I posted this last night and lost it lol . Just found it now . I will be fine 🙂 you can’t keep an old horse down ( something like that lol 🙂

I love the wee poem SAMM. When our eldest was 50 a couple of years ago . I asked him if he was 50 or 51 . He is a bit mad just like the rest of the family and said ” Mam you should know how old I am as you were there ” .lol . So I can understand your confusion SAMM . LOl .

Well of to bed now and catch up with you all tomorrow .

I don’t always remember all the names here but I do read all the posts and I enjoy EVERY one xx

My reading this week has me paranoid of fruit pairings. I hope to gain a better understanding and explain in a knowledgable manner. For now. I’ll eat fruits only as snacks as stand alone intake. And not pair any fruits with anything. My next fasts will only be Friday and Saturday’s b2b on then restart ADF Mon 27th As I’m now in full on strength training, HIIT, & NEAT for three weeks before cold sets in.

I was meant to have been having a semi-fast day today but that hasn’t turned out due to unexpected changes so I will do B2B Wednesday & Thursday with weigh in Friday. Tomorrow will also be a semi-fast day as well.

I find that having a largish meal Friday night and I don’t need to eat much on Saturday, Sunday is usually a more rather than less eating day but this week it’s been moved around a bit to today.

Time to get a wriggle on … catch up later 🙂

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Poor jojo, that must have been terrifying. I imagine that as well as comforting your dog you also gave her a good telling off. I think you are very wise to tailor your activities today to match your state of mind.

I meant to post you earlier about farce and slapstick. Couldn’t agree more, for me both are pointless, puerile and deeply unfunny. Maybe it’s a gender thing and men enjoy it more than women.

Jojo, poor you. What a scary experience for you and your dog. Do you think she saw a rabbit or something and gave chase?
I guess you’ll have to keep her on a lead for a while.

It has finally stopped raining here after 4 hours. During that time the builders worked outside erecting a fence in the back garden. I was amazed that they didn’t give up and go home. I wouldn’t have worked in pouring rain!

I’m struggling today. Really hungry after three consecutive feed days. I’ve eaten a carrot and given myself a talking to as I’m determined to get through today without breaking my fast or eating so early that I go to bed hungry.

Good morning everyone.

Oh my goodness Jojo that would have made me have kittens watching that and being unable to get to her. So glad you’re recovering well now though.

Well it’s a wet and cold morning here … yesterday was meant to be raining and windy, well it was windy alright but only a few drops of rain. This morning it’s been raining but easing now. Still it’s good for the garden and the rain water tanks. We try to use only rain water so need the tanks being topped up every so often so we don’t run out during summer 🙂 and it’s meant to be warming up again from tomorrow 😀

Planning a semi-fast day today with B2B fast days tomorrow and Thursday.

Hello all

Hermaj, I forgot to mention the sundried tomatoes. The whole dish is a lovely combination of flavours, and if you have the time to joint the chicken and use the carcass to make the stock it’s even better. Everyone I have entertained over the past 20 years has been given this one at one time or another, and there have been many!

Amazon – your recipes sound lovely too. Will have a closer look at the links.

Jojo, what a dreadful thing to happen, no wonder you were a quivering wreck. I had a life-passed-before-the-eyes experience last year when our dogs were 6 months old and rounded up a field full of sheep. I fully expected the farmer to arrive with his shotgun – he would have been completely within his rights. They are now on leads if we are anywhere near sheep. Sadly Hermaj, we can’t walk them in the Forest of Dean, where they are roaming everywhere.

I’m with you both re slapstick and farce, and there are very few stand ups I like. I don’t like many modern sitcoms, British or American, but I think my all time favourite was Frazier. I do like some comedy dramas though, and have enjoyed Last Tango in Halifax and the more recent Boomers (in fact almost anything with Alison Steadman in) and have to confess to being a bit of a Gavin & Stacey fan.

So far as going back to learning Spanish Hermaj, if I was 20 years younger I might well have, but since retirement, I now shy away from any kind of regular commitment. I had many years of commitment and responsibility in various guises, not only work-related, and now that I no longer have those worries, I relish my time and freedom. These days my only regular commitment is my fasting days! And my old Mum of course. Also, OH doesn’t do holidays abroad – he hasn’t even got a current passport, hence the compromise with the house in Wales so we can have holidays. I do occasionally have a holiday in the sun with an old friend, so can have the best of both worlds.

