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I forgot to say that my sister has lost 8lbs so I think I must have motivated her – or perhaps it was me giving her a pair of my trousers that were too big for me! Being twins there has always been a competitive side to us – if you can do it so can I but it is good to support each other. And, my Mum has finally noticed!! She didn’t actually say anything to me but said it to my sister after I had visited her with a Tee shirt tucked in my jeans! Linda
Hi Cath, I hope the back to work course is useful. Well done on the weight loss – I’m sure you can get that half pound off.
I’m off to Malta for a week – all inclusive – but hopefully if I make the right choices I won’t put too much weight on! I don’t know if I had said before that I was a twin (you forget what you have put in earlier posts). We are very close and are off to Australia in September with her husband so there is an added motivation to lose weight.
I hope you hubby (and you)enjoys his party. Linda
Another pound and a bit down – 2.6lbs to go to 11 stone – can I do before my holiday? I also got a very nice comment from someone at work today about how slim I was looking. As I walked away I also heard her say to someone else about how good | looked! I’ve also bought a pair of size 12 trousers (they are M&S stretch ones) this week as the waist, bum and legs of my size 14s are hanging off me!
It sounds great Cath. Focus on the 8 weeks that you have and see what changes you can make to your body and fitness in that time.You may or may not lose weight as you build muscle BUT more muscle= more calorie burning even when you are sitting down….and it will sculpt your body, which makes you look slimmer.In terms of your overall fitness and mobility, it is win win.
I suggest that you put the scales away for the next 8 weeks and just use your clothes/tape measure.
My son and I have been going to the gym, mainly intervals on the treadmill. I haven’t lost any weight but I can run faster for longer, lost half an inch off each calf and thigh. Waist and hips are the same, but trousers are sliding down and skirts that I couldn’t do up, I now can.I have given up trying to make sense of this.
Looking forward to seeing what your experience is over the next 8 weeks.
Fantastic news Cath. WELL DONE!
My fold of fat from hip to hip has been shrinking since the 5:2, but I have just noticed that it has….gone!It must be the interval training, which has been very tough.I am thrilled, plateau or not. I just couldn’t figure out why my trousers looked and fitted so much better, when my hips and waist measurement were the same. I can wear shorter tops now too, no longer disguising/covering up that unsightly bulge.
I am thrilled for you Cath.
Hi Cath, Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary and an enormous “well done” for getting to the 2stone mark – you must be over the moon. Good news about your hubby’s job and your new excercise regime, things are looking up all round – will be better when you get a job too.
I’ve put a pound back on – that damn yo-yo again – but I am keeping on hoping to lose a bit more before I go away. I was tempted to say sod it as I’ve only got ten days to go before I go now but no, I will carry on because even another pound off will mean less to get off when I get back!
Have a great weekend, I’m sure you will enjoy it whatever the weather. Linda
Hi Cathy,
So sorry that I’ve been tardy about keeping in touch, it’s been a really busy fortnight, but I have to tell you something before I forget (do you know what it is like?)
Is your birthday on the 8th May? MINE TOO! WOOOHOOOO! I was always so proud to share my birthday with David Attenborough (whom I’ve always had a massive crush on) and now Cathyork š
Secondly, CONGRATULATIONS on your two stone! AND a *small* from Hobbs, YESSSSSSS!! (I am also cursed with a too-big bust for my frame – since age 11, if I had the money, truly, it would have it ‘done’). Fingers and toes crossed for that job, or the next one, you will rock them! Happy 10th Anniversary and well done on your gym journey. Sorry to hear your Uni.. I know we shouldn’t give up personal details, but I’m curious to know which one – I also work at a Uni (with a fantastic sports park, that I don’t use as I never have the time, lol) and I have to say, business is booming – at the moment at least.
Enjoy Malta, Linda (how lovely) and well done on your shrinking self, Annette
All the best, everyone! Aud xx
CONGRATULATIONS, Cathy!
On the job AND on the size 12 from NEXT ~ wooohoooo!!!! It’s all happening in your family š
::Aud boogies for Cathy::
Aud x
PS I’m doing okay I think, was 5:2 for two weeks and lost nothing the first week and maybe a pound the second. Doing 4:3 this week (which has gone well) as going for a belated birthday meal tomorrow.. I can feel the pounds going back on already, lol
Hi kathyork, I am 68 and I thought people who jeans must be mad because I had tried a few pairs over my life time of losing weight, this time after losing 3 stone I went shopping with my sister who had also lost 2 stone and she is 9 years older than me. She was going on a coach trip for the weekend. We went into a shop called Bon March she picked up a size 16 and just to be able to go into the changing room with her I picked up a size 14, hers was to big and so was mine so I give the 14’s to her to try on and I in what must have sounded rather very pleased with myself asked the assistant if she could get a 12’s in it. My sister and I giggled like teenagers. Now I have a 2 pairs in blue, 1 in brown, 1 in black and 1 in white. even one in a size 10’s now I never thought I would be writing this little tale. Happy fasting. JIP
Hi Cath, Congratulations on the new job – well done you!! And well done with the Jeans – you will be in the size 12s before long.
