Hello everyone
I hope everyone is doing better than me! I can’t get into the swing of things! Really struggling this week! I started off really well and stuck to Monday and then since then I’ve been really not keeping on track! I’m on my own this week, probably feeling a bit sorry for myself, can’t motivate myself to do anything and feeling a bit meh! I’m not happy with myself at all. I wonder if it is because I’m going away soon and I know I’m going to be putting weight on? I wonder if I am just tired of food rules. I am feeling very tired and lethargic so maybe I’m fighting something off. It’s normal to have good and bad days I suppose. I need to get a grip! Hope you’re all having a good week. I’m not having a good week at all. I don’t know what’s wrong with me.

Your spa day sounds wonderful SG … I’m sure you and your daughter will have a good time.
V, it feels good to start getting packing sorted doesn’t it? Sure you’ll have a great time.

Not sure why I haven’t posted positives for awhile, it isn’t fir the lack of positives though. Here are a few to prove it …
🌹🌹 enjoying my roses, like to get out in the garden at some point every day to spent a few moments smelling them … 🌹🌹 ordered a few more roses … ooops! 🤭
🌸❄️ have been prepping the garden for winter as we will be away when frosts start
🧺🧺🧳 laundry almost up to date and packing started

Keep the thread going folks … we need your positives please.

Hello Elias, not sure what your interest is for – personal, research etc. But for what it is worth my story goes back 21 years when I was first diagnosed with T2.

Back then there was no talk of remission or cure or anything other than conventional medicines to help and we would be on that path for the rest of our lives with our morbidity chances worsening year on year. I cant tell you how many hours of videos I have watched telling me how they could cure me and I just had to pay $1000’s to buy their secret cure only found on a remote Indian Ocean island that they natives make with their bare feet………. Blah blah blah. I can tell you how many times I have burst into tears when I got to the end of such a video – wasted another hour of my life for snake oil.

So when I heard about a Professor in the UK – Prof Roy Taylor from Newcastle University. This was around 11 years ago and he discovered that if his obesity patients had gastic surgery and lost a lot of weight a by-product was reversal of diabetic symptoms. From this I read everything I could online and came across Dr Michael Mosely (the founder of this site) and the rest is history. It didnt take much convincing to follow his 800 calorie low carb diet as my morning BG fell from 210 to around 150 in the first week. Then down to around 110 at which point I was scared I was going to die or something bad was going to happen. I found this site and was one of the founder members along with several people who are still around today. We were told we were crazy, our brains would shrivel and die, it was not sustainable – say that again, not sustainable when I have been on it more or less for nearly 11 years. So many objectors.

From this new beginning and finding more and more advocates of low cal, low carb on the internet, this is where I find my information and tent to follow people I trust like Ben Bikman, Jason Fung and the late Sarah Hallberg who starts her TedTalk with Dont Listen to your Doctor if you have diabetes.. I find them on YouTube along with lectures by The CEO depending who he is talking to.

Also, on this site is a wealth of experience and we are all learning and teaching each other all the time. I also have regular check ups with my doctor but he still doesnt accept my diet but for some reason knows it works. I recently had a bad HbA1c result after a 3 week holiday splurge and 3 months later I have gone from7.5 to 6.6. He sees it works but still doesnt believe in the theory of remission or cure.

I now keep hearing about insulin resistence and noticed a particular number on my blood test. This time I turned to A1 and went through all my numbers and it told me the Glyceime is actually my insulin resistence number and, considering I inject insulin was expected to be much higher than it actually is.

I will continue researching but I know where I will not be going. I spoke to a lady promising a free consultation on Zoom – her name is Valerie Lopez. She wanted to contact to me before the consultation and we had a WhatsApp chat. 3 reasons I cancelled free consultation. 1. it cost €2500 to take her full course, 2. she asked my why at my age was I even bothered and then 3. when I said I wouldnt be doing her course she asked my if money was more important than my health. I dont do well with hard sell. So if you are selling something I am out.

Thats about it.

Hi, adding to the positives.

