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Buttonboots,
There is a complain: I miss your weekly weight-in reports. It gave me a pleasure to see how your pound drop, encouragement to continue my fasts, strength to stay within TDEE. I also enjoy your posts, but weekly weight-in was like cherry on top.
The suspense is killing me!!!
And I am only half joking. 😀
Hello Buttonboots,
I am new to the forum, this is my first post. I read your blog, and am so excited about your journey back to health and mobility. I envy that your Mom is still with you and alive and well at 90. I lost my Mom to cancer at 52. I feel lucky to have had an extra decade than her, and still be in good health. I am trying to make all the right choices to ensure my future health, but love the 5:2 because it allows me to enjoy life too on the Feast days. I have been on the 5:2 since New Years, and have lost 15 lbs. I’m not sure what my target weight should be, but I feel great now at 117lbs, that’s 10 stone 4 in your measures. I will watch your weigh in with great anticipation, but remember- if you don’ tlose, or even if you gain- don’t beat yourself up over it- just get back on the path and keep going! You are amazing, I love your story. give your Mom a hug from me, I wish I could give one to my Mom! Best Wishes- regardless of syour weigh in numbers this time, you will reach your target- keep going, BB.
Hi Buttonboots. Sunday night here in Queensland. Winter seems to have hit with a vengeance. There’s a power outage due to lines down. Very windy. My husband is busy getting buckets of water out of the tank so we can flush the loo.
Weigh day. What a challenge. Looking forward to seeing how you are getting on with your embroidery. I’ll be having an FD tomorrow and we’re driving to Brisbane for his surgery on Tuesday. Will stay with our daughter while he is in hospital. Should only be in for a couple of days. Happy weigh in.
Buttonboots, you are indeed a 5:2 strong woman, and without you many of us would be struggling! It’s two pounds…and that could be water retention and the odd weather we’re having (well in the Midlands anyway..wonderful hot sun, then humid thundery air). Your determination and faith will see you through this blip. Love to you for the coming week.
xx
Buttonboots you are an inspiration to us all! I’ve just read your journey and you are truly amazing. I have just 1.5 stones more to lose and been on my 5.2 journey for just a few weeks but lost 10lbs! The amazing thing is how doable this WOL is. Thankyou for posting your journey. Onwards and downwards!!
Hi Buttonboots, You met your challenge and huge hugs for doing that. As you know, I am a serial weigher. I was 13.6 yesterday after a 36 hour fast. I had soup for breakfast, T-bone steak with aubergine, mushrooms and spinach with homemade French dressing for lunch, a heap of triple Brie and 2 glasses of red wine plus slice of roast pork, cracklings, roast pumpkin and steamed carrots, zucchini and beans for dinner. Scales today, 114.4. Cup of coffee and glass of water, 114.9kgs. FD today. I know I will recover and pushing the envelope just reminds me of how far we have come. I know I’m not going to give up and go on an eating orgy because I’m right onto it. I didn’t want to weigh as I knew what I would see. Testing the waters has been good for me. But putting on half a kilo in less than an hour is purely water. As you say, your skin flare up does affect you. Hormones have to be playing their part there. The timing was unfortunate. You have stood the test of time for over 2 years. As you say, you are stronger than any weight gain. Carry on carrying on. You are a winner💐🙏😘
Buttonboots,
I know it is very frustrating to see the 2 lb more, but you are strong and amazing woman, and will figure out what was the problem.
I am weighting myself every morning, and found out that the absolute number of one weighting cannot really reflect your gain or loss, since so many other factors could influence the weight. For example, the last month my weight was 148.0 on May 1st and 148.4 on May 31st, but average for month was 147.0.
You made a right decision, not to be affected by the weight number, but continue your journey. We are all rooting for you and believe in you! Hugs to your wonderful mom. It is so precious to have supportive mother close by. My mom lives faraway from me, and visits me for 1.5 month every summer. I cannot wait for her visit and wish that she lives close like your mom.
Stay strong!
