Hi FBBs hope all is well with you Xxxx

A beautiful day again but cold. At least drying up a bit.

I am pleased to say I have lost 2 lbs this week so back to my goal weight.

Sym… Well done on your loss .. you are doing so well with your cafe trips included. I have had no food out since Christmas. So a lot easier.

Brads .. hang in there ..not easy but you just have to go with the flow of how you feel everyday. It comes in waves I am afraid. Take care.

Nana ..I bet you just wanted a sit in front of that TV after that good walk . lol
Is it a take away this evening.

Mel HH and Kay hope you are having a good day.

Sarah doing ok.. but feels very cold.. she thinks it is from having her booster Covid like symptoms but negative testing,

Just going to give my little boot room a good clean .. Its muddy and my geraniums that are winterising in there need some attention to leaves. they are still flowering. I should cut them down and let them rest really but its nice having the colour out there
Have a good day all whatever you are doing.

Even if you make the tiniest of progress today .. it still matters. Xxxx

Afternoon everyone it’s been another lovely sunny day but a frosty start.
Hemmy yes meeting up with our Friday night friends and an Indian takeaway is planned.
Jean sounds like you enjoyed a good game of boules boules.
Dave a hard thing to do collecting Heidis ashes sending hugs.
We’re both still continuing with our dry January almost half way through not that we’re counting.
Have a good weekend everyone and stay safe.
Be back Monday with hopefully a weight loss to report.
Nana x

All quiet today!
Have done a Saturday FD, 700 cals. Lots of walking done, have seen mum, lazy evening ☺

Good morning everyone, Jean I love steak toasties.I used to make them on a George foreman grill. Watched the football then cleaned all the grouting in the bathroom.Lovely and white now. Had a few wobbly days but feeling a little better now.

Morning all,

A bit warmer today, no frost. Think I will have a potter around in the garden, do a bit of tidying, start thinking of what I want to do in a few spots in spring.

Fast for me today. Don’t expect much movement this week sadly as some of my NFDs have been too high!

Hemmy well done with getting back to goal.
And you too Jean although I know you would like a couple more off for wriggle room.

Another week gone….this month is going so quickly and I don’t feel I have anything to show for it!

Have a peaceful Sunday all x

As a matter of interest I looked at my TDEE and it’s 1539 at sedentary, so definitely eating too much on NFDs

1539 sedentary
1764 Lightly active
1988 moderately active

Must do more exercise!!!

Just realized I’m not getting out much these days, bowling twice and shopping twice that’s it😩. Not sure about holidays this year. Will have to see how covid progreses.

Morning All
A lovely frosty morning but mild in a strange way…walked out of the village on the river bank it was not too muddy…

Fast day for me and a late breakfast still it’s a normal time for me..10.45…

A few jobs to do pop to the town, a couple of phone calls, chasing a tablet short at the vets just can’t get through…

Kay..
You are doing well 2 1/2 lbs off. I am like you possibly too much on a non fast day, a bit of biscuit eating which I must get out of..

Dave..
It’s strange after all the walking then it stops…it must be hard. Enjoy your bowling today..

Mel…
Hugs to you today 🤗, the anniversaries are hard.
Like you over the years lots of books and weight records, not so many now they are nice to see what you have done and a reminder.
On your holidays you do get the exercise in, life’s short enjoy them get the weight off when you get back…
Even us without holidays need off days with treats, it makes fasting easier….

Jean x

Grrr…just lost my post!

Well done Mel and Mary.

No loss for me this week at all.

I’m going to write things down for a while see if that helps. I don’t want to have to count the calories.

And I need to do more proper exercise a few times a week.

HH when are you going to weigh in? End of the month perhaps?

I’m out in a bit to do a holiday clean from Christmas. Hopefully they haven’t left food in the fridge!!

Mel, be kind on yourself today.
Dave and Jean, you 2 as well.

