The FastDay Forum

[carieoates]

It is a shame it’s quiet here, because it does seem like a lovely forum. I love the idea of a fasting challenge, I haven't taken part in one here yet. Although with so much going on over the summer I'd probably be completely useless at it!

I was actually thinking of setting up a thread for the 30 Day Shred in July (because I’ll be in need of it after I get back from Glastonbury), which might get people involved? I hope so anyway because I’ve never completed it before, so I’ll be hoping for people suffering with me to help me along

One thing I noticed when I joined was how many abbreviations are used. I got used to it pretty quickly as I started reading more, so I don't think it would put people off joining, but it was a bit confusing at first!

exercise-f24/30-day-shred-starting-may-1st-would-anyone-like-to-join-t12233-90.html?hilit=Shred

Hey look what I found. This place is like a young plant growing year by year, we cover many subjects and they come around again and again.

It is a shame it’s quiet here, because it does seem like a lovely forum. I love the idea of a fasting challenge, I haven't taken part in one here yet. Although with so much going on over the summer I'd probably be completely useless at it!

I was actually thinking of setting up a thread for the 30 Day Shred in July (because I’ll be in need of it after I get back from Glastonbury), which might get people involved? I hope so anyway because I’ve never completed it before, so I’ll be hoping for people suffering with me to help me along

One thing I noticed when I joined was how many abbreviations are used. I got used to it pretty quickly as I started reading more, so I don't think it would put people off joining, but it was a bit confusing at first!

exercise-f24/30-day-shred-starting-may-1st-would-anyone-like-to-join-t12233-90.html?hilit=Shred

Hey look what I found. This place is like a young plant growing year by year, we cover many subjects and they come around again and again.

I had a feeling it might already be lurking around here somewhere!! I'll start a new one up for July 2015 and see if anyone else is interested in giving it a go (or re-doing it) this time round.

I check in every day but don't have much to say. Like @tracieknits, I'm a bit of a failure at the moment and don't feel I have the right to contribute or encourage others. @redrobin. How wonderful that you are the Flying 5:2'er! Great title for a blog!

The site is not as user friendly as it used to be from a functionality point of view since it was re-launched and probably puts off newbie's who are vital to keeping the 5:2 flame alive, so even if topics have been talked about before by the now maintainers, those still trying to lose still find helpful but not all users think to search beyond the forums (I don't). Understandable whilst Moogie is not well but I can understand why people migrate to the other site and I too have lurked there from time to time.

One simple idea that might help is to make the blogs more prominent. I stopped blogging as I noticed that people don't read them anymore because they are not as prominent on the site as they used to be. A pity as following people's stories are often more inspirational than the forums.

I'm happy to start a new summer challenge.

@rawkaren I never even knew about Blogs .. something else for me to read , the more I read about other peoples 5:2 exploits the more committed I feel , I might even get brave enough to do one of my own .. you never know someone might be interested in the ramblings of a flying mad cat lady

@PennyForthem yes please !! I can never be held too accountable for what I am shoveling in and I found the last one really motivating it showed me quite what 5:2 can do if you keep in line with it

I'm happy to start a new summer challenge.

Wot might that be then @pennyforthem? How about Pen's Summer Gazebo? I will serve the Pim's

@rawkaren I never even knew about Blogs .. something else for me to read , the more I read about other peoples 5:2 exploits the more committed I feel , I might even get brave enough to do one of my own .. you never know someone might be interested in the ramblings of a flying mad cat lady

@PennyForthem yes please !! I can never be held too accountable for what I am shoveling in and I found the last one really motivating it showed me quite what 5:2 can do if you keep in line with it

Well you have @madcatlady in common @redrobin Check bottom of left hand menu for the blogs. Some wonderful wonderful stories on there.

Hi Mary Ann i totally echo your title! Used to be so bustling on here didnt it!
Thanks for raising the problem...Its a bit of a vicious circle..people start to withdraw coz of things like @carieoates mentions..you look on the first page and see how little has moved since you last looked, so you feel little incentive to add anything.

Other probs for some...@tracieknits sums it up...
"On the one hand, I don't want to stay at 60 to 70 pounds overweight. But on the other, I'm just so tired of having weight and diet be such a huge factor in my life"
5:2 and weight related items in general have gone stale on me,and like @rawkaren i dont feel i have much positive to contribute..BUT i wont abandon 5:2 or the forum coz i like the way i lose from where i want to lose on 5:2 ( when i can stick to it)
@pennyforthem i' ll be your first member if you run a summer challenge..
I' m joining Slimmers World tomorrow as i need someone to weigh me every week,give me a focus. In addition will do two fast days. It should be easier in the summer - shouldnt it? x x
Ps i hesitate to say it coz i know she has health probs,but maybe we miss seeing @Moogies smiling face here too..it was very inspiring to see her before/ after avatar..hey Moogs how are you?
Thanks to all for good suggestions for resurrecting the forum! XX We dont want the " other " site to get busier than ours! X

Hi all! It's a great idea to give this forum a "zuzz" and get things going. A summer challenge sounds ideal!

