Tammy
My scales never weigh me properly the 1st time I get on… I always jump on and off 3 times….usually the 2nd and 3rd times are the same weight…it’s a bit like doing the Hokey Cokey….haha lol 😆😆😉
Kay Good luck at the vets
Aud x
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Morning!
NFD today and I had breakfast for the first time this week, not sure if that’s a good thing yet but my eggs were stacking up in the fridge so I thought I’d better eat some lol.
Seems quiet in the office today so I’m being very naughty and surfing the internet – perks of being in charge of IT I reckon!
Have a great day, good luck at the vets Kay & fab loss Tammy! Clare x
Morning Everyone
Really cold here, but no sign of snow and unlikely on South Wales coast. Probably just as well with hubby being unwell.
Tammy, hope your Mum is alright and you’ve recovered from your late night escapades. We’re very luck to live only 10 minutes from a large teaching hospital and probably take it for granted a bit. I have 2 sets of scales (recently bought new ones and wasn’t sure of accuracy)and weigh on both as sometimes get a random high/low weight from either. 5lb is a fabulous loss.
Min, hope your MIL is feeling better.
Jean, you’ll soon get back on track when you’re back home.
Angela, I know you mean about work ethic, I think I went about 10 years without missing a day, and foolishly seemed to put work ahead of my family, but now taking a career break to care for hubby and not sure how long I’ll be off. Good weight loss this week.
DF, well done on your FD, glad it’s getting easier.
Kay, hope all has gone well with Ellie at the vet and it if is her thyroid that she doesn’t have all the faff with ranges and meds we humans have.
Audrey & Hemmy I’m with you on FD today.
Lynne x
Morning All..,
Well done on all the losses… 5 lb I am so jealous.. I have never done that..Ever!
Hope all the MIL are improving and a hubby.. doggies also… Angela glad you are settling down.
A happy birthday to my dear lovely this morning.. 68 years, the old sod.. he is so lovely to me any way … lol.. 💕
Have a good day all
Jean x
Well done on all the losses today…Tammy.. Angela.. Kay.. Clare.. hope I haven’t forgotten anyone. I knew how very precious a loss is. Xx..
Aud glad you have a date to investigate your problem. Hope it gets sorted soon for you. Xx
Happy Birthday Lovely Stevie… some extra treats called for. xx
Kay.. hope all goes well for Ellie at the vets. Xx
Pasha… Aud … Me … come on girls we can do this together. Just had milky coffee trying to be busy.. lolol My friend in OZ mailed and said its 42 deg …damn cold here and trying to snow.
Hope everyone is doing ok. Xx
Hi Hemmy/Audrey
Glad you’ve both had good days. I managed liquids only until I went to the chip shop for hubby (Friday treat and not well). I wasn’t too bad, only had about 6 chips, but the smell…..
Audrey, glad your GP has agreed to blood tests before appointment. I thought I was going to have a major battle to my levo upped as quite low in range, but the GP I saw was more interested in symptoms and agreed to up my dose but also measure T4/T3 and TSH in 6 weeks. I could have kissed her! I know which GP my next appointment will be with.
Hope everyone is having a great start to the weekend. Just told my daughter about those of you posting about the snow and she’s not impressed. At this point she usually suggests we move to Scotland or really anywhere it’s snowing.
Lynne x
Hi All…
I am missing all the snow ☃☃☃
You lucky people…
Keep strong all you Spanish people nearly there …lol
Bobby… join us if you want we include everybody…
Lynne… I can smell them chips.. proper chips not frozen.. yes please and a haddock.. I am dribbling 😀😀 a piece of bread and butter.. two slices.. 😀
American food is just so bad 😬😬😬
Lovely lazy day take the boy out for his birthday tonight…
Be strong everybody… hope the scales are good tomorrow 😀😀
Hope Ellie is fine Kay and sorted out..and your dog Minols..🏥
Jean x
Evening all
Been snowing quite a bit, pity we can’t do photos
Hope everyone has had a good day
I am fighting my demons, namely sugar, am trying to avoid it today, as I think that is what tips me over the edge after My fast days, but could kill for a chocolate digestive lol. I don’t know how you guys do the sugar diet, funny how we all have our limits, I have discovered I can actually go a good few days with very little food with not to much trouble, but once I start I can’t stop, and don’t ask me to give up sugar lol
Tammy xxx
Hi All – well done the fasters today!
