Hi everyone,

Thanks for your kind wishes. The day has been a bit up and down emotionally but on the whole it was good. I met my niece’s new boyfriend who bought me flowers which was very sweet and thoughtful, and ended up eating lunch AND dinner which wasn’t in my plan, but it is what it is and I’ll be fasting again tomorrow.
The weather has been glorious and the forecast says more of the same tomorrow. I need to turn my thoughts to Rome and decide what I’m going to take with me to wear in order to wow all those Italian men 😉

Hi Fast Trackers
Nicky Emel and Aussie O in South Australia Nama in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi France Barata in NZ and Jojo HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Weemam Lor_PA CakeyWakey Sarah103 HealthCoachB Tessy pen nib Iona72 Pentimento pranayama and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
An advanced heads up to my Aussie fasters that on the program Sunday Night Channel 7 (this is the show that I first seen anything about the 5-2 thankyou coming up 2 years ago in September) there is a special on reversing Diabetes featuring the great man himself Dr M a Specialist Physician I think on the subject and the much maligned Peter Evans AKA Paleo Pete the concept being can we reverse and control this disease by diet a great way to wind up Mother’s Day for sure 😉 Amazon why am I seeing scenes from “Shirley Valentine” in my mind files and
Shirley Valentine: Oh!
[to audience]
Shirley Valentine: He kissed me stretch marks!
[to Costas]
Shirley Valentine: You kissed my stretch marks!
Costas Caldes: Don’t, don’t be too stupid to try to hide these lines. They, they are lovely, because they are part of you, and you are lovely, so don’t, don’t hide, be proud. Sure. These marks show that, that you are alive, that you survive. Don’t try to hide these lines. They are the marks of life.
Shirley Valentine: [to audience] Aren’t men full of shit?
Have Great Day People let’s Get our Fast On

“It is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace

Good morning fast-trackers.

Amazon, Christmas, birthdays and anniversaries of the death of our loved ones are the hardest. You think you’re doing OK and these come out of the woodwork to derail your peace of mind yet again. <big hug>

Happy, the one legged squat is just like two legs: squat down, stand up keeping back straight, but bearing all your weight on 1 leg. The cable pull is similar to the effect of (say) standing on a high bank and having someone at foot level trying to pull you over. You can see why they’re so hard.

Bay, had to laugh at your blood test experience. My last was surprisingly high but now realize that it would have been about 16 hours since I had eaten. Thanks Purple and Nama for the explanations (and not forgetting the human pincushion Mr P, for taking one for the team.)

Jo, good strategy to just say you’re just watching your weight to your bowling team – they’re obviously not in the right head space to benefit from your experiences. Hope you and the dogs enjoyed your walk.

HealthCoachB, always good to get home after a trip – you’ll have that cleaning and tidying nailed in no time – do it on a FD. 🙂

RT, wise words as usual from the Dalai Lama and a lovely quote from Shirley Valentine. Every now and then we all feel unloveable and need the metaphoric kissing of the stretch marks. Thanks for tip about Sunday night’s TV, not usually a channel I watch but will put in a program to record.

Wiwi, interesting reflections on the ‘traditional’ Med diet vs the modern one. Your little Romans, to quote P, will be pleased to see you.

AO, good to hear from you. Sorry to hear you are in pain – still your shoulder? Just do what you can and don’t stress. Everything in its own good time.

Apologies if I’ve missed anyone, you know who you are 😉

This morning’s ‘official’ weigh-in down 1.2kg for the week, 2lb 10oz for the imperially minded, (or is that imperious?) so very happy bunny today. Of course I realize that the rate of loss will slow as I weigh less but am happy to take it for now – sooo encouraging. In the meantime I am practising eating within my target TDEE for when I finally get to goal.

Keep up the good work everyone and take care of yourselves. n xxx

Hiya all doing the fast diet but I think I’m doing it wrong I’ve been on it for 2 months and only lost 4lb I’m Gutted and gave up last week. I want to start again. Can anyone give me tips ;-(

Also have a lovely time in Rome Amazon, all the best.

Morning/evening all,

Another beautiful morning 🌞😎

I’ve got so much to do and no inclination to do anything other than sit on the sofa so I’m going to have to force myself into action today.
I’m sure I’ll be raring to go after my second mug of tea……..

