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  • March for Me – monthly challenge

    Day 19, NFD, Aus

    My FD yesterday just didn’t. OH and I were out and about in the evening and on a whim decided to pop into our fave Japanese restaurant to see if they had a spare table. They did. The rest you can imagine for yourselves! (But, in my defence, I did not have any vino or sake – just water, with our delicious meal, so some semblance of restraint remained!)

    Thanks for the sour dough tips, @merryapple. I will be sure to let you know if I venture down that path. At the moment, I have rather a successful Turkish flat bread recipe I’ve been using and I feel like I’d be tempting fate to try something new.

    KOKO – perhaps just a mistype of OKOK?

    Thinking of you and your recent losses, @at – very close to home.

    C’mon, @flourbaby, @northgeorgia, @at, @ccco. There are still two weeks left in this month and that is plenty of time to defray the wobbles we’ve been experiencing (me included). RESOLVE!

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    Had 2 snackajacks,3 cups of tea and an orange150 calories so a good day. Will try not to eat too much on Tuesday.

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    USA. Day 18. FD

    I didn’t like my FD. I need to do better, so tomorrow is another WFD. I am going to try ADF because it doesn’t seem so hard for me. As long as I don’t eat anything, for some reason, I am not hungry. I will see.

    Hope you all had a nice day! 🙂

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Evening!
    Hope you had a good week Nana?! Well done with your first FD!
    Dave- really well done with your weight loss! What a shame about your car, crazy how much scratches cost to get repaired…
    Jean- I’m not too bothered about a roast, it’s alot of work! Did you use a bread maker for your bread?
    Hemmy- where have you gone to? Hope you’re okay?
    A liquid FD here, been busy catching up on some jobs, rang my new HS family as well. Made burritos for son, resisted them, I’ll have mine tomorrow…

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    Day 19 NZ FD 74.4kg

    My number reflects being ’empty’ rather than genuine weight loss after B2B FDs. I began today with toast and marmalade then oats, seeds, sultanas and yoghurt all accompanied by three cups of loose leaf tea brewed in the teapot… I feel so full it hurts… It’s a lovely autumn day. I’ll go for a walk when my stomach feels better!! My girlfriend calls this situation a “dinner baby”!!
    @ccco Hope your FD went well.
    @sitchincarol I thought back to the old pipes and take my hat off to you and your playing!!!
    l’m happy to hear you managed a calm recharge day which included stitching!!
    I spent y’day evening on TV/Youtube listening to Howlin’ Wolf, Charlie Mingus, Miles Davis, Etta James and other early blues and jazz artists. There are old B&W clips of them playing in small clubs which are superb to watch. When I went to bed I had the best sleep I’ve had for such a long time.
    @brightonbelle We look forward to hearing about your trip’s high or low lights!!
    @at Farewelling friends to death and dis-ease is never easy. You’re so right to use them as a catalyst for your health. I’m sure they wouldn’t want it any other way. My family history for long life is great but keeping one’s marbles at the same time, not so good…
    @northgeorgia🤐🤐🤐Please don’t hit 230lbs🫣🙁🫢Remember we’re all in this together and success breeds success!!💪💪💪
    @flourbaby Your resolve sounds in good heart!!!
    How can a fresh pasta restaurant not be fabulous??
    KOKO Kick off??? Knocked out?? Knocked off??
    @lilymartin Where for art thou???
    @funshipfreddie I’m relieved your kitchen is back to a pristine state and you no longer have to eat up the remainder of your friends’ food. I cannot throw food out either. But as @flourbaby pointed out so eloquently “You’re not a bin!!” I think I should put that on the fridge door!!
    @jaifaim Thinking of you!!
    I have a busy day coming up so Hey Ho Hey Ho off I go…

    Onward and downward!!

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Hello everyone, I’m back after of over a week celebrating my birthday.
    I’ve now started back on to having a fd today and like Dave I’ve only had two cups of tea today so far, plus a few glasses of water and am really looking forward to my favourite meal of salmon and pasta.
    Not been on here for over a week so a bit to much to catch up on , so hopefully everyone is keeping alright.
    Nana x

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    USA. Day 18 FD

    Good afternoon!