I’ve been tearing around like a mad thing – you know what it’s like to try and get away on holiday. I’ve nearly done with work, just a couple of things to drop in to the office tomorrow…or rather later today! OH still at the office doing likewise. I’ve managed to walk 10miles in the midst of everything else today, so you never know, I might manage to lose a pound when I weigh in on Sunday morning before we go…but to be honest, I’m almost past caring just now. Of course, I won’t feel like that if I’ve put on weight before I go!
So I’ll try and keep tomorrow reasonably light, and not eat sugar out of hunger. We’re dealing with the lame and sick tomorrow. We take the old boy to the vet to get his stitches out…he’s been doing really well. Really hard to keep his walks short as he’s just desperate to follow every sniff, and to be honest, once he gets up to a trot he moves really well. Then it will be over to the hospital to see the MIL – she’s a lot better, I think, although she’ll probably be kept in while we’re away. But as she has dementia, the sooner she is back to familiar surroundings the better she’ll fare.
Thanks so much for all your concern and support.
I’ll try to catch up tomorrow with folks before we head off on Sunday.
Mx
Evening everyone and well done fasters!
Bobby, you are very welcome here. None of us actually named the thread and we welcome and support everyone so stick around if you like the look of us. I’m not always banging on about cake 24/7!
Well done on those who have lost. Tammy, fab!!, whatever demons you have you are fighting them well with 5lbs off and Kay well done, hope Ellie on and well done anyone else who has lost, sorry not to be more up to date.
Quite a busy day, came home, finished cakes…yay, delivered them to daughter to put the pokemon toppers on. They were great, just very fine, like thick paper but made of icing and easy to apply. Cake looks great. Son and girlfriend arrived ok.
We’ve even had a few snow flakes down here but not settled. It is raw and cold, bearing in mind we are quite soft in the South though.
Minols, hope you get all your jobs sorted out in time for a relaxed getaway.
Jean, happy birthday to Steve, not sure if I fancy Florida. I do like the food to be nice. Hopefully there are other things that make up for it. No one else can really do fish and chips like us though.
It is going to be tough weekend foodwise. Birthday cake etc. Thinking I may resist actually. Chinese takeaway tomorrow night, plus everyone to me for a roast here on Sunday (more wonder woman Audrey…)
Not quite sure i will manage to get through that unscathed.
Have a lovely Saturday everyone xx
Sarah…America is a very strange country and the people even stranger… nothing like us really and I have an American SIL ..lol..he has lived abroad so not so insular as most don’t leave the country. As food they cook steak and ribs well and that’s it… sugar sugar sugar! The cost has been unbelievable for food, £80 to £100 per day for two! A total rip off for the quality. We have been to the supermarket bought fruit for breakfast and made sandwiches in the room as a lot of people are doing, as you chat about but can’t do that all the time..
We wanted some sun in February, it’s been lovely weather so got what we asked for … so we have enjoyed it overall.
It will be nice to get back on track to proper food.
Minols… hope you soon get sorted for holiday and have a lovely time…and a good weigh in before you go.
Thoughts are with you for MIL and your dog get them settled before you leave..
Jean x
Hi all, sorry Im still awol….Im reading your posts but cant reply to them all..
Vets with Ellie this morning….Purse £180 lighter but still not convinced its money well spent but want to be positive…
So…irrespective of no fleas/mites…expensive 3 month programme…ok will go with it and its spot on treatment so easy to administer….
Antibiotics twice a day for 3 weeks….ok…but they are proper tablets which of course she doesnt like, so need to split into 2 and force down the throat…yes traumatic…Neil cant do it as he doesnt want to distress her, so I have to do it but Im allergic to penicillin which of course are in the tablets, so I finally achieve it after several aborted attempts and then go and scrub my hands.
I have some high potency oil to add to her food every day and have to stick to her dry food so cant use fish/meat to disguise the tablets….
