Morning everyone. Last NFD before I both weigh in and fast tomorrow. On the one hand that makes me want to eat everything in sight so I’m ‘stocked up’…but the thought of not weighing in successfully makes me want to be ridiculously careful! Still, I have a wedding today which will be a nice distraction (not going to one, taking one, so no temptations!)
Hope everyone has a great weekend.

Hi all

Got to caravan safe and sound. Had a quick weigh in before i set off looking good for Tuesday weigh in if I behave myself. .

Have a good weekend will post weight on Tuesday.

Audrey

Hi Coffee

Yes, too small. I can imagine someone older eating these portions but not when we still have a good appetite.

Hi Mino

Yes stay strong it is not the time to give in now. Yes as Jean says your job is intriguing.

Hi Jean

I just went to measure my plates, took me two trips, the fist one I got an orange and as soon as I sat down I remembered the plates, 8.5 inches from edge to edge, of course you don’t fill a plate to the edges do you. I can have a nice full plate but this isn’t the same as my big plates, I will measure those later.

I know what you mean once we start eating sometimes it is difficult to stop. I am willing you to be good and at least lose one pound. I am hoping for a loss, it is showing up just over a 1lb at the moment. I know that water really does affect my weight. Knees and ankles swollen at the moment, I have also got a pain in my knee, looks like sea kelp will make an appearance for a few days. This is the change in weather. I am hoping that you will wee for England before Tuesday and therefore lose weight. X

It sounds as if you have been busy. That will all help. Well done for your rescue mission. Swallow and cat basket made me smile, hopefully no cat in it…..

Hi Audrey

Glad you seem on track. I hope you don’t get knocked too off course by barbecues.

Hi Hemmy

Hope you are having a good day.

Hi to everyone else. CC I hope your getting back on track and the mouse problem is sorted.

Thought this may be of interest Xx
So here are 10 reasons why you should start eating fruit for breakfast:

1. Enhance The Detoxification Phase

Between 7 and 11am, the body is going through the heaviest phase of detoxification. Eating fruit will help contribute healing energy to this detoxification process, instead of hamper it by filling your body with anti-detox foods like fatty animal products that are hard to digest.

2. Perfect Way To Break Your Fast

Fruit is the best way to help “break the fast” as it is easy to digest and wakes up the metabolism with a steady influx of natural fruit sugars (all without the harsh adrenal-killing coffees and fatty meals).

3. Stimulate The Digestive Tract

Eating fruit for breakfast infuses the body with beneficial enzymes, fibre and prebiotics that help stimulate digestive juices in the stomach and push out old waste matter from the day before. Fruit fibre cleans the colon like a broom, leaving you feeling light and refreshed.

4. Wake Up The Body

Natural fruit sugars are just the thing the body needs upon waking up. Instead of reaching for your coffee, trying making a coffee replacement smoothie that will help keep the brain sharp and energized. Remember, the brain runs off glucose, so if you want to stay focused throughout the day, then eat a nice big water-dense fruit meal for breakfast!

5. Lose Weight

Fruit provides the body with quality nutrition and also helps release excess toxins by pushing out old waste matter from the intestines. Eating plenty of fruit in the morning (and throughout the rest of the day) gets rid of excess toxicity and waste storage, which ultimately leads to weight gain in the end. Most people think that if they eat a heavy animal-protein rich meal in the morning that they will eat less later in the day – but this, in fact, has not been found to be true. People who consume a heavy meal in the morning also tend to eat heavier later in the day too, which contribute to inevitable weight gain.

6. Boost The Immune System

A smoothie for breakfast compared to bacon and eggs is a lot better for your immune system and overall health. Fruit is high in vitamin C and antioxidants, which strengthen the immune system and ward off any invading bacteria and microbes. Ever since I’ve gone high-fruit, low-fat raw vegan, I rarely get sick (maybe once a year if that – and usually due to stress or lack of sleep).

