Hey CM – I am so happy for you buying your skinny jeans. I am a real jeans girl and can’t wait to buy jeans I look good in again. Thin and CM – get rid of those larger sized clothes women! Neither of you are ever going back there again and the charity shop would love the donation. I bought two sized 16 jeans for when I went to see Morrissey because I didn’t want to squeeze myself into the jeans I am wearing now (the ones I can pull down without undoing – woo hoo) and give myself belly ache at the concert. (I still got belly ache at the concert but I think that was with excitement and emotion seeing Morrissey again after 10 years.) When they got too big for me, I hung them up in the wardrobe “just in case”. But despite them being brand new, I never want to be able to wear them again so they are going to the op shop. I am never going to need them again and neither are you two going to need your larger sized clothes again so get rid. I promise you it will be an amazing feeling when you do. And think of all that free wardrobe space to fill with size 10 clothes.

Thin – I cannot wait to meet up with you. All this travelling you have done. It sounds like you have had a very interesting life thus far and I would love to hear about it someday. I hope you are suitably impressed with my Morrissey (don’t worry if you are not – he is not everybodys cup of tea).

I used to like Sting and The Police as well. I remember writing to Father Christmas one year asking that my oldest sister got their lp’s. It worked because she did and now I own them!

So did you get up on stage with Bryan even though your friends didn’t?

I hope you enjoyed your grilled chicken salad.

Well, apart from that hot chocolate, I haven’t anything I shouldn’t today so I am going to weigh myself tomorrow. What’s the betting it will be 64.95 exactly!

Looking forward to hearing your weigh in tomorrow JJ.

Nighty night xxxx

Hi Bay, lovely to hear from you, thanks for checking in. I was afraid of that. Restaurant meal last night and I chose a grilled chicken salad and asked for the dressing on the side. As I had plate envy, OH gave me a slice of his pizza. Up 700g this morning. I mustn’t get complacent.

Hi SH,
Back story from Friday morning:

“I felt like I really pigged out yesterday (Thursday) and ate unnecessary extra things like 2 lots of raisin toast and butter, milk, and a couple of pieces of dark chocolate.

It probably wasn’t horrendous but totally annoying, so I have decided to make today (Friday) an FD to counteract my actions from yesterday.”

Well, I did do the FD on Friday, and it was a good one too.
Weigh-in: up .3kg. so basically I am stuck at a total of 6kg let go to date.
I figure I must be consolidating that.
I am still positive that this is a good WOL – next week will be some more downward trending for me!!!!

you guys have been sharing so much, bolstering each others confidence and motivating – yea!! thanks so much.

I have been following each of your stories and have shared the ups and downs. Congratulations to all – keeping to WOL; wardrobe decisions and celebrations etc

I am only at the stage of feeling looser in clothes not really moved down a size yet. Based on all your comments the time will come soon enough :))

signing out till after next set of FDs,
Coast

Morning all

Nice to hear from you Bay and Barata. A plank challenge – wow – three minutes!!! – wow wow wow. I can’t do a second, no kidding.

I saw a squat challenge today so I might do that if my knees let me.

So, I weighed myself this morning and I am down from 64.95 to 64.25. I am very happy with that and will now set my mini goal of 63 for next week. It is crazy to think that once the next two kilos are off, I would have lost ten kilos and I will be half way there since starting in May.

Well, I had better get on with stuff. Have a great weekend one and all and all the best to Saturday Fasters.

EA, well done. I didn’t realise you were going for 20 kgs. You gave us some statistics a while back (was it your weight or BMI?) and I remember thinking you already sounded pretty trim. You’ll be a domestic goddess with all that weight gone.

OK Coastcat, we’re dancing together. 6kgs melted away already, that’s cool.

Barata wow, I think I know what planking is. Three minutes on what? I could manage that in bed but it probably doesn’t count.

Hey Barata & Bay. Great to hear from you both. Planking….hey now there’s a challenge! You can come clean my windows any time….they’re huge & high!

Thin, glad you’ve also hit the sales (& scales!) with success. FD tomorrow?

JJ, happy dancing for you this morning. Well done. Now we both have to be good this weekend! Another challenge!

Thanks EA. congrats on moving off 64.95. If you’re going for another 10kg you’ll vanish or have I missed something…maybe you’re REALLY short! Tried the op shop for jeans a couple of weeks ago. Couldn’t find much apart from ones from Target & Kmart. Might try a diff store next time as I came out feeling itchy all over……felt icky & went home for s shower! Will do as instructed & get rid of my big clothes! Enjoy your HC.

