Sunny so pleased you’ve actually ‘moved in’! Five years … wow… but then it’s much the same in most Meditteranean countries. It must be the heat that slows everything down…. building, workmen, legal stuff etc etc! Glad you can find positives though.

Happy birthday m&m! Falmouth sounds wonderful and having good weather is like having icing on the cake …. Oh! we can’t talk about cakes and definitely not icing!!!

Happy birthday S-g’s grandson. Where does it go? Our eldest grandson was 18 in January. Time just disappears.

I’m scraping the bottom of the barrel here but here goes anyway …

🍅🥒🧀 Managed just one meal so far today.

🌳🌹🪻 Ordered some new planting troughs today. We have three and two are ‘bashed’ by various workmen and the third has a disintegrated middle. I guess everything has a life span and it’s now up for my planters!

That’s it for me today but hope you can find even just one positive. Finding positives really does help to lift the mood.

S-g yes we are 10! Can’t believe I started this way of eating so long ago but also have to admit it’s ’so long ago’ since I actually followed the ‘rules’. Maybe that’s where I’m going wrong!

I have to say I no longer enjoy the heat. High 30’s plus sound horrendous. Ok so the weather here is ‘temperate’ to say the least but we don’t get extremes. Apart from anything else hotish weather is great when you’re sat by a pool, or on the beach, but not much fun when you have to shop, cook and do all the other stuff.

Delighted to say I’ve not sneezed now for two days so at last I feel like I really am on the mend. I got a sample of an aromatherapy balm a few days ago and I have to say it knocks me out completely. I just wake up to go to the bathroom but I am then asleep again as soon as my head touches the pillow. It seems far more effective than the pillow sprays I have been using for the past few years.

So the weekend is almost upon us again. Looks like we might even get warm weather here and hopefully we might actually get to use our ‘new’ bbq that we bought 2 summers ago and which us still sitting happily in its winter cover!

Hope you all have a good weekend.

Super hot, I should go for a swim but I cant be bothered, maybe this evening when it cools down a bit. Its salad tonight.

We booked a table at a restaurant for tomorrow but I have decided it is way too hot to be sat on a terrace. Went back on to change it and it appears they are closed for the whole of this week and most of next. Dont blame them, can you imaging being in a kitchen in 42 degree heat. We hear people in the UK complaining that they are being nannied by being told how to behave in heat but dont realise that even in hot countries we are bombarded with advice and some places just close.

Hi m&m, it is the same birthday for me and Verano, joined in June 2016 which I think is when the site first opened. Happy birthday.
So hot here but at least we dont have to go out in it and have air con.
Grandsons 18th birthday today – how did that go so fast. Love him to bits.

No news from me, it is hot and we are just staying inside. I did go out and trim a rose bush this morning but should have used that time to go for a swim – it is too hot now. Only going to get hotter with 41/42 expected next week. 38 on Sunday then in the 40’s for several days.

At least I dont feel like eating and had what was supposed to be a caprese salad but added a peach and cumcumber with lots of olive oil, wonder if that is why my heart is stronger 🙂

Verano, just seen Mixnmatch celebrating 10 years on the site – are we the same or is it 11. Think it must be 10 as the site was set up in 2016. Happy BSD birthday to the 3 of us.

It was my forum 10th birthday (as a poster anyway, I can’t remember how long I lurked before posting) 2 days ago! 🥂🍒🫐🍓🥝🍾🎉🪅🎊

My Positives are; I had a lovely weekend in Falmouth for the Sea Shanty festival and Classic boats festival which are at the same time. The sun shone, everyone had a great time all three days.

Fundraising is going well, I am ahead of schedule in getting to my target of 60 miles, but will complete the month.

Third positive is although I didn’t get the job I was going for they were very complimentary about me in their feedback.

Well observed Verano … hadn’t actually realised this thread had been running for so long. Like you, I’ve been on the low carb path for 10yrs now, although I confess, it has got very flaky recently!!! I’m going to have to refocus on my return to UK and work at returning to target weight.
My apologies for being absent from this important thread, but here are a few recent personal positives ….
🌼🌼 daughter had been approved for a mortgage on the house she has been renting for ten years
🌼🌼 after a 5yr struggle to completion, we have at last moved into our villa in Turkiye … feels very surreal, but loving the quieter location
🌼🌼 have enjoyed the company of good friends visiting from the UK in the last couple of weeks
🌼🌼 two weeks of relaxation left before we start our journey homeward … going to make the most of the good weather during that time
Whatever you have had going on recently, I really hope it has brough plenty of positives your way
… don’t forget, we’d love to read about them if you have time to post.

