Hey FatGirlSlim 26, EXCELLENT work! Good job! Well done! Top woman!
That is an amazing accomplishment — you are to be congratulated and I am very happy for you — especially for your newly rediscovered WAIST!! I still love seeing my ribs, all those years I didn’t know how lovely they are — and a “waist” is even better.
Take yourself forward carefully now — it is easy to lighten up and regain weight. Stay focused on what has worked so far.
And again, warmest congratulations on your loss! (sounds kind of funny but you know what I mean ha ha)

Hi all, 6 days before we leave our home and 8 before we get on the ship. I think I have just about finished my packing and, thanks to packing cubes, everything is very organise and has all fit into one very large case with one overnight bag. I still have to pack makeup, toileries and medications but they will fit in the gaps. I have really pared back on things, so only taking 6 pairs of pants (knickers) – there are washing machines onboard. I have one pair of dressy shoes instead of a pair for every different outfit. Silver goes with anything and they are particularly comfortable. For shore I am just wearing trainers. That seems to be it.

As for my weight, I am still dithering around 71.2 as hubby came home with a gift of 6 bottles of white from one of his volunteers and he wanted to try one. Push the weight up to 71.6 but now back down. Not expecting much more but still not giving up.

Enjoy the lovely weather and the weekend.

Morning all. Thank you YOWZER as always for your inspiring words. It always feels like spring (in the UK) is a time of new beginnings so here’s hoping!

I’ve been busy with work and life, but am now retired!! Im off to London today to see my daughter for a combined celebration of Mothers Day, retirement, and it would also have been my mum’s 97th birthday this week. So we’re meeting at her flat for Prosecco then going to see a play and finish off with a Mexican dinner! So my reboot (of the reboot of the reboot . . .) starts Monday. I’m feeling positive and hopeful, especially with the better weather and more time to plan meals etc I’m confident of seeing some good progress soon 🤞

Well done to all who are losing. CATHY you are doing really well and it sounds like you are on target for your cruise. And I also love your “one in one out” philosophy. As I think I’ve said before, I’m really trying to cut my clothes right back – ideally to a fully fitting and functioning capsule wardrobe. How are your eyes doing now? Did you ever have the rescheduled appointment? Hope you’re progressing well.

MARIET enjoy the time with the grandchildren. As Yowzer said, I can’t believe your oldest is 4 already! Has all your dental work finished now?

SUEBLUE good luck with getting the rest of the MIL house sorted. It’s such a long slog. And when you do get back to meal planning please share on here as your food always sounds amazing and I’m looking for new inspiration!

MIXNMATCH great to see you back and I’m so pleased your mum is out of hospital and doing better. But it’s such a worrying time. Take care of yourself and I hope that everything settles down now.

POOTLE it’s a time of celebration for you too! Belated birthday greetings and I hope you have a wonderful anniversary celebration too.

How is everyone else? NOKIE, DAWN, ARCTICFOX, VERANO? And HEIDI it must be your birthday round about now? Hope you are ok and that you have something special planned for that. And hello to anyone else reading this too.

OK, must go and get ready now. Time to face the process of trying on all my ideas for what to wear then getting grumpy because nothing fits 😂

Love to you all and I’ll be back raring to go next week! X

3 positives:
I have a waist again!!
I have lost 2 1/2 stone.
Can’t stop smiling!!!

Belated happy birthday, Pootle … sounds like you enjoyed your celebrations.

After a difficult couple of days and sleep disrupted nights following sad news, I feel able to post some positives again …
🌸🌿 once again, my garden has been a balm to my troubled soul. Delighted to see the lilacs are starting to bloom and roses beginning to form buds.
🧳🚘 packing for our road trip is coming together nicely.
Grateful to have some positives to post, so at this point those two will do for me today.

