Hi everyone, I’ve had a bit of a bad week, definitely haven’t put on weight but not sure if I’ve lost any, the scales and measuring tape will tell me tomorrow. I still find it very hard on the non fast days!

Nama, I’ve made a gluten free lemon and almond meal cake before and it was definitely very delicious and yes it did freeze very well. I’ve been meaning to make an orange and almond meal cake for a long time now, but I think I’ll wait until I lose a bit more weight as a little treat to myself! I can’t wait to try it!

Jojo and Amazon I know what you mean about wanting to lose weight. Everyone says they want to lose weight but very few want to put in the effort. They don’t want to lose weight enough to be willing to put in the effort, but they usually realise once they start getting health problems which is much harder to deal with than just weight problems. It’s quite sad and I really hope they realise what they’re really doing to their bodies because of their weight and diet.

Hi Fast Fat Burners 😉

One year Celebration of Intermittent Fasting
Please skip this post if you find it too indulgent. 🙄

Summary of my first year on intermittent Fasting. Thank you, Dr M. 😆

I read the book and began with basic 5:2 on Mondays and Thursdays.
Learnt to drink 2 litres of water per day.
Ate small amounts of protein to feel satiated, eg, egg for breakfast.
Restricted sugars and processed foods. No pasta, no pizza, no starchy foods.
Had one glass of alcohol four times a week.
Chose to eat fish or lean chicken and lots of green vegetables. And lots of homemade vegetable soup.
No grains on fast days.
Full fat natural food. Flavoured with chili, ginger, pepper, olive oil, squeeze of lemon or lime.

Noted everything in a diary, including food, measurements, and exercise of any type.

Prefer fast days to other days, provided I drink 2 litres of water.
Proved that to lose weight, I have to give up starchy foods, breads and sugars.

Day 1. Weight on 25 January 2014 = 77 kg. (170 lb). Size 16 clothing. BMI 28.7

Day 91. Weight on 25 April 2014 = 67 kg. (148 lb.) Size 12 clothing. BMI 25.4
Lost 13 cm off waist, 4 cm off bust, 7 cm off hips.

Day 182. Weight on 25 July 2014 = 61 kg. (134 lb.) Size 11-12 clothing. BMI 23.
Lost 17 cm off waist, 6 cm off bust, 9 cm off hips.

Day 365. Weight on 25 January 2015 = 60 kg. (132 lb.) Size 10-11. BMI 22.9
Lost 19 cm (7.5 inches) off waist, 8 cm off bust, 7 cm off hips.
Waist to Height ratio = 0.5.

As I fasted, I kept active with house cleaning, walking, golfing, washing floors, gardening. Anything to keep me busy and physically active. The more I fasted, the more active I became.

Had plateaus in weight loss during which I shrank in size. 🙄
Learnt to love emoticons. 😉

I joined this website when I began maintaining, looking for support and tips, and ideas. I am very thankful to have found this thread and the people on it.
Thank you, EFB 😆

Oh Bay what a lovely post to read! It is not indulgent, it is inspiring! Congratulations on your success, especially in keeping the weight off for so long. You have obviously mastered the principles of fasting and applied them to your own lifestyle perfectly. I still have some way to go, but I know enough now to know that your journey has not been as simple or as easy as the way you describe it. It has taken enormous determination and hard work and it’s so lovely that you are now reaping the rewards from that. As dear Purple would say, Go Bay! The long list of winning losers on these threads continues to grow!

Hi Samm, Nama, AO

Thank you very much for your lovely supportive words. 😆

I have animated emoticon envy, AO. 😉

Bay,
thanks for sharing your personal journey with us, and well done

You will be rocking that LBD and skirt soon, Amazon! Come spring and others, keep trying things on or you will find that you have become too small to wear them on the way down! Just ask Wee, it’s a great feeling to get into something that has been impossible for a long time!
Thanks for the orange almond cake recipe, Nama. I am going to try it, but peel the zest off the orange before boiling, and then blend it along with the rest. I think it will have more orange flavor this way. Will let you know the results!
Happy day, everyone!

Bay, congratulations on your 5:2 anniversary and your continuing success. Feels good doesn’t it?

Mine was a couple of weeks ago. Does this officially make us 5:2 veterans?!

I’ve decided I’m going to be like the Queen though (she has two birthdays) and have multiple anniversaries! The next one is April, which will be one year at goal weight, and then early June for one year at (or below) maintenance weight.

My favorite kind of walking is taken by people that annoy me.
Noel coward

Folic acid and folate are interchangeable terms for the same thing. It cannot be produced by the body and has to be obtained through the diet. Along with what you’ve said about DNA, it is essential for rapid cell growth, division and repair, and is also necessary for the production of healthy red blood cells and the prevention of anaemia.
It is recommended as a supplement for women trying to conceive and during the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.

