Day 18 – UK – CD

Good morning everyone

Well yesterdays FD wasn’t quite as easy as I thought! Nothing to eat, only water to drink before PET scan at 4pm, ‘that’ll be an easy FD’ … not! Woke up with the inner warthog growling, righty, throw water at him, quieten him down. Not for long, he was rumbling around in an empty cage, which was more like a swimming pool all day. Don’t think my warthog likes swimming, he was complaining a lot.

No worries about turning up dehydrated that was for certain, drank loads all day. Made a small sandwich to take with me for after the event, it’s an hours drive home. Our DIL is very much into health and fitness, she simplifies food as fuel for a fire (which basically it is) You don’t put all the coal on the fire at once, bit at a time and it keeps the house warm all day. Must admit it works for me, tried water fast and OMAD, neither of which work for me.
Arrived on time, sods law, they were running late. However, brilliant staff, great sense of humour and I got a drink and a biscuit afterwards from the goody box, “ohh, is that for being good?” “No, we could hear your stomach rumbling in the booth!” 🙂

@funshipfreddie – dentist, hmm not my favourite trip out, same as you as a kid (one occasion went straight from dentist to hospital to ‘be repaired’!) what was it about school dentists back in the 60’s, no doubt there were good ones, but never heard anything but horror stories. Luckily these day have a very nice and sympathetic dentist.

@daffodil2010 – ME time, very important, used to tell the kids when they were young about needing time off and ME time, both of us were very busy workwise. Nowadays they often have a weekend off and know the value of ME time, hope you get some soon!

Rainy, drizzly day today so greenhouse duty and dry out seeds I’ve been saving for next year. Hope my delivery comes today then I have some DIY work to do that is mechanical rather than decorative, replacing some locking handles on the windows, fiddly but easy enough.

Take care all

Day 18 OMAD London UK

@funshipfreddie – I’m with you about the dentist. Except that I wasn’t scared of them when I was a kid and now I am. I think it’s the cold air they blow on my sensitive teeth. It shoots me through the roof. I lost a filling before lockdown, had it replaced and it promptly fell out again. So, in the absence of a dentist, I had to patch it up with a shop bought kit until the dentist reappeared. She is a lovely person, I really like her, but I’m not sure she’s any good. She replaced my effort, and hers promptly fell out. I’ve had to fill it myself again. Do I let her do it again? I just don’t know.

BTW, please feel free to put me on the DTF list. I wasn’t on it yesterday, hence the red wine last night. Help!!!!

Second post.

I’m just reading this book about earthing, or grounding. I thought it was a bit brown ricey for me, but it’s fascinating. Basically it’s saying that because we don’t ground ourselves on the earth, with bare feet, we suffer many inflammatory illnesses, which can easily be resolved. It’s like fasting – free, old wisdom that we’ve forgotten. Nobody is selling anything. Personally I think fasting is the most important health discovery
ever, but hey….

Link – Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1591203740/ref=cm_sw_r_em_tai_Oy5oFbG3GBEBF

Day 18……Florida…… FD

So yesterday ended up being more of an NFD than the FD, I was hoping for so we are trying it again today!

Last night, I sat down and really tried to organize my life, establish new goals and plan on how to achieve them……. So, here’s to wishful thinking!

Well….. I’m off the day apparently is not going to wait for anyone

Before I decide to be your ride or die chick, I have a couple questions….
Where are we riding to?
Do I have to die?
Can we stop for food on the way?

Day 18 Oxfordshire, UK – FD
Yesterday’s CD came at 850 calories, so an unexpected FD really and a loss on the scales this morning too. 🙂
Hoping for similar today.
@daffodil2010 – you can do it, maybe your mojo’s on holiday but it will be back and raring to go.
@time4me & @belly blast – congrats on the losses
@funship Freddie & @emma Taylor – thanks for the links to the articles something to read to take my mind off eating.
Pocket List – Day 18 🍒
@daffodil2010
@flourbaby LFD
@snowflake
@kazoo
@suki2

ZBC List – Day 18 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake
@flourbaby
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@kazoo

DTF List – Day 18 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@emma-taylor
@suki2

You can find inspiration from others, but determination is solely your responsibility.

Day 18 USA (Illinois) NFD

I can’t manage to lose my few extra (over-maintenance) pounds, so one of these days I will really have to do a good FD. Or more. It won’t be today as DH and I have errands in town this morning and will do lunch at our favorite coffee shop. One of my “tasks” this morning is to fully relax at a massage.

