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Have a lovely holiday Verano & well done S-G with your weight loss. I hope you can soon get your car repaired.
I will weigh tomorrow & hope that I have lost some more weight but my trousers that I am hoping to wear on our celebratory dining train day out are still a little tight🤔
Margaret xx

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Cant really think of positives at this time.

Knackered car is going to cost us €3500 for repair. Hubby says it is normal for age of car and injector replacements. We cant buy another as we would have to get rid of it when we go back to the UK. Only good thing is the Austria trip was going to cost us €3500 so it is quid pro quo. 🙂 🙂
No sign of us going back to UK as house not moving, no clients and bank has upped interest rates.
Looking forward to having a car that will get us back to the UK for Christmas, fingers crossed the repair works and lasts us a few more years.
Just remembers, hubby has finally painted our hallway after me nagging for 2 years. It looks very nice.

I am stuck at around a 1kg loss after our night out on Monday, so still have 3kgs before we go away for Xmas. I now have only 6.5 weeks before we travel.

Dont want to preach but do go and see Sagrada Familia as it is now finished if you get the chance. We made the mistake of missing it out (except we saw from the outside) as we have been before but it is supposed to be magnificent now. Think we will have to go back. Enjoy your trip.

Car has broken down again – 2nd time in 1 month. Just received a quote of €3500 for new injectors. We have to get it done. If we were staying in France we would get another but we dont want to spend on a car when we will have to get a different on in the UK. Although the last time this happened the repair lasted 5 years (hubby says that is about right for injectors) so fingers crossed it lasts us until we move. No news, no clients, interest rates have just gone up and the banks are reluctant to lent.

Hey ho, we are still here.

Cathy I’m glad you’re feeling better and have restarted.
I’m going ok-ish. I’m just not fully in the right mindset/headspace to commit to 800/900 calories a day at the moment. So what I did was change the online plan to 5:2 – 5 non fast days and 2 fast days. My aim is to get back into the swing of healthy eating and stick to it between now and Christmas, and then do another round of Fast 800 in January.
So far so good, I’m enjoying eating healthy meals again. I made some scrambled eggs with feta cheese this morning and had that with a slice of soy and linseed toast. Lunch is some left over Chow Mein – not on plan but I made a healthy version 🙂 Dinner tonight is Chicken Curry (from the online plan). I’ve also walked 5k steps for 3 days in a row (I had got out of the habit of daily walking). I’ll weigh myself on Friday to see if there’s been any loss. Ideally I’d like to shed 3-5kg by Christmas, and then I’ll focus on the remaining 8-10kg in the New Year – so unfortunately it will be a while before I could join the Maintenance thread!
DCT – I hope you are feeling better 🙂
Hope everyone else is having a good week too 🙂

Margaret well done! Lovely loss!

Well we are off tomorrow. Barcelona first stop then around the Med clockwise ending back in Barcelona. I have no idea what the weather will be like so packed plenty of layers. The only thing I can be certain of is no shopping, cooking, washing, ironing or housework for a few weeks and being waited on hand and foot. So nothing to complain about really!

Yes Margaret let’s keep this thread going to the end of the year. Looks like only S-g and I committed to ‘not getting fat while the goose is ‘! Anyway we can keep up motivation is good and not always easy in the winter.

So, I will pop in as and when. Internet isn’t always reliable. I shall be mindful whilst away but certainly not ‘stringent’! Plenty time for that.

We can only keep travelling the path towards better health as well as we possibly can …. or just keep on keeping on…..

I am back on TRE & being strict with myself 🤞🤞It’s my husband & mine birthday celebrations starting from 15th November so I need to lose more weight before & then after them & keep going around our Christmas festivities.
I am assuming that we are now keeping this thread going until the end of the year?
Margaret xx

Hello everyone
Day 3 of the post cruise reset and it’s not been an easy few days. I am still not really over the flu like virus I picked up but I am eating a lot less than I was doing whilst away. I made Greek salad for lunch today. Scales are creeping downwards. On track to achieve 2lb loss this week. I would love to join a maintenance thread next year instead of yet another weight loss year. It would be lovely to ditch the scales and make healthy food choices knowing we were at a healthy weight. I am hoping I can get to 140lb by Christmas. We can perhaps use January to get off any Christmas/New Year excess and then wouldn’t it be wonderful to be part of a new thread called We did it! Something to look forward to.

