Thanks Jo. 😑
Keep up the board games. The brain will burn lots of calories, as it requires much more energy than the rest of the body! ☺P

Jo,

Your life staircase mirrors the experience of the majority of people apparently, with people generally being less happy in the middle years 40-60. According to the office for national statistics, the over 90s are happier and more satisfied with life than the middle aged!!

P and Amazon,

I hope you are feeling better…Or at least not worse!

I have avoided OH’s germs so far, and this week’s holiday does seem to have revived my flagging winter spirits. I’ve been sleeping well, not worrying about work, getting plenty of exercise, doing some knitting, reading, playing piano, and having plenty of laughs with friends and family. And I remind myself that the nights will soon be drawing out here in the northern hemisphere 😀

Poor you! I’ve been working hard on keeping it in the head to avoid a chest cold.
I’ve agreed to dinner and 9pm fireworks tomorrow night…can’t see me lasting until the new year. It will come without me watching!! 😉
Keep warm Amazon…I’m off to bed at 28deg, inside and out! No bedclothes tonight. 😳 P

Hello Fasters,
Sorry to hear two girls aren’t feeling too well! Looks like from time to time we have to have something.
I am freezing and my nose is blocked up. I can’t breathe! I am using and nose spray but it isn’t lasting also sore throat. Well… it goes away.
Wednesday we are finally flying down to Florida. It is Sasha’s first time on an airplane. I am waiting to hear from her vet if I divide my husband’s lorazepam (0,5mg) in four is okay to calm her down just in case.
Meanwhile we can’t go down like gypsies lol. We need to pay extra for checked bags there for we’ll be going down with minimum.
A sailboat raising awareness about global warming docked in Town last week. Happened that they are Swiss and last night I feed Mother, Father, a journalist, a teacher and 5 children. They live with almost nothing. Water is gold and to eat is whatever is available cooked in one pot. The children are adorable! Ranging from maybe 12 years old to a 13 month baby. They speak fluent english, german and french. The places they had been and the people they’ve met are amazing. Now they need to collect more funds for their trip. They were very appreciative with the abundance of food I prepared for them … they felt in paradise. The kids loved seeing ice cream and lot’s of fruit.
http://www.greenwichtime.com/local/article/Swiss-family-sails-into-Greenwich-harbor-giving-10816565.php
I am not in a Fasting mood!
HAPPY 2017 to all of you. Wishing you health, peace, wisdom and abundance.
Love
HCB

Yes, I remember us discussing it Amazon.

You’d seen the film…I’d seen the actors interviewed on the One Show…!

I toyed with fasting today, but ended up doing an 18/6… I’m 0.2kg above my upper maintenance limit, so not catastrophic and nothing that can’t be repaired by a proper fast or two when I’m back at work next week 🙁

Less water maybe, but I don’t encourage less wine…Happy is already very restrained. 😊P

No Happy! You’ve got 20 years to develop a taste for really good wine. That way you can only afford one glass at a time 😉😉🍷🍷

Morning/evening all,

It is several degrees warmer here this morning and rather overcast. I’m considering going out for some fresh air as I’ve got cabin fever after 3 days at home 😫

Whatever you are doing for NYE whether it be partying all night, watching TV or hiding under the covers,

Have a good one everybody 😜

I wish you and yours a very happy and healthy 2017 🎇🎉✨🎆🎈🍾💖

Have a very happy and peaceful 2017 everyone 🎆✨🎈🎊🎉P

Morning/evening all,

I’ve woken up this morning feeling much better and my cough nearly gone. A good start to the year.

Fasting starts again tomorrow and I’m going to sit down today and write a menu plan for January. My intention is 23/1, no eating out before my birthday at the end of the month, and no alcohol as I’ve had far too much over the last 10 days.
I am going to peruse my new cookery book and make it a month of experimenting with new dishes and foods I’ve not tried before alongside my favourite healthy dishes.

2017 is going to be the year I finally reach goal and become a maintenance expert 😉

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Happy,

I forgot to mention that I’m kicking off the year with a 23/1. If I don’t I’ll struggle tomorrow and I don’t want to set myself up to fail on the first FD of the year 😆

I like the quote, very apt 🙂

Hi Fast Trackers And Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Happy New Year to you all and trust that everyone had a good time I personally always found the big who haa over the NY over rated but hey kay sarah sarah. My sister has struggled this Christmas and NY without Mum as she always cooked and fussed over her so she volunteered at her local church with a luncheon put on for the less fortunate folk at the parish and so found some goodwill in doing that you know despite all the tragedy around the world. The loss of life through drownings here in Australia and the road toll it is always refreshing to see the volunteers going about their duties with pride and a smile one couple she said has been helping in the kitchen on Christmas day for 30 years ….. Outstanding ok as is the usual for me it’s not the overeating that is the hoodoo but the beer it is of course liquid bread so the bloat needs my fast attention today lets get the fast on.
“The less you eat the more you lose”
Peace RT

good morning all . I can’t remember the last time I was ill But I have been up all night with sickness and the runs . My head is splitting so I have had a couple of pills and I am going back to bed . I don’t think I will have a problem fasting today xxxxxx

Morning/evening all,

Poor Wee, get well soon.
Purple, I hope your cold is improving.

