Day 10, London, UK, NFD
Looking forward to a mindful NFD. Chicken salad for lunch and maybe egg mayo lettuce cups for dinner ……………… good news here is the 24-degree heat heralds the official start to “Summer Salad Weather”!!!
@funshipfreddie, “Completely normal” ……….. just what we want to hear!!🥳🥳 House buying UK, if only we were that civilized!!! The sale is only binding upon contract exchange, which could be months into the process!! The estate agent has contacted the vendors and they had a few issues with documentation but assured him they’re as eager as I am, so I’m still keeping everything crossed, but my anxiety is under control & I actually slept last night!!!
@northgeorgia, here’s an extract from some research done on nutritional ratios a while ago
“Human breast milk is particularly rich in natural sugars, mainly lactose. Roughly 4% of human breast milk is fat, while about 8% is made up of sugars. Formula milk, which is fed to babies, contains a similar ratio of fats to sugars.
This ratio, 1g of fat to 2g of sugars, is the same ratio of fats to sugars that you find in milk chocolate. And in biscuits, doughnuts, ice cream. In fact this particular ratio is reflected in many of the foods that we find hard to resist.
So why do I love chocolate? For a whole host of reasons. But it may also be that I, and chocoholics like me, are trying to recapture the taste and sense of closeness we got from the first food we ever sampled; human breast milk.”
Similarly …………………
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7773641/Experts-reveal-one-thing-addictive-food-common.html
These things are sooo hard to resist because they flip the switch with their fat:sugar ratio, and once you start, the slope only gets steeper and more slippery!!! This is why low carb works for me, fat is satiating, but I know if I combine fats & sugars ………….. BAM!!! 2lbs on instantly!!😱😱 Simply put ……….. Fat Good; Sugar Bad.😊
@stitchincarol, your weekend plans sound lovely. Enjoy!!🙏🏼
@merryapple, my new house🤞🏼🤞🏼 has an electric charging point installed, I’ll figure out how to adapt it for the hairdryer!!🤣🤣 I’m definitely going to adopt that walking technique ………… figuratively of course!!!😲😲
@daffodil2010, hope you’re just waiting in the wings to make the perfect entrance!!
Onwards & Downwards folks!!
“Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.” — Chinese Proverb
Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.1 kg
It was a stunning day yesterday, 24 C, not a cloud in the sky & a slight breeze. My appointment wasn’t until 3:30 pm so I got to enjoy most of the afternoon .
Well, they didn’t operate, phew?! The doc said the test results were ‘completely normal’. But they didn’t do the calcium score. I had a stress test, and a nurse did some tests with a hand-held scanner thingy they move around your chest while looking at a screen. The Dr said my med aid won’t cough up for the calcium test – which is an eye-watering R 25,000 – just because I feel like getting it done. I didn’t have a GP referral and I don’t have any symptoms, e.g. pain or shortness of breath. He said I was ‘in great shape’ & believed it would be a complete waste of money.
@stitchincarol – your sleepless night sounds grim?! I’d be like a wrung-out dish-cloth 🥴️ I hope all went well during the hymn-fest. Enjoy Lincoln & the hotel stay 🛎
@at – good to hear your clinic appointment went well & you can KOKO. Back pain can be so debilitating.
@northgeorgia – I hope those storms have moved on by now & that the damage was minimal 🌪
@merryapple – electric cars?! I doubt they’ll ever take off here. We can’t even keep the lights on half the time, & electricity prices are already through the roof.
@leoniraats – nice number today! 🎯
Happy Fri-yay y’all! 🍹
Fun Food Facts
There’s a small difference between jelly & jam. Jam is made with fruit, which is why it’s so chunky. Meanwhile, jelly is made with fruit juice.
An easy way to tell the difference between jelly and jam is that jelly will spread evenly, while jam will tend to be a little lumpy.
Coriander and cilantro are not the same things. Although people tend to think it’s the same thing with a different name, that’s not the case. Cilantro is the plant’s leaves and stems, while coriander is the name of the dried seeds
Tonic water glows in the dark. Quinine is the component of tonic water which is what causes the glow.
Neil, good to hear from you. Well done with the weight loss. It sounds like there’s a lot of activity both at your house and at work.
Cinque, you’ve been busy too. It’s such a good feeling to have ready made meals. One day I will have a decent sized fridge again and not have to play tetris whenever we go shopping. I hope you enjoyed the coffee.
Yes, backpacking today is very different from when you and I were moving around the globe and communication was carried out the old-fashioned way. DD has been super at keeping in touch daily except when she was wild camping in Patagonia or on a days-long hike somewhere remote. We also follow along on instagram, have a peek if you’re interested: https://www.instagram.com/the.stray.vet/
I really feel for those poor Perth parents who’ve lost both their sons in Mexico to such futile violence. For us, there are too many connections to that story, having lived in Perth and San Diego, spent many happy times camping in Baja California and countless trips to Ensenada where they were murdered along with their American friend. Not to mention having our own daughter of a similar age travelling in Mexico. As we discovered, itt’s a very different place now. Three more sleeps until I get my girl home safely.
