…’it’… indeed, that’s wot you got!

For forums its best to use flickr or similar to insert photos 🙂

they give you a url to paste directly into the thread 🙂

Lotus – no worries I’ve been a member on a lot of this style of forum and you can post pics as long as you use another site to host the pic on 🙂

cheers

Hi Lotus, thank you for thinking of me : ) Yes, I was a tad stressed and in need of a big glass of water. It had been a long day and I fear today will too but i LOVE Fridays.I have missed out on so much and can hardly keep up with all the posts- I am back to being time poor. I do thinl of you all and am still hanging in there. I will weigh myself tomorrow as Taco peed on my scales and killed them. however, a lady at work today said that my belly was looking smaller : ) That was nice to hear. CG, FB and GG you look amazing : ) I am glad that I got to see you all xxx got to go , will post again later. Ps Gypsy , so very informative

What happened to the photo????? Went out to meet the ‘Friday Girls’, came home and went to have another look and its gooooonne!!! Think the 5:2 site police took it down?

The program with Michael Moseley about male/female diet brain is on TV Monday night. I presume because SBS programming is done in the East that we can all watch it. Saw some blurb about it I think on the side of this page some time ago. Should be interesting. YY

Hi All!
YY, SJ (congrats to your OH on another sale) and MoM – well done on losses be they grammes or cm – it all counts. Any blips along the way are just temporary and will only make the losses more welcome and appreciated. So keep up the positive attitude and determination and we will all be looking as good as the gorgeous girls in Melbourne!
Taco – hang on in there; now is the time to dig in and say “I might not be having a great day but I’m sticking with 5:2 because the results will be worth it and will give me the feel-good factor I need”. Take all the compliments you get and cherish them for when you’re feeling a bit down or stressed. You will get there. I’m so glad you still check in even when you haven’t time to post. We’re all rooting for you.
Gypsy – you’re so funny, forgetting to weigh in when you saw the photo of the girls!! I bet you’ll get a good result; but feeling better about your shape is terrific anyway! 🙂
Doggy – don’t know if my young self would have listened to my older, wiser self saying not to worry about small things. I think we all have to go through those ups and downs to get a better perspective on life. I wish my two girls would benefit from whatever wisdom I have to share, but unfortunately, I think they will also have to go through their share of heartaches too. I suppose all we can do is be a shoulder to cry on or a sounding-board for their worries.
My FD was ok yesterday, but I went over the 500 (more like 600), but will still help I hope by the time of next weigh-in/measure. My niece, her OH and two little girls are coming home from France today for a week, so there will be lots of eating and drinking over the next while!
Wouldn’t you know it…having got all my beauty treatments done yesterday; it’s raining today!!! 🙁

Aww, so good of you lot to take time out to check in. Thanks GG. CG, are you feeling overwhelmed by all you’ve done for us in the flesh? It’s pretty big to get us all to just keep trying. that’s the power of positive leadership. This is a lovely event and you all must feel it a reward for all that dedication to your goals, so glad for you all that it has turned out well. An Indian dinner! great stuff! FB is such a bubbly little girl, I’m sure her folks will be extra special! GG makes an excellent reporter, not to mention contributor. Full report please! Do we get to see a photo of Andrew too? Am raising a glass to you all, enjoy xx gyps

Wow CG… Would be a foodie’s dream – living across the Markets 🙂 have fun, all the partying can be cured with a fast or two 🙂

Kathyven reckon you must have just about worked off that bottle of wine anyway….not sure about the bunny hehe! But after a week of 4:3 and only 1 day off you’ve done very well. Don’t give it a thought and don’t feel guilty. Our WOL is very forgiving and if not this week the weight loss will soon come. Just hang in there. So you’re a WA girl too didn’t realise that me Margaret River but used to be Perth.
GG CG & FB it says so much for who you are & why we appreciate you so much, that you’re taking time out of your day to post & tell us what you’re up to, and your plans. Sounds so exciting and so incredible isn’t it that you just got on like you were old friends. Tis just wonderful. Please keep on having a ball!!! Like you Gyps I raised a glass to these ladies/gent tonight.
Ate far too much today. OH bought a block Of Lindt Lindor white chocolate. Ooooooh it’s to die for & I’ve had far too many squares, along with roast chicken & veg & gravy & the aforementioned glass of wine. Sure my TDEE is smashed. Oh well tomorrow is another day. Hope I don’t do the same again. Have a lovely weekend all. suejen XX

