P, I think there is still an egg slicer at Dad’s house. It definitely reminds me of childhood, I used to love using it when I was little.

A cold and frosty start here today. I’ve just come back from swimming. Today I remembered how to swim and pace myself, unlike two weeks ago when the focus was on not drowning! I swam a kilometre without stopping (two weeks ago I struggled to swim 4 lengths without dying!), and actually could have carried on. So I’m feeling really pleased with myself 😀 Home now for coffee and breakfast. I’ve got a day sorting out – my office is a tip and my wardrobe needs a ruthless eye/ hand, and I’m away next week so need to sort out what I need to pack.

Hi Fasters,
Sorry about your hip, Purple. I know the feeling of pain preventing sleep from my knee 10+ years ago. I hope it gets better fast. In NZ they have a slow release panadol which works over 8 hours. I guess it is for osteoporosis sufferers as it is Panadol osteo, but I found it useful and occasionally if I want to do a lot of exercise. I have never seen it in France.

I have just swept the last of the 50 cm of snow off the deck and it’s a beautiful fine day here. We are off on our vegan day, pumpkin, garlic and sweet potato soup. I am roasting all the veges in a bit of olive oil to bring out their flavours. I did have some almond milk, but discovered it had zucchero! I bought it in Italy,so that is not for the soup.

I am doing a fast today to prepare for a sauerkraut meal tomorrow.
Good for your swimming, Happy. I miss swimming and the nearest swimming pool being 50km away, I have to wait till I am in the Antipodes.
I hope you get a more restful night, Purple.
xx Wiwi

Amazon,

Yes, the egg sandwiches of my childhood were mashed with salad cream. The sliced egg was always part of a lunch spread. Two slices of egg anyone?!

And we never bought lunch out as a family either. Oh, those family travels where we’d stop at the services to use the toilet and then congregate around the boot of the car for sandwiches and a cup of something brown and warmish from a thermos! As a child I imagined the delights out of reach in the Littlle Chef… Not that I eat at services now as an adult – I fast or take a packed lunch, and if I’m travelling a long distance by car in winter I do take a flask! Shame I have no children to pass the tradition to 😀

Wi,

Your soup sounds perfect for a cold day. I must admit I haven’t done much with pumpkins, I’ve even struggled to find them in the past as they seem to be grown for Halloween not flavour.

Re: swimming. Our closest pool is closer than yours! But it still takes a chunk out of the day (2 hours, with travel) so is really only something I can do when I’m on holiday. I miss it though, so will perhaps need to see if I can do a bit of flexible working once a week to enable an early swim.

And I don’t know where you’ll be in the UK, but this little cold snap doesn’t look set to last. Certain if you’re in the south, days should be at least low teens and no night frosts.

Ah! That’s why I slept so well at your place, Happy!
Re sliced eggs, I love to dress up salads with the slices on top. Mum used to mash eggs with curry powder and mayo for sadwiches to take on picnics. Ooo…my mouth’s watering. Must get into bed. Night all you top enders. P

Ha ha Murph, who hasn’t heard of The Orange One?! The world has definitely gone mad ☹️

I’m just using the last of my homegrown courgette (zucchini). My OH is not a big fan, but I love them.

I agree, carb-craving is a sign of winter, but mmm, homemade bread, eaten warm with butter…

Hi Fast Trackers And Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
We are heading into summer and have had plenty of warm days but not hot I’m the driving force in the kitchen and I like the simple dinners minimal prep time and a quick put together just like the Thai beef salad or a simple coleslaw then add to it or build on it but in truth I think we will have a forum consensus here is that we really do or did simply just over eat so easily and how little we do actually need to function very well. Fasting for health benefits longevity and to keep Alzheimer’s at bay is my main focus a long life in good health the end goal..
A excellent Jason Fung article for a lazy Sunday..
Here
https://idmprogram.com/my-single-best-weight-loss-tip/
The difference is between restricting some foods all the time (CER) and restricting all foods some of the time (IER). This is the difference between failure and success.
Peace RT

Hi Everyone,

It’s been a long time since I posted, and in fact a long time since I was doing 5/2 however tomorrow I’m restarting.

I lost track about 3 1/2 years ago when I had a severe break in my upper humerus (smashed it actually into lots of little pieces and now the arm is 1cm shorter) and had to go on heavy pain medication for almost a year until they could remove all the hardware which was causing the pain after the initial injury healed (touching nerves and muscles with sharp bits). During that time OH was catering and I went totally off the WOE and just could not restart. Now I am finally in the right head space for restarting and reducing my size once again, this time for good.

I now work from home during afternoons & evenings 4 days a week and all day 1 day a week, so now I have no excuse to not go for a brisk walk most mornings. I also travel quite often with this work, again good reasons to get out and about early and explore a different city/place.

Hope you look after that hip PVE.

Hope everyone is fit and well, sorry but I won’t go back and read all the posts as there are WAAAAAY to many lol 😀

Hiya PVE, it was my upper arm literally less than 3cm down from shoulder, lol, and yes it’s just on 100% now only not much muscle tone but at least pain free 95% of the time – darn weather occasionally gives me grief for a few hours.