I had a great time in Malta and put 6lbs on – that was trying to be sensible so who knows what I would have put on if I had thrown caution to the wind!! It did feel good to be slimmer than when I was away last year though.
Anyway I am pleased to say I have already lost 2.5lbs since I got back – now got to get back on track – only 3 months to Australia.
I too have a large bust – 38DD which doesn’t seem to be getting any smaller. I am finding now that tops are too big on the shoulders but I still need bigger sizes or they pull across my chest.
Hi Cath, I’m happy to say I have lost 5 of the 6lbs I put on in Malta – must have been water (or alcohol!). Hopefully it won’t be too long before I get to 10 stone (and under). I am still eating too many snacks on non-fast days though so have to get out of that habit. The problem is that fruit, carrots (the healthy stuff) doesn’t have the same appeal as a bar of chocolate!
Glad the job’s going ok – it’s hard enough getting to grips with a new job without having to think about what you can and can’t eat. Linda
Oh, Cath, WELL DONE! You now weigh less than me and I think you are good few inches taller, you must look a knockout in all your new togs š
I think you’ve done especially well considering your new job too – GO CATH!!
I hope you manage to fit in the gymn sessions, I’d find that really hard.
And well done, Linds for shedding almost all of the holiday weight, I can only dream of being 10 stone and under ::cheers you on::
I’m just bumping along – I was sticking to the fast days, doing alternative 5:2 and 4:3 (fellow colleagues just cannot believe I go all day without eating) and not losing. I tried ADF last week and lost 2lb… then promptly put it on again on Saturday after a lunch out – not an especially big meal, just one with chips! Arrgh. Trying ADF again this week.
Aud x
Cath,
Well done on the weight loss to date as well as the new job.You must be thrilled.
Perhaps focus on all that you have achieved and pat yourself on the back….rather than the time that it has taken to lose those lbs.Think about all that fat that has gone to lose those inches.
It will go, just never as quickly as we would like(3 month plateau to date).
Hi cath, well done on the weight loss – wow 31lb!!. I’ve not lost anymore despite having a good week last week. On the plus side I saw a friend I had not seen for ages who immediately commented on my loss and said I looked good. My sister seems to have slowed down too at the moment but we are both trying hard!!
Hi Audrich – I seem to be the same, a couple of pounds off and then on again. There’s some weeks where I think I surely must have lost something and then, no, nothing. It makes me a bit fed up sometimes but then I think of the weight I have already lost and the health benefits. I am due for my annual health check in August and can’t wait to see my cholesterol results. I’ve been on statins for about 3 years and really hope I can come off them. How are you finding ADF? I think I may have to give it a go.
Linda
Hi Cath, hope the job is going well.
Just wanted to let you know I have lost 1.6lbs this week. Still not down to 11stone yet and really only lost 1 lb in 6 weeks due to the holiday and weight just going up and down.
I was wondering about cutting down on the alcohol but I didn’t drink much for 3 weeks when my sister was in Australia 3 years ago and it didn’t make any difference. I know that was only for 3 weeks but I only go out Friday and Saturday and want to be sociable. Saying that, I am trying to include the calories I drink in my calculations. I have had the odd night out when I have drunk soft drinks due to being on medication and it’s not enjoyable!!
Sorry for having a bit of a moan – hope you (and Audrich) are getting along ok with your weight loss. Linda
Well, I think you all deserve a big well done.
Linds, you are so close to that 11stone, I really wish you well on passing that milestone (and I can relate on the alcohol front – I drink to combat work-generated stress).
I find ADF absolutely fine during the week. Weekends can be tricky depending on what I am doing for my family – this weekend was a BBQ for Dad’s Day which was out of my ADF sequence, so I just started again on Monday. I have found that I get full, very, very quickly after quite small amounts of food. Like you, I just try to grit my teeth through this plateau and concentrate on the weight I have lost and am keeping off.
Annette, my plateau is also about 3 months in too, grr.
Cathy, another well done for you and your shrinking waistline! Today I wore a size 14 skirt which I bought by accident last year. I only realised the mistake when I got home but I loved the colour (rrrrrred) so much I couldn’t bear to take it back. It now fits! (Though I’m still a size bigger ‘up top’)
So I keep going!