    Day 18 pocket list ⭐️
    @penz
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @northgeorgia
    @at
    @ccco

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    It’s been a lovely day here and speedway to come tonight. Only had 2 cups of tea today so could well be a fast day.

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    Day 18 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 163.0

    I’m really proud of this morning’s weight; I ate “reasonably” yesterday, and the scales reflect that. I toyed with various nibbles all day long, and each time, thought, “No, I don’t actually want that.” Today I will keep busy and tonight we’re going down to Lincoln to have supper with the boys, so that will give me every opportunity to eat reasonably today as well, and perhaps OMAD–we’ll see.

    Did I mention I had a funeral to play for on Saturday also? It was at another church a half hour away (their organist was unavailable) and is a lovely and very old pipe organ (as opposed to the electronic organ at my own church). So all in all, it was a swamped week and weekend, and DH and I spent the entire afternoon yesterday on the sofa, and the tv wasn’t even on. I read, he napped. It was recharging time we both desperately needed, and it worked. Plus, thankfully, the craziness seems to have cleared and we can simply be busy from now to Easter. 😂 Oh, and the mole on DH’s back needed several stitches once it was cut out, but the doctor said he was certain there was nothing to worry about, it was merely a precaution to ensure everything was fine and nothing would spread; thanks for all the good wishes from you all.

    @at I’m so sorry for the sudden loss of your friend, and for the loss of your fellow Wednesday volunteers. ❤️

    @songbirdme Congratulations on your 8 years of maintenance; that is a BIG deal! And I thought of you often in the first half of that basketball game when we were soundly defeating you. And again in the second half, when I thought, “Well, at least Gwynne is happy” as your team soundly defeated mine! 😳😂

    @funshipfreddie You are indeed a wonderful, kind, and sweet neighbor. The woman whose funeral I played on Friday was a talker like your neighbor, and you’d NEVER have escaped after a mere 20 minutes from her, LOL!!! DH would go visit her and come home shaking his head in awe that she could go from one topic to another seamlessly and talk straight for an hour and a half!

    @excelsior12309 Wowza! WELL done on being down 7lbs!!!!!!!!!

    @brightonbelle Welcome back! And as to @flourbaby‘s KOKO, I was equally flummoxed…then wondered if it was “kay-oh-kay-oh”….maybe? I look forward with you to the explanation!

    I am nearly done with a third giraffe (and the next-to-tallest one, at that) and cut out another one last night, so as soon as this is posted and I’ve done a few other morning chores, I’m going in to sew. When I’m sitting on the sofa feeling the pressure of needing to finish the quilt, I feel overwhelmed, but when I get in there and am sewing, I simply feel contentment. My handle is appropriate. 😉❤️👍

    Have a grand one, everyone!

    Day 18 pocket list ⭐️
    @penz
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @northgeorgia
    @at

  • March for Me – monthly challenge

    Day 18 – UK – FD800

    I truly fell off the wagon this month but going to pull myself back on by attempting a Monday to Friday FD800 🤞and aiming for a strong next 2 weeks end this challenge feeling positive!

    Starting with a clean slate today and ignoring what went with my overindulgence of food and wine over the last 2 weeks 🫣

    I have had an emotionally charged last 2 weeks – I lost a dear friend to cancer – all happened way too fast and time needed to absorb – she was 5 years younger than me……..
    Also my next door neighbour has succumbed to Alzheimer’s – such a horrible disease, we really lost her a year or so ago – 2 of the older ladies from the group I volunteer with every Wednesday afternoon have also passed away as did the husband of one of the volunteers (another who sadly had been lost to Alzeimers some time ago)
    All of this did get me thinking that I need to look after myself and regain my health markers……

    For us 🏉 lovers the weekend provided some great entertainment

    Adding myself to today’s pocket list for motivation and support – OMAD Brunch eaten and only drinks factored in on MFP for the rest of the day – Coffee catch up with the girls at 2pm then evening Yoga 🧘 6-7.30 and an early night should keep me on track for today

    Day 18 pocket list ⭐️
    @penz
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @northgeorgia
    @at

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Afternoon All…
    A good muddy walk with Andrea (Natalie’s mum).. meeting up again tomorrow..

