plus actually write the text notes for each hymn, but that’s doable.

    @ccco A wedding and a wedding shower are two great motivators!

    @excelsior12309 You don’t miss your alcohol, eh? Impressive! But “do without a bass”? No, not possible…but the ironic news is that I now have FOUR basses, LOL (four sopranos, two altos, two tenors…balance may be an issue! 😂😂😂). And I will certainly simplify my life in what I select to play to go with those hymns (introductions, alternate stanzas, etc.). Thankfully, I’m entirely in control of how tough the music is that I’m tackling.

    @brightonbelle In addition to your Kindle, do you have something that keeps your fingers busy? For me, the obvious choice would be my knitting; what about a book of crossword puzzles or Sudoku or etc…would that help you resist nibbling? And taking along a water bottle? (Don’t you love suggestions from the woman who doesn’t seem able to lose weight to the woman who’s at goal weight??? 🤔😂😘)

    @northgeorgia I was in awe at all you ate yesterday that you categorized as not much; I’d be up TEN pounds if I’d had that much, LOL! But then, I’m female, you’ve got a man’s metabolism, and I’m, what, fifteen years older? But it reminded me of my Sunday weight when I was the highest that I’ve possibly ever been. And today I’m back down, so you know it can happen.

    Well, cleaning lady comes today, so I have some tidying to do and then a hymn fest to work on. I’m not nearly so stressed today as I was yesterday, thankfully, but I’m still eager to finish up with all these “lasts” that I have going on in the countdown to DH’s retirement.

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    Pocket list day 24 🐞
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia
    @stitchincarol FD800 or CD

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 230 lbs. I just have to laugh at my body’s “weight panic.” Yes, I had carbs, but nothing crazy. I didn’t have time for lunch, and I ate like a bird at the morning reception. If I take inventory of what all I ate yesterday, it consisted of three eggs, a handful of nuts, a handful of grapes, some cheese, a PB-honey sandwich, a bagel with chicken salad, two tiny pieces of popcorn chicken, five whole wheat crackers, a small glass of lemonade, a handful of pork rinds with hummus, and the only real meal was the evening event with Mexican rice and cheese with two (non-fried) tacos: baked chicken and steak. Hmmm.. there was that dessert they made though that consisted of two cookies and a bit of cream cheese frosting. I’m not used to the multiple eating events during a day, so I think that confused my brain and led me to munch a bit more and pick up more carbs than normal.

    Anyway, doesn’t seem too caloric-dense, so I suppose a lot of it is water weight gain. Up five pounds in a day? Yeah… likely so, LOL

    Anyway, I’ll do a FD500 today.

    Pocket list day 24 🐞
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 2nd post

    Sorry @excelsior12309 I didn’t see your post , good to have another f800er today , think you must have posted whilst I was composing, it the south of France for me in 20 days ( not that I’m counting ) Nice to be precise

    Pocket list day 24 🐞
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 UK f800

    Yes @funshipfreddie another quiet day and in our last week of April – Can you all have a think about hosting our May challenge 🙏

    Travelling tomorrow so trying to plan to avoid temptation, something about sitting on a train for hours makes me want to snack , probably boredom so I’m packing my kindle and want to try and resist

    So another f800 day for me, might be the last this week so aiming for a super good one

    Happy 🐫 day all and please do think about volunteering for next month

    Pocket list day 24 🐞
    @brightonbelle

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24-No. VA USA-FD800

    We are trundling along toward the end of Amazing April. “One day at a time” as we say. @ccco, I find that mostly avoiding alcohol has been a plus for me in losing some weight. I think besides the calories, the alcohol makes me feel more careless about what I eat, and things fall apart at the end of the day.
    I can’t say I miss it, either.

    @northgeorgia, good for you!

    @merryapple, bacon and egg pie sounds sooo good. I would eat a lot of that. You must explain what chickies and bees is (are?) I understand the Christmas cake (mmm)

    @stitchincarol, your life sounds hectic at present. I don’t envy you, but I advise you to simplify as best you can, and do without a bass….