It’s 23C! We have been varnishing, scraping, painting, repairing. We ate our dinner outside on the towpath for the first time last evening. Some passing walkers commented, ‘Oooh, that looks healthy!’.
Day 10 NZ NFD 🏃🏼♀️73.8kg
We have a gorgeously cool clear sky accompanied by Antarctic winds… 🥶It’s Autumn not Winter… The house is 10C. I think if I ignore the temperature it will warm up… It’s too early for heaters. All the electric cars are putting huge pressure on energy supplies. They warned us to not all put heaters on between 7-9am because the South Island is considerably cooler. Those electric cars are so much heavier – esp the oversized family ‘tractors’ and they are breaking up our roads… Bring on the next generation hydrogen car technology. Can you tell I don’t admire Tesla and Elon Musk…
@funshipfreddie I did miss your post… Luckily the cardiologist is the one without the knife!! I hope all has gone well for you.
@flourbaby I hope you never need anaesthetic gasses🤣🤣
🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞for your house purchase. I have only ever bought one house at auction… Nerve wracking and it costs more than you anticipated…
@at That’s good news. My girlfriend is instructing me to improve my gluteal muscles to stand straighter. I’m now walking with a Canterbury Tales walk, which means I have a Chaucerian red hot poker up my ass… Apologies to sensitive souls… Her physio proscribed a walk with a $50 note between your buttocks but somehow that didn’t have the desired effect…
@stitchincarol What a lovely appreciative DH you have!!
@brightonbelle I’m with you on the “clean” eating.
@northgeorgia That’s 😬coloured food for thought…
@leoniraats I hope your number today is better… I’m with @funshipfreddie on the water volume… Here’s an interesting article https://www.eatforhealth.gov.au/nutrient-reference-values/nutrients/water#:~:text=Solid%20foods%20contribute%20approximately%2020,metabolism%20(water%20of%20oxidation).
@ccco How are you going today?
Steely Resolve!!!!
Morning all
Sorry I’m not posting as regularly, but I’ve been pretty busy recently, we had 3 of our team of 8 away sick last week and the rest of us have been having to pick up the slack, on top of that I’m continuing with the reno at home as well.
I dropped just over half a kilo of the kilo I gained the pervious two weeks, hoping that will continue on the downward trend.
Hello Everyone,
Melbourne is still cold and grey plus it rained a lot overnight (which the garden is VERY pleased about).
I have got coffee on the stove (which I am VERY pleased about) having waited a good time after breakfast according to my LPR management.
Thin, a delicious sounding branching out to bean and turkey chili!
What lovely wildlife, and also, so exciting that you will be catching up with DD. Does modern communication mean you have heard all her adventures already so it will be very much the delight of being in the same place, and being able to hug?
I made a jar of mixed grains: brown and black rice and millet, and it has made a very yummy accompaniment to my red kidney bean chili, along with some greens. I made a nice batch of ready meals. But I wouldn’t have minded some turkey in my chili too.
Can’t think of other news, just wanted to touch base and say hello, and also send out good wishes to everyone.
Day 9 – UK – FD
Beautiful weather today – did a 7mile hike with a couple of friends through a bluebell forest, exploring a hidden valley ending with a light lunch outside in the sunshine – Evening Pilates class made for a perfect day ❤️
iMSK clinic appointment went well – diagnosed with mild lumbar stenosis and nerve impingement – no invasive treatment required at this stage but advice on how to best manage symptoms and some extra pilates movement to open the lumbar vertebraes and release compression after a long walk…..at the end of the day it’s all about managing expectations at this stage – good to have a formal diagnosis and knowing that my exercises and walks don’t have to be curtailed
@flourbaby – 🤞you exchange soon then you can relax
@stitchincarol – a lovely idea from your DH to “go to Lincoln and stay in a lovely downtown hotel and go out to dinner, since it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and our 35th on Monday” Enjoy the time out 🥂
@funshipfreddie – hope all went well with the cardiologist visit 🤞
Time to get ready for bed as feeling pleasantly tired 😴
Sat in the sun for a few hours watching bowling, so nice when the sun shines. A lovely day here for a change. Just having a cuppa then I’ll take Chloe out.
Day 9 – Rural Nebraska, USA – OMAD, more or less
Good morning all! Went to sleep at 11:15, woke up at 1:30, and then slept for 5 minutes and then woke up for 10 ALL. NIGHT. LONG. At least, until 6:45 when I slept for 30 minutes straight. Gah. Once all the work is done, I really love doing this hymn fest, but it’s sure a lot of work. And, funny story, just before I went to bed, I sent a copy of the program to my sister in California, knowing there’d be a mistake or two that I’d missed and she’d find–and I got up this morning to the email reporting she found eleven! LOL, sisters like that are incredibly handy to have.
So now I’m going to chase after myself to finish up all the details and practice one last time. Or perhaps twice. DH suggested we leave after church to go to Lincoln and stay in a lovely downtown hotel and go out to dinner, since it’s Mother’s Day on Sunday and our 35th on Monday. ❤️ SO looking forward to that down time!
