Day 29 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

@i-hate-lettuce – Good to hear all went well yesterday, & that you haven’t lost your sense of humour!

@daffodil2010 – hope you’re feeling better & that the cold doesn’t spoil your weekend.

@snowflake – an LFD, on a Saturday?! Good for you!🏋️‍♀️

Have a good weekend everyone 🌈 ⛅️

Pocket List – Day 29 🍋
@snowflake56 LFD

ZBC List – Day 29 🚫🍳
@snowflake56
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie

Exercise 30×5 or Leslie List – Day 29
@snowflake56

2nd post

@i-hate-lettuce I’m glad to hear everything went well yesterday.

@daffodil2010 I hope you get well soon, I wish I could send you some chicken broth.

@funshipfreddie My DH often works at Saturday’s so no problem doing a fast on those then. He’s also on a weight loss trip this month but he’s much stricter and lost more weight.

@flourbaby I’m also doing a LFD, I made 4 liters of chicken broth but I’ll try to take it as late as possible. We did a LFD once together so I’m sure we can do it today as well.

Day 29 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh in this morning at 246 lbs. Mom wants to go to the grocery store — we will see; I can understand the need to get out for a bit, but dad may not agree. Either way, I can get groceries for us both.

Just a couple of days left! We can do this!

Day 29 Canada NFD

Focusing on a strong weekend and getting some rest. Working for a few hours today and then have tomorrow off. @i-hate-lettuce I’m so glad to hear everything went well.

Day 29 NFD UK

Yesterday was such a stressful day. All sorts of things went wrong and had to be fixed and altered, so much so I was glad to go to bed early and end it.
This morning the scales gave me a big boost, WOOHOO. I have reached my August target of 154 lbs and not only that I now weigh 153.5. This won’t last long though as tomorrow DD and DSIL are coming here to tea with sandwiches, scones, clotted cream, jam and who know maybe a little drinkie or two!!

Hopefully this gain will be fairly short lived as next week I start on the purge in preparation for the periscope job on Thursday. Collected the Dynarod kit yesterday.

Today is my wedding anniversary, 61 years, so the weight loss was a welcome present.

@ I hate lettuce. So glad your procedure went well. Your post made me laugh.
@ Northern Dawn. Many thanks for your good wishes.
@ Daffodil 10. I really hope it is just a cold you have even though that’s bad enough and can make you feel pretty miserable.
@ BrightonBelle. I have had no luck with the ketostix. Have had 3 goes so far.

TTFN

D29 NFD UK Lake District.

2nd post

Well I have been very at keeping up with posting, so here goes it might be a long one.

I listened to a podcast on a site called In the fasting lane. It was about an a lady who found this WOL at the beginning of lockdown and has managed to lose 50lbs. It was very motivating. She just started with TRE 16:8 and drinking lots of water and she lost almost a stone the first week.

@at Well done with 4 FD800’s. I managed 3 and then felt I needed some more calories. I did F800 for 12 weeks (October 2019/January 2020) and found it OK but I struggle to do 3 days now. It has to be a mind set.So are you back to the weight you want to be now? Traffic has been really bad again today we cant wait for schools to go back now. Your L’Enclume meal sounds really. good.

@stitchincarol
We can DO this, we can DO this, we can DO this, we can! (That’s a cadence used by lots of high school cheerleaders; is it a familiar cadence around the world??) 🙂 YES WE CAN.

@snowflake56. I have got my planking up to 70 seconds now. We used to go the gym but haven’t returned since lockdown due to my husband being on chemotherapy and we don’t really feel comfortable yet. When we were there we did classes spin, circuits and kettlebells every week plus a run and several swims. I do miss the classes but we now have a personal trainer come to the house and have a session in the garden and of course we open water swim. There are too many tourist around at the moment to even think about running as we cant get round them.

@Daffodil2020 Look after yourself and that cold. Everyone seems to think that the only illness around is Covid.

@i hate lettuce Glad all went well and you didn’t lose you appetite.

