I’ve made the cauliflower soup and thought I should post the recipe as it’s such a useful FD meal for me. I put it on out FD recipe thread: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/southern-hemispherites-fd-recipes/page/2/#post-289069 It’s based on the Moosewood cauliflower cheese soup recipe, although my version is very different to the original.

Cali, yes I do drizzle a little olive oil over the veg before roasting. I also sprinkled with garlic salt, pepper and a lemon-thyme-oregano herb blend. Sometimes I use morrocan spices instead – it depends on what I think I’ll be eating the veg with.

Neil, the starchy carbs or sugar can make the next day a challenge. I think it’s why I didn’t want to fast yesterday. I liken it to a determined child that ate a donut yesterday and is insisting on more. (I think this analogy comes from a mother and toddler I saw/heard in the supermarket once. The child was demanding donuts when they were in the bakery isle. I encountered them much later at the other end of the supermarket and the sobbing and demands for donuts was still going strong.) I think our inner voices when it comes to wanting more carbs has the determination of a toddler, they just don’t quit. We just have to be the stronger adult in the room – much easier said than done.
I hope your gym weigh-in gives you some wonderful results. I suspect that both your weight and measurements will have changed for the better.

Well I’d better go and get a walk in before lunch.

Hi everyone

Its 3pm on Tuesday FD for me and yes I am feeling very hungry even though I have eaten a can of tuna earlier. I have a soup already made for dinner tonight and a quarter of it is just under 200 calories. It’s similar to last week’s pumpkin one but this time also contains sweet potato that had to be used up.

Klondi, very sad to hear about your sister’s husband. I hope she is ok.

I think you are right about not needing all those shoes. I might just take Birkenstock’s and the joggers. Do you think it will be ok to go to a restaurant in Birkenstock’s? Oh well if they refuse me because of my shoes then they didn’t deserve my patronage in the first place!

Cinque, I loved your description of my OH’s brain! It is exactly how he thinks and he is very lucky to not have any issues with food like I do. Thank you for your good wishes for my flight.

Anzac, Yay for Maxx!! We all knew he could do it 🙂

LJ, I never thought to put skim milk powder in my cauliflower soup. What a great idea.

I need to go back to the previous page so I will post now and be back in a minute.

Anzac and Quacka, hang in there it’s not long until dinner time now.
whatever it is you want to eat now, just say “Yes. I can have it tomorrow.” That mostly works for me – it’s the continual “No” that I fight against.

Quacka, the reason I use milk powder is that I don’t want to add the calories that cream would impose and nor do I want to make my thick creamy soup watery by adding several cups of fresh milk. I always have skim milk powder on hand as it’s what I’ve always used to make hot cocoa, so it’s an easy solution for me. It would be fine to use full cream milk powder too.
I too like my FD dinner soups for lunch on NFDs, but I get the luxury of having toasted sourdough with it on a NFD.

The nurse has just left and the infusion went well. I’m just waiting for my chops to cook and I’l have dinner and a fairly early night.

NFD Fess Up:
Breakfast: pot of tea, 3 spoonfuls of kefir.
Late Morning: banana and 1 tblsp peanut butter
Lunch: bowl of cauliflower soup with 1 tblsp parmesan, 2 slices rye-walnut sourdough toasted and buttered. Followed by 3 slices (about 30g) cheddar with slivers of date-walnut log. (There really was a cheese and walnut theme to lunch!
Mid-afternoon: pot of tea, apple and 1/4 cup yoghurt
Dinner: 3 very small lamb loin chops (all fat removed), mushrooms stuffed with mashed spicy chickpeas, roasted veggies.
Supper: hot milk drink

Morning everyone…it’s only 4.30 but I can’t sleep.
I am poorly with bronchitis, and barking like a German Shepherd, so this will be a quick post.
Funny about Chinese restaurant food – I wonder if it is ‘adjusted’ for Western tastes because I don’t find the sweeter sauces on food in China. Mind you, I’ve never found the Chinese in China ordering lemon chicken or honey prawns, which is what our pals inevitably order when we go out with them for a meal. My tofu and my OH’s green beans with pork slivers are the last food eaten.
Minka it is very interesting to read your approach to weight loss, and I hope you keep posting even though you may not be strictly 5:2. The approach I took last year when I first started was a combination of 5:2, TRE and low carb. It certainly worked – I lost 14.8 kilos – but too much ‘good life’ has seen that creep up a bit and I battle with losing a bit, going overseas, putting on a bit, losing a bit and so on and so on. With my next OS trip 16 weeks away I am very focussed on getting below my target. It’s even more pressing now I found my BFF’s sister-in-law is coming on holidays with us …
she’s a size 10, and I would imagine would look pretty good in a swimsuit!
Anzac how clever Maxx is – your patience is being rewarded.