Have a grand one, everyone, and, David, do let us know how thoroughly you pass everything at the doctor’s today, because I’M SURE YOU WILL.
Day 9 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 227 lbs. Some post-FDs are like that…the body is smug and doesn’t want to budge the weight. Still was down a pound and a half, so still a win.
Big storms moving in, and didn’t get much sleep due to the warnings going off all night…and can’t delay going where I have to go today (not the office).
Thought for today: Ultra Processed Foods have to have artificial colors and brightly painted packaging and propaganda to entice us to eat them. Otherwise, we’d eat a lot more natural foods.
Day 9 UK f800
Hurray a bit of ☀️and whilst no movement on scales feeling better after a few days of “clean” eating
Nail biting time with the purchase @flourbaby , if only it was legally binding @funshipfreddie we still have very old laws re house purchase and nothing is binding until youve exchanged contracts and gazumping is still very much a thing – I’m sure it won’t happen to you again though @flourbaby 🤞
Right off to try and fit in 2 days of my yoga challenge as have a 5.10 train in the morning 😴
Pocket List – Day 9 🚩
@merry🍎
@leoniraats
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@brightonbelle
Morning All…
A beautiful walk this morning it makes such a difference..
Trying to fast I am finding it hard on my non fast days…
A bit of shopping bits here and there.. going to find a new shop for some bunny ears for Charlie…
Hemmy ..
Arm aching but much better, not dizzy today..glad you are feeling better.
Going to get changed to go out.. shorts or dress it’s very warm… Charlie wants to sit out but he will have to wait..
Jean x
2nd Post – Day 9
@flourbaby – you’re killing me! 🤣 Dunno why I’m laughing, it could happen! 😱 Good luck with the house purchase! 🤞🤞🤞 Isn’t it legally binding though, once the Offer to Purchase is signed by both parties? It is here 🤔
@merryapple – I think our posts over-lapped.
A couple of UK Mail articles;-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13397529/best-supplement-cure-colds-fast.html
Pocket List – Day 9 🚩
@merry🍎
@leoniraats
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
Good morning F B Brits.. and what a beautiful one too. Xxxx
I love these sunny mornings it is oh so very uplifting ..
It s a big shop today… I have been using up bits from the freezer. ..weight good at goal as I am just having my meals when hungry and working hard in the garden.
Dave .. well done on your loss .. you have done so very well.
Sym…Lovely to get your shorts on… I haven’t worn any for years I dont think I have any now.
Hope you are feeling better today after your jab… Whatever I had seems to have gone quickly maybe hay fever lots of Rape fields around here.
It takes five minutes to consume 500 calories. It takes two hours to burn them off.Xxxx
Enjoy your day everyone.
Day 9, London, UK, FD
3rd of my B2B2B FDs, time to kickstart some timber shedding!!!
Feeling a little anxious this week as my solicitor reports the vendors are dawdling with supplying documentation for the house sale!!😡😡 They’ve found a vacant property & had an offer accepted, I’m chain free ………………… ideal situation, yet they’re slow to actually do things to progress this sale!! I’m anxious because I’ve been gazumped before and had a house withdrawn from sale AFTER the offer was accepted😥 I’ll be able to breath again once the keys are in my sweaty palm!!!
@funshipfreddie and then you wake up from the anaesthetic minus a critical part only to hear the nurses whispering “I must have misread the notes, I thought they said MR. Funshipfreddie, not Mr. Funshopteddie to Op theatre 1!!”😲🤣🤣🤣
@merryapple, yes, currently recovering from a head cold, but I had this pain in the middle of my back between shoulder blades a few months ago and the Dr said it was muscular so sent me off with some exercises, perhaps I should actually do them!!🙄
Right, I’m off, keep the faith folks, and …………….
If anyone’s got a couple of digits free, cross them for me & my house please!!!🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼
“I am thankful for my struggle because, without it, I wouldn’t have stumbled across my strength.” —Alex Elle
Day 9 NZ FD 74.1kg 🏃🏼♀️
I forgot to post after reading everyone’s epistles. I was cold so took off to walk up our Mangawhau. The sky was so clear and bright blue, the sun was shining and I could see for kilometres every which way (360 degrees). Tomorrow is destined to be fine and unseasonably cold again.
@leoniraats Please don’t despair. You have probably eaten something salty or some such thing. What goes up must come down! Or a chocolate a week ago????!!! You’re doing really well and getting closer to me day by day!!!
@ccco What was in the basket if you can’t eat anything?!
@stitchincarol Delicious menu!! Have thought of getting wider shoes to fill up the gaps eg like gumboots??🤣
@northgeorgia Your good fats are my favourites too for fillers. You sound much more confident
@brightonbelle Oooh a French holiday. How lovely!!!
@flourbaby Didn’t you have a respiratory illness recently?? You don’t have pleuritic pain, do you? (asks she from a zillion miles away….) Or was it caused by over exertion???
