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Parents chasing children around playgrounds to get them to eat…usually junk food…staggers me. As kids, our parents never came with us when we played outside and food, outside of mealtimes, didn’t exist.
Winter has set in. Minus 1 up in the hills the other morning. 6 deg here now. No more swimming. 😉
Hello Fasters
I’m back on a roll(not a bread roll). ADF is back! I’m actually enjoying it. 2 kgs lost in 4 weeks, ok if not dramatic.
However it’s the high I get from fasting which is the extra.
I am organizing my house to be sold, and there is a lot of work both inside and out.
It’s so cold here for May – no sun, a lot of rain, and not much more than 10°.
I said once that I was allergic to bread. French bread made with sourdough and lots of rye flour is absolutely fine. In fact since I have been back on ADF no stomach upsets at all.
I just saw a question on Quora which is a site for IT people. The question was: How soon do I see results when I start ADF? I thought one answer could be:
The next day- you will feel wonderful.
Oh well, it looks like ADF again for the next 10 months for me now.
I quite like the idea in fact.
Bye from chilly France
Wiwi
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
The Schitt Family History is finally revealed.
Many people are at a loss for a response when someone says
“You don’t know Jack Schitt!”
Read on and you’ll be able to handle the situation intelligently.
Jack is the only son of Awe Schitt and O. Schitt. Awe Schitt, the fertilizer magnate, married O. Schitt, a partner of Kneedeep & Schitt, Inc.
Jack Schitt married Noe Schitt, and the deeply religious couple begat 6 children: Holie Schitt, Fulla Schitt, Giva Schitt, Bull Schitt, and the twins, Deap Schitt and Dip Schitt.
Against her parents’ wishes, Deap Schitt married Dumb Schitt, a high school dropout.
After 15 years of marriage, Jack & Noe Schitt divorced. Noe Schitt later married a Mr. Sherlock, and out of devotion to her children, decided to hyphenate her last name, and became Noe Schitt-Sherlock.
Dip Schitt married a woman named Loda Dung, who became Loda Schitt. The couple produced a nervous son, Chicken Schitt.
Fulla Schitt and Giva Schitt, inseperable thoughout childhood subsequently married the Happens brothers. The local newspaper announced the Schitt-Happens wedding, which was quite an event. The Schitt-Happens children were Dawg, Byrd, and Hoarse.
Bull Schitt, the prodigal son, left home to tour the world. He returned from his travels with his Italian bride, Piza Schitt.
So, now if someone says “You don’t know Jack Schitt”, you can beg to differ. You not only know Jack Schitt, but everyone on the Schitt list!
Have A Happy Weekend All You beautiful Losers 😆
Peace RT
Just finished my unique meal of the day – a yummy witlof apple, cheese and walnut salad.
I do hope this thread survives, and I am doing an Amazon.
I guess we are all at different stages now. I am pushing Sisphys’s boulder and am managing to make a bit of headway again, whereas as many of you are at maintenance stages.
This afternoon I have been cutting some grass with my new scrub-cutting toy.
Only 3000 sq metres to go!
Happy Fasting,
Wiwi
As I’ve said many times before, Wi, maintenance is every bit as challenging as the initial journey. None of us would ever have gained weight in the first place if staying at our healthy weight was easy.
I battle every single day to control my eating and limit the damage. 🙄
I’ve been heavier all summer than I would have liked, and now face the challenge of not overeating over winter. At least it is soup weather.
We will always need our little support group to keep on the straight and narrow!
Have fun clearing your block. P
Well I had to Google it, but yes, Schitt is a real surname. Oh dear 🤣
I’ve been snowed under with work again. The now not-so-new job isn’t getting any easier. And I’m blaming the stress of that, plus a few other things that aren’t quite right in my life, for my non-fast day issues – fast days are fine so it can only be overeating on the other days that is preventing me from shedding my 2 unwanted kilos.
Wiwi, I am almost…almost…tempted to join you on ADF. I just feel like I really need a kick (start) to get me going again!
Anyway, it’s a beautiful sunny morning here, allegedly the start of temperatures rising hack to normal from from the recent run of below average days. So, apart from the usual shopping, it will be an outdoor day. I’ve got tomatoes outgrowing their starter pots, and fingers crossed its warm enough to get them in the greenhouse. Courgette and cucumber likewise. I have sowed broadbeans, carrots and beetroot, but need to start other beans, greens and salad. The veg patch needs preparing for onion sets and peas as a priority too. I’m not doing spuds this year as I don’t eat enough…but the slugs do ☹
Hopefully that will keep me away from the kitchen for a few hours!
