When I do it always Monday and Thursday. I’m a very poor eater.I can’t stand soup or broth,hate cheese and ham. I have done 24 hour fasts and longer. When I have anything to eat I immediately want more. I am never satisfied with food. Can honestly say that I am full because I’m not. They’re is a medical condition for this according to what I have been told at MoreLife.Freezing today minus 6 at 6am not that I get up that early. Only for the toilet. So do you follow Gateshead couscous?
2nd Post – Day 9
Pocket List update…
Pocket List – Day 9 🍏
@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@molij
@brightonbelle FD800
@at
Day 9 – Ireland – CD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️
157.4 ⬇️
Hello all. Happy Thursday!
Happy to be dropping a little and slowly is the best way but gosh it can be frustrating. 😂
@excelsior12309,@ccco and @stitchincarol we have ice and snow here but nothing like you all experience..
And then to think of California and the fires raging… it’s just crazy.
@brightonbelle glad to hear all went well with the dentist. I have a routine check up tomorrow first thing👍
I’m applying a limit to my streaming of series also rather than watching one episode after the other… delayed gratificatio.. it’s working out well.👍
It is quiet here today… wishing you all a good one and see you tomorrow.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 9 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 235 lbs. Well, the forecast is looking terrible right now, with a lot more ice falling than snow tomorrow. Could mean long-term power outages with no heat. I’m hoping it transitions back to a mostly snow event.
Lindsay, too bad the legal issues are dragging on adding more distress to the already stressful situation. Nice that you have the island escape home where you can get away.
Yes, that is the woman I was writing about – I didn’t see the start of the programme but it’s exactly as you’ve described. She was explaining why full fat foods are preferable to low fat and why calorie counting alone can’t help one lose weight.
I’m like you in my thinking on how people spend their money while bleating about being skint. Interesting isn’t it that the reliance on drinking and dining out not only contributes to people’s financial pressure but is seriously damaging their health.
Adding to your rant, with a full-time professional job, I was 30 before I’d saved up a deposit for my first house in California and buying it required me to make major lifestyle sacrifices, swapping my beach and bayside windsurfing paradise for a dodgy neighbourhood near the Mexican border with all the challenges that brought. Mortgage rates were significantly higher than they’ve been for the past 20 years too. It was a question of making priorities and living within ones means (the bank would have loaned me far more than i’d have been prepared to take on at the time).
Here’s an interesting article on childhood mental health: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gp19n111vo
Note how careful one must be with terminology – ‘resilience’ might offend. The mention of presenting all primary school children with ‘winner’ ribbons on sports days struck a chord with me. I always thought that was a bad idea. I once asked the primary school teacher why she’d only corrected some of DD’s spelling mistakes in her homework. The answer was that she didn’t want to quash her creativity. It turned out that the teacher couldn’t spell herself so probably didn’t notice- but what an ignorant approach to learning.
Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
@ccco – oops? Sorry if I bumped you off the list; we must’ve posted around the same time yesterday
@stitchincarol – I’ll certainly give that some thought 😅 But I’ll probably bequeath the pot to whoever adopts Boo Boo after I’m gone. I’m convinced she’s going to outlive me, just to spite me. She’s mean like that 😾
@brightonbelle – it IS a rewarding hobby. But the projects are piling up. Another neighbour wants me to make house numbers for her. The gecko’s only half-done. And I want to mosaic the round, glass-topped table I sit at in the mornings. Something like this.. https://imgur.com/a/c8sfZaM
I hope the Hump Day fasters are basking in PFDS today. Sending RESOLVE to the Thursday fasters! 💪🎯
Pocket List – Day 9 🍏
@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@molij
@brightonbelle FD800
Hi all, thanks for the responses and questions. Yes I have posted from time to time having been away for some years. I would log in and just read some of the posts to maintain my interest and post the odd comment or reply to a post. Brad27, I am a Union man, have never watched a League game, sadly. Today I decided to go a full 24 hrs water only from my 6.00pm dinner last night. Was at the gym for my light weights session around 2.00pm, quick sauna then home. I went Keto tonight at 6.00pm a full 24 hr window, an “English breakfast, 2 slices smoked bacon, 1 link Cumberland sausage, 2 eggs scrambled and 100 gms of chestnut mushrooms. Not sure of the Calorie or full protein count but very low carb. It only started to become a little uncomfortable around 4.00pm but I do feel full. Thats 3 continuous days plus last Thursday on my first week on the Fast blood sugar diet. Again not sure re Tomorrow, I usually meet up with a friend in a local cafe but we will see. Dinner another chicken or ham broth. Just staying positive reading Michaels books and on YT watching the likes of Jason Fung et al. Will get weighed tomorrow as my first week is up but I may move weigh day to a weekend. What day do you all usually have as your marker?
Morning all.
Neil, thank you for posting my post. How very odd, that you could see it,but it didn’t make it on to the site under its own steam.