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Fast Trackers
Nicky Emel and Aussie O in South Australia Nama in Victoria Bay in ACT PVE in NSW WiWi France Barata in NZ and Jojo HappyNow Amazon Herm Lizzy Ply Tartan lass Smiffy Weemam Lor_PA CakeyWakey Sarah103 HealthCoachB Tessy pen nib Iona72 Pentimento pranayama and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Fantastic Nicky well bloody done you !! the strategies that you have in place and the template your following on your study of one is working down -1.2kg is awesome a shout out to all the mums here and you will know who are 😆 have a great mothers day all over the world 😉
now
LITTLE JOHNNY IS BACK:
The teacher asked the class to use the word “fascinate” in a sentence.
Molly put up her hand and said, “My family went to my granddad’s farm, and we all saw his pet sheep. It was fascinating.”
The teacher said, “That was good, but I wanted you to use the word ‘fascinate,’ not ‘fascinating’.”
Sally raised her hand. She said, “My family went to see Rock City and I was fascinated.”
The teacher said, “Well, that was good Sally, but I wanted you to use the word ‘fascinate’.”
Little Johnny raised his hand, but the teacher hesitated because she had been burned by Little Johnny before. She finally decided there was no way he could damage the word “fascinate,” so she called on him.
Johnny said, “My aunt Carolyn has a sweater with ten buttons, but her tits are so big she can only fasten eight!”
The teacher sat down and cried.
Have a happy Weekend all you beautiful losers 😆
Peace RT

Lol RT love the weekly funnies 😃😃

3 FDs this week saw me re-losing 2kg so I’m back where I was a couple of weeks ago. Now that I know I can do 23/1 I will have a go at 48/1 next week Wed/Thu as I have a birthday in between I won’t have a FD on my “usual” day next week.

I can feel the difference those 2kg make and glad to have them gone. I’m doing a semi FD today and tomorrow as I want to consolidate what I’ve done this week. I sure am finding it easier when working to fast.

Chat later as have to get on my way to work.

Morning/evening all,

Another glorious day here.
I didn’t quite manage a food free FD yesterday but only had 250 calories. I’m fasting again today, having an empty fridge helps 😉

AO, good to hear from you. I’m still losing weight previously lost and gained and while it is frustrating I tell myself that it is a better result that walking away from 5:2 and becoming obese again, so along with eveyone else, I’ll keep on and get there eventually, and we’ll all continue to support, encourage, commiserate and praise each other which makes such a difference.

I’m off to the gym soon, then it’s the hairdresser followed by ironing (😫) and packing. Last night I finally got round to writing a list of what I’m going to take to Rome which is very last minute but I like to write it all down so I don’t forget anything.

Time to go, have a good weekend everybody 😜

Hello Everyone,
Another rainy day here! Besides bad novexcuses I will manage to go to the gym get my 30 minutes on elliptical and 1 hour yoga.
The plan was sauna after workout! Maybe tomorrow.

I am impressed how many of you guys became so advanced with fasting.
Looking forward to be part of this losers stories. I also am up and down! Decided to have patience myself.

RT – There’s a Jonnhy in Brazil too! He is hilarious. LOL

Enjoy you day 🙏
Xoxo
B

Well done, resisting the snacks 😊 The Thames up Windsor way would have been lovely.
I booked a 3 hour river cruise on a fast day recently, thinking it would be a great diversion. We resisted the beautiful smelling homemade ANZAC biscuits, but gave up when lunch came (a lovely basic salad, but not fast food) 😕 No wonder the tickets cost much more than we expected. I didn’t know food was included!! P

Funny. I would normally too, but a glass of wine on a boat in the sun was irresistible. That’s the beauty of 5:2. So flexible. Only need to fast on 2 with 7 to choose from. 😊 You did well.

I’m experimenting with including home made, flour based foods, occasionally, in our maintenance LCHF diets.
I use wholemeal, stoneground wheat and buckweat flours to make real sourdough, with handfuls of pumkin seeds, flax, sunflower seeds and oats. I KNOW exactly what goes into them.
To allow for Mr P’s sweet tooth, I made a sourdough banana bread with walnuts, dates, oats and no sugar this morning. Well received and now cut in slices in the freezer for selective eating 😉
I believe we still need to eat SOME grains, so they need to be of the highest quality. Unfortunately, nothing that is sold commercially fits the bill.
I think eating tradtional homemade food,from locally sourced, seasonal produce, has stood human beings in good stead for tens of thousands of years. Combine that with regular fasts, also practiced for millenia, and we have a roadmap to health.
Lovely Autumn Saturday here. Great to be alive!!! P

Morning/evening all,

It’s a lovely morning here.I’m sitting wwdrinking my morning cuppa, looking at my suitcase and getting very excited.Flight is at a civilised time so I don’t need to leave until 9am.