I just found your Friday funnies, RT. I got very tied up in Schitt!
Yes, I know, Purple,that maintenance is as difficult as losing, however I haven’t had that first hand experience yet, ( a sad little smile)
I do think that ADF re-formats the body, and is really not so difficult if life is not too sociable. Your entourage sounds so interesting, Jo. I have problems following ADF in NZ as socializing is a pleasure. Life in rural France is much less interesting. Though living on the continent gives amazing travel opportunities. I am glad that we can live in NZ, now that OH has his NZ resident’s visa.
Is Amazon on a trip? And where is Barata?
Off to mow the meadow………. The cumulus clouds are working themselves up to storm clouds so must get it done today. OH has his own strimmer, so we work together.
xx Wiwi
Greetings, all. It is unseasonably mild here, but the rain is about to hit! Mothers’ Day included delivering bouquets for the local florist as she is a big supporter of Inner Wheel, the service organisation I belong to. Most folks were still in bed at 8am – envy, as I am still having such issues with sleep, am awake from 3-4am each morning.
So your OH has got his residency, Wi? Such good news 🙂 P is totally correct about the struggles with maintenance. Those pesky kgs just won’t budge!
We have booked our first cruise! Off for ten days to Vanuatu and associated islands next month, really looking forward to it. Apart from all the food, that is. It could be the first of many trips. There is so much to do and see once we are more thoroughly retired, although OH doesn’t plan to ever stop completely.
Enjoy your weekend, everyone.
Jojo,
Your friend’s business would suit me down to the ground! I’m not one for housework and am happiest outside in the garden. But, I’ve only just had a career change…so I do need to give it a proper chance to see if it suits! If all goes well with it, it could enable me to retire a bit earlier and/or to reduce my hours/days in a couple of years.
Barata,
Sorry to hear your sleep problems continue. I know from years lying awake next to a snoring twitching OH just how debilitating sleep deprivation is.
It’s another beautiful morning here, after quite a hard frost last night. Luckily I haven’t got a lot of tender seedlings to protect or lose at the moment.
This morning’s first job is to fit some ‘streamers’ to the bedroom window. The house martins are back and there’s one checking out the deep window recess as a potential nesting site. If it starts next building the window will have to stay shut until at least August and I don’t fancy airless overheated summer nights ☹
Jo,
It isn’t the noise of the martins that’s the problem. If they nest build at the top of the window recess then the window is effectively one of the walls that the nest is attached to. So any movement of the window would break the nest apart. We had two nests a couple of years back, on either end of the window, amazing to watch them from such close quarters flying in and out, feeding young and then the young fledging, but sooo hot and airless in the bedroom over night! There are still 3 nests under the eaves from last year which they will repair and reuse, and plenty more eaves to build under, and at least 2 places where they can access the wall tops to nest. I just wish they’d let go of their obsession with sealing my bedroom window shut!
Fascinating to watch the birds in their daily rounds from up close, Happy. The best I can do is put grain in the feeder and watch the sparrows quarrelling outside my office window.
No.1 son provided chocolates for Mothers’ Day 🙁 Has been told flowers next year, please. Just of a video with daughter in Gold Coast and her partner. She’s still job-hunting, but has no pressure applied to find one. Grandson hurt his foot trampolining this week, so was unable to try out for school cross-country – a disappointment for him.
P, I think the move in that direction might be gaining speed. Certainly on my part, I am wondering if I really want to do any distance work once we move north.
I haven’t tried acupuncture, Jo. I have re-listened to the hypnotherapist’s recordings of our sessions, and will try again. I know it’s just a matter of re-training the brain, but it is such a stubborn organ!
Morning/evening all,
I very much enjoyed the Schitt story……….
Barata, sorry to hear you are still having problems sleeping, I hope you are able to find the cause soon and able to rest properly at night.
We used to have swifts nesting in the eaves of the house I grew up in. Mum used to watch out for their arrival every spring and always announced what she took as a sign of the end of summer by telling us “the birds have gone”
I think the rain has finally taken leave as I am greeted this morning by a clear blue sky, sunshine and not even a whisper of a breeze. The forecast is looking good across the country for the next couple of weeks so I might be able to leave my jacket behind 😀
I’ve had a busy and very sociable week and fasting has taken a back seat so today is my first FD for a while and I’m aiming for a very disciplined week of fasting as I’m going away for a few days the following week. I’m off to Liverpool, somewhere I’ve wanted to visit for many years. I was prompted to get organised when I read about a Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibition in one of the city art galleries.
