Mel you will have to stamp my passport in 10 days time. Going to Saltfleet for a week. Hope it can match up to the cruise and week in Majorca I had to cancel☹️. Whatever it’s like it’s a break. I better wake my old German shepherd up to take her for a walk.

Think my next fast day will be Monday although I am getting in holiday mode so not good, I can easily put half a stone on holiday time 😵.The text as suddenly gone smaller on my phone, must investigate.

Evening everyone, didn’t get around to posting yesterday evening. Am pleased to say that my weigh in yesterday morning showed me a one pound loss.
Hedgehogs Visited our friends and collected a takeaway as usual but didn’t eat it until this evening the reason being that yesterday was my late mum’s birthday and one of her favourite meals was Scampi and chips and as she’s no longer with us to celebrate her birthday the close family celebrate by having her favourite meal so when we got home we cooked ourselves Scampi and chips.
Welcome Kim I’m married and live in a small village six miles away from Cambridge.
Hope our other newcomers Ali and Jason are doing okay. If you have any problems or queries just come on here one of us will be able to help you.
Jean hope you and Steve are all settled in for your holiday.
Mel got my test results and everything was okay.
Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Evening All..
All settled in and quite pleased with where we are staying..
Having a quiet evening in..Charlie seems ok he often gets upset to start with..

Kim..
Welcome, it’s a good way of life.. I did SW lost weight but put it all back on..I feel this is the best way of loosing it.. after a while you can tweak it to your way.

Ali..
I find I can’t do AFDs we do twice a week and it suits us..it must be so hard to watch others eat..Steve does it with me so it is easier..

Hedgehog..
Brought the last couple of pieces of chocolate with us..weather a bit chilly could be a bit warmer..a bit of drizzle a few times. Signal not too good.

Dave..
Soon be your holiday another week to go…

Mel.,
Glad your friend is joining you, might she join us on here… or won’t she last the week 😂
I suppose I am in waving distance 🙌.. could do with better weather, we were on Mablethorpe beach earlier .. everywhere was so busy..

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Jean x

Jean- glad you gpt thete safely & it seems nice. Hope the weather improves & you can find quieter places, everywhere seems so busy!
Nana- well done on the 1lb off! Nice to still celebrate your Mum’s birthday, sorry, I forgot you were doing that. Good news with the blood tests, at least your liver’s okay, enjoy your wine tonight 👍
Dave- keep strong, you’re just getting back into the swing of fasting, don’t get into holiday mode yet…
Ali- at the moment I’ve been doing liquid FDs, but eating too much on nonFDs! I like to switch things about a bit, seems to help with weightloss & stops me being bored, so next week I’ll do a week of 800cal days! My sis lost 4 stone on SW, but has put it all back on plus several more…must be weird working from home, I’d find it hard to be disciplined I think!
Mel- sorry I won’t be joining you if you’re fasting tomorrow- don’t think I could go into a week of 800days in the right frame of mind if I fast Sunday!
Jason- hope your FD went okay, weekends can be tricky…
Kay- on your holiday now! 👍

Morning all!
Jason- you do what suits you on a FD- the original 5:2 was 500 cals on a FD, including drinks. Michael Moseley has also brought out the Fast800/ blood sugar diet which is 800 cals, so on here we’re a mixture, some 500, some 800, & I sometimes do liquid. On the keto forum they do black coffee only!
So you do what you feel you need to do to make this sustainable!
Jean- have a good holiday day, hope the weather is better!
Kay- have you managed to book anything? Enjoy F1 later!
Dave- shame about the footie…are you having a roast today?
Minols- has your Church opened up, or are your services still online?
Mel- are you fasting? Keep strong if you are…
Nana- hope you enjoyed last night, & have a good day…
Kim, Ali- have a good Sunday too…
Sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone!
About to cook breakfast for eldest before he goes to work, he has a busy weekend after things have been quiet. Seeing mum later, weather not thrilling here!

I just weighed myself during a show about obesity in the UK. Very depressed…:( ok 1 week in and lets see those scales go down! I was so good – did not drink alcohol all week and my weight did not budge!

