I agree, Purple and RT, about setting goals that risk creating failure. Better to go with the flow, enjoy the odd pleasure, and know that the long-term trend is downwards. We are only caring that you don’t set yourself up with too strict a regime, Jojo, that could lead to disappointment. But you go with what you know you can achieve, knowing we are all here cheering for you!

Well done, SAMM, shining like a beacon in your jacket, showing what can be done – and sustained.

Wiwi, you asked a while back about my work. Yes, I am an accountant here in Wellington. I do four days a week now, makes a better balance, see myself working for a few years yet. I enjoy the brain stimulation – and the money, of course! Busy painting the lounge ceiling at the weekends, so three days is not really ‘time off’, but a change in pace.

Back from Pilates. There is divided opinion amongst the class over the teacher. She comes across as a bit of a dragon, but she is very focussed and an excellent teacher, managing to keep an eye on a room full of peopla, all working at a different level. I think she is great and am really enjoying the challenge of getting it right and strengthening my core muscles along with giving the whole body a good workout 🙂

Thanks Bay,

I decided to set myself a short, tough challenge as things were starting to drift. I’m keen to return to losing 2lbs per week too.
I think that joing the gym will turn out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made 😛

Hello all,

11pm in Melbourne. Just back from the Tapas dinner – wow it was yum! I cant tell you most of what I ate, but it was delicious and I enjoyed every mouthful. Also lovely to catch up with old work mates, great bunch and lots of fun. The retiree who was being honoured was a lactation consultant in addition to a Neonatal Nurse and her farewell gifts were very amusing. Apart from the main present there was a big box of assorted fun presents, including a giant bra that we all wrote on and she happily modelled (over her clothes!) The waiters were not sure what was going on!!

Thanks for your wishes, RT your memory is good! I did get married 2 weeks after my 20th birthday, so its 42 years next week! (to the same bloke!) Oobla di indeed!

Purple I hope the drugs are working and you are feeling better, remember to drink and drink and drink (water!)

Bay that is wonderful losing 1.4, but I think you have earned it – I am sure I couldnt give up all sugar.
Interesting comments re being all or nothing people – maybe why thats we find fasting doable. I know it really helps me not even thinking about food on the fast days.

SAMM reading your post I now regret throwing out the leather jacket I bought in London years ago, thinking it would never stretch and I would never shrink enough. Lovely story you told.

I enjoyed my laps this morning, managing to get further each week, and slowly increasing number of laps. I NEVER would have believed it. Plus after B2B Sun & Mon fasts, I swam first thing without eating and didnt feel hungry at all (til I saw my breakfast at 11am) I am convinced we become more and more efficient at switching to fat burning mode. I can see how people can develop an eating disorder as its such a great feeling of finally being in control. Of course I am not serious, on this thread we all love food too much!

Cheers all x

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) 😆 Some interesting points coming through our forum family clearly I think we all have our own take on timing or a time line of an outcome which we hold onto but “it will be alright in the end if it’s not alright then it’s not the end” is brilliant that’ll do me if I could get that written on my walking T-Shirt I would for sure 😆 Nama yes my parents insisted I was 20 when I got married so like all good children I complied with their wishes and my anniversary is the day after 😯
Happy Hump Day you brilliant loser’s
Peace Love and Happiness
RT

Good morning fellow fasters 🙂 well what a late night (again!) … planned on an early night HUH! well that didn’t happen, lol. So much to do it was 11:30 before bed, then my lovely neighbour started rumbling his motorbike at 4:20 until 4:40 this morning (I wouldn’t mind except the pitch of the noise is one which disturbs me/wakes me up and if he were to start it, let it run for 2 or 3 mins it wouldn’t matter but he runs it at that volume … quite loud … for too long and it wakes me up … all I can say is thank goodness it wasn’t 3:30am as has been in the past), I finally got another half hour sleep from 5:30 to 6am and well here I am 😆

Definitely think I’m on a loosing streak this week (in the best possible way 😀 ) and hope that Friday will bear this out.

Wee I hope you’re okay … sounds like something sad from your earlier post (HUGS to you). Re your BMI and weight perhaps if you re-check your BMI surely it would be in the mid 20’s – so far mine has reduced by 6 since starting and I’ve lost 16kg (approx 35 lb).

