Hi Karen

Too right I will. I visited someone and I could only have a cup of tea, so they gave me treats to bring home!! How nice was that. Yes I am really pleased with progress so far. It show that if I can do it anybody can. You just have to be disciplined, I didn’t have this before starting 5:2 but I have it now.

Ginette

Hi Audrey

Nice to see you back. That was a good result only to put on 3lbs in that time.

I too am heading towards the half way mark. I hope to be there is a couple of weeks.

You will get back into it now and the weight will soon fall off.

Ginette

Hi F friends x

Hope yesterday went well for everyone. My F D was good having the toast and fruit for the day was a change from the eggs. Need to get more adventurous on those days I guess but at the moment its what I know will keep me happy. lol

So pleased today as Mum and I went to the Garden Centre for lunch. I had a lovely lasagne with salad and had to leave garlic bread they served with it. Normally I would have woofed it down. Things are looking up or going down. Lol

Hi to Jammy x good luck with your journey. Just love your ” clean and filthy eating expression will use that now. x

Hi Karen x Yes. sparkly cottage and hopefully a lighter brighter me. lol You sound so wonderfully organised I must say. x

Hi Ginette x Sorry your ready meal was a disappointment. Such a shame when our calories are so very precious and we need to enjoy every mouthful.

Glad you managed the walk yesterday without the awful downpours we have had. I do actually think that walking is the very best exercise because its natural for the body. Years ago I remember a friends husband a gynaecologist said women would be soo much better with their problems if they walked everyday. Mum is 88 an walks out with her stick weather permitting everyday in the town. She walks better than some half her age.
Hope there will be good news with the car. x

Hi Audrey x Welcome back .. sounds like you had fun and only gained 3lbs well done you. You must be so proud. x

Happy days Friends x

Hi Ginette x

Oh so pleased for you that the car will be back and running for you tomorrow.
What an expense… hate those sort of bills… feels like you are paying out for nothing. Although the 4 wheels are very important to us.

Well… like you I have had a non stop eating evening. Had the lunch time meal and was pleased to leave some. Then it seems to have triggered me off somehow.

Tonight…. at about 7pm had what I thought would be my last food for the day. Aldi rosemary crackers with some stilton cheese. Since then have had a few wines and about 4 chocolate digestive biscuits. I must stop the wine in the week it triggers me off. What a nuisance after such a good day yesterday too.

So I will join you in another F day tomorrow. Think I will try just one meal later … have a long rest from food. Annoyed old habits still there . Its the wine.

Hope you have a successful day tomorrow Ginette. x

Best wishes friends whether you are fasting or feasting., x

Hi all,

I didn’t manage the fast day yesterday so I will be joining jemmy and ginette today.

Think I will do a liquid only fast I find these are easier to do as once I start to eat I find it hard to stop !

I am on pain killers for my back though so perhaps I should eat a little as they tend to knock me out a little.

Hope you are all doing well hope the car is soon home ginette

Audrey

Thanks hemmy I am doing ok thanks, had a bit of a blip because it turns out I am allergic to my new pain killers!

I have had a good fast day, am planning on an early night so I can hopefully sleep off the effects.

Night all keep strong all those fasting I am off to sleep to dream about my food tomorrow lol

Audrey

Hi All

Today at long last I managed to get hold of Morrisons mushrooms, the ones with the lattice pastry, yes they were very nice but shrank in the cooking. I also tried weight watchers Cumberland pork sausages as Mortisons don’t sell heck ones. They too were nice although not as filling as heck although to be fair I only had two as they were 60 calories each and I wanted enough calories left over for some melon.

Hi Hemmy

I am so pleased to tell you that I got my car back. It cost £605 so very expensive. But so nice to be independent again. You sound as if you were busy and it must be lovely to have a day in the garden. Also no wine as well, that will be good for you.

Hi Audrey

What bad news about the pain killers, a well achieved fast day as well. I hope the doc manages to find you something that will help with the pain.