New vet thinks its definitely infection secondary to allergies so not to pursue thyroid at the mo…ok thats fine.
And…..Ellie also has back problem, hence her collapse the other day…but sort out the skin first and then the joints….
Sorry to moan on but I didnt get the chance to have children and Ellie is my fur baby that I rescued (adopted) 8 years ago.
Oh yes..food and drink…lets right today off 😉
Kay, so sorry, it all sounds very stressful and worrying for you. At least the new vet has a definite hypothesis about what is wrong. There are many of us who have very strong loving connections to animals and it is very real for both human and animal. I do very much hope this gets properly sorted out for Ellie. As I write cat number 1 who always senses If I’ve got a bit stressed during the day is purring by my side.
Jean, I haven’t been Stateside much just a couple of trips to NY which I loved and would definitely go again and once to California about 20 years ago. Was wondering about Florida sometime but not sure it would suit us really. We were thinking of Boston after I finish work in the Summer. Have not really ever had a yearning to venture into the interior. Anyway a big plus is the sun, I am always looking for that. I am certain it makes everything seem better and you are happily missing some really raw weather here at the moment. Enjoy that lovely weather. It will be a while before we get any here.
Morning all
Kay hope Ellie is better soon, we wrap our dogs tablets in cheese slices to disguise them.. ours have 2 a day… we have found tablets called Flexidog we now give ours these as they both have bad bones.. sonny has struggled from being a puppy with arthritis Lucy over the past couple of years as she has got older..
I am sorry I didn’t manage to complete my fast day yesterday I just had one biscuit that turned into 2 then 3… plus cheese etc. You get the picture… I did stick to under my TDEE I think … 😨.
Have a good weekend everyone back later
Audrey xx
Morning all
Glad we haven’t had the snow some of you have, a few little flurries last night & my poor boy was out with the Cubs on a night hike – rather him than me!
NFD today and a round of golf at lunchtime, done really well the last month avoiding the after golf pints, just Diet Coke for me although it’s so cold out there it will be hot drinks!
Have a great day all xx
Morning Everyone
Well managed to stick to FD yesterday, and liquids only apart from a handful of hubby’s chips. Still I’m really please that I managed to hold it at that and not totally let it get away from me.
Kay, I really hope Ellie’s on the road to recovery and the antibiotics work and I’m sure there’s still plenty of things to try. A year ago our dog had a small op which left a wound which wouldn’t heal. She had an Elizabethan collar and a special vest to stop her licking at it, but she’d have given Houdini a run for his money as every morning she’d have taken off the collar and undone the poppers on the vest and be licking frantically at the wound near her tail. We went through the usual antibiotics and thought we were never going to get it healed, then the vet prescribed some manuka honey and in a couple of weeks it had cleared up. Fortunately all the meds were covered with the cost of the original op.
We’ve actually had a couple of snow flakes, which I photographed to prove to my sleeping daughter, but it only lasted about 5 minutes. I think I’m a kid at heart and really love the snow, though if it had settled today it would have caused problems for people travelling here for the rugby – we don’t do snow very well in Cardiff.
Jean, belated birthday wishes for Steve – hope he celebrated in style.
Good luck to anyone on FD today, I’m on M, W, F this week. Sarah good luck this weekend, what you’ve got planned would put me into a tailspin.
Hope everyone’s having a great weekend.
Lynne x
Morning All…
All wells here don’t know what we are doing as yet…
Kay … hope you have managed the tablets for Ellie… and your stress is calming a little.. you feel your pets pain… hugs to you both..
Audrey… chocolate biscuits !!
Lynne.. you managed but for the 6 chips .. lol
Everybody enjoy the weekend especially the ones making snowmen ☃☃
Jean x
Blimey girls and boys… it is sooo quiet here.
Are you all being very good or very naughty like me. Not sure if I can blame the cold weather but have had a calorie non controlled day. Lol
Tonight a big dinner … lots of Merlot .. a box of Maltese’s. Very naughty but nice until Tuesday weigh in.
