Dave -9 lbs
Sarah -5
Nana -4.5
HH -3
Kay -4
Typh00 -3
Minols -3
Tammy -3
Well done for January all!!
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***** Focused February *****
Nana 4
Sarah 4
CW 4
Tammy 4
Kay 4
Charlie 🐕 2
By the end of this month, this is what we will have achieved between us!
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Couldnt find a pebble so we have money for the jar instead!
Anyone else?
And for those saying they arent joining because of not wanting to spoil the jar, THATS THE POINT OF THIS!!! An extra incentive to losing the pounds 😂
Jean- Hope you don’t get blown away in the night, it will be cold, it’s only just February!! Have a lovely time, even without 🍷🍷
Mel- sounds like you had a lovely day! Enjoy the lasagne!
Dave- enjoy the steak & chips!
Kay- thanks for keeping track, it did manage 4.5lbs off in January.
Nana- Hope your FD goes okay tomorrow, I’ll be joining you!
Tammy- enjoy putting your feet up after your long shift…
Hope everyone has a good Saturday night!
Takeaway was lovely, such a treat! The electric car was very impressive too, you can’t hear it start though it’s so quiet!
Evening
Home now and just had some very nice and very bad loaded nachos, best thing I have tasted in a while, so a couple of vody’s later tonight and I will be a happy girl, not sure if I am fasting tomorrow or not, might just try and keep it low, will decide tomorrow.
Jean glad your all set up, it’s very cold here.
Dave, steak and chips, I do love a rib eye, but fillet is very good but too expensive for my pocket.
HH glad your Indian was good.
Kay thanks for keeping us right.
Tammy x
That is very motivational Kay. We’ve done well in January. I was thinking that 4lbs before my 6 days in France towards the end of Feb would be great but in fact it needs to be 4lbs off AFTER I come back🤔😏. Yikes!
Still eating too much on NFDs though had grilled sea trout (ok and chips) instead of the usual medium battered cod and chips. Have decided if I haven’t lost at least a pound on Thursday weigh in I have to do a third 500 fast on Thurs ofr Fri. I will hate that so it should motivate me to regulate NFDs better.
HH have stayed numerous times in Southwold and Aldeburgh and in Orford. Such a gorgeous area, how lovely to live close by. We thought we’d retire there at one time, but I doubt we’ll move again now.
Tammy vodka one of the few alcoholic drinks I don’t like along with Bayleys and similar. It’s just as well I don’t like absolutely everything….with you on the ribeye, about twice a year.
Steve, hoping you’re ok…..
Have a great Sunday everyone. We’re doing nothing except a walk and blah di blah so no eating excuses for me!
Evening All cont..
Kay..
Thanks for adding Charlie…we might join after holiday as not fasting this week…lost Steve my Steve?
Hedgehog..
I don’t like the quietness of electric cars..they need a noise 😂
Tammy..
I like a ribeye not keen on fillet…lovely ribeyes in Houston with SIL bbq ing them…
Sarah..
Enjoy doing nothing…😂..it’s nice…these breaks spoil the run on weight loss…
Must congratulate you all it’s a great weight loss….
Jean x
Jean, enjoy your break, gets you away from your nasty neighbours too!
Dave, hope Denise gets over her cold quickly and you dont get it.
HH, glad you enjoyed your takeaway.
Mel, was the lasagne worth waiting for?
Nana, good luck for your FD tomorrow.
Not been too bad here today, although I think the heavy rain is due to return overnight. Not windy though.
Looking forward to watching the England rugby game tomorrow 🏈 The Wales game was good today! The Scotland/Ireland was quite close.
F1 will be starting soon too 🚘
We might be away for a few days from 9th Feb, family visiting, so will have to be careful on the eating!
Kx
Morning All…
Lots of rain through the night.. although just dry now.. the wind seems to have gone.
Charlie sat staring and watching his wood very closely .. trying to tell me something 😂Cleethorpes leaving about 10.30…
Why do dogs lick your feet.. I hate my feet touching 😱
Dave…
Hot toddy I swear by it .. medicinal only…
Kay..