@snowflake56 – our Costco has a great meat department where we got the bulgogi in a pan, 3 pounds or so of it, already sliced and marinated with sliced onions on top. The deli clerk said it was ‘prime beef’ that they used, and honestly I didn’t notice any gristle like DH said he did. I just used my cast iron skillet with a little oil and sauteed it up. Most of it is in the freezer for future meals. As I looked at a recipe to make it from scratch, I realized I do not have all the seasonings that it ought to have, namely some Korean ones.

Onward and downward.

Day 18 Minnesota, USA FD
Didn’t manage to stay fasting yesterday. Just very hungry later in day, and I know that’s from wine indulgences on Sunday. Stayed under TDEE, though. That’s something, anyway. It sets me up for a successful FD today.

@flourbaby :”- You could double your achievements from the first two weeks rather than halve or reverse them……” That’s going to be my mantra from week 3 through to the end of the month!! Thanks!

Pocket List – Day 18 🍒
@daffodil2010
@flourbaby LFD?
@snowflake
@kazoo
@suki2
@northerndawn

ZBC List – Day 18 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake
@flourbaby
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@kazoo
@northerndawn

DTF List – Day 18 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@emma-taylor
@suki2
@northerndawn

Have a great day!

Day 18 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5

Yesterday’s FD500 was tough. They aren’t usually, but it was the first since we left for vacation at the end of July, so I’m guessing that’s why. I was down two pounds to 153.6 this morning, however, so that was a lovely sight. One more pound and I’ll be back where I was before we left for vacation, LOL!

I watched episode one of the MM YouTube video that someone (FUNSHIPFREDDIE?) posted, and it helped motivate me to work harder. I need to re-read the Fast5 book and see if I’m missing details, but my motivation is high today at least…especially because I have a “summer frock” I want to wear to church this Sunday before the weather cools off enough to make the dress look like an odd choice; in order to wear it comfortably, I need to shrink my belly. I can accomplish that simply by putting less food in my mouth over the next five days, so I’m working at holding onto that goal, and continuing to care even when faced with lots of yummy food choices, LOL!

Many of you have mentioned reading old posts; how do you find them??
@funshipfreddie, great article. It repeats exactly what a weight loss program I was on said: slow down, savor what’s in your mouth, really think about what you’re eating. That program also asked participants to take a 10 minute break between the first half and the second half of the food on your plate. Shortly after I began the program, I was out to dinner with three friends. One of them is 50, had four kids, and still weighs only 98 pounds. We were all talking, but three of us–who all weigh more than we should–were done a good twenty minutes before she was. Even so, she did eat her entire plate of food. There’s a real lesson in that, just as the article said.
Aw, Daffodil2010, we’ve all been there, done that. Your approach to just keep reading and posting as you’re able is exactly the right approach; the motivation will return. In the meantime, we’re all cheering you on! And, funny story about the biscuit/cookie “reward”!
@EmmaTaylor, so awful about that filling! After growing up with a great dentist, I had many adult years of having less-than-stellar dentists; now, we have an office full of wonderful dentists, all women, and all excellent. I have never not appreciated them, but all these stories (@BellyBlast, a dentist who thought anesthesia is a LUXURY????????) are making me appreciate mine even more.
@flourbaby, great attitude to the last-minute lunch invitation that included wine (or whatever). This is, after all, a WOL–LIFE, not LIMITING. 🙂
Yay, @northgeorgia, to be back at 249. You CAN reach 247 by month’s end, I’m sure of it.
@annabelle48, funny you should ask about sticks to measure ketosis; I just ordered some from Amazon yesterday in the hopes they help motivate me to be mindful in my five hours of eating. They’re supposed to arrive this coming Monday.

Okay, I’ve done my menu planning for the week, and I’m off to the grocery store. Have a grand day or grand night’s sleep, everyone, depending on where you are in the world!

@kazoo – I HAVE tried it!!! Yesterday DH and I went to Hampton Court, which has huge gardens and lawns. DH very sceptical – he has painful knees which look quite swollen, and is trying to avoid knee surgery. I practically had to force him to take his shoes off, and we walked for about 20 minutes on the grass. Astonishingly, he didn’t snore last night (phew..) and for the first time for literally months he didn’t spend about 20 minutes in the bathroom coughing and spluttering to clear his sinuses. May not be related but they might be. He hasn’t mentioned his knees, and I don’t want to push it. Very weird. In the book, it says grounding ( or earthing? Not sure…) can help with thyroid issues and varicose veins, amongst about a million other issues relating to our disconnect from the earth. I dunno. Would be nice if it could.