Well done s-g, although sorry to hear about your house sale.

My diet has been in the same ‘hand cart’ as yours!! I blame my cold but hey…. There always was and always will be an excuse.

Margaret you must be getting ready for your trip this weekend so when you go ‘enjoy’!

Newbie you sound as though you’re in great shape for your next triathlon. Best of luck with it.

Not much news from here but hope that everyone is ‘living their best life’.

This thread is exactly 10 years old today!
🎈🎉🪅🥂
Happy Birthday!!!
🥂🎉🎊🪅

My 10th BSD birthday is also coming up as is sunshine-girls!
Can’t believe that I’ve been lower (can’t say ‘low’) carb for so many years. I think just getting rid of processed food as much as possible is where the real bonus of this way of eating is.

It would be really sad now to see one of the original threads disappearing into the ether.
Maybe we could just try and keep it going for just a little longer?

So, my positives ….

🦠🩺🦠 Coughing and sneezing for almost a week now but at last I think I’ve turned the corner! Feeling much better today.

🥗🌶️🥒 First day back on track with my journal. I’ve found looking back on the odd few times, here and there, that I’ve ‘journaled’ that there is a definite pattern emerging. So, I’m going to keep ‘journalling’ to see if that helps me stay on the straight and narrow!

🏡🌲🪵 Garden spruced and outside walls refreshed so all looking good.

Hope you have some positives to help keep this 10 year old thread alive!
Even just one positive is good!

Feeling better today, lost half a kilo overnight and still motivated. I had a cardio bike test today and he said my heart is stronger than the last test 2 years ago. Some things we cant see but I dont know what is different, maybe the strength training instead of cardio.

Thats all folks, keep on…..

2 weeks in now, keeping up with the walking and the restricted carbs (mostly) and just short of 14 pounds off now. Starting to feel a bit fitter as well, and have noticed a reduction in inflammation. It’s so good to know you are all here and I can drop in at any time, but I have to dash right now to get my mum to her regular coffee date with her sister. I’ll be back again later to check in more fully.

Hi everyone,
I’ve finally caught up on posts and was so sorry to hear about your husband Mixnmatch and am thinking of you. Heidi I am also thinking of you at this difficult time. Yowzer, I hope you are starting to feel a bit better bless you. Cathy belated birthday wishes and it’s great to hear you are still doing so well after finishing the online plan. DCT well done for getting below 150! I’ve lost the 2lb I put on since getting back from Scotland and feel back in the swing of the plan so hoping for a decent loss this coming week, I intend getting back to the daily exercise videos too as haven’t been doing that for a while. Sue that’s such a good loss since the start of the year, you are all inspiring me to do better.Dawn X

Thank you for your kind birthday wishes DCT. I’ve had a lovely day. I purposefully avoided the scales today. I’ve had a weekend of eating out and decided it wouldn’t be kind to myself. Tomorrow i will begin a two week detox before my family weekend away in Lytham at the end of June to celebrate my husband’s retirement. . I will go back to 800 keto for a fortnight. I will weigh myself tomorrow as a benchmark but I expect to be about 144 lb. Tomorrow is my last day invigilating for this term and i am looking forward to being off work over the summer. May and June has been busy with A levels and has, at times felt quite stressful. Ive been getting some steps in and I’ve now got some hand weights so i can start doing some arm exercises to help with my loose upper arm skin.
Hope everyone has a good week. We have to keep doing our best. Some good days and some not so good. I’ve definitely not been as good as I should have been this last few days but today’s birthday gelato was delicious and I enjoyed it. Back to basics tomorrow.

Hi all, the diet has gone to hell in a handcart as someone used to say. The house sale has fallen through. The buyers buyer cant get a mortgage. So we are back at square one. Never mind, life goes on.

The diet starts again today.

Margaret good for you losing some more weight, every little helps. I dont know what weather forecast youre looking at as we have this week starting today at 34, 31, 36, 38, 36, 39 and Sunday 40 – no rain. Week starting 22nd we have 39, 37, 37, 37, 35, 35, 36 and 33 no rain. Are you on Meteo France. We are in a heatwave with no let up for 2 weeks. Im sure you will have air con on the ship. Sat out to eat lunch but had to come back in straight after as it was boiling and we are under and awning.