7. Create An Alkaline Environment For The Body

The first thing people think when they eat fruit is that it is too acidic – this is in fact not true. Lemons are actually one of the most alkaline fruits on the planet! They may be acidic in form, but once they reach the stomach, the minerals (like potassium and sodium) disassociate to make it alkaline (via a variety of metabolic processes). All fruit is alkaline, so make sure you eat plenty of it in the morning if you normally eat a Standard American Diet.

8. Feel Full and Satisfied

You might not think that fruit would make you full, but it really does! There is so much fibre in fruit, plus the vitamins and minerals and phytonutrients that tell the brain it’s satisfied and to shut off the hunger signal to the stomach. Make sure you eat enough fruit to feel full – it might take a bit of practice to fit in a 6-mango breakfast but in the end, you’ll feel full, satisfied, and not bogged down by any excess energy used for digestion.

9. Strengthen The Heart

Fruit is packed with beneficial vitamins, minerals, crucial phytonutrients and antioxidants that contribute to lower cholesterol levels and lower blood pressure – both of which contribute to a healthier, stronger heart and prevent against cardiovascular disease.

10. Banish Belly Bloating

The fibre in fruit will push out old waste matter in the digestive tract and get rid of lower-belly bloating. In addition, eating water-dense fruits like watermelon (that also act as a natural diuretic) will help flush out excess sodium from the body by encouraging urination. The faster you get out the salt, the sooner you’ll stop holding onto so much excess water weight!

For the curious – definitely not a wedding photographer…don’t have the patience! I’m a church minister – always feel the need to specify as the kids in school sometimes get confused and call me the Prime Minister, and once or twice when an adult asks what I do, and I say ‘minister’ they ask what government department. Seriously! Anyway, it means I get to help people with getting married, and more importantly, getting prepared to be married – which I love.
FD tomorrow – hoping to purge the Chinese takeaway!

Hi symba,

So you had cornflakes with strawberries and I can only assume you had milk with it as well? So you had super highly refined carbohydrates (cornflakes) with strawberries (glucose + fructose) and milk (lactose). You really like your sugar, what a triple whammy. And then wondered why you struggled for the rest of the day. Your poor pancreas must have been working as hard as it could to produce enough insulin to bring down your blood glucose levels. Why not try a high fat low sugar yogurt for breakfast with some strawberries instead of cornflakes. Try it and see how you cope for the rest of the day compared to a cornflakes breakfast.

Morning all

Hi meli
Read a few reviews on the FBD book they say it’s the same as the FD diet book and don’t bother buying it but that’s up to you. X

Lynda x

Morning All,

A lovely day again let’s hope it continues through the summer.

A bit of bedroom cleaning this morning before the sun gets hot. Getting the packing things together clothes and food..ready for the off tomorrow.

Meli and Lynda..
I bought the FB book and you are right there are not a lot of things different, a few ideas here and there. It got me back on track again making you think again. Mimi says about cutting lunch out if going out on a evening or cutting calories down here and there. Calorie counting every day, weighing after each FD. The book off eBay was £3, to me. I enjoyed endorsing everything again..I wouldn’t pay full price.

Audrey…get the BBQ out make the most of it…enjoy..

Everybody have a good day

Jean x

Hi I am having problems posting ?

Lost posts testing!

Hemmy..
Applies to me also…everybody is so different and we try all different ways to suit our bodies..
Have a lazy day with Mum and Kirsty before they depart again.

Well back on line I must of posted 10 posts non would list! Spam ware was to heavy they have adjusted it! They came back to help quick…well done to them on a Sunday as well.

Minols…
What an interesting job…you were keeping us all guessing.
Must be wonderful taking part in the weddings when it’s a wonderful happy day for people.

Ginette..
Hope your knees and legs are a bit better, the hot weather won’t be good with water retention. I must find and buy some smaller plates, haven’t got to IKEA yet. I have found some on line but must get the tape out as they are in cms and I am in inches also being away next week I will have another think when I get back.