Betsy those supervisor meetings can be enormously stressful. Just keep punching on – you’ll get there. And good advice about packing for travel – I am quite a moderate packer when we are moving around, but if we settle in one place I take more.

Quacka I am sure your Birkenstocks will take you where ever you need to go in North Queensland. I live in mine when I am O/S and apart from a bit of silliness in the Qantas Club in Australia when they banned them (because they were thong-like) have never had a problem.
And Quacka, how frustrating to have that ‘discussion’ with your partner. Skinny people just don’t get it, and there’s so much evidence now that’s it not just about calories in, calories out, or exercise being the cure all. I have just finished the Diet Myth – fascinating, how our bodies work with, but also against us.

My three brothers all took after my Dad, who was lean and wiry (as men back in the day often were). I took after my Mum’s side – one very fat aunt, and Mum and another sister tended towards plumpness (but looking back, she was perfect). Yes, it is our genes. And our microbiomes. But we can get our bodies working with us, with the right foods, I believe.
That said, I had a perfect FD yesterday ….nothing at all to eat til 6 pm, when had a bowl of homemade ham and vegetable soup with a sprinkle of cheese. 400 calories. And this morning? 100 grams down. Very disappointing. After I have my coffee I’ll go back to bed and see if the scales are kinder when I wake.
And on that note – off I go.
(Thin I’ll miss you and your often acerbic comments. You so amuse me with your take on things. Do try to drop by, when you get a little more time).

Good morning. Rain here today. Melbourne. Wednesday. 8:55.

Klondi, so sorry to hear of the death in your family. I bet you gave him a lovely send off.
Looking forward to hearing from you on your new ipad. Say hello to the sun from me.

Anzac, big congratulations to Maxx and both of you! I was thinking of you watching the Giles Yeo thing I linked yesterday, because he uses labradors as an example of how genes mutate to encourage overeating, and all the issues around this.

LJoyce, so nice that you had a lovely unhurried start to the day, and the infusion went well. Good point about being the adult in the room. What nice, fair but firm, adults we can be. Great explanation of TDEE. We should have a FAQ thread with things like that on it!
Thanks for adding your cauliflower soup recipe. It is surprisingly similar to the recipe I make, I love that bit of carrot in with the cauliflower. The powdered milk is such a good addition.

Neil, isn’t it extraordinary how those munchies are set off (and last for days, sometimes, with me). I’m keen to hear how the weekly weighing goes.

Cali, such a good reminder about drinking water on fast days.
Fast days work well for me, hydration wise, because I do wait out the hunger demands coming from my brain, and after a couple of hours I start to feel thirsty and then drink lots of water and get hydrated and refreshed. Yes, I should do this on NFD’s and do keep trying, but I still catch myself out.

Other note to self: DON’T forget to carry water in the car! That seems to set it off. I don’t drink while out and about, and then get home and start eating.

Betsy, I have been trying to plank too, for core strength. I’ll be glad to hear advice.
That is an excellent travel tip!

Lindsay I am glad to hear that there is less sugar in Chinese food in China. I am fine at Noodle Kingdom (wonderful local restaurant) but my sister loves Yum Cha and first, when I was vegetarian I was disappointed because so many dishes were meat based, so I was excited to try again when I was eating meat again – but I had given up sugar and there were even less things that weren’t super sweet, even gai lan had such a sweet sauce.
Luckily I can make wonderful Chinese recipes at home.
You’ve had such a bad run with dreaded lurgies, I hope this one is short.

