Day 22 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 227 lbs. Well, just a couple of pounds to go to my goal weight for the month! Hopefully, I’ll reach it tomorrow, but a 2nd FD, particularly a FD500 like today, can be fickle. Sometimes it is a couple of pounds, and sometimes it’s just a couple of ounces.
@stitchincarol I do like those Zoom or WebEx meetings, too, especially if you forget about one and you’re already 5 minutes late! I try not to make that a habit, but it has saved me a few times.
@funshipfreddie In addition, I have also found that breaking my fast with some nuts and seeds really helps me get my digestive system adjusted. They are pretty calorie dense, so on my salad today, I’ll sparingly put a few pistachios on top.
Down we go!
Pocket list day 22:
@penz
@at
@jaifaim
@excelsior12309
@northgeorgia
Day 22-No. VA USA-FD
Back on the “fast (day) train” today. We had a lovely tapas dinner with friends of my son on Saturday. I ate modestly yesterday, but weight is up a pound. I think my two drinks and some bread did me in a bit, but it wasnt too crazy. Continue to cut away at the “featherbed” look!
Down we go!
Pocket list day 22:
@penz
@at
@jaifaim
@excelsior12309
Day 22 UK f800
Right ! back to some serious fasting So I’m up a few lbs this month my new target is to get rid of those and see a reduction on my April start weight so back to basics – eat less move more 💪
Good to have you back @penz Yes I’m desperate for the weather to improve ☀️
I really enjoyed a bracing walk @jaifaim but it does build up an appetite doesn’t it 🌊
Wow 8k steps indoors @funshipfreddie Very impressive 🚶♂️
Let’s see out April in style
Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
@penz
@at
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle
Day 22 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.3 kg
@penz – welcome back! 8 degrees?! 🥶️
@jaifaim – my FD went perfectly. I even managed to clock +8000 steps, despite not setting foot outside. There was some Ironman Triathlon thingy going on in the town, with road closures & visitors everywhere, so I stayed well away.
UK Mail article re nuts & seeds
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13334127/Eat-nuts-seeds-fight-disease-Healthy-snacks-added-5-day-guidance-boost-nations-health-report-suggests.html
“The most important thing in life is to stop saying ‘I wish’ and start saying ‘I will.” ~ Charles Dickens
Adding @penz to the pocket list, but @leoniraats has switched to Tuesday..
Good morning,
Anzac, good news on the colonoscopy. I meant to ask before, then forgot. Posts are less frequent these days which in some ways is easier to follow than the frenetic posting of previous years but I’m afraid I lose track of my own time, let alone that of others’ so I’m sorry I neglected to ask before.
Cinque, I hope you have a productive day in the garden. Or a pleasant one at least.
Lindsay, that’s sad about the rift. I can appreciate both sides of that situation. But your DD has entrusted you with her precious daughter’s care and, with that, comes acceptance of your judgement to carry out the task as you see fit. Hopefully, she’ll come to appreciate that you were only acting in the best interests of all concerned. And that she’s very fortunate to have you to depend upon for child-minding.
We are slowly travelling north on the Oxford Canal, a section of stunning scenery that we’ve cruised four times before but always with a deadline to get somewhere else. After 45 minutes of cruising, we became so cold that we moored just short of a picturesque lock and went for a long walk. On return, my day took a significant upturn when, across the canal, I spotted two otters swimming, diving for shellfish and enjoying a meal out of them from within a watery den. Their teeth are huge! One then swam to the lock, climbed out, lumbered along the towpath, rolled in the grass, took a look at me and then disappeared into the hedgerow. Otters are notoriously shy and sightings are rare so I was very excited.
I put the camera trap out but we’ll be lucky to see them again as their territories extend 40 km and there’s a river adjacent to the canal. Of course, I’m keeping a keen lookout and telling no one.
Day after FD and I didn’t make the 59s which is annoying.
Day 22 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾.
@funshipfreddie I hope you and all the Sunday fasters had a good day yesterday. Mine was the opposite 😋 – so will need a good week now. Thanks all for 👏 on my ATL 🎯 .
@brightonbelle – good to have your company today 👌We had very light winds yesterday which was such a change after months of howling winds and rain 🙃 so we headed off for a long sunny spin along the coast 🚴♀️ – it’s was just glorious. Too much food but the logic is that some of it should have burned off with exercise but… it doesn’t always follow…
@stitchincarol – thank God For zoom eh! Although I don’t enjoy them, it makes meetings so much easier to get to particularly the ones you need to travel to. I have a review appointment this morning with a consultant that I would have had to cancel if it wasn’t for zoom 😁.