By the way, I do like French, and even got an A-level. Your remarks about Spanish as a second language reminded me of a Welshman who was a neighbour of our friends in Spain. When he was at school in South Wales, they did actually teach Spanish, as there was so much sea trade with Spain in those days. Could that be how your first husband became a Welsh Spaniard?

Good luck with the vegan way JoJo, and sorry the badminton is causing such anguish. It is supposed to be a relaxing recreation, so perhaps if you’re not getting the enjoyment you should from it, it’s time to try something else.

I’m nodding off as I write this, so goodnight all, and good morning to our friends on the other side of the world.

Smiffy x

Greetings all my new fast tracking friends.. question have any of you guys had any experience with or used Shirataki Noodles I am keen to get some and report back so you can scope it out here
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/536767-let-s-talk-about-shirataki-noodles
and watch this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNGOCpMToZM

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peace RT

Hi RT

Purple is a great advocate for them but the rubbery texture didn’t appeal to me – maybe not preparing them the right way(?).

Certainly lots of bulk for only 8 calories and no flavour. They have an odd smell on opening the packet but rinsing fixes that. I bought mine (Slendier brand) from my local Woolies but understand Coles has them too. Don’t be tempted to freeze them – they come out like bits of rubber.

The only dishes I use ordinary pasta/noodles in are stir-fries and Italian style with sauces so just omitted them from stir-fries (lots of other bulk with veges) and used carrot or zucchini cut into shreds on a mandolin in place of spaghetti.

Interesting to hear how you go. Nicky

Hiya all . past midnight here and off to bed ..

The hammering next door was doing my head in . 2 people knocking down walls by the sound of it .
I went over to Ross and cut his hair and his nails . he can’t do it with the CP. When I was there I had ice cream . Had eaten my calories for today SOOO I put them on tomorrows allowance 🙂 🙂 .

First time I have gone over my allowance since I started though ..Can you all se my halo shine from way over there lol? ..

Night all from here . Have a good day all of you from across the water.

Wee xx

Ply that does indeed sound very gourmet 🙂 good from you!!!
I must say I havn’t seen them in my woolies here at Naracoorte Nicky although its reasonable to think I may have just missed them in one of the 25 isles while walking along the ends looking up reading whats down there confused much…;)
RT

JoJo What a great friend you must be to your pet with so much feeling when in danger.
I bet you can understand why I’m focussed on strength training now from what I’ve mentioned in the past.
I’m not able to let thing play out when danger is present, my training and experiences compel me to step forward and take action. Thank goodness the rail line attendant kept you safe.

I’m so sore from today’s lifting. Funny that I was lifting with my old marine neighbor. He commented on my weight loss. Gave me the chance to talk about intermittent fasting and HIIT. how the biggest risk for obese people’s is their visceral fat. After the lifting sets I jumped continuously for 10 minutes for the first time since I was 33. He wasn’t impressed. As much as impressed that an obese person such as myself could out lift and jump rope more than he could. I know I’m on the right path. Even when the scale barely moves. My job has my ability to push very hard ax sometimes have to push heavy crates . The marine and I tussled about for a bit. Bit moving over to the punching bags. I hate getting hit by marines! I gues I deserved it in the shoulder,because I was trying my best to out do him , rather than my own pace. But he forgot about my rotator cuff. I’ll have to suspend my lifting with that arm until it feels ok . 🙁
Borrowed these one liners to share 

