Thanks GL502 you have been added and you have a profile! – well done on your achievements so far.

Hi Chipmunk – it is so unfair as to how easily weight jumps back on and yet is so frustratingly hard to shift the other way! I too, with a wee mince pie here and a wee mince pie there, have also had a gain so am doing my best to stick to a fast day today.

I apologise in advance for the large content of this post everyone and hope you bear with me.

Do you all know know that once one person broke the 4 minute mile it was followed soon after by others. Once people saw it could be done others followed – they knew, they believed, they visualised. So all start believing, start visualising the slimmer you which will be achieved in 2016! The mind is a powerful tool and can achieve great things without even leaving the sofa!

I have a little experiment for you all to do I want you to lie down and either tell yourself a story or if you have someone else to tell the story so much the better. Feel free to add what fits in with your situation. It begins – You wake up and realise you have slept in and you have the beginnings of a cold – what a start – no time for breakfast you rush out to the car and it doesn’t start, worse still it begins to rain. You have to run for the bus which just disappears round the corner as you reach the bus stop. No choice but to wait for the next one. Suddenly a car drives past at speed and the large puddle in front of you soaks you from top to bottom. You at last reach work soaked and late. The boss meets you and reminds you an important client is due at any minute and you were to go through a few things first but now there is no time. The client is awkward and the meeting is not going well and you can see from your boss’s face he is not too pleased. Once the client leaves you are left in no doubt how your boss feels about how you handled this and if this client leaves their will be repercussions. You leave the office sneezing and head home in the rain to catch the last bus….. Take a moment to feel how your body feels – tense?

Now begin the story over again. You wake up early one morning, the sky is blue and the sun is shining. It is going to be a glorious day, you have an important meeting today and as you grab a quick coffee you lift the notes you have prepared. You get into the car and there is that song you love on the radio. You arrive early at the office and have time to go through details with your boss regarding the important client coming in. The meeting goes like a dream and the client leaves after saying how impressed they are with not only the company but you. You look over at your boss who is grinning like a Cheshire cat and you can feel your face flushed with pride. He tells you the rest of the day is your own and as you leave the office you feel the sun on your face…… how do you feel now?

I hope the experiment worked and you did feel a difference whilst you either imagined the day from hell against a day of absolute bliss. Now realise the only thing that changed was in your mind – you didn’t go anywhere you stayed where you where.

As you prepare for 2016 get the mindset right, think it and it will happen.

Hope this resonates with some and it helps strengthen your resolve.

Happy Christmas everyone x

Hi everyone, and I hope you have all had a really good Christmas. Like you Goldensun, I have increased by two pounds over the weekend but I know what to do to get back down again, so am not fretting about it.
However, I was amazed at how my body responded to the rich and varied foods I ate. Not well! Thoroughly enjoyed Christmas dinner, but felt bloated, stuffed and slightly sick. Managed to stuff a few chocs down in the Evening and then didn’t get to sleep till about 6 am! Tossed and turned all night, even the Gaviscon didn’t help. The outcome was, Boxing Day I skipped breakfast, then ate very lightly the rest of the day, and felt and slept much better last night. I had a glass of wine mid afternoon, but ended up throwing half of it away, did Not enjoy it at all. My, how my body has changed. Keeping things light from now on and am looking forward to my fast day tomorrow. I have boxes of chocolates given to me, but will pass them on as I can’t see me eating my way through them . Never thought I would say that. Thanks for Dr M and his books for giving me a new way of eating, best Christmas present ever! Have a great New Year everyone and look forward to chatting with you all again in 2016. TTL

Lol completely mixed up in my days. I am not back at work tomorrow I am off! Fast day on Tuesday then!
I hope none of our UK mainland little voices have been effected by the terrible floods.

Hi S1u2 what about putting some info on your profile? Where are you from and any goals you may have?

Hi All Little Voices

Here is the link to the Little Voices January 2016 accountability challenge
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/little-voices-january-2016-accountability/

Starting Monday 4th ending Sunday 31st January. Hope you meet you all there and hear what fast days you have planned and what strategies you have put in place for you to remain focused in order to achieve your goals.

Thanks GoldenSun – I too find it hard when out of my normal routine to stick to fasts – so much easier when you are busy.
I hope you have not been affected by the floods? We had a bit of a battering last night and some places flooded but nothing like England.
As I have not been able to get out running of late between having the cold and now this weather I recalculated my TDEE and it dropped from just over 1800 (when I am running twice a week) to just over 1500 (sitting at a desk all day)- which means my fast days allowance has also dropped. It pays to check!

Thought for the day – ‘You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step’.

Hi I am in, I have been waiting on someone to start the November challenge because I started the diet in the middle of October :-)..
I am ready..

Hi Cathyh46 do you realise this thread is a year old lol? – think you have lost your way a little on the threads. We have a 31 day challenge for October going and a new one planned for November. If you click my name it will take you to my profile and if you click my replies it will show you on threads that I have replied to. Click on 31 day October challenge to find your way back. Hope I am pointing you in the place you want to be. I’ll look out for you there.

Hi @goldensun thank you 🙂