@merryapple – what a fabulous road trip! And such special times spent with your family 💕 . I loved our trip through both islands – many moons ago now (Jesu – 19 years now). Your description brought me right back 💕
@penz 🥳 welcome back! Hope you’ve been having fun times.
Wow… 8 degrees seems very cold for Oz? Great to have you back 👍
@excelsior12309 – great news… I’m sure you’ll have a significant drop soon 👖. I’m learning that my “weight” takes time to catch up with my body measurements changing 🌟 as I think @stitchincarol pointed out recently …. great that the trousers fit so well now.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Pocket List Day 22 – 🛼
@at
@jaifaim
@leoniraats
Hello everyone,
It is a beautiful day in Melbourne, so I hope to get out and do some things in the garden. But first, coffee and chat.
I’m going okay, but still not quite knocking off the extra inch or so around my tum. Every day is a new day and today is going well.
Anzac I do hope that this might be your last ever work EOFY, and that it is a (comparatively) easy one.
So glad your colonsocopy results were so good. Excellent management.
Intesha, good to hear from you and so much sympathy for your homeless state. You have done so well storing everything and organizing what you will do when you get back from Turkey. I hope you can enjoy every minute travelling.
Oh dear, I can remember being in my twenties when that situation wouldn’t have bothered me at all.
Nowadays, ringing my doctor and getting a message that the number is no longer connected was enough to give me conniptions. (Their phone was down for a day). (I had to work out how to spell ‘conniptions’ and then look up what it actually meant).
Lindsay, sympathy about that up and down weight in stressful times. What can we do but the best we can. I do hope your beach holiday will be a wonderful stress free week.
I hope granddaughter’s wrist is healing well.
Looking forward to hearing more from you.
Hi Thin, Neil, Gday, Turn and anyone else reading.
I’m off to see what good things I can do in my little garden. I wonder if I will see any broadbean shoots.
Best wishes, I hope everyone has a day without too much stress, and enough energy to do all the good things,
Cheers
Day 22, FD, Aus
Hello, hello! My absence = a complete lack of responsibility, and eating and drinking with abandon. But I’m back, and hoping like heck my mojo is with me.
Have had a quick skim of the posts to see what I’ve missed out on. A lot by the looks of it! Birthdays, new ATLs, new house purchase and newbies? Exciting times!!
I’ve had my dog walk this morning (8 degrees!!! brrrr), and a very light lunch as I re-acquaint my body to the feel of a WFD.
Thank you… sat reading….x
Happy birthday Sym . enjoy the rest of your special day Xxxx♥️♥️♥️
PS… My Capricorn and your Taurus are very compatible signs.
Evening All…
A lazy day for me as it’s my birthday..
A walk on the riverbank but only half way the cows are making the way around.
A lovely afternoon tea yesterday with my daughter and SiL part of my birthday treat.
Cut my grass as the rain is on the way back.. only job of the day.
Hemmy ..
Nothing like crusty bread .. why not… a few pounds will have gone on for me this week as no fasting and three meals out.
Nice to have a week off sometimes….bitter here..
Dave..
Roast beef and yorkshires… you will have us all queuing up 😁
Jean x
USA. Day 21 FD
Congratulations, Northgeorgia, for your lossz!👍. Merryapple, it looks like you are having a lovely adventure. FUNSHIPFREDDIE, again thank you for the article. I prefer to eat only if I am hungry and I don’t think I am getting depressed, if that means I don’t eat breakfast!
Pocket List – Day 21 🥚
@merry🍎 ?🍻
@fastingnurse
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
@ccco
I hope everyone is enjoying their Sundays! 🙂
Day 21 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 230 lbs. Somehow, although we picked up a fast food breakfast and had a sit-down lunch on our outing, I ended up having only water to drink yesterday. And after a good night’s sleep, interrupted only by a storm around 1 a.m., I am down two pounds over yesterday.
I’m planning a WFD today and a FD500 tomorrow, then another FD of some sort on Wednesday.
