Hi everyone , haven’t abandoned you all on this thread and have been reading your posts regularly. Been very busy on the Little Voices thread and trying really hard to drop the weight myself too. Only managed 2lbs this month so far with 6 days left to the end July. Feel vexed for you little dragon still being on the plateau . You may like to check out the Little Voices thread and look at Action Heros comments. He posts lots of affirmations and advice, it might help you get through this. Sometimes you can talk yourself into a situation without realising. His quotes have helped me. Will catch up with you all next month when the pressure is off. Haven’t forgotten it’s all you gals kept me on the straight and narrow at the beginning.
Love and lots of pound reductions, TTL.

Hi everyone – feel as though I’ve abandoned you all for a while – sorry, got very tied up with leading the Little Voices challenge, but have handed that over now and have a bit more time to catch up. Hope you have all been keeping fit and well, and that you are now off the dreaded plateau LD.
I managed to lose 3 3/4lbs in July, and am down 1 1/2 lbs already into August. I seem to consistently losing weight now, due to giving up all carbs (except the vegetable ones) I just have the occasional G & T now, and haven’t had wine for ages. Really don’t miss it, although the sweet tooth inn me still raises its head and demands satisfaction now and again .
Think I am on the cusp of being a size 12. My size 14’s are very loose, but the 12’s still a bit snug. Haven’t been a size 12 for 16 years. Soon time to replace my wardrobe, yippee !
Hope you are all staying strong and the weight is dropping off. Have a great weekend everyone. TTL

Hi everyone,

I’m still here pottering about! Another few weeks and you’ll be back in those Size 12s 3TL (don’t buy too many though, you may continue shrinking!!).

Wow Little D you are one fit bunny I bet you look amazing even if the scales are continuing to be stuck!!

Am still fasting one day quite strictly and the second am probably having 500 – 1000 calories. No idea what I weigh, since I broke my scales a month or so ago!! But have pretty much had to change my whole wardrobe and am increasingly finding I have to put the 10 back and try on an 8. Beginning to realise I am small now, it’s taking my head a long time to get used to it – can’t actually remember when I was last this small but was definitely sometime in my 20s!! Intermittent fasting has definitely made an incredible difference to me!!

Someone swapped my legs over one night when I was asleep too!! I now have runner’s legs!! After much dithering have finally entered the Reigate Half Marathon in September so have started training for that.

Hope the rest of the gang are having an amazing summer and fabulous holidays.

xxx

Hi Hilly66 I am lurking!! I was away for the month of August and didn’t fast at all and was delighted that I only gained 4lbs! I have been doing the Little Voices Challenge and I have already lost my holiday weight since I started back on 1 September so really pleased. Hubby is also on it and has lost 7lbs.

How are you? Did you have a good summer? When is your half marathon? Hope it goes well 🙂

Hello girls,

I didn’t notice a few of you had posted either – am so sorry.

Little D sounds like a great step you have taken and am glad things are going so well. It’s quite liberating not weighing isn’t it (though in my case I no longer have any following the water incident in my bathroom!!)

J Fitzy well done you, on doing so well during your holidays and continuing to lose since you returned.

I’m still fasting roughly a day and a half a week, though I may need to go back to two full days a week as work is extremely difficult at the moment and my stress levels are through the roof! Am feeling an urge to eat!!! That said my new smaller clothes all seem to be fitting well, so think I’m doing ok.

Completed my first ever half marathon on 20th September in 1 hour 59 minutes and 37 seconds felt utterly amazed as ran the final part that it was actually me running to complete a half marathon!! Loved it and felt so good 🙂 Have signed up for my next one on Feb 21st to keep the momentum going, hard to go out for a run after the crazy days I’m having at work, so this will make sure I do 🙂

Anyway bed time for me, so brilliant to hear from a few of the gang, keep going everyone no matter what you’re doing.

xxxx

Hi LD

Lovely to hear from you! I have been on the Little Voices Challenge and Rugby threads. I am sorry to hear that you are struggling – upping the exercise and upping food at the same time was always one of the traps I fell into 🙂

I am sure you are losing inches – how do your clothes feel? Maybe you should get your PT to weigh you once a week at the gym as that would probably act as an incentive!!

I am still losing albeit very slowly. I have set myself very realistic targets as in the past I would set unrealistic goals and then get frustrated when I failed.

Hope all is well with you otherwise x

Ah don’t say that LD – you are not a failure. Just keep up your gym work and the inches will come off. For a long time when I had a PT everybody would say how much weight I had lost but the scales hadn’t moved. My PT used to tell me to ignore the scales and measure weekly and weigh monthly.

Please don’t get disheartened. What about doing our own little challenge – to lose 6 lbs between now and Wednesday 2 December before the party season starts! That is 6 weeks so only 1 lb per week.

We can check in half way through next month and see where we are 🙂

Ooh lucky you I am very jealous!!

