Well done, Samm. Weigh to go! Bay 🙂
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Great to hear you’re getting the results you want SAMM … a sleek new you coming 😀
RT I’m looking forward to seeing that movie too … just need to find sufficient time where I can go either by myself or with friends (not the kind of movie my OH appreciates).
Hoping you’re feeling better today Jojo.
Semi-FD yesterday (under 700 cals) and crafting with my granddaughters which they loved, then off out to a dog show (I had one entry but I also typed up all the critiques of the animals over 12 months of age for the judge). Show started at 6pm and was finished around 11pm which was not bad as often judges will take their time and we’d be there until 2 or 3 in the morning. Got home around midnight then did a few things before bed at just after 1am. Woke at 7:30 am and, well, here I am 😀
I’ll pop in from time to time today to keep up to date with you all and maybe put a little more in myself 😀 … Cheers, AO
JoJo
I can’t thank you enough for the concern about the long hours and strenuous employment. Especially while matters at home need attention. I have fmla available for when I’m needed at home when it comes to that point. As far as jobs, I believe the best jobs go to the best job hunters, and how we sell pitch ourselves . It helps to have passion and attention to details. I choose this low pay job, because it’s indoors in an air conditioned environment. I feel the walking is most beneficial thing I can do to improve my longevity and because I want to live well to be there for my daughter too. I’ll continue with job until I reach goal. Thought perhaps I would like to work someday in a health foods store. Perhaps a gym as trainer or both.
I was well off in my youth. However I was not well with my health. I figure I have about 1 more year on this job , and when I stop with the 10 miles walks everyday , I don’t believe I will keep on with it unless it’s job related. Like the worker In the truth about exercise . There’s ways to be active at work. What I believe is my crux is . Walking at work, fasting 3 days a week, improved food choices, and strength training, HIIT, and exercise ball. I like to swim , but if given the choice would rather sail.
Time is the matter for me . Like fitting the biggest rocks into a bucket first so that everything will fit.
8-12 hours of walking . Paid 34k a year. Pays all my bills and transportation with 6k a year towards daughters college fund.
Fasting lifestyle . Less social , but needed at home more.
Shopping online and having foods delivered ,cooking most measured meals on Saturday’s. Omega3, low glycemic, gluten free. CRAN lifestyle.
HIIT jump rope takes seven minutes 8 times a week. I do it now twice in 1 day every other day. Is much easier to jump rope in the morning after waking up. Then again after the meal of the day when I have great energy.
Strength train using the 7 compound lifts on days I don’t jumprope.
Stability ball on days I don’t go to the gym.
other things I’m doing to detox and clean pollutants from my home.
Just to keep on keepin on with these things . But they are not my life events. I don’t wake to to live this way. There are other things I’m trying to achieve , but I’m comfortable sharing my efforts of losing 100lbs in a way that fosters increasing my longevity. I’m happy and feel its doable and I don’t feel deprived. I’m used to feeling hungry 3 days a week, but I also have energy to push my musculature to the point of what’s doable. Further and a bit far fetched. the low pay job I have is also like using , my eyes, ears, to search for things, similar to the mice experiments where they when they search for food everyday , their mental attributes last well into later stages of life. As opposed to the mice that feed everyday in the same place without exercise. That may be hogwash, just like trying to eat a diet that is as close to a ph score of 7.4.
No matter how debatable it is . My current diet and exercise , I’m getting stronger and losing fat.
I’ll not ever forget how awful it was to be hobbled , to feel my body change from active to sedentary.
Yes somedays I come home so tired I spend the rest of the day sitting. I just have the guide of 70,000 steps a week. And since I can fit all my diet and fitness goals into a 1 week schedule I’ll be reluctant to make any changes. Though I dont put diet and exercise as my goal of life. It is my priority at this time.
I need to keep on keepin on.
During the holiday planned break I struggled to fast regularly again. Gained weight. But after a 7lb loss in four weeks I feel unstoppable !
