Hi Everyone,

Casp, I really feel for you 💗. I have been a comfort eater for a long time. Eating coz I’m over weight n over weight coz I’m eating 😕. I was in such a vicious circle. I started slow. I picked one thing in my day I was gonna change. Like everyday I’d go for a short walk or I stopped eating chocolate everyday n just had some once a week. Little changes soon add up 😊😊. It is hard…..I love food. There isn’t a food I don’t like…I really wish there was lol 😂. Little steps I say, it will click and get a little easier. Don’t b so hard on yourself loosing weight is hard. It’s only coz I’m so pig minded that I’m doing the sugar diet and need to reverse type 2. It was the kick start I needed. You will find yours I promise 😊😊.

Thinking about you. Stay strong. We have all been there.

Louise 😊😊💗xx

Thanks vi,

I’m just gonna keep at it. I am looking forward to beginning 5:2 though lol. Glad you are all ok from your glass scare.

Another food I love savoury scones yum yum.

Good luck on your fast day.

Louise 😊😊💗x

Louise…

20 lbs is really good going..I have been doing 5.2 for 11 months and have just about 30 lbs off and you have that off in 4 weeks amazing…

VI…
Good job you didn’t get the glass a bit scary…good luck on your FD.

Carol..
Sorry you are not focussed after your holiday sometimes it takes a bit to settle back in to it again.

Audrey..
Hope you soon improve there’s a lot about at the moment.

Casp..
Have a lovely anniversary today…hope you do something nice.

Kay, Minols..
Hope all is going well

We have had a lovely 4 hours with daughter and grandson, nice for a chatty catch-up.

FD for us tomorrow…going for three this week..

Jean x

Hi all

Carol…feel for you, but I know from the past before your travels just how controlled you can be, so be a bit patient with yourself, and it will come back to you. Deep breath. Maybe start with one little thing that you can get hold of again. We know you can do it.

Hope you’re feeling a bit better, Kay, and your FD has gone alright. Mine has been helped by the dentist numbing half my face – a drastic move which I wouldn’t recommend! So I just about had enough feeling not to dribble my soup this evening, and treated myself to some popcorn. I’m more than full enough, just would quite like something a little sweet to finish off with after I’ve done the boy’s bath – maybe a few raspberries…then I MUST stop.

Vi – how’s your fast gone?

Mx

God evening all.

Nearing the end of a FD. Managed to keep it together but had a strong urge to eat but managed to stay strong. I’m not gorging on things I fancy in particular, its just anything and everything and even as I’m putting things in my mouth my sensible side is screaming at me to stop. I actually thought the urges had gone but they’ve just been waiting for me to weaken. Damn its hard.

Minols,
As you can see, I’m an expert at emotional eating. Thanks for your support, Ill try really hard to ignore my inner voice.

Audrey
We both have a hard time with emotional eating. I hope you get back control. I’m going to try really hard.

Vikathy
Looks like you had a narrow escape with the glass in the Lasagne.
Ill try to make the effort for nail it November.

Thanks for your support ladies.

Morning All,

A bright day.

FD for us today. AFD s this week or shall I say three. We have done these before and they work the same as two for us but it’s fitting into this weeks plans.

Audrey..
I really do feel for you. Your year hasn’t been the best with one thing and another and it’s so easy to slip, odd pounds slip back unnoticed before you know you are back to the start line.

We have been there…30 lbs off and 30 lbs back on…Steve’s two new knees, visitors bringing treats and chocolates…you know it’s happening, odd pounds not bad then it hits you…I am so upset for you.

Nail it November will help us all. I suppose we have had to get back seriously since holidays so we have already started.

There are a lot of us in the same boat and have been struggling awhile..

A TIP …for everybody get your old photos out and have a look it’s frightening it was for me…my phone has just shuffled my photos and it has put all my past to present photos of me in a pile!!!! Fortunately for me there definitely is a before and after…..I really don’t want to be that before person again..still a bit to go.

Have a good day whatever you are doing…anyone else fasting?

Jean x

Hi Everyone,

Hi Audrey,

So sorry to here about your weight gain. I have been there with the comfort eating and the just this once. I’m def with Jean on the nail it November. A new beginning n a fresh start. Just draw a line across it and try not to ponder on it, we have all been there 😊. Sending bigs hugs n lots of support. You can do this 😃😃.

