Hi all

Audrey..well done on your loss this week 🙂 You must be really happy with that after fish n chips etc!! The stew and dumplings sound fab.

I made a lentil soup last week which was actually a vegan recipe online. I’m not vegan but the recipe was the most attractive..absolutely lovely flavours. I do find soup great for FDs.

Hemmy..sounds like you’re going to see a good number at your official weigh in (Monday?) ?!!

I am happy to report a 0.6 kg loss this week. It seems to be going in a nice regular pattern so I shall try to stay focused and hope it continues. I do agree with the comments about the body just wanting to settle at a weight for a while. We do expect it to go through rather a lot!

Hope all is going well for all Brit friends X

Have a great weekend all 🙂

Karen
Xx

Hi Hemmy!

Oh dear, poor you re Mr Pips! I’m afraid I did have a chuckle when I read that! Thankfully none of those droppings here. When our dog Poppy was young I was always telling her that cat or dog poo was ‘dirty’ so she’s always been really clean!! But my friend’s Westie..that’s another story!!

Have a lovely eve with your daughter x

Karen
Xx

Karen,
Congratulations again on your loss this week.

Hemmy I don’t see the girls very often so I spoil them rotten when I do! We too have a dog who loves to roll in you know what it’s dreadful! Poor you. Enjoy your time with your daughter.

CelticCrow, hope you get him sorted soon, we are all here if you need us, you have better things to worry about at the min than your diet! Keep in touch be strong.

Have a great weekend everyone, keep in touch

Audrey

Aww Celtic what a worry for you both. Hug hug. xxxx

Yes, Don’t worry about the weight.. you can soon get that sorted later.
Hope you can get some answers asp. You don’t need that worry.

Like Audrey said.. We are all here for you if you need us… keep in touch. xxxx

Thank you for the Fox Poo shampoo.. I have used it but to be honest it was very expensive if I remember right so now use vinegar with shampoo. Seems to help.

Well anyway Celtic a bit of good old Fox poo never harmed anyone if that’s all I have to worry about I should be ashamed I guess.. Thinking of you both take care. xxxx

So sorry to hear about Stuart, Celtic, it must be rather scary – but you have done the right thing to push for that earlier appointment. Don’t worry about the 5 pounds, as you say, its probably water and one big wee will sort you out!

Know what you mean about the menopause – I was lucky enough to go through it at 40. Did a few years on HRT but then got taken off that and have actually felt better since – more in balance. There are a few joys to getting older and that is one of them for me.

hope you have a better week next week.

Morning all,

House cleaned, dogs walked, lunch ready to pop into oven sat waiting for children to descend.

Hope you all have a great Sunday, I am fasting tomorrow good luck to those fasting today.

Hemmy enjoy your lunch, milena are you ok? Celtic hope Stuart is doing ok. Priscilla I too am better since coming off hrt. Karen keep on losing you are doing so well. Ginette as ever you are my inspiration and my fast buddy friend I couldn’t do this without you!

Hope I haven’t missed anyone, if so my apologies good luck for today.

Keep in touch, because together we are stronger

Audrey

Leanna,

Welcome to our little group,

As long as you stick to 500 kcal or below you can eat whatever you like! We all find our different ways of doing 52. I find it easier to not eat till 7 ish in the evening or just stick to fluids. Others like to eat 2 or 3 small meals throughout the day. Whatever works for you!

The headaches are a part if this wol, they do seem to ease off after a while, if I start with one now I usually have an oxo I think the salt helps!

Hope this helps, shout out if you need us, we are a friendly bunch of brits. ..

Audrey

Hi Leeann,, welcome. I do hope you find this way of life suits you, it takes a but if bedding in, but it works and keeps on working.

Hi Audrey, I’m getting there, it I’d course trying to run before I can walk, did an antiques fair this weekend, have to admit it was too much,but survived.

