Hi KT

Well done on your loss, small though it may be its taken you under a target and you are still on the way down. If you had stopped this way of life maybe you would have been back on the way up again.

Nice recipe above, I bought some parsnips lat week to make a spicy parsnip soup which you wouldn’t enjoy at all.

Hi Dee

That sugar film (sorry I can’t remember the authors name) has a quick trailer online and it may be worth a quick look. His book is available on Amazon Kindle for £7 +

For anyone who is interested I was chatting to my neighbour about rationing from a question in a quiz show. He can remember it and has seen ration books. I have seen one in a museum.

Here is a link to some wartime potato recipes

http://www.kingscollections.org/exhibitions/archives/food/ww2/pete#Gallery%5Bgallery1%5D/0/

Hi Audrey and Apricot

The phones just rang so back later.

Ginette

both my parents were children during the war, and both evacuated from London

I figure that is why they are still able to have ‘just 2 squares of chocolate’!!

actually even my hub had a ration book – and he was born in ’56
but some things were still on ration then, I believe
(before my time :))

Hello fellow Brits!

I hope you don’t mind me jumping on the bandwagon- could really do with some team motivation as it were. I’ve done my research and after a couple of weeks of 1200 calories a day to get me in the right mindset I’m ready to go 5:2. 4-5 stone to lose and ready to go for it- hoping to see a difference in time for my holiday in July.

Loving reading your stories and updates so hope you don’t mind me joining in :).

Thanks,
Jay

My usual FD would be Monday and Thursday but it’s Tuesday and Thursday this week as my twins are 24 tomorrow and they are coming for tea. Gone are the days of chocolate cake and candles thank goodness ! Have a great week all xx

Hello
Lovely to see the thread growing. I check in often but don’t post as often as I should. One year in and 3 stone down, as motivated as I was a year ago which has never happened with dieting before.
To those who are new, hello and welcome this is a fabulous way to lose weight. And the forum is the best support ever, check in to ask for help or even just to read to top up your motivation.
We can do it.

Hi all

I have had a good fast day struggled a bit once I had eaten but avoided the binge….

Shaziii ru still with us? Keep in touch .
Milena hope you are ok. Post again soon my friend…

Good luck to You all fasting tomorrow I am doing my next fast on Tuesday. Then hopefully on Thursday weigh in a loss this week…

Night all

Audrey

Hi All

Can’t sleep so I thought I’d catch up on posts.

Hi Audrey

I love reading recipe books even if I don’t make them.

Hi KT

Aren’t your parents lucky to stop at 2 squares!! Yes maybe from the war, they were fit and healthy due to the good diet, plenty of vegetables. You are doing well, a few wobbles at the start is understandable.

Hi Plainy

good luck with your first day. You are best to try and stick to the same time of evening meal as normal if you can. I have mine late so fast day it is also late. We all tend to be open books I think. It does seem to help.

Hi Jay

No you jump on and join us. You will soon get to know us. Set achievable targets maybe half a stone and then you will pass these more quickly. We always happy to help motivate.

Hi Dee

That is the beauty of this you can move the days around to suit you. Enjoy your day.

Hi Summer

Yes a brilliant loss in a yes and I agree a nice way to lose weight. Nice to see you again.

Hi Dag

Yes I have been overeating a bit and I’m always pleased to get to a fast day.

I’m hoping to fall asleep in the chair. I have the electricity people coming to fit a smart meter between 12 and 4 so let’s hope I get a few hours before then.

See you all later.

Ginette

Morning all,

Lynda well done on your loss, you are inspiring to us all….

Ginette hope you manage some sleep. …

I have been on scales it’s looking good for Thursday, fingers crossed. …

Have a good day all, fast or non fast. ….

Keep in touch together we are stronger

Audrey

Guys,

I’m am such a silly Billy only been putting in the wrong weight when I converted stones into pounds for my fast diet tracker no wonder my TDEE was high now I’ve taken the 1.7 stone off I’ve got a much better TDEE.
10,000 steps done with a 4 mile power walk.

