Fat Busting Brits!!

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  • All good here….chops going on shortly another 20 mins or so…

    Talking about butter just going to make some garlic butter…James Martin was doing a recipe yesterday showing how to make the garlic butter then stuff and make chicken Kiev looked amazing served with leeks cooked in butter and cream….looks like it’s on the Friday menu…

    Like a good butter, always look for a local if I can…a good yellow …never eat spread butters…😡

    Jean x

    Steve is so very good, my butter which I got out to bring to room temperature…has been put back in the fridge!!
    😂

    Surviving the kids – took them to the beach this morning (grey and freezing…they had a ball!), then soup and crisps for lunch. Compulsory movie to keep them quiet and so I could get some work done, now they’re on xbox, I’ve made buns and the casserole is in.

    I think I’ll do some sewing for a bit, maybe a bit of ironing, and then once they’ve eaten again and the spares have gone home, I can cease to be a domestic goddess and go and talk to a couple about their marriage.

    Hopefully tomorrow will have even less work in it, and I can slide gracefully from domestic goddess/childcarer into ‘I’m on holiday…!’ mode.

    BTW – managed not to eat until a little soup and some hula hoops at 1pm…felt REALLY full afterwards. This TRE is really changing my capacity. Now I just need to learn not to force myself to eat out of greed.

    Mx

    Very hungry now,may have one round of bred with butter.No fruit tonight, Heidi is very quiet today,had her first walk and been asleep most of the time since, saying this she has just looked up at me,psychic dog😁

    Evening…you have all been very cruel talking about cream teas 😢😢
    Jean- you are such a busy bee! I have a fat side of the wardrobe & a slim one, never get rid of anything so it’s crammed full! My hubby tidies away anything left out too…you can’t do the grass yet, might still get ❄! hope the pork chops were good. Xena is awake before it’s light, so it’s not that, mainly habit as eldest is up most days at 6am.
    Minols- sounds like the new way is working for you, hope the boys have all been good & the marriage talk is good tonight- you can go into it glowing & domestic goddess-like!
    Kay- sounds like the IF is helping you too, sometimes good to change things.
    Dave- hope that Heidi is okay, & hope you don’t feel hungry now!
    We had a good walk with Xena, then pruned the torured willow tree- has to be done every year, grows like mad, it took 2 hrs…then hubby needed me to hold the ladder at mum’s while he changed the outside light bulb- turned out to be a pain of a job as the light covering was really old & brittle…got freezing cold waiting for him to find new screws, that took another hour!
    Made & iced some valentines biscuits for hubby & to take to my friend’s for her girls tomorrow, am well chuffed with them especially as my hands are really stiff from the gardening!
    No food- can’t be bothered to make anything for myself anyway so it’ll be another liquid fast!

    Minols…
    Oh the beach this morning…sounded chilly….oooooo…glad the play date went well…slide nicely into holiday mode…😀

    Dave..
    Hope Heidi is OK if quiet…

    Hedgehog…
    Well done on your liquid day…you sound as if you have been busy too…a few tricky jobs…biscuits, a lovely thought…shame you didn’t say earlier..I could of made some…😂

    Fast day again tomorrow for us both…

    X

    She is ok now been playing with her ball,had her food and chews😁🐕🐕

    Had prawn stir fry and cauli rice for tea. Finished the day on just under 800 cals, so thats 3 in a row. Just one more tomorrow then a normal eating day, maybe 2.

    Neil cut the grass this afternoon, on a high setting and I did some tidying up of the plants in the pots. Amazing what a bit of sunshine does!

    Jean, well done on the sort out and your fast.
    HH, another liquid fast! Being busy does help doesnt it.

    Dave, hope you didnt eat too much before your tea.

    Minols, all seems to be going well, sounding very in control.

