Fasted yesterday after my 4 week break. Actually was looking forward to it and found it quite easy. Have to be careful now I’m on low carb/ high fat as the cals mount up, but was down 1/4 lb today. I know the extra weight has gone on my waist but hope getting back to exercise will help in that department.
I am def feeling the cold since coming back – although wind, rain and grey skies don’t help. I am also lacking vit D ( the sunshine vitamin) ha ha, but have to get it from foods, which is just as well, as I won’t be getting it from the sun! Apparently the weekend will be better. Hope you are all having successful fasts this week. Thursday is my next one and already looking forward to it. Hope you are feeling better LD, summer is on the way!

Hello everyone,

can’t remember if I welcomed you back after your holiday – sounds like you had a wonderful time and 2.5lbs will soon disappear, in fact you’ve already made a great start x

Little D it’s rough feeling unwell, do hope it goes away properly very soon! Sounds like you’re doing all the right things to me, you could maybe try the bikini 6 week fasting which is basically 4:3 and sticking to your TDEE on non fast days or maybe you could just continue with 5:2 and stick to your TDEE on other days. Please please keep going you will get there eventually.

Guess what Angie, 3 bantams arrived at school yesterday!! They’ve laid 3 eggs already which have vanished from the staff room already!! Glad your fast went well yesterday.

I fasted yesterday too but did go over the top a bit, mainly because I decided to have a small piece of toast with peanut butter!! OMG 26g of peanut butter = 127 calories!!!! I was shocked!! So came in at around 600 calories so not too horrific!!

Little D you’re brave doing a back to back! Though I suppose the Joules (Size 8) dress I bought in a charity shop on Saturday (looks heavenly but sitting down, breathing and eating are nearly impossible!!!) might fit a little less snuggly after two fast days!

Am fasting again tomorrow. Be strong everyone xxx

Everyone is very quiet, must be the sunny weather that’s arrived today!!!

Fasted yesterday, seemed to go ok. Had an omelette made with three eggs from school – it was delicious!!

Hope everyone is ok

xxxx

Fasted today but not so good. Started the day with bit of a headache. First Pilates class for 4 weeks, of course they had moved on and I hadn’t! Found it hard this week. Bone broth for lunch, but the headache has persisted. Mixed bean chilli for dinner which I was really ready for, cheated a bit by adding grated cheese, but no rice. I have a feeling an early night is necessary to ease these aching bones, and the aching head. Weigh in tomorrow – yikes. I’ve got out of the habit. Hope you have all had a better day than me!

Yes thanks Hilly, feeling much better today. Another 1/4 lb gone , not much but in the right direction!
Have eaten well today and up to 1000 cals, so still have 200 to go if I feel the need. Trying to keep my non FD low in cals as I am determined to get down to 10stone by the end of June.
Hope you’re better now too LD, and well done Hilly for unloading your big size clothes. I get rid of mine as they become too big, as I’m determined not to grow back into them.
The white trousers are still lurking, but if I’m honest too tight to be comfy. Took them to Africa for the ride!!!

Jfitzy – well done going to Venice and not overdosing on their lovely cakes and pastries. These are my biggest likes, but having discovered I’m allergic to wheat, it’s so much easier to pass them by. I look at them and think they are going to poison my body (it helps). Pilates last week was hard and boy do my muscles know it. Must try and practice at home before the next session or I won’t be able to walk! Down 1/2 lb last week. Fasting today so hope to do better this Week. No headaches today, drinking lots of herbal tea and hot water. Will weigh in tomorrow.
Good luck to everyone.

Morning all hope you all had a good weekend. I still haven’t weighed myself as I didn’t manage to fast last week for various reasons. Anyway when I weigh in this Friday I will have been back on a very loose version of FD for 4 weeks so will see what the result is!

I am fasting today and Thursday so will hopefully have lost a few pounds bearing in mind I have been on holiday and been out a lot as my Mum has been staying!!

Have a good week and I will post my (semi) one month result at the weekend 🙂

Hi LD. Great news that you lost another 2lbs. I know what you mean by plateaus – I got stuck for what seemed like weeks on 10st3lbs and got very disheartened. Funnily enough but I got up at 5.30 this morning, couldn’t sleep, but read the Fast Diet book again. Page 126 says “Remember why you’re doing this: not just the smaller jeans, but the long term advantages, the widely accepted disease busting, brain boosting, life lengthening benefits of It. THINK OF IT AS A PENSION PLAN FOR YOUR BODY. SO KEEP YOUR PERSPECTIVE: don’t be disheartened if you plateau in any given week, weight loss is your bonus, not your sole objective”. I usually pick up Dr M’s book and re read when things don’t go right.
How many of us live to see the numbers fall on the scales and forget that brilliant things are happening inside. I for one am guilty of that. Maybe a couple of weeks break will give you the push you need. I know when I took a holiday break of three weeks, I was really glad to get back to a regular regime of eating. I had gained 2.5 lbs whilst away and looked bloated.
Since being back 3 weeks I have a 2 1/4 lb loss which is good for me, and on target to lose 4 lbs for June.
Don’t give up heart, look back to where you started and give yourself a pat on the back. Know that inside, good things are happening, regardless of numbers! Good luck with it and please excuse the preaching!

Hi LD

Personally I go by how my clothes feel and how I look. People who haven’t seen me for a while think I have lost loads of weight but I haven’t on the scales. My clothes are fitting better though and exercise does change your shape.

I used to be a slave to the scales but I am much better about it now. I will weigh on Friday or Saturday and see what my one month result is and then I will wait until the following week for my next one.