Just want to say I struggle with SAD in the winter months and have researched vitamin D and calcium tablets which I take two of everyday in the winter. I have read that the majority of people in England have low levels of Vitamin D, due to the lack of sunshine in this country which means we are unable to make enough. This can make us lathargic and depressed 😊. My personal view on this little tablet is for me it works. Normally winter is a bad time of year for me but this year it’s been good. I feel energised( I know I’ve lost weight) but this is a different feeling. A wellness of the mind 😊. Just wanted to share. It might help 😊😊 with the winter blues.

Hi Jean,

A 30lb loss is amazing well done 😊😊. Looking forward to getting to that mark. I’m getting in some practice for nail it November and have joined a Zumba class lol. I’m the scary one at the back flinging my arms wildly around!!! The gym is going well too. I’ve decided to give a few things a go to find what works for me lol.

Hi, Vi, Sarah, minols, Casp, Kay , carol I hope you are all well. Apologies if I have missed anyone there are so many and I have a goldfish brain.

Happy fasting day.

Louise 😊😊💗xx

Oh Audrey…what a nightmare. But I’m with everyone else – we know you can do it! Jump right back into things and whack those last few pounds you’ve gained off your hips ‘quick as spit’ before they get a chance to settle back in. And then get tough with the others that think they live on you. These pounds are like parasites, and you are not going to give them house room!

Hi Vi – glad you like being an auntie. I loved it, too. I loved being the one that let them do the things their Mum never did – I gave the first crisps, the first diluting juice made up too strong, I painted the first nails! I even loved handing them back! And I’ve loved having just the one of my own – I’d have loved a few more, but that’s not possible, and now I wonder how others manage with more than one. And now the boy is at school, I wonder how on earth others manage having them around all the time…yet I know I did it. I guess we’re actually each fit for the life we’ve got – or the life we’ve got will get us fit for what we need to do today, and maybe prepare us a bit for tomorrow, and always wondering at how somebody else copes with what they have to deal with. That’s me getting a bit philosophical, and using ‘fit for’ in the old fashioned since of being able/capable for, not fit as in exercising a ridiculous amount every day!

Right, back to work – the joy of a wedding to write today.

Mx

Thank you one and all for your kind words and encouragement..

Once this cough and cold is finally gone I am going to rejoin you on 52… or even ADF …

Together we are stronger

Audrey

Hi all, fd for me and it has actually not bothered me one bit, porridge has really worked this morning, low calorie ready meal for tea, and have just made a pot of lentil and bacon soup for my fd tomorrow (my first b2b) still need to work out the calories for it, Audrey I am gutted for you, but there is so much support here, you will do it, hope you all enjoy the rest of your day x

Casp..

Just had my 2 eggs and toast…enjoyed them don’t have them often…come in over 620 cal for the day, picked up wrong but lovely brown seeded bread out of the freezer…ummm

Still it’s an extra thrown in day so I don’t mind…

X

Hi all

Gosh there’s a lot going down today. I too am on a fast day liquid only and then again on Thursday. My nfds are totally screwed up at the moment so if I can end the week not putting on, I will be content if not exactly happy! Drinking my boillion now while husband dishes up for a houseful. It is not that I am hungry more that the social norm is difficult to manage. Anyway I am not going near the kitchen until it is all over! It is bad enough up here. I just keep saying I can eat tomorrow. It is only a day and if I lose it now goodness knows what will happen.

Audrey, yuk, and you probably feel worse with not being well. I have tried to paste the link to a post from simcoeluv called ‘easy on easy off’ but it didn’t work. But if you use the search facility it is the first one to come up under that title and it is really encouraging about taking weight off fast when you have put it on quickly. In particular he (or she?) writes about putting on 8lbs in the course of one day(!!) and losing it again in only a few days. I think what he is saying is that it is not actual fat ie real weight but more a fluctuation you get when you have been eating and drinking quite a bit. So don’t despair!!

Louise, I completely agree re vitamin d. Apparently almost everyone in the UK is deficient in d from now until March. And most people deficient all year. The older we get the harder it is to metabolise too. So if you are over 40 you almost certainly need a supplement. I really have noticed a big difference since I started taking high strength vit d 18 months or so, mainly in the fact that I get far fewer colds etc and although I have noticed this personally it is meant to really improve mood. I am not a supplement junkie at all and the only other I take is fish oil but really I would so recomment vit d.

