Good evening, all! Sorry if it’s the wrong greeting, just can’t keep track, never mind tomorrow being today!

Smiffy, thanks for mentioning that recipe and app. I am always looking for new and tasty meals!

Sarah, have fun at the beach! We are headed back to the Cape tomorrow for a family beach day, cookout, and fireworks. Should be fun, but not as far a drive as yours!

Jojo, fingers crossed that the flat is rented quickly with a minimal mount of stress for you. Your hard work preparing will pay off!

So I made it to 44 hours with the water and coffee fast! Who’d’a thunk? I probably could have gone a few more hours , but I didn’t see the need. Had a couple of hard boiled ages with some salad greens and a teaspoon of dressing. Nothing ever tasted so good!

LOL and well done Ply 44 hours is superb and now we all know it’s achievable when we’re ready that is, no use trying it if you’re not in the right head space and I also believe you have to have had success already with FD’s, in other words it’s not for me right now as I’ve not got back on track with regular FD’s and if someone’s just starting this WOL it would, I believe, set them up to fail which we don’t want 😀 just my opinion and everyone will have their own 😀

Well starting to improve with my range of movement (still very restricted and painful but I persevere otherwise I’ll never get it 100% right again).

I’m also working on reducing pain meds again, so now looking to not have any in the morning so will cut one more out, so down to 2 panadeine forte and 1 slow release overnight, I managed this yesterday (only just but I did it), slept reasonably well too, only woke up once fully during the night, made myself do a couple of the “in bed” exercises on my arm/shoulder, then relaxed back down and once it “settled” again I went back off to sleep quite easily.

I’m sorting my new range of ENJO out this morning as I have a market to attend tomorrow (as my upline is away and a friend and I are looking after it for her) but need to have my new fibres (very vibrant colours) organised and ready for display for an 8am start tomorrow at Lights View market.

Work and I have negotiated that I’ll work 3 days next week instead of 5 so hopefully they’ll be full or almost full days rather than just the 4 hours which in reality will give me more hours/week than I was doing but also gives me a break mid week for 2 days. We’ll review at the end of next week to see if it’s “doable” for me (I hope so but must admit I dislike working a full day on Friday as that’s my usual half day, but must try for a time at least).

It’s been lovely hearing all about what everyone’s been doing and achieving, loving all the encouragement we’re giving each other … love you all for this as too often people get a bit catty from time to time, but we’re not which is something I treasure. Hoping Hermaj is still reading and hope she posts again soon 😀 also Simcoeluv (not sure of spelling but think that’s right or close to).

Cheers for now, chat later 😀

Nama these ongoing self-experiments or a study of one are critical to determine what is working and what is not especially if the losses do not begin to slide after flattening out and what’s interesting to me is the ease at which the majority have concluded that it is actually easier to have nothing at all rather than the 500cal meal and those daily results in loss for it is the evidence that we continue to learn how best or better to maximise the fast skills and knowledge in my case I have seen zero evidence to support one meal in the evening or at lunch is better or worse in fact I now prefer lunch and enjoy the longish break between a meal and managing the hunger better
“It is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace RT

Morning/evening all.

Great to read everyone’s news.

AO good to hear you continue to make steady progress on the road to recovery.

Well done all losers. The scales aren’t showing a loss yet but I know they will eventually so will just keep on going. I’m going to look at last years notes and see what I was eating on non FDs when I was losing 2lbs per week and see if it’ll help me get back to that. I’m going to try another liquid fast tomorrow too.

Have a great weekend Losers 😛

Sweet of you to think of me, AO and hi to anyone who knows me. I do have a quick hover over the forum most days, but I’m not overly enthusiastic about contributing. I don’t have anything particularly entertaining to say. Also I’m in direct contact with quite a few 5:2ers.

I’m still doing 5:2, still on a plateau despite eating only in the evening even on non-fast days, with relatively few modest treats – maybe one or two a week. Dead easy during the current heatwave. Despite flat-lining but I look and feel a whole lot better than I did when I started way back when.

