Hi Nama.
I like all seasons, but I would love to be living where I could step out of the door and into the pool.
I love winter if it is dry, I hate wet weather as I take no pleasure from walking in the rain, and it makes my joints sore.
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I’ve had years of problems with my left knee as I had a torn medial meniscus 20 odd years ago and had to have surgery. I had a recurrence about 8 years ago and had more surgery. At the beginning of 2013 I was at my wits end as it was so swollen and sore I couldn’t walk more than a few hundrd metres without having to stop. I used some Volarol (diclofenac) gel pathes which reduced the swelling and got rid of most of the pain. Then I started 5:2 and I’ve had no issues with it since, apart from aching in damp weather. Losing weight is the way to be kind to our joints.
I agree Amazon. Mine is just wear and tear and a bit of arthritis exacerbated by being overweight. But the past 5 summers they have swollen so much more whenever it’s humid. Diclofenac really helps and I have learned to get in early with it to minimise swelling. However I know things will be so much better once I am lighter, am hoping even 11-12 kgs down will make a difference this summer. Surgeon tells me I need new knees but that will be a last resort, nurses don’t like being on the other side of things!
Hi Jojo
I used to suffer from IBS and I know how debilitating it can be.
It is usually gluten that causes the problem. Did your friend eat a lot of cakes and biscuits?
There is no reason why your friend can’t enjoy the occasional bowl of granola if she has a wheat free variety, and it is very easy to make. I use oats (you can buy gluten free oats) and puffed spelt in mine. Rice flakes can be bought which could also be used. Whole food stores will sell wheat free breakfast cereals.
What do you mean by craving sugar? Do you mean cakes etc or sweet things in general?
Hi Fast Trackers
Nicky Emel and Aussie O in South Australia Nama in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi & Barata in NZ and Jojo SAMM HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Lor_PA and Hello World (You know Who You) 😆 Hi Jojo are you continuing on with the green tea and water for 19 hours then the two meals a day on both fast/feed day?? 500 cal FD and TDEE on non FD ? I am very interested to hear any feedback on hunger pangs and or general symptoms if any for you as I have slid a few zero calorie FD days in without any real massive trauma other than the boys having a vent 😳 so I just don’t tell em 😉 Jojo I’m just curious is All ok fast trackers it’s a Fast Day Monday so let’s get our fast on people 😆
Have a great day you
Efficient Fat Burners
Peace RT
Hi Jojo,
Since I started in August 2014 I had the habit of reading all recent posts, however, since we’ve such a wonderful influx of newbies I can’t keep up with them all daily any more.
So, since I would miss the folks here and all the valuable contributions, I’ve subscribed to your thread and now get an email so as not to miss out on the tips and everyone’s progress, hope this is okay?
I’m in Ireland, although English by birth, and am starting my maintenance journey having lost 30 lbs in 5 months. Now my focus is on fitness, toning, keeping an eye on blood pressure and reducing ‘bad’ cholesterol.
Onwards and downwards,
Ellie
Hi jojo,
Just paying one of my flying visits. Re your friend’s problem, I wonder if the following might be useful.
One member of our extended family suffered IBS-type symptoms and was unable to eat bread without becoming quite ill. After a lot of trial and error she finally discovered that her problem was baker’s yeast (yeast from fermented grapes is fine). Fortunately it turns out she loves soda bread (which contains no yeast) so whenever we visit we take a loaf of OH’s home-made which always goes down a treat.
Hope that might help.
Hello all
Sorry to have been absent for a few days. It’s been a busy time with preparing for guests over the weekend and then enjoying their company. I managed the two fast days last week, but haven’t been too careful on non- fast days days. Lots of long walks though, which I hope will help! Haven’t had chance to read many recent posts, but Jojo you seem to be doing really well, and running??? – go girl!
The news has all been very worrying. Take care all.
Will be in touch again soon.
Smiffy x
Just a reminder to keep walking apart of your approach to longevity.
many overlook what happens in the brain when we’re in motion. There are function of the brain that only occur when we’re in motion. Walking, jumprope, swimming, running, ect…
I believe even though they are great for weightloss, they are important factors to keep on keepin on well after goal.
My personal approach will not to walk every day, but to take the same intermittent fasting of 4:3. To walk 4 days a week and I’ll take the nutritional compliment of omega3 on the days I don’t walk. Following the recommendations of Dr David Perlmutter and Dr Micheal Mosely.
Hello fast trackers,
NickyF, Emel and RT in South Australia, Nama in Victoria, Bay in ACT, PVE in NSW, WiWi & Barata in NZ and Jojo, SAMM, HappyNow, Amazon, Hermaj, Lizzy, Ply, Tartan lass, Smiffy, Comespring, FoodA, Lor_PA and Hello World (You know Who You Are 😆 )
WOW such a lot to catch up on.
