Hi again everyone, just back from the dentist.

Purple, only scrape and clean for me too so came out again with perfect teeth 🙂

Nama, yes very sad about the two horses yesterday. I’m seen as a bit of a party pooper but never take part in sweeps (or buy lottery tickets &c…). Grew up with parents hammering ‘no-one wins from gambling’ and ‘God wants you to earn money from doing work not from games of chance’. Still believe the first, left the second op. behind long ago but old habits are hard to break.

Happy and AO, sadly, can’t say I’ve lost my sweet tooth, such as it was. I’d still walk over hot coals for a cream bun or the like. Just enjoying first coffee of the week, especially so as it was delayed from usual 7.30am by dentist appt.

Take care all and keep up the good work.

thanks for this post

Aussie Oma what a fantastic achievement a 10kg loss is significant a milestone if you like congratulations to you. And in double quick time a matter of weeks.. In the year 2013 i went from 99kg to 89kg and it took ALL 365 days to do it and only just..
This WOL is truly life changing..

Morning all.

What a lot of interesting posts to read from the Southern hemisphere gang and SAMM. Everyone is well and happy, which is good to know.

I just got on the scales. It is 12 weeks and 1 day since I started this WOE again and I have lost 25lbs! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am pain free this morning too. I can hardly believe it 😛

Jojo, I’m happy to hear that you are having a fab time. Don’t buy the jacket unless it is really really tight, because otherwise it’ll be too big in a few months time.

Have a great day/evening everyone, I know I shall 🙂

Amazon it sure does get easier as you get your head (and mind) around the fasting/non-fasting.

So far today on a non-FD I’ve only consumed 779 calories and I’ve had my main meal for the day. I’ll maybe have some Ryvita’s or some yoghurt to increase at least to 900 or 1,000 today as tomorrow is another FD for this week (hoping to lose another 800g to make the 10kg mark on Friday). Regardless I’m absolutely rapt with the the results to date and all without stress and hard/fast rules.

Nama you’ll get there too if you follow the simple way of doing this WOE/WOL 😀 … never would I have thought almost 7 weeks ago that I would have lost almost 10kg … I’ve never lost weight so effortlessly before in my life and the fact that I don’t feel deprived and in fact feel terrible that I’ve got to try and increase my intake to make a reasonable amount for the day goes to show just how easy it is as usually it would be trying to cut down enough to only eat 1,200 calories for the day (real hardship) where now on a FD I eat 400 calories or less and it’s no effort at all as it’s only for ONE day, the next day, if I so choose, I can eat anywhere up to my TDEE but preferably no higher than my BMR, so there’s no feeling of “missing out” or “suffering” or any of the other negatives that usually come along with a “regular” diet program.

Amazon that is truly A M A Z (on) I N G results go you, really happy for you, that’s an awesome result 😀

Hi Jojo, Wee, Nicky, RT, SAMM and everyone else, please forgive me for not mentioning you by name if I haven’t done so. Has anyone heard from Smiffy lately or have I missed her posts? Hope all is well with her and all of you 😀 .

Hi Amazon

I wrote HUGE congratulations to you on your wonderful weight loss, and my post has vanished. Well done!

Cheers, Bay 🙂

AO, I agree with Amazon. Why eat if you’re really not hungry. Congratulations on your weight loss. Cheers, Bay 🙂

i want to go for 2lbs a week but i think the gym was putting alot of tension in some of my muscles and its not alwys good weight loss unlss you sick to exhausting cardio which i aoid really

I don’t exercise either But I do a lot of running about .I have a vibration plate but I did too much on it one day a few weeks ago and I was sore all over so I am getting back slowly at just a few minutes every second day . I just like the feeling that I am doing SOMETHING.

OMG I am turning into an auld wimp . I was brought up in the country and beasties don’t usually worry me But I hate worms . I was preparing a sweetheart ( pointy )cabbage a few minutes ago and when I WAS CLEARING UP I LIFTED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A WEE BIT CABBAGE I picked up a wee green caterpillar AND IT CURLED UP yuck!! it felt horrible .I then put it all in the bin . This from a woman that used to let the big hairy caterpillars walk all over her hands . Now!! how sad am I lol .

Wee xx

I think your right Lizzy . I thought it was a wee bit cabbage and didn’t expect it to roll op in my fingers . Just glad I had been to the loo BEFORE I picked it up lol .

Wee xx

PS Lizzy I know what you mean . I have nightmares and once when my sons were small I had a dream where there was a man in the wardrobe with a gun and he was going to shoot us . We don’t see guns here in Scotland (I have never seen one ) . When I have a nightmare it takes hubby a long time to calm me down sooo the boys saw me terrified . They were really scared and for a long time worried that there might be a man in the wardrobe with a gun ….so I know what you mean xx

Weemam oh yeah ❗ you know it and didn’t have to wash the plate either 😯 straight back into the cupboard licked clean 😆

Wee,

I had a particularly grim experience earlier this year… I grew my own broccoli, but it wasn’t until I’d cooked some that I realised it was full of caterpillars. OH seemed happy to pick their little boiled/ steamed bodies off (they were still clinging on tight in death), but it put me off my greens! Next year I’m going to net my brassicas 🙂

Very groggy this morn. But wanted to congratulate amazon for finding the way.Great results Happy for you. Keep On Keepin On

Also keep in mind folks that the 5:2 method is a way to lose fat wether we exercise or not. However its not a meal plan that burns muscle protein. So its very safe. So if the goal is to lose fat… make the diet portion the focus point. It does work thank god!

im on a fast day and hungry as its a work day.
just simple red beans. I have to wait to break my fast until I go work much later. Looking forward ti shrimp and vegetables with oatmeal later for lunch.
but hoping I see a good result . If not I’ll keep on for another week.