Hi Smiffy,

I love getting in the kitchen and batch cooking tasty food for FDs, and I’m planning on eating a lot of what I’ve got stashed away over the next couple of weeks as I haul myself back onto the wagon. I’m not despairing as after losing 4st which was interrupted by regaining 18lbs and having to lose it again, I know that all will be well once I get going again.

I’ve been trying clothes on again today and there are a couple of items I really want to wear soon, so one of them is on the front of the wardrobe with the size 12 trousers.

Knees are very susceptible to problems caused by carrying too much weight, but they respond very well to having the pressure removed, and it is then easy to strengthen the muscles and ligaments that support them. The other thing is that if you have a knee problem the way you walk will affect your back, hips, ankles and feet so everything suffers.

I need to haul my lazy body off the sofa and think about what I’m going to wear this evening. At least I’ve done the ironng so there is plenty to choose from, rather than the not so distant past when it was a choice between the huge blue elasticated trousers or the black pair, and finding a shirt that would do up over my stomach!

Loved the card A! 😆 I must get that ap for my monitor 😉 P

Morning all, such a wonderful day here so far. A little bit of cloud cover but also lots of breaks in them too. Hoping no rain at least while we’re out with puppy today.

The “girls” arrived yesterday, only the Isa’s though (6 of them) as the others weren’t quite ready yet (too young/small as I wanted point of lay chooks), spent quite a bit of time with them yesterday which was nice, as did the granddaughters who were learning how to calmly stroke them.

I don’t know about anyone else here but I am often amazed at how easily the weight is coming off and how quickly. I just had a moment where I thought WOW, it’s only around 17 weeks and I’ve lost 15kg … and as I keep going this way, with luck I’ll be at goal weight around my 1 year anniversary as I know there may well be weeks with little to no loss but others where the losses just keep coming 😀 .

I’m glad we’ve got a public holiday tomorrow as I sure could use a little rest this weekend. My OH says why don’t you sleep in a bit, I try but I just don’t seem able to get past 5 to 6am although today I did make it to 6:20am so maybe tomorrow, but then tomorrow I want to spend quite a bit of time with the “girls”.

Jojo have a great time with your friend at the gym 🙂 don’t forget to weigh so you know where you are with things.

Smiffy I know from experience that that gain will get lost again very soon. Amazon your big about the find a shirt that would do up over the stomach is very me, hence I ended up with T-shirts or that type of pull on top, but even then it sometimes was a struggle to find one that wasn’t like a straight jacket, 😆

SAMM great info re folate/folic acid.

Wee hoping we find you fit and well again 🙂 I keep meaning to ask how’s your dad doing?

OH is up now, catch up later 😀

Smiffy.
I agree with the experience of not having to give up what I love, but I slowly found new things to love eating that are most beneficial in their categories.

like dates i love eating dates. Find very few negatives .however for the calories prunes nutrition are much better.

Heres other info to keep in mind.
Someone close to me said ” just be glad you don’t have to through what im going through. I was wasn’t trying to be cold but replied “someday I will.

Many things i can do to put it off. But not many as front and center as my diet.
No smoking, no alcohol, fasting, best food nutrition uptake, exercise, detox.

Salmon, pumpkin, carrots, broccoli.
Next 27 hrs fast begins at 9 pm and ends 1hr before returning to work. Which will be 9 1/2 hours of walking and pushing.

longed fasting also protected against toxicity in a pilot clinical trial in which a small group of patients fasted for a 72-hour period prior to chemotherapy, extending Longo’s influential past research.

“While chemotherapy saves lives, it causes significant collateral damage to the immune system. The results of this study suggest that fasting may mitigate some of the harmful effects of chemotherapy,” said co-author Tanya Dorff, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital. “More clinical studies are needed, and any such dietary intervention should be undertaken only under the guidance of a physician.”

“We are investigating the possibility that these effects are applicable to many different systems and organs, not just the immune system,” said Longo, whose lab is in the process of conducting further research on controlled dietary interventions and stem cell regeneration in both animal and clinical studies.

Heres part of my reading

why are my novels not showing up 😥

Jojo I do put chilli powder in my cottage cheese .. Thanks pal . .I have just bought chilli flakes , would that work too ?

I have led such a sheltered life food wise . I have never had foreign food except when we went to Rimini . I am quite jealous of you all with the different foods .

Wee xx

One of those challenging days for me.

I hope all my harping on the health food isnt making it seem harder than it is. There some really good stuff to eat. Doable health foods! Just been at this for 22 months so as ive taken on the challenge of learning what each and every recommended vitamin and mineral are in the foods i choose. Compared to other things in life. Its actually the simplest list to memorize and learn. I mean I’ve had spelling tests longer than these.
As start to see the superstars of nutrious dense foods .i start seeing favorite foods that ive always enjoyed before i knew how good they were for me.

