Cmum..
Just keep going the weight will move, we have only just starting to excerise our weight has moved without it…..maybe just a bit slower. I don’t think it makes a lot of difference.

Hope daughter is feeling better and getting sorted.

Kay…
Nice about your loss hope it keeps off for weigh in day. Enjoy your afternoon out and evening in pub…my day off was yesterday..

Vi..
Nice your aunt noticed a smaller you, we all want compliments, maybe you can get her on the 5.2 and help her.

Our pub meal was OK, we call it here plastic food, not cooked from scratch but it was a nice evening. We both said our stomachs are getting smaller which is good….it was soon full.

Ginette..
We go away early September for three nights and continue caravanning throughout the year. February is the only month we don’t go as usually there’s snow and ice about. It can stretch to about 6 weeks then.

Have a nice night with Pam.

Audrey..
You are very good sending Ian down the cake aisle… After our day off yesterday we are back on track, although Steve noticed the magnum in the freezer, so we have had one but counted in the calories, a bit high really!

KT..
Hope things are good with you.

Anna…
Keep typing get it all sorted and keep off the nibbles.

Lynda..
Hope you are feeling better and results won’t be long coming. Have a good weekend with hubby.

Dawn..
Are you keeping on track and shout if you need any help.

Jean X

KT…
That’s mothers for you..lol

X

Your all talking about cakes, chocolate etc. My weakness is cheese, crackers, crisps. Being gluten free does help with binging on these things except for the cheese unfortunately. I’m sure the weight will start to move soon but I’m away in Sept and its the flight that gets me wound up so I wanted to lose a few more pounds before having to sit in the plane seat dreading if I can fasten the lap belt. I’m ok up top but have the hips from hell. I’m very pair shaped. Its a family thing unfortunately. Its the last place weight comes off me. All the talk of caravans and camping sounds so chilled out but my OH wont have a holiday unless he gets on a plane. I long for the day I get on a plane without feeling stressed. More M&M’s have appeared but Ive ignored them.

Wind very blustery here this afternoon. More rain forecast but sunny on Tues and the rest of the week. Fingers crossed.

Hey Cmum

I’m sure you will be fine, but if you’re really anxious about it ask your GP for some muscle- relaxers. My sister always does that; she’s a very nervous flyer and she’s skinny as a reed
x

Morning All,

A very bright sunny day today…I thought we was having rain all week…not complaining.

Off to daughters this morning for a family get together, looks like lunch and cake…she is good she will think carefully for me…😀… I hope.

Minols…
You are always busy hoping it goes quiet by the end of next week. Sorry OH isn’t well hope he improves. Good the 5.2 is improving all corners of your life. Have a lovely busy Sunday it must be nice to have a lovely day to finish the week with.

Speak later

Jean x

Hi Jean

I hope you have a nice day with your daughter. About the 5;@ and my aunt, i can only say I tried. She thinks the 500 cal days are too hard. It’s just too grueling for her. We tell each other every day what we’re eating, so that’s sort of a support and a way to keep each other in check. I think she gets munchies though, and doesn’t tell me about that, Or goes out with her husband and has a lot of treats which she doesn’t really count. I think if anyone is a food addict in my circle it would be my aunt. She says it’s like bolimia without the vomitting.

I hope everyone is doing well
FD for me. Had a difficult time again with the eating gap, so I had cucumber slices. Would that derail the health benefits, do you think?
Oh yeah, its really miserable weather, too 😛
x

we go out
we see people eating
eating so much
eating and drinking all the things we want to eat and drink

they are thin
but they still eat and drink those things
I am fat
I cant
its meant to be good for me
its meant to make me feel better
its meant to give me bags of energy
I hate this
I really hate this
I want food
I have a headache
I feel tired
and I still hate myself
I knew I would
I knew losing weight wouldn’t cure who I am
but right now I am so damn sick of this

ok
sorry for all that self pity
just needed to get it out

oh bless you
I am female, 50’s
and very impatient ha ha

have been losing weight since January,
am a bit of a head case I am afraid, so things get to me too quick and too much
I have lost weight most weeks

its not that i am not losing weight
i am just tired of doing this
just feel saturated by it all

KT
I thought this was a poem lol
We all get fed up of the skinny minis that can eat anything and we only look at cake and put on.

