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Snedger, step away from the potato thoughts.
I think I’m slowly figuring out my weightloss journey. Instead of the usual multiply and dividing this number by that, I want to weigh 135 lbs. forever (I can dream, can’t I?) and so I figured why not eat like I want to maintain THAT weight? So, this is a non-fast day and the daily calorie count for a 5’6″ woman who weighs 135 lbs. is around 1400.
If someone knows better, please feel free to enlighten me.
annette52, I am a fiend for toffee. Of course, I make my own caramel and it’s just a matter of time before I’m making my own toffee. We make all kinds of puddings in school. The bakery class has a sticky toffee cake they put on sale. So good!
You stumped me at the “treacle tart” thing. I’m sure it’s delicious, but I’m American, so please bear with me because the spelling looks savory like some exotic dish at a hoity-toity restaurant where the diners eat a cow’s tracheal, which doesn’t exist, seems unappetizing, and sounds really Eff’d up.
Anyway, could it be my imagination, but my jeans feels loser than they were this morning. I mean they don’t even look attractive in the front. I look like a coal miner’s daughter in my size 12 jeans. Lord love a duck!
@snedger sorry to hear about your health problems! Hope you feel better soon 🙁
listen to you Annette and Etherial with all that food talk, lucky I am not big fun of toffee or treacle tart, or I would get my hands on those chocolate raisins by now 😉
for me… I had one of those ‘light bulbs moments’ and it hit me, that what I really miss is crunchy food 🙂 have you got any healthy ideas?
I had handful of crispy rice the other day, just had to have something crunchy to eat, and didn’t feel like having a carrot or an apple again.
had lots of chocolate yesterday, as I had house full of 4 year olds scoffing Easter treats, lucky I knew before hand, so I wasn’t kidding myself, and had non fasting day 🙂 I surprised myself and handled that little bundle of joy well ( I am known to loose my temper) we had lots of fun, and day went fast. With 4 children at home from 9-6 I thought it will drag 😀
I also had the worst period of my life- first two since i started fasting were light so it took me by surprise. Well it’s over now, so going back to normal. Ufff!
House full of kiddies again tomorrow- doing Easter hunt for them, and decorating eggs, making Easter bonnets etc. Should be fun- at least I will have a friend to have adult conversation this time 🙂
ladies you throw those scales away, and just keep going. Muscles burn more kcal so think of all hard work your body is doing when you sit down and have whatever Easter treats you fancy 🙂
have a good day! xx
Etherial I am doing the same on my non fast days, having no more then 1380 kcal as this is what I will have to have when I reach my goal. I call it getting used to being slim 😉 well done on your trousers- time to go shopping? 😉
My chinos starting to get lose on my legs- not around my waist thou so not the time for going down in size for me yet. Although legs were always problematic region ( family inheritage) so pleased anyway.
happy fasting!
Issu, if I need a “new” outfit, all I have to do is look in my closets. Seriously, I have things in there that still have tags on ’em. It’s true, I’m a clothes horse.
I got down to 140 lbs. and took for granted that being on a diet was not a good thing. I was on the Michael Thurman 6-week body makeover and lost 46 lbs. in about 6 weeks. The problem was no one can sustain a restrictive diet like that. No salt, no sugar, no dairy, no alcohol, and drink 100 oz of water every day. I also worked out 6 days a week; that I enjoyed, but the food was very bland I couldn’t hang out with girlfriends sometimes at our usual eateries or breweries because I was “watching my weight”. You become missing in action.
Today, I am going to attempt my first workout today. I’m starting off with Fluidity’s beginner workout. It’s a combo of ballet & pilates. I have Taebo, Power 90, Hip Hop Abs 1 & 2 & Extreme Hip Hop Abs; Bar Method, Yoga, Pilates, Jari Love’s Weight-lifting, Zumba and Zumba Exhilarated, and many others. I used to work out 6x a week and felt really good, but after I broke my leg and was down for 8 weeks in a boot, it was hard to resume my fitness program and that led to a year with no workouts.
