Hello,

Amazon could you please blow away some of the rain there. We need it badly.
And well, well! Summer solstice and I can’t believe how time it’s just spinning fast.
Beautiful day here but we need rain for our plants.
I normally Fast on Mondays but my best friend who is a Portuguese/English interpreter was in the area Courthouse for a case.
I made this beautiful vegetarian spinach wrap with 1 year corn for each and mixed fruit salad w/mint, lemon zest and juice and very little sugar for dessert. She couldn’t make it 😩
Fast goes on tomorrow!
Hey Sarah that’s my dream wish the day I stop toying. Congratulations 😘
Good job for those who’s done with Monsays Fast.
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Just wanted to boast a wee bit . Just goes to show how our minds can be trained . We have gone through so much lately with all the worry about Jims operation . Now things are starting to settle down . We waited in all day for the nurse to come take out his stitches BUT Guess what? The hospital hadn’t informed them . Our DIL is a doctors receptionist ( not our doctor) and phoned and they will come tomorrow .Nothing worse than watching all day for someone to come to the house . Jim is still quite weak but getting stronger every day but I am getting quite good at changing dressings and giving injections ,makes me feel as if I am helping . Well!! what I am trying to say is that I am really much better on 5.2 than I ever thought I could be . I have had some ice cream AND yet I am the same weight I was weeks ago . maintenance has been much easier than I thought it would have been . That’s over a year now . Feel quite proud of myself as years ago when I was stressed I would have eaten everything in the cupboards . Even things I didn’t like much xx

Wee xx

Hi all from Downunder – Melbourne has some sun today after a wet weekend/Mon. I have not been far from the fire (Jamieson) as caught a bug last week and feeling sorry for myself. It seems slightly better now, just a bit of a cough left, so time to return to the real world!

Weemam you should boast more often, its inspiring for everyone. It is great to hear Jim is doing so well and also great that you did not dive into the icecream and swim in it! I think those of us who have done this for a year or so really have changed some bad old habits and developed a belief in ourselves. Yes, even you Jojo! I know you regularly beat yourself up when you slip up, but the main thing is you press on! I agree with Amazon, the ‘gentleman’ at bowls does not deserve to play! I find that is the worst thing about any competitive sport, there is always someone who is desperate to win at any cost.

Amazon you must be so pleased that Andy had his usual warm up win for Wimbledon….. and just as well your flat is gleaming, there will be no time for that next week! I assume you will be going? Lets hope Andy does well.

Morning/evening all,

Blue sky and sunshine 😎

I slept really well last night which surprised me after such a tough FD and going to bed wanting to eat, phew!

Nama, I hopw you feel much better soon. You’ve done the right thing by taking it easy and looking after yourself. I find if I try to fight cold bugs they seem to go on forever so I give in gracefully now.

As for Wimbledon, I’ve only been once and that was 40 years ago 😆
I’ve entered the ticket ballot several times and never been successful but as the TV coverage is so good with a choice of matches to watch every day I usually get to see what I want. I could get up at 2am and queue for the non show courts but I’m not that desperate 😉
However this year I’m being taken as a guest to Centre Court and the package includes hospitality which means lunch, champagne, strawberries and cream, and of course excellent seats. We are going next Tuesday which means we are guaranteed to see Serena Williams, who I’ve never seen live, and Andy Murray so I am very excited especially as I’ll get the opportunity to see Ivan Lendl who was my favourite player once upon a time ❤ 😃🎾

Time to get moving,

Have a good one everybody 😜

Hi Happy,

I’m very excited about Wimbledon. If it rains I’ll still get to see tennis as they’ll just close the roof 🙂 Of course I would prefer to see it warm and dry as it is an outside tournament, but it is great to know that there is no chance of our day being ruined by the weather.
I am very lucky to have been invited along 😸

It has clouded over here now but it is warm and I have all the windows and doors open. The forecast for the next couple of days mentions the chance of isolated heavy storms with localised flooding, but suggests that is likely to be in Kent so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