A proper Ploughmans lunch with freshly baked bread, room temperature cheese, butter that doesn’t come in a tiny foil pack frozen solid, and some crunchy pickles is an endangered species which is what makes most of those on offer completely resistable!

Purple, your cooking experiment is something I plan on doing when I reach goal. I’ve been surfing the net and looking at sourcing stonemilled flours and those made from other grains. I love sourdough but the effort of keeping the starter going and wasting so much of it for bread for one which is no longer daily isn’t worth the effort for me, so I’ll stick to other types of bread and occasionally treat myself to a sourdough loaf from a proper bakery.
As for cakes, I’m employing a “how low can you go” experiment with sugar.

I ended up not fasting yesterday but ate sensibly. I shall fast today until dinner as planned. As for eating Rome I shall have a little of anything I fancy but avoid eating too many carbs.

Arrividerci 😜

Hi Jojo in general terms yes absolutely and the days after an extended fast tend to be a bit like the morning after the night before really 😉 clearly the honeymoon does not last forever that being said I would suggest that you hold onto at least 50% of the exaggerated weight loss after the big drop and the body should settle back into the normal routine if you can call our chosen 19/5 over 7 days a week normal so then subtract the two fast days for 5-2 fast days of zero calorie intake that then leaves us with just 25 hours a week or we are fasting 6 days a week and feasting just one give or take and can still function effectively so given that 19 x 7 = 133 hours fasting a week then giving up another 10 feed hours on 2 days a week which is 143 hours in the fasted state so 7 x 24 hours = 168 hours in a week minus 143 hours fasting equals just 25 hours a week for us Jojo to consume calories so really we should be quite literally just feeking stick people 😆
Eat Fast & Live Longer
RT

Yes Purple
SAMM what a joy he was and
He is unique and
Just like the budget I can not guarantee
Any accuracy but I will make
it up
with my Enthusiasm 😯
RT

Hello Everyone,

Bravo Purple! Let’s cheers Jojo up.
Jo you are are an unbelievable driven person. I keep reading your posts and you are in my books very busy. I am sure that counts. You have a very nice testimony here. Sorry about your pains and aches for now … It’s gonna go away soon. 🙏

I am a great believer of eating a variety of foods and not from far away. Man made foods are the one of the problem and we can sure get addicted to eating it. Bread it’s the one of the oldest source of fuel. Of course I agree w/ Purple about the quality.

RT – it’s too early in my head to digest all those numbers 😱 My head so far it’s 5:2-18/6 👀

Still raining here! Planning to go to the gym (elliptical, Pilates, sauna), supermarket and little by little organize my paperwork.

Be good folks 😘
B

I was very encouraged by Annette52, who had plateaued for a month but just ignored that, didn’t get thrown and kept plugging on, then suddenly it moved down again. It’s not very steady, is it? Very annoying and depressing. Hope it goes well this week for you Jojo. I’ve had a poor week too, my own fault but 2 lbs on and not shifted by the fast days. 4:3 this week and hopeful. My low carb has weakened too, so more attention to that.

Howdy,
I have been enjoying the conversations. Everyone here gives me motivation to keep on going. I am at maintenance. I did complete 14 days of having no coffee. So I celebrated today by having coffee and liquid fasting. 2 cup bone broth, 2 cups veggie soup, and water. So I had an awesome mothers day. PVE and everyone else health is number one and it is a bonus to be the right weight.
Apricot let us know how we can help.
RT- Thank you for your jokes, information, and encourgement.
Jo- you are an amazing woman and five days is spectacular, I love a good challenge, you did it… you can do anything.
HappyNow, I started jogging 4 minutes every morning, going to go to five this week, it makes me happy afterwards. But I still like my coffee.lol
Nicky, awesome on the weight loss, thanks for putting it in imperial language, you are doing fantastic. How is practicing TDEE going?
Take you all

Hi Nama
Jason Fung suggests the cold feeling when fasting is your body trying to force you to eat. I won’t be tricked any more … I dress more warmly on fast days, like today. 😉 P