    Busy day washing and a full clean .. coffee now.

    I am fasting .. anyone else….?

    I have just said the sun is coming out… Charlie is looking for it… stupid boy!!

    Dave ..
    Enjoy your bowls… weather here is lovely….

    Jean x

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good morning everyone a nice sunny day today. Going bowling in an hour and speedway tonight so lots to look forward to. Nice to take Chloe out and not get soaked. Might do a fast day today see how I go.

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    Day 18 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 229 lbs. Only myself to blame for that! @funshipfreddie It was a passive aggressive request; I could have put my foot down and said, “no,” but I would have gotten some looks the rest of the afternoon, as my brother’s family were out and about, including at a restaurant. She usually goes with them, but not when it’s an all day affair. I knew something was up when she wanted to ride with me to take off the garbage! lol

    Wish I had just stuck to my guns, but anyway, here we are. I’ll do a FD today and probably again on Wednesday.

    Day 18 pocket list ⭐️
    @penz
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle
    @northgeorgia

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    Day 18 UK f800

    Right ! Back on plan this morning , scales only a couple of lbs up so aiming to get rid of those in the next 2 weeks and if I can get a lb down that will be an added bonus

    How lovely to hear from @songbirdme , a real inspiration 💐

    Delighted for the good news @stitchincarol and your DH mole removal sounds very familiar my DH has had many procedures, in his case the damage probably goes back to his childhood we just weren’t aware of the dangers of sun damage back then , hope all is well

    I’m probably being very dim but KOKO @flourbaby , have I missed that abbreviation?

    Day 18 pocket list ⭐️
    @penz
    @merry🍎
    @brightonbelle

    Have a good week all

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    Day 18, London, UK, NFD

    It’s been a busy carb fuelled weekend!! I was invited to a birthday celebration meal (3 of us have had B’days in the last month) but it was at a pasta restaurant, not an Italian restaurant but a restaurant that only serves freshly handmade pasta!! No swerving carbs for me!!! Anyway, it wasn’t anything special and thank goodness it’s over, back on the low carb wagon! Although, I think the ‘sourdough makes the best crunchy toast’ comment is awakening the dragon!!!🍞🤤🤤 RESOLVE!!!!

    @funshipfreddie, these Mail+ articles baffle me, I’m not sure what articles are in the regular Mail if the interesting ones have to be subscribed to!!😡

    @merryapple, I would love to see you on your morning walk!!! Walking is walking, silly or not!!! I hope the rain (wettest February since records began😲) stays away so I can actually get out and about more.🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️

    @songbirdme, lovely to hear from you. Congratulations!! 🥳🥳 8 years is no mean feat, you’re an inspiration!!!

    KOKO folks, we can do this!!! I’ve planned my FD meals for Day 19 & 21, I need to be a bit more organised in future as I tend to be flapping around the day before a FD even though it’s usually the same 4 or 5 meals on rotation!!😁

    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain

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    Day 18 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.8 kg

    Excellent FD yesterday, but I really lost the plot on Saturday. Maybe I’ll do better now I’m finally free of all the junk my friends left in the fridge 😒 I’m resolving to log EVERYTHING on MFP from today, NFDs included 💪

    @ccco – that’s odd, that you can’t open the articles. Have you tried to do it on a phone or other gadget?

    @northgeorgia – “My mom innocently whined if I was fasting today…” & then when you said ‘yes’, she wrestled you to the ground, hogtied you & dragged you to the nearest restaurant? 😅

