Hi,
After many years of yo-yo dieting and in the verge of having surgery, I have decided to give this a go.
I am in the UK. Age 59 and due to turn 60 this year and as such would like to be slim again.
This is more about gaining control over binge eating for me.
Good morning everyone bowling later, I’m the driver today so I have 2 to pick up then drive to the green. Three of us take it in turn to drive when they season starts and also for winter bowling. It’s dry at the moment it’s 4°C so not very warm. My hand warmers are fully charged. I’ll get the thermals out as well.
Day 12 NE England IF 16:8
Another dreary, miserable day here, stuck with Anticyclonic gloom, not seen sunshine for too long.
The last day or 2 have really tested my willpower but I need to get the momentum of Oct/Nov going again.
Scale down a couple of ounces- pathetic desperation I know!!
@jaifaim hope your Mum is doing ok and can improve soon, difficult time for you I’m sure.
@northgeorgia yes its tough trying to find a solution that fits into your lifestyle but 8pm is still a good plan.
@stitchincarol get well soon, I’m still fighting my 4 week cough!
Morning everyone, it’s a dull cold one hereand will need to wrap up warm for my ride on Geraldine today.
A lovely time away for OH’s birthday and I had gained a pound of the two pounds that I’d lost when I weighed myself on Friday morning. No more trips away now until 6th March so need to knuckle down until then.
Hedgehogs a worry for you with your mum.My daughter seems to be getting herself organised in Castleford she’s still staying with her friend at present but has a flat lined to move into the beginning of next month it’s unfurnished so will need to sort out furniture for it luckily she’s got the bank of mum and dad to help as we’d rather she has the money now than after we’ve gone. Castleford is a two and a half hour drive from here so not to bad considering our drive to Lowestoft takes us just over two hours.
Jean hope you’re getting back to normal in time for your cruise. Your plumber sounds a right miserable man.
Dave just try the cheese you might be surprised and like it.
Hemmy well done on no wine drinking, wish I could be as disciplined but I do enjoy my two glasses of wine on our Wednesday lunch meet up.
Hope everyone else not posting is keeping well.
Nana xxx
Day12 UK NFD
Morning all , thanks but have to take myself off the list today @funshipfreddie I have a lovely February treat off to London tomorrow watch the matinee performance of the Devil wears Prada musical then drinks and food in Chinatown straight after, I’ll aim to be mindful and I’ll be f800 Thursday and Friday
Oh @jaifaim 💗stay strong
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Good morning all. Checking in as I work away here and keep an eye on mum. Thank you @penz, @funshipfreddie and all, I am happy to be here and other siblings are close by if I need them 💕💕
Have a lovely himpfay all 😂
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Started 5-2 October and lost 8kg but have stalled loosing weight for at least 6 weeks. What can I do to get loss back please?
Day 12 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
Disaster at the mosaic class. I was just finishing grouting the enormous lizard for my neighbour. I lifted it by one of the legs to sweep away the dried grout, & the leg broke off?! I could’ve cried, it’s taken me ages. But, silver lining. Natalie – mosaic teacher – reckons she can get it fixed, so I’m going to keep it & make my neighbour another one. She’s paying me to make it, so I want it to be perfect.
@lilymartin – welcome back. You can do it! Stick with us, try to post every day, & plan, plan, plan! Read the book again, do whatever it takes to get & stay motivated 💪
@ccco – meerkats are adorable! Especially when they stand up on their back legs & look around. You wouldn’t want to cuddle a wild one though. I heard they can carry rabies & other nasty diseases https://imgur.com/a/hGGH2yj So I make sure Boo Boo gets her shots every year.
@stitchincarol – feel better soon! 🤧
@jaifaim – thinking of you 🤗 🤗
Interesting! From the Daily Fail, @iona72 😉
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14380919/Doctors-intermittent-fasting-Alzheimers.html
Happy Hump Day! 🐫
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@penz
@brightonbelle FD800
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Such sad news about your mum @jaifaim. How lucky that you are there with her and I hope the care team are wrong about her ability to rally back.
Day 11 – Ireland – NFD🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾
Some busy and tough days here this week. I have not got back to my place since Friday as I am still with mum who deteriorated over the werkend.
Just staying close as the doctor and care team who visited feel mum may not rally this time so I have been trying to work here while keeping a close eye.