However I don’t feel invincible. So I’m still tweaking my 8600 calories a week to be full of antioxidants, pre and probiotics, nutrient dense, and at the protein level to build muscle.
To tell you the truth. I like this 4:3 better than the 5:2 something I thought I would never feel.
If I haven’t said it before I’ll try to reiterate more clearly.
Wedneday is a 600 calorie day.
Friday After I eat lunch at 5am i go on a tea fast 27 hours.
Saturday I eat in 12 hour window from 8am- 8pm TDEE 500 cal meals times 8,12,4,8
Sunday I’m on teas fast until midnight . I clock in to work at 1 am Monday morning
But on the flip side Monday and Tuesday are feed days and again Thursday and Friday are feed days.
In the 27 hour water fast windows I simply sleep as much as possible, but run most of my errands and am very busy and energetic on Saturday’s getting all things in the done box.
Morning/evening all.
Jojo, glad you are feeling better. A nice walk with the dogs in the fresh air will do you good, but most likely tire you out after your illness. Take it easy over the next few days.
SAMM, I believe you would be in your element working in a health foods store, and you would be able to speak from experience when assisting customers.
I’ve just been attempting to take a critical look at myself in the mirror, but it is difficult as I just keep smiling because the enormous belly that was impossible to ignore has almost disappeared. I have lost weight before, but never this easily, and it was always in the back of my mind that the weight would pile back on again when I stopped losing, but I know that won’t happen this time as the way I eat now is forever 😛
Another FD today and I think another walk is in order as the sun is shining.
If anyone else is crazy enough to be fasting on a Sunday, good luck, and the rest of you enjoy your Sunday dinner.
Great going everyone with your losses and changes to your lives.
Had a busy day, well afternoon/evening, today … friend over late afternoon for crafting and dinner tonight (along with her goldie), just finished dinner and starting to craft when the phone rang, friend from NSW who I haven’t spoken to for a couple of months, during phone call door bell rings – son come to find missing iPad from granddaughters yesterday (finally located behind stuff in the lounge room) quick chat while on the phone then he went out with OH for chat about boy stuff, still on phone, still with friend crafting at the same time now it’s bed time and friend left about 15 mins ago (now it’s just after 11pm) just starting to post here when OH said oh did you put the chooks away … so dashed out and secured them inside so no foxes or other predators can get to them then back inside and well, here we are 😀
I got on the bus to Richmond and walked home along the towpath. The views across the River Thames are great at this time of year as there are no leaves on most of the trees and shrubs and it is possible to see from one side to the other all the way along the path. It was really busy as there was a half marathon going on. Some of the runners looked fit to drop, and others were breezing along. Lots of walkers and cyclists too as well as river traffic. There are numerous rowing clubs in the area and lots of crews out practicing this morning. I’m always heartened to see so many people out in the fresh air, getting some exercise.
I stopped for a coffee and Sunday papers and got home just as the wind started to increase and the sky darkened. Rain on the way this afternoon methinks.
just caught up with all the posts . I have been doing wee jobs around the house (the DIY kind ) :P.
Had some beautiful mirrored butterfly’s to put flying up the staircase and I have been painting the upstairs doors . still have the banisters to do . .
I thought I would try eating to my TDEE and see how it went bUT I put 2 pounds on . SOO Jojo I am like you and need to keep at around 1200 or under 200 of my TDEE.
Yesterday and today I have done BTB fasts . if it doesn’t shift the extra then I will do the same next week .
I like to come in here and read all of the posts to keep me going .
keep on loosing all you lovely people .. Wee xx
Hi fast-trackers everywhere.
Jojo, glad you’re well on the recovery road. Daughters are worth their weight in gold! I really enjoy live classical music. We usually subscribe to the ‘Musica Viva’ series and there’s often a modern piece in the middle. I think of it as the veg to be eaten before dessert, a la childhood. 😉
Hi Wee, sorry about the 2lb but it should come off quickly. Well done with the walking and I agree with Jojo, it’s so good for memory and balance, as well as the best mood lifter ever.