Thin, yes, three years since OH was diagnosed. We are still fighting with the hospital over compensation. It truly isn’t about money. Had that been the goal, we could have sued the anaethetist who prescribed the penicillin. But he immediately owned his mistake, kept in touch, and told us what he was doing to ensure that mistake recurring. The hospital, on the other hand, discharged OH while he was having a heart attack, in their rush to get him out the door, and then wiped their hands of him. No follow up, no offer of care. Just a letter from their lawyers, telling us to negotiate with them if we wanted compensation. And this, after full admissions of their errors. Despite it all, he is so resilient and goes along fortnightly for his immunotherapy without any hesitation. But it will be good when the legal stuff is over – I find it very upsetting.
The island is lovely at the moment – and not too busy with school holidays, fortunately, although there are a lot of families here. We hear so much about recession and cost of living crisis. And I am sure the ‘have nots’ are having less, while the ‘haves’ are having more. But it’s a funny thing – there was a woman on television last night being interviewed about how much groceries cost, and how hard it was to make ends meet. And there she was, with the debris from what appeared to be a nice cafe meal in front of her. Priorities, I guess. I don’t remember when we were kids, or when OH and I were struggling with mortgage/kids etc, ever being able to afford even a coffee out. It seems the norm now. (Oh don’t I sound like an old person – which of course I am, if we’re being technical …but really I’m just reflecting on how a cafe meal now is factored into the cost of living.
Thin, that doco on glucose spiking. Was that a young French (I think) woman who calls herself the Glucose Goddess and blogs about controlling glucose? She’s very interesting and has a number of simple strategies …ie eat a good protein breakfast, don’t eat sugary foods between meals (add them after a meal), drink a tablespoon of vinegar before the highest carb meal of the day, and exercise for 10 minutes aftr the evening meal. All easy to do and designed to keep glucose levels stable.
OK, breakfast time. Boiled egg, I think, and a slice of sourdough. OH has lost his appetite, so it’s a bit of a challenge to get him to eat enough protein. But a boiled egg always does it, and a lovely mango, the last we picked off the tree before we came away.
Cinque are you a tennis fan? Only a few days to go before the AO.
Happy Friday all.
Evening!
Hi Couscous & welcome! Did you come on here before? I did the Fast800 every day for a couple of weeks, that was pretty hard going! Are you going to stick with a couple of days or Adf? I do ketogenic eating now, 20g or less carbs, I feel really good on it, quite a few people on the keto forum I’m on have reversed T2, hopefully you’ll do well!
Dave- shame about the Christmas gain but I’m sure you’ll soon get that off, just keep off the toast!
Jean- ooh, nice to have the cruise to look forward to! A good incentive to lose those 3lbs, hopefully you’ll be back to it next week when you’re over the eye op…
Hemmy- I do worry about all the poor doggos who don’t get walked when it’s cold or wet, but I guess maybe some don’t want to, like Kristy’s dog, I forget that as Xena is always up for a walk! Hope you have a nice day out tomorrow!
Had our plumber round to replace our kitchen tap, he was coughing really badly & has only just come back to work, hope we don’t get it! Did a big shop, spent a while cooking this afternoon, made a rice dish for son & Mum tomorrow, plus the veggies & tofu & no rice for me- it comes out quite high in carbs so won’t have too much else. Haven’t made it for a while for that reason! Went to Mum’s as well to look at her bathroom floor- she’s got some weird laminate tiles which are lifting up & we tried to stick them down but they won’t, think it might be a new floor needed 😕
I put on 8lbs over the last month so must pull my socks up. Couscous I’ve been to watch Salford in rugby league and Sale Sharks in Union. I’ve give up football it’s too expensive but do have a season ticket for speedway, mighty start going to ice hockey again and occasionally go to watch Lancashire cricket.I do like sport and go fishing as well.
Evening All..
A very cold day going to be -6 tonight.
Problem in my wet room with a dripping shower not the best of days to find a plumber. A friends hubby is looking at it tomorrow he only does easy jobs now as semi retired. I find it hard to deal with these sort of problems. I try not to worry as it will be sorted. So hard when Steve dealt with it.
Dave..
Hope you are not too disappointed with your weigh in today. I am starting Monday not really in the mood this week, still eating Xmas cake!
Couscous..
Your name rings a bell from the past…
At least your weight is starting to move in the right direction..hope you can keep off T2..
most of us have dogs.
Hemmy..
My eyes I think are back to normal today, the last bit of fog has gone.. I agree the dog walkers disappear this weather. It’s hard to get back in the swing, I must to get in my summer clothes for the cruise, 5 weeks to go 🤞🏻.. I think my 3lbs up will be higher now 😬
Jean x
Good afternoon all.. Xxxx
Oh its a freezing day here today….looks the same tomorrow. A cold walk..
Welcome to our corner Couscous ..
we are a good group and chat about everything lol. Good luck with your journey.
A cold walk and lack of dogwalkers in this very cold weather Kristy’s little dog Teddy just wants to go out do his business then back inlol .
Still holding 3 lbs gain over Christmas period .. still eating bits up. plus too cold. lol
Dave.. How was the scales today..
H H .. Be careful getting stiff with exercise .. do you do a warm up first.
