Mel…
Thanks….no wine both fasting…Steve has been for a walk for newspaper..2 vanilla slices looking at me, he forgot he was fasting, he was going to have them this evening…..in the fridge for tomorrow…no point in being good to fail on a fast day…

Beautiful out, chatting to Ernie ( our old man of the village) and another couple of dog walkers, definitely a black dog sort of morning, he’s not keen on black dogs but he managed…..good training session, he is a quick learner…still sausage is a good teacher..😂

Thinking for tonight’s meal maybe cook my ham and have it with a salad….better than an omelette??

Mel..
I always have loads of chocolate in but I can resist it….Steve is another matter so I hide it, he does know I have it …sometimes he Does Just Want Some moment !! I usually give in…depends…

How exciting to sell up and go….then make a decision on what to do…like winning the lottery…

Jean x

How are the other fasters doing today? Had a bad couple of hours this afternoon when I wanted to eat anything and everything. Had two salt and vinegar Snack a Jacks (bit rubbish but they satisfy something in me) which I could fit in with my 800 cals and feel better now. First wobble I have had for ages. Phew!

Oh Jean, Charlie won’t like that! Glad he’s home.

Yes the maggots were in our fridge😁😁😁 and worms😁😁😁,back home now,not the best of days fish wise,got a few bream and roach so may try a different method next week.Tea time now, something quick I think.Got a good sun tan if nothing else 😆

Evening!
Jean- poor Steve a very long day for him, hope Charlie’s not a pain! Well done with the cleaning & fasting!
Dave- sounds likeca nice day out, definitely wouldn’t allow maggots in my fridge either!
Mel- well done with your FD & staying strong, rice cakes are good on a FD, but I do keto now so watch the carbs…
Mel- draw a line under the day_____, that’s what we say on here! Sounds like it was a good day out! & tomorrow sounds even better! Have a lovely time, I’ll give you a wave when you get to sunny Suffolk 😉
Minols- hope today went well & you kept away from sweets & biscuits!
Cakey & Kay- hi to you both!
Helped mum with some finances while we were waiting for my washing, mum’s in a bit of a muddle but luckily has more than enough to manage on! Another long walk with Xena- gave her quite a bit of chicken with her dinner, she’s eaten all that but no dry food! Mamaged not to eat until tonight, will try tge same tomorrow, depending how early I wake up!

Hi all!

Hasnt the weather been glorious?! I think we are set to have more cloud over the next few days here, but it will hopefully still be warm.
Might have another go on the body boards in the sea tomorrow, all depends on what time we both get back from work and if there is any surf at all!

Still having issues with my back. I might have to start taking the anti inflammatory tabs I have more than just once a day. Its definitely pinching a nerve as I dont have much strength or feeling in one leg. This is a continuation of the flare up I had a few months ago, it never really got resolved, but then bulging discs take ages to go back into position, if ever, so looks like Im in in for the long haul!

Ive not done very well this week on the fasting front 😣 Just that first day!

I start off feeling positive but then lose it, so Im still carrying too many pounds from before my holiday and I can tell with my clothes.
I need to get some will power from somewhere and get cracking. Maybe I need to do a week of strict 800 cals…
I also want to start either cycling or running again, just need to see if I can do them without it aggrevating my back.

On the plus side, I have increased the fluids and managing to drink a lot more water and fruit teas.

Jean, hope Steve isnt glowing with radiation! Poor Charlie wont understand why he cant go near him! When will get these results? And another appointment on Monday to go yet. Not the easiest of times for you both.

Dave, well done on catching something! Neil is looking into doing a bit of fishing for Bass here on the coast. It will be completely different to the fishing he used to do though! And whatever he uses for bait, it wont be coming into the kitchen, let alone the fridge!

Mel, well done on the FD. I used to eat snack a jacks and quite like them. There is a lot worse stuff you could have eaten!

HH, glad that Xena is starting to settle down again, poor thing. You do seem to be lucky with your HS family as they sound nice and things appear to be working. I know its not always like that!

Ive done my usual 8-2.30 shifts at the hotel, now I have 2 days of my self employed holiday lets cleaning, but at least thats only from 10 til 2ish. Then back at the hotel on Sunday, so that will make it 5 days on the trot. I dont mind as at least Im home for most of the afternoon. I manage to not eat anything until I come home, so at least my eating window is shorter when Im working!!!

Bed time….and some mental preparation for some healthier eating and how Im going to approach the next 7 days.

Kay x

Morning all!
Kay- hope your back doesn’t worsen with the 5 days of cleaning to do…not great when you’re in pain, thinking of you. Enjoy the body boarding if you get the chance to go!
Dave- hope the chocolate diet lives on!
Jean- did you get any sleep, did Steve’s glow keep you awake?!! We always used to joke that we’d glow went we went swimming in the sea at Sizewell, by the nuclear power station! Enjoy the vanilla slices & a well deserved Friday ‘off’ today!
Minols- is this the last day of holiday club? Keep strong…
Nana- enjoy the wedding!
Mel- nonFD? Have a good day!
Cakey- hope your week’s been okay, any running done?
Lovely day here, & can’t get loads of washing done, grrr. Will take Xena out somewhere nice later, seeing a friend this afternoon & then a Church ladies get together tonight by the beach for fish & chips- will mess up keto but can’t go & not eat!! Feeling pretty hungry so not sure how long I’ll be able to fast for. One pound off, so that’s good considering a couple of days of overeating!
Have a good day all!