Thanks for the support and yes, tomorrow IS my fast day, also Thursday. Friday I fly out for work and get back Monday evening (Fast Day) then repeat the following Friday, then home for a couple of weeks before going off again, this time for longer but with the 5:2 I can do this even when away as I won’t be noticed if I’m not eating much or the same as others so no issues there.

Luckily for me OH has learnt the benefits of not eating lots of carbs as well (so at least I won’t have sweet things or lots of carb’s in the house … all disposed of or banished to his shed already months ago) just need to get my routine in hand and away we go.

Cheers,

AO

Morning/evening all,

Hi AO and welcome back. Sounds like you’ve had a tough and painful road to recovery and it’s good to hear you are OK now.

I had a lovely dinner last night, BBQ lemon and sage chicken thighs with roasted ratte potatoes and fig and shallot agrodolce. My friend had pork belly with noodles and veggies.
We had chocolate cake with roasted quince, salted caramel ice cream and almonds for dessert.

I was really impressed with the quality of the food and look forward to trying some of the other items on the menu and some of their ales and ciders.

I’m going to the theatre tonight to see Simon Reeve talking about his travels in various parts of the world.

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Amazon and RT,

Thank you all for the welcome back.

Yes, it’s been a long road back and now my head is in the right space to return to this way of life. I’ve missed it and am looking forward to getting better than ever results as I put my best foot forward (so to speak).

Love the quote RT, so very true 😀

That’s okay PVE I was imagining having to use a sling with my leg 😀 😀 😀 . Hope everyone else is doing well and I expect most of you from the original crew are in maintenance mode by now, well done you!!

Must run for now. Chat more later 😀

Cheers,

AO

Jason Fung would put it down to the body fighting back to its set weight, B. That is one reason why I thought we could trick it with a total dietary change, again.

Morning/evening all,

A bright and mild morning here.

I had a very entertaining evening listening to Simon Reeve telling the audience about his life and his work.

FD today and I have all dinners for this week made and either refrigerated or frozen as I’m about to start work on the kitchen.

I just need to extricate myself from my current position, curled up on the sofa cuddling a mug of tea!

Have a good one everybody 😜

Happy Monday from Montana. I had a great weekend, I ran both days, and played golf, for the last time this year. It is calling for snow tomorrow. Fall is over! I am fasting today. I have my Miso, and I am ready to rock!! I did workout in my home gym. I just love it! I hope everyone has a great day!

Purple,

Good to hear that the memory foam topper is helping.

I’m suffering from the FD can’t get warm syndrome this evening.

I was fine while working in the kitchen but as soon as I stopped I got cold, plus I’m really hungry today so it’s not been the easiest of fasts but I know I’ll be pleased tomorrow 🙂

I’m looking forward to my nice warm bed. It might have to be an early night as I’m tired after 6 straight hours of clearing cupboards and cleaning but it’s great to have got so much done in one day.

All I need to do now is polish my halo 😉

Hi Everyone,

FD went okay but not 100%, was very hungry (as expected) so a lot of water consumed. Managed to get under 600 cal, so happy with that for the first one back. I’ll consume even less next FD.

I think working from home will be much better for me as generally I don’t have to go out unless I have appointments so I can keep within my limits.

There will be times when I’ll be working away from home such as this coming Fri to Mon with dinners included, so will be mindful of serving sizes, thankfully my next FD is Thursday. Fri I only have to eat with others for dinner, Saturday and Sunday it’s all meals except breakfast (which I can skip to keep things lower) and Mon I can fast again as I’ll be left to my own devices that day and so I can keep fasting with just water & coffee (black, no sweetener as always) and wait until I’m home for an omelette as my meal for the day. Then repeat the following weekend. I’ll resume my weigh in on Fridays this week, as before I found that the best day for me (plus I’m home until leaving for flights). I then go, with work, to Bali on 1 Dec for 7 days followed by a “meet and greet tour” of 4 Australian cities – Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney – before returning home on the 12th. This will be the biggest challenge for me but I’m sure I’ll be able to keep at least within my maximum per day plus lots of incidental exercise, drinks I can keep to water or coffee and maybe sit on one alcoholic one each night of the tour at the end.

Just organising what I’m taking this weekend with me and packing it ready now and so I don’t forget anything I’ve made a list, lol 😀 😀 😀

Cheers, AO 😀

Great to have you back, AO. Sorry to hear about your injury and its repercussions.
Glad you are back fasting with us.

Barata, I found this diet a few years ago called the disassociated and tried it for a while, and temporarily seemed to work. You don’t mix foods. So only cashews for a meal, only pastrami for another and lots of other things I don’t remember …. for 6 days, and then on the 7th effectively fasting with only salad. It put me off cashew nuts. I am sure it is not too healthy on a long term basis, but could have a short term effect.

Here it hasn’t stopped raining for 24 hours. It’s dismal. So glad to be going to London for the weekend. I have been out taming our garden for the last few days and this rain is a curse. I am in a bit of a rush as the ground will freeze to 15cm in the next month which complicates gardening.

