BadgerLamb236 Member

I'm aiming for 62.4kg, as it is a round 30kg under my starting weight of 92.4kg (I am 1.68m). However, its more about how I feel than the numbers, so it will depend on how I feel.

What gorgeous pictures - I am SO jealous! For a week now my husband and I have been suffering from some horrible virus and eating has been erratic to non-existant, but I don't feel lighter or smaller (?). We are still not fully recovered, so I'm just taking each day as it comes this week and hope to get back into routine…

Eat at a deficit, and move (gently) as much as you can.

Hi Fox, you don't need to lose 50kg, you need to lose 1kg and keep repeating. Before you know it you will have lost 5kg, and that's 10% of the way there. You can do it!

Fast day today will be: 2 small cups of black coffee, herbal tea and water throughout the day. Dinner will be chicken breast stuffed with goats cheese with walnuts, wrapped in cured ham (Bayonne, Parma etc) and baked in the oven on a bed of sliced onions and red pepper, probably served with a small portion of brown rice.

Hi Karen, welcome aboard. I would second what JJA said above, particulaly about overcompensating on non-fast days. On fast days, I find it suits me best to save my calories for the evening meal, but others prefer to have 2 or even 3 small meals - you need to find what works for you. I've just told my dogs about you giving…

Yes I am in France - temptation all around!

Wine, cheese, good bread - I'm in the wrong country!

And me!

You can choose to manually set your goals, and adjust the % of carbs to your preference.

We don't have Indian (or any other!) takeaways where I live :'( and I love Indian food, so its diy when I can find the spices etc. My favourites when I was in UK were dhal, tandoori chicken and chapattis.

I agree mare, we are all different. I really don't like chocolate, sweet creamy desserts, biscuits, most cakes etc - cheese however (most types as long as its not reduced fat) is a completely different matter, and as for wine ...

Well done JJ! Just think how much better that G&T will taste tomorrow.

Its been raining all day here, with quite a strong wind as well. The Spanish Water Dog flatly refused to go out in the rain (just to the bushes and back for the necessary) so my outdoor exercise has just been taking the other dog round the garden - fortunately the rain has washed away most of the interesting smells so he…

I must put some photos of my (4) cats on my profile - only got the 2 dogs so far! Fast day here - just had my first of 2 small black coffees, then just water and herbal/fruit tea until dinner (chickpea and aubergine curry). Very overcast with light rain, so dogs will not be keen on going out for long today; I will do my…

I love food!! (ex-chef). 20:30 here and just finished my first fast day of the week - saved all my calories for a really tasty dinner. This works well for me as my husband and I have the same food, I just give him more carbs (red potatoes today). Next fast day scheduled for Thursday.

No, I don't believe there is. There are workarounds. I have created a fake "food" of 900 calories, called something like 5:2 adjustment, which I enter on Fast days to fppl MFP into closing my day. Or you could just not close your day.

JJ what ARE you like!

I am going to weigh every 4 weeks, before I go to get my hair cut at the crack of dawn (OK, 9:00 but it feels earlier). As my hairdresser only speaks French, and chatters away the whole time, the need to concentrate and respond will distract my mind if the weigh-in is disappointing (my French is improving but no-where near…

Actually it was lovely alcohol - Prosecco and Merlot (not together) and similar tonight (plus cider in the Hairy Dieters' casserole, but that will mostly cook off.

That's great progress T.

It's Sunday here too! Lovely day, frosty start, now sunny but cold. Dogs had a shorter walk than normal today as the local "chasse" (hunt) were out and the shots spook the dogs and make them hyper.

I am doing 5:2. 2 days a week I eat up to 500 cals, and eat normally the other 5 days. I try to keep to 1500 calories (TDEE of my goal weight) for my non-fast days during the week, and 1800 calories (TDEE of my current weight) at the weekends. No wine in the week unless we go out to lunch. Not sure what is different about…

I need to up my exercise as I am fairly lazy. I have a weekly Pilates 1-2-1 session, try to do 3 sessions of my Yogalates DVD at home and walk one of the dogs (who is also very lazy and somewhat tubby himself!). I hope to add another formal Pilates session when classes start again next month, and also increase my walking -…

I had a BAD alcohol night last night, and may have a mildly naughty one today, but I'm sticking to no wine in the week (unless I go out for lunch, on a nfd of course). Managed 3 fast days last week, as it was a quiet week, but back to 2 this week - probably Tuesday and Thursday as Monday is Pilates then food shopping and…

Hi swapyuk, I'm from UK, living in France.

Yes, I am. MFP is not really set up to cope with 500 cal days, but there are ways round it. If you're not bothered about "closing" your day, just enter your food as normal. I have created a "food" of 900 cals which I add to my diary on "fast" days to take my calories over 1200. You're welcome to add me if you want support,…

Respect, what an achievement - there is hope for me yet! Agree you look like a different woman, much younger and so vibrant. Such a great result.

Would love to join too.

Hi Naughty - love the kittens! I would love to join the Over 50 Women's club. I am just off to follow up some of the info in your profile post.