Well that was a weird typo…..he takes it before and after….

Hi Naptime
Have you tried kefir for your autoimmune issues? It can help.

Thanks Merry for the info. Urinating lowering bp explains a lot. Gosh this Forum is a great brainstrust. ☺ P

Yep. Much better tonight Cinque. I took a jacket to the city, but the sun came out. We might have passed each other! ?
U hooe yoy enjoy your stay here.
I often feel a need for salt late on a fast day. A cup of Miso or a finger dipped in salt works. P

Wow, you guys are amazing. So much knowledge on this forum. Thank you. I have had low BP for years, but don’t normally have any symptoms unless I get dehydrated….then the dizziness starts. Have found the salt “hit” also helps when you’re feeling a bit “off” late in the day when fasting – but it mainly affected me in the early stages of 5:2. Have s lovely evening fasters. CM xx

Fellow fasters, hate that auto correct.

Good morning SH,

signing in after 2nd FD this week.

Weigh-in this morning: old scales showed no movement;
new digital scales: showed 400gm down.
I know which one I am believing 🙂

had a very good FD until late in the evening, as I was pouring over stats!! All the bread is frozen; I have run out of carrots because I used them all for the soup but I was scavenging. Settled for an anzac type biscuit which settled me down 🙂

I will most probably throw in 3rd FD on Friday to try to nudge this ‘post-birthday’ plateau.; I have done this for the past two weeks but it hasn’t made much of a dent in the downward trend. My present goal is to reach my PB just prior to birthday buffet 🙂

Cinque, great news from the weigh-in. Hope you continue to enjoy Sydney.

Re: dizziness. I have had that over the past month but put it down to virus effects. I also went onto 2 HBP tablets at once. My BP has been really low for me so the doctor has let me stop one of the tablets since last week and the dizziness has lifted a bit. It is all very individual as each of us has our own set of physical challenges. Good idea to see your GP, Nap.

Intesha, I enjoyed your trip to Melbourne too :)) loved your trips to Vic Markets to enjoy the jam doughnuts.

Good tips, Merry, Cinque, and CM, about walt and hydration – I’ll keep those in mind.

Positive energy to all the fasters and may the FDs continue to provide us joy … LOL!!!

signing off,

Coast

I like those digital scales Coast. Nice idea to keep several pairs of scales, and then each day write down the best result!

I am loving being in my daughters big open plan apartment, and we are having fun planning what to do for the week. Including a day at the beach. But right at the moment I am enjoying resting!
(Shopping done!)

Intesha is it nice being back at home? Best wishes with your fast. Yes I SO love being in my own home with my usual routine, and I can look after my health so much better then.

Nap, what did the doctor say?

Merry is the bread all eaten now and you can go back to the foods that suit you better? I am so glad your cold is ending, now you can get back to your good routine too.

I am going to start a loaf here, I give it a long rise time for best flavour, and I will add oats to it, and sesame seeds, as my daughter has them in her pantry. Bought bread doesn’t agree with me, but my homemade one is fine. But you had better stay away Merry! It will smell so tempting.
Maybe one day you can try a piece in case you can tolerate it ok too?

Happy Thursday fasting everyone who is fasting! Happy normal day, everyone else!

Hi everyone, I bet you thought I had disappeared for good.
Sorry….it has been a rough month.
We started on the 1st of October with renovations for our bathroom, which I believe I did tell you all, but after the demolition which went fine, the works went downhill. I am from a building background, husband and father both are very good at building projects/handyman work and both have done blockwork, carpentry, tiling and painting etc….. but as I watched what this guy was doing I became concerned that he had no idea of what he was doing, although he would constantly tell me what he had done and why. Husband was overseas again and when I voiced my concerns he thought I was being over picky, but upon his return he understood why. Well, I stalled the renovator for a few days and ended up with legal advice to terminate the contract. My husband arranged for one of our customers who is in the commercial building industry to have a look today. The outcome is that there are five major issues with the preparation and waterproofing, not to mention the tiling. So you see I have been focused on all this.

I am sorry I have not read all the posts, but did notice mention about blood pressure. Mine has been up so much that I had a burst blood vessel in my eye two weeks ago which my doctor said was from stress and high blood pressure.

Iam now back on the blood pressure pills until all this is over.

I have also not been eating much as my stomach gets churned up with stress and have thus far lost more weight. So today weight in was 74.1kg

I hope to get back to normal soon and the stress levels go down as soon as the legal side is settled. Then I will be more active with this forum.

So sorry but I have had so much on my mind……….xxxxxJJ

Hi all, been a bit busy lately. Only had time to read the last few posts and noticed that you’re trying the chicken & bacon casserole Naptime. How was it? It smells delicious, doesn’t it? My family love it so that makes a FD very easy.

