Thanks Ali and Elkster. It’s not looking good for the long term mobility wise and I’ve got quite a day ahead of me phoning the doctor, social worker and district nurses. A lot has changed as I will need things like slip sheets, a stand aid and a continence and social care assessment as all of these things will make things doable without having to draw on manpower resources. I’m not going to fast this week as there’s too much else to concentrate on but I will be aware of what I’m eating. I need the energy for full on care. I’m going to ask for a couple of weeks respite for mum in a nursing home so that we can get adjusted to the big change in circumstances as well as get everything in place. I’m just so tired at the moment but I’m optimistic things will turn out ok. That’s what I get for thinking that I had all my ducks in a row for once as everything was going too well and for too short a time! Poor mum hates going into respite 🙁 It’s going to get more difficult from now on as you can’t book that kind of care the way you can for a residential home.

Ali it was a lovely day yesterday not that I got to see much of it but September is usually a really nice month with more temperate weather so you might get lucky 🙂

Thanks Elkster. It’s going to be a bit like restarting for me too as I need to refocus on what I’m trying to achieve. Mum is safely ensconced in a nursing home for a couple of weeks and it was rather a distressing day yesterday for us all. I will have time to get things in place so that when she gets home we can get back to some sort of normality. I toyed with the idea of going off to the sun for a week as goodness knows when the chance will come again but to be honest I can’t get myself up for it. We will likely try to get a wee day out here and there and hopefully the weather will hold 🙂

I only need to lose 6Ibs to get to my goal and it’s been slow going what with one thing and another. On the plus side hubby continues to surprise me as he’s lost 2 stone in 8 weeks! He bought a pair of size 34 trousers and they’re loose on him already! He’s on the exercise bike every night for 45 minutes and comes off soaked in sweat. He rarely eats up to his TDEE and has steadfastly stayed off the beer as he said he doesn’t want to wreck all his good work. We were also walking for miles on the couple of days we had off from caring for mum. I’m aiming for him to get to 12st and he only has a stone to lose now. If anyone had told me a couple of months ago that this would have been the outcome with him I wouldn’t have believed them as he doesn’t usually go along with my crazy ideas…..name the bandwagon and I’ve been on it! I have a feeling I’m going to find it difficult getting him to stick at that as he’s caught the 5:2 bug! But I have a plan 😉 a new weights bench might shift his focus when he gets to my goal :p I think his use of the bike has accelerated his weight loss and at a certain point he needs to slow it down and work on muscle. He knows this too but I’ve a feeling I’m the one paying attention to the brake lever lol!

I’ve got my neighbour started on it too and she’s lost 10Ibs in 3 weeks! She’s one of those folk who finds it hard to eat normally with her working hours and had tried every diet there is but this seems to work for her. I’m preaching to everyone and I think one of my older sisters is going to try it as well. Anyway good luck all for the week. x

I gave up this week. Fasting and moving house do not go well together! We are eating on the hop, surrounded by packing boxes with barely enough time to go to the gym……so decided to start again next week once everything is in storage. Maybe it’s an excuse but I don’t have time to count calories! Have a 2 month window between the moves so 2 months is a good period for my fasting! Hope everyone else is doing better than me!

Have a wonderful break and just try to relax. You deserve it after looking after your poor mum. I will start fasting again next week. We move house in the morning and just can’t face it. I did make it to the gym twice this week, so that’s at least something. Happy fasting everyone and will check in again next week!

Hey Up Tipp welcome back 🙂 Stick with it as you will figure it out. I can never work out why scales are all different! Are you remembering to adjust your TDEE when the weight goes down? I calculated my TDEE for the amount of calories I would be allowed at 8st even though I’m nowhere near that. I figured it would stop me overeating and keep me below the actual amount I am supposed to take. I fasted yesterday and today so here’s hoping I have something off before I go on my trip on Sunday. I had to buy new clothes for hubby and myself and my wedding ring is swinging round my finger!

