Hi Amazon. The dogs are much better thanks. The vet has had 70% of the test results back and it seems to be nothing sinister. They each have some kind of bug in their gut, which apparently affects 40% of dogs, most of whom don’t have any adverse problems, but he thinks that it may trigger a reaction combined with the food we give them so we may have to introduce a new brand slowly. Will wait for the rest of the results before deciding.

BTW, we had to go to London on Monday, and I thought of you as we drove past the signs to Kew Gardens!

JoJo
My heart goes out to you and your family. Please follow your strong heart.

I know this advice maybe very weak , but I’ll share.
When. Faced with respiratory issues avoid the high spay in the shower that creates the mist.
Facets of all kinds have bacteria when in contact with oxygen. However when were well this is not an issue, but when were deathly I’ll the shower head can put out bacteria we can’t continually fight.

Better to just have a soak . Than to use the bacteria spayer.

Stay your course if you can!
Your family is in my thoughts and prayers.

Hiya Aussie it is 6;30 quite cold and miserable ,but cosy inside . Well done on your loss pal . I love how the posts here are always so positive .

Wee xx

Feed day for me and I’m ravenous .

FISH !

Canned skinless salmon and yams with russet potatoes and green beans!
Wife is being very kind to me today!
Dandelion tea and blueberries for snack.

Last fast day tommorow before weigh in on Saturday .

Jojo very stressing to get bad news when you are away i do hope all the powerful and positive thought from your extended family on here can help him and your good self get through this time ok
It is tipped to reach 37 deg today a fast day for me so plenty of fluids and a weigh in the morning have a good Friday Fast Friends
Peace Love and Happiness
RT

Hi everyone.

Jojo, no need to apologise for feeling down, who wouldn’t? Sending biggest e-hug possible and best wishes for your own and your brother-in-law’s speedy recoveries. As Weemam said, medical people can (almost) perform miracles. Look after yourself.

Nothing much to report, hot day with extreme bushfire risk here. Thinking of you AO, RT and Emel. OH tested the bushfire sprinkler system earlier this week and yesterday brushcut the winter/spring grass. It’s still green but not much more growth unless we get some unusual rain from hereon.

Sorry if it’s a fasting day for anyone but made a second batch of sourdough bread for lunch – much better this time as I left the second rising in the tins for nearly 12 hours before baking. OH tells me that while it’s OK he prefers the bread I make with Laucke’s bread mix in the bread maker! Will persevere until I produce something I consider acceptable because it’s a challenge. Would really like to find a good reference on chemistry of bread baking – so many variables and difficult to work out what influences what. Have at least 6 bread books but all very thin on the technical stuff.

Take care everyone and keep up the good work. Your positive attitudes are worth gold and keep me inspired and focussed. In the immortal words of Jeff Fenech (Australian boxer) I loves youse all!

Hi jojo,

Fingers crossed for your brother-in-law. If all goes well this could bizarrely be the beginning of a better life for him and your sister?

Sorry you’ve not come back from your hols feeling hale and hearty. There’s no justice!

You’ve shown that you’re strong and determined though, so I know you can get through all the cr*p life throws at you…and emerge a swan? butterfly? You choose!

Hi everyone

We haven’t heard from hermaj since Monday. Hope she’s OK.

Jojo – wrap up well tomorrow night at the bonfire party. I hope your cough clears up soon. Coughing really takes it out of you but I’ve often found that being outside makes me feel better when I’ve got a nasty cold. Chest infection is another matter entirely though 🙁

My pregnant daughter has had one cold after another lately. Just 6 weeks to go before her little boy arrives. These are exciting times 🙂

Fasting tomorrow for me. I’m making soup.

Lizzypb

Hi everyone, Jojo thank goodness there’s some light coming for your sister and brother in law re his health, now you can concentrate on getting yourself well … healing vibes heading your way 😀

Just back from dinner and even though I left half my mains I still feel stuffed and I just do NOT like that feeling!!! Next time I’ll have to leave more I think.

