Hi girls, still quiet here I see- don’t know if anyone’s around to read this? 😉 Brandon, MO was fun but not as “glitzy” as I’d sonehow amticipated? We went to amusemenr park called , “Silver Dollar City” with kids & then to see the Dutton Family show later that day. It was a fun day. We were camping by a river in Kentucky for the last two days. Left Kentucky (omg so beautiful!) this morn for Michigan. We plan on lots of bonfires, kayaking down rivers, and boating in lakes with friends & family.

My eating is still “ok” & no I haven’t broken out the scale yet (it’s under the motor home!).

I’ll be very busy over the next 5 days or so therefore u may not see me here for a while. Hope you’re all doing okey dokey! Esther, looking forward to the Friday report tomorrow! 😊 Bye for now!

Sherry

Sherry…what a cross country trip you are having! WOW! How long will you be away from home for this vacation? You are covering a lot of territory!

I can’t believe you take a scale along on vacation. You are much more dedicated than I am. I’m doing intermittent fasting now and getting on great with it. I joined an online “class” to learn all about the benefits aside from weight loss etc.

Safe travels Sherry…….and hope everyone here is having a great start to their summer!

Hey all, I’ve got some time to jump on here as we bounce down the road through Wisonsin & Minnesota. Meant to respond to your questions, Sue & Lori-

Sue I meant to type in “Branson”, Missouri not Brandon! Yes, there’s a big amusement park there and lots of caves to see! I never knew that either until I started researching the area on our way over. Glad you’re making it thru your fast days despite the hunger. Hope you and your son had fun in Toronto!

Lori, we’ll be gone one month total so we’re almost halfway through. Been thru 10 states so far! What’s the name of your online class you’re taking? Has it been helpful thus far?

Well tomorrow is Mt. Rushmore and I’m really looking forward to seeing that. The remainder of this trip is going to be a bit more ” roughing it” with lots of hiking ( hoping to burn off any chub I’ve added over the last few days) and more primitive campsites, some without water/electricity/ sewer hook ups ( not furniture 6 people trying to take quick showers & use the “facilities”!). This last half of the trip should be beautiful though- especially Yellowstone & Glacier national parks!🌲🐿🐾🏞

Esther, I don’t recall seeing the Friday report on your progress? How are you faring?

Let’s hear from some of you other MIA ladies! 😉

Bye for now!🚎

Sherry

Hey Sherry,

Thanks for the note, I thought I had posted but when checking back looks like I didn’t. 🙁 Maybe I did it on the other post I am following.

Weight wise, slow half kg per week but still dropping. Otherwise the rest seem to have stalled a bit. I am trying to give it a jump start, did a Fast day followed by 2 800 cal days and aiming for another Fast day today. Let’s see what tomorrow’s report will show. Here are last weeks numbers.

9 June
Weight: 66.4kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 100cm

2 June
Weight: 67.4 kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 101cm

26 May
Weight: 67.4 kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 101cm

19 May
Weight: 67.4 kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 101cm

12 May
Weight: 68 kg
Waist: 89cm
Hips: 103cm

Start date: 28 April
Weight: 70 kg
Waist at belly: 94cm
Hips : 105cm

So I finally broke through the 66kg barrier…I truly cannot remember when I was last that weight (definitely counted in years) but stepping on the scale this morning and seeing 65.9 kg was so rewarding. And in the midst of that joy, I forgot to measure the rest. :-)….

I decided to keep the start date and the last two weeks measurement or else this post will get too long. Hope everyone is well and have a great weekend.

Today 16 June
Weight: 65.9 kg

9 June
Weight: 66.4kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 100cm

Start date: 28 April
Weight: 70 kg
Waist at belly: 94cm
Hips : 105cm

Hello to all from Australia
Just starting 5:2 today having a green tea for breakfast,want to loose 15kg.
Very encouraging to read about other people loosing weight hope it will keep me going.
Lost hunband 2years ago so evenings very sad just watching movies and eating the wrong food.
But I Will loose this weight as I was never overweight so please keep writing and I will keep reading.
Cheers
Isabel😃

Hi, ladies!! So sorry to be awol for so long. I don’t really have an excuse–just that our son was home for ten days or so and I was in the kitchen all the time trying to keep him fed. That is the biggest challenge for me. I can go without eating all day but if I am working in the kitchen, all bets are off. And then cooking good food. I am just not up for it. Then after he left we were super busy with end of school stuff with my daughter including state testing and I think I stress more than she does about it. And then all the parties, etc.

