Morning all.

Great weekend – hope everyone caught as much sun as we did. Ended up hopping a couple of islands – stunningly beautiful beaches on the west coast up here. Managed huge long stretches of time when I didn’t think work! Old dog loved being with us, and coped brilliantly even with the last island hop that doesn’t allow cars, so he had to walk with us and be tied up outside when we popped into places of interest. Of course, he got lots of fuss which always helps!

Now back to everything that must be done this week. Just an apple so far today. I’ve done the second run of wekk to of c25k, and I’ve cycled into town on my way to the office and picked up meat at the butchers in my own tubs to avoid all the packaging at the supermarket. Feel a righteous glow…or is that just the sheen of having tried to do too much too soon!

Going to power through a load of stuff in the next couple of hours (ha – I hope!) before a meeting about the on-going difficult situation of the last couple of weeks.

Maybe I need a coffee first!

Mx

Just braved the scales and really surprised that my weight is still the same as it was weeks ago – Ive not gained at all! Phew!
So if cut out some of the crap Im eating then hopefully I will start to loose again.
Only got 7lbs to go to goal but I think it will take ages!!

Just waiting for Neil to come home and then we are taking Billy to the beach for an hour!

Still looking out for rescue dogs but not found the right one yet 😉

Very hot today so come to hotel for a cuppa and to get out of the sun😎.I don’t know what it is but my legs never seem to catch the sun,still white😁. We are not sun seekers,we never lie in the sun,no sitting by the pool or on the beach.

I just checked in on Heidi,she was sat on the sofa where I usually sit watching the telly,then she looked out of the window,now she is out of sight behind the sofa 😁

We are waiting for two new sofa’s,they are coming next month.So Denise is not too worried 😁

I sometimes put Dog TV on and she does watch it😁it seems every time I get a notification from fat busters I am in a restaurant eating🐽🐽🐽

Afternoon!
Minols- enjoy the nice Scottish weather, downhill on the way to work, but uphill going back?!😱
Dave- oh dear, eating again?! Lovely, enjoy it!
Jean- safe journey & hope the first site is nice!
We’re off early tomorrow- hopefully, if I can get everything done! Was out for a lovely long walk with Xena, met some nice dogs (& owners!), she’s been to taining again, 1st class in a month, she got tired! Cooking extras for the boys, Xena’s stuff is packed, we take her soon. We’d put our name down to do a Hoopers beginners class with her, the 1st one is tonight, so I’m going to watch, it’d be too late to take her afterwards. Picking constantly at food today, oh dear! I won’t take the peanut butter with me though!

Evening All..
We arrived safely all set up, a forest walk and then quiet time, a read …so so very hot, we just managed to sit in it… lovely meal tonight, cooked ham with baby baby potatoes from a house near the vets and salad.. really hit the spot.. wine and an early G and T oops.. but nice.

Hedgehog..
Enjoy your break the weathers really good for you… we are in the cooler area but still hot. What’s is Hoopers?? No idea??.. safe journey..

This is one of my very favourite sites, I try and come once every year.. hoping for a Cromer crab at sometime 😁

Minols..
Shame the office is cold..on a lovely day.. well done on all the road riding..down hill one way up hill coming back 😬

Well back in the forest for a Charlie walk.. he really does love it..so nice to see him so happy ..

Jean x

Morning All…

Early night last night we were all shattered.

We were out at 7am for our forest walk, the day is just beautiful, birds singing, Charlie just doesn’t know which way to go, he is in a frenzy with himself…back now and breakfast finished. Charlie is sleeping and recharging his batteries We have decided to head out for a beach walk and lunch out..making the most of the weather..

Hedgehog..
Safe journey enjoy your time away….

Minols…
Enjoy your lovely weather, you often miss out …taking it from us all…🌞

Kay..
What are you up too….working?…enjoy your Billy walks.

Cakey..
Hope you recharged your batteries..don’t work too hard…

Dave..
Looking forward to fasting again…after two weeks away, too much food…I always do..

Have a good day..

Jean x

Dave..
A good holiday.. safe journey home hope all is on time.
X

Hi all!
Nightmare journey, M25 closed completely! Had a 2 hour detour just to miss out a teeny stretch! Still, here now & this place is amazing! The doors are bifold & open out right over the beach. Had a little explore, eating in tonight- keto is out the window as a cream tea had been left!

Never seen such a big steak,I will send you a picture Jean,it’s unbelievable.

Jean, your holiday sounds lovely!

Dave, see you back soon.

Im fasting today!!!

Sat at airport now,we fly at 4-30 so not too long.

Hi all
This is my in between week – and I wish I’d just taken it as a holiday! Everyone sounds so chilled and relaxed!

Still, the weather’s been great, and I’ve not been under huge pressure this week, so quite nice after a couple of days away, and before General Assembly…for sassenachs, that’s the big Kirk shindig that happens annually with lots of hot air filling a very hot hall, lots of ‘catch ups’ and ‘how are yous’ in the refectory next door, and a few sneaky trips out in to the wider world of Edinburgh. I’m a commissioner this year, so I’ll be commuting daily from Saturday. Wondering if I should take the change in pace and rhythm to try and have a week of real discipline.