Had a good evening with friends. Current temp is down to 29C we got to 39 here today and had a strong wind most of the day and that has gone now too. Puppies and fur kids all doing well even with the heat as we keep them as cool as we can. Misting sprays and ceiling fans in the kennels, wet towel for mum and bubs as otherwise babies can get too cold and evaporative air con for the one in the house (just turned it off when I got home as it was too cool for me 😀 )

He to everyone have a wonderful day/evening and I’ll see you all tomozz 😀

Hi everyone,

Thanks for your concern I’m OK, just not feeling very chatty, but I have followed events from the sidelines.

jojo, sorry to hear what a difficult time you’ve been having. It’s good that there is somewhat better news about your brother-in-law, but it doesn’t remove much of the anxiety. Fingers crossed he’ll emerge relatively unscathed and that he can be persuaded to follow your example by shifting a lot of weight, thereby improving his chances of recovering his health.

You were all correct in assuming I was busy ‘transalating’ as some people – not the refined ladies and gents on this thread, I hasten to add – call it. Until yesterday I was working flat out

It’s been a fairly typical week in the life of an Arts & Media specialist.The first job I did in the last week was from German, all about Polish film posters under Communism. Rather than accept “sensationalist” Western posters to advertise films made in the West, they designed their own sometimes weird but very striking ones. The second was from Spanish and dealt with Pre-Colombian featherwork textiles in Peru. Both for a glossy magazine issued free to punters who buy a certain band of very posh watches.

Certainly keeps the old brain in gear. 🙂

Hi jojo, hope you’re feeling better.

Hi Hermaj, Glad to hear from you.

Hi RT, thanks for coleslaw recipe link.

Off to sleep now. Cheers, Bay 🙂

jojo, I confess to being a mine of useless information, good at quizzes and general knowledge crosswords. 🙂 Problem is with my job, I might get to be an expert on something if I’m translating a book or an exhibition catalogue on that specific subject. Sadly, once the project is finished I forget the whole lot. Apparently it happens to everyone, even the younger translators.

I also confess to falling short on the exercise when busy. While writing my MA dissertation (still no results!) I didn’t put my nose outside the door for 10 days. 🙁

It helps a bit that we live in a very weird conversion spread over 4 levels so I do a lot of running up and down stairs. My dyspraxia/ham-fistedness also keeps me fit as I constantly have to bend down to pick up things I’ve dropped or knocked over onto the floor.

I seem to be stuck on another plateau weight-wise, although it’s 6 kilos lower than the previous 5-month-long one. My new policy is, fast or feast day, don’t eat unless you are really, really hungry. Fasting today, I’ve had 3 cups of tea with semi-skimmed and that’s it.

Encouraging but a tad inconvenient, the M&S tarted-up duffel coat I bought last year is now way too large. Looking on the bright side there’ll be a lot of room for layers when it gets colder.

Hello all.

Jojo you poor chicken, you sound terrible! Three boxes of tissues says it all! Try to rest, your body needs to heal. And I am sorry, I disagree…take the drugs! I know many people try to avoid them, but even just at bedtime surely? You will get a better sleep if you take something going to bed. I usually take paracetamol and codeine if arthritic knees sore … Stronger than just plain paracetamol and the codeine has a sedative effect. Obviously not all the time but this sounds like one of those times.( I avoid anti inflammatories like ibuprofen as they are very hard on the gut – Nurses are big on ‘self medicating’ ) I just think you need to sleep when you are so sick.

Glad you haven’t gone AWOL Hermaj, don’t you overdo it either! Nice to meet another clumsy person….if there is something to drop I will drop it. My son is similar and I tell him that we are special, we have a ‘gift’! I don’t just drop things, I trip over and bump into things too. Lots of injuries gardening, have needed stitches when putting a gardening fork thru a finger and once almost took the end off another one with secateurs.

Had a lovely long walk by the river this morning, followed by big day in the garden at Jamieson. Roses fabulous with their first Spring flush and all the trees looking great. Easier to ignore food when outside on a beautiful day. Not looking forward to Summer though, sounds like it was uncomfortable in SA today, 39 way too hot!

I am glad your puppies are coping with the heat AO, poor Mum! I used to hate visiting neonates at home in the heat, most of them were tiny prems and needed to be kept cool but not too cold!

I better get to bed, almost 2am!

Hi Nama,

Maybe we should set up Dyspraxics International. Nowadays, kids with poor coordination get help. When I was a kid and right into my teens it was seen as naughtiness and rewarded with a clip round the ear.

I don’t know about you, but by some miracle I have never hurt myself or anyone else through my ham-fistedness and I’ve broken surprisingly few things. Worst injury, a sprained ankle (never broken anything) and I’ve never, ever been hospitalised.

