Good morning everyone, yes another beautiful day.Prescription sunglasses on.Bowling practice today no game,but playing tomorrow and Friday. Just took Chloe out it’s sunny but cool, my hand is cold.The beauty of Chloe is she dosent pull like the other dogs I’ve had. Trouble is I have to pull her to get her moving.Butter beans Hemmy 😁. Denise is expert at changing bandages now. HH that’s a long time without food, don’t think I could do it that long. Not sure what I’ll do now MoreLife is over.I did ask to update my calorie intake so will see what happens this month.
It’s a FD for me as I woke to 100g over my trigger weight. I thought I was having a good Sunday FD as I was SO hungry all day but it yielded a miserable 300g loss, my worst result ever. I did drink a lot of water but using water weight as an excuse seems so lame so I’ve kicked in an extra FD. OH has a sad look on his face but it never hurts him to forego the little extras despite his FOMO. (Wednesday night is steak night at the pub that’s a shortish walk across two fields).
Quacka, hats off to you with the B2B fasting. I never wake up hungry after a FD so it’s only a mental barrier that I feel I couldn’t do it. Frustrating results for you, me and Neil this week but we have to consider where we’d be on the scales had we NOT fasted. I did also briefly try to blame the scales’ batteries but my weight is what it is, no excuses, I just have to do what has to be done and tomorrow will be a happy day.
Cinque, did you have a fun overnight stay with your friend? And then another lovely day with little Miss 8?
Years ago, I drank 6-8 cups of instant or filtered coffee (mostly mindless drinking between patients at work). Once I invested in my Italian Rancilio coffee maker and could savour the entire process from the grinding of good quality beans, tamping, milk frothing, etc, I only required two cups per day. I miss my machine on the boat but I still keep to two cups of cafetière ground coffee a day and I can’t handle instant coffee at all. I dislike the commercial pod machine things and I rarely buy a coffee while out and about as I never know how many calories it might deliver and whether it will meet my standards. I recently saw a cup of coffee advertised at £3.80. That’s about AUD7.60, good grief.
We spent the entire day travelling on country buses to get to a larger city for a ten minute appointment for OH yesterday. It started off so pleasantly with passengers greeting and acknowledging each other as they boarded at small villages. As we reached the towns, I was again struck by how generally unhealthy people looked. There were so many people using mobility devices and a number of people on the city buses displaying obvious mental health issues. And the obesity issue ever present – on both sides of the hospital counter. Receptionists, nurses, technicians – many morbidly obese. It’s hard to accept health advice from people who present like this.
I remember in the Southern California hospitals where I worked in the eighties, staff fitness and health was a very high priority; we had a gym, staff showers, an exercise track around the hospital perimeter, regular 10km team running events, and so on.
I wanted to know if poverty and ignorance are a valid defence for poor nutrition given that, in England anyway, a) education is free and b) education is compulsory. And, if this is the accepted line of defence, then why are there people in my own friendship and socio-economic circles who are morbidly obese? I wondered whether what we knew in the seventies as ‘domestic science’ was taught in schools today. Well, it turns out it is.
Primarily a subject for girls, it was essentially scrapped in the early nineties in favour of ‘design and technology’ which left a generation of pupils unable to follow a basic recipe. But in 2008, practical cooking classes were re-introduced in the hope of combating obesity. It became compulsory for every child aged between 11 and 14, both sexes, to be taught practical cooking, learning to make traditional ‘English’ dishes such as fish pie, spag bol, along with (in a reflection of changing times) Indian and Thai curries.
There were many teething problems when it was re-introduced. Some new schools hadn’t been built with kitchens. Teachers had to be re-trained. Home economics now includes personal and family finances, consumer issues, housing and interior design, nutrition and food preparation, as well as textiles and apparel.
Critics, of course, moan that governments shouldn’t force teenagers into any subject that they don’t want to take. Given that there are so many influencing factors on their decision-making when it comes to nutrition (poor habits handed down from the generation of parents and teachers who apparently knew no better, cultural norms surrounding food, internet misinformation, social media influencers, poor understanding of how to manage personal finances, etc, etc), school seems to me to be a very good place to start.
Day 9, SE England. NFD (CD)… 🍵
@merryapple – I just drink hot/cold drinks on FDs, if I ate anything, that would be the end, can’t imagine being able to stick to 500 or 800.
@daffodil2010 – I’ve never been on a motorbike, maybe it should go on a bucket list or something….
Anyone else get absolutely freezing cold on a FD? – thought I had covid again
Here’s to a good day all – ☺️
Good morning everyone. xxxx
It looks like another lovely day .. I am getting used to these beautiful days.. lovely in the garden.