I am making an effort to include more fibre in my meals, so I may start making soup soon. I have some canellini beans on my next grocery order as these are meant to be high in fibre. It seems that very few people eat enough of this. It is apparently one of the keys to burning visceral fat, so maybe it will help. This is one area that I obviously have lost but need to lose a lot more.

I am sure I should be a researcher. Well until I can get back to work it keeps me busy and helps me get healthy as well. By the time my doctor says I can work I will be so used to staying at home that I won’t want one!! I really have nothing to complain about as it is not as if I am in pain.

Have a good weekend all.

Ginette

Good morning F friends. x

It looks like a pretty morning … hopefully no topical storms as forecasted.

So pleased with how yesterdays FD went. I really do think its a case of getting up with that mindful feeling and sticking to it for that one day.

I must be careful though today as I am tending to go over the top a bit on the following day. A sort of celebration. Lol I am sure you long term friends have been there in the past.

Daughters bringing home fish and chips this evening… so I will need to be aware of what I put in my mouth till then. Maybe just have fruit and cheese for lunch. Trying to have a wine free week-end too. Must reach that half a stone on Monday.

Ginette x sooo pleased to hear your back on the road again… although very expensive. There will be no stopping you this week.Lol
Glad you got the mushrooms they sound tasty. Maybe you could freeze some heck sausages when you manage to get them again. x

Audrey.x Lovely news this morning to hear you had a good nights rest. It makes all the difference in the world. Especially if you are not well.

I am allergic to penicillin and like you found out the hard way. I was given them in my thirties for glandular fever. Soon as the Doctor came out and saw me ( like I was going to die) he knew what it was thank goodness.
Enjoy your day Audrey. x

Have a lovely day friends whatever you are doing. x

Hi Karen,

You just caught me coming in after a Sunday lunch out with daughter and her husband. I was feeling very guilty until I read your message and I thought NO we have fasted twice this week so surely one treat isn’t that bad.

I normally am on and off the scales like crazy so sorry I cant advise you when the best time to weigh in is!

I too find I am very Hungry the day after a fast, I usually last until lunchtime then all bets are off where food is concerned.

It’s great that your clothes are fitting better so you must be starting to feel great now.

Enjoy your evening, the new week and coming fasts are approaching quickly.

Audrey

Good evening F Friends x

Hopefully everyone is having a good day fasting or feasting.

Managed to keep the wine to a minimum this weekend … one glass yesterday none today.

Hopefully after a reasonable weekend a good result tomorrow.

Karen x Not sure which is the best day to weigh and am wondering if Monday is a good option. When do others weigh ?
I am also having the same problem as you after a fast day. x

Audrey x Glad you had a good Sunday lunch … best meal I reckon. x

Have a good week friends x

Hi All

I go out for a few hours and everybody goes mad posting.

Hi Karen

Chinese takeaway isn’t a blip its part of normal life, once in a while it is good for you. Don’t feel guilty about having this as this is the whole reason we have chosen this way, so that we can have “normal” days.

Yes I have problems as well. I am looking into natural products that will help. At the moment I take a numark laxative once a week. They are only £1.50 for about 20 so that is a bargain. Senna doesn’t work on me. I am looking at something called Glucommanan as this also lowers cholesterol. It comes in powders and capsules and can also fill you up. It can be used to thicken soups so when the weather cools I shall start making soups as well. It is too hot now and really humid. I didn’t lose any weight this week but that is no surprise as I have angles and feet swollen up and uncomfortable, I shall have to wait until the cooler weather to see weight loss and at least I haven’t put on any.

Karen this may be part of your problem as well.

I weigh on a Saturday after my weeks fasting is over, I haven’t ever fasted on Saturday or Sunday as this is my tine to relax food wise.

Hi Audrey

The same goes for you, no reason to feel guilty, if this is an occasional treat and you are not doing it every day that’s fine. I have a stricter week although I will have a small treat or two during the week and one on a Sunday. Life is more than just fasting.