    Sending RESOLVE to the Monday fasters! 🎯🏋

    “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time”.
    ~ Thomas Edison

    Pocket List – Day 18 🍏
    @penz
    @merry🍎

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    Day 18 NZ FD 74.7kg

    I started the day with a power walk up Mount Eden with a tall friend who has never been overweight. I think she was a wee bit shocked when I split from her and got to the top well ahead of her! I have got over my embarrassment of looking like a belong to John Cleese’s Ministry of Silly Walks when I take loping strides accompanied by swinging arms…
    I eventually decided to do my usual Monday FD since I had only had cups of tea. Now it’s 4 pm and I’ll have my FD breaking boiled egg…
    @penz I have been making sourdough bread for nearly 20 years. I have had the same starter all that time despite nearly starving it to death on several occasions esp when out of the country. I love giving starters away, which is an insurance plan in case I ever lost mine! It originally came from San Francisco but I’m sure has acclimatised to the local flora and fauna by now! I use the percentage method to make bread now because I can make any sized loaf by varying the flour: water: starter ratios.
    There is so much on the internet about sourdough. I would pick a good bread baker like http://www.globalbaker.com or a good restaurant recipe https://rosellerie.com/tartine-sourdough or https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/sourdough-boule
    There are sooo many experts out there especially self proclaimed men who feed you endless rules…
    Sourdough is in fact very forgiving and I think the most important thing is to get the timing right so the bread is not under or over proved. After that it’s the moisture content – the wet nature of the dough. Water turns to steam during cooking making the big holes.
    If you decide to go ahead, which I highly recommend, let me know!!! It makes the best crunchy toast!!!

    Onward and downward!!

    Pocket List
    @merry🍎

  • Hello Southern Hemispherites!!

    Morning,

    Intesha, I had thought that, the weight seems to be going on my belly, which is usually where it goes on when your cortisol levels are up. I hope you have a great break in Delhi and can put things out of your mind while you’re there.

    Ljoyce, looks amazing! The shot of the humpback’s face poking out of the sea is amazing.

    Cinque, we have the opposite issue at the moment, you have heat, we have lack of it. March is usually our most settled and temperate month, this year it’s been miserable.

    Hello to everyone else, I’ll post again on Wednesday after my weigh-in (which I’m dreading)

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    Day 18, FD, Aus

    Back home after a long day of travel yesterday. Gee this country is big! 

    Catching up on posts.

    Congratulations @songbirdme – you are a shining example of how 5:2 can work successfully!

    @merryapple – I’m also not having a controlled month (despite my best intentions). So am kicking off the week with my regular Monday and planning the rest of the week. I’m very tempted to ask what you do for a sour dough starter, but I fear that will unleash @flourbaby and @excelsior12309’s inner dragon…

    Your family is NOT helping @northgeorgia!

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    Day 17 – 2nd post

    Arrgh. Take me off. My mom innocently whined if I was fasting today; she and I were alone, so we went out for lunch. Tomorrow is another day haha

    Pocket List – Day 17 🍒
    @merry🍎
    @funshipfreddie
    @ccco WFD

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    Day 17 – USA/GA – FD

    Weigh-in: 227 lbs. Oh for the days when it was 217! Such a bumpy month, but I want to make a dent this week as next week won’t allow for any FDs 🙁

    I’m planning a WFD today, and then another FD tomorrow.

    @funshipfreddie Thanks for the article; the end was useful when shopping on how to identify better choices for non-UPFs!

    Pocket List – Day 17 🍒
    @merry🍎
    @funshipfreddie
    @northgeorgia
    @ccco WFD

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    USA. Day 17. FD

    I lost my balance yesterday, so today I am back on a water fast! It won’t be for 3 days, though! It’s funny about how if I don’t eat anything, I don’t get hungry but as soon as I do I am! Mystery to me!

    Pocket List – Day 17 🍒
    @merry🍎
    @funshipfreddie
    @northgeorgia
    @ccco WFD

    Also, Happy St. Patrick’s Day to those of us who are Irish! (I am! ☘️)

    Thank you, Merryapple! I am working on it!

    FUNSHIPFREDDIE, my computer won’t let me into your articles anymore. I don’t know why! ☹️

    Have a great Sunday, everyone!

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    I was talking to the mechanic when I took my car in for its MOT,I had Chloe with me and he as got a whippet called Aurora.He said it says it’s name of loud like years ago when that dog said sausages 😁 he said it sits at the dinner table with him and is wife and eats it’s meal.Chloeis that tall she could almost have her meal of the dinner table without climbing up on a chair.

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Afternoon All…
    We got totally drenched this morning, Charlie had his head dried with the hairdryer… dallys get a dally rash on their heads when they get very wet, it’s seems to help with it not coming.