I reckon the first three days are the hardest when embarking on a weight loss journey. It takes a few days to get into the swing of things. I feel as if my body is accepting the low carb, low calorie lifestyle after two weeks and more of debauchery! I am glad I kept on with the fast 800 subscription and I will keep it until the end of December. Have a good week everyone. Let us know how you are doing, what you are eating and what your goals are as we head towards the end of 2026. How many of us are looking forward to joining the “we did it” thread in 2027!

SHOEGIRL, CATHY and DAWN great to have you all on board and yes we can do this! Well done to all of you for all your progress – past and present – throughout the year. Let’s see what we can achieve by Christmas!

This week I’m starting to feel better and am able to get around more easily. So my aim is to get back on board with the WoE today, and at some point this week try going for a swim to start getting myself back into the exercise mindset again. My current weight is 152.8lb but I was at 149lb just over a week ago, before the back incident, so am hopeful I can soon get the weight down again. I’m hoping to get to 150lb by the end of this week, then aim to lose 1lb every week for the next 6 weeks. If I can do this, I’ll be at 144lb by Friday 18th December then will have a bit of a Christmas break until New Year (and when I say that, I have no intention of stuffing myself, just won’t be taking things quite as strictly).

My aim this year had been to get to 138lb and I’m not going to manage that. But if I can get into the mid-40’s by Christmas I can start afresh in January with about half a stone to lose. And once I’ve done that I want to stick and just do my best to maintain my weight around 138-140lb but without being so obsessed with scales all the time!

Hope anyone else reading this is doing ok, and can move further towards your own goal in the next few weeks. All the best!

Dawn- good to have you with us. I struggled yesterday but the scales are showing a loss this morning to encourage me. It was like going cold turkey after my cruise. I’ve made some apple and cinnamon buns for my lunch today and breakfast is just coffee! We know what we have to do. It will take me a couple of days to get into the swing but even small changes make a different. Making a chart definitely inspired me Dawn. I like to make a weekly plan to stick to and then feel proud of myself when I’ve achieved that small goal. This week I plan to lose 2lb. I’ll report back with my result on Sunday. Good luck Dawn- we’ve got this!

Hi everyone,
Cathy, DCT and Shoegirl, I will join you from today as I lost a pound and a half restarting the Fast800 2 weeks ago and have promptly put it back on this last week as went totally off plan, again. Shoegirl well done on your loss.DCT sorry to hear you are still in discomfort. Cathy you were an inspiration earlier this year with your determination so I’m sure you will reach your goal. I haven’t done a chart for ages so intend to make one today✨.
I hope everyone else is ok.
Dawn X

Hello everyone
Shoegirl – well done to you. Your hard work is paying off. You must be thrilled with your result. Great that you are joining in with DCT and me to try and get to goal for Christmas. I can’t remember how many years I’ve been yearning to be at goal for Christmas. Every year at this time I’ve embarked on yet another try, probably for at least the last 7 years but I think I can achieve it this year if I work at it. It’s good to be sharing the journey with like minded people and the goal is in sight. It took me 12 weeks in February to lose 26 lb so I think losing 10lb in just short of 8 weeks is possible.
This morning I weighed in at 150lb post cruise. I know I wasn’t at goal when I went away so I reckon I’ve put on about 6 lb . I have 10 lbs or so to lose and I plan to try and ditch 2lb this week and next week and then take it from there. It feels quite daunting to be honest but once I get back into the swing of things with the 800 fast keto, it should be doable. ! I would ideally love to be 138 lb as my goal weight. That would let me have a good tolerance going into Christmas.

Let’s do our best, there are always obstacles to overcome and we know only too well that life sometimes gets in the way. I will report back next Sunday morning with my weight loss for week 1. I will plan my week later today and get all the shopping items in tomorrow.

I’ll be around for support and encouragement all week. I am back invigilating later this week so I’ve got quite a busy week ahead with Oxfam and college but today feels the perfect day to start the next leg and hopefully the last leg of our weight loss journey.. Let’s make the last few weeks count. We have enough time to do it.

