Morning all! ARCTICFOX great to see you back on here again, I’ve been thinking of you and wondering how you were getting on. I’m glad that things are moving forward in many ways, and particularly that you have lots of positive habits and activities coming into your life. It sounds as if you are in a better place and getting more constructive support. I’m sure the weight discard will soon follow.

BECCA thanks for your good wishes. I thought of you in Macy’s store as there was a lovely T shirt with the slogan “I left my heart in Sedona” on it. I was tempted to buy it but resisted. My daughter is a big shopper, and I am not. If I see something I love and need, and can justify, I may buy it, but she is much more easily swayed. So overall I bought very little whereas she was stuffing her case! I think there’s a generational thing there too though : for me, experiences and memories are now much more important than “stuff”. In fact, I continually seem to be trying to get rid of stuff so am very reluctant to bring in more! Anyway, I look forward to hearing your progress over the next few weeks before your trip. Won’t it be wonderful to enjoy being in a swimsuit again! You CAN do this 🙌

CATHY thank you too for your kind words. I’m taking things easy but getting frustrated as there’s so much I want to get on with. I’m a very list-based person and had a long “to do after holiday list”, but my hand still hurts in certain positions so I’m a bit limited on physical activity at the moment. I’ve made a dentists appointment but she only works Thursday and Fridays and it’s not till Friday 27th. They’ve suggested I phone first thing Thursday morning to see if she has any cancellations or can fit me in as an emergency (which I don’t regard it as being, but do want it checked asap in case there is any damage below the surface). So we”ll see. But I really hope that your appointment goes well tomorrow and they sort your tooth once and for all. Will be thinking of you.

I’m back on the online Fast 800 plan and the scales have moved downwards this morning which is good. I’m currently doing the New 5:2 version, three meals a day, which so far is working well. But in a couple of weeks or so I may try a switch to either two meals a day or a stricter Fast 800 if I feel I need to shake things up a bit. It’s good to have the flexibility to chop and change. DAWN I hope you have a better week this week.

Best wishes to you all X

Oh, I missed the post from ArcticFox because I didn’t renew the page after I got home! Great to see you! I was fascinated by your post, since I’ve often wondered about ADHD in myself, and also have trouble with using food for dopamine hits, and getting to bed at a reasonable time, and just staying focused on anything, really. Some of my family members have been diagnosed, but I’ve not yet been tested, and not sure if it’s something I should pursue in my 70s now or not. Best wishes and kudos for all the things you’re doing right!

Becca

Oh, DCT, so sorry you had that experience. : ( Glad you had a good time otherwise. I can imagine with the long flights you had a lot of tiredness and jet lag, and also plane travel is famous for adding a few pounds from cabin pressure, sitting still for so long, and cortisol from stress. Kudos to you for doing well with your vacation food and also getting in exercise!

Dawn, hope things settle down with the HRT. Those cravings are just awful when they hit, for whatever reason. I have been addicted to chocolate since early childhood, and it has never subsided. And once I start eating it, I find it very hard to stop.

I also gained a few pounds last week (not from chocolate, but from slacking on tracking), but hopefully back on track now as I prepare to get weighed at my doctor appointment and then wear a swimsuit on my little trip. (!!)

Becca

Hurrah! It worked!
DCT – so sorry to hear about your fall. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
I’ve been trying to post for weeks now with no success. Not sure what happened to my old account. Anyway I haven’t made much progress so far diet-wise, but my new counsellor has been helping focus on self-care and especially sleep. I don’t think my sleep quality has improved too much yet, but I am getting to bed significantly earlier, am away from screens for at least 10 hours, and feeling a bit more rested, so that is a good start. I am hopeful that this will lower my cortisol levels eventually and help me avoid carby cravings moving forward. We’ve also been discussing how I probably need to treat myself as if I have ADHD, whether I have a diagnosis or not (my parents never got me evaluated in school in spite of the signs because they ‘didn’t believe in labels’) so that I can work on the impulse control and not use food to seek novelty and a dopamine uplift. We are exploring healthier ways that I can increase my dopamine levels.
I have also been trying to make sure that I go swing dancing and to pottery every week. I did a yoga class with the Girl Guides last week. It was the first time doing yoga in ages. So I opened up my online gym subscription again to do some of the yoga sessions in there. I am considering joining a masters swim club in the city where I go for counselling for their spring session as I can go just one day per week, and that will tide me over until the outdoor pool in my community opens for the summer.
Hopefully getting these good habits in place first will help me get back on the diet. It would be so nice to start the discard again. I can see now that I was just under so much stress over the last year and it wasn’t doing me any good.
Cathy – great to see the 2 meals per day and cutting sugar are working well for you. I would like to get back to that as soon as I can.
Will hopefully catch up on everyone else’s news here shortly. Good to be back!