Hi team! You are all amazing and inspiring people and I feel truly blessed to be considered a pal here.
CG and GG – thanks for taking the time to check in. You sure are making the most of your visit; that’s the way to do it, whole-heartedly and with enthusiasm and zest for life. 5:2 will be waiting for you, if needed, when you get back to normal routine. It’s lovely to hear that you have hit it off so well because cyber friendships can often be insincere. Clearly, you are already soul mates and I’m sure you will have a fabulous time with FB and her parents – how nice of her to invite you to meet them and share a wonderful meal together. More pictures please, so we can feel we’re right there joining in the fun!!! 🙂
Kathyven – three days of fasting is brilliant so don’t beat yourself up about having a few treats. This wol will see you right even if you have slight gain. Keep the faith!
Lotus – fantastic FD, 400 cals! I’ve never managed that! And going to the gym! Woohoo! Murphy’s law is right – of course, he was Irish, wasn’t he?! 😉
Up – what a result…9kg since Nov, you are flying!!!!! Well done 🙂

Just woke up – thinking if all the unknown soldiers in every country, who have given up their comfort, limb and even life to keep the larger community safe. Thinking that to lead safe and fulfilling lives that in turn contribute to humanity as one of the ways to honour them.

Raven – good to have a psychotherapist on our roll call 🙂 17:7 will be a bit stricter ( you have cut a meal to fit in that time slot, but have a go and tell us how it went 🙂 )
GG- Go Gal
FB- Fat Buster
Both their nommes on this forum, as is Country Gal ( who is thread starter)
We Aussies shorten every name 🙂
Even a Barbeque is a Barbie. I had an overseas friend who was mystified when someone said they would just throw some snags (sausages) on the Barbie ( he wondered why grown men played with Barbies! ;))

Lotus – you sure do wake up to very deep thoughts but I totally agree with your sentiments. I feel the same about people who don’t exercise their right to vote when others have died in order for us all to have that right. All we can strive for is to live life to the best of our ability, being true to ourselves; valuing and appreciating those we meet along the way and leaving the world a little better than we found it. Ok….philosophical rant over!
Raven – we will all look forward to your views here, I’m sure your professional training is something we can all benefit from. I agree that social media is becoming a big issue and problem for many vulnerable people, especially the young. Best of luck with your 16/8 or 17/7, but don’t be too hard on yourself – remember this is a marathon, not a sprint.

Hi everyone

Loved the photo, putting faces (beautiful) to the names – thank you for posting and great to know that you are enjoying yourselves. Only question is, when are we all going to meet? what year? what month? what date? what city? Would love to catch up…if Michael ever comes to Australia we should all plan to go and watch him as a group????

Reading the posts and wow so much information…great sharing and know without this forum I would easily fall off. So thanks!

Read a post about magnesium helping with getting things moving and I find that it really is a necessary component.

I’m starting to get some comments which is really nice and so I climb on my soap box and praise the 5:2. What really is nice is that if you do go off the wagon it does forgive as CG mentions and I lost the plot last week and put on a lot but the body seems to reset the weight line and so today hip hip hooray I broken into the 77’s. Even had a birthday, junk food etc but did 2 days of fasting and happy this morning and know that I feel so much better. I don’t want to go on the journey of having more and more medication as I get older and this to me makes sense to look after ourselves now.

Have a lovely week everyone.

Up no wine? Congratulations on the weight loss, I will raise a bottle – I mean GLASS lol, to everyone this evening 🙂 Enjoy your weekend everyone -even though it is a bit of a sad/solemn day today as we commemorate the losses and sacrifices the ANZACS made 100 years ago. 🙁

Morning all. Weigh in day and a little dissapointed till I remembered that AF’s visits always lead to staying roughly same wait for the week. Watch out for the drop next week yay!

I worked out that based on the starting date I was roughly 90kg on starting 2 weeks ago and I know a lot of the initial loss is fluid so I’m happy to have a loss even if it’s only small. Down from last weeks 88.8 to 88.2 this week! Going to go back to my jillian michaels 30 min shred DVD 3 times a week and see if adding some HIT workouts helps. Plus no cheer last night which burns a lot 3 hrs of tumbling stunting and conditioning was missed this week and will be next week too.
Couple cm off here and there too so feeling ok. Need to keep my chocolate and alcohol consumption down which will help.

Biggest thing I noticed was last night at dinner my mum and I ordered a tapas platter ( small entree) for entree and 2 more small tapas ( arancini balls 1.5 each and they were small) plus a bowl of mussels and a Greek salad and I didn’t really eat that much but was full enough anyway. So I’m thrilled because normally I would polish a main entree and go back for dessert which I honestly didn’t feel like!