Pocket List – Day 21 🥚
@merry🍎 ?🍻
@fastingnurse
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
Happy Sunday F B Brit friends Xxxx
Its a very windy chilly day here .. a cold blustery walk over the fields but the silver lining is washing drying beautifully on the line. lol
A naughty eating day today of my favourite crusty french bread and cold roast beef and a big Belgium iced bun. I am easy pleased lolol.
H H . Hope the cramp sorts it self out that’s annoying when it messes with your sleep.
Dave.. Ohh your dinner sounds divine.. 2 Yorkshires please lol
Hope everyone is have a lovely day. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Xxxx
Best of luck with it.
You may find these links useful:
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/warnings-to-newbies/
They aim only at the 5:2 Fast Diet as originally developed in 2012.
FYI I’ve done 5:2 for 11 years quite successfully.
Hi. I’ve been doing 5:2 for 11 years and haven’t lost any leg muscle. However, I have also suffered leg pain around the knee area when on the stairs or when trying to get out of the bicycle seat to make an extra effort. In my case it turned out that it was down to my IT band being tense, which in turn was caused by my sitting at a slightly skewed angle when watching TV. Over the years that had put tension I was almost unaware of into muscles in the right-middle of my back. Changing my seating position so I’m square to the TV has removed the back muscle tension, relaxed the IT band and removed the pain from my left knee area (and indeed my left ankle).
This was all figured out by a local sports physiotherapist who took a good look at my posture rather than just leaping in to work on the areas I was reporting issues with. Her diagnosis was spot on, but also helped by doing some intense work on the tight muscles and IT band.
It may be worth trying to see a sports physio to see if you have something similar. It’s made a world of difference to me and I would never have figured it out myself.
Best of luck.
Day 21 UK NFD
Ooh a Sunday pocket list – well done 👏 I’ll be joining you tomorrow, off for a bracing walk along the seafront, a bit of sun out but very windy
Pocket List – Day 21 🥚
@merry🍎 ?🍻
@fastingnurse
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
Good morning everyone how are you all doing today? It’s bright outside but not that warm. Chloe is curled up so she must be cold. Her ears are nice and warm so that’s good. Roast beef and Yorkshire puddings tonight, I made the batter yesterday and put it in the fridge so it should be good. Will do roast potatoes again they are lovely done in the air fryer. Might have a toastie now also done in the airfrier.So definitely not a fast day but will do one tomorrow.
Day 21 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
@jaifaim – congratulations on reaching a new ATL! 🥳️🎉 🎯
@stitchincarol – noo?! I mustn’t get myself involved in anymore games. I’ve already got 6 ongoing Words with Friends games, + Sudoku & Wordle. I’m on a mission to reach level 5 on the Dreaming Spanish site by the end of May, & if I stay focused I can get to level 6 by the end of the year. I think our version of wet noodle legs would be ‘legs like jelly’. But that would sound weird to you, because you call jelly ‘jello’, right? & what is jelly in the US is ‘jam’ here & in the UK 🤔 I’ve heard of Olive Garden – a popular family restaurant – but we don’t have them here.
@excelsior12309 – that’s hilarious?! That cat didn’t want to go anywhere & deliberately sabotaged the sale 😂
@leoniraats – good luck with your deadline
A strange article suggesting skipping breakfast can give you depression. No doubt sponsored by Kellogs & co. I’m sure not getting my morning coffee would be depressing, but I’ll skip the Cheerios, thanks 😅
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13332077/cheerios-cure-depression-unhappiness-skipping-breakfast.html
Aiming for a good FD today & getting back on track for the last week of AA 💪
@merryapple – just saw your post. A beery FD – that’s new 😅
Happy S🌞nday everyone
Pocket List – Day 21 🥚
@merry🍎 ?🍻
@fastingnurse
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
Day 21 National Park Ohakune FD ?
Today we drove horizontally across the Nth Island for 2 1/2 hrs before heading up the Western side of the large volcanoes in the mid North Island, Ruepehu and Ngarahoe. We are camping tonight under a Mountain Beech Tree next to a black water river filled with shingle and boulders which makes for a lovely natural sound of running water. Tomorrow we drive up to the Waitomo caves filled with glow worms and a river running through their base where my nephew has been doing a caving course for a week. Then we head back to Auckland.
Goodness knows what has happened to my weight! I did a FD today then had a pint at a pub… I haven’t eaten a huge amount I think but I have had rather a lot of G&Ts…
It’s been a great gathering for our family. My generation is now the senior generation…
Well done everyone on your personal successes and keeping it together. I’m looking forward to getting back to my routine although I have family staying this week and my brother had a bad habit of buying sticky buns…
Onward and downward!