Hi all,
Cathy – your cruise sounded amazing. So pleased that you’re starting to feel better now. Good luck with your Christmas goal.
DCT – I’m sorry that you’re not feeling great – 1 day at a time. You’ve got this!!
I had my weigh and measure today. 2 weeks ago I went away for a few days and , although trying to stick to the 800 plan, I gained 500g. However, my waist hadn’t increased so that was good. After a week of strict 800 I’m chuffed to have lost over 1.5kg and 1cm off my waist! Only another 5cm to go until I reach my goal!
I’ll be with you, Cathy and DCT trying to get to my goal by Christmas. We can do this!!

CATHY lovely to hear from you. I’ve totally let things slide this week. Am still in quite a bit of discomfort and have limited mobility. I’ve kind of given up on the scales for now as have suddenly had lots of carbs reintroduced to my diet such as bread, potatoes, wine and chocolate. Which I realise sounds pretty pathetic as no-one is force feeding me 😂. But when food is presented in a caring and well-meaning way, and you’re feeling pretty rubbish ….. you know how the story ends 🙀

Anyway, today I’ve made a real effort to get up and get moving around. It’s been tough but hopefully I’m making some progress. I really hope to be back on board WOE wise by Monday. Whatever the scales say then, I’d like to get to mid-40s by Christmas. Here’s hoping ….

Sending love and hugs to anyone reading this xx

Hello everyone
DCT how are you doing? I hope your back is easing up and you will be able to start our end of year campaign tomorrow. I am still coughing and wheezing but feel better than I did. I am going to start fast 800 tomorrow. I hope you are able to join me I plan to lose 2lb this week and 2lb next week and then 1lb a week up to Christmas and that should be about 10 lbs gone . My aim is to keep to between 138 – 140 lbs. I will weigh myself tomorrow and start my Christmas chart. Hopefully others on the forum will feel inspired to try and lose 10lb before Christmas with us.
Good luck everyone . We’ve got this!

Happy Halloween everyone!!👻🥂
Enjoy your evening with your family Verano.
I weighed this morning & was pleased to find I had lost 2.25lbs after a strict five day TRE with lemon & ginger tea in the morning until my usual coffee with oat milk. I am relaxing today with an M & S Indian meal but will get back into it tomorrow with much lighter food, probably Sea Bass & vegetables.
I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. We have just come back from walking around our village seeing the pumpkins & Halloween decorations.
Margaret xx

Hello. Just popping in to say ‘hello’. I don’t get messages either s-s have t done for ages. Anyway my email has changed provider and I was without email last night. I made frantic calls to the old and new providers who told me it could be 3 to 5 working days before I had access. Anyway my ranting and raving worked. Hey presto this morning I was up and running again. Only problem it’s a completely different format and it also showing stuff I deleted 16 years ago!!!!
Sorry for ranting.
Anyway, son home for a few days and he and grandson here for dinner tonight…… full roast.! Lovely BUT …. we are going away in 4 days so on beat the clock now.
Will try and get back over the weekend but in the meantime sorry for not responding to messages. Have a good weekend.

Gosh S-G the school days do sound rather unmanageable for families & stressful for students. We are having the budget here today with what seems to be little help for retired people having a little more pension income than the basic State Pension. There is some fuel help for Homer owners in Band A to D and my husband & I are in Band E because we have four bedrooms. I know we are better off than most people both having some occupational pensions but of course both being retired no way to increase our incomes. Oh well as most do we take it one day at a time 🤔
Diet wise for me I am back on a strict TRE just having lemon tee until lunchtime then no calories until dinner. I hope this will result in me losing some weight this week🤞🤞
Enjoy the rest of your week 😀
Margaret xx

Thanks for the reminder to find those positives SG … hope your car issues are started soon. They can be so frustrating and such money pits, but are so essential.

Anyway, time I posted positives too, so here goes …
😃😃 new living room curtains installed and really pleased with them … they make a huge difference to the room
🚗🚗 have hired a car for a few days, so we can run a few errands and visit friends who live in another town
😀🤗 enjoying relaxing time with OH, has been good for him to have time to kick back

What positives are in your life right now?

Hi all, looking for some rose coloured glasses for the past weeks events.

Car knacked again, one month after having a repair. Can get it in for a diagnostic until next week so the good news is, although not preppers, fortunately we have enough food in to be able to miss shopping this week. Things like bread and milk we can walk to the village for.
Can also add that, even though the car is off the road we have a friend picking us up for the quiz night on Monday.

Husband has finally started to paint the hallway – from our living area to the bedrooms – it has only taken 18 months to get started. So I am keeping out of his way, dont want to put him off.

