Hi Audrey

Well done on your lb, you are certainly doing better than me. Yes fast day for me as well. Just had a small dish of stawberries with 1/2 a yoghurt.

Storm Katie definetly made itself noticed. A car alarm went off in the middle of the night and went on for more than an hour. The wind blew my bedroom window open, no mean feat as it it under a balcony, I probably hadn’t closed it properly. Trees uprooted I hear as well. I haven’t looked at the local news though.

Hi KT

What brilliant news! Well done. That must feel good and as if the effort you have out in was worthwhile. Keep it up you are stronger than you think. I have a funeral on Friday so I think I shall be also fasting either Wednesday and Thursday or Saturday. I shall have to see. It isn’t any good fasting at a wake.

Hi Jean

I hope your daughter gets some positive help from her GP. Must be very tiring to have ongoing pain as well and I’m sure she feels really miserable.

Hi Lynda

You have done brilliantly since January, the most dedicated of all of us here, not that we haven’t had out turn. A great example of what can be done.

Enjoy the last day of the Easter break. We have had some sunshine here in the south. When I came home last night the wind was awful.

Ginette

Morning all,

I have been on scales and. …..big drum roll please …..Lost 2.2 lbs…..that’s 10 lb since I re started on Jan 12th…..

I am a very happy Audrey. ….

I have still another 20 lbs to go to get to the top of healthy bmi but with your support I can do this, I am a third of the way to this year’s target now of 30 lbs……

Together we are definitely stronger.

Audrey

It’s really better than it looks jean, because whilst the back was bad and ian was in charge of my food I put 4lb back on….

Long may it continue I am really glad I didn’t give up after Xmas I came really close…..

Audrey

Good Morning All,

A bright cheery morning here, rain on and off but with blue skies.

We had a good weekend away but I wasn’t cooking so food was eaten out, people’s houses and pub lunch…buffet at the wedding do….not very good at all when not in charge.

What’s your thoughts… of a bride married at registrars office…afternoon do with family…then a do for 80 in the evening…..not wearing a wedding ring…….on your wedding day…I find it so strange!

Out early to pick up some new glasses a replacement of some bought in September which were very uncomfortable. Although it was 7 months they kindly replaced them.

Now then Audrey let’s have a run down on how you are moving these pounds…me and Hemmy are having a pound which is moving up and then down and up and down…HELP US..

Food and what if any excerise for the week. ish….lets have a run down please…

Homemade veg soup for us for lunch, chicken chasseur and rice for dinner.

All have a good day

Jean x

Audrey…

It all sounds so easy…We was going swimming this morning but hubbys back is iffy and his chest is not so good…he is OK but taking it steady.

Yes we had Easter eggs and a merlot or two. All gone now. Then of course the wedding do…just a very iffy weekend….Nothing planned for a few weeks so we need to pull our socks up.

We are really taking stock on what we are doing as we lost nearly every week last time but we were swimming before I think that is the answer for us…we are not good on walking!

You have done really well

Xx

things I seem to be discovering

– having NOT eaten chocolate since Christmas – I had some last night, and realise that I still don’t really have a chocolate ‘breaking system’

– however, stopping was a lot easier than in the past

– Jaffa cakes seem appealing but now fail to deliver

– clementines are nicer

– my waist increases by about 3 inches when I eat too much wheat

– I still ‘need’ to eat sweet foods in secret – but they don’t satisfy

– I generally eat smaller meals

– Eating desserts with a teaspoon makes them last longer and feel more
filling

today should have been a fd, but being with family, it is not possible
– tomorrow is dad’s funeral so not a time to worry about anything else

well done to all of you that are doing so well

Sym

I know this sounds silly but pineapple is very good for coughs… honestly either fresh or juice….

Hope he is better soon

Hi Jean

Yes bad weather is forecast on and off all week. I think it is moving to the north now. I know that Friday will be one of those days for me as like KT I have a funeral this week. I am fasting today and will have to fast Saturday to get three in this week.