Happy April everyone aboard the Good Ship Lollipop!
MARIET is your older grandchild nearly four now! seems like no time since you were awaiting their birth!Time goes by so fast. Already a quarter of our year long cruise has passed.X
POOTLE happy wedding anniversary! X
Well done MIXIE and hope yr Mum continues to get better soon X
Cant go back any further without going onto another page,so I’ll just say well done to all who have lost,even if just a small amount,and have a great weekend! X
I read this April Blessing…
May the warm sun rise in our souls and illuminate the precious nature of life.
May the gentle winds of change blow through our uncertainty and remind us that we are beings of infinite possibility.
May the newness of spring awaken our hearts with love, peace and the hope of new beginnings.
May we remember our shared humanity and act from a place of love, kindness and peace.
May our prayers rise together for all suffering beings and for the healing of our earth.
🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸🙂🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸⭐️🌸

Hope your mother continues to improve M&M.
CC, great that you are heading in the right direction.
Mariet, I have also gained this week…2lb…but I think because I succumbed to a bottle of sparkling wine on my birthday! (I stopped drinking regularly about 10 years ago) I suspect I will gain a little more tomorrow, as it is our wedding anniversary, so I will be tempted again! Life is for living..(or cruising!) I had been maintaining well before that…so will get back on board on Sunday! Good luck with the grand children…hope they don’t wear you out first! 🤔😁
Keeping on keeping on!

Hi Lucy.
I feel for you…wish I could help. It is a nightmare, and the bureaucracy is unbelievable. When we were at our lowest, trying to get help, MIL wouldn’t go into respite…or allow assessment, in the end she was sectioned to get her somewhere to be assessed…that was a terrible day! BUT life did improve once she was in full time care.
I think the thing to remember is you need to TRY to give yourself some time for yourself. VERY difficult, I know, but essential for your health.
The weight will come off again…if it has gone once, it will be easier to lose next time, and you know you can do it! I put on 2lb this week…I think due to the bottle of sparkling wine I succumbed to on my birthday! 😩( I stopped drinking regularly a few years ago)
Thinking of you.
xxxxx

Disastrous week. Put on 4lbs that I lost last week. It’s amazing how just a couple of slip ups can be so dramatic.
It’s been an awful week. Dad has been so ill with uti that I spent all week extending his respite….and let me tell you it would be easier to join MI5, literally so much work.
We have to look at long term care and now the family is off to Cyprus for rhe wedding next Saturday apart from my parents obviously. And now he will be due out next weekend so I have one week to organise long term care which is a nightmare. They wouldn’t do it this week as he needs to be reassessed for long term and they won’t do that whilst he’s ill . Literally lay awake last night thinking how am I going to do this.
He’s not eaten anything all week and looks so frail. Should be looking forward to Cyorus but all I feel is dread. I don’t know how I’m going ro sort this out. As there is no way mum can cope with him at home. Dementia is significantly worse. Alongside all the ither issues.
Anyway….hope you’re all OK. I’m seriously gutted re weight but it’s all I can do at the moment. Xx

Glad to see you back Mixnmatch and I hope your mother continues to improve.
Well done on your results CCathy, a really solid result.
I am reporting a gain for the first time in a while, only 200g so not the end of the world but still a little disappointed as I haven’t fallen of the cruise ship or lashed out on any way. Oh well, maybe make up for it next week 😁
Tomorrow (Saturday) I have two little grandchildren, nearly 2 and nearly 4 staying all day with me, and over night and they will go home Sunday lunchtime. Their parents are going to a wedding and I am glad to help out and give them some child free time but I’m kind of dreading it too! They are dear little kids but exhausting.
My strategy is always to physically wear them out and luckily we have a spell of fine mild weather so we’ll hit the parks and playgrounds!
I hope everyone has a great weekend, keep on keeping on!

S-g yes you are so right I should have come here to ‘talk’. Sometimes I am so ‘lost’ that ‘talking’ just doesn’t help. Anyway, on the brighter side I now realise that my husband’s illness/surgery/recovery took a far greater mental toll on me than I’d anticipated.

So, the last few weeks, or so, are gone now and today I’m back to ‘mindful’ healthy eating. I guess I’m just not that good with ‘uncertainty’.

So just 6 days until you go away Sunny and maybe 8 or 9 S-g?, and we have 11 before we fly. I’m going to do my best for the short time I have before ‘holidays’ but I’m also going to do my best when we’re away. Spending all of our trip in the Med so it should be possible to eat healthily, even with a cruise in the middle!!!

Let’s try to ‘Advance through April’ the best we all can individually and maybe re-group in May…. which could become our ‘marvellous’ month! I’ll do my best to keep in touch.

