Hi bayleaf and Nama,

As you will have noticed I don’t do much on the forum these days, but this topic was so rant-worthy I couldn’t resist it. Sure, if you look back at films of the 1950s and 60s, many of the women – including the glorious Marilyn – were quite bonny by today’s standards and would probably been ordered to lose weight although their curviness didn’t make them any less feminine and beautiful. And what about all those large ladies painted by Rembrandt, Rubens and the French Impressonists? Even at my largest, no one ever ran away screaming and vomiting when they saw me.

Nama, your joke about mixing with more youngsters raises a serious point. Right across the age range there are people who deliberately associate only with others of similar vintage. I have always tried not to and it seems to work. I have good friends some of many years’ standing, ranging in age from the 20s to the 70s and beyond, plus teenage rellies who appear happy to be seen around with me, although this doesn’t do much for my IT skills. 🙂 What I’m saying is it isn’t a good idea to ghettoise ourselves and dismiss other generations, however old or young.

When we first met, I remember my now 40-something step-daughter telling me that when SHE was 46 (the age at which I got together with her dad) she would be ordering her coffin (what the *$#*???) rather than studying a new language and going to live abroad with a new man. The same young woman got a big flea in her ear from me more recently when she posted on Facebook that a group of 50-pluses (yes 50-pluses!!) she led on a Woodland Trust nature walk were all “so sweet”. Just a demonstration that even a very well-educated, highly intelligent person can have these silly ageist ideas.

Right, I’ll shut up and go and sit in front of some daytime telly while stuffing my face with custard creams – fat chance of any of THAT happening!

Hermaj,

I’m disappointed in you. Custard creams? At your time of life shouldn’t you be eating cat food from a tin? And are you sure you’ll make it to your urine-soaked chair on your zimmerframe 🙂

He was only four when he asked me, so I don’t think it would stand up in court if I were to sue him for breach of promise. I think I’ll have to look for someone a bit more mature 😉

Hi Amazon, Hi Happy,

I just popped in for a rant. Its nice to coincide with good mates.

Amazon, I can imagine our family 5-year-old asking a beautful grown-up lady to marry him. He can certainly turn on the necessary charm. However, being a blood relative of Hermaj’s he’s more likely to make some naughty proposition rather than a proposal.

Sorry to disappoint you, Happy. I once tried to eat catfood out of a tin but was savaged by two very angry moggies and have never done it since.

Unlike many little old ladies, I’m right off the biscuit circuit and custard creams were the only type I could think of.

As for the urine-drenched chair, I wear enormous rubber knickers to keep the incontince pads in place and avoid flooding the furniture. I did try using a zimmer frame but kept tripping over it. I’m saying all this with my fingers firmly crossed in the hope that none of it ever comes true.

My friend has two charming sons, my fiance is the younger one. His big brother is 7. They are both lovely boys who I am very fond of and they seem to like me as I always get a kiss and a cuddle when I visit. Nothing to do with the cakes I make, or the cool Christmas and birthday presents I buy :wink

Rubber knickers :EEK:

I have dyslexic fingers and am forever transposing adjacent letters and having to correct them, and it drives me mad!

My nephew didn’t speak to me for several years as he was so shy and quiet. He is now an extremely witty 20 year old. He looks down at his almost 6′ father!

After a few slip days – pancake day being the worst, I am hoping to be back on track tomorrow.
I always eat when I am sad (Last few days).
Today my friend told me how great I looked, it has boosted me somewhat.

onward and upwards!

Really? Haha!
My mum just started making me pancakes and it was a tuesday…haha

She is completely to blame…more pancakes next week maybe…

Mornin’ fellow fasters/losers 😉

Hermaj how lovely to “see” you again and great to hear from you. So glad others were up and posting when you were 🙂

Rather a muddled morning for me so far, keep meaning to do stuff but then get distracted and have to restart, lol, will keep me active at the very least 😀

I’m just posting in passing, so to speak, so will keep moving and grooving … AO

G’day Hermaj, great to hear you back on the forum. ;)Hope all is well with you.
Still holding the torch? 😆 Sadly, I have the opposite problem. Ordered a “small” sized coat online that swims on me. And I really am not that small. Reverse “sizeism”?
Top work on your long fasts Bay. We can do anything once we have the skills, can’t we?
Go out and change the world fts!! Purple

EDIT: after I posted I saw about a hundred posts I’d missed. Hi everyone 🙂

For an awful moment there I thought I’d missed pancake day 🙂

Pleased to read hermaj style of word crafts.
Just saying !

Jojo glad your still on with bowls.
Most of my expendable budget is on the sail boat. Which is time for me to start making trips to organize projects and deciding ing on what this year’s big project will be.
also was out measuring parts of the yard for what edibles I plan to grow this year. I don’t love gardening , but I love to reap what so.
I usually plant 20 tomato plants and start making mine own sauces to can. Even my own tomato soup which I love with grilled cheese with bacon.
Two seasons ago I was getting goodies from the garden on fast days and that put my food budget Inti buying better foods. So ill be be planning the summer and fall menus based on what I plant. Nevet grew carrots befor , they are definately on the list.

Good morning fellow faster, just stopping by to say hello again and to casually mention that….I LOST ANOTHER KILO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Okay, not such a big deal I know, but to still be losing a couple of pounds a week without long plateaus as in the past is just, well, AMAZING!! I’m feeling so good that this is really working for me (for me for all the reasons you lot already know 🙂 ) but nonetheless its put a big smile on my dial today. I know loses will vary but the truth is many plateaus on past diets were due to ‘overeating’ around the edges of strict regime and now that’s gone I’m just steadily losing a bit each week. A heartfelt thank you for being a community of lovelies to share with xx
PS I noticed someone mentioned the lack of a spellcheck on the forum? I have it on my computer (in fact it doesn’t like the word spellcheck 😉 so I wonder if it’s a setting you can chose?