Well done to everyone fasting today and well done casp for b2b. There are times when it feels really hardcore!

Have a good evening everyone. It is very soon November and we are going to nail it together!! Xx

Thanks Sarah. ..

I have found the post…let’s hope the weight goes off quick.. Ginette always says easy on easy off let’s hope it’s true…

I too agree it’s lovely to see the children arrive and lovely to see them go too….

Audrey

Carol..

Congratulations on the 1 lb off…really well done after your holiday.

Jean x

Jean.
Thanks, I needed a loss after my holiday gain.

Louise
Thank you for your kind words. I tried Zumba once. I’ve got the hips for it but not the speed or agility.

FD again tomorrow. I have a dicky tummy at the moment so it wont be hard.

Carol x

Morning all

Still coughing here 😵😳….

Ian back at work tonight I will rejoin you all when I finally stop coughing and sneezing…

Carol well done on your loss, hope you feel better soon too.

Love to all sorry got to fly

Audrey

Morning Everyone,

Audrey I hope you are feeling better soon 😊.

Kay you are welcome on the Vit D info. Keeps my winter blues at bay 😀😀.

Jean, happy Xmas decoration shopping. Looking forward to wrestling with my Xmas tree 🌲.

Hi also to Vi, Carol, Sarah and minols hope you are well 😊😊. Hello to anyone I have missed too. Hope you are well too 😊.

Just a quickie do you all find that when you are healthy eating you eat the same things over and over. I am finding that and getting bored now. Which is a worry 😕. I have been food shopping this morning and bought some mackerel, stir fry with soy sauce (looking forward to making that tonight), and a lamb chop. Does anyone have any menu ideas that doesn’t involve sugar. I would be greatly appreciative.

Louise 😊😊💗X

Hi Vi – stick with it…you’re almost there! Is there anything around you that can distract you?

I had a feast day yesterday, so I’m trying to wind it in a bit today ready for a FD tomorrow. It’s the minimum I need to do, given I’m going to the reception on Saturday (unusually), and Sunday is unlikely to be a successful option for a FD.

Carol – well done on the 1pound…we knew you could get to grips with things again. Just one day at a time.

Mx

Hi All..

Back from our spending spree, we have got a few things together for Xmas had a lovely day doing not a lot the weather was lovely, blue skies, a little cold, a would have been a lovely walking day…it’s given me a nice feeling these last few days….

Well we were passing the fish and chip restaurant and Steve pushed me in….it was very nice as always…..fasting from 3 pm today into tomorrow….lol..lol…worth every mouth full!

Vi, Carol….
Keep going nearly there…keep thinking of them pounds moving…

Minols…
We are with you tomorrow fasting…enjoy your reception at the weekend…

Audrey..
You are holding onto this cold, about time you passed it on! Hope you soon feel better.

Louise..
I will have a think about healthy food?? You sound adventurous with your food.

Jean x

Hi all

Regarding the different fast day meals I make a pretty good chilli full of beans and vegetables made with turkey mince or you could use Quorndon and serve it with bare naked rice… very filling and not to bad calorie wise. YOU can get the rice off the Internet or some holland and barrett shops do it.

Also sausage casserole with heck sausage another low calorie meal. ..

Aud

Hi cmum and Louise

I am for nail it in November promising to give up all chocolate and sweeties and to stick religiously to 2 fast days a week and clean eating.. I also promise to exercise more..

Think we all need to do our own thing and stick with it..just be accountable to each other… Hope this helps? Always remembering together we are stronger

Aud

Well done caspdexy…. you are doing fantastic keep going…

Enjoy the chips tomorrow lol x

I love the British bake off…..mmmmm sausage rolls, Victoria sponge, chocolate cake, quiches the list is endless 😂 xxx

Hi all can i join onto your forum, I’m new to 5 2 going to give it a go starting tomorrow. any tips would be great. how have you all done on this diet I’ve piled a lot of weight on this past year and need to get it off. got about 4 stone to loose.

Hi all, weigh in day for me, a little disappointed only a 1lb off, but that also means only a 1lb to go till I have lost half a stone, right better get to work, catch up later, I don’t get a phone signal where I work, it drives me nuts.