Minols enjoy your last day at camp albeit busy. Planned eats sound like a plan.

HH well done on the pound off.

Hello everyone, lots of posts – lovely. Yes, NFD today, feel I need one! Kay, I think a week of 800 calories would be great for you if you feel up to it. Hard though. How people on other threads do 36 hour water fasts or more is beyond me. HH sounds like Xena is on the mend, thank goodness. Enjoy your trip out with her. Minols, your schedule sounds exhausting! What is skyr? Jean, have a relaxing day and enjoy the vanilla slice, you deserve it!

PS Dave, you can keep your maggots in my fridge, wouldn’t bother me!

Trying to work out my fasting schedule as a couple of social events coming up.

Morning All..
So so hot here already….am I moaning maybe too hot for us 😀

A very mixed week 1 lb up for me and 2 lbs up for Steve, he has an excuse as he has had 6 tablets a day of steroids ( finished now)…I didn’t think we had been that bad!..I have eaten some bread and potatoes not a lot but it proves a point…

Garden centre for us today looking for a plant feature for our new garden front…just looking another months wait yet…it will be “you can’t plant it now”….no idea on plants..a tropical spiky thing, slow growing and green with no dropping of flowers and leaves….err plastic.. springs to mind 😂

Steve fine this morning struggling with sleep like he did Monday night with the radiation, upsetting his system…

Kay..
With this weather you must make the most of the waves..unless there’s no surf…take care with your back in the water..like you some of my summer clothes are a bit snug, I really must put my mind to it….last two appointments this coming week Monday and again the repeat of yesterday on Friday..then just the heart specialist for results at a later date, that specialist was a grumpy sxd…..you seem to be kept busy at the hotel are you enjoying the change?
Just seen..a plan of 800 cal week…checking in every day…..good..

Hedgehog..
I really don’t think we are deserved a Friday off but we will, Steve won’t move on that….must think hard next week.
Enjoy your afternoon with your friend and your beach fish and chip party tonight….that sounds my cup of tea….well done on your pound off…you never seem to gain…

Minols..
Last day of kids club, enjoy till next time…a big clean up till 11 tonight..that sounds really busy in the heat…hope you get your sermon wrote and your lines done too..

Mel..
Have a good day yourself…

Jean x

Kay the only fruit I can’t have is grapefruit, I was told at the hospital after my heart attack never to have it.I said it’s the only fruit I don’t like anyway but it is also very ,very bad for arthritis so if you use anti-inflammatory drugs I would steer well clear of grapefruit.

Not a great start today,I had cobs but even though they were delicious I will leave them alone for a while now,also my son just came home and gave me a Magnum,he’s never done that before.I will lose weight this week, determined head on😁.

All quiet here tonight, or I missing the posts??

Finished the day on 1300ish cals which Im happy with considering….

Lots of water and its getting easier to drink it and less running to the loo, so hopefully that means my body is using it more effectiently.

Morning All..
Some rain over night but stopped now… hard boiled egg for breakfast not my favourite…

A bit of food shopping, and a couple of garden centres to pop to…..to give us ideas……although I think we are ‘ there’ now….

Charlie to take before we go…he has a gummy eye, blinking more too, so bathed it hope it settles down…

Have a lovely weekend everyone..

Jean x

Mel…bossy is good…keep us on our toes.

Yep ‘weight loss day’ it is…800 cals, meals planned.

Today the scales saw me with a pound down from yesterday, so thats motivating. Need to keep up with the water.

Jean, enjoy going round garden centres etc. There is a huge one I want to go to not far away which is supposed to be planted up for ideas…

Work for me for a few hours, then a sit in the garden or maybe clean the car!

Have a good Saturday all.

Jean and Mel, keep strong fellow fasters!

Nana I once had my maggots escape on a bus😄 I managed to get them all back though. Raining here but will still try the bowling if anyone’s there,my son may be going to Old Trafford for the cricket so there goes my partner unless he changes his mind.The worst thing that’s happened to me with maggots is when I opened the bait box and they all flew into my face😖😵🤯

Been bowling for over four hours, feel about 90 years old now🥵🥵🥵.not had anything to eat so it’s become a fast day.Weather lovely now after rain this morning. Three girls just stopped me in the street and asked if the German shepherd they had was mine. A lovely dog but much younger tga Heidi.I told them I have a German shepherd but it wasn’t mine.

Doesn’t sound that bad Jean. And the steps you are doing are amazing. I just got over the 10,000 today.
I know dalmations need a lot of exercise and it must be doing you good. Sleep well.

Can we put a hold on the maggot stories now please 🤣🤢

Finished on 800 cals today…same again tomorrow although meals not planned yet so will have to be careful.

