Afternoon 🙂

I’ve just had a lovely long walk up to Kew Bridge and along the towpath to Richmond. A good hour and 10 minutes home on the bus!
It is a mild and fairly bright day, and there are lots of people out in the fresh air which is good to see.

Nama, I can lose 2lbs every week if I put my mind to it, I lost 28lbs in 14 weeks just before I went to Cuba, and I was still going out for dinner or tea and cake. I’ve been eating too much on non fast days and it has slowed things down, so I am going to rectify that and get going. I want to reach my goal weight by mid June at the latest, and work out maintenance during the summer and autumn. That’s the plan, let’s see if I can execute it………

Amazon & SAMM, thanks for leading by example, this forum is the greatest part of 5:2!

Nama, I’m not sure I’m leading by exmple as I’ve not succeeded yet. I have to give some credit to Jojo and Smiffy for inspiring me, as we had a chat about how for all three of us, our weight loss has stalled and that we need to get it going in the right direction again.

I’ve just done more batch cooking and the freezer is now full of FD 300 calorie and non FD 500 calorie meals which should last me through to the end of my 15 day experiment. I have one dinner out arranged for my best friend’s birthday, but apart from that I’m going to try to stick to well below my TDEE on the other non FDs.

I’ve set myself up for a fall now haven’t I

Hi Wee, SAMM, ply

Hi all EFB’s
Nicky Emel comespring and Aussie O in South Australia Nama & Keirra 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) 😆
Monday fast day all the best with everyone’s different approach Nama fantastic effort last week with the 4-3 and the weight loss continues with only 7kg to review your program im thinking another 5kg to 70kg why not?? Agree that the 5-2 lifestyle is a way of life so it does not end what a great ride it is Weemam ironing the backside now that was a beautiful image thanks OH is a lucky fella no doubting 😉 Saturday night went particularly well although y-fee thought the 1st dance didn’t go for long 😳 but the last dance was the best well I always save my best till last 😆 have a good day fast friends
Peace RT

It was a fantastic couple of days, Jojo and Amazon. I’m a day behind with the fasting thanks to OH’s roast pork and a few glasses of wine, but deadly determined to fast tomorrow with limited calories on between-days as I mentioned earlier. I’m beginning to feel a lot like our baby elephant myself!

Have a good one all

Smiffy x

Hi ply,

Thanks for supporting my “demonisation” argument. Those in power – and society in general – are always looking for someone to blame, based on ethnicity, religion, gender, physical characteristics, lifestyle and more, and 99 times out of a hundred it’s completely unfair. The cases you quote from the experiences of your students and their families underscore this. How callous of an employer to fire people if bad weather genuinely stops them reaching their place of work. I guess the head honchoes expect employees to hire a cab or hitch a ride on a police helicopter and fly with the bears in the air, just so that the company can continue to make megabucks.

Nama, you are so right. It’s nearly always come down to money.

On a happier note, we all had a wonderful day yesterday. It does sound strange to turn such a dark subject into a musical, but it worked to perfection. The all male, all African-American or Afro-Caribbean cast, played all the roles, including female and “white” characters – usually nasty authority figures, it was set in Depression-era Alabama – and through speech, song and some spectacular dancing, portrayed tragedy, anger, despair and blatant injustice, but also hope, fun and joie-de-vivre. They more than deserved the cheers and standing ovation they received at the end. I and my teenage escort both loved it and discussed it a great length while strolling through the city.

We then met Toy Boy the Elder (i.e Him Indoors)for an excellent curry. I made sure he arrived first at the restaurant first – packed with couples celebrating Valentine’s – to avoid a “Mrs Robinson and Benjamin” display. Funnily enough it seems that TB Junior’s mum had a quiet giggle about possible wrong impressions. I do so envy my young relly. He could eat for England, hoovering up vast quantites of food, and he’s still whippet-thin.

On arriving home we had a marathon game of Trivial Pursuit that lasted until midnight. Somehow I managed to win – by sheer flook, seeing as the men could answer all the science questions while I couldn’t. All in all, a great weekend.

Morning everyone, what a cool, dark day so far (should fine up later) but makes a nice change from the past few days 🙂

Hermaj my youngest son is 38 and still whippet thin, he eats all and everything and actually used to find it hard to get heavy enough to be in a “good” weight although since getting over 35 that’s been easier for him.

Welcome Jules well done so far with your losses 😀

Wee it would probably be safer to walk during daylight in case of tripping hazards 😀 plus everyone will be able to see the slender you 😀

Bit the bullet and went to the Costco store which has opened up near Adelaide. Boy what an eye opener!!! I’ll go again another time but will be careful what I buy as it’s so easy to go overboard. I will buy some things in bulk which will last a long time, eg tinned tomatoes etc, so that I will only go occasionally. Mind you just walking around the store and I almost got my 10k steps done, lol 😀 but I didn’t get everywhere just had a general look around then went to get what I wanted (had to become a member first though).

Have to run, otherwise I’ll be late for work 😀

Cheers, AO xx

Morning all,

Glad your Valentines dinner was a success RT! Especially after we all encouraged you so much!
Amazon is so right, everyone on this thread is so much fun!