Sym… You seem to be healing quickly.. It must be a relief to have got it all sorted now.
Nana.. how is your day going.
Enjoy the rest of the afternoon all .. just going out in the freezing cold to play with Pip in the garden
“If you take care of your body, it’ll take care of you.” Xxxx
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Day 8 – Rural Nebraska, USA – 155.2 – CD
I turned yesterday into a 250 calorie FD; I was so uncomfortable with the hunger, and the cheese and nuts I had did the trick to make me feel better. Now I’m sorting out what I’ll have today; I like today’s scale number so much better than that of the last week that I don’t want to shoot back up!
@penz Nope, we haven’t seen @flourbaby in a long time, and neither has @michelinme been here, and I miss both! And @daffodil2010, and @basyjames and many, many others!
@funshipfreddie Well, perhaps not bequeath the pot in your will, but you could certainly put a piece of paper in it that says it goes to @stitchincarol of the 5-2 forum!
@jaifaim Yup, I too read that article on set point and was horrified at the gloomy conclusions it gave. I immediately thought of how I got to 138 and promptly began gaining it all back, and also experienced the “what the hell” attitude it mentions. So perhaps my very, very slow weight loss is helpful in changing my set point, and your slow progress in losing your final five pounds? It’s certainly worth celebrating that you’re not going back over 160!
@excelsior12309 Oh, ugh, I know that melted-snow-turned-to-ice situation, and it was not pleasant. Makes arriving home at the end of the day a true joy, doesn’t it?
@northgeorgia Oh, ugh, you too with @excelsior12309, eh? At least here in Nebraska, our homes/pipes are built to cope with such temps. Although, last January when we were sub-zero for so long, there was a lot to cope with. I do hope you both warm up soon, and I’m sure that birthday party bloat will go away quickly!
@brightonbelle Congrats on an easy dentist visit! Have you watched Black Doves? I’m working on that now, as well as Vera, and enjoying both!
@ccco Perhaps you should schedule a fun phone call (with a daughter or a sister or a friend, or whoever) right at the time you’ll be tempted to eat more than you’re plannning, and thus avoid the unplanned calories? I’m planning on working at church this afternoon in order to avoid nibbling, LOL!
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
@excelsior12309 FD800
@ccco
These last few rows of the sweater are truly challenging because the needles are tiny and pointy and there are lots of colors connected and thus tangled until it’s finally time to use each one. Plus, the stitches are so tiny that my eyes get really tired, and then I can’t even SEE the stitches, LOL! So, I got a row and a half done yesterday morning, and then didn’t even try last night. So it will get finished this week, but I’m not there yet. 🤷🏻♀️ Today’s task is to get the rest of the decorations put away and the house entirely tidied; that will feel lovely!
Have a grand one, everyone!
USA. Day 8. FD
Putting myself back on the pocket list:
2nd Post – Day 8
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
@excelsior12309 FD800
@ccco
USA Day 8 FD Second Post
I was scrolling through our posts when I found a site I didn’t see before, FUNSHIPFREDDIE’s planter! Now I know what everyone was talking about! It’s beautiful!
2nd Post – Day 8
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
@excelsior12309 FD800
USA. Day 8. FD
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
@ccco
Today, I hope to end my fast at 500 calories. I think I can do it today. With all the snow I have had to shovel, I am sure I must have lost something! I don’t plan to weigh myself until Sunday or Monday!
Have a great day, everyone!
Day 8 UK f800
The planter does look good @funshipfreddie you must be so happy to have found such a rewarding hobby
Binge watching – double edged sword ? I’m limiting Bad Sisters to 2 a week @jaifaim
Yeah I think about @flourbaby Hope all is well
Thankfully dentist was a breeze in and out within 30 mins ,
crown fitting in 2 weeks time and hopefully done for a bit
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
Day 8 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 238 lbs. The birthday celebration bloat. Eww. Let me squeeze in one more FD. Guess I’ll have a high water bill… I’m keeping the water dripping to prevent the pipes from freezing and yet I can still tell there’s ice in the line as I turn on the taps full blast in the morning. No relief from this in the foreseeable (or rather, forecastable) future.
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
@northgeorgia
Hello all, thank you for the welcome responses Symba7 and Brad 27. This is my 3rd FD in a row but my 4th since starting. Last night my last meal was at 6.00pm. I am going to see how comfortable I am during the day before my next meal but I will be eating at 6.00pm anyway. I have no doubt I will revert to a more structured ADF regime soon but the pre T2 has me really concerned hence my somewhat OTT start. The idea is that this long TRE start will make it easier to revert to a more normal Fast 800 system. My weight when I started on the 2nd Jan I was 16st 9lb.A sneaky weigh in this morning showed 16st 5 and a half. Mostly water but a start. Brad27, I am a rugby man, not a fan of dogs, my daughter has a 12 yr old Cockapoo which I am fond of. They are like babies, nice to visit and cuddle but also nice to return home from. Off to the gym to do my weights. Have a good day all.
