CactusRose….that is it exactly!! Reverse dieting is just a way to rest your metabolism. Apparently you can “train” your body to lose weight without starving yourself…who knew!? I will look up info on EM2LW for sure. Thanks!

Salma!! So good to see you! I hope you’ve had a fabulous time and wish you safe travels home. You will get back in the swing of things in short order, I’m sure.

Sherry….are you off on your next adventure? Congrats on the low number on the scale! I could be a skeleton and weigh more than 118!!

Cinque……how are you doing? You are always so steady with your fasting……kudos to you.

I had a great time at the golf tournament yesterday. I played well and am looking forward to the weekend to see if I can keep the good play going. One never knows.

I have spent the bulk of today cleaning out my office. It is amazing what one can accumulate in 30+ years! I wanted the new girl to have a nice empty office to make her own when she comes in on Monday.

I did get a little “teary” while going thru drawers etc. It feels funny to have 30 years of my life condensed into a cardboard box. Let the next phase of my life begin!

Have a lovely weekend my friends!

Hello!

Wow–I can’t keep up. We’re leaving Sunday morning for our big trip!! I haven’t been doing that great but I haven’t lost too much ground either. I’ll see if I can check in a time or two while we’re gone.

Best of luck to all!

Part 3

Hi Carolina!
You are a winner by doing what you can!
Make the most of that big trip! We will love to hear how it is going, if you get the chance!

As far as I have read, 5:2 does not in and of itself slow the metabolism. But I think sometimes we think more is better…if I lose weight cutting calories, maybe I should cut calories every day, and still fast two days a week. That’s why the calculator incorporates activity level into the non fasting days. So we don’t undereat on a consistent basis.

Have a lovely weekend all. Working the weekend so I’ll catch up next week.

Cactus rose, I meant to say “hi” to you too! 🙂 I’m hoping you’re doing well and hitting your stride. 12 hour days! UGH! You’re my hero! Don’t know if I could do it! 😉

Hello! It is Sunday morning here. Sunny and very cold!

Fast day, yay! Yesterday I just wanted to eat all day. I ate good things, but an awful lot of them, I think I need today’s fast day to just balance it out!

Sherry, I know! I click the previous page in a new tab and then accidentally start writing at the bottom of that page too! And go back and forward checking what people have said!
Lucky we have this big long page before it happens again!

I hope you had a wonderful night with the beach and bonfire, after the worry and drama of the night before. Dehydration is a nasty thing, even without diabetes! I have to watch out too.

I’m glad that wraps and soup came to your mind too! I will talk it over with my nieghbour, who conveniently runs a cafe, tomorrow. He should have a good perspective and lots of tips.

Lori, take lots of water on your golf course day! I hope it isn’t as hot tomorrow. Hit lots of balls into holes!!!

And I so hope that the new ‘you’ at work is great fun, and your last couple of months are the best!

Cheers!

Good Morning!

Yes, this retirement thing is sneaking up on me. I go thru times of elation and times of apprehension. Ah well….it is happening and I will move on to the next phase of my life. I know I will love it, but sometimes the doubt creeps in. I have crunched the numbers and I’m sure we’ll be fine, but then I start overthinking. Round and round I go.

As far as the metabolism reset. The site eatmore2weighless.com has a metabolism reset guide link about halfway down the page. I also like the site coachcalorie.com if you search the archives for reverse dieting, you’ll find his article on it.

Salma..have a safe trip home and hope your return to work is not too stressful. That is one of the things I sure won’t miss..coming back after vacation to a desk piled high and mistakes to correct!

Off to the golf course again today. It is going to be another hot day.

Later!

Sherry, just saw this and thought of your girls http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-type-1-diabetes-patient-in-europe-is-free-from-insulin-therapy-after-undergoing-diabetes-research-institutes-biohub-transplant-technique-300282581.html

Hello to all,

Thanks Lori for posting about the metabolism reset. Didn’t know about the coachcalorie.com, will check it out.