You’re welcome to my rhubarb the stuffs growing like weeds! I chop it up with eating apples, cover it in crumble mix and freeze. It’s not something we have often but it’s nice with vanilla ice cream or some low fat custard 🙂 The blackbirds got all my blueberries 🙁 If I’m lucky the blackberries and rasps will come good as those are handy for smoothies.

Ali good luck with the move and I wish you happiness in your new home 🙂

Hi everyone
Just logged in and have loved reading all your posts. I dont know about everyone else, but i really struggle with all these user names. I have to keep scrolling up and down to make sure i have them right – and on an iPad, it isnt easy. Anyway, here goes!
Elkster – glad your weight has remained stable – 5:2 is always there ready for when you are!
Ali – what a stressful time it is moving house so no wonder you are struggling to fast. Take it easy and you will get there! We have just sold our house and we are looking for a new one at the moment. We have until November but I’m already feeling quite tense about it. We are moving to be nearer Nardini’s ice cream shop in Largs so cant wait!
I was so sorry to hear about your Mum, Jeannie. What a terrible time for you. I hope you enjoy your break in Ireland. A well-earned rest – good for re-charging the batteries!
UpTipp – lovely to hear from you and thank you for your lovely words. It is such a shame that you are not getting your deserved weight-loss. There doesnt seem to be a reason for it as it is just really maths – eat 3500 less calories than your body needs should equal 1lb weight loss. But – in amongst that, are a lot of other factors. I dont know what to suggest but in reading other people’s posts, it sadly does happen. Just try to keep measuring yourself and i am sure you will be shrinking although perhaps not showing it on the scales. It will show up soon!
At weigh-in yesterday, I had lost another 1lb! My loss to date is 31lbs in 32 weeks. I keep expecting to reach a plateau but it hasn’t yet happened so i am very relieved. I have two more pounds to go to get to where i want to be so, hopefully two more weeks. I honestly dont know why my weight loss has been so steadily ‘text book’ when i do exactly the same as you are all doing. Wish i had the answers! Everyone has done amazingly well and I read in one of the other threads that 5:2 is about the three ‘Ps’ – Patience, Perseverence and Preparation. It certainly is! Good luck everyone and have a lovely weekend.
Gx

Hello Everyone! I am motivated this week already walked, worked out and am on my second cup of coffee!! Fasting days will be Monday and Thursday this week and ready to get back into the routine. Now I got to get the house organized. I baked all yesterday so there would be nothing fresh coming out of the oven calling me today.

Safe flight Ali.
Georgina wonderful job I am hoping that now I am ready will be as successful as you.
Jeannie, I hope you had a wonderful trip to Ireland. It is very windy here today. Feels like fall is coming.
Uptipp that is very good progress and doing it in summer….good on you! Hopefully I get a routine and it will not be such a struggle during the next school breaks. I hope the salts work for you that is a good suggestion.

Good Luck Everyone!

Hi Everyone, so my weight kept going up and down a kilo or two so I decided to up my exercise routine. I committed to sporting an hour a day, whether that’s yoga or going to the gym. I’ve only been doing it for a week, but my weight has kept down! That together with the fasting seems to work for me. I have a wedding to go to in 5 weeks in Scotland so major determination to get down to 60 kilo by then! Have a lovely UK size 8 dress I bought a few years ago to squeeze into!

Well done everyone on your success. How was your holiday Georgina? Hope your mum is doing better.

Hi everyone, things are going from bad to worse for me lately, up from 137.2 to 137.6. How are you all doing??

Hi everyone,
I hope you are all hitting your weight loss goals? Keep me posted.
Ali, how did your fasting days go? I did Tuesday and Thursday last week too, and I’m fasting today and Thursday. I wouldn’t worry too much about the chocolate, it’s not a habit, you have to be able to do that once in a blue moon.
I’m up and down with weight, I think it’s like you were saying Ali, it’s around a kilo too, maybe it’s just the way my body works. Thank’s for the support, it’s nice to feel I’m not alone in this journey.