Good afternoon ,Ali you will have weeks when it stays the same, I am 21 stone but was 24 stone before I started the 5-2.Just aim to lose one pound per week.on non fast days try to stay under your TDEE.If you know you can’t do a fd on a particular day just change the day that’s the beauty of the 5-2.

Evening!
Jean- hope the change of scenery is good even with the weather being iffy. Do not even think about fasting tomorrow!
Dave- shame about the sport…
Ali- as Jean says, measure too, that can show changes even when the scales don’t move!
Jason- well done for fasting today, keep strong the rest of the evening!
Hope everyone else is okay!
Had a nice game with Mum (for the newbies, we lost dad 18months ago, mum doesn’t cope very well & has mildish dementia, so see her regularly) Eaten well today & ready for next week…Ugh hubby & son are watching The Meg 😱

Hi all – feels like I’ve not posted in a few days…don’t know where the time is going to at the moment.

The boy is safely back at school, and I think the teachers are surviving. Dropped chocs in to the 3 schools I ‘watch over’ on Friday – one school was so grateful as in all the stress no-one had been allocated to do ‘chocolate Friday’! The OH is also back at the office…not going in as early as I’d hoped, so we’re still doing family porridge breakfasts. I’m back on my bike in preparation for getting an electric one next month…saw one in Holland I really liked.

HH – we opened for a funeral on Thursday…in fact, that’s why I’ve been so busy. Doh…just realised it! A whole lot of protocols to work through. Not going to be doing regular services for a while as on-line including far more people than the building could just now. We’ll do a soft trial on 6th and see how that goes. I’ve marked out all the spaces where people can sit with hearts – seemed nicer than ‘you may sit here’ signs! Just 20 spaces for either individuals, couples or housholds.

Down at work again just now, after a delicious wee bowl of arrabiatta. Back on the black coffee.

Hopefully be a bit more disciplined this week, and catch up with you all (including the new names I see! Hi!)

Mx

Morning all!
Hi Minols- glad that you’re okay, sounds really busy as usual! Our Church has opened for some- not even 20 can get in I think so we’re still watching online.
1st day of an 800 cal week for me, hope anyone else fasting has a good day & keep strong!

Why are people longing to find a magic pill till nowadays? Not surprisingly, I was one of them who was eager to eat everything and have just one pill that will reverse my shape backwards.

Just as I posted – Minols how could I forget you.! Have a good week and back on track. Can’t remember if you are maintaining or trying to lose a bit more?

Have a great day everyone.

Fast day today,not helped by Denise baking,I will tell her to put a cake away until tomorrow for me. Still got stomach pains six weeks or possibly more😫😫☹️☹️.There was a news item saying 4 million are waiting for hospital treatment, I suppose I will be one of them 😫😫.At least I can come on here and moan about it now and again.My nails are growing fast since I started taking vitamin D.I must try hard to resist the holiday feeling.Good luck to the fasters today, usually a few on Monday.

Afternoon everyone! Big Hello to the newbies…Ali, Kim and Jason.

I think our week off will be a stay at home holiday! Neither of us feel confident about visiting elderly mothers in South and North Wales although Neils mum is having someone in once a week to clean and someone visited to do her hair the other week!! 😨

Maybe will book some time off in September, when its quieter too, so we can camp with Tara.

Getting through a few jobs in the house and garden, so that feels good.

After an aborted dog walk this morning, with the rain, will try again later.

Looks like a few of us have lost weight this week…well done us!
Given Im officially on holiday, Im not fasting this week, but will jump back on the ADF 800 after next weekend.

Keep strong if you are fasting and whatever you are up to today, have a nice day x

Looking good, not had any food 😇😇😇.Salad to do then eat 😁.Will take Heidi out again before I eat. How you all doing?

Evening!
Kay- shame about your week off 😞 good chance to get some stuff done, & hope maybe you can get out to some quiet places with Tara…is there room in your garden to put the tent up? If there is maybe you could get her used to it?
Nana- well done with your FD, we had the fog & humidity too…
Dave- you’ve done really well today! Keep strong this evening 👍
Seen a text a bit late from my sis saying we were running out of water in our village- went to fill up bottles but turned out it was all sorted, but the local shop has done well out of people panic buying water! FD gone well, day 1 easy, 6 at least to go!