I’ll write properly tomorrow.
But Lindsay, just have to say how much I feel for you going through this with your daughter. I can imagine the distress. But I also know she will just have felt shock and distress and taken it out on you in extremis. I do hope the chasm closes easily and soon.
Day 21 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾.
Up and out early today. A walk, a short cycle yesterday and a long one today. In the sun ☀️.
Curry evening last night with friends so no doubt I’m back up a bit but still happy 😃 thanks gang!
Have a lovely Sunday all and see you for the last full week of April tomorrow.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
USA. Day 20 FD
Thank you everyone for your encouragement. I think getting rid of my diet coke is going to be harder than getting rid of white flour and wine were! LOL
I have been so tired lately! I hope it isn’t because I may be doing too many FDs. 🙁
kExcelsior12309, that cat story was very interesting! LOL
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! The weather here is lovely! 🌺
Day 20-No. VA USA-NFD
Weight is OK, down a 1/2 # from yesterday. I was able to put on, comfortably, pants I had ordered two months ago and they did not fit then, but do, today. So yay. That is not to say that when looking in the mirror “au naturel, ” there is not still a “featherbed tied in the middle” appearance. Just a less thick featherbed. So that is progress. Particularly at my age!
Regarding cats and “gifts”: When I was very young, we had a tortoiseshell cat who LOVED my mother and despised my sisters and me. My mother was not really a cat person, and she disliked mice intensely. The cat was a terrific mouser. We lived near a big meadow, and when it came time to sell our little house, my mother was taking a prospective buyer through the house. They went into the basement, and there the cat had lined up 5 dead field mice and voles, like so many corpses after a battle. Needless to say, the sale was not made to that person!
Day 20 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD
We ended up going to Olive Garden last night; is that a restaurant you all know? It’s Italian, it’s a HUGE chain here in the States, and it’s generally packed with couples, families, old people, and friends, so it’s not a quiet place. We ordered the breaded and fried calamari for an appetizer (plenty of calories but oh-so-yummy) and I had a salad, a single breadstick (they’re unlimited, as is the salad, so that was serious restraint I showed, LOL), and shrimp scampi, which was about 500 calories according to the menu. And I couldn’t finish it after all the salad and calamari, so we brought home the remainder. It was a lovely dinner, and although my weight shot up this morning, good behavior today will help restore a nicer weight tomorrow morning.
Okay, wet noodle: yes, it can refer to someone with no backbone, but it can also be used to describe your legs/arms when they’re so very tired that just standing and asking your legs to hold you up feels like an effort, when your arms are so tired that reaching out to open a door feels like over-exertion. When they’re so tired, they’re limp, like a wet noodle. There: Carol the definition-writer’s definition. 😇😁
@leoniraats I hope that government deadline project goes well for you!
@funshipfreddie I’m astonished you haven’t played solitaire on your laptop. My husband used to tease me that it appeared the only point of my computer/laptop was so I could play solitaire. The classic game played with actual cards is called Klondike by Microsoft, but there are a total of five in the main collection: Spider, Pyramid, FreeCell and TriPeaks. I’m so addicted to Klondike that, while my collective score/rating/whatever-they-call-it is between 600 and 800 on the other four, that same number for Klondike is 3,700. Yup. Addicted. OH! I hope Bo Bo has the wisdom to stay out of sight for awhile!
Oh, WOW!, @jaifaim, what a lovely, lovely number on your scale this morning! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
@brightonbelle Not only did I know what choice you made, but it was a hugely familiar choice to me. 🤷🏻♀️ But the obvious key is not to treat those days as reasonable and make them your lifestyle, and we all know you’ve already pushed the reset button, so it’s all good. And so happy for you that both inlaws are doing (relatively?) well. ❤️
@northgeorgia Bummer on the weight, the family drama, and the unexpected roll as driver; tomorrow’s FD should resolve that ugly number, right?
I have a baptism to play for this morning, only a single hymn, but it’s a great-nephew DH is baptising, so it’ll be a bunch of family whom I really like and enjoy being around, so I’m looking forward to that. And then I have a two-hour zoom meeting this afternoon. Better than driving an hour or two each way to meet in person, but I’m still not looking forward to it, and have lots to print out and read before the meeting, so I suppose I should get at it.
