Steve the are lots of scales on Amazon.I have just had a sandwich so not going to be a fast day,but should be a low day.Spanish lessons were good, we all have a good laugh, I was the only man today so on my best behaviour 😄.Will have plenty of calories tomorrow just bought some scones and clotted cream 😋😋😋.Devon tea🤤🤤.It’s gone very dark here.The fitness class as been cancelled again tomorrow but winter bowling starts tomorrow so I will do that, I think it’s only between club members, so mixed bowling.Tui just called to say our flight times have changed again😠😠😠,out the time back 4 hours in both directions 😠😠😠.So now we won’t get there until late afternoon and home just past midnight.

It hasn’t been very light here all day and now it’s starting to get even darker as night falls.

Dave

You are a very bad boy having scones and clotted cream all you’re missing is some strawberry jam to top it off. I’m sure they will be scone in no time 😝😝

Hedgehog..
Charlie’s new lamb food going down really well he dances for it, and gobbles it which he never does, two more portions then changing onto chicken..good for backup in caravan or stand by here…and away in the pub.
Snowdrops already, Spring around the corner..I do like all the bulb flowers, weather then on the change 😀
Hope the pork mince goes down well, freeze it in bags a few meal portions in each, I do it for beef mince, keep it in a Charlie bag! 😂I only do a couple of tablespoons for a taster on top of his kibble.

Dave..
Scones, jam and cream ummm…I had some out the freezer the other day..lovely….behave yourself with the women in your Spanish class..soon be holidays..

Typhoo..
The mild weather seems to be arriving, chilly this morning….looked at the scales, they are Salter off Amazon.

Cold pork tonight, quite delicious looking forward to it, bought some new potatoes to cook in the skins too…

Jean x

Minols…
Well done on the piano, lovely you have really got back into it…enjoy the curry this evening..make sure you give out large portions out 😂…

Jean x

Evening everyone,
A quick check in before going out for our meal this evening. Am pleased to report that I have lost 2Ibs so pleased with that – think I’ll make my weigh in day a Tuesday.
Dave annoying about the flight changes was chatting to a neighbour at the weekend and she said her flights outward and homeward had both been changed by 6 hours later each way. Hope Denise enjoys her birthday 🎂tomorrow.
Jean nice to get away for a couple of days – we’re off to Lowestoft in February to celebrate husbands birthday. Got on okay at our first appointment with the NHS dentist we registered with before Christmas £45.40 for the both of us as opposed to £120 we paid for our last check up. Next appointment will be in July
Typhoo glad you’re feeling a bit better.
Hedgehogs new glasses 👓 are fine can’t believe how much better they are than the ones I have been wearing.
Hope everyone else has had a good day whether fasting or not.
Nana x

CD I always feel hungry an hour or so after a meal when fasting 🥴.My first weigh-in is Friday so fingers crossed I have lost a pound. The cricket was brilliant today,now it’s City v United at 8pm so I will be a bag of nerves.

Well done CD! Keep strong for the evening…I’m sure your daughter will still need sleep tonight- my youngest (19!) has been fighting a bug & sleeping 14 hrs some nights, although he’s burnt the candle at both ends in the run up to Christmas! Hope the hunger goes away!
Nana- well done losing 2lbs! Glad the dentist went okay!
Jean- good you’ve found something you can take easily to the caravan! I do freeze stuff for Xena, there’s almost a drawer full of her stuff 😂😂
Minols- enjoy the curry night! Will be tempting if you have to take it home! & very impressed that your son is using his phone for something educational!
Dave- got to keep Denise warm- hubby sits in a T shirt, I have a hot water bottle & a blanket!
Hope everyone else is okay…
Just finished dinner- have discovered roast red cabbage, very yum & low cal! Enough cals left for a satsuma.

Been a good day for me sports wise, England cricket and City so very happy but no celebration food or drink.