Hi everyone. Verano, I am so sorry you have been having such a hard time lately. You really should come on and ‘talk’ to us about it. It always helps to vent. Hopefully you can now go and enjoy your holiday.

Yes Sunny, I have enjoyed the peace and quiet but it is getting a bit boring now and I have to do everything rather than think about the shared jobs. Like feeding the cats, setting out the litter tray, didn’t know how to work the dishwasher but managed to work it out 🙂

Still around 71kgs but not giving up yet. Just want to lose another kilo if possible.

SG, hope you are making the most of your ‘me’ time whilst your Hubby is away.
Pootle, well done on your maintenance, you really seem to have it cracked.
V, you are right, we are too ready to bear ourselves up for transgressions and small gains, forgetting to look at the big picture and what we have achieved. So pleased your OH has a clean bill and you are able to take your trip … go back enjoy!
HappySnap, well done, your first target is so close and I’m sure your approach will see that achieved very soon. When I started fasting, my OH was very anti and convinced it would make me ill. Now he just says, ‘Are you eating tonight?’ Once your loved ones see fasting isn’t harming you, I’m sure they will ease up too.
I’m not reporting in at the moment, as I’m only weighing weekly on Tuesdsys at present. So for now, I’ll just say, keep on keeping on.

Hi all.

Seems March has been a challenge for quite a few of us.
Hopefully April will be an easier and better one with less temptations and more lbs off!
I have lost another .6kg for a total weight loss of 8.6kg so far. Doesn’t sound so impressive until I googled “how many lbs is 8.6kg” and I was shocked to discover it was 18.9lb!!!!! I never realized its much better currency to weigh in lbs 🙂
So my first goal has been 9.2kg (which is 10% of my body weight which was 92kg when I was weighed by my consultant) and I am getting very close to that goal- hooray!!
But aware that I still have a long way to go from there but at least I am on the journey and it doesn’t seem like hard work at all- currently doing OMAD and occasionally longer fasts of 36 hours too. I like fasting and it really doesn’t seem like much effort. I don’t feel like i’m dieting…
Anyway thanks for being my safe space to share. Everyone else seems to think i’m going to fade away if I don’t eat immediately- honestly as if being 83kg that’s even a possibility!!

Hello.

I’ve had a really rough few days. New week, new month but still my demons have been raging.

OH has now been passed as ‘fit to travel’ so now scrambling to wash, iron and pack!
Anyway just getting my head back into gear!

I’ve been really ‘down’ these last few weeks and it’s now time to just get myself back on track. So instead of dwelling on the odd pounds gained here and there I’m looking at the bigger picture. I started here in 2016 and I’m still 2st less than I was. Yes I lost more and regained but hey I’m still winning!

Maybe sometimes we are too hard on ourselves. We should look at our achievements and build on them rather than beat ourselves up over the odd pound or two gain. Positivity is the way forward!

Good to have you back on board ship MixnMatch- I hope your mum continues to improve.must have been a worrying time.
We are all enjoying a leisurely cruise and you’ve got plenty of time to get back into the swing of things. I’ve enjoyed pacing myself this time round and learning to be patient. Two steps forward and three back sometimes but am heading slowly in the right direction.

Great to be actively advancing…
Thanks for the new thread. I haven’t posted much on the monthly threads since Christmas, but have been reading and mentally encouraging everyone as we all live the BSD life!
I am still maintaining 😄😇 and am happy to turn down potatoes (including chips), rice, pasta and bread (mostly..toast is still a temptation!🫣) but I still have a sweet tooth, so dessert is a major temptation.
To get over this, I have persuaded husband to have a pudding that I would like, and I have a teaspoonful!
I still haven’t had a follow up with the diabetes clinic and wonder if the nurse black listed me as a difficult patient. I saw her at the end of June last year!

As an April baby, this is my favourite month.
So I wish everyone health and success as we all advance!
Xx

SunnyB
Wish your OH a very happy birthday from another April Fool!
My positives for today:
1. A delicious celebratory meal out today 🥙🦐🍤🦞 for my special birthday!
2. I resisted dessert! 😇 ( and chips!)
3. A glass of sparkling wine this evening. 🥂The first since Christmas, went down really well! 😄😄😄

Quick post with my positives for today …
🥳🎉 OH’s birthday today 🤸‍♀️
🌞🌞 sunny day and a pleasant visit to Lyne Regis
🍽🥘 lovely celebratory lunch out

Hope your day has been a pleasant one too.