So funny Happy! Broccoli garnished with caterpillars! You and Wee would not like my compost….I dug into it yesterday and picked up a worm that I thought was a baby snake, at least 6″ long and very wriggly! You are right Wee, probably plenty of (lean) protein in them. I feel sorry for Happys little guys though, cooked alive!

We are off to our escape today, til Sunday night at least. Husband officially retired but still contracting so needs to be back for work Mon. Will be plenty of gardening and walks as well. Your turn will come SAMM, never thought I would be retired and still feel far too young for it, but the calendar shows otherwize! It has come round very quickly! Hope your day is not too busy.

http://www.atimetolaugh.org/aging-with-humor.html

For Everything There is a Season:  A Time to Weep, A Time to Laugh.  Ecclesiastes 3

Aging With HumorGetting Older Should be Fun

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, “How old was your husband?” “98,” she replied. Two years older than me.” “So you’re 96,” the undertaker commented. She responded, “Hardly worth going home, is it?” 

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: “And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?” the reporter asked. She simply replied, “Nopeer pressure.” 

The nice thing about being senile is you can hide your own Easter eggs.

Aging With Humor

I’ve sure gotten old! I’ve had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. I’m half blind, can’t hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. Can’t remember if I’m 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver’s license. 

I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor’s permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.

An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes  scattered over Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart?” the preacher exclaimed. “Why Wal-Mart?” Then I’ll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week.” 

My memory’s not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory’s not as sharp as it used to be. 

Know how to prevent sagging? Just eat till the wrinkles fill out.

It’s scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.

These days about half the stuff in my shopping cart says, “For fast relief.” 

Remember: You don’t stop laughing because you grow old, You grow old 
because you stop laughing. 

THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. 

I  planted some bird seed. A bird came up. Now I don’t know what to feed it.

I had amnesia once — or maybe twice.

All I ask is a chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.

What is a “free” gift? Aren’t all gifts free?

They told me I was gullible… and I believed them.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and when he grows up, he’ll never be able to merge his car onto a freeway.

Two can live as cheaply as one, for half as long.

Experience is the thing you have left when everything else is gone.

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

My weight is perfect for my height — which varies.

I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure.

The cost of living hasn’t affected its popularity.

How can there be self-help “groups”?

If swimming is so good for your figure, how do you explain whales?

Is it my imagination, or do buffalo wings taste like chicken

From.

Netting is the way to go………………

My husband reckons I only grow my very expensive vegies just to feed the critters 🙁 P

I had chopped it all up and had it in the pot with cold water . When I saw the caterpillar I poured all the water out and put the cabbage in the council food caddy so the wee beastie will be united with lots of family now lol .

Samm loved all the jokes pal I keep a record of EVERYTHING I eat and drink on FD and nonFD

Tomorrow I am having frozen turnip and frozen sprouts 🙂 🙂 🙂

Wee xx

Hi smiffy
Nice to hear from you pal . We were all wondering where you were . Midnight now and I am off to bed . take care ..Night everyone ,

Wee xx

Hi Smiffy, Good to hear from you. 🙂

Samm, did you ask if anyone keeps a food diary? I record water plus what I eat as I don’t count calories. I use it to manage quantity of food, and also to make sure of nutritional contents. And to balance my food intake. 😉

Cheers, Bay 🙂

Hi SAMM,

The only recording I do (with pen and notebook as I am a Luddite), is daily weight and general description of food on fast days. Plus any relevant comment relating to activity, mood, reflections on progress etc. I keep it brief though. I calculate calories somewhat roughly as a lifetime of weight watching has given me a good basic understanding, plus the big attraction of this plan (for me) is it’s flexibility. I find cal counting a real drag and if I can continue to lose weight then I really have found the ‘perfect diet’. I don’t own a smart phone or any smart apps, the iPad and my digital camera is the most technical I get! And it’s not in my nature to hurry!

The only edible plants I have ever grown inside were various herbs on a sunny windowsill. Edible but don’t go far if you are hungry! Are you trying to outsmart the weather? I can’t see why it wouldn’t work if you researched it, what about all those hydroponic “substances” some people grow….

Oh Jojo what very sad news. Everything is crossed for your brother in law, and I do hope you are feeling better soon. What an awful end to your holiday. Look after yourself xx

Hi Jojo. Thinking of you and your brother in law and hoping for the best. Bay

Hi all
No sunshine here but no frost either.

Jojo – Sorry to hear about your brother in law. This story is very close to home for me so my fingers are crossed for him.

Like Amazon, only a pot of basil on my kitchen windowsill. There’s often parsley and coriander too, bought as and when needed. We do have thyme, mint and rosemary in a pot outside but the mint is looking a bit sad now.

I had a really good fasting day yesterday. I managed to wait till almost 6pm before eating so I combined my two planned meals (2 small slices of bread and 1 egg made into eggy bread with 400g tinned tom’s on top, tomato juice slurped off a spoon 🙂 ) Then I went to karate class and had a really good time. I had a nice pear at bedtime.

This morning the scales hadn’t budged but the tape measure told a different story with half an inch off my waist. Yippee!

Lizzypb

Jojo my thoughts are with you during this awful time. I hope and pray that the medico’s are able to heal your Brother-in-Law. I also hope/pray that you are well again soon as this is a double whammy for you at this time, hugs.

SAMM loves the laughs, Smiffy glad to hear from you (puppies are really no problem at this age, we just give a little top up at night to give mum a little bit of a rest … tonight between the four of them they consumed 25mls only … and mum only needed the “special” brekkie for the first three days)

Another FD done and dusted here … hoping that the little I need to lose this week to get to my first goal is gone … already lost most of that this week just need a little more to get 10kg gone. Today 475 calories but only because I ate some cheese … needed a little dairy/calcium.