Morning lovelies .. its a gorgeous day here, so spring-like .. it really makes me feel better!

Thanks for the support yesterday, I struggled with the FD, but I’m proud to say I completed it 😀 .. on to day three now, and feeling better after a good sleep. Also weight was down this morning wooo hooo .. just the kick I needed to get me through today.

Seems like there are a few fasting today 🙂

Have a lovely day.

Dragon Fly – DF – Kay – Campervan Hippie .. also drinker of too much red wine at weekends 🙂

Morning All..

A beautiful day here…grass cut today?..electricity off a bit this morning so no WI Fi hope not too long..

Kay…
You are right, up a bit this morning shame after a good week…Men! no shopping for him anymore……Maybe misjudged the calories…lol

Tammy..
I can’t help you with the cake…the only thing I don’t make is coffee cake, don’t like it! Maybe some else can help you..

Well done your three FD’s….hope you get the hours you want at work ..😀

Angela ..
You have a lot on ..it will come together as things calm down..we are up too today…

Clare..
That tea sounds different..yummy…well done on your 3 FD’s…

Hemmy..
It was a very few chips….must get a new battery for the scales or even better some new scales…what read nicer!

I slept better last night back to 5.30 tablets..

Off to buy the wood for shelves later…get everything back away, the house looks like a bomb has hit it…it comes out of small places then it grows and grows into loads of piles, here, there and everywhere…lol

Have a lovely Spring day…..we are fasting today…

Jean x

Good morning FB Brits hope all is well with you and yours. Xx

Cloudy start here … hopefully change.

Just a quickie … off shopping day.. cant believe its Thursday already. Lol

Bit disappointed with my weigh this morning… still have another FD tomoz before Sat weigh.

Have a good day all Faster’s … enjoy normal eating day peeps.

Back laters. Xx

Brit Lovelies… It would be far easier to lose weight permanently if replacement parts weren’t so handy in the refrigerator. Xx

Sarah – feeling wabbit so not sure my words will help…but I’ll have a go! Joining the fasters today – quite a lot of us, I think. Had to choose between today or tomorrow and my guilty secret for Fridays is that I take the boy to shinty practice, but because it’s out of town, I tell myself it’s not worth coming back and going out again, so I park up at the petrol station that does good coffee, buy some snacks (oh yes I do!) and sit and listen to the news and then whatever comedy Radio4 has on at 6.30. I LOVE radio 4 and especially the comedy, but every manse I ever live in has lousey reception, and quite frankly, the life of a mum is very different to the life of a single person in a flat (which is when I developed my radio addiction) and I rarely have the time to sit, sew and listen.

So despite feeling like the last thing on earth I want to do today is fast, I’m doing it now so I can ‘sin’ later!

DF – we had a campervan when I was growing up in the 70s…not hippies then, it was just the only thing that fit the family and the dog! Now we have a couple of renovating beetles with a camping ‘pod’…happy times!

Clare – love the sound of your Mum’s tea…how is it that mums know how to make amazing things out of leftovers? I’m rubbish at it, but remember last summer when my mum made roast chicken leftovers with some sort of gravy and veg topped with atora suet crust and my son – having turned his nose up to start with – wolfed it down and talks of it regularly! It tasted fantastic! In fact, I’m in half a mind to do a suet crust on tomorrows chicken thighs…can I get a stock to thicken up? Could I add some veggies…now I’ve got myself thinking!

Right – back to the FD. Coffee, seaweed, Bovril until tea with the boy.

Mx

Minols, that’s great 🙂 Me and my fella are really into the VW scene. Love the old classic stuff. A good friend of ours restores Beetles 🙂

We drive something more modern now, but its all good fun, and the old stuff is still out there, and worth more than the new lol 🙂

Hitting the seaweed again…
Mx

Updated cribsheet – with info to help us all remember whos who (feel free to copy and paste and amend your info if there is anything you regularly talk about and want to use, to help others in our postings!)

Symba7….(Jean and Steve)..retired..lives near Selby NE….been with this thread 17 months…the caravanners….fighting to lose the last half stone.

Pasha (Lynne) – currently caring for OH – Phil OH with 2 girls, 2 cats, Pasha & Evie and a lazy lurcher – Amber.

Kay65 – (Kay) – East Devon – the one with the poorly dog called Ellie, a recent house move and struggling to lose final half stone, mainly because I drink too much at the weekends!

Minols – in Scotland with 4’boys’= OH, the boy, and grey dog (old) and blonde dog (trouble) – on the last half stone and the slowest loser ever because too chilled and border-line lazy…but hoping to walk it off before I trek to Peru in October.