Hi everyone,
I haven’t been able to post to the forums for some time now. I’ve tried everything including emailing the tech people but they have not responded. So I’ve made a new account and hopefully this works.

S-G, I know just what you mean, having you all here to check in with is like a safe harbor. ❤️

I’m down to minimal calories and carbs for the next 12 days as I prepare for getting weighed at the doctor’s office and possibly getting into a swimsuit on my trip! Looking forward to the trip, but hoping I won’t put too much weight back on.

Becca

In early with positives today …
🙂🙂 lots of exercise snacking today … really enjoying my rebounder and slowly building stamina
🙂🙂 lovely long chat with friend in Turkiye, good to catch up with her
🙂🙂 After a few days of misty grey, the sun put in a short appearance this afternoon

Hope to see some positives from others soon.

SG: I think that’s great advice, about staying on the forum- absolutely right, I feel like people start to think we are obsessive or something if we go on too much about calories- I’m most likely to tell other people I am eating a healthy mediterranean diet and mention Michael Mosley as my guru but I don’t go into more detail unless they’re really interested.
Also, great dream!

Really sad to read the news about your fall DCT. What a shock but thankfully no broken bones or severe facial injuries. Take time to rest and recuperate this week. It happens so quickly and we go down with a jolt. Be kind to yourself. We have thee weeks in March to achieve our March target of getting into the 140s. Won’t that be something to celebrate. We haven’t been in the 140s for a very long time.
I hope you get your tooth fixed and get over the shock of the fall very soon and feel better very soon. Sending you lots of love 🥰

Hi everyone. I’m back from NYC and just catching up on posts. Some great discards here – particular congratulations to CATHY and I hope you finally get that tooth on Wednesday. And lovely to read about so many NSVs too. Love the jeans result SUE! Also good to hear from some of the newer posters, am so glad you are hanging in there. Keep on keeping on, as the saying goes.

I had a wonderful time in NYC! So much to see and do and I really enjoyed having time with my daughter. The only downside was that I somehow managed to trip over on Wednesday evening and in the process broke my front tooth, split my lip and badly bruised my hand. So that wasn’t good – though I’m so grateful that those faithful body parts broke my fall otherwise it could have been much worse. And also grateful that it didn’t ruin things, I just felt a bit shaky the next day and have felt exhausted since I’ve been home.

Weight-wise, I’d got to 151.2lb just before I left and have put back on about 3lb whilst away. A bit more than expected, as we ate fairly wisely and did loads of walking. But I’m confident I can soon lose that again so am still hoping to get below 150lb by the end of the month. Here’s hoping 🤞

Hope that everyone has a great week, and I’ll check in again later in the week when I’m hopefully a bit more with it 😂

A few weekend positives….
🌻🌻 lovely date night with OH last night
🌻🌻 photo book I created for youngest DD’s birthday has arrived … really pleased with it
🌻🌻 have made arrangements to visit Dad later this month, coach ticket already purchases
🌻🌻 have been building up my exercise snacking on my rebounder

Those will do for now…. hope you have found some positives this weekend.

While I’m here … Best wishes to all you brave, determined and inspirational women on the forum on International Women’s Day.

Hi all, Becca I think you should stay with the site despite all the trolls. As soon as you think you have got this and you leave you have no reason to stay safe, no one to discuss this with, not many people understand the low carb and calorie way of life and they soon get sick of hearing about it. Take my word, even when we go on holiday hubby always says dont talk about the diet. But it is inevitable when people at the table see me going without bread or rice or potatoes, they usually ask me, and hubby rolls his eyes. But we are here and you can tell us anything just for someone who understands you.