Sadly, my fear of doing damage made me not dare to pick up my beautiful great-nephew when he was very wee. As he spent a lot of time sitting on the big comfy sofa to watch his mum doing her stuff, I was able to sit beside him and stroke his tiny bare feet, which he seemed to like.

Hi Amazon ,

Let’s hear it for Voltarol, which actually works without our having to ingest nasty substances. Glad you find it helpful, too.

I had to get refitted for walking , My boots weren’t helping my inner hip/thigh. Especially the combat jump boots. But I needed the ruggedness to be the baddest ass runner in the warehouse to my privilege position. I even get to wield a staff to push product along. I never thought I would could do anything like it.

But my point JoJo is start with proper fitting shoes , use the yoga and stability Bally to strengthen the muscles that support the hip . Then you’ll be in best position to strive forward. Matters not the fat loss if it’s hurting you into submission . Yes?

I had the experience of having to relearn to walk again. It was humbling! What I can share is the wrong shoes cause a lot of pain! After I got the right fit. Then I became strong and free once again!

I don’t run like a gazelle though. Lol . More like a pissed off marine! Hiding behind a smile!

Everyone else in the place wears tennis shoes , but I need the ankle support. Non better than military jump boots! Especially if they fit like slippers when properly fitted. I go through 1 pair every 90 days walking the 4 story cat walks.

Sleeping in 5,4,3,2,zzzzz zzz

Hi SAMM.

Well done to you 😛

I am torturing myself by baking a Christmas cake on a FD. The whole place smells of cake. I must be crazy!

Weemam, I’ve got a lot to do between now and when I go on holiday, and with Christmas coming up I’m trying to get organised so there is no panic when I get back on 5th December. I make cakes for presents so I make one every week at this time of year. This is the last one, and despite being driven mad by the smell, I’m really pleased to have it done. I can pack it away for a month to mature and then decorate it nearer to Christmas.

I was in the queue in Boots the Chemist today and at the till they had chocolate Reindeer filled with Maltesers, rather like the MaltEaster bunnies. I rarely eat milk chocolate but I love them and I picked one up to buy it then remembered that I’m fasting today 😆

Fortunately I prefer the finished object.

The one problem I’m having with this WOE is buying too much food. I’ve just done next week’s menu plan and I don’t need to buy anything as there is so much in the fridge. I guess it’ll be easier when I get to maintenance…..

Well done SAMM and RT … great to see you’re both losing too 😀

Jojo hopefully you’re feeling more the thing now and the dreaded lurgy has gone away.

I too would suggest at night to take a pain killer IF needed. OH had a painful back/hip the other day, gave some massage and just after that a pain killer and before he knew it he was sleeping and felt much better in the morning. I don’t advocate tablets all the time as I will not give him one of the stronger ones each day (he’s not needed one since btw) but if it’s needed I will give him ONE (they’re panadeine forte so quite strong).

Off to dog club today for a show (again I’m steno’ing for the judge) so another busy day, just glad it’s not going to be as warm as yesterday (only about 24 today) plus the show should not go too long as there are not a great deal of entries according to my sources, lol 😀

Have a great day/evening everyone 😀

Awww jojo take care and keep warm . we will all be here for you when you feel better .

Wee xx

Hiya Emel . You are human and allowed to make mistakes , we all do . That is the beauty of this WOL . You fall off the horse and just get back on . Come in here and we will all help each other along . ..

Wee xx

Emil
Can’t say just how pleased I am with your realization that you Can do this woe WOL over time.

I too felt disappointed on the weeks I couldn’t do it. But I kept on trying, kept changing days to fit my schedule. A year and half later I’m still changing my days and times. But I’m so very feeling empowered!

@amazon.
My mistakes in the beginning also included buying to much food.
In time I started buying only what I need from a store that delivers.
That way I had a lot more control, and a lot less temptation.
I switched to dried fruits, only because I was having not the best choice of fruits delivered, and the dried fruits lasted much longer. I eat the dried fruits on feed days . As there are many benefits still in the dried fruits.
One in particular . Dried apricot. I wish I could give link , but can’t the reference.
Dried apricot can change the ph score of fats during digestion, so a long as not eaten with cold water drinks. The benefit is it supposed to alter fat chemistry in way that is doesn’t create plaques that stick to aertery wall. So it’s a way to intake meat fats without as high risk of heart disease.
So I keep the dried apricots on the delivery list, and when I eat steak or chicken. I eat the apricots as the dessert. I’ve been experimenting with them too. Trying to put them in dips and hummus. Not found the right combination yet. But I keep trying.