My restart has,fine well, been strict, 2 fast days, 3 days fasts or semi fasts, 2 days normal but very careful, no weighing officially til Tuesday, 14 days done, but expecting 4,lbs or more. Just hope I can keep this up for another 14 or 15 weeks.

Hope tomorrow goes well for everyone if fasting!!!

Hi Good morning friends.x

Hope you all had an enjoyable week-end.

So pleased the wine demon wasn’t out to play this week-end. Lol Just a couple of glasses both days. That made it easy refusing to entertain the munchies.

F D today for me and weigh in tomoz. Anyone else … Think Audrey is too.

Welcome Leeanna01 .. well done to you. Your first Fast day under your belt. Yes, best to find what suits you with those days. I also find Oxo a life saver. When I come in from my dog walk its the first thing I go for… if I am really hungry it gives breathing space to consider. Lol

Let us all know how you are doing along our journey together. x

Hi Ginette hope all is well with you. We all miss you x

Wow Milena you have really got straight back into it. Brilliant, well done you. Very inspiring.x

Have a good day Brit lovelies what ever you are doing. Don’t forget ” If you think you can … you are half way there. x

Leanne, I find tap water with a squeeze of lemon and or lime jujce really helpful to keep hunger pangs away. I find the more I drink the easier it is . Quorn bologenese from the freezer for us tonight.

Hi Celtic x

Sorry to hear you have that stifled feeling. Its awful.. over whelming so much todo… so little time.

Easier said than done I know but if you can put things in a draw in your mind then just open one.. that needs to be cleared on the day.

Try to be easy with yourself re food but the fast will probably give you an in control feeling which will be good.

Take care of you and your Stu. Keep in touch. xxxx

Hemmy

I am one of those people who once I start eating find it almost impossible to stop! I find it easier sometimes to just drink. I have done about 4 liquid only days now and although it seems daunting at first it’s doable for me!

Oxo cubes are a god send on these days! Also sugar free vimto!

Audrey

Hi All

SM is getting better walking without a crutch and ankles getting better day by day, the bruise is now coming out so she seems to be on the mend. I am really not used to going out every day and have been going to bed early for me. This is only an hour or so before normal, I have avoided coming on the forum as time just runs away we me.

Celtic

You sound as if you had a bad week last week, poor Stu, I hope that the hospitals can shed some light on it and also give medication to help. Thinking of you both x

Oh dear dogs rolling in things they shouldn’t not nice! I have had a problem with my cat, first being unwell, he is a lot better now but still not right and then deciding to wee outside the litter tray. I can do without that at the moment!! He is nearly two and was like this when I first got him, why he should start it again who knows? It’s very annoying and time consuming as well.

Hi Leanna

Welcome to the thread, everybody seems to be giving you good advice.

Hi Hemmy

Well done on not getting the munchies.

Audrey, I hope you had a lovely time with your grandchildren, the stew sounded lovely.

I have an early start today when I thought I was going to be in until mid afternoon. I have offered to take my son to the station as he is seeing a friend. He wants to be able to have a drink. He only has a couple but sensibly won’t drive, so I don’t mind.

I am fasting today so I had better go and get it ready for later. I am also going to call in to Asda and get those nutritional yeast flakes, they mentioned these on Eat well for less and it showed them being used. Celtic have you heard of them?

Ginette

Good evening friends hope all is well with you and yours. x

Ginette lovely to see you. Glad SM is doing well hopefully on the mend.

You sound very busy at the moment. Isn’t it always the way with our pets they just seem to know when we least need to clean up after them. Bless them. Lol

I know what you mean about time slipping away on here. Trying to limit time now as things need to be done before the winter sets in. Hope everything continues to improve and things get back to normal for you soon.x

Hi Karen Yes chilly today you will soon need those cones for the burner. x

Hope everyone is having a good Fast or happy Feasting day. x

Weigh in day tomorrow.