Goodnight all and catch up tomorrow… or later today as it’s so late…
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Morning all.
Great to hear from you Thin. What a suprise! Have you abandoned your boating life permanently, or just taking a wee holiday? Yes, prices are crazy, but honestly, I feel my spend is manageable by shoping a bit more carefully, growing some of my own, and keeping the freezer stocked, particularly with meat which I buy in bulk from a farm. Oh, and we eat a lot more beans than we used to, but that’s a choice, not from $$ necessity.
Neil, what an amazing ride. No wonder you were exhausted. i got a cramp just thinking about it.
Cinque Melbourne was lovely, and we had a nice few days, although not as active as we are usually, as I try to shake off the shingles effects.
We took a trip out to Elsternwick to the Holocaust Museum. I eavesdropped on a teacher with her class – one of the most powerful things she said to those students was when showing them a photograph of women being marched away, she asked what they saw. Yes, Jews and soldiers. But one observant one noticed how many people were just looking on, not intervening, not even turning away. Just accepting. A lesson there for us all.
Reading the narrative about how Hitler was actually able to seize power earlier in the 1930s, it was hard not to see similarities with how Trump/Musk are operating in the US. And among all the gutting of aid, the public sector, etc Trump still finds time to reverse the decision banning plastic straws. Madness.
Calif good to hear from you – I was sorry to read that you have such stress in your life. You probably didn’t need my gratuitious commentary about US politics. Hope you are able to find some time for yourself, doing things that give you peace and pleasure.
Gday those fires. How terrifying and sad to see so much destruction. Hope they get control soon. Miss Gday going well with her schooling? Settled in to her new school year?
Hope the job hunt is fruitful Anzac. And you are enjoying this imposed break from your crazy work life.
Quacka great find, a free bike. And great work on the FDs. Thank you for the call out. It reminds me when I go MIA. I haven’t been able to do a FD yet but am eating gently and my 50 gram losses continue and are adding up to kilos now. Just a couple, but I’ll take it.
We are off to Bali on Friday, but I find we eat quite lightly there – we avoid the hotel buffet breakfasts like the plague, but there’s a little cafe down by the water that does good coffee and poached eggs on sourdough – my kind of breakfast.
Anzac we don’t seem to have the extremes of heat that the southern states are experiencing. A 35 degree day here has us all complaining, but it’s more likely low 30s in Feb, our hottest month. At night OH and I go down to the pool and sit on the steps and natter away, dogs cruising around happy to have another garden run, then no towels – we just pull on our Tshirts or whatever and go to bed, cool. Here’s another tip – freeze a hot water bottle of water, wrap it in a cloth or cover, then pop it between the sheets. Bliss.
On that note, I’ll finish. Lots to do today before we go away. Take care all.
Morning all,
Weigh-in today and no change to my weight, but then I wasn’t expecting there to be much since I was eating heaps on my bike ride, and for the couple of day afterwards, my body must have needed it to recover.
Thin, great to hear from you, it must be a bit of a shock to the system to go from winter in the UK to summer in Perth. A 90 storey apartment building is insane, that’s almost as high as the sky tower in Auckland, which is NZs highest building.
Quacka, 800g is nothing to sneeze at for a week, If I was dropping 800g a week I’d be very happy.
Anzac, fingers crossed for your job prospect. I used to swim pretty regularly when I was younger, but I couldn’t handle the monotony of endless laps, which is why I’m pleased I found cycling because I know I wouldn’t be able to stick to swimming as a sole exercise.
G’day, I would send you some of our cool overcast weather if I could, 44 degrees can’t be good for fighting fires. Cali, how are the fires over there going? I heard that they think that some of them were deliberately lit. I just can’t comprehend the kind of person who would deliberately light a fire that has killed numerous people and animals, destroyed huge stretches of land, and caused millions of dollars of property damage.
Well I hope you’re all well and I’ll catch up with you again later.
Not sure when I’ll try the cheese, will check the date on it. Not in a rush to try it. 2 AGM’s this month. Our game as been cancelled tomorrow they couldn’t get a full team. So will have a practice instead.The season starts on April 2nd I think. Soon be spring. The years fly by.
Afternoon All..,
It’s starting to come together the bathroom..wall and tray and shower head all done, he’s found a leak at the back of the toilet as it’s all in the unit you can’t see it. I called him Mr Grumpy today he has very negative thoughts.