For your hubby as strange as this sounds put Vick on the soles of his feet. I tried this last year and it really helped. I hope he feels better soon.

Hi Audrey

Yes I know that monitoring food on a NFD is the answer. Not quite ready to go back to that though. I am sure I will in time. You are far more sensible. Fast day today so it is another tidying and sorting out day. Seems to work well like this. Well done on the big loss. A great achievement. 🙂 It should really spur me on. It was 10lbs I should have lost and that wound only have taken me back to my pre Christmas weight. Sadly not the case….. I have applied to see my health trainer again though so hopefully that will help get me motivated.

I love pineapple. So that will be no hardship for me.

Hi Hemmy

Yes I am up and down like that. I don’t seem to be able to put my mind to it. Prepare for the competition when it does!!

Hi KT

It is the sweet things that get me although I have started snacking at all strange times now, I must get out of those bad habits again.

Thinking about you tomorrow.

Ginette

Hi Gine Aud Sym and KT. Xx

Well at the moment there is no hope for me. Today had breakfast of Weetabix and a banana … then as Mum and I were finishing in the garden at lunchtime.. got some bacon pastries from the shop for lunch…

I had packed her 2 custard tarts .. and she had left me one I have just found.. then eaten half a tub of pringles left from the week-end. I know I should just bin them but cant stand waste.

I need to call it a day now maybe just some soup tonight. Oh dear…

Wish I could get back into the swing. Seems so stupid to get this far in the winter months then risk putting back on now the sun is shining.

Sym glad your daughter is feeling better what a relief. Xx

Gine lol … yes I need completion… inspire me please. Could we do that Fast beach diet to get us motivated again. Lol Probably not. Xx

Aud …Bet you are running around … with your lovely slim body. Xx

KT Hope you are having this lovely weather today. It makes a sad day more bearable. Thinking of you. Xx

Hi all successful fast day today for me. ….

Ginette I think you are right it is the non fast days that hold the key to weight loss….I do hope you soon get back into the swing of things you were so successful last year. …

Hemmy I think you have got to the same place ginnette myself and I think milena got to last year. The only advice I can give is sit down and decide what it is you want to do, give in….maintain or lose weight….I think it will be the latter 😊. … if you have decided to carry on go back to day 1 it has worked for me….Count everything and get strict with yourself again, YOU CAN DO THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE IT BEFORE……

Hope that’s not to hard on you, you know I only say this because I care and I can see you are struggling, I wish someone had said it to me 4 months ago, I would be almost at target weight by now…

Together we can do this because together we are stronger….

Your fast friend

Audrey

Hi Aud and Sym.. Bless you both. I reckon I am in that place where Aud was last year.

Funny as I lost my Xmas weight very quickly. I know if you take your finger of the button it can easily all go back on again.

I do find it easier when alone to do FDs. Tomorrow is shopping day and means a snack lunch with Mum… I will try to do a 800 day … then a FD Fri even with Kristy coming.

Thank you for the support my dear friends … Together we are stronger… Well done today Aud…. and good luck to us 3 tomorrow Sym. Xx

Morning all,

I had a very good fast day yesterday, the scales are showing a good loss now I just have to keep it off by my 2 non fast days…

It’s a beautiful day here today, we are planning a trip to the local garden centre, to get mum some plants…

I am back at mums a week on Saturday and she already has a list of jobs for me to do, for someone who didn’t like asking anybody to do anything she certainly has changed LOL ☺

Keep in touch if you need help shout! We can do this together, because together we are stronger. …
Audrey

Morning All,

What a lovely bright day took the bin out and it’s not cold at all..

Interesting Hemmy about the nuts, I have been having a hand full of almonds daily as they seem good for you, although high in calories, I watch the the portion size…must try and add the water. Lol

Audrey…Garden centre always calls when the weather improves…we need a bit of turf…our 21 year old cat Is digging around the edges so we will have to replace a bit.