Eurovision….???? Last time I heard about this it was in a Father Ted episode…!!!
@at I’m picturing you like Beatrix Potter, noticing all the spring is sprung changes😊
@funshipfreddie Your day sounds fun too especially now I know what your beach looks like!!
Steely Resolve!
FD Pocket List
@funshipfreddie???
@leoniraats
@merry🍎
Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
I was supposed to be seeing the cardiologist next week, but they just called to ask me if I’d like to go today instead, due to a cancellation. I said ‘yes’ before I’d even thought about it. Now my imagination is working overtime. A scene just played out in my head, where a couple of guys in scrubs wheel a trolley into the consulting room. One of them says to me, “hop on, we need to operate immediately. Did you bring an overnight bag?” 😳 I’ve got to stop watching ‘House’. @excelsior12309 – I’m reminding myself of what you said – ‘quick & simple’!
@leoniraats – 1 kilo up – don’t panic! That’s exactly why I don’t weigh myself daily. If you hadn’t weighted yourself, & your weight bobs down again after today’s FD, you’d be none the wiser & your weight may be even lower than it was after your last FD. 3 litres of water per day is a lot, especially if you’re drinking other things & eating a lot of fruit/veg. I’m sure the 2 -3 litre per day recommendation includes water from all food/drink.
@stitchincarol – best wishes for tonight’s hymn fest! 🎶 🎹
@ccco – congratulations! 🥳️🎉
Fun Food Facts
Nutritious food is more expensive than junk food. This is a great excuse to use to eat junk food and save money, but our bodies don’t like it so much! Per ounce, nutritious food costs up to 10 times more than junk food.
India has the lowest meat consumption in the world Per capita, Indians only consume 7 pounds of meat per person per year. The average person in the United States eats 224.6 lbs of meat annually, tying the country for first in meat consumption.
Alabama’s state nut is famous. The state nut of Alabama is the pecan.
It’s such a big deal, there’s a state pecan festival every year with carnival rides, country music, and a western show. All revolving around pecans!
Pocket List – Day 9 🚩
@merry🍎
@leoniraats
@funshipfreddie
Day 9 – FD – South Africa 🇿🇦
When I stopped focusing on my weight I lost a, little every day since the beginning of May. I gained 1kg and I’m devastated. I managed to find a routine which seems to help. I’ve managed to exercise on 3 consecutive days. Maybe it’s the muscle not sure. I push hard to drink between 2l and 3L water daily
It’s 4h30 AM and I was supposed to train already. To have this shock is nothing but demotivating. It’s not like I’ve been overeating at all. I’m mindful of my calories. But I will just keep going.
Pocket list 🚩
@leoniraats
Evening All..
A beautiful day here, shorts on tomorrow hopefully.
I have been out to buy some black sandals to walk Charlie .. the other year I ended up with white feet with wearing trainers.
Covid jab yesterday a bit headache today feeling off.
Walked with Andrea ( grandma) with Oreo this morning a different river bank.
Dave..
Would be nice to go away for a couple of days.. I don’t know whether we will..
Hemmy..
Charlie seems very lively these last few days.. no idea why.
Hope you are feeling better, hay fever is high at the moment.
I will be fasting Thursday…
Jean x
I lost another pound when I got weighed at the weigh loss place. So since January 1st I’ve lost almost 2 stone. Very happy with that but still a long way to go.
USA. Day 8. FD
Pocket list – day 8
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
@ccco
Won a large basked yesterday at my annual Three Arts Club end of year luncheon to my surprise! I never win anything! I thought I would divvy up my goodies with my children but to my surprise, is doesn’t have any food! I will figure something out but I am pleased at my win!
Day 8 UK f800
All this talk about delicious food again – I do love a marguez sausage @merry🍎 might be sampling some when I’m in France next week
Many years ago when in Piedmont someone who used to work at the factory told me Nutella came up with the idea of Ferrero Rocher to use up a lot of the tiny bits-of hazelnut they had left over after making Nutella , may be just one of those urban myths though ?🤞
Anyway sticking to <800 – not adhering to the very low carb though and getting in plenty of exercise need to get into my beach wear Tuesday 🤞
Your unplanned late night did make me smile @flourbaby , it’s dreadful when it catches up with you the next morning 😄
Happy 🐫day all
Pocket list – day 8
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
Day 8 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD
Yesterday’s FD simply wasn’t, but I ate reasonably, and am still the same weight, so I’m calling that a success. I have whipped feta to prepare today so it can be piped on slices of cucumber tomorrow and topped with a shrimp, and also Smoked Salmon Cheesecake to prepare today. DS27 is making the deviled eggs and the bacon-wrapped little smokies, and I bought a big container of hummus that I’ll serve with various cut veggies; looking forward to sitting after the hymn fest and nibbling is what’s keeping me going at this point, LOL! The house is rather a mess, and needs to be straightened up for the cleaner tomorrow. And the loaner organ (😂🤣😂🤣) is coming this morning, so I also need to spend the entire afternoon setting registrations and making friends with it. (The pedals are not AGO-standard–which means they’re spaced a smidge differently than I’m used to–so that alone will take lots of playing to get my feet able to land where they belong.)