SAMM I’m always in awe of your clear-sighted view of your life and goals. Thank you again for explaining your strategy – so sensible and doable. You’d be marvellous in a health-food store or as a trainer. As our society ages, I also think there will be an increasing niche for trainers who are older (and like you, who can not only talk the talk but who’ve also walked the walk) to cater for the increased number of retirees who have the time and money to take the opportunity to improve their fitness. In another life I would apply my biochem training to an Exercise Physiology degree but I’m having too much fun doing my current job.
First FD for me. This term at least life is falling into a neat pattern of no food until I get home on days I’m at work. It’s after 12 noon now and only cups of black tea. Have to go to another of our gardens this afternoon so have a sachet of miso in case things get tough.
Made more veg patties yesterday while the oven was on for roast beef dinner. Cranked up the curry powder and Worcester sauce from last time and made them in silicone mini-muffin pans – much easier to handle, cooked more quickly and only 15C each.
Talking of roast dinner, I must have been mad but had planned it when the cool change was predicted for about mid-day. At 5pm it was 38C outside although we had closed the house earlier and it was 27C inside.
Happy Monday all and keep up the good work. n xxx
Since 2015
45 hiit
719883 steps taken.
17 lifting sessions
21 fast days
Days above TDEE 3
Keepin on
thanks nicky
If there one thing I can draw on from my experience is that when I was sedentary. And trying to lose weight.
it almost all from diet. At some point I began to want to start adding exercise to my calories burned. I couldn’t do the skipping then and walking was excruciating. But I started with what doable . Even if it was just squeezing a stress ball. Even it it was just using a tiny 14 inch stabilty ball in the bed. Because even though my wounds healed . I had become so sedentary i could sense changes in my strength.
So when i learned about fasting . I also learned about counting calories. That even if I only squeezed the stress ball 1000 times I could stil add 100 calories to my burned calories column. In that i started to try to apply other stretching and therapy movements and count those calories to. It was the suggestion on the video by dr Mosely about doing what’s doable.
I didn’t have to buy expensive or time consuming exercise things. If all i could DO was squeeze thar ball then i committed myself to DOING it.
Morning/evening all.
Another beautiful morning. Spring is on the way but not before some horrible wintry weather this week, starting this afternoon!
Another busy week ahaead for me starting with the gym this morning. I’m looking forward to breaking my fast when I get home 🙂
Have a good day/evening fasters.
Hi Fast Trackers
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) 😆
With the heat on in SA these past few days Fri 23/39 Sat 26/40 and Sun 26/40 a chilly 19/28 today I had not done a water fast before & I am following SAMM who has a handle on all FAST things 😉 good on you mate I’m not sure about 96hrs thou. I began Friday evening at 6-30pm and completed 72hrs tonight at 6-30pm and I really found it enlivening clearly the weather played its part just beautiful…..now I am making the Thai Steak Salad x2 just for me yes greedy I know 😆 for dinner from the 5-2 book I tellya the residual heat trapped in the bitumen road even in the evening seriously I’m confident I could have lightly poach an egg phew 😯 keep on keeping on fast trackers
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.
Confucius
Peace RT
Hi RT
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
I bluddy hope so because I’ve been working really hard for the last week and not dropped an ounce yet 🙁
I know it’ll come off but it is very disappointing to get on the scales and find that nothing has happened.
I know I’ve been going to the gym, but that is replacing the exercise I was doing at home, and I’ve been burning more calories there than previously.
:trudgesofftowardsthegym:
Hi fellow fasters 🙂 hoping you’re all having an awesome day. The last few days have caught up with me in that I’m very tired tonight so won’t be online for long.
A Semi-FD for me today, kept well within 1,000 cals and tomorrow being a FD no more than 400c followed by repeat of today and tomorrow … these are my four definitely strict days with one free day (up to TDEE but not over) and two up to BMR’s this week (no issue if I don’t have that much just if needed/wanted I go up to this – haven’t got within cooee of it on the last weekend but did almost get to TDEE last Friday).
Happy FD/non-FD, or evening, to you all 😆
Back from the gym.