Today I definitely need to go and do a big shop as I am going to Leamington Spa tomorrow charity shopping and lunch with Pam . Needing some summer bits as I always seem to have more winter stuff.
Yesterday my neighbour said she was doing the Keto diet she doesnt have much to lose it will be interesting to see how she gets on with it.
11 weeks 2 days no Alc
Nana.. I bet you are missing your daughter it will be lovely visiting. Its been glorious weather for Geraldine outings.
Dave.. I really feel for Denise.. It doesnt sound like she is getting much help from NHS .. Unfortunately it seems to be a sign of the times.
have to say I rarely reverse these days.. I don’t like it
HH .. The cars do seem to be getting very dusty at the moment it makes you wonder what really is in the air.
Well done on your fasting .. I do think its good for the body to have that break from food and have a rest .
Sym.. It sounds like you are all set for your decorating .. wish I could get motivated.
The only dress making I did lol was when we had shift dresses.. just straight up and down oh and they were very short minis lolol Big patterned material .
Have a lovely day what ever you are doing. Nothing can bring you happiness but yourself.” Xxxx
Day 9 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD
A nice FD and mooching further into next decade. Normal day today but will do 16:8 and fast until lunchtime.
Back to the office today as car is fixed and looking forward to that as WFH is not for me long term, the isolation, the shouting at the laptop 😆……
@merryapple I did have a motorcycle licence years ago but was still very much a novice. One day out for a spin on my little Suzuki 250 Gn, with DH travelling behind me on his BMW, I got spooked by a car coming quickly out of a junction (always a problem on a motorcycle when car drivers don’t see you) and to avoid I mistakenly increased the revs, did a spectacular wheelie travelling down the country road and fell into the verge with the bike on top of me. Only soft tissue damage and pride was hurt, I got back on the bike and drove her apace, but then suddenly the fear came over me. We left the bike, I hopped on the back of DH’s bike and he brought me home……and I have never ridden a bike again. It’s pillion all the way now and we bought feel comfortable with that 😍
Wow long story re my woes ha ha b
Have a great day all. Together we are stronger. 💃
Day 9 NZ NFD 70.5kg🔻
Yeah! I’m down a wee bit!! Although not back in the decade below…
Congratulations @daffodil 2010 Getting into your next decade!! 💪Wow, do you not have a motorcycle license?! I love riding bikes on my own!! But then you are hanging onto your DH❤️
@nicecupoftea Well done on even attempting a WF! I have never done one but others are quite good at them!!
@stitchincarol Well done on the WF!!
My mohair/wool jersey has been knitted several times over… I started knitting a 4 row 7 stitch lace pattern in the round. It parallelogrammed sideways and the pattern became diagonal rather than vertical… It dawned on me that I needed to knit front and back pieces with a pearl row to keep the pattern straight. I did the ribbing with shaker stitch (1/2 fisherman’s rib) and bottom up so the seams stabilised the garment. I’ll take a photo!!
Have a great day everyone!!
Hi Neil, our posts crossed.
Focus on the belt notches. Maybe your batteries in your scale do need changing. I remember it happened to G’day a while ago when she had a big jump in her weight one day and it was all to do with the batteries. It could also come back to all the exercise you have been doing, the extra muscle you are building and also your body holding onto calories to provide energy for working out.
You have the right idea, just keep keeping on. And don’t pig out on nachos, pasta and snitzels like me!! lol 🙂
Good Morning everyone
Hi Cinque, hope you are having a nice time with your friend staying over and also tonight with Ms 8.
Your sort of fast days are good training for the body for when you get to do your proper FD’s again. I know you will get there soon x
Weight today is 73.9kg, yes that is 100g up from last week. I’m not too worried about the 100g more the fact that I didn’t lose any weight this week! That is what pasta, snitzels and nachos on the weekend will do and also yesterday I had a FD failure (***sad face***). Well, I’m calling it a failure. I was still under 800 cals but it should have been more like 600 cals, I was just so hungry when I got home that I had a little pig out on tasty cheese corn thins. Now if they were just plain corn thins I would have stopped at a couple but as they were tasty cheese (some addictive additive in them, I’m sure) I ended up eating 5 of them which added 135 calories that were not needed. Oh well, today is an eating day, and dentist day, and then tomorrow I might do a sort of fast (cheers Cinque) depending on how I feel. I guess it will be more like an IF, maybe an 18:6 or something like that. AND healthy eating for the rest of the week including the weekend, Quacka!
No use beating myself up about it, next week will be two proper fasts and I should see a bit more weight down.