We can all do this altogether… slowly … pound at a time and every little ounce counts. x

Hemmy,

Congratulations on your 1 lb loss it is building up nicely now isn’t it 10 lb wow….

Ginette come back soon we miss you!

Karen I lit my fire yesterday was soooo cold!

Celtic hope Stuart is ok keep us posted

Fast day today for me, doing liquid only…..

Audrey

Hemmy

I just drink lots of water on liquid only days, no soup perhaps an oxo at lunch and a sugar free vimto, I also like a hot chocolate drink before I go bed. Less than 100 kcals all day. i do this because it’s easier for me to not eat at all. Others will have more experience than me on this I have only done a few of them, found it hard at first but got used to them now!

Audrey

Thank you Audrey x

At the moment all going well but I can see by the forum that weight will stick after a while of good loss. Will have a go though… maybe next week after an away day overnight stay in Brighton with a deal on Groupon. lol With a very slim neighbour. Lol

Must get motivated find it hard on dull damp days.

Have a good day with your liquids today Xx

Hello all
I did register here some time ago but never really got started! Stupid me I am now even fatter!!
Today is my first fast day and I have just made the most horrible vegetable smoothie which I shall turn into soup and try again. I have hard boiled 2 eggs which is good. I am going to look back at how you are all doing. I have had a brief look but need real inspiration!
Tuesday and Thursday are my chosen days but I know I will have to be careful on days off.
Well here goes, 3 stone to get off! At least I don’t feel alone.

Hi friends. x

What a lovely change in the weather after a gloomy start.

Well done Priscilla on another pound down. You must be a happy bunny today. x

Karen …thank you. Yes really excited now ..things really going well at the moment. Long may it last.Lol x

Beverley Welcome to our group. Lots of lovely people here you will gets lots of help and support from them. x

Leeanna How are things going with you. x

Hi Ginette hope you are not getting too tired. Its a strain having someone depending on you daily. Take care we miss you. x

Have a lovely day True Grit Brit Lovelies. Xx

Thank you Karen, Hemmy and Priscilla for the kind welcome. It has not been too hard but I feel very tired and achy! I could just fall into bed but had better wait until later. I shall most definitely miss cooking programs on fast days!
One thing is I feel relieved and in control at last. I think it is going to be so good and am determined to get there. It’s been good to read through and I now have really tired eyes but well worth it.
I have measured my waist and it is much bigger than my bottom was until I went off the rails! Never mind I will find it again.
Thanks to all.
Beverley

Beverley – no need to miss cooking on fast days. I find that looking for interesting things to cook adds interest to my fast days. I stick to about 250 calories for my main meal and I’ve been amazed at how many yummy days I’ve had. Cauliflower, mushrooms and spinach are my new best friends – they feature on most fast days….oh and courgette “spaghetti” is a good base too.

This website might give some inspiration (in her 5:2 section) http://www.lavenderandlovage.com/category/posts/general/5-2-diet

Hi Milena

I am sat up in bed trying to unwind after the days activity. I will be doing another next week I find it easier not to eat than to eat little but be warned the cleaning bug may be contagious haha.

As I am sat here I am trying to decide if I could do a fast day again tomorrow…. perhaps I could I don’t feel too hungry at the moment but I haven’t got anything left to clean. I suppose I could strip the wallpaper in the spare room!
I think I will see how I feel tomorrow.
Hope this makes sense as I am using my phone and it’s on predictive txt!

Anyhow I am off to sleep now after my busy day.
Night night everybody

Audrey

Audrey, hemmy beat me to it! I was going to say if you want some thing to keep you busy on FD we need help to find our livingroom ….it currently looks like a warehose thats been burgled. Went to see friends this afternoon and they noticed we have both lost weiht. YAY This is the first time anyone has said anything.
The friends we were visiting are super vegans ..Marcin lost about 4.5 half stone. The use Nutri bullet a lot and I was wondering if anyone has any experience of Nutri bullet and Nutri Ninja ? Arenthey all they are cracked up to be and does anyone have and views as to which is best ? Stu will hate the idea of me aquiring more kitchen gadge? Fingers crossed for our hospital visit tomorrow. Will try and check in tomorrow evening.