Thanks so much Purple – I know it is really, and years of dieting may just be a thing of the past, come spring!

Well done, Comespring. 🙄

Beautiful day here. Feel good after yesterday’s fast. Bay. 😉

If you right-click on a word when you are typing (don’t suppose it would work on a smart phone?) you can access spell-checker, suggested corrections and other stuff.

Hello everyone,

Another lovely swim this morning, sorry to boast but it is a big deal for me to be this active! Actually went very early (6.30am, also a big deal for me) as I had a podiatry appt at 8.30, then hair appt at 10, and didnt want to dip fresh hair in chlorine! I think my husband suspects I have another bloke somewhere!

Hermaj, Happy and Amazon. You lot are so funny, I also almost needed rubber undies this morning when I read your posts. Smiled to myself up and down the pool thinking of you all. Amazon, may I suggest a “Pre Nup” agreement with your fiancee, we dont want him taking all your money! And Hermaj, dont just hover, makes me think of a drone over the thread. Come in and talk to us more often.

Weeman I am so happy you had such a lovely day with your dear Dad. Wow, 97 is fantastic. And by the sound of it he is physically pretty good, you (and he) are so lucky.

Comespring dont stress about the pancakes. From reading this forum I gather that when one finishes losing weight on 5:2, one may well have a couple of permanent ones their chest! But you are young, so you will probably be spared that!

Big congrats HH, we all know how good you feel, and how you achieved such a great loss.
Nicky, you wont have time to read today I am sure, but hoping your 1st day teaching TAFE class went well.

A good friend suggested I apply for a casual position where she works, but after thinking hard, I declined as I love retirement too much! You will all be amused to know it was as a Sensory Panelist (their words!) with a big international dairy corporation, tasting yoghurt, butter, cheese etc in their research lab! Slightly tempted as its only 3 hrs/day, but 3 days a week to be committed is 2 too many for me. The work could have been enjoyable …… my friend is also a Paeds nurse but has been doing this casual job for years. Initially I said I could try it, (instead of spending all my Superannuation on the new wardrobe,) even just for a year. However she said if I got the job, I would never leave as its such a good job. That was enough for me!
Instead I will continue being selfish and continue with my self improvement programme!

SAMM your self discipline is amazing. To read what you eat and how much you exercise is fascinating. Great work on more weight lost. Your certainly deserve it. I hope your veggies are bountiful when your seasons change too. I really love gardening, better than a shrink I believe, but I am fortunate that I have a lot more time now.

Cheers all, keep up the great work!

Have fun meeting up with the girls Amazon. I’m sure you’ll all enjoy it. 🙂 P

Hi ladies

Sorry I’ve been away… Had a gain last week so felt a bit down….I guess a bit too indulgent on non fast days! …. Back on track now. I have lost 2.1 kg in the last 2 weeks so getting there slowly… Have a Valentines ball on Saturday bought a new pink dress or might see if I can fit into my floaty Spanish number.

Finding one or two more alcohol free days on non fast days helps. Also trying to do yoga and swimming once a week.

Fell out with mother in law at the weekend. I went to great trouble to explain how the diet works and how positive I was about it … Later in the day she sarcastically handed me a piece of carrot cake, saying ‘do you want a piece’ or are you Fasting!” … So supportive.

Wow, Nama, what a post. 😉

Thanks for the tip, barata. Sadly, it didn’t work but then, as well as being a cr*p typist, I’m also technoklutz extraordinaire.

Nama, I love the idea of being a hovering drone, but as drones involve some kind of technology I’m no danger to life or limb. BTW you are also a very witty, funny lady.

Izzy, your “handle” is the same as one of several versions of my real name. Mothers-in-law!. What are they like! I’ve had two – still got one – and “supportive” wasn’t part of their vocabulary.

I know there are lots of m-i-ls on the forum and I’m prepared to bet that you are all lovely – kind, supportive, fun, and above all intelligent. So none of the above, or the following, applies to you.

Sometimes daughters-in-law aren’t that great. It could be that I’m one of the world’s worst – you know, refusing to iron her beloved boy’s shirts (he can do his own, for so-and-so’s sake!), wasting time reading books instead of watching telly like a normal person, doing a job that requires a bit of brain rather than working in the cats’ meat factory, cooking nasty foreign food, yadayada…

I would say that, now in her mid-90s, ma-in-law mark 2 is much, much nicer than before and we get on well, although she has unfortunately lost most of her marbles.

Nama, I loved reading your post. 😉 always possible to be misinterpreted in the cyber world. 🙄
Hope those ladies are enjoying their trip to Kew. Off to bed. Cheers, all 🙂

Bay I was not offended, I know you don’t have a mean twig in your tree!

Ooo, MILs! Don’t get me started…again!

Mine has just come back from holiday, bearing gifts. She is always very generous, but I feel it is a form of control.

Among the gifts were items of clothing. A top for me (‘the label says it’s small, I hope it fits’). It is as wide as the t-shirt she bought my OH. And he wears M – L.

I am a size 8 and have been since last May. I’m slimmer than her now in fact. So why has she bought me a top that would fit a 44 inch bust?!

And what do you say that doesn’t sound ungrateful? Why would I want to wear an effing sleeps 6 tent now I’m svelte?!

Grrrr.