My garden has been well watered while I was away last week as all the pot holders are full of water and the earth is far from dry, so I guess there was a fair amount of rain. It is small and sheltered so doesn’t suffer too much it is stormy or windy. It is looking rather nice at the moment as I have roses, perennial salvias, old fashioned geraniums, fuchsias, osteospermums, ceanothus and various other plants including self set valerian and a few petunias and lobelia in bloom 🙂

Purple,
I think it was HealthCB who wanted you to go live with her mother, lol, but I will get her a copy of the book you advised. 👍🏻

OMG Amazon! I want to trade lives! I’m so excited for you I can hardly stand it! My parents always had a “Breakfast with Wimbledon” party every year to watch finals…it was my favorite! They would always have champagne n strawberries n cream. I’d like to win the lottery and take my dad to England for Wimbledon before he passes away. He has lung cancer but still gets out on the courts every week to play. He recovered from surgery and so far so good. 🎾

My Mum used to be glued to the TV for 2 weeks every year watching Wimbledon and that is where I got my love for tennis. I often go to Queens but was away last week although back in time to see the final, and I’ve been to the World Tour Finals every year since 2009 but Wimbledon tickets have never come my way until now. I went to Rome in May and spent 2 days at the tennis which was a wonderful experience.

I’m very lucky to be going on Tuesday and I know it’ll be a great day 🎾🎾🎾

I really struggled with my FD yesterday but talked myself out of eating anything else other than my FD dinner. I’m aiming to fast again today and it is going OK so far. I usually only eat in the evening but needed something after the gym so had some yoghurt with a few berries to keep me going.
I bought lots of fresh English grown veggies this morning, asparagus, broad beans, peas, courgettes, lettuce so I intend to have a huge plate of them topped with an egg and a few shavings of the Cornish cheese I bought home with me for dinner tonight.

Hello everyone.

I did a full water only fast day yesterday which was a bit difficult around 6pm and then the empty feeling just went away. I woke up this morning really early and couldn’t get back to sleep so I got up. I decided to see how long I could go extending my water only fast and see if I can make it to 6pm, which will have been a 48 hour fast altogether. I think I’ll do this every week instead of the Saturday and Monday idea I had before.

I prepared a stew for the slow cooker and put in three sausages, two carrots, an onion, three large mushrooms and a red pepper, which according to the Calorie, Carb & Fat Bible comes to about 1050 calories. I then thought it would be nice if I had mashed potato with butter, a Yorkshire pudding and a couple of dumplings with it until I worked out that if I eat those as well, I’ll go over my daily TDEE by about 600 calories. I have given them to my neighbour so I won’t be tempted and he’s not worried about being overweight and will eat anything.

HCB,

Chicken and turkey sausage are not common in the UK. The majority of sausages eaten are made from pork or beef and lamb is becoming more common in our cosmopolitan society. There are a few cheap and nasty ones out there but the majority are good quality and contain a high percentage of meat. I opt for cereal free varieties although I only eat them two or three times a year usually when I’ve lit the BBQ.

Jim, well done for giving the carbs away. There is no reason why you can’t have a small portion of potatoes cooked any way you like, or dumplings or Yorkshire, but only one of those per meal as too many carbs are what got most of us in trouble with our weight in the first place.

I love potatoes and when I used to have an allotment, the day I dug up the first potatoes of the season was always very special. I eat far less of them now and enjoy them all the more now they’ve been elevated to a treat rather than a daily staple.

I’ve got a copy of the calorie, carb and fat bible and find it invaluable 🙂

Hi all,
Im back from my camping trip in Devon. Just caught up with the all the posts from the last few days!

Yesterday was my last day of week 2 and I wasnt at home this morning for weigh in so will be doing that in the morning. I am a little anxious as 5 days out of the last 7 have been ‘off diet’ although day 1 was within TDEE and Day 2 was a 41 hour complete fast.
On the whole, whilst away my food choices were fairly good with only 1 very naughty meal. However my drink choice was far from good so I am expecting to pay the penalty!

Today is the start of week 3 and has been a 17hr fast since last night although I am having a 400 cal day rather than full fast which is going to be easier transition back into 5:2!

So head down for the next 5 weeks and then Im away again camping etc but for over 2 weeks.

