Didnt manage a proper FD after all, but havent had too many calories in the end, so thats ok.

KT, that sounds like a successful day. Small steps remember.

Jean, I agree you may both gain a little first but the fasts will be quite different to your TDEE days, so it should kick in.

Mrs O, seems like you are all prepped and ready for hols, just a couple more days.

Hemmy, I hope you have a nice catch up with your friend. All you can do is listen and be there, she has to come to her own decision as well you know. Nice to have peopKe comment on your weight loss 🙂

Tammy, how was your day?

Aud, hows your back?

Clare, I know how you feel with the crap sleep! Hope you get more tonight.

Shera, hope you are feeling better. Are you planning on going back to work tomorrow?

Heading off to bed shortly and hoping for a good sleep.

Night all x

Yes Kay I have to. Still not 100% but the rest has done me good. I’ll be in exam for 3 days so at least just sat down and no need to ‘perform ‘ like a normal school day.

Well I got as far as sitting in the car. Had difficult night. Felt rubbish again but got showered dressed etc. Got in car and just couldn’t drive off. I’m also filled with guilt as my absence impacts on others.

Morning All…
A bit of a late start this morning…dull here at the moment…

Colouring my hair this morning…did you get yours done Kay?…I am at the hairdressers for it cutting on Friday last time I went my roots were embarrassing…lol….so must be done this time…

Hemmy…
Lovely your friends noticed the new you…would be nice if they joined you or even here….some people just won’t change and alter things…we both know the wine and cakes have to be reduced…lol

I have got two people doing 5.2 at the moment so pleased with that..they are doing well, ones got about a stone off she used to go to SW with me a long time ago…she was amazed how I was doing on here..shes the one who borrowed my book….now her friend has started…

It’s so sad about your friend but she will know when it’s time to move on…something will just click…its lovely she has your ear…you are a good friend.

Mrs O..
You sound all poshed up and ready to go…an early start, a sleep on the plane and pass the time…well I usually try and do that and a good book. Have a really great time we will want to know about it when you get back….😎…a few gins in the hot sun sounds great….

KT…
Well done…. as they say small steps it takes a while to get your head around it…nice to have you back…

Kay..
It’s not bad if it was a low day, it happens….Steve came in at about 780 cals not a good FD but we are now weighting everything…I have bought a lot of different food, really trying to shake things up. Just found a chicken Dahl recipe with the lentils…I think I could get away with lentils in a curry…little steps…lol

Tammy…
Glad you seem to be back on board it’s hard when you have been off it a while…it’s like starting again..well done..

Rowena…
Look after yourself because no one else will….you are burnt out you need rest….the team at school will sort the children out, if they don’t know it now it’s too late…you have sorted them through it during the year…
Take care 💕

Ellie…
Thanks, she feels not so much like crying now just sad…a good way to go if you could choose…….good luck with your revision today..

That site does lovely rice cake ideas, sweet and savoury…the rice cake is really to hold the filling then all heathy stuff on top…I was sat most of the day watching her videos and healthy choices..the savoury not for me but for veggies some good ideas…healthy choc spread…healthy raspberry jam, no sugar! They sound nice..😀

Audrey…
Hope your backs feeling better today…hope you are being good food wise..lol

Have a good day whaterever you all are doing…

Live each day as it comes because we don’t know about tomorrow…😀

Jean x

Clare…
Hope things improve as the day goes on…

Pizza sounded good for the calories…must look at that……sourdough base? Does it taste any different?

Have a good evening

Jean x

Audrey…
I think Ian needs some training….lol…I have Steve training on the food scales this morning…lol…we will get there….

Hoping you soon feel better….fasting can wait a week …

Pouring with rain here…trying to start and get some caravan things together for next week..

Xx

day 2 of no binge foods
and trying to remember to drink a lot more water
needless to say – I don’t feel great!

