Yowser- I think about you a lot. You are and have always been such a positive influence on us all. I am sorry to read that you’ve been in hospital and I hope that you are making a good recovery. It’s lovely to see your post and I wish you well. Sending you a virtual hug.
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Thank you Dawn, Sue and DCT for your inspiration. Monday is my four week cruise countdown. I am going to do the fast 800 keto for four weeks. No faffing. Things have been slipping in my routine – feeling sorry for myself, making excuses, you know how it goes! Well Monday is back to basics. One month – 28 days. I’ll weigh in on Monday and knuckle down. Was going to start today but Monday feels better psychologically for me. I can think and plan. Here we go again…. We’ve got this! Over 100 days til the 2027 thread-what can we achieve before moving on?
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YOWZER it’s so lovely to hear from you. Have been wondering how you are. I’m so sorry you’ve been in hospital though, and now rehab, and really hope you continue to improve and feel better each day X
Good to read so many other posts too. Like you DAWN I’m having a quiet day and have been sorting out menus and shopping lists for next week. I’m going to start off with the 4:3 transition programme, 3 meals a day as I often go to the gym in the morning so need a bit of energy, otherwise would skip breakfast and just do 2 meals a day. So I’ll do a big shop tomorrow then should be good to go as from Monday 🤞
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Sounds like a good plan DCT, being organised is definitely a huge part of whether or not I have a decent week! Dawn X
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Hello everyone
Ive planned my two meals today using the fast 800 online programme. I am back doing 800 keto for the next four weeks. I’ve not weighed myself this morning as i don’t want to see what the scales say. I know I have put on a few pounds. I’ve decided to do the plan for four weeks and then weigh and hopefully see a nice surprise on 8th October when I will prepare for my two week cruise. Good luck to everyone who is back on the fast 800. We’ve got this. Today it’s cottage cheese and apple for lunch and evening is cauliflower bites and salad. Not made them before so something new to try. Trying to mix things up a bit every day. -
The cauliflower bites were awful! Won’t be making them again! Tomorrow is going to be mushroom stroganoff! Hope you’ve all had a good day. I listened to the meditation today which I enjoyed and walked for half an hour on my walking pad. Another day tomorrow! Keep going everyone!
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CATHY I’m sorry the cauliflower bites didn’t work out! I remember a while ago creating something dreadful. I think it was some kind of fish cake. But tonight I struck lucky! I made low carb lasagne which was delicious. The recipe is based on beef mince but I don’t eat red meat so used chicken mince instead. I think it would also work well with soya or tofu mince. Anyway, the mince is mixed with onion, tomato and spinach, then topped with strips of courgette and ricotta cheese topping instead of lasagna and bechamel sauce. It tasted great and was very filling. Highly recommended!
Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow X
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Dreams, I make something similar using lentils and I replace the pasta with aubergine which I have pre-cooked. The left over aubergine gets overcooked to make crisps.
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SUNSHINE GIRL that sounds good and I’ll give it a try sometime soon.
I have to say I’m really enjoying being back on the online plan and having meal suggestions to follow. There’s always a little bit of surprise and anticipation when I see what’s coming up next – a bit like choosing something from a restaurant menu except you have to cook it yourself 😀
Today’s breakfast was baked berry oats which was delicious. Then for lunch it’s mixed bean miso chicken salad and for dinner steamed ginger fish. Tbh I feel like I’m eating a lot more than usual but it comes in at around 1000 calories and well balanced other macros too. Will keep you posted!
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Hello everyone
I hope everyone is doing better than me! I can’t get into the swing of things! Really struggling this week! I started off really well and stuck to Monday and then since then I’ve been really not keeping on track! I’m on my own this week, probably feeling a bit sorry for myself, can’t motivate myself to do anything and feeling a bit meh! I’m not happy with myself at all. I wonder if it is because I’m going away soon and I know I’m going to be putting weight on? I wonder if I am just tired of food rules. I am feeling very tired and lethargic so maybe I’m fighting something off. It’s normal to have good and bad days I suppose. I need to get a grip! Hope you’re all having a good week. I’m not having a good week at all. I don’t know what’s wrong with me. -
CATHY sorry to hear you’re having a bad week. And it could be for any or all of the reasons you suggest. I’d say just do your best for the next couple of days and start afresh Monday. And maybe consider a different meal plan if you’re fed up with the one you’re on? Sometimes our bodies seem to need a change.
