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Day 11 (again, still) – Colorado USA — NFD
ADF12kg– Sweet, sweet success!
Nice victory over your emotions. Especially difficult after a charged situation that would provide huge surges of cortisol & adrenaline. You handled it well by refusing to run to food for comfort. But more importantly, you registered the negative self-talk & learned from that. Way to go!
:Internet High Five:
Day 11 – Cumbria UK – FD
Hope my fellow fasters @ciren2 and @bert1802 are keeping strong and are winning on this cold FD. For the first time in ages I felt really, really cold today! I hope that together we were strong…….@jojo58 so perhaps burning some extra calories……….and like you I did not see what all the fuss was about with La La Land!!!
@ciren2 – Like you I was so cold that I ended up tucked with a hot water bottle whilst watching the Rugby – Italy were demolished by Ireland and Wales so nearly undid England……..I drank plenty of hot water with lemon and a cup or two of tea with skimmed milk.
Cooked my OH’s favourite crab pasta(spelt) for his dinner and I had some of the sauce with some courgetti – came in at under 400cals in total for the day (that’s including the skimmed milk in my numerous cups of tea!!) I held out this far so will hold firm until bed.
@happymargo – great news re your all clear. Small world – I was a surgical RN too, loved it – moved into management after I had my daughter and then took early retirement 3 years ago to move to Cumbria and am loving my new life here…….OH and both love seafood and curries too!
@onahealthyhigh (from 9/2 post) – When I reached my target weight – I cleared my wardrobe of all the size 14 and 12 and have been slowly buying new things that fit me in (size 10 and 8!)and make me feel good because like you “I AM NOT keeping it just in case” because I am not going back there!”
@dykask – I just picked up on your loss – 40% down to 18% body fat – that is amazing so very well done!
@lindamaria – re stir fry sauce – I saute some shallots, ginger, garlic, chilli in a non stick pan, use a bit of stock to cook it down – add my vegetable and add some coriander, lemon/lime juice and soy sauce to finish. Experiment with flavours you like……
@orpheusx – lovely positive post and I like the John Lennon quote
@granny2ten – thank you and love your pampering day – me time is so important
@adf12kgless – a big definite YAY for you – what a win and I’m so happy for you – this will be such a motivator and feel good factor!
Lovely to read so many positive stories – what an amazing global group we are and so much to learn from each other.
Did not weigh in today as normal as did not do my usual FD on Friday so will weigh in tomorrow after today’s FD!
“Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life” and the 5:2 WOL certainly has been that for me!
Day 11 (again, still) – Colorado USA — NFD
Konmari’ed my kitchen pantry. Looks fantastic!
Been thinking of tackling that for a while. Glad to have found the block of time to accomplish it. Next up will be all my kitchen pots/ pans/ dishes & glassware. Afraid that will take even longer. I’m thinking a Fast Day would be perfect because it’ll keep my hands & mind too busy to fuss about food.
And I’m so looking forward to Konmari’ing my wardrobe when I reach goal weight as AT, K-Lo & onahealthyhigh all have. I don’t want to keep loose, baggy clothes around “just in case” I re-gain. To me that would just be inviting trouble!
(I do however plan to tailor down to correct size some of my favorite/ nicest clothing pieces. I’m quite good at sewing & this will save me loads of $$. One item I know for sure I will spring for: a beautiful new black leather belt.)
JohnnyR– LOL, no problem, I love mangoes!
Moth– Sorry about the broken arm! Hope the pain is minimal & it heals quickly for you!
Day 11 Portugal NFD
63 kg
I broke my fast today at midday after b2b fast. Pleased my weight stayed about the same as last week considering what I ate! Need to try and lose this incoming week.
Had sushi for lunch so fairly high calories. And had some chocolate and a few sweets. Will try and be more mindful tomorrow, it is all about getting our minds round it!
Had a relaxing today – I am making a patchwork quilt for my daughter to take when she leaves home for university in the autumn. Quite relaxing
Day 12 NFD NZ
Can’t quite catch up on everything here yet, one page to go, but I’m prepping lunch foods for the kids today and need to get my day started.
I’m very familiar with FD freeze, I’m naturally cold a lot anyway but FD take it to a whole new level!