Hope you my friends are all doing well and being very good. Xx
Kay – so sorry you’re worrying for Ellie…it’s awful for you. I’m with others – meds in a little bit of smelly cheese (stilton) or a little bit of chorizo, otherwise, OH has to use a turkey baster full of water, clamp the old boy’s mouth shut until he swallows. Always distressing. I’m afraid we now ignore any dietary rules for a tiny bit of something that works! Today used a little bit of Philadelphia as an experiment…worked as well as the smelly stuff. Crushed the crushable, and emptied the plastic capsule.
Be thinking of you all whenever I think of our boys and their dog-sitter while we’re away. Just the spare bed to make up now, and the last bit of washing to hang up for when we come back. Good food day, and tentatively down 1pound this morning…not official til tomorrow, though as I weigh on Sundays, and we know I’ll see that pound back again waiting fro me when I get home!
No internet at the hotel, so doubt you’ll hear from em much…but know I’ll be rooting for you while I’m away, so take care!
Mx
Kay, I agree with Minols. A tiny bit of something to take her meds can not hurt in a tiny amount and it will be so much less distressing for her and for you. That has to be worth it.
Minols have a great holiday.
Hemmy I have joined you in a very bad day ending with a lot of very nice Chinese takeway and a lot of wine and birthday cake!! I need to get my act together!!!!
Everyone, I hope you’ve had a good day wit worries about illness, human or animal starting to recede xx
Evening All….
We are with you Hemmy and Sarah… we started quite good a small 2 egg and sausage with toast breakfast… lasted all day.. had coffee no treats… dinner 2 small rolls with chicken…. going good…then 😬😬 2 donuts, 1 plain with sugar and a vanilla custard filled ..but really good..😀
No wine yet but may be calling..😂
Minols… enjoy your time away.. restful and knowing you lots of walking 😀
Hope Ellie is being good and having her tablets
All very quiet on here…
Jean x
I gave in and bought cheese slices, which worked a treat, like they did before, so I agree with you all, the stress isnt worth it and I just want to get the infection under control. I can address the allergy/diet later!
Her sore is getting worse, but its only 2 days into the meds, so keep sending the healing vibes 🙂
Minols, have a fabulous holiday 🙂
Jean, still enjoying the holiday by the looks of it 🙂
Sarah, Im with you, going to the US has never held much of an appeal to me, although I have been to NY.
Lynne, we only had a couple of snow flakes too, so no snowman building here 🙁
Ive had a great day food wise, Ive eaten loads….lol 😉
Morning all
Busy day yesterday, had to go shopping for my mum she is ok but a bit shaky and worried, having computer issues with my daughters laptop, it’s totally doing my head in, am not too good with them, so back to the shop tomorrow.
It was nfd yesterday and was invited to a friends for drinks and nibbles, so it is now a fd.
So keeping it low key today, snow all gone and looks like rain today.
Have a good one
Tammy xxx
Morning all
Its all good here, busy emptying kitchen cupboards already got 15 flights of stairs on fitbit…
Had a very calorific day yesterday, must do better today…Kay we find the tesco value cheese slices fold better for doggy tablets… and of course they are cheap… hope doggie is better soon..
Tammy hope your mum is soon feeling better such a worry xx
Love to all, Have a happy Sunday
Audrey x
Normally only use my fitness pal to check calories, but don’t actually complete the food diary, so for this week I am going to list everything(no cheatin), to see exactly how many calories I have in a week, yesterday was a non fast day, but as you know I was out for drinks and nibbles which pushed my intact up to 2588, no wonder I am over weight and am now fasting.
Where is everyone? ,it’s so quiet, am missing my updates
Audrey well done on the 15 flight of stairs!!!,
How are all our ailing doggies?
Minols have a great holiday (bit late I think, sorry )
Where are you all?, anyone fasting with me?
