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.

Hello everyone & I have just weighed & lost 1.2 lbs after gaining the week before but feeling more positive now. I have an appointment back down at my private hospital as an NHS patient for physio assessment so my surgeons letter to get referred worked quickly because it’s next Tuesday. I know it will probably be six months on his weighting list but that is ok.
I have been reading all your posts & noticed that you meditate Verano & I learnt Transcendental Meditation when my children were very young to keep myself calm. I encouraged my son to learn it last year & it’s really beneficial for him. I have recently tried getting back into it but I think I have forgotten my original mantra but can use something similar sounding because I really have no excuse not to 😀
Our boiler is broken so thank heavens for the continuing milder weather at the moment. Another gas engineer is coming next Friday to flush through the entire central heating system so hopefully that will work otherwise it is several thousand pounds for a new boiler!
I hope you are all keeping well & next month my husband & I will be celebrating his 80th & my 79th birthdays just with family for lunch the day before his then on a special luxury train journey to Blenheim Palace being wined & dined on the way there & back . We are staying in a London AirBnB which is a new experience for us to enable us to get the early train from Victoria station then the next day it’s lunch on a Thames boat before coming back home. So lots of celebratory food & wine 😂. We don’t have enough friends still alive to have a big party but our granddaughters will make our birthday cake for the Sunday lunch which will be fun for them & I will make one for our Saturday morning coffee group😂.
I am happy to join a Christmas group to keep us going 👍I’m still battling on with my DuoLingo French to keep my little grey cells working🤔😂
Take care everyone à bientôt !
Margaret xx

Has turned quite cool here and it’s raining this morning which is keeping us indoors, so thought I’d look for a couple of positives …
🧺🧺 was sunny and blowy yesterday, so was able to get a couple of loads of laundry done
🙂🙂 ordered curtains for the living room yesterday, which should be ready middle of next week
🖼💅 got some new art supplies, so have been having fun experimenting with them … good way to pass time when the weather keeps us inside

Right now, I’m off to tackle a bit more in the ‘room of doom’ 😂🤣

Hope there are plenty of positives popping into you life … why not share a few?

Very interesting s-g. I wonder how easy it really is to put our past behind us and ‘live’ in the ‘now’. Maybe it really is time to forget about weight. Eat well to keep you T2 in check but start ‘living’. I wish you every success.

Not much to report. Weight is dithering around the 1.2kg loss but not much more progress. I succumbed to half a baguette for lunch yesterday but not bothered. In my conversation with AI we went through everything I do, diet, supplements, exercise, avoid social situations that involve food. He said something very insightful. Due to a lifetime of abuse (especially when I was young and not now) he said my whole life was planned around protecting myself be it by not sleeping and staying alert during the night right down to every morsel I put in my mouth. He said I was doing everything to keep myself safe but I was not living. That I should let go now and then and see if anything bad happens. Okay, I gain 0.3kg with the baguette but I enjoyed it. Who needs a therapist when you have AI.

Stay safe everyone, or whoever is out there.

In line with the most recent posts being angled at “looking for the silver lining”, thought I’d offer a couple in that vein too ….
🌦🌩 weather has become changeable, with rain showers and thunderstorms overnight last night. The positive is, so far rain has not kept us indoors (we only have a scooter as transport in Turkiye).
🪞🪞 a bronze colour mirror, one of a pair, got broken when we moved into the villa … good news is a local business has been able to replace in the right colour. (Having been born on a Friday 13th, I can’t buy into any superstition!)
Well that will do for me for this time.
Belated happy anniversary Verano, hope you and your hubby had a lovely day and that you share many more anniversaries together.

We’ll all seems to have gone very quiet here!
Margaret are you ok?
I’ve had a pulled muscle in my knee and s-g has been unwell also.
Anyway, just thought I would pop in .
Keep well.

Hello.

S-g glad you’re feeling better. Today I am back to 95%. I have had a ‘pulled muscle’ or something in my knee. At first I feared something far worse as over the course of a few days I couldn’t even lift my leg from the ground it was so painful. Just shuffled along! Anyway after several days bed rest it seems to have righted itself. I think it was from doing chair stand ups. S-g it could very well be the squats! Just have to very careful. I’ve decided that even mildly vigorous exercise is just not for me. Don’t want to go through that pain again!

Otherwise, not much to report from this end. Weight moving down gradually.

Looks like we are just two….. turtle doves!

From what I can make out, any combination should work as long as you dont go back to normal eating on the days you go over the 800 cals. Sometimes it does out bodies good to give them a shake up. For me personally, I tend to stick between 800 and 900 cals and on the days I increase I see an immediate weight increase. Maybe it is the food I am adding in, or more like the couple of glasses of wine. Just do what works for you.