Accountability: Excellent fast day! Refreshed and rehydrated and Oh how I enjoyed my breakfast. All ready for a few healthy eating days before my next fast day. Firm, fair adult is in charge!
B: Home made bread with mushrooms and parsley. Coffee, morning only (now I am linking it to night sweats, sigh).
L: A rainbow of veggies with a little bit of cheesy pasta.
S: Tomato lentil soup
E (evening meal): Spiced root veggies with lemony dal.

Hi Neil, just saw your post. Yes, muscle is heavier than fat, but also you are making a lot of new muscle and I know muscles need to hold water to do that, so your 500g loss is actually brilliant for this week.

Good Morning everyone

I really like your advice, ladies, about the packing for our trip. I have left my bag packed as I had it on the weekend but have been thinking about what I am going to remove when I repack it. I already think I have too many clothes (ummm and shoes lol) so I’m going to cut them back a bit. We are only there for 5 nights and if worst comes to worst there is a washing machine and dryer in our apartment.

Neil, I too have a friend that is around 63kg (so 3kg less than me) but she eats so much junk food. Yesterday she had a ‘salad’ followed by a big bag of Twisties. She nearly always eats sweet things after lunch and yet still stays slim. Most of her dinners are processed things or homemade pizzas, just awful really how bad her diet is. It is definitely genetic in her case. Her mum is super skinny, actually to the point she looks sick. Having said that, her mum is very unhealthy, drinks and smokes a lot and often just eats a bag of chips with her alcohol, probably all she eats for the day. I think I would rather be healthy and my 66kg thanks.

Lindsay, it is very frustrating when our bodies don’t respond after such a good FD. I had a ‘sort of’ FD yesterday and ended up at 650 calories. I was at just under 500 calories after dinner but then I was still really hungry so I ate 2.5 vita wheats (because I dropped half a one on the floor) with peanut butter. So yummy, but oh dear peanut butter is so high in calories! Anyway, that is behind me now. Weight this morning, bang on 66kg, so 300g loss. I’m not too worried as I am pretty used to the weight fluctuations now. That’s what you get when you weigh everyday.

Glad your infusion went well LJ and I ‘m definitely going to try the milk powder in my soup.

Betsy, you will get back on track. We have all been through ups and downs and it’s why my advice to everyone is just keep going.

Ok, I have a rep coming to see me in half an hour and work that needs to be done before then. Have a great day all

Good afternoon everyone.

I had a hospital appointment today to go through all the testing required to maintain access to my RA treatment drug. I passed it all – which always feels like such a relief. I can relax until November when I get to do it all again.

Lindsay, I hope your bronchitis improves soon and that you can find a remedy that eases the cough. I find hot lemon and honey helps a bit. Hopefully a day of rest will help too – glad you aren’t trying to rush off to work while still ill, as you’ve done before.

Anzac, Woo hoo indeed! Worthy of celebration. I always think we walk a little taller with a bit more swagger when something like that happens.

Neil, I feel the same about thoughtless comments from people who wouldn’t know what a weight problem was. I’m adopted and grew up fat in a thin family, despite being fed the same as everyone else. When I met some of birth family I was not surprised to find every one of them were obese.

Quacka, I thought North Queensland was a casual place. Surely birkenstocks will be fine.

Cinque, I literally drooled this morning when I read that your breakfast included homemade bread. I really do need to get baking soon – when I get a quiet week maybe. I’ve got a large tray of briam in the oven and that is going to require some good bread to deal with the tomatoey juices.

The timing of meals was odd today because I had medical appointments through lunch time.

NFD Fess Up:
Breakfast: pot of tea
Late morning: 2 weetbix, a large handful of bran and skim milk
Mid afternoon: 3 slices wholemeal sourdough, spread with homemade sundried tomato pesto, grilled lean eye fillet bacon and fresh tomato slices. (I hadn’t realised just how garlicky the pesto was until I ate this meal.)
Dinner: a roasted yellow capsicum filled with a few freekah grains and butter chicken. Served with roasted pumpkin, cauliflower, broccoli and carrots. Also a spoonful of the briam (tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, potato, red onion, red capsicum, oregano and olive oil)
Dessert will be some greek yoghurt.
Supper: a hot milky drink

I’ve decided to do a FD tomorrow instead of Friday, so have just rearranged my meal plan accordingly.