Enjoy your sport today.. F1 March Steve follows it.
Speak later .. off to the woods 😂😂 no choice..
Jean x
Morning all
Has rained quite heavily (just for a change) but seems to be lessening. So over winter. Seems to have gone on and on in a very wet way for months now with cold bright days minimal.
Dave hope Denise a bit better and you’re fighting it off. Meant to say homemade pie so nice. You sound a total sports bod. My OH very knowledgeable about footie past and present though weirdly doesn’t really watch it.
Kay you too seem a big sports fan.
Jean, have a lovely day. Your van seems cosy cosy. I actually like it when Grets licks my feet….
Have a good fast day Mary, ready for your Cambridge trip. Lots of lovely places for lunch there I remember from my one weekend there.
I am determined to keep it low today and fasting tomorrow. The prospect of a third fast day is starting to bite. I need to get serious about focussed feb. It’s true what Kay said the pebbles coming back out of the pot are meant to minimise weight gain over holidays and suchlike. If I gain while away I’ll feel bad I’m letting the group down.That’s a good thing! We don’t actually lose money or anything…..
Getting serious in Focussed feb before I start peeling of the layers for spring and summer eeeek! X
Good afternoon, I watched the hockey until it finished about 3am.It went to overtime 😱. Superbowl tonight and I might watch that too, that ends between 3 and 4am💤.Not had anything to eat so will try just to have one meal today,roast chicken and no Yorkshire puddings 😱😱😱. Probably have toast if I watch the Superbowl.Its a lovely sunny day here for a change.
Afternoon all
Had a nice long lie, not going to fast today, although I really should, I have 2 lunches out this week, but might try and make them one meal days, and get a couple of fasts in, as away the following week, and I wont be watching what I eat.
Raining here and cold, think its supposed to turn to snow tomorrow, but will see, the town I live in sits in a slight valley and we can miss a lot of stuff, but catch other stuff, I have seen me phoning work when we’ve had loads of snow to say I might be late, and have literally gotten to the outskirts of town (it’s not a big town) and there is nothing!!!!, sure my work thinks I make it up lol.
Having a very lazy day, except the washing, there is always washing.
Have a great day
Tammy x
How’s your neighbour Hh? Has the doctor called or is it needing an ambulance? Hope all ok.
Enjoy the superbowl and Sunday dinner Dave, think it will be mince for us, debating dumplings for H and I’ll have just one.
Opticians this morning, first time in about 5 years but thankfully eyes not deteriorated too much. Old glasses still ok but ordered spare pair with updated prescription for driving.
Rugby (watching) then gym this afternoon. Ironing whilst rugby on.
How’s your low day going Sarah? The idea of summer clothes is just idyllic, and if I’m a few pebbles less I’d be even happier.
How were the woods Jean? Charlie looked so snuggled and sleepy in his blanket last night.
Hope everyone else enjoying their day.
CW
Afternoon All…
Having a quiet hour and catchup….Turned out bright and mild..
A busy day walking in Cleethorpes Country Park, beach and a good walk around the farm and woods early morning…one very tired boy and hubby 😂..13,100 steps walked already…
Hedgehog..
Hope your neighbour is ok and you have got some medical treatment for her…
Kay..
Charlie will be doing a pound every two weeks, so two weigh ins for him for February…
Sarah..
Hope your low day goes well and tomorrow’s fd…we have had haddock and chips, ice cream at the beach.
Mel..
Well done on your February’s 4 lbs off pledge.
Dave..
I can’t believe how you stay up all that time…enjoy…how’s Denise?
Tammy..
Goodness snow forecast I have not seen that…need to get the caravan back Tuesday 😂
Cakey..
The wood is small but nice about half a hour round the edge…a bit muddy in parts and flooded a bit, so repeating it in parts he does like it…across the fields this morning or should I say around the edge not so muddy, a bit of long grass, wellies really needed for long wet grass, first time my feet just started to get wet.
Sorting some photos out now…
Jean x
Fasting today, going really well, I feel grimly determined! I ate so much yesterday with leftover cake & the takeaway I’m probably still full!