It’s all looking nice.. toilet and floor down tomorrow 🤞🏻
He’s had the heating on I was melting all afternoon, and the outside door wide open so heating was fighting against the cold. Turned it off when he left and I had all the windows open I couldn’t cope with it..
Sorted the case out a bit, some packing it’s looks a lot better and organised now.
I went shopping for a few toiletries and wool, 14 books from the charity shop…
Dave..
I hope the roof soon gets sorted it looks like I might be finished before you. AGM for Petanque at 6.30 it will only be a hour. Hope the cheese goes well..
Hedgehog..
I am sorry your mum is going down hill, at least you have things in place. Chris was over 7 years then went very quickly in 6 months. It’s so sad to watch. It must frustrate them.
Hemmy..
Nothing is easy when you bring people in, always huffing and puffing on how hard the job is.. he seems to be a bit better now it’s nearly finished.
I need to start decorating, I am wondering if I am still up to doing it😬…
You are doing well with no wine.. I don’t drink much these days although I shall while I am away.. a lot of fds when home.
Jean x
Scampi for tea tonight Will put it on at 5pm. Will be watching the footie tonight Real Madrid are in town.
Good afternoon everyone. Xxxx
Dark and chilly again.. we need that sun to show it makes such a difference.
An easy day today…Jacket potato this evening with cheese and beans.
Day 23 no wine. Feeling good an not missing it at all this time..
I must start reading again…I spend far too much time on the net.lol
Dave.. You sound already to get to gripes with that decorating…I am waiting for
spring to give me inclination ..
H H … I would imagine your lack of sleep is worry over your Mum situ. .I can imagine it is hard for you . I was lucky with Mum as she was very happy for me to handle it all. I always made sure though she had money in her purse. Mind you she was very sharp and like Kristy always says. ” Gran had her marbles right to the end bless her ”
Sym… I bet you will be glad to get away now.. nothing these days with house jobs and trades seem straight forward. Hope your loo is sorted ASP.
I am getting the Eye now so its outside to play ..
I hope everyone else is having a good day.. Count your age in blessings not years. Xxxx
Day 11 – Rural Nebraska, USA – don’t know
I have strep, am almost no longer contagious since it’s almost been 24 hours, and it was never awful the way strep can be since it was caught early, but I’m tired, so have cancelled piano lessons today. So can I do a WF at home? No idea. And I don’t plan to feel guilty about any eating choices I make today. 🤷🏻♀️
We have snow on the ground. Not much, but it’s snow, and it’s the most we’ve had this winter. But actual snowfall is forecast, starting tonight, with anywhere from 3 to 7 inches forecast. Consider: Feb 11 and it’s the first measureable snow all winter. Amazing. And terrifying, too, since we need snowpack for healthy plants.
Have a grand one, everyone.
Afternoon!
Dave- it has dragged on, your roof! Hope that they are finished now…then your hard work will start! Hope you like your cheese…
Jean- nice to see Lou I’m sure, but she doesn’t give you much notice! Hope the plumber gets done soon so you can enjoy getting ready for your holiday!
Hemmy- have a good day, whatever you’re up to…
Nana- are you home & how long until the next break?!
Had a very bad night, so feeling groggy today, it’s wet & cold so not feeling at all motivated! And I’m hungry, days like this if I’d not been back on keto I’d have been after biscuits & chocolate! Read up a bit on the lasting power of attorney Mum has, I think it’s getting to the point of activating it, but it feels wrong going behind her back…with FIL he was very happy for hubby to take over the finances, Mum’s not so keen. Had a long chat with my Aunt, she speaks to Mum every day so thinks maybe it’s time…Got to ring my HomeStart family shortly, & will start another second one after half term.
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Don’t worry, BrightonBelle! I am here! 😊
Pocket List Day 11🦵
@brightonbelle
@ccco
I think I have to work carefully at those WFDs because, although I drank lots of fluids, I still felt nauseous. Hopefully, that will eventually go away! 🙂
I have hope this will work for my edema. I guess I might need to give it a few weeks but the salt is definitely gone!