Slow and steady.
I move around a lot in school, lifting stock pots, 40 lb. bags of flour, and not to mention on my feet from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then it’s on to maintaining my home. I won’t complain about cooking all day and having to do it at home, because cooking relaxes me. What I am doing right this minute is pushing myself away from the computer and getting on with my first workout. It’s only 20 minutes and I just have to do it 2x a week. Don’t know if anyone’s seen the infomercial, but it really works. I used to mix up my workouts every day.
Hello . Everyone! I hope you had a good Easter! Especially you Symba! Happy Birthday!!!!!!! I vas incredibly busy and very ill yesterday, thank goodness feeling better today, with both my monkey’s at home I wouldn’t managed otherwise. Women can afford to be ill for long heh? Had a break from fasting as I felt rotten all Easter but I was quite good anyway without thinking about it. I did have chocolates and cup cakes but didn’t go overboard like I would do before. We went to amusement park on Sat with lots of junk food around me and I wasnt tempted at all. What I’ve noticed I can see a difference between hunger and thirst and I am very aware of it. Nice change. @etherial is nice you have clothes in your closet to accommodate changes, I’ve run out of sizes now. 🙂 it was nice to have a break from fasting, I think I needed it, pleasently surprised my weight stayed the same. @annette your Easter/Christmas feast sounds good 🙂
Happy Easter, Everyone. My kids are all grown and my son’s family came over and I cooked a feast. Easter baskets and candy eggs in baskets and my son’s sister-in-law and her husband came, too. Our home was filled with aromas of food, music, laughter, and splashes from the pool. I had a piece of chocolate and later that night, had 1/4 slice of Tuxedo cake (alternating layers of white & chocolate ganache, and chocolate fudge between layers of light yellow cake). It’s light and I share that 1/4 slice with my husband.
Yes! Yesterday was my first day back to my fitness regime!!! I’m so happy. I did the Hip Hop Abs Extreme workout, which I heard is a segment from Shawn T’s Insanity workout. I’s pretty intense for 1 hour. I thought I’d be really sore today because I hadn’t worked out in a year, but I just feel the tiniest bit achy in my legs and shoulders.
Today, after school, I’m doing the Fluidity workout, which is only 20 minutes of ballet and pilates. I’m not going to rush back into it, but ease my way back. I used to love working out, depending on the workout, 6x a week and that was just a couple of years ago. I can get back into it and I don’t have to be hardcore to do it.
@annette I forgot to say well done on your masters, I can book my modules finally next week- looking forward to it 🙂 @etherial well done on your work out, I know how it is to get hooked in exercise, and I love the feeling. I am finding it hard to put my mind into real exercise this time. I just know that once you stop you have to start from square one. And never mind how hard I tried to find a time for exercise in September with working 32 hours, studying and being mum,wife,cook, cleaner etc. I get disheartened. I am glad I did find a way of eating alone I can control my eating habits. I do my best to walk everywhere, and stand when I talk to people and jog when I get a chance, but my head is just not on the ball. Sad that is.
Happy {belated} Easter!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I had 24 at my house for lunch after church yesterday. Therefore my normal fast day got bumped to today. But yesterday was wonderful…good food, good fun, & good fellowship!! This morning at the gym my friends asked who partook of Easter candy. I said I didn’t have candy…chocolate pie isn’t candy right?!?! Ha!!
Today has been a rough fast day. I’ve been irritable & just plain cranky. As soon as my kids were in bed I rushed off & took a hot shower. Now I’m in comfy jammies & watching my favorite tv show. So not as cranky now. Ha!
Two wonderful compliments today from friends. That helped me make it through my fast day!! Plus I bought a new dress for Easter but didn’t get to try it on in the store. Once I got it home my husband & I both agreed…it was too big! It was a medium & doubtful I could’ve worn a small, but I was thrilled that it was too big!