Nothing much else good happening but we are safe, warm and fed. What more can we ask for.

Hi all, I dont seem to be receiving notifications and not looked on the site for a couple of days. Glad people are still posting.

Margaret, I think the French schools used to be good or give good results, that is not the same thing. The kids start at 8.30 and finish at 4.30 (times vary depending on regions). They go to school 6 days a week or have one day (Wednesday) when they are expected to do something educational, physical, cultural or community wise like play a sport or an instrument or volunteer on that day. They go to school on Saturday mornings. Imaging the disruption to working parents having to find child care on Wednesday, or someone to take them to the sportsground or piano teacher. Then the disruption to family life when a kid has to go to school on Saturday when the family want to spend time together. These rules have been changing over the years but still apply in some areas. Secondly, yes they get good results – who wouldnt when the kids are doing a 37 hour week AND the teachers are super strict. My English friend has a 10 year old in private school (because they speak some English) and he failed his English test – they said he used words they had never heard of and didnt know the correct grammar order, when they were teaching French grammar rules so things like French la voiture rouge – the red car, so when he said in English the red car they said no it is the car is red. They keep giving him penalties and punishments. She is paying €1900 a term and threatened to take him out and they were suddenly sorry. The buildings are falling apart, just like the UK, hot in summer, freezing in winter and so on. They are also worried for their futures, the Iran war and cost of living and getting a house to buy. Not so different from the UK. Protesting is a right of passage for French kids and the French in general, remember the gilet jaune – but when the kids finished for the day marching and chanting, le cassers arrived – translated to the breakers. They are the yobs and mobs and political agitators. Things are not great here and we fear for Marine Le Penn getting in as, just like the UK and Reform, people are fed up of the usual political parties – she is hard line fascist. God help us if she gets in and she just might.

That was your French lecture for the day….. Sorry.

Back to the diet. I am still that 1.5kgs down and hope every week to get under my dreaded 74 kgs (currently 74.2) so I can continue to move into the 73’s. We have a night out on Monday and I am going to drink Coke Zero instead of wine and see if I can keep up all my good work.

Well done to anyone managing to lose weight and chin up (or in my case chins 🙂 ) for those who are struggling.

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 😊

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.

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

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.
I’ll report back when I’m feeling better but in the meantime I hope everyone is doing well.

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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!
Let’s do this!

After yesterdays indulgent lunch I feel that I need to change my routine & return to proper TRE so I will now have black coffee upon waking & up to lunch & have no chocolate or wine during the week. I have slipped back into unhelpful habits having too many treats or indulgences that obviously is preventing me from losing any weight. With my second knee replacement now possible within three months I am finding my current weight rather scary because I haven’t managed to even get back to the weight that I was before my first knee op 🤔🙀. I am anyway going to try to do better this week 🤞🤞
I hope you all have a good week!
Margaret xx

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

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.
Here’s to a successful week! X

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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Hi Sunny thought I should pop in while I’m on the website and keep you company. Sorry you’re weather has turned cool but believe me whatever you are having is better than here in the UK at the moment!

I just have one huge positive today. Earlier this week my airfryer died. I checked my
guarantee and I taken an extended 3 year guarantee. Spoke to the company Monday, a few emails and some photos and my replacement machine arrived today. Updated, looks neater and with more attachments. What’s not to be happy about.
Lesson: always fill in your guarantees online. It doesn’t take long and it can pay off!

Hope if you have, even just one positive, you will post so we can all enjoy.

Thank you Verano & good luck with your packing. It’s much windier here in West Sussex now with some loss of power locally but it hopefully won’t reach us. We will be eating a fast earlier supper just in case of crust less quiché & low sugar baked beans 😀I do hope there is no power cut because CelebrityTraitors is on tv tonight 🤞🤞
Surgery wise I just have to go with the flow🤔
Have a good weekend everyone 👍
Margaret xx

Yes, Christmas is coming. We have a couple of dozen people the week before for drinks, bubbles and bites. It’s so difficult to find carb friendly ‘bites’ but I’m doing my best to incorporate some. Have to say when it’s my own thing I tend not to eat that much anyway just making sure the ‘guests’ are ‘fed and watered’.