Just a quick good morning, start work at 7, managed my first fast, not too badly, a bit hungrier in the evening but I just filled up with water, have got weetabix and some boiled eggs with me for my work, it’s a 9hr shift, but have beef olives and potatoes to look forward to, am sitting enjoying my first cuppy before heading off, house is in silence except for my daughter’s alarm that I can hear going off from downstairs but she will sleep through it, drives me crazy that her alarm wakes me and I have to wake her to switch it off, many an arguement about that one.
Right well catch you this evening, hope you all have a good day.

CD or Tammy if you prefer, I forgot to say x

Morning!
Minols- poor you!I was up early too. You probably have alot on your mind…hope you can keep low today. The cabbage was just shredded really thin, a little bit of olive oil, & lots of salt, roast 30 mins.
Tammy- an early start for you as well! Have the same alarm issues with my 2! They set theirs at regular intervals but ignore them!! Well done with the fast yesterday!
Dave- glad you had a good sport day, & happy birthday to Denise (again!) Enjoy your meal out tonight.
Jean- I’ve cooked liver, hearts & kidneys for Xena, chopped them finely & frozen them in small helpings too, just mix it in with the dry food. They’re all wuite rich, so not too much! I freeze all the scrappy bits left over from the chicken too. And vary the mince with beef, pork or turkey. Ours are lucky dogs!! She does have cooked veg if there’s some left, but has raw carrot most days anyway.
Hope everyone has a good day- anyone fasting? A day ‘off’ for me, as we’re meeting up with my NZ cousin for a meal tonight. Seeing my Homestart family hopefully today!

Morning all!

Dave – enjoy your day, pamper the birthday girl! Have a lovely meal later too 🙂

Tammy – great job on your FD yesterday, I knew you could do it 🙂

Minols – have a good day, hope you feel better soon, early starts are hard going. Quite a few talking of porridge, I love it. May have to get some.

Nana – 2lb off is brilliant. Makes me more determined to do this. I definitely need to.

Jean – have a good day. I’ll be fasting with you tomorrow 🙂

HH – Have a nice meal tonight. Enjoy!

Typh – Hope you have a good day too, fasting or otherwise. I know what you mean about the dark nights/mornings. Soon be summer 🙂

I’m having a low day today … was so bloated yesterday, was uncomfortable all day, it was awful. Not sure why as I’d had a good FD Monday and didn’t overdo it yesterday. Maybe its my body thinking ‘what’s going on’ .. hope today its better, because I cant cope with another day feeling like I did yesterday.

I did do some exercise before leaving this morning, so feeling good about that, and I’ll walk at lunch.

Have a good day all, hope the rain stays off.

Stay strong x

Morning Everyone..

Nothing much planned today yet see how we go….

Dave..
Happy birthday to Denise..hope you have found somewhere different for her meal..good sports day 😀.

Minols..
I laughed a few of you never know what you are going to eat out of the freezer 😂..dog food is a no, All in a zip bag marked Charlie..

Tammy..
Hope your work day goes well and low eating too..my SIL has two morning alarms, sleeps through both and they are away from his bed, when I stayed I thought it was a fire alarm he slept through them both or he couldn’t be bothered to stop them 😱

Hedgehog..
I am having a rethink maybe freezing more different things, cooked chicken, he can’t have offel …just got a email back from my new food he can’t have it such a shame…back to the drawing board on that one..

Have a good HS and enjoy this evening…

Dave..
That happens to Steve a lot..he walks away and leaves it!

DF..
Have a good walk lunch time, you always used to do this..hope the bloated feeling goes….looks like your post was saved 😀

Must go and walk Charlie….

Jean x

Oh, that’s strange! Glad it showed up, and you all have the joy of reading two posts from me LOL

Had a good bowling session,we all played three games of 7 ends,you toss up for who bowls the jack which is a bonus if you win the toss.I won the toss the first game against the captain of the Friday team, I was losing 4-0 but came back to win.Next I played a player from the Wednesday team and won the toss again 😄 I won this game 7-2.The last game I played a lady so no toss,she went first,she bowled the jack a very short distance but I won this game too.So all in all a good day,it’s only practice so not getting carried away.Had a scone with jam and clotted cream,think I did it the Cornish way butter,jam then cream.