Regarding the scales these days, despite my shrinking inches I’m still 5 pounds higher than I was at Christmas. I’m convinced part of that is muscle gain. But still hoping to be rid of those pounds once & for all!
Love hearing about everyone’s successes, calorie ambitions & holiday celebrations!!! Happy fasting this week, friends!
Just done my first gym session at new gym. Took it very easy. Will see if there any consequences tomorrow.
Cancelled my fast yesterday, I slow cooked some salt beef (called corned beef in the US I think – UK corned beef is tinned and mainly fat) and the smell was too irresistible not to join in.
Just off to see if there are any discounted easter eggs in the shops – treat for tomorrow.
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Hi Everybody,
I had a good 65th Birthday away, too much food and too much drink and too many Easter Eggs……but enjoyed every bit. We have to Fast, We have to live….
So definitely a few pounds on for both, clothes a midge too tight, I am keeping clear of the scales. I will weigh in a couple of weeks when everything has settled down…that’s the good thing of Fasting, we can all pull back get on track and keep the weight stable again! And loose a bit more…
Good Luck to all
X
Thank goodness I don’t have a super sweet tooth. My bad girl thing is rich, buttery sauces over juicy, well-marbled meats. I really have to watch that and warm buttered bread.
I was swamped with homework yesterday and still have a ways to go and couldn’t work out, but nothing is getting in my way today. I’m working on my final assignment before graduation next month and guess what, it’s a food portfolio and I include some of my recipes I experimented with throughout the year and add more with menus from restaurants. All of this for 15 countries. It’s a pretty thick binder and I have to do index and tables of contents. It’s okay, I used to put legal binders together when I worked as a legal secretary. I know volume and I know how to put it together, problem is I have to get my housework and workout in; those are priorities, too.
Noticed my size 10 khaki pants are baggy! Yesterday’s dinner was a couple pieces of grilled salmon and a pear (dehydrated pieces of pear and mixed nuts) salad with mixed greens with a pear vinaigrette, and it was good an filling. I can hardly believe that those pants are loose, I mean really loose. Last year, they were a bit snug and I put ’em away and forgot about ’em until I cleaned out my closets and found them, tried ’em on, and they fit. Two weeks later, and they’re loose. Not complaining. I’m just happy I finally incorporated fitness into this eating plan. The workouts make things a lot easier and faster weight loss.
Viva la Loo-see!
annette, you are a star! Am I right in thinking that was your personal best for a 10K? Never mind the scales or the tape measure, you have clearly done something quite miraculous to your body with 5:2 and all your hard work.
And great that you’ve signed up for the OU Saturday course. I know EXACTLY how you are feeling! I’ve just looked back at an earlier post of yours and see that this is the first module of the Master’s. I’d love to hear all about it. When do you start?
Well done on your 10k and your best time, you make us all feel guilty!
Also back to study on your OU, if you could turn the clock back and do things differently…….
Good luck on your next run.
We are also riding our weight of the moment, as you are….things will improve when the weight decides to move, as long as its stable ish we are happy. Keep Fasting!
X
Hi fast friends, sorry I’ve been gone so long. had some computer problems. have been having a serious up and down month. up a couple of pounds, down a couple. I figure that I’ll just continue with the plan and see where it leads me.
