Quick post….Sat I was over by 600 cals, but yesterday I tried to claw some back and today Im fasting.

Neils mum was back in A+E last night, in agony with her stomach this time…she back home now and seems settled. She only weighs 30kg at most and is hardly eating and drinking and is struggling with breathing…

My mum is now poorly too…called the gp out this morning, which is most unlike her. She is having nurse out in the morning to take bloods and do an ecg…just have to wait..

Im due to go for a chat at 3 with the boss of the company where I might get the job…

All happening today :-/

X

DF a brilliant loss well done, a good boost for you.

Kay hope it goes well with your meeting and hope all is well with your mum and of cause Neil’ s, sending good wishes and hugs, be sure to let us know how your meeting went.

Tammy xxx

Hi All – I’m with the mass fast. Not too bad so far. I did my ‘alternative’ method, of having bacon for breakfast…the protein/fat always lasts me well into the day, and a couple of intense meetings proved just the distraction I need.

So now I’m in having done the big shop with the boy, and I’ve hit the seaweed to keep me going until the OH gets home to do his fish thing…essentially a bit like his take on a kedgeree (given he’s never had one, I think!). Really tasty, really like and protein rich. Feeling fairly positive about making it to bed time!…except for some reason I just thought – CHEESE! Where did that come from? Somehow need to put all the shopping away without cracking open the new pack of cheese…now, that’s the secret to success – it’s new, it’s unopened. You wouldn’t want to go and break a £10 note, so you don’t want to crack open a enw block of cheese. No you don’t. NO YOU DON@T!

Right, I’m calm, that’s sorted. I’ll just go an put the shopping away, nice and calm…nothing to see here, officer!

Mx

Evening all,

I’m kind of joining mass fast today. I’ve not eaten yet but my tea will be around 500 cals and I’ve had milk in my coffee..I’m just trying to keep low as I don’t want to be up peeing tonight. I know peeing is good, but I’ve a very early start tomorrow to head to the airport so I need to be alert.

Normality will resume with me next week.

Hope everyone’s OK? xx

Just had my delicious plate of fish and rice and am well satisfied. I’D be a fool if I ate any more tonight! How early can I go and hide in bed?

Mx

Evening all

Fast going ok. Hungry but sure that is a result of too much carby sugar at the weekend thinking I might weigh in the morning to see how I am doing in line with my new ‘lose by Friday or else’ strategy.

Minols, i so love cheese. Thank goodness we have none of it. My fridge does sometimes look less than well stocked at the moment.

Kay, hope everything ok with both mums and that the job outcome was good.

Jean, enjoy your trip and hopefully you will find the odd minute or two not to be doing things.

Angela, busy life. Normality will be back soon.

Tammy, hope fast going well for you.

Hang in there everyone. Tomorrow is another day….

Hi All…

Beautiful morning but expecting lots of rain today…

FD for us which is good on a travelling day…I have cooked a ham for dinner tonight with salad nice and easy…that’s something I like about fasting, no pots to wash lunch time and an easy dinner….lol…bring it on….

I will try and catch-up and post when I can…be good everyone …as we will be trying and doing our best..😀

Kay..
No wonder you are feeling overwhelmed at the moment living on a knife edge with Ellie, it’s lovely she is holding her own, enjoy all your time with her it’s memories which will stay with you. The two Mums not being well and the distance which doesn’t help..
Take time out but please come back after your break…it’s no point in battling with the 5.2 until you feel you are in control…..good luck in your new job and I hope they know and understand what you are going through at the moment with some sympathy…

I didn’t know you were doing herbs like me…I am so new to it too…I looked at the chilli plant but it needed a lot of water so I thought I would leave that at the moment. I have 5 and they are doing well, I have repotted into larger pots and given them two prunes already and they are thickening out…still inside near my French doors.

Hope you start feeling better and less stressful, but please come back when you feel ready…we can’t loose everybody…

Jean x

Kay just to say that I am pleased you are having a break from fasting. It has to be the right decision with so much very, very difficult stuff going on for you, pulling you in may different directions. We will all be thinking of you and sending positive thoughts to help you through a tough stage. I know you will be back when you can my fasting buddy. Xx

Jean, the 800 cal version is not for me either. A life without treats wouldn’t work for me either and I would be off it before you could say vanilla slice. I prefer the low days and then being able to live a bit more normally at least on weekends. I wonder if there really are people who can just eat what they want and stay slim.

Weighed this morning and still 175 as I was on Friday. This means yesterday’s fast reset the weekend ok. I have to be very mindful over the next two days and then hopeful that Thursday’s fast will mean a loss for Friday.

Yesterday was much tougher than normal and I am sure this was due to sugar and carbs on Sunday.