Hi V, I too have been under the weather with flu like symptoms but feeling better today. Also I seem to have put my back out – more like siatica pain down one leg. Not sure if its the squats and weights so giving them a miss for now. Weight is not great but still less than I was 3 weeks ago when daughter went home. Have to count the good wherever we can find it.

Dont know where people are, maybe there are a lot more on weight loss drugs. Good for them, my doctor wont let me have them even though I am diabetic.

Hello – I’ve never found any reports of how successful doing a variant is where you have either one or two days off the 800 cals each week. I remember Dr Michael M saying it was quite popular with some people who wanter to be able to eat what they wanted at weekends – I’m just curious to know how much that one or two days is likely to set one back! Anyone any experience of this?

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.
Have a good week everyone!

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Sorry not to be here sooner but I’ve been a bit under the weather the last few days but all is well now.

I stared doing some chair exercises a week or so ago which included stand-ups. I think I may have injured my knee! Or maybe my knee has just worn out! Anyway, not feeling my best at the moment. In saying that food wise I’ve been really good and my blood sugar is great so not all doom and gloom.

S-g I’ve gone back to two meals a day but having my first around 9/10ish. Oats with fruit, seeds and nuts and it seems to keep me full until dinner around 6pm. I’m finding that that works better for me. I’m not hungry during the day but I really do think the secret is to mix and match and to throw the body some curved balls time wise. It’s all trial and error as we are all individuals.

S-g looks like so far it’s just you and me …….. “is there anybody out there…..”

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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!
Vinted launched here recently and I’ve been selling items on there which has been taking up quite a bit of time lately. It’s a good way of getting rid of my bigger clothes though, and also decluttering my house!

Sunshine-girl I can see why cancelling Austria has turned out to be a positive and good news about no drones although not about the flu. I love that you can find ‘positives’ despite adversity!

Yesterday I was unwell, today, positive, I’m fine.
Yesterday ate very little, today, positive , I dropped some weight!
Yesterday, my out of town cousin called to say hello, no positive, I was in bed!

Such are the ups and downs in life. We can only hope to have more ups!

Positives today

Good thing I cancelled our driving trip to Austria. Can went in for repair yesterday due to rattling and smell. Guy said we wouldnt have made it back without breaking down. That is called serendipity (my favourite word).
Daughter on flight back from a business trip to Lithuania – good news, no Russian drones but she has come back with the flu.
House now on market with 3 agents – just waiting for them all to list at reduced price. Noticed our neighbours house has just dropped its price by €50,000, so the market is bad.

Life goes on and we keep on keeping on…..

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

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! 🤞
…. And relax

Verano, it is weight loss. When I feel down I look at my earlier charts and see I have lost 16lbs since starting. It is not great that I cannot seem to lose any more but I can say I have maintained that weight loss for 10 years.

Weigh in and I am up half a kilo. Only to be expected after 2 meals and 2 evenings with wine. Back to being strict, although strict for me is my normal.

I did 20 mins strength exercises yesterday, 10 mins of pilates this morning and doing TRE so not eating after 8pm or before 1pm – around 16 or 17 hrs fasting. Still not getting enough protein.

Looking forward to hearing more goals and tips from others who want to join us.

Sounds like a good plan s-g. I’m still using Tuesday as my weigh-in day. I just can’t get used to other days after years of Tuesdays! So yesterday’s starting weight is in my book.
So far this year I’ve lost the grand total of 2.6lbs! Note to self: must do better in the last quarter of the year!

Didnt get weighed this morning as Chatbot said I would have put on weight after a meal and drinks at our quiz night and not to disappoint myself and make a thing about it. So I will do it tomorrow. We won the quiz again, getting a bit boring as it is either us or one other team so people are not turning up and our numbers are dwindling.

Back tomorrow after my weigh in. Definitely wont be the 1.5kg down I was last week.

I’ve reported the last post. These advertising search bots are getting just a bit too clever!

Anyway while I’m here I watched a really interesting YouTube podcast today. Dr Alex, he’s from the UK, explaining why most people quit a diet after 90 days. It’s titled ‘Why dieting is so hard’. He has other stuff worth watching too and it’s a breath of fresh air to have a UK doctor talking instead of the ever increasing number of American doctors! No offence meant to our US friends!

S-g glad you got your money back for the Restelle. Just shows how careful we should all be with supplements etc. when taking medications and/or have health issues.