Only worked fron 10-1 today but 8 til 2ish tomorrow then 2 days off!

Very warm tonight even with bedroom window wide open. Its very still. There has been very little breeze for last few days, quite unusual for here on the coast. Its also meant no surf for body boards. Mind you its probably been very busy, even here on the less touristy beach.

Jean, line drawn and try again tomorrow? You will be both glad when Monday arrives, at least then hopefully things will be clearer.
Well done on your steps, thats a lot!

For those of you with fitbit type watches, what do you have?
My Fitbit is only just hanging on but I dont know if to bother getting another one or not. I only seem to use the step counter part of it and Im still not convinced its been that accurate as In sure it picks up on my arm movements too.

Dave, wow 4 hours of bowling! No wonder you are hurting! You will ache tomorrow. Well done with the unplanned FD.

Mel, how did you get one today?

Nana, you too? Yesterday sounds like a lovely day for you.

I want to bring the fan into the bedroom but I dont want to disturb Neil as he’s up at 3.15am for work.

Off to see if I can connect my kindle to Neils Amazon prime account to download something to read x

Quick post as I’m supposed to be doing last minute prep…!

Wwight-lifted yesterday – ie I took apart a massage cupboard that since we moved in has had to lie on it’s side cos too tall for the ceiling here! Using it as a really long trunk has worked but taken up too much space. So I shifted and humphed and finally re-built it upright.

The boy is away on camp for a few days, the kitchen is also now clean…and the rest of the house will be by the time he gets home.

Weight still not shifting, so I decided to measure. Some encouraging news…just half an inch off top and bottom, but a full inch off the waist in between. I’ll take that…as it’s all about the clothes fitting more comfortably for me.

Have a great day everyone.

Mx

Jean don’t worry about food today. Just have what you want and as HH says, be genteel with yourself. Re Fitbits, I have the basic Fitbit Flex 2 which is quite discreet and does what I want. Didn’t want the heart monitor. Have been wearing it every day for two and a half years. I know they can’t be 100% accurate but as I read someone say “it’s accurate for me”. I look at the minutes of activity too. I did my 800 calories yesterday but it was a struggle!

Morning Everyone,

Yesterdays fast day went a little over my 800 calories but I was pleased with how it went. Today will be keeping to my tdee – then another fast day is planned for tomorrow.
Have to venture into Cambridge tomorrow to change a shirt that my husband got himself last week for the next size up – I was with him and queried the size at the time and suggested he tried it on but of course he knew better. We don’t really enjoy visiting Cambridge now as we both spent our working lives commuting there all though I have to say driving past Kings College after a night of snow was a wonderful sight.

Jean i echo everyone else regarding fasting at the moment – it’s not easy seeing the person you love going through health problems.

Kay i promise no more talk of maggots.

Dave hope your not to sore after all the bowling.

Hedgehogs well done on the quiz prize.

Minols scales don’t give a true reading do they – clothes are a much better guide. Our daughter never weighs herself and relies on the fit of her clothes and if they start to feel snug she cuts down on her food. Wish I could be like that 😉

Have a good day everyone

Nana x

Hi All…
Lovely walk with the boy this morning ..then drove out and exchanged my plant pot, last one so glad I went today….we called at a Country Park had a good 40 mins walk, new to us but it was very nice…the boy’s shattered two walks with no snooze in between 😂

Just popped my slow belly pork on in red wine, copying a ‘Ask recipe’ or thereabouts it was delicious last time..cooking for three hours on slow….I will have new potatoes today and peas…keeping it small. When it’s push it in and see what’s it’s like, each time it’s cooked it’s different lol..

Nana..
Why don’t men try on, even shoes Steve picks up shoes and says they will do..I always try and push a try on for him…lots of people in their gardens, very cloudy but warm.. we have been to Cambridge a few times with the caravan, park and ride in…we do like it but always busy.

Dave..
Enjoy your chicken roast dinner..Yorkshire’s??

Jean x

Just back from a lovely day out. Went to Clumber Park (think you know this one Jean). Haven’t been there since one visit about 25 years ago. Walked round the lake then went to the tearoom. I had a pot of tea and watched Paul (Mr. Perfect BMI) have hot chocolate and rhubarb crumble and custard. Excuse me while I polish my halo 😇. Mind you that pork belly sounds lovely, I have never cooked it. Tonight it’s curry and red wine (and two Lindt chocs). Jodie tired now after her day out, like Charlie. Two happy dogs!

Mel..
I do like Clumber Park..Charlie likes it more😀…lovely forest where the caravan site is…you are very good and strong to resist when Paul is having his fill….rhubarb crumble sounds delicious..
Our dinner was lovely, one of my new favourites…..very cheap and cheerful……I am glad Steve thinks so too 😂……I love a good buttered chicken curry, about time I cooked one it’s been a while since we had one.

Two very happy dogs…considering Charlie has had three good walks today…he has woken up full of playful hell !

Dave..
I wanted ice cream today we saw a van, by the time Steve turned the car around to get one he had disappeared ☹️..

Jean x