Penz, I felt bad for the Chiefs, too. Kelce looks so dejected when thet lost, as did Mahomey. Anyway, I knew one of the Eagles’s young players and not only was this his first Super Bowl but it was his first year playing in the Eagles front team. I am so glad he that chance and now can boast a Super Bowl ring at only 25 years old. Quite an accomplishment!
NorthGeorgia, 7 seems to be a good time to stop, too. If possible, I wouldn’t go later. I read an excellent article about how our bodies deal with later eating through the night. I would have shared that article here but I don’t really know how to do that! 🤨
I hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I am waiting for our snow to start. It seems I am always waiting for snow to start! LOL
I have been trying to keep up with reading all of your posts, but it’s usually late and I’m falling asleep by the time I finish. Gday, praying that they get the fires near you under control. They use air tankers around here too for most fires because the hills, mountains and canyons make it difficult to fight fires on the ground. I wish I could send some of our cold weather your way.
Thin, it sounds like you are thinking about moving back to Australia? Prices for groceries and cost of living are really high here too and look like they are going to get even more expensive.
Anzac, I hope you find another job soon, one with an easier schedule. It seemed like you were having to put in so many hours and so much stress with the old job. Sometimes change can turn out to be a good thing.
Hello to Cinque, Lindsay, LJ, Neil, Quacka and everyone else here. I am going to try to get some more sleep before OH wakes up. Lots of stress with him and with the world situation lately. I wish I could turn back the clock a few years.
Good afternoon everyone, just done the shopping. It’s raining but the roofers have been, don’t know if it’s all done now or not. They have took all the slates away so will never too see when then come back.Fed up with it all now. Just want to start the decorating but ordered a steamer yesterday so that will be used to get all the old wallpaper off when it comes. Bought paper and paint for living room and front door. Also paint for the stairs. So that will keep me busy once we start. Will try and get my son involved 🤪😂.
Day 11 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 238 lbs. Well, got invited to lunch instead of dinner, so I did end up having a heavier lunch and a light dinner. No eating after 8, still! Down about half a pound this morning. I have a lunch meeting today, so I’m doing a ZBC and plan to either skip dinner or have something very light. @iona72 I would love to stop at 6:30, but some days I don’t even arrive home until that time — however, I am trying to stop the main meal by 7, and if I keep it up, will try to move up my absolute cut-off time 🙂
Day 11 UK f800
Hi all , another quiet start but let aim for a good day, can’t see anyone else on the list but hoping for some company
Pocket List Day 11🦵
@brightonbelle
Quick update. No positive news, fire still burning and tomorrow’s temp is forecast at 44 but we always end up higher than the predictions. The few days after are cooler temps but strong winds. Last night we could see that the fire has definitely spread wider across the hilltops – we can see it clearly from the back verandah and I’ve also been using binoculars to get a closer view. It’s been 9 days now and the aerial view pictures of the burnt areas that I have seen is just devastating.
Hello friends from a warm Sydney
G’day I hope you are ok from those fires, how utterly terrifying. Everything is crossed that the aerial water bombers have been able to get them under control
Welcome home Thin! Have you moved back or is it just a visit then back to the UK? Yes, groceries are out of control here. Good luck with your decision about your future
Cinque, the heat has been terrible up here too and I don’t know what you and Lindsay do without air-con. I had to turn it on at 3pm the other day as Maxx was panting like crazy so I was worried for him. It only takes 10 minutes to cool down the lounge and dining rooms with out air-con units
Neil, your job sounds as up and down as my old one did. I’m glad you were able to take a few days off to get a nice long ride in
No job yet and only one (negative) response from all the jobs I have applied to. Sigh. I received a call from someone at the bank I just left who is very keen to get me back so I am waiting to hear what they are offering. It is back in the business rather than IT so will be a very different kettle of fish but fingers crossed we can negotiate something that works both ways
You are doing so well Quacka! Keep it up
Any loss in the right direction is fantastic Lindsay, please don’t get down about the slow progress
I have put on a bit over the past 10 days but back into it again today. I did 50 laps in the pool plus a walk and have eaten very sensibly. Onward and downward
Take care all
Hi Everyone
Just dropping in to say a quick hi.
After my successful FD last Monday I managed to do a second one on the Wednesday. I usually find that a lot more difficult but with my new found lemon/salt/water drink I found it just as difficult (easy?) as the Monday one.