I’ve had a weird week too. I’m following the 4:3 transition plan and, apart from a couple of instances of drinking wine when I hadn’t intended to, have stuck to it. The recipes are really nice and I’m feeling good. But have put on a pound! Based on past experience- eg of 5:2 earlier this year – I’d anticipated losing 1lb per week. And this would take me nicely through to a 12lb loss by early December. But no …. The opposite has happened 🙀
Anyway, I’m actually feeling good. Enjoying the recipes and I’ve been doing lots of exercise this week. At times I think I’m looking a bit firmer and trimmer but currently have no measurements or clothes victories to back that up. So I plan to keep with the 4:3 for another week but if there’s still no weight coming off I’ll try the Very Fast Keto for a couple of weeks.
Hope everyone else is doing ok? And wishing you all a happy weekend X
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Hi everyone,
Cathy it sounds as though your week is going a bit like mine🙁 For the last few days I haven’t stuck to the food plan and even ended up getting a takeaway last night! I’m not going to weigh myself tomorrow but, as DCT suggests, try to have a decent few days and hopefully that will get me back on track. DCT well done for getting lots of exercise in this week, that was my plan but I haven’t started it yet! Dawn X -
Hi everyone,
It has been a while since I posted, but I have been trying to pop in and read every now and then.
DCT – glad to see that you were able to get your lip fixed and hope it has healed well
Yowzer – good to hear from you but sorry you’ve been having a tough time.
Good to see everyone motivated and trying on the Fast 800. It looks like I will be joining you as I just discovered that I have a fatty liver, so need to do something about that. It was discovered on an ultrasound where we were looking for gallstones. A work colleague suggested that my stomach symptoms actually sounded similar to what she had when she had gallstones, so I kept track of what I was eating and sure enough, after a fatty meal, even healthy fats like salmon, I would get the pain. But I got the report back today and it turns out that I do not have gallstones, but rather a mass on my liver. Might be a complex cyst, might be a tumour. We don’t know yet. The radiologist has recommended an MRI. I see my gp on Thurs.
Luckily, even though my summer has been a mixed bag as far as staying on track with this WOE, I have been getting back on track this past week. I have even started doing some run/walking again. Meals have been good. Usually Greek yogurt with hemp and pumpkin seeds and raspberry chia jam for breakfasts and lupini beans with roasted broccoli or bean and greens salads, with the odd bit of fish. Handfuls of nuts and plums off my tree for snacks. I would love to get down to 800 cal again for a couple of weeks, but it will likely have to wait as I am finishing up some hard work on the farm still and I do not want to be low energy. So I’m doing the best I can for now. -
Hi all. I was part of this group a few years ago and did the Fast 800 with some success. I just started my first week (this time around!) of Fast 800 yesterday. I have a few things coming up that I’m wondering how to work my way around – mainly social lunches, and a birthday dinner for my father-in-law. What tips does anyone have for eating at events when you don’t know what the food will be?
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SHOEGIRL welcome back! Good luck on your next round. You will probably recognise many of the names on here who are keeping going with varying degrees of success!
Your question raises a dilemma we all regularly face, and I’ll just give you my views – others may disagree and/or have much better ideas 😉. I think a lot of it depends on your willpower and personal discipline too. But I see it as two choices for days like these. Either stay on plan as best you can. Most eating environments have reasonably healthy choices available. So even if you can’t be 100% Fast 800, you can at least stick to proteins, veg, fruit etc as much as you can and stay reasonably on track. The other option is to press Pause and go completely off piste for the occasion, eating whatever you would like. Bottom line is it’s only one day, so it will set you back a bit but not have a major impact. However (this is where the discipline comes in!) . . . I find that if I do go off piste for a day it can then take me a while to get back on track again which then can start to have a major impact. So I think it all depends on how well you think you would be at getting straight back on Fast800 the day after!
