Purple min 5 max 11 today brace yourself it’s heading your way ⛄️☃ Barata how exotic Fiji I like your style 🍹🍹🍹Enjoy the experience
Peace RT
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I believe I read somewhere that this planet can easily support four billion people but any more and we’ll run out of food, yet at the moment there are seven and a half billion people and it’s growing (World Population Clock website). Pretty soon we’ll not be having wars over oil it will be over fresh drinking water and food; we’ll all have loads of money but nothing to eat. The end may be coming sooner than we think, at least you and I all be used to not having much food with all this fasting we do. Happy Saturday everyone (hope I’ve cheered you all up ;-)) and good luck for the future.
Hellooo, I am back 😍
Back from London last night! I only had hand luggage and took me forever to get out.
The heat it’s just unbearable! But life goes one. My first job today was to buy food and to a thorough inspect in the fridge. My husband told me he’s sick and tired of spaghetti. He cleaned up all the veggies and salad o left. Tonight’s menu will be broiled salmon, risotto, cauliflower and salad and I bought a gigantic watermelon;)
Save the planet – my dishes are handwashed (little soap and water), towels and bed linens changed once a week and I have a cloth line and ironing only what’s necessary. We both don’t work and we extremely casual. Recycle a lot. Nothing related with money here… People in general are not civilized.
Food waste drives me nuts. Actually thanks for 5:2 I am saving 2 days.
Going back on our 5:2 boat on Monday! I really don’t want to know If I gained any pounds on vacation.
Enjoy the weekend my cyber losers 💋
Xoxo
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Morning All Jojo happy to see your back and all went well for you. we are off to have a family day with the grand kids who are 2 and 4 visit my Dad and live life and have some fun 😉 the pussy cats where far too strong at home for us visiting crows last night but we will take the lessons learnt from the experience had won 8 on the trot leading up to that. Plenty to cheer about and as they say in the classics you can’t win em all.!!
Happy Sunday
Peace RT
Isn’t it great to be back in your own bed, Jojo? You are right about those pesky 4 lbs – they will be gone in a flash. I just hope I don’t gain more than that over the next week on the sunny Coral Coast. Fasting will not be the most important feature of the week. I will raise a glass to all of you, RT. There is wifi in the resort, so I should be able to keep all you shivering Southern Hemispherers green 🙂
I have just looked at the Fiji forecast – maybe a little shower or two, but no rain while we’re there. Perhaps I will cross the umbrella off the list. Nothing like a list to make sure you don’t forget anything.
As I’ve said before Jo, and try to apply if my weight creeps up, keep it simple. This wol does not need to be complicated. It is all about mindgames and resolve.
Two 1/4 TDEE fasts a week and 5 days of genuine low carb, full fat, healthy eating with no snacking outside mealtimes. You need to curb the snacking habit. 2 good fasts a week should do that. The other 5 days train you to eat properly and maintain your active metabolism.
Plan your food ahead of time and don’t have anything tempting within sight. Work out when your weak times are and change your routine. 1kg a week is doable if you honestly follow 5:2.
Never look back, only forwards to your new healthy self ☺☺ P
Good Morning/Evening Fellow Fasters,
As Dr. Mosley mentioned on his book don’t drift away to long from your Fast. Today, Sunday I went on my scale and I only gained 2 pounds. While on vacation I allowed myself to eat whatever I wanted however I tried to be aware of my action. I carried always plenty water with me and upon wake up lots of it.
It’s so hot here ;/
Welcome back the ones away and safe travels to the next ones 💋
Xoxo
Afternoon/early morning all 😉
I’ve been home for an hour unpacking, opening windows and importantly, breaking my fast as I was very hungry!
I’ve had a fabulous few days in Herefordshire. The weather was glorious with temps ranging from 25-32C and lots of sunshine. We went out every day and visited some beautiful, original and even quirky gardens. My friends children are both home from university and I’ve not seen her son for two years so it was great to catch up with him and his sweetie of a girlfriend who has just graduated. It was especially nice to see my lovely goddaughter and hear that she has thoroughly enjoyed her first year at university and loves living in Cardiff 🙂
I didn’t eat before lunchtime while I was away but there were some rather delicious cakes and scones that just had to be sampled and of course a cold beer on a hot afternoon and fermented grape juice with dinner were compulsory 😉
Having said that, we only had dessert once and it was fruit salad and dinners were very healthy affairs all accompanied by large amounts of vegetables and salad from the garden.
We had a delicious vegetarian dinner one evening which included a pureed beetroot dish and fried cauliflower in a tahini sauce both from “JERUSALEM” by Ottolenghi and his pal whose name escpes me and I can’t be bothered to walk into the kitchen to look at the book 😉
I’ve not weighed yet but I expect I’ve gained a couple of pounds. I intend to spend this evening working out a menu plan for the next week plus and exercise and stretching routine to continue improving the strength and flexibility of my back and hip.