Don’t worry Coast it will happen for you. It does come in waves with no logic to it at all. Stick with it & you’ll be fine.

Enjoy the rest of your Saturday losers! GO FREO!!

CM XX

And we’ve enjoyed having you along for the ride EA. Glad you explained all that because you know how I am gradually building this picture in my mind about your mysterious life in the cabin in the woods at the end of a very long road leading from J’up McDonald’s, with your family all sporting well-pressed clothes and then with CM’s comment, I had a fleeting moment that you guys could be the seven dwarfs.

JJulie, I missed your post before mine somehow this morning – FYI, you only jump up and down on the scales when you DON’T like what you see the first time. Congratulations though.

CM, having similar trouble finding things – all I want right now is a smart-looking track suit to replace my L size one as I walk a lot. You can find any colour you want as long as it’s grey (blah) and nothing under XL. Back when I was XL, everything seemed to be XS, now it’s the other way round. I walk down the clothes aisles and can’t find anything small enough. Yes, FD tomorrow. I had a short-lived fantasy that I’d skip a FD every other week. Bay confirmed what I already knew, it won’t work. So I had a quesadilla instead. Gawd I’m hopeless sometimes. Hey, that Spanish theme didn’t last long without Merry to spur us on.

I remembered the Spanish theme! But I am not sure if I followed it properly. Is it meant to be meals for Fast Days, or Low Calorie meals or just yummy ones? Anyway I made Spanish Sardines on Toast http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1664635/spanish-sardines-on-toast yesterday morning for a Non Fast Day brunch. So yummy! Miso the cat was impressed too, because she got the juice out of the tin. Her favourite.

I hope you find your perfect tracksuit Thin!

Isn’t it weird where weight goes on? Mine likes to go on around the top of my arms and (embarrassingly) in that underarm boob place too (and potbelly). And then it is the last place it comes off! That’s why my goal is to wear sleeveless tops!

Cheers to anyone Fasting today, I hope it is a lovely one. And as for those on a Non Fast Day? I hope it is a lovely one too!

I saw the planking challenge! Like doing a pushup and staying pushed up (with elbows on the ground thank goodness). Good for core strength. I tried it and managed to stay up for 20 seconds, but that is as far as I went. Cheers for three minutes!!!!

Firstly, what started the planking???? Did I miss something

Barata, I am amazed…..3 minutes of planking????? I wonder should I try it????

CM, thanks yes I was happy dancing on and off the scales
as I did not believe it!!! Also I bought jeans at both Rockmans and Susan Grae when they have been on sale and both times they have only been $20 each. You just have to wait for the sale…..I dont buy full price anything these days!!!

EA, thanks for sharing your story. How terrible you must have felt! Glad you have found 5:2 and also this group as we will be here to listen to you when you are feeling down. I have received so much encouragement along the way since I joined this group and it has only been since July for me. If I do something wrong there is no judgement, no laughing at and no finger pointing, just encouragement to get back and start again. So Stay with us as we are happy to have you along for the journey.

Thin, you made me laugh ……again!!! I was just so surprised that for so long I had been stuck on the 77 treadmill that could not believe I had finally broken it!!! And yes isnt it always the way that you cant find things when you want them but they were there when you didnt!!!!

CM, forgot about the spanish theme, thanks for reminding me. I will have to try andthink of some interesting meals for the week to come.

Cinque, Spanish Sardines on Toast? Sorry not for me. Here I am of Finnish/Swedish decent and I cant stand the herrings in sauces that every Finn loves. I am not the best fish eater!!! I have tried various sushi and there are some I will eat again, but it really depends on which fish it is!!!
I will eat prawns, squid, scallops and just love Salmon. I will try to find a recipe for Spanish prawns.

My weight comes off firstly around my face and then lastly around my behind. I am glad that my stomach has definitely reduced over the last few weeks and also some off my hips cause I feel my jeans are more comfortable. I have had problems with these jeans that seem to sit on your hips as they always leave you with muffin tops.

This morning I weighed myself as usual and still happy that I have not changed. So with all the talk of us trying on old clothes and getting into new sizes I decided to try on a dress I wore only once about 3 years ago for a family reunion, then could not get into again as it was sooooo tight!!!!
I was again really surprised that yes I can get into it and it fits better than when I first wore it!!! I am so happy that everyone has helped me with this weight loss journey and thank you all for the support and encouragement. I have now lost kg and know that I can loose more. Getting into that dress has meant so much to me. I have other clothes that are of different sizes that I can now aim to get back into.

