Hello All

Thanks for the hugs, Lori, and the encouragement! I do hope the ear is finally clearing up, Annette. Well, sounds like you’re both having sartorial fun! I’m really pleased for you. If you’re reading, Phyllis – hi!

I was in the Last Chance Saloon for fasting this week. I am finally getting one in today. I’m having a ‘taking it easy’ day. It’s funny, sometimes those are the best days to fast; at other times keeping busy is the key. So far so good and am confident I won’t blow it. I was tempted earlier in the day and I thought ‘this is desire versus need’, which helped me to stay strong.

I reckon that, out of the past 4 weeks, I have only done one 5:2; the rest have been 6:1. The early part of the week was hard emotionally and I resorted to chocolate biscuits. I also suspect I have done a spot of sabotage in the run up to my 2nd assessment at Bath (apologies if I’ve said that before). I was so exhausted this week that I contacted them and have rearranged my test for 1st June. My prediction is that it will show some increase in fitness; but I wouldn’t be at all surprised if I have actually increased in weight/girth as I do feel I have done some ‘compensatory eating’, as Dr M calls it in the Fast Exercise book. Anyway, I can hear you all advising me not to cross bridges before I’ve got to them 😉 so will just do my best and wait and see!

It’s a holiday tomorrow on both sides of The Pond, Lori. Hope we all enjoy our Monday.

BB xxx

Whilst I don’t live in a pigsty, Ive always subscribed to the thought that I may die before I get to do everything I want to do, I may have regrets, but it wont be that I didnt do enough housework.

Age has taught me many things. No one visits when the house is tidy, two weeks dust is no more noticeably than one weeks – though from experience, its quite noticeable after five.

No matter how well housework is done, it doesn’t stay that way.

Dogs, children and cats still love you, no matter how untidy the house is.

Friends will always welcome you, they know you don’t judge their homes.

Cupboards are there for a reason.

You can do sixty percent of your housework in an hour – no idea why some folk spend their lives trying to do the other forty percent.

Ninety five percent of ironing is not essential, as long as you straighten out everything as it comes out of the washing machine, and put it on a coathangar.

The above should always be done by the men in the house.

Men are more capable than women to use any machine – washing machine, dishwasher and vacuum cleaners especially. At least they think they are, seems a pity to disagree.

If you don’t have a man in the house – the house is likely to always be just as tidy as you would wish it to be.

It is possible to read a book or watch a film in an untidy house – just has to be a good book or film. Until you get used to it.

Up and ready for boot camp. It is cardio boxing day, which is fun. We hit a heavy bag. We have SO many people at each session now that it makes it a bit harder on boxing days as we only have 4 bags. The usually alternate us fairly well.

A fast day for me too. I’ll probably be up around 800, but that’s ok on a day when I’ve done boot camp.

I’m afraid work will be rather boring today. It is a very slow time of the month and the day can drag. I guess I need to start making plans for my vacation in September! That will keep me busy for a couple hours!

Have a great day!

Hello Fast friends,
I’m not sure where this week has gone! Is it really 5 days since I last posted? I have lots of imaginary chats with you during the day but forget I’ve not actually put my thoughts down ‘on screen’. I’ve just caught up with reading your posts. I’m so pleased for each of you with your 3lb loss: well done!

I have managed 2 fasts this week as long as, today, I don’t blow it before bedtime, which is most unlikely. It’s one of those FDs where I bet I fall asleep contemplating a hearty breakfast tomorrow.

I am also feeling considerably fitter, so I am looking forward to my appointment at Bath Uni on monday. My bought exercise bike arrived last Friday. Today, I finally encouraged myself to unpack it and begin to assemble it. It’s the usual diagram, with no written instructions. At every stage I made a mistake in the order I put each section together; and then had to undo nuts and bolts, rearrange the parts and rescrew every nut. Now I only have the handlebars and the console to add (although they look to be the fiddliest stages.) The contract for my rented bike ends on Tuesday, so I will have time to ride them both and compare. The purchased bike looks sturdy, though, which was my main concern.

Annette, I have made my new appointment on 1st June a bit later than the previous one, which means I would get back into town closer to the time you finish work, after all. If you would like to resurrect the ‘meeting up for coffee plan’, that would be great. If you’re up for it, maybe you could suggest a meeting place? However, if you’d rather wait until the summer hols, that’s no prob.

Lori, enjoy your golf-fest this weekend! Annette, enjoy whatever you have planned!

Cheers, BB

Good Morning All!

Big day yesterday! I did 2 loads of laundry before heading to the golf course and then walked the 6+ miles pushing my clubs in the heat & humidity. Whew! I stopped at the grocery store on my way home to buy what I need to make a shortcake as the husband told me he would buy some strawberries at a local farm stand. As it turned out, he forgot to get the berries because he was busy with our 11 year old grandson all day. I was glad, as I didn’t feel like baking a cake when I got home. I’ll make the cake this morning before I head for the golf course. Talk about an indulgence! I figure 300 calories per serving. OY!

Sleep was interrupted last night at 10:45 when it sounded like the end of times. It turned out that the University that is just over the hill from us was shooting off fireworks as part of their alumni weekend. We woke with a start and I said to the husband(in a sleepy grog) “What is THAT?” He said, “I have no idea!” Then it dawned on me what it must be and he agreed that I was correct. It was a bit hard to get back to sleep after all the banging and being startled awake.