Ellie…
Have you pre looked at the jam…lol..😂..that’s how they make it…good girl, I am just learning. I have my chia seeds they are sat in my cupboard this last month don’t know what to do with them….I know now..lol

KT…
Well done…keep going…

Jean x

Hi folks

Sorry, been out of action over the last week or so. Haven’t caught up on posts, but hope everyone is well

Had my consultant appointment today (new consultant) and had a very painful day with 18 needles in my legs and lots of blood. 12 of the injections were with a kick ass needle the size of my fist (I kid of course but I have only seen that thick a needle on my dads farm with his cows!). It was a probe to measure the compression in my legs before and after walking and low and behold it confirmed the diagnosis of chronic exhertional compartment syndrome. It’s been two years of troublesome legs with massive problems walking and exercise, but at least we have a confirmed diagnosis. Surgery in the summer which I am not looking forward to, but at least we will get this sorted.

With all of this going on I have only stuck to my TDEE the past week and as I am going on holiday on Friday I don’t think I will fast until I get back. But all systems go then-i want to loose weight for the surgery and the wedding!! I have been drinking loads of water over the last week and I really feel that has been making a big difference. Thank god for fusion water bottles with built in straws! I drink soooo much more with a straw.

Anyway, hope everyone is well and looking forward to catching up with you in just over a week. May pop in between now and then. Until Friday, I am resting and elevating my legs after today’s excitement.

Jo xxx

Hi guys, sorry late check in.

Like you kay I did well until hubby bought yummy pudding, but nfd so no great harm.

I too am fasting tomorrow.

Catch you then

Tammy xxx

Morning everyone, I’m fasting today too 🙂

Good luck with the day … lets make it a good one 🙂

The sun is shining 🙂

xx

Morning All…

A lovely morning here….with the rain for two days I could nearly see the lawn growing….lol..looks lush…and long..

FD for us today….Steve’s face was a picture when measuring three lots of different cereal this morning..he decided the best bet was his two shreddied wheat…no banana!

Hemmy…
A here here for fruit…I have had four different mixed this morning…

Glad you had a lovely day yesterday…have a lovely day with Mum shopping…garden will call tomorrow there will be lots to do.

Jo…
A not good day yesterday, rest up today and rest your leg…sounds as if it could be bruised and sore a lot…have a good holiday away in Greece and come back to us and let us know what you have been up too…😎

Kay…
You feel so much better when your hair gets done…your hair is a lovely colour, mine was that colour when younger but from a bottle but I loved it…..before too much grey crept in…and had to go blonde ☹️

Tammy..
Have a good FD after your pudding…lol

A few of us fasting let’s do a good one…eggs for tonight for us and weigh in tomorrow hope it’s a good one Kay and you too…

Out shopping for bits and pieces away from the eating…lol

Jean x

Morning all

Fast day with a hangover, not sure how this is going to go lol – however I have found the cure to not sleeping, sling a bottle of red wine down my neck before bed!!

Had only allowed for half a bottle each last night but got carried away singing along to 80’s movie soundtrack countdown on some random music channel on tv and we drank 2 bottles. All good fun I just need to get through today though!

Back later, have a good day all. Clare x

Morning ladies, a beautiful one here

Hemmy, nothing better than lunch with a friend, enjoy the garden, fruit never dies it for me a breakfast, I normally do porridge, maybe I should try it for a week.

MrsO enjoy your holiday.

Audrey hope your back is improving

Kay, I do love getting my dyed am getting ambitious in my old age and am pink at the moment.

Clare, drinking on a school night, lucky you, but not so lucky the hangover, hope the fast goes ok.

Jean, my hubby actually cut the grass yesterday (after being told to), first time in 10yrs, he made a total mess of it but I didn’t say anything.

Well I am fasting as well, so that’s me, Jean, Steve, DF(Good morning, hope your good), Clare, anyone else?