Neighbour had dizzy spells he’s had before, the on call doctor wouldn’t come out but sent another prescription to the nearest pharmacy, hubby went & got them, hopefully it’ll help…his wife has dementia though so he does most stuff round the house, she was wandering about quite lost 😞 We took their dog for a walk, she didn’t want to go home 😱 Saw mum for a game this afternoon, she’s taken a dislike to a new lady in their circle, not like mum, she’s got a real bee in her bonnet!
Shame about the rugby!
Hope everyone’s day has been good.
Evening
Eaten too much for tea, sausages and mash and a small chocolate trifle, regret it now, but hayho, had a very lazy day, just what I needed, day has flown by, think the rain has stopped.
Dave bad luck with the rudgy.
HH good for you ,keeping determined.
CW found myself wondering what day it was when you said you were at the opticians, my town too small for much to open on a Sunday lol.
Sunday evening viewing, the great pottery throw down and ‘greet of the week’ (call the midwife)
Catch you later
Tammy x
Evening everyone,
Well I caved in at lunchtime and had an egg sandwich as I was so cold and hungry. Evening meal was a mushroom pasta bake so have come in over 800 calories but below my tdee allowance.
Jean sounds like you’ve had a lovely day – lovely photos by the way.
Hedgehogs a busy day for you hope your neighbour is on the mend. Well done on completing your FD. Wonder what the new lady had done to upset your mum 😕
Dave glad Denise is a little better and loved the photo of Heidi.
Tammy we’re currently watching Dr Who then Call The Midwife followed by Vera which we record.
Have a good evening and day tomorrow whether fasting or not.
Nana x
Quite a nice day just doing a walk, a few overdue jobs and French. It is mild here and there has been a few sunny flashes. Had a lowish day. Probably the best NFD I’ve done to date this time around. But not perfect or close. I’m fasting tomorrow and hoping to see the scales down by Thursday weigh-in or another 500 day.
What is this 800 FD thing? I notice quite a few people do it. Is this a new thing? Going to stick to 500 anyway if I can as the discipline is good for me and I was able to work with it last time.
Hope everyone’s had a great day and gearing up for the first week of Feb.
Sarah- the Fast800 is Michael Moseley’s new plan, the thinking is that an 800cal FD seems to work as well as a 500cal one. You can either do the usual 2 FDs, or do a longer spell of 800cal days. Some of us have done that- Kay, Dave, Minols & me have all tried it & it works quite well. If you can work with 500 I’d stick to that unless you’re going to do a longer spell of FDs.
Nana- I am so cold too! Sitting here with 2 hot water bottles & a dressing gown on over my clothes!! Well done keeping low still.
Tammy- we’re hoping to catch up on Call the midwife, but it’s not on Iplayer yet. Do love Vera, & the SAS who dares wins. Can’t stay up too late though, eldest always gets up really early for work, & isn’t quiet!
Dave- glad Denise is feeling better, & Heidi enjoyed her chicken!
Jean- hope those steps cancel out the chocolate!
Cakey- so much for you to cram in in your weekends…how is your mum?
Hope everyone else’s okay!
Hungry but being strong!
Morning All…
A bright day but goodness the wind and chilly…a slow start this morning…we are deciding what to do…
Strange not fasting today but have a good day whoever is fasting…
Dave..
Good news on Denise hope you get away with not getting it….
Hedgehog..
Hoping your neighbour is feeling better…do you always feel cold or is it only on fast days…we are sat in short sleeve tee shirts every day!…we have eaten treats but we could of had a lot more 😂
Sarah..
Although we do 5.2 if I go over slightly I am not too bothered..maybe up to a 100 over sometimes depends what we are having…I think people go into it too deeply and it gets confusing…I think summer is much easier…
I have 4.5 tog duvet on the bed here and at home not gone higher yet…drop to a 1 tog for the summer.
Kay..
Hope you get to see baby Theo soon…
Hi to everyone else have a good day …
Jean x
Good afternoon, the Superbowl was exciting,best one I have seen for a while. Denise’s cough is getting worst,and when she gets a cough it lasts for weeks 🥴🥺.I am fasting today just one cuppa so far and gym later this afternoon. A British speedway rider who had mental health issues has took is own life,so sad.I think he was in his early thirties.This makes me worry all the more about my son.Life is never easy.