It’s great to be home and like Jo, I’m looking forward to my own bed.
Jo, glad you had a fab time in Cornwall and that the weather was good for you too.
HCB, I hope you enjoyed London 🙂
I stopped off at a farm shop on the way home near to my friends house and bought local milk, yoghurt, cheese,meat, vegetables and berries so I don’t need to shop for a while apart from some salad as I manged to forget to buy it 😳
Have a good one everybody 😜
Hi y’all
In the car again on the way to my husband’s home town.
HCB, Amazon, Jojo, Barata, Lovely hearing about trips to London, Herefordshire, and Cornwall, Fiji.
Happy n SlimJim, signs of our changing planet were apparent at the lake this year…Zebra Muscles on the lake bottom n side of docks…invasive species. 😔
And who’s up for giving me a pep talk or swift kick, whichever your style. Im only 5’2″! 4 pounds on me isca whole dress size. My last few days were a food fest and i gotta get it under control! So hard with family events and visits non stop!
Another 2lbs down this week, though it might have been more if I hadn’t had all those beers on Tuesday, the hottest day of the year so far. My neighbour had been working on someone else’s garden and he called in on his way home and asked for one, so it would have been impolite not to join him. He was very thirsty, so I offered him a couple more and also joined him with a few extra myself. Back on the wagon now, fast day tomorrow.
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
Good Moaning and welcome to Monday Fast Day.I agree and concur a great factual strategy Purple and a timely reminder for all who sail on the global fast band wagon start at the start which is as P stated eat to TDEE 5 days and 25% of TDEE 2 days a week with mindful eating and LCHF as a suggestion.
Dad was in good spirits and a playful mood yesterday he assures me he feels fantastic and his health is tip top however his ‘memory is bloody up to poop’ I said well you will be 81 in September dad he goes really am I gee that’s old 😆 he told me the story how he drove down to the shop to get some things but forgot what it was he was getting so went home regrouped found his list so off to town again bugger left wallet at home no worries I left the grocery bag there drove back home for wallet then back to shop all sorted then drove home again to a happy wife a good story when you consider he hasn’t had his licence since he was 75 😉 A great day and the grand kids love him to bits. Good to see you home Amazon with a bag load of memories and stories to share and of course to the memory mattress.!!
“It’s is easier to avoid eating than to stop eating once started”
Peace RT
K-lo,
yes, im pretty siked to have a fellow shorty..esp shorter than me. 😊 And only a fellow “petit” understands how we have a much tighter range before obesity begins. And yet…somehow, we’ve been given the same appetites as our 5’8″ friends!!!!! How??
As for pep talk, ill let people do what they do, but i do respond better to positive inspiring words.
RT, sounds like a great day with Dad. 👍
SlimJ, bravo on 2 pounds.
Good Mornibg,
Thumbs up for those of you done with Fast. Well tomorrow will be yesterday for me.
One liter of water was down and my favorite starter it’s a big cup of coffee w/ whole milk and Splenda but today it’s totally black. Not bad really! I grew up drinking “cafezinho” in Brazil which it’s a short strong coffe with sugar. Not quite an espresso. It’s DELICIOUS ☕️
Jo good idea if you could find a accountability partner besides cyber world. I’ve used fitness pal and that drove me nuts! For me works best if a plan meals and check them off the list at the end of the day as a daily report combined with water, activities, mood … Little diary.
You can do it! Do you remember where were you in the beginning!
Hang in there Fasters! 💋💋💋💋
Afternoon all,
Back from the gym after a really good workout. I enjoy going back after a break as I’m always filled with enthusiasm and energy 🙂
I’m hoping you mean 1/2lb per FD Jo as 1/2lb per day is impossible.
I took a look at my old journal from when I first did 5:2 and lost 3 stones in 6 months to discover that I only recorded what I ate on FDs and not on any other day. I was eating more protein based meals than I do now so once I’ve finished the current batch of diet mels I’m going back to the type of foods I was eating then.
HCB, I always have milk in my tea and coffee. I don’t have much, just a splash in tea and about 15ml in my coffee. Giving up sugar in coffee was really hard and I do occasionally have an espresso with sugar which is similar to what you had in Brazil and what I drank when in Venezuela.
Time to get out into the sunshine 🌞
How’s this for an ideal scenario for a successful FD!!
All countertop kitchenware filling up living room/dining room and cooker top covered with storage jars while joiner works on shelving etc
PLUS 6 week old fridge waiting to be repaired under warranty so frozen meals and cool box only storage places for food
PLUS mounds of curtains waiting to be altered (having lots to do is a powerful antidote to a rumbling stomach!!) PLUS visitor coming to stay in ten days from now!!