I got asked to play a funeral on Friday morning so I won’t be chatty that morning either, LOL.
Have a grand one, everyone!
Day 8 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 228 lbs. Oh, not long ago that middle digit was a “1” not a “2,” but little victories — I’m a pound lighter over this time last week. Still avoiding soft drinks, opting to skip lunch most NFDs at work, and being mindful of UPFs (I failed on this last night, but at least saved it until after dinner and stopped myself from going all out). Instead of ZBC, I have tried good fats such as nuts/avocados and a boiled egg to keep me feeling full through the lunch hour on NFDs. Still a work in progress!
Pocket list – day 8
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
Day 8, London, UK, FD
I’m aiming for a B2B2B this week so “Steely Resolve” in buckets please!!!🙏🏼💪🏼
Weird pain in the middle of my upper back persists, If only I could apply the ‘Voodoo’ Voltorol with a bit more precision (firmness) I’m sure it would perform it’s usual miracle relief. Anyway, a few stretching exercises will hopefully do the trick ………….. or make it 10 x worse!!😱
I’m absolutely exhausted today, got caught in Eurovision fever last night, late to bed and late to get up this morning. I’ve arrived at work with NO jewellery, No wrap around my bun and my blouse has a noticeable hole in the side seam!! I look (feel) like a vagrant!!
@merryapple, hadn’t heard of the ‘freezing works’, I understand now (thanks Google) although I wasn’t aware animals to be slaughtered had to face Mecca! What we learn on a fasting forum!!😳
Must dash, today has started badly, so I need to get on top of things before I get overwhelmed!!
Keep the faith folks.
Day 8 – UK – TDEE
Enjoyed a slow 5 miles wander exploring spring in my neck of the woods, flowers and bluebells galore and lots of birdsong…….but felt rather tired in the afternoon so definitely lacking in energy levels.
Good news my Covid test was negative this morning so I will be off to my long awaited iMSK clinic appointment this afternoon and hope to get some answers for my right buttock/hip/leg pain🤞OH seems to think if might be a nerve impingement problem…….
@stitchincarol – good news from your recent doctor visit 🤗 just caught on with the issues with your organ 🤣
@funshipfreddie! – apparently Ferraro Rocher filling is “chocolate with creamy Nutella filling mixed with crushed hazelnut” according to my DD and I do like them too
As @merryapple says I am hoping to “Keep up that Steely Resolve!!” for the rest of this challenge
Day 8 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
@at, @flourbaby – I’m not sure I’ve ever had Nutella. Unless you count Ferrero Rocher chocolates. Isn’t the creamy bit in the centre Nutella?
@northgeorgia – I’m sure you’re right, it’s all smoke & mirrors with most of these so-called studies, & it’s always enlightening to find out who actually sponsors them.
@stitchincarol – good to hear you’re okay & finally getting some answers. My mum made a great meatloaf, but I can’t remember the last time I ate any.
Not feeling too chatty today. It’s a cool, cloudy & windy 18 C here. Perfect for line-dancing. Then I think a couple of us are off for lunch at Angelo’s on the seafront.
The ‘anti-diet’ diet:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13391351/Ozempic-anti-diet-Tim-Spector-two-inches-waist.html
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
Fun Food Facts:-
You could survive only by drinking breast milk. Breast milk is the only single food that provides all the nutrients that our bodies need.
Adults could survive off of this as well, provided they receive enough of it.
Fortune Cookies are not Chinese. Although we think of these as a Chinese food staple, fortune cookies are from an entirely different continent! They were invented in the early 1900’s in San Francisco.
In an emergency, coconut water can be used for blood plasma. Just like blood plasma, coconut water has levels of high sodium and low potassium. It should only be used in absolute emergencies, because adverse effects may be fever, headaches, itchiness, or aching sensations.
Day 8 NZ NFD 74.2kg
Stable and eating well! This morning the house is 12C… I decided to veer away from porridge and had a slice of wild venison black pudding, an egg, spinach, a slice of tomato and avocado on toast!! It all fitted on my toast!! Who needs to go out for breakfast!!
@excelsior12309 and @flourbaby I had the same reaction to @stitchincarol’s organ problems. We call a “loaner organ” here a transplant🤣
I’m glad your health problems have been sorted out @stitchincarol and you’re back to your usual joie de vie!!
My grandmother used to make us a Scottish meatloaf called Aberdeen Sausage when we were kids.
@jaifaim I’m sure the continent of Africa has a myriad of goat recipes!! The Chinese prefer to eat pork mainly and beef but not lamb.
You don’t know what you’re missing @funshipfreddie!!!
@flourbaby We have a Halal butcher nearby who makes the best Merquez sausages – super hot!!!. Because of our lamb exports to the Middle East, all the country’s spring lamb and 60% of cattle face Mecca at the freezing works and is therefore Halal certified by the FIANZ, Federation of Islamic Associations of NZ. I sat next to an Islamic gentleman on a plane to London several years ago who was on his way to receive an award for helping the freezing work industry to rejig in accordance with Shariah law.