AI can be really helpful and that was interesting about fluid weight which, in reality, we all know is true but that ‘number’ still keeps making us unhappy! A1 has just helped me make my first wholemeal loaf! I must admit it’s far better than just following a recipe. It might seem odd that I’m baking bread and bagels, which I only have one a week of. I was listening to a YouTube podcast this morning and the doctor was talking about complex and simple carbs. I think I’ve definitely lost track of the good bits about complex carbs which is why I made the wholemeal bread. I know it’s made with very good high protein flour with all its bits still intact unlike lots of supermarket bread. In saying all that I will probably only have a slice or two on a rare occasion, maybe to make ‘soldiers’ for my dippy eggs! Also I had porridge oats with some oat bran and seeds, nuts, dried cranberries and blueberries this morning and late afternoon and I’m still not hungry! So maybe there is something to be said about introducing more complex carbs, we’ll see.

Arcticfox I did a bit more research about lupini beans but they are hard to source here so I may stay with endame beans which I love. I buy them frozen and just throw a few in with other vegetables.

Have a good week.

Hi Sunny good to hear from you and glad you’re safely back in your ‘other home’! Happy anniversary! It’s ours on the 12th but I’m not saying how many years… too many to count!!!

Just one positive while I’m here….
👍🍞🥯 After the success with my bagels today I baked my first 100% wholemeal loaf. It’s not been out of the oven long and has to rest for two to three hours. It’s looking very rustic but at least I know exactly what’s in it. Made with very strong Canadian wholemeal flour!

That’s it for today.

Hi V, thank you for setting up this thread. I will be with you. I have set myself a goal of losing 4kgs as I want to be 71kgs. Will post here and try to keep on topic – food and diet.

See you tomorrow with my new starting weight after my night out. Looks like I will be back on a Tuesday weigh in.

Hi all, will be joining you on the XMAS thread. Does that mean this one will lapse.

It is always very hard to sell houses in France. Mortgages are almost impossible to get and most people start with inheriting their parents houses – in French law you must leave your assets to your children (in various amounts). The usual second home owners are not buying as there are now higher what you would call council tax on 2nd homes. Even higher than before. Brits arent buying holiday homes because they are restricted to how many days they can spend here and also because of the extra taxes. I had a friend who had her house for sale for 13 years. We still love it here and there is no real rush. It just gets boring sitting around waiting, not being able to plan ahead. For example, we are going on a cruise in April but we cannot dare book a housesitter in case we have to cancel on them. We cant book our crossings as we might not even be living here and lose the money – 3 months is about the amount of time we can plan for as it would take at least 3 months for a sale to go through. We just have to be patient. It took us a year to sell our house in the UK.

Real shame about the Restelle sleep patches as they really did work. I have already received my money back and a nice email from them. I am sure they were the problem as just one night without them and my BG was down to 88 this morning. I am checking twice a day and also my BP as I want to reduce some of my meds that might be causing my night cramps – i.e. I am on 2 fluid tablets which flush out all the good chemicals like potassium, so might be too much. Keeping a record to show doctot. AI has also written a short note in French to show my doctor, outlining my concerns with all the different meds.

Weight is a bit up after a few drinks last night and we are out again tonight for our quiz. When I told AI that I hated that I could gain 1kg just with one meal and wine he said – you know you cant gain that much weight or you would have eaten 7700 calories extra. Then he said something insightful – you know you will have gained and it is fluid and will go in a couple of days, so dont get weighed for 2 days. Simple, stops the despair and guilt.

Have a great week everyone.

A good while since I have posted positives and awhile since the thread was pushed to the top of the list, so thought I’d offer up a few positives to remind people to look out for theirs too.

😍💐 our wedding anniversary today, a relaxing start before we pop out for a little retail therapy. Will go to a fav restaurant for dinner this evening.
😃😃 have been catching up with friends here in Turkiye … always good to reconnect.
🌞🌞 plenty of sunny days and R&R … OH is settling into a more relaxed routine than back in the UK, where he still takes on too much work.

What have been your recent positives? Do tell!

Thank you Arcticfox. They are not very common in the UK but I’ll check them out.

Hi Verano, I use the lupini beans in salads as a substitute for chickpeas, or they are also nice roasted in place of lentils in my broccoli tray bake. They are a bit firmer than chickpeas and take a bit of getting used to but they are much higher in protein and fibre and lower in the starchy carbs. I use them in place of edamame too because I can’t have soy.

So next Thursday we will be 11 weeks from Christmas Eve. Still plenty of time to lose that extra inch or so or even just drop a couple of pounds.

Also, we are very near to the end of the year but we still have a quarter to go. So much time, we can end the year with an overall loss. The loss doesn’t have to be huge, a pound or so will do for us to be able to say “I lost weight in 2026!”