I bought a little black lace bolero to go over my dress which shows my back fat. Anyway, yesterday I took a couple of inches off the hem and while trying it on thought I would try it with the bolero, could I hell as like find it. Even hubby went through all my drawers and looked under the bed, everywhere. Then last night I went to bed and had a dream that I found it and it was in a white Amazon bag with a little plastic zip. So I asked hubby to take another look, only this time looking for a white bag not a black item. He looked everywhere again. I went into my leisurewear drawer (swimming costumes, yoga pants etc) and there it was. The power of dreams.

Monday tomorrow and our week is starting to fill up with nurse for blood, car service and cleaner coming and it is getting near to our leaving. I dont want to start packing until after our viewing as I dont want suitcases and stuff strewn about. It is on the16th so I will have 3 days to get packed up. So have a good week everyone, see you tomorrow if I have anything to report.

Hi everyone,
Well done on so many losses this last week! I’ve had a disappointing week so not sure I want to weigh myself tomorrow in case I’ve gained. Cathy it’s great that your cravings have gone, I thought mine had but this week they seemed to come back with a vengeance. I’m not sure if it’s maybe because I’ve changed my HRT over this last few weeks from tablet form to an oestrogen gel and it’s taken a while to get the dose right so my hormones have been all over the place and also the two meals a day plan hasn’t really been one I think I will continue, I didn’t fancy many of the suggested meals so was having to do a lot of swaps. I’m changing back to the original plan for this coming week and feel, now that my HRT is hopefully sorted, that I can get the enthusiasm back I had a few weeks ago🤞. This coming week is week 6 for me on the online plan so I still have 7 more weeks of it left which is plenty of time to get a good chunk of weight off. Cathy I hope your tooth extraction goes well and that it’s an end to the awful trouble you’ve had over a long period of time with it.
Dawn X

thanks Becca, much appreciated 🙂 🙂

Stress and exhaustion have been huge factors in delaying me getting back on the WOE….I’m so glad to be back on track now, as although it takes effort and planning, the upshot is much more physical and mental energy to put into all the other things too 🙂
UK here, I believe are clocks aren’t going forward until the last Sunday in March….?

xxx

Newbie, what a wonderful result on your recent A1c!! You must be thrilled with that. Clearly you’ve worked hard to achieve that.

And SueBlue, congratulations also to you on losing almost a stone!

Cathy, how I envy you losing the cravings! Every time I think I’ve lost them, I’m hit with a wave that makes me want to eat endless sweets without restraint! Fortunately, I do not keep any in the house, but if they were here, I’d be done for.

Happy weekend, everyone, and happy almost springtime!
Becca

Ahhhh, sorry I misunderstood, Sunshine, but very happy to be wrong in this instance! And Verano, thanks for your kind words of support today as well as all of you for the ongoing support, and I will keep checking in and keep making an effort! I do get annoyed with myself for all the up-and-down, but the overall trend continues downward and that is the important thing.

Wendy, great job on seeing the scale go down this week! And Tulip, I just want to reach through the screen and give you a big hug of support for all that you are dealing with.

Not sure how it is in the various places you all live, but we start daylight savings time tomorrow night, which means the clocks move forward one hour until they get put back again in the fall. The result of this is that it stays lighter later in the evening, which I LOVE, since I’m more of a night person than a morning person. But I feel for all those who will find it more difficult to get up to more darkness in the mornings.

Happy almost spring!

Becca

Thank you Verano if you can set up the continuation thread because I’m not very IT competent! Pleased you are not leaving S-G & I hope you will have a wonderful cruise 👍sorry for misunderstanding 🙀🤔
Margaret xx

Ah, so relieved to see no one is actually leaving!
And very grateful to see thread will continue…I don’t feel able to take responsibility for anything extra at all (due to massive commitments with 3 autistic/ anxious kids, one doing GCSEs and one doing A levels as well this year, plus juggling job, health etc etc)…very grateful for peeps keeping it going 🤩🤩 …I’m up to my eyeballs all the time just holding it together really 😅

Hi. Weird but I only seem to get message when Margaret posts. So I was shocked to see her wishing you well in the future s-g!
Margaret if you’d like to set up a new thread then great but I’m here until the end of April and would be happy to set up a new thread, haven’t done one for ages now. Just let me know.