Caspdexy (Tammy) from Scotland, 1 daughter Rhiannon and OH Graeme, 2 cats dexter and Casper…must of shot passed thin at some point in my life!!!!

Sarah57 (Sarah) – target to be at goal for 58 this Summer. Has 2 and a bit grandchildren, cats, dog and a job. Ditching job in favour of LIFE.

Hemmy… Been here forever so it seems!!! Mum of Kristy and Doggie Mr Pips. Loves walking and gardening is my passion. I get lost there.

Dragon Fly – DF – Kay – Campervan Hippie .. also drinker of too much red wine at weekends 

Gottotrysomething (Angela) – 37 lives in Notts with hubby Shaun, stepson 9 and my little old lady cat Marmite. Works hard, plays harder. 

Blankspacebaby (Clare) – the golfer, single mum to 9 year old, drinker of too much red wine.

Thats 10 (11 with Steve)

Sarah .. where to start with the VW Scene! Its huge.

Check out this link 🙂

http://www.vwshows.com/shows.php?&country=united%20kingdom

Some of the shows you can camp over at, others are just for the day 🙂 there are vehicles, shops, entertainment, cooking in a camper … we just love it!

Its an expensive hobby, but once you’re set up .. home is where you park it LOL.

Such a relaxed way of life.

Afternoon everyone

So Tuesday was a NFD, but I only managed around 800 cals (just over half TDEE) as life got in the way and I didn’t eat what I had originally planned. As yesterday was a FD I thought I’d better not do my usual liquid only, and came in around 550 cals. Well, I wont be doing either of those again. Usually I will lose on my 2nd FD, but I’m up a pound today and once I started eating yesterday it was difficult to stop.

So, today is NFD and I WILL make sure I eat my full TDE, then tomorrow I’m on another FD but this will be liquids only. I always thought it was easier for me to not eat on a FD, and yesterday proved it.

Kay, thanks for the crib sheet, it’s nice to know a little about my FD friends.

Have a good fastday.

Lynne x

I’ll give you all my info
Carol, 62, ex nurse Mother of 3 daughters and 5 and 3/4 grandchildren. Married to Stephen for 40 yrs. Grumpy man. Live in Rochdale, Lancashire.
Love crafts, diy, gardening, baking, sewing etc.Lived in the Philippines and Nigeria till I was 16 yrs.
We still travel lots.
Dragonfly
We’ve had several classic cars that we’ve restored. My favourite was a 1956 MGA. Old English white with a red leather interior. I used to drive around in a lovely old MGB but I had a bad shoulder and it was really heavy steering so it had to go. Miss them all.
When we lived in the Philippines in the 60’s my dad had a VW beetle. It was red and we all managed to get into it. 2 adults and 4 children. I remember sitting in the little space behind the back seat. Fun days.
Well, curry for tea tonight. I’ve bought it in. Anything for an easier life these days. X

Hi Girls. Xx

The new 800 cals plan.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/03/12/good-news-dieters-52-relaxes-rules-allows-800-calories-day/

We usually go 14 hours from dinner to breakfast …I think I will stay the same but if needed to go over a bit it takes the worry out of it…

I think new people may take it on board but we are so used to our 500 cals don’t know if I am bothered too change…Hemmy may give it a try, you can be the tester….lol

I think on maintainance it would be nice with more leeway…

I will get the mag and see if it gives more information.

On MyFitnessPal we would all be possibly over our 500, so it gives us grace..

All finished now for the day…fingers crossed for tomorrow…

Jean x

Evening all,

Just a quick check in. Actually home at a decent time tonight so I took the opportunity to heed some advice I got today from my HR manager: find some smaller trousers as yours are too baggy now! 😂

So I went into my smaller wardrobe and pulled out a size 12 outfit that has been relegated for a couple of years and wooohoooo. Fits like a dream.
mini celebration here. xx

Hi Jean,

Thanks. Unfortunately I don’t think the scales will reflect it on Saturday (FD tomorrow) as I’m surviving the week with sugar 😣

Hubby and I are cooking one of our Gousto recipes tonight: Lamb meatballs rogan josh. 619 calories. And wine is compulsory 😜😘 xx

Evening all

Hope fasters doing ok? Kay hope it is going well.

DF thanks so much for the link.

Angela, congrats on getting into your size 12 outfit. A fab feeling!

Lynne, my thoughts were that the problem for me was eating too much on NFDs. You seem to be saying that you are finding it problematic not eating enough on NFDs. Is that right?