Looks like we are not cleaning we are going to a local village a few miles away they are having a 40’s week. We will just be looking …not dressing up today.

Have a good day all
Jean x

Bigbooty…

You have made me laugh loads…..I didn’t know that…I will let the others chase the facts up…

I do love them but as I said not a lot these days ..and strangely I am not enjoying them as much! So I must be improving..lol..lol

X

Hi Lynda

If you go over just think how much better that us than a normal day and all will be well. I think it may be too late to get your Mum to change her ways, and to what purpose. It’s a difficult one. Both of my parents died before they were 80, Mum from Parkinson’s, thought to be triggered by a medication and Dad through smoking for years although he stopped 15 years before he died, I think too much harm had already been done.

Hemmy

I can certainly say that for me, it gets rid of waste products. I don’t eat a lot of fruit early, maybe just an orange then one or two pieces later. The first time for a long time that I haven’t had constipation. It took nearly three weeks to change but my body seems very efficient at getting rid of waste products.

Now obviously that fact that I have cut out the foods that aren’t good for me, well most of them. I am obviously listing weight as well. I agree that smoothies from fruit are good there was also an article about it yesterday I shall see if I can find it.

I thought I was going to have one thing and ended up having another at Pams, sausages with apple, not very nice. She got them to try. So still nearly had my fish cake…….. Just a small mouthful of my sons to tease me.

Thanks for the info on the fruit, even if it all yet 100% accurate for us I am sure that we can now things in there which are.

I hope you are enjoying the weekend.

Hi Jean

This is what the porridge did to me the other day and sweet things do that as well, apart from fruit. Awful to gave that trigger and keep wondering what else there is to eat. I suppose some breads do it. Granary especially my nice thick slice doesn’t do it though, strange that.

I had to take some ibuprofen as I went to bed last night, first time in months. I had my see kelp today so I am hopping this will help shift the excess water.

Mino

How lovely that the children get mixed up, must be an interesting job, one that gives a lot of comfort to others as well.

Let’s hope you have a nice loss, many of us weigh on a Tuesday, for me and Henmmy I think, it us so the excesses of Sunday have time to sort them out. I have a meal, normally a roast Sunday evening. So for me after a nice light fast day is good. I started 5:2 on a Thursday as I was worried that if I waited until Monday I might change my mind. Whilst on the FBD I have a look during the week as well, I find this encouraging.

Hi Bigbooty

We do welcome input from everybody but you have only posted on this thread twice and both times your points are negative. We believe in encouragement. While I agree in part with some of the points you have raised I think that if you are going to post here at least let us know something about yourself. Are you doing 5:2? Have you lost a lot of weight or had a lot to lose?

There are some sensisitive people on here sonetimes and it is a big step they have taken to join the forum and post. I have seen people leave because of negative comments. I left a thread myself because of some.

As I say this thread in particular as well as the forum is so that people can share their stories, meet like minded people and encourage and support others. Not to be negative. Please tell us your background and show your support for people here, not just be the giver of bad news. You may not realise that this is how you come across. No offence is meant by this but please put others feelings first.

Hi Meli

This is the second time for me on FBD. I would say it is very similar to the fast diet but stricter on NFDs. It encourages you to try and do another fast day, cut down on carbs, any unrefined foods, 50/50s which I have taken as processed food this means cutting out the rubbish, making meals from scratch. Cutting down on carbs and treats that we would have on a NFD and doing more exercise. Apart from that info I would say it’s not worth getting the FBD book, unless it helps you get back to basics. Oh I forgot and cutting out alcohol or cutting it right down if you are unable to do this.

I think some of us are choosing to have a day off, I do get tripped up sometimes who despite my best intentions will prepare food that I shouldn’t and don’t want to eat, sometimes I can avoid it, sometimes I can’t. It is hard to not eat a hot mess when it is being served up as you walk in the door, Pam also gets a little offended by this.