Sherry, what cleanse did you do after your vacation? Try as I might, I find vacations particularly challenging to not overeat. Perhaps this year will be the year I am not obsessed by thoughts of yummy foods I don’t usually eat…I keep trying!

Sherry, Also absolutely don’t worry about the metabolism reset unless you stall for a very long time. Or have extreme diet fatigue. I had both when I looked into a reset. If this is working for you stay with it girl!

This 5:2 WOE is really fabulous in every way, especially for health. I will say the metabolism reset really improved my relationship with food, and in general I feel more peaceful. The downside about a metabolism reset that I experienced was a bit of a weight gain and worsening of cardiac profile. The HUGE up side to that was I realized how much I love fasting for health. When I was fasting EOD at 800 calories, my cardiac profile was PERFECT. Heart age: 43 when I was 53 years old. Now at 55, my heart age is 65!!! Thus back to fasting twice a week which seems quite manageable to me instead of EOD. By doing a metabolism reset I learned how valuable fasting is for weight loss and health…so here I am again.

A note about losing your posts…other forums have that issue too. Before I leave any page or submit my post, I always copy my entire post in case it disappears. So much less frustration in my life now!

Good Morning!

Well, I made it thru the first day of training. I was SO exhausted by the end of the day. I hadn’t slept well Sunday night, then got up and did boot camp and then off to work where I was on my feet nearly all day. The new girl is very nice and I think she’ll catch on and do well.

I didn’t have time to eat much yesterday….a benefit of being busy! I’m sure we’ll be quite busy each day for the foreseeable future. What would take me an hour takes much longer when you have to explain everything. I was so tired of talking by the time I got home last night! What I have to guard against is worrying myself to death over every detail! I had no one to teach me every detail and I figured it out as I went along…so will she.

Today was supposed to be a running day with my friend, but she has pulled a muscle in her calf and is on crutches! We were at boot camp yesterday and all the sudden she grabbed her lower leg. She said she felt something snap in her calf….not good. She went to the ER and she texted me later and said she “messed up” her muscle, whatever that means. So….I’ve lost my running buddy. I really don’t like going alone, but if I want to continue my training, I’ll have to. Today just was not the day. 😉

Have fun Sherry….hope you have good camping weather!

Hugs to you all…..have a great day!

Salma, Yay for you, keeping the blow-out behaviour to just one day, and getting into the detox today. That is ok! Don’t beat yourself up.

I hope you find the detox diet perfect for getting over your cold, back into work, looking after your parents (fingers crossed they don’t have a blowout of their own after coming home). And that pilates will be wonderful when you are ready for them (well, they are plural aren’t they? 😉 )

Sherry what a lovely message from you in transit. Fingers crossed that Diabetes 1 research keeps coming along in leaps and bounds.

There is a new person on site who has just begun 5:2 with 30 years of Diabetes 1 under his belt. He has to be very careful. I gave an invite to this group if he wants company as he is 50’s!

Well, I’m off to do lots of paperwork. I need Lori here to train me!

Best wishes for a great day everyone!

Finally a good night’s sleep! I had another super busy day yesterday, and came straight home and grabbed a beer from the fridge! Ahh….I needed that. 😉 The new girl and I are getting along great and mix some laughs in with the stress of training/learning.

I didn’t weigh myself this morning….didn’t need the added stress. I “feel” thin…I’m going to run with that feeling! I understand the scale conspiring against you comment..mine does too!

I’ll be heading to boot camp in a few minutes. I kind of overslept, so I have to hurry a bit. I don’t have time to post here during the day, so wanted to pop in first thing this morning and check on you all.

Off I go….have a good day.

GreyMumma, you would expect the scientific piece of equipment to be a bit less temperamental, wouldn’t you? Roll your eyes and keep on keeping on. Soon you will be saying good bye to the 13 stones forever.