Happy days Lynda x

Double post

Plainy, good luck on your first fast day, like hemmy says an oxo is always useful ….especially if you get a headache. …

Hemmy, don’t be lonely, we are always here for you, you are not alone. …

Lynda, I work off my target TDEE always have done I figured I need to get used to eating them calories,,,,

Just done an hr on treadmill, almost at 10,000 steps, now what do I do with rest of day?

Audrey

Weigh in this morning ready to start 5:2 this week. Lost 5lbs in three weeks at 1200 calories a day and looking forward to seeing how I get on with this. First fast day tomorrow and so ready- nervous about being at work surrounded by treats but will power through. Hats off to you ladies fasting today!

My goodness, Ginette has everything so planned out! I could never get to that sort of discipline although I like the things she eats, the chicken & veg, and the rhubarb etc. Food is what I think about when I am hungry and have to cook for my husband who is underweight for medical reasons. Once I start eating though I find it difficult to feel full up and stop. I’m going to try one meal a day, to try and force the hunger down. Good luck to all the nice people in this group.

Hello to all. I feel like a fraud being on this 5:2 site when I’ve being doing 16:8 (similar thought process). I’ve lost 17 lbs since January and finally feel like I have a handle on my hunger. I now seldom think of food (before I felt as if it was all consuming) unless I am genuinely hungry.
Anyway, today has been my first full fast in a very long time. It’s been much easier than past experiences. I’ve three hours until I can go to bed and claim a success.
Just checking in because I can feel hunger biting and could do with a morale boost!

Audrey, you’re a sweetie! Thanks so much for your encouragement. Just letting one person know that I’m fasting somehow makes me feel more accountable. x

thanks for asking hemmy
feel really rubbish
it took the whole morning to get head in a place where I could even go out for a walk
very tired, very low and got to try to do a fd tomorrow

my fd’s are Tuesday and Friday as I am usually out then which is better for me

Oh how I do love you Kt and Vet. Xx

Don’t you realize how absolutely brilliant you are. You are addressing your lifelong probs. Facing up to them… that is what we are all doing if we are lucky enough to be able to express all our fears to other like minded people… we are so blessed.

Some are never able to do and it must be soo hard.

Just remember we are all in this together. If we were perfect any of us … we wouldn’t be here. Lol

BUT the great part is so many people here have proved it works and are here to tell their story. You can and are both doing this. Xx

Really now ready for my bacon and egg sarni Well Hey it works for me… on a FD day. LOl Xx

Had afternoon tea with my birthday girl so quite looking forward to my FD tomorrow. Must say your body gets use to a reduced sugar intake x

oh hemmy bless you

am really in such a bad place right now but still trying so hard to control the food at least a bit

going to drag this vile body out for another walk as the walls are closing in, so long as can avoid buying anything from the coop on the way!!

I’m all set to FD tomorrow. I’m sooo busy in work which helps. I like black coffee and the odd fruit tea too. Topped up with water I think this takes the edge of any tummy growls. Fish and edge for tea and maybe a yogurt with strawberries. Plus another large glass of water. I will be up half the night in the bathroom ! Lol

Instead of losing posts they seem to duplicate now. Like everything in life

” All or nothing ” Lolol Xx

Hi Audrey

Yes thanks I slept most of the day, of course you know what that means……

Hi Lynda

Well done what a great loss!! Obviously now your TDEE is lower you stand a better chance of losing. It sounds as if you have it from this site. It is annoying that the site haven’t got it in stones and lbs though. That is why I used my fitness pal. I could cope with keep converting it.

That Zip will soon make it right to the top.

Hi Hemny

Good luck with fasting, you will soon be back in the saddle. My neighbour has got a really bad cold which he now says is more like flu. I am just going to post paracetamol through the door as he doesn’t want to give it to me. That bug sounds really rough.

You make me blush with your praise….. It is down to you as you have put the effort in and you do such a great job of encouraging and supporting everybody else. I’m sure you will miss Kirsty but it will be all the better when you meet up.