I thought I was better until I walked to the post box in the next street and had a huge coughing fit before getting halfway along the street!
I certainly feel better but my chest is still tight and wheezy so enforced sofa sitting again today despite the sunshine ☹

Happy, can you not just cook something and not tell the whole truth regarding ingredients until after he’s said “this is good”…….

River Cottage A-Z is bound to be fab but I really don’t have space for any more cookery books and there are some that need to be used more. My go to books for 2017 are going to be Anna Jones, Yotam’s Jerusalem and River Cottage Veg.
Anna uses a lot of sweet potatoes, spuds and various grains but I got this far without giving any of them up so I’m going to give several of her recipes a work out. I particularly like the look of the proper chilli as she calls it, and there are a couple of interesting looking beetroot dishes, a curry and a bourgignon style stew.

I’m fasting today and to be honest I couldn’t feel less like eating than I do right now.

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi all,

So sorry to read of all you sickies!! Obviously once the Xmas adrenaline stopped, the lurgies moved in! I hope you all feel much better really soon.

I got on the scales this morning and got the expected result, a couple of kilos that someone else left lying around have decided to join me. But its great motivation for a good fast. Had a great fast all day, kept busy, very productive, then foolishly succumbed to some crackers with peanut butter tonight. We went to see La La Land and I only had soup beforehand, came home ravenous (11pm) after all the dancing and music (in my head!) Never mind, I did resist the cake and chocolates, so could have been worse.

Highly recommend the movie if you like musicals. The leads (Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone) were brilliant and the music was great. I loved that it had a more European flavour than American. I will see it again.

We had a lovely (almost) week at Jamieson, once the humidity settled. I think you probably have it in Sydney now Purple? Exhausting….we sat in the river a few days to keep cool. Melbourne is freezing again, jumpers and jeans weather!! Never mind, its good gardening weather!

If it was remotely possible that water could flush away my virus any more than it flushes away weight I would be drinking like crazy…………

Hi Jo,

I don’t think my brain is functioning too well at the moment (must be a consequence of all that rattling around every time I cough 😉 ) as I spent quite a while trying to figure out how drinking water would help 🤣

I hope I feel better tomorrow as I’m going stir crazy sitting at home 😖

Hi Purple

Just mowed the lawn as the weather has cooled to a manageable 25C today. I treated the resultant hay fever with a saline nasal spray FESS, which does the trick for me.

Same weight as before Christmas, which means 5 kg higher than I wish to be. So i am beginning serious 5:2 fasting. As I approach my third 5:2 anniversary, I am aiming to be close to my desired goal weight. My BMI is fine according to all charts. I just want to lose extra fat from around the waist. As you observe, fat at waist is First to come and Last to go!

Happy New Year to all. 🎉🎉🎉🎉☀️☀️☀️☀️

We’ve been to see LaLaLand and Red Dog True Blue and have enjoyed both films very much.

Cheers, Bay 🌺🌺

Good Morning all,

Big sleep in this morning then 40 min chat to DIL, the morning has vanished!

I am with you Bay, just need to lose a bit more to flatten the tummy! Have been a bit lax since after fitting into wedding outfit, Xmas did not help! Still, we have the secret recipe don’t we?

Gorgeous day in Melb, off to the market now as there is no fruit and veg anywhere in this house – craving some coleslaw!

Re hayfever – husband used to get it terribly, then had acupuncture years ago which was very successful for about 10 years. Then some homeopathy drops finally cured it and he hasn’t suffered from it for about 20 years. Both my boys seem to have inherited that gene, both really sensitive to dust and pollens. I did not know what allergies were until I got married! My Irish ancestors all had alcohol dependence problems, not allergies!!

Purple, I developed hay fever in my 50s for no new reason that I can see. I am impressed with your son for giving up grains. I am convinced that for some of us grains are almost as bad as sugar.

Nama, I have been making your version of coleslaw for the last few days. I keep an airtight container of thinly diced cabbage, and at the last minute grate a tiny red apple into some of it, and add a small amount of mayo. And Bob’s your uncle, as my dad would say. Does anyone know where that saying came from?😂😂

Cheers, Bay 🍒🍒