Yesterday was start of the new week and my first FD for this week. I am really busy at work at the moment as we have all our new Winter stock arriving and are also working on our Summer orders. This made my FD go easily. Well until I got home and then I was so hungry! We went for a walk and then had an early dinner. I almost couldn’t make it on the walk (it was only half an hour) as I had no energy which is unusual for me on a FD but I felt a lot better after eating.
Weight loss has been a bit slow. Only 800g after week 1. Let’s see what this week brings.
Neil, those kilometres! That’s an awesome cycle. I was really proud of myself for going for a 10km ride last weekend, maybe one day I can build up to half of the kilometeres you are doing in one day! lol
Those Korean eggs sound delicious. My kind of food 🙂
G’day, good to hear from you and well done on the weight loss. I hope the fires are under control soon.
Thin, nice to hear that you are visiting your old home town. Yes, everything is changing so quickly these days. 4 storeys to 90 storeys though is a huge change. Can’t imagine how they got that approved!
Hi Cinque, thanks for your encouragement. Hope that weather is still being nice to you!
I wonder how Lindsay is doing up in Qld. I hope she is safe and ok.
You too G’day, take care!
Chat soon X
Day 11, NFD, Aus
I did enjoy the Superbowl but it was disappointingly one-sided. The Chiefs who played in the 4th quarter (what about that TD pass!!) were definitely a different team who started the game. Oh well, there’s always next year!
I was going to do an OMAD today (given that I ate nachos and chicken wings yesterday and what would otherwise be a FD) but my tummy was growling so much I ended up having lunch at 10 am. So much for my usual ZBC state!
GL with your new eating plan @ccco. It sounds challenging, but you’ve got the right focus and motivation to succeed.
No meerkats in this part of the world but plenty of Skippys around on our morning walk to tempt the dogs today…
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Lilymartin, I wish you well with your endeavor to stay healthy. It will be a challenge but you can do this. I am doing a similar thing to eliminate edema, although no one knows why I have it. 😕
Day 11 country west Australia 84.0 kgs !! CD
Time to get very serious – possible heart problems 😲😱
I find that I can only have FDs and CDs.
If I don’t keep my NFDs to CDs and stick to my TDEE ( Total Daily Energy Expenditure ) then it negates my FDs.
I have to lose 10 kgs fairly quickly ( yes the SAME 10 kgs that have been hanging around since forever), cut red meat and processed meat, less UPF ( which I hardly ever consume so that is easy ) but being a carnivore who adores carbs it will be a challenging 6 weeks.
Hi to everyone and happy days with wherever you are on the 5:2 journey.
Back to basics for me ….
Evening All..
A busy day here.. Louise made an unexpected visit and out for lunch.. plumber here for 4 hours waiting for stuff to dry and set..bringing his mate tomorrow to help lift wall boards upstairs and get rid of the rubble ..it all smells of dust, solvent and wet plaster all over the house. He found a problem with my toilet leaking so I can’t use that…
Lots to do tomorrow for holiday shopping bits and pieces.
Dave..
All men and dogs have selective hearing I quite agree with Denise!
Good luck with your cooking..
Hedgehog…
You seem to be having a bad time with your mum, it’s a shame she gets upset with a lot of things…lots of visitors keeping you busy.. nice to catchup..
Hemmy..
Your red bag sounds lovely, nice finding a bargain with a good day out too.
Jacqui’s taken all my crochet to school everyone seemed pleased with what I had done.. so more to make..
Jean x
Good evening,managed to bowl food a couple of hours. Played 2 games and won both.I played really well today. Got a match on Wednesday so hope I play as well in that game.Ordered tickets for the Peter Craven memorial speedway meeting.He was my first sporting hero.He died in a crash trying to avoid a rider who had fell off his bike. That was in Edinburgh in the 60s. Rain stopped play in the bowls it was so cold as well could barely feel my hands. And had an electric hand warmer.
Evening!
Hemmy-glad you had a good day out!
Jean- hope your day has gone well…
Dave- did you get any bowling done?