So, as I said, no excuse. But NOW I have a HUGE opportunity. My husband and daughter are in Europe for three weeks. It was more emotional to see her off than I thought!!! But now they are away and having a good time and I’ve had my girls’ supper club here and I have a good amount of time to get my act together!!! I am preparing for some sort of cleanse but not sure what. I saw a three day one that looked good and doable, so I may try that. I thought about the bone broth but I’m a teensy bit veggie leaning and I’m not sure I can do that. Any ideas are welcome.

Anyway. My goals are to log in here every day, to exercise every day, to have no sugar or gluten unless I’m out with a friend, to do at least three fast days a week and to try the cleanse. So I hope to be on a lot more lately.

I also have organization goals and other goals. I really want to focus on things that need attention!!!! I will try to go in the office as usual on Wednesday, too.

Sherry Ann, your trip sounds epic!

Isabel, stay with us and you’ll see progress–it may not be as fast or dramatic as you like, but the direction will be the right way!!!

Cosette, congrats on not gaining on your trip. I always do.

Esthi, WOW!! You are doing amazing.

Tilly, good luck with those USA peeps. We are high maintenance, haha!

Siouxsee, have a blast in Toronto! We went there about six years ago and it was amazing.

Hope to be back soon!!!!! EJ

Hi all, Sherri, hope your still enjoying your trip – lots of great memories as a family! My trip
Into Toronto was fun. I loved and worked there before marrying and moving to Waterloo an hour outside. Home of blackberry if anyone has one, lol! So lots of memories for me and also tons of changes. Condos condos everywhere!!
Welcome newbies, Rajula and Isabel – this is very do-able if you pay attention to
What you’re eating and don’t go crazy on the non fast days.
Wow, Esthi, you must be thrilled with your progress, helps with motivation that’s for sure!
Fast day today found it easier than others I’ve had, no urge to cheat but I was pretty busy st work so kept distracted.
Hope you’re all doing well!
Sue

I did it !!!!
Finish yesterday my first day and found it not too hard only at night I was a bit hungry so decide to go early to bed . Today I ate normal but decide not to eat cake with my morning tea(a first for me) very proud of myself. Decide to wait to see how I go on Thursday and then weight myself .
Thanks Ali for your words.
I will let you all know how I go next Thursday, all the best to all.
Isabel 😀

Wow–it is quiet on here. Sherry Ann, did you get lost in Yellowstone???? I am hoping to go to Glacier before too long. I’m thinking of flying to Chicago and taking the train. We have a quick one stop flight to Chicago. My bil did that and said the train was awesome…..

So, I’m keeping on keeping on. Right now I’m still sorting out exactly what I want to do. I have two weeks left before my husband and daughter return. I’ve done well avoiding sugar and gluten and not eating until the afternoon. I don’t think I’ve kept to 500 calories, but not too far off. I went to yoga for the first time this year. Wow! Hard to believe. It was great. I wonder how much I’ll feel it tomorrow?

I’ve also managed to go through a huge bin where we threw all our detritus from the old kitchen. So I get to click that off the list! I’ve done the top shelf of my side of the closet. I was relatively ruthless for me. I doubt I’ll accomplish everything I want to but I’m making progress at least…..

Good luck to anyone out there fasting today!!!!

OK so far managed to stay in the 65+ kg range for a few days now. Busy week at work so not enough gym days, but still feel good. Happy weekend all!

Today 23 June
Weight: 65.7 kg

16 June
Weight: 65.9 kg

9 June
Weight: 66.4kg
Waist: 88cm
Hips: 100cm

Start date: 28 April
Weight: 70 kg
Waist at belly: 94cm
Hips : 105cm

Hi all,

So I mentioned that I started working with a trainer at the gym. I went once day without her and managed to wrench my rotator cuff in my left arm. Argh. I’ve been icing it for 1.5 weeks. It is getting better, but I still can’t lift my arm all the way up. Really frustrating since I was feeling so proud of myself! After a couple days off, I have returned to the gym and my trainer is doing lower body workouts only. Mid-50’s, sigh. 🙂

All the talk of travel and stay-at-home vacations is wonderful. Summer is great. I’m off to Philadelphia for the weekend. I’ll keep calories in check and will walk a lot. Monday will be a fast day.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Ali

Hi all!

I have been out of range for Internet service in the national parks for many days hence the reason I’ve been MIA. Letting u kno real quick while I’m in range! Talk more as I’m able’!
Sherry

Hey!