Good luck to all
Aud xx
Hi Cath,
Week 14 of this wretched plateau, but just another 2 weeks to go until the end of term.Then I will be able to swim twice week on a fast day for 8 weeks, which surely must make a difference? Eleven weeks until the Half, so I should be at the gym x3 times a week and plus one long run, on the down side I will no-longer be walking for 1.5 hours x5 days a week.I shall have to think about that and make some other changes to compensate.
Well done Cath. Don’t let the tyranny of the scales rule your life.
Hi Cath,
I am sort of used to being stuck on a plateau. I am hoping that swimming and carefully watching what I scoff on non fast days will help in some inches sliding off the hips…that would be lovely.
I can’t say that I enjoy the gym, but we have a 12 week regime to follow to hopefully improve my speed. I have been thinking about learning to do press ups. I have weedy upper body strength as many women do, but getting stronger arms would help with running and just help with life as I get older. The adage of ‘use it or lose it’ seems apt when referring to muscle mass.The fact that more muscle would burn more calories has not gone unnoticed either!
You have done so well pre-op and post-op, but like you, I want to finish the job too.Hopefully we will both have good news over the coming weeks.
Thanks Cath and Audrich for your words of encouragement. I’ve given myself a talking to and am getting on with it. Like you Cath I think I undo the good work of fasting by what I do at the weekends but I don’t really want to give up my beer either.
I think what is getting to me is the Australia holiday – I need to lose some more because of what I will put on when I am away for 3 weeks (if I put 6lb on in a week will I put 18lb on in 3? – no, surely not!!) My sister thinks I am ok as I am now but,like you Cath, I also want to get to a normal BMI which means me getting to 10 stone 5lbs.
I have invested in a Vibrapower disc – well, my sister got herself one and ordered one for me too as she knew I would want one if she had one. So, for the last few weeks I’ve been on that rather than my usual excercise equipment that I have at home (abs machine and stepper). If you don’t know what a Vibrapower disc is it’s a machine that you stand or sit on to do excercises while it vibrates and works your muscles. You can do a full body work out in 10 minutes. I’m only on the beginners level but there are 2 more levels, various speeds and resistance bands to use. I might have a go with the bands on this week. I think I can see a slight difference in my muscle tone, I’m not sure it’s actually an aid to weight loss but if I can tone up that will be ok.
Good luck this wee everyone, Linda
So good to see everyone doing well.
I’m officially giving up, at least for a while. After 2, 3 weeks on ADF, I’ve actually put ON weight. I’m watching my TDEE and keeping a food diary, weighing food out and so on. My cals are averaging just over 1000 per day!
I’m just exhausted by this. I’m under so much stress at work, it is almost unbearable and I think this is the root cause of my inability to lose. I cannot sleep through worry and stress, I’m replacing all my food cals on feed days with alcohol and I am really on the edge. I have no time to exercise, as I am taking so much work home. I sit hunched at a PC (or running around panicking) all day then sit hunkered over my home PC in the evening. Nothing will happen as regards my weight until my work life changes and there’s nothing occurring about that anytime soon! My dentist has warned me that all the Diet Coke I’m drinking (on fast days) is wrecking not only my teeth but my gums.
Cathy, I will however, ask for a height-adjustable desk as I prefer to work standing up. You never know; maybe that will help, hopefully something positive will come out of it all! (if I get one… maybe not with all the expenditure cutbacks).
I wish everyone all the best and I hope no-one minds if I pop back now and then to say hi š
Aud xx
Hi Aud,
Our paths haven’t crossed very much recently. So sorry to hear that work is causing you such grief. I remember being in a job I loathed – my first teaching job at a not very nice comprehensive – for which I still had to work hard evenings and weekends, while also keeping out of the way of the headmaster who was constantly on my case. Fortunately, my head of department was very supportive, saying that it was the head who had the problem, not me. I remember the horrible feeling that started to descend on me around mid-afternoon every Sunday. I get the impression you haven’t always disliked your job but something has gone seriously amiss, to such an extent that it’s making you ill. I do hope there’s some way of improving things.
I think you are right to put 5:2 on the back burner for a while. It must be so disheartening to be gaining weight instead of losing it, especially on 1000 cals a day. I do sympathise with the plateau. I was stuck on one for five months even though I was doing everything right, most of the time anyway. The weight only started to slide downwards when for some unknown I went off carbs at lunchtime. For 5 months now I’ve been eating sandwich fillings of salad and lean protein without the bread. I tend to keep away from the scales as I think I may be plateau-ing again, although at a lower weight. Still, the clothes are hanging very nicely.