Day 8-No. VA USA-FD 800
Well, another very cold, snow and ice day! Started work yesterday at 11 am and still only a few patients straggled in. Will have a late start today, also. The parking lot was plowed but on the shady side of the building (where our entrance is, naturally!) there will now be a layer of ice. But the salt we use to melt it will not work under 27 degrees F, so we have to wait for the afternoon for results.
@funshipfreddie, your planter looks even better with an actual plant in it! Magnificent.
@missybear, moving from your house is said to be one of the great life stressors, so not surprising you are feeling it. Now it is all to the good though!
@ccco, I hope you are staying warm and not slipping and sliding out there! I know we are sharing this wicked weather.
@jaifaim, be careful in your icy weather! I salute your bravery in your cold water swims!
@stitchincarol, we are all awaiting the finished photos of the sweater!
@brightonbelle, good luck at the dentist!
Have a good day, all.
!
Good morning everyone off to MoreLife this afternoon 2pm. Not going to be good news on the scales, to much Christmas chocolates. It’s sunny here today but minus 1.It was colder in the night so warming up. Was very slippery last night talking the dog out. So it will be just as bad now I imagine.I might be coming up to your party of the country Couscous I fancy going to Workington speedway some time this year, don’t know if your anywhere near there. Fancy going to watch ice hockey again but not sure if my son will come. Not going on my own.
Ahhh I love your planter @funshipfreddie!!! You’ve become another one of our fabulously creative fasters..And I like your plans for it 😂💕
There it is! It was Merry that used to say ‘onwards and downwards’. I’d never heard of ‘anal glands’ before DD became a vet. Yes, it can be due to a lack of fibre. Some food was delivered in large sacks during our stay and I heard DD muttering about the lack of fibre in the so-called ‘vet approved’ diet. Our dog (dingo x kelpie) didn’t have that issue in her 15 years of life. In fact, apart from standard preventative measures, she was only at the vet twice during her life – once to spay and once for a grass seed in her ear.
Sorry, I forgot CalifD in my earlier post. I hope you three had a peaceful time together.
Day 8 – Ireland – FD800 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾
Day 7 – FD
158.2
Hello all. Tricky conditions here this week and I didn’t get to post yesterday as time ran away on me. But did walk, short workout and ate very well, oh and worked.. 😂
@funshipfreddie – thanks for the links! I’ve been wondering about weight set point as heard it bring discussed on radio a few days ago… I would have poo poo’d the idea before but since reaching maintenance and bobbing around just above that range I really do think my body wants to hold me between 156-159…
I have to work extra hard to lower that set point. But that’s what I’m doing now… 1 FD and 1FD800 already this week – no reflection of that joyous work 😂 in the numbers but I now know my body needs time to catch up. November /December’s frustrations taught me that. So patience is key for me.
@penz bravo on your decision!!! That means another exciting year ahead as you get used to never going back to work! I’m inspired by your walking and I well believe it is better for you than 70 marathons 😂 @flourbaby was suffering with a really bad toothache late last year along with some work place stresses so hopefully things are working out for her and we will see her back soon 💕
@brightonbelle, @funshipfreddie, @at and all, I am pretty much a 2 meals a day girl too… except sometimes at weekends but even then I tend to brunch and dinner… ahh @brightonbelle you like Bad Sisters 👍♥️ – it’s fun isn’t it!! I am saving up series two as didn’t want to binge it over Christmas when so much was going on… all filmed near me and I know some people on the film crew.. it’s a small world here.. so yes that’s me in my dry robe in the background… Only kidding 😂
@molij I appreciate that it is a little bonkers but I know very little else which sorts out my muggy head and foggy brain as quickly as a very short dip… it’s funny to think they were in the water across from me 😂😂 just a long long way..
The health benefits are real but… it’s not for everyone and the risk of shock is also serious. I don’t swim every week but when I’m home or if the weather is bright here I try to. 🥶💦
@ccco 🙏⭐️ just keep coming back here every day… even if you do not fast… your mojo will return. We have got you. 💕
Ok… off I go in the ice.. have a good day all!
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim FD800
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
Oh the disappearing messages, Lindsay! I can’t see your post either. That will be weird to see Neil’s name with a message from you but I’m looking forward to it.
Neil, good luck with your eating and biking plan. I really hope you’ll be posting those double digits this year. I was watching a no-nonsense food/nutrition doco last evening. It focussed a lot on glucose spiking. The presenter was emphasising to a 31 year old lady weighing 197 kgs, yes kilos, that if she must include sweet items in her diet, they should never be eaten as a between-meal snack, instead she should save them to consume as a dessert because, after a meal of protein and fat, there will be less insulin spiking. It is staggering how little people know about nutrition and, as GDSA mentioned, we have a whole new generation that has no idea how to cook a meal. What happened to teaching what we called ‘domestic science’ in high school? 25% of Britons are obese and a further 37% are overweight.
Sure, save you typing it out again. Here’s the message I saw”
“Hello all, and happy 2025 to you.
Relaxing on the verandah at the island, after our very pleasant Christmas with the family.