@annabelle Congrats on reaching your August target and also on 61 years of married life. Enjoy your cream tea I think you deserve it.

Day 30 Melb Aust CD
Day 29 NFD

Oh dear, I followed @stitchincarol and @flourbaby into indulgence yesterday – a NFD indeed, instead of the intended CD, and the scales jumped back up the 1.2 kg I’d lost. I know the gain is in part due to me eating bought food which is much saltier than my norm, so I am hoping with a controlled day today to see the scales go back down again tomorrow. But oh dear, not as planned at all.

@i hate lettuce, great to read your post and to know that the op went so well. You really didn’t want to be knocked out, did you?!

@annabelle48, well done for your loss on the scales, yay!
Just a hint – if you leave a gap between the @ and the following name, the posts are not sent to people’s emails, and we do like to read when someone mentions us.

@daffodil2010, hope you’re feeling better now. Disappointing that you couldn’t visit your Dad and had to cancel your dinner. Really, with everything happening re Covid-19, everyone should be well aware of the risks. I guess your older friend was just quite disappointed, but not easy for you to get the brunt of it.

Keep on keeping on everyone, just today and tomorrow to go for August!

D30 NFD UK Lake District

Just checking in. Two days to go.

The sun is shining here today so we will be going for our usual open water swim. It takes us nearly as long to get dressed for it than the swim itself. I don’t find putting a wetsuit on very easy wish someone would invent a spray on one. we look like Mr & Mrs Blobby walking to the lake. At least it is only for a couple of minutes.

@snowflake56 My husband was diagnosed in November last year and as you can imagine it was a great shock. He did not have any symptoms and it was found by another routine test. He has had 12 rounds of chemo to date and is doing really well, so will continue until his body cannot take any more. He is fit and well otherwise but we did make a promise to ourselves then we would continue to keep fit. He is not swimmer but now really loves our open water swim and finds it invigorating so it is something we will continue to do until the water gets too cold.

@flourbaby Glad you are back on track. It makes you wonder why we all have these little blips. One thing I have learnt is to get straight back to it but easier said than done.

@i hate lettuce Your obviously didn’t get enough sleep under the anaesthetic but good you were able to sleep last night.

We had a similar issue with our electricity during lockdown. When I rang in to check what was happening they already knew my husband was vulnerable (Must have picked it up from NHS England as we hadn’t told them). They asked if we needed help (which we didn’t) and rang us to check when the power was back on. Also they sent us a gift to enjoy a picnic in our garden. A rug, torch, and two insulated mugs. amazing service.

Enjoy your Sunday and see you all in September.

Day 30 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Last August FD tomorrow. I think I’m going to need it 😳

@annabelle48 – Happy anniversary, & enjoy the lunch 🎊 🍾

Happy S🌞nday everyone

Pocket List – Day 30 🍌
@i-hate-lettuce

ZBC List – Day 30 🚫🍳
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie

Exercise 30×5 or Leslie List – Day 30 💃🏋🏃 🏊
@kazoo

Day 30 – USA/GA – NFD

Wow! Another weigh in at 246 lbs. today. One more day of 246, please?

As the next few days will end the challenge for Auspicious August, I hope to see those who want to continue participating in next month’s challenge for Salubrious September!

Best wishes today and tomorrow!

Day 30 Canada NFD

Swerved the wine this weekend but did enjoy a delicious pasta dinner last night. Will have a final weigh in tomorrow but will be on my 60kg goal for the month.

The days are starting with that crisp chill in the air, my favourite time of the year is the fall:)
@emmataylor that is so many steps! A couple of weeks in Rome sounds exciting!
@i-hate-lettuce it is fantastic to think how much this WOL has helped your health and ability to deal with your challenges. Yes we are all cheering for you
@flourbaby we all have wobbles and will continue to have them, this WOL settles them down though. One day at a time…
@annabelle48 congrats on reaching your goal
@at your meals sounds delicious, it is so great to see how inventive restuarants can be and come up with neat ideas like this
@northgeorgia I am so glad you are hosting next month and will be there. You are doing so well

Day 31, FD, Aus

Quick post – great to hear you’re up and out (MOAMing), @Ihatelettuce.