I sure am rambling this morning. It sounds like it may be raining outside, so golf may be cancelled for today. It really wouldn’t make me too upset as I’m still feeling kind of tired from yesterday. If we play, I think I’ll ride a cart as showers/storms may pop up at any time today.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Hello All!

Just playing catch up at work after being off yesterday, but had to stop in here for a quick read.

Golf was an exercise in frustration yesterday. I didn’t play very well, plus the group in front of us was SO slow. They held up the whole tournament and caused it to take an hour longer for the round than it should have. The only positive was that it didn’t rain. That would have been the icing on the cake!

Ate too much Sunday & Monday, so I’m hoping today’s fast day will repair some of that damage.

Back to my paperwork!

this is really right ! helpful . i will pay attention

Wow, Lori, I’m impressed at your doing Boot Camp. Also interested in seeing how the eating window works for you.

My scale is as stubborn as yours. Went down nicely the first two weeks, then up a bit, back down a bit, and now seems to be stuck. Yesterday was a fasting day, at least until I ran into my dean at a coffee shop and he bought me a glass of wine. Oh well, I’ll try again on the weekend. Haven’t been able to decide if I should tell folks I’m on this plan, so far haven’t. What do you all do?

Thanks, BB, for the encouragement. Glad to know this is pretty par for the course.

Good luck to everyone who’s fasting today.

MM

Helloooooooooo? Where is everyone?

I’m slogging along with my eating window approach and doing ok. I did have to open my window a bit early yesterday as I was simply starving. No worries, as I closed it an hour early last night too. We’ll see if I can last until 2PM today.

Getting lots of good exercise in this week. I’m heading to my sister’s for the weekend again, so that means more eating and drinking than is normal for me. We have so much fun together. We also get lots of walking in to help balance out any indulgences. 😉

Annette…hope your ear has cleared up by now. Bummer to have to be taking so many antibiotics.

BB…….what are you up to?

Take care all.

Hi Annette!
Glad you’re feeling better. Enjoy the new clothes!

More later!

Oh Annette, that few pounds will be gone in no time. No worries.

After a week of 19:5 the scale was down a bit over a pound for me. I had a couple slips during the week too, so quite happy. Hoping the weekend with my sister doesn’t result in any of that coming back! If it does, it will be quickly lost again.

Have a good weekend!

Hello My Dear Fast Friends

Sorry for long silence from this part of the world – I’ve had various things taking up my energy, not least computer problems – still ongoing! Have just caught up with all your posts. So glad you are finally feeling fit, Annette, and have got rid of that horrible ear infection. Hope you’ve been having a great weekend, Lori.

I’m afraid that’s it for me for the mo – I have to turn off this infernal machine and go to bed! Will be back tomorrow and update you on my 5:2 journey.

Hope the week starts well for us all
BB X

Hello

I, too, hope the evening went ok for you Annette.

Lori, are you still doing 2 FDs and then ‘Eating Window’ on your non FDs? Or have you dropped FDs and replaced them with continuous Window days? Interested to know more.

Jonathan from Bath Uni sent the written reports on my 2 assessments (April and June). In the 9 weeks, my fitness had definitely improved. The measurement is called V02 max, ie how quickly your body takes up oxygen. Happy that I went from ‘poor’ to ‘low average’. Conversely, I must admit I was a bit frustrated with myself as I know I didn’t apply myself wholeheartedly. For about 6 weeks, I did only 6:1; probably averaged 2 HIIT sessions per week, rather than 3; and 2 -3 resistance workouts, rather than the 5 recommended. However, overall I was pleased with progress.

I now have 3 months until my last assessment with them. My commitment now is to get back to 5:2 and do HIIT and resistance work to the max recommended. I am fasting today but, as I haven’t counted calories, it’s not quite as disciplined as it needs to be. Well, I feel I am getting back on my horse and restarting my journey.

Take care – I’m really happy to be back in touch on here,
BB

Love that BB……hope for the best but expect the worst! LOL! Sounds like you had a good Fast day yesterday. YAY for the HIIT on the bike today! Go Girl!

Annette, glad your leg felt fine while running. Baby steps you know. A bit each day or so will be the ticket.

I did boot camp this morning and will go out for a run/walk tomorrow morning. I’m doing a running training program that has us run for a set period and then walk etc etc. I have it on my phone and it “tells” me when to run and when to walk. I like not having to watch a clock. I just wait for the beep and the sweet lady to tell me what to do! 😉

Have a lovely day!

Good Morning friends!

I’m enjoying having a day off work. Just sitting and sipping coffee and catching up with all of you! I decided not to go to boot camp since I’m playing in a golf tournament later today. I won’t be home till probably 9 tonight, so I’m taking it easy this morning.

Happy bunny this morning as the scale is at a lower number than I’ve seen in a long time! Down 1.6 lbs this week. That makes 3 lbs in 2 weeks of doing Fast 5. I find it quite easy to do so I’m going to keep with it. I do it for only 5 days a week as I take the weekend off. This week I’ll only do it 4 days, since today is like another weekend day since I’m off work.

I’m also playing in a 2 day golf tournament Saturday & Sunday. Sunday is supposed to rain, so that won’t be too much fun. We’ll have to make the best of it as the only reason they’ll cancel it is if there would be thunder storms.

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Hallow everyone, i am new here , i found this post so helpful as i am obsessed with the scales, i will take the advise given and get on with it, thanks for sharing.