Here is one of the stories about Kellogs cornflakes that BB spoke about. I had difficult fis a link that I could even post, Jean I’m sure you know what I mean.

http://www.naturalnews.com/050939_corn_flakes_GMOs_sexual_behavior.html

Hi Dear friends

Sym what a shame about the 40s day. It would have been a wonderful day to meander around. Often these things are disappointing. Love anything to do with the 40s. What brave clever people they were .. making meals out of odd bits in the garden and a rabbit. Lol Read lots of books of those times. At the moment reading about Soho. Xx

Min .. what lovely experience’s you must have…. Surely they must ask you to partake of some cake and a glass of something. Lolol You could always save it for a non fast day Lol. Enjoy this wonderful day. Xx

Big Booty .. I am sure you only want to help us. No offence taken here .. we are a happy little band all aiming for the same.

Please join in with our little corner. How is 5-2 going for you and have you been doing it long? Xx

Mel .. Good luck with Monday weigh in. Xx

Having a nice easy day in the sunshine.

Sym … if you go early tomorrow safe travel both. xx

Gine hope Pam does no surprises with food today. lol Xx Well only good ones.

Hope our Aud is enjoying herself. Xx

I thought an interesting read

Fruit first thing

February 25th, 2013 .

“Some things you have to do every day. Eating seven apples on Saturday night instead of one a day just isn’t going to get the job done.” Jim Rohn

You can think of fruit as ‘the ripened reproductive body of a seed plant’, or as a delicious purpose-built snack for humans. However you like to think about fruit, one thing you can be sure of is that eating it in the morning instead of your usual breakfast is one of the quickest and easiest ways to reduce your overall daily calorie intake and lose weight.

Because raw fruit contains a high proportion of water and fibre it’s much easier to digest than other foods. It’s also full of enzymes that further assist in the digestion process. As soon as you cook, or process any food (including fruit), these enzymes are destroyed. Eating high-enzyme raw fruit in the morning gives your body something that can be quickly transferred into energy with less danger of being stored as fat.

There’s another benefit. The more time you leave between when you eat your dinner and when you eat complex carbs (ie bread/cereal/pasta, etc) again the better. For example, let’s say if you ate your dinner at 7pm, had only had fruit for breakfast, and then ate lunch at around noon that would be a massive 17 hours that you’ve rested your digestion and enabled your liver to get around to the all important task of… metabolising fat! Plus it would be 17 hours in your 24-hour day that you’re not eating things you shouldn’t. My theory is that these 17 hours of the night and day are the easiest time to cut calories. And, eating fruit in the morning instead of your regular breakfast is one really easy way to cut calories during these hours.

Fruit of course has many other wonderful properties. Because it’s easy to digest it has a cleansing and cooling effect on the body. This means it functions as an antidote to rich food and heavy meat-protein meals (like last night’s dinner). The alkaline property of fruit combined with its acids also stimulates the digestion and has a natural laxative effect. Yes! What this means is that you will almost certainly move your bowls soon after eating your fruit-only breakfast, if not before. And this is a very good thing if you want to lose weight and be healthy.

My recommendation to keep it yummy is to cut up at least 3-4 different fruits to make a healthy, appetising fruit salad. No muesli, no yoghurt, just fruit. Yum!

Word of warning: not all fruits are equal. Some fruits (like bananas and grapes) are full of sugars in the form of fructose. Whenever you buy and eat fruit make sure to select those from the less sweet, ‘low-carb’ end of the spectrum. Here’s a list of best choices to worst for you to print out and stick on your fridge.

Low carb (good)

Blackberries, raspberries, cranberries

Medium carb (okay)

Strawberries, melon, papaya, blueberries, watermelon, nectarines, apples, peaches, grapefruit, apricots, plums, pears, pineapple, kiwi fruit

High carb (avoid at all costs)

Bananas, cherries, grapes, oranges, mangos, figs + all dried fruit

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• Make sure to shop for fruit regularly so your fruit bowl is always full in the morning.

• Always select fruit that’s fresh and in season.