Have a good day all and stay strong anyone fasting today. Xx

Hi all –

Kay – I’m with Sarah…your will power is going into other things at the moment. We”re watching a lot of Star Wars with the boy at the moment, and I noticed that even the amazing Yoda, when he was using the force in a really extreme situation could only use the force to save others – not lose weight at the same time, and he has a wee podge he could do with dealing with! Use the force for holding your family together just now. You know enough from 5:2 to let that ride at the moment – so eat healthily, go for sustaining foods not instant sugar-rushes and use your 5:2 knowledge of food to make you stronger and then you factor back in losing weight another month.

Jean – hope you and Steve have a great journey…it’s a bit wild up here, so hope your roads are easy.

Sarah – you are so right, whenever I OD on the carbs/sugars it is so much harder to pull it back again. Trying a day of ‘full of goodness’ food choices. So my favourite toast I chose because it makes me smile and the bread is full of seeds. I’m having a big pot of full fat greek yogurt for lunch, with frozen berries, seeds, nuts and coconut. Tonight the burgers are meaty, thick, garlic-full, and we’ll have those with lots of veg. I will have a few biscuits, but I’m going to try not to go overboard on them.

Sorry to have put that down, if you’re fasting today…just needed to get my food choices out of my head and see them in front of me, so that I can be deliberate and take control on a NFD instead of just wolfing down anything and everything!

Have a good day everyone.

Mx

Hi everyone!

I’m new here and wanted to introduce myself. I’m a final year uni student and I’ve been following the forums for the past three weeks since starting, but finally decided to join in on the action. Let me introduce myself!

I’m 22 and a Languages student in the South of England. My challenge to myself is to stick with fasting for a Lent challenge and see where I end up! I’d got tired of counting every calorie every day (it works but it’s so dull), and have decided this is hopefully the best way to carry on, especially as I’m such a foody and love being able to enjoy cooking on my NFDs.

I’m also doing my 500 calorie fasts every other day (Alternate Day Fasting or ADF). Initially quite intimidating but I’ve got into a rhythm that I barely need to think about any more. But I’m flexible with it and I don’t mind having two NFDs in a row if it means I won’t miss out on a party.

Cuurently lost 2kg in three weeks and excited to see where the next three weeks of Lent will take me! I hope you don’t mind me joining along 🙂 And good luck to everyone on a FD today! x

Endellion….
Welcome to our corner, come and join us…well done on your 4 lbs off…lots of help if you need it…

Sarah…
Enjoy your torture routine tonight hoping it helps…lol…after all my work and painting and feeling shattered… I need to get back to my kettlebell…lol

Finished fasting now awaiting breakfast..😀

Jean x

Hemmy….
Nice you got in the garden must of been a sheltered corner…it was quite cold where we are, looked lovely but cold.

All very quiet…hope everyone is being good..😂🤣😅

Night night

Xx

Hey guys 🙂 Half way through the week!

Had a rather rough day yesterday, lots of emotional eating 🙁 I don’t know, I was just struggling with my thoughts. Maybe I’m tired .. there was no reason for how I was feeling. Anyway, allowed myself a day where nothing mattered food wise.

I did fast successfully on Monday, and am fasting today and tomorrow, to make up my three days. I’m feeling more positive today thank goodness.

My weight is going down, I need it to continue. Yesterday was just a blip.

Hope everyone’s doing well.

Have a great day.

xx

Good morning FB Friends hope all is well with you and yours. Xx

A cloudy dark day so far. I remind myself we have done well this winter.

Sym.. have a good day hope the rain stays away… Yes..I am quite sheltered here. Xx

Sarah.. I did think about the small bottles of wine .. would be an idea. Will try maybe Sat. Will only buy one though. Lolol Have a good day. Xx

DF.. its hard going getting yourself going again after emotional days. Always worse when you are tired.

Brilliant your weight is going down… well done girl. Have a good FD today. Xx

Clare…Enjoy your walk around the store and getting new pots. Sounds like your salad stuff is doing well.
Thats what I am doing transferring plants and redoing pots. Have a good day.

Take care all. FD for me with little 100 cal snacks.

Brit lovelies…
Happiness comes more easily when you feel good about yourself without feeling the need for anyone else’s approval.Xx

Tammy – sounds like we’re living parallel lives this week lol! Lets make today and tomorrow brilliant fast days 😀

Hemmy – I absolutely LOVE the quote today .. so true, I’ve wasted so much of my life seeking approval from others! We need to love ourselves! After all .. we’re awesome 😉

Have a great day and thanks as ever for your support 🙂

xx

Hi Tammy.. ( posted same time as you) lol…

Maybe a nice change with the new town.. Hopefully as you say more hours may come of it. Have a good FD. Xx

DF.. I know what you mean about seeking others approvable. I am a constant worrier .. Worry I have said the wrong thing… frightened to upset people at the expense of not doing what I want. Hate unpleasantness.. plays on my mind. Lol. Trouble is I seem to collect very strong minded people.. probably see I am a pushover. Soft as my Mum says. Lolol

That’s why I enjoy my Mums easy company at the week-end .. Yes.. the saying today is a good one. Xx

Sym.. sounds like a rough night.. very dark here . Going to have an easy day maybe some more folding. Lol Its given me the draw cleaning bug.