RT you good boy you, listening to your parents. My OH and I wed when I was 17 & 1/2 (no we didn’t have to marry, lol), we’d met when I was 14, and my parents had to get permission for us to marry due to my age (I wasn’t aware of this at the time only later) and we’re still together now 😀 (some people gave us six to twelve months … boy were they wrong, lol)

Must run for now … chat later 🙂

Hi OA . Yes it is the worst news but don’t want to say too much in case not everyone know now . OH taking it pretty badly .His brother is such a lovely guy .

I am glad you are on a loosing streak pal .

I have checked my BMI and I was 41.1 now 32.1 I want to go a bit lower yet so I can have some floating pounds too :).

I hate when people are so inconsiderate as your neighbour . We now have our lovely neighbours moved in . Our streets are only wide enough for 2 cars to pass side by side. so people can only park on the one side of the road or in a lay buy . the guy across from us sits in the middle of the laybuy and the young couple cant get in the space . This really annoys us ( we have a drive so we are OK ) WHY are people like that ????

rant over now 🙂

We were 16 and 19 when we met ,. Got engaged at 18 and married at 19 and in those days were were very innocent and no chance of me being pregnant then either .

Wee xx

So sorry Wee xx
Mr P and I married at 19 and 20.We had to get parental permission. Our anniversary is a week and two from our birthdays.
Water and antibiotics have worked, so no excuses re fasting again tomorrow.
Happy days fts. P

Wrong thread Purple

Well spotted Amazon….sorry MCs…the marriage discussion was on Jojo’s thread. 🙁

Good morning fellow FTers

Wee, sorry to hear you and Mr Wee have bad news about his brother – sending e-hugs.

Nama apologies for missing your birthday. Happy 42nd anniversary to you and Mr Nama.

Jojo, it certainly sounds like you earned your omelette. Hope you enjoyed Steeleye Span – one of my favourite groups. During their heyday our then-toddler daughter’s version was ‘all around my twisted hat …’ which she used to sing all the time.

Unlike all you ‘babes in arms’ OA, RT, Nama, Wee and Purple, OH and I met at the relatively mature ages of 21 and 19 respectively and married 3 years later. Just past 46 years last December.

Bay, I don’t think what I’m doing could be called impressive – that word applies to your challenge as I couldn’t even contemplate the 6/7 weeks of Lent without bread, fruit or a café latte.

Not eating while at work has become fairly easy with practice and none of the temptations associated with being at home all day. I’m not a half-measures person, probably a bit of OCD. OH tells me it comes packaged with the scientist gene. 🙂 Non-FD yesterday but resisted the siren call of the living room cashews jar so contained eating within 3 hours. FD today so veg pattie when I get home about 4pm and veg curry for dinner, with 28C miso if I get desperate. BMI 30.8 this morning. Easter goal is to hit merely ‘oveweight’, which is less than 3kg away so entirely doable, to quote SAMM.

Take care everyone and keep up the good work. nxx

Hi Amazon

Bacon sanger – droolllllll! Must be time for a cuppa 😉

We too have that LP and others. Don’t hear so much of them on the radio these days. Should drag them out – need to dust off the turntable. CDs are so convenient!

Your gym exploits are legendary – well done.

I agree Barata, 20 seems so young now, but it was the ‘norm’ way back then! Thanks Nicky, don’t apologise I didn’t broadcast it. Big hug to you Wee & Mr Wee of course.x

As my 2 year mark of practicing intermittent fasting approaches on march 6th
I’m going to put most of my writing energy Into collecting up all info I can find on nutrition and put it in 1 place.
Things like what are the top 20 whole foods for each vitamin and mineral.
What best fat loss foods.
What are the best detox foods
What are the best low calorie foods
What are the best foods for being sensitive to the full feeling.
What are the proven cancer fighting foods.
What are the pre and probiotic foods
What are the anti oxidant foods
What nutrition to increase or to eat when craving foods
Why fiber is so significant !
Foods that increase longevity
Foods that guard against alzhimers and dementia.
Which foods boost the immune system
Which exercises are proven to increase longevity
Which fasting methods have which issues with bone and muscle health
Low glycemic foods lists
As wel as other things like healing baths and sauna .
Air and water purification methods.
Dos and donts about common toxins in the home.
Changes to metabolism and macro nutrition recomendations as we age from adolescent to centenary.
The preventable and age related disiease.
And a few other things. Like PH levels of foods and drinks
How sugars and fats In the blood could be monitored to .
Why sleep is nearly as important as exercise and startling statistics about heart health.
How to change what you eat permanently.
AFFRIMATIONS and weight loss.
Quotes that motivate and inspire. As well as taking the first steps on doable paths to better health.