• Buy fruit you don’t normally eat – munch on nectarine, pick up a pear, mosey up to a melon – the more you experiment with fruit the more you’ll grow to love it.

Ginette,

Thetford forest in Norfolk one of our favourites, lots of market towns but can get to the coast also…the weather is always kind to us hoping so this time…quite sheltered from wind
X

Hi all

Had a lovely day at the van… fast day here so just had a venison burger grilled with salad for tea with a Warburton sandwich thin. .. I can recommend the burgers very lean and tasty. .. had a little tomatoe chutney in top. .. Ian had cheese on his plus sausage!!!
The burgers come in at 136 kcals and I feel like i have had a big BBQ. ..

Jean have a lovely time away Thetford is a lovely place I have been there many Times with my 1st husband. His mum lived in Norwich. .

Will post weight loss in Tuesday YES I am that confident I have lost. .. ☺

AUDREY

Hi Booty

Nice to meet you and you sound ok, enthusiasm I can understand. I have been doing this since January 2015 myself. I did really well at first and then about October I reached a plateau. I started this for health benefits as something that happened at the end of 2014 raised my blood pressure to dandpferously high levels. This is obviously stress related and I try different methods of coping with the stress. Sometimes with good results sometimes not.

I had 9 stone to lose two years ago and I managed to lose a stone before I started this and then just over three and a half since. After I reached plateau and stayed there for sone time can Chistmas in the period up to Christmas and over it I gained 10lbs. Now I have taken control again. I am off of the sugary foods and very aware of what I am eating. I have started to lose again. The fast beach for me was about going back to basics and cutting out the junk food. I haven’t eaten much prepared processed food since I started. The odd meal.

I still have just under four and a half stone to lose. I am happy after this kickstart or more like kick up the behind to lose 2lbs a month. I want to spread the loss offer two years as I am not in a tearing hurry.

I am really pleased that you are now on maintenance and that you have done so well. Your imput is welcome, just be mindful that some people are really sensitive. I have seen two people who were regular posters leave another thread because of perceived critisim.

It will be nice getting to know you and thank you for your reply.

Ginette

Morning All,

All ready for the off just waiting for the work traffic to ease…not nice sat in queues with a caravan.

Weather is changing a bit a couple of days with showers but you don’t melt…we will be off about as usual.

Scales are packed for two weigh in days…body and food! Fingers crossed for tomorrow maybe 1 lb if I am lucky…..but I am OK with whatever it brings….only want a down ward fall!

Good luck to everybody else tomorrow.

I am in a wood so my signal may be iffy…maybe have to catch you out and about or in cafes.

Thanks for all your wishes…have a good FD all.

Jean x

Morning everyone.
Loving the chatty posts and the encouragement.
Feel the need to confess (occupational hazard!) that I stopped my FD yesterday. I was so shattered after Saturday, that I took the decision to have a good food day – which for me is not nibbling junk all the time, but having proper, well-cooked (by someone else, I’m lousey) meals. So today I start my fast, and will pop out later to pick up my famously favourite FD thing – a fishcake!
PS Had gromets as a child…stopped the infections, ear ache – I think they dissolve as you grow up, leaving your ears working well. Hope the wee op goes smoothly.

Hi Min

Just seen your post.

Good to abort an FD if not feeling up to it or tired That’s the beauty of this way of life it is geared up to our needs. Much better to do a day when you are comfortable.

Those fat fish cakes are defiantly on my list when I have used up some of my reduced buys from my local coop. I cant resist a bargain. Lol

Have a good FD today. I am with my trusted omelette as it works for me. Xx

Hi Jean

I hope you have arrived now and have got settled in. We will hear from you at some point I am sure. It will make a nice change for you.

Hi Mino

Hemmy is right, at first it can be a struggle and we have to choose what fast days suit us as long as you get two in a week you will still lose. I always do Monday and Wednesday unless something unusual happens that makes me change it.

I hope you enjoyed the relaxation of that unexpected day. After three or four weeks it seems such a habit. I was lucky only to find the first week difficult. Maybe even the first day. I have had some odd difficult days since where I have just struggled.