ARCTICFOX lovely to hear from you and I hope your GP appointment goes well tomorrow and that your fatty liver is the least complicated it can be. I’m sure going back on Fast 800 will help and it sounds like you are getting back on track. Well done with the exercise too, and the farm. Busy times for you, but keep in touch so we know how you’re doing X
DAWN how is your week going? I hope that things are calming down for you and that you are managing to get back into meal planning and exercise etc. My meal planning has not been as meticulous as last week as it’s been one of those weeks with lots happening. But I’ve had a slight loss so far so hope to get close to my weekly target this week 🤞. Though having said that, I realise how fickle the scales are. I experimented the other morning moving them to different locations on the bathroom floor and got three different readings! So I’m keeping them firmly in the same place now and even if the numbers are inaccurate, as long as they are relevant to each other that’t the main thing!
Hope everyone else is having a good week? Do drop by to say hello! X
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Welcome back to the group shoegirl and good luck with your fast 800. When I did my 12 week fast 800 reset in February this year I made sure to stick 100% to the programme until I achieved my goal. Now I am at goal I allow myself to have days off for events such as birthdays, festivities, holidays and then get straight back on again. We have to live our lives and we have to navigate social events. I am able to do all or nothing. I also think with the fast 800 we can adapt it around social events by perhaps fasting around the event.
ArcticFox- lovely to hear from you but sorry to read about your worrying liver lesion. Hopefully the scan will clarify the issue and it won’t be anything serious. Keep us posted.
DCT- glad to see you are close to your weekly target this week and make sure your scales are in the optimum weighing position!
I had a fall this week- my ankle gave way and twisted as I was going out the back door with a cup of tea for my husband who was chain sawing some trees in our garden! I fell head first out of the back door and landed face down on the concrete patio! I’ve now got a sprained ankle and a beautiful black eye! I ache all over and have had to cancel choir and Oxfam this week whilst I recuperate. I am so so lucky not to have broken anything more than the mug! It’s two weeks to my cruise! I have osteoporosis so how I’ve not broken a bone is a miracle! I haven’t weighed this week but when I can stand on the scales I’ll see how I’m doing. To be honest, I’m just so glad I haven’t had to cancel my cruise.
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CATHY I’m so sorry to read about your fall. How awful! But, like you, I’m so pleased that nothing was broken – it could have been so much worse 🙀. And I’m delighted that you don’t have to cancel your cruise. Hopefully you’ll be fully recovered by the time you go with no black eye in sight. Please take care of yourself over the next few days as a fall can leave you feeling very shaken and vulnerable. So give yourself plenty of tlc.
Hope everyone else is doing ok?
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Good morning all,
Sorry I haven’t posted for some time, but I have been reading your posts via email.I had a cancer scare earlier in the year, which has now been resolved. 🥳
My weight has crept back up 9lb to 10st 2lb but my fasting BS has been pretty good! However, I have been tempted a few times by the chocolate bars husband keeps in the cupboard as well as crusty bread and toast! Once in a while wasn’t a problem, but it has become too often, hence the weight gain and rise in BS.
So it is back to it! I am determined not to let the slide go as far as the 15 1/2 Stone of 2024 and to keep the diabetes at bay! But it is hard! 🥴
I still record my food intake as well as the fasting BS readings and occasional 2hours after food readings. (Only once been in the diabetic range in 6 months)
I find that being in pain (arthritis) has an impact on my self control and readings!
So pleased this forum exists!
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Hi everyone,
Pootle, good to see you again! Sorry to hear of your cancer scare but good that you’ve managed to keep out of diabetic range.
My visit with the gp was good. He thinks the lesion is too small to be causing symptoms and that the one ‘polyp’ that they found in my gallbladder may in fact be a gallstone that was sitting up against the wall when they did the scan. So he has referred me to a surgeon and for the MRI to confirm. I have already heard from the surgeon’s office and I have an appointment for the 3rd week of October. So I am feeling a bit better about most things. The only thing is that he scolded me about the fatty liver and told me that it was because of being overweight. I said I know, and I have been trying really, really hard to lose it, and he said, ‘well hopefully this gives you more motivation’. What?!? Anyway, I had a counselling appointment right after where we walked around the lake outside the gp’s office, and she was furious that he got after me about my weight and said that they just don’t know what they are talking about as doctors get so little training in nutrition, whereas I have a minor from uni in animal nutrition and have now completed the human nutrition course (with 95%!) and that she knows that I am active and eat well.