@EmmaTaylor. Sounds interesting. Might give it a go. I am going to read The real reason French Women don’t get fat again. I read it years ago but can’t remember much about it. I read the article @funshipfreddie mentioned and remembered I already have the book. I googled earthing and open water swimming was mentioned. We do feel better after a swim so I might try the bare foot walking. Bit of a whimp though in case I tread on a stone. I have an under active thyroid so it would be interesting to see if anything happens with that. I have been on thyroxine for 40 years now and stable. This year however something has happened and my medication has had to be halved and I am having blood tests every 3 months instead of yearly.

@emma-taylor – I am so with you about cold on sensitive teeth! Cold air or cold water are about the same. After periodontal surgery 15 years ago, then broken tooth and cap, finally in February the root of this molar was infected. Out it came, and with it the pain of exposed root.

Also, I think anyone who spends money to lose weight is rather extravagant. Fasting doesn’t cost a thing, well, except maybe a new scale!

Day 19, NFD, Aus

Hello all – just checking in.

Day 19, Emden Germany, NFD

@bellyblast The scales said I’m 59,5 kg this morning but it doesn’t really count because this is after having had 4 FDs. Let’s see what it says after a few NFDs.

@kazoo I’ll look up Deliciously Ella.

@songbirdme We have to go shopping on Friday and we’ll try to get everything to make bulgogi at Sunday.

ZBC day 19
@penz
@snowflake56

DTF day 19
@penz

Have a nice day everyone!

D19 FD UK Lake District

Another fast day for me. 3rd in a row. I really feel like doing this.

Not sure if I want to go for a run today or not yet so I think I will just have another cup of green tea before I make my mind up.

@time4me. I do try not to get on the scales often. I feel frightened of them sometimes not knowing what they are going to say. I was offered a health check at the GP surgery last friday and I was just about to say don’t tel me my weight when she told me i weighed 64kg. I have had this on my mind since then as my ideal weight is 60.1kg. So some way to go yet. Will try not to weigh now till end of challenge. I can tell in my body and know if I have over eaten so don’t need scales to tell me.

@penz it has to be my WOL as well.

@ I hate lettuce. I like the hairy dieters recipes. I use them on NFD’s and Fast 800 on FDs.

@snowflake56. I bought her books second hand from Amazon .

Have a good day everyone and take care.

Day 19 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Will have to read posts later. It’s a hectic Hump Day! 🐫 Back on the FD list tomorrow…

Pocket List – Day 19 🍒
@kazoo

ZBC List – Day 19 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie

DTF List – Day 19 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@emma-taylor

Day 19 – UK – NFD

GOOD MORNING ALL

Sorry about caps lock.

Down a lb in a week, which I’m pleased about. I’ll just keep at it.

Stay safe

Pocket List – Day 19 🍒
@kazoo

ZBC List – Day 19 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby

DTF List – Day 19 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@emma-taylor
@flourbaby

Day 19 Canada NFD

Another good FD done and dusted 😊Drank an ocean of water 🌊

@penz we started this WOL at the same time, I think I have finally made it my WOL. Seems to have taken a long time but it was worth it
Pocket List – Day 19 🍒
@kazoo
@northgeorgia

ZBC List – Day 19 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
@bellyblast

DTF List – Day 19 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@emma-taylor
@bellyblast
@flourbaby

Day 19 USA (Illinois) FD

Jumping in to put my name on the pocket list. Silver Sneakers this morning then doing some prep around the house for a couple new arrivals due – a rug for the family room. It’s going to be a huge deal to get the old one out from under shelving and furniture. Hopefully DH and our old selves can manage without calling in help!

Pocket List – Day 19 🍒
@kazoo
@northgeorgia
@songbirdme

ZBC List – Day 19 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
@bellyblast

DTF List – Day 19 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@emma-taylor
@bellyblast
@flourbaby

Onward and downward.