Sherry! Glad you’re having fun. I look forward to your trip report.

Sue, your experience is much the same as mine except I’ve had several extended slip-ups in the 5:2 journey!! What’s unusual now is that I’m much more focused than I normally am with my family gone and I really expected more. I’m hoping it’s because I stepped up the exercise even though it’s still pretty low level. I’m walking most days, I do two minutes of HIT by running up and down the stairs and I do low level weights. I also did yoga last week and hope to again this week. My daughter is 13, a year behind your son. Is he an only? I also have a 21 year old who is in California this summer!

Tomorrow I’m walking with friends morning and evening. Tuesday I’m meeting a friend for lunch about an hour from here. I hope I don’t blow it–I’m planning to avoid carbs and sugar anyway. Wednesday I work in the office. I’m getting a lot of things under control around the house, which is what I wanted to do while I’m alone. My son left bags of stuff from his college apartment and I was bad and went through them. The clothes were not washed, so I’m glad I did. Actually, some of them may have been washed but they were all mixed together and it was pretty disgusting. There were some of his girlfriend’s clothes, too, haha. I would not generally go through his stuff but he is borderline autistic (but academically gifted) and his organizational skills are legitimately delayed so I feel it’s warranted. Also, since he’s moved himself in and out on his own for the past couple of years and he went to a science boarding school when he was 16, it gives me some gratification to take care of him. I don’t know if that makes sense. Anyway, that’s one project and I’ve been doing various other things, too. It’s nice but it does get old after a while….

Let’s all have an awesome week! Elizabeth

Hi all, been busy here in cold and damp Melbourne. It is winter so can’t complain and then have one week to wait before going to Far North Queensland where it’s a whole lot warmer ahhh.
FD today, still maintaining which is good, really would like to lose a couple more kilos but too many family functions/dinners at the moment.
Sounds like your trip has been amazing SherryAnn.
Elizabeth you sound like you have been busy too whilst the family are away. I tend to do the same sort of things when my husband is traveling for the church. I still have one child age 29 ! living here. He does his own washing but I still cook and clean for him. I don’t mind as I’m not working outside the home other than my volunteering in a charity shop. Soon enough he will be gone and we will be back to empty nesters. We had two years a few years back. We got used to it really fast haha
My visitors from the USA leave for home on Wednesday, so I will get my house back yay. Although it has been lovely to have them, they are great house guests. It’s our nieces 18th birthday today so we are having a celebration dinner with all the family tomorrow night 26 of us !!! Trying to work out a seating plan at the moment. Although from what I understand 18 is not a particularly important Birthday like it is here in Australia. On your 18th you can legally drive, vote and drink alcohol. Hmmm think the US has a better way!!
Anyway keep swimming girls,
Love to all
Tilly xx

Here we go again ladies! Back on a highway where there’s 3 bars available on my cell! My husband just notified me we’ve thus far travelled 6,800 miles and have another 1,000 to go before get home in a few days. We’re heading to Nevada City, California today after we visit Klamath Falls here in Oregon. We visited Mount Ranier in Washington a few days ago and Crater Lake here in Oregon yesterday (LOTS of snow too!).

Forgot to mention that from Glacier park in Montana we drove to upper Washington state to stay with some friends from California who recently bought a beautiful cabin there. The cabin was right on a rushing river- just beautiful! These friends have kids too so that was nice in terms of keeping the kids happily occupied. My hubby & I and our oldest daughter slept in our motor home in their driveway and the younger 3 slept in the cabin with their friends. While we had a good time, the eating situation was less than ideal. The first day we arrived around 7pm and my friend made chicken and salad for dinner ( yay! Healthy!) but then it went downhill from there! The next morning she made pancakes & bacon ( I can’t say no to that 😉!) and then took us girls antiquing and we went to lunch ( salad but had to eat the yummy bread too!) in a town 30 minutes away. Then, because it was my birthday ( how did 54 come so quick!?!), we adults went out to a big Italian dinner complete with pasta & tiramisu. If you thought that was the worst of it, you’d be wrong– went to lunch the next day at a bakery where I had a sandwich & fries 🍟 and baked goodies 🍩 The next morning before leaving we returned to the bakery ( there aren’t many food options in that little town) and I ate French toast, bacon and took a gooey apple cinnamon muffin to go! 😳 I definitely went on a crazy sugar binge the likes of which I hadn’t experienced since Christmas time! So there you go- you lucky girls are the recipients of my sugar obsessed confession ! I have been doing some hiking so it could be worse but we all know a little exercise doesn’t make up for days of sugar binging! Onward and hopefully downward with the weight. I was good yesterday so that’s a start. We leave for Hawaii on 7/7 so I’ve got to kick my efforts into high gear here!