Well done @at The silver lining of being ill has to be weight loss!!
Keep up that Steely Resolve!!
2nd Post – Day 7
Pocket List day 7👁️
@flourbaby
@excelsior12309 FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@ccco
Day 7 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾.
Hi everyone. As predicted this month is a busy one as I am away on a cycling trip next week so very busy tying ends up this week after the May bank holiday.
Current weight gives me room to manoeuvre next week but no doubt I’ll have to work hard when I’m back… EoEo I hope 🤞
@merryapple my local restaurant does a delicious Goat Curry dish. 😋
@stitchincarol – I’m not quite maintenance savvy having only dipped into it a handful of times but I’ll be back in the zone in June 🌟 need to enjoy the time off next week ☀️ 🚴♀️ 🏖️🌟 thats a real priority for me now 💕.
Sorry all not much chat from me at the moment…
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
I caved in and had a toastie at 1pm.Salad for tea so not too bad. A lot day.Weigh-in tomorrow so fingers crossed I lose again for the third week in a row.
USA. Day 7. FD
Pocket List day 7👁️
@flourbaby
@brightonbelle
@ccco
Don’t know why but I am up a pound today! Ugh!
Day 7 UK f800
Forgot to log in earlier and had to abandon reading posts as talk of Nutella and curried goat is making my tummy rumble, actually mid afternoons are always my worst time re fasting but a few chores lined up , a date with Leslie 🚶♀️and then it’ll nearly be dinner time
Glad the news was all ok from the Drs @stitchincarol
As far as I can see just the 2 of us today – with a maybe from @stitchincarol💪
Pocket List day 7👁️
Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – dunno yet – 163.2
Had a regular NFD yesterday (meatloaf [is that a thing for you all?] that I pulled from the freezer and simply had to thaw to bake, mashed potatoes, and broccoli) and am down half a pound. I’m liking this steady–and dropping, LOL!–weight rather than the wildly fluctuating numberes I normally have. But as to a WF today, with no piano lessons to take me away, I don’t know what to ask of myself. So, it’ll likely be a normal 500calorie FD, but I’m headed to church shortly to spend the day practicing and polishing the program, so I’ll see what I can pull off. I can’t pull off anything until I’ve had a chance to contemplate the various temptations I’ll encounter throughout the day, and have thought through what strategies I’ll employ to overcome them, and I haven’t been awake long enough to do that, LOL.
You guys are funny! But when I re-read my post from that point of view, I got it. 😂 There’s a church council meeting tonight, so we’ll see what they say about the whole thing; in the meantime, we’re getting a rental/loaner organ Wednesday morning, so I’ll spend all of Wednesday afternoon setting registrations, which will be another opportunity to eat minimally. (Thursday is the hymn fest.)
Got some answers at the doctor yesterday. First, I’m on antibiotics because the throat was indeed bacterial. Second, the racing heart for the last month is almost certainly down to the medicine I’d quit taking. The pain on the 21st of March? Who knows. It’s lovely to have answers that have nothing to do with the health of my body, you know?
Okay, I’m out the door to go play with my organ. 😉
Have a grand one, everyone!
Day 7, London, UK, FD
I’ve got soup at the ready for lunch and a tuna-cauliflower rice thing for dinner. This FD will not be derailed!!💪🏼💪🏼
I’m feeling a lot better today although a strange ache in the centre of my back is annoying, perhaps the coughing did something?
@merryapple, absolutely love ‘Curry goat’ although I’ve yet to sample one that didn’t set fire to my tonsils!!! Sustainability wise, goat meat has to be the next step for the UK, I think they dispatch male kids early on since the only market is for goat’s milk, yet so many cultures EAT goat. My Albanian colleague gets hers from France!!!
I blame the Italians for the Nutella nonsense!! My Sardinian SIL is used to having a cappuccino and a ‘sweet’ thing for breakfast, now my brother and niece have joined the madness with Nutella on toast!!! As a founding ZBC member and sugar swerver, I’m offended on 2 fronts!!!!🙄🙄
@excelsior12309, I too had a little titter about @stitchincarol’s misbehaving ‘organ’!!!😁😳🤭
Back to the grindstone!!! Oh, for a lottery win!!!
Stay strong folks!!
“Success is not the absence of failure; it’s the persistence through failure.”
— Aisha Tylor
Day 7 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 226 lbs. Decided to make tomorrow instead of today the FD so I don’t heavily weigh down the end of the week with NFDs. Was hoping for another 225 weigh-in today, but my body is being a bit stubborn.