I did like having a PT and went for years but found that it became a bit repetitive after a while – although in fairness he did mix things up quite a lot. I hurt my knee which was the start of my troubles so didn’t go for ages so decided on yoga and swimming instead which I find really good. Swimming especially as it it weightless and great for overall toning even my abs are starting to show a small bit 🙂

Have a great holiday if I don’t hear from you before you go x

Ok why don’t we say 3.5 lbs which should be achievable. Then you will be back in the 10’s before you go away x

Deal! Also I find that avoiding starchy carbs like bread, rice, pasta and potato during the week has helped me. I have never eaten loads of them and I will eat them at the weekend if I want to. Last weekend I had toast for breakfast and pizza on Sunday night.

Good luck and keep me posted x

🙂

Hi all you lovely ladies and apologies for being AWOL for so long. I have been doing the Little Voices challenge as you know, and it has helped me focus (some of the time) to get the weight down. Am now currently 9st 6 3/4 lbs, en route to 9 stone (new target). I have ditched most of the size 14 and am now comfortably in size 12. It’s been about 20 years since this happened and am delighted. It doesn’t take much to bump up the pounds, wine being the worst thing, but just plain over eating does it too. Am still working on that, but overall things are on track. Had decided to get down to 9 stone for Xmas, but if it doesn’t happen, no one will put a gun to my head! It’s a case of just accepting this is a new way of eating, and going with it.
LD hope you have a lovely holiday, and enjoy the Thai food. It’s quite healthy.
Hilly, good luck with the new job, sometimes it just takes a change of direction for a boost.
Good luck everyone else, onwards and downwards. TTL

Hi Ladies Happy New Year! I managed to lose a bit more weight before Christmas and only gained 3lbs over the past 3 weeks of not fasting so pretty pleased with that. Back on the wagon again and my next goal is to lose 8lbs by 25th February in time for my birthday weekend away. I will report back then. LD let me know how you are getting on 😊

Hi girls fasting today too!! Though I have just had a blip in the shape of a latte!! Oops!! I did run 5.4 miles this morning so I hope it won’t have caused too much havoc!

Little d it’s so hard keeping going – maybe check out whether fasting is right for you – you could try the BBC quiz just to double check. I love fasting and it seems to suit me. In fact today is my 2 year fasting anniversary!!

Well done Jfitzy 3lbs is tiny and will soon be gone again ☺

Omelette for me tonight ☺

Phew another fast day under my belt!! Am cold as usual – hot drink and bed for me!!

How has your week been Little D, you sounded pretty determined, hope it went well.

Are you still with us too JFitzy?

Well you asked for some detail about my present state to give you inspiration Little D!! As you know I have no scales; the last time I weighed my self back in the summer I was around 8 stone 10 having started at 11 stone 10 ish!! Dress size wise I’ve gone down from a 14 – 16 (generally a 16) to an 8 – 10 (generally an 8), my bra size has gone down from a 34 F to a 30F!! and pretty much my entire wardrobe got too big, not just skirts tops and trousers but knickers and bras too!! I’ve sold lots of clothes on ebay and am gradually replacing using the sales!!

Have always exercised but struggled with my running (something I did because it was free and I was on a very tight budget!) as I suffered with an Achilles injury. After about half a stone; I decided to try again, doing the Couch 2 5K programmed for the umpteenth time and I made it to the end and just carried on, gradually going further and further. Over night one day someone “pinched” my legs and replaced them with a sporty pair!! Have been going ever since, sometimes 4 times a week and just lately twice a week (it’s hard after a whole day at work). So I’ve become the small woman I once was – it feels great.

Keep going everyone – it’s worth it and you will get results in the end.

xxx

Oops Hilly that should have said 3 stone!

Hi LD you must be psychic as I was just thinking I hadn’t heard from you for a while! I am fine and have had a very sociable January but I still hope to make my target by the end of the month. I am also fasting today and might even squeeze another one in on Friday or Sunday as I have a horrible cold so everything tastes of cardboard 🙂

Let me know your result for the month. I am only aiming for small amounts like 4 lbs per month as it is more achievable and I have given myself some goals to aim for the last one of which is 28 July in time for my summer holidays!

Thanks LD and I will post my total end of Jan loss at the weekend. I think 4-5 lbs per month target is perfect and if you lose more great. I enjoy life too much not to have the odd pizza or burger (minus the bun) and sweet potato fries!!!

Speak soon and have a lovely weekend 🙂 x

Hi All,

Its been about 18 months since I checked this site and love the fact that this thread is still going and that there are familiar names. In the 18 months I completely stopped doing the 5:2 and so slowly but surely have regained all the weight that I lost.

Feel so frustrated with myself all that hard work for nothing….but have decided to start again on Monday and hopefully start to see the scales head down again. I have 2 stone to lose so it will be a long slow process but hopefully will get there in the end.

Hope you are all well and would love to hear how you are all getting on 🙂