Good to hear from you Hermaj and you Smiffy.
I’m running late today so will only be saying HELLO to everyone and will get back online tonight and chat more then 😆 . Have a losing days one and all (meant in the nicest way possible).
Hi everyone. 🙂
What a jolly lot of ‘old’ and newer faces here today!
Jojo, as a reformed thinner person, believe me, food has always been, and probably always will be, uppermost in my mind!
Berries and yoghurt make a lovely breakfast that might suit your IBS friend.
Amazon, how about we swap places occasionally? (no I’ll have to keep the fella with me!). You can use my pool and I’ll walk in Kew. Our autumns are wet but we (used to) have dry winters.Lovely for walks. The humidity in late summer makes my hair nice and wavy but plays havoc with my joints 🙁
Nama, my arthritis in knees and feet is a lot better with less weight. My hands are the biggest issue. Sound like a bag of bones!!
Rain pitter patting on the metal roof all night. Lovely, but too many ‘loo trips 😉 We get enough variety in weather to be able to cope with the hot days.
Proper fast today to reset after the weekend. Cheers P 🙂
Hi to everyone, just an update to jojo, I live in England, I think somewhere in the middle? Haha I’m not sure whereabouts in England but it’s a tiny city called Leicester 🙂 today was a non fast day for me and I managed to keep way below my TDEE so I’m happy so far! Tomorrow will be a fast day so wish me luck!
Hello fast trackers
Good morning from Wellington. I am going back to my ADF and it feels like I am starting from scratch.
I am in NZ until mid-March, Bay. So we will return to France soon after that.
Today will be difficult, but I am feeling as if the fast track train is accelerating off and I must jump on again.
Thanks for all your kind words, team, about last week’s events. A meeting a few days with some other NZers usually resident in France gave us all some room to vent our feelings, and did us a lot of good.
I will read the recent thread contributions and come back with comments later. Today I must concentrate on 23:1 which used to be my FD régime.
Thanks for being there, FTers
Wiwi XXX
Hello all,
Purple you must be desperate …. Ironing!
I am just home from a lovely swim, managed a few extra laps without collapsing, but need to take it carefully to avoid strirring up old whiplash… What an old crock! I had decided to try exercise on a fast day but don’t think this is going to work as it made me so hungry! I had a banana first but still felt ravenous afterwards, so will fast Tuesday instead.
Re your friend Jojo, I agree with Amazon re gluten or it could be just a wheat intolerance. She really needs to eliminate all suspects then reintroduce them very gradually, very painful process but worth it.
Lovely you bought some pretty underwear Jojo. I had to buy smaller as they were falling down, not investing in prettier yet though! As Purple says, it’s all about self image, so true!
Take care all x
The iron keeps running out of water 😉
Nama, try not eating the banana first. Exercise is more effective when in a fasting state according to Dr M. Eating the banana is what would have stimulated your hunger, not the exercise. Consider your body draws on your fat stores (sorry) only after (from memory) at least a 12 hour fast. Any food interferes with this.
That’s why many of us don’t eat anything until late or do as Jojo is doing, one meal in the evening. But that does mean no calories at all beforehand. It is actually easier than eating a little.
Glad you are still swimming. 🙂 P
Hi Purple
I am also ironing, listening to the growling from my shrinking stomach. Drinking lots of water. Waiting until 1 pm to eat. Then I will try to regain my sewing skills by adapting two lovely shirts I’ve had for ages. 🙄
Wish me luck! It’s ages since I experienced the full growling effect of fasting. Harder than when I was losing weight. I believe it’s from the carbs taken in over the last weeks.
Cheers, Bay 🙂
Thanks Purple. I understand what you mean re eating nothing, as that is exactly what I do on fast days. I just thought I might get really lightheaded in pool as my bod isn’t used to much aerobic exercise. I have done lots of housework and gardening previously whilst fasting but don’t generally get out of breath! Next swim I will try whilst fasting!
Good luck with the dressmaking Bay. I now have several good Sportscraft shirts that require darts, but won’t be doing it til weight all off! And good luck with the growling tum! You have done it before!
Samm
Just had beans in my soup. Yummy! Growling stomach gone for now. This restart of 5:2 is just like the beginning a year ago. 🙄
Hermaj
Lovely to hear from you. The sun is shining here after a week of lovely life giving rain. 😆
Amazon, loved your description of Kew. I walked with you. 😉 still prefer our climate over all.
Cheers, Bay 🙂
So those of you in the UK might already be aware that Horizon tonight is ‘What’s the right diet for you?’
The BBC website also has an article about this, with a link to take a test to find out what sort of eater you are and which diet would be right for you.
