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It's about 1pm on my first fast day - so far so good. I'm not really a breakfast person so have decided to save all my calories for this evening. I think that was probably one of my weaknesses on other diets so delighted I can actually turn it into a strength on this one.

I should probably be drinking more water but to tell the truth woke up with a bit of a sore throat this morning (bloody hayfever)so haven't really felt like swallowing anything - I have managed a cup of hot Bovril though. To top everything I am now having pretty miserable period pains - it never rains.... but that's ok. Fortunately I can afford to have a lazy day just sat on the sofa today - the prospect of keeping myself busy as a distraction technique recommended by others sounds like torture right now. In fact I'm sat here watching one of the cookery channels - call it food porn but I find it strangely comforting.

Looking forward to breaking my fast this evening with slight trepidation - I'm a bit worried that...

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I am so fat it is no longer funny. Totally out of control. No promises but tomorrow I am hoping to fast for the first time in months. I need gentle help. Life has been turned upside down....for the last two months my eldest daughter and her husband have been with us. They have decided to move out here with us. We have been very busy working on a barn converting it into their home. This week they go back to the UK to organise things to move here Spring or Summer. They will sell their home to help finance life here. They are going to invest some money into our Gite business and become partners. We are now looking for advice on setting up a company, no easy task in a foreign country. There is so much to sort out not least of all my feelings. I have been desperate to go home but that is now not possible. I am working hard at being happier here and making a big effort with the language.
The problems with my father continue but I am less wound up about it now. I accept that we will have to sort...

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The weeks fast went wonderfully. I weighed myself on Wednesday to do a control and on my official weighing day I lost a nice amount of 0,9kg. I was of course wonderfully happy. It was hard work as I am doing an obscene amount of walking and added in a 30 day squat challenge.

Then came the rest of the day. I ate nothing that would say as terrible or an over indulgence. Normal food and amount. Normal being Asian non deep fried. Sunday I was to stay at a stand selling waffles, hotdogs, ice cream and the likes for my son’s football tournament. I hate basically all the things on offer so I decided to do a mini fast. I will not eat anything thus avoiding eating something that I really don’t like anyway. It of course work as I was not tempted. I came home then ate lunch which was about 500 calories which consisted of rice (which I measured to be 1dl raw), 1 scrambled egg and Asian style spinach soup. The rice being the bulk calories. Then in the evening I had 2 cheese hotdogs with buns and a c...

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Well, after having a grump on here and asking for help, so many folks jumped up with suggestions, tips and ideas, it's brilliant, now I'm gonna keep going with a fresh head and a can do attitude!

Going to kick the slim.fast and have a small bowl of porridge instead, and push back having it each fast day by about half an hour, (1 shot glass of oats, milk and water, and 1 tsp on sweetener) Lunch it'll be some form of salad with a little chicken or other form of meat and for tea have a big batch of @carorees roast veg that she suggested to me and any left overs will use @izzy suggestion of making soup out of it for future days! :)

So glad I vented my frustrations, got so much help out of it, feel a tonne better, so in the spirit of this, i'll use the quote, keep calm and carry on! :D
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Which will be hard as I am sooo fat again! I managed nearly a whole fast on Monday but gave in to cake with afternoon coffee and then didn't stop. I have eaten way too much today as well. It has been another 'get me out of here' day. Also hubby has had some suspicious patches on his arm and after weeks of nagging he went to the doc today...psoriasis phew! Steroid cream and come back in a month ( doc is on three weeks holiday from the coming weekend). I wish there was a cream to remove my fat! I know I am over eating but cannot seem to halt it. I am aiming to fast Thursday and hope I can do it properly. I have my meal plan worked out but cannot follow it until I have money for shopping. Pension comes in on 1st which is Saturday so will have to wait until Monday. Shopping list is written and I sort of have it in my head to get going properly once my menu kicks in. Or maybe it is because that is in the future so now I pig out! I cannot face the scales, my clothes inform me very well!
So, once...

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