Your doing really well to keep on the WOL.

Lynda x

ha ha, sorry, I often write like that
especially when I am in a ‘state’
and people always think its a poem – I guess in a way it is

going home today
think it will be easier when I am not going out for coffee/lunch etc as I wont have to watch what other people are eating all of the time

ginette – don’t beat yourself up over the chocolate, although I know how you feel
I haven’t had any yet – partly because I am terrified of not being able to stop once I start

Morning all

New week for us all, let’s gets motivated. ..

Its a fast day for me today, I have had a good weekend and am showing a lb up… never mind my fast days should soon sort this out.

Busy today, got to rush off sorry, have a good day all back later

Audrey

Morning All,

What a terrible dark day this morning.

FD for us this morning, a bit of housework then off swimming later.

Audrey, Kay
We all seem to be on that pound up and down, our social events get in the way…it will come off. Let’s get fasting…..lol

Ginette..
Sorry you are having a hard time at the moment, I think we all go through it at some time. Eat all the chocolate up then it’s gone and draw a line under it.

A few days of hot weather coming, hope it’s not too bad for you.

Lynda..
Hope the weekend went well with hubby…lots of 💤💤💤💤💤..lol.. X

Cmum, Vi, KT..
Hope you are all on track..

Jacqs….
Welcome to our group, you seem on track at the moment. 2 kgs off is very good.

Have a good day

Jean x

We are both on track this morning 90 mins cleaning both of us…sweating buckets..hair wet and stuck to my head not a pretty sight.

A cuppa needed now and a sit.

Hope all the fasters are doing good this morning??

X

Cmum..
Good luck today and keep positive and maybe busy. I have a pile of ironing to do now…hate it…but keeps me busy.

We are away early in the morning to have a upholstery repair on the caravan cushion. We were going to eat out for lunch as we still have some free meal vouchers left but we have decided against it..😇

Steve seems very on track, I suggested some naughties yesterday but he said NO.

A few of us are slipping a bit but must keep good and get this weight moving…

Xx

Fast day nearly over. Phew

Anna

The situation with my daughter is not improving at all. Still waiting for a scan which she needs asap. She’s tried to speak to the midwife but because its 6 weeks today since the delivery they wont see her even though its delivery related. The health visitor is coming on Thursday so will need to speak to her to see if she has any influence. Shes been in tears today and I’m worried it will trigger post natal depression. NHS services are so stretched its a problem. Its all a mess.

It seems we are in for a hot day tomorrow here. 26c is the forecast. Need to get outside and enjoy the weather.

caspersmum – do you a PALS service at the hospital/surgery
if you do – please approach them
this is very poor treatment

Hello All,
Have any of you ladies tried Bulletproof coffee? I would love to know if
it’s worth the calories and would you drink it on a fast day,
Thanks. G.

Hi Anna – I’ll chum you on the FD tomorrow, if you like. Not my usual day, but I’ve got a lot of ‘being out and about’ rather than sitting at a computer, and like you, that always makes it easier. Usually get through the day on loads of coffee, water and chewing gum (note to self, buy more gum first thing!), and eat as late as I can because once I start I find it really hard to stop, so I have 500cals in as normal an evening meal as I can. Someone told me the other day that it’s just 7 weeks until the schools up here are off again, and I’ll be having a wee holiday with the boy then, too. So my target is 7 weeks at 1pound a week!
Hope everyone’s FD went well right the way to the end.
G’night
Mx

Hi Kay

Congratulations on a very successful fast day really well done..

I and a few others use the TDEE on my fitness pal I think it’s more realistic.

Off to sleep now

Night all

Audrey

Sorry forgot to say

I am sure 7lbs is doable minols…

Ginette you are quiet…. shout if you need us. Take care these next few days it’s getting hot again!