don’t want to hijack the thread, but wanted to check on Mommabear and our other U.S. friends. we have had some serious weather this week. Mommabear are you ok. I know you are in Arkansa, don’t know if you are in the area so decimated by the tornadoes. Hope everyone is ok. we had golf ball size hail last night really scary, but no tornado and no real damage. another night of the same weather ahead. don’t know how well my fast day is going to go today. 🙂
did you all ever find out what a hushpuppy is? it’s a fried cornmeal fritter. has the cornmeal, onion, egg and milk, and fried in oil that you are frying fish in. when folks had a fishfry around here on the riverbank, they would try them up to toss to the dogs to get them to stop barking wanting the fish. hence, hushpuppies. when I was little I called them shut up puppies, no body at my house said hush, they said shut up. 🙂
I so enjoy reading how everyone is doing. welcome all our new fast friends. sorry for the monolog, hope everyone is having a good day. Phyllis
HA! “SHUT-UP PUPPIES”, funny. I just finished baking stuffed Chinese bakery buns. I’m taking some to school, so my classmates can try. I also found out my Kitchen Aid doesn’t handle heavy dough because Hobart, the original manufacturer sold the company and the new machines will smoke and burn out. I’m purchasing a vintage Hobart Kitchen Aid from Ebay. No wonder our grandmothers’ Kitchen Aids lasted 40 some odd years; it’s because Hobart made them.
I was so busy in class yesterday, cooking from 9-3, prepping for the lunch service in our Bistro today and tomorrow, and I had to restock our regular menu because over the weekend, one of our walk-in friges’ compressor was down and everything was about 70 degrees and spoiled.
Like I said earlier, no matter how much food I’m surrounded by, I don’t have desire to eat it. I didn’t eat anything, except a boiled egg for lunch and then I was off to my food costs class.
I’m crazy, because when I got home, I was excited about making the bakery buns for the first time and they came out great, but could use some improvements, like not stuffing them so full of meat; it takes away from the fluffiness of the bun.
Hi ethereal, I am really impressed that you can be around all that food and not nibble. thanks for the Kitchen Aid info. I have been lusting after one of those for years. now I know I need to find an older one.
I’m not feeling very well today, lack of sleep and anxiety fatigue from last night. I may not make under 500 cals today, but will try to keep it down. that’s one of the things I love about this plan, I can work it around my real life and still see results.
wishing you a great day, hope your buns are a big hit. Phyllis
Phyllis, I’ve wondered where you were & how you were doing! Thanks for checking on me. We’re fine. We had been told the storms were going to be bad & we were prepared. Well, as prepared as you can be. Anyway, the storms ended up splitting around us, barely giving us any hail. But 16 are dead just 2 hours from us & such devastating loss. The same small town was hit 3 years ago. My dad helped people cut down trees, fix damage, etc. I’m sure he’ll go back this year. He usually helps all around: Alabama, Missouri, etc. We are grateful we are fine!! More storms coming this Spring. Crazy!
I fasted yesterday, & did great. Finished the day at 487 calories, no headache but still cranky. Ha!!
@Yorkshire lass, I agree with Annette. 4 stone can be daunting…but I guarantee you’ll see a bigger difference in your inches lost. Start watching your clothes!! It’s hard for me to see differences in myself when I’m naked, but clothes don’t lie!! Just yesterday I was looking in the mirrors in the barre studio at the gym & couldn’t believe that was me!!! I really looked smaller & while I’ve always loved my body, curves and all, I looked & was proud of what I saw. For me, I’ve hovered around the same weight for so long, but my inches have shrunk considerably. Good luck to you!
Happy fasting, all!! Tomorrow is normally a fast day, but I have a team tennis match tomorrow…& I’m playing singles. I’m gonna need my energy!! Ha! So I’ll be fasting Thursday. Hoping for another day as good as yesterday!
Thanks, Phyllis, they were! I am sooo exhausted because yesterday and today was grueling in cooking class. I was on my feet from 9:00a-3:00p, no breaks, just cutting, slicing, dicing, and cooking. Rave reviews on my pupusas and chicken & sofrito. I also came home and baked some Chinese stuffed bakery buns. Took 1/2 dozen to school for everyone to taste.
I want to workout, but I’m feeling sooo exhausted. I need a miracle…or a glass of wine.
BTW, I’m 58 years old and can move around those kids in my class, just as quickly. One reason you don’t eat the food is because some of these kids in class don’t have a clue about splitting a leek before you put it into a stock pot or washing their hands. I mean most of my classmates are sanitary, but you still have a few. Hell, they don’t even wash their uniforms half of the time.