I hope you are feeling better now.

Remember ladies, leave the guilt behind as long as you are mindful most days and the treats don’t go too far then that is find. Even if you have a really bad day it is ONLY one day, put it behind you and move on. Xx

Hi Hemmy

Well done on the wine. I hope you are duly rewarded.

It is so nice to be independent again.

I think the constipation thing is a problem with a lot of people. My health trainer told me to up the amount of water I am drinking. So increase the water and see if that helps.

Hi Celtic

Nice to see you here again. I have a Paul Makenna stress tape, I sonetimes take him to bed with me. I hope the gastric band one helps.

Weight loss looking good, I hope that it carries on going down. I will be interested in seeing if the CD helps.

You sound as if you will be a new you with all of this skin care. Good on you. It does make us more aware of many things I have found. All improvements.

Have a good week all.

Ginette

Hi hemmy

Congratulations on your weight loss, if I may make a suggestion keep a pair of trousers or shorts and a top for when you are having a bad day in the future and don’t think you are getting anywhere put them on to see how far you have come, I have kept some of mine they look like clown trousers!

Audrey

Thank you Audrey and Ginette. x

Yes, a good idea to keep something you wore at your largest… I will do that.

To be honest I don’t spend a lot on my clothes.. mostly buy at charity shops. Find super new bargains for a few pounds. lol

Funny now I have lost that half a stone I expected a pair of cream trousers I hadn’t worn for a while to look really big…. but actually they fitted quiet well… I wonder what they looked like before. lolol

My saviour on a fast day is a mug of oxo cube in hot water… Yay

Have a good day folks.. x

Almost through a FD again. Didn’t eat anything until main meal of stir fried onion,leek,celery,mushroom,courgette carrot, red pepper and tomatoes with plain quern fillets. Couldn’t eat all of mine so going to use it as a base for something lasagne or moussaka ish tomorrow. Had one postage stamp size piece of the lid 81% chocolate. Just got to remember to keep away from the scale until Friday or Saturday. Finding waitress fizzy spring water with a dash of lemon and lime very good. Hope every one is OK. Got to go put the veg stock made from veg scraps into ice cube bags and then into freezer.

Had a crafty weigh in today ( not due till thurs). Have lost 1 lb. Also have refused a morrisons big breakfast as I am doing my 2nd fast day.

Good luck to all for today

Audrey

So here I am on a fast day, struggling a little bit when right outside my house pulls up an ice cream van. ..I said to my husband he better not be too long I don’t have much resolve, sure enough he soon went. ….
2 mins later.. a big cake shop/catering van pulls up outside with the words HUNGRY JUST GIVE US A CALL…..husband starts to laugh…..
Sometimes the whole world seems to be against me!

Audrey

The tea is lovely you should be able to find it in Waitrose, that’s where we get it. They also do an Earl Grey rooibos. I tend to drink a lot of alternative teas on FD or if it’s really hot. Builders tea tends to be more a cold weather/tired/ comfort thing. A while ago we started cutting down on caffeine levels in an attempt to get Stuart BP down and just lately I’ve realised that I ve started getting sensitive to coffee. …there’s some days the thought makes me feel ill.
I found out where my half stone has gone… We put Stu on the scales and he’s put almost 7lb on so that problem explains why his last couple of BP readings were high. I think he was shocked last night after the weigh in, especially when we looked up his ideal weight for his height of a fraction under 5ft 7.
He currently weighs in at 11st 7.6lb and apparently his ideal is 10st 2lb. If he sticks to the FDs I reckon he will loose quick enough. We met a friend for coffee in Norwich this afternoon and went to Jarrolds for their legendary scones. We ended up with an extra one so I shared it with Stu: I soon realised I’d eaten too much. By the time I got home to Cromer I felt really headachey and slightly sick. Couldn’t even face making Stu cheese on toast ended sloping of to bed. Just two cups of tea and a couple of pints of water and lemon tonight rather than food. I think it might be the weather it’s been really close here this evening.

