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Got ready for work today and before I left the house I had to go and put a belt on my trousers!!
I also have tea/coffee with milk whilst fasting and do not count calories anymore – too much effort required makes me lose interest! 😯
Feeling good about today, no breakfast then scrambled eggs and bacon at lunchtime, bowl of chilli and a tiny bit of brown rice this evening. Fasting now until dinner tomorrow 👍🏼 Keep up the good work ladies
It sounds like you ladies follow your own path. That’s fabulous but still having the fast as part of it. What works for one doesn’t always work for others. I found 5:2 worked better for me. I’m going to finish this week of 800 and 24hr fasting , but if only small results might go back to 5:2. I know 5:2 didn’t always work for others either, so finding your own magic is the key. Good luck 🌻
You are so right annette, I find the furst piece of clothing to be loose is my bra 😂😂I done another 24hr fast today by accident! My physio appt was 1:30 and I did a bit of shopping after that, it was just after 3:00 when I-got home and made a cappuccino then the phone rang etc etc, it now 6 :00 and I’m cooking dinner! Be interesting to see if the scales or tape measure notice 😘
I haven’t had biscuits in the house for a few weeks now, especially cutting out carbs, but my daughter sent down two pkts (plus a few other things) with my Son last week. They have been calling and I ignored them, but tonight…..just gave in 😡weak! But lesson learnt, chocolate is addictive to me, so not going down that path for a long while I hope, I’ll keep the biscuits for visitors who often call in for a coffee 😂 and watch them get fat 😂😂😂
Wow annette that’s a phenomenal amount. I lost 30K in 6 months with 5:2 but still not as much as you. Gaining back the 15K was easy over a very slow progress and it was just over 4 years when I think about it. I’m trying the 800 for a start, and 24 hr fasting bbut might go back to 5:2 , life gets in the way of good intentions 🤔
Hi annette, yes it was a huge loss, but a bit quick, if that’s Possible because it left me with a lot of loose skin. I was always around 60-65K but a bad marriage and comfort food, plus wine, just stacked the weight on.I got to 100K One day the penny dropped and I totally change my way of eating. More like we did growing up, before any such thing as an Obesity Epidemic. I actually sat around 67K but I moved recently and with the build up then change in my life threw any sensible eating out the window. But now, I’m content and settled I am taking control of my “diet” 😃 I have almost finished another 24 hr fast and finding it quite easy. So, like they say, one day at a time, and feeling positive, I should lose the extra 10-15K I put on….grrrr……
Stay positive, anything is possible if you put your mind to it ☺️Annette. Talking to yourself is something I do quite often 😂Be it praise or disappointment, but most of the time we’re our own worst enemies. I lost the weight, or should I say went back to normal, was for the health of my back. Carrying around all that excess was no good on my joints. Yes it was lovely getting compliments and getting new clothes, but it really was for my own sake, and I DID feel the difference on my spine.
I have a new mantra to help when I’m tempted by junk
“It’s just a chemical carbohydrate concoction”
I know in 10 minutes I will have forgotten about it, so don’t be weak -AVOID! As happened today when a colleague offered me carrot cake. To be polite I said I would have it later but it never crossed my mind again until now. So pleased I resisted! Marginal gains!
Annette if you get bored, my kitchen,dining, family room area needs a new coat of paint too 😂😂wish my back would let me do it, and painters are too expensive. Waist measurements have never worried me, I have a sporty type figure when slim, Not a figure 8…….and everyones shape is different. I think, if you feel healthy, look good in YOUR eyes, and know you are eating mostly healthy meals, the rest follows. The scales are only numbers, but a good reference to keep tabs on.Positive thinking goes a long way to a good outcome 😃
My natural waist is above the belly button and the widest part of me is below. Maybe I should be checking all 3! I find a loss on the tape more encouraging than the scales which are more likely to fluctuate. I got a bit off track yesterday had a couple of Jaffa cakes and a bowl of rice pudding – even a glass of wine! Back on track today I hope🤨
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