Who wants to eat around that? But, it keeps me on plan. As a matter of fact, tomorrow is my fast day, but yesterday and today, I barely ate anything; no time. Tomorrow is tasting day and we’re serving South American cuisine and I don’t eat breakfast or dinner when I eat my tasting menu.
Pretty cool, huh?
Hi all, Mommabear,glad you are all ok. congratulations on a good fast day. hope your tennis goes well.
Etherial, yup, sounds like your classmates habits would make it easier to resist those nibbles. 🙂 South American cuisine, yum!
Annette, congrats on your great run time! I’m really impressed at how far you have come on your journey.
so pleased to see everyone doing so well on the plan. Yorkshire lass, you can do this.
I’m so far behind with the thread, please forgive me if I don’t mention everyone. I loose track when I’m trying to post. sending you all good wishes for a great day. Phyllis
Hi annette,
Hopefully you’ll find that everything in the scary parcel looks much more scary on paper than it does when you actually start doing it. Now on the final lap of the MA I still look back at all the stuff in the student handbook with its programme structure, core modules, etc and think “What the so-and-so is that all about?” – only to find I’ve actually done it and it wasn’t nearly as bad as they made it sound.
I’m glad you can sprint Annette, ‘cos today I cannot – but I did beat “The Beast” !
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So, just one ginormous meal today and now a 40 hour fast.
Hello Everyone! I’m glad to see everybody is well and achieving! 🙂 I had 2 weeks off fasting- i was very unwell, so there was no chance to even try. First week back on track 🙂 I went shopping today- friend of mine is getting married so I needed something new to wear. My first shopping trip in years I actually liked picking an outfit! Bought 2 dresses and 2 jackets 😀 I am glad i am going back to work soon 😉
Annette you will be just fine! we say in Poland: Devil isn’t as scary, as it looks 😀 good luck!!! xxx
Annette,
You can have some of my shape change – I now have to wear a belt all the time for trousers/jeans – or they will just fall down.
Is there a vibro-plate machine at your gym? I’ve just discovered that they are excellent for warming up/down.
I am relieved to realise that I am officially fixed! Played cricket yesterday, first game for a new club, no issue with intercostal – and even took 2 wickets, which is going to give me a buzz for days – still a kid at heart me 🙂
Going to treat myself on bank holiday Monday, instead of fasting – chipolata sausage sarnies for breakfast, yum, yum !
Cheers
Annette I often find that my scale doesn’t show any changes, tape measure too but clothes are loosened here and there. So great news for you! Lovely comment to hear! Xxx 4 day left… have visitors everyday which is great but fasting is difficult as people don’t want to eat if I don’t eat myself, at least fasting at work should be easy 🙂 didn’t loose anything this week but didn’t put on any weight too so I am happy anyway. After the wedding on Sat and 2 burgers on hungover, and all visitors and cakes I almost expected gain something. Fasting again, with visitor on the way to my house, and homemade granola bars for snacks for my friend… gonna be done! 🙂
Annette I think you are marvellous!
I too have such a fold of fat – do you think it is specifically the interval training (as opposed to running) that got rid of it? If so – can you explain in a bit more detail what you do for interval training? I am just getting going at the gym so I am looking for ideas….
It must be fabulous to feel so fit and I am in awe of your running and the half marathons. Also – I am so pleased that you have finally slipped of the plateau this week – long may it continue.
Cath x
Wow that’s seriously impressive exercise Annette – but a really inspirational tale!
I can’t really run if I am honest (never really could) and have been advised by the doc and physio that it would not be the best for my hip – but any non-impact exercise is OK.
After six sessions I have worked up to 15 minutes cycling and 15 minutes on the cross trainer (followed by a whole load of hip stretching, sit ups and upper body exercises). At first I struggled to get through but I can feel the improvement already so my aim in a couple of weeks is to try to apply your interval training techniques to the cycle and cross trainer to see if they help.
Will keep you posted
Cath x
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