    Happy valentines day! Anyone got romantic plans?!
    Kay- late night for you, you beat Dave to the latest post! Lovely to be getting out in the gardens for lots of us yesterday!
    Dave- glad Heidi perked up! Hope your hospital (?) assessment goes well.
    Jean- did you say you were fasting again today?
    Minols- hope you can get into holiday mode now!
    Seeing my friend with the autistic girls today, not sure what else…we’ll have a nice meal together tonight but will have the boys popping in & out- it’s our ‘anniversary’ of our 1st date, 29 years ago! 💞💕💓❤💗

    Just lost my post – keyboard on my wee tablet is a bit dodgy.

    Childcare again today, and trying to get some chores done…so hopefully I’ll walk the legs off them this morning and settle them in front of a film this afternoon.

    if you’re valentining – have fun. we don’t tend to…ridiculously unromantic in this house!

    Mx

    FD . Morning all from a chilly Farnborough 1 deg C .Romantic plans none. 2 kids QED! . Weight loss has stalled and not encouraged as I’m still flogging myself in the gym. One of my colleagues passed away on Monday evening, heart attack (just 52) so a sobering lesson for taking the job /project/life too seriously. Considering taking a job out in Kazakhstan but not sure about being away from my 2 boys for a month at a time. No work in UK at the moment so what to do. Answers on a post card please.

    BTW laid 230 sq metres of turf last year In 2 goes may and October and the early bit 110 sq meters looks awful having been knocked back by the drought and the rest has over wintered and suffered also. I won’t be going anywhere near it with the mower until it starts to recover.

    Morning All..

    A beautiful morning here…short sleeve tee shirt on yesterday, same again today…6 weeks to shorts!!! hooray 😀….🤞

    Fasting again today….Valentines meal tomorrow night at home..see what the grass feels like to cut later..

    Kay..
    You are on a roll…how is the 800 doing, after today will that be 4? ….then 3 eating days….will be interesting on your weigh in day.

    Hedgehog..
    Have a lovely meet-up with your friend and her daughter…Happy meet up ‘Anniversary ‘ 29 years….we have a few it’s remembering them…😂…I am doing my new James Martin meal tomorrow with afters my new choc pots..( served in my new glasses from the charity shop)

    Minols..
    How can you not be romantic…when you do all your wedding chats…shake the boy and you up…..

    Mstar..
    Chatting with Steve..we would both say go to Kazakhstan give it a go….you will do a month then you will probably get more quality time with your boys on your time off, instead of a day here and there….fly home and back, it’s so easy done….face time them every day…..if it doesn’t work come back…

    Steve when younger nearly went to Saudi, he had a job, had a girl friend, he didn’t go he always regrets it.

    I was so upset when my daughter went to Dubai ( she didn’t know I was, I thought I would never see her again)) now she is in Louisiana…the best thing she ever did…..I speak with her at least 5 times a week, a hour at a time…I ‘see’ her and know her more than the other three girls here. Adding my time on holidays with her ..she outstrips seeing the others by loads….Go for it…

    Dave..
    What you doing today…are you fasting?

    Jean x

    I am sat in waiting room at health center,think fast day has gone already,had breakfast so will try for three fast days next week.

    Back home now,I start exercising next week for 12 weeks then they said I could be referred to a gym after that,not sure I want to go to a gym but she said there will be other options,so I will wait and see.A gorgeous day here today, very sunny and quiet warm.Will just have a low day today, hopefully the exercise will help with weight.

    Hi All..

    Just made my chocolate pots for tomorrow’s meal….I am at a bit at a loose end…a bit late for decorating, might get a few things together for a start next week…although I am out on Tuesday….grass is still quite wet to cut..hoping it might be better later pm…

    We are having omelette for tonight so need to go and buy some ham….

    Dave…
    Looks as if they are very pleased with you…an excerise plan for 10 weeks…all the walking you do with Heidi I would of thought that was covered…good if it helps with trim up your body with fasting….

    Jean x

    Dave, sounds like your appt went well. Exercise plan as well as your Heidi walks!

    Jean, yes this will be 4th day of 800 cals and so far its looking good for a loss on the scales this week, although I do have tummy problems at the moment which is stalling things.

    Mstar, go with your instincts about work as long as pros outweigh the cons.

    Minols, hows the shorter eating window going with the boy off school? Childcare day for you, so busy again!

    HH, have a nice meet up. A lovely bright day again.