Picked daughter up from airport this morning – we have lots of things planned.
She is vegan so we will be eating lots of healthy meals.
Prepped an edaname crunchy salad last night – enough to last us both around 3 lunches but we stink of garlic :). Check out website called Avocado Skillet.
Going for a spa tomorrow morning – something different – sauna first then soak in a wine vat, not in wine but wine extracts, includes a glass of wine and a chacuterie platter.

Will try to report in more often.

Great to have you back all refreshed and motivated. Good luck with the final push to your goal.

Hello! So, the walking holiday was wonderful. Although it was my holiday and so. Had nice meals and wine in the evenings I mostly fasted in the day until late afternoon. I came back feeling great but not feeling that I’d actually lost any more weight. I have just now returned to Fast 800 to shift the final bit of weight (I’ve probably put a small amount back in the last few weeks.) but I needed a reset as I had hit a plateau. I’m looking forward to this final push!

Wow!
We are getting really short on ‘positives’!
Maybe sometimes we just have to dig deeper to find one positive or few or maybe we don’t realise just how ‘positive’ some of the things are that we take for granted….

So yes, my children, 👶👶, well actually grown ups now , have really taken hold of life and run with it. Great success in totally different ways but then, they were totally different children!

🥯🍞🥯 today I baked …. well … ok … could have been better, but edible!

🧺🧳🛩️ getting ready to jet off next week! I hate this week before! But I guess it’s worth it to not have to ask “what shall we have for dinner tonight” !

Hope you have some positives too!

Great news s-g!. Your doctor was right to be ‘flabbergasted’. Enjoy your time with your daughter.

Went for my follow up eye consultation today. All looking good after the surgery nothing out of order. Apparently the lenses are different to each other with one adjusting for long sight and the other for short sight! Anyway I can see without lenses but my only problem is wanting to take my ‘lenses’ out each night! I guess after 30 years plus of wearing them it will take a while to form a new habit!

How do you make new ‘habits’ into just part of everyday life? I have my little black book into which, each week, I write down my daily habits….. take pills, drink water etc. etc. etc. and I tick them off as I do them. I just have to look at it several times a day to remind me! iguess I’m just not very good at ‘change’.

Well my sourdough experiments are in the ‘cooler’, literally at the moment. I’ve had two attempts which were actually not bad. Now I’ve just fed my ‘starter’ and it’s going into the fridge for the next three weeks. I’ve found a new ‘baker’ so hopefully my next bake will be even better. My bagels are up and down like a yo-yo. My next to last batch were the best ever and they were probably the 5th but my last batch, before today, were inedible, just bin fodder! Today’s were good but a bit too chewy more like NY bagels. So I now have yet another recipe! Trying again tomorrow! Thank goodness for freezers! Oh and my friend AI!

So hope everyone is well.

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SUNSHINE GIRL that sounds good and I’ll give it a try sometime soon.

I have to say I’m really enjoying being back on the online plan and having meal suggestions to follow. There’s always a little bit of surprise and anticipation when I see what’s coming up next – a bit like choosing something from a restaurant menu except you have to cook it yourself 😀

Today’s breakfast was baked berry oats which was delicious. Then for lunch it’s mixed bean miso chicken salad and for dinner steamed ginger fish. Tbh I feel like I’m eating a lot more than usual but it comes in at around 1000 calories and well balanced other macros too. Will keep you posted!

I’ve been looking through different resources about blood sugar, diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes, and I’ve noticed that the quality and level of detail can vary quite a bit.

When you’re trying to understand a new approach, what do you normally use to check the information? Do you prefer research papers, doctor or dietitian guidance, established health websites, books, or discussions with other people following the same approach?

I’ve also been comparing how different online resources present and organize research. I came across CollegeEssay.org while looking at examples of longer research based writing, which made me think about how much clear structure matters when trying to understand a complicated topic. I wouldn’t use it as a source for health advice, but the way information is organized can still be useful to consider.