It turns out I am more of a constant craver than a feaster or an emotional eater, and ta dah! Suggests intermittent fasting would be the best diet for me! (Obviously I already know it works for me, but interesting that the ‘science’ confirms it…)
Oh, and Bay, it’s not fully light here yet, but it seems unlikely that the sun will shine… The wind is buffeting the house and the rain is lashing against the windows…again 🙁
Amazon and jojo, consider yourselves lucky, I didn’t get out for a walk this weekend (howling gale on Sat, tipping it down on Sun). Thank God you don’t need to exercise for weight loss (or maintenance) is all I can say!
Ok
im game iron something.
can’t quite wrap my head around it though.
so it may look like this
mon iron
Tues exercise
we’d Iron
thurs exercise
fri iron
saturday. Fold away or wear
sunday towels put away upstairs.
seems laundry room may go right back to the way it was before if or when i stop ironing. May make it a wol. Ill weight the towels at the end of the month andsee if im ironing is giving enough time or aattention to regular laundry.
Have a good one!
Good afternoon/evening/morning/night one and all of my fellow fast trackers 😀
The rain seems to have set in here once again but still just warm so very sticky.
Hoping that everyone has had or is having a good day … it’s a non-FD for me and so far only 100 calories (still to have our evening meal which will jump things up somewhat).
Keirra I’m in SA along with RT, Nicky and Emel, Nama is also in Vic with Bay in ACT and PVE in NSW. We’ve also got Wiwi and Barata in NZ, so close neighbours there too 😆
SAMM do you mean that Avocado causes issues long term with build up?
Hello to everyone else not individually mentioned above.
Hi Bay and P,
Good effort on the fasts!
24 hour fasts just don’t seem to agree with me. 18-20 is about my limit, possibly partly because I’m doing it while working. Come mid afternoon and sat at my desk still… Well, maybe it’s boredom/ psychological. I might have more joy at the weekend when I’m moving around…
SAMM, sounds like you might have to take in laundry to generate enough ironing…?!
Morning/evening all.
I did ironing yesterday to keep myself busy.
Yesterday I felt that I finally got back into the proper fasting routine, but I had to go to bed early. Did the Horizon programme have a greedy pig option? because that was me!
None of my underwear fits properly. I’m wearing smaller stuff that has been in the back of the drawer for 10 years, with the exception of 2 newer bras, but it is either too tight or too loose (work that one out), too brief, wrong shape, wrong cup size or just plain uncomfortable. But most of it is pretty……… I ‘m going to wait until I’m at goal before buying any.
Going to a friends house this morning for coffee, we usually go out and have cake too, so I’m not sure if there will be any on offer or if I can turn today into another FD.
Cold, grey, damp and windy today so no chance of walking.
Have a good day/evening everyone. It’s Monday so I guess you are all fasting!
I sort of feel like I am jumping into a group of old friends conversation, but I wanted to say that reading your posts had given me some great ideas for my dieting.
I have had 7-8 months not being able to walk at all, so I have put on some weight I need to loose.
I have only been doing this a week so far though.
Hello All!
Just did a quick read thru, but can’t begin to remember it all! I just enjoy reading about what you all are up to.
I’m fasting today and glad of it! I had a horrendous weekend of eating. Just one thing and another! I’m still trying to pry the sugar monkey off my back from the holidays. The problem lies in being stuck at home in the winter. I really don’t like the cold weather, so I’m home most of the day on the weekends and that leads to grazing. Must get a handle on that. My fasting days are Monday and Thursday and I find them quite easy since I’m at work. Once the weather breaks, I’ll be on the golf course all day Saturday and Sunday……can’t wait! I’ll be getting exercise and not being around food all day.
At the end of my first official week on 5:2 last Friday, the evil scale showed a gain of 2/10ths of a pound. I know that is nothing, but I really felt like I should have shown a loss. I did measure my waist and it seems to be down an inch, so I’ll run with that!
Have a wonderful Monday!
Hi Jojo et al!! Further to the request,Jojo, I live in Hampshire, UK.It’s a beautiful county,and good for being fairly central in the South. We can get to London in an hour by train so good for Art Gallery and Theatre visits, and also half an hour and we can get on a Ferry to the continent!!
Fast Day today. Monday isn’t too bad as I keep busy with my Art group meeting. Started a new commission today, that stops me wanting to eat!!!!
Good fasting/feasting all.
WN.
Good luck with the choir try out and breaking the weight barrier Jojo. You can do it…you have persistence!
Hi H-H. I also put on weight from being incapacitated. It was the final straw that got me doing 5:2. I exercised in the pool initially as the load I was carrying just exacerbated my torn knee ligament. It took 12 months of fasting and very careful eating but I made it to goal last April and am now the weight I was in my mid 20s (I’m 63!)
All the best….it works. 🙂 Purple
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