Hopping back on board the cruise ship for my new Day 1. Had a worrying time at the end of January, when my mum became very ill again, culminating in her being taken into hospital in an emergency ambulance towards the end of February. March was therefore dedicated to visiting her in hospital several times a day to keep her morale up while they stabilised her and then we all waited for the date for the operation she needed. Originally that was to have been 28th March but she got suddenly transferred to Plymouth 2 weeks early and had the operation on 14th March. She has been home now for 2 weeks nearly and is still getting better every day. My weight has been roughly stable through this period, and pleasingly my visceral fat readings are still normal, despite a diet that is sometimes too carby as I try to encourage mum to put a bit of weight back on. She essentially hardly ate anything for nearly 5 weeks while feeling really ill. Now ready to start a push to lose a little more and gain some fitness again, after far too much driving and sitting next to a hospital bed.

Hi all, I can report a total loss of 1lb for the month of March. Yes, disappointing but overall I have lost 7lbs since 2nd Jan and my goal was 9lbs to today. So a good loss but just not where I wanted to be. My body seems to have a set point of 71kgs but I can be grateful as it used to be 74kgs then 72, so some improvement. Still got 10 days before we go away so still hoping.

Hubby has gone away for a few days so I have plenty of time to myself and started off the a facemask followed by Vit C serum and then moisturiser. Feels very clean. Now to get on with some well organised packing – fingers crossed I don’t forget anything on my extensive list.

Have a great April and hope you didn’t get fooled – didn’t actually see any this morning.

With Tuesday being my weigh in day, I can report a further drop of 0.5lb this morning. This means March has seen 3.5lb ditched, leaving me a little more comfortably in the correct stone bracket. Happily, clothes are feeling more comfortable and more of my wardrobe is available to me again 🙂.

However, there’s no space for complacency, as I’m currently still 5.5lb above target, with only a week until we head off Turkiye bound. Hoping it’s possible to rid myself of another pound before then though 🤞🏻.

Looking forward to reading everyone’s updates so please let us know how things are going with you.

Hello
Spring is helping to make me feel very optimistic. Lovely to see some sunshine and brighter days. March seemed to fly by. I lost 3lb in March. I am starting April at 155.8 lb. I hoped to be 155 so almost achieved my goal. My goal for April is to achieve 152lb. I am going to see if I can stay off the scales until the last day of the month. I’ve said it before, the scales are not my friend! They have a lot of power over me and I want to avoid looking at the numbers too often. My plan is to stay low carb/keto and to keep walking (sore toes permitting). There isn’t too much on the calendar so far in April to scupper me. I have been very disciplined this last couple of months.
Dreamscometrue- you’ve picked a fantastic time of year to retire. I want to wish you well for the start of your retirement and I know that you’ll enjoy the freedom and simplicity of retirement.
SueBlue and Mariet- I hope you’re both enjoying cooler days after a long, hot summer. I do enjoy living in a climate where we have four seasons. Good luck to you both on your journey- it will be soup weather for you soon!! So many lovely low carb soup recipes to enjoy.
So as we begin April – a quarter of the year under our belts, let’s make the next three months count towards our year long journey. Our cruise ship continues on its epic journey- let’s all keep out of the buffet and let’s walk around the deck together enjoying our adventure. It’s great to have time to enjoy this adventure slowly together. If we have a bad week or so- we have time to get back to working things out. Have a good week everyone.

Glad the lambs are doing well, Pootle. I’ve noticed the primroses seem to be really abundant this year too.

I’ve a few positives to post, so here goes ….
👍🏻🙂 Mum and Dad are doing okay, was lovely to see them and spending some proper time with them
🌸🌸 bought some pretty little viola to add some colour to the garden.
🙂🙂 son and GD visited whisky we were at my parents, good to catch-up with them in person, before we leave for Turkiye again.

Hope you all had a positive weekend and that your week is off to a good start.

Thank you very much for setting up this April thread SunnyB & the thought of actively advancing through April is challenging & appealing 👍😀
Best feet forward everyone 🍀🍀🤞
Margaret xx

SG, I expect that blip will have disappeared by tomorrow 🤞🏻.
Verano and Margaret, sorry March has not gone well for you. I admit that I’ve see little movement in the downwards direction too, so not where I’d have liked to be at this point, however nothing to be gained by beating myself up about it.