Hi everyone, it’s a FD so here’s my ‘pop-in’. I feel very guilty & rude just posting all about me and not replying to everyone. If I’m not engaged, there doesn’t seem any point in being here. But I haven’t the time to read so many posts at the moment. Dilemma. I don’t like missing out! So, thank you for your comments.

I know that Quacka’s holiday looms. I hope you get the packing sorted – take half of what you’ve packed – and have a great time.

Cinque, thanks for the update on Endeavour. That makes sense now. I only caught about half of it.

Anzac, glad that Maxx has made you proud at training. Lindsay, I hope you feel better soon. LJ, I expect your bridge lessons are coming to an end soon. We never learned ‘stayman’ in the beginners’ class. It was a supplementary lesson along with lots of other optional extras throughout the year. I spent a small fortune learning this game!

Klond, I can’t say I’m enjoying what’s keeping me so busy. I’ll talk about that another time.

CalifD, Minka, thanks for your emails. Sorry I haven’t replied (same reason).

Neil, Betsy, Merry, Penguin, everyone else, hello! And welcome Chatelaine.

That’s a pretty pathetic skim of posts, isn’t it? I hope all the losers are staying on track. And the maintainers are doing well. Of course you are. I’m maintaining a steady 57.7kg. I plan to get back here on Sunday, my next FD. Stay well all.

Good morning. Another 4 am wake up.
My doctor phoned, shocked,yesterday afternoon to say the throat swabs for me, my DD and little 3 year old had come back – and we have Influenza Type A. I say shocked, because we’d all had the ‘flu shot, although mine was only last week. No wonder we are all feeling so dreadful. OH has ‘something’, but not quite sure what. Maybe just a terrible cold. He’s taking Tamiflu as a precaution, because he got to the doctor early enough, and it may or may not help. He isn’t aching like we are, and the lethagy is unbelievable. On the upside? The doctor said the cough would last two weeks – and by the end of it we should have washboard stomachs.
Neil half a kilo a week is pretty amazing. I like the way you analyse how your body is responding to the diet and exercise regime.
Quacka, your friend may not show the results of her junk food diet, but inside her body will be screaming.
Respect, Betsy, that you are seeking advice on planking. I don’t think my back would support me. Let us know how you go.
Thin, you don’t need to respond to each and every post – just pop in when you can, and write what you will. We’ll all be very pleased to see you posting.
Penguin have you popped out again too?
LJ thanks for the tip about the cough remedy. I’ll give it a go. I won’t go to work next week either …both because I can’t imagine I’ll feel better, but also it’s not fair to inflict this on others. DD and Miss 3 had been poorly for a while, so I had the little one last Friday while DD pushed on to finish an assignment, so I guess that’s where mine came from. Not that I blame them, although of course DD feels dreadfully guilty. These bugs are everywhere, and it could just as easily been someone on the bus.
OK I’m going to crawl back into bed. I have had a coffee and it tastes like mud. I want my taste buds back! The other upside is I had another very good FD yesterday. A few olives and a little cheese at 5 pm, and half a cup of vegetable soup (all I could manage) with the news. Anzac I hope you are right about the scales being unkind when we are ill – ironic, isn’t it, that they are cruel just when we need some kindness 🙂
Thin, no guilt! No need.

I got a mail message from the older group about apps for recording, i use my fitness pal, it scans barcodes and can add as i go along, i really only use it for calorie counts as im starting to work out my favourites on fast days i hate cpunting calories to be honest

I so envy you all when you talk about going for a walk or doing exercise. It really seems to help you all, but if i go outside and motor down the street, they all seem to race out for a chat so if i go for a walk i get some fresh air and catch up with the gossip ive even tried odd times lol someone still catches me, my chair is a magnet hahaha

All the posts are so interesting i learn alot so thank you all another fast day today, im not finding them hard but my not fast days are much more difficult, my meal sizes have decreased but im hungrier than on fast days, drink more water on non days too its been three months now kinda proud of myself… daughter didnt last long, lol i enjoy maxs antics i have two little ones chewy and nala they are more lap dogs they keep me entertained