    Popped to the shops for a small shop, cooked Charlie’s veg.
    Having a cuppa and then a read.

    My bread turned out well just not a full lift, very tasty. On line it says too much water, so cut back next time.

    Dave..
    Enjoy your roast dinner, it’s not worth doing for one.. I do miss it. .. if I make it I can’t eat it…

    Jean x

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Guess what it’s raining☔☔☔. Just for a change. The car is annoying but nothing I can do about it. Having roast beef and Yorkshire pudding plus the lovely roasted potatoes done in the airfrier. What are you all up to?

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    Day 17 ☘️ 🇮🇪 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

    Happy St Patrick’s Day to our Emerald Isle fasters!

    More from Dr Mosley & UPFs
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13205949/ultra-processed-foods-obesity-diabetes.html

    @merryapple – still two whole weeks left to reach 74 & lower 💪 Wishing you a good FD; nothing beats Monday morning PFDS 😇

    Happy S🌞nday!

    Pocket List – Day 17 🍒
    @merry🍎
    @funshipfreddie
    @northgeorgia

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    Day 17 NZ FD 75.3kg

    I cooked a lamb roast last night for friends. Yum!! So today sadly is a FD… This month is not quite coming together for me… especially as Easter is coming up and I’m going away with friends!!!
    Thanks so much for the carne con frijoles recipe @northgeorgia I’ll make it to take away for Easter hols 😁
    @excelsior12309 Well done you!! 7lbs dispatched!!
    I made sourdough y’day. Another temptation that’s hard to swerve…
    @funshipfreddie Good on you! It’s difficult when the conversation is on repeat but I’m sure she’s happier afterwards!!!
    @ccco Keep it going. I’m sure you’ll get a rebalance soon.
    @jaifaim Go you!! Superwoman 🌸🦩🧚‍♀️
    @songbirdme Lovely to hear from you!! Gosh you’ll enjoy your new home when you’ve finally moved in!! Well done on your maintenance milestone!!

    Steely Resolve… Especially me…

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Evening All…
    A lovely Spring walk, we did 5 miles. Chatting to a few people en route.

    Three loads of washing done and I made some bread, it wasn’t too bad. I am not a good bread maker.

    I have been looking at podcasts on mindfulness, found a good one 30 mins length. I think there’s about 240 to go through. The only thing is I nearly go off to sleep, I don’t know if thats normal!

    I got Steves earphones out and managed to Bluetooth them to my phone.

    Dave..
    You are doing so well with your weight getting down to 19 stone..big well done. A pain about your car, hope you can get it sorted.

    Jean x

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    USA. Day 16. FD

    Mistake I made last night! I had two glasses of Chardonnay, which put me up 2 lbs. I only have a drink on the weekends but I think I can’t do this until I lost the weight! 🙁

    Wow, SongBirdMe! 8 Years! Congratulations for your tenacity! 👍

    Day 16 Pocket List

    @ccco

    Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! The weather here is beautiful!

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    Day 16 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶‍♂️ 🌾

    Hello so sorry for absence – a few super busy days.. but down to 154.6 at end of week and keeping the focus during this busy weekend. Oh my gosh so busy.. but I had to jump on to say Welcome Baby Mae 💕 🍼 💕
    And huge congratulations @stitchincarol 💕💕 and to your daughter!
    😂 @flourbaby I spotted that straight after I’d posted but thought Ah it still sort of makes sense so left it… We Rise By Lifting 🏋️‍♀️ !! LOL 😂.

    Onward and downward ⬇️
    We rise by lifting others

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    Day 16 – USA/GA – NFD

    Weigh-in: 226 lbs. Not sure how I dropped two pounds eating chicken and ice cream cake last night, but here we are. Of course, it might be waiting for today to show up haha! Anyway, I’m hoping for a B2B FD Sunday and Monday. Got to do what I can next week because Palm Sunday through Easter is a BUST! Looks like I might even be hosting Easter dinner.