Take care all xx
Morning all,
Frustration abounds. I feel thinner, my belt is looser on the notch I’ve been using than it was, but my weight was up half a kilo. Total of 800 grams up over the last 2 weeks.
My boy went to the Minecraft movie, and he and all his friends dressed up in suits to go to the movie. Apparently, it’s a trend amongst the youngsters these days to dress up to go to the movies.
I guess I can just keep on keeping on and hope that eventually my weight reflects what my belt is telling me.
Cinque, the coffee did indeed taste very good, I’m trying to stick to one coffee every two days just to keep the amount of caffeine down. I’m having herbal tea in the morning, having my coffee at 11am on days I drink it, and having a chai from our work’s drinks machine in the afternoon.
Well have a good one everyone
Good morning everyone,
I am in the middle of a busy week. I have a friend staying overnight so this is just a quick morning post with my first cup of tea, before she wakes.
Tonight I have Ms 8 staying overnight, so I will probably need a week recovery time after that.
Quacka, aren’t you rocking those back to back fast days. Yay for veggies! I hope you are feeling wonderfully light and empty.
Neil, I bet that first coffee tasted SO GOOD after 10 days without.
Gday, I am so glad your sleep has improved, doesn’t it make a difference!
My grandchilden (10 and 8) went to the Minecraft movie with their mum and just LOVED the whole theatre clapping and laughing and cheering together. It was a school holidays kid daytime crowd so maybe more fun than you had to get through.
I did another sort of fast day yesterday, haha. Well, I fasted until my friend arrived and then had a yummy samosa in yoghurt sauce with her for dinner, that was yummy but might have been 700 calories all on its own. It does mean I feel good this morning (without the stick of thinking I had LTR, I keep pushing the eating boundaries that suit me, sigh. My tummy is getting bigger.) I’ll do a proper fast day soon.
USA. Day 8 FD
Yesterday turned into a CD. I needed a break. Today I am back in business. Adding myself to the pocket list (even if my day is already half over).
Pocket list day 8 ☘
@daffodil2010
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol WFD
@ccco
Just read all the posts for today. Looks like everyone is doing well. That’s good news.
2nd post, day 8
Hi @stitchincarol – thanks for the tip, I got through it by drinking hot blackcurrant juice. I’ll get some sparkling water for next time. 18hrs seems to be “the wall”…
Evening!
Jean- nice to be able to walk with Natalie & Oreo when she’s home, & her Mum! Mum did have a spell of making dresses for us, I was not happy! Hopefully you were better at it! What job will William do when he gets back?
Nana- that’s amazing, making your own wedding dress! Did you get NHS hearing aids or see grandson at Specsavers? You must miss Karen lots, hope you get to visit soon 🤗
Hemmy- what have you been up to today?
Still fasting, been okay today. We went to Aldeburgh, to see the sea, resisted fish & chips, or any cake, hubby resisted too…Washed my car when we got back, looks much better, but now hubby’s one looks all dusty, I only did it a couple of weeks ago!
second post
@anicecupoftea Drinking sparkling water (no calories, just sparkling) often helps; when it’s not helpful enough, I resort to gum. Did you make it through the hunger pangs okay?
Day 8 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD
I went to bed only a little over a pound heavier than I’d started the day, so I was pleased to anticipate this morning’s weight. But, like @merryapple, I was astonished at my weight–only 2 ounces down from last night! I typically lose two or three POUNDS overnight. So, who knows, but today’s WF will certainly dispatch some of it.
@daffodil2010 Wow, you are not only back in fact, but you’re back in success; well done to be steadily losing from the get-go!!
@merryapple Tell more of that mohair sweater; did you knit it and not mention it until done and ready to sew up?
@northgeorgia Bummer on the reaction, and glad you’re improved today.
@anicecupoftea EXCELLENT progress!
@funshipfreddie How odd to encounter silence from you; where are you??
Yesterday, I finally got my “Christmas stocking stuffer” from DH, and my car got detailed; I’m looking forward to driving to lessons today in such a clean car! The sad news is that all my paperwork came to a screeching halt yesterday because DH’s W-2 (this is familiar to the Americans) has wrong numbers on it, so the church treasurer is taking it to be fixed to the bookkeeping business that always fills it out. I’m disappointed because I would have come VERY close to finishing last night, but now I’m at the same point I was at noon. Oh well, a break is good, too, right? Or so I keep assuring myself! 😏
Have a grand one, everyone!
