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I am not weighing myself until Monday but couldn't resist the tape measure! So....nothing off my waist again but two inches off the bust! I now have a 36" bust and a fat waist line.It (the fat) is going from everywhere except the middle, where it's clinging on for dear life!
I am fasting today,"Take that! you fat waist line !".

At least it's coming off in other places. It will be the waist turn to lose inches before you know it. Keep going and show that waist line who's boss.
Dee

Monday is supposed to be my weigh in day but couldn't keep off the scales yesterday....62.7k, yay progress again.

Oh joy! I have reached my interim weight loss target 62k on the nail! Yippeeee! Onwards and downwards.

Today I decided to re-do my interim goal, having reached my first one at 62k on Friday (I thought that was going to be impossible but it wasn't!) So I have put in what I wanted to be for Christmas: 60k. Now I haven't been that weight for 26 years. It's not the lowest I have been but if I ever reach 56k, which was my lowest weight 40 years ago when I was 23 years old, I shall be over the moon and on my way to paradise! No more being called 'chubby'.

Wow! Congratulations to you

Decided to weigh myself today and measure up too. Waist still the same at 79cm, plateauing again there....but 61.7k on the scales:progress continues No idea where I am losing it from as all measurements are the same!

Hey Auriga Well done on your losses, looks like xmas is coming early for you,
keep up the good work

Weighed myself today and things have slowed down considerably! 61.6k only 100 grams loss! I think I am plateauing a bit because no loss at all from my waist line ! Oh well, in this for ever, so these things happen.

Wow Auriga, don't be disheartened you have done amazingly well and have encouraged me no end. I'm still doing 5:2 but should maybe give 4:3 a go if it speeds things up like it has for you. The jury is still out on that one!!

Well done you!

Thank you nursebean....I am feeling a bit down today 'cos hubby isn't very well. If you find that 5:2 works well for you I'd stick with it, but I found that I just had to do 4:3 to get any weight loss. I have read SO much lately about weight loss in general and was thinking of writing up about all the things I have found out, BUT I need to try them out on myself first to see if it makes a difference. Put my mouth where my brain is! or something like that.

Auriga well done, just read you whole thread and it is very inspiring. Hope your hubby is feeling a lot better. I look forward to reading further about your findings. Christmas goal is looking good for you

Thank you gillymary...your weight loss looks very inspiring too!

I am putting this in here to help me with my progress...it's my thoughts and knowledge up to now (some of which has radically changed).
What I have been told is true in the past.
• If you eat more than your body needs you'll get fat.
• If you eat fatty foods you'll put your cholesterol levels up, be at risk from atherosclerosis, diabetes and heart disease. I was also told that eating potatoes, rice, pasta, cakes, biscuits, sweets and bread etc. would make me fat too.
• If you don't exercise you'll get fatter and be unhealthy.
• If I followed a low calorie, low fat diet I would lose weight.
Some questions that need answers.
• What exactly does my body need?
• Will eating fatty foods put me at risk?
• Are carbohydrates bad for me?
• Why did I never get thinner when I exercised as much as anyone else?
• Did I lack the will-power to keep going on a low calorie, low fat diet? Did that diet work?
What I have discovered lately.
• That I am still learning what my body 'needs' to help me regain a 'proper' weight for my height and maybe now I am listening to my body a bit more.
• That fat isn't the baddy that it might be made out to be according to new research. It's what goes with that fat that's important.
• That refined carbohydrates and sugar products put up my insulin levels (the fat regulating hormone) and that raised insulin levels can lead to hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes and also that eating frequent meals/snacks containing those things will enhance that effect as well.
• Exercise alone won't make you lose weight, to lose weight you have to make your fat release the fuel it has stored. You have to make it use fatty acids and not glucose.
• I don't lack will-power I just can't live permanently on a low calorie, low fat diet: it just doesn't work.
• That intermittent fasting reduces insulin levels and comes with a heap of other benefits (refer to the book) and helps my body burn fatty acids.
• That 5:2 (4:3 in my case) is a way of eating that I can do and am doing long term for the first time ever.
• That there is more to discover and it's out there somewhere!

61.4k this morning and 78cm around the waist (down again a bit at last) and according to my tracker I should reach my Christmas interim weight by mid-December....ooh I do hope so. I want to thank everyone on the website, I couldn't do this without you. Keep on going everyone!