@funshipfreddie Interesting article on the association of food and cancer. What’s really interesting about the article is that although it mentioned processed foods and sugars, it focused on red meat and processed meats. But the map of cancer “under 50” incidents is once again interesting. “Avoid that burger or sausage” the article says, but once again, the sausage-loving Germans and the beef-loving Argentines are safer than Australians or Americans. The junk food waits until a whisper at the end of the article. Once again, sugar is silent because…advertising pays the publishing bills? 😉
Day 7-No. VA USA-FD 800
Weight is pretty static. Rainy here for the past 5 days, so a bit dreary; but warm in the afternoons. So gardening chores on hold until things dry out a bit.
Goat is available around here at various halal butchers which serve the Muslim communities in our area. Lamb is also available, but of course you can get that in regular grocery stores. I have had goat a few times, years ago, in stews. Don’t remember it being too different from lamb, actually.
I am sorry to hear of many members who have not been well; I hope things are healing up. I am particularly worried about @stitchincarol‘s “organ”; that sounds serious!!! (just kidding).
Down we go!
Day 7 – UK – TDEE
Feeling a lot better and after yesterday afternoon’s heavy rain woke up to a brighter and dry day ⛅️ so will put on my 🥾 and go out for a gentle 5 miles and check out the bluebells a bit later this morning.
Feeling positive so stepped on the scales and rewarded with a 1.1kg loss from the beginning of the challenge – great encouragement to stay on track 😊
@funshipfreddie – I love dark chocolate and I like hazelnuts but not Nutella 😳
Need to keep reminding myself this month that “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. and when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”
Day 7 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
So many people not feeling well? @flourbaby – I saw on the news the atrocious weather you’re having; some parts of London & Brighton were predicted to have 12 hours of rain yesterday. And on a public holiday too?! Well, come on over; the sun’s shining again today, & no rain expected for at least 10 days in Port Elizabeth 🌤
@brightonbelle, @stitchincarol – I’ve NEVER seen goat meat for sale anywhere, or seen it on a menu. And it’s very debatable as to whether it really is the most ‘popular’ meat, just depends on what you read. According to
https://www.makefoodsafe.com/goat-meat-the-most-popular-protein-in-the-world/ it’s goat meat. But according to the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organisation, it’s pork, followed by poultry, beef & then goats/sheep.
@merryapple – up after a FD?! So annoying. But only a tiny amount. Goat curry? 😳 Sounds weird, but I guess it’s just what we’re used to, like the French with horse meat 🤔
The foods that cancer experts want you to stop eating:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13354617/The-foods-cancer-experts-want-stop-eating.html
Sending healing vibes to everyone not feeling 100% 🤗🤗
Fun Food Facts:-
A ridiculous amount of Nutella is sold every year So much so, that it could cover the Great Wall of China 8 times, you could circle the world 1.8 times, and the amount weighs the same as the Empire State Building.
Eating fast food regularly has the same impact on the liver as hepatitis. One month of eating fast food can cause significant changes to your liver due to the amount of fat and saturated fats. These changes in liver enzymes are similar to the effects of hepatitis.
Eskimos use refrigerators to stop their food from freezing. You wouldn’t think you’d need anything to keep your food cold in the arctic, but it’s exactly the opposite! In order to prevent food from freezing, Eskimos need refrigerators to keep it from getting too cold.
Good morning, up early today. It makes it very difficult not to eat too much getting up this early.But I shall try. I take Denise to the park for Spanish lessons later and take Chloe round the park while I’m there. Then pick Denise up and go shopping at Thinking of having a salad for tea tonight so maybe I’ll have breakfast or lunch. If I’m really good I won’t have either. Bowling at 7pm again tonight it was nice playing at night last night especially bowling in the evening sun.
Day 7 NZ NFD 74.2kg
I went up after a FD???? I made Dahl for dinner which is salty and heavy on fibre so Iike all things, it will pass!! I just hope not at my meeting this afternoon!!
I’m off to meet up with a collector shortly so this will be brief.
Have none of you had Curry Goat, the famous Jamaican dish??!! Goats are a pest species here, often in mountainous regions. Wild goat is always good! It’s a very lean meat like venison so with steaks you cook it hot and fast to not dry the water content out. It is fabulous in slow cooked casseroles too. Hugh Fernelly Whitingstall has a recipe for Curry Goat that I’ve made.😋
I hope everyone who is ill on the road to recovery…
@stitchincarol I hope your organ behaves for you…
@leoniraats Looking for something to clean?! If only you were closer!! You take care too. If you’re tired, REST and recover!!
Steely Resolve!!
Day 6 – post 2
Thank you @funshipfredfie that is good advise. I walk around the house finding something to clean so I don’t sit on the couch and fall asleep. But 4000 steps. As long as zi stay in the 78d for now and don’t peek at the 80s again I will be OK and move slowly till I have a new better balanced routine. Sorry for the mouthful 🙈
Good evening everyone, had a good day at speedway we won easily. Next week should be good we ride against Oxford. Going bowling tonight, playing in a pairs competition never done this before. Bob who I will be playing with informed me he will be standing on the opposite side of the road from where he lives. I said to him he won’t make much money there but the penny didn’t drop. 😁. He plays in a pairs league so he can explain to me what I need to do.