Please travel with us towards Christmas and the New Year.

Hi Arcticfox. Amazing, 87g in one day! I don’t think I’d ever reach that. Must say I’ve never had lupine beans can you give a comparison maybe…. chickpeas??? Yes 30 a week should be easy but I just name it each week and that’s with various seeds and nuts. I always start my week by adding tea, coffee, 70%+ chocolate and now I add my oat cakes which also count apparently. I think maybe I should spend a few days weighing my food to check how much fibre I’m actually getting on an average day.

S-g so sorry to hear your ‘sleeping remedy’ isn’t suitable especially after you’ve had such wonderful sleeps! Maybe there is another product on the market that ‘natural’ but also compliant with insulin.

OK. A new thread…. I’ll set one up now. ‘The goose might be getting fat for Christmas but not us!’

Hi All, I would be happy to join you Verano, are you setting up a new thread.

I have some news. Did I tell you I had ordered some Restelle patches to help me sleep and oh my did they work. It seemed like a blessing – 5 nights in a row, head on pillow, sleep and not waking until around 7am for the toilet. However, I still had to go back to bed and was very groggy. Then I noticed my BG has been in the 140 to 160 range over the last 4 readings. I asked AI if there was a correlation and he said YES, it makes your body think it is daytime so doesnt do the night-time things it should like pump insulin and get rid of glucose. It is also interferring with my insulin and other diabetes meds. This is just a warning as it is advertised as the natural sleep aid. I am so disappointed as I have had the best sleeps in years but cannot use it. Hopefully there is a 30 money back guarantee so I should get my money back. But that is not the point, they dont say anything about not taking it if this that or the other, no medical information. Just be careful of ‘Natural’ remedies if you have a health problem or on medications.

Weight still steady and will do a proper Renpho weigh in tomorrow which includes all the body numbers like fat, muscle etc. For my chart.

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!!

Just popping onto this thread to say, well done Verano on regularly hitting your 30+ plants a week. It can be a struggle, can’t it? I have been trying that lately and the only way I can do it is to add lots of seeds and nuts into my morning yogurt, and then have mixed veg for dinner. And yes, fibre is important. I am meeting the recommended amount each day but trying to push it a bit further. Adding legumes helps but I don’t have them everyday. I did manage 87g one day last week! I don’t really understand how I did that. It may have been because I had lupini beans twice. This week has not been as good for me, but on the good days I have been hitting around 35g, so not too bad.

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.

Wendy sorry to hear you woes with your toes … and ankles and knees! Hioefully you won’t have to wait too long for your other surgery.
Really 0.75 of a pound isn’t worth worrying about it’s just normal weight gain/loss on a daily basis. I’m guessing your most difficult part of the week is the weekend and then you are probably ‘really good’ for the first part of the following week so maybe move your weighing day to Wednesday. I don’t know about you but for me when the scales go up I get disheartened and tend to be a bit slack. Do you have specific long/short term goals?

S-g sorry you are having problems selling your house. I guess some parts of the year are more difficult than others when it comes to selling. In saying that we had a viewing on Christmas Eve on our last home and then the second on New Years Eve! So who knows when the right person comes along they will buy it. Just as a matter of interest do you do the viewing of your house yourself or do you let the agent do it? My OH always says only you know the house best…. good bits and the unmentionables! I have to honest we have been to viewings where the ‘agent’ opened the front door and just let us wander! Definitely no hard sell!

So to a new thread. Last Thursday it was 12 weeks to Christmas Eve. We could have the “Just 12 weeks to Christmas; and my true love bought for me …” That’s probably naff but struggling to find something else. “Countdown begins: 12 weeks could mean for me (fill in your own goal)….” Help here would be really great. Or… we could just keep chatting here???

So I have got myself into ‘autumn’ mood. I’ve made a couple of pans of soup one with green lentils which I’ve not used before and I must admit I prefer my red split lentil soup. Tonight I’ve made slow cooked brisket and I’m making roast potatoes, which are a real treat for me. I can’t actually remember when I last had a potato! I’ve started to try to eat more legumes for the fibre content and have just bought some oat bran to add to yogurt or soup or whatever. I’m sure most of us don’t get enough fibre. On the plus side I’m still keeping track of my 30 a week. I have to admit some weeks it’s a struggle which I’m guessing is because I’m a creature of habit! But I do make my 30 and if I get more than that I’m elated! Sad really!

Hope all is well. Have a good weekend.