    OK, chili 🙂

    Ingredients:
    2 lbs lean ground meat (best if you mix two types: beef, chicken, pork, sausage, turkey, wild game, etc)
    2 med onions, chopped/diced
    About 40 oz. beans (kidney, pinto, cannellini, great northern, etc.; I usually use two regular cans, drained)).
    About 40 oz. chopped tomatoes (I usually use a huge can and a regular can).
    2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
    2 tbsp butter
    1 1/2 tsp salt
    3/4 tsp baking soda
    1 large dried Mexican Guajillo chile pepper, seeded, deveined, chopped or pulverized
    1-4 Chipotles, depending on heat (taste to tell), seeded, deveined, chopped or pulverized (note: I usually leave larger chunks of the Guajillo and smaller pieces of Chipotles).
    8 sprigs of cilantro, chopped
    1 tbsp Cumin
    1/4 tsp Onion Powder
    1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
    1/4 tsp Paprika
    Salt and pepper to taste

    Mix 2 lbs of ground meat with 1 1/2 tsp of salt and 3/4 tsp baking soda. Let meat rest for 20 minutes before browning on stove top. While meat is resting, saute 2 chopped onions and the minced garlic in butter. Brown the meat and drain any fat. Crumble if desired, or leave in chunks if you prefer larger chunks of meat in your chile. Add all cooked ingredients to slow cooker and add beans, spices, peppers, cilantro, and tomatoes. Mix well. Slow cook for 8 hours.

    Chili will be more of a stew and chunky than soupy.

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Good afternoon Spring is here,flowers in bloom and it’s getting a little warmer. Roll on summer. Chloe was on my sofa so I said to her move, so she walked to the other end of the sofa and flopped down. Just about managed to sit down, she’s too long😁. She’s fast asleep now just for a change. You would think greyhounds would be hypa active but it’s the complete opposite.

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    Day 16 UK NFD

    Hi all , I’m back from my travels , will catch up on posts over the weekend and start gearing up to get back to f800 Monday

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    2nd Post – Day 16

    Oops? Wrong link for Michael Mosley’s column. This should work..

    https://mol.im/a/13200935

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    Day 16-No. VA USA-NFD

    I am still here with the fasters, just not posting much! Congratulations to you, @stichincarol, on arrival of Baby Mae. She is a good sized baby for an early arrival! I hope you get to enjoy her company soon.
    @flourbaby, perhaps the good-sized BoBo is one of the cats coming to eat food on my porch from time to time. I always thought it was hard to over feed a cat, but not so!
    @funshipfreddie, you are a good neighbor. I think we can tell that Boo-Boo is a very sneaky creature at times!
    @penz, I have been pretty consistent in watching my intake over the past month, and weight is down 7 # since mid January. It appears if I avoid my beloved bread and pasta, over which I have very little self-control, I can actually shift some weight. Considerably more to come off before the “featherbed in the middle” appearance changes, though!

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    Day 16 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

    My ears are ringing after just listening to one of my neighbours for what seemed like an eternity 🤯 Virtually every Saturday morning she phones to tell me she can’t get her TV & decoder working. It’s her care-worker’s day off. Which is no problem, it takes me a few seconds to sort it out. Then she wants to pay me ‘for my time’. But then it’s impossible to leave, she talks non-stop, & I finish up listening to the same stories for at least 20 minutes. By this time Boo Boo has usually found her way in, so I finish up chasing her around the house to catch her before I can leave. Her care-worker deserves a medal. Shame, maybe she’s just lonely 😞

    @songbirdme – congratulations on your 8 year 5:2 anniversary & for keeping off those 35 lbs! 🥳️🥂

    For anyone with shares in WeightWatchers, maybe it’s time to off-load them… https://mol.im/a/13202429

    Michael Mosley column:- https://mol.im/a/1320093

    Have a good weekend everyone 🌤🌈

  • If your clothes are looser but the scales are the same, read on

    Thanks snedger. She finally came out of hospital yesterday and her son is staying with her. She is starting to improve and eat so that’s really encouraging.

    The scales have moved down a smidge and my neck by a quarter of an inch. So that’s progress but I am going to try a 24 hour fast today and see how I go.

    Off out of the door as it’s finally stopped raining to get food for the week. How is everyone doing?

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    @stitchincarol – looks like Nebraska and my Illini play basketball tomorrow!