Kay

Well, my first full fast day since fathers day werkend/1st babysitter/camping extravaganza…arg, not feeling the ease today. 😔 Hubby just flew off for a business trip n i feel like my parents just left me alone with the key to the booze cabinet! This has nothing to do with my husband who is never snything but accepting, loving and supportive! Maybe just too many challenges at once. Decided to cook Vegan Cheesy Millet for kids with Navy Beans n greens…had to taste millet to see if enough nutritional yeast n coconut oil to give cheesy flavor! Now i want to just make it a meal m fast after. 😔😡 oh well, not every day has ease or is successful. 👽✌🏽️

One taste and there’s no going back, Slimn. Happens to us all. 😯 Better luck next time. P

Purple, thank you, and yes! Note taken- no more “tastes” at 5pm!

Ali looks great in a bikini (or something like that)- good idea, cooking from scratch is too tempting to taste for proper balance of ingredients. And I love Palm Springs. Used to go down there and meet up with a bunch of friends on free weekends in Med School. So many good memories. Plenty of imperfect bodies, even the movie stars without airbrush, just strut your stuff!

So i went for it and ate with my kids. Will either fast tomorrow or do another fast till 5pm. We’ll see. Still playin’ around with what works.

In the deliciousness of breaking a fast and eating with my kiddos, we completely forgot to go to tap class! Lol! Oops!

Oh, well, i need a do over tomorrow.

Hey everyone!

Thought you all might enjoy this easy way to keep glycemic index down!

http://nutritionfacts.org/video/beans-and-the-second-meal-effect/

Good nite!

Thanks Slim – a good reminder to eat our beans and lentils! I just happen to have a huge pot of pea and ham soup simmering!! Melbourne people who enjoy our winter game of Aus Rules football associate the football season with pea and ham soup and I am not going to argue with that, love pea soup!

Well Ive braved the scales and the news is….Im half a pound down and another 1% fat down…..so Im chuffed…..obviously the fast before and after the holiday helped. Its helped me see that this could really work as a WOL 🙂

I decided against watching the video…you can never unsee things once they have been seen! But it is useful to be reminded that we shouldnt be self conscious…thats our conditioning from media to think that anything other than model type bodies is bad!

Have a good healthy day everyone, whether its fasting or eating 🙂

Kay

Amazon our young (Australian) male players are getting progressively ruder, so Tomic does not seem as bad as the current crop! I hanker for the days of Pat Rafter ( !! ) etc, when even Philopousis seemed arrogant in comparison. Looking back he was an angel compared to Kyrgios! Its embarrassing. My earliest tennis memory is going to the Aus Open as a young teenager, when it was still played at Kooyong, seeing Billie Jean King!! Now that dates me!

I hope your fast is more successful today. I wasn’t going to bother with fasting this week as still very snotty, but food tastes like cardboard at present, so I am not tempted to overeat anyway! Looking forward to getting back to the pool when my cough clears up.

Jo is your bathroom finished yet? We finally got our shower screen fitted today, so ours if finally done. It looks so good I want to do the other bathroom now!

Amazon I am sure many people in the burbs would swap their second bathroom for your flat IN LONDON! With Kew Gardens on your doorstop – nope sorry, no sympathy from me!
Whenever we come back from our tiny cottage in Jamieson this house seems way too big, now that the kids and partners have moved out. We needed it when there were a couple of over 6′ tall teenagers, plus friends, but now I sometimes think its too big. But I would miss my garden….
You probably do have a carb hangover – scary how easily we can slip back into bad eating (even semi bad when on holiday) isn’t it? Thank goodness we have fasting now!
My theory re the nasty viruses – we ‘soldier on’ and try to ignore them, plus they are probably more virulent. I caught so many when I worked on a paeds medical ward, usually curtailed them with rest and mega doses of Vit C, but the air was thick with snot on that ward! Plus they always hang around longer if we don’t give in and rest.