At least you had good food not all the wrong foods. Those of us who are or who were hooked on the high fat high sugar treats seem to suffer most from this. For me the fruit seems to be hitting the spot. It satisfys my sweet tooth while helping me to clean out my system, this was a real problem when I started and for a long time on and off. I enjoy it as well. I like apples but they make me hungry for some reason, I love all of the summer fruits, strawberries, melon, figs, I love plums by but they are too easy to eat and packed in sugar.

Hi Hemmy

At the moment I have managed to wean myself off of rice cakes at Aldis. These were chocolate covered and very moreish, although they were packed in threes they didn’t last long. I am worried about even having them in moderation as this doesn’t seem to work. Early days yet though. I think these foods are addictive and I’m worried that it might be line alcohol, have one and your back on the wrong road again.

Hi Booty

I agree it is cheaper as although I am buying more fruit, I am buying no treats. The treats are cheaper than fruit though. A sugar tax on all sugary food would be a good idea, not just fizzy drinks. With the money raised they can reduce fruit and veg prices. There is such problems stirred up health wise in too much sugar, aside from the weight gain, tooth problems.

I only had fizzy drinks on special occasion or the odd Sunday. I never became addicted so one less habit to break.

Hi Audrey

Of course all of these links are informative but not 100% right. It is matter or reading up on things and getting a rough idea of what is right. I haven’t eaten oranges for years on a regular basis, now I have two a day, it helps so much that I don’t need a laxative always a good thing. Vegetable don’t help me in that way.

Shame the weather has changed for the next few days, hopefully the sunshine will be back.

Hi Everyone

Audrey and Jeaan, hope you’re all having a lovely, relaxing time regardless of what the weather turns out to be. I’m sending out good thoughts to the weather gods that the sun continues to shine on us all. 🙂

FD for me today, but again a bit of trepadition about the weigh in tomorrow. Think I’m doing OK and then remember little things I shouldn’t have had!

Got company coming on Thursday for a week or so, and no transport so I’ll have to be the driver. Sometimes I wish I could clone myself and make life easier. LOL Have to sort the house out, sleeping arrangements etc – and try and work out what is going to be on the menu! (gulp)

Hope everyone else is OK. Ginette I will try and get on later. Xx

Evening all

Mum going home Friday been lovely having her here but them nibbles are calling me so taken myself off to bed told her I was tired she said a early night will do me good…..if only she new how hard it is with all that chocolate in the fridge arrrrrh!!

Weigh in tomorrow hope I’ve done ok

Lynda x

Hi Minois

Yes I’ve got the dog hair removal to do as well – 2 Cocker Spaniels and the occasional influx of family dogs as well don’t make for hair free furniture, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Wish you well with the party. All I’ll say is enjoy it, they grow up so quickly and you’ll look back on the mayhem with very fond memories.

By the time your guests come mine will have gone home and I’ll either be relaxing or having a nervous breakdown. LOL
Well done with your FD and hopefully you’ll be rewarded on the scales. 🙂

Hi Lynda
If you’ve had the willpower to go to bed away from the temptation then I’m sure the scales will be kind to you. Mums are wonderful, but I don’t think that generation really understands the need to lose weight. They either love to eat because they had to live through rationing, or they eat small amounts anyway because that was what they grew up with. I hope she really enjoys the rest of her stay and either eats all the goodies or takes them home with her. (Bless)

Hi Ginette

You’re probably right about it being a better week than a ‘normal’ one would be but when I posted I was disappointed with myself cos I’d just eaten 2 ginger biscuits! Haven’t had anything else since then other than a couple of cups of coffee and water, but I’m hungry now so I think soup and a sandwich are coming my way. Only thing is it’s rather late to be eating if I’m getting weighed in the morning – maybe I’ll see if a couple of oranges will do instead! That ice cream and strawberrys are sounding rather good at the moment. LOL

Good luck for the weigh in everyone. Xx