Have a good week everyone.

Just a quick post to say Happy Birthday Cathy! Hope you have a lovely day 🌞

Good to hear from you too Sue, and glad you are making progress as well.

Busy day today, but will post again soon X

Good afternoon!

Not a lot to report from this end. I’ve had a bad head cold this week, which has been frustrating, but is on its way out now… thank goodness! So I guess I’ve not really been in the zone. I have a blood test this week and I have to be honest having a two week cruise followed by a few weeks in Portugal my HbA1c is probably, no definitely, up the wall…. we will soon find out!

S-g so sorry to hear about your neighbour. You really do have to take life and run with it.

We made a conscious choice in our fifties to ‘travel’. We had been invited to a wedding in Pakistan and had geared ourselves up to go into a world far, far ‘away’! But lo and behold it was cancelled. We had geared ourselves up to do the trip so we thought “why not”, “let’s just do it”. That was back in 1993. We have travelled much of the world since. We are very fortunate, but we made a decision and made travel a priority. We have never regretted our decision especially as I had sepsis in 2007 and my mobility has been an issue since. Despite that we continued to travel and hopefully will still do so.

I guess it’s the old adage. …. never put of until tomorrow what you can do today!

Thank you for your lovely advice S-G & over any years I have always greeted people in French said please & thank you & ordered food in French because I thought it was polite but chatting is rather beyond me, however I am sure I will now because of DuoLingo understand much more than I am prepared to try saying 😂. My husband retains an amazing amount of colloquial French from having been an exchange student with a French family as a teenager & really surprised a Doctor who had to call on us when we were staying in Perpignan a few years ago when Jeremy had very bad ear ache with greeting him explaining his problem & chatting in French. I had to take his prescription into a pharmacy whilst he was still trying to park explaining in my basic French to the pharmacist that it was my husband’s prescription & he was still trying to park & he was very polite but looked with other people there rather bemused & amused. I am number dyslexic & the French numbering system is still defeating my memory so I still will have to see the written amount to understand or I will usually present the approximate money hoping I will be given the correct change😂
I have been looking at the weather & it looks as though it will be raining on some days but still very warm so not too bad 😀. I have just weighed & have lost 0.75 lbs which is better than gaining despite eating some banana bread yesterday 🙀
I have my fingers crossed for you with your house sale 🤞🤞🍀🍀
Margaret xx

Congratulations DCT! It would be lovely to be under 150lb 🙂
I’m focusing on getting back under 200lb, which is still about another 12-13lb away. I did shed another 1.3kg this week, making a total of 7.3kg since the start of the year (or 1st 2lb).
I think the loss this week (and last week) has been helped along by the fact that I’ve had far less wine than usual! As well as changing my meals around. I was having 3 meals a day on the plan, where often breakfast was only 150-200 calories. I’d often be hungry mid morning as I’m usually up at 5.30am and walk from 6.45am till about 8am, with breakfast around 8.30 to 9.
Anyway the last few weeks I’ve been eating a bigger breakfast (400-500 calories sometimes), this keeps me full until early afternoon when I’ll have a light meal or snack (rice cakes with cottage cheese / veggie soup / yoghurt and berries / salad), then dinner at around 5 or 6. Fingers crossed this approach will continue to work for me 🤞
With drinking wine – as both myself and my husband are both retired now we’d got into the habit of having a few drinks in the evening (say 3 times a week), as well as a few on Saturday night. Well my husband has had gout for the last week and hasn’t been drinking at all, so I haven’t. I had also cut down last week as well, having sparkling flavoured water instead, so I think that has definitely helped. I haven’t even really missed the wine tbh!
I have my eldest daughter coming this weekend, it was her birthday last week but she was away so we’re having a belated celebration. I’m just going to be sensible – and having a few drinks once a week is certainly a lot less than what I had been doing! Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Ah Margaret, what a lovely thing to do knitting hearts.

Chatting in French is easy for me when I know the subject i.e. my BG, cholesterol, reasons for high readings, it is all familiar. Today both of us went to the cardio for our 2 years check up. You would find this strange but we go in together. I am first on the bed having heart tracings done, then hubby. I noticed the doctor only speaks French to me but he speaks English to hubby. This shows he knows my French is good but hubby is nul (rubbish). It is worse when you are speaking French and they switch to English. I thought it was because they didnt think my French was good enough but mainly it is because they want to practice their English.