I am feeling good and looking forward to FD tomorrow.

Catch up with you all later today…….JJxx

Ah, it’s lovely to have some company on my FD. Noon in Perth, had a good walk and not feeling H at all (he who must not be named). I am starting to notice a pattern of much easier FDs when the day before wasn’t an over-indulgence of sugar or fat.

Cinque, I don’t mind sardines at all. Problem is I don’t eat bread now (OK I admit I had that tortilla last night & OH’s slice of pizza because I’m an idiot sometimes) and they’re no good without toast.

JJulie, I have never liked these hipster jeans and one of my best moments on this journey was fitting back into my high-waisted pants that had barely been worn from a previous but short-lived weight loss effort. I didn’t care if they weren’t in fashion, I loved them. But now they’re too big so it’s not an issue. I cringe when I see young girls – or anyone for that matter – with the low hip pants, short tops and the lardy belly flab hanging out over the top. Not a good look, no-one wants to see that and it shouldn’t be allowed. Well done for fitting into that dress.

Are you all better now CM? Where’s your weight today? I’m back to 60.8kgs.

14C in Wellington today? Brrr. I thought I was feeling cold.

JJ what a thrill for you getting back into that dress! Great stuff! Good luck at the doctor tomorrow. Hope it goes well for you.

Cinque & Barata Think I’ll give this planking challenge a whirl tomorrow! Will report my success – or lack of it!

Thin, your descriptions make me laugh – lardy belly flab. Ha! Don’t call yourself an idiot…..OH tempted you! His fault entirely for.the pizza. Yes thanks, feeling fab again! I’m 61.6 today but just home from 15th birthday party. He always requests a pavlova, so I made one yesterday. I tried to be good, really! Only a couple of beers, lots of water, a few nibbles & a tiny slice of pav. Damage will be evident in the morning. No dinner for me tonight!

Enjoy what’s left of the weekend everyone. Happy FD tomorrow if it’s your day! CM xx

Hi Thin and Cinque

Am I missing something? I continue to buy full waisted clothes from Sportscraft sales over the last few years.

Cheers, Bay 🙂

Welcome back NikT. Good that you put a date sticker on those clothes but you are NOT going back to those sizes. Get rid of them.

Cinque, I can’t do sardines without toast – but they are such a great source of Omega 3.

Well done CM. Great weight.

Good luck with the appt. JJulie. Have a wonderful FD Monday fasters.

Hi Karate Kid, a warm welcome to our thread. What part of the land of the long white cloud do you hail from? If you’re struggling, make sure you plan your fast day food meals ahead of time so you know exactly what’s coming and to help you resist any temptations. Rather than try and go all day without food when you’re starting out, plan two or three small meals and choose low GI foods that will keep you full longer. For example, 30g oats with water and half a tsp of honey is 114 cals. This will keep you full for hours. A creamy, thick cauliflower soup is 103 cals for 2 cups. That still leaves plenty of cals for an evening ‘meal’.

Read Dr Mosley’s 5:2 book if you haven’t already done so. Drinking water is great for staving off hunger (it doesn’t help with weight loss though) as is keeping busy. Drink herbal teas, try all different kinds for taste variety, don’t forget to count the cals though. Hunger comes and goes in waves, it doesn’t build and build until you eat – so it will pass. I also am a bit mentally slow on FDs even after a year of doing them.

Ask us anything! We don’t know it all, we’re all learning together but we are happy to share our own experiences with you.

Bah ha ha – Thin you crack me up. I love the imaginative me you have created. Alas, you are going to find the real me so boring in comparison ha ha.

Thanks Thin, CM and JJ for your encouragement and kind words.

High waisted jeans are so much more comfy because they actually go over the belly and fit around the waist rather than dig in half way across the hips.

Well done on success on the scales and getting into smaller clothes.

Welcome back NikT. I hope your back gets better soon and I second what Thin said. Get rid of the big clothes. 5:2 is a way of life, not a quick fix diet. Keep at it and you will never need to wear those clothes again. xxxx

All the best for your appointment JJ. Let us know how you get on.

Welcome to the group Karate Kid and this way of life. I am sure you will get through today and it will only get easier over time so stick with it.

