Love to go gal, will try you later (just up…on first coffee.) then picking my grand son up from Melbourne to bring back to the farm in Gippsland for school holidays, so I’ll definitely contact you later

Welcome to our support group, you have really done well, on your fast days you will find a homemade vegie soup filling and low in cals so no need to starve

Hi everyone,
Thought I might add myself here as I see fellow Aussies. Country gal I am in east gippsland, wonder if your close?
I am 45 weigh 87 kilo and starting today.. Bit sick with a cough and not that hungry so may as well take advantage where I can.
Hey pinpongpom your not old, I have a 4 month old bub 🙂

Hope everyone’s enjoying the weekend

WELCOME!! you will enjoy our group .We weigh in on Friday and post our progress.Take my buddy country girls advise TRY also sipping lemon juice and honey with bit of brandy in hot water (Not too hot )to kerb the cough. Take care……go gal

Hi go gal, just requested to be a contact on skype with you, please reply

Well said “mate” today is the day we need all the positive support we can get. We can do it, think of the eventual outcome, keep coming back to our thread for support if you are struggling, have a great day, good morning go gal

Just downloaded a brilliant free app for calorie counting called fatsecret… It’s awesome, it lists every single food, finds it for you, you can even scan a barcode. It works out your daily requirements and calculates, has recipes and all… It’s going to make this so much easier… Even great for the 2000 cal days…
Dinner will be 200 grams of prawns, a garlic sauce with 2 cups baby spinach and cheese… Delish

Welcome Icandothis and all other newbies, you will find we give you great support and welcome suggestion from everyone. The fasting days are quite easy if you don’t dwell on food through the day. There are plenty of recipes and suggestions all through the threads for meals but soup is a main stay, filling and low cal, freeze excess for fast days so no temptation when cooking….it’s all done! Salads too are low cal, and drink plenty of water. Good luck and again welcome

Hi GiaS ,welcome to our fast growing group.You have certainly joined a very motivated and focused group. We weigh in on Friday and post our progress.
There are important things I will tell you! Please STOP putting yourself down! You are a beautiful women ….size does not matter when You look back and remember all the wonderful achievements you have accomplished in your 42yrs. Your children love you for you, and the life lessons that you have and are passing on to them. Your friends are missing you . Don’t let any form of critisism bog you down for you are better than that and are taking steps to improve you confidence and health … be positive… do something different to make your yourself feel better.. colour and cut your hair in a different style , do something that you have always wanted to do..dare yourself. We are here if you need us, you are definatly not alone. XXXXX

Goodmorning ladies!!

I had a lovely weekend at our local ‘fiestas’. Hubby hasn’t had a day off in months and he had 2 days off for the weekend so we enjoyed some much needed family time.

I weighed this morning just out of curiosity and i’m back up to 101kg. I was expecting this and at least i’m not back to the 102kg i was at the beginning of last week!

A weekend of eating and drinking too much did however help me come to a few conclusions:

1. Junk food really doesn’t agree with me. I spent most of the weekend feeling bloated and irritable. I also suffered from a low intensity migraine for most of Saturday and Sunday (not alcohol related i promise 🙂 )

2. I really didn’t feel comfortable within myself. I felt dowdy and overweight at a lot of parties. I still have a wardrobe full of my sexy ‘skinny’ clothes that simply just don’t fit and i would love to be able to wear again.

I read your comment GiaS and i can totally relate. GoGal is right. Weight doesn’t matter and we should all try and see how beautiful we are on the inside. But i know how hard it is sometimes. I hate being over weight! I’ve always been heavy but once really pulled my socks up and lost nearly half of my body weight. I went from 120kg to 68kg! I was so proud of myself and i felt incredible. But over the last 6 years i’ve let nearly all of that weight creep back on. And to be honest i’m disgusted with myself, not only for the way i look now but for letting it happen.

Soooooo after my junk food weekend i’m feeling much more motivated to get the weight back off. And my new goal is to be able to wear my gorgeous turquoise 50’s dress to the ‘fiestas’ next year. And to not be embaressed to go to parties because i’m the fatest one there. It’s the start of a new life! 31kg in 12 months is totally doable and i’m more determined than ever.

Looking forward to friday weigh and to chatting with you all in between!

P.S today is a fast day for me. This week will be monday, wednesday, friday and sunday.

I had the soup for lunch, almost feel guilty having it but it’s yummy and sustains me for hours and very few cals. Loved catching up with you Sat. Well today is fast day, soup for lunch, stir fry with prawns for dinner, heaps of water all day and feeling good. Excited about out weigh in Friday to see how I go for a full week, another fasting between on Thursday. What a great bunch of ladies we are getting, all with same goals and life’s hiccup’s. Eluminadia if you had a wonderful weekend with your family no guilt is necessary, put it down to a great memory and soldier on, we are all here for support and you can do it girl.