Esther congrats on your new low on the scale! A great accomplishment!

Elizabeth, I think 2 lbs lost in a week is great!!!! You should be proud! It is easier to focus on eating well when you only have you to worry about! I hope your husband & daughter are having a great time abroad!

Tilly, I’m happy you’re getting your house back after having visitors for a while! We were with our friends for 2 1/2 days and I think that was about right- you know the old saying ” fish and company stink after 3 days”? Lol! 😂 Re: the roughing it discussion in a prior post, I meant there might not be full sewer/electricity/water hookups where we were headed ( luckily there were full hook ups) We have a motorhome so we can last about 2 days if we have to without the hook ups. Have fun on your camping trip to the warmer area!

Hey Ali, great job maintaining while traveling! So sorry about your rotator cuff! IDoes a tear require surgery to repair? If not, I wonder if taping the area with athletic tape would help? I tell you my “KT” tape ( bought off Amazon) has been a lifesaver for me when I I injure myself. Just a few days ago while hiking in Glacier park, I slid down a hill and hurt my ankle to where it was swollen & throbbing badly- I iced it every 15 minutes for a couple hours, put some arnica gel on it and taped it for 2 days & all is well thank God!

Sue congrats on your son’s graduation! And congrats on the 20lbs lost!

Hi & welcome to the new gals, Bersabe & Rajula! Best of luck to you both!

Hey Lori! Where are you girl? Please pop in & let us know how you’re doing & about that online class you’re taking!

Sorry about the long post ( it’s been a while !) & any typos from bumping down the winding roads!

😘 Sherry

Hi!

On our way home finally- a 12 hr drive! My poor hubby!

Had a nice time the last few days checking out Nevada City, CA- an old town that was built up at the height of the gold rush days. Lots of old Victorian architecture. Very hippy-ish town.

Hey Elizabeth, listen to Tilly & just keep swimming! Your body’s got to respond sooner or later! Stay the course and don’t let it get you down! I know, easier said than done!

I don’t think I’m going to weigh when I get home (& no, I didn’t break out my scale this trip despite my good intentions!). I’m just going to immediately do a 4 day cleanse right before we have our 4th of July celebration & then leave for Hawaii shortly thereafter. Hoping for the best! 😬

Whew! Going through the hot desert and an area called ” the Grapevine”- a long, winding steep grade of road that always freaks me out because of the potential to overheat your vehicle due to the stress of the grade!

Talk to you later! 😘

Hi all,

Home and doing the piles of laundry all day as well as unloading the motorhome. I don’t mind (I’m used to it after camping trips), but it’s just a lot to do in a short amount of time since we’re leaving next week for Hawaii.

Hey Elizabeth, all survived the drive. The kids definitely had their moments of melt down with each other, especially since, unlike normal trips, there were a lot of 8 or more hour driving days. We had to cover a lot of ground in that month so it couldn’t be avoided. Thankfully and sadly, we had electronics to keep them busy when the going got tough! It was a GREAT trip despite that. It was especially great to see the kids connect with my hubby’s relatives whom they’d never met before and see where he grew up. My eldest daughter had been there last when she was 5 so she remembered it. Also, the scenery was just awesome, especially, as I noted, in Glacier national park.

So, I fully intended on doing my typical bone broth cleanse right away, but that would entail a lot of shopping, prepping and cooking. I don’t have the time nor the inclination right now so I’m just doing a normal 500 cal fast today and tomorrow. We are taking the kids to our county fair on Sunday too so that kinda blew the idea of doing the 4 day cleanse. Then, soon after is the Fourth of July, which will be celebrated at my home. So, I’ve decided to be kind to myself and not stress out and just fast as best I can in between events!

I hope you’re all doing well and hope to hear from you all soon! 🙂

Cheers!

Sherry

Milena!!!!!!!! Hi!!! So good to see you again! I don’t often post here, but pop in once in awhile to see what’s up. I look forward to reading about what you’ve been up to.

Sherry…you world traveler you! I don’t know how you do it. I have enough trouble packing for just the husband and myself, let alone 4 kids! You are wonder woman!
Hope you have time for some good relaxing in Hawaii.

