Another fast day and another .8kgs gone. That’s 6.7 gone, a tenth of what I need to lose. If I can keep going at this rate, then in 18 weeks I would be under the hundred. Haven’t been there since 1998. Then after my mother passed away in 2003, I put on 20 kgs in 3 months and have had an uphill battle ever since. Looking at what Dr Fung says, stress increases insulin resistance leading to more insulin and putting on more weight. Go figure! Beautiful day on the Sunshine Coast. Had a lovely walk with a friend beside the Maroochydore River. All good.

Thank you Mahalo. I love your name. It sounds like a lovely halo that I’m sure is very shiny after your 25kg weight was shed. 25 kgs sounds like a dream to me right now, but a believable dream because the proof is echoed on so many feeds in this forum . I have to admit to being quite addicted to the scales. That’s after having ignored them for so long, knowing I was putting on weight but not game to see how much. Better keep moving. Have a hair appointment at 8:15 and its 7:09am. Looks like it’s another sunny day in paradise which isn’t doing my new tree much good. Thanks for your encouragement and will do my very best to keep the fat-fire burning😉🎶

Big night. Mother fell and fractured her femur. Got home from the hospital at 4:30am. Family started ringing at 6:30. So up and about already and facing up to an FD. 116.1kgs today. Not sure if Mother will have her surgery today or tomorrow. This will put emotional eating to the test.

Thank you Mahalo. Her surgery was on Thursday. My mother-in-law has dementia so it’s hard for her to follow through with what the therapists want her to do. But she’s making small gains so fingers crossed. We’re all behind her.
One way and another, I’ve had a very social weekend but have tried to keep a lid on overeating. I’ll be happy tomorrow when I weigh in to have at least maintained my weight. Had a successful FD today, so here’s hoping.

114.4kgs this morning. Got stuck into vacuuming this morning as incidental exercise. Washing track suits for Mother and off to visit her soon. Hope she has had a better day. I love the sentence in The Obesity Code “But the time frame matters a lot. We may try to downplay its effects, but the idea that long-standing obesity is much more difficult to treat has the stench of truth”. Insulin resistance seems to be the culprit and I’m hoping that by continuing to avoid refined carbs and increasing the fat and vinegar will increase the insulin sensitivity. It’s a bit like the holy grail!
Listened to some interesting MP4 tracks on making choices and setting boundaries and about guilt. It all creates road bumps and ups the cortisol and hence further insulin resistance and further obesity. We are surely a sum of our parts and I feel for the first time I’m really getting a handle on this. Love the wisdom of people like Buttonboots, Lolly, Austrian, Coldpizza and so many other threads that are inspiring me. 💐🌸🌻🌷🌺🌏🌎🌍

Had a follow-on FD till I came home to my son-in-law having cooked rice and chicken cacciatore. So first big feed of refined carbs in weeks. 2 boiled eggs for breakfast. Going in to the hospital to see OH who successfully underwent surgery yesterday. Interesting to see that all the food on his menu marked heart safe are low fat and high carb. When are they going to cotton on that low fat high refined carbs are not heart healthy?

Still addicted to daily weighing. 2 FDs ago, went down to 111.9. NFD took it to 112.7. FD 112.0. NFD 113.0 as I overdid it with bowl of nuts last night. FD today and will stick with fluids for 36 hours. Doing some guided meditation last night but legs got the fidgets. The psychologist is encouraging me to start yoga to manage cortisol. Trying to get on top of all of this before MIL comes home as managing her care needs is going to be a lot more taxing than before. It will probably be 2-3 weeks before we have to manage that though. I notice their are lots of careers on this forum all coping with deme ting parents and the highs and lows that come with that. Wishing you all the best. Fuvvie🤗💐🌷🌸🌹

Hi Apricot,
Thanks for your input. Carbs have been a big issue in the past, but since starting 5:2, I’ve practically cut them out of my life. Nuts are my big downfall. I tell myself they are high fat and high fibre, and have 2-3 handfulls👿 I also have been getting very little exercise. I weighed in at 112.6 yesterday after aborting 2 fast days. But I didn’t eat till lunch time both days and yesterday I went out to lunch with my husband. This was a real treat. I ordered grilled fish with salad and forgot to ask them to hold the chips. Fortunately, it was a small serve and I had a delightful glass of chilled Sav Blanc. How I enjoyed that. I have pretty much given up wine since 26th April. Dinner last night was dry baked chicken thigh fillet plus salad. This morning the scales are 112.2kgs. I’m a very happy camper and today is an FD which is non negotiable. No cake or biscuits have passed my lips since starting 5:2. I am hopeful of ditching this excess baggage for the first time since the late 80s.
I was sitting beside a very slight woman the other day. She weighs 48kgs. I pointed out to her that the normal weight person inside me who is fighting to get out, is carrying her around on my body every day. It’s very confronting to look at another person and realise they are the embodiment of the weight you are fighting to shed. It’s a battle, but 5:2 makes it seem possible. Better stop gabbling. Nice talking to you.

Amazon,
I’m directing this to you as you were very encouraging back on the 18th May and I took on board your advice to delay measurements. Whilst I couldn’t hang out till June, I have done my mid June measurement and report I have lost7.3cm off waist, 7cm off bust, 16.2cm off hips and2.3 cm off neck. Team that with weight today of 110.9kgs and that’s 13kgs gone west, never to be seen again. It’s people like yourself, Austrian, Coldpizza, Lolly and all the other threads that I read but don’t contribute to that encourage one to stay the distance. Next major goal 99.9kgs. Next mini goal 109.💃🌟🙋🏻