I went to the Thames Barrier on Friday. They have a visitor centre with lots of interesting information about how the barrier was constructed and how it works. It was a fine morning so we started by sitting in the sun with a coffee before looking round. We then walked further east along the towpath to Woolwich where we got a train back into the city, then walked across London Bridge and along the towpath. I was very pleased to note that we had walked 10k and I wasn’t in pain.
We had dinner in an Anatolian restaurant we’ve visited before and had a somewhat eventful meal. When the waiter came to the table with our main courses he knocked my glass of red wine over and it went everywhere! Thankfully the linen tablecloth soaked up most of it and I escaped with a small amount on my jeans which I was able to blot with my napkin.
We were immediately moved to the adjacent table in order to continue with our meal. We were given another bottle of wine and I think every member of staff in the restaurant apart from the chef apologised to me at least twice. We were also given coffee on the house but it did little to mitigate the effects of the second bottle of wine 😬😆😋
I blame the free wine for the decision to have dessert but I have to admit good baklava is hard to resist.
Have a good one everybody 😜
If I gave up the occasional dessert, slice of cake, ice cream and especially slice of good bread, I would be miserable. I live to eat and want every meal I have to be exciting and interesting which is why I make so much effort in trying new recipes and different foods.
Life’s too short to deny ourselves the occasional treat which is why I treated my hangover yesterday with a restorative plate of roasted veggie salad followed by a bowl of comforting rice pudding 🤣
Great stories here Dear Amazon if only I had a passport to come over and help manipulate and ease the hangover with some more fatty yummy goodness 😆 as for the ADF Wiwi I agree it is a valuable fasting weapon however i have ratcheted it up just a wee bit with 48 hour this coming week and zero calories. Staying at 70kg is not in line with my current regime of 3-4 so will engage some more aggressive protocol just because I can 😉
RT
Morning/evening all,
Another beautiful morning 😜
Jo, did you know that grapes contain the largest percentage of sugar than almost any other fruit?
I read an interesting article recently talking about how in recent years grapes have been bred to be seedless as pips are so inconvenient (seriously…..) and to be sweeter. Basically they now all taste the same and we’ve actually lost out rather than gained, and they aren’t as good for us as before because they contain more sugar.
I buy them at Christmas to have with cheese but throughout the year I buy whatever is in season which is English strawberries at present.
My FD went well yesterday and I’m full of enthusiasm for another one today.
I need to empty the fridge this week so have concocted a menu plan that will enable using everything up by the time I go away.
The forecast is for sunshine all day so once I’ve worked out I’m going out for a nice long walk.
Have a good one everybody 😜
Jo,
I was surprised when I found out about the amount of sugar in grapes but when I read the article about how they’ve been bred to be sweeter it all made sense.
It’s rather like bananas, 90% of what is available worldwide is one variety and the rest are grown in small numbers and only available locally.
I love the tiny varieties one can get in India and Africa, but they don’t keep well so I guess exporting them is impossible.
The walk was good as it is a glorious day.
I was surprised to see so many people dressed up for winter on such a warm day while I was in shirtsleeves.
Almost half of Kew Gardens was closed off today as they have an infestation of oak processionary moth and they are spraying all the oak trees.
I was a bit put out as I had already planned my walk but it meant I chose a less familiar route which was very enjoyable 😀
My one bugbear with Kew is that none of their catering outlets are capable of producing a decent cup of coffee. One outlet used to serve a good cup but it closed for refurbishment about 18 months ago. It has now reopened as a “bar and grill” but still serves teas and coffees. I saw a proper coffee machine with barista in situ and had high hopes but it was the same weak brew with uncanny similarities to dishwater that they serve elsewhere.
I’ll have to continue to go outside of the gardens for my caffeine fix or drink wine instead……. 😆
There’s always grapes in our fridge… the hens are very partial to them 🤣 We have to cut them up of course so they don’t block their crops… Some people say our hens are spoilt, they say it’s nothing less than they deserve for pushing out eggs every day…!
Fast day today, made easier by a day spent travelling and in meetings. Tomorrow is the reverse, meetings then travelling home, so it should at least be a light eating day if not a fast.