Pocket list day 8 ☘
@daffodil2010
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol WFD
Good afternoon everyone, Denise was at the walk-in for 3 hours then they told her that don’t change bandages. They did put clean ones on her though and because she did a good job of changing her own bandage they said do it again and don’t come back to the hospitaly next door neighbour as got a car so now I have to reverse in between two cars. Not done that since I passed my driving test.
Day 8 – SE UK, NFD (CD)
Aiming for a TDEE type day today, last few NFDs have been way over TDEE….
Week 1 check in – down 1.6lb over the week. Aim is -5lb over the month.
Day 1: 164
Day 5: 161.5
Day 8: 162.4
Isn’t it amazing the difference a bit of sunshine makes to the day? – hoping it’ll motivate me to get out and about a bit more for walks – default setting being “couch potato”….
Have a good day all
Day 8 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 238 lbs. Not so successful yesterday. By the time I was heading home, I had the beginning of a fasting headache. Within ten minutes of driving, it was pounding, I was feeling nauseous and a little dizzy. Too bad my emergency “kit” was back in the office. I tried some cucumber with salt and a bit of vinegar — nope. I gave in and broke fast with saltines. I drank water and took a Tylenol. I still ate very lightly, but probably went above 800, not sure, with the carrots, small turkey wrap and crackers I ate later that evening.
It was an odd reaction, but then I remembered I got the 2nd Shringix vaccine on Saturday afternoon, and I have heard that some people feel nauseous a few days later. I thought other than soreness, I had survived. But I guess the fasting strengthened the side effect that I hadn’t noticed. Still, I was down two pounds, and I’m feeling better this morning.
Morning everyone x Stayed the same last week when I weighed Friday morning. See what happens this week.
Went and got hearing aids fitted on Friday morning, never realised how bad my hearing was and as it was such a lovely day OH and I enjoyed a lovely long bike ride afterwards.
Hedgehogs sounds like a lovely family time for you at the weekend. Miss my daughter being to far away to just pop and visit like we used to be able to do. Facetime with heris good though and she’s really settled in well. We’ll go to visit her soon.
Dave hope Denise is starting to feel a little better now. Hope you get sorted out with the roofers.
Hemmy well done on your lowest weight after the weekend.
Jean I used to love sewing and used to make all of my own clothes, I even made my own wedding dress 👰.
Off to St Ives shortly as OH has a dental appointment that has been booked and cancelled by them since February, think its because we’re NHS and not private.
Geraldine has had a lot of outings recently.
Enjoy your day everyone.
Nana xxx
Day 8 UK f800
Up early as have a hair appointment, so lovely to see the ☀️Have a good day all
Pocket list day 8 ☘
Day 8 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD
I am happily in the new lower decade of weight, saw it there Saturday, the usual weekend blip, but back down today. And it’s only Tuesday. Yay!
Have to catch up on everyone’s post and will do so at lunchtime. Stuck WFH as my car needs to be fixed and I cannot drive any of the motorbikes we have so I am without transport 😆
Fab sunny weather we have. Hoping you have a great holiday in the UK @jaifaim. Will catch up with ye all later today
Pocket list day 8 ☘
Day 8 NZ NFD 71.2kg🔺 ☔️
How I wonder did I go up?? Unless I had too salty drinks (miso). Time will tell… I have been eating when hungry, having lots of vegetable soups and hardly any sourdough bread! I’m making sure I eat enough protein too. I just need to keep going with good habits and something will happen…
Thanks for your concern about ants!! I didn’t know this would arouse such passion!!
I’m off to my textile group now 7-9pm.
Cheers!!
Learn to recognize hunger.
Good Morning everyone
B2B fast days for me today. I’m feeling pretty good about it but I am prepared for lunch today with a whole lot of veggies from last night’s dinner. It’s amazing how many veggies work out to around 100 calories.I have 175g cauliflower, 50g broccoli, 50g potatoes and 10g carrots (I know, but that’s all that was leftover lol), all for 93 calories! If I have miso soup with it that will be about 130 cals although very little protein. Figured it’s worth it to make up for my high cal eating on the weekend!
You’re doing great with cutting down the coffee Neil and you too G’day. I was supposed to go for coffee with my gym buddy this morning but as I changed to a B2B fd I had a pot of tea instead. It was great to catch up with her outside of the gym.
Hope you all have a lovely day xx
Afternoon All..
Walk with Natalie a bit nippy but came better as we walked.. seeing her tomorrow too.
I have had a ride out to Doncaster to buy paint and tiles. I bought two tins and got one free so worth it. I got lost coming back I took the wrong turning. Sat nav took me over my nightmare bridge I always avoid it.. about 4” both sides of the car it was bleeping at me it didn’t like it!!!