It's spooky how similar Candy and I are but we both thought we'd try adding Slimming World into our, well, world! However, we can't abandon this forum because it's so friendly and full of positive support...plus we don't want to stop fasting. So a summer challenge would be great. Mind you, I've got my sister and her two toads staying in two weeks' time so it may be tricky

It sure would be good to hear from Moogie, yes!

Right, let's get this party started! Xx

[carieoates]

@nursebean and @CandiceMarie, if only to get weighed my lovelies, as they are, along with rosemary Conley et al adopting the same eating plans we already know and do. So try not to fill up on empty low cal rubbish and only eat when hungry and you also already know that you don't need fruit snacks twice aday to stay alive don'tcha!

I don't really understand that but basically SW is to help me on non-fast days which are always the toughest

[Moogie]

Hi all

I'm still around, just not as much time for here as I'd like to have. I seem to be so busy with work all the time and when I'm not working I'm resting or keeping up with the housework (and cats, lol). I do miss being around more and how busy this place used to be! It's really frustrating that we seem to have dropped right down the Google listings since our name/domain change and the main Fast Diet site seems to have jumped up the ranks and probably getting the lion's share of the new traffic.

I feel like a bit of a fraud here at the moment as my before & after avatar is no longer accurate What with all the health issues last year and subsequent meds I regained around half my loss. Despite fasting for the last 6 months I seem to be unable to shift anything and I really don't know quite what's going on. Some odd combination of my meds, the contraceptive implant and perhaps a changed metabolism/BMR after my illness. I've tried eating less on my feed days, I've tried 3 fast days, tried eating more, tried mixing in some low carb. I do wonder if I'm holding a load of water weight which is masking it all. It's really frustraing, but I'm sticking with it. I console myself by knowing I am not as big as I was when I started, even if I am bigger than I was 18 months ago.

Healthwise I had been improving (even started getting back up the hill to my house, so a degree of independence I'd not had for over a year!) until a couple of months ago, when a lot of the symptoms came back on a daily basis. After a load of tests & hospital visits they think I probably had another (smaller) pulmonary embolism which was thankfully dispersed by the meds. I'm cold and knackered all the time again and breathing is not as easy at times as it has been. I have 3 hospital appointments in the next week as they want to check over my ticker and make sure there's not a problem in that area. To be honest feeling a bit fed up of it all but trying to soldier on. I can't undo what's happened, so what else can I do but try to smile and look to the cats for a bit of distraction if it starts to get me down!

Hopefully come the summer I'll be able to shift a bit of weight by living on salads. It's too cold for that just yet though! Does anyone else remember the Hellmans Warm Chicken Salads they used to do? I loved them. Gorgeous dressings and a really tasty paste to cook the chicken in. Their Chinese one was my fave, italian was good too though! I could happily eat them every day. Maybe I should try to make my own version.

Anyway, I'm rambling now and can tell it's gone 5pm because I'm surrounded by ravenous cats

Thanks Carie @carieoates x Slimming World for me is,like Beany,to help me get a grip on non diet days
We'll have to just Smile to ourselves if anyone mentions low fat high sugar snacks!
i want to be accountable each week to someone to weigh me, not so interested in the " chat".
I begrudge paying * sigh* but giving it a whirl - could be feeling a lot happier in ten weeks ( well, twelve coz will get two free weeks if i book twelve)! X
Ps if this doesnt work,can someone just leave me in a forest somewhere with a bag of buns

I've just had a look at the fore mentioned chat room. Nobody has Beeb there since 1st September and I suspect that was 2014!

Do we have a recipe thread? They are always useful, can it be 'sticked' to the top of the threads list? Perhaps a 'What's for dinner' thread?
How about a thread were people can celebrate small goals? I.e.my goals were, lose 7lbs, 1 stone, 10% of my body weight, a goal for my holiday, to get in a dress, or even a wow I didn't deviate once this week from my 500 cal fast days! I would be in there all the time... I hit 50lbs off, I've lost another half stone etc. You know boring stuff that only other fasters think are fantastic lol.
Do we have a thread for adding pics to show how we are doing? I added pics of before and after losing a fair amount in the 'introduce yourself thread'. I know some people don't like to share pics but some do. I take pics each week, it shows my progress and I also think, if I start to slip and gain I can remind myself of what I'll be returning too and how I look when I weighed less. I wrote on 'the blog' page but I'll be honest I don't really know how that works or who reads it or is it just your own personal blog for you to add too? Apologies if I am just repeating ideas of old threads but it's good to revive old topics too.

Hi @JayeGirl, no problem, but if you scroll down the main page, you will find not only treads, but entire sections of them on these issues (perhaps the problem is there are too many, so people do not notice). Might be a good idea to revitalise some of these