Jo I hope you don’t need that accident book! I’ll be keeping my fingers crossed!
Hi Jo,
Sorry to hear about Tilly. You are at the sharp end of keeping animals but you have to do what’s best for her.
Your younger dog will miss his companion but he’ll love being top dog. My boy cat showed a side to his personality I had never seen after his sister had gone and he absolutely loved being the sole focus of my attention.
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him. She says hello. He’s rather taken aback because he can’t place where he knows her from. So he says, “Do you know me?” To which she replies, “I think you’re the father of one of my kids.” Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says, “My God, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table with all my buddies watching while your partner whipped my butt with wet celery?” She looks into his eyes and says calmly, “No, I’m your son’s teacher.”
Have A Happy Weekend All You beautiful Losers 😆
Peace RT
Serves him right, RT! 😂😂
Australia lost a progressive old Prime Minister to death last night. Let’s hope the country votes in a new one with vision tomorrow. We need leaders willing to actually make decisions for a decent future.
Have a good weekend everyone and enjoy your Democracy Sausages, Aussies. 😉😉
P, I don’t think Hawke will be replaced by any of the current round – you have lost a statesman.
So sorry to hear about Tilly, Jo. It’s very hard when they get to that place in their lives, but she’s had a good one with you.
RT, that one snuck up on me, well done 🙂
The moon is nearly full, the sky is clear, and the temperature is 5 degrees c and dropping. Stay warm and dry, all you fellow fasters. 🙂
Hi Jo,
I hope your play went well, and that you and Charlie are doing OK. We have several ‘headstones’ and memorial trees in the garden. Of course the longer we live, the more companion animals we have… always hard to say goodbye, but I couldn’t imagine coming home to an empty house.
It’s another lovely morning here, we’re certainly generating plenty of electricity at the moment, although it can still feel quite cool at times.
I’m fasting today, it’s not my usual day, but my head wasn’t in the right place earlier this week. I do need to be strict though if I’m going to get back to my arbitrarily determined maintenance weight!
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
While riding his Harley, a man swerved to avoid hitting a deer, lost control and landed in a ditch, severely banging his head.
Dazed and confused he crawled out of the ditch to the edge of the road.
Just then a shiny new convertible pulled up with a very beautiful woman who asked, “Are you okay?
“As he looked up, he noticed she was wearing a low-cut blouse and was well endowed …
“I’m okay I think,” he replied as he pulled himself up to the side of the car to get a closer look.
She said, “Get in and I’ll take you home, so I can clean and bandage that nasty scrape on your head.”
“That’s nice of you,” he answered, “but I don’t think my wife will like me doing that!”
“Oh, come now, I’m a nurse,” she insisted. “I need to see if you have any more scrapes and then treat them properly.”
Well, she was really pretty and very persuasive. Being sort of shaken and weak, he agreed, but repeated, “I’m sure my wife won’t like this.”
They arrived at her place which was just few miles away and, after the bandaging and a couple of cold beers, he thanked her and said, “I feel a lot better but I know my wife is going to be really upset so I’d better go now.”
“Don’t be silly!” she said with a smile. “Stay for a while. She won’t know anything. By the way, where is she?”
He replied, “Still in the ditch with the Harley, I guess.”
Have A Happy Weekend All You beautiful Losers 😆
Hi Jo
Sounds like a nice trip south. We had friends at Weymouth and spent a great time, a couple of yeas ago, being shown the sights. I particularly love the thatched roofs down there.
As to the lack of posts…it happens every year as the Northern Hemisphere moves into better weather and you all get out and about, while we Southerners start getting ready for winter activity. Autumn is the ideal time, here, for long walks in the lower temperatures.
Monday fast done and dusted. I find it so much easier to simply stick with the 2 traditional days and not play around with fasting too much. Variety comes on the eating days 😊😊👍
Good luck with your new start, Jo. P
Pushing yesterday’s fast out to 12pm to day last meal 6pm Sunday evening 42 hours fasted
Breaking fast with 1 rasher of bacon 1 onion and garlic fried in duck fat ‘delicious’ and 500grams of steamed Brussel Sprouts pan fried for 5 minutes three favourite things plus a treat from the pantry and fridge.
I have 2 weeks off so we pack up the van and head to the sunny Riverland it is always a revitalizing experience for mind body and soul see you all again..
“It is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace RT
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