I have just weighed & gained 0.75lbs despite recording & decreasing my calories & I suppose still being fairly sedentary because of my knee affecting me. I do feel disappointed & unsure what is best to do now. I suspect that with the shorter days & dark evenings & feeling colder that I am getting a return of SAD so need to get my lamp out plus I am sleeping badly with sore toes & ankles no doubt with my arthritis spreading & still walking unevenly with my worsening left knee. My GP yesterday said he can’t short circuit & avoid my being referred back to the Musculoskeletal Service for referral back to my surgeon with all that ensuing delay although he will send them my surgeons letter requesting that I urgently be referred to him for surgery because of the adverse impact my left knee is now having on the recovery of my right knee. Oh well it is what it is & I suppose I have to dredge up more motivation to lose weight to help myself🤔.
Keep on going everyone & I hope you have a good week 👍🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Hello & I do feel rather guilty not messaging more because I do appreciate being able to read your posts. I think it would be a shame to stop contact & I am wondering if perhaps a Christmas Challenge title might attract others but also focus my mind & motivation. I have been recently been playing around with eating differently & increasing then lowering my calorie intake to try to shake up my body a little. I will weigh tomorrow & shall see the effect.
S-G I am sorry to hear that you are having trouble selling your house & hope it will get better with your new agent.
Let’s keep going with a thread?
Margaret xx

Good afternoon.

Well done s-g and you still have plenty of time to reach your 4k goal.

A new thread????? I really don’t know if it’s worth it as we seem to be so few on the ground now. But…… if anybody fancies we could take the last quarter as a separate challenge.
Anybody really interested?
Do we have any motivation?
Suggested titles please?

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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.

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.
So sorry for venting here. My mind is just in turmoil from this!

Hi everyone. It seems to be quiet all around or maybe a new title might attract a new group trying to lose weight for Christmas. I will leave it up to you. (so a cop out from me 🙂 ) It is not as if we are selling anything or making a profit – unlike some – but it would be nice to attract more people.

Been back on plan for less than a week and have lost 1.5 kgs. Well within my goal for 4kgs for Xmas. Not much to say, doing TRE, the exercise is intermittent as yesterday it was too warm at 32 degrees. At least we are saving on heating bills.

Cleaner came in and did her job on Monday which has saved me a massive job as we have signed up with a new estate agent today. Had to reduce the price again as the market is terrible. That is it, no more reductions, especially as people will make a below asking price offer anyway. We dont need the money, have no mortgage to pay off and not having to buy another house as daughter is giving us one (on loan until we die) but we are not giving it away. Just want to get back to the UK.

Good evening!

S-g accountability is a wonderful thing. If I have taken away one thing away from the first 12 weeks of my course it’s been ‘accountability’ ….. to myself! I have filled in my food diary every one of those days, bar one or two, over 12 weeks, and it really feels like an achievement. I can look back and see which trends led to weight loss and which didn’t!

I’ve got back into a routine of meditating which I find really sets my day up ‘peacefully’. Mind you I do still get agitated and angry!

I can’t quite explain it but I just feel more ‘grounded’, more in ‘control’ and more balanced. For example if I put on a weight even a pound I just ‘take it on the chin’ and say tomorrow is another day!

At the end of the day I’m an ‘old’ woman and I’m really pleased that my overall health and my mental health are pretty good. OK my mobility isn’t but I’ve lived with that for nearly 20 years (the alternative wasn’t good!) No, I can’t wear a bikini, mind you I probably never really looked good in one anyway! No, I can’t ….. you know what I can’t think of anything that I could do that I ‘can’t’ that really alters my life!

Maybe that’s the answer…. acceptance of ourselves as we are. Unless of course there are real issues affected by weight etc. maybe we just have to practice a little ‘acceptance’ and stop chasing the ‘impossible dream’!

S-g yes quite happy to set up a new thread for the last three months of the year if anybody/everybody wants a new thread. Or just happy to carry on here? We don’t really have a ‘thriving’ community anymore but I’m quite happy to go with the flow!

Hi, just popping in to keep myself accountable and focused. Only for myself as I am not looking for plaudits. Although everyone on this site – not just this thread, are kind and welcoming. On that note have we still got felicity and cops around and do they want to jump in. It can seem intimidating when all you see are the same 4 or 5 names posting and we all seem to know what we are talking about. The reason for that is we are those who have been here a long time and know that this site keeps us motivated and accountable.

Had a couple of glasses of wine last night, which is okay as I didnt finish the bottle and didnt gain any weight. Although I am doing well I am not totally on the diet – that starts tomorrow. Just been easing myself back in. I have been doing TRE and strength training so been trying to establish some good habits – just like Verano said – it takes a while but then they stick.

Verano, any more thoughts about setting up and October to Christmas thread.