Good morning y’all,

My new vocabulary word for the day… Chuffed… So it seems Kay is ‘very pleased’. My husband imitated me yesterday when I used a phrase y’all say frequently…it appears I’m picking up British word usage! Lol. Good thing I can’t hear these texts! I’ve always had a good ear for language as how many Americans do you know who speak 3 extra languages fluently with absolutely no immigrant parents! So I just can’t help myself!!!!! My dad was an opera singer (hence the good ear for sound) and my mom was a stickler for proper grammar…so I blame them! Lol. (Not that I use that grammar talent online-too much bother!)

Anywho, Kay! I’m chuffed as well! Back from holiday and you braved the scale…if that weren’t enough already, you are down a half pound and 1% fat! Super!!!!

Amazon and Nama, I think I’ve lost touch with the young players since having children, seems the only names I know now are the ones getting ready to retire! 🙁 Kids have really ruined me. Lol. And as for an aging marker, my very first racket was a wooden Chrissy Everett racket, along with my first all white with navy blue trim tennis dress. They don’t make them so sweet anymore. My daughter looks like she is going to play basketball! 🙃 I even had a one handed back hand till the 80s! Lol

As for houses with bathrooms, in order to get kids in a “safe and good friends” neighborhood, and you don’t have a million dollars to be in the nice inner city neighborhood with sweet little old houses from the 50s (don’t laugh, I know what you are thinking about old and 50s) this suburban house has 3 baths with a giant master bath (bigger than my entire flat in Paris), but I’d trade it in a second for a little place in Europe. I’m such a misfit here. But alas, children, grandparents, cousins, etc etc…sometimes, you are just stuck where you are born, trying to make the best of it. This house has far too much cleaning, and no money leftover for cleaning help. Trying to talk my hubby into a tiny house on a big piece of land if I can’t have the proper city, but he insists the kids need this neighborhood with friends to play with… I suppose… It’s all a compromise. So back to my meditations on gratitude. I’m working on it , even if it’s not in my nature. 😬 On a positive note, if y’all are ever in Austin and you need a not so well cleaned “fasting B n B ” , there’s plenty of room!

I’m fasting till dinner for sure, then we’ll see. Kids n I are going to cook up a huge mess of vegetables and beans and very very low sugar oatmeal cookies ( my kids rarely eat sugar so they think things are sweet when they are not, lol), then we will go for a nice walk when the sun starts setting – without my Swiss husband watching the clock, we are making a late night party every night in my bedroom with movies and pallets! I miss my hubby when he is on business but this “loose” clock is the positive spin!

Happy fasting and NF day everyone! ❤️

Jim,

Enjoy your ride tomorrow. I’ve done plenty of cycling round the Morecambe Bay area, but never the prom. It always appealed for running too, being flatter than where I lived! The views are fantastic across the Bay, always inspiring.

Amazon,

I can’t trust myself to eat early on a fast day either. Luckily I seem to have got 24 hour fasting cracked, so much easier if the previous day has been carb light, and helped along with miso and a lick of butter 😀

“The difference is between restricting some foods all the time (CER) and restricting all foods some of the time (IER). This is the difference between failure and success.”
That quote will go ‘straight to the poolroom’, RT! (Aussie reference. .. The Castle.. for o/s readers 😆) P

Hmm bit eager on the one finger warrior phone 😳 but still 😉
Love your work Purple thanks Mate 🎉🌹😇😝🙏👼👌🎉
Peace RT

Hello,
What a nice day here today!
We went to visit my husband’s daughter and take her and husband out for lunch. The place was magnificent. Hudson Ricer overlooking The Hudson Valkey. Was her birthday Sunday. A small Cobb Salad and a glass of Pinot Grigio.
After we stopped to visit the other daughter and there we extended the visit and there was pizza and wine so I indulged myself with two slices.
Jim I love anything cabbage and I eat at least cooked or roasted twice a week plus my own sauerkraut on salads.
Nama how do you make yours Coleslaw? Mine its thinly sliced cabbage, carrots, red onions and sometimes pineapple, Apple or raisins and the dressing is my own kefir, little mustard, honey and here we have olive oil maionayse 60 calories per Tbsp.
Fast it’s on tomorrow! Success to you tomorrow and congratulations if you are done today.
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