Anyway, because I have so many restrictions now with the food allergies, intolerances and the fact that I have to eat low carb and low fat right now, I have put AI to work at doing my meal plans and keeping me on track. My counsellor approves of this as she says that with ADHD, meal planning and cooking tend to take up a huge amount of our executive functioning and that is why it is so hard. So far it is working. I am telling it that I want to follow Zoe principles of eating at least 30 plants a week, and that I need to follow the latest research for dealing with a fatty liver and insulin resistance while maintaining energy and muscle mass. I check in at the end of the day with it and log what I’ve eaten, and it gives me a score and tells me what to tweak for tomorrow and then gives me the plan for the next day based on what I have in my fridge and store cupboard. So it is working at the moment. Zoe isn’t available in Canada yet and even if it comes here, I expect it will be quite expensive, so this is my next best thing, I think.
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Hi everyone,
I had a big fall off the wagon yesterday. I had been doing so well, so I am disappointed in myself. However, it was precipitated by the guy I have been seeing long distance telling me on Sunday night that he is moving even further away – all the way across the country – so instead of a 5.5-6 hour drive he will be a 6 hour flight away. And then he told me that because he is moving he just doesn’t see our relationship going anywhere. This after saying when we first met that he wanted to move away from where he was and didn’t mind where he ended up but that my area looked nice if only he could find work here. I knew things were going wrong when I found him a job opening in his field that pays better than what he earns now and even comes with a pension. He wouldn’t even look at it, never mind apply. And then after that he was starting to pull away and not even text me anymore, so I called him out about it on Sunday and that is what he told me. So I didn’t eat or drink much of anything on Monday or Tuesday morning and I had to take my car into town for noon on Tuesday to get the tires changed and I was at the pharmacy while I was waiting and saw bags of crisps on special at the checkout and grabbed 2 and ate them on the drive home. I don’t even think it was comfort eating so much as it was just the fact that I was completely starving, as I had worked really hard on the farm on Saturday and Sunday and I often need a day or two after to catch up on my calories, so not eating Monday really threw me off. It certainly wasn’t comforting. Anyway, I talked to a friend yesterday evening who has known about my relationship since the beginning and that helped, so I then forced myself to get back on the wagon last night with a broccoli and lupini bean tray bake.
So I am hoping that I can keep going and stay focused now. I am just so sad. To make it worse, his family owns a soup company and I have several tins of it in my store cupboard as they are a fairly healthy option for a quick meal or when the power goes out in winter, but his last name is plastered across the label so I will see it every time I go to use one. And he was so good about encouraging me on the healthy eating and exercise front.
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ARCTICFOX I’m so sorry to hear about your big let down. I’d been wondering about how things were going there. What a disappointment. No particular words of wisdom to add, other that you deserve much better (in my opinion) – and am so glad you have friends around to help. And good luck with getting back on the wagon again. Hope it’s of some comfort to know that we’re all here for you X
POOTLE lovely to see you posting again and good luck with your meal planning. I’m so glad your cancer scare is behind you now.
All the best to everyone and do keep us all posted as to how you’re getting on. I’ll report back on Friday as to how my week has been.
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Thanks for the support DCT. We had a good hash it out talk on Wed night. He still wants to be friends. I told him I would think about it.
So anyway, pulling back from the relationship is giving me more time to concentrate on myself. I have been walk/running and then went for an hour long walk yesterday. This resulted in my joints being rather sore, so I switched things up today and pulled my bike out of the garage. First time riding it in over 6 years! It felt a wee bit odd at first, but then just felt great. I rode along a new trail into town so I didn’t have to be on the road. I didn’t run into a bear, luckily, although there was lots of scat on the trail. It took just over 20 minutes to get into town and I thought when I got there that it will actually be quite easy to use it to do the shopping, so my weekly activity may be getting a boost that way. At least until the snow flies. But I have a friend that wants to go x-country skiing in winter, so that will be a substitute and gives me motivation to get fit.