Becca please stay involved. It’s the times when you are ‘less consistent’ that you really need to have some encouragement. I know it can sometimes be hard when all around you seem to be doing well but you are just feel like you’re only just keeping your head above water…. that’s the time to hang on in there. Even if you don’t post don’t give up otherwise everything suddenly starts going south before you realise!

Hope everyone has a good week.

Hey there, I am not going anywhere, except on holiday and wont be around to set up the new thread. I am sure most of you know I am going on a cruise and will be away for nearly 4 weeks. I just need someone to set up the new thread. Nice to get the accolades, it is like hearing what is said at my funeral before I am actually dead.

Margaret it is easy to start a thread, you just go up to Forums, click again on The Forums and it gives a list of all the subjects like Welcome to the BSD, scroll to the bottom of that sections where it says Browse all topics/start a new topic, click on start a new topic and it brings up a blank you just type in a new title like ‘April through June, join us soon’ go to The Content box and say a few words of introduction. I hope someone manages to do that for me while I am away.

Weight dropping again so determined to keep going and get to at least a 9lb loss.

Have a great weekend.

SueBlue
Well done on your amazing discard since January. Almost a stone gone! I’m so pleased for you and how lovely to be wearing smaller jeans already. Your step count is impressive.
I think the two meals a day 800 calorie plan is really good and has certainly made losing weight easier this time. What I’ve noticed since ridding my body of sugar is how my appetite has changed and I’ve no cravings at all. not even crisps! I’m enjoying eating proper food and not snacking. Something I need to remember when I am at target weight . I am going to use the lessons learned on this stretch of my weight loss to help me when I am maintaining.
I have no doubt you’ll be celebrating the discard of one stone in the next week or so. Well done Sue. We’ve got this!

Thank you for all of your support, encouragement & very useful guidance & information S-G throughout the time this & previous monthly threads have been going you are very inspiring & will be much missed. As Becca says it would be lovely if the thread could keep going after you leave & unfortunately I don’t know how to do this. I hope S-G that all your future endeavours go well & in particular your move back to the UK 😍
I have weighed today & lost 0.75lb after getting back on track & being more focused for the last five days. I’m sure that the better weather has certainly lifted my mood & helped my focus plus feeling less hungry now.
Good luck everyone for next week 🍀🤞🤞
Margaret xx

Well done everyone on your results this week 🙂
I discarded another 400g (same as you I think Mariet). I did have a couple of days where I didn’t stick to plan, but I did manage all of the exercises this week, and walked on 4 days. On Tuesday I went out with my daughter, browsing op shops mainly, and we managed 16,000 steps!
I’m now fitting into jeans a size smaller, that I couldn’t fit into at the beginning of Jan. Overall discard since the beginning of the year is 5.7kg or 12.57lb – just realised that’s almost a stone 🙂
And Newbie – yes it definitely is a marathon and not a sprint! I realise I’ll have to continue this WOE permanently (with more calories of course), which may not be a bad thing – I read an article recently where they said a Mediterranean diet led to a big reduction in the chances of getting Dementia.
I’m away this weekend too, but trying to stay on plan as much as I can. Then back into it on Monday. Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Hello all, sorry still trying to get my head around everything, but just a little update, after 2 months the nurse repeated my HBA1C test and it’s dropped from 112mmol to 62mmol, I shall ask for another one in 3 months time, I’ve lost a stone since January and am now 152lbs or 70kg, I’m only 6weeks into doing the BSD properly however I seem to be getting the munchies more recently but that could be down to me running every day. I’m away this weekend so I’m going to try my best to eat as well as I can, there’s a pool so I shall attempt to swim daily and walk (no room in my bag for my running kit).
I’ve tried to keep up with everyone’s posts, the recipes sound good, and well done everyone for the hard work you are all putting in, I’m starting to realise this isn’t a sprint but a marathon and lifelong!!
Have a great weekend everyone 😀

You will be missed, Sunshine Girl. I do understand since you have perhaps outgrown this forum, and it seems like the site is dwindling down and being infiltrated with spam posts. I also have been debating about staying involved, since my weight loss efforts have been less than consistent, and definitely have not at the 800-calorie level, but I do love the feeling of “checking in.”