Hope you get your height-adjustable desk. You may have seen reports – there are plenty online – of how, in terms of calorie expenditure, standing for three hours a day every day for a year is the equivalent of running 10 marathons in the same space of time.
I agree absolutely with everything Cathy says.
Hermaj xx
Hi Cath, I have only lost another 1lb – now 11 stone 1.6lbs. Like you I do feel thinner and lighter and a few different people have commented that I have lost weight. My sister thinks I have lost enough but I need to get to 10 stone 5lb to be at my ideal BMI which is my aim. I would still love to be under 11 stone before I go to Australia which is 8 weeks away on Saturday. Looks like we have the same goals! Looking at what I am eating I am still doing too much snacking. It’s mostly in the evening when I am bored, not hungry. I’ve always known I don’t eat because I’m hungry but I am a bit of an all or nothing girl – once I’ve started I can’t stop so it’s better not to start at all. The problem is the voice in my head that says “go on, just have one, go on just have another”.
Sorry you are finding your new job stressfull, I hope it gets better. How is your hubby doing with his new job?
Good luck with losing the 5.5lb. Linda
Well done to you too Cath. I know what you mean when you say it seems like a big deal. Sometimes I think I have tried my hardest and then realised that if I hadn’t had such and such I would probably have lost more (or something come to that). I look at what I have lost over the last few weeks and it is slow going but I am determined to get there. I know what I need to do and I didn’t think it would be easy anyway so I have to try harder.
My sister and I have been talking (a lot) about Australia and I think because we are both trying to lose weight it might be easier than when I went to Malta with my friend. Hope you have a great week too. Linda xx
Hi Cathyork
I answered your greeting on THE LOACA thread some time after you posted so I don’t know if you saw it….
I saw Aud’s last post and want to leave a message for her here as I’m not sure if she is still maintaining her own thread.
Hi Aud
Iām not surprised you are giving up being on the FD if you are getting no results especially when you have been trying so hard. You just donāt need that extra stress in your life right now.
Except I fear you might have been trying too hard Aud; going down to 1,000 calories a day is probably not enough to get your system going and is possibly lowering your metabolic rate which is the last thing you want to do.
Even on Mimiās FBD; she only advocates going down to 1200-2000 per day on non-fast days and that is called āboot campā for the FD.
The rational I have just given there can sound like a lot of excuse making but once at Weight Watchers my friend was ill all week and couldnāt keep most of her food down; she was really looking forward to being weighed because she was expecting a much greater weight loss.
She GAINED weight that week! The next week when she was well, she was back to eating her usual allowance and lost weightā¦.
Anyways, whatever; I think you are right to just put trying to lose weight out of your mind altogether until the rest of your life calms down.
Did you read the last post I left you on YOUR thread? You never responded to it so I donāt know.
I mentioned some flower remedies – do take the time to read what I said. They may really help you or they may not; but it cannot do you any harm to try.
I also posted to you about stress and cortisol and it effectively stopping you from losing weight full stop.
Your job sounds horrendous; no-one should suffer from that much stress at work.
Can you not find another much less stressful occupation? I donāt mean that to sound glib; I know the economic climate is terrible in terms of jobs and cuts etc but taking work home and continuing the stress at home where you are meant to be able to relax after doing your days workā¦ā¦.
Not being able to sleep for worry; that is just not acceptable.
Why donāt you go to your doctor and get a nice long sick note from him or do you feel you could not do that to other colleagues perhaps?
(Obviously I donāt know anything about your work situation other than what you have just posted but honestly that is enough!).
Iām an extremely conscientious person in āreal lifeā and normally wouldnāt suggest this type of solution but desperate means call for desperate measuresā¦ā¦ā¦ā¦..
Get your husband to come along with you for moral support if necessary.
NO job is worth making yourself ill for Aud; no matter what your circumstances are.
Please let us know how you are doing; on your own thread perhaps!
Best Wishes
PreciousBooBooxx
Quickly jumping on to raise three cheers for Cathy – I’m sure you’ll be under 11 stone in no time.
I haven’t been following the FD for a while, although making sure I have one day of fasting, usually Weds. Although stressed and busy, I’m still keeping my weight within 2lbs of when I stopped the FD. Next week I have my first break since Easter and I’m taking the whole family+charabanc to Whitby… wooo hoo! No dieting will occur, but once I’m back I’ve already resolved to jump back in the saddle.
Thanks to all for your encouraging words; it’s been a long haul, I’m stressed to pieces but now I’m ON HOLIDAY!! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
All the best to those FD-ers this coming week,
Aud
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