Very cold here, quite wet too…Just the one meal today, avocado & poached eggs again , chia seed pudding with some raspberries so not many cals either. The lovely electrician came, socket replaced but we have to decide on a new heater, very hard for Mum to understand, Dad made it complicated by changing heaters about so some are Economy 7, some not! Gave her a chocolate pudding with instructions on how to cook it, but she ate it raw 😬 Hope it doesn’t upset her stomach! Won’t be giving her any more of those…
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Second Post
The Super Bowl was great last night. I had to lean toward the Eagles because I know one of the players. He graduated from my son’s school. So far, before this young man came on board, my son’s school has produced three other Eagles’ players in the past. I did feel sorry for the Chiefs and didn’t quite understand what happened to them but the Eagles achieved their second Super Bowl win.
Happily, my WFD is still going well! 👍🏻😊
Hi Everyone. xxxx
Another grey damp cold day.. Very cold early this morning over the fields. First time this year my hands were cold even in gloves. I keep telling myself at least we are not snowed in lol.
We had a lovely time in Leamington. Spa .. Never found any clothes but a lovely embordered bag in reds will be nice for spring I have a red Jacket ,.. lots of candles.. I just adore them ..I light some every evening it doesnt feel cosy without my candles. A nice lunch .. so very enjoyable even if the weather wasn’t kind.
Dave.. Hope you won your game today. Bet Chloe does rule the household lol. Rightly so too. lol
H H … Hope all went well with Mums electrician .all done and dusted now.. and all goes well for your son on his first day.
Syn.. Soo glad your cough is improving .. lovely getting your holiday stuff organised.
Well done on all your crochet work I bet they loved it. .
Enjoy your evening everyone.. Happiness is enjoying the little things in life. Xxxx
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Day 10 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD
Our super bowl party yesterday was fun, thankfully, since the game was so heartbreaking for the Chiefs fans all eight of us who were here are. I had two beers, which is acceptable as far as total alcohol, but it sure shows up on the scale the next morning in a way that two glasses of wine don’t! Oh well; it’ll come off again, and I was so busy preparing food, tidying everything obsessively, and playing hostess, that I ended up eating very little, relatively speaking.
@funshipfreddie Too, too funny about your dream of playing golf with DH and me–we neither of us play, either, LOL!
@jaifaim The retreat wasn’t the least bit fancy (it was in a church fellowship hall), but it was lovely to see women I know and seldom see. My GF son says he’s heard that Guinness can be okay for those with sensitivities, but that’s not been his experience. Have you heard the same thing?
@northgeorgia What a shame about your mom’s knee problems. ☹️
@penz I thought of you multiple times during the game; I hope you’re an Eagles fan, because you will have thoroughly enjoyed it, LOL!
Thanks for all the compliments; I do like to sew/knit/stitch…
I’m off to the doctor in an hour; my post-nasal drip has turned into a whallop of a sore throat, and now I have the addition of very little voice, so we’ll see if there’s any magic medicine available.
Have a grand one, everyone!
Has anyone done 4:3 with calories increased by 200 or so?
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Pocket List – Day 10
@merry🍎
@molij
@brightonbelle – FD800
@ccco WFD
Today is the beginning of my new plan. Every Monday for awhile will be a
WFD. Each day after that will go up a meal until I reach 3 meals. Then I will revert to 1 meal again until I reach 3 meals on Sunday. Monday will be 0 meals again. I am hoping this will relieve my side effects until I see my doctor at the end of the month.
Meerkat? I don’t even know what that is! LOL
It’s cold here but not miserable. We are on a Winter weather alert again. This has been quite a snowy Winter. I am eager for Spring. You all are having chances to take walks but here it is way too cold for me to do that. Two things I wish I could do are running and biking but I guess I got a little too old for both. Brisk walks take their place. Still fun, though!
Have a great day!
Good evening, thanks for mentioning me Neil and Cinque and sorry for the silence. I’m here, it’s the day after FD for me and I’m happily in THE 59s. It might surprise you to learn that I’m posting from sunny Perth, WA. It feels rather strange to be a tourist in a town where we spent three decades of our lives. DD’s flight from Turkey arrived 90 minutes after ours and we’re renting an apartment overlooking Kings Park which must be the prettiest park in the world.
Friends had warned us of Australia’s cost of living crisis but the price of groceries is mind blowing. Real estate has appreciated 65% in our old suburb and someone saw fit to approve a 90+ storey apartment tower where the previous height restriction had been 4 storeys. It’s still a beautiful city but it’s changed so much.