Day 19 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5

Lovely dinner last night, which I calculated out to be well over 1700 calories. That’s for one dinner. Sigh. No wonder I’m not losing on Fast5! There was nothing that was so awful, but the beer and the peach crisp were the biggest calorie counts. But, how often can you make a crisp with fresh peaches and have it come out one of the best crisps you’ve ever made? Honestly, I’d do it again. Today’s dinner will be less than 1000, so that’s much better.

@EmmaTaylor, I remember hearing about that book about going barefoot when it first came out, and I’m just “California hippy” enough to believe there’s lots of truth to be found in the concept. I hope your husband has continuing great results!
@kazoo, a concept that I learned from Why French Women Don’t Get Fat (or whatever the actual name is) is this: they take a bite and savor it. It’s about the best thing they’ve ever eaten, so they take another bite and savor it. It’s still really good, so they take a third bite and savor it. At this point, it’s no longer glorious, so they don’t bother with a fourth bite, because they’ve learned it’s only the first few bites that are glorious, but after that, the glory dissipates because you’ve already had some. Apply that concept to chips/crisps the next time they beckon, and it’s really true, except there’s that addictive combination of sweet and salty that’s been calculated to get you to keep eating the whole bag. (Wait. YOU all do that also, right????) 🙂
Okay, now here’s my own article to contribute to the discussion: https://www.sciencealert.com/read-this-before-you-try-any-of-these-intermittent-fasting-diets#:~:text=Time%2Drestricted%20eating%20(TRE),to%20as%20%22feeding%20windows%22. It actually doesn’t scold us into eating breakfast–but it also says that, although we’ll eat fewer calories in the day, we’ll also BURN fewer calories in the day if we skip breakfast. And I immediately thought of what Mom always said: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, supper like a pauper.
@penz, yeah, coulda, shoulda, woulda, right? I’m right with you in that club. When I got down to 137, why didn’t I fight harder to STAY there?????? Now I have 17 pounds to lose just to get back there, and then consider how much lower I would like to go. sigh. This is where @at‘s saying fits perfectly: “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. and when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”

The question: I”m 5’4″ (or at least I was then before age took away an inch) and I weighed between 105 and 120 during my high school years–and felt fat, because I have a big butt. (My DD tells me big butts are very fashionable these days. They weren’t when I was in high school.) Then in my 20s, I weighed 112 until my early 30s when I weighed 132. (112 was SKINNY. It was fun, but it was SKINNY, even though I didn’t realize it at the time. I thought I was simply “thin.”) Being at 132 was a lovely and thin-enough weight, but, again, I felt overweight. Then my DH sold his store and returned to college and seminary and we moved to a different state twice, and my weight shot up to 147…and eventually to 166. Now I’m fighting to at least be in the 140s, but preferably in the 130s and MAYBE even to 125.

Okay, enough typing! I love to chatter, but I have things I ought to be doing, and you certainly don’t need to read a novella from me, LOL! Have a great day, everyone!

Day 19 UK NFD

All going well , will be fasting tomorrow @annabelle48 I bought some Keto sticks on eBay Look like the ones MM used £5.25 incl P&p and arrived the next day sold by homehealth-U.K. No change on mine yet but it’s only been a couple of day Hoping for a change by end of week

@flourbaby I’ve “struggled” with my weight since late teens , I think it was the socialising (drinking ) that did it I remember been early 20s and been horrified I’d gone up to 9st 2 Ha ha if only I knew then , @stitchincarol – sound familiar? in between kids so around 24 years ago joined WW and got back to that weight ,
Not seen 9s since Have been in 10st (140lb) a few times which is my current goal , currently 10lb off, have a holiday booked for October 🤞and I really think it’s doable .The real challenge is keeping it off

Day 19 North Canton OH LFD

@flourbaby great to be missed!!😁 I log on most mornings, start typing my post, get distracted, minimize the window with plans to complete later. The next thing I know the day is half gone and I still have my half typed post minimized on the screen🤷‍♂️

My 18 year old moved in to college for her fresh man year and I am having all kinds of headaches because she is having difficulties adjusting. She wanted to be independent so bad but now she realizes how much she needs her parents. It’s exhausting. But this too shall not last 🤞

Pocket List – Day 19 🍒
@kazoo
@northgeorgia
@songbirdme
@basyjames

ZBC List – Day 19 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@northgeorgia
@bellyblast
@northerndawn
@basyjames

DTF List – Day 19 ☕️
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@emma-taylor
@bellyblast
@flourbaby
@northerndawn
@basyjames

Good luck!!!!