    We don’t do Valentine’s here…commercial rubbish! Besides, Neil is working til 1pm and Im out this afternoon looking after the 2 cockapoos.
    I just need to hold off eating before I leave here just before 1 and then that means I wont be eating til after 4. That will give me opportunity to eat a decent meal tonight and be well within my cals as long as I dont eat too much when I first come in. I have yogurt and chia seeds planned!

    Planning day out to Wadebridge tomorrow. Not been before, just want to do something with Neils day off.

    So did you Girls manage to get to the front door this morning or did all the valentine’s get in the way.

    Didnt even get any junk mail today 🤣

    Always get junk mail, hockey tonight but doesn’t start until 3am so not staying up to watch it, will try to get it on catch-up.The health worker said my new exercise place don’t give you a drink so you have to take your own and it costs a pound a time,at hospital you got water half way through then tea and biscuits at the end.She said get your gym ware ready,I haven’t got any so may buy some,got plenty of shorts, will have a look online.

    Dave- great that you can do the exercise class!
    Kay- well done holding off eating, hope the cockapoos behave!
    Jean- hope you find something to do…
    Minols- are the boys behaving enough for you to get your jobs done? I agree with Jean, you should be romantic with all the weddings you do!
    Mstar- that’s a tough choice- like Jean says it’s much easier to keep in touch now while you’re away, a month’s not too long at a time & presumably you’d get a block of time off…but scary when you lose a friend & it does make you want to spend as much time with your family as you can…sorry, I’m no help!!
    Am still at my friend’s- the school rang to say the eldest is ill- she’s in a specialist unit over an hour away, so am sitting with the younger daughter, she’d already had one melt down so not fair to drag her out for a 2hr car journey… they do like their screens so apart from doing a jigsaw it’s been tv & Ipad so far.

    Ah cream teas, sorry to bring them up again, just catching up. Re jam/cream first debate am- who cares, it’s all delicious.

    MStar – I went and worked in the Far East for 6 months when my girls were 15 & 18. I was lucky in that I was able to do 2 weeks there, then 2 weeks at home until the last 6 weeks when I stayed there. Looking back I was constantly exhausted and it was both the hardest and best thing I’ve ever done. I’m so glad I took the opportunity whilst I could.

    I think we’ve got a bit more romantic on Valentine’s Day in more recent years, we never used to. Although I’ve been away today but will be back later. Hopefully I’ll get a card but it might be signed by the dog.

    CW

    Denise has put the cuckoo clock back up on the wall, didn’t know it was working,but it is,it’s a German one.

    Fast day going OK…

    I have had a lazy day really…been to Tesco on my own and picked a few bits up…bought some herbs yesterday used some but thought I will freeze what’s left before I throw them away…

    Waiting for my phone call from my daughter it will break the afternoon, she will take Max his walk first when she comes back in from school..he will be waiting..

    Steve has been in the garage all day…his bike is in complete bits..he is hoping to have it back together by end of March and on the road.

    Jean x

    All finished now..enjoyed the omelette and salad….weigh in tomorrow, eating day and candle lit Valentines meal in the evening…

    X

    Your meal sounds nice,not for me though I like to see what I am eating 😁🕯️🕯️🕯️

    Dave…I am like you but I know what’s in it….when eating out it’s a different story…😂

    Are you back to a weekly weigh in?

    X

    I got some roses!💓…now waiting for hubby to finish playing on the computer so we can eat, not like him, luckily!
    Spent an hour on the teampoline with my friend’s daughter, got her away from screens, so that’s my exercise done!

    Yes weekly weigh-ins, tomorrow is the day

    Hedgehog..
    How lovely to get flowers..💕💕💕.we did cards…enjoy your meal…

    Dave..
    We are not expecting any results..maintaining would be good but doubt it…..you will do better than us..

    X

    I got flowers!! After me saying we dont do valentines!

    Alfie and Henry, the cockapoos, were a bit of a handful! Lots of jumping up and barking! They did settle though.