Hi all,
Second FD went fine but I came in slightly over 800 because I hate black coffee! I appear to have lost no weight in the first week but at the moment I am fine if I lose a pound or two over a few weeks. For me this is just about losing the last half stone.
Kay – thanks for the welcome. I am a 50-year-old teacher who lives just outside Princess Risborough in Buckinghamshire.
Couple of years ago I had a heart attack and was nudging 15 stone and so I went on an Exante (VLCC diet). It went brilliantly and I’m now just over 12st.
I want to get down to 11 1/2 and then I’m going to maintain using one fast day a week.
I have a long-term partner, a 21-year-old daughter of mine who lives in Nottingham and two step kids who are 18 and 16 respectively.
On the nonweight matter – I’m not looking forward to going back to work in September. The prospect of going back to 4 classrooms with coughing and sneezing students fills me with dread and, as someone who has an underlying health condition, this Covid thing is a huge worry
I’m not planning on going anywhere and see you guys as a fantastic support network but, because I spend a lot of time in front of a screen for my work I will tend to dip in and out rather than daily if that’s okay? I hope nobody thinks the worse of me for that?

Hi all!
Jason- the last stone will probably seem like it’s taking forever to get off, really well done on the weight loss so far, you have a good reason to want to lose! And I can understand being worried about going back to work- the autumn term is always a nightmare for coughs etc with kids in school, they’ll all be off having to get tested 😱😬 Feel free to pop in when you need to👍 We do have a WhatsApp group too, for posting photos- mainly of our dogs!- if you’re sticking around feel free to let me know & you can join?
Jean- enjoy your day, wherever you visit!
Dave- hope you get all your shopping done, lots of salad & fruit? Shame you can’t have grapefruit, I think it was top of the list you posted yesterday?
Mel- is it a FD for you?
Kay- have a good holiday day!
Minols- keep away from the biscuits, you seem to be doing well with that?!
DF- hope you’re okay, how was yesterday?
Nana- well done for your FD yesterday, have a good day today!
We took Xena to Sizewell, it was beautiful there, & quiet. Xena enjoyed her paddle again, kept looking at me as if to ask why I wasn’t going in, wished I’d thought to bring my cozzie, but it wasn’t nice at home. Cut youngest’s hair- it’s his gf’s 18th birthday today, so he’s going out with her family to a posh restaurant tonight. Cooked both boys breakfasts are it’s their day off, good job I’m veggie or the bacon would’ve tempted me! Salad tonight for me again.
Have a good day all!

Well done, Dave, keep strong! Yes, it’s 800cals week 😞😞. I’d like to do 2 weeks again but not sure if I can! Not as busy right now so I can’t distract myself! Did a workout earlier- haven’t done one for a couple of weeks as it’s been so hot…

That’s good Jean, very sunny here and warm 😬. No FD today.Might try for another one tomorrow.Damage limitation for the holiday next week.

Nana, Dave & Jean- glad you’ve had a good weather day! Ours nice too- just one shower. Egg mayo & cress salad eaten for dinner, 680cals & 20g carbs done.

Morning All..
A sunny start rain expected at lunch time.. going to Snipe Dale Country Park for the boy, three different trails to do, we will do the 1 hour walk then find somewhere for lunch …

Dave..
It’s not long now we are finding some lovely places, it depends what you like.

Nana…
I like bacon too nothing like a bacon butty..

Hedgehog..
Egg mayo sandwich lovely…like a nursery tea 😂comforting..

Have a good day everyone..

Jean x

Afternoon!
Morning’s disappeared- up early so took Xena out, we picked blackberries so I can do a crumble tomorrow for eldest. Then went out for another longer walk with a couple of ladies from Church, Xena was really good & impressed them with her recall- I did bring chicken 😂
Just finished our online shopping order.
800cals again, getting progressively hungrier as the days go by! I keep telling myself I’ve done it before!
Dave- keep strong, holiday soon…
Jean- egg & cress salad, not sarnie, don’t eat bread! Hope the change of scenery is doing you good, sounds like you’re finding nice places to go.
Everyone else okay?

Very hungry now could eat a horse.Dont think I will bother though, did do once in belgium.2 cups of tea so far today so 40 calories. Anyone else fasting?