Thanks RT and Jojo, I feel a bit better now having done some exercise. It was really tough going this morning. I found the resistance work particularly difficult, but I know it will take time. I need to pace myself and not try too hard as I don’t want to injure myself.
I’ve already given up bread for Lent and am going to try to avoid any type of cake or pastry too. I’m meeting up with ex colleagues for food and drinks on Wednesday, which means pub food, so I guess I’ll not be eating all day as choices will be limited. On Thursday I’m going out with my best friend for her birthday. We are off to the theatre followd by dinner and that will be somewhere with healthier options than the pub, but I’ll be having some wine.
I’ve also given up drinking any alcohol at home for Lent. That is as far as I’m prepared to go or I’ll be miserable and won’t stick to it.
I need to be patient, because I’m doing 3:4 and exercising 6 days out of 7.
I got my timings wrong this morning and the aquafit class was going on when I wanted to swim, so I decided to cut my losses and come home and relax.
An edible treat is in order to cheer me up, but I don’t want to sabotage the hard work, so it will be a cheese and broccholi souffle with salad for dinner this evening. I intend to make a half quantity and put the mixture in individual dishes so I can freeze some for another time.
I’ve just had some granola with fruit and yoghurt, and I’m sure once I’ve had my caffeine fix all will be well 😛
Morning/Evening all.
Very busy weekend but still reading everyone’s inspiring posts. RT didn’t I tell you you would love Marigold Hotel?! I can’t wait to see the sequel.
Jojo I am glad you feel better, sounds like you might have had food poisoning! I think you are wize to streamline your socialising and all that social eating that is involved, so easy to lose concentration in a big group. We don’t really enjoy all that food, then pay again afterwoods with the guilt, just not worth it.
Due to a few social commitments of my own I have just completed Sun/Mon B2B fasts, in order to get at least two fasts in this week. Was not as hard as I expected, just the usual keep busy routine. I really believe we do get much more efficient at swapping to fat burning mode, the hunger is far less for me on fast days now. It’s more a case of wanting food because I enjoy it so much. I had a very enjoyable birthday on Saturday (mine) and we had a lovely family get together and BBQ dinner. The choccies I was given are tucked away, the remains of the birthday cake are in the freezer, but the leftover trifle is in the bottom of the fridge, to be enjoyed judiciously. No Amazon, I am NOT throwing it out! I am going to eat very small bowls of it and see how my willpower muscle has grown. I will fess up if I stuff up! Tomorrow it’s an old work colleagues retirement at a tapas restaurant. Have never had tapas, are they possible to navigate safely?
We had a hot weekend here too, but not quite as bad as SA by the sound of it. Cool change with rain today thank goodness, the garden was very dry. Nicky my first Tuberose flower is about to open, can’t wait to smell it! I also have Ginger Lillies flowering at present, the whole house is perfumed by them, heavenly.
Off to bed as planning an early swim tomorrow. I will be boasting to my old work buddies tomorrow night, they will be amazed that I am exercising regularly!
Cheers all x
Nama, I wouldn’t be able to throw trifle away.
Tapas can be calorific, but it is very good. If the group are ordering lots of dishes for everyone to sample you’ll be able to pick and choose. Having said that, if I were you, I would fast all day, and try a little of anything that takes your fancy.
It’s great to catch up with people not seen for a while when on 5:2 as the difference is really noticeable to them as opposed to people one sees every day. I’ve lost another stone since I saw my gang, and one of them hasn’t seen me since I was 4st heavier so it should be interesting 🙂
Thanks Amazon, sounds like a good plan. I think I will have a small breakfast after my swim though, as the swimming always makes me really hungry and if I don’t have something sensible I might end up eating all the trifle in one sitting! I am looking forward to trying the tapas, and as you say, seeing people who have only ever known me a lot heavier.
Just a quick visit as I woke up with a splitting headache .First in a long time 🙁
I have only been able to do the one walk so far as it has been terrible weather since . It has been snowing and blowing gales and today the rain is coming down in sheets .