I’m also preparing for a doctor visit, Sunshine, which will happen on March 17, so trying to get weight down for that, although I will still be obese regardless. Then on March 20 I’ll be gone for a week on the desert trip with my daughter and granddaughter.

My daughter turned 40 last month and because of that has been of a mind to start getting all kinds of first-time health screenings – mammogram, colonoscopy, lab work, nutrition counseling, etc. She unfortunately just got word today that she needs to return for a secondary mammogram and perhaps even an ultrasound. Apparently this is not uncommon and just a way to get a clearer view and solid baseline, but that doesn’t make a person feel any less anxious. She won’t be having that until after our trip, so hope she’ll be able to have a good time in spite of that hanging over her head. As her mom, I’m of course anxious, too, and reminded that I need to get my own mammogram scheduled.

Becca

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone is travelling well on their fast800 journey.

Sorry I haven’t been around, just completed 10 weeks fast800, feeling great! Still not weighed myself but using a measuring tape and clothes as a gauge.

Still trying to get my head around transferring to 5:2 in two weeks! A little nervous of the non fast days don’t want to slip back into bad habits! The fast 800 has been great I ‘enjoy’ having set daily nutrient goals to keep me on track. I’ve looked around and previously read the 5:2 books but wondering if there is target info for non fast days especially in the beginning, carbs is my main concern. I love carbs but they don’t love me 🙂

Any tips or advice welcome enjoy your weekend

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Weighed today and I have still lost 7lbs. Not good enough with less than 2 weeks to go. Tomorrow I will be home alone so I will take the opportunity to try on all my dresses – I think one needs the hem turning up. If they are too tight I have a black lace bolero jacket to come the arms, back and shoulders. I also have a beautiful white silk scarf/stole which I can drape over my shoulders and tie at the front. Just hope I can still get into them as I was 7lbs heavier when I bought them.

Talking about this particular thread coming to an end at the end of March and needing a new one setting up for April, May and June, I am sorry but I wont be here after the 18th March so I hope someone else will step in, just to set it going. If not then it goes. Sorry.

Mariet, I made the tahini flatbreads quite thick yesterday and had them with topping, but today I made them very thin, cooled them on a cold plate and then used them as wraps … worked really well.
CC, well done on your discards. Hope you get the problematic tooth sorted out … take care of yourself. As you say, we all need to find some positivity with all that’s going on in the world at large.
Post holiday, I’m beginning to see a slow creep downwards on the weight front, but not counting chickens … will report in after my Tuesday weigh in.

Hello everyone
Just checking in with my weight loss and an update on my pesky tooth! This week I have discarded 2.6 lb and weighed in at 151.2lb. I am so pleased that my hard work is paying off. I was expecting 1lb. I’m nearly in the 140s. I’ve discarded 15.4 lbs since January.
I had to book into the dentist as I had a massive bleed from the gum thats been a problem since July last year. I negotiated with the dental therapist today to get the tooth taken out . It’s a back one and is very problematic and I’ve suffered since July with ongoing pain and inflammation. Do you remember my dentist told me I had cancer!! I’m not seeing him anymore! Anyway I am seeing the dentist on Wednesday and hopefully she will extract the offending tooth. I hope I don’t have to be referred to the hospital which they said could be a possibility. My Dexa scan shows no deterioration in my osteoporosis which is also great news today. So, I’ve had a great day of good news.
How are you all doing? Looking forward to hearing how DCT enjoyed her holiday to New York. Yowser, how has your restart been this week? Dawn, how did you find your new plan this week? Mariet- well done on your discard. Good riddance to that pesky pound! Sunny thank you for the flatbread recipe-nice for lunch.
I hope everyone has had a reasonably positive week. The Middle East conflict is very very scary and I can’t help thinking and worrying for all the people caught up in the conflict. Certainly puts thinks into perspective. Sadly, my niece won’t be able to take up her teaching post in Dubai when she graduates in the summer.
Let’s try and stay positive. Let’s try and focus on saying goodbye once and for all to the excess weight we don’t want to carry around.