Remember just one thing. When you walk into somewhere i.e. a shop, bar, visitors centre – the first thing you should say is a cheery bonjour. Say bonjour to no-one in particular, to the server, to other people in the shop, but never just stay dumb, it is the height of rudeness. English think if they say bonjour the person will think they speak French and start gabbling on. No, they will know immediately you are English because we cant even say bonjour as the French do and they will just think you are polite. Just relax and enjoy. By the way, we are heading for a heatwave. Sunday 21st 37 degrees. If it is the Sunday after I can tell you the forecast before you go as my phone only does 2 weeks.

My weight is still stuck and my nerves are still on high alert, waiting. Cant switch my brain off or concentrae on anything. Still waiting. The deadline is Wednesday for them to get a mortgage.

Have a great weekend.

Hi everyone
Just jumping on quickly to say well done DCT for your significant milestone achievement today. What a fantastic achievement. It’s great to be back in the 140s! You’ve got this! I am 140 lb today and I think it’s going to be impossible to get to 138 before Monday. I did dip to 139 but I can’t seem to keep there and eat! I am not overthinking it. I am very happy with where I am and to be fair I have kept moving my goal so i if I can maintain under 145 I am happy with this.
Enjoy your success DCT and we will continue our journey in the 140s together.

Hi everyone just a quick check in to say I am finally below 150lb. Only just! 149.8 to be precise. But for me it’s a significant psychological milestone. I only climbed into the 150s last year but since then have seen my weight continue to increase which made me fear it was inevitable I’d regain all the weight I’d originally lost (I started at 175 back in 2017). So I’m relieved to be making slow but steady progress in the right direction and I hope to report a further loss this time next week 🤞

Hope that you all have a positive weekend, whatever that means for you right now. X

Fingers crossed for you S-G 🤞🤞& wow chatting away in French ⭐️I will only be able to manage the basics around greetings, food & shopping & be too embarrassed to try any sort of chat 🤔😂
My cruise starts the Sunday after next & the weather is looking very rainy at the moment🙁
Thank you Newbie I know that I will probably never meet again the people that I meet on the cruise so shouldn’t feel self-conscious about my size & know there are plenty of 78 year old ladies rather larger than myself. I can pretend being plumper than I wish as a life well lived😂. I am off to knit & natter this evening continuing to make bereavement hearts that go in pairs to those bereaved to put one in the coffin & to keep the other as a comfort keepsake which is one of our current village projects.
Keep on going everyone 👍
Margaret xx

Another day of waiting. Went to the doctors yesterday and she was a sweetheart. We chatted away in French and I explained my high results. Also pointed out my low cholesterol without the usual high meds (reduced from 80mg to 40mg) and then she weighed me, I told her I hated this part and I had been on a cruise and she said she would be gentle with me. She really was – 72kgs and I had weighed 75 at home that morning. Maybe she has adjusted her scales to take clothing into account but she said it was a 2kg loss.

Anyway, right now the diet is the last thing on my mind, still stick to the principles although I had half a small baguette for lunch (and still hungry) but trying not to crack open the wine. Will wait until we have a definitive answer so celebrating or comiserating 🙂

Newbie, 4 stone down, didnt realise it was so good. Keep it up.

SG – I’m sorry to hear about your neighbour, just proves life is short and precious and we need to grab it and run with it.
At least you know what the blip was that caused the rise in your bloods and you are already working towards the next set of results so well done.
Things sound promising for the house.
I did one last year but was almost 4 stone heavier, so hopefully I should fly round this one, I’ve run a few half and full marathons so triathlons seem to be the next logical step, I enjoy having a goal to work towards, just lack motivation to train sometimes which is a major downside but I’m good when I can focus 😀 .
Hope everyone is doing ok x

HEIDI so lovely to hear from you, though I can’t begin to imagine all you have been going through. What an awful time for you. Sending you love and hugs, and I hope that knowing we are here is somehow a small help X

MIXnMATCH very well done on your initial loss. That’s great! And for all the walking too. I’m glad you have a good support network around you, and it’s so good to have you back on here again 😊

DAWN well done for maintaining on holiday and here’s hoping you lose the 2lb birthday gain. It sounds like you all had a lovely time. And SUE, keep me posted on how you get on now you are, like me, going it alone. Be interesting to compare notes. I’m tantalisingly close my end of week goal of 150 so here’s hoping 🤞. . . although I am at a champagne tasting event this afternoon so have given myself the rest of the day off plan 😉. Will have to work hard tomorrow to make up for it!