Part of our problem is having moved from to two two bed bugalows to a two bed new build house . We used to have huge gardens Stu had 20ft garage that he built and 8 x 16 ft workshop. We have got a tiny garden and tiny tiny shed. I think the garedn is 10th of the size of the old place if not more.Wehavent managed to get shelves or anything up yet..Stus just not been well enough. I think the lack of livingroom may be one of the reasons dogs having been bickering.. no where to sit. Funnily we arent missing the tv yet. Spend most of the time sat on the bed reading or playing backgammon or chess on the tablets. Sold one of the motorbikes yesterday so that frees up garden space. ( Ended up giving the virago away to friends son , just to get it out of the way). Got to get the big Honda Pan European 1300 serviced and MOTd at the dealership. Problem is Stu isnt currently allowed to drive, think we will have to put an SOS out and see if there is anyone who can transport it to to the dealership for us . Yesterdays fast went well. One thing I’ve noticed is the earlier I eat breakfast the more im likely to eat during the day … we Stu made breakfast at about 08:30 this morning andI ended up eating before we went to see friends this afternoon. I seem to do better if i leave breakfast as late as possible. Often on a FD I wont have breakfast at all.

Hello all, my you have been a busy lot!!

Well I have a day at home tomorrow as Pam is walking around without crutches. I am starting to ease back now and hopefully catch up on things at home, tomorrow I think I shall just have a nice rest.

I am still doing 4:3 but non fast days not being at home and having to eat thith Pam has been difficult, not as good as I am usually. Well next week I hope to be back to normal eating routine.

I have cauliflower cous cous coming with a shopping delivery tomorrow. Has anybody tried it?

Priscilla, well done on losing a pound, I hope that will be joined bu another few in the weeks to come.

Beverley, welcome to the thread. Weight watchers tomato soup is a really nice low calorie lunch, I often have fruit and youghurt as well, as the weather gets colder I shall start making big pots of soup. I shall post some recipe links for you tomorrow. I have lost over three stone since January on 5:2 so if I can do it anybody can, in my case it took me two or three weeks to realise that it was going to work, now I feel so lucky that I continued it. Apart from the weight loss there are all of the other unseen benefits. As you say you are in good company and when the outside world don’t understand we have one another. It is like being part of a family after a while. We like to share recipes, links and we get inspiration and help from each other.

Hemmy well done on your loss, have people started noticing? No I am not overdoing things as I when there I only sit and watch TV, play cards and make dinner, it was just that these things were difficult with using crutches. She is really walking well though, her foot does still ache a bit when she has done too much but she is a very able person and will be pleased to be independent again. We get on really well and I have had Sunday dinner there for years. I wouldn’t have chosen anybody better for my Dad.

Hi Audrey

Well done on all that cleaning, you must be tired now. It sounds as if you had a successful day which went quickly. Turkey mince is not one that I ever fancied, I might give it a go, how do you cook it, like beef mince?

I have got two packets of heck sausages arriving so I am going to look for some recipes to try them in.

Hi Karen

I don’t think it will be long before you need that wood burner. They have forcast a long hard winter, worse than six years ago, which is when we had all that snow. It is the same weather front so make sure you get lots of supplies in anybody that gets cut off through snow.

Hi Milena

You sound busy, hope the fasting is starting to go well again.

Hi Celtic

It is so nice to have people notice you have lost weight, it took ages for anyone to notice that I had. I was very overweight and I think it is difficult to see a loss then. I just need to get the non fast days sorted out and hopefully weight loss will start again. I have lost 2lbs this month so far, so I can’t really complain.

It was nice to be missed……. See you all tomorrow

Ginette