Enjoy your walk Weeman. How nice that your new neighbours a re so sweet. Neighbours are so important.

Ply I don’t know how you manage with your weather, day after day, after day…it must be so tough to do anything. I hate being hot bit at least we (usually) get a break overnight.

Happy fasting Monday all that are!
Cheers x

What a lovely, thoughtful gesture from your husband, Nicky!

Hello Nicky

You are so fortunate to have such a happy relationship with your OH. Yes those little things you talk about are great.
In our WOL, a strong relationship is so helpful, sharing the IF or just being supportive. My OH did the IF at the beginning with me, but being slim by nature, I persuaded him to stop.
My OH washes and cuts up celery and put it in a conspicuous place for me to eat on FD.
He remembers to make green tea on FD.
But the best of all, he has enabled me to come back and live in NZ every summer. It’s so hard to go back to one’s roots when expat for as long as I have. Without him, I wouldn’t have dared to come back!

However he is as imperfect as I am, but in different ways.
Happy Monday fasting. I am fasting and have done my 15K steps beside the sea and fine weather has returned to Wellington.
Out with our wetsuits tomorrow
xxWiwi

Hi Wiwi, your OH sounds sweet too. How kind to take on IF when he didn’t need to. None of us is perfect but it’s good when we can rub along with each other’s imperfections.

SAMM, your 27hrs must be nearly up by now – well done for sticking at it. Good idea to record number of FDs in 2015.

Today is FD 8 since I resumed fasting on 27 January this year, with at least 16hrs fasting window every week day.

Keep up the good work everyone. n

hi all this is the start of my sixth week its my fasting day today, had great weight loss to start with 16 pounds then it stopped and then i gained 2 pounds gutted as im exercising regularly and sticking to watching cals on non fasting days scales not moving though so a bit disheartened keep your chin up jojo58

MORNING AMAZON ENJOY THE GYM AND WALK FAST DAYS CAN BE HARD BUT WHEN THEY ARE DONE IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER

Hi jojo,

It doesn’t happen often, but this morning I disagree with Amazon!

Don’t put the scales away. You have been brave and faced the truth. There’s no point putting your head in the sand and hiding from the truth, use it to spur you on.

I don’t disagree that food is one of life’s pleasures, but you can enjoy a bit less of it! And you can still meal skip even when on holiday (you don’t have to eat breakfast just because you’re staying in a b&b…).

And if it’s getting you down gaining weight while away and then having to lose it just to get back to where you were, well then you can use this experience and the knowledge you’ve gained next time you are away to make slightly different choices?

And you know one meal per day might not be your long term future. Once you’ve reached goal and are more muscle than fat, who knows what your maintenance regime will be?

So don’t be disheartened. Amazon’s right, you’ve come a long way already. Another push and you’ll be at destination.

Hi everyone, gee I dislike intensely Telstra!!!! Yet ANOTHER call to them making it 6 months in a row of at least ONE up to SIX calls to them to resolve yet another issue!!! So far today it ended up 107 minutes on one call!!!! Luckily I’ve got a mute button for all the sugary words (not) that I’ve been using!!

Jojo like yourself I’ve over indulged over the past couple of weeks (too many parties) but even so I’ve limited myself to one soft drink (for the weekend) one slice of cake (for the weekend) and tried to limit the rest of my intake so now I know that even one soft drink is one too many, same with the slice of cake (mind you it WAS genuine German made Black Forest Cake … friends have a German lass staying with them and this along with baked cheesecake was on yesterday’s menu … even though I love both I stayed with just the one … OH had at least one of each 😀 ). Anyway back on track with my thoughts/writing … I too have had a semi-FD today (18/6) and tomorrow full on FD followed by FD followed by FD otherwise I’ll be subtracting from our baby too (so far it’s 200g only but I don’t want to deduct but add to it).

Hi Jojo,

When you recover from your initial disappointment, I am sure you will agree the 7lb could not all be fat! Its not possible in one weekend. At least half will be water weight and food in transit ….. I would wager it will come off as quickly as it went on! As Happy says, learn from it and develop some strategies for your next holiday. Dont be disappointed in yourself, you are one very disciplined lady!

We could all learn from SAMMs determination, he seems to have a strategy for everything and the patience of a saint!

Enjoy your day! And dont break a rib! x

Hi Tess

Well done on your weight loss.

Have you tried varying the type of food you eat within your calories? Many of us find that if we focus on eating lean protein and green vegetables, we begin to lose weight again. No starches, no sugars, no processed foods, no bread, rice etc.

Your body is your experiment. 😉

Cheers, Bay 🙂

Was it a convertible? 😉

Oh Ply! That’s a nightmare! I hope you have plenty of clothes and warm food!
Hope it’s fixed soon. Roll on spring……P

No Purple, it was fairly nondescript little car, but the plates stood out! And it was white!
Ply, I cant begin to imagine your plight, good luck with your heating.

Well I didnt think it was actually you in suburban Melbourne! But the plates made me think of my non non-descript cyber buddy!

And did I mention that I woke to find that the dog has thrown up all over the house?? One carries on…

Thanks for caring, all!