I’m particularly interested in how people here separate useful information from general advice online. Are there any resources you regularly return to when you want to understand the reasoning behind a particular diet or lifestyle change?

Would be interested to hear what sources others here have found useful.

Dreams, I make something similar using lentils and I replace the pasta with aubergine which I have pre-cooked. The left over aubergine gets overcooked to make crisps.

CATHY I’m sorry the cauliflower bites didn’t work out! I remember a while ago creating something dreadful. I think it was some kind of fish cake. But tonight I struck lucky! I made low carb lasagne which was delicious. The recipe is based on beef mince but I don’t eat red meat so used chicken mince instead. I think it would also work well with soya or tofu mince. Anyway, the mince is mixed with onion, tomato and spinach, then topped with strips of courgette and ricotta cheese topping instead of lasagna and bechamel sauce. It tasted great and was very filling. Highly recommended!

Hope everyone has a good day tomorrow X

Hi all, trip to doctors today. He was totally flabbergasted with my results and wanted to know what I have done. I did say that the 7.5 was the unusual part but that I have been strict on my plan since the last test. Everything else okay, BP 110/70 pulse 65. He looked at my heart readings from the cardiologist and was pleased with them. I told him I was still getting cramps and he has given me permission to just stop the meds for a couple of days and see if it settles. Also said I should drink Vichy water – how can you tell he is French without me saying he is French 🙂

Daughter arrives on Wednesday and I havent even started with the house clean never mind the pre-cooking. She will just have to chip in. One other thing – youngest grandson went off to university today. I think daughter had a little cry.

The cauliflower bites were awful! Won’t be making them again! Tomorrow is going to be mushroom stroganoff! Hope you’ve all had a good day. I listened to the meditation today which I enjoyed and walked for half an hour on my walking pad. Another day tomorrow! Keep going everyone!

Hello everyone
Ive planned my two meals today using the fast 800 online programme. I am back doing 800 keto for the next four weeks. I’ve not weighed myself this morning as i don’t want to see what the scales say. I know I have put on a few pounds. I’ve decided to do the plan for four weeks and then weigh and hopefully see a nice surprise on 8th October when I will prepare for my two week cruise. Good luck to everyone who is back on the fast 800. We’ve got this. Today it’s cottage cheese and apple for lunch and evening is cauliflower bites and salad. Not made them before so something new to try. Trying to mix things up a bit every day.

Again my post disappeared!
Just wondering if anybody would like a last ‘quarter’ thread, October through December?

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That’s great news s-g. Your bloods are looking really good. I’d be really interested to see what AI comes up with as a solution for insulin resistance when you are insulin dependant! Enjoy your time with your daughter next week.

We are off to Portugal the week after next for 12 days. I would be quite happy not to have to wash/iron/pack but I guess everything has a price…. not always financial! We have a cruise booked for November, fingers crossed for the weather. I’ll be taking a ‘pharmacy’ full of the necessary medication ‘just in case’. I think this year might just be our ‘last hurrah’ as it’s physically becoming more difficult. In saying that I said the same last year but we’ve still managed a few trips!

Margaret so sorry to hear of your woes. I too am having my post op cataract check-up next week. Should have been at beginning of the month but I had to cancel. Sorry to hear your eye is still sore. Do you use any drops normally? I started using drops about 18 months or so ago. I had no idea but I apparently have ‘dry eyes’ they do help. I’m sure you’ll get some help at your check-up. Sorry to hear about your knee but let’s just hope you won’t have such a long wait this time. Good news I guess is that your last surgery was so complex but the next one should be more straight forward.

As for me. I’m still experimenting with both bagels and sourdough. I have actually found an old, but unused, bread knife that actually will cut through a sourdough crust to make toaster friendly slices. I don’t actually eat it but it’s become a ‘challenge’ and I won’t be beaten. In saying that I made bagels yesterday, probably my 6th or 7th batch, and instead of getting better they were an absolute disaster! I’ll be able to salvage something by just using the crispy tops and disposing of the ‘soggy bottoms’!!! It’s a learning curve and I will bake the ‘perfect’ sourdough and bagel one day soon!