Can you tell I had a bit of paper and wrote stuff down to do replies, so much easier for my brain, if this is me at 46, god help me at 70 😃

Hi all

Thanks for wishing me well. I feel much better today. I’m in the a level exam as we speak. Nfd for me tiday. Not sure if I’ve been silly planning 3 this week as I won’t be doing 3 next week. Not sure if that will give a false weight reading. Anyway. Aren’t people funny sometimes! ! My colleague who I thought was also a friend totally ignored my texts while I was off ill. Today I was in the dept when she arrived and she didn’t even come in to say hi are you better. I then bumped into her after and she was pleasant enough but just spoke about work stuff. Bizarre. This is one of the reasons I hate being off as some people are funny with you. I suppose it’s because it impacts on them. Oh well….. trying to pretend I don’t care and just focus on work!!!

Jo – I missed your post earlier. Rest those legs… at least a diagnosis means being able to treat it all the better. You’ve got two really good weight loss targets to aim for too.

Tammy – ooh wow 5lbs in one go would be amazing! Fasting with you today. I split my fast up today and had my usual “FD after dinner snack” (a scoop of protein powder with a big handful of frozen berries, which blends up with water into a big thick fluffy bowl of fruity goodness for around 150 very filling calories) around midday today. Maybe I should do this more often! Doesn’t feel like a fast at all as all those hunger pangs are gone so far.

Rowena – sounds like she’s acting really odd.. some people don’t cope with stress well and immediately think the worst of others..

Audrey – enjoy the BBQ and hopefully the back will ease up by the weekend.

x

Yes I think it really is worth trying! I first bought them to try these chia pudding recipes mixed with milk and yoghurt and was really not impressed, so they were relegated to the back of the cupboard… until I realised the jam trick. Mixed with fruit though I think they’re great! Raspberries might need a little sugar to sweeten but frozen cherries and blueberries I find need no extra sugar and there’s no frogspawniness 😘 Just yummy healthy homemade jam with much fewer calories too. I’ve totally rethought my opinion of chia seeds haha (just don’t mix them with milk, in my opinion. I absolutely can’t understand why people enjoy that…).

Thanks Jean. I will take your advice. To be honest I am so worn out I can’t do anything but chill out! I literally have sat at the same desk all day in the exam. Done lots of marking and bits and bobs so that’s good. By lunchtime it hit me and I was ready to collapse! !

If anyone wants to befriend me on fb I’m Rowena Sterry and my pic is me from side angle looking out to sea!!

Got it 🙂

Hi everyone. Xx

Well a beautiful day after yesterdays grotty rain. Lol.

Had a nice shop and lunch again… looking forward to a quiet day tomorrow.

Tomorrow its fasting any one else ?

My only day this week. So not expecting anything great on Sat weigh in. Lol.

Must do well this next week as it will be bank holiday again … my friends Birthday lunch then Kristy is coming for a week .. oh dear.. still that’s life it is for living. Lol.

DF hope your FD went well. xx

Sym… hope you had a successful shop and FD. Xx

Ende .. Fingers crossed for that Swoosh for you tomorrow. lol. Xx

Tammy … Yes… give that fruit a whirl for a week.. see how it goes. Xx

Shera .. Folk are strange at times. The older you get you can somehow overlook it. lol. Xx

Claire … Awww hangover .. hope you feel better now. Xx

Aud… hope you feel better soon. Xx

Kay .. try the fruit.. good to shake it up a bit. Xx

Sleep well Brit lovelies. Xx

Morning all!

Made it through my hangover & got a successful fast in, weigh in today & maintain for me, considering I was at one point over the weekend 4lb heavier I’m really pleased with that!

Having a days holiday today to play in a golf match and it’s raining ☔️ the forecast is dreadful lol just my luck! Mac & trees to look forward to tonight so that will keep me going.

Struggling to read all posts on my phone will read back on pc later.

Have a great day, wishing DF a fab holiday. Clare x

Morning All..