Christmas damage repaired, and I’m looking forward to a slimmer 2025. Not just slimmer, either. A way of life with much less processed food, and certainly as little as possible ultraprocessed food, if you can call it that. I read an article in the New Yorker this morning about UPF and the damage it causes. I didn’t think I ate much, but I guess if you think of even a tin of beans as being processed, it all adds up.
Loved your description of your house stay Thin. Yuk, anal glands. Fortunately we’ve never had that problem. Wonder if that is diet related. The wire haired vizlas have only been recognised in Australia in the past 20 years or so – short hair Vizlas crossed with German Wire Hairs, I believe. Nice dogs although I prefer the smooth coats.
Cinque I made it through to see in the new year, but it had to be with my lovely doggos, because we’d been to a dog show, got home at 11.40, hoping to celebrate with a glass of wine and some quiet refletion, but OH popped in for a quick shower (ha! he does’t know the meaning of the word quick) and emerged wrapped in a towel at 12.05, and then only because he’d heard the fireworks. We didn’t bother with the wine, and the moment for reflection had passed, but a new year nevertheless, and unlike the 8 year old, we aren’t worried we’ll have a bad year because we missed its start.
Gday How was your Christmas with your mother? Hope you and your DD had a happy one with good memories. It’s been hard for my DD and my son in law, for 6 months now. His mother has done terrible damage in the family. She just can’t stand seeing men in her life happy with other women. She turned on her brother’s two wives, drove a wedge between one son and his wife to the point they divorced, and has taken after another daughter in law, and now my beautiful daughter. It’s cruel, but my SIL in now seeing her for what she is, and has made it very clear that my daughter is his priority. She needs professional help, but can’t see it.
Neil, having a goal to be lighter is a good one. So often we set unrealistic targets and then feel disappointed in ourselves if we fail (well, I do). So onwards and downwards (who used to say that?) and I look forward to your new year post next year, when you tell us all you’ve achieved your goal.
Anzac, sorry about your project ending, but the others’ comments are so true. Less stress, more time for yourself and your OH and doggo, and somehow fitting work into a balanced life.
Turn, Calif, it was good to read your posts – happy 2025 to you and your families.
OK, tea time. Take care all.”
Neil that is really weird, because I can’t see it’s been posted. And now the copy seems to have disappeared. Perhaps you could post it for me 🙂
Day 8 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
@stitchincarol, @molij – thank you! I’m very proud of the planter, considering it was only my 2nd project when I started it. Someone at the mosaic class said I should bequeath it in my will, so it goes to ‘a good home’. I said, ‘seriously?! They can put my ashes in there & then bury me with it!’ 😂
@penz – it sounds like you’re on top of the world! My mum always said after she retired that she didn’t know how she’d found the time to go to work. And I now know what she meant. Not that I have a busy schedule now. But a full-time job is such a big chunk of your time most days of the week. Who has the time?! 😅 I was also thinking of @flourbaby. She’s been quiet since mid November, when she mentioned a bad toothache, big changes at work & was considering looking for a new job.
Good to see a lot of fasting going on this week. I have NOT been on my best behaviour. I’m not having big meals, exactly. But there has been some chocolate, & a lot of pick-pick-picking. My brain still thinks it’s the festive season 🙄 I WILL be having a good FD tomorrow…
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
Pocket List – Day 8 🍋
@at FD800
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle FD800
@teneer
That’s weird Lindsay, because I got an email notification with your big post in it.
Evening all
First weigh-in of the year was down half a kilo, so far so good. I was pleased with how well my body recovered from my ride yesterday. I could hardly walk yesterday evening, then this morning my body felt fine.
Cinque, I think the weather is supposed to be improving next week, just in time for me to go back to work….typical 🙄
Thin, that sounds like the way tipping is supposed to work, rather than in the states where you’re just expected to tip 20% at least regardless of the level of service.
Lindsay, that sounds like a good goal. I don’t eat a lot of UPF, but it certainly finds its way into my diet in places. I think it was the show “eat well for less” one episode they displayed the average UK diet comparison from the 1980s and now. I think it was something like 5%-10% ultra processed food in the 80s, and over 65% now.
My goals are to track my food consistently, continue riding as often as possible, and if I do that, hopefully the weight will take care of itself
Have a good one everyone.
Gosh have I just lost my very long post? Blast. I have saved it. I’ll log out and try again.
Day 8, PFDS NFD Aus
Yay, I feel sooo good and back in the swing of things! Thanks for adding me to yesterday’s pocket list – it did the trick.
I know, @molij: I don’t know how I could fit work back into my new busy schedule. I am amazed at how much I achieved previously when working full time.
Love the planter box @funshipfreddie. You have not-so hidden talents there!
Thinking of our north American friends facing all that white suff. Hope it’s not too bad.
@missybear: congratulations on the house sale. A big relief, but I know that just means now a whole lot of new stress. Sorry if I have missed the news but have you a new place lined up to move into?
Has anyone seen @flourbaby?