I have been looking into extra supports for my fatty liver and came across hibiscus tea. I found some yesterday at the little tea shop in town, so I have added that into my daily regimen. I don’t know if it will help, but likely won’t do any harm.
Eating wise, I am back on track too. Lots of veggies as they are in good supply this time of year in my garden and at the farm markets. Pairing them with duck eggs, soy free tofu, Greek yogurt and fish as my protein sources. Adding in seeds and herbs and spices as well to bump my plant count up. The AI gave me a score of 82/100 today, so edging up slowly. -
Hi all,
DCT – thank you for your warm welcome back to this group and for the advice re-eating out/special events. I managed to choose some good options on the menu at the Thai restaurant and ignored (but LONGED for) the bread and rice!!
ClarinetCathy – thanks for your welcome too. I’m an “all or nothing” person too, so I’ll stick with the 800 until I reach my goal of losing 15com off my stomach.
ArcticFox – you are having a tough time at the moment. I’m so impressed that you’re also trying to stay committed to a healthy lifestyle. Well done!After my first 2 weeks on the Fast 800 I’ve lost almost 3kg and (most importantly) 5cm off my stomach. I’ve found it quite challenging – had awful “keto-flu” in the first week, but hope to keep going for the next 10cm!!
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Hello everyone
Sorry I’ve not been on for a little while- a lot going on here. My MIL is gravely Ill and we have been expecting the call for the last couple of weeks so it’s been difficult. She has advanced dementia but she seems to he hanging on despite being unresponsive on a couple of occasions two weeks ago. We are due to go on our cruise on Friday and my now cat is really poorly! I took him to the vet yesterday and he had two antibiotics and a steroid injection. The worst timing ever! I’m so stressed and sad. However, I’ve recovered from my fall. My ankle is still sore but I can strap it up. The diet has gone to pot! I weighed at the beginning of the week and I was 144 lb. I never got to my pre holiday 138 lb goal but in the big scheme of things I don’t care!
My neighbour who is cat owner and a cat lover is looking after Monty. We have a reciprocal cat sitting arrangement and I am hoping and praying that Monty will pick up in the next 24 hours! He is due to go back to the vet again tomorrow- he isn’t eating!! It’s not like him at all. Anyway, I’m going to have to try and relax and accept the situation and I can’t do any more. Hopefully I’ll see an improvement tomorrow.
I am ready for my holiday and I will try my hardest to relax and enjoy it – we are going despite the whole situation regarding my MIL. She is in care and my husband feels it’s the right thing to go away. We can’t do any more. What a week.
I’ll be back here when I get home and it won’t be a shock to see the scales but I will work hard when we come home to get it off before Christmas and that is a fact!!! In the meantime I hope everyone is doing OK . See you all soon – 🚢 🌊 excited to see the Northern Lights! 🤞
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CATHY just jumping on here quickly to wish you a wonderful holiday despite the current circumstances. As your husband says, your MIL is being well cared for whether or not you are there. And I hope that Monty improves before you go, just to put your mind at rest.
Easier said than done I know, but I hope you do manage to relax. And enjoy those Northern Lights!
See you on the other side. And everyone else, let’s all set a small but achievable target for ourselves while Cathy’s away so she has some good news to come back to and feels inspired to get back into it X
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Cathy – just wanted to wish you all the best for your cruise – the Northern Lights, wow! So sorry that you’ve been having such a tough time lately, I went through a very similar experience with my mother in law, and now my father has terminal cancer and dementia, it’s so hard when our parents get older. I hope Monty is on the mend soon, it’s great you have a neighbour you can rely on to look after him.
Arctic Fox – I hope you are doing a bit better now too, I can only imagine how hurt and disappointed you have been feeling.