Sorry go gal it was yesterday, the fast is affecting my brain? ( good excuse anyway) couldn’t be age could it?

Good morning girls, well I managed the fast day yesterday with no problems, I’m having my morning coffee, an absolute must, but don’t feel at all hungry. I don’t think I will weigh myself and try, very hard, to hold off until our Friday weigh in. How did you all go. Morning gogal

Hello ladies (and men)!? I have been reading this thread and think it’s great that there are so many people supporting each other here. I have just a started this diet after seeing Michael Moseleys documentary on SBS and was blown away with the health benefits. I’m not really doing the fast diet for weight loss, although with summer coming up this has been an added benefit.

Just thought I’d say hi as I’d love to be able to have somewhere to go for a little support, especially during those few hours before dinner on a fast day, which for me is right now! Ugh ! Still it is getting easier and I have managed to stick to my calorie limit on all fast days so far (except one).

Keep up the good work!

Nuati, I forgot to say, your hard time is the perfect time to go for a walk too, take your mind of things and when getting closer to home thinking about what you are having for dinner.

Hi jessamayday, you are very welcome to join us, we are all very supportive of each other. By golly haven’t you put yourself under a lot of pressure. The 5:2 is so easy, cost free and proven to work with only keeping an eye on your calories on your feed days. Exercise is wonderful with or without a diet plan. I wish you so much luck because of all the effort you are putting in. I have a fast day Monday and Thursday and eat very normally the other 5 days but keep to 1200 calories but everyone has their own way which suits them. Good luck with 5:2 and welcome to our thread

Gee, that sounds interesting, yes please

Welcome aboard hildamc. We are all on this journey together and some find is easy others my struggle at times but we are all here for each other. NO I’m not the welcoming committee, just happen. To be using the computer when your post came through, and you are very welcome. We try to do a weigh in each Friday and share with each other….the good news and the not so good

Evening all I had my first fast day today and I think I did pretty well although around 3.30 I really wanted naughty food but decided to clean instead lol hoping Thursdays fast will be a little easier 😀

Good morning girls I think you are all wonderful doing the walking. I live on a small farm but need my ride on to get around due to chronic back problems. I’m awaiting news for surgery but do quite a bit of physio exercises including the exercise bike. I think the back pain and lack of movement has caused a lot of my weight gain, lack of movement plenty of cuppa teas and bikkies. Anyway we all have reasons and I will soldier on thank heavens for 5:2 as it really works wether I exercise much or not. I do love to walk but lifting patients over many years of nursing has taken it’s toll. Have a great day and keep focus on our exciting journey

Hello, I was just told about this site and the book today. I am really excited to get started and I hope this is the answer that I have been looking for. I am 47 years old and was pretty fit for most of my life until I turned 40 and I have not been able to figure it out since then. I weigh 169lbs (I don’t know how to convert the numbers as I see most of you use the metric system) I am really uncomfortable at this weight and worry about my health. I was a waitress for 20 years and just before I turned 40 I switched careers and now I have a desk job so that doesn’t help my weight issue. My plan is to get started right away even though I don’t have the book yet. I am very nervous for my first fast but I am thinking maybe tomorrow (Thursday) but if I don’t get it together by then I will start Monday. I have already really enjoyed reading your posts and I look forward to more and joining you Friday weigh ins!

Hi Eluminadia we have move across to Aussie Determination, come on over to join us, we are heaping on the advice, support and suggestions. Not just for us Aussies, everyone is welcome, it’s just this thread has a misleading title and we all really need contact daily to make the most of our journey and besides, we are all Weight loss buddies

Thank you Eluminadia and go gal! I calculated my weight in kgs to 76.8. It’s Thursday morning here and I have decided to start the fast on Monday and hope to read up on ideas of what to eat on fast days. Mondays and Thursdays sound perfect! I will check out the Aussie Determination as well. How quickly have people been seeing results once the fast starts? I would love to give myself a great Christmas gift of a size smaller or more!

Hey twochat2u. Don’t worry if you’re feeling a bit down. You and your child/children come first. I tend to go through the same thing sometimes. My 2 year old was really sick last year and I put on a ton of weight while he was in hospital, i just couldn’t think about anything but him.

Look after yourself and when you get back to a good state of mind you can get back to 5:2. The diet will still be there when you’re feeling better 🙂

I’m hoping to get back to it tomorrow as well. I’ve been really naughty this last week and i feel that i’ve probably gained too. Don’t worry to much about it, after all its more about being healthy than losing weight