OH and I are away for 4days for our 15year wedding anniversary on Thursday so to keep to my 4:3 plan for the week I’ll need to do my FD btbtb. I haven’t done that before and I’m a bit nervous but I really feel i need 4:3 to keep me trending down on the scale so it’s the only choice.
Any advice? I’ll be in and out keeping my focus these next few days but not likely checking in much for the remainder of the week
Hey All,
It’s early morning and I am awake, hopefully not for long but I have already had over 5 hours sleep no I won’t be going back to sleep for long. If I spend over 8 hours in bed I get a headache(dehydration) and lower back ache. The body knows what it wants.
My fast day today went very well, just 6 spicy pakoras and hot sauce with green beans. I find spicy food more filling and enjoyable. Better to have one meal you enjoy that three calorie controlled meals that give you no satisfaction and leave you feeling deprived and depressed.
It’s too easy to compare your eating to that of others who are quicker losers and be jealous. Does it help you? Are you competitive? Then change something to be more successful. It isn’t rocket science. Make your body more effective at burning calories. Read, research, listen, be experimental. There are two food types that are holding you back- sugar and refined carbs. You make the decisions! Obviously you can’t make the decisions right ‘all the time’ but you can challenge yourself to make a percentage of them right, make that percentage increase daily. Don’t compete with others compete with yourself. The world is dominated by ‘food’ industry to saturation point, fight the brain washing.
What good decisions are you making, focus on the positive not the ‘sod it’ moments.
Exercise is good for your body, it needs it, no matter what size you are you can do something. One of the ladies at my Slimming Club is wheelchair bound. She has lost 2.8 stones in 3 months. She lifts weights and stopped using her electric chair, she now pushes herself. If anyone has tried this(I have) it’s a real work out for the upper body. That inspires me to do better, do more, my heart and lungs will thank me later in life.
We all need to take positive action to release stress it’s more dangerous to our bodies than eating too much. Yoga, meditation, exercise, resting, reading, knitting, having pets all help. Make sure you deal with it, it is the silent killer.
Lecture over, back to sleep.
Good Luck, keep posting, your advice may lead someone else to succeed. We learn by making mistakes, I have made so many over the last three years, you can learn from other people’s mistakes too.
Day 12 – Tokyo Japan – NFD 79.5 kg
@elektron I’m kind of with you although I typically won’t waste my calories on eating a McDonalds. I keep a rough idea of what I’m eating and once I’m eating I eat to be satisfied. I suffered for two years tying to lose the weight with managing my consumption and all I gained was 2kg of fat. At some point calorie restriction always fails me and also kicks me in the teeth hard for the effort. All pain and fat gain after a few months of desired results.
However 3 days of fasting non-stop! WOW. I’m just amazed you were able to even eat a Sunday after a 3 day fast.
So yesterday I eat well over 3000kc but so far today I’m eating less. This is typical for me. What really matters is losing the fat. Today I noticed I no longer have a belly button, it has turned into a belly frown because the skin is getting too loose. Kind of shocking when I saw it, I’m not altogether sure it is a good thing.
Day 12 NFD cool wet country West Australia
Yesterday was OK. Shared courses for lunch – e.g. shared entree, shared a main – with my son rather than have full serves. It’s always good to have boys/young men with a healthy appetite at hand to help finish a meal.
I just had soup and 1 glass of white wine for dinner – wanted to curb the excesses from the doughnuts earlier in the day.
Felt really full. Reset appetite feels so good.
Like others I have found this WOL helps with a lower food bill.
DH reckons he’s eating less because our meals are smaller portions. He’s lean as a ‘roo dog already but I do try to give him bigger serves and serve his meals on bigger plates than me.🤔
Being very mindful this morning but out to lunch and having more carbs than usual. I wasn’t going to weigh this morning and then realised that the days I overdo it are the very days I SHOULD weigh.
1. The number on the scales IS simply a number. My day and my sense of self is certainly not defined by a single number on a single day.
2. It helps me to see just how the scales bounce around.
3. It helps me to face the truth. It occurred to me that it was pretty silly not to weigh because I was concerned I might not like what i would see. I expect the scales to be up since I haven’t exercised as much and I’ve eaten more in the past 2 days than previously so it is logical that the scales might show I