On the bright side, it’s 35C with clear blue skies. It’s been fun to catch up with friends. We’re taking care of business and trying to make a decision about whether we want to start up from scratch again. Pleasingly, there is far less stuff in our storage locker than we’d remembered, it’s more like 14 cubic metres than half a sea container. The kingfishers have temporarily been replaced with laughing kookaburras and screeching rainbow lorikeets. I can see red tailed black cockatoos, galahs and ibis from the balcony.
There have been some interesting posts in my absence. All the best to everyone. I hope all your respective trials are getting resolved.
Day 10 NE England NFD
Wet, cold and miserable here today. Not going to get as much walking as I would like, we are travelling to see the youngest Granddaughter today.
Scale is up and down the same one pound. I am determined to get the downward momentum going again.
@funshipfreddie I wouldn’t even waste my time looking at the Daily Fail!!
@northgeorgia No eating after 8pm is my rule too but I try for 6:30, I certainly feel better for it.
@ccco I hope you find a resolution to the side effects, sounds awful.
@molij A lot to deal with, we get rats in the garden too but never been troubled by moles.
@merryapple How I wish it were summer here now.
Day 10 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 238 lbs. Well, I guess you can tell from the weigh-in, my FD was ruined yesterday…my mom wanted to use up her “birthday coupons” from various restaurants, but I didn’t overdo at the places she visited. However, I did manage to keep my eating window between 12 and 7:30, so I only gained a pound. Ironically, today is a NFD, but I’m treating it as a FD. I suspect I may be invited to dinner tonight as several colleagues from around the state are coming to one of our branch campuses for a meeting. But, there’s a slim chance that won’t happen — so it may end up opposite from yesterday: instead of a ruined FD, I might convert today’s NFD into a FD.
Day 10 UK f800
Right back on the straight & narrow to try and reverse my weekend , I’m really going to get a better plan in place for next weekend
Eeugh ! Rats Moles Meerkats , you lot are fearsome I’m not sure I’d be able to cope
Pocket List – Day 10
@merry🍎
@molij
@brightonbelle – FD800
Good morning everyone another cold day. Going bowling at 12-30 so will wrap up.I watched the first half of the Superbowl, it was one way traffic so I went to bed.My son usually sits on the sofa with me to watch the game but Chloe wouldn’t move😂😂. What you all up to today then?
Hi Guys and Girls,
I’m new to 5:2 diet and I just finished reading the book. I am very surprised that this diet may be responsible for avoiding cancer. I think that’s the biggest wow factor for me. Seeing as I’m brand new, I might be asking many questions. I hope that’s ok with everyone. I’ll also be sharing my successes and non successes, and I hope that’s also ok.
Hopefully more success than non successes.
Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 71 kg
@northgeorgia – no, it’s true, every word! I’m just relieved to know that Cat Woman is alive & well & keeping herself busy down under 🤣 But you’re right – I know The UK Mail hasn’t exactly got a stellar reputation. But it’s free, entertaining & harmless, so long as you read between the lines & don’t take it all literally. I hope your Sunday FD was as easy as mine.
@molij – rats & moles?! A meerkat tried to get in here the other day. Boo Boo was half-asleep on my lap at the time while I was on my laptop. But she suddenly shot off like a bullet. Luckily the meerkat was faster, & I doubt he’ll make that mistake again 😅
@merryapple – I can empathise with your building situation. We’ve also got construction going on next door to our retirement village. The student village is being expanded to accommodate a couple of thousand students instead of the current few hundred. Nelson Mandela University is just down the road from us, & has around 30,000 students. This academic year they had 189,000 applicants for 7500 places!
Wishing everyone a good, RESOLVED week! 💪
Pocket List – Day 10
@merry🍎
@molij
@brightonbelle – FD800
Oh, also I found a new snack I enjoy. Korean style marinated eggs. You boil eggs until the yolks are set but still jammy, then peel them and marinate them for 24 hours in a mixture of soy sauce, honey, water, sesame oil, onion, garlic, ginger and chili. They have a delightful umami flavour and are great with some rice and a couple of spoonsful of the marinating liquid.
Morning all,
Well I’m back from my bike trip. It went pretty well, but I was completely exhausted by the end of it. The first day was 92kms and had 1500m of climbing, it took me just on 5 hours of riding to get it all done. The second day I thought was going to be the easier day, because although it was longer at 107kms, there was only half as much climbing. But I ended up getting a nasty headwind for the last 60kms of it. It took my 5 hours 40 minutes to do it and I needed to take a nap when I got home at 4pm.