That sounds interesting Sunny, I’ll give it a go. I struggle with lunches, nothing seems as convenient as my long ago sandwich.

Just checking in with my weekly results, 400g or one lb gone. Slow but steady 😁

Thought I’d share a recipe I stumbled on to on YouTube, for a sort of flatbread made with tahini. Just use 2tblsps of tahini to 1 egg (multiply up as desired), whisk to a batter and losen with a little water. Pour batter into a hot frying pan as thinly as desired, cook both sides. I haven’t worked out the nutritional values, but safe to say these will be low carb.
Made the batter and cooked two small thinnish flatbreads for a late lunch with some tuna mayo, tasty and surprisingly filling.

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I agree Verano- lovely spring weather making everything brighter ☺️

Verano, I agree seeing the sunshine is a real mood boost and like you, I’m very much appreciating the daffodils too

My positive for today are …
🙂🙂 it was the first properly sunny day in my corner of the UK, so got eldest GS over to join me for a gardening session. Was so lovely to be out there with my fingers in the dirt and to spend time with GS.

Just the one today, but it felt like a big one!!!

Hello. Just popping in because I realise we are on the last stretch of this three month thread. So far I’ve really done no more than maintain. What can I say?

March feels brighter especially as we now have some sunshine instead of the constant rain of the last few months.

So I’m just carrying on as I have done in the recent past. If I lose fine if not fine. I just need to stay healthy. I really don’t eat much ‘rubbish’ but do have the odd days when I want to ‘eat’!

Anyway, hope everyone is achieving the goals set, if not then make them more realistic. We have to live!

Just be healthy!

Well I missed a day yesterday but back on track now to get my 30 in this month.
A bit like my 30+ a week!!!

Good evening.
Sunny really lovely ‘positives’.

My very first positive…..
☀️☀️☀️ We’ve had two days of full sunshine! What more can a girl ask for as the winter comes to an end and spring edges its way in?

☀️☀️☀️ Feeling much lighter (not on the scales) and brighter now that my daffodils are in full bloom. I wake up in the morning open the blinds and see my wonderful daffs around the bottom of a blossom tree that’s just itching to get into full bud.

👁️👁️👁️ New eye is doing really well after cataract surgery. Three weeks yesterday and I have a slight ‘feeling’ now and again but otherwise I can see perfectly with that eye unaided.

Life just feels so much ‘lighter’ and ‘brighter’ at the moment. Amazing what a few sunny days do!
Hope you all have positives too.

V, glad your new eye is working out well. Very impressed with your 30+ a week, pretty certain I’d struggle with that!

I’m back from Turkiye and thought it long past time to post some positives, so here goes …
🌸🌸 happy to see spring blooms and blossoms bursting forth … have lots of mini daffs and dwarf iris putting on show in my garden
🌸🌸 compiled a photo book for youngest DD’s 40th on 17th March, just waiting for I to arrive
🌸🌸 youngest son proposed to his long term girlfriend last Friday and she said yes 🥳🤸‍♀️

Hope there are positives in your world, please let us know about one or two if you have a moment.

Sounds like a good idea Verano, thanks. I’ve let meditation lapse, so this could be a good time to kick start it again.

Congratulations to all those who logged positive results for last month, especially those of you who made sizeable discards. Commiserations to those of you who struggled, but didn’t manage to make the headway hoped for. We’re beginning a new month now though, so a good time to double down, refocus and make a fresh start.

I’m reporting in with a holiday gain of all but half a pound of those I ditched before going. Guess the positive to draw from that, is that if I hadn’t made any effort to discards those pounds previously, I’d be even further from target at this point.

Anyway, I’m back to it and determined to make March a month of scales wins.