Hello couscous I’ve lost 5 stone over a number of years still losing. It’s getting harder but still trying. Got sent on a year’s long course called MoreLife,I go tomorrow.I was doing great untill I went to Benidorm where I gained 1.5 stone in a week. I have another 3 months to go then will see where I am then. Do you like sport or animals?
Hello everyone,
Lovely to see your posts Thin, and hear about that extraordinary pet sitting! What a way to celebrate Christmas. And congratulations on being back to 6:1. Well done.
Neil, we have a week of sunny weather in the 30’s so I wonder if it will make it across the Tasman. Hooray that you and the family got to a warmer place and got a good bike ride in before the weather closed. But why is that nasty weather after you?
Sigh yes binge eating. Hooray that now I am back to enjoyable frugal eating. Long may it last.
Couscous..
Welcome to our group you are very welcome.. we talk about all different things..I think diet and grumbles come as a package, each go with each other.
Good luck starting again.
I have just had 2 cataracts removed so I haven’t started my fasting this year. I am missing it might give it a go tomorrow …I have been fasting for 10 years now.
Night from me..
Jean
Hi all FBBs. I am a grumpy 76 yr old man living in County Durham. Back around 2014 I started the 5:2, posting regularly and losing 23 lb over a few months getting down to 14st 3lb, (I am 5.9ins tall. For a variety of reasons my weight crept up until recently it once stood at 16st 13lb. I have several health issues but recently my practice nurse told me some tests showed my to be pre T2, high..ish ldl and high Iron levels. OOPS. The Iron apart, I know enough about the pre T2 and ldl to respond which I have done. I started a Diary on 2nd Jan setting out issues and targets using mainly the Fast 800 Blood Sugar Diet and low carbs, I have Michaels books. Thurs. 2nd Jan my first Fast day went well, 800 cals and low carb. Friday started well but on the evening shall we just say I “re adjusted” and had a bad day. Sat. and Sun. none fast days. Mon.6th back at it following a bad nights sleep, (Insomnia for over 25 yrs.) Decided not to eat until 6.00pm when I had a frozen home made bean veg ham and Turkey Broth. Estimated 500 cals and 20 gms of Carbs. An apple at 8.00pm. Tuesday, today 2 mugs of tea, splash of milk at 9.00am then water only until 6.00pm when I had a batch cooked bean veg and chicken broth. (Christmas left overs). Again an estimated 500 cals and 20 gms of carbs. An unusual TRE window but it worked. Will try for a 3rd day tomorrow but I do not yet know if I will try again for a long TRE window, I will go with how I feel. I actually feel fine and positive, both days have also seen a return to the gym, light weights Monday, 30 mins inclined walk today. A long post so will close. I look forward to being active on the forum. Good luck to you all out there.
Neil, thanks and I hope you get where you want to be with your weight this year. That sounds like an epic bike ride. Your weather doesn’t sound great for summer. The thought of fresh cherries makes my mouth water.
I read through some other posts but now they’re all on another page and I’ve forgotten most of it. I remember Turn and LJ posting Xmas messages, Cinque recounted a very laid back Christmas picnic with family and I was being chastised for only drinking one pint in a pub. Fear not, at those prices, they’re definitely not losing money. We know the owners actually. They don’t pay the band – there’s a whip round at half time to which we contribute generously and tipping for good service is alive and well in England.
Anzac, thank you for the detailed account of your river cruise. You had a great holiday by the sounds of it. That was a very expensive meal and drinks; it can happen easily when you’re unfamiliar. Did you have a nice, hot shower on the flight home too? Sorry about your job going away. I’m sure you’ll soon find something suitable with your specialised skills.
Lindsay, sorry your OH continues to have such a rough time with his health. It must be about three years since you first told us his bad news and I remember your saying that the doctors said it was very, very serious. He certainly seems resilient. I hope you both have a good year. We really enjoyed the Vizsla but I can’t imagine one standing still long enough to be inspected by show judges. She was a very pretty dog and her long hair looked beautiful with the wind blowing through it.
Evening!
Dave- I’m glad that Denise has got more antibiotics, hope this lot helps her 🤞
Nana- nice you have your daughter home again, she would miss the step grandchildren if she moved wouldn’t she? And would be hard for you too 🤗
Jean- glad your eye is improving! Nice you found a bonus with the jug, spring flowers are lovely!
Hemmy- Pip sounds a typical spaniel! He is doing well…hope you got your clothes sorted okay, I find it really hard to throw any away or give to charity, but I did have a bit of a sort out before Christmas…
Had a productive day after a late start (again, not used to sleeping this late!), took Xena to the park but she kept trying to pinch another dog’s ball, & didn’t want her own! We popped into town for a few bits, then hoovered the car, cut hubby’s hair & rang my HomeStart family. Too stiff to do exercise today! But have just had the one meal.
A big shop needed tomorrow…
I always say donkeys years Hemmy, my little aluminium pots have come so I’ll do poached eggs in them sometime this week.More gadgets arrived, Denise goes mad when I buy them but I say to her I don’t spend much money on anything else and she’s got loads of jewellery so that keeps her quiet 😁😁😁. Chloe is fast asleep on sofa next to me. She’ll be snoring soon😀.Dogs are the best things on earth but really miss them when they are gone. I still get upset on the 30th of December every year.My first dog we had since I was married a collie was 15 and Heidi was 15 so hopefully Chloe’s got a few years left. Lassie my first ever dog was 19. The only time I have seen my dad crying was when she passed away. Think Chloe’s dreaming making funny noises.