Hi Buttonboots,
I subscribe to a blog written by a Canadian Bariatric Physician named Dr Yoni Freedman. Today his post was called “Have you lost 30 or gained 2?” Here is the link. http://www.weightymatters.ca/2016/06/real-life-weight-loss-are-you-up-two-or.html
His point is that it is up to you if you focus on the two pounds you gained back, or the 30 lbs you have lost. He says weight loss and life in general are rarely a straight line from start to finish. I hope you will be able to visit this blog site and get some great advice from this wonderful physician. He has YouTube talks too. You can watch the presentations that he gives to dieticians and other professionals who work in the field. There is so much good information and inspiration and good humour on his web site, have a look. It’s up to you if you see the glass as half empty or half full. My weight fluctuates 3 or 4 lbs depending on if it is a fast day or a feast day, but as long as the general trend it down, and my clothes fit, and I feel well, I’m happy. I wish you continued success- you are doing a great job. Keep it up.
Another point: when you lost 30 lb and gain 2 lb back. The 2 lb is so much easier to lose for the second time, than the original 2 lb. Just to let you know. 🙂
I gain 5 lb in a week after major binge, but lost is in about 10 days. It took me 35 days to lose them in the first place. We all have a little steps back before making big steps forward.
Yay Buttonboots. You go girl. That chicken sounds fantastic. You are very resourceful when thinking up a aridity of ways to cook your food. I’ll weigh in tomorrow morning as I always do, particularly after an FD. Have stayed on fluids all day although my daughter insists I broke my fast by putting a teaspoon of cream in my coffee this morning. Technically she is right, and I just said I was not going to argue the point. They all had Thai takeaway tonight and I had beef bone broth. Very peppery but yummy for all that. Have fun at the family birthday. With your experience and resolve, I’m sure you’ll cope very well .
Wonderful news, Buttonboots! I know we ought not be so affected by the numbers alone since other good things may be happening inside but they are a major marker on the road and we do like to see those numbers go down.
I like your perspective on taking the long view as well as enjoying the day. You’re living life and I salute you.
Hooray Hooray Buttonboots!…So very very glad you are back on track. Weigh loss is so odd sometimes! I’ve noticed that when I reach ‘However Many Stones and Eight pounds’ I get stuck on the eight pounds for at least three weigh-ins. I weigh every ten days at the moment. It seems like a long time to be patient…but thanks to you I take the Long View. Yesterday was the fourth weigh day in the current Eight Pound Cycle…got on the scales with eyes closed and opened just one eye to see….Seven Pounds. Phew! Rushed to read your post to see how you were doing…and WHOOPEE! Enjoy this week!
xx
Buttonboots,
Your chicken-kiev (sort of) sounds so good. I also making the cheese you mentioned from yogurt and some buttermilk. I am planning to make the chicken your way. What temperature you use for oven and for how long you bake the chicken?
Great to hear a wonderful news from you about your loss! 😀
Wow, well done Buttonboots. You continue to amaze! I am awed by your determination. I am in a plateau at the moment but am actually 7 stone lighter than I was at my heaviest. It has been a long haul & I’ve yoyo”d a lot over the years, but have now decided that I absolutely refuse to ever put any weight back on. The 5:2 diet has allowed me to do this. I may plateau for a while but the long term trend will always be down!
I credit you Buttonboots with the long view I’m now taking. I don’t know why I never thought this way before. It’s just common sense. The only way is down! 🙂
As an expat currently living in Australia I too have posted my vote to remain. Worrying times reading about UK news from afar.
Take care xx
Buttonboots, you and Bellydancer have come so far. It’s reassuring to know that those of us who have a long way to go can be confident it is doable. I’m now reading The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living. It’s all grist to the mill. I’m so hoping the scales will register 110.something tomorrow morning. I’ve started trying to do 36 hour fluid fasts but it’s not really working for me. So I think I was better off planning something yummy for the evening meal. Will do that on my next FD.