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    Day 15 USA (Illinois) NFD

    I had to jump in and announce the 8 YEAR Anniversary of my beginning 5:2, Ides of March, 2016. Over the next 9-10 months I lost 40 pounds and have kept 35 of them off in maintenance.

    The house is nearly done, but a new build has an incredible number of steps, decisions, etc. Crazy trying to do that, run our Choral Society, volunteer at our Children’s Museum, and clean out a house we have lived in for 35 years. Whew.

    Hang in there, Fellow Fasters. I hope to be back to join you faithfully in the future!
    Gwynne

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    Day 16, NFD, Aus

    Half way through the month, everyone. A great midway point to stop and check on yourself. How are you doing? What’s working? What needs adjusting?

    NOW your talking my language, @flourbaby!

    It happens, @woosoo. Accept it, and don’t beat yourself up about it. But don’t give up!

    Has a lovely wedding lady night and a quiet day today. Enjoy your weekend!

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    Day 15 Auckland NFD 75kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

    Some months just don’t want to let me go down and stay down… I did have bean soup y’day, which is well salted…
    A polar blast of wind from the Antarctic 🇦🇶 has pushed the hot air from Oz away so it’s a porridge morning at 15C.
    Haha @penz 🤣 Forget the🏋️‍♀️and go for tone💪🦵🫀🫁🧠!!! What fun – a wedding! Not a MAFS one I take it – the Oz programme has invaded our shores filled with flawed but TVgenic people on it…
    @funshipfreddie That’s a great rebalance loss!!
    I would never drink neat ACV or my Kombucha… Far too acidic! I can’t believe people do…
    I couldn’t access the weight training article but certainly cardio training changes with age from huge sweaty workouts to a light repetitive gentle sweat…
    @flourbaby I hear you on the ACL/skiing issue.
    I love your Hippocrates walking quote! Maybe you and @penz need a discussion with tap tap, clop clop or flip flop rather than Choo Choo🤣
    @woosoo My advice is to stay the course and be consistent – weight loss will happen. If you throw in the towel it won’t! Occasionally I do an extra FD if I’ve been out for dinner etc. I tend to focus on carbs for breakfast and lunch (for energy) and protein+ for dinner without carbs (for repair). I do my fast til 4pm and break it with a boiled egg and/or an apple which helps with the urge to eat everything in sight and gets me through to dinner time. I also eat earlier on FDs. I try to keep it simple. There are lots here who have busier ‘food lives’ than me and do all sorts of interesting manoeuvres!!
    @northgeorgia I always find chilli beans hold onto weight for several days afterwards so fingers crossed with a natural course of events and you will come ⬇️
    @stitchincarol It’s one thing being busy with happy things but sad things😢. Take care and be gentle on yourself.
    Having to repeat mole excisions to get clear margins is v common. It’s happened twice to me. Enjoy your quiet evening together.
    @ccco And you have great weekend too!

    Steely Resolve one and all!!

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    I lost 2lbs so into the 19 stone division now. My car got badly scratched so got to get that sorted and it won’t be cheap. My ex manager at work used to do it but he retired.He as given me a number of one of his mates who does bodywork so I’ll give him a call. Sick about the smart meters not working maybe they will work in the future.

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    Evening All..
    A lovely dry walk this morning… I could do with my thermals off again.

    Car passed its MOT, I expected it too.. an advisory on back tyres, treads ok the sides are perishing I have to change before winter. I might go to tyre shop and let them give me their views.

    Haddock and chips for tonight lovely as usual..

    I stayed the same weight this week.

    Hedgehog..
    Glad you are more relaxed and enjoying your walks again. Enjoy your takeaway.

    Have a good weekend ..

    Jean x

  • Hello Southern Hemispherites!!

    Simply breathtaking LJ, the scenery and wildlife are like nothing elsewhere on earth. I love the posing fur-seals 🙂 and the unusual features of the chinstrap penguins

    Lindsay, I thought I’d post a matching thievery shot of mad Maxx

    https://imgur.com/gallery/3O5MwQg

  • Fat Busting Brits!!