Trying to get a bikini, no luck, stay with my tankini and cozzy possibly better for my age 😂
Sat in the garden with a cuppa with my shorts on.
A good fast day I really must try harder my tummy is expanding.. 8 weeks to holiday.
Dave..
Hoping Denise wasn’t too long at the clinic, you would think they would think of something better than sat waiting.
Good luck on the footy. The roofers are naughty you will have to chase them up.
Hemmy..
I do like messing, all set up for decorating just waiting for this warm weather to pass. Shame not to get outside while we can.
I did a lot of dress making when I was younger, changed and altered patterns to suit and for both the girls… I remember buying a dress cutting a pattern from it and then returning the dress to the shop 😂. I suppose we did a lot then not so much money.
Well done on the 18 hour fast and getting to your low weight.. I am still 3 lbs up.
Hedgehog..
Lovely to be near the beach to have a good walk, I must go again this year it’s about a hour to drive there. Nice to have everyone around yesterday.
William’s last day starts his holiday tomorrow and then makes his way home… back the 9th May.. Jacqui is excited but don’t tell him 😊
Have a good evening..
Jean x
Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD
Weighed 2oz less than yesterday morning, so am thrilled at the restraint that indicates for yesterday. Haven’t figured out today’s menu, but it should be easy enough to well-behaved.
Slowly, slowly, s.l.o.w.l.y. all my paperwork is getting completed, but DH just found some receipts this morning that we need to include…LOL, it just never ends! I keep assuring myself that, eventually, my days will be boring. Boring looks excellent at the moment! 😏😂
@merryapple EWWWW!!! Good luck that your spraying solved the problem!
@funshipfreddie UGH!!! I hope there’s a fast and cheap solution for you as well, both because you need it, and also because posting on my phone is abhorant to me as well!!!
Okay, back to all my paperwork. The garden is calling me, but both because I have taxes/paperwork, and because it’s only a bit above freezing, I’m ignoring the call, but that will be my reward soon, that I get to go play in the dirt for a bit!
Have a grand one, everyone!
Afternoon!
Dave- did you get to play? Poor Denise having to go & wait at the clinic…What are you going to do to lose weight now MoreLife has finished, will you go back to fasting?
Hemmy- well done with your weight, although it’s not surprising as it doesn’t sound like you’re eating much! Enjoy the good weather & the garden.
Jean- back to fasting today? Have you kept busy as usual?
Nana- are you doing okay?
Had a lovely day yesterday with the boys, & a nice long walk together with Xena afterwards. Haven’t eaten since lunchtime, took Xena to the beach this morning, blowy but lovely, have pottered about catching up on a few jobs outside & inside, enough to keep busy but not working too hard!
2nd post – day 7
Struggling today – FD. Got to 18hr mark and have been wanting to dive into the fridge/cupboard. Any tips? – hoping when I get to the 24hr mark and can see “bedtime”, it’ll be ok.
Also, forgot to mention earlier @merryapple – I hope you are able to get rid of the ants, I would not sleep until they were gone – at least though they’re not bed bugs, that’s a much harder issue to resolve…..
USA. Day 7. FD
Wow, Merryapple! Ants in your ceiling! That definitely would have horrified me! Good luck with your ant removal. It sounds like you might need a professional pest removal service.
Jaifaim, I am glad you are having such a wonderful time! 👍🏻
FUNSHIPFREDDIE, I am sorry about your Chromebook. Last year, I had problems with my Mac. Among other things, it could no longer update, so had become vulnerable to hackers and scammers. I took it to Best Buy, where I belong to a special Geek Squad program, so they were able to force an update. That worked but I was told I really needed to buy a new computer. I had to change all my passwords to get the hackers and scammers out of my computer. Cleaning that mess up took months but I succeeded. I didn’t want to buy a new computer when I was about to do all those renovations. I was lucky I didn’t have to pay anything for the repair work thanks to the program I belong to. Maybe I wil get a new one after this tariff situation is resolved. 5 Million people marched yesterday, with my sister and her husband among them in D.C.
Excelsior12309, thank you. It’s all done and I wish I could share it, too. It really puts a smile on my face.
NorthGeorgia, I agree with you about controlled OMADs. I think they are helpful, too.
Pocket List – Day 7 🍏
@merry🍎
@molij
@anicecupoftea
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle FD800
@excelsior12309
@ccco
Yesterday went well, even though I had some white wine. I only do that on weekends but I am joining the pocket list for some encouragement. Since spring has sprung, I am very busy gardening, which keeps me very busy and my mind off food!