Have soo many plastic folders now from the £ shop… nearly every utility now has got its own folder. Lolol

Did you take your plants with you. When we had the canal boat had a little garden of herbs on the top … flowers too. Loved it.

Have a good day with your daughter. Xx

Sarah.. I agree with Sym start either small or old with any camping idea. ( You could try them all once retired and write a story about it for a mag) Your so very good with words.

Years ago a neighbour decided they would also like a boat … bought a top of the range one.. sold it within 3months … ” Not for them”

Have a good day Sarah. Xx

Hope everyone else is doing ok. Ende .. how is it going for you. Xx

Morning all – looks like some of the blips are being tackled with good spirits this morning. I love the way we can just finish off a day and park it, knowing we get to start again the next day.

I was toying with FD today or tomorrow – both are possible re work commitments, but I got home lost night to an awful situation phoned in by an undertaker, so today is going to need sustenance to get me through. I’m going to try to practise what I preached to Kay the other day, though, and I’m going to try really hard to eat food that sustains me through stress rather than just hit the usual instant sugar/carb short-term solutions.

Good luck, fasters – especially those who are starting a b2b…I’ll join you tomorrow for your second leg!

Mx

Hemmy and Clare

I haven’t brought them with me, I counted the days I was watering the herbs and they will wait until I get home as still inside..

My lettuce and cress have cloches on and closed so keeping damp, ok on own…I have brought school type cress already grown on kitchen roll with me and already snipping….although re planted a box in compost…grownup cress..lol….which will grow three times before having the need to re plant. Should of read up before starting…

Daughter in States said ‘will it be enough for a salad’…will wait and see, could add to other bought lettuce making it different and fresh, vitamins, etc…when in India the hotel had about 20 different growing in small boxes in the corner of the restaurant….maybe more for sandwiches.. lol..

I think daughter is planting for her street!! Goodness knows what she is going to do with her flower seeds, she keeps replanting on, the boxes are growing by the minute …lol..it’s keeping her busy…she does have a very large garden but all grass, she will have to do some borders and baskets…

Still waiting for daughter to arrive…it can get stressful always waiting or trailing around shopping…you bite your words and think it’s only a few times a year..you never know what you are doing…

Settle down and read a bit…All jobs done here nice and easy when small…

Have a good day fasting…

Jean x

Blimey girls.. got absolutely soaked today. Did a longish walk as my boy may not get out in the garden today.

Had a banana … for breakfast … just had a cup of hot milk with honey.

Maybe a boiled egg later.

Need to pop to the shops in town… need a Mothers day card.. have bought her a Yankee candle defuser … Lemon and Lavender. I had one for Christmas and she loved it. .. So some chocs and a plant.

Must keep away from food and wine though. Lol .. Weight looked good this morning before FD. So pleased.

We will have salad freshly grown coming out of our ears. Lol

Have a good day girls… Hope you are in the dry. Xx

Hi Clare… yes put a spoon full of honey in the cup of milk then micro wave it. Ohhh it is so lovely… good at night too .. helps you sleep.

Also funny enough … I use full fat which is more cals but you don’t need so much. Quite filling. Xx

OMG I am so excited, fast day is put the window, just got notification that I have won a cut in the postcode lottery millions pay out, I never win anything, find out 1st of April what I have won.

I never win anything 😊

I just can’t believe it, I only signed up about 4 months ago be a use my pal won £1000, I have already won £20 and £10, was chuffed enough with that, it’s still not sunk in😆

Tammy xxx

Tammy…
How wonderful it’s lovely to hear someone winning something…it’s so exciting…roll on April 1st…

Sarah…
Day turned out better than I thought just a slow start…I am more a morning person…lol off to Swindon tomorrow looking at bike gear for daughter….something to do….

We have eaten different from expected more buffet stuff, sausage, rolls pork pie not too much…cake..fasting now into tomorrow…hope to pull back…

Jean x

Evening all,

Tammy, well done on your news! Fabulous.

I’m back on the map for a day before the hen weekend. I’m really not having a good week food wise but this was always going to be a tough week to get through. Nearly there, big work thing done, just the hen weekend and I can knuckle down again until my holiday.
I’m having a celebratory glass of wine before heading for a bath and fake tanning in prep for the weekend.

Sounds like you’ve all had a busy week, sorry to see Kay taking some time out but perfectly understandable.

Hope everyone’s OK? sorry I can’t post comments to everyone, I’ve just missed too much.

Jean, will you take me to task again from Monday please? xx