Sounds like folk are arriving for my meeting so I’d better be off…

Mx

Morning All….
Sunny weather has left us, warm but a bit of drizzle. A lovely walk again this morning and another lovely mud bath he was so mucky, it must be worth his bucket bath 😂..as he doesn’t like an inch of water just a micro cloth! Charlie is sleeping now wrapped up in his blanket, as he was wet and cold…🐶

We are going to the park later, there is a lake and the agility track thing, hoping not another bucket bath! Possibly lunch out…

All quiet on here…have a good day the weekend looming…

Jean x

Well I must have had a great holiday, I have gained 20 lbs😩😩😩. Denise gained 3lbs🤯🤯🤯.Think part of it was having an English breakfast every day.Plus beer that I don’t normally have,but if you don’t do it on holiday then there’s no point going.310 lbs now almost 😖. Will have Sainsbury’s cobs today but the fasting starts this week.We had a bit of turbulence on the way home,a poor girl in front of me was crying her eyes out,she was in her 20s.Denise was tense but I treat it like a fairground ride😃

Evening All…

Minols..
Hope your piano practice went well.. is it relaxing or stressful?.. no mud bath today we went a different route.. enjoy your Caesar salad..

Dave…
Ooooh 20 lbs on… definitely get the 800 cals going again..a big ouch!

Hedgehog..
It sounds a lovely meal hope it was all romantic too.. safe journey home tomorrow.. see Xena and the boys ..

We went to the Arboretum today it was really lovely, we walked around the perimeter where the dogs could go off lead.. the agility was a good idea but too many smells to participate in it..free entry and car park it makes a difference.. the lake was fine but out of the forest. Then had a pub meal very dog friendly with dog biscuits and water bowl, may go there again even if just for coffee ..we are eating far too much!

Jean x

Afternoon All..
We went to Thetford smaller than I remembered, called at a cafe.
We called at the Arboretum and collected two carrier bags of fir cones for school.. later we are going in our forest to collect some more..

Lazing about reading before popping out.

Charlie brought a tick in the caravan the other day, jumped off him as he has had his flea treatment, good job we saw it before we got it… brushing him now and checking us after our walks…. we have just taken two out of his eye lash line, he is such a good boy, he sat still while we did it…

Theres lots of ticks about not just forests, lots of people saying about them, even on grass and going on trousers and your soles of shoes …

Check your furry friends.

Very quiet on here , everyone busy..

Jean x

We’re home- left before 5am, had a much better run than going! Waiting to see when we can get Xena…hope she’s been good!
Jean- is it the baby ticks you’ve found on Charlie? Or big ones? They have a weird life cycle, I looked it up ages ago when we had Josie, lots about here from deer & sheep.
Dave- I’ll be joining you with extra fasting next week, but not bowling!

Hedgehog..
They were baby ticks, the one in the caravan was larger..one near his eye was like a splinter sticking out, like a thick eye lash..the other two were small but you could feel them and just see them with my readers on….I got my tweezers out and used them, the skin is so thin there, so close to his eye.

Glad to have you back it’s been so quiet…sounds a lovely place where you have been.. hope you get Xena soon ..

Dave…
Every week weigh in.. keep an eye on what’s going on..lovely to get the next holiday booked

Jean x

Morning All..

A lazy day around the site.. awning to take down and a clean up before we move tomorrow.. going to Hickling, Norfolk Broads and nearer to the coast..

Will miss it here the walks are amazing for Charlie.. who said you would never tire a Dalmatian out..this one is shattered.. 5 long walks yesterday..lazy day for all of us..sat outside for the last hour reading, it’s beautiful..

Dave..
We have flea / tick stuff from the vets, they die on him, I think these were dead but we took them off with tweezers.. one jumped off him on to the caravan seat the day before, that’s the problem for us.. we are checking him and us over every time now ..

Have a good day all..

Jean x

Hello Fastfriends

Busy old week with a trip to the big city last week but managed a couple of runs and the new Pilates class. Spent a few hours in the garden today, hopefully that should have burnt a few calories too. Stiffening up a bit, need to either do some stretches or maybe a bath.

Nice to have company on the C25K Minols, how are you finding it? Have you done it before? This is my first time doing any kind of running and so far made it to Week 4 run 3. My goal is to do a park run.

Sounds like you’re having/had lovely hols Jean, Dave and Hh. I’m sure you can’t have put that much weight on Dave kn a couple of weeks. Are you sure you weren’t still holding your suitcase when you weighed in?

I’m 3 lbs down over the last couple of weeks. Haven’t managed fasts but seem to have cut out a few meals and smaller portions. When I say 3lbs down, it’s not that great as that’s from the upper limit. I live in hope of lowering that upper limit.

Here’s an interesting phenomenon. My daughter is the same height as me and weighs about half a stone less. Yet all her clothes are size 10 and mine are all 14s. She’s super fit and goes to the gym about 5 times a week. The old adage that muscle weighs more that fat must be true, there is no other explanation. She is much much slimmer yet doesn’t weigh much less.

3 weeks to my hols and counting

CW

Evening All…
The fourth bucket wash of the week time we moved on 😂
Lots done for our next move and site.. just a bit to do
in the morning… about 90 mins away towards the coast and Broads..hope it’s a nice site..

Dave..
We are paying for a health package for flea and worming tablets.. it works out at half price for the year it includes other stuff too..supposed to be the best at the moment..good luck on the car hunt.

Cakey..
You are always so busy.. 3 lbs down is great all going in the right direction..working well at the running and palates class too… I don’t think you can compare the youngsters to us, we all change shape as you get older, with each decade..☹️

Hedgehog..
Glad you and Xena had a good time.. and it all went well at the sitters.. it takes it out of you the travelling.. we feel shattered today don’t know why.
All fun with the shed at least she has got it sorted.

Jean x

Morning all!
I’m going back on the fast800 again to shed the holiday excess- don’t dare get on the scales, probably the 6lbs I lost before will have gone back on, seeing as how I didn’t stick to keto while I was away!
Hope Monday is okay for everyone!