Thank you Tally99 and barbarita.
So barbarita where are you in relation to a waist measurement that is less than half your height?
I have lost 5 inches off my waist since January, which I am thrilled about. However, that leaves 3 to go.
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Hello piper and all fast friends
Wow piper – I had no idea that you were as small as 10 stone!
You skinny minny you – Well done!
(You need to give us more information on ‘Help all LOACA’s etc’! I have to scout around on other threads to see what you are up to (or down to as it happens!)
Have a fab Xmas piper and all fast friends!!
Hi. @annette52 thank you for your very positive and inspiring post! I don’t get on here often but am grateful for your good words and sensible approach. Xmas here we come!
Hello fast friends.Lovely to come on here and feel the yuletide vibes and all the other good stuff. Lost 3lbs this week so happy with that, been making healthy choices and doing lots of brisk walking, although the weather is going between fresh and crisp then a bitter windchill factor. Sporting wee rosy cheeks as my Mum used to call them (and it’s not from the mulled wine yet :)) Measurements look the same from 9th Nov but that doesn’t feel right – my smaller jeans are now very loose around my thighs. Not so good at the measuring mullarky. Clothes fit/feel is the best indication for me together with what people are feeding back. A few more people have been very interested in starting the 5:2 in the New Year. I’ve signposted them to book and forum – we are the evidence. Happy to help them if they decide to. Today I weigh exactly 13 stone (182 pounds) and was 15 stones 4lbs (214 pounds) at end July, 32lbs lost. I’m delighted with that. I’m not a steady loser – some weeks 3 off then none the next week, then some the next week but I’ve come to appreciate that that’s how things are for me. As long as I’m continuing to lose overall and I’m still feeling healthy, energetic and ENJOYING the whole process then I’m a happy bunny. Taking a festive break until New Year. Hope to reach my target weight of around 10st (140 lbs) in 2014 and continue to enjoy all the health benefits.Was diagnosed with impaired glucose tolerance last Spring (pre diabetic?) so hope to see that improve when I’m retested in March. Thanks to everyone for their support, guidance and encouragement. The entertainment too :).
Have a grand time of it over the festive season. Here’s wishing you all that you’d wish for yourselves…………………xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Time4change- you’re doing great!
Toms- not even close to being done. For a good portion of my years, I weighed between 104-106 lbs. I am 5′ tall. There’s still way too much pudge in the middle. I have 15 lbs to lose, just to get down to the top of my BMI, and that’s probably still going to be too much for my frame.
Merry Christmas All!
Hello my fast friends, No I haven’t fallen off the face of the earth. LOL. so sorry I haven’t been posting much. life has gotten in the way.
I’m so far behind, I’m afraid to try and respond to all the posts, don’t want to risk leaving anyone out.
just want to wish everyone a happy Christmas and happy healthy New Year. Phyllis
Thanks Piper, did you have a good Christmas? since we don’t eat mince pies at our holidays, I have tried out the pecan pie diet this week! once slice and a cup of coffee would be all my fast day calories, but I enjoyed every bite.
just been maintaining for the past couple of weeks, but have really enjoyed the holidays and am back to 2 fasts this week. onward and downward! hope to see a 139 on the scales this week. take care all, wishing you a wonderful new year. Phyllis
WOOOHoo! Congrats on the loss!
My Christmas was pretty good. By the way, I love pecan pie. This was the first Christmas without one. 🙁 Daughter-in-law brought a yummy pumpkin desert that she made for both Thanksgiving and Christmas that everyone loved. Had the usual crowd.
I would say that I hope to see 139 on the scale next, but don’t know what damage I’ve caused in last week or so. And I don’t care- it was Christmas! 🙂 xx
had a good Christmas here. glad you had a good one Piper and Annette. I’m trying to ration the candy my daughter gave me to one piece a day, but sometimes a couple jump right into my mouth. LOL. glad I only get Ferrero Rocher once a year. 🙂
Annette, I vote for enjoying your family and friends and celebrate that 21 lbs lost. you will be able to lose anything you gain in the new year. we don’t have a lot of family and parties to worry about so it’s a bit easier for us to start up fasting again.
I LOVE that this way of eating enables us to celebrate, relax and enjoy that holidays without guilt and KNOW that we are in control and can fast any time we need a booster.
fast day today for me, wishing you a great day! Phyllis
I’m getting ready for New Year’s Eve by sorting out fat clothes to go to charity. Or shall I ask my fat sister if she wants them? Ouch! Silly cow seems to think I’m losing weight just to make her feel bad.
Time to start making New Year Resolutions.
Resolution 1: Stick to 5:2 until 65kg is the reliable upper limit of usual weight fluctuations.
Resolution 2: Do not give a flying fig what stupid people like my sister say. The reason I want to be under 65kg is my own good health and self esteem. No other motive required.