The April thread is now available, so I’ll look forward to seeing you all there.

With spring well and truly sprung, it’s an ideal time to get active on all fronts. By that I mean, with better weather not only we can get outside for some physical activity, but also to be active in revamping our eating.

Several of us have struggled since the festive season and subsequently seen disappointing results. That’s okay though, because we have the tools to make April count and get a step closer to our personal goals.

Have a think about your ‘why’ … why are you on the BSD path, what do you want or need from it? Hopefully that will help you find the motivation to push on with more determination.

Please join us here, we love to see ‘old faces’ and ‘new faces’ on these monthly threads, which help us remain accountable. It’s a safe place to come for encouragement, offload if things are not going to plan, as well as to share results and celebrate our wins both on and off the scales.

Let’s remain active and accountable in April.

I agree with you Verano & in fact I haven’t had much dieting success yet & am still not at my pre-Christmas weight. Roll on April & I hope this lovely sunshine will continue 🌝
Margaret xx

Oh so glad March is almost at an end. This month has been anything but mindful for me. In fact I would say, for me, March had been a month of mad, mindless, munchies.
So no weighing tomorrow just starting April as I mean to go on with a mind reset and a return to healthy eating. No more and no less.
Hope March has been a successful month for everyone else and your goals have been reached.

slight blip up on weight, just 0.025kg but I was up at 6.30 having to eat as BG was very low – slice of ham, 2 chunks of fresh pineapple and a Werthers Original to get me back to normal and back to bed.

Started on personal holiday care and trying on all my clothes. The blue dress my friend lent me is beautiful but needs a belt, so will be looking for one, just a slim belt in either blue or silver (silver shoes). Hopefully, weight will be back down by Tuesday and I can count up my March loss (es).

Hola! Hope the music event went well DCT!
DAWN,half a pound off is better than half a pound on,plus it cumulative..add it on to the pounds you’ve lost recently and it really starts to add up!
CCATHY,good luck with your ‘ totaliser’..love that word!
MARIET and SUE,enjoy your cooler autumn days! SUE,I used to be good at fasting,nothing wild,just 16:8,20:4 at best,but I seem to have lost the knack,really need to get back into 5:2.or even 6:1. Youre right,its ok to feel hungry,specially when we know that the next meal isnt far away
MARIET,i had forgotten all about the Miss Read books! Used to love them. I too did a backslide from 2017,its disappointing isnt it after we did so well,but I guess and hope we have learnt a valuable lesson..go back to the old ways and the Carb Monster will swiftly return to bite us in the bum,so we wont – fingers crossed – make that mistake again!
Happy weekend to all and Happy Mothers Day to all it applies to. Whether your child be two footed or four footed,have a fab day tomorrow,and again to whom it applies,yipppeee clocks go forward,longer days ahead ⭐️🩷⭐️ XX

Hi all, V, not actually started packing but there is a pile of stuff in the spare bedroom that I keep throwing in so I don’t forget it – little things like a new emery board, a particular pair of earrings etc. I have been sorting and washing all my dresses that I have probably had on once and stuck back in the wardrobe. Hubby goes away on Tuesday and back on Thursday so that will be my time to get on with the packing and also clean the house. We are having a rug cleaned with a hire machine on Monday so that will be his job while I tackle the rest of the house.

Weight is doing well but will announce any losses on Tuesday 1st April. Have a great weekend.

Hi everyone,
Just a quick post to say I’ve lost half a pound this week. Barely worth it but a move in the right direction I suppose😀Hope you all have a lovely weekend. Dawn XX

Well I’ve regained 1.25lbs that I lost two weeks ago so I’m rather surprised & disappointed!