Tammy xxx
Morning All…
A good lazy day going for us today .. lots of walking yesterday just short of 10,000 steps… we got caught with the Disney dream when we wasn’t going down that route.. lol.. we had a good day quite enjoyed it 😂😂
Sarah and Kay… I was always down with your thoughts with the States… Europe is shot out now or you have to be careful where you go.. daughter is here so not much choice.. I would go anywhere to catch up with her and grandchildren but not seeing her this time.😓😓
We have really enjoyed ourselves, just high cost of everything feels a bit rip off but London is the same! Pound to dollar doesn’t help. We have seen a lot of the area which we do like to do not just tourist things…we always fly East it is time to see the West.. lives too short well for us 😂😂
Audrey..you sound so busy and all those stairs, I can remember having my kitchen done a nightmare but lovely and worth it when done 😀 We have been talking of decorating when back 😩 Oh no…
Tammy.. hope you get the computer sorted out.. and Mum feeling a bit better.
I do MFP every day I log everything..just thinking it must be now 14 months!! Not on holiday because of no wifi….it’s rarely I go over my Tdee.. I definitely have this holiday maybe why I don’t do it ..😂😂
All quiet on here today .. everyone busy..
Jean x
Hi Sym Xx
So glad you are having a lovely time. I agree life is so short so why not enjoy it.
You have not missed anything with the weather so damn cold. Brrr A job to keep focused on those white jeans and red t shirt lolol I can always do the red lippy any weather. lolol
Been naughty with the wine… had been 2 weeks without then Kristy last week-end it went out of the window with a big bang. Lolol
Anyway just said to mum while pouring a glass to enjoy with the Sunday newspapers while waiting for lamb chop roast… Homemade Trifle. Today Is the last day .. Kristy not back for 3 weeks, Must crack on with this 7lbs to goal.
Have a lovely day both doing as you will. . Xx
Hemmy..
Have a lovely weekend with Mum and Kirsty… those lamb chops sound my cup of tea with Merlot in hand…
All wells here cut back on food a lot got into a better flow… still too many cookies and wine.. although not too much wine only a couple a day.. lol
Have a lovely day and enjoy your lamb ummm my favourite I just love lamb as Steve does 😀
Off to the pool now a bit of reading …
Jean x
OMG I have just found an old note book where I recorded another diet on, my start weight in it is exactly what I am at now, 17 stone 13lbs, so that means it’s has been 23yrs since I was this weight, I can’t believe it, when I stopped writing the last entry was a year later and I had gotten down to 13 stones 8lbs, think that might of been when I started going out with my hubby and oh how we have grown together. I would love to see 13 stones again, it’s good to look back, this was the only other time in my life that I have lost any considerable amount of weight.
23 yrs 😲😲😲
Sym… could just do with some reading by the pool. Lol Maybe get my head around that this year now I feel more my own self after 5 long years.
Enjoy this wonderful holiday. Xx
Casp… Don’t look back… Xx Just forward. Honestly you can do this. It all sounds so hard but so very achievable.
Just keep doing what you are doing and you will get there.
When I arrived here after reading the forum and being inspired by dear Ginette. I never in a million years thought I would be a 12 again. You can honestly do this just stay here and keep going.
In Auds words ” Together we are stronger ” we can do this. Xx
Jean, reading by the pool sounds great, I’ve been so cold here I’ve had a throw around me on the soft – and it’s not even a FD.
Still going stong on the sugar free and not really missing it until I think about a snack. Really tired at the moment, not lack of sugar or diet, just life. Not getting to bed the right side of midnight as have to help hubby to bed, then up in the night with him. Had a nice nap this afternoon when the rugby was on, but could still fall asleep on a chicken’s lip.
Tammy, you’re doing so well, just keep at it.
Audrey, I don’t envy you this week, I always though my kitchen was more an ornament than an necessity until I had my kitchen replaced and had to live without it for a week. Thank goodness for microwave meals.
Fasting M, W, F again this week. Anyone joining in ‘Mass Fast Monday’
Hope everyone’s had a good weekend.
Lynne x
Aud… hope the kitchen fitting goes well tomorrow. Will it be completed for a valentines meal. Lol Take care Aud .. lots of stress but a beautiful kitchen result. Xx
Lynne… You must be so tired that is a lot to cope with . Hope you have some help.