Hope everyone is having a lovely day. It’s raining here but we need that!🤗
Day 7, SE England – FD
Weigh in on day 5 was 2.5lb down from day 1 of this month, that was after a b2b 2 day fast though so not expecting it to stay off…. feel good, still figuring out how to control NFDs so they don’t undo all of the FD goodness!
Didn’t log in over the w/e as lots on, catching up now.
Here’s to a good week for everyone 🙂
2nd Post – Day 7
Pocket List – Day 7 🍏
@merry🍎
@molij
@anicecupoftea
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle FD800
@excelsior12309 FD800
Day 7 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 240 lbs. I want to get back to doing a few OMADS during my NFDs. I think those were helpful.
Pocket List – Day 7 🍏
@merry🍎
@molij
@anicecupoftea
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
Day 7-No. VA USA-FD 800
I had a successful FD yesterday, so I will try for a repeat today. I find the 800 calorie reset for a week is not hard for me. Provided I dodge bread, sweets, etc !
@lilymartin, thank you for the support. I like the expression “won’t power”. It seems to be stronger than “will power” at times!
@merryapple, I am distressed for you regarding the ants. EWWWW. You are very brave, I would be in a hotel at this point, waiting for the exterminator!
@stitchincarol, loved the single fry moment!
@ccco, I wish we could all see your lovely renovation when it is completed.
@northgeorgia, hang in there; “baby steps” will carry us forward to the goal. Or carry us downwards, perhaps.
@funshipfreddie, good luck with your technology problem. Too frustrating.
So good they do it twice😁. Dropped Denise off at hospital they have changed the road once your in the hospital so had to reverse a little down a one way street to get out otherwise I would have ended up in a multi storey car park. Sun is out again but was only 2°C when I got up this morning. It’s the first Monday league game of bowls.I was named as first reserve for the game so not sure if I’ll play or not. Difficult to get in the teams Monday and Wednesday.Much easier Thursday and Friday.I think Chloe was in shock going for a walk before 8am, bet she though she was back in training. Have a good day everyone I’ll be back.
Day 7 UK f800
Reset day for me. Had a great time last week but back to serious business now 💪
Oh dear I don’t like the sound of those pesky ants @merry🍎 hope you can get rid of them promptly
Technology – great when it works very annoying ( and expensive) when it doesn’t @funshipfreddie hope you are back online soon
Pocket List – Day 7 🍏
@merry🍎
@molij
@anicecupoftea
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
Not sure why I keep getting double posts .. going to report it.
Good morning everyone. Xxxx
Its another beautiful day its lovely to get up and see pure blue sky and sunshine after all the winters rain. looks to be another beautiful week Temps upping to 21deg here. I am staying around the house and garden this week I have no timing to be anywhere … thank goodness.
I was ssoo pleased this morning to see I have come out of the weekend at my lowest weight. Yesterday I only had breakfast and lunch nothing from 2pm till this morning.
After a good lunch I never felt hungry in the evening so decided for once to give it a go fasting till breakfast..
Well surprisingly I slept the best sleep for a while so will do that again. I never thought going 18 hrs would suit me but it obviously does.
Nana hope you had a good weekend in the lovely weather.
Dave.. I hope you get some result this week re the roofers .. Oh and I have just read Tesco are apologising for no canned beans Butter beans etc .. So problem solved maybe they will get some now peeps are complaining.
H H .. I dont blame you staying at home re the roadworks its everywhere plus added to that there seems to be so many accidents at the moment.
Sym.. You are so clever with your needlework ..lovely you can alter things.. plus being a dab hand at DIY .. I am in envy lol.
Enjoy your day everyone. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Xxxx
Good morning everyone. Xxxx
Its another beautiful day its lovely to get up and see pure blue sky and sunshine after all the winters rain. looks to be another beautiful week Temps upping to 21deg here. I am staying around the house and garden this week I have no timing to be anywhere … thank goodness.
I was ssoo pleased this morning to see I have come out of the weekend at my lowest weight. Yesterday I only had breakfast and lunch nothing from 2pm till this morning.
After a good lunch I never felt hungry in the evening so decided for once to give it a go fasting till breakfast..
Well surprisingly I slept the best sleep for a while so will do that again. I never thought going 18 hrs would suit me but it obviously does.
Nana hope you had a good weekend in the lovely weather.
Dave.. I hope you get some result this week re the roofers .. Oh and I have just read Tesco are apologising for no canned beans Butter beans etc .. So problem solved maybe they will get some now peeps are complaining.
H H .. I dont blame you staying at home re the roadworks its everywhere plus added to that there seems to be so many accidents at the moment.
Sym.. You are so clever with your needlework ..lovely you can alter things.. plus being a dab hand at DIY .. I am in envy lol.