Talking about food we expect family for lunch tomorrow and I’ve just made my first pan of soup this season. Lentil. It seems a bit thin but it may just thicken up as it cools. Feeling very ‘autumnal’! In fact I’ve also just ordered a replacement pan for a very large deep sauté pan that is/was non-stick but I don’t trust it anymore. I have no idea how old it is but I use it to bulk cook chilli and bolognese so now we will be cooking on ceramic!

I’m noticing how much darker it is in the mornings. I’m a very early riser about 6am but it’s so dark now my circadian rhythm is sending me back to sleep until closer to 7. The days seem so much shorter when I get up an hour later!

So Margaret hope all does well with your various appointments. S-g enjoy your time with your daughter. Sunny enjoy your upcoming trip if I don’t post before you go.

As s-g says if you are a newbie or ‘reader’ ‘out there’ and need so help just drop a line here.

Have a good week.

Sounds like a good plan DCT, being organised is definitely a huge part of whether or not I have a decent week! Dawn X

YOWZER it’s so lovely to hear from you. Have been wondering how you are. I’m so sorry you’ve been in hospital though, and now rehab, and really hope you continue to improve and feel better each day X

Good to read so many other posts too. Like you DAWN I’m having a quiet day and have been sorting out menus and shopping lists for next week. I’m going to start off with the 4:3 transition programme, 3 meals a day as I often go to the gym in the morning so need a bit of energy, otherwise would skip breakfast and just do 2 meals a day. So I’ll do a big shop tomorrow then should be good to go as from Monday 🤞

Thank you Dawn, Sue and DCT for your inspiration. Monday is my four week cruise countdown. I am going to do the fast 800 keto for four weeks. No faffing. Things have been slipping in my routine – feeling sorry for myself, making excuses, you know how it goes! Well Monday is back to basics. One month – 28 days. I’ll weigh in on Monday and knuckle down. Was going to start today but Monday feels better psychologically for me. I can think and plan. Here we go again…. We’ve got this! Over 100 days til the 2027 thread-what can we achieve before moving on?

Yowser- I think about you a lot. You are and have always been such a positive influence on us all. I am sorry to read that you’ve been in hospital and I hope that you are making a good recovery. It’s lovely to see your post and I wish you well. Sending you a virtual hug.

Morning everyone & I am not too good at the moment with a return of vertigo & I just weighed & gained another pound. The past week I have just been eating what was easy to prepare because I am rather wobbly & resting a lot & feeling very can’t be bothered. I have had a blood test because I want to check if I am pre-diabetic & have a GP phone call next week plus an opticians cataract post-op check & I think my vertigo isn’t helped by reading with old glasses & my eye is still sore. I also had an annual surgery knee check & was surprised to learn that my right knee op was a much more complex one usually done as a revision op for failed knee replacement because my knee was so unstable. I have a spike into my femur plus a bone graft which at least explains why I am still recovering more normal knee function that can take another year which is a relief to learn because I thought I was being a real wimp. My left knee will need surgery & very kindly my surgeon is writing to my GP to try to push for immediate referral back having already triaged me! The NHS waiting list for triage is a year with a further year wait for surgery & my surgeons NHS list wait at my private hospital is only six months 🤔
S-G we have also cancelled our expensive Douro river cruise next year so you are not alone trying to be financially careful! At the moment everything does feel rather miserable for me. Hopefully after speaking with my GP & optician I might have better news. Sorry to be a moaning Minnie today.
Keep on going everyone
Margaret xx

Hi Sue,
That’s a great start, like you I think I’m usually automatically cooking and eating healthy meals after doing this for so long which is good to know. It’s just all of the extra (usually sweet) rubbish I have on top of that which has caused me problems. Since first doing the Fast800 plan, I think in 2018/19, I never feel hungry, I’m not sure if it reset something, so I find time restricted eating is how I usually would eat anyway which definitely helps. I’m looking forward to starting the online workouts again, though the side plank may be beyond me! Will definitely increase my walking, I would be very happy to achieve 7000 steps per day:) Sounds like a lovely day where you are, it’s a cool rainy day here so I will have a mainly cosy day and take some time to look at the online food plan for next week. Dawn X