A drizzle start for us today but muggy…

Off for my hair cut this morning then off to the garden centre I need 4 pot saucers for my herbs. I thought while away if it rains they will catch some water. My mint doesn’t look too good I think I have been snipping too much hope it comes back…

Steve playing with his bike-in-bits in the garage today…got a bag of bits in the post…lol

Well we expected an increase in weigh this week due to eating more and our change around in food BUT 1 pound each off…😀😀..???

Both very pleased..

Kay..
Hemmy and I have been eating fruit and berries for over a year now…it usually comes in below 100 cals…I really enjoy it…I have read up a lot on it, as it’s so gentle on the stomach your body continues fasting until lunch time…but only fruit and a cup coffee/tea/ drink if wanted, no other food what so ever until lunch.

(Still after saying that I had granola with fruit this morning to up my calories)😬

Your colour looks quite coppery/ auburn not brown…I used to like being the red/ copper tones…boring blonde now but try and be a mixture of colours not flat.

Good luck to Ellie tonight…

Hemmy..
A busy week ahead for visitors but nice…a bit of gardening for you today…we got one pair of shoes for Steve but still could do with some trainers of sorts..

DF…
Have a lovely holiday and enjoy yourselves…a good rest after a busy time at work…we are away for two weeks from Tuesday so we will be together with weight up when back…

Clare…
Good to maintain… better than up…I feel as if I have been maintaining for 6 months 😬

Have good golf over the weekend hoping the weather improves, I think Sunday is the better day..enjoy your mac and cheese tonight…

Ellie…
Good luck on your exam today…is there many more exams you must be nearly finished..

I have had my chai seeds on my fruit and granola this morning…I shall be making my jam this afternoon…Steve wouldn’t have my seeds but maybe in my jam…lol…now looking for flax seeds to grind up apparently really good, as chai seeds are, for prevention of cancer, arthritis, inflammation, bowels and lots of other things…haven’t found them yet…maybe H and B…

Audrey…
Hoping you are feeling better and OK to travel home…take care…

Carol..
Are you about…are you OK?

Rowena..
Hope you are feeling better…more refreshed or is that stretching it…take care..

Minols..
You are missing too…is everything ok your end maybe just busy…

Speak later

Jean..x

Morning!

Jean yes that’s pushing it! Went to bed at 9. Felt so wiped out. Felt rubbish today too but I’m here in exam. Bought my y13 a gift and just been writing a card for them. There’s only 3 of them. I’ll give them to them at the end of the exam as it’s all over then. Bought them each a book to reflect their interests; a game art book (beautiful illustration in that one) for the boy going to uni to do game art, interior design book for girl going to do that at uni and a book on Korean pop music for a girl who is going to do a foundation course in art who is mad about Korean pop! I’ll be so sad to se them go but so excited for them.
Doing 3rd fast day of the week. Not sure if I’ll do 500 cals or just not eat til later and have a normal tea which I won’t count.

Morning ladies

Just a quick check in, am at work, too many comments to reply to just now.

Weigh in this morning has me at 18st 8lbs, now I know there is no way I have lost 6lbs, so am calling it a loss, but this will be my correct weight from now.
Happy with this.

Lovely day here

Hopefully catch you later.

Tammy xxx

Good afternoon FB Brits. Hope all is well with you and yours. Xx

An awful day here its been rainy non stop since last night at 5.30pm.

Had some bad news this morning … Kristy’s best friend has lost her Dad ..he was only 65… so sad. Life is so short.

Well Done Tammy .. 6lbs .. that’s brilliant news. Xx

Sym.. well done you and Steve for losing your lb. Goes to show its best to change things around a bit at times. Think the body gets too used to the same old. Xx

Ende … Sorry you didn’t get the swoosh factor.. Lol another day. Good luck today with your exam. Xx

Shera.. Hope you feel better soon. The gifts are a lovely idea. Xx

Aud.. hope you feel better soon. Hopefully that damp will get sorted. Xx

Clare… well done on staying stable.. enjoy your Mac and Trees later. Xx

DF … enjoy your hols.. we will miss you. Xx

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

Brit lovelies…

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Xx