    @funshipfreddie, smash up the avocado in a bowl, put in a bit of lime juice and some hot sauce, or perhaps some minced spicy pepper, some salt, and you have some guacamole. You can do it!

    @brightonbelle, where is your holiday going to be?
    Down we go, everyone!

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good morning,well I lost 21-8 at bowls on Monday and won 21-8 last night, so that evens it out. See how I do Thursday and Friday. Part 2 of the weight loss meetings today, see if I can get there without getting lost again😲🤣. I’m hoping I’ve lost some weight this week, I’ve been pretty good and had no food after 10pm.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 24 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

    So quiet here?! 👀 And only one more week left of amazing April. This month is flying by; but then I think I say that every month. ⏳

    @northgeorgia – well done hitting your target already! 🎯💪

    @stitchincarol – good luck getting your ducks in a row 🦆

    @merryapple – I love guacamole. I’ve never made it – it’s cheaper to buy it ready-made than to buy all the ingredients. I bought a ready-to-eat avo yesterday, for the first time in ages, & couldn’t believe how expensive they are now?!

    A sobering article – ‘Alcohol-related deaths soar to an all-time high..’ Especially among middle-aged women.
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13335701/Alcohol-related-deaths-soar-time-high-wake-Covid-fuelled-concerning-uptick-middle-aged-women.html

    Busy busy. Happy Hump Day! 🐫

  • 5:2 and menopause

    Hi there. I started 5 2 back in like 2016 and a family crisis caused me to stop for a few years. That finally improved and life resumed to normal. Then the pandemic hit. I saw a pic of myself during pandemic and realized I basically put it all back on over time. Got back on 5 2 and lost 40 pounds! I’ve kept it off over 3 years with 5 2 maintenance. Now enter perimenopause. Weight slowly started to creep back up despite my increased physical activity. I stick to the plan on the fasting days (2 in a row, easier for me) and do mostly whatever I want on the other days (I know I could cut that back). This is how I lost the weight. Now it doesn’t seem to work. I’m also looking to see if anyone has any suggestions to get through this. I think it is related to hormone changes etc.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    2nd Post – Day 23

    Day 23 Pocket List 💦
    @fastingnurse
    @stitchincarol WFD
    @ccco
    @brightonbelle FD800

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 UK f800

    But out of my routine as had to go for a covid booster this morning and then did a bit of shopping, so didn’t have time to get weighed, maybe leave it for a couple of days and hopefully there will be a pleasant surprise 🤞

    Oh @stitchincarol hope you get the hymn fest sorted , sleepless/ restless nights are the worst

    Sounds delish @merry🍎 although no idea what chickies and bees are , I’m sure someone will enlighten me

    Well done @northgeorgia and a week to go , you could smash your 🎯

    Thanks @funshipfreddie for some reason I kept dropping off the PL despite your best efforts but it’s ok my resolve is strong at the mo

    Good to have a tangible target isn’t it @ccco , I’ve a holiday booked for 3 weeks time , it’s really spurring me on too 💪

    Have a great day all see you tomorrow 🐫

    Day 23 Pocket List 💦
    @stitchincarol WFD
    @ccco
    @brightonbelle

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    USA. Day 23. FD

    Day 23 Pocket List 💦
    @stitchincarol WFD
    @ccco

    All these FDs are starting to me me feel ravenous but I will prevail!

    Thank you everyone regarding my abstaining from my wine and all alcohol beverages. I am actually finding it easy to abstain now. I seem to have grown not to like the taste anymore! I feel so much better and don’t miss it.

    Two of my incentives to lose weight right now are a wedding and a wedding shower, both in June. I am very eager to meet that goal.

    Hopefully you all are having a great day! 🤗🌈

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  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD

    Just before I went to bed, I realized that my Ascension Hymn Fest is in two weeks and two days. Sixteen Days. How have I gotten so close without realizing it’s so close??? I’ve done virtually nothing to prepare for it, the choir has no music (since I’ve not chosen anything! and neither have I found another bass yet), and although I was able to go to sleep and stay that way, I was awake shortly after 5 and never really went back to sleep. So, it’s 6:45am, I’m up and dressed, and headed over to my music at church so I can get this thing set up. Or perhaps cancel it. Not sure what’s best, but it’s time to do something.