Dawn reading the first part of your post
I can completely identify ) I was able to shed just under 5lb this week, despite not following the plan 💯
I probably stuck to the plan about 50% of the time, but in saying that I did eat much smaller portions this week, and most of the meals I make now are BSD/Fast 800 ‘friendly’ anyway, as I have been following this WOE for so long now. I’ve also walked an average of 7k steps each day, and I’ve followed the online workouts too – the one with the side plank was a challenge, but I did the workaround and that helped!
It’s been a beautiful spring day here today, and I’ve spent the day catching up with washing and housework so going to relax a bit now – have a good weekend all 🙂

Yowzer it’s so SO lovely to hear from you 🙂 sending you best wishes (from the other side of the world) for your continued recovery! Take care xx 🇦🇺

Lovely to hear from you Yowzer❤️. I’m so sorry to hear that you have been in hospital but pleased that rehab is helping, though slowly. Sending you lots of hugs for your continued recovery🥰Dawn XX

Hi DAWN and everyone,i still read everything,even though have not contributed for ages. Was in hospital and now been in rehab for seven weeks so far. Slowly getting stronger 🙏
Lots of love and hugs to all lovely pals. Keep on truckin’ ! XX 🌸🩷🌸❤️🌸💜 XX

Hi everyone,
I weighed myself this morning and have lost 4 lbs which I know will be water, my waist is 1 inch down on bloat, but it’s a good start and I haven’t put in 100% this last week so am hopeful that going forward I will have continued good results if I am more strict with myself. Sue and DCT I’m still subscribed to the online plan, I have just dipped in and out of it since we did our joint endeavour so I am going to start using it properly from Monday again, including the exercises and meditation, this weekend I am following the meals I have loaded on to MFP, some of which are from the online plan, some not. Cathy your brilliant results using the online plan are still a great incentive to me. I hope everyone else is keeping ok, Yowzer I hope your health issues are still improving? Have a lovely weekend everyone. Dawn X

Hi everyone, yes Verano I often do that, it comes from pressing the return arrow instead of going back to Forums. I try to remember to block and copy just in case but also forget to do that too.

Good news on the blood tests. My old test was HbA1c 7.5 which was expected just about 3 weeks after the cruise but still the highest since my diagnosis. Today I am down to 6.6. My cholesterol is also down even though I have reduced my medication by 50% due to night cramps. I also have a reading called Glycemie which I asked AI about and he told me that is my insulin resistance numbers. He says I am insulin resistant but only to be expected as I am injecting the blasted stuff. We had a long chat about the progress and how I have done over the past 10 years on this diet and it was all good news. But he also gave me a plan for how to get BG even lower without risking hypos. But that is for when my daughter returns home after her visit next week. We are doing healthy things like a spa and a gym day plus swimming but already booked 3 meals – as she is vegan we can both be healthy and have aubergine curry etc. She is very much a gym bunny and is going to set me a routine I can do at home involving weights. I am making a massive edame bean crunchy salad bowl to last us a few lunches.

Weight is not the best but I always say it is my BG that is more important. Strange that I can have such good number, hence a good diet,yet still not lose weight. A lot of that is to do with insulin resistance which I will be studying in the next couple of weeks after our break.

Note to newbies, pop in and let us know how you are getting on. Silence usually means something is not working but we can help you work things out. We are not perfect but we are persistent.

Just a very quick hello. I wrote a longish post which I’ve lost!
Hope everyone is well.
Newbie, Skulder, felicity hope you are still around and doing well.
Will post again tomorrow!

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Hi everyone. I’m back from a few days away. Had a lovely time, and not too much collateral damage weight-wise. But I’ve come back fired up for action!! Completely identifying with and motivated by CATHY’s desire to stop “faffing about” and SUE giving herself a good talking to. I’m with you! At the start of this year I felt so confident that I would see significant loss on a small and steady basis throughout the year. And, whilst I’ve lost around 9lb, I’m disappointed that it’s now September and I’m still around 12lb away from where I want to be.