Hi everybody,
Congratulations on your loss! Determination and sticking to the plan really working. I am regularly having “plateau” after or before nice weight loss, and even gain a little at the time, but now I am calling it “stabilizing time”. I think our body needs the time for adjustments to new weight. This way of thinking really helps me NOT to be discourage if the weight is not dropping some week. Keep it up! 😀
Thanks Buttonboots 🙂
And coldpizza, I agree, stabilisation time has been essential for me. It hasn’t been possible for me to keep losing weight without some plateaus in between. Accepting this has been part of the battle for me. Before I discovered this way of thinking, & was enlightened by Buttonboots (my guru 🙂 & I’m only half joking!) my approach to dieting was so self-destructive. If I stopped losing or put weight on I would feel such a sense of failure that I binged & put all the weight back on, & more. It really was soul destroying. Now, I have finally accepted that I’m in it for the long haul & although I still have around 5 stone to lose I can recognise my success in getting this far. As long as I never go backwards again I will always be moving forwards! I hope that makes sense & sorry for the long post & hijacking your post Buttonboots.
I really appreciate being able to share this journey with you all.
Bellydancer,
Thank you so much for sharing your journey. 7 stones lighter is so impressive results!
Congratulations! I also a big fun of Buttonboots thread and learning a lot from her posts. We are here for a long run. It is very encouraging to read that some people still posting their maintenance stories for 3 years after reaching their goal. If they could do it, we can do it too!!! 🙂
Yay!! 110.9kgs. In by the skin of my teeth. Going for a walk at the beach with my OH and then lunch in a cafe at Mooloolaba. Really looking forward to soaking up the sun after recent grey days and heaps of rain. I like your stabilising time theory, Coldpizza. We do tend to hijack Buttonboots post, but she draws such positive people in that it’s hard not to want to be close to them and share it with her. It’s like basking in reflected glory🤗😘💐
This hitchhiker is wondering what happened to her lift 😉 Took my husband to the airport this morning and did not go straight to the nearest fast food outlet and stuff my face with the most fattening food I could buy, as I usually do. What a relief. I went there and got a vienna coffee and left it at that as today is an FD. It’s hard when he goes away. But eating my way into oblivion doesn’t stop the feelings of loneliness or regret or anger or whatever it is that has previously driven me to overeat. Mind you, I am just marking time weight wise at the moment. Letting a few little treats sneak in I think. It is surprising how little it takes to undo the good work. How are you going Buttonboots? I hope you and your mum are having some lovely chats over warm drinks. Were you very shocked by the outcome of the referendum? It has really put the cat amongst the pigeons. Dieting is not the only place where it doesn’t help to become complacent. The whole world will be watching closely to see what happens next. It could shape up to be a domino effect. I have signed up for the next 4 week challenge and the thought of exercise is hanging over my head like the sword of Damocles. It’s just what I need to get this body going. I’ve observed in my mother-in-law how quickly strength can disappear, although I have to say she is coming on well, and getting her exercises going. I’ll have to do them with her when she comes home which is only a week or so off from now. My biggest worry is how I’m going to get to choir practice when my daughter is no longer living here. Will cross that bridge when I am closer to it. Looking forward to your latest update and description of what your FD treat is. Lots of hugs, Fuvvie
Oh Buttonboots, you really crack me up. The vision of you looking at that leaflet is priceless. I do hope these new meds work a treat for you. I’ve been awake for the past two hours so decided to log in and see how people on the other side of the world are faring. Your walk to the park sounds lovely. You shame me as I can walk freely and don’t. So when daylight comes I am going out for a walk. The dogs will thank me for it. My right hip has been playing up, but has settled over the past couple of days. Our weather has been cold and wet too, but it is winter here after all. I fasted yesterday and had bone broth at lunch and dinner and think I’ll do a b2b today as I’ve stalled with my weight loss. Have signed up for the challenge so am ready to rev things up a bit. There’s been quite a bit of argee bargee going on in the forum lately. Strong opinions expressed but all grist to the mill. It gets one thinking and that’s all to the good. One day we might do the Fantasia ballet together. 🤗💃💃👯 Prawns sound good but I had pork with some sort of cherry sauce at dinner the other night. It was scrumptious. Very piquant. It’s 4:20am now. Will read for a while. Keep up the good work.
You are doing so well Buttonboots. Not far to get under that 14 stone. Glad to see that the new meds haven’t disturbed your equilibrium. So good to have rewards other than food to float your boat. Must go and do the plank and then shower. Have a doctor’s appointment this morning. She is going to be surprised at my weight loss. Will your lipstick be in shades of pink, red, bronze or ???? Choices, choices.