Hi Everyone
Been busy on here over the weekend.
Thansk the the updates, Kay – you can put me down as aiming to lose 2lbs in focused February…even though I’m on holiday next week! Maybe I’ll pack my running shoes, and see if I can get back into that, running round the village before anyone is up!
Up at 4 this mornign, so a possible fd is turnign into a ‘just be sensible’ day, so porridge at 7am, suasage roll just now, and veg curry tonight…really enjoying my half portions of normal food that others are eating. Finding it’s enough, and nice to be ‘normal’!
Mx
Minols- I get the nice to be normal thing, if you can manage the smaller portions that’s great! Where are you going for the half term?
Dave- your son’s getting help, hopefully he’ll get there, it is a worry though. Hope Denise’s cough doesn’t last too long, enjoy the gym!
Kay- hope baby Theo mends bridhes & you can visit soon!
Jean- I do feel cold easily, but it can get really bad on FDs! Hubby is in just a Tshirt. Enjoy whatever you decide to do today, & especially enjoy not fasting!
Anyone else fasting today? I’m doing okay, feel quite determined at the moment!
Neighbour is feeling lots better, has been able to take their dog out himself, so that’s good. HomeStart baby is much the same, a couple of small steps forward mum said so that’s better than none, but still very poorly 😞
I am very,very rarely cold especially in the house.Denise is sat with a woolly cardigan on and I am virtually naked sometimes 🙈.A short sleeve shirt always,don’t buy long sleeves in anything.Just been out with Heidi, she met one of her friends so we were talking for ten minutes until Heidi wanted to move on.
Afternoon All..
We have had a visit to Weelby Woods again, a coffee and scone stop, on the front of Cleethorpes…the woods, what a difference two days make, very good path first time like a mud bath today, slipping and sliding..the boy very muddy, playing with another dally, they were black!..still very cold and windy so settling in the caravan for the afternoon barring the later walk.
Home tomorrow morning…we have enjoyed it…site to ourselves so peaceful..
Dave..
Good you enjoyed the super bowl…it is sad when things go dark and low for people, it’s trying to help them the best you can..it’s a big worry. We have been through this with my BIL, unfortunately we were too late and couldn’t help.
Enjoy the gym..
Minols..
Lots of us having breaks..it does eat into the fasting window..we have to live…enjoy your time away.
Hedgehog..
Good news on neighbour and baby…we have got used to our smaller plates you get used to the size…Charlie has been naughty in this wind..he was going to the car from the caravan and had a stand-off for 20 mins, Steve didn’t put his lead on 😱….just wanted to run and play..we ended up going back in the caravan and waiting…he came back after 5 mins….then you don’t know whether to scold or treat!!
Tyhpoo..
Glad to have you back onboard..you have been missed….climb on the horse and start again…
Jean x
Fasting today and so far so good. The fasting days just get done, it’s the NFDs that are scuppering me. I need to get real now!
Might have a two egg omelette tonight. Had about 100 cals so far.
Jean, love a scone, glad you’re having a good break. You are made of hardy stuff. We have a 9tog duvet supplemented by thick eiderdown in winter. Just taken it off with trepidation, plus a 2.5 for the summer. Hope you get Charlie clean enough to see his spots again. apparently always treat/praise when they return even if they’ve been naughty because you’re rewarding the behaviour you want. One of those very long leads could help and some recall practise with a quick flick back if he forgets himself.
HH how are you doing? Great news on the baby. Hope that trend continues and that your neighbour is ok too.
Steve, well done for being back. It happens to us all. The key is resilience and not letting it knock you back. Have you go a short term goal for Feb? It should help. We all know that we will lose at various rates. Those who are maintaining or close to goal can’t lose as much as those of us who have a fair few pounds but the group dynamic and shared pot is still motivating.
Kay, hope Theo doing well and that you get a snuggle soon.