Thanks you all i might lurk alot but i do enjoy you all and thin, you will be missed if you dont pop in now and again District nurse is due so better go, have a good day everyone and keep smiling

Good morning…cloudy but strangely warm in Sydney today. A few people on the train platform were discussing it. Weird

Thanks for posting Thin; we don’t mind if you don’t reply to us but we would love to hear from you in any context. I’m sorry to hear whatever is keeping you busy is not enjoyable – hugs to you

Oh no Lindsay, the full-on flu, and some of the family along with you. Not. Good. I’ve only had it once and I will never forget how sick I was. I honestly had terrible thoughts like ‘am I dying?’ but I’m sure that was just the fever distorting everything. I really hope you recover soon but in reality I know it will take a while. Please do look after yourself

Betsy – those Arnott’s Cracker chips…..GAH! They had them during the workshops and it took all of my will to not throw myself bodily across the table and put my head in the box. They. are. SO delicious and moreish. You and I seem to have the same preference for salty, crispy, savoury morsels of evil!

LJ I can’t believe they make you go through this every 6 months. As BetsyLee said your RA is sadly not going to suddenly and miraculously vanish. Just red tape I guess and you just have to put up with it else lose your treatment. I saw my Mum suffer from it so terribly and my heart goes out to you. I was interested to read that you were adopted and then went on to meet some of your birth family. That must have been both interesting but also poignant.

Cinque, I too drooled at the thought of home made bread. I might try to make some this weekend and immediately freeze it so I don’t sit and eat the whole loaf in one sitting. Sigh.

Quacka, as Lindsay said your friend may be thin but her body is crying out for nutrients. So sad but nowadays too many people, especially girls, think the only ‘healthy’ thing is to be skeletal.

It must be your last day at work today too? How exciting!

How are you going G’day? I was interested to read about the ducks and chickens. I do wish we lived somewhere more rural. I also concur that menopause is most likely contributing to my constant plateau’s and I have been doing some reading about it. Apparently it is much harder to lose weight during this part of our lives due to many factors including hormone fluctuations, loss of muscle mass, inadequate sleep and increased insulin resistance. Everyone here will cheer with something I read today. There are three ways they recommend to lose weight during this phase: (a) Low Carb Diet (b) Mediterranean Diet or (c) Vegetarian diet. They also recommended a mix of strength training and aerobic exercise.

They also warned about increased risk of depression which is very concerning. I have never suffered from any type of ‘feeling down’ as I have always been positive and thankful for the wonderful people and all other aspects of my life. But (and I’ve never said this out loud) for the past 6 months or so I sometimes suddenly feel overwhelmed and sad/angry/anxious and I’ve blamed my job or lack of weight loss or even the dog sometimes. I am always able to talk myself out of it, but I was glad to read there is a hormonal reason behind it.

I thought I had a pretty good CD yesterday but the scales crept up to 85.7 from 85.5. I’m not going to obsess about it and see what happens after today’s FD. I’m leaving early today as I’ve put in a lot of long hours and I need a break from the office so I’m going to go home and go for a big, long, hilly walk. I can’t wait 🙂

Where are you Rosy and Penguin and others who haven’t posted for a while?

Have a great rest of the day everyone

Good morning fasters. FD for me.

I’m off to a travel show about holidays in Canada and Alaska this morning and didn’t want to be tempted by the morning tea – a FD prevents me telling myself just one biscuits will be ok.
Cali, I am aware that northern California is not far away when I get around to doing this trip. I’m probably still 2 years of saving away from it though.

Betsy, it’s not that they suddenly expect the RA to improvement. The modern treatment drugs are really expensive and I can only access them through our PBS scheme if I can prove that they are working well. So every 6 months I have to prove that I have a 50% reduction in the number of joints with visible inflammation and a 25% improvement in the blood tests that show rheumatoid activity and inflammation. Basically they compare current results to what they were before I commenced treatment. As long as I maintain at least that level of improvement I keep my access to the treatment drug. It’s because the government doesn’t want to be spending public money on a treatment that is providing minimal benefit – the patient is actually better off trying something else too if it’s not working well.
Good luck with the planking!