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    Day 23 Pocket List 💦
    @stitchincarol WFD

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 – USA/GA – NFD

    Weigh-in: 225 lbs. April goal met!

    Courage, everyone! Body weight fluctuates all the time; fast and don’t sweat the small stuff 🙂

    I’m sure this NFD refeeding with all the receptions and celebrations scheduled will disrupt, but tomorrow is another FD, and I don’t foresee any reason why I can’t have some better, regular, more mindful NFDs the rest of the work week.

    Resolve 😉

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  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 NFD 74.9kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

    Well… Bacon and egg pie for lunch… Later we had chickies and bees then El Moro’s Paella with pork and spinach followed by Christmas cake and rum…
    All up there’s just too much food for me but I am looking after family…
    @jaifaim Big congratulations on your ATL!!
    @ccco Gosh you’re doing well! So are you @excelsior12309!
    @funshipfreddie Have you thought of guacamole?!

    Steely Resolve!

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good morning everyone it’s still feeling more like winter than summer. Playing bowls tonight so it will be quiet nippy at 6-30pm. Dropping Denise off at the park so I take Chloe round it while I’m there, avoiding other dogs sometimes hiding from them. Not sure if we’re going on holiday this year waiting to see if Denise can get her knee done.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 St George’s Day – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

    I’m thinking of hanging a sign on my door – ‘Do Not Feed the Occupant’ – after a neighbour gave me an enormous avocado yesterday which ‘needs eating asap’. I thought it would be a pity to eat it ‘as is’ so I broke my rule about never buying bread & bought some cheese rolls to go with it 😋

    @stitchincarol – I remember eating peanut butter & jelly sandwiches as a kid when I lived in Canada for a while. For some reason, despite being a salted peanut junkie, I never even think of buying peanut butter.

    @ccco – maybe that’s a positive?! Give it a shot 🚫🍷Your brain & body will thank you for it. Ditto what @jaifaim said. 570 days for me, & roughly half a million empty calories dodged 🎯

    Pocket List – Day 23 🥑
    @fastingnurse

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 23 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾.

    Hi all, I hope everyone is well.
    Just a quick note from me today…

    @funshipfreddie thanks for sorting the list again..🌟
    @stitchincarol as you would say… are you tracking what you are taking in on the NFDs? There is no doubt that any bread, sweet treats etc derail my efforts – but also you have a busy time right now and you know you can do it when the time is right for you. 💕
    @coco – Alcohol is just the devil 👿 for me. I don’t miss it thankfully.

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Evening everyone, a lovely time away last week with lots of walking involved but also eating and drinking. Weighed myself Saturday morning and had gained 2lbs. We both forgot that we’d been invited to a neighbours BBQ Saturday afternoon until another neighbour mentioned it and they reminded us we were looking after their dog that evening.
    Yesterday we met up for lunch with friends who moved up to North Yorkshire around 10 years ago as they’d come down to visit old haunts – our Newmarket friends also came so a busy weekend of eating and drinking.
    Have managed to only have 750 calories today but its been really hard.
    Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone.
    Nana x

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    USA. Day 22. FD

    Down another pound this morning. It looks like it is clear to me that I can’t drink any wine, if I want to lose weight! :(.

    Anyway!

    Pocket list day 22:
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia
    @ccco

    Have a great day, everyone!

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good afternoon got murdered at bowls me and the team. And it rained while I was playing just for a change. Off to speedway tonight weather permitting. We play hh’s team Ipswich witches. The FA cup is against United again so I’ll be a nervous wreck.Denise says it’s only a game 😁.Fast day today and tomorrow.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

    I was horrified and speechless when I got on the scale on Sunday morning, after having a wonderfully behaved Saturday–166.8. 😱 I supposed it was perhaps that the beans I’d made for supper are just that carb-and calorie-heavy and reflects terrible menu planning on my part, but still! This morning is only a pound down from that, so I’m definitely headed in the wrong direction. Thankfully, my two WFDs each week keep the damage from being too awful. I’m currently in another frantic challenge to accomplish a bunch of things–you know what they say about people who volunteer being far busier than the fully employed, LOL. So I’m cutting myself some slack food-wise, but will continue to keep as much focus on good eating behavior as I have time for. May will be consumed with projects, and June may also be, but July is looking good and like summer ought to look…I hope!