I will be with you tomorrow fasting. Will need to shake off all the calories I have today 🐽🐽🐽.Might go bowling again tomorrow, going to book a cruise for our 45 wedding anniversary tomorrow morning.I need to sort out holiday insurance and car insurance, got a renewal quote for my car but not looked yet.

Hello

You’ve got some very lucky woofs. Ours has dry dog food – James wellbeloved and a couple teaspoons of tuna. If there’s any leftovers he might get a spoon of mashed potato or a little veg. Actually yesterday he had left over sausage but it was chopped up and sprinkled over 3 meals. I always feel want to give him something he enjoys but if I’m being honest he wolfs it all down and on the basis he’s quite partial to days old soggy pizza or tissues he finds out on his walk I don’t think I need to worry. He does love human food but I’ve been very careful over Christmas as if he gets too much it seems too rich and upsets his tummy. To come to think of it he’ll eat anything, loves all fruit and veg – funny boy.

Wish i had the same discipline over my eating habits, although not sure James Wellbeloved dog food is for me 😂

Had a little pasta at 4:30 which was the first break in the day. It was rather tasty and now I don’t feel I need tea. Maybe a fast day after all. Scales hovering over the next pound down so maybe if I close the kitchen I’ll just make it for Friday weigh in.

Right must get on, trying to keep on top of housework ready for estate agent pictures on Friday. Although surreal conversation with H about where will he put all his stuff as potential new house doesn’t have a garage. When I asked what sort stuff he said that in the garage he’s got a fish tank, a hamster cage, a set of wheel trims for a previous car and several mostly-empty pots of paint. He seemed quite put out when I burst out laughing about his ‘treasured possessions’
Meanwhile scrap metal can came round today and I managed to flag him down and take 3 old bikes and a broken computer chair. #operationhousemove #operationdeclutter.

CW

Heidi had iams dry food with a full tin of tuna,she also likes tined dog food.Loves chicken and of Denise had pork she loves the bones.Also has a full tin of sardines mixed with iams.Getting ready to go out now will book a taxi when I get dressed.

Evening all

It started out as quite a nice bright morning but by mid afternoon turned to rain but at least it wasn’t snowing.

That’s me finished eating now until breakfast on Friday morning so no washing up to do tomorrow that is definitely a nice benefit of fasting.

Evening all
Work flew by today, as it always does when I’m on an early, kept busy but I would rather that, my eating plans went out the window, a colleague persuaded me to have breakfast at the cafe( so much for my weetabix), but I did opt for the healthy option of poached egg, spinach,tomatoes, mushroom, baked beans and toast, and it was bloody lovely, I had boiled eggs for my lunch, found I had a bit of a headache most of the day, not like me, but put it down to fasting and withdrawal from something, and then I had to go to argos after work, and that’s when it happened!!!!, dominoes pizza 🤦‍♀️ , phoned home to see if they wanted it, haha like I had to ask, managed only to to eat 1/2, calorie count 850ish but it still keeps me well within my TDEE (?), which is about 2800 for my weight, and amazingly my headache has gone, could it be salt?.

Dave, I have been thinking you are 2 people Brad and Dave, but I’m sure it was you that just joined us as I was leaving last time?, is that correct?, I have been on a few cruises and absolutely love them, even had the pleasure of being invited to eat at the Captain’s table, with none other than The Crankie’s lol such a good night, I have always used a company called ‘get going’ travel insurance, since having my AF, very reasonably priced.
DF hope the bloating has gone and you feel better.
Hi to everyone one else, I’m going to have to write my list again, really am no use at names.
Welcome Sarah57 glad you got your medical problems sorted and can join us.

I am fasting tomorrow and am going to weigh in Friday with you all, I have put new batteries in the scales and would rather see a stone difference on friday than a couple weeks down the line, hopefully it is still the same.