1 I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn’t work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.
2 Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.
3 I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like my grandfather.. Not screaming and yelling like the passengers in his car.
4 The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on the list.
5 Sex is not the answer. Sex is the question. “Yes” is the answer.
6 Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship.
7 We live in a society where pizza gets to your house before the police.
8 Having sex is like playing bridge. If you don’t have a good partner, you’d better have a good hand.
9 We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.
10 Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich.
11 Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.
12 War does not determine who is right – only who is left.
13 If I agreed with you we’d both be wrong.
14 The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.
15 Politicians and diapers have one thing in common. They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason.
16 Children: You spend the first 2 years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next 16 years telling them to sit down and shut-up.
17 If sex is a pain in the ass, then you’re doing it wrong…
18 Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
19 Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good evening’, and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t.
20 A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station..
21 My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
22 I didn’t fight my way to the top of the food chain to be a vegetarian
23 If you think nobody cares if you’re alive, try missing a couple of payments.
24 I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.
25 If God is watching us, the least we can do is be entertaining.
26 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
27 If 4 out of 5 people SUFFER from diarrhea… does that mean that one enjoys it?
28 Some people are like Slinkies … not really good for anything, but you can’t help smiling when you see one tumble down the stairs.
29 How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
30 Did you know that dolphins are so smart that within a few weeks of captivity, they can train people to stand on the very edge of the pool and throw them fish?
31 A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it.
32 Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.
33 Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
34 To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
35 A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.
36 I saw a woman wearing a sweat shirt with “Guess” on it…so I said “Implants?”
37 Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
38 A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.
39 The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!
40 Good girls are bad girls that never get caught.
41 Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.
42 Laugh at your problems, everybody else does.
43 The shinbone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.
44 Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says “If an emergency, notify:” I put “DOCTOR”. What’s my mother going to do?
45 He who smiles in a crisis has found someone to blame.
46 The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.
47 I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
48 Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
49 God must love stupid people. He made SO many.
50 Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.
51 The sole purpose of a child’s middle name, is so he can tell when he’s really in trouble.
52 Never get into fights with ugly people, they have nothing to lose.
53 Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
54 Never hit a man with glasses. Hit him with a baseball bat.
55 My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.
56 Some people say “If you can’t beat them, join them”. I say “If you can’t beat them, beat them”, because they will be expecting you to join them, so you will have the element of surprise.
57 Some cause happiness wherever they go. Others whenever they go.
58 It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
59 Crowded elevators smell different to midgets.
60 Hospitality: making your guests feel like they’re at home, even if you wish they were.
61 You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.
62 Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.
63 I discovered I scream the same way whether I’m about to be devoured by a great white shark or if a piece of seaweed touches my foot.
64 A bargain is something you don’t need at a price you can’t resist.
65 My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you’re ugly too.
66 I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
67 Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.
68 A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.
69 We have enough gun control. What we need is idiot control.
70 You’re never too old to learn something stupid.
71 I should’ve known it wasn’t going to work out between my ex-wife and me. After all, I’m a Libra and she’s a bitch.
72 A little boy asked his father, “Daddy, how much does it cost to get married?” Father replied, “I don’t know son, I’m still paying.”
73 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine.
74 Women may not hit harder, but they hit lower.
75 Knowledge is power, and power corrupts. So study hard and be evil.
76 There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away.
77 I don’t trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn’t die.
78 Worrying works! 90% of the things I worry about never happen.
79 Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
80 I always take life with a grain of salt, …plus a slice of lemon, …and a shot of tequila.
81 If at first you don’t succeed, skydiving is not for you!
82 I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.
83 When in doubt, mumble.
84 I like work. It fascinates me. I sit and look at it for hours.
85 To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.
86 Jesus loves you, but everyone else thinks you’re an asshole.
87 A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.
88 A TV can insult your intelligence, but nothing rubs it in like a computer.
89 Just remember…if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off.
90 I got in a fight one time with a really big guy, and he said, “I’m going to mop the floor with your face.” I said, “You’ll be sorry.” He said, “Oh, yeah? Why?” I said, “Well, you won’t be able to get into the corners very well.”
91 Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever.
92 You are such a good friend that if we were on a sinking ship together and there was only one life jacket… I’d miss you heaps and think of you often.
93 When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.
94 Hallmark Card: “I’m so miserable without you, it’s almost like you’re still here.”
95 Virginity is like a soapbubble, one prick and it is gone.
96 Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.
97 If winning isn’t everything why do they keep score?
98 If you keep your feet firmly on the ground, you’ll have trouble putting on your pants.
99 If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child.
100 Whoever coined the phrase “Quiet as a mouse” has never stepped on one.

SAMM, you’ve made me laugh out loud. Just as well I have an office to myself.

Hope your shoulder is getting better. Nicky

I watch documentaries, travel and food/cookery but not competitions such as bake off or Masterchef and I love to watch tennis. I rarely watch sit coms or drama series and miss some good stuff which I’m trying to remedy, but I don’t turn the TV on every day so it is easy to miss things. I’ve never seen Downton Abbey.
I like QI, but don’t watch any sitcoms. I used to love anything that Ronnie Barker did and will happily watch re-runs of the two Ronnies, Porridge, Open all Hours 😆
I asked for vouchers when I gave up work and bought a new music system and I listen to music often, and have a record deck so play my ancient LPs, also CDs and playlists from my iPhone.
I’m trying to get back into the habit of going to the cinema every week, but there is a dearth of films that I want to see at the moment.

AO, hi and thanks.