An exciting time preparing for going on holiday S-G, Sunny B & Verano👍🌝
I had an ECG this morning which was an interesting experience never having had one before but apparently because of possible high BP. Fortunately all was normal & I know from having looked at my blood tests results that I am not pre-diabetic but probably have raised cholesterol which is rather weird when mostly eating a BS diet & following TRE each day. I will have a phone call from the GP next week. I have no news regarding a surgery date so cannot book going away until I know this. I lost weight last week but doubt I have this week which is frustrating but will find out tomorrow.
I hope everyone is staying well & has had a good week?
Margaret xx

Hi all, well I certainly wont be accountable in April, what with eating in restaurants 2 nights before cruise, then cruise for 2 weeks and then daughters for a week when she wants to take up for a meal for hubbys 80th plus he asked for an afternoon tea – even though he can have one every day on the ship – and its free.

Definitely it will be awesome just to be relaxing. That’s my choice.

well done Lucy

Hi everyone. Just dropping in quickly to say hello as am incredibly busy at the moment. We have a small music event at our home tomorrow and I’ve been doing lots of preparation for that. I’m currently waiting in for a carpet cleaner who has already let me down twice and is now almost half an hour late. I think it’ll be a case of “three strikes and you’re out” 🙀. Next week is the week I retire from school so that’s very much uppermost in my mind at the moment too.

Which is all a very long-winded excuse as to why I’m not losing at the moment! I’m maintaining really well, and feeling good, but am around 12lb heavier than I want to be. And I know it’s not all about the numbers on the scales (and they can be so fickle anyway!) but I can see from the mirror and feel from my clothes that I really do need to shed a few more pounds. So I need to get back on the case bu am giving myself a week’s leeway to navigate through all these other things first.

Well done to all who are losing and “we can do this” to those that aren’t. Sometimes life gets in the way but I’m confident that everyone reading this thread will make progress towards their goals.

Incidentally there is a feature in the new edition of Good Housekeeping about body positivity and it refers to an event they organised. I was at the event and was sad to hear that the number one change most people want to make in their bodies is losing weight. And I say sad because it also emerged that so many people feel that their lives can’t be good or positive until they’ve done this, it’s as if life is on hold until that happens. Let that not be us!!! yes we want to lose but also need to enjoy life while that happens.

Love to you all and I’ll return next week in a more focused state of mind! Have a great weekend X

Hello everyone
Well done to SueBlue and Mariet. I’ve weighed this morning and am disappointed to see a gain of 0.8lb. I have had a good week and walked a lot of steps. However, I’ve been stressed over trying to get a further prescription for more eye drops which proved very difficult. I will weigh myself on the last dsy of March but sadly I’ve not achieved my March Goal. I’ve only lost 1.2 lbs so far. Planned to lose 4lb- a pound a week. I’ve said no to scones, a meal out, cake etc etc. doesn’t seem fair but I’ll keep on trying. I will weigh on Monday and do a March totaliser!! Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Hi Lucy,
Brilliant that you have lost the 3lb gained weight plus an extra pound!! Excellent!

I really hope that they can get on top of your Dad’s uti, it really is amazing how that can affect dementia!

Take care.
Xxxx

Just a quick one this morning!
Contrary to the forecast, the sunshine is beautiful again this morning! ☀️☀️☀️
Primroses are fabulous this year! 🌼🌼🌼
Lambs still doing well! 🤞🤞🤞🍼🍼🍼
😄😄😄

Thank you.
Well some good news I lost 4lbs this week. Original 3 rhat I put on and an extra one.
So that’s the lowest I’ve been.
Some good news in a rough week. My Dad is very unwell wirh uti. Which has had a terrible effect on his dementia and well being.
Hope everyone is doing well
Xx

Hi all and well done Mariet and Sueblue on your weight losses🎉 I’ve woken with a lot of fluid retention this morning so am delaying my weigh in until tomorrow. I know I haven’t been drinking enough water so will drink plenty today. Have a good day everyone. Dawn XX

Mariet I completely agree with you about our weather. I absolutely detest humidity as it causes my joint pain to increase, and it’s awful trying to sleep at night. I’m counting down the days till Daylight Saving ends and I can enjoy April – September/October – always feel that I come alive in Autumn/Winter 🙂

Cathy I hope you are continuing to do well. I’ve been reading everyone’s posts and start to compile a reply but then don’t get around to posting…have been flat out with working on MIL’s house and garden, as well as work and everything else. During the hotter weather we’ve got
Into the habit of having a few beers in the afternoon (or a few wine spritzers), but I’m trying to cut down to doing this only a couple of times a week, instead of every other day! I also need to get back into meal planning, prepping and cooking as we’ve had a few takeaway meals lately.