So s-g looks like we are still just two. Anyway since the beginning of October I have actually had a loss, 3.4lbs, so not too unhappy about that. My realistic goal is 1lb a week. So if I make that within a pound I’m happy. I have to say I’ve relaxed quite a lot lately. A few times a week I have a slice of my homemade seeded wholemeal bread. Today at 10.30 I had brunch of a slice of my bread, butter, 2 scrambled duck eggs and some smoked salmon. It’s now 5pm and I’m not even slightly hungry! Shame really because I have shoulder of lamb roasting in the oven. I have to say now that I more relaxed with food I’m more relaxed generally, or maybe that’s down to meditation or a combination of both. Who knows what next week will bring?

Now we are just 9 weeks from Christmas and so 10 to the end of the year …… still time!

I’m with you too Margaret!
S-g maybe we need to use ‘rose coloured spectacles’!!! They say candle light is pretty forgiving too!

Weather here has turned really miserable and I’m trying to make a packing list for the Med. Think it will just have to be lots of layers. As long as it’s dry it will be fine and definitely warmer than here.

Margaret it’s sometimes more difficult the second time around because you know what to expect. In saying that I’ve had 7 or 8 hip surgeries, some I don’t remember, but those that I do were all different. But part of me also feels that because you have an idea of what to expect post surgery recovery is ‘better’ because you have an idea of what’s ’normal’. Anyway, hope they don’t keep you waiting too long. Certainly sounds as though you will get this one quicker than the first.

I’ve had such a strange week food wise. Days when I thought I had eaten badly I lost weight and those when I thought I’d eaten well showed gains! But at the moment I have little loss for this week so far although I don’t have my weigh-in day until Tuesday.

Have a good weekend.

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A bit like me Margaret, I look about 45 – until I look in the mirror 🙂 🙂 🙂

That is good to hear S-G & as you say the poor students! However I was surprised to learn of the protests because I thought that the French educational system was excellent & better than the UK one🤔
Anyway take care. I saw a new orthopaedic consultant yesterday & I am now on his three month waiting list for a total left knee replacement. I am certainly not looking forward to going through all that again but needs must because as before I have lost all cartilage on one side & the other is borderline operative & that knee is now becoming more painful. Oh the joys of getting older 🙁. However I apparently don’t look my age because this surgeon was surprised when I said 79 next month😂 I will willingly take any compliment that I can get😂
Margaret xx

Hi V, no trouble here, some in Bordeaux which is about 60 miles away. I feel sorry for the students having their legitimate protests taken over by right wing activists. This is leading up to the election next year and Marine le Penn trying to get in again. Lets hope the French see sense. If you saw French news you would have seen the students cleaning the streets the next day, they are devestated that some small businesses were robbed and it was not down to the students.

Good afternoon.
Yes Margaret I do meditate but not transcendental I follow guided sessions. I use Headspace most of the time but have found some good free meditations on Insight Timer. Talking about websites Dietdoctor is up and running again. Apparently it was bought out by somebody. Looks much the same with the great visuals that we all liked.

Not much going on here. I hadn’t realised the clocks go back next Sunday which is a bit depressing but I guess we just have to get on with it. We are off to the Med in a couple of weeks. I did think about the time of year before booking and then thought ‘it will be ok on the day’! May have been a bit foolhardy! Just have no idea what to pack. Think it may be ‘layers’ for all seasons. But at least there’ll be no washing or shopping and cooking!

Hope everyone is well.

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 ❤️

S-G I have just been watching the news & seeing all the rioting going on in France are you affected by any of this in your area? If so take care!
Margaret xx

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

I have reported umerasiffff but for some reason i cannot post that I have reported. Hope this works.

Or even four birds a calling !!!!!

It seems Margaret (Wendy1947) didnt know we have a christmas thread running so I have let her know. You never know we might become 3 French hens.

Well the loss continues and I am back down to a 1.5kg loss.

Well done Margaret on your loss but dont forget to just enjoy your birthday(s) experience. There is a Christmas thread started by Verano called Christmas is coming etc…..

For me it is not about not losing weight or giving up but to not want to have just tight control over everything in my life. Just have to learn to relax and not punish myself for small slips like the bread when out for a meal. I already cut out any potatoes and never have a dessert so I am being cruel to myself if I deny one piece of lovely fresh baguette which I save for during the meal – the glucose goddess rules of eating carbs after protein etc. Then I put on a small amount of water weight and kick myself whereas I should just accept it and stay away from the scales for a couple of days.

Still no movement on the house but whats new.