morning all! Angie, I’ve heard fresh eggs are much better than those from the supermarket but I’ve never gotten to try them. Glad to hear your new feathered family are doing well.

Mossend, have you checked your bmr and tdee to be sure you are using the right calorie limits? Also have you measured to see if you are losing any inches? Some people lose inches but not pounds, at times. I have never been a smoker but I know quitting is very tough – I have no specific advice on that but good for you for trying, and don’t give up.

I am in good spirits this morning with good results at my weekly weigh in, in spite of it being a time of the month when I blow up like a balloon. And it’s Friday, and I’m so ready for the weekend.

I have a new toy, a fitbit flex, which is already inspiring me to do a quick walk with the dog before work. Hopefully this will help me up my activity level a bit – I’ve been a slug ever since I got this stupid cold.

it’s basically a fancy pedometer that goes in a sleek little wristband. It tracks your steps and activity level. It also tracks your sleep, and has a silent vibrating alarm that gets you up without bothering your sleep partner. It syncs wirelessly with the internet to keep track of everything. I think it will help me be motivated. Comes in cute colors too. 🙂

Happy Friday everybody. I thought I would just pop in to wish you all a great weekend.

It is going to be 18 degrees in London on Sunday yeah!!! Have been good today as I am saving my calories for a couple of glasses of wine and a frozen Curly Wurly!

LD I thought of you when I was buying them (ha ha). Also congrats on the extra pound you lost – I can see that your non weighing until Easter has not worked then (only teasing 🙂

Until Monday then x

Hi everyone,

boo work all day and my laptop has been playing up, so this is the first time I’ve been able to log on day!!!

LittleDragon since it’s nearly 10 I’m very much hoping you’re done for the day and that tomorrow will just be a tying up loose ends sort of a day. Well done on that sneaky extra pound!!

Jenki and Kilda has a look at the Fitbit too looks fab but a bit too expensive for me. I use Mapmyfitness on my android phone, to record my activity and this links to Myfitness pal too; not quite the same but is a very useful tool.

Welcome Mossend sorry you’ve hit a bit of a plateau – like the others I’ve never smoked but I have seen my Mum battle to give up and various friends. All of them have struggled with weight gain when not smoking – for two reasons wanting something to do with your hands and also food starts to have more flavour. Could this be happening on your non fasting days, when you feel a bit more relaxed. Try writing down what you have for a few days to see if you can spot anything.

Angie steady we’ll all be inviting ourselves just to sample those wondrous eggs!!! Glad the new flock members are settling in. I hope that the little bantams don’t lay any ginormous eggs!!! Can just imagine their little eyes watering!!!!

Glad you had a good weigh in too Kilday.

Thank goodness it’s the weekend, just an hour’s work tomorrow and then some down time.

Take my hat off to you Friday fasters – you’ve done it now 🙂

Morning all and happy Saturday. So I stepped on the scales this morning and have lost another 2 pounds which means (drumroll) that I have now lost a stone!! Very pleased and ready to do cartwheels down the street!

So halfway there with another stone to go! Hope you all have a great weekend!!

morning all, and congratulations Jenki! I know it feels wonderful.

Hi Angie poor you that is just awful. I am really sorry that you are having a horrible time. Can you go and stay with some friends for the night just to get away? If you cannot bring the dogs you can go back and feed them tomorrow.

I obviously don’t know anything about you and you OH but is there anyway you can salvage your relationship?

Thinking of you x x x x

thank you guys, its lovely to have support, even in cyberspace, makes such a difference! ( crying now 🙁 )

going for a walk in a mo, I think what hurts the most is him denying everything but in my heart I know am right….

my friend I London has given me the keys to her flat, she is away, but dogs are not allowed, I cant bear to leave them, it would kill me… I feel completely spaced out, my life isn’t making much sense right now, but I have been here before and I will survive this ( sorry if I have already said this )

JFitzy I don’t really know if there is anything to salvage, things have not been right for such a long time now.. only time will time..

have a lovely afternoon, need the sun on my face! xxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you Mossend, you are all so kind 🙂

just been for a walk, funny how everything around us just goes on… he is carrying on as this was just another row, he just doesn’t get it!!
but I will be kind to myself, and do a lot of thinking… again thank you guys for your kind words…today has been the worst, but i’ll be ok..

enjoy the sun if you can, its really mild out there!! xxxxxxxxxx

Thank you Carla, that’s very sweet of you xxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Angie,
So sorry to hear that. I read somewhere that a cheating partner has nothing to gain by admitting it. I think that it is true.