K x

Hi FBBs hope all is well with you Xxxx

What a glorious day .. quite warm in the sun. I am considering.. window cleaning .. Car cleaning or neither lolol.

Big Hugs to all that need them today. Xxxx

Talking about writing down .. For years now I have kept a diary .. well not really diary unless I get a Xmas one. lol Just a cheap note book.

I have it by my bed .. and every night I write a few lines.. Eg.. Date .. how much water I have drank. My weight that morning and night.

Then I write ,, if it was an ok day or funny or sad day. .. anything that stood out I swear about people in there too lol ( When K comes I put it under my mattress ) lolol It all helps to see how you felt and what happened that day re food as a result. .

The last sentence .. I always end. for example.. Coffee … cheese nuts fruits ,,, Chicken.. Jacket potato veg.. yogurt honey

If I do a bad day I write .. THIS NEEDs TO STOP NOW.

Like Mel said you can look back see how you did and what you did.

After losing Andrew I suffered anxiety/ panic attacks they came from no where .. quite astounded me as I am a very grounded person in general. Writing down helped me with that then I came here soon after and found it helped with controlling the weight. I have just continued and always will now.

Luckily for me panic attacks went and the weight too. .. Hope this helps.

Lunch done .. so better clean those windows before it gets to cold. Enjoy your day everyone.

Do whatever makes you happy. The days aren’t coming back. Xxxx

Evening All..
A good fast day about 650 cals I am ok with that..

Generally I am having my breakfast at 10.30 after my walk, so it’s two meals a day. I only change if I know I shall be out for lunch then I have earlier breakfast….then have a very light dinner if any…

Dave..
You are doing really well, if you can fast that’s good but you will have wobbles, don’t worry about it…hope you don’t ache too much after bowling…we need some practice on Saturday, do it when the men aren’t about…

Kay..
Hope the cottage was left clean and tidy….shame on maintaining but that’s still good..no gaining 😀
Hope the days bright tomorrow for a good walk with Tara..

Hemmy..
I quite like the idea of writing down, maybe good on my wobble times. I have tried to put the bad thoughts of Steves passing away and remember the nice things said and we did over his last few days, I think it’s helping.
Your anxiety you had after Andrew makes me feel more normal thanks for sharing.

Did you get your windows done..that’s in my thoughts too…my car has been cleaned today it was getting quite bad….by my Romanian people! 😂..£7 and a good job done…

Might go to the park and cafe tomorrow..see if Charlie will wait for his breakfast, his breakfast of choice scrambled egg and sausage with his biscuits added 😂

Jean x

Evening!
Mel- well done with your weight loss. Sending you a hug for sad memories of your lovely Jodie xx
Nana- well done with your loss too! The walk sounds lovely, so nice to be able to walk to water as you’re a little way from the sea…hope your knees aren’t aching now!
Dave- sending you a hug too. Hope you can do a FD today- really strong if you do, difficult time for you xx Would you go out for a walk to your reservoir by yourself, or would that bring back too many sad memories?
Jean- well done with your FD, hope you’re feeling better. I’m sure everyone must have anxiety losing your spouse, so much to face on your own…you have done so well xx
Kay- hope that the holiday cottage wasn’t too bad & no food left! Thank you for keeping tabs on our losses- shame yours was the same but as Jean says, better than gaining! I’ll probably weigh Fridays- mine was the same this week but I think that was a pound or two on from weekend away & then off again!
Hemmy- keeping a diary of feelings & how that’s affected eating & weight is interesting! Mum keeps a diary, she’s always threatening to go & look things up if she doesn’t believe us about things in the past! She argues alot with my aunt about stuff although she is right quite often!
Have had a sore face, think a salivary gland stone starting, had it before, so ate lemon sweets to try & flush it out yesterday, ended up with a painful stomach from them instead! Luckily much better today, so managed my FD, 750 cals. Had a busy day too- walked Xena, did hair cuts, then gave Gwinnie a longer walk as it was so nice out. We made a start pruning the tortured willow tree, spent a couple of hours outside. Took Xena out for a river walk- hubby had a senior moment & parked in the wrong car park, so it was alot longer than planned- she was desperate to get to the park & play with her ball, so pulled all the way there making weird squealing noises- very embarrassing 😂 Hubby suggested a takeaway but I resisted 😇
Hopefully another 800cal day tomorrow…