See you in September!

Day 31 Update

Still fasting and feeling much better than I did after waking up. Sometimes not eating is simply the best thing to do.

Day 31 – Lake District UK – CFD

Good morning everyone,

Another glorious morning this morning, enjoyed another short walk yesterday and then some bimbling around in the garden. Decided to have a lazy afternoon and put the feet up. Watched the T20 ‘hit and giggle’ cricket, England vs Pakistan. I’m not much of a cricket fan to be honest, but these short games really are entertaining stuff. Still sans beer though, throat prefers warm milk and honey at the moment !!!

To all those ‘cheering me on’ this month, thank you, it really has given me a boost, big hugs all round 😉

@kazoo – @snowflake56 – Yes really impressed with the ‘phone company, couldn’t believe how quick they were!

@flourbaby – Thanks for looking after us all this month, it’s been a funny old month, but I managed a couple of pounds off, which I’m more than happy with.

Take care all, ‘see you’ all tomorrow in the September edition of our WOL.

Day 31. OMAD. London / Rome. I know. Sorry.

@flourbaby – thanks for being a great host. You have been so good at motivating us. Much appreciated.
@kazoo – we have done a few bits of the Capital Ring, and also the further out London Loop ( is that right? Maybe not). The Epping Forest stretch starting at the Queens Hunting Lodge was lovely. I know what you mean about the tube. We have had to get the Victoria line a couple of times and it feels very unsafe. And some people still don’t wear masks!!! Have a good week all. I’ll be posting from Rome. 😎😎😎

Day 31 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

@flourbaby thank you for hosting Auspicious August, you have been a wonderfully entertaining host 💐🙂

Its been a good month for me, back in maintenance zone, another couple of pounds off would be better and I aim to shift those in the next month or two so that I have the comfort of some wriggle room for special treats times.

Congratulations to everyone who has hung onto the wagon this month, it isn’t always easy. If you have reached your goal for August well done, if you haven’t no worries just reboot and start again.

I need a digital detox so I’m taking a break from the forum, but not this WOE, I will still be here in spirit. Just think of me as sitting quietly and determinedly at the back of the wagon.

Keep safe, keep healthy and keep on keeping on everyone 😎

Day 31 – USA/GA – FD

Awww, up to 247 lbs. Still, that was my target goal for August, so I did it! Whew! Hopefully, this week will be good-bye to 247 as we move into September.

Good luck to all of us on the pocket lists today!

Pocket List – Day 31 🍓
@penz
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia

ZBC List – Day 31 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia

DTF List – Day 31 ☕️
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@brightonbelle

Exercise 30×5 or Leslie List – Day 31 💃🏋🏃 🏊
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@brightonbelle

Day 31 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD

Despite beer and a bit more freedom over the weekend, I still held my own at 152.4 until this morning; yesterday’s indulgences were apparently too much as I’m up to 154.4 this morning. I’m sure today’s FD will cure that, however, and no beer again until Friday will perhaps drop another pound off? We’ll see.

I’m finding the Fast5, with my own window from 4 to 9 (and really, in practice, it’s more like 4-7) to be surprisingly easy. When I would try OMAD, I always had to eat before the actual meal, which felt like a failure, so I wasn’t fond of it; calling it a fast except for a certain set number of hours has been a game-changer for me, as I feel no guilt to have a snack of something right at 4 to tide me over until our meal at 6. The thing that sabotages my week’s efforts is Sunday: I won’t give up our family brunch, so I always end up eating far more on Sundays than other days. But, this is, after all, a WOL and Sunday Brunch is a big part of our life, so I’ll find a way to lose weight even with a Sunday Sabotage, LOL.

