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  • TrulyMadly
    TrulyMadly Posts: 39,754 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Cashback Cashier
    tigerwhite wrote: »
    Morning all and good luck to the scale steppers :D How easy was that?!

    I'm thinking of going to A about 9am for cleaning stuff v T so should be able to report back before 1230.

    Thank you Tyger,

    I'll log back in about then:T:T
    To do is to be. Rousseau
    To be is to do. Sartre
    Do be do be do. Sinatra
  • Mildred1970
    Mildred1970 Posts: 4,794 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    Morning all :wave:

    I am 1/2 lb lighter this morning :rotfl:
  • madmuppet5
    madmuppet5 Posts: 5,575 Forumite
    Morning all :D
    AKA; Mad, MM, MM5, Madicles :cool: ©
    Shin: Device for finding furniture in the dark :p©
    Elite 11+ fundraising total for Make-a-Wish £682 :j:A
  • pk04
    pk04 Posts: 2,998 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Morning everyone, first fast day today ...

    Well done to everyone who made it yesterday and a big 'we can do it too' to everyone starting today :D
    There comes a time in every woman's life when the only thing that helps is a glass of champagne ... Bette Davis
  • Emily_Rachel
    Emily_Rachel Posts: 688 Forumite
    Morning all! Well done those who started 5:2 yesterday. Don't forget to listen to your body today rather than using a non-fast day as an excuse to eat double! Having said that, don't be too stingy either: You don't calorie count, you just consider. The Horizon programme indicated that those who kept to low calories on non-diet days actually lost less weight than those who 'ate freely'. It just takes a couple of weeks on the diet to realise what "eating freely" means! You learn to listen to your body and should find that you will eat only 10% more calories than 'normal' on non-diet days. With the 25% of 'normal' you eat on fasting days, that gives you a seventh less calories eaten over a diet week. And the fasting days switch on some useful hormones that will help you lose weight faster. And lower your blood pressure. And help prevent type 2 diabetes. And, And.....watch the Horizon programme! Good luck to those who start the diet today or tomorrow. After 2 weeks it will seem quite natural.
    I am not young enough to know everything.
  • dizzyditzy
    dizzyditzy Posts: 711 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    edited 18 June 2013 at 9:53AM
    Morning
    Well done to all the fasters:j Congratulations on the job EMMAP :beer:
    Today I'm taking Wallace the stray cat that was temporary but now permanent to the vets. He's being neutered, chipped and receiving his first round of injections. :( to the cost:eek::eek:
    Hugs to anyone in need.
    Hope everyone has a great day xx
  • Emily_Rachel
    Emily_Rachel Posts: 688 Forumite
    Savvybuyer wrote: »
    It'll probably work tomorrow - we need those 20p/50p prices to hold on msm.co.uk in tomorrow daytime. Lol:rotfl::rotfl:- I keep referring to msm ".co.uk" now, now that they have an American site - I can't just refer to "msm" and be accurate can I???:rotfl::D:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    RL consisted of... a trip to Sains:( unfortunately!
    Nice £10 BM popped out of the coupon printer at the end. Better than the stingy £4.71 I got from the APG calculating correctly (except for the Herby Potatoes):rotfl:.

    I can't tell you unfortunately whether the cleaning stuff has been picked up on BM as my shopping was, of course, against A. Bucking the trend again! (No - it was just the items bought.)
    I can confirm the Dole Tropical Pineapple Slices - I thought a pineapple is a tropical plant? - are goer S (£1.10) vs A (45p). The descriptions on S's and A's websites are different but this is the same product, which is - correctly - being picked up.

    Regarding the cleaning stuff, perhaps someone has been in Sainsbugs and has noticed if people buying the Harpics are getting a bit of a BM back when perhaps they wouldn't normally?!?:rotfl::rotfl:I know we have Sains. checkout workers on this site - maybe you can tell us??
    Thanks for all your lists and checking things out Savvy. If you ever want to check an S Shop, do you know that you can put your receipt or nectarcard number into the Sainsburys Brandmatch bit on their website and get a comparison list? I think you have to wait until after 9am the day following your shop, so it won't be much use for short-lived glitches like Harpic.
    I am not young enough to know everything.
  • FloFlo
    FloFlo Posts: 32,720 Forumite
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  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Morning all. First day of 5:2 for me today. I've had a T light choices yogurt for breakfast at 65 calories. It actually tasted quite nice, although a bit thin. Lunch will be 5 rice cakes which have had a glimpse of a marmitey knife and dinner mainly vegetables. Other than that, mainly water with perhaps a cup of tea this evening. Good luck everyone else starting today.
  • mrs_lds
    mrs_lds Posts: 4,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I won, I won, I won!
    Morning all! Well done those who started 5:2 yesterday. Don't forget to listen to your body today rather than using a non-fast day as an excuse to eat double! Having said that, don't be too stingy either: You don't calorie count, you just consider. The Horizon programme indicated that those who kept to low calories on non-diet days actually lost less weight than those who 'ate freely'. It just takes a couple of weeks on the diet to realise what "eating freely" means! You learn to listen to your body and should find that you will eat only 10% more calories than 'normal' on non-diet days. With the 25% of 'normal' you eat on fasting days, that gives you a seventh less calories eaten over a diet week. And the fasting days switch on some useful hormones that will help you lose weight faster. And lower your blood pressure. And help prevent type 2 diabetes. And, And.....watch the Horizon programme! Good luck to those who start the diet today or tomorrow. After 2 weeks it will seem quite natural.
    Why do we use the bathroom more on fast days, is this excess fluid orf water consumption? TIA x managed to complete a fast day yesterday. Aiming or 1000 cals today. Lets keep going guys xx
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