Frump to Fab 2018 - Fabulous Dahhhhlings

Good morning lovely ladies.

Looks like another gentle autumn day so I shall go for a walk later.

I have given myself a facial this morning in readiness for a nice evening out at my favourite restaurant tonight. Will do my nails later.

Yes still pleased with my hair, in fact I've already booked my pre Christmas cut for the week before Christmas at the same salon and with the same stylist.

Well the good news is I have lost 1.1 lbs and the even better news is my blood sugars are starting to come down nicely. Still not normal but now safely within the pre-diabetes range, no longer hovering on the edge of full blown diabetes. I'm pleased but not complacent. I want them back down to normal ASAP. I want to completely reverse the process.

I shall have to be very careful on the cruise not to regain too much weight but as it's only 14 days this time I should be ok. I am doing a version of 16:8 at the moment, fasting for 16 hours and eating within a 8 hour window. That should be doable on the days we are at sea. And of course I can make sensible food choices. It's the port days that can be tricky.

I have been allocated a late sitting for dinner which I do prefer as it stops me getting an attack of the evening munchies. So skip breakfast, just lunch and then dinner, followed by a show then dancing to burn off a few calories. :rotfl: not quite within an 8 hour window so probably more like 14:10.

The fasting is not to lose weight as such (that's a welcome by product) but it's the fasting which helps bring the blood sugar levels down.

Then after Christmas I will up my game and combine 5:2 with 16:8 and see if I can not only continue to lose weight but completely reboot my system and actually reverse the diabetes.

Apparently there is a fancy dress night on this cruise. The theme is Britain so I've ordered a 60s "Mod Outfit". Mini dress, with a Union Jack motif, matching Beatle cap, and white tights (remember those). :rotfl: Should be fun.

Humpty I once went through a period when my weight dropped to 7stone 2lbs. I am 5ft 7. My doctor kept nagging me to put weight on. Like you I really tried but I just couldn't gain weight. I was eating like a horse and like you resorting to loads of chips and cream cakes (which I don't even like). In myself I felt fine. All that food made me gag so I simply stopped force feeding myself.

In the end I figured well if this what I'm supposed to weigh then so be it. Even back then I knew about my family history of diabetes, it runs through the female line. My mum had already been diagnosed and I decided it was better to be a bit skinny than to risk triggering diabetes myself by overdosing on fried foods and sweet stuff.

I did eventually regain weight, took about a year, and then I remained at 8st 7 for years but it wasn't by stuffing myself. Still a bit on the low side but my doctor was a bit happier. I think My body just found its own level by itself. You may find your weight will stabilise in due course.

I would advise you to eat for nutrition rather than just weight gain. Make the calories count. No point stuffing yourself with empty calories and feeling uncomfortable.

What's your muscle tone like. Remember muscle weighs more than fat. Could you be losing too much muscle. What about bone density. If you are losing too much bone density that will also show on the scales. We need body fat yes, but it's only part of the story. Resistance training will help you build up muscle and slow down loss of bone density.

I can remember when I was skinny my doctor suggested a tonic. I think it was called "Minadex". Or something. It was supposed to contain essential vitamins, nutrients and minerals. I took it, I don't know if it made a difference because as I say I never felt ill to begin with. .

A good multivitamin might not be a bad idea.

Maman......re the sinus headaches.....horrible aren't they. Is the air too dry with the central heating....maybe a couple of little bowls of water dotted around might help.

I always take a humidifer with me when I travel because air con gives me sinus headaches, nosebleeds and a nasty cough. A humidifier really stops all that.