Minols you seem to be finding a customised solution that works for you.
Dave, it is worrying I know but that’s so extreme. Sooo many people have anxiety at some times in their life and learn to deal or manage it. Your son is getting good help and has good support from you and Denise. Every reason to suppose he will work through this.
Hope everyone having a good day fasting or not. Off to have a cup of hopefully filling tea!
Typhoo- you were missed! Hope you can soon get into the swing of fasting…
Dave- you’re okay usually without eating before the gym aren’t you? I think your body gets used to fasting & can adjust to exercise. Hope you’re not too hungry…
Jean- definitely treat not tell them off when they finally come back, he is naughty! Xena has been a pickle while I’ve done cleaning, being very attention seeking! She’s had a good game at the park so has now settled.
Nana- hope lunch was good.
Kay- hope you got some sleep!
Minols, Cakey- hope your work’s going okay…
Mel, Sarah, Tammy, all quiet today!
Fasting going okay, am feeling quite strong at the moment! In mourning for a 27 year old house plant we’ve had to get rid of today, couldn’t find a new home for it 😞 It’d got really big & the pot seems to make everywhere damp around it, so it’s had to go- Nan gave it to us as a housewarming present. Can’t believe I haven’t killed it off!
Hi sorry totally forgot to post, had a late start this morning and hit the ground running lol
Not fasting today, but only had some soup and a scone (so far)
My daughter has woken with a sore throat and chest , so getting her dosed up, dont want her being too Ill for going away, but the cough has started, just my luck, she has also said they are getting their nat 4 maths test next Wednesday!!!
Thus is the first time I have ever taken her out of school when she should be in and she gets a test, they have a long weekend next week, do are off from Thursday through to the following Tuesday, so thought I would tag a couple more days on, as I’m off that week, oh well she will just have to do it when she goes back.
Hope everyone good, typh00 welcome back,
Tammy x
Feeling happy as have planned a fast day dinner that isn’t a ready meal! 2 egg omelette made with 1 teasp olive oil, two chopped up babybell lights, big handful of salad and 1 teasp of balsamic 320 cals. Would have put in some red pepper etc but have none.
Hoping all fasters hanging on and powering through.
Hope you had a nice Cambridge day Mary and a lovely lunch….
Evening All…
Sarah..
I think omelette is a good fd meal..we often have one, very filling…Charlie is so full on these last few days, it could just be excitement, he loves the woods…he is good at recall, he just wants to play…more than usual.
Hedgehog…
He did get a biscuit, just so full of it..sleeping now thank goodness…we are doing 17,000 steps a day he will do more….
Your poor plant you have had it a long time…I had 2 of my mums African Violets since 1981 when she died, they actually died about 2010, just short of thirty years, she had them ages too..still I suppose everything dies eventually…
Tyhpoo..
Glad a plan is in place….
Dave..
Hope your knees soon improves….my toes are giving me pain, it’s a while since I have had it.
Tammy…
Hope your daughter soon feels better…ready for you to go away…do you get in bother with the school?
Nana..
Hope your day went well in Cambridge…
Settled down for the night…up and away before 11am tomorrow…
Jean x
Evening everyone,
Thank you all for asking if I had a nice lunch – which I did. Have to say Cambridge was unusually quiet so it was nice walking around without having to dodge tourists. Am planning on a FD tomorrow as today hasn’t been so will weigh myself on Weds morning instead of tomorrow morning.
Dave shame about Denises cough hope it improves soon.
Minols sounds like you’ve found a way that suits you.
Welcome back Steve.
Hedgehogs I’m always cold – my late dad was the same.
Jean your time away has gone quickly – sounds like you’ve had a good time.
Tammy your poor daughter hope she’s on the mend soon.
Hedgehogs upsetting for you regarding the plant – we rescued my late mother in laws Christmas cactus as no one in the family wanted a few years back and I’m pleased to say that it’s still growing as I don’t normally have a lot of luck with houseplants either. Good to hear of slight improvement for hs family.
Kay bet you can’t wait to see baby Theo .
Have a good evening everyone and well done to all of you on completing a FD today.
Nana x
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