Enjoy your day everyone. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” Xxxx
Weighing in on the coffee debate, last year I went one month without coffee as I was drinking way too much. Now upon waking I have ACV and water and a large pot of organic green leaf tea. Then I’ll have one coffee mid morning, sometimes but not often I will have a second one. Very rarely will I have jar coffee nowadays, it’s always organic beans, ground and made using a moka pot on the stovetop. Good to see you are cutting back Neil, that was a lot of coffee in one day, especially one so late in the afternoon. Have you noticed any improvement in sleep?
My sleep has improved after taking melatonin for a week or so and I’m loving the end of daylight savings. Back to getting up at 5am and falling asleep by 8.30pm with the exception of Friday night as we went to the cinema to see the Minecraft movie – Miss GDay’s choice not mine – neither of us enjoyed the movie or the crowd. People, or I should say teenagers, although I don’t like to lump one generation into being a certain way, were noisy, talked loudly all the way through the entire movie, were up and down to the canteen like yoyo’s and the parents who took their toddlers and pre-school children – well, they were quite happy to let their kids scream, cry and carry on throughout the entire screening. I couldn’t wait for it to finish – our worst cinema experience ever.
Quacka how cool you sell Vivo’s. I bought mine from Vivo Australia direct. I can understand why the PT’s wear them as they provide great foot stability.
Last day without dairy and still no change. Happy because I can go back to dairy but not happy because I still have sinus issues 😄
Day 7 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 71.1 kg
Monday morning PFDS 😇 But my Chromebook is kapputt 😓 and I can’t even blame my cat this time. I don’t think it’s anything terminal, but I’ll still probably have to pay a small fortune to get it fixed. I’m off to find out. Typing on my phone is not my favourite pastime.
RESOLVE to today’s pocket List people 💪
Pocket List – Day 7 🍏
Merry🍎
Molij
Anicecupoftea
@northgeorgia
Learn to recognize hunger.
hi Quacka, I managed 10 days in a row without coffee at all to try to break the reliance on it. I’ve had 2 cups of coffee in the 4 days since. I had one at around 11am on Friday, and one at 11am this morning. I’d be happy if I can keep myself to just a few cups a week rather than what I was doing, which was a double shot first thing in the morning, double shot at 11am, and double shot at 3pm.
Good Morning everyone
It’s Monday FD today and I may even do a B2B with tomorrow as I have just made a Wed afternoon appt with the dentist. Oh great!
The weekend was great with exercise but not so great with eating and alcohol. I had pasta (out), nachos and chicken snitzel (both home made) and also too much alcohol, so feeling a bit bleh today. A good FD will fix me up.
Thanks thin, for the congratulations. Yes, I will keep posting my weight until I get to my goal which I haven’t set yet. Interim goal is under 70kg when we go away. It’s now only 6 weeks away so it’s going to be close and if I keep eating like on the weekend I won’t make it even close!!
G’day we sell the Vivobarefoot shoes in our shop but only the men’s ones at the moment. I haven’t ever tried them but I have seen most of the PT’s at the gym wear them and swear by them. It’s interesting that any foot issues you had disappeared after wearing them.
Wow Neil, 9 days without coffee. Wondering how you are doing now and if you have had any since that post. I can take or leave coffee so it wouldn’t affect me too much but I can understand how it affects some people. I actually didn’t have any coffee for the 3 weeks we were in NZ, mainly because Mr Q doesn’t drink it. I still had my morning tea(s). Love that you used the camping stove to make a cuppa during the black out. I would have done the same!
LJ, nice to see your post. Glad you have been ok and just busy. Time definitely flies by but I hope you can find some time to post again soon.
Hi Cinque, Cali and Anzac and anyone else that I have missed.
Hope everyone has a great week ahead and I’ll check in tomorrow to say if I’m doing B2B or not.
Take care xx
Hello everyone,
LJoyce, hello! So glad to see you here. Sympathy for how busy life is, and how tricky to keep up with things when you are tired. Same same.
Was that mung bean soup edible? 1tbsp is a lot of fenugreek!
I’ve lost every email I used to have for people here. Especially because my email has changed. My old email company disappeared.
Cali, I am djoystevenson at g mail dot com.
Sending best wishes to you and Grasshopper and Mr Cali.
Gday, woot! for mayo success, sympathy for sinuses, woot! for weight management markers. Good luck finding some energy for exercise, but often it is sensible not to push yourself when your body is saying no.
I am enjoying the extra hour I keep finding, now daylight savings has ended here. It is lovely.