Have a grand one, everyone!
HH, yesterday I played a man who is 86 years old, He doesn’t play all the time but they were short yesterday so he played, we spent ages talking, the other teammates said are you ever going to finish the game🤣😃.I said we have all day until it goes dark😁. He’s got 2 bag knees like me and as just had a new hip fitted at Christmas. He said he as no pain at all from the hip replacement. Think my right hip is on the way out, it hurts to put my socks on. The joys of getting old😲.I brushed Chloe yesterday and she seems to like it, thinks it’s a spa day.
Day 20 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 232 lbs. But no sleep last night due to some family drama, making me an impromptu driver early this morning on an outing. Anyway, looking forward to tomorrow’s FD.
Day 20 UK NFD
I too had an unexpected blip on the scales on Friday , so did I treat it as just one of those things , it’ll right it’s self or did I go on a binge eating all the stuff I’ve been avoiding for months , I think you know the answer , anyway my common sense has returned it was only a day still time to put things right 💪
Both in laws are comfortable and cheery in separate hospitals but MIL is going to be moved to a Palliative care facility so things are a bit up in the air
Those special cat gifts can be grim @funshipfreddie Thank goodness your so good at cleaning 🧽
Sounds ominous @leoniraats Take care and see you soon
Fabulous result @jaifaim 💪 inspiring me to get back on the waggon quickly
Have a great Saturday all 😻
Second post…
Weekly weigh in today..152.8 lbs
A new ATL ♥️
Hurrah! I’ve had that whoosh that has been eluding me for so long… but this has been worked hard for so I’m revelling in this little burst of self pride. 😍🥰💫
It just proves… never give up the efforts and the hope.
Now to stay in my new range. 🙏
Day 20 – Ireland – CD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾.
I had my best FD in ages and on a Friday. That may be a first… Super impressed with myself. 🥳
@stitchincarol 😂😂 I still don’t know what “wet noodle arms/legs” mean… I have imagined lots but haven’t looked that up yet 😂😂
I hope you enjoyed your night out and whatever yummy choices you make.
Ok just looked it up 🍜 … LOL! Definition: Someone who is weak or lack vigour – I was thinking hot and sticky from all the yard work 😂😂😂
@ccco that’s a win 🥇and super decision on cutting the soda! @northgeorgia and you will see marked differences soon too I’m sure having been off them for a while now 👌
@funshipfreddie oh no! 🐦 🐱🥴 Funny a friend just recommended that show to me. We know this of course but this experiment is said to ve super interesting so will take a look
@leoniraats we’ll pop you on the pocket lists those days 🤩 All the best with the deadline and see you when you next have time to check in.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 20 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
@excelsior12309 – I never ask Wordle to analyse how I did. I’m just relieved if I crack it. Ignorance is bliss 😅
@stitchincarol – yes, I did have extra sodium – on all 3 NFDs. I can’t claim I wasn’t aware of it though, because I was munching salted peanuts 🤦♂️ No more! Another FD tomorrow. Is Solitaire a card game? I used to play that years ago, with a regular deck of cards though.
A friend recently recommended a Netflix show – ‘You are what you eat’ – “Identical twins change their diets and lifestyles for eight weeks in a unique scientific experiment designed to explore how certain foods impact the body”. I haven’t started watching it yet, but then I already know I’m a salted peanut 🥜
Does anyone want a cat? I just came out of the bathroom to find a trail of blood through the house, feathers all over the bedroom, & a large dead bird under the bed 🤯
Michael Mosley’s column from the UK Mail:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13327335/DR-MICHAEL-MOSLEY-Sitting-naked-sauna-WONT-detox-body-make-50-cent-likely-die-heart-attack.html
Have a good weekend everyone 🌤🌈
Hi all
Nothing to report – which I guess in a way is good news.
My weight is not at all stable. I’m living with a lot of stress at the moment, and I do think that affects it. I also have less control, as I try to live with other stuff. Looking after the little girl on the school holidays and she fell out of a tree, and broke her wrist. We got her to medical care very quickly, but my daughter is very upset with me for not phoning her until we got home from the emergency clinic. I’ve never had a falling out with my DD before, and it has shattered me, to be honest. I thought we’d done the right thing.
We are going for a week-long beach holiday next Saturday week. I’m so looking forward to the freedom of it. We’ll put the dogs into the kennel and although I adore them, I am looking forward to the freedom of being able to walk out the door without a leash in hand.