Hello to everyone else reading this too : do let us know how you’re doing X

Welcome back Simon, glad you are doing well. Keep posting your progress.

Hi DCT,
Thank you for your message last week. I still follow the thread though my head has been all over the place for the last 5 months. Grieving for my husband and my father, and helping to settle my mother into a residential home in the UK has been —– no words really.

I wanted, too, to send my best wishes and sympathy to MixnMatch. You are a familiar name from the past, when I went under another username. I am so impressed by your charity work for pancreatic cancer in memory of your husband and wish you well. Such a positive way to steer your grief. And 7lbs is a great start.

I wish I could report such focus and drive, but it is taking time. Eating has been chaotic rather than comfort-driven. And I shall be working on bringing more planning and good healthy nutrition back into the picture.

Congrats to all who are doing so well – particularly Clarinet Cathy. Go girls. xx

Hi,
I hope everyone is well, I will catch up on posts today. We had a lovely week in the Scottish highlands and I maintained my weight but after our daughters 21st birthday celebrations over the weekend the scales showed a 2lb gain when I weighed myself this morning. I’m back on the paid plan today and will see how I get on over the coming month. Dawn X

Was on my way out with previous entry – but also wanted to send you best wishes Yowzer, I hope you start to feel better soon x
And also Cathy – good luck with your birthday goal, you’ve truly been an inspiration this year. I need to channel some of your persistence and hard work!
Am off to a good start today though. In addition to walking I’ve also completed a 30 minute dance/exercise routine on YouTube (it was great fun as was set to 80s music!). I then added a 10 minute hand weight routine. Now it’s off to the kitchen as I need to clean my fridge. Am going to make some veggie soup in the slow cooker at the same time. Hope everyone else’s week is off to a good start 🙂

Mix and Match – wow! Well done on both your impressive loss this week and your waking 🙂 Also I meant to reply to your earlier post – I’m so very sorry to read about the loss of your husband. I do remember you very well from this site over the years, so it’s good to have you back with us on this journey 🙂
DCT – after reading your post about cancelling the online plan I bit the bullet and did the same thing. To be honest I had been thinking about it, and today was my last “free” day, so to avoid being charged for the next month I cancelled.
I was going through my books yesterday and I have just about all of the Fast 800 and BSD recipe books, this has worked well for me in the past. And I realised I could just do exercise routines by watching YouTube. I’m still walking 5 days a week and have incorporated HIIT into that. I had a good week last week, I shed 1.1kg. I was using a mix of the plan recipes plus my own, I’m finding it best to have a bigger breakfast after walking, a light lunch (soup or yoghurt) and then an early dinner. Calories are around 1000 per day. I’ve just got to keep going!

Hello everyone. So, it’s been a couple of years since I last did the Fast 800, which I really took to – dare I say I even sort of enjoyed in a way – and the bad habits returned, so this time it must be the beginning of a serious lifestyle change, as a 53 year old male who is 5 ft 8 and weighed in at 14 stone 6.
I always combine the Fast800 with quitting alcohol – I find that I end up just forgetting about alcohol and only being conscious of the food element!
I started last Monday and also went to the gym three times last week – each time half an hour on the crosstrainer and a few weights.
On Friday, I found that I had already lost 4 kilos. But I am aware that this will mostly be water weight. All th same, I feel so so much better and over the weekend, I FELT thinner even if I am not thinner yet. (Waist has dropped a cm.)
Week two has begun in earnest. I’ve been fasting for about 18 hours most days and meals have generally been a piece of fish or steak, rocket, tomatoes, cottage cheese and olive oil for dinner and earlier in the day, usually either a shake or avocado, feta, eggs or something similar.

It felt like I entered ketosis on day 2, as I had so many of the signs, but not sure. Either way, it’s going very well for me. On Saturday night, I think I probably went 100 cals over as I had an alcohol-free beer as my one treat.

So, will keep reporting in!

Hi everyone, glad to hear all your news. Newbie, a triathlon – can you imagine saying that 18 months ago (or is it something you have always done).

Had my bloods done this morning and the results are not good. BG up from 6.9 to 7.5 although I am aware that 3 weeks in that 3 month period were on holiday (cruise and a week with family) so I am not being too hard on myself and have done a good job getting the numbers down, so expecting great results next time.

No news on the house but we think the buyer is meeting with the bank sometime this week. Just a waiting game.