But as has been said, there are still over 100 days to go. So I’m girding my loins and going to do yet another (!!) restart on Monday. I’ve resubscribed to the online plan. I kind of feel I don’t need to . . . surely I know enough by now? But looking back over the year, it was the month or so that I followed it properly, just before I went to New York, that I saw my biggest loss. And it certainly does help with meal planning. So I’m going to restart on Monday. Not sure yet which version I will follow but will keep you posted.

SUE I was so sorry to hear about your family friend. And yes, it does make you realise the importance of doing all that we can to stay fit and healthy. It sounds like you got off to a great start last week . . . how is it going? CATHY good luck with your end of September goal. If anyone can do it, you can!

SUNSHINE- GIRL everything you say sounds so familiar. I also like to eat out and socialise with friends and family but I so easily let that become the norm. Whereas if I can flip it and eat and drink wisely most of the time then there should always be leeway for a few treats and celebrations here and there. Good luck!

Hope that everyone else is doing ok? And hope you all have a lovely weekend X

Seems like an age since I posted positives, so thought I’d drop in to add a few …
🙂🙂 today I had lunch with youngest DD and eldest GS, then we visited a garden centre and a few 🌸🌸 purchases had to be made .. was a lovely day
🧳🧳 packing list has been made and have started gathering together things ready to go in the bags
🌧🌥 enjoying the cooler weather and occasional rain
Hope other are finding positives too

I also feel your pain Sueblue. I have been super strict, no alcohold, plenty of weight training and pilates and got down to my lowest weight for years. Then one meal out and I gained nearly a kilo. Really gets me riled. Is this how it is always going to be. I know in my heart that losing a couple of kilos is not really good enough to then allow for a small (ish) gain. Good news is I have lost around 6lbs over the last few months. I have a goal but really need to get a proper grip on things. Or at least will after our daughters visit next week. Keep on keeping on. We will get there. I am hoping my blood tests tell a good story as I have been working my heart out to improve from last time when I had just returned from a cruise. So fingers crossed.

Hi all, same old story, had a night out last night, a very simple meal and a few glasses of wine. Weight back up to just under 75kgs so all that hard work is gone with just one night out. Hopefully, most will be fluid and will go in a few days. Daughter is coming out in just over a week and the diet will be next to impossible as we already have 3 meals booked. Hopefully with her encouragement I will get in the pool more than I have been. Just cant be bothered.

One good thing is we have cancelled our trip to Vienna. We were looking at hotels for the journey – 1 night in France at €90 and 1 night in Germany €320. Knew we were paying nearly €400 per night in Vienna but when I found out the hotels in Germany – and I mean simple roadside hotels – were going to cost over €300 per night. That got me thinking and I started to tot it all up and when I got to €3500 I said STOP. We are not going for 3 days in Vienna at the price of a 10 day cruise in the Ffjords. So we have cancelled everything. The only thing we lose money on are the concert and dinner tickets which were around €350 but rather that than spend all the rest. Hubby says I worry too much about money when we dont need to but there is being careful and being stupid. That trip was stupid.

Off to watch all last nights TV quizzes now so have a good evening.

Wendy hope your appointment went well and you don’t need another knee replacement.

Sunny glad the scales are moving in the right direction. You know we have to balance ‘pleasure’ , holidays etc., with blips on the scale. Would it be better to never go away, have a meal out or just really enjoy you ‘treat’ of choice just so the scales stay the same??? For me, life is too short to forgo something I really fancy for a small drop on a scale, that probably isn’t even accurate!

Well done s-g that’s great!

I’m still plodding along. We are away in a couple of weeks for 12 days. Not my choice, although I’m not really complaining! So I’m going to be extra careful over the next couple of weeks with the hope that I won’t do any ‘damage’ while we’re away. Just a case of making ‘good’ choices!