Evening All..
A lovely walk this morning on the grass bank as it was slippy.. a few people saying very cold but I have plenty of layers on so I was comfortable.
Chilly this evening and more slippy…
A productive day cleaned house top to bottom, changed Charlie’s food order, updated holiday insurance. I had a lovely jug bought over Xmas thought I would wash it and put away, there were some bulbs and compost to plant so that was done too. 😂
Eye is nearly up to scratch now, very pleased.
Dave..
Very cold for bowls you do well to play.
Hoping Denise soon feels better and you not getting stressed about it.
Nana..
You will be upset if your daughter moves away. Will she have to change her job? Well done on getting back on board, I feel strange not fasting.
Hemmy..
Mr Pip does really well for his age, Charlie will be 9 next week. I feel he is aging a bit now.
Egg and chips for a few of you 😋
Hedgehog..
I have not been on the scales, I have possibly gone back up a bit. I am still crocheting made quite a few now, they are all in a box so not sure how many. Well done on doing some exercise it’s remembering to do it…
Jean x
Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD – 157.8
I came close to perfection with yesterday’s CD, and then went a bit astray with some cookies, but it was better than the day before so I’ll take what satisfaction I can. I’m hopeful today won’t be too tough as the first WFD/FD of any sort since Dec 19. 😟
@jaifaim After all your lovely time off, I can well imagine that being back at work is indeed a shock to the system! Well done on keeping up with your exercise goals and routines!
@missybear I’m so sorry for you to have slept so poorly last night, and can well imagine the stress of packing up and moving out by April. Choose joy: the house has sold, there’s no longer any wondering, and all that packing will absolutely help you avoid nibbling as you’ll be too busy! 😂👍💪🥰
@penz That’s an amazing statistic about walking 10K each day, and how perfect to have a FD when you’re away from the house!
Aww, @funshipfreddie, that pot must bring you such joy and satisfaction and pride. It is truly stunning!
@brightonbelle DH and I used to giggle at his parents for having a main meal at 11 in the morning and their final meal at 4 in the afternoon…and now we’re discovering how lovely that feels to our 30-years-older bodies, LOL! The eating schedules we choose now are sure not what we grew up with, are they? My mom made pancakes or waffles or fried eggs or scrambled eggs or hardboiled eggs (all with toast and often with bacon or sausage) or a huge variety of hot cereals, every single morning, even though she was a teacher and we had to be out the door by 7:30 each morning. Then she’d produce an equally impressive supper at the end of the day. Amazing woman–not least because she could eat all that and not gain weight!!! My neice once said her 95yo grandma “ate like a linebacker”!! 🤣
@molij How’s your cleaning coming along as you prepare to put your house on the market? And your dress; is it close to making you pleased?
@northgeorgia I entirely agree with you about snow v. ice!
@ccco Do you happen to have a fitbit or some sort of watch that calculates how many calories you burn each day? I’ll bet you burned a boatload yesterday with all your snow scooping!
I was so sad not to finish DH’s sweater yesterday, but I came close: I have only five rows left on the sleeve ribbing, and then the weaving in of ends. Perhaps tonight, or certainly tomorrow. We got both trees taken down, and our Christmas dishes put away and our regular dishes back out, so although there’s still a grand mess, it shouldn’t take much on Wednesday to restore it all to peace and tidiness. And piano lessons resume today, so that will be lovely to see the kids again.
Have a grand one, everyone!
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@stitchincarol WFD
Hi Everyone. Xxxx
A beautiful crisp blue sky sunny day today.. lovely for walking..
I have noticed this last month since its been wet and colder not so many peeps walking their dogs.
Lol My Pip is sooo crafty lol … into his 14th year now. And I often think when we are at home.. Oh bless him he looks older… tired .. but OMG just get him over the fields and he runs about like a 2 yr old lol. I tell him typical male lolol. ( Sorry Dave )lolol
I think its eggs and chips here for dinner.. I should have gone shopping but will go tomorrow.
I am sorting summer clothes .. putting lots in the loft ..I will just keep them till summer then bin if not wanted.. Lots are as mum would have said ” Donkeys years old ” lolol .
Nana .. Hope your dental check up goes well tomorrow…. You will miss your daughter if she moves away. I do miss Kristy so much.. the week at Christmas was lovely.
Dave.. I think once you get into cooking it becomes addictive .. I used to watch all the cookery programmes .. hopefully get back into it. soon .
The grandad of Chloe was famous .. Chloe is a celebrity and requires to be fed chicken regularly lol Bless her
H H … Its quite early yet re losing weight while we adjust back to routine eating.