This week, week 15, I’m 134.4lbs down from 137.6 lbs last week and I was expecting to be up a little because I made home made pizza for the kids last night, full of the good stuff but I felt I did overindulge. I guess I will just have to keep going and try not to be a slave to the scales.
I’ve some paper work to do this moring if my little one allows me to do it, then I’m going to make a spicy butternut squash soup that I can have this evening.

I hope everyone is doing well. Keep us updated x

Hi Everyone, hope the numbers on the scales are coming down?

Hi Ali, wow, you are so close to your goal, congratulations!! I’m about 9lbs off my goal at the moment but I’m just accepting the way my weight goes up and then down now. Wow, those insanity dvd’s are hardcore, I have some here gathering dust. I’ve found it difficult to get out running these mornings as it is so dark and my bed seems so much more attractive when it’s dark but I’ll have to try to make more of an effort, I don’t want to lose my fitness level, it’s so hard to get back to where you were when you get lazy like me 🙂 It’s great that people are noticing all your hard work Ali, it makes it easier to hold strong on difficult fast days. I’ve had a couple of comments, some of them very typically Irish, like,”you’ve lost weight, are you sick??” but I take the acknowledgment of a loss and laugh off the comment. My sister in law very overweight so her comments so far have been that I’m too thin and it doesn’t suit me , it’s funny really because if I turned around and said ‘you’ve gained too much weight’ to her, it would be completely unacceptable! What a funny world we live in. Anyways, I’m fasting today, I’ve just had water and tea so far, I’ll eat in the evening. Best of luck everyone x

Hi everyone, hope the fasting is going well? Ali, well done on getting to 60.9 especially after your weekend. I went up again from 134.4 up to 136 but the last couple of weeks have been busy with a couple of family celebrations, food of course but alcohol too and those calories are so easy to add. Anyway, am fasting today and thursday so maybe I can restart a downward trend. It seems to be taking me so long to lose this weight 125 looks so far way. Anyway, best of luck everyone 🙂

Hi Guys I am back! Hello UpTipp and Ali looks like you guys are doing well. This week I am going to fast on Monday and Thursday…its like I am starting up again..because I am. I separated my shoulder in September mountain biking (I flipped over) so I was focusing on recovery. Good luck this week.

Thanks Ali! Happy Birthday, I hope you had a wonderful birthday. Sounds like you are doing well! I have started doing smoothies for breakfasts on the fast days and they are helping with my energy and sticking with the fast day. This week I am going to fast Monday and Thursday. Since I am restarting and this is my second week my goal weight will be to be 125lbs before Christmas. Right now I am weighing in at 139.5lb.

Welcome qksthgus98! That seems a very low weight for your height?

I didn’t manage to fast at all last week. It was my birthday and life just got in the way, with dinner/lunch plans with people. I started again this week, as I gained 1 kilo last week with all the drinking and eating out. I am fasting today and will try again on Thursday. We fly back to Canada tomorrow and move into our new home on Friday. Hopefully should be easier as I will be busy unpacking!

Good luck everyone.

Oh I know what you mean. I am looking forward to setting down finally. We have been living between 2 countries for 2 years and its hard to have a routine, sign up to a yoga class etc. Feeling proud that I just finished an “insanity” dvd for 42 minutes. It’s so hard but it does work.

Flying back to Canada tomorrow so off to pack and keep my mind off food!

Happy fasting everyone!

I bought new scales here in Canada and am 61.4 kilo this morning. Surprised as I thought I might have gone up, as we have been eating on the run with moving house etc. Fasting this week Tuesday and Sunday as its been too hectic a week to worry about counting calories! Sofa being delivered Monday so excited! Does anyone have serious goals to fit into that Xmas frock?

Hi Everyone, hope the fasting is going well. I’m trying to stay really focused because I know Christmas will be a challenge since I will be baking & entertaining. So the good news is I am down 2.4lbs, I am thrilled but fully aware this could be a short term movement as that seems to be my pattern. So I only have 6lbs to get to my goal, I’m sure they will be the hardest 6lbs to lose but hey I’ll do my best :-). I’m fasting today and thursday.
I hope everybody is doing well, it’s very quiet on here at the mo, anyways good luck! people.