Have a good week!

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Sorry not to have reported in recently … last week was a bit out of kilter and I struggled with eating right. However, seem to have pulled that back and today weighed in at the lowest I’ve been for sometime. Still not in the right stone bracket and in reality, unlikely to get there before our next trip to Turkey at the end of the month (flight now booked). Will keep going though and hope to ditch a few more lb before we go.

SG, great result! You are always so determined and focused, you deserve to reap the rewards.
Margaret, that small blip on the scales will soon be resolved, so don’t beat yourself up about it … just keep right on going.
V, really like that you identify your issues and put a plan in place to deal with them. Hope you’re seeing results.

Well, all we can do is our best, remember we have the opportunity to make a difference each time we make a decision on what we’ll consume, so make it a good one!

Thanks so much for your kind words and encouragement Cathy 🙂 Yes I am frustrated and disappointed – but with myself! I just haven’t been able to get into a rhythm with healthy eating and weight loss at all this year, it’s been stop and start. When I last shed a decent amount that was 4-5 years ago now, as I wanted to look my best as mother of the bride – maybe I need another of my children to get married hahah!
But in all seriousness I do want to be fit and healthy as I get older, and if I can discard 10kg I’ll be at a healthier weight, and importantly one I feel comfortable at.
I did brave the scales yesterday and it wasn’t as bad as I had feared. I’m still over 4kg less than what I weighed at the beginning of the year.
I had a spinach and mushroom omelette for breakfast yesterday, then Greek salad for lunch and a pita bread pizza for tea (a favourite Fast 800 recipe from a few years ago). I woke up absolutely starving this morning (to the point where I felt ill) so just had 1/2 a banana with my coffee as I’m going for my morning walk and won’t be able to have breakfast for a while.
Yesterday I did the Resistance routine in the app too with my hand weights.
So Day 1 went well, just have to keep going!

Hi Sue
I feel your frustration but I hope that by signing up to the fast 800 and knuckling down you will achieve a good weight loss in the 115 days we have left in 2026. I felt exactly the same as you are feeling about going on weight loss medications. It seemed like it could be the only way. It’s frustrating when you see how much weight people can lose with what seems little effort. However, I am risk averse and nervous of medication but I am envious of my friends who have lost weight using Ozempic. Hopefully, you’ll get some good results and will be happy with your achievement on the fast 800. It took me 3 months of hard work but it was worth it. I got my blood sugar back down to well under normal. Your walking is inspiring and I am going to get back on my walking pad this week.
You’ve got the summer months ahead of you so hopefully that will make things a little easier. Which ever way you decide to go we are all here to support you. I am going to be strict this week- I’ve been faffing about and not giving it 100% prior to my cruise. Today I am 142 lbs after the weekend and I plan to be 138 by the end of September. Here we go again….. we’ve got this!

Hello everyone, apologies I’ve been MIA for a while. My August reset went totally pear shaped! I can’t pin point it on one particular reason, just had a lot going on, and also dealing with the death of a close friend of the family. He was only 10
years older than my husband and I and has children a similar age to ours.
Anyway I gave myself a good talking to yesterday and this morning I re-signed up to the Fast 800 online plan. I’m going to knuckle down for the next few months and see how I go. If I’m still not getting anywhere then in the new year I’m going to talk to my doctor about weight loss medication. I saw my son yesterday for the first time in a few months and he has lost so much weight on Ozempic. He has T2 diabetes so it was vital he lost weight, it’s really good seeing him look so fit and healthy compared to how he was at the start of this year.
I have no idea what I weigh as I haven’t pulled the scales out for a few weeks. On the plus side I have kept up with my walking, so it’s not all bad. But it’s my birthday later this month, and of course we have Christmas fast approaching! But I figure there’s still 115 days left this year to make a difference!
Hope everyone else doing well – I’ll go back through your posts today so I can catch up 🙂