Well, pat on the back time if you please. Went to the “big smoke” yesterday to see a show. Yes, I did have a hot choc once we got to civilisation but that ended up being my lunch because the show started at 2pm. I asked the hubby to buy me a salad for me to eat when I got out and ate that in the car home (with no sauce). No fish n chips and no second hot chocolate. Didn’t even want the f&c (!!!???!!!) but did want that second HC. When I got home I wasn’t going to eat anything but started to feel hungry and knew I was having a FD today so didn’t want to push it. So had a one egg omelette with a bit of grated cheese and 2 pieces of nitrite free bacon.

Weighed in at 64.3 this morning so if I don’t hit the 63’s this week, I will eat my hat.

Have a good fast day fellow Monday Fasters. I’m off for a walk now and very much looking forward to the pile of ironing for this afternoons nap time.

CM – yes I was really thrilled to get into the dress and it was not as firm as when I first wore it!!!

NikT – welcome back and glad that you were able to enjoy yourself and only put on 1.2kg how good is that and how quickly you should be able to get it off again, well done!!

Karate Kid – welcome to this wonderful group. you made a good choice and you will find everyone is really helpful so ask away even if you think it a silly question, we dont care!! Have a google about the 5:2 way of life and read as much as you can. You will also find 5:2 recipes online as well. We also share recipes amongst ourselves so if you see us talking about something that sounds tempting to you let us know and we can re-post instead of scrolling back the pages. I have saved a lot of the recipes so it is easy for me to find them again.

EA – you made me laugh out loud, with talk about eating your hat!!! Sounds like you had a good day though!!

Well I would like to thank everyone for the well wishes and thinking about me today with my doctor appointment. He has confirmed there is two problems. One is a supraspinatus tear. There is a muscle in your shoulder called the supraspinatus and a tendon that is attached and the tear is here. The other thing is bursitis. The bursa is a tiny fluid filled sac that acts as a cushion to reduce friction. In the shoulder it helps buffer your tendons and bones so they dont damage each other with your shoulder and arm movements. Bursitis is the bursa that has become inflamed by an injury. So at the moment I am now booked in to have an injection under ultrasound of steriods. I am unsure if this is really a good idea but he has told me that this could help with the inflammation and therefore relieve the pain. If this helps and I have significant reduction in the pain then I will not need to go through the surgery. So at this time I am happy to try this as the first step. He has also written a letter to the physio so they can help with some muscle building exercises. So there it is!! If I need surgery he was thinking of sending me to a guy in Melbourne who has the best success rate for this type of surgery. We shall see!! Anyhow I can not see anything like that happening this side of Christmas so I will still be doing my Japan trip in December/January.

FD for me again today and think I will now take the dog for a walk!!

catch up with everyone again soon……JJxx

Cool, two newbies in one day. Welcome Heloise and all the best for your 5:2 way of life.

JJ – I am glad you have answers to your pain so now a treatment plan can be put in place. All the best with that steroid injection and physio. Have a lovely walk with the dog. We have just come back from a walk so now I have to sort out lunch for the toddler. What are you having for dinner tonight? You have me rather hooked on omelettes now ha ha.

Sorry – I just had to break my typing to dance to the theme tune of In the Night Garden with the toddler. It is so much easier to jump around 8-9 kilos lighter (although have to stop my trouser from falling down. Being in-between sizes is a bit of a pain!)

Karate Kid, sounds like you’re already well organised & prepared. We have another forum member in ChCh who’s gone MIA, her name’s Kate and she’s getting married in October. And you now have someone else starting today to compare newbie notes with – welcome to you too HW from Qld, lovely goals for a healthier future.

HW, I had never looked at a forum before this one, let alone posted on one – and wouldn’t have dreamed of considering meeting people from the internet but I have made two lovely friends on here who’ve met for coffee and we have the promise of meeting the lovely (if somewhat geographically challenging) EA one day too. I can’t wait for that.

KK, sorry if I confused you about the ‘water not helping with weight loss comment’ – I didn’t mean by that that it would hinder your loss, only that the drinking of 8 glasses of water to aid weight loss has been debunked as a myth. Of course it doesn’t hurt, helps fill you up, is good for your skin & cells, staves off hunger and so on. It just doesn’t contribute to weight loss.