Hi F B Brits hope all is well with you and yours. Xxxx
After 2 lovely days today a lovely morning then this afternoon drizzle at times an dark. Such a shame for peeps that have worked all week and enjoying this bank holiday break.
Just having a quiet weekend.. today having my favourite french bread and roast beef. no cooking day. Oh and a fresh cream choc eclair .. lol
Brads .. I think I might have said before .. years ago my dad was very pleased as he had visited The Bull ring..Birmingham and bought a nice pair of expensive shoes for a good price, lol Got home and he had been given 2 left shoes lolol Of course lots of remarks for ages at his local pub lolol
Nana.. hope hubbies back is on the mend and you are having a lovely weekend. .
HH.. Enjoy your time away.. lovely that Xena is going too. Just enjoy dont worry about dieting .. start again when you come back.
Sym.. So glad Charlie is feeling better and his old self. .. They have minds of their own.. today Pip kept running off to far ahead of me than i like. Naughty children comes to mind. lol
Not sure if its hayfever I have.. Feeling ok in myself .. but running nose and husky voice.. .. I walked with MaryAnn today but kept my distance. .
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Enjoy your evening everyone.. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” Xxxx
Day 6 – UK – FD
Feeling much brighter today – headache and body aches gone, sore throat nearly gone too 😊
Aiming for a FD whilst in a good mind space so adding myself to the pocket list for motivation.
@funshipfreddie – I got it in the early stages of the pandemic – felt much the same this time but the symptoms didn’t last as long – BTW I love goat curry but sadly can’t get it where I now live….
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Merry🍎
@leoniraats
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
@ccco
@at
USA. Day 6. FD
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Merry🍎
@leoniraats
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
@ccco
Thanks, stitchincarol! You are right. So much sickness going around and it just won’t leave me!I guess it is helping with the FDs, though! I am simply not hungry.
I hope you all have a great day! I think I will go back to sleep! 🙁
Day 6 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 163.6
That’s the third day in a row I’ve weighed precisely that, so at least I’m not overeating.
My organ (well, the church’s organ, but I feel somewhat territorial about it, you know) is misbehaving, jumping all by itself from a quiet registration to the volume I use for hymns–makes me jerk my hands off the keyboard every time it does it. Yesterday’s service was a challenge but I figured out a solution so it wouldn’t do it, but there’s no way it’ll work for Thursday night, so we’re renting an organ for the hymn fest. And I believe we’ll be buying a new organ soon…
Sometime over the last few days I developed a very painful sore throat and TONGUE–that’a a new one on me. I’ve been trying to figure out if it’s viral or bacterial, and have decided I have enough other questions for my doctor that, regardless, I’m going in this morning to see what he can do to heal me. We do expect instant miracles of our health professionals, don’t we?
@funshipfreddie GOAT? Truly? I’m astounded. I’ve never seen it available here in the States.
@jaifaim You’re getting skilled at maintenance, aren’t you? So exciting for you and for us to see!
@northgeorgia I have to get through Thursday night, and then life will return to normal busy…so looking forward to that and the removal of most of my stress. AND to having the time to finally get out in the yard to accomplish some much needed gardening, which is also always a stress-reliever for me!
@ccco @flourbaby @at Wow, so much sickness going around! I hope you all feel far better soon.
Have a grand one, everyone; I look forward to being more present soon!
Day 6 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 227 lbs. What is it with the last five Mondays? No matter my Sunday weight, Monday’s weigh-in is always 227!
Anyway, I’ve got a bit of a stressful day (week?) ahead with budget and end of year coming up, but I’m going in with a positive and unstressed attitude. I’m so ready to be back in the 210s. It will happen. So will the 190s!!!
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Merry🍎
@leoniraats
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
Day 6 UK f800
Braved the scales this morning and relieved to see only a couple of lbs gained So pressing that trusty reset button and hoping to get back on track
It’s a holiday here today but as @flourbaby has posted the weather is atrocious 🌧️ so no temptation for me today and going for a steady week of f800s
Goat ? Who knew? @funshipfreddie I very rarely see it , maybe I’m going to the wrong places
Give yourself a bit of time to settle into your new routine @leoniraats I’m sure you’ll get there
Right time to get some exercise in 💪
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Merry🍎
@leoniraats
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
Day 6, London, UK, NFD
Bank Holiday here, planning to do ABSOLUTELY nothing as I’ve come down with a stinking cold following the chilly garden clearance on Friday, wet cold Novemberesque weather!! I’ve just about had enough of this!!! South Africa here I come ……………… “unseasonable 36 degrees” sounds so much better than “unseasonable 9 degrees”!!! I kid you not, Friday was bitter!!🥶🥶🥶
Anyway, fasting has taken a back seat to comfort food on the sofa. Any excuse!!!
@funshipfreddie, lots of supermarkets here sell ‘wonky veg’ bags full of the less aesthetically pleasing veg usually thrown away, a 2 legged carrot is a wonderfully natural thing …………….. and once sliced & diced it’s no different to the slender straight variety!!!
Stay strong folks, I’m off to steam my head!!!
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