Welcome to Cops19 & very well done S-G with your inspiring weight loss since your holiday.
Verano your point about aging but staying around the same & for me a plumper weight is true for several years apart from since becoming more sedentary after my knee replacement & recently my cataract op & not being allowed to play bowls for four weeks. I would still like to be slimmer but of course staying healthy when getting older is most important.
I have just weighed & gained 0.75lb now up into the next stone level which has shocked me at how very easy it is to gain weight eating carelessly with carby treats creeping in. I have asked my GP for a blood test to check if I have become pre-diabetic & will on Tuesday return to hospital to see if my left knee will need surgery. Obviously I am a bad example regarding closely following MMs excellent guidelines with strict low carb eating & must get back to this!!
Very well done to those of you continuing to lose weight & I hope we all have a positive next week 🤞🤞
Margaret xx

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Thanks Cathy. You’ve done so well to maintain at around 140, I would love to be that weight. I had stopped setting goals for myself but I’m thinking that’s maybe why I’m just ‘drifting’ at the minute so have decided to set a goal for 9th October when we go away to the Lake District for a week. I’m going to aim to lose 2lb per week so hoping to be 10lb down by then. I will still be over 11 stone after losing that as have gained so much back unfortunately but my next goal after that will be for Christmas which I will work out once we are back from the Lakes. I hope you enjoy the kite festival, it’s extremely windy here in Newcastle today, probably not good kite weather! Dawn X

Hi DCT and Dawn and everyone else
Glad your on the mend Dawn. Hopefully now you’re feeling better you’ll be able to get back on track. Like you, August didn’t go to plan for me but I’m hoping September will go to plan. I weighed 141 this morning so I am maintaining which is good but I am hoping to lose and get to around 135-138 before October 9th when I go away for two weeks. I know that I’ll put on weight on my cruise and I intend to eat and drink whatever I want when I am away. I will be going to the gym and using the walking machines to try and offset things.
DCT- good luck for your September goal . Slow and steady with four months to go means you can definitely achieve your goal. I’ve been hovering around 140 now since May and that in itself is a fabulous achievement for me . I feel I may have become complacent with my loss and I really do need to up my game to lose a few more pounds pre holiday so yesterday I started being strict. Not keto 800 strict but mindful of calories/carbs. I’ll get back on my walking pad later and really try and motivate myself to behave. I know I’ll be gutted when I come back from my holiday if I am 10lb or more over my threshold! My top weight is always going to be 145 lb now so when that happens it is time for strict keto/800. With my holiday and then Christmas on the horizon I have to be sensible and keep below 140 if possible.
Have a lovely weekend everyone. I’m off to the St Anne’s Kite festival on Sunday- hope my wig doesn’t blow off!

Hi everyone and thanks DCT and Cathy for your kind words. Yes I’ve had kidney stones quite a lot over the years, the first few years were really painful ones, so bad I ended up in A&E twice after which my GP prescribed morphine so that I always had it to hand. It’s hard to believe something approximately the size of a chilli seed can cause that much pain! Luckily it’s a long time since I had any that painful but they’re still not nice. DCT well done for managing to maintain throughout August. Cathy I’m so glad you are pleased with your hair. Like you, August didn’t go to plan for me and I seem to have totally lost motivation at the minute. I got a bit of a shock when I weighed myself this morning and not a good one😩. I’m going to spend some of today doing a food plan for the next 7 days in the hope that I will actually stick to it.
I hope everyone else is keeping ok. Dawn X

Hi everyone how’s your week going? I’m having yet another busy week but managing to maintain at around 150. Still not achieved getting below there for very long but know I’ll get there soon. I just seem to be going through a very busy patch and am away again next week. September always feels like a fresh start, and I aim to be at 146 by the end of the month 🤞

How are you all doing? X

S-g great, great and great! All sounding very good!

I’m just ‘plodding along’ but over the last three days I’ve gone back to three meals a day and I’ve gone back to setting my timer to remind me to drink water… who would have thought!!! Anyway the number on the scale seems to be going down. Maybe a shake up now and again is not a bad thing. Time will tell!

Have a good week.