@kazoo, is there hope of remission for your DH?
@EmmaTaylor, my DH and I went to Rome last summer for three glorious days (we were on our way to Israel for a study trip). Have a grand time!
@northgeorgia, great name, LOL! Plus, since August isn’t yet over, I am of the opinion that what you weigh TOMORROW’S is the actual weight for you to record your Amazing August Accomplishments! 🙂
@annabelle48, are you writing posts on a phone, a tablet, a laptop? We could offer suggestions if we know which it is.
@flourbaby, thanks for hosting August; you did an auspicious job! 🙂

BTW, I’m so glad the 30×5 list has been helpful! I realized too late last Thursday that I shouldn’t have put my name on that day as I didn’t have time until evening, and was too tired then. Nonetheless, I walked with Leslie five times last week, and could see on my FitBit the additional calories that burned, so it’s clearly a factor in how quickly I lose weight.

Pocket List – Day 31 🍓
@penz
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol

ZBC List – Day 31 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol

DTF List – Day 31 ☕️
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol

Exercise 30×5 or Leslie List – Day 31 💃🏋🏃 🏊
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol

Day 31 2nd post

@stitchincarol Our posts crossed but I caught it in time to edit ( without losing the whole thing) and include your name on the lists before mine. I agree about Sunday’s being a family day with food, thus my reluctance to use this morning’s weight as my final August one. Maybe the Sunday sabotage is a midwestern thing? Idk, but I am not giving that up even if it slows my weight loss. And, thanks for the 30×5 list: it really is a great idea and leaves the type of activity to each person. Very motivating for me.

Day 31 North canton OH FD

August has come to an end, and what a beauty she was.

@flourbaby, thank you for being such a lively and entertaining host 🎉

@Ihatelettuce thank you for sharing, I am so glad that you are doing better. Kudos on your weight loss and successful surgery. You are right, losing extra weight and getting fitter is not just about vanity (although that is an added perk) it’s an added all around physical, emotional, mental boost to our health and wellness.

I plan to do better in September, I have been sporadic at best with posting, and last week I just needed a break from everything. So I chucked it all and I am starting over with September. I have chucked all the cashews and nuts that were sabotaging my efforts, I am staying away from alcohol (for now), and I just need to get in the groove again. I have been juggling a lot more than usual, and I’m just trying to figure out how to incorporate all my have-to-dos in a sustainable fashion. One day at a time is my motto from here on out.

With regards to exercise; a close friend of mine and I settled on a system that ensures we have to work out during the week. We both subscribe to Beachbody.com and we are accountable to each other to complete one exercise a day during the week. Every time subscribers exercise using the app, it auto-populates a grid. For accountability,we decided to screen grab that grid and send to each other. Failing to do that for the day means that you owe the other person $5 for each day that you do not exercise. It has proved to be quite the motivator for both of us.

Good luck to all of us on the pocket lists today!

Pocket List – Day 31 🍓
@penz
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@basyjames

ZBC List – Day 31 🚫🍳
@penz
@snowflake56
@emma-taylor
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@basyjames

DTF List – Day 31 ☕️
@funshipfreddie
@flourbaby
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@basyjames

Exercise 30×5 or Leslie List – Day 31 💃🏋🏃 🏊
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@basyjames

Day 31 – UK – TDEE

Where has the last few days gone?? Been out walking every day making the most of the nice weather and going off the beaten track to avoid the large number of tourists.

Thank you @flourbaby for being such a great host and for your funny and entertaining posts – always look forward to reading them and end up with a ☺️ and at times even 🤣 These are for you 🤗💐

No time to catch up with the posts so hoping everyone is doing OK and keeping safe – Weigh in tomorrow morning for end and start of challenge weight!!!!

Looking forward to a good September – See you all there

“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”

It’s still day 31 in some parts of the world, so I am logging in just to say THANK YOU to @flourbaby for your enthusiastic and amusing hosting this month. Always a pleasure to log on and see all your wonderful exclamation marks and bemusement over the antics of the rest of us (but I am with you in hoping that Interpol aren’t after Bellyblast for the crime against humanity of shunning wine with pasta).

See you all in September!