Sorry about your reno hassles Julie, take care of yourself. Welcome back Intesha. Hi CM, I’ll catch you on the MC thread. EA, are you out there somewhere? How’s it going for you?

I’m not looking for sympathy and I’m sure all will be well tomorrow but this morning, I was 1kg heavier after my FD yesterday! This has never happened before in 15 months of 5:2 and I strictly adhere to the FDs. After doing a 5km walk with some serious HIT, I remained the same but after the shower, I dropped 200 gms. I’m only mentioning this to let you know that you’re not alone with the erratic weighing issues for those newbies scratching their heads occasionally.

Good morning, it is all little clouds with blue sky behind, in Sydney.

JJ so glad to hear how life has been, but sorry for the stress.
It is no help at the moment, but it is good that your bat sense was right. I do hope everything gets fixed the way you want it, and then you can enjoy your bathroom.
( and spend more time chatting here!)

I am really pleased at how my fast day went, I think it is the first time I really was under 500 cals. I wonder if it made a difference that I was away from home?

That bacon and chicken casserole is on my list to try!

So glad the doctor didn’t find anything too worrying Nap.

Forgot to start the bread yesterday! Today’s job.

You can do it Intesha. I’m seeing my GP next week for my bi-annual full service. I wanted to get my blood readings before our holiday so I can see the full effect of the weight loss and fasting. The last time he weighed me, I’d lost 10kgs and, as he recorded it, he asked me to get back on the scales to double check and then said, “Bloody hell, what have you been doing?”. I’ve since lost 13kgs more so I’m expecting more expletives.

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a good Friday. I had a FD yesterday, and so weighed in today – up a kilo. I felt like last weigh in was exceptionally low, so I wasn’t devastated, although was a bit disappointed. I also realise with my health being a bit weird, I hadn’t cut the carbs down, and had been having bread for lunch. So, maybe that could be some of it.

Thin, the chicken and bacon casserole was beautiful! It tasted almost creamy. And yes, the smell was heavenly.
Sorry you weighed heavier though, Thin. I hope it soon drops back down. I would be interested in hearing how you incorporate your HIT into your walk. I have tried all sorts when I am walking, but can’t get my heart rate up high enough in a quick amount of time.

Good job CM, with the Slendier!

Have a great night, everyone. Who is fasting tomorrow?

Thanks for the Slendier update CM.

Good, glad you liked the recipe Naptime. As far as the HIT, I just set one minute on my phone and then set off walking as fast as I possibly can (probably look ridiculous) until the timer goes off. Then I walk for a few minutes at a normal pace. I do this about 10 times during a 5km walk. Yes, strangely, I was back down 800gms to 60.2kg this morning (we had fish for dinner last night). Unfortunately, I’ve probably sabotaged that tonight by ordering an Indian takeaway. Oh well, as long as I’m within 60-61kgs, it doesn’t matter.

Happy Birthday Bay! ?

Great Slendier activism CM.

Sydney is being very kind to me with mild weather. My bread rose beautifully yesterday and overnight, and I have put it up to rise again. I will cook it inside a saucepan in the oven so it steams and bakes, for a lovely texture and crust (fingers crossed). Then this home will smell like Purple’s did yesterday!

I’m planning on fasting again on Monday, and will have my new fast day diet of miso soup in the morning and veggie and lentil soup in the evening.

All my other news is about how completely adorable my granddaughter is!
I hope you all have a lovely, healthful, pleasurable Saturday ?

Good morning all.
I popped in to read the posts and say hello.
I weighed 73.1 this morning which now makes a total weight loss of 11.3kg.
I read about the slendier angel hair. Great if you can get the supermarket to restock it for you, but if you have problems and have an asian grocery shop near you, you will be able purchase the white konnyaku that is usually in the refridgerated sections and looks the same. It is really the same product and I find my local asian shop sells it cheaper than coles or woolworths.
Everyone is talking about the chicken and bacon casserole which by all the posts sounds great. If someone posted the recipe I shall scroll back and look for it. I think my whole family might like this one.

Hi SH,

Firstly, Happy belated birthday Bay :))
sorry to read you had been feeling down, but hopefully you are on the up now.

Welcome back JJ – wow you’ve been having a stressful time – lot’s to do – but glad you popped in to say hello. I thought you were way on holiday somewhere. While you were gone we started a SH FD Recipe page so we could access all the wonderful recipe ideas that you all share without having to scroll through thousands of entries 🙂 You can get there fast by selecting my profile and the link is on my page. I was hoping you’d get back soon because you have a lot of recipes that could go on our recipe thread.