After my attempt at vegan cooking last week which was not very good, I am making another attempt tomorrow. What I didn’t like was the lack of texture, and only the chickpea crackers I made were good. This week it will be falafel and salad.

I have decorating to do too, Amazon, but it can wait till spring. I am thinking that since France reached its best by date for me some time ago, I will stay only for 2 more years, and maybe find a place in Tuscany near my grandies instead of staying here.
It will take me a year to get the house up to scratch to sell.

Glad your hip is improving, Purple.

I read the IDM on eating times, which vindicates the 20:4 or other variations. Interesting ideas.
Lots of admin tasks to do this rainy day.
xx Wiwi

Purple i had to google the omni diet so that was an interesting exercise lots of good stuff in that AO crikey you have a full schedule things are hectic well done and getting through day 1 and claim the blue ribbon for finishing.I have a feeling that as time goes by we will all end up with a blueprint for the rest of our life’s that is always under constant review or tweaked which is also very good for compliance motivation and I still say results driven.. 😯
Keep on keeping on
RT

Oh, and no dairy 😏😏

Brrr, it is cold and wet here. Two days of snow, but it is above freezing so it is just a wet mess. I am so thankful for my home gym. I have really struggled this week. I am fasting today for real… I will try again on Friday, but we are invited out. So It might be a 1 fast week. With a fresh start on Monday, again. I did survive election day, barely, It made me eat junk without any thought to health. So today, I am eating soup. Next week I might try fasting until dinner, I have never been successful. I eat from habit. I hope you all are having a great day!

Hi murph58 and welcome congratulations here is some information for your knowledge bank you have made a positive start by joining in the conversation here. My top4 things to do.
1. Certainly buy the fast diet book and read it front to back ASAP.
2. Watch the doco Eat Fast & Live Longer here
http://www.disclose.tv/action/viewvideo/110651/BBC_Horizon_2012_Eat_Fast_and_Live_Longer/
3. Read all you can about the fast diet here.
http://thefastdiet.co.uk/michael-answers-frequently-asked-questions/
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/tdee-for-the-curious-or-why-dont-i-lose-weight-faster/
This is a must read IMO
4. Jason Fung 26 chapters of information on fasting.
https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/fasting-a-history-part-i/

“It is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace RT

Same here AO. I had to go back upstairs and change completely into more wintery clothes before heading out. Not ideal for a fast day 😐

Morning/evening all,

After a very wet and windy day yesterday we have clear blue sky and sunshine to greet us this morning and it’s going to reach a balmy 14°C although I expect the nearest I’ll get to going outside will be when I open the back door to paint the frame 😆

I finally got round to getting another battery for the scales and I’ve lost another 3lbs which is very encouraging as I was beginning to think my mojo was lost forever rather than merely mislaid.

Have a good one everybody 😜

Thanks Purple,

I have to say I was surprised when I got on the scales as last weekend was a dis-as-ter. Far too much food and even more alcohol and I thought it might have undone my hard work during the week but if it proves anything it’s that these days what I now view as over-eating is much closer to normal consumption than I think.

As for the alcohol, it’s a long time since I drank that much in a weekend and much less than what I used to consider normal.

I’ve just paused for a coffee break and realised how cold it is today which isn’t helped by the fact that I’m already hungry but doing my utmost to ignore it. The coffee will solve that for a while.

Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Aphorism

“A SHORT, POINTED SENTENCE THAT EXPRESSES A WISE OR CLEVER
OBSERVATION OR A GENERAL TRUTH”

1. The nicest thing about the future is that it always starts tomorrow.

2. Money will buy a fine dog but only kindness will make him wag his tail.

3. If you don’t have a sense of humour you probably don’t have any sense at all.

4. Seat belts are not as confining as wheelchairs.

5. A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you’re in deep water.

6. How come it takes so little time for a child who is afraid of the dark to become a
teenager who wants to stay out all night?

7. Business conferences are important because they demonstrate how many people a company
can operate without.

8. Why is it that at school reunions you feel younger than everyone else looks?

9. Stroke a cat and you will have a permanent job.

10. No one has more driving ambition than the teenage boy who wants to buy a car.

11. There are no new sins; the old ones just get more publicity.

12. There are worse things than getting a call from a wrong number at 4 am; for example,
it could be the right number.

13. No one ever says “It’s only a game” when their team is winning.

14 I’ve reached the age where ‘happy hour’ is a nap.

15. Be careful about reading the fine print, there’s no way you’re going to like it.

16. The trouble with bucket seats is that not everybody has the same size bucket.

17. Do you realize that, in about 40 years, we’ll have thousands of old ladies running
around with tattoos?

18. Money can’t buy happiness but somehow it’s more comfortable to cry in a Jaguar than in
a Ford.

19. After 60 if you don’t wake up aching in every joint, you’re probably dead.

20. Always be yourself because the people that matter don’t mind and the ones that mind
don’t matter.

21. Life isn’t tied with a bow but it’s still a gift. And remember;

“Politicians and diapers should be changed often and for the same reason”

Have A Happy Weekend All You beautiful Losers 😆
Peace RT

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