Have a good day one and all 🙂

Hi hilly, and well done you. What is your weight now. 2st 11.5 lbs is an awesome amount of weight to lose. It’s great being able to shop for new clothes. A lot of my ‘good’ clothes are size 12/14 and will get into them again soon (another 1/2 St should do it). But some are a bit dated. Maybe it’s time to let them go and update my wardrobe. 3/4lb gone today. Just another 1lb off and I will be 10st. Then to start on the next 1/2 stone!
How are you doing LD – hope your resolve is back.
Good luck everyone, and remember, it’s only food – it doesn’t rule your life!

Oh dear, feel as if I’ve let you down LD after your praise. Charity strawberry tea cost me a gain of 1 1/4 lbs! Will try to keep daily cals at 1000 this week to try and get rid of the gain. Running out of time now to reach 10 stone by end of June, but will give it a go. Definitely no carbs this week, going to be strict with myself. Onwards and downwards. Well done Hily for signing up to a marathon! Wow, what a result! Keep at it LD. It will come off. Is there one carb food that you can live without to eliminate from your diet. I found taking out one cal heavy food at a time helped me. Good luck all, one day at a time!

Hello Ladies

I fasted Monday and I am fasting again today. I am trying to stick to low carbohydrate foods on my non-fast days as it makes me feel better and I have downloaded the My Fitness Pal app so I can keep track. We are going away this weekend so I will have a few treats but I am really trying not to do it too often as long term I don’t think it is a good idea for me as I get too complacent. By tracking my food for a few weeks I think it will give me a better idea of how many treats I can have and still lose weight!

Hope you are all well and enjoying this sunny day 🙂

Hi everyone, well that’s another month gone. I have managed to unload 3 1/4 lbs this month, so only 3/4 to go then I’m in the ‘9’s – I ate quite well today but when totalling up my cals I have only had about 900 today. Checked and all seems correct, but I’m not even hungry for anything. My stomach is definitely shrinking. Also lost an 1″ from waist, and hips, and thighs. Happy with that. I am aiming to unload another 4 lbs in July. I am finding now I have cut a lot of carbs from my food, the weight is coming off consistently now. Very impressed Hilly with 8 St 11 lbs – that is some achievement! I need to check what my ideal weight versus height should be so I can get my head around what is to come. Can’t quite see me in size 10, but 12 would be good. That would definitely mean new clothes!
Hope all is well with you LD and you are back on track. Are you off that plateau yet?
Good luck to all for July. Here comes the sun!

Hi LD yes I can only take proper holidays in the summer really so I take a week in late May and I take the month of August 🙂

I have a goal of 8 lbs to reach by 31 July which is 4 weeks tomorrow so if I really go for it i can do it!! I restarted on 22 June properly so will weigh in tomorrow after my fast today.

I have joined the Little Voices July challenge started by TTL.

Well done you on 10.5 I don’t think I will ever be that weight 🙂

Have a good weekend and enjoy the weather one and all.

Hi LD

I am off to Ireland for just over 2 weeks and then Spain for about 10 days.

You can still join the challenge as it was June on Tuesday so like me you are fasting today and you can weigh tomorrow which is what I am doing!

Off home for a prawn salad 🙂

Good morning girls!!

have had a bout of insomnia, so got up at 3am and sorted out my ebay parcels!! Have made £70 so far selling clothes that no longer fit!! It’s now 4am and I’m wondering whether to go back to bed, it’s light already!!

What’s the Little Voice challenge?

Everyone is doing so well, am quite envious of all the holiday news! Shall probably go to my cousins in Weymouth for a few days but my two are going away to the beach with their Dad (first time he’s every organised a holiday for them!) so they’re not keen to come to the beach again, which feels a bit sad!

Keep at it everyone and you too will be buying a size 8 Joules dress from the charity shop for £9.50!! I have every faith in you all.

x

Morning all hope everyone had a good weekend. I started back properly 2 weeks ago today and even with a weekend away I have lost 5 lbs since 22 June!! I am really pleased and feel I am back on a roll. I usually fast Monday & Wednesday but yesterday I had an accidental fast day and also swam 50 lengths of the pool.

Hope you all have a great week. I will be glued to the tennis 🙂

Evening JFitzy and everyone else,

5 1/2 pounds is fantastic in 3 weeks JFitzy, no wonder your clothes are feeling looser.

How’s everyone else doing?

I fasted today! My scales are broken so can no longer weigh but my clothes feel ok, so hopefully all is well. Went for my longest run yet yesterday (just over 10 miles when my phone died!!) but went the wrong way at the end and had to climb on all fours up a very steep chalk scar in the hillside!! Nearly killed me after all that running and today my legs and arms are seizing up from all the pushing and pulling!!

Would love to hear how the rest of you are faring.

xxx

Hi all

LD don’t be disheartened forget the scales and keep exercising. I have only lost a half pound in 10 days but have been swimming 180 lengths per week and my shape is changing.

Hilly that is a fantastic run I am uber impressed I can only do 5 or 6K at one time and I haven’t run for ages. I will do on holiday as I won’t have access to a pool.

Have a good week one and all

Woo hoo I am down 10lbs since I started 5 weeks ago so really pleased. One more week to go before my holiday and sm determined to g down by another few pounds! Would like to hit the stone mark

Not sure where everyone is but hope you are all well. LD are you still exercising like mad? I have started swimming 4 times a week 60 lengths and my shape is changing! Hope you are ok x

That is very frustrating LD! I have been trying not to go mad at the weekends and I am being good during the week not having too many carbs and have vodka and soda with lime pieces rather than wine. I stayed the same for 2 weeks and then dropped 5 lbs. I am sure it will happen and you must be losing inches with all the exercise x