Quacka, big congratulations for the excellent 5:2ing and embracing busyness. Do post as often as you can, it is great to see your progress here. I hope those aches have gone.
Neil, ha re my donation, there aren’t many Joys around these days so hello to that other one! Luckily this one isn’t morally opposed to charity 😀
Excellent meal prep! I bet they make good eating too.
Congratulations on getting the lawn done! Hopefully the colder weather will slow its growing now.
Laughing at the shoe talk. I was always the sort of person who had about three pairs of shoes. Now I have many more even though I probably need even less. I am super picky getting them from op shops, but I think people donate very new ones that they buy online and then don’t fit, so I have gradually gathered a lovely selection. I went through a stage of buying lots of different colours, but now I am back to classics.
Anzac, hooray! And hopefully the lovely people will go longform with all the acronyms until you are used to them. You never realise how many there are until a new person comes to work. But phew for WFH.
I hope that now you do get the chance to fit 5:2 with work and lose those unneeded kilos.
Thin, interesting that Australia is so acronym prone. We do like to shorten everything we can 😀
Sympathy for all the computer/email hassles. Even when mindful, consumerism seems harder and harder to avoid.
Sending lots of good wishes to everyone
Oh no @merryapple- I haven’t caught up on posts but see yours there above mine … please mind yourself on the ladder and of course with those pesky ants 🐜 you poor thing!
Day 6 – Wales – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾
Late check in.
Fabulous times being had, quality catch ups with friends – lots of emotion and fun and good food and great hiking and the most amazing weather.
Swam today- it was cool, as in very cold 🥶🤗 but great.
Hope everyone is ok 💕
Slán!
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Morning all,
Good to hear from you Ljoyce, sorry to hear you’ve been struggling a bit recently. I hear what you say about time flying. It doesn’t feel like we should be halfway through autumn, but next Tuesday will be exactly that. This year is motoring by.
My weekend was OK, I got out for a ride yesterday, and got the lawn mowed for the first time in about 2 months and it was halfway up my calves the grass was so long. I’m hoping I can put in a fast today and tomorrow, because I had cards with friends on Friday, and we always eat too much junk when we do that (luckily we only meet once a month). We had a big power cut last night that affected half of the western area of our city, affected around 3,500 households. It was quite nice hanging out in the dark with candles and camping lights around the house. My wife wanted a cup of tea so we broke out the camping stove to boil up a brew. Really roughing it 😉
Have a great one everyone.
Day 7 NZ FD 70.7kg🔺🏃🏼♀️
G’morning!!
It’s Monday and I am going to have a cleaning&vacuuming frenzy🙁… I have mohair ‘dust’ everywhere (jersey is finished), ironing and mending to do, the rubbish bins go out and garden path clean up thanks to the storm… Also I have had an invasion of ants in the ceiling which have been coming down the ‘swinging’ light fitting and dropping down onto the bed. They have been intermittently biting me over the last 18 months in the night leaving itchy welts. I couldn’t work out what was biting me or from whence they came. Was it a spider? Or something coming up through the floor boards? I even thought I might have had bed bugs from my last OE trip although this didn’t quite stack up…??? When I came back from holiday I discovered evidence – dead ants between the white sheets… They then swarmed on the ceiling 🐜 👀 so I have been up and down a big ladder with ant poison trying to defy gravity and put out ant bait… Fingers crossed after two bouts I have done it!!! Otherwise I might need the pest controller to visit😬
Got to get going!!!
Pocket List
Merry🍎
Molij
Anicecupoftea
Day 6, second post
@funshipfreddie Yeah, I have also wondered at the name…”Plank” as in what pirates make you walk????
Here’s a fun detail from our dinner out. We each had 6 oysters on the half shell, and an appetizer of fried oysters in a lettuce wrap, and then my meal was the lobster and shrimp roll; I figured at $35 I would NEVER ordinarily order it, so at the half price special we were enjoying, it was the time to do so (and it was every bit as glorious as the reviews said it was). And, to be as noble as possible, even though I suspected Plank’s fries (chips) were excellent, I ordered the salad to go with my sandwich. “But,” I whimpered, “can I please have ONE fry??” Our waiter was truly taken aback by such a request and struggled to find something reasonable to say.
But he came through for me, because another order came up at the same time, and they’d ordered fries, so he took one rather small fry and put it on my plate! 😂😂😂❤️ So I had half and shared the other half with DH, and it was just as good as I’d figured it would be, but I got to be virtuous by having only the one small bite, LOL!
USA. Day 6 FD
Pocket List – Day 6 🥚
@funshipfreddie
@ccco
Merryapple, thank you for the help.