Hi Vero

I am organised on fast days but it’s the other days I have problems with so I only half deserve your lovely comment. I wimpish the other days I was organised 80 percent of the time, sadly it’s only about 20 percent of the time. Like you once I start I don’t want to stop. So I miss breakfast as this triggers eating and start eating as late as possible, normally about 2.30. This works for me although I am sure there will be others who really can’t do without breakfast. You just need to find what works for you.

I’d also like to eat well 80 percent of the time, sadly this isn’t so at the moment either. 🙁

Hi KT

You will still lose if you don’t do much as it is the food that makes the most difference. Just stay with us and as soon as you get past this difficult time you will see things improve. This forum can be really helpful in more ways than one. When I joined I had recently lost my job and then had a sad family situation the stree of all of this has kept me off of work. The forum helped me get past the worst of it. The family situation isn’t completely sorted but the positive mood of the forum and the fact that I am working to improve my health is really helping me.

As we go through life we just have to find good coping mechanisms….. This is one of them. Many people can’t talk to their nearest and deatrest about weight loss and the pitfalls they fall into. This forum is full of people who can and more importantly of having people who understand what they are going through.

Things will improve. Stick with it you Can succeed 🙂

Hi Plainy

I am glad the all went well for you today. How did you find things? You got off to a good start. Well done, it gets easier as time goes by as well.

Hi Vet

I too try to do 16:8 at the same time, I don’t manage this everyday but hopefully it helps. I must say though that it has really worked well for you. Well done.

I agree just writing on the site us one positive step forward. It means that you are committed even if you are struggling.

Hi Audrey and Dee

Good luck for your fast days. Dee remember you can always have a drink of Oxo if you get a bit of a headache. It is good that you are busy though. I hope all goes well.

see you all tomorrow unless any late ones come it.

A few people missing here, Celtic, Milena, Shaziii and others.

I hope you are all doing ok.

Ginette

Morning all,

Lynda when you go on my fitness pal and go into goals, and enter your weight and goal wright etc it then alters the calories you are allowed on your diary. I have put mine in and it tells me I am allowed 1200 per day.

Does this help?

Aud

Good morning friends hope all is well with you and yours.

A very cold morning probably the coldest so far here.

A lovely start to the day with my weigh in. Lost 1 lb which I never expected after only yesterdays fast with this flu thing. Must be the lack of wine. Lol

Hope yesterdays other fasters had a good day. Xx

Gine .. what Is the 16 8 does it work in with the FDs or every day. Hope you are keeping warm. Xx

YES … SOS FOR MILENA >> CC>> SHAZ and all. We are missing you. Xx

Aud and all fasting today … have a good one. Hot lemon water would be good and of course our little OXO. Xx

Well done Plainy … that’s the way … we can all do this together. Have a mindful day. That hairy bikers casserole favoured by Aud looks to be a star… will do it at the week-end for my Mum … she loves sausages. Enjoy it later Plainy Xx

Have a good day Brit lovelies… and anyone else looking in .. we welcome you too.

Be proud of every thing that you do. Even mistakes mean you are trying. Xx

Hi everyone 🙂

Wow! Sooo many new people on the thread! Welcome to Plainy Vero Vet Dag Dee & Jay 🙂 sorry if I’ve missed anyone x hope you all get the support you need on here to help with this great WOL.

Hi to all the ‘old timers’ !! Hemmy..well done with your loss this week x hope you are feeling much better now xx Did you have a nice crisp walk with Mr Pips today? We even had frost here this am..beautiful after so much rain!

Audrey..you are doing brilliantly with the treadmill 🙂 well done you! Have a good FD x

Ginette Lynda Coffee Celtic Milena Jean KT..hope all good with you all x

I’m maintaining at the moment which I’m happy with. Did put on a bit last week. Pancakes were my undoing..and I didn’t even enjoy them!! Think my tastes have really changed so I’ll make them for others next year but leave myself out!

Off on another ski holiday next Tues for 10 days (city then 6 days skiing) so looking forward to all that exercise 🙂 BUT going to the US so will have to watch the portion sizes!!

Well done to all who have lost 🙂 keep checking in for support when you can. It’s great to have like minded people to share the journey with x

Hope FD going well and mindful for everyone else x

Have a great day all 🙂

Karen
Xx