I had to fast for a medical test this week, it was supposed to be a 4 hour fast but due to the timing of the appointment it ended up being a 7 hour fast, so I only had breakfast and dinner that day. I often used to do this, but lately have got into the habit of snacking regularly, so I never usually feel hungry, it was a bit of a wake up call and made me realise it’s ok to just feel hungry sometimes and wait for the next meal time!

Didn’t mean for this post to be this long. I weighed myself this morning and I’ve lost 1.2kg this week – but due to previous weeks gains and losses, it’s a net loss of 1.5kg for me since January – I need to get my act together and be more consistent as my big birthday is only 6 months away now and I still need to lose 8.5kg to get to my birthday goal.

Hope everyone else is well 🙂

Here we are on another Friday morning and I hope you in the northern hemisphere are enjoying the early spring. I have been reading over the Fairacre books by Miss Read and they are set in the North Downs near Oxford I think and they have given me a strong wish to one day experience the beautiful springs she writes about.
We are into autumn and it’s normally my favourite time of year but this year it has been pretty cloudy and the nights still muggy. We’ve been promised some cooler nights next week and I can’t wait 😁
Another week and another 500g down which is very satisfying. I have to see my GP this morning for blood results. Last time she was making noises about statins which I would prefer to avoid so I’m a bit anxious. She is very reasonable and a great supporter of low carb eating and managing conditions through lifestyle modifications so that makes me hopeful.
Big hopes that your eye is responding to treatment Cathy and that mixing it up is still working for you. I look forward to hearing how the week’s gone for you and for all the other cruisers on this ship!

Positives for today….
🚘🚘 car passed its MOT without any issues
💦💦 OH has set up the watering system ready for keeping my garden pots watered while we’re away and he’s going to extend it to take in a bigger portion of the garden too
🎉🎊 created an 18th birthday card for youngest GS and ordered gifts
Although it’s been quite a steady day, it’s still felt productive 🙂

Oh V, really hope your OH will be well enough recovered in time for your trip. It must be really stressful not knowing if you will get away or not.

I too am packing, firstly for this weekend as we’re visiting my folks and secondly for our Turkiye road trip. It’s almost a military operation getting it all sorted!

Pleased to report I’ve managed to slip back in to the right stone bracket again … like SG, I’m hoping to improve on that before we leave in April.

Am starting to give some thought to a title for the April thread … so far the adjectives I’m mulling are “accountable” and “awesome”, but if anyone would like to offer up some ideas, please let me know.

‘Starting packing’! Gosh s-g you made me think. We have 18 days before we are due to leave. I need to make a start on packing NOW!

I have to say it’s so difficult not actually knowing if we will make it or not. OH has an appointment on Tuesday so hoping that will be more conclusive. In the meantime just getting stuff together!

Delighted March is almost over because for me it’s been more ‘Mindless’ than ‘Mindful’. April ? Well we’re only here for the first half of April and I’m just concentrating on ‘healthy’ eating at the moment and hope to carry with that whilst we are away.

Hope March has been a good month for you but if not April is just around the corner and we can make that better!

Glad to hear you are passing on our site, we are all rather enthusiastic about the diet.

Even though you are not diabetic the very low calories can still affect your blood glucose levels but, in that case you don’t need to dash to the jam and bread, it will soon pass. And you said your BP was a bit low. Dr Mosley does say to take things easy in the first few weeks until you get used to it. Keep up the fluids.

Back down to my pre-birthday meal weight so now hoping now for another 3lbs before holiday. No news, just busy.

Went to the local hardware store yesterday to rent a carpet cleaner and, don’t know why but it was the most stressful thing I have had to deal with in French. All the questions and when I told her I hadn’t understood half of what she said the young man explained. It was just one thing we needed to know and she had been gabbing on, he told her we didn’t need all the other information she was going on and on about. Just cost, how long, when to pick up and return and had to buy cleaning fluid. That was it, oh and a small insurance. Anyway, the weather forecast has changed and I rang up this morning to change the date to when it is going to be nice and sunny and it was a piece of cake – we now know the terminology. Always something new.

Getting close now and will be starting packing this weekend. Thats about it then. Cleaning for sitters arrival and ready to go.