Best wishes for your trip Tilly and cheers for your 5:2ing. The general trend downward is all you need! Good luck managing while you are away. It can be so tricky.

Lori I’m glad the new girl is good company, it will make the end of your time there so much more enjoyable. Yay for feeling thin!

Fast day for me today. Enjoying my morning cups of tea!

Good Morning!

Had a rough night here. I was awake from 1:30 until 3 or so with my mind just whirling. Thinking about work, worrying about the declining health of my husband’s cousin. He has taken care of her for years. She is 87 and has some alarming symptoms occurring. My husband took her to the Dr on Tuesday and now they want to do a CT scan on this coming Monday. She lives alone in a huge old house and luckily, she still has her mental faculties. She has severe mobility issues. She was never married and we are her only family. I fear we have a sad time in front of us quite soon. Ah well….part of life.

On a positive note, I stepped on the scale this morning and saw a new lower number. I don’t suppose it will hold, but I saw it! I haven’t been eating much this week and I’m on my feet ALL day. I pace around the office while the new girl does the work. I get her started and then let her give it a go and if she needs guidance, I’m there. She is very trainable and eager to learn.

Sorry for not doing personals. It’s hard for me to keep up when I am only able to check in once a day. Thinking of you all and hoping you are well.

Hooray for lower numbers and good fasting days! I lost another pound as well and another cumulative 2.5 inches. I measure everything mind you so I stay motivated. And feeling better and more energetic.

Good weekend to you all.

Good Morning!

Another weekend has flown by! I spent it on the golf course and it was hot, hot, hot! Stayed hydrated and enjoyed myself despite the heat. A nice cool shower sure felt good when I got home!

Another busy day at work. End of the month and all that. My head spins with all the things I have to share. I’m trying not to get too stressed, as they will figure out what they need to do, just like I did. Rock on October 7!

The scale is at my lowest recorded weight, so that’s good. Now to chip away at this hard lard that is reluctant to budge.

My husband takes his elderly cousin for her CT scan this afternoon. We are afraid that the diagnosis will be lung cancer, based on her symptoms. My Mother in law died of lung cancer 11 years ago and we recognize the signs. Our only concern is that we take good care of her and we will do what needs to be done.

Well, time to head to boot camp. I didn’t have a great night’s sleep, but I’ll make it thru. Busy Monday ahead!

Hugs to you all!

Ooo there are some lovely low numbers popping up, a quick blink first, but soon to become steady (and then to be passed on!).

Salma, The post did stick!
Great to have the nutritionist’s plan at the moment!
And yay for pilates.

Mind you I did the best yoga session I had done for a year (very gentle yoga, modifying the stretches to suit me, in front of lovely Wai Lana dvd) and woke at night with my hips aching, particularly the one I always carried children around on. It has been happening a fair bit lately, but not as bad, so I finally sat down and did some deep googling and worked out it is my gluteal tendon and got found some sensible tips about what to do and not do.
But I had to laugh, I had felt so pleased with myself after a bit of an exercise push!

We are in the middle of a cold spell, but there is sunshine this morning, yay!

Lori, sending best wishes to you all. Was the diagnosis as expected? It is a hard time. She is lucky to have you both.

A quick Hello before heading to boot camp. The scale inched even lower this morning which has me amazed as I had a peanut butter milkshake for lunch yesterday and a lite beer with my dinner! I’ll take it. I knew I was losing as the shirt I wore yesterday was decidedly looser in the arms. Weird how the sands shift!

I’m planning to be strict with my eating today. Have everything planned out and will stick to it!

I’ll check in on you all later. Should be a quiet day at the office as most of the bosses are off today and we girls will be left to our own devices. 😉 I see lots of time yacking today! LOL!

Talk soon!

I just love when clothes are looser!

Hi everyone!

Got home from the mountain camping trip in Yosemite late Thursday. The last two days have been spent unloading the motorhome and doing tons of laundry!