    @funshipfreddie I chuckled at your jelly question. I’ve been watching The Great British Baking Show and learned there that Brits call Jello “jelly,” but in the States jelly and jam are mostly synonymous. Technically, jelly is jam without seeds…but I’ve see jam with seeds also called jelly. So, here, “jelly” is the fruit stuff you spread on your toast or combine with peanut butter for a sandwich. 😁🤣

    Okay, that’s all I’m going to chat this morning as I have things pressing down on me to accomplish. Have a grand one, everyone!

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 FD – South Africa 🇿🇦 78.0

    Quick update. My 76.2 the other day serms to have been a fluke. Im hovering around the 77s so suppose thats where Im really at. I thought it might be too good to be true.

    Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia
    @leoniraats

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    2nd Post – Day 22

    🧐

    Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @brightonbelle
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 227 lbs. Well, just a couple of pounds to go to my goal weight for the month! Hopefully, I’ll reach it tomorrow, but a 2nd FD, particularly a FD500 like today, can be fickle. Sometimes it is a couple of pounds, and sometimes it’s just a couple of ounces.

    @stitchincarol I do like those Zoom or WebEx meetings, too, especially if you forget about one and you’re already 5 minutes late! I try not to make that a habit, but it has saved me a few times.

    @funshipfreddie In addition, I have also found that breaking my fast with some nuts and seeds really helps me get my digestive system adjusted. They are pretty calorie dense, so on my salad today, I’ll sparingly put a few pistachios on top.

    Down we go!
    Pocket list day 22:
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309
    @northgeorgia

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22-No. VA USA-FD

    Back on the “fast (day) train” today. We had a lovely tapas dinner with friends of my son on Saturday. I ate modestly yesterday, but weight is up a pound. I think my two drinks and some bread did me in a bit, but it wasnt too crazy. Continue to cut away at the “featherbed” look!

    Down we go!
    Pocket list day 22:
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @excelsior12309

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 UK f800

    Right ! back to some serious fasting So I’m up a few lbs this month my new target is to get rid of those and see a reduction on my April start weight so back to basics – eat less move more 💪

    Good to have you back @penz Yes I’m desperate for the weather to improve ☀️

    I really enjoyed a bracing walk @jaifaim but it does build up an appetite doesn’t it 🌊

    Wow 8k steps indoors @funshipfreddie Very impressive 🚶‍♂️

    Let’s see out April in style
    Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @brightonbelle

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.3 kg

    @penz – welcome back! 8 degrees?! 🥶️

    @jaifaim – my FD went perfectly. I even managed to clock +8000 steps, despite not setting foot outside. There was some Ironman Triathlon thingy going on in the town, with road closures & visitors everywhere, so I stayed well away.

    UK Mail article re nuts & seeds
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13334127/Eat-nuts-seeds-fight-disease-Healthy-snacks-added-5-day-guidance-boost-nations-health-report-suggests.html

    “The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.” ~ Charles Dickens

    Adding @penz to the pocket list, but @leoniraats has switched to Tuesday..

    Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
    @penz
    @at
    @jaifaim

  • Hello Southern Hemispherites!!

    Good morning,

    Anzac, good news on the colonoscopy. I meant to ask before, then forgot. Posts are less frequent these days which in some ways is easier to follow than the frenetic posting of previous years but I’m afraid I lose track of my own time, let alone that of others’ so I’m sorry I neglected to ask before.

    Cinque, I hope you have a productive day in the garden. Or a pleasant one at least.

    Lindsay, that’s sad about the rift. I can appreciate both sides of that situation. But your DD has entrusted you with her precious daughter’s care and, with that, comes acceptance of your judgement to carry out the task as you see fit. Hopefully, she’ll come to appreciate that you were only acting in the best interests of all concerned. And that she’s very fortunate to have you to depend upon for child-minding.