    Hi all!
    Had a nice long walk with Xena, I’m enjoying our walks now I don’t have to think about walking Enoch straight after…We went into town, got some book tokens for my birthday waiting to be spent, so ordered one book. Had a hot chocolate out but no cake- having a takeaway tonight 😃

  • March for Me – monthly challenge

    USA. Day 15. FD

    Pocket List

    @ccco

    Have a great day!

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    Day 15 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

    Yesterday’s WF fell apart in the evening–there was too much going on and I was weary and overwhelmed and hungry and sad, and I capitulated. C’est la vie.

    It’s 8:10am and I’m dressed in my funeral blacks with pumps and ready to walk out the door. DH had a mole removed two weeks ago and the doctor wants to dig deeper, so that happens this afternoon after he spends the morning comforting others at the funeral. There’s simply too much going on in our lives, LOL.

    Tonight we go out to dinner to recharge with a slow pace and pampering.

    Thanks for all the congratulations and comments on the lovely name. She was born on her great-grandpa’s birthday, who died on her dad’s birthday, who married our daughter almost 9 years ago on the same great-grandpa’s (and great-grandma’s) 64th wedding anniversary…follow that?? 🤣🤣🤣

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    Day 15 – USA/GA – NFD

    Weigh-in: 228 lbs. Eww! This is bad going into the weekend — I could cross into 230s territory again. Bleck! Well, with the interruptions this week, it really doesn’t surprise me. Next week is a little more normal, so maybe I can keep the fallout from this week, and the one to come at the end of the month, at a minimum.

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    Day 15, London, UK, NFD

    Congratulations to you & your family @stitchincarol, Mae is such a beautiful name👶🏼👶🏼👶🏼

    @funshipfreddie, I couldn’t get the Mail+ article, but the other one was interesting, I used to use ACV regularly, now I tend to just splash a bit on my salad, rather than chug it diluted through a straw. I might revisit the habit. Yes I know, he’s a bit chunky, the vet is constantly advising me to get him to lose weight, an adult male should be around 5kg, but I think he might have a second home somewhere (despite his weary unfriendly nature!) as he gets his regulation ½ cup of dried food in the morning and a single sachet of wet food at night!! I think he’s just big boned!!🤣🤣🤣

    @merryapple, no rugby for me, but I tore my ACL 95% about 18 years ago. The medics👨🏼‍⚕️ offered an op to repair it with the added bonus of arthritis in 10 years or allow it to heal itself …………………. And get arthritis in 15years!! 😢😱😞. I opted for self-healing and arthritis came knocking EXACTLY 15 years later!!😲 Hence my reluctance to ski …………………… you need good knees for that!!

    Ok @penz, I get where you’re coming from!! No doubt you used to get into your vroom-vroom for the daily commute, rather than the choo-choo and certainly not a zoom-zoom!!!🤣🤣

    Onward & downwards folks!!!

    I braved the weather yesterday, a bit nippy in the shade, but the sun on my face was lovely!!

    “Walking is man’s best medicine” — Hippocrates

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    Day 15 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 68.7 kg 🎯

    A good FD yesterday, according to the scales anyway. 1.6 kg down from Wednesday morning! 💪

    @woosoo – sorry to hear your FD didn’t happen. Can’t think of any tips & tricks off hand. Maybe just ask yourself why it didn’t pan out? Did you plan what you would eat in advance? Did you have KitKats or other temptations lurking in your kitchen? Were you accosted by a blueberry muffin whilst walking past a bakery? 🤔

    @flourbaby – Bo-Bo weighs 6 kgs?! Almost as heavy as baby Mae?! 😅 Boo Boo was 4 kgs last time I weighed her, probably a bit lighter after her recent stint at the cattery 😿

    @penz – it’s never too late to start weight training. I don’t know your age, but this is especially for those 60+ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2023/11/29/weight-lifting-aging/

    @merryapple – I went through a brief apple cider vinegar phase sometime in the 90’s, but it didn’t agree with me, & my stomach was like a washing machine. I obviously overdid it though. Maybe I should’ve read something like this – How To Drink Apple Cider Vinegar Safely
    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13196619/apple-cider-vinegar-safely-potential-dangers.html

    Off to get ready to go out for a well-deserved brunch. Happy Fri-yay y’all! 🍹

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