Cinque, love the sound of the smells of your baking :). and you are baking too PVG. I wish I could bake because I love bread but bread is not my friend and I have to ban it from the house most of the time.

CM, good sleuthing for noodles. I am glad to say that Coles still has heaps here on the Coast though I use the konnyaku noodles from an Asian store. Hope you all sort out your supply issues.

Going well Thin – hope you enjoyed the Indian 🙂

Nap, you have been doing well and it’s good you are looking out for your health issues and managing them.

hello to everyone else, good fasting,

Coast

Morning, everyone. Happy Birthday for yesterday, Bay!

Coast, congrats to nearly losing all that weight again.

JJ the recipe thread has some great recipes on there. Thin has put up a few that I can personally say “yum” to. We had the leftovers of the chicken and bacon casserole last night, and I think it was even nicer.

Cinque, your lentil and veggie soup sounds nice. Have you got a recipe? I have a nice tomato and lentil soup – but would love a different lentil one if you have it.

I felt like I needed to do my 4:3 this week, not try to go to 5:2, so had a FD yesterday. It went well – until OH brought out a sausage roll after dinner – argh! I did have a couple of bites, but refused anymore – so I am quite proud of myself. I am getting better at saying no to things. The scales were kinder yesterday, as I weighed at the same time I normally do (no food or drink, and after a walk and shower). I had only put on 100g from last week, so happier with that.

They are predicting more rain here, so once OH gets off to work, I had better go for that walk!
Have a great FD, Thin, and anyone else joining you. Everyone else have a good Non FD :-).

Hi Coast, Cinque, Naptime, and all

Many thanks for all the lovely birthday wishes. Beginning today with eggs, avocado, tomato, cheese. No carbs or sugar. ??

Cheers, Bay ??

Hi Merry, good luck with the new medication, I would love one that led to me sleeping more.
I also understand that sugar/refined carbs cascade, I suffer from it too.

Hi Bay, sounds like the day is starting very nicely!

My two cents worth about the birthday cake: it is just the same as if you were seriously allergic to it. I would say ( very sadly) that I can’t eat it. I might ask grandchild if they would have a big bite for me and tell me if it tastes very good. Or say that I would take a photo instead, and put it on my desktop, or print it out to put on the fridge. I would assure them that I can still sing happy birthday and watch them blow out the candles.
My granddaughter has only just turned one, so I am not quite in that position yet, but I will be, and I won’t be eating birthday cake. Sadly.
Enjoy your meal!
More cheers to everyone.

Hi there girls, I’ve caved in and had my cauliflower soup half an hour before schedule. I made a deal with myself that I’d have half now and half mid-afternoon. I wonder if I felt so hungry because I ate two (bite size) snickers bars last night when the trick or treaters failed to materialise in the numbers we’d anticipated.

Very tricky regarding the modelling of eating habits to children. We have to be so careful. In my daughter’s circle of primary school friends, I’ll never forget an 8 year old saying she was not eating something because she didn’t want to get fat. You’re handling it perfectly Bay – especially if they see you don’t feel you’re missing out and it’s no drama for you to abstain. How was the party? What fare did you serve?

I was at boarding school with a girl who suffered from anorexia nervosa. It’s a horrendous psychosis. I could imagine a young person’s self-image distortions becoming even more pronounced with all the pressures of social media especially the ‘look at me’ facebook. The eight year old I mentioned above is now 20 and it’s clear there’s still an issue.

Hi Jane, welcome here! Fingers crossed you can avoid headaches this time! Might it have been dehydration?
I’m guessing from your user name that you are in NSW? I live in Melbourne but I am in Sydney at the moment visiting my daughters family. Impressive storm right now!

Cinque, I haven’t had time to read all the posts lately – did you weigh in at your daughter’s? What’s the result so far? Oh, I’ve just scrolled to the top of the page and read that you’ve lost 3kgs. Yeah! Congratulations. Glad you’re having fun there.

Welcome Jane. Quite a few people have reported headaches on this thread but said they eventually passed so stick with it and hopefully that will be the case for you too.

What’s your goal weight Cinque? All the best for your fast day and all others fasting today.

Evening, all SH. I hope you all had a good day.

Hi Jane, and welcome. I hope you can get over the headaches.

Cinque, I look forward to your recipes on soups. I need to find something else to eat for lunches on FD, as I am getting bored – and now trying to limit bread, I need to find something for non FD as well.

Merry, good luck with the meds – I hope they help and make life more bearable. I assume 16:8 is fasting for 16 hours and then eating for 8 – is that right?

FD today for me. I have noticed that some areas of me are getting smaller, which is awesome. I will have to take my measurements soon, and see how much I have lost.

How did everyone else go today?