I’ve been MIA (once again!) as despite my best intentions I fell completely off the wagon in September and early October. I did have my birthday, wedding anniversary and a couple of family events going on. So I’ve kept my Fast 800 online subscription going and am planning to try and stick with it at least for a few weeks. On the plus side I have only gained just under a kilo over the last month, so it could be worse. I have a specialist appointment at the hospital on 8 November so my first goal is to shed 3-4kg by then.
And now I have a new incentive for longer term – some school friends are planning a reunion next September (in the UK). I’m going to try and attend in person, not just for that but I haven’t been ‘back home’ for over 20 years. So my goal for that is to shed about 12kg,
Which will bring me down to a weight and dress size I feel comfortable at 🙂Hope everyone else is having a good week! I have been reading all of your posts and start to compose replies in my head but then get distracted and forget!
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Hi everyone.
Cathy – Good luck with your cruise, I hope you can try to relax and enjoy it.
SueBlue – good luck with your 1st goal, it’d be great to lose your 3-4kg by November.My weekly weigh in and measure; I lost 1cm off my waist and 500g off the scales. That’s a total of 3.25kg lost in the first 3 weeks and 7cm.
I noticed from my food journal last week that I’m eating closer to 900+ calories per day, so this week I’m measuring more carefully to stick to the 800. Hopefully I lose a little more before I go away for a week with my husband.
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Hi everyone. Another week! Just thought I’d check in quickly to see how everyone is doing.
SHOEGIRL well done for your ongoing progress. I personally think that it’s ok to vary the exact amount of calories (within reason!) depending on a whole host of other factors, including how active you are and how much you have to lose. I notice on the Fast 800 site that quite often the meals they suggest for a fasting day can add up to over 800 calories, which also makes me think it’s fine.
I’m in the naughty chair this morning 🙀 I had been doing really well until the end of last week; slow and steady progress but an overall downward direction. Then I confess I blew it over the weekend. It was my husband’s birthday on Friday and we went to a gig, stayed overnight, had lots to eat and drink then – to top it all – decided to have a takeaway when we got home on Saturday night. The net result on the scales the next morning was an increase of over 3lb, most of which is still lurking. But, whilst that’s frustrating, at least it’s explainable and I know (hope?!) from experience that it’s mostly water weight and will soon come down again. And I had a wonderful time which at our age (I’m late 60’s) is also really important.
So firmly back to the WoE this morning and hope I can get back to where I was last week then continue on down from there 🤞
Hope everyone has a good week X
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Hi everyone,
Sorry I haven’t posted in ages. Got back from the Lake District on Friday, had a lovely time despite the rain. The weeks leading up to going were spent losing and gaining the same few pounds so I intend spending the rest of the year trying to really make use of the online plan to get as close to my goal as possible. I’ve been feeling pretty rough not eating very healthily and my knees have been extremely sore but I know from experience it will only take me two weeks of healthy eating and a little bit of exercise to feel completely different so I’m holding on to that thought! I hope everyone else is doing ok, for most of this year I feel as if I’ve wasted time yet again but we still have ten weeks to say ‘we’ve got this’ and that’s more than enough time to make a big difference. Dawn ❤️ -
Hello- I’m back from my Norwegian Cruise to see the Northern Lights and after a disappointing schedule change so we didn’t go into the Arctic circle, due to atrocious weather, which was the correct decision safety wise we got to see the Northern Lights put on a spectacular display in Molde- it was a Joanna Lunlet moment for anyone whoever saw her aurora documentary. It was absolutely breathtaking and I feel so lucky- it had been a bucket list wish of mine for a long long time. The cruise was fantastic as was the food and drink! Not weighing myself this week but getting back to 800 calories from tomorrow for 8 weeks to take me up to Christmas: if anyone wants to join me I would be happy to share the journey with you. My aim is to be under 140 lbs as we come to the end of this journey together. I don’t know what my post cruise weight is but I will rectify the gain over the next few weeks. I am only jist back home so I’ll catch up with how everyone is doing this week . I’ll brave the scales on Friday and take things from there! Hope you’re all doing well. I’ve missed healthy eating believe it or not but I did enjoy some wonderful things to eat on the ship! It was nice to let go to be honest! . Back to reality now for the next 8 weeks then two weeks off for Christmas and New Year and then hopefully I will be happy with my weight as I think about what comes next. Hopefully maintenance! I have a feeling I’ll always have to be very mindful of watching my weight. It goes on far too quickly!