@jojo
Recently you were inspired by scientific progress with connecting spinal Injury tissue. I right there with you believing it should be funded fully as it could make a lot of folks quality of dramatically improved.

Sharing something that inspired me. I watched a Soldier with his hands blown off using robotic hands. What was inspiring was he was using a smart phone to record movements. He was able to use voice commands to the phone that directed the movements of the fingers to pick a dime up off a table.
To cook and turn pages. I was truly inspired.

I’m going to keep on with 4:3 through till thanksgiving end of this month.
Then take a planned break.
Thing is I don’t feel I need the break as feel accustomed to this woe wol now. But , will use the free time explore what I’m missing. And hopefully focus more on healing and cleansing foods that are not low calories. As I’ll use the many TDEE days to help make my feed days just as beneficial as my fast days.
Trying my best to decide to commit to that approach rather than just hoping.
To be honest I just don’t feel I have enough meals in my “enjoy” list.
I do however like turkey and cranberries. With sweet potato and green beans.
Silly me! Talking myself into a hunger . He he he.

Ok , going for a duration jumperope session , it’s cold outside tonite, I like to jump in the cold air, as Im comfortable in the sweat pants and shirts. That help when I miss and the rope beads whip me.
I feel up to lifting this weekend too. I’m trying to get to 300lb bench press. . When deliver my after picture I want it to be of me lifting my start weight over head. 274lbs. That’s just a silly frivolous goal I have. But a very motivating mark to strive for.

Good luck fast trackers!

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=faq&dbid=24

I enjoyed this simple to read  pages on the subject of immune system and the GI tract.

I recommend reading it when we get the opportunity.

Here’s a passage.

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Maintaining a healthy gastrointestinal barrier is essential for optimal immune function.

Of the physical barriers between your internal organs and the outside world, your gastrointestinal tract is of primary importance. The gastrointestinal tract is like an internal skin, but it has about 150 times more surface than does your outside skin. It also contains the largest number of immune cells of your whole body, constituting approximately 60% of your entire immune system.

It may be surprising that the gastrointestinal tract has more of your immune system localized within it than any other organ in your body; however, it has a very difficult role. Your gastrointestinal tract comes into contact with the largest amount and number of different molecules and organisms of any organ in your whole body. Just as an example, the average person ingests more than 25 tons of food over his or her lifetime.

And, unlike your skin or even your lungs, your gastrointestinal tract must figure out how to keep out damaging molecules and pathogenic organisms, while still letting in the nutrients and food components your body needs to survive. So, it has to be selective in its protection. The gastrointestinal mucosal layer has the unique role of keeping out damaging molecules and organisms, like harmful bacteria and viruses, while allowing in only the health-promoting nutrients, molecules and substances. In a perfect scenario, only the beneficial nutrients and phytonutrients are absorbed into the body, while non-beneficial substances and organisms never make it across this barrier and are excreted from your body.

The foods you eat can provide support for this barrier or cause damage to it. For instance, alcohol consumption is known to irritate the gastric (stomach) mucosal barrier. Some drugs, for example, the non-steriodal anti-inflammatory drugs like aspirin and ibuprofen, also can harm this barrier. Many nutrients in the World’s Healthiest Foods help to support a healthy barrier. Foods that are high in phosphatidylcholine or its precursor, choline, are particularly beneficial in supporting a healthy gastrointestinal barrier since phosphatidylcholine is one of the components of the protective mucosa that lines your intestinal tract and provides the first barrier defense. Studies have shown that diets low in choline result in low levels of phosphatidylcholine.

ANOTHER LINK TO FOODS HIGHEST IN CHOLINE
List decending .
http://nutritiondata.self.com/foods-000144000000000000000-w.html

SAMM wow wee you are the one your natural and deliberate formulas and analysis is the stuff of envy really 59lbs again I confess to consulting mr google and that is 26.76kg unreal work if you don’t walk past shop windows and sneak a peek look at you and be very pleased with the reflection of self i will be floored
Nama thank you yes its a revelation for sure and a combo of everything but I don’t want fries and a coke with that 😆 this is fascinating information have a look at it when you get home from the country..
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2014/06/14/intermittent-fasting-longevity.aspx
it is challenging our thought process and it works..
RT