Another reason for staying on the sidelines is that the day job has picked up dramatically after a worrying lull, so I’m doing a 7-day week and trying to the constant temptation to be sidetracked.

Amazon,

That sounds like a perfect summer day! I have actually managed to watch a bit of tennis today, but only by leaving the telly on and loitering near it while waiting for the kettle to boil! Oh…and starting food preparation early (and doing it veeeerry sloooowwwllyy 🙂 )

We’ve had good weather up north too, but that’s set to change… 🙁 Only about 20C, but that’s plenty warm enough when you’re active.

Ate my first strawberry of the year today, fresh picked from outside the backdoor. It always feels so naughty to scoff them before they even reach the house 🙂

Hermaj,

I think you sell yourself very short! Your posts are always entertaining, informative and witty.

Good to hear work is keeping you busy. You’re right that the forum can be a great time waster when you’re trying hard to avoid doing something else!

Everyone else…

Too many posts to respond to! But you’re all amazing 🙂

Similar here RT. 3 deg this morning but a glorious sunny day meant Mr P and I had a long bush/ river walk and managed some garden maintenance to get those steps up 😉
I hope you get that fresh fish. We are having smoked salmon… locally done in an artisan smoker. Fast tomorrow. Cheers P

Hi everyone, Jojo so glad to hear those pesky scales are moving in the right direction once again after being stuck for so long (even one week can be too long right now 😀 )

Ply ENJO are a great product, very environmentally friendly as uses minimal water and no chemicals, we’re happy to recycle old fibres too so lots less landfill as they also last minimum 2 years (spoke with one lady today who was looking to replace one of her items which she’s had for 14 years) so are also economically a better option too as you save hundreds of $$s per year no longer spent weekly/monthly in the supermarket … okay I’ll get off my soapbox before I keep going as I don’t want to bore all you lovely people. Note this is NOT my “day job” but I’m hoping that one day this will be all I’ll be doing outside the home so to speak (hurry up retirement, lol 😀 ).

Not exactly a FD today but very low cal for me of late so happy with progress so far. Planning to have a FD Tuesday or Thursday this week (one real one per week to commence back again as still taking some pain meds although nothing like I had been).

Beautiful sunny day today here too, with a slight breeze so still quite chilly but so nice and bright and warm when no breeze around.

Hermaj like Happy I too think you don’t give yourself justice, I love to hear from you and your doings as so interesting and gives pleasure.

Hi RT and all my fellow South Aussies, hope you enjoyed our ‘mini break from winter’ today just as I did. Also to those of our group in NSW and Vic as I believe your weather has been similar to ours. Having said that I’d STILL prefer it warmer as I watch the fire blazing away in the combustion heater sending waves of warmth over to me 😀

Love to all our NH friends too, enjoy the warmth and sun 😀

I’m about to make a concentrate vegetable stock which I’ll freeze in portions, then later I’ll make mushroom soup (probably tomorrow evening) which looks gross but tastes divine (made it before and know all about it, lol, some said ewww but then gave them a spoonful to taste and they then picked up bowls for filling). I don’t feel able to make larger portions of soup right now as I can only use left hand/arm up to a point and find some things quite difficult to do right now (this will improve over the coming weeks while I regain muscle tone and strength with physio).

Have to run before I bore you all to death 😀

Morning/evening all.

Overcast and cool this morning which is nice as it was very hot yesterday. I think we got the tail end of a huge storm, just a light shower at 8am, but there is a chance of a shower or two in the mext few hours. The forecast for the next week is for more hot weather with a few showers. I can’t believe how nice it has been so far this year. Spring was mild and fairly dry and the summer has been lovely. I hope it stays that way :fingerscrossed:

Plans for the week have changed so I’m not fasting today, but I’m aiming for a low calorie day so will have the fruit and yoghurt without granola and a huge salad for dinner.