Mostly. Directed at pointing to the nutrition contents.
Wilting down the many foods that offer great nutrition dense choices, and cross referencing them into menus. Showing that rather than letting foods shorten our lifespans we may increase our longevity and enjoy their flavors.

Take care everyone.

I would like to join you, I am over 60 an am on my third week of 5.2 diet, I lost over 5kg and will be getting weighed every 2 weeks, so next Monday is my next weigh in.

Happy belated birthday Wilburs! 🙂 P

Happy birthday to Name, belated birthday to Wilbers and to all others whose birthdays I may have missed 🙂

Morning/evening all.

Cold and damp here this morning and I have aching joints. I hope it is the weather or the efforts at the gym and not anything else.

I’m looking forward to meeting up with some of my ex-colleagues this evening. I’ve looked at the menu of the pub we are going to and there are no low cal options, but I should be able to avoid bread. I’ll just change my fast days round over the next few days to compensate.

Hi Nama,

I think it is a bit of both as my arthritis plays up when it is damp and/or cold. My thumb joints are very sore this morning.

My evenings with old work mates are always great fun. I used to be the one who organised going out after work. Not often, maybe once every three months. I was the boss so I called them team building exercises 😉 and I believe they contributed greatly to the team spirit we had in often difficult circumstances.

just found out I wasn’t getting any e=mails since yesterday .
Hello Brads and welcome to a brilliant place .

Ok hands up all of you who feel this forum has been a Godsend .. I bet you have your hand up now 🙂

Happy birthday or Anniversary to anyone I missed . sorry if I did .

Oh brother has been in Australia for over 40 years and was due to come home for a visit . We were so excited . Sadly that won’t happen now as he is too ill and all we can do is pray he will not be in too much pain . What a lovely guy he is .

Yesterday turned out a liquid fast as all I had was jelly and drinks . I have now lost the 2 pounds I had put on with testing to see if I could go a bit higher on Calories .

I am waiting for the guy to come service the gas appliances and IF the rain stays off I hope to go for my 2nd walk . go me lol :).

Thank you all you lovely people for being in my love and not only for 5.2

onwards and downwards .

Wee xx

Jojo, Smiffy

and anyone else who is interested,

I’ve posted some photos of Kew Orchids on FB.

Hello all

I’ve been off the thread for a few days and haven’t a hope of catching up on all but the most recent posts.

Wee, I’m so sorry to hear about your family’s sadness. Love and kind thoughts to you all. Yes, this forum is definitely a godsend!

Samm – my heart goes out to you too. So much to deal with, yet so positive. You are indeed a strong and brave man.

Good luck Ladies of Lent – it sounds as if you are all doing really well. I don’t really eat much food containing sugar to give up, but I really should have given up wine!

Hope you’re feeling much better Purple, and congratulations Nama, RT and Wilbersnanna. Belated happy birthday too, Nama and Wilbers.

Jojo, your determination is exemplary. I finally weighed yesterday and am back to my pre-London weight. It should have come off sooner – I didn’t have your excuse of staying an extra day! Im still 4 lbs more than my lowest just before Christmas. I would still like to lose 10 lbs before the end of March – Jojo, my birthday is actually 2 April – I just missed being an April Fool.

‘All around my hat’ – it brought back lots of seventies memories.

Amazon – fantastic work at the gym. My only exercise has been walking, but I have done rather a lot of it, at least 3.5 miles a day, so at least my legs are toning up. Have a good evening with you ex-colleagues.

Beautiful pics of the orchids.

We’re going home on Friday, so it’s going to be back to muddy fields rather than a long stretch of beach. I shall be so glad when this winter is over. I just hope spring is a bit drier!

Hello to everyone else, and newcomer Brads27. Fantastic results so far – do stay with us and keep us up to date on your progress.

Nama – I can’t wait for the new Margold Hotel film either. They showed the original mo tv again last night. I loved it just as much as when I saw it first time around.

About to start the marathon clean-up in readiness for leaving early Friday morning. I am no domestic goddess but we like to leave the house spick and span ready for next time. I’ve also got to finish some painting. – I’ve been on a mission with a can of white chalk paint for several months now and transformed a lot of old mirrors, lamps and occasional tables. I’ve been amazed at how good it all looks.

Have a good day/evening all

Smiffy x

Up again.
going to get out the kettle bells and try to match my calorie in take with hand weights through out the day.