I will come back to everyone’s posts – I just wanted to say hello, conscious I’ve been MIA for a little while.
Second post
@ccco I just saw your post in my email–how fascinating! I hope eliminating it from your diet gives you excellent results!
USA. Day 19. Second Post
Today went excellently. It went so well that I just made a new promise to myself. I just read an article on caffeine free diet coke. I drink that heavily but never saw any damages for that. The article I just read said that there are problems drinking that much and that can mess with your metabolism, causing you to actually gain weight. Well, that didn’t rub me right. I will do anything to lose weight, so as of right now, the coke is gone. Fortunately, I was just running out. I could save myself a small fortune not buying it! I will let you all know how my experiment goes.
Hope everyone had a lovely day! 🌈
Yes that was me Thin, I had one a few weeks ago. Great news – everything was fine and he was most impressed with my ability to manage the diverticulitis; only one hospital visit and two minor flare-ups in three years. I have pouches on both sides of the colon whereas most sufferers have them only on the left. So my never-wavering daily intake of fibre has done the trick.
Now why can’t I have that level of focus and will power on the rest of my diet? Therein ponders the big question. Sigh
I’m sorry to hear about your housing situation Intesha. I hope you find somewhere asap when you return from Turkey and I hope you have a wonderful holiday. I will be thinking of you on Anzac day
Dave- sounds like you’ve got the hang of the new bowling method, just unlucky with who you have to play!
Hemmy- nice that Kristy is coming again…and that you found your lead! We lost a really nice one, I dropped it on a walk & went back for it, someone had already taken it!
Jean- the kennels sound great, nice they have lots of space & get the dogs out alot! Are they open in Feb when you go away?
Nana- hope your holiday was good 😃
Woke at 4am, keep getting cramp, have been eating well & taking supplements too so not sure why! So Xena & I were out at 6am! Should’ve met my friend this afternoon but she’s changed it to tomorrow morning. Had a haircut, no get up & go today so haven’t done much else…
Good evening FB Brits hope you are having a good day. Xxxx
A dry day here with some sunshine a bit chilly at times though.
Yesterday we had lost the lead over the fields chatty to MaryAnn .. lol.. Anyway I was sooo pleased that this morning it had been put on the gate entrance to the fields some lovely villager had found it . We have another new one we got last time we lost it .. 3 times now.. so we better be careful now lolo.
I have lost the pound this week so back to my normal weight. will probably put more on next week when Kristy comes..
Just had my old favourite eggs homemade chips and beans. always tasty.
Sym… I can understand how you feel re bowling at the moment.. like you my enthusiasm wains for things at times.. how is your son-in -law now.
Enjoy your evening everyone.. “The only time you fail is when you fall down and stay down.” Xxxx
Anzac, I’m sure it was a very distressing time for the young bride to be. Relatives, eh? Looking forward to the bridesmaid story.
I’ve just returned here because I have a memory of someone saying that they were scheduled to have a colonoscopy that we have all forgotten to enquire about. Did I imagine that? I thought it was you, Anzac. I can’t find it now.
Day 19 – NFD – South Africa
Hi all, hope everyone is doing ok.
I have a Government deadline end April so won’t be on here much but will try and update the tracker as much as possible. Daily if I can.
I will stay with my Monday & Thursday FDs.
Wishing everyone well over the next few days.
Jean don’t give the boules up you enjoy it when you get there and it will be nice in the sunshine. I played a man who is 86 years old today, he’s had a new hip at Christmas and said it’s the best thing ever can’t feel any pain now. His knees are dodgy like mine. His physio said whatever you do don’t stop bowling it’s very good for you.
USA. Day 19. FD
Well, I weighed myself today and it turns out all I did is re-lose the weight I gained, so I am back to where I was when I had the first good weight loss. I am going to call that a win and I hope I can go down from there.
FUNSHIPFREDDIE, Excelsior12309, and all those who enjoy that all important relaxing cup of coffee in the morning, I am right there with you! God forbid I should ever run out of coffee!!!
Merryapple, your arts evening sounds wonderful. I have done the same in the past at one of the museums here and I loved it. Basking in the sun at a cafe at the beach is wonderful, too.
Now to get back on that pocket list!!