Have a good one everybody 😛

Hi Efficient Fat Burners
Nicky Emel comespring and Aussie O in South Australia Nama & Keirra in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi in France & Barata in NZ and Jojo SAMM HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Lor_PA CakeyWakey Sarah103 HealthCoachB and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Yes well it’s a toss-up of either tinned sardines or tuna salad the fish they were not biting it is alleged 😆 I went around the new walking path again this afternoon with beanie and hoodie and yet the sun glasses where needed as well 17000 steps is a good Sunday low impact and yet productive as well we love this way of life yes Nama I have stayed at the Mecure Melbourne at Albert Park it was lovely to look out at the view very nice good to hear from you AO starting to ramp up the Fast Life again shout out to the rest of the fast trackers to keep on keeping on and do the doable
“It is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace RT

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Ha Hermaj, now we get to the truth of the matter… 🙂 We’re just not interesting enough for you… 🙁

Hi Nama,

It wasn’t the thread as a whole, just ‘many contributions’ which Hermaj finds boring… which suggests that some contributions must be pure gold and worth lurking for!?

Jojo,

A slight overreaction!

As in life, there will be inevitably be people here that you find more, or less, interesting.

And there will inevitably be conversations about things that you have no knowledge or interest in!

Hermaj was being honest, and I don’t see that she’s breached posting guidelines.

Harsh to say that she’s not welcome again…

Hermaj was being honest and if she finds some of our posts boring fair enough, no need to get upset over it as it is hardly earth shattering information and unimportant in the grand scheme of life.

Lovely afternoon here 🙂

As Marcus Aurelius once said…

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.

Profuse apologies to all those offended by my honesty. A warm thank you to those who have defended my right not to beat about the bush, even if my comments are seen as negative. Happy, Milena and Amazon, your wise reactions are very much appreciated. Some, not all, contributions are boring while, as Happy points out, some are pure gold.

I’m also honest enough to state that I’m not very entertaining – British understatement meaning “boring”. I could therefore be accused of being a pot calling kettles black, an accusation to which I confess.

I see I was right to stay away and won’t be troubling you again. If anyone feels I should be chucked off the forum, who am I to disagree?

Adieu Hermaj…

No one should be made to feel unwelcome and unwanted.

We should celebrate difference, not jump up and down on it. How dull if we were all the same!

Gosh. I slept through Hermajgate! Vive la difference, I say. A variety of opinions is what keeps us all on our toes. We certainly don’t want a LOACA repeat, do we?
Happy days fasters. Monday here…and off we go again. P x

Life’s too short to not appreciate all the wise, wonderful and witty posters on this thread.
Hermaj, you will be missed. Viva la difference!

Having a sun filled fast day on water alone. Penance for a very indulgent week away.
Cheers, Bay 🙂

Good morning to you, Amazon! Much too early for me to be up, but happens on occasion. Already looking forward to an afternoon nap! Coming off a tiring weekend of lots of family fun time. Only disappointment was my younger son being away at a destination wedding in Mexico, so missed his handsome face and good company. May end up with a liquid only fast into tomorrow, will see how it feels later when my eating window opens.

Hi Bay! Used your salt lick trick the other day! I was about to make some popcorn, but I realized I was only craving a bit of salt, so instead dipped my finger into some smoked sriracha sea salt which did the trick.

Sorry to hear of your friend, Jojo. Hope you can channel your sadness into support for her partner. Good luck with the liquid fast. PVE has good advice, as usual. Have something healthy at the ready, so if and when the hunger monster strikes, you can fight it back without damage.

Enjoy the summer or winter day, and happy fasting!

Jojo I am so sorry to hear about your friend . She needs lots of hugs xx

Good morning to everyone else ( you know who you are ) 🙂 xx

This is my fastaversary today . 1 year ago I started 5.2 and I have lost 4 stone (6 stone in total) So much has happened and I have amazed myself that I haven’t gone back to consoling myself with food . I was a size 22/24 and now a 12/14 . I feel younger fitter and happier than I have been in years , Jim says I am slimmer now than I have ever been in the 58 years he has known me . My RA has improved beyond belief and my asthma is almost gone ( only on preventer now) . Bye for now all of you lovely lovely people and thank you so much for your support xxxxx