In other news….I enter my weight on an App on my phone and this past Saturday, on the graph, I dropped into the “Normal” range. Not “Obese”, not “Overweight”, but “Normal”!! I know it has been at least 20 years since my weight has been classified as “Normal”.

I’ve found my niche. The Keto way of eating along with Intermittent Fasting. I do 16:8 most days. 16 hours of fasting and an 8 hour eating window.

Hope you all are well.

Hi all,

A belated happy Independence day (4th of July) to the U.S. gals! We had family over to BBQ and then went to watch the fireworks.

Good to see you back Milena!

Lori, happy your new way of eating is working so well! Yay for normal! 😉 How many grams of carbs a day are you able to eat with the keto plan?

How are all you other quiet girls doing?

I’ll be leaving on Friday for Hawaii and fear I won’t be able to chat with you all as much while gone. When you’re stuck in a 2 bedroom condominium wit 5 kids (we’re bringing a friend for my son so he doesn’t fight with the 3 girls as much!), you need to get up and out ASAP with a plan for the day or they end up eating each other alive! I’ll try my best to pop in as time permits!

Good luck to all this next month!

Hugs!

Sherry

Sherry…keto is 20 grams of carbs or less per day. I don’t strictly count anymore, but if I stick to most of my carbs coming from veggies, and limit them, I stay less than the 20 grams. Safe travels!

Hi everyone! Newish fast dieter here. Started on the Fast Diet on my doctor’s recommendation on 30 May 2017. My first target is to lose a stone (14 pounds). Once I get there I’ll set myself a new target. So far so good. I’ve lost a total of 12 pounds in 5 weeks, fast dieting on 500 cal or less, on Tuesdays and Fridays. I have tested the diet to destruction -really! On non fast days I have whatever I fancy; biscuits, ice cream, chocolate etc and have still lost weight. Best diet I’ve ever tried. And I haven’t started extra exercises either. I have an arthritic knee which prevents me from high impact exercises like jogging. Any advice on weight plateaus? My weight loss has slowed of late (although not stopped). Does increasing water intake help? Sometimes I find that if my weight has “stuck” I just wait a couple of days and re-weigh myself. Usually I find I get a better result the second time around. Wish me luck in reaching my target of 154 pounds!

Hi Nail:

Many people start by losing weight fast and then finding their weight loss slows. It is not a plateau – it is just because you lose water weight first, then the slower fat weight loss comes along.

Just keep on the diet. The average weight loss over time is about one pound a week. You have lost 12 pounds in five weeks. So you can expect to have a few weeks now where you don’t lose anything, or you might even gain a pound.

Don’t worry! It is not a ‘plateau’. Just stay on the diet and you will keep on losing.

Here are some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Hi all! To anyone discouraged or a newbie, this is the ONLY plan that has ever worked for me long term with the most weight loss and definitely the easiest to maintain. When you explain it to someone they look skeptical but then I tell them I’ve lost over 20lbs. That’s in the past 10 months, so not speedy by any means, but on someone only 5 feet tall that’s significant. And, it’s allowed me to be on vacation and celebrate holidays etc.

The biggest thing to be aware of is NOT overeating or having a free for all on food on your non-fast days. That can slow down or stop weight loss or even lead to a gain. I do 2 days of 500 (approx) calories and the other days I eat “normally” which can sometimes include dining out or snacks, but I try to not go too crazy. I do try to avoid sugar in all forms and also non-veggie carbs.

I often have weeks where I don’t lose but I don’t get too discouraged because I can usually attribute it to snacking too much or having a few larger meals that particular week.

Sherri are you still away? Lori, Atkins was the only other weight loss plan that worked for me, but I couldn’t sustain it for very long and became too obsessive over carbs, even now I kinda panic when I eat potatoes or bread. I think keto is a much healthier way of life.

Hello Ladies
sorry about not writing but could not find my password and all my emails from this site and reset
password where going to yunk mail,until I had a look and found it.
well it is nearly four weeks (minus one day) since I have started the fast diet and so far I have lost
nearly 3kg. I still can’t believe it ,it didn’t feel so hard just some evenings. the last 800grams took for ever it felt that for a week and a bit I was not loosing any weight and then it just went.
I have one day to go this week and after that I will take my measure again ,I think I will do it every 4 weeks. I agree with the others it is the only diet that I can do and not feel deprived,but don’t over eat
on my other days ( well I do sometimes) but try to be grateful that I can eat more them on the fast days. I must say that I feel better with in myself and can wear jeans that where too tight before.
keep going lady I can read some great results. GOOD WISHES
Isabel