Good afternoon Going for Spanish lessons soon then shopping. Not a fast day today but will try not to eat too much. I got an email from my GP saying the wait to have an injection in my shoulder will be a very long wait😩.

buenas tardes a todos, Spanish lesson was ok, she picked on me again😮.But I managed to do it. Denise might be doing line dancing on Thursday, I dropped hey in it. Will wait and see if she goes, she was going to do it but got cold feet😁.

Good morning,a nice sunny day and were going bowling this afternoon. Got to renew at the fishing club and the bowling club next month. Will never be rich. Not a fast day today, yesterday I was almost 1000 below my TDEE, Will try and do the same today

Afternoon!
Dave- a nice thought, back to fishing & the bowling league…could you go fishing in the cold if you wanted to or does it have a season?
Hemmy- what did you buy from the charity shops? Nice to have a painting project to do, not heard of the paint, sorry!
Mary- hope you’ve had a lovely day Poppy minding!
Jean, Mel, Kay hope you’re all okay…
Doing another FD althought the slightly spicy fillets I had last night set my stomach off again, so have had to change what I’d planned! Looking like just toast or cereal as we’re running out of everything (Asda delivery tomorrow!), & couldn’t be bothered to go to our little local shop! Mouth still a bit yucky too, definitely an infection lurking, hopefully I’ll fight it off 😁 So something soft best…
Jave a good evening everyone ☺

Evening everyone a quick check in. Have had a lovely day with Poppy and the cats Stealth and Willow. They spent most of the day asleep though 😉 Today has turned out to be an unplanned fd as I had my usual breakfast of porridge and a mug of soup for lunch and didn’t feel very hungry when we got back home so had scrambled egg on toast.
Ely for the first time this year and I’m looking forward to seeing Aunt and Uncle again.
Enjoy the rest of your evening everyone and stay safe.
Nana x

Hello everyone,
This is the first time here since before Christmas. Life has been busy, my daughter and her husband made it over from Switzerland and we all managed a few days together for the first time since August 2020 which was lovely. Since then I’ve been catching up with orders for socks, and sorting out the house and garden as well as fasting. My husband decided after the excesses of Christmas that it might be a good idea to finally get on board with 5:2 and has surprised himself (and me if I’m honest!) by how easy he’s finding the fast days and is doing really well.
I haven’t managed to catch up with everyone’s posts…there are pages of them! so I hope everyone’s well.
Nicky

Evening All…
What a lazy day I have had…two Charlie walks which were very cold…play with Charlie and I got biscuits everywhere…a hoover through down stairs no dusting 😂

No quiz tonight I couldn’t be bothered…

Fast day has gone ok..finished about 650 cals ..ok about that…weigh in in the morning but after my bad eating Wednesday not expecting much…

Nana..
Glad you doggie sitting went well. Back to your trip out to Ely and catching up with your Aunt and Uncle I bet they enjoyed seeing you.

Nicky..
Welcome back, you sound very busy. Good your family got over for Xmas so nice to get them back.
Fasting is much easier when hubby’s join you, you both keep each other on track.

Dave..
Hope someone can find you a dog, it will get you walking again….

Jean x

Good afternoon just had a shower so ready to go shopping, got a new mask to try out, will still wear one in supermarkets or public transport. So still on the lookout for a dog, no idea what breed to get this time. I like the idea of a collie Jack Russell cross.