Ginette..It’s hard finding the plate size these days…I need the size between tea plate and dinner size…we did have some but now broken…I know you might find them in the expensive sets but want them cheap lol

Hubby still not very good a real tight chest when he’s coughing holding his ribs…a bottle of cough syrup a day! Banging headache. I am bearing up!

I am fasting today…..he will see how he goes …..the syrup will take him way over, I said he can have it off if he wants to….

Back to MFP !!

Good luck to the fasters keep on track….have a good day to all…FD and NFD….get all the outside jobs done..

Jean xx

Hi Jean

I don’t know whether you have an ikea near you. The third one in (if I remember right Is 25cm I think standard size is about 28.

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/categories/departments/eating/18861/

Ginette

Ginette,

My plates are 27cm so the 25cm would be better, the 22 is more like a tea plate…the thing is in ikea they all look the same I must measure them.

Thanks for that
Xx

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

Had a good day yesterday .. a small lunch time snack and couldn’t make the day on just water .. so had some soup and fruit. It defiantly makes a difference on the scales though.

Fast today so will keep busy although I do feel quite tired and Kristy is coming this evening . Long day shopping after 1 1/2 hours dog walking… then at 4pm mowed 2 lawns.
With all the exercise I do should be size 8. Lol

I have been reading up on no cal water day fasts. They supposed to be very beneficial to the body. Giving it a good rest… besides weight loss. Not sure if I could do it though.

Gine you are very motivated .. paper work sort out now clothes. It does make you feel better once started. Hope all goes well today … hopefully decent weather for a sad day. Xx

Aud hope all is going well for you .. Xx

Sym hope your daughter is continuing to feel better and hubby also. Spoke to a friend last night and she was coughing dreadfully. Told her about the vick so hope she tries it. Have a good week-end both and hope the scales are kind today. Xx

KT how are things with you. Xx

Take care all in our little corner.

Brit lovelies… Its not about being Perfect…Its about Effort … that’s what brings about Change. Xx

Morning All,

Dull cloudy day outside and a very bright cheery inside 😀😀😀😀😀

2 lbs off each, we are so pleased has the plateau started to move…..after the heavy weekend, hubby did the fast day but had an extra, a half pint milk, pint beer and a bottle of cough syrup!!

You know what you are doing on the 5.2 but I still can’t understand the weigh loss..

Hubbys dry cough has now broken into a chesty cough, now has a sore throat ( no talking) but does seem a bit brighter…thank goodness.. Continuing with Vick! and ‘bottles’ of cough syrup!

Daughters antibiotics are now working and is a lot better and talking of returning to work, I think another week as she feels weak and has to get the OK from doctor to drive again.

Ginette…you are so busy and up in the night..I always think it’s good to have a good sort out.. I am feeling that way myself….Spring is in the air…

Thinking of you today..never good..xx

Hemmy…another one always busy, with Mr Pips and all that walking and shopping with Mum. Hoping to join you on a size 8..lol ….size 12 would be good. Have a good FD till Kirsy joins you, have a good weekend with her.

Audrey…..and another one chasing her tail trying to get all the jobs done…lol…as Hemmy says we all should be very slim…have a good walk out with the mutt…

Haven’t decided what we are doing today, we will see how ill we are before deciding!

Good FD everybody who is doing one and a glass of Merlot for me tonight 🍷

Jean X

Hi Audrey

Are you still using the Wii or just the treadmill? I am glad that you are using a fasting pattern that fits in with you both. As you know we all tailor it to our needs.

Hi Hemmy

I am up late, yesterday after my friend went about 12pm I decided to sort out a chest of drawers to free space. I just got the urge! I knew today is a day when I wouldn’t get anything done so made the most of that urge….

Yes as you say that exercise shoul help. I hope it does. Enjoy your weekend with Kirsty it looks like being a hot one, hotter than Ibiza they say. Sunday is fir cast for 18 degrees, a day to relax and enjoy, get all the work done tomorrow and enjoy a nice relaxing day on Sunday.