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Cathy welcome back! Your cruise and Northern Lights experience sounds amazing. Like you, I want to pick up the pace between now and Christmas. Won’t bore you with the numbers right now but ideally I’d hope to shed a few more pounds before then.
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Hi everyone and welcome back from your cruise Cathy, it sounds like you had a fantastic time. I’m just plodding along, haven’t had as many totally on plan days as I could have but I’m definitely doing better than I have been so any loss at all when I weigh myself tomorrow would be welcome. Hope everyone has a good week. Dawn X
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Hello all,
Welcome back Cathy! Your cruise sounds wonderful, I’ll have to look into doing this one day. I would love to visit Norway as that is where my great-grandparents were from.
Dawn I’m glad you had a good break away too 🙂
Despite my rejoining the online plan I’m not really getting anywhere. I have had both mine and my husbands birthday as well as our anniversary over the past month. On the plus side I haven’t put on any weight, and when I compare where I am now to where I was at the beginning of the year, I’m still about a stone less now.
Anyway I’m all set to double down now and stick to the plan as much as I can!
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Sue- there were lots of Americans and Australians on the cruise. We went with Princess Cruises so maybe something to look into. I have a shocking flu type virus! I’ve done a Covid test which is negative . Not the week to start eating less but I have lost my appetite so maybe I’ll start to shed some of the excess I put on. I’ll get myself well and then I’ll be back to it. We have time before the end of the year. I’ll be annoyed with myself if after doing so well between February and May I’m back to square one. I am aiming to be below 140 so work to be done in the next few weeks. Being one stone less than the start of the year is a massive achievement Sue. Keep positive and it could be another half stone off before the end of the year.
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CATHY hope you feel better soon. I was going to say what bad timing, but at least you didn’t get ill on your cruise 🙏. I’m a bit like you in that I was raring to go yesterday, and started off with a 1lb loss on the scales. But then my back “went” as I was sorting out laundry. It’s happened several times before but not for ages now. The net result is that it’s very painful and it’s difficult to move around or get comfortable anywhere. So I’m afraid the healthy meals are going slightly to pot as hubby is in charge of the kitchen. And my total step count for yesterday was 23 : my Fitbit doesn’t seem to count steps when you’re shuffling round in slippers 🙀
All this made me think of you YOWZER with your ongoing pain and mobility issues and I really hope you are seeing some improvements. It’s so easy to take our day to day health and mobility for granted until life throws some kind of curve ball.
SUE I agree with Cathy that a stone’s loss this year is brilliant! Even though it may not be as much as you’d hoped for, it’s a huge milestone in your journey. DAWN I hope you are seeing some results too? I’ve been doing ok recently until yesterdays setback. Am back on the online plan and seeing gradual loss. Currently around 149lb and still hope to get to 144 / 145 before Christmas. Not as much as I’d wanted this year but solid progress nonetheless.
Hope that everyone reading this is ok and making some level of progress towards your 2026 goals? Do drop in and say hello if you get a chance.
Lots of love, DCT xx
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Hi DCT and i am sorry to hear about your set back. I feel like I’ve got flu and so I am going to start my campaign on 1st November when hopefully I’ll be feeling better and I hope you will be too by then. It’s a blow but life has a way of getting in the way very often. I had my flu jab before my holiday but I’m wondering whether I’ve picked up a flu from another region as there were Australians, Canadians, Americans and East Asian people on the cruise so maybe I’ve got a different strain. Anyway, dieting isnt an option whilst I feel so unwell but I haven’t felt much like food so I’m eating whatever my body craves.
Let see how we are on Sunday and take it from there.
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Get well soon CATHY and yes, I’m working on the same basis as you of restarting next week, once I’m hopefully a bit more “together”!
How is everyone else doing? Hope you are all well and managing to make some progress. We have 65 days left of 2026 – almost 20% of the year. So no matter what stage you are at, there is still time to make a difference 😊