Monday 13th January weigh in.

*Goose , do you use "LO_Salt" on your food and to cook with ?
Has 66% less sodium than ordinary salt and can help with fluid retention !

I've just had a couple of deli wraps to use up some salad and read that deli wraps are calorie packed [@300 each]. Mind you I only had lettuce in it with low calorie mayonnaise. Goose; don't push yourself too much; how about doing it 5:2 then increasing it after a week or so?

I had a great time thanks Nonu

Goose, good luck with the diet. May I ask you, why 4-3? Three days without much food sounds hard to me,I find 5-2 bad enough.

bet you had a super time Grannyeggs !
Re your weight , because it was hot over there [well I assume it was unless they also got some of that awful weather] I think you tend to sweat the weight off I know I do !

I started back on a 4-3 diet on Sunday. I tried to do this diet last summer but after 10 weeks I was disappointed to find I hadn't lost anything. My ankles were swollen (in the hot weather) and I went to my doctor who told me that I wouldn't lose weight because of the water retention - but she wouldn't prescribe me a diuretics, so, I gave up on the diet, and put on another half stone. Now the ankle swelling's gone down, so I'll try the 5-2 (or for me 4-3) again. I really want to shed around 3 stone - has anyone else had the weight gain/water retention problem? If so, is there any proven way to get rid of excess water other than prescribed diuretics?

I mean stone!

I have been away on holiday, staying in Arizona with my brother, am now back, and surprisingly, I am the same weight as before Christmas, but now for that ston.... I am back on 5-2, good luck everyone

Well done to you glassortwo an example to us all, I have very old unreliable scales, but it looks like I have lost about 2 lbs. Very pleased and encouraged but it has been hard and I have felt hungry a lot of the time. Am out to lunch tomorrow so will have to be extra careful and not be tempted by anything fattening, and am definitely not having dessert!

I have lost 4lb,not bad

DIsappointed that I don't seem to have lost any weight at all and very impressed with those of you who are already back to your pre Christmas weight . Will have to be extra extra careful this week . At least I haven't had any of those "Oh-what-the-heck-I'll-just-polish-off-an-extra-1000-calorie-days" which followed Christmas.

Not any more, Glass - the wee birdies will think Christmas has come again tomorrow morning!! (I promise me!)

You still battling with the Christmas cake marelli

Take any unopened Christmas sweets to the nearest care home, there are lots of people who will enjoy them and the hips wont get any wider opened sweeties tip them into the bin.

Notso - you are so wise! The fudge was rubbishy stuff anyway - tomorrow no more rubbish!! And the birds can have the rest of the Christmas cake....

All this left over Christmas stuff....take a deep breath, put it all in the kitchen bin, then squirt washing up liquid over it.

Then repeat quietly to yourself....I am not a rubbish bin, I am not a rubbish bin, I am not a rubbish bin.

Throwing it away is not a waste of food. It's being kind to yourself. You are SO worth it

I've just had two bits of fudge.....

Didn't get the nap; grandson came round for an hour instead and we watched the Sooty show. But am going to get ready for my programme tonight and be ready for bed straight away so there's no temptation to go into the kitchen again [just been googling 'calories in one Mars Bar'; not that I'm thinking of eating one tonight ].

Sorry it was Tegan who like me went for a nap!

Still got half a Christmas cake, a dozen Tunnocks and some home made fudge left. Well someone has to eat it up! After that I will try ....really. Babs1952 I did the same as you today. Carrying 1 and half stone too much.

It could be worse; I seem to have stabilised. I should go to the gym but I'm going to have a nap as I didn't sleep well last night [excuses excuses...]

One measly pound off ! Oh well......

I was weighed at WW on Thursday for the first time since 5.12.13 and had put on 3lbs! So a fresh start is needed but I am lacking motivation
maybe it's the weather!

Anyway good luck everyone

Weigh in?? [runs for the hills]