    Unfortunately I succombed to 3 biscuits with a cuppa whilst I was dog sitting! And then a couple of crackers once I got home as I was putting away some food that Neil had bought! Not sure where carb need snook up on me!

    At least tea was lowish..lol but I did finish on 950 cals today rather than 800.

    Will see how tomorrow goes on our day out as to what kind of a food day it is!

    Good luck on weigh ins tomorrow!

    Finally…3lbs down! Thats 10.4lbs down from 7th January with 3″ off my waist.

    I decided to go back to my Friday weigh ins so this was short week from Monday, but Ill take it.

    Its certainly working for me, so Im going to keep it up. I still have another 10lbs to go ideally but 3lbs to first goal.

    Feeling a bit better emotionally and the sun is shining so we are off out to explore for a few hours.

    Have a good day everyone.

    Kay you passed it on to me😖I gained 3lbs🤯🤑😱too much bred, will have to have a rethink.I didn’t do calorie counting last week so I better start again this week.

    Afternoon All…
    A beautiful day here…we were out quick this morning, trying to find long sleeved tee shirts to match brown / cream….not much about possibly not the ‘In’ colour…went for an earthy green, it will pass…

    Weigh in today..Steve the same..me up a pound…ounces really but put me into the next pound bracket.

    Kay..
    I am really pleased at how you are doing…3 lbs off is great…looks like I will join you next week…

    How do you spread your 800 calories out?…like you I will have the weekend off. It’s over three years for me on 5.2 maybe it’s time for a shake up!..did you start 800 in January?

    Have a lovely day out today…a bit of love in the house with flowers 💕…My beloved was with his first love all day in the garage, we didn’t speak much all day….😂…I should of started the decorating!

    Dave..
    Oops 3 lbs on…we both need to pull our socks up!

    Minols..
    You will be heading North not sure which day…have a lovely time…to your cottage?

    Hedgehog..
    What are you up to?…making cakes or Zena puppy club?

    Jean x

    Hopefully the exercises next week will help.I must cut down on bred and butter.Must look into 800 calories and see what can be done.

    Lovely Valentines Meal tonight finishing with the chocolate pots with raspberries and cream, a bottle of red too……All was delicious …..

    I had another different meal on offer tomorrow but maybe next weekend…….light day tomorrow..so full..

    Have a good weekend…

    Jean x

    Under 2000 calories today,so over 600 below my TDEE.Got to lose next week so watch this space.

    Me too..
    X

    Morning All…
    What a glorious sunny day…grass looks good for a cut..a couple of tree/bushes need a trim…but I need some long armed secateurs …

    We are having a low day on food ..we ate far too much yesterday but it was a special occasion Valentines Day and Steve’s Birthday combined…

    Nothing planned today..too nice…I think painting starts on Wednesday….

    Have a lovely weekend.

    Jean x

    Hi all…
    Kay- well done losing 3lbs! If you’ve got 10lbs to go hopefully it’ll soon be gone if you can keep to the 800cals! Enjoy the flowers!
    Dave- sounds like you’re often below your TDEE so surprising some’s gone on.
    Jean- shame you’d not lost this week after not getting any nice food last weekend! Glad your romantic meal was good!
    Minols- have a good time away…
    Yesterday flew by, did keep low but not a 3rd FD as mum came for dinner; hair cut, shopping, keeping Xena occupied & cooking kept me busy. So hungry today! Back to cold here, can’t think of any other reason… Xena has been full on right from 6am, & so have I as forgot to do sandwiches & iron work shirts for the boys! Had a lovely walk & met up with quite a few dogs, tidied some pots outside, tried to get Xena to have a sleep but she didn’t, we went to a scent workshop with her & she did really well, & seemed to really enjoy it! She’s now finally asleep on my lap, so I can put my feet up too! Talked to the trainer about how lively she is at home, I wondered if we were doing something wrong as she hardly seems to stop in the day, but he thinks it’s the way she is & she’s just very quick & clever. She made friends with a gorgeous German Shepherd, he was lovely with her & really well behaved!
    A ‘mum-free’ day- hope that doesn’t sound mean…my sister’s seeing her today. Spoke to SIL yesterday & told her mum needs company at weekends, she said they’re really busy but would try & find some time!! Had hoped they’d do a bit more but I genuinely think they believe mum should be over it by now??!! Sigh, you can’t choose your family!
    Have a good evening everyone!