Jean, busy day for you today. Hope all cleared away.

MInols, I too am a radio 4 addict. Love most of it and can never understand TV in the morning. Always tuned into Today. Anyway listened to David Sidaris on the way home tonight. Hilarious.

Hemmy, hope you enjoyed your shopping trip.

So hoping I have lost a pound from last week or I will be fasting again tomorrow and I so don’t want to, but if I have to, I hope it teaches me a lesson to stay lower at the weekend. Night night xx

Updated cribsheet – with info to help us all remember whos who (feel free to copy and paste and amend your info if there is anything you regularly talk about and want to use, to help others in our postings!)

Symba7….(Jean and Steve)..retired..lives near Selby NE….been with this thread 17 months…the caravanners….fighting to lose the last half stone.

Pasha (Lynne) – currently caring for OH – Phil OH with 2 girls, 2 cats, Pasha & Evie and a lazy lurcher – Amber.

Kay65 – (Kay) – East Devon – the one with the poorly dog called Ellie, a recent house move and struggling to lose final half stone, mainly because I drink too much at the weekends!

Minols – in Scotland with 4’boys’= OH, the boy, and grey dog (old) and blonde dog (trouble) – on the last half stone and the slowest loser ever because too chilled and border-line lazy…but hoping to walk it off before I trek to Peru in October.

Caspdexy (Tammy) from Scotland, 1 daughter Rhiannon and OH Graeme, 2 cats dexter and Casper…must of shot passed thin at some point in my life!!!!

Sarah57 (Sarah) – target to be at goal for 58 this Summer. Has 2 and a bit grandchildren, cats, dog and a job. Ditching job in favour of LIFE.

Hemmy… Been here forever so it seems!!! Mum of Kristy and Doggie Mr Pips. Loves walking and gardening is my passion. I get lost there.

Dragon Fly – DF – Kay – Campervan Hippie .. also drinker of too much red wine at weekends 

Gottotrysomething (Angela) – 37 lives in Notts with hubby Shaun, stepson 9 and my little old lady cat Marmite. Works hard, plays harder. 

Blankspacebaby (Clare) – the golfer, single mum to 9 year old, drinker of too much red wine.

Caspersmum (Carol) 62, ex nurse, Mother of 3 daughters and 5 and 3/4 grandchildren. Married to Stephen for 40 yrs. Grumpy man. Live in Rochdale, Lancashire.
Love crafts, diy, gardening, baking, sewing etc.Lived in the Philippines and Nigeria till I was 16 yrs. We still travel lots.

Sarah, I’ve just jumped on the scales before bed and I’m up half a pound from this morning…lol…so overnight I need to lose 1 pounds to match last weeks weight and 2 pounds to get back to the week before! ARGHH….let’s hope I run a marathon in my dreams 😁

I know it is silly o’clock but as I couldn’t sleep I thought I would put myself out of my misery and weigh. Lost just slightly over 1lb on last week. Not a lot but it means I won’t be fasting today.

Think I scared myself into it as I really didn’t want another day of fasting. I hope I have also learned a lesson not to spend the whole week making up for a misspent weekend. I have done 2 liquid fasts plus another well under 500 calorie day for a measly pound. Anyway – delighted!

32 lbs total loss, 15lbs left to go in 13 weeks. Bmi 25.8. It feels good to be in the 25s. I am going to stick with the strategy now. No loss on Friday morning means that has to be another FD. There is so much stuff going on that I can’t control it will make me feel better to be able to control this.

Kay, everything crossed that you can show some loss for the week too.

Morning All…

Very cold here today a bite in the wind…

Painting whites on going to get trapped in the airing cupboard…hoping to put rollers and paint brush on sticks…don’t know if the bottom will hold me….as Minols would say a wee thing like you should be OK….lol🤣😂

This morning weigh in…Steve 2 lbs off great news as he does do as he is told
( as I cook!) me 1 lb off..pleased with that….

Sarah…
We are with Lynne not eating enough on NFDs, we have upped it this week. It’s finding the balance, I think I lowered it when Louise was eating lower calories and loosing but we wasn’t doing the excerise to match. Hoping the feasting and fasting works as it should.

Kay…
Hope you have a good result today…thanks for the crib sheet…hope the marathon went well…lol

Minols…
What a time to be up and working…hope you got a lot done and got back to some sleep…

DF..
Well done on your three b to b..that’s hard going hope it’s pulled you back for Monday..

