Wow, that bread sounds good.
I am fasting today, homemade vegetable soup later for tea, then a liquids only day tomorrow. It works for me.
Good luck!
xx
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Hi Paddy That is an impossible question. It all depends what is in your soup. To be accurate you should weigh and write down the calorie content of everything, then divide by the number of portions it makes. Mine is spicy carrot and lentil and I reckon it is about 150 – 200 calories. I have it quite watered down on fast days and I know that I will be nowhere near the 500 calorie maximum at the end of the day. I don’t weigh and count everything but I am losing the weight.
Good Luck and maybe you could start your own thread to let us know how you go on? We shouldn’t really hijack Buttonboots thread.
Hi Buttonboots, lovely to read your updates 🙂 I am so happy that you’re enjoying the clothes shopping. I’m exactly the same and go for comfort rather than fashion, but it really does feel brilliant to go to high street shops and find things you like. You’re doing great, and like the others said your updates are an inspiration to read.
Good luck with the day, stay strong x
Hi buttonboots
just read through all your posts, by ‘eck, I was on the edge of my seat hoping for the breakthrough to 15 stone something!!!! Brought a tear to my eye when I saw it.
You are awesome, I think your journey should be mandatory reading, you certainly have the odds well stacked against you, but your journey is pretty much exactly as weight loss should be, about a pound a week. But to do it with your odds, amazing!
You are indeed a shining light – and I love the picture you paint of the slabs of butter!!
thank you for sharing.
Dear Buttonbots,
when I first joined this forum over a month ago and read through many of the posts, I read through all of yours and I have enjoyed reading about your success. I am actually relieved to see you have returned to posting. Congratulations on your continued weight loss through adversity, and I hope your health improves as you continue your weight loss journey.
Warm regards.
Hi BB
So nice to see you back. So sorry about your health problems. You have made tremendous strides in your weight loss., with a staying power that is so impressive. I hope you are feeling better now and skin problems can be awful. I have a friend who has lukemia and he has awful ongoing problems. These are due to a transplant. He is on medication that is ridiculously expensive, but saving his life. He is about 50, so still young.
Sometimes life throws so many things at us it seems unfair. Your health problems and success have made you stand out like a beacon lighting our way. We are all so pleased to see you back. You are inspiring, please believe this.
Some people let disabilities get them down. You have helped all people with disabilities. A true champion.
May your health continue to improve and your weight melt away.
Ginette
Hi Buttonboots
soooo pleased to hear from you, and you continue to indpire and amaze!!!
Re the mirrors, Ive seen the beached whale for years, M&S is particularly bad, might explain their losses in ladies clothing. Imagine being able to increase business by millions just by changing a few mirrors. But the head honchos will be men and woman who wouldn’t dream of buying thrir clothes their, and the design team will be young size 10s who have never seen the whale. Always take an honest friend!
I use aloe vera, found it helpful for my skin, cant imagine it being as good as medicated cream, but I have always used it on my cats. According to my vet, if it gets licked off, its is actually kind to the stomach. Another thing I began by using on my cats but have used myself for many years are the bach flower remedies. Illness can affect our emotions in many ways, might be worth looking it up. Mentioned it only because Ive been treating my very ill cat, frankly my dying cat and have spent some very long nights with her. Ive been mixing remedies for both her and myself. She hasn’t been able to walk for days, but wandered – staggered more like- into my bedroom to wake me. Hubby says she has been grumpy all morning, as she has always mumped, a great sign.
Hope you turn a corner soon, and have a great week!!!
Hi Buttonboots. Wow, I have just devoured your thread and it has really really inspired me. Thank you. I have bad psoriatic arthritis and I really feel for you trekking back and forwards with doctors and meds. Much like my own life. You are an amazing and inspiring woman. Have a good week and I look forward to following your journey 🙂
wow!!!
You really are an inspiration! Not flashy, nor any huge losses, but a real slow and steady, hope the 14 13 arrives soon!!! Imagine that!
Of course I know you have skin preperations – I do hope you see an end to the need for them soon – but have you tried aloe vera, not at all sure if helpful at all, but I find it soothing, Ive always used it on my cats at the suggestion of my vet – but I now use it myself, its helped with the dreaded under busom thush – the curse of the full breasted woman – I use canestan as well, but the aloe vera gives wonderful relief, helpful for son’s mild skin problems too, and excellent for heat rash I find.
Am I right in thinking you are now less than 2/3rds of the woman you were? Gives me hope aiming to be a bit less than that myself, its great to be on this journey with you, though I’m just less than halfway there.
milena x
Hi buttonboots. I’ve got my fingers crossed that your health gets better very soon.
I’m so glad bake off is back on. I thought it would be torture watching it while dieting but as no food is forbidden it’s not so bad. Work are doing a bake off later this week so I get to be Mary Berry and do a little tasting.
I’m glad you’re staying on the positive side and so you should. It’s a plateau and none of your achievements so far are diminished because of it. Looking forward to the next update no matter the progress. It feels like catching up with a friend when you post 🙂
Hi buttonboots I’m in Germany and I thought of you. I check in every week to see how you are doin’. You’ve been a real inspiration to me and hopefully you will again when I get back from my hols. Germany is not a country that fits well with dieting and I don’t think the results are going to be pretty! Although the country is really great.
Hi Buttonboot,
Congratulations on all your progress! Wow, youre doing so well, and Happy Birthday!!!
Reading your thread really inspired me to be so positive at the beginning of my 5:2 journey last November, and periodically I pop in to see how you’re going. Sorry to hear you’ve been so unwell, but good on you for sticking to 5:2 and it sounds like you’re enjoing your 5:2 journey too. You’ve inspired a lot of people.
Happy Birthday again!
Cheers,
Merry
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