Jean we are too much alike it’s spooky xx

Night again

Aud

Morning all

The scales have showed me at the same weight as Friday which is good after the weekend. .

Busy day again for me too. Travel safely Jean enjoy your lunch.

Have a good day all fast or non fast.

Audrey

Morning all. Going to be a warm one.

Weigh in today and I’ve lost 1 lb 1/4. It’s finally going down. It’s been so frustrating but hopefully it will continue to drop but I will have to be much more careful.

Hi!
Just a quick post as Im off to the vets.

Weigh in….those 2 lbs are back off again!! Im finally in the BMI of healthy weight, not that I pay too much attention to that. Fat % is still 36%. Another inch off my hips which is great. Dont see much difference in the mirror or in my clothes but I think once the next couple of lbs are off then I may start seeinb the difference.
Since the start of my 5:2 journey in June I have lost 10.5lbs and 3% fat and lost 4inches overall….wow…great when you write it down.

Will be back in a bit and will read your posts and chat!

Kay65.
Sorry forgot to say excellent weight loss. It’s quite a good loss since you started in June. Well-done.

Ok back from vets…all ok..just an eye and ear check as she has been having some recent problems.

Cmum
I feel for your daughter…I would be exactly the same. Ellie is my fur baby and she is such a beautiful natured dog.
Wow…a bengal AND a main coon…you like to live dangerously…lol

In regard to your daughter and the medical stuff…its time to start demanding something to be done. For gods sake, it was their neglegance in the beginning, they should be going out of their way to sort things out. The poor girl cant even enjoy Louie properly at the moment.
Has she tried going to the GP and saying that this is getting too much and she is starting to struggle to cope with the anxiety of it all. I think it needs to be pushed so they see alarm bells (potential post nd). Not something you should need to do, but worth doing to get something done.

By the way…well done on the weight loss. Dont know how you manage it with all thats going on.

Audrey
Well done with getting back to pre weekend weight. Thats the same as me! Its a ‘phew’ feeling when you get back there but at the same time its frustrating to keep undoing the good work. We need to be a bit more careful don’t we!

Anna
I used to use MFP all the time but not being using it for a while. Ive just been going by eye and approximating calories, but more often than not, just being mindful and not counting the calories. This is clearly where I am failing as Im over eating on the NFDs.
Ive started recording on MFP again today so hopefully I can stick to it.

Jean
I hope you have a nice day and get the caravan seating sorted. Wonder if you will have lunch out or not? Its going to be a lovely day….a nice salad based lunch would be lovely outside somewhere!

Minols,
7lbs before the next school break is doable. We’ll help you keep focused if you need!

KT
How are you feeling today? Hope you a feeling a bit more positive. It is hard at times. We can control some things so thats where we should focus our energy and let go of the other stuff we cant. You have already shown that you can control yourself with the 5:2 so you just need to find something that will hook you back into that mindset.
Come on….show us how its done!

Vikathy
How did your FD go? OK I hope.
I guess for you, its more about how your clothes feel as a measure of how you are doing? To be honest thats what we all should be focusing on rather than the scales.

Ginette,
We have all been there with the intentional sabotage…its happens…its life. Dont beat yourself up about it. Just move on…remember that this isnt a diet, this is a way of life, so it doesnt matter if we have a day where we eat differently to what we wished we had…its just a day. And no point saying no more chocolate until xx….tell yourself you will have some soon and its not banned but you are just giving your taste buds a rest from it.

Lynda
Hows things with you?

Jacqs
Welcome and well done with the weight loss so far! You obviously know your way around the 5:2 way of life. Do you do a lot of weight training?

Today its going to a hot one, so apart from a bit of tinkering in the garden and some colouring (a new found hobby) I dont intend to do much!
Its day 3 of a headache and stiff neck, which I think is muscular, so I just keep talking IB and hope it goes!

Have a good day all but keep hydrated!

Kay x