I can get to the kettle so black coffee and herbal tea keeping me going till teatime when I’ve got access to the cooker plus a frozen meal and fresh veg to cook
I’ve got one empty armchair to relax in so I’m piled up with curtain material, pins and tacking thread
Sewing machine at the ready on the dining table too
1/2lb per day would be fab. I’d have reached goal in six months 😉
My FD has been difficult but that is no surprise as I was struggling badly before I went away and had more carbs than usual what with those cold beers and potatoes freshly dug from the veg patch. Not to mention the cake…
No cake, no spuds, no bread and no beer this week 😖
Well! Sometimes when I feel week I ask myself why am I doing this? Right now I am at that point Only way 5 lbs to lose, back from vacation and right here it’s when I start getting funny and forget all about it. As if last year I gained 15 pounds. I really don’t want that… Not worth! I will keep going IT’S VERY CLOSE 🙌
To all of you! Together we stand.
Amazon I had a great time in your City and I was a regular drinks delicious beer at the Pubs. Not cask LOL to warm and flat 🤔
See you later 💖
Hi Fast Trackers and Hello World (You All know Who You ARE) 😉
I need to tidy up some miss communication or lost in translation about Dad’s story this is actually not factually correct he is a passenger these days the way he re told the story would suggest it happened yesterday 😆 truth is either a) it never happened at all or b) it was back when he was driving albeit poorly 😯 but he is a story teller and as I constantly remind the boys don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story 😆
Have a Happy Tuesday
Peace RT
Morning/evening all,
Apparently it is going to ☔☔☔ today but at the moment it is blue sky and 🌞🌞🌞 and although we could do with some rain maybe it could wait until tonight….
I spent some time in the garden yesterday. I always come home from Herefordshire with plants. My friend has a huge garden and there is always a large nursery of cuttings and seedlings growing on benches by the greenhouse. This year I have three flowering plants, a sweet pepper and four chillies, plus a shrub I bought on the way home 😆
The flowers have been found places in the garden and the pepper and chillies are in a tub on the front windowsill where they’ll get a lot of sunshine (fingers crossed) and as they are in sight I won’t forget to water them 🙂
Everything was very dry so I watered everything and it all looks perkier this morning.
I went to bed late last night as I was watching tennis from Toronto. I had to give up at 11.30 as my stomach was rumbling so much! I slept really well and it never ceases to amaze me that I’m not hungry the morning after a fast day.
RT, I thought your Dad was telling you an old story.
Time to get moving. I think a walk is in order as it is such a beautiful day.
Have a good one everybody 😜
Hi all,
Took someone’s advice (PVE?) and got on the scales yesterday. Yes, good motivation. I had a perfect fast yesterday after finding myself 3 pounds above where I was when I left Texas 11 days ago.
And 3 pounds on me shows!
Today I will eat veggies from my sister’s garden and I will get in another fast tomorrow or Thursday. I will be back in Texas the same weight I left, come hell or high water!
Anyone see Michelle Obama’s speech last night or Cory Booker? Very inspiring!
Can any of the USA fasters explain how a man who isn’t a politician or a senator can stand for president of one of the most powerful countries in the world because it is beyond me……..
I made a broad bean and pea puree and had some on a slice of griddled bread to break my fast today and the remainder will accompany the herb and lemon stuffed pork loin that is slow roasting in the oven. I bought the meat in a farm shop and it was half the price of London butchers. I know it’ll be good as I’ve bought meat there several times before and it has never disappointed.
I shall allow myself a small piece of crackling today before binning the rest which will leave some deliciously flavoured lean meat to go with salad for FD dinners tomorrow and Thursday. There should also be enough left for a Friday stir fry 🙂
K-Lo,
I meant that I cannot understand how someone with no experience in government at any level is able to stand for such an important, difficult and powerful role.
I guess the dollar is more important than anything else……
After some of the things he has said it beggars belief that any right minded citizen especially women would vote for him, but before our recent referendum I would have said that there is no way the UK would vote to leave the EU.
Fingers crossed that the first woman president of the USA will be inaugurated later this year.
Hello,
Terrible hot and humid still! We had rain at least for our plants.
Slim I fasted yesterday and today nothing happened to the scale. I guess was food on its way out or liquid retention. There will be better days.
I am not affiliated to any political party! I normally prefer to watch the candidate’s behavior first.
The Democratcs did a great job regrouping themselves after the emails scandals. The speeches were amazing and I felt there’s hope.
Trump it’s a bully and that’s how he became what he is today. Our lawyer had the misfortune to sit with him and others once on business matter and told us horrors things about the person and he instructed his kids to be just like him.
I can’t see that man as the leader of this country.
Anyway lol back to my floor mopping and ice tea.
See you later
Evening all,
I decided to fast today, after too many corn cakes and ahem…coconut cookies…yesterday afternoon 😊 It was a non-fast day, but still…
It’s been really easy not to eat today, finally breaking fast at 9pm. A bit late, but I won’t be going to bed hungry 😀
Why is it easier to fast than not to fast?!
Amazon,
Like you I didn’t believe, by a slim and probably not statistically significant majority, that we (?! Them!) would vote out. So I’m not betting against Trump! What a scary vision of the future….
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