Conquering the sugar is a hard but good one in weight loss. Take care Xx
Hi all,
Sorry for being AWOL this weekend. My parents ended up coming on Friday night and my feet have barely touched the ground. They go home tomorrow so I’m with the Mass Monday Fasters. It’s been so lovely to host them all weekend as I don’t get to see them too often due to the distance.
I hope everyone is OK? I tried to read some posts this morning, Kay, I hope Ellie is OK. Not having children myself I well understand how they can become your fur babies. xx
I’ll be back in the zone from tomorrow having had an incredibly calorie laden weekend but some great fun.
Enjoy what’s left of the weekend all. Life is for living, we’re a long time dead.
Angela.xx
Evening everyone
Very nice day today but busy with everyone for lunch. House now restored to order. Really do need to fast tomorrow. Need to look carefully at what I am eating on NFDs. I have really eaten this weekend. Both days didn’t eat til about 2 but that won’t have made up for the excess calories. It will be another full on eating next weekend as staying with sister for niece’s 21st so meal out and family meal in. I do need to make the weekdays count.
The weekend is over fast….Monday morning looming already…..enjoy your evening everyone xx
Audrey, the exciting bit starts tomorrow 🙂 Hopefully in a few days, it will be on its way.
Jean, reading by the pool…..now I am envious…
Tammy, hope your mum feels better soon. Put the notebook to one side, that was then, you are in the now and heading in the right direction. I used to use MFP all the time but hardly ever since finding 5:2 as I didnt want to be constantly counting the calories. However, that is the only real way of keeping control on a NFD, so maybe I should start it up again.
Lynne, you are doing great, especially with how things are for you at the moment, and fasting 3 days!!!
Hemmy, you now have 3 weeks to get focused and who knows maybe you can celebrate with Kristy when shes back next, over your weight loss 🙂
Angela, you are so right!! Life should be enjoyed and we can be careful round it too.
I dont think Ellies sore has got any worse today, its not grown and I dont think its weeping any more than it was yesterday, so fingers crossed the meds are starting to work after all. Hopefully tomorrow things may start to improve, it will be day 4 tomorrow and I can give her some extra oils too which should help overall.
I did buy the basic cheese slices and they work fine, so I’ll just continue with them. I doubt if theres enough dairy in them to give her a problem if she is intolerant of dairy…lol
I woke up feeling bad tempered and agitated and I have felt out of sorts all day…I have just started a new prescription for my anti-depressants which is a different brand than I have had before and it may be giving me an issue…..also they are gelatin capsules, not ordinary tablets, and I dont eat meat, so cant continue with them….thats me down to the gp tomorrow morning I guess 🙁
Hi All…
Will be back with you all soon… holiday must be nearly over going in an hour to book seats on plane if we can…
Just had a jacket with cheese on and cold chicken … it hit the spot nothing like your own meals.. lol
We will start fasting again a week Monday, get over jet lag, a bit of lovely normal food, get back into the life again.. lol
Tammy… I did laugh about your book with weight in… I have loads WW, SW, calorie counting.. writing down each week I go back years.. Steve wonders why.. I now have two books one for Steve and one for me…he asks why two because I don’t share my book.. lol
Audrey.. good luck on your kitchen, I know we went out loads there is only so much you can microwave… lovely to see it all coming together.
Hemmy… we are all stronger together, support and everything else…we will get there.
Angela.. always lovely to have family around..special moments…
Kay…
You sound a bit down, change your tablets…glad Ellie is coming around and tablets kicking in… maybe moving and getting settled in is unsettling you.. 💕💕
Sarah… you have to live.. have a good week it will all balance out then you can enjoy the next birthday weekend.
Lynne .. hope you warm up soon and the weather improves.. something for me to look forward too ugh… have a good week.
Jean x
Hi everyone, sorry I haven’t time to reply individually this morning, its Monday and work is calling.
Hope you all had a good weekend. Its gone too fast as usual!
I’m so disappointed that the scale showed NO loss for me this week 🙁 I know its not a gain, and I should be glad of that, but its so disheartening as I’ve been trying so hard 🙁
I’m trying not to beat myself up too much, and am fasting today. Green tea, water and not much else.
Good luck with the day guys, stay positive 🙂 xx
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