Tammy x

I think it’s gone 🤦‍♀️ here we go again, abridged version.

Evening all
Work flew by, it always does on an early, got persuaded to get breakfast at the cafe, but went healthy option, poached egg, spinach, tomato, mushroom,baked beans, toast, had boiled eggs for lunch, I had taken them with me.
Accidentally bought dominoes pizza for tea, but it was 850ish for half and my TDEE, is 2800(if I’ve done it right), so am still under. I was a bit headachey all day thought it was because of my fast or withdrawal from something, but it went when I had the pizza, was thinking maybe Salt?
Dave I keep thinking your 2 people, Brad and Dave, but if I remember right, did you just join us last time I was just leaving?, we have been on a few cruises and love them, even had the pleasure of being invited to the Captain’s table for Dinner, with The Krankies, no less, lol. Since having AF I have used ‘get going’ travel insurance, found them very reasonable.
DF hope your feeling better.
Hi to everyone else hope you’ve all had a good one, need to get writing a list of names, I’m no good with them.
I am fasting tomorrow and weighing Friday again, new batteries in scale, would rather find out if im a stone heavier sooner rather than later.
Hopefully this one posts
Tammy x

Morni G everyone… And welcome BACK Sarah. So glad you’ve got your health sorted out and hope you can figure out how to do medication and food right. Do you have to take something more than once a day? I tried a wee experiment eating late breakfast and light evening meal before Christmas that worked – back to that maybe next week – which is do-able if you go with the new 800 approach.

Joining the fasters today I think… We’ll, trying anyway. Finally managed to sleep until 7am – yippee!

Dog food – dry, last thing at night and then he gets a wee bone – which is why the boys get ribs regularly to provide the stash of bones! He also gets all plates and pans and most leftovers. Absolutely loves curry!

Mx

Morning guys, and welcome back Sarah! Such a lovely coincidence that a few of the old group are returning at the same time 🙂

FD for me although I woke up hungry. I’ll keep drinking water, its only a feeling, I can do this.

Think a few of us fasting today, I think this will be a huge help in keeping me strong. Good luck with the day everyone x

Hello everyone fast day for me too, just had a cuppa will go and try to book the cruise now. No rain yet but I expect it will come later. Welcome back Sarah, Tammy how are you doing?

Hungry, too! Trying to reframe that hollow feeling as ‘beautifully slender’ – ha!
Also COLD – so putting on my office cardy (woolen sack!) in the hope I’ll feel better.
Another trip to the kitchen for decaf – no biscuits…didn’t even look as I know it’s all leftover shortbread (Scotland!) and I CAN resist that!

HH – how exciting re church…from a little bit of experience, it can be a really long process though for most. Took 5 years once to get a wee hall in the woods, and the final push for funding was…to push me out of a plane! Not going down that route again!

Loved being on the kids table at big gatherings..my oldest sister hated it when, because she’d married, her twin got ‘promoted’, and she wa left with us! My cousins and brother and I always had a riot!

Jean – our old dog has taken to howling with excitement at walks…especially if we’re slow getting out with him. Convinced he howls so much now because it’s the only sound he can really hear…but at mealtimes (ours, not his!) it’s beginning to get on my nerves. No good shouting at him to shut up, though…he can’t hear my voice!

Mx

In Hull just parked for our first job, Charlie asleep all the way 😁 now on guard waiting for Steve he hates us being separate.

Hedgehog..
Long time since I have had a riyvita..seeded ones I think was the best.

Minols..
A woolen sack with a bit of string around the middle, giving you the slim look 😂😂 the mind boggles. I do like a Scottish short bread oh nooo..

Your poor old dog bless when they can’t hear..

Dave..
If I keep moving it will keep you guessing 😂.. see if I can find a map for you..

Next stop the park, coffee maybe no cake, Wilkinson’s for printer ink and b&q for a socket for the caravan then home..

Keep strong fasters 😁

Jean x