Crazy, good to hear from you. Really pleased to hear that your FDs are still going well. I’ve been doing 5:2 for quite a while and my NFDs are still a work in progress, so I can sympathise.

Neil, maybe when my back is better I might try that – not for 8 hours though!

Lindsay, rest up and drink plenty of fluids. Hope you see some improvement soon. I think this has been a particularly bad year for respiratory viruses. I know way too many people who’ve had a barking cough or no voice for weeks.
I make a drink with 1/2 small lemon, a heaped teaspoon of honey and then fill the mug up with hot water. If I sip it slowly it does seem to soothe – I thinks the combination of the heat and also the honey, which does act as a lubricant. (Or so the choir conductor used to tell us.)

Thin, this week we are learning competitive bidding and matchpoint scoring. Officially I have only 2 lessons to go. However they have said that there are other things we need to know to be able to join a table and play so they will be continuing the lesson times for another 4 weeks after the official lessons end. Which will make it 12 weeks of classes. Hopefully I’ll be able to join the playing group then without making a complete fool of myself. I think once we go out into the general play area for supervised play it’s $12 for 1/2 day of play and they provide a 30min lesson on more advanced topics before the play starts. I’ve actually been sitting in on those advanced lessons because they are in the same training room as my classes in the 30min immediately prior to my class starting – and I’m usually there early.

Cinque, I notice that I’m more mindful of both the volume and variety of veggies on my plate since I’ve joined your accountability. Influenced also by Penguin’s 30 veg a week too. Because I prefer cooked vegetables to salads, I always find it easier to eat plenty of veg in the cold weather.

Time for a second cuppa. Have a nice day everyone.

Anzac, crossed posts.
Maxx looks so contrite in that first pic.
Hanging on to a newly acquired low weight level can be challenging. I think the fact that your weight has stayed in the 85s is still a good sign.

Yikes, so many posts in the meantime.
Lovely 🙂

Also wanted to say how lovely it is to read all your posts. Thank you for the link about the nuts, Cinque.
I have just finished eating some almonds and three smoosh balls and that is on top of the food I ate at home which may start with ‘sal’ and end with ‘ami’, and don’t forget the cheese I had with it. If I were to guess at my calories consumed so far I would have to say it’s about 600 already. Ridiculous really, when I can go a whole day on just 500 calories. Oh well, I’m not going to feel guilty about it. It is a NFD after all……… now what else can I eat? Just joking 😉

Hi Anzac

You hang in there too!! Some FDs are a little tougher than others (same as NFDS lol) but just think how you will feel when you hop on those scales tomorrow. I’m sure you will see a good result.

You made me laugh with the bloated pregnant frog image. I probably shouldn’t have but I totally get what you mean. I have a photo of me in my bikini from the last holiday two years and looked awful. It was soon after that holiday that I started 5:2. Wow, I just thought of something. That means it has been almost two years since I started 5:2!

Yes, my girls were dogs. I miss them all the time but it’s not the right time for us to get another pet, especially if we are going to be flying around all over the place! lol
Fingers crossed.

Gosh it was nice to have an afternoon off work. The boys and I went to the park and ran around like kids after a soccer ball. Incidental exercise 🙂

Hubby is cooking my stir fry even though it is only 4.30 but I am honestly so hungry.

Intesha, I have been thinking of you and hope you and your Dad are ok.

I hope you have finished work Quacka and therefore the holiday has OFFICIALLY BEGUN!!!!!!!

I’m very glad I chose to do a FD today as the morning tea provided at the travel seminar included scones with jam and cream. Had it been a NFD I think the chance that would have indulged is almost a certainty. The travel seminar was inspiring – what lovely scenery. It reminded me that, when traveling, I am always more impressed by scenery than cities.

Quacka, at the travel seminar one the presenters said that the best policy for packing is to layout all your travel clothes and all your travel money. Then halve the clothes and double the money.

Anzac, a friend of mine is losing weight by cutting calories at the moment and she likened her behaviour to a labrador – she took enough food to work to get through the day but ate it all by late morning and then looked forlornly around hoping for more.

Cinque, I did the grocery shopping today and picked up the Coles free recipe magazine. It has a good collection of veggie recipes this month, just in case you are interested.