I went into Aldi yesterday to buy my soup mix, they didn’t have it. Maybe they have stopped it for the summer, I hope not. I have one packet in the freezer so I shall have to get that out. Fast day of me tomorrow as it is the funeral today.

Hi Jean

Congratulations, at last that must feel great, 2lb as well, what did you do differently?

I hope hubby is on the mend and it is really good news to hear that your daughter is feeling better.

Did you measure your plates? I measured for new nets after my last post to you! I must be mad…..

Hi KT how are things?

Hi Plainy and Alex have you dropped off our radar? I hope you are both doing well.

Ginette

not doing well
biscuits
no fd’s

Hi all

I am doing Saturday fast and Monday if anyone wants to join me…

KT as Hemmy says it’s to be expected this week.. try again next week…

Hemmy hope ur having a good fast day.

Its very quiet on here hope everyone is ok.

Audrey

Morning All,

A dull dreary drizzle sort of day…hope it improves.

All my painting finished in the bedroom and all put straight.

Grandson coming for a visit on Thursday (bad day..FD) for a night or two…before he goes back to school…..it will be strange as we usually have two…the other is now away working at 16.

Hemmy…you have been on the WOL for a year and I think this is how it hits you…possibly Milena and Celtic also. Try and maintain for awhile but really be careful of putting on like we did. Have a lovely weekend with Kirsty.

KT…you are doing really well, as the others say start next week if you are up to it if not when you are ready.

Audrey…..yes I agree quite quiet on here, we have lost our boys although Plainy was busy last month…..hoping everything is OK with them and they are pushing forward with the 5.2. I don’t think anyone’s on holiday?? Have a good FD.

Ginette….hoping the sorting is coming to an end…all lovely clean and tidy…did you get your nets ordered?

X

hello friends
you are all so kind, and probably assuming I have spent this week grieving, however in reality we have had some lovely family times
– we had a good meal out with all of us, the night before the funeral (where I discovered halloumi chips that are fabulous and a calorific nightmare)
– we had a lovely reception(wake) for dad on weds
– thurs and fri we went on 2 hour walks, but with lunch in the middle!!
and of course LOTS of tea and biscuits

just mum and me for a bit now – so today I am indeed joining Audrey on a fast day
just had some sardines and salad for lunch and will have chicken and veg for dinner

I have been watching ‘THE SUGAR FILM’ on youtube – its a good watch and I am hoping if I keep reading and watching these things I shall eventually teach my brain that sugar is NOT a treat!!

Hi friends

What a beautiful day. So much for my rest day .. painted the garden seats .. pots and bird tables.

Doing well with the water will be dinking 8 glasses … done 6 so far hoping to FInish up at 6pm.

Aud I will just keep going … I am sure it will come right again. Hope your FD goes well. Xx

Sym and Gine hope you are enjoying the sunshine. Xx

KT glad to hear you are in good positive spirits … keep it up Gal. Xx

Off to the shop to get the winning 33 mil lottery ticket. Lol I will treat us all to a health farm . lolol

Take care all. Xx

I have had a good fast day. I steamed the kitchen this morning and tonight I have cleaned the carpets. I have had a bath then cleaned the bathroom… I am now sat in bed watching tv… I am under 500 kcals for the day and my fitbit says I have burnt off 650 kcals. ..I should sleep tonight. Happy in the knowledge that tomorrow I can eat… night night all.

KT strawberries and kiwi shouldn’t really affect your fast day..well done on completing it…my mum forces port on me!!!

Audrey

Wow .. what a busy lot of bees we are. Lol

Sym hope hubby improves soon .. there is always something to worry about isn’t there. Enjoy your wine Xx

Well done Aud and KT good FDs. Xx

Had a really good normal day … we have had soup for lunch and dinner Lol plus both on shloer and water tonight.

Kristy just came through and said .. ” think you need some more bottles only 15 there” . Lolol YAY Cant remember a Sat night together with no wine. Xx