He totally gets it, but it is far easier for him to pretend that he doesn’t.Stay put and make it uncomfortable for him, even if you ignore him completely.

My best advice is be kind to yourself and the other gem which I live by is ‘the best revenge is living well.’

YOU WILL BE FINE, not today or next week, but it will come and then one day you will wonder what on earth you saw in him…..and it will be a complete mystery!

Take good care of yourself.

oops sparko on even!

Don’t make any decisions now, they are likely to be driven by emotion not sound judgement. Sit tight.

Are you married? Do you live in a joint property? If yes to either, DO NOT LEAVE!

Hi Annette and Hilly and thanks again for the support,

Just sat in my own little room now, i d rather be alone.. Annette, yes i am married but the house is his name as he bought it before we met..
I have nowhere else to go so no, not leaving!!

Have a good evening girls, Hilly enjoy that programme, sounds fun lol!!

Take care you fab lot xxx

Angie, you’ve been so nice to everyone on here all this time, I surely wish you find too all the kindness and support you need right now. I hope you find the strength to overcome this and always think that something that ends opens the possibility for smth better to come! xxx

It might be worth investigating what your options are, so that you can take your time and make informed choices.There is a wealth of information on the net and some family law firms may offer a half hour free advice.

Hi everyone,

was thinking of you last night Angie, hope you managed to get a little sleep. Must be difficult having to be in the same house! Go out and do some vigorous gardening, a double bonus, work through some of your feelings and get physically tired so you can have a good night’s sleep too.

Hey everyone just seen a Weight Watchers advert – they’re afraid very afraid – it actually says no fasting, to try and lure people into their money pit!! When I watched Michael Peretti’s programme about dieting last year, have never forgotten his interview with the recently retired finance director of weight watchers (he held the post for years and years!!), Weight watchers own figures show that within 5 years of achieving their goal very few are still there (can’t remember the exact percentage) – the man smiled and happily said I know – it means they keep coming back!!! Grrr

More hugs to you Angie 🙂
x

Hi everyone

thank you for your kind words Hilly and Jenki.. just been out with the dogs again, its so lovely out there……

he’s at work today, he called me earlier and we had a good talk,still swearing nothing happened.. but nothing is making much sense in my head, we’ll talk more later.. the problem is, I don’t know how I feel anymore,i cant force whats not there..but, I am willing to try…so that’s a tiny step I guess..
thanks again to all of you who posted lovely and supportive messages, hope you are all enjoying this beautiful day!

Hilly I have seen that tv ad…makes me smile 🙂 but the one that really gets on nerves, is the Diet chef one………….I could throttle that woman, arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

take care fab faster buddies xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you Hilly!! xxx

Thank you Aud xxxxx

Morning everyone and thank you Kilda for asking of me 😉

hope you are all well and good luck if fasting today, I will tomorrow… things are better, not right, but ok I guess.. we talked, and both have faults and things we don’t like about each other.. so I am going to try and make an effort to be more “wifey””if that makes sense..
I am not making life changing decisions, not now anyway…if I do, then it will have to be final,but at the moment there are far too many “cons”..so that’s where I am now, thank you so much from my heart for all the kind words and support, meant the world to me 🙂

I am looking to join a yoga class lol, always wanted to!
have a lovely sunny day fab fasters and take care, you lot are a great bunch, love you!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
ps LD where are you? we miss you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aww LD thank you so much hun and so good to see you on the forum again!!!!!

you are right, and I am thinking of spending some time at my friends flat in London this week, she is away but she kindly left me her keys just in case…

so I may well stay there when I go back to work, saves on the driving too 🙂

how are you anyway? how did your weekend go and how’s work???????? hope no grief today!

have a lovely day and enjoy the sun if you can, take care xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thank you LD and JFitzy!!

LD I am so glad you are in a new place, of course you’ll be confused for a bit, must be daunting…hope everybody there will be nice and supportive of you, they better!!

if you cant manage the fast then don’t worry about it, I was going to fast as well but its tomorrow now, am not up for it and in any case I am not that hungry anyway.. so if you have to give up on it then that’s all good, 16.8 is great too!!

hope your day is a good one, take care and thank you hugs (((()))) xxxxxxxx