We had a great time! We hiked nearly daily and luckily had a campsite that backed up to a river which we took advantage of by kayaking on it almost every day. The only bummer was that while a beautiful route with ferns, pines, ducks, etc., you could only kayak about 20 minutes before you hit a man-made waterfall and had to turn around. My hubby and I, after surveying the river in the opposite direction, decided that it wasn’t “too rough” and even though there were lots of rocky areas, we could traverse it. Well, not so much! We ended up carrying the inflatable kayak numerous times over slippery river rocks (thank God we had our aqua booties on our feet!), which made for a very treacherous/painful time. After going at this for almost an hour (if you can believe it-guess we are gluttons for punishment!), we decided to end the misery and walk/float back! At least it was good exercise, right?! Twice I hiked to an actual waterfall, which entailed climbing through and over rocks of all sizes to get to the top where there were beautiful falls splashing into a large blue-green pool of water- just gorgeous!

The most fun had to be when we seven (we brought my son’s friend as well) took our 3 inflatable kayaks on the major river in Yosemite, the Toulumne (I believe that’s how it’s spelled?). We saw lots of does (with babies, even twins!) and bucks and even river otters sliding out of their dens at the side of the river bank. It was so pretty and unspoiled for a large part of the trip until we reached the “Village” where the majority of the campers/tourists were.

I decided to survey the damage diet-wise today. I’m up 2 pounds. Not so bad considering I snacked a fair amount, though healthily for the most part. I did hope for no gain with all that physical activity, but it’s better than the 5 I’d typically pack on after a vacation. I’m going to start my little 4 day fast/cleanse on Monday after we take the neighbors who watched our kitties out to dinner tomorrow night to thank them. Anyhow, that should hopefully get me under the 120 mark again where I like to be. The lovely thing is, this is now maintenance for me! It’s real life finally. I’m where I want to be and if I gain a bit on vacation, etc., I get right on it and get rid of it before it becomes a problem. I’m hopeful for the future, eating-wise for the first time ever and that’s HUGE for me!

Sounds like you all are doing well! Salma, good luck on the new cleanse you’re embarking on! Lori, congrats on moving that scale in a lower direction finally!
And Cactusrose, you too are having such great success…YAY for you! 🙂 Cinque, congrats on feeling “long-term slender”. What a nice feeling!

Hope you all are having a fantastic weekend! Goodnight!

Hello all from not so sunny Manchester, England 😉 Although we did have sunshine yesterday haha
Sounds like you have all been busy. I’m here with my mum on holidays visiting family. It’s going to be challenging keeping 5:2 going whilst I’m away as my aunt who we are staying with has an eating disorder so my fasting may not be so helpful ! So I will try and eat sensibly and hope to maintain the losses I’ve achieved 😁
Keep striving all,
Blessings to all
Tilly xx

Sigh….I just fell victim to the disappearing post syndrome. 🙁

It’s 5:30AM and I’m not sure I have the energy to retype it all!

Welcome home Sherry…..what an adventure! I bet it will feel good to be at home for a bit after all your world travels.

Cinque…hope you’ve had a great fast day. You always seem to sail thru them.

I had a miserable day on the golf course. I didn’t play well, which is frustrating, but the heat!! So hot & humid. I actually felt ill last night and went to bed at 8 o’clock and fell right to sleep. Feel ok this morning..just a touch of a headache. I’m heading back to the course this morning and am hoping for a better day. Humidity is supposed to be less, so fingers crossed.

This afternoon we’re going to a cook out at a friend’s home. I’m taking a big dish of pickled cucumbers & onions with dill. Our host will provide the meats and everyone will bring a dish to share. I wanted to bring a nice low carb dish so I’m not tempted by pasta salads etc.

Well, time for a bit more coffee and then it’ll be time to get ready to chase that little while ball around once more. Hope you all have a wonderful day.