I am usually very careful what I eat .,. Even when I do have the odd Ice cream it is within my daily limits . I just wanted to go that wee bit higher to experiment . It is harder they say at my age BUT I don’t find 5.2 too much of a strain . It is worth it for all the compliments . .Lets hope I can get a wee walk in tomorrow xx
Wee xx
Hi Jojo,
I’m feeling better now. I was out of sorts from the minute I got on the scales this morning, especially after B2B FDs, but on reflection I haven’t gained any weight, and it may well come off in the next couple of days as there is no reason for not losing anything. As for the gym, it is supposed to be challenging.
I’m looking forward to Pilates tomorrow.
Well done for resisting snacks today,it is tough to be strong all the time.
Hi Jojo to answer your question, the weeks when I do hold to this I do lose 2 lb (sometimes a tad more) but this month I’ve had several social occasions where I’ve eaten more cals due to too many empty calories (cake, softdrink etc) and put on a bit of weight but last week I got back to where I was weight wise before those social outings and then another 300g (almost 1 lb) extra off, so this week I should be back fully on track. I said no to several offers of soft drink over the weekend and only had water. I had a lot of offers of bread (sandwiches) when I was steno’ing at the dog show Saturday night but again I didn’t indulge as I know bread is not good for me and I have 1 slice of bread per week and I’d already had that on Friday night (the only day I have bread is Friday). I’m also “feeling” a little lighter which usually means I’ve lost weight … hopefully a tad more than 2 lb this week but we’ll see come Friday 😀 .
Several people here seem to have difficulty with emoticons. I saw one which Amazon put … not sure if it’s actually an emoticon or just saying Amazon saying, lol. I noticed that there was no space at the start of the line but not sure if there was one after, with all emoticons you need a space before and after the :’s
I’ll check and maybe remove the above if it’s not an emoticon 😀 … okay wasn’t an emoticon so removed it but maybe the hint will help others 🙂
Hello Fast Trackers or as they say in NZ Kia Ora Fters
It’s good to read your posts. Your perseverance struck me as I read the thread for the first time in a week.
I realise that I am not being strong-minded enough and paying for that by not losing at all. Visiting friends and family is a real hindrance to fasting. I am beginning to realise that stability is necessary for me to lose weight and that will not happen until the beginning of April, when we return to France via UK and Italy. At present I am 3 kg over my projected weight, so virtully a month behind.
As I am reading your exchanges, JoJo and Amazon, I am saying to myself- pull your finger out, girl, there will be temptations. I know so well that the elation from this WOL is worth every effort, but boy, it’s not easy at present.
I am realising too that reading and contributing to this thread is an important aspect of the WOL. If I am silent, I am probably not really sticking to it.
I have seen a few phots of myself recently with 19kg more than now and what a nightmare.
I am back, and resolved to really be a part of this amazing support group.
Thanks, to all of you for being there.
XX Wiwi
Hi AO,
I’ve not had any issues with emoticons on this forum. I use some that are a combination of : ) etc, and I use HTML codes. I don’t know why some people lose part of their post after using them, it is really weird 
Hi Wiwi.
My brother commented the other day that he has some photos of me when I weighed much more than now and the comment that stung was “big moon face” At that moment my resolve to see this through and stay slim strengthened. He was not being mean as he is really impressed with my success and has been very supportive, but the truth always hurts doesn’t it.
Not losing any weight is far better than gaining, and I know that I couldn’t fast when on my extended holiday last year. I would say to one friend that I wasn’t going to eat and two minutes later a plate of food would be put in front of me, and it was then impossible not to eat.
You may be behind schedule but so are most of us at the moment, and we’ll all get there with each others support.
Thanks Wiwi and Amazon, I try to ensure I’m upfront and honest with how I’m going after all the only person I’ll be trying to fool is myself if I don’t 😀 … re losing part of their post after using I try to put most of mine at the end of a line (particularly the HTML ones) but have been known to put them part way through without issue to date.