Have a fab Saturday everyone. I’m currently enjoying a lay in but 3 kids insist I must get up soon. However it’s raining and gloomy outside so I really can’t be bothered !

Cheers M.O.M

Hello everyone. Lots of interesting posts to read once again. What an interesting group of people we all are. Psycotherapist, teachers, librarians , nurses. Not one ijit amongst us I’d say. Yes Raven I think social media can be quite scary as the vulnerable can leave themselves open to all manner of vile human scum. At one stage I was going to give Gypsy my contact details as she was coming to Tasmania. The only thing that prevented me was the knowledge that anyone who had access to this site could see it too. I’m wondering how CG, GG etc contacted each other first time round.
Well yesterday I blew my TDEE right out of the water. I made a large Moussaka with a cheesy topping and wolfed that down. Plus nuts with more than a few glasses of vino. But it was so enjoyable! If I’d had a Lindt bunny I’d have eaten that too.
Yesterday and last night we had nearly two inches of lovely rain. Our thirsty garden just lapped it up and our water tanks have had a good topping up.
Gypsy I too wondered how the Melbourne mob put that pic there. I’ve tried to copy and paste text in the past but it hasn’t worked. I’m pretty computer literate but don’t have flicker or whatever it’s called. I leave that it the younger more clued up ones. Gypsy you don’t go OTT with your info. You are a font of knowledge and we are lucky to have you on our team.
It was me who posted re Michael’s male / female brain. I find that stuff very interesting. He seems to make quite a few documentaries. He’s obviously a vey interesting person and has so many topics that he is interested in.
Cheers and enjoy your weekend. Doggy Xx

Gyps, I didn’t have the photo yesterday afternoon, just a link which took me to a page called Photobucket that wanted me to subscribe. Been on another forum where photos were linked from there too, was an American forum so I floundered and gave up on it. 🙂 Good news tho, today it’s back!!! YY x

🙂 thanks Sujen my OH thinks that the problem was the old “the old scales” , lol 🙂 I also thank you for sharing, I must have missed your post, I thought you had a loss on the scales this week.

Hi All!
I’ll never get tired of tuning in here each morning over my one and only coffee of the day….it’s a hoot!
Andrew – good to hear from you (especially imagining the girls causing the fire brigade call-out : 0)! But, we need more details…you know, the things they probably won’t tell us themselves 😉 Ha, ha!
Jenmic – the idea of one big get-together would be fantastic. I wonder if Dr. M and team would sponsor an all expenses paid trip to Hawaii or the Caribbean since we are turning into the poster gals/guys for 5:2! I’m delighted you are getting some positive comments from others, it’s nice to get objective feedback…but the most important thing is to feel good in your own skin xx
Taco – glad my words helped, just like others have helped me; ‘what goes around, comes around’…so pass it on. Glad, too, that you’re feeling better 🙂
MoM – you are now seeing how this wol brings lots of positive changes apart from weight loss and you are definitely on your way, brilliant!
Gypsy – you are a treasure, you are certainly paying tribute to all those who died for a just cause and honoring their memory in the best way possible. Congrats on the wolf whistles, woohoo!!!!
Doggy – glad you enjoyed your moussaka, homemade and healthy. As we all know, this wol can easily be adapted to allow for a little indulgence from time to time, so don’t worry.
YY – yes, can’t believe we’re back to wrapping up for cold and rain again, I was just getting used to pulling out summery type clothes and finding things that I hadn’t worn for ages because they were too small for me. Never mind; they’ll keep for another while. Really looking forward to next week with all the family in beautiful scenery; the craic will be mighty as we say over here!! 🙂 🙂
SJ – well the nail polish is coral coloured, but the toes are blue with the cold 😉 !! The snow hasn’t arrived yet so maybe the weather guys got it wrong.
Have a great weekend, everyone. Hope the trio get back safe and sound and don’t take too long to recover..we want to hear and see all!!!!

You guys are ‘da best. Been stalking and finally had to join in to see the pic of the lovely ladies that have met up recently. I love your stories and comradarie. I have felt kinda weird for just following, but all is fair in love and war they say. Lots of love found here.

It’s ok to stalk here MoonGal, and welcome to the thread… 🙂

Thanks Fit,
the hummus made the salad nice and creamy without being overwhelming. Salad also had pickles ( gherkin) slices, so made it all very tangy and interesting. I find I can’t eat Bland food on a fast day as taste buds feel too sensitive( or too spoilt??)

Thanks Lotus. Is a joy to be able to walk this path. JOY is the best motivator.

Yes, it’s a joyful way of life 🙂
All the best, I am sure you will be there for your family and friends for a looooong time 🙂