I’ve just been given another contact for a painter and it sounds promising 🙂

I used to do on call and could be called any time day or night so before the days of video recorders I stopped watching series of most things as it was so annoying to miss an episode and not know what was going on the next time I watched. I’ve never got back into the habit of watching them.
I don’t watch soaps either :nope:

One solution for those of us who are picky about what we watch on the box is BBC iPlayer. I and OH have very different tastes in telly. Sadly he likes the stupid stuff, he is a bloke after all, 🙁 So I download my preferences mostly factual – art, history and other documentaries – and the occasional quality one-off drama, on to the iPlayer and watch them at my leisure. It doesn’t cover absolutely everything, probably about 90%.

There are similar ‘watch when you want’ players for commercial channels. Keen cook that I am, I rarely watch cookery programmes, apart from Rick Stein’s various series, and I can’t be doing with competitions.

Good morning all . The sun is shining this morning and I am clocking in here before the hammering starts next door . I am not complaining as they are a young couple and our old neighbour ( who was a lovely man ) was in his 90’s , SOOO they have a lot of work to do .

Our daughter In law went down to take Dad out yesterday at 1 o’clock and he refused to get up as ” he was nice and cosy” she is great as her hubby (our eldest) is.I don’t know how we would manage without them , they take dad out twice a week . both take him on their own or with our granddaughters aged 20 and 25 . Did I tell you he put a pear in his pocket the other day ?
Hubby was laughing the other day as we were passing bed covers ,sheets etc and I said “relax pal they are too big to put in his pockets” . Dad was such a gentleman ,mind you he still is and still has all his manners but the Alzheimers has made him a wee bit of a “collector” lol for want of a better word .

I am off now to check e-mails etc before the noise starts . Going for flu jab tomorrow and hair appointment on Thursday .
Normal eating day BUT had to put my ice cream in “That Ross forced me to eat last night” Ha! ha! . just a wee blip he said lol .

SAMM loved the jokes pal . I wish I could remember some of them though .

Have a nice day /night guys and try to be good 🙂

Wee xx

Hi Smiffy,

I’d better at least attempt to keep this short as I’m supposed to be working. But this is my lunch break after all.

I also used to love Frasier, but somehow it started to go downhill and Daphne used to annoy the hell out of me. I’d gladly revisit the earlier stuff, though.

Good thinking re Spanish-Welsh ex. The true story is that his dad was a Spanish Civil War refugee, a Republican sympathiser (i.e. anti-Franco) and Jewish to boot, and therefore likely to be very vulnerable under an extreme right wing regime. Quite a character, he had two sets of ID papers, one Republican, one Franco-ist – don’t ask, I haven’t clue how he managed it. He met the ex’s Welsh mum in London where I think she was in domestic service. He was a customer of the Spanish bank where I worked. When he died the bank gave his daughter a job. She and I got on well and one day she invited me home, where I met her elder brother and the rest, as they say, is (ancient) history.

You say your OH doesn’t do ‘abroad’. Left to his own devices mine wouldn’t either. He has been known to come out with such gems as ‘what’s the point of Rome?’, or ‘why bother going to Paris?’ or just plain ‘I want to go home’. He was happy enough to go on exotic beach holidays with his ex and small kids, especially as a lot of them came either free or very cheap with the job.

Fortunately, he has mellowed and has become somewhat easier to please. I’m quite willing to travel alone for relatively short stretches. A few years back I went on my own to Berlin to catch an exhibition, about which I had translated reams, before it jetted off to the Far East. Suddenly I was back in my 20s, sitting on a cafe terrace, completely free, watching the world go by, without a soul knowing where I was. I’m pleased to say Him Indoors likes Germany, Holland and Scandinavia and we both enjoyed the eastern USA especially New England and also Chicago where we began our last trip. We don’t really agree on New York, which I absolutely love.

His favourite is Spain, he even started talking about moving there. However, there are times when I feel I’ve ‘had’ Spain, with so much of my past life – personal, academic, work – connected with the place, not always very happily. Every now and then we go there to keep him sweet, but there are many more places I’d prefer to be.

That’s it for now. Hermaj has left the building…

Good morning fellow fasters, a lovely morning here. Wow so much to catch up on after having a sleep, unfortunately work beckons so I must go and prepare for that. I’ll try to catch up over lunch otherwise it will be tonight.

Hi All,
I have been doing the 5:2 for about 3 weeks. When I started my weight was 83 and now i am about 79. Today is my fast day and I have fruits (banana with apples and and orange), Quinoa and chicken for the day. I ran about 12 kms yesterday at 6.25 per Km so very happy although I didnt feel it was that good. Went to the gym early this morning so all good and ready for the day.