Pocket List – Day 19
@at
@excelsior12309
@jaifaim FD800
@ccco
Have a great day today! As for me, I am having that relaxing cup of coffee right now! 😊
Day 19 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 160.8
Yesterday went fine and was able to remain a WF. The cycle for several months now has been that I have a good week of disciplined eating, and then I have social events and undo the progress I started. I think–THINK–I can have next week entirely to myself, so perhaps I can get back to the 158-159 range and actually stay there. We’ll see what transpires. I’m working hard–well, THINKING hard–about what I will and won’t eat over the next several days.
@merryapple Your morning (?) at the cafe basking in the sun so resonated with me; sounds lovely as did your day/evening at the art fair!
@funshipfreddie Hmmm…did you have extra sodium that you weren’t aware of? Very odd indeed. I too love sudoku, but have given up my interest in Wordle and have never enjoyed Words with Friends. But solitaire?? There, I am an EXPERT. I love my daily dose of solitaire, and tell myself it’s excellent mental training. 😂💪🤔😁
@excelsior12309 Yeah, my mom lived to 96, as did several of my grandparents (and greats) on her side; not so much on my dad’s side. DH’s mom is 94, so we both have some longevity in our genes.
@jaifaim I’ve learned over the years that with weight changes, it takes time for the size of our body to adjust. So, gain ten pounds now, but it’ll be several months before clothes get truly snug; lose ten pounds now, but it’ll be several months before clothes get truly loose. Thus, I’m not surprised your vintage trousers (and don’t those sound LOVELY!) are looser than they were at your ATL.👍
So, everyone, is “wet noodle arms/legs” not a common phrase to you all? It’s perfectly common here in the States, so I was startled by two comments about it. It’s a great description, though, isn’t it?
Tonight, we’re going out to dinner. It’s been too long since we’ve had a lovely evening out; the only question is exactly where we’ll go. I’m looking forward to it, even though the weather isn’t going to be nice/warm enough to choose the restaurant where we’d sit on a covered patio overlooking a lake–that’s possibly my favorite place. There are still lots to choose from, so the only requirement I’m setting myself is that I eat minimally (if even at all????? Hmmmm…) until we get to the restaurant.
Have a grand one, everyone! I’m about to pour a cup of coffee and knit for a bit. And, I’m in awe of Friday fasters!
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@brightonbelle I’m sorry that your day was messed up yesterday and such a shame not to have been able to travel with your DH. Thinking of you and hoping his father is stable /improving💕
@merryapple!!! What a fabulous evening you had and I’m sure your Arts Minister can learn a lot from you… I hope the day and your trip home went well 💕
@funshipfreddie I saw your post when I got back from a very early spin at 06.30🌅🚴 and smiled 😀😀. Your mornings sound sooo relaxing… I like both types of morning depending on how I’m feeling 😃. I’ve also had a bloop… annoying but reality. 🎯
@excelsior12309 I’m also having a preventative FD 800 today… I feel slimmer and fitting my gorgeous vintage trousers well (got back into them last year at my ATL – now they feel looser but I’m heavier )👍
@stitchincarol thank you! I’m glad it’s Friday and time to take some time out… next week will be busy so rest and recharge time now. 🧘♀️ that was a chatty “non chatty” day – love it 🥰🥰
Your coffee and knit break sounds blissful – I hope you enjoyed. I’ve no idea what Creeping Charlie is so off to look that up now… always learning.
Ok everyone, second last weekend of Amazing April… let it not derail us 💪💫
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
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Day 19 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 229 lbs. Oops, I did forget there was an event yesterday, and a pizza party with cookies followed. It felt right to celebrate with students, so I fell headlong into the carb trap, which made me hungry for supper, too. Ah well, we’ll start again on Sunday.
Day 19-No. VA USA-FD
Doing a fast day today as I must meet up with family to celebrate a birthday tomorrow with a museum visit and then a tapas dinner. No weight loss this morning. Still, a pretty good month so far.
@funshipfreddie, I have a similar morning routine to yours. Must have coffee. Let dogs out to run around. And I do the Wordle every day. Some days I am so smart! And some days, not so good. I guess my problem is I read the part that says “Do you want the Wordle to analyze how you did?” and it is frequently rather snide, shall we say? And why do I care what it says about my effort?! But I still do it!
My maternal grandfather was one of those people who lived to be 84, a three pack a day smoker! But, in fact, he did die of lung cancer…
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Morning All..
Up early sold my pair of panniers he was here at 7.30.