    Getting hungry now, only had a weight watchers biscuit.Not a fast day having steak and actifry chips.Will end up 1000 below my TDEE.Chicken tomorrow so another lowish day then a fast day Monday and exercise too

    Evening All…

    We had a lazy morning…then we went to see Charlie…he had very big problems not been socialised at all, we didn’t see him in the end …the centre wanted to choose the dog for you, you wasn’t allowed to see what was on offer…strange…

    We are going tomorrow to Glasgow, a lady is very ill and can’t look after her two dogs….she has a three year old Dalmation dog, Archie, he looks lovely, good temperament good with children. We have had long deep conversations between us and decided we both want a dog..he can come away in the caravan…we only see Katie in America now..it would have to be for two weeks..and kennels….although with Steve unwell the time is coming when insurance won’t be affordable to go for him.
    Eeeek hope I can cope with the mess a dog makes..I shall have to wash more floors 😂…4 hours drive tomorrow 6.30 start…we won’t have him if he’s not right….

    Hedgehog…
    Mum will so miss him….your sister should realise it can take a long time….it’s better shared between you, you have a brother too I think…Zena keeping you on your toes, hope we are ok…at least I will be walking 😂

    Dave..
    We will be fasting Monday…..we have been under 800 today….

    Jean x

    Jean-how exciting, I hope it’s the right dog for you…hard work but will be worth it! You can’t have a clean house & a happy dog!! Glasgow…long way, have a safe journey!
    My sis is doing as much as she can for mum with working & she has teenage boys as well, it’s my brother & SIL who are oblivious to how mum is…but my chat yesterday seems to have worked as they’ve invited mum one day next weekend!!
    Dave- sounds like you’re doing well, hope it pays off with the weight loss…

    So do I HH.I managed to have no bred or butter,so a good start.

    Morning All..

    Up and ready ..excited and apprehensive too…

    Hedgehog..
    I managed with Symba she caused a lot of hairs and fluff..all the daughters houses are clean bar one….just need a routine on everything….walks, food etc…cleaning 😂

    Speak when home…

    Jean x

    If you get the dog send me a picture please Jean.Up until 3am this morning,we lost so not great.I felt unwell all yesterday,a pain in my back,it’s still there but not as bad, always a worry after having an heart attack.I may be going to Blackburn tonight to watch hockey, depends if my son wants to go.Just had Ready Breck for breakfast,183 calories.Still no bred,I will go without bred until Tuesday,then no more until after I get weighed on Friday.

    Heidi met one of her friends on her walk,Bella a Yorkshire terrier,she also has a new friend now a Labrador puppy,it jumped all over her but she just stands there and let’s it do it,she gets fed up after a while so she steps back then.All the other dog owners know Heidi now and let their dogs meet her.Going to Blackburn at 4pm for hockey it takes around an hour to get there, don’t like the drive home over the hills in the dark.I think I will be well over a thousand calories below my TDEE today,so two good days.

    Dave & Jean- hope you both have safe journeys…can’t wait to hear how you’ve got on Jean, been thinking of you today, a big decision!
    Minols- hope you’re having a lovely break..
    Early start to give Xena a good walk & play before we had a longer than normal Church service. A beautiful day here so took Xena to Aldeburgh for a walk on the beach- we let her off for a run but it got quite busy- she loves children so didn’t want her running up to any! Our youngest was off today & bored, so he came as well, Xena was pleased.
    Eaten a bit much today, I need to start counting carbs properly again, I’ve been a bit lazy…

    Back home from hockey,they lost 7-2 but was ok,a good game.Roast chicken time now😋😋😋

    So so busy…dog lovely and he is with us…Archie might become Charlie, as I keep forgetting his name it doesn’t slip of the tongue easy and as he is Scottish he doesn’t understand me 😂

    Speak more tomorrow we are both shattered..

    Xx

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