Didnt log in yesterday for my weigh in as I could have just repeated what I said a week ago. Still keeping on…

Thanks Cathy, yes it’s frustrating but, as you say, it’s definitely worth me changing plan to see if that helps. I’ve never been much of a breakfast person so would be happy with a cup of tea or herbal tea and will probably have ‘brunch’ around 11. I usually have my evening meal around 5ish so will have to see how it goes as that’s going to be quite a long fast but I will bring my first meal forward a bit if it’s causing me problems.Dawn X

Hi Dawn- it’s so frustrating when the scales don’t reflect our hard work. Maintaining shows thst you’re in the right zone. Changing plan sounds like a good idea and will give you an idea of whether it works for you. I have had success with the keto 800 two meals a day plan. I don’t even think about breakfast anymore. I do “cheat” with a cup of coffee with milk or cream but I am still losing weight so I will keep on with it. I look forward to my cup of coffee every morning. I have realised that I have to go very low calorie to lose weight – it will be interesting to find the sweet spot once I’ve finished the 12 week 800/900 calorie way of eating. Have a good week Dawn.

Hope everyone is having a good Monday. DCT I hope you are enjoying/enjoyed your NYC trip! Becca I hope you found a lovely bathing suit to order. Cathy and Sue well done for ‘discarding’ so much since January. I remember on another thread we always talked about discarding rather than losing😀. Mariet well done for maintaining. Yowzer I’m so pleased you are feeling better after all of your health problems and hope that continues🤞. I had a good week food wise and probably stuck about 95% to the online food plan so was disappointed when I weighed this morning and have stayed the same. Hopefully I will make up for it next Monday🤞. I tried lots of new recipes during the week and can recommend the Tuscan chicken which was delicious. I’m thinking I may switch to two meals a day so am going to try that in the online plan settings now as I will be going food shopping tomorrow so will see which meals it recommends for the week.
Good luck for the week everyone. Dawn X

I’ve had a few emails in the last few days suggesting that March should be a month for Meditation.
I think it’s a great idea.
There are lots of free meditation sessions on YouTube and there are also lots of 30 day free access websites.
Personally, I do meditate, when I remember!
This really isn’t an advert but just an idea to make March more meaningful.

Hi all, yes Becca it is like a job but even more so that I have to do it all in French. Think I have now arranged everything even in June when we go to the cardiologist for both our heart check ups.

Yes, I do often get a response with ‘thank you for reporting’ and sometimes get a note saying something about the post, especially if I have made an amusing comment like to one advertising Viagra. Wont say what came back 🙂

Well my weight is up and down again, I really want to be under 74kgs before I see the doctor on 16th, so still got time. Did get some skinny jeans but had to go up a size (from 44 to 46) but better to be comfortable.

Had a drink last night but first one in 3 weeks, I just get fed up of always being on a diet. Not just for a few weeks to lose weight but for the rest of my life for the diabetes. Something has to give sometime.

Hope you have all had a good weekend, see you next week – tomorrow.

Sorry CCATHY and SUEBLUE, i dont know who CATHYBLUE is meant to be! 🙂🙃 sorry, should have read “ CCATHY “xx

Hola! Here we go with a brand new month offering us 31 days to do our best in!
Progress not perfection! 👍
CCATHY,me too,seem to have spent since my 20s putting weight on,taking it off,regaining it.So tedious!
Btw,I am your Fybogel pal,took some last night!x
MARIET, i too am aiming for some decent results this month!x🙏we can do it!
SUEBLUE,how satisfying to lose so much from your waist and the year is still so young! x
CATHYBLUE,yes,I spent June – Dec 24 shedding weight,happy with the results,then in 2025,planned to maintain,but due to
Shingles,slapped cheek syndrome,and sciatica making me miserable,I ended up piling weight back on.
So here we go again,another six months or whatever it takes,THEN maintain! Defo in the right mindset now and cant wait to low carb,watch the calories at least for a while,and throw in some fasting!
This time I wont let ongoing health problems sabotage things! x
~ Onwards and downwards,folks! 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸~ XX

1st of March and I am 300g less than I was on 1st Feb. not a stellar performance but all least not a gain. I’ll try to knuckle down and greet a better result for this month.

Congratulations to all the discarders😁 it’s great to see so many doing so well.