Hi Annette, I understand what you mean about needing a schedule. sounds like you have a good plan for going forward. I’m sorry to hear about those lbs and psoriasis sneaking back up on you. well, a big part of this plan I think, is learning what we can tolerate and what effect food has on us. winter is a bit more difficult food wise as we want comfort foods (usually not low calorie) I don’t generally find myself craving salads in the cold weather. 🙂
Hi RoBa, good for you! sorting out the fat clothes, because you aren’t going to need them anymore. probably wouldn’t offer them to my sister though, LOL. I guess its hard for people to be happy for us, when they are miserable. maybe down the road she will be open to taking care of herself, you are sure showing her the way.
I’m with y’all, I’m going to do this for ever. really hoping to see health improvements and avoid all the negative health traditions in my family. I think there will be a lot less of us next year. 🙂
Hi everyone-
Congrats to all for making it through the holidays!
Roba- sorry to hear about the hip, but congrats on the resolutions. Your sis is probably not actively wishing harm on you, but feeling bad about herself and being prickly as a self-defense. I know it makes you crazy, but go on, be the “littler” and nicer person. 😉
Annette- as we all know, you are pretty active. You’ll get in shape in no time. So, my question is, are you going to read Michael’s new book, and are you going to incorporate it into your plan? Even thought about it?
Other posters (on the site) had some hard questions-while I didn’t think Michael was trying to kill us, I was also concerned about keeling over. I’ll have to exercise just to get to the point of exercising!
Hi Piper, congratulations on making through Christmas. I think I’ll do MUCH better once all the candy is gone. I succumbed to the Ferrero Roche yesterday, so blew my fast day! first time I’ve done that. ah, well, I try for 2 days next week. know what you mean about exercise,I think if I tried to exercise like Michael did on the exercise show, it just might kill me. 🙂
Annette, I’ll bet some of that weight is bloat from all the goodies. it is hard with tons of goodies about, but sounds like you are off to a good start. I actually did crave salad the other day because I had eaten WAY too much the day before, but it is unusual for me in the winter.
I have been on medication for high blood pressure since my mid thirties, all off my family have strokes and heart attacks. I’m hoping that I will be able to get off the meds, or at least cut down. so far, it’s still up, somedays seem to be going up!!??? you would think that loosing 20 lbs would have a positive effect. going to check in with the doctor the first of the year.
wishing everyone a good weekend. Phyllis
My default position whenever anyone, especially a sister, is being nasty is to just turn up the volume on the smile and be double-plus super nice. Gets ’em every time.
But truly, I do catch myself wanting to tell people how 5:2 works and sounding like some smarmy git on the shopping channel trying to sell something. If I can lose 10kg in 8 months by failing on this diet surely everyone else can too – I want everyone who is overweight to feel better about themselves and be in control, at least a little bit, so they get this buzz.
New Years Resolution 3. Make the chocolates last till Easter – two a day but only on eating days. And that is if I can hide them from everyone else 😉
Hi fast friends! Hope you’ve all had a good Christmas. Sounds, from the posts Ive read, that most people feel positive about the New Year – and maybe some new clothes a size or two smaller..
Thanks, RoBa for making me laugh about turning up the volume on the smile etc. It can be upsetting, as RoBa and Annette have found, when friends or family don’t acknowledge your achievement in losing weight. But maybe some people genuinely dont notice, some people worry about saying the wrong thing and some people feel threatened by seeing a slimmer you, especially if they are overweight themselves. Maybe it makes them feel worse about their situation because they havent had the willpower that you are showing? Lets hope that the tubby friends and relatives do end up feeling inspired by your weight loss rather than intimidated by it!
I’ve had a mixed response but a couple of people have become interested in doing the 5:2 which felt very positive.
One of the reasons I started doing the 5:2 diet was that a friend at the gym had started doing it and I knew if she lost a lot of weight and I failed to make any real progress (as for the last 13 years) that it would make me feel low. That galvanised me into giving the 5:2 lifestyle a go, even though I couldnt imagine how I’d cope with so few calories!
Must admit Ive found it hard to see the scales creep up over Christmas – too much temptation close at hand. I know I can shift the weight once I go back to 5:2 but after making so much progress it feels like a backward step. And Ive just realised than Ive eaten two chocolate truffles whilst writing this message to you all. Oops. In the New Year, this has to be a chocolate/mince pie/Christmas pudding/Baileys free zone!
Hehe…reluctant multi-tasker…oops…two chocolate truffles while writing this message? I am at the moment starring at my favourite chocolate bar…and wondering whether I should follow in your footsteps?
Anyhow, re the not commenting on having lost weight: I wrote the same story somewhere else: my sister-in-law hs a long as I know her always been slightly over-weight. At some point she had lost a lot of weight and before she came over to see me and hubby, I was warned by everybody NOT to mention her weightloss as this would have shown her that I found her slightly too big. So I ended up commenting how great she looked and how healthy, pretending I did not see her weightloss.
What I am trying to say is that some people might not comment on purpose to not hurt your feelings.