Just one piece of bad news – our neighbour died yesterday. He is only in his early 60’s, just retired and discovered cancer. We are not close but it is sad and makes us realise we have nothing to complain about.

Stay safe and keep on …..

First weekly weigh in and 7 pounds down. I know from experience it slows down a lot now, a lot of that will be glycogen stores being used up, but at least things seem to be going to plan so far. My fundraising walking is also benefitting my fitness a lot, I have currently walked 18 miles in 7 days for Pancreatic Cancer UK and almost 16 miles for Dementia UK, out of 60 miles in the month for both. My mum and sister have also joined the Pancreatic Cancer fundraising to support me and accompany me on walks, which is really good of them. I have a job interview next Thursday, a part time position and fixed term until 2028 but it’s a start at getting back on the employment horse. I will be having a day off for my birthday and a BBQ hopefully for friends and family, then back to the plan for July too, I think. Still mulling over a couple of options later in the year, but this is definitely going to happen, it’s all coming off again.

Good morning all, it seems I wasn’t getting the messages for replies, then I lost the thread, but here I am with all the boxes ticked.
Margaret – as the others have said you won’t see these people again go with what you are comfortable in and just enjoy every moment, your weight loss journey will be paused but can be restarted upon your return, have an amazing time.
Verano – so good to have you back and sounds like you are back on plan with a couple of cheeky delicious meals this weekend, we all need to do it, life is for living not all dieting.
SG – great news about the house, will keep my fingers crossed for you. I’m sorry they kicked you off the paid plan, but seems to have been a good thing as the suggested meals perhaps werent the best for you, and at least you got the exercises from them.
So all going ok here except I’m not writing my foods down so going a bit awol with food but trying to stick with what I know I can have, I’m now training every day for my triathlon thats coming up in a few weeks so the calories are needed but no white carbs are being reintroduced, I did have wholewheat spaghetti the other day as a treat and that was really good but will not become a habit. I allowed myself some crisps and chocolate yesterday but that really is an occasional thing, ive been speaking to more people about their diabetes journey and it’s interesting to hear how everyone tackles it.
Anyway best get on with some work, speak soon x

CATHY what great news about your latest weigh-in! You are acing 2026!! I’m excited for you as I’m sure you’ll reach your goal by your birthday. Very well done 👏 And what a nice chore to have to sell bigger clothes to make way for smaller ones 😊

Thanks for asking about my lip. In the end they didn’t do the procedure at my last appointment : it will be booked in sometime soon. It was a bit of a communication breakdown as my dentist had done all the diagnosis etc, including X rays which she’d sent to this specialist. So I expected the procedure to be done when I went, but instead he just took all my medical details, looked at the X-rays, said yes it needs doing, and put me on the list for surgery! So I have no idea when it will be. But anyway, I’m in the system.

I had a good week weight-wise last week and lost 3lb. One of which annoyingly crept back on over the weekend, but I feel like I’m heading in the right direction again. I was in a good groove before I went to New York, with both eating and exercise, and for various reasons it’s taken me a while to get my mojo back again. But fingers crossed it’s finally happening, and I hope to finally get below 150lb this week. Onwards and downwards🤞

Interestingly though, after much dithering, I cancelled the online plan. Had no problems doing that, just clicked the Cancel option on the app. I think it’s a great programme and would definitely recommend it. There are some fabulous recipes on there which definitely helped push me in the right direction but I’ve got to the stage where I’m confident to prepare meals along similar lines without using the actual recipes any more. I go to the gym most days for classes and/or swimming, and I also walk a lot, so tended not to bother with the exercises, and I felt most of the reading was stuff I am already familiar with over the years with BSD. And there are community groups on there but I have mine here. So all in all I didn’t think I needed it any more . . . . but will let you know how I get on!

Hope that everyone has a good week X

Thank you S-G & Verano for your encouraging words. I have relaxed over the weekend having a little chocolate & wine but back on track tomorrow & playing short mat bowls in the afternoon!
Margaret xx

Well done s-g. Steady losses are the best.
Margaret just two weeks until your trip so just relax and get yourself organised. Most importantly don’t stress about things you can’t control!
Funny weekend for me. Greek meal out on Friday and an Indian last night seem to have put pay to my loss this week but so be it. Today is another day so it’s just a case of keeping on keeping on …….