Waiting to join Penny at 8.30 on the river bank depending on the cows.
I have found a lovely kennels for Charlie.. I know it’s kennels but it only has 6… a lovely lady she has them out about 5 times a day in her fields and paddock.. totally enclosed so no leads unless the dog needs them. CH and well insulated quite large to some of the others I have seen. So hope he’s ok. A tester later in the year. I looked at 4 travelling over a hour away.. this one’s 30 mins on the motorway so not too bad.
Afternoon tea with Jacqui and Philip.. more like 12.30 suits us better.. that’s tomorrow…
Hedgehog..
I was looking at chocolate moose, was you talking about it before.. sounds nice..can’t believe your son has been doing it a year, so that’s both of them they both started about the same time..
Dave.
Hope you have sorted Denise’s phone out.. and she can use it… good luck with the bowling.. I can’t seem to want to go again..too much time off over the winter.
Nana..
Hope the break away is going well…
Hemmy..
What are you up too?.., getting in the garden….my grass seed I have put down on the patches is coming up good.
Walk time I am getting the look.. they are so bossy!
Jean x
He’s doing well HH, yes still use the new method can’t go back to the proper way of bowling unless I get 2 new knees. The bloke I was playing asked if I played better now or the old way, he said I was playing very well. He always finishes in the top 5 players in the league averages each year. I’m not having much luck with the draw 3 of the last 4 games I’ve played have been against their best player.I won one and lost two. Definitely not a fast day today, I’ve done almost 2 back to back already. Up early so had tea and toast. When we was at the meeting on Wednesday we all had to do a challenge so I said I won’t eat after 10pm.
Day 19 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.0 kg
Despite a stellar FD & clocking +10,500 steps, I seem to have had the opposite of a whoosh. What would you call that? A ‘bloop’ maybe? Anyway, I’m still on track 🎯
@excelsior12309 – they seem to use that phrase, “it’s never too late…” for many issues related to improving health & quality of life, e.g. exercising, quitting smoking, eating better, etc. But there are so many variables, & it seems to be the luck of the draw in many cases. I think we’ve all known people who broke all the ‘rules’ & lived a long life. You’re not a Wordle fan?! 😂 I love it – got in 2 attempts today. Although it can be really frustrating sometimes. I think they had ‘VOILA’ recently; which isn’t even English! I like Sudoku & ‘Words with Friends’ too.
@stitchincarol – ‘exercising early in the day’. Urgh?! Never going to happen 😅 I love my lazy mornings, taking my first coffee back to bed, listening to the radio & snuggling up with Boo Boo. And doing the Wordle puzzle, of course 😃
Busy Busy, Happy Fri-yay everyone 🍹
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I’m excited to join this community and share my journey towards a healthier lifestyle with you all. After struggling with my weight and feeling sluggish for far too long, I’ve decided to take charge of my health and explore The Fast Diet and exercise regimen.
I’ve heard great things about intermittent fasting and how it can not only help with weight loss but also improve overall health. The idea of incorporating periods of fasting into my routine while still enjoying my favorite foods on non-fasting days sounds like something I can stick to long-term.
However, I’m also aware that diet alone isn’t enough to achieve my goals. That’s why I’m committed to incorporating regular exercise into my routine as well. Whether it’s going for a brisk walk, hitting the gym, or trying out new workout classes, I’m ready to get moving and build strength and endurance.
I know there will be challenges along the way, but I’m determined to stay motivated and focused on my health goals. I’m looking forward to connecting with others who are on a similar journey and sharing tips, advice, and encouragement along the way.
Day 19 Havelock North, Hawkes Bay 75kg🏃🏼♀️
I had a great day/evening at the Art Fair, which was a big gossipy catch up with people from far and wide! I had a glass of champagne with the Minister of Arts who is a wee bit out of his depth in an overtly knowledgeable art crowd!! I asked him if he’s sorted out tax breaks yet so I can give some institutional quality works to the public galleries… Next I went to Artspace for a cultural blessing and a vegetarian dinner. Then home to pack and spend time with my student.
So here am I sitting in the provinces at a cafe basking in the sun before I head off to the church…
Go well everyone! This month is not my finest regarding weight loss but I am eating and exercising well… Having family to stay for a week won’t help and I’ll need to employ
Steely RESOLVE!!
Love the wet noodle arms metaphor!@stitchincarol
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