Milena, take good care of your self. Did they warn you that general anaesthetic can make you weepy for weeks after ?

Good Morning F Friends. x

Here we are again Wednesday already and another F day…for me any one else.

Thought I would get 2 in early then maybe a strict day towards the weekend. Last week a did a 500 day plus had my breakfast toast and fruit… that seemed to work.

Going much easier this week… stomach must me shrinking after all these years. lol

Talking about our body functions Tuesday I made a big pot of soup with 2 chopped chicken breasts and loads of veg and herbs it really seems to have worked. I remembered years ago my Mum always keeping a pot of soup on the go.. just added stuff to it daily. Very tasty… will do that now. Just need to roll boil each day whether using or not.

Have a good day friends we can do this together. x

Hi All

My, what a lot of posts.

Just ordinary tea for me I have tried three or four of the alternative teas but just like a normal cup of tea.

Green tea is supposed to have fat burning properties though so it’s a shame I don’t like it.

I hope you have a nice surprise at the weekend with your weight Karen. My weight seems to have slowed right down, very frustrating. I am now getting the munchies as well. Luckily doing three fast days it doesn’t seem to have gone up, but I could do with losing a few pounds now.

Fast day today so back on course.

Hi Celtic, let’s hope Stu starts to lose a bit of weight and that blood pressure come down. I battle with mine all of the time, I seem to have gone from very high to high so that is an improvement.

Hi Milena, you have had a rough time, I am glad it is over now and you are recovering.

Ginette

Lokking forward to a FD tomorrow

Morning all

Milena..hope your recovery goes well and you’re soon back to full fitness.

CelticCrow..what a worry for both of you. Hope Stu is feeling better and you can both focus on 5:2 and health benefits.

FD for me today. Bit of hoovering this am then work this aft will help the day to fly by!

All have a good day fasting or feasting and a happy and healthy one 🙂

Karen
Xx

Karen

Mended scales with new battery hehe.

Total loss 1.5lb yeah

Audrey

Hi Celtic

What a rough t I’ve you have had and poor Stu as well, I hope this has passed.

Read up on Glucomannan, it reduces cholesterol and I have read that it can help reduce plaques by 10% there are other benefits for weight loss, diabetes and possibly blood pressure. Also it is good as a mild laxative as the food passes through the system more easily, something that I suffer with since being on 5:2. This product is a natural fibre and available in powder form to thicken soups, sauces, desserts etc or as supplement capsules. I have read somebody on another thread uses psyllium husk which is a similar problem.

I hope things improve for Stu.

Hi Audrey

Well done on your loss, 1.5lb is a good amount. Thank goodness for the new batteries.

Hi Karen and Lynda

I am out for lunch today and dessert is free so I shall enjoy a small one. Lunch will be good as it is a cavery so lots of vegetables. I get a Yorkshire pudding but only to carry the peas in, I don’t eat it. 🙂

Have a good day all

Ginette

Hi All

Yes Hemmy I did enjoy it. But sadly didn’t stop the enjoyment there. Went to buy something for my son and ended up getting reduced price doughnuts and reduced tiger rolls. I kept two doughnuts and gave the rest to a neighbour, I ate one didn’t enjoy it and he is getting the other one as well. Bread was lovely though with reduced fat sausages weight watchers. I also ate a bar of chocolate. So with all that out of my system…..tomorrow is fast day.

On a more practical note I have ordered my Glucomannan powder so may excesses be fewer. I sonetimes get one of those days. My lunch was very good two really small potatoes and a chocolate brownie ice cream for dessert, obviously craving carbs by what I have eaten tonight. I only have bread about three times a week and 98 out of a hundred times either granary or wholemeal.

This is like being in confession!! Well at least you know I am normal now and have serious cravings that I give in to once in a while. I am now back on the wagon for tomorrow.

Anybody else fasting tomorrow?

Ginette