Have to admit to being a little tired still this morning but I know it’s residue from the weekend where I had late nights from Thursday through to and including Sunday with the only time I had a slight sleep in was Saturday but due to the very late night that night and early start Sunday that got negated … also Sunday had a papercrafting type of day and made a sweet little box which I love making, it looks so intricate and difficult but is really so easy and relatively quick. Must get moving again and go let the chooks out once daylight is fully here (looks overcast at the moment but still not fully light).
Hi fts
I’ve had such a busy weekend and Monday (fasting) I couldn’t read all the posts. A quick skim. I hear there have been a few downs, but in true ft style, you have got up off the mat and out their fighting again! Go for it.
Sorry I missed your birthday, Nama. I hope it was really happy..my mum used to say, what you do on your birthday, you do all year round, so I hope you didn’t do any ironing!!!!
Amazon, any chance of getting that broccoli and cheese soufflé recipe? It sounds just the sort of thing I would like, when Mr P is away 😉
We often choose tapas as a low cal (non fast day) meal when we are out, as we can choose non carb dishes, eat much smaller portions and just get a taste rather than having to fill up. The places we go have lovely seafood nibbles or interesting lentil things etc. Very modern healthy food. I also find pub food not a problem if I only order an entre size and avoid the chips. There is usually a seafood and salad option. Even then, I often leave more than half. But…better in the bin than on the hips!
Regarding giving up wine, I found it more sustainable to be very strict about 1 glass only 5 days a week while losing weight. I have become very skilled at making the glass last until my final mouthful of main course. I don’t start drinking until sitting at the table with the main course served. If I do have a glass while cooking, I don’t have one with the meal. It means I still enjoy a wine, don’t go overboard and have trained myself to drink, and be satisfied with, a lot less. This has a big spinoff when out socialising, as I sit on my one glass of wine for ages, with a water glass being refilled frequently. It is now a habit.
Bread in the oven. Work to do. Have a happy evening/day everyone. P 🙂
Hi Purple,
The recipe is a very old Delia Smith, from one of her early books, this is the updated version
http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/souffle/broccoli-souffle-with-three-cheeses.html
I used 2 eggs plus two whites, 2 level tblsps of flour and almond milk to cut out a few calories. I weighed and measured everything and it came in just under 1200 calories. I cooked it in 4 individual ramekins with paper collars, and they took 30 minutes.
I’ve frozen some and will let you know how they come out after defrosting and cooking again. They should be OK as there are lots of twice cooked soufflé recipes.
If you can’t access the link let me know.
Good morning all. Beautiful cool morning here in Adelaide.
Firstly Bay, apologies for not thanking you for the Lenten Fast details – it was on the previous page and ‘out of sight, out of mind’ for this old girl. Very interesting strategy and could do it all except for the bread. Like AO I only have it on Fridays when OH and I have lunch at a local café before tackling the shopping.
My Lenten challenge has been no calories at all until I get home from work Monday-Thursdays, then eating in a 3-hour window of veg pattie when I get home, dinner at 7pm then nothing else, especially NO SNACKING in the evening. Not shouting at anyone but myself as I had some roasted cashews about 9pm last night 🙁 Will try harder!
Amazon, cheese and broccoli soufflé sounds lovely – definitely will try it.
Purple, hope you’re feeling better soon.
RT, a former colleague of mine used to be at Noarlunga meatworks until it closed, like you starting in the boning room then moved up to office role. He used his redundancy payout at 40 to finance life while he took a horticulture apprenticeship with Botanic Gardens. That was brave IMO but he loved the work!
Have to go to a meeting – it’s what public servants do 🙂 so will sign off. Well done everyone and keep up the good work.
Walla bing bang RT!
Yes the 96 hour fasts should be under doctors care . And could help rebuild immune functions as well help with igf1 without using drugs. But it’s been awhile since the original video was made and the research should be updated soon. For now I’m just focused on fat loss and maintaining my a1c.
I have to say. Sleeping for 16 of the 27 hours fasts. Feels like cheating, but when I look at the numbers , stick to the plan , and step on the scale . It’s ewe eee ewe ah ah!