    We are slowly travelling north on the Oxford Canal, a section of stunning scenery that we’ve cruised four times before but always with a deadline to get somewhere else. After 45 minutes of cruising, we became so cold that we moored just short of a picturesque lock and went for a long walk. On return, my day took a significant upturn when, across the canal, I spotted two otters swimming, diving for shellfish and enjoying a meal out of them from within a watery den. Their teeth are huge! One then swam to the lock, climbed out, lumbered along the towpath, rolled in the grass, took a look at me and then disappeared into the hedgerow. Otters are notoriously shy and sightings are rare so I was very excited.

    I put the camera trap out but we’ll be lucky to see them again as their territories extend 40 km and there’s a river adjacent to the canal. Of course, I’m keeping a keen lookout and telling no one.

    Day after FD and I didn’t make the 59s which is annoying.

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾.

    @funshipfreddie I hope you and all the Sunday fasters had a good day yesterday. Mine was the opposite 😋 – so will need a good week now. Thanks all for 👏 on my ATL 🎯 .

    @brightonbelle – good to have your company today 👌We had very light winds yesterday which was such a change after months of howling winds and rain 🙃 so we headed off for a long sunny spin along the coast 🚴‍♀️ – it’s was just glorious. Too much food but the logic is that some of it should have burned off with exercise but… it doesn’t always follow…

    @stitchincarol – thank God For zoom eh! Although I don’t enjoy them, it makes meetings so much easier to get to particularly the ones you need to travel to. I have a review appointment this morning with a consultant that I would have had to cancel if it wasn’t for zoom 😁.

    @merryapple – what a fabulous road trip! And such special times spent with your family 💕 . I loved our trip through both islands – many moons ago now (Jesu – 19 years now). Your description brought me right back 💕

    @penz 🥳 welcome back! Hope you’ve been having fun times.
    Wow… 8 degrees seems very cold for Oz? Great to have you back 👍

    @excelsior12309 – great news… I’m sure you’ll have a significant drop soon 👖. I’m learning that my “weight” takes time to catch up with my body measurements changing 🌟 as I think @stitchincarol pointed out recently …. great that the trousers fit so well now.

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others 💕

    Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
    @at
    @jaifaim
    @leoniraats

  • Hello Southern Hemispherites!!

    Hello everyone,
    It is a beautiful day in Melbourne, so I hope to get out and do some things in the garden. But first, coffee and chat.

    I’m going okay, but still not quite knocking off the extra inch or so around my tum. Every day is a new day and today is going well.

    Anzac I do hope that this might be your last ever work EOFY, and that it is a (comparatively) easy one.

    So glad your colonsocopy results were so good. Excellent management.

    Intesha, good to hear from you and so much sympathy for your homeless state. You have done so well storing everything and organizing what you will do when you get back from Turkey. I hope you can enjoy every minute travelling.

    Oh dear, I can remember being in my twenties when that situation wouldn’t have bothered me at all.

    Nowadays, ringing my doctor and getting a message that the number is no longer connected was enough to give me conniptions. (Their phone was down for a day). (I had to work out how to spell ‘conniptions’ and then look up what it actually meant).

    Lindsay, sympathy about that up and down weight in stressful times. What can we do but the best we can. I do hope your beach holiday will be a wonderful stress free week.

    I hope granddaughter’s wrist is healing well.

    Looking forward to hearing more from you.

    Hi Thin, Neil, Gday, Turn and anyone else reading.

    I’m off to see what good things I can do in my little garden. I wonder if I will see any broadbean shoots.

    Best wishes, I hope everyone has a day without too much stress, and enough energy to do all the good things,

    Cheers

  • Amazing April – 2024 Monthly Challenge

    Day 22, FD, Aus

    Hello, hello! My absence = a complete lack of responsibility, and eating and drinking with abandon. But I’m back, and hoping like heck my mojo is with me.

    Have had a quick skim of the posts to see what I’ve missed out on. A lot by the looks of it! Birthdays, new ATLs, new house purchase and newbies? Exciting times!!

    I’ve had my dog walk this morning (8 degrees!!! brrrr), and a very light lunch as I re-acquaint my body to the feel of a WFD.

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Thank you… sat reading….x

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