I totally agree, you don’t want to be giving up too many things all on one day. I love my morning coffee and I found that a herbal tea just wasn’t the same first thing in the morning. Then MK88 in Melbourne told me about almond & coconut milk which has allowed me to enjoy two brewed coffees at only 22 cals for the milk. It doesn’t froth but it’s so much better than skim milk & way less cals that HiLo. I made my oats with water when I was eating breakfast which sounds horrible but it gets creamier the longer you leave it to sit. I like the idea of banking calories for later in the day. Everyone’s different so you’ll find what works best for you. Good luck to you both.

EA – 63 tomorrow for you! Yippee. You go girl. Glad you had fun in the city. Being in between sizes is a pain – plus the fact that sizes vary quite a bit between brands.

JJulie – you’ll be able to meet the Melbourne forum people if you have that surgery in Vic. All the best with it and at least you have a good excuse not to try Barata’s planking. When you make the omelette on your FD, how do you cook the eggs and the mushrooms (non-stick pan/microwave) – or do you add fats? I only get 360 cals on a FD now so I have none to spare on cooking oil sprays, etc. As everyone knows, I’m partial to an egg before bed on a FD to keep the hunger deamons away at night – do you find mushrooms filling or are they just a diversion?

lol JJ you made me laugh. Yes, I don’t feel myself until I have spun on my head and busted a move ha ha.

Thin – as JJ has got me onto omelettes – I thought I would chip in. Flavorstone brand is what I have and are apparently non stick but I have washed mine in the dishwasher once too many so they are not as efficient, I don’t think. I love my real butter so will put a dollop (well, all 7 grams of it) into the pan first but the calories really hurt the allowance. Mushrooms are great at only 17 calories for 75 grams. Sadly I do not have any for tonights omelette.

I decided to add up my calorie count for my omelette so if I have made a mistake please correct me….
2 egg omelette…..160 cal
100g mushrooms….. 22 cal
100g tomato…….. 15 cal…..total is 197 cal.

I had two miso soups today one with mushrooms 19 cal and one with tofu 20 cal.

Total for the day so far is 246.

I have a diet jelly made and if I eat the whole bowl it will be another 56 calories making total for the day 302 calories.

Other than the foods stated here I have had water and two black coffees no sugar.

Please advise me if anything is incorrect with my calculations.

thanks…..JJxxx

Thank you EA for the calorie information. It can be confusing sometimes. I got the calorie count from Myfitnesspal calorie page. But really when you look at it there is not a real lot of difference. Anyhow I think my calorie intake on a FD should be 445 and I am way below that tonight.

I am feeling so full now…..I ate very little all day and then the meal tonight. I have had the jelly and an apple and then made a lovely hazelnut coffee which has no milk in it. I am hoping the calorie intake for this coffee is the same as normal. Anyhow the coffee really fills me up so no more for me tonight and we shall be going to bed soon.

Sorry you are feeling hungry and I think the best thing is to go to bed like I usually do or I start looking inside the fridge!!!!

Goodnight all and hope everyone has had a great day…..JJxxx

Hi to our newbies. & welcome. I just can’t keep up with you guys! So many posts. Only have my phone to post on so will keep it brief.

JJ – I’ve had issues with bursitis (in my hip) & went with ultrasound-guided injections (failed for me), rest, acupuncture, etc etc. what worked for me in the end (after 5 years!) was finding a good remedial sports massage therapist. My issues were in my Achilles’ tendon, which affected my hips, which caused the inflammation & subsequently the bursitis. I know you have a tear, & I’m not saying your shoulder issues are similar, but before you go under the knife please get a good Physio to tell you who they use for massage & have a chat. I would have done anything (incl surgery) to fix my problem & I would never have believed it would simply be massage therapy. Take care.

Aussies, we now have a new PM!! See you all tomorrow. CM xx

Re non stick pans. Pls don’t you use olive oil in your non-stick pans as it leaves a crappy residue that you can’t remove, even with a gentle scourer….& then it looses its non-stick properties. I use rice bran oil which has a high smoke point, is better for you & your pans. Because of the smoke point of the oil, it doesn’t have the nasties caused by the breaking down of the oil when smoking at low temps. The number of pans I chucked out before I knew about this really bugs me. That’s it from me….sermon over…. Doctor CM xx

Your welcome Thin! They never tell you this stuff when you buy pans. Ends up costing a fortune….you use the wrong oils & then guess what? You buy some more pans!
As for my brief replies….Once I start answering a post I can’t see it on my phone……hence my repeated ramblings! Once I post, I see everything again & then want to say something else! Oh well bedtime, me thinks. 60s tomorrow? No, I don’t think so, but wouldn’t it be nice. Nite xx