Yay Buttonboots🍾🎉That’s called winning in the face of adversity. As you say, staying the same can feel like a huge victory. Obviously your GP doesn’t see your weight as the big issue anymore. You have a lot on your plate to deal with but are showing yourself to being a woman of great strength. I salute you. Hugs to you and your mum. They won’t let my mother-in-law come home till I’m well. Can there be some secondary gain in being unwell? I try to think not as she really misses home and has done remarkably well in spite of her Alzheimers. A few more days of respite.
Mother is now back in the bosom of her family. We now have to be super vigilant as she just gets up and starts to walk without her walker. I freaked out the first time but I just have to stay calm. It’s not her fault that she just can’t remember for one minute at a time. Still, she’s really happy to be home. She’s sitting near the fire watching my grandsons drawing and just soaking it all up. By tomorrow she will have forgotten she’s even been in hospital.
Fuvvie,
I put a Christmas jungle bell over my MIL door to know when she opens the door. She also had Alzheimer and did not remember that she broke her hip and later arm and need to be extra careful. She also feel very dizzy after hospital because of dehydration, but refused to drink water. I have to change her diet to include a lot of soups to improve her water intake. Luckily, she could not remember if she ate or not, so I could “cheat” her to include extra bowl of soup or extra cup of tea or cocoa every hour or two, until she become a little bit stronger physically.
So close Buttonboots. I’ve had 2 NFDs in a row over the weekend and lots of macadamised whilst driving back from Brisbane, about 110kms. So scales will be too high tomorrow. Will have to be strong on my FD.
My husband cooked meatballs in a tomato base with aubergines and cauliflower. It was yummy. I did not resist seconds. Still no cake or biscuits even though they’ve been singing the song of Die Lorelei
Your butter mountain continues to grow, Buttonboots!
I have a tip for your iced coffee — freeze coffee in the ice cube tray instead of water. No dilution on those hot days. I keep a little collection of bagged cubes — lemon, broth, ginger, garlic, etc. Handy for quick drinks or cooking.
Fingers crossed for that new lippy. 🙂
Yes, well done indeed Buttonboots. You must be feeling amazing.
I love the sound of your baba ganoush. Your cooking is so inventive & wholesome. You should publish a 5:2 recipe book/menu planner, I’d buy it! I have absolutely no imagination when it comes to cooking. My fast days nearly always consist of a banana for breakfast & scrambled eggs on toast for tea. Not very inspiring!
Well done Buttonboots. I hang out for your Sunday post like an alcoholic hangs out for the next drink! 😂 Now for the perfect shade of lippy. 💋💄 I guess walking to the park is off the agenda since it is so hot. After a couple of really warm days, it was really chilly walking beside the river this morning. 14 degrees feels really cold to us but others would call it mild I suppose.
I’ve got to take Mother to the doctor,s shortly and then it’s off to school to pick the boys up for dancing hip hop. Tomorrow is Grandparents Day at school so that will be a bit of fun. We have the Eisteddfod on Friday. Listening to a whole lot of little boys playing the French horn will be uplifting 🤔🎶 Hope the new meds are doing their job and regards to your mum.
Brilliant Buttonboots. Glad you got the lippy. Mixing socially certainly puts us on our metal. I managed so well at the birthday party as I could choose what I wanted. But at a friends place today, they dished up and choice was not on the menu. It was all totally what I haven’t been eating. Probably put myself back a week. Fasting tomorrow. If I don’t remember on the day, happy birthday on the 23rd. I’ll put it in my diary. Done! Have fun socialising for your birthday.
I just checked your first post.
On May 4, 2014 you were thrilled to have 17 Stone 13 1/2 lb (just under 18).
Look at you now – 13 stone 13.6 pounds – FOUR STONE lost (I let you calculate how many butter sticks just fell off you)
Absolutely amazing and inspiring!!! Great achievement!!!
Congratulations!!!
Sorry, I feel that I just don’t have enough exclamation points… 😀
Everybody who need a confirmation that this diet work, just read this thread.
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