Thing is the more the fat is coming off , the more pull ups I can do. It’s exciting.
Went over TDEE today. It was a feed day.
WiFe took me to our restaurant we had our first date at. I was wearing the black leather jacket I was wearing In 1999. I had lost 50lbs in 1999 after starving myself . All came back by 2001.
Just sharing that I get so into the current menu I forget to smell the roses . If you know what I mean.
We brought our daughter with us and it was a lasagna dinner in a very rustic place. It was unplanned.
I can’t say enough how much I enjoy the flexibility of this way of eating . I’ll just have fast daytommorrow..
Work was dreadful though . Going to sleep now for a few hours.
Hello Fast Tracking EFB’s ( Efficient Fat Burners)
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) 😆
I think Nama has a wedding anniversary very close to her birthday as well congratulations on and for both happy times. The topic of a time line is not helpful for achievement in my opinion whether it be a committed savings plan give up smoking or start a new exercise regime so having deadlines like jojo’s goal weight by her 60th and a lot of others whilst a goal I just feel it adds more pressure and we get lost and confused with some slip ups or setbacks or a complete falling off the wagon. And completely ignore the past losses and what we have achieved and how far we have come and can only see how far we have left to travel on the road to our own personal and ultimate goal cue the beatles classic Ob La Di Ob La Da.Yes Nicky there are many great success stories from the meat works I had the calling at 30.. 😆 SAMM I have a file with all your game plans play books and calories with exercise’s you are a great human being my cyber fast friend I am not worthy but I will continue to hang onto your coat tails for the free tips thanks enjoy the dinner out.AO such powerful image 1 slice of bread a week is an outstanding commitment let’s not under estimate or under value how far each and every one of us have come simply by believing in something so taboo and all have that baby “mikey” as the evidence of a shared success welcome back wiwi climb aboard the fast trackers train
Eat fast and live longer
Peace RT
Agree that goals must be achievable RT. Otherwise it is very easy to drop the whole bundle 🙁
After a couple of months on 5:2, I drew up a graph showing my loss over time, then continued the line to see when I could expect to reach whatever goal. It really helped. I rejoiced when my loss line dropped faster than the predicted and worked harder when it rose above. I knew it was possible as I had already proved the initial trend. All I had to do was continue with the regime I was on. It worked. Very few setbacks on the way to goal.
These days I use my ‘float weight’, as Bay calls it, to guide my eating. I have a 4kg float range. If I start heading towards the upper limits I cut down on carbs and any treats, down the bottom I relax. Very little pressure. Life is far too short to get stressed over perceived ‘failures’. Set it up so that you do win. 🙂 Purple’s motivating talk for this week 😉
I love reading all the tips and tricks people are using.
Once I reached my healthy weight, I had a slice of GF multi seed bread around 3 days a week.
Potato, rice, Bread, sugar and pasta and are what I give up short term when my weight begins to float up, which it did post Christmas and pre Lent. So far in Lent I’ve lost 1.4 kg on the sugar free regime. The thing I miss is having a glass of wine in the evenings. I may have one on Saturday at a birthday. 😉 At this rate I will be having a glass of wine every 12 days. 🙄
Sorry about your cold, Purple
Have you made the chicken and corn soup I posted on the LOACA recipe thread. It’s very good for colds. I omit the corn on fast days, otherwise it’s very nourishing soup and tastes great. Get well soon.
Cheers, Bay 🙂
Morning/evening all.
SAMM, how nice to be able to wear that jacket out on another date with your wife 😛 I know how great it feels to be able to wear a favoured item of clothing that has been hanging idle in the wardrobe on the too small rack 😉
I hope it made you feel 10 feet tall.
RT, you are so right about beating ourselves up and forgetting how far we’ve come. I am just plain disappointed that the scales didn’t move, but I know they will.
Nicky, you seem to be in the zone as they say. What is a few cashew nuts in the scheme of things?
Purple, get well soon.
FD for me.
Have a great day/evening everyone.
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