I ate like a pig for those two days, eating over 4,000 calories per day, and my calorie tracker said I still had over 1000 calories left because I was apparently burning 3500 calories per day on my ride.
Gday, stay safe. Hopefully they can get the fire under control soon and you won’t need to evacuate. Well done on managing to get your weight down through all the stress.
Cinque, it’s good you had some cooler days, our weather is still all over the place at the moment, Thursday Friday for my ride it was a bit of rain, overcast, and 20 degrees, Saturday we got almost 30 degrees, yesterday it was raining and 15 degrees. It’s been a crazy rollercoaster.
Hopefully Thin pops in to let us know she’s ok. I haven’t seen her post anything for 3 weeks.
Have a good one everyone
Evening!
Hemmy- have a lovely day out tomorrow!
Jean- hope the bathroom goes better for your grumpy plumber! Ours isn’t grumpy but he does talk about how difficult lots of jobs are…Glad you’re feeling a bit better 🤗 What a lovely idea doing the ancestry books for all the grandchildren!
Dave- hope your roof finally gets finished this week! Bless her, Chloe certainly has a good home now! Can’t believe it’s been 3 years since you got her!
Managed just one meal yesterday, we picked up some old crystal glasses someone was going to dump otherwise, will give them to our eldest son, he has plans for them as wedding favours, not that he’s even engaged yet 😂 Gave Xena an extra walk, & saw mum in the afternoon. Youngest son came for dinner tonight, did Chinese lemon chicken for him & hubby, with chocolate fondant pudding, I had a keto version. Got to be on hand tomorrow as Mum has an electrician coming, & one of us will need to be there, one of her sockets had burnt out, luckily it didn’t start a fire! Son was saying that they put in safeguarding referrals if they’re called out & there are concerns about the householders, they went to a lady who’d left a pan on several times, didn’t have family around, neighbours were trying to help her. Sometimes it’s for people who are not coping & are hoarding, or people whose houses are really unsafe…he is so excited about starting tomorrow!
Day 10 NZ FD 69kg⬇️ 🏃🏼♀️🌋
What a big walk y’day – 1/2 an hr down hill then 2 hrs mostly steep uphill to get over a ridge. Paisley the Scottie was a wee trouper!!
A big digger was dropped off on a site two houses away and I can hear the workmen getting organised… We’re on volcanic soil so the vibrations and noise really carry… They don’t have to notify neighbours now so we don’t know what they’re building but will probably fill up the site with multi-storey townhouses. There is so much crap being built now because of a housing shortage and developers don’t need sign-off the way they used to. Chances are no architects are involved and the site will be maxed out with no space for gardens… I might sound gloomy but that’s our reality in this city.
I’m off to join the doggie pack and walk up Mt Eden.
Have a good day!!
Pocket List
@brightonbelle
@molij
@merry🍎
Day 9 North Wales NFD
Wish I had more time to post, I am really envious of all of you that manage to post each day. We have been battling rats and Moles both of whom are having a field day where we live. We have also had a leaky roof.
Love the sewing @stitchincarol you are very talented. I have been sewing today.
I agree with the Daily Mail comments. Many people hate the Daily Mail in the UK. We call it the Daily Fail.
Hope you feel better soon @ccco and they manage to sort out your tablets.
Hope everyone has had a good weekend xx
12 year check in and still 6:1’ing and doing Zoe.
BMI target is 22.5. Over the years it has been:-
2013 Average 23.2 (21.6 – 27.0)
2014 Average 22.2 (21.6 – 23.0)
2015 Average 22.8 (22.2 – 23.6)
2016 Average 23.1 (22.2 – 23.7)
2017 Average 23.3 (22.7 – 23.9)
2018 Average 23.2 (22.1 – 24.1)
2019 Average 23.0 (22.4 – 23.6)
2020 Average 22.4 (21.9 – 23.2)
2021 Average 22.8 (22.4 – 23.5)
2022 Average 23.1 (21.9 – 23.8) (NB changed height used from 6’2″ to 6’1″)
2023 Average 22.1 (21.4 – 23.1)
2024 Average 21.7 (21.1 – 22.6)
Today my BMI is 21.5.