The suprising thing for me is when i go on break. Quickly say I’m going on planned breaks from now on because unplanned breaks can become decades long.
while on break i get to be free to eat whatever i desire to my hearts content. Its very telling to see if the foods ive been eating from my menu are still what i want when im free. Because if i understand the concept correctly. When i reach goal i should have already switched to a maintenance menu that is satisfing. Enough not to return to eat the poor diet foods that contribute to a unhealthy way of eating.

there so much info out there.
But until we actually make that effort to buy the foods and find ways to to enjoy them in the right measure . Well what can i say . I felt trapped in an obese body that i was convinced i would not be able to change.

how empowering micheals video was to me..
Wether i exercised or not i could lose fat.
So i tried.
then as the weight coming off .choose to strengthen the enough to simply stand up again for three hours and felt like i was going to die.. more weight came off.i started using a pedometer and started walking around the block and walking my girl to school.
still a few more pounds.
decided to jump rope again. Got good enough with the 5:2 to move into 4:3
decided to look into the other premature death risks and make small efforts everyday and try to get it all to add up.
I never ever thought I could be this strong.
loading trucks at 46 , skipping rope for ten minutes easily now.. I can easily walk 30 miles in one day .sleep and do it agian all week long . No kidding I come home and I’m just potatoish on the couch. But the kid comes home and I need to keep her engaged in what is doable for her. I’ll be the one who keeps on keepin on. I keep on looking up how foods effect health. I see it as a very easy way to keep on improving and looking for ways to make my diet taste better or become more beneficial.

Like today.
learning that seedless grapes are just not got the super factor that seeded grapes have.

Just saying I’m absolutely confident ill make goal.
I have the understanding now that there no reason to settle for anything less.

Y’all inspire me deeply sometimes

RT you might find a text app that backs up you writings. I know I lose posts to . But I ramble on so much Y’all ain’t missed much anyways!

ok going for hot Wasabi deviled eggs. I now mix up the skip jack tuna into the whipped yolk. Turnip green s apple and more carrots. Will graze on grapes till 9 pmthen fast for 27 hours.

I’m expecting to see results on the scale this month.
I’m In fat attack mode.

I’m with smiffy
i prefer to cook on saturdays.

I havn’t heard from my SA friends Nicky and Emel i hope all is well and you got a coffee at windy point if you could afford it 🙄 and i am still sooking over losing my award winning novel this morning to just quietly NOT HAPPY JAN 😆

Well, Bay, I’ve learnt today that surfing, then wearing crocs to hike up and down lots of beach stairs totally st**s your repairing ankle/foot. Back to good joggers and socks and resting with it up in the air. (: Bu***r.
Saw a pod of dolphins today from our verandah. SO joyous!
And Oysters in the Vineyards is a pretty neat way to celebrate a long weekend. P

Hi Purple,

Funny you should say that, my recovering achilles gave me hell after lots of barefoot beach walking on Friday! Oh well, just one of the disadvantages of not being 20 any more.

But there are plenty of advantages of being 62. Like the freedom of retirement. Like not having to get up to crying babies at all hours. Or not having to interrupt every meal while cajoling a fussy 3 yr old to eat. And not having to go to work when you really don’t feel like it. Or having the confidence to be assertive with people who need it. Mm…. Sounds like I am trying to make myself feel better about old age!

Funny thing is, I actually feel younger and healthier than 5 years ago. Maybe 5:2? As with Smiffy, knees heaps better with 12kg gone. Self confidence up. Would never have believed I would take up swimming for exercise, and love it! Have always enjoyed good food, but perhaps limiting the treats and having heaps more vegetables is actually making me feel better?

We have just returned from a lovely Yum Cha lunch with family and close friends and although I did eat well, I can fast tomorrow and reset…..why didn’t someone think of this years ago?

RT I hope your IT issues resolve, we miss your novels. And I hope Nicky and Emel haven’t blown off windy point!

Morning/evening all.

Day one of B2B FDs. That’ll get me back into the routine :fingerscrossed:

Purple, rest that leg. Sit on the verandah with your foot up and a glass of vino and relax.

RT, I’m sorry you lost your epic, please try again 🙂

Nama, so glad to hear that you are enjoying swimming, it really helps if you don’t find exercise a chore, and the pheromones it releses make you feel so good!
I feel healthier and am fitter than I’ve been for many years, most of my aches and pains have disappeared and I don’t want to go back to being as I was any time soon.
I’m going to try Bays tip and cut out processed carbs completely for a couple of weeks.
SH friends, enjoy the rest of your long weekend and have a greet Australia Day tomorrow. X

I love the sound of Wasabi devilled eggs but I doubt I could stop at just one!