It’s bitter down here today in North Devon, I think we had the coldest night so far this winter last night and our wildlife pond was still partially frozen at lunchtime. I made a batch of veg soup in my soup maker jug using up all sorts of veg and it was delicious. I must say I was very sceptical of soup makers in general but my daughter got one and raved about it. I realised that I hardly ever made soup anymore because having it simmering on the hob for ages steamed up the kitchen so much so decided to buy one and see. So far it’s been used twice weekly every week since I bought it and it makes at least four portions in 20 minutes with no hassle so I’m a convert.
Hedgehogs – I’ve been having an cheese and mushroom omelette when himself has his meal on FDs but I find I’m thinking too much about food now because I know I’ll be eating and I really prefer not to so from Monday I’m going back to water only days as it suits me better.
Out and about this morning walking Mabel and getting a few errands run so now have lit the fire and am going to get on with some hand knitting rather than knitting socks on the machine as it’s far too cold in the room I use for that.

Afternoon All…
A bright very frosty day..a good walk down the river bank easier walking on the frozen grass, I got quite warm, coat open and hat off at one point….

Boules this morning, one game didn’t play well ..lost….we were talking too much, we have a AGM a week Tuesday, talking about what we want to do …changing the the top people….lots of the paper work is years out of date….web site needs updating..Facebook needs updating…

Charlie is 6 today..we have had him three years, half his life.

Grandson wrote his car off yesterday only had it about 8 weeks, at least he and his friend walked away from the crash. He was in a line of slow moving traffic an Amazon van braked suddenly and turned left nearly missed his turning, lorry braked, James went into the back of the lorry…just too close!
Police said they had both been very lucky to not have damaged their legs!

Hedgehog..
Keep pushing on you will move the weight, have another good week..then get the whoosh 😀

Dave..
Go slowly and get the right dog. Steve always found socks tight around the ankle, I think he liked Asda socks the best.

Hemmy..
You always seem to have good weeks. It’s good you have found your paint and it’s a day out with your friend and with lunch too…
My bulbs at the cemetery seem not to be coming up, hoping they are a bit slow it’s disappointing. Shall go next week and check again.

Nicky..
My daughter has a soup maker she likes it too, I keep thinking about it, a bit like a jug.
What are you making on your hand knitting?…it always a bit slow for me, I made bobble hats and scarves a while ago now…

Having a sit before next walk…

Jean x

Hi FBBs hope all is well with you. Xxxx

A decent day quite mild but gets very cold after about 3pm.

A good walk then a nice visit this afternoon from a friend. I did have a laugh out loud. I had some fresh cream cakes for us with our coffee.

Chris refused saying she had started her diet today.. but could she take one home for later lolol

I am having a no cooking day today.. enjoying my cold roast beef and mustard rolls for lunch and dinner. Oh and the éclair lol

Sym… I am doing well while I am not drinking wine.. That would start me on a down hill track of eating.
Thank goodness your Grandson and friend were unhurt … youngsters are such a worry these days.

It sounds like the Boules committee needs a good shake up with new blood.

Funny you saying about Bulbs not coming through yet. Sarah sent me some pics this morning of snowdrops all in flower .. yet mine which I thought were doing well are only green stalks as yet… Although I am quite sheltered.

Sarah only lives about 30 minutes away from me. So strange.

I hope everyone is ok.. Enjoy your evening.

Your mind is a garden. Your thoughts are the seeds. You can grow flowers or you can grow weeds. Xxxx

Good afternoon dry and cold here. Lots of people walking dogs🥺. Going for a low day today and a fast day tomorrow.Roast chicken for tea so just a small dollop of mashed potatoes,peas and carrots and a small portion of chicken breast.

Hello everyone, my name is Julie and I’m just joining this group if that’s ok !
Spent the day reading about the plan and really looking forward to starting with a fast day tomorrow.
I’d like to lose about 2 stone , I’m about a 14-16 size. I’m struggling with both of my hips which eventually are going to need replacements.
I’ve gone from being able to do tons of exercises to very little however I’m going back to the gym tomorrow for 20 mins on the bike as I’m allowed to do that.
Any tips gratefully received if possible 😊