It was interesting watching the behaviour of the couple siting next to me at the travel seminar. Not only did they make multiple trips to get many scones with jam and cream, they then proceeded to eat their way through all the lollies on the table. Why – probably just because it was there. I’m sure there was a time when I would have behaved similarly. It made me feel a bit sick just watching today.

I have eaten a large plate of veggies for my FD dinner. If Penguin’s reading, I had 12 different veg on my plate for dinner (if I can count a few chickpeas as one).

I have another day out and about tomorrow and decided I wanted to have a cafe lunch over in Norwood – hence doing the FD today.

Cali, I had forgotten that was happening this week. Glad you have the new system installed before summer heats up. Hopefully the new system will be more efficient and give you many years of heating and cooling.

Oh, Cinque and Neilithicman, now I’ve looked at the youtube video, I see I’ve started at the more advanced level. Oops. That’s probably because my brother is fairly fit, so started higher. So, I’ll go back and try the one with the bent elbows and straight body, and if it’s fine for 60 seconds, I’ll go back to the more advanced one and practise with that. Will let you know how it goes. Thanks.

Hi all.

Betsy – Good luck with the planking. I might have to start it back up again, or sit-ups. Everything else seems to be tightening up but I’m still carrying a fair amount of padding around my belly.

Cali – I’ve often wondered about sauerkraut, I’ve never tried it before, what does it taste like and is it easy to make? Our garden is looking pretty bare at the moment. We’ve got some silverbeet, parsnips, beetroot and carrots that are ready to eat now and we’ve planted some winter cabbages, cauli and broccoli. We usually do pretty well out of our veggie garden during the year through.

I tried the treadmill yesterday at the gym for a change of scenery from the bike and rowing machine. I was able to run a lot longer that I could when I was starting to train for the surf to stadium run a couple of months back. I guess the 15+ kg that I’ve lost since then has been helping things out. I might have to do a rotation between the bike and treadmill from now.

Have a great day all.

Good morning everyone

Just a quick post before I head out.
I have another physio treatment across town in the eastern suburbs and then I plan to visit some of the op shops around the Norwood area and have lunch at the Seasonal Garden Cafe on The Parade. Then it’s over to the Bridge club for my lesson.

I have found I need to check my supermarket receipt before I head home to see if there are any glaring errors. Yesterday I I checked it after I’d put the bags into the car and found the biggest mistake ever. I’d bought one parsnip and been charged $17.72 for the privilege. I’m assuming the chap on the checkout weighed his arm as well. So I took the offending parsnip and the receipt back and asked for a correction – they decided to treat it as a scanning error and gave me a full refund. So I still get roast parsnip with my lamb roast on the weekend.

Klondi, I’m assuming you’ve made it back home in time for the funeral. I hope it all goes as planned and that your presence is a comfort to your sister.

I must go now, have a good day everyone.

Good Morning everyone,

Hope everyone is going well.

After the suggestion from LJ that I may be insulin resistant, I’ve taken a little while to learn a bit about it, and I think you’re right LJ. I stopped Fast800 while I did that. While not having talked to my GP about it yet, I spoke to one of my specialists yesterday with a general enquiry. ME/CFS is peculiar in that many people with it can have symptoms of something despite the blood tests, and sometimes other tests, appear normal. My previous blood sugar levels aren’t high and I have no other symptoms I’m aware of that would indicate I’m pre-diabetic. If I am insulin resistant, the only thing I can put it down to is 21 yrs of far less than normal activity, the first 2 yrs mostly in bedcand and then very slow, slow recovery to where I am now, which is still not normal, and much aided by the research drug I’ve been privately trialling, with the specialist, for a couple of years.

Anyhoo, I’m continuing on Fast 800 till I get to my goal weight, revert 5:2, and will go through all the medical hoops in about 3 months time before we head off overseas to our expat child’s overseas wedding. The expat is currently staying with us for a little while, renewing the requisite periodic visa.

Check-in: 64.2kgs today, 3.1kgs gone thanks to F800, and 2.2 kgs to go.

I’ll be back soon, after our expat flies away again.

Onwards and Downwards,
Merry and Mr M