I have lost 6kg in the last roughly 7 weeks and NOBODY commented, not even hubby. I asked him what he thought of my new me and he answered politely that he could not answer this question as whatever he would say, might be misunderstood. He ended up in saying he loves me the way I am and whatever makes me happy makes him happy. (Pretty diplomatic!)
Anyhow- long blurb- all the best for the remaining year and health and happiness for 2014 to all of you.
Stef.
Hey Piper, not sure I got the gist of your message, but I’m sorry to hear about your sister. I’ve got five sisters so I can afford to be a bit out of sorts with one or two of them at any time. A good thing about sisters is you can bag them out and still love them. One of my sisters who was super sporty suffers cruelly from rheumatoid arthritis and it breaks my heart to see her suffer.
There is a fair bit of sport in the family in watching each others weight. I use that to fire up my motivation some times.
Keep well every one. Be back in the new year.
Hi Piper, I’m so sorry about your sister. I imagine you are feeling pretty sad about sibling rivalry right now, even the friendly kind. sending you a hug and a wish for comfort for you and your family.
I grew up in a family that all the women were always on a diet. I have been sharing 5:2 with all that are interested. one cousin has lost a lot of weight, drinking some kind of special teas and coffee, costs a lot of money each month. I told her my way works great, and costs nothing. 😉 most of them will not try it though, they prefer a pill or magic potion. ah, well.
I lost my mind yesterday, ate chocolate all day long! I shudder to see the scales this week. at least the Ferrero Roche is gone. LOL. I think we will all do much better the first of the year after all the hidden goodies are gone.
good luck with the coming week. blessings all Phyllis
hi Piper, I am impressed!! all those choccies and you only ate a couple. 🙂
Hi Annette,I think the idea of waiting until you get back to your routine to get really get restarted. and I’m sure you will get back the groove. I’m really sorry that you are out running in the rain, NOT fun.
I’m doing ok, seem to have gotten past the worst of my munchies attack. have been having some kind of viral thing going on, so energy levels very low. just taking it easy and doing the best I can at the moment. Have enjoyed the holidays though.
everyone be kind to yourselves today. Phyllis
Here Here, Christmas will be very different next year for us too….far far too much, going on with the usual traditions…… which we have now changed for good.
One week of very much over eating, full, bloated, very unwell, heartburn, not sleeping good.
Hubby stated today, “Don’t go near the scales, we will try on Friday after this weeks fasts” his weigh in wasn’t good and he is not talking about it!
Everybody else seems to have done better than us, maybe hitting the two stone goal…..and celebrating …too much…
Piper, you are so good 1 Ferraro Roche and A piece of chocolate, I went with eat the lot mode and when they have all gone they have gone…….well nearly all put away now, just lovely Christmas cake…maybe a couple of pieces a week
Fasting today and swimming starts again next Monday ( to many children about for lengths) and get back in the swing.
Good luck to everybody fasting………..Happy New Year to all.
Jean
This thread is about ignoring scales and calories and using the fit of your clothes as a guide to well being. I think of it as more of a ‘big picture’ strategy and that is the kind of person I am. Details aren’t so important to me.
However, and this might seem contradictory, science is my thing. Dr Karl is a science writer and tv presenter who makes good sense and here is his article about why a calorie is not a calorie all the time.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2013/11/12/3889049.htm
One of my favorite snacks is a handful of almonds but I’ve worried that they are highly calorific – now I know that only some of those calories affect my weight.
RoBa,
Lots of us on here were chasing a weight loss goal for Christmas, just to keep us all on track. Again we are all after weight loss on our clothes also, going down sizes and passing on our large clothes to friends and charity shops.
My waist is now less than half my weight, at 31 1/2, my height at 5′.7″…loosing 5″, nice to see it in a healthy zone.
Everything…..which ever way suits each person is right….as long as its the thinner down side trend.
Happy New Year everyone!! here’s to a thinner, healthy new year for all of us.
Annette, horizontal rain! I admire your willingness to even attempt a run in that. Hopefully your boys have eaten all the tempting goodies to make your life easier.
Jean, isn’t it funny how our bodies are letting us know when we’ve overdone it? still a few days of overdoing helps us appreciate the good days. Hope this weeks fasts go well for you and hubby.
RoBa, I am finding that I judge my weightloss as much my the clothes as the scales. I have learned thanks to all you lovely folks that the numbers aren’t everything. once upon a time, any increase on the scale would just send my into a funk. now I see it as a temporary situation. 🙂 Love this way of life!
wishing you all a lovely day. Phyllis
Good luck on your plan Annette, you are very committed in all ways, a stone off for the summer. Our Christmas cake a third gone…two thirds to go…more slowly.
Our weigh in tomorrow and then discuss between us our goals for this year. Our kitchen is getting there but a distraction from proper fasting, and both had have this viral condition which is now 3 weeks in, you feel a bit better then it hits you really bad again, usually starts again about 6 pm and through the night. I know Annette you said no fasting while ill, but we will start again properly on Monday! Get back on track and start swimming again.
Well back to the kitchen..I am the apprentice, fetch and carry and making tea!
Speak later, Jean
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