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Hi Buttonboots. Thank you! Picking blackberries is lovely, and so is the jam – my absolute favourite 🙂
Your username is great too – I saw your explanation and Jacqueline Wilson’s books jumped to mind. My daughter has most of them and I enjoy them too. Hetty Feather wears those boots I’m sure.
Wishing you the best for your op next week. And well done on your steady progress with if. You’re my role model.
Hi Buttonboots.
Just wanted to pop on and say I’m so glad that your fasting journey is still going so well.
I’d stopped fasting for quite a long time but seeing your new posts has motivated me to get going again, albeit on 16:8 which seems to fit well in my life.
It always makes me feel uplifted when I read your posts. Your determination is inspiring.
Josie
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Morning Buttonboots,
As your post was on the top I started reading it, loved seeing your weight going down each week, jumped from when you first started to your later posts, your tone has changed in your posts, you seem much chirpier and more confident!! Hope your hospital visits become more infrequent. Thank you for all your posts and keep going.
Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum and have decided that maybe to join would help me get on track to lose the excess 4 stone I need to shift. Have lost several stones many times only to regain it. Thought I’d get back to fasting and get active again. Day one here I come! Good luck everyone and have a great weekend:)
Well done Buttonboots. I suspect our BMI’s are pretty much the same right now, although I’m a bit under 12 stone at the moment. Oh to be taller!
I know what you mean about inconsistent sizing in clothes although I haven’t come across such an extreme example as sizes 22 and 14 fitting. I know that when in the US some years ago I was delighted to be fitting into size 12s, when I had to buy size 14s in Ireland and UK. Shoes seem to be more consistent somehow.
Xatie, welcome to the forum and well done for taking the decision. There’s great help and support here. I’ll keep an eye out for you starting a topic – I found it useful to post my personal updates in one place.
Ha ha. I’ve played with the bmi calculator on thecalculatorsite – it does nice graphical representations. According to that, an extra six inches would bring me into the ‘green’ (not overweight) bmi. As I’ll hardly grow by six inches, I’ll be happy to get into the mid-range of overweight and stick to that.
Well done Buttonboots, you’ll soon be into the 11s.
Good luck with the socks. I found good enough instructions online for heel turning. Funny, I found the toes harder to finish neatly. My kids love the socks, I found them uncomfortable to wear. Great fun to knit though, and there’s lovely colours in yarn.
Hi Buttonboots,
Just read most of your posts from the beginning! what a success for you and congratulations. I have only really started (my own version) of the 5:2 and have found posting regularly to be soooo helpful in keeping me on track an motivated. Some days when I haven’t done as well as I would have liked, don’t feel like posting but knowing that I have committed to sharing this on the forum each day has helped me to keep myself in check.
I don’t have much left to lose – I am quite short and I didn’t have a lot to lose to begin with (compared to others) but I expect these last few pounds will be slow to shed and your posts have reminded me just to stay committed and consistent and I will get there!
I have followed your journey since I first started mine in early 2015 I lost nearly 3 stone then and kept it off until this year I seem to have hit menopause and had some horrible issues relating to it I started HRT , this has really helped but I have put a stone on this year so today I am back going to shift it before it gets worse , so lovely to catch up on your posts and see how amazing you have been doing I re-read your thread you are the inspiration I needed to get back on the fasting wagon.
I’ve got a long story which is still continuing. First I had some problems with eating junk food and lack of physical excersises. I also took hormonal pills which also got me gain weight. Then I started smoking and somehow gained extra kilos. Recently I’ve switched to vapes from https://vapingdaily.com/ as they don’t cause addiction. I think I cannot quit completely because vaping somehow helps to maintain my current form.I’ve been trying to lose weight for about 4 years for now. I’ve already lost 10 kilos and that was hard, but I’ve got a lot to do. I’m on the way to a healthy lifestyle, trying to eat clean and workout. I’m trying to pull myself together and start everything all over again.
Buttonboots,
I love reading your posts. Your journey is a wonder. I have followed you for a few years now.
Are you really nearly at 11 stone?? As your last post was in February, perhaps you are there by now.
May I ask, what was your starting weight, and how long has it been? You have halved your weight! Congratulations and cheers to you!!l
Terry58
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