Hi there, Margaret try to stay stong and on track. I know when it gets close you start to lose heart and hope and think what the hell and next time you look it is 2 days to your cruise and you have even gained over the last couple of weeks. I am speaking from my own experience of a few months ago. Keep going, you can be another kilo or so down and that gives you leeway when you are away. My problem is that before we even get to the boat I have an overnight in France – meal out, then an overnight in the UK and another meal out so I could have done with that extra 1kg loss just to make up for that. Keep on keeping on…. I am cheering for you.

I have lost another pound and can thank the Fast800 site for that because since being on the paid plan I have cut out the Ryvita with butter with boiled eggs – just boiled eggs now and it saves me around 100 cals. I can also thank them for the every other day strength exercises. I have found a lady on YT with a video called Strength Training for Beginners & Seniors/Isometrics & Balance. It is half an hour, you can do with or without weights and for me no floor work as I hate getting up and down. This is all standing. Then I am doing a 15 min tai chi routine which is basically stretching the fascia to losen up the body. I am having a rest day today but determined to keep going.

Have a great weekend.

Hello everyone
DCT- how have you been after your lip surgery? I hope you are healing well and it’s not too uncomfortable. It’s a delicate area and i can imagine you will have to be careful what you eat. It might help your June re-boot though!!

I weighed today as I forgot yesterday as I was heading off for work at 7.10 am, this morning I am 139.6 so I’ve dipped just under 140. Hoping to be 138 by the middle of the month. Am still keeping to unprocessed, low carb, natural food. It seems to be keeping me stable.

I tried on some lovely trousers and a beautiful top I bought from Vinted for my October Cruise and they’re hanging off me! Going to have to buy them in smaller sizes. Who would have thought! I’ll be back on Vinted later, hopefully buying and selling!

Thinking of those who are not feeling tip top at the moment and sending out positive energy to you.

Well done S-G with your weight loss 👏👏
Verano my cruise starts on 21st June so a couple more weeks to go yet.
I have just weighed & have gained 0.2 lbs I know it’s not much but I tried really hard this week & don’t seem to be able to lose at the moment. It’s very frustrating 🙁
I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend!
Margaret xx

My positives

No news on the house sale is good news, the longer we wait to hear means things are going good – they are at the bank this coming week.
Lost my 1kg a month for May/June so doing okay – worked out 9kgs to Xmas is 20lbs so not too bad taking it slowly.

Just posted positives here so will go onto correct thread and repost.

Hope you are all doing well, I am 1kg down for the 16th May to 16th June promise – so a bit in advance.

Well done s-g. I think it’s really bad that the Fast 800 site was so poor in highlighting those who are on insulin. I wouldn’t be surprised if lots of others in your position are unaware of the issues. Anyway, onwards and upwards. You know what to do and also know the best way to keep your body safe.

We all pack way too much! I often put in that ‘extra something’ ‘just in case’ but ‘just in case’ has never happened …. yet! S-g which washing sheets do you use? I hate the ship’s detergent.

So just day 3 for me but I’m feeling in control again now. I watched a podcast on YouTube with the DCEO with David Unwin yesterday. It’s new, it’s long but it’s really interesting. Try and watch it if you can… ‘Worse than Sugar’.

Hope your week is going well.

S-g we also have some rain but not sure it’s appreciated quite as much as yours!
Good to hear your house news and hopefully you’ll be back in the UK ‘pumping’ your muscles sooner rather than later.

So here today we’ve had sun, high wind and rain in various amounts throughout the day … bring back the sunshine!

Tomorrow is hair cut and colour so really looking forward to that. I find my hair gets to a certain length, not too long, but then just grows outwards! Just on the cusp at the moment.

Well day 3 of my new regime and all well so far. Just trying to make my 2lb a week goal…. looks possible for this week …. fingers crossed … and mouth shut!

Hope there are some positives out there?

Now I am back doing the diet on my own I can go back to my original plan of losing 1kg per month and since mid April and now I have lost just under 2kgs so I am on track to losing 2kgs by mid June. Now I have my BG back down I can relax a little bit but will find out how well I have done by my blood tests on Monday.

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Hi everyone

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Positives

Finally some welcome rain and my tomatoes, courgettes and geraniums are doing great.
Hopefully sold the house, fingers crossed the buyer gets all their stuff in order.
Daughter is super excited at the prospect of having us back and already making plans for me to join the gym and start a weight training course – she will end up killing me. 🙂

I have reported the latest 2 advertising post – Dubai bank and the Casino one. So lets hope they disappear soon.