The exercise is brilliant if you can be disciplined .. I am useless . lol
Sym… How are you today is the eye ok. Xx
Enjoy the afternoon whatever you are doing ..Make today a good one. xxxx
USA Day 7. WFD
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@ccco
I am having a little trouble getting back into the groove of things right now. Too much holiday fun! Anyway, I am less likely to eat, if I don’t start. I hope I can handle this. I am definitely not hungry now.
I had a lot of exercise yesterday shoveling snow. There was a little more on my walkway and driveway, so I removed it early this morning and right now I am as good as it is going to get! I do have to go to a doctor’s appointment this morning but I have to drive very carefully. I was hoping it would be postponed but it hasn’t.
NorthGeorgia, our next storm up here in Maryland should be on Saturday! More exercise! Oh well!
Have a great day!
Day 7 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 234 lbs. My niece is having a birthday celebration this evening. I forgot about my meeting in Atlanta on Thursday, so depending if we celebrate January birthdays at work today or tomorrow will determine the next FD …
Friday is looking more like frozen stuff down here. If we have to get frozen stuff, I want nice, fluffy snow, not an inch of ice to shut down roads, send trees crashing into homes and cars and downing power lines….
Day 7 North Wales NFD
Good fast day yesterday.
@jaifaim I so admire you going into the sea at this time of year. My eldest daughter and two granddaughters went in several times over Christmas whilst they were in Wales. Totally mad all of you 😂😂😂 but very brave. ❤️
@funshipfreddie your planter is amazing. I would love that in my garden.
@stitchincarol I was last 64kg before the pandemic. I love Fair Isle sweaters
@missybear. Such an exciting time for you. It is a tight time scale for you. It will certainly focus the mind. I love timescales personally.
@penz congratulations on your upcoming retirement. I absolutely love my retirement. I can’t believe I had time to work.
Have a good day everyone
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I’m also doing 1 or 2 meals a day @funshipfreddie @at and it’s really working for me at present , definitely something I want to incorporate into my regular routine
Dentist appointment later , hopefully nearing the end of treatment that’s been going on a long time 🤞
I’m a bit late but just watching bad sisters and always think of you @jaifaim at the swimming scenes 🏊♀️
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@at FD800
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Good morning everyone, I’m thinking of egg and chips today if my order from Amazon comes. I’m fascinated by poached eggs. Tried lots of ways of doing them some are good and some not. I watched a video on YouTube a bloke from Yorkshire did them and it was the way they looked that appealed to me. Her shown 2 methods of doing them. The white was perfect and the yolk was just about runny.I would have liked it a bit more runny but at least the white was perfect.His airfrier chips were not as good I did some and mine were great lovely and crunchy on the outside and fluffy on the inside. I’m definitely improving at this cooking malarkey. We had snow again in the night not used to this snow.Denise is not going to Spanish lessons most have dropped out because of the weather. Slippy outside so I’ll have to be careful with our walk. My daughter sent me a photo of Chloe’s grandad Westmead Hawk.He is in Madame Tussauds in London. He’s very famous.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westmead_Hawk
Morning everyone, a day late but here I am at last.
Dave sorry to hear that Denise is still having problems which in turn are causing you a bit of stress,hopefully the next lot of antibiotics will do the trick.
Hedgehogs our daughter was due back on Sunday but due to the heavy snow where she was she had to stay until yesterday and even then her train was delayed getting to her station due to more snow further up the line. We collected her from our station near to us late yesterday afternoon, she had a lovely time and is seriously considering moving up there later in the year.
Jean sounds like you’ve had a trying time with your eye operation but glad your vision is getting slightly better. I’m having an eye test booked for next week.
Hemmy we had snow falling and settling in the early hours of Sunday morning but it had turned to rain when I woke up again and all the snow had gone. Enjoy your day out Thursday.
I started back on my 18:6 1300 calories daily on the 2nd and so far not doing to badly, apart from my usual Friday night takeaway.
A dentist check up appointment for both of us tomorrow so wondering what to have for our tea that doesn’t include garlic 🤔 might settle for egg & chips.
Enjoy your day everyone.
Nana xxx
Evening all
Well 2025 has had a bit of a dreary start to it so far. It’s supposed to be summer, but we’ve had grey rainy, windy weather and temperatures in the mid teens. Yesterday we were sick of it so we drove 2 hours into Roxburgh where the forecast was supposed to be sunny and 26 degrees rather the overcast and 16 degrees we were forecast to be getting.
This morning was fine and warm so I went out for a bike ride. I overdid it a bit and ended up riding 4.5 hours and rode 108kms, now I can hardly move my legs. But that doesn’t matter because a couple of hours after I got back the weather closed in and we got heavy rain and gale force winds again, so we’re confined to the house.
Thin, sounds like you had a great break, and congrats on getting your weight where you want to be.
Weigh-in for me tomorrow, hopefully I’ll see a little movement on the scale.
Cinque, it’s a constant struggle to stop from bingeing. It is getting easier at the moment with the increase in cheap fresh summer fruit and veg. When we were in Roxburgh we went to an orchard that did pick-your-own cherries and picked up a couple of kilos.
Well have a good one everyone.