D19 FD UK Lake District.

Post2

Well I managed my run this morning after an altercation with a cyclist who was on the pavement not the road. He was very rude and upset me for the rest of the day.

Kitchen closed early today as I got mixed up with the time.

@flourbaby. I think I was born over weight. I have struggled as long as I can remember. My uncle used to call me Mitchelin man like the one that sat on top of the land rover advertising tyres. My grandma told me to get a paper round at the age of 13 to help lose weight as it had worked for my uncle. As you’ve guessed it didn’t for me.
When I was in my early 30’s I joined WW and got to my goal weight. I became a leader for a very short while and felt really good all dressed up to go to class. My husband bought me a lovely jumper for christmas and I felt lovely and slim in it but was told by WW that I couldn’t wear that as it wasn’t to their standards. I left there shortly afterward as it wasn’t for me and eventually all my weight plus more piled back on.

@judyjudes. Well done on your loss.

@NorthGeorigia. Hope you make the 240’s club tomorrow .

@stitchincarol. will read your article later.

@emma Taylor. When out for my run this morning I saw a man walking barefoot and thought of you. I wanted to ask him why he was doing it but was so out of breath then. I’ve bought the book to read after I have finished the French Woman book.

@at I have not tried Kefir. Will have to give it a go.

@basyjames. I am sure your 18 year old will settle soon and have the time of her life. I think it will be quite different for the freshers this year due to Covid

Have a nice evening everyone and see you all tomorrow

Day 19 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – LFD

Late post as I was catching up on my very first posts from 2017 when I discovered LFD’s and the wonderful weight loss effect they had on me. So I have actually motivated myself and am doing my first LFD in about two years. Hopeful to stay on course and see a result at the end of the month.

So far it’s been easy. I will be back tomorrow morning to check in as usual.

Day 20, Emden Germany, NFD

@i-hate-lettuce I’m at bit late with this but the Dutch and Germans also use wallpaper. We bought new wallpaper for the small entrance hall (parrots) and the downstairs cloakroom (bugs) last week. I think we’re the only ones that like it, but it’s our house and we have to look at it everyday. It’s not on the walls yet.
https://www.hornbach.de/shop/Vliestapete-108229-Kaefer-blau-holografisch/10245899/artikel.html
https://www.hornbach.de/shop/Vliestapete-630207-Paradisio-Floral-Papagei-gruen/6573529/artikel.html

@kazoo I try not to order anything online so have to find the book somewhere else.

@basyjames I hope she will settle in eventually. It’s not easy to live on your own, she must feel lonely without your help.

@daffodil2010 I also found out how well I did with LFDs in the past by reading my old posts. I had forgotten it.

@at I’m afraid in my case the sweets are causing the problem, I have to stop eating sugar. I tried kefir but missed the creamyness of yoghurt.

@flourbaby I always was slim until we moved to Emden in 2011 and I worked as a practice manager. Patients bring in loads of sweets and in 6 years time my weight went up from 56kg/123lbs to 72.9kg/160lbs. Port and cheese in the afternoon also contributed to the gain. We try to keep the sweets out of the house (but we now make our own) and hardly drink any alcohol anymore.

ZBC day 20
@penz
@snowflake56

DTF day 20
@penz

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 20 – Lakes UK – FD

Good morning everyone,

What a glorious morning,

Got to be a FD today, just about managed 5k steps yesterday and burned off 320 calories, but just as well, Mrs I-H-L made a beef curry yesterday and I only just managed to keep under my BMR of 1825. Exercise is more tiring just at the minute and I’m having to self isolate, so being very careful.

@kazoo – re the jumper not being up to WW standards, what a load of cobblers, that’s why I don’t generally join in a group thing! But there are always exceptions, this group have been a bit of a revelation, no criticism, just help and advice … and I can sit here in my Warthog onesie and no one cares 🙂

@snowflake56 – You have my sympathy with papering, oh to live in a more modern property with flat walls!

@betsylee – I’ve not lost my sense of mischief and humour yet, not sure if I’ve been picked up yet on putting my name down on the DTF list, on Thursdays! 😉

Take care all

Pocket lists Day 20

FD day 20
@daffodil2010
@i-hate-lettuce

ZBC day 20
@penz
@snowflake56

DTF day 20
@penz
@i-hate-lettuce