Hemmy..
A wrap up warm for your walk today, coat on for Mr Pips its bitter here…

Jean x

Tammy, I weighed Thursday morning after 2 fasts and my weight was down. I’m weighing again Monday, which has been my usual day forever! x

Just wanted to add…. this ole fasting is soo strange. After wed fast was a bit disappointed yesterday… now after eating out yesterday .. had lost more this morning. Lolol

Anyone else fasting today… back on 5 x 100 for me. Xx

Ps… cant remember who said it… but Just love the Kon Mari folding … socks and underwear done so far. Keep looking in the drawers… love it. Thank you anyway . Xx

Morning all – nearly the weekend, it’s terrible that I seem to spend my life counting down to Friday!

NFD today after a good fast yesterday (any day when you eat 5 sausages is a good day lol). Cauliflower cheese with pork steaks tonight washed down with a little wine yum.

Been extra organised – wrote a meal plan for next week yesterday and nipped to do my shopping between school run and work this morning – I can fly round Aldi it’s great. Got everything to last until next Sunday except maybe more milk & salad. Haven’t done any shopping really since last Monday so hopefully I’ve managed to do 2 trips in 3 weeks and saved some money rather than just going every Monday and buying the same things. We will see anyway!

No boy this weekend once I’ve done the school run so looking forward to relaxing.

Have a great day all. Clare x

Painting done, very awkward…two coats…cream crackered…..just can’t do what I used to do…

In between coats I repotted my lettuces, I needed something with holes or they will rot….cut down my milk bottles to make pots and they fit nice in my propagator..so three pots lettuce and one with cress….hoping I can cut and eat as I go…😀..

Going out later for dinner out and A drink…lol…TGIF….I do look forward to Friday’s off ..😀

Jean x

Afternoon everyone

I joined a number of you up early today, Phil had a fall at 4am and it took and hour and half to get him back upright, after calling for help with his pendant alarm. Unfortunately when they came the 2 compressors they use to inflate a giant cushion, ran out of charge, so we had to wait for another person to bring a mains compressor.

Still all’s good now, but it did mean I started my FD a few hours earlier than planned.

Really need a good FD today as the scales showing 0.1 lb heavier than this time last week. Need a good weekend as well, though Hannah is coming home for me to go through travel insurance, flights and budget with her (I still have some uses), so I’ll need to make sure I don’t get carried away.

Well done Sarah, Jean, Steve and Tammy, what a great way to start the weekend.

Angela, the amount of stress you’re under at the moment is probably affecting your weight loss. I think it would be counterproductive to try and fast when you’ve got so much on. Hopefully the end is in sight.

Jean, you’re being very industrious and putting me to shame. I’m leaving the decorating until the building work is done, but I also dodge the lawn mowing – we’ve had a man that does since 2010 when Phil had knee problems (there’s always been something). He’s due to come and complete the first cut any day, then comes every 2 weeks during grass growing season.

Next week my 2 hours respite care starts. I think for my first break I’ll just go shopping. Waitrose, Lidl, Aldi and Asda all within 5 minute drive so I think I’ll go up and down the aisles rather than rushing in with a list like I usually do. It’s arranged for a NFD as well, so it should be enjoyable and not torture.

Looking forward to a good weekend. Hope everyone else on FD today is holding strong.

Lynne x

Where did my post go from this morning??? Doh!!

So…again…well done to Tammy, Jean, Steve and Sarah.

I was 0.5lb down from last week….pathetic! Still 0.5 up from week before.
Not sure b2b fasting works for me 🙁
I think my hormones may be playing a part, along with my poor digestive system.
Last September I thought Id finally reached the menopause, but this morning my body told me different….grrr…

Anyway as Im giving blood at 5pm, Im not going to fast today, but I am going to count the calories and stay as low as I can as Im having a day off tomorrow – its rugby at the pub….

Just back from the shops, got a couple of things for the garden from B&M. I was rushing round in the end though, as Id been to Tescos first and was conscious that Id left Ellie on her own for a couple of hours.

I have had 30g cheese so far today, I bought some crumbly Lancashire for a change, I just fancied some. Now I have to say no more today.

Lynne, sorry you had an interrupted night, which was worse than it needed to be too. Roll on your deserved respite next week.

Minols, I hope you stay awake to enjoy your Friday guilty pleasure 🙂

Angela, you are doing the right thing. Dont try and fight it. Just spend the weekend relaxing if you can and enjoy some mindful healthy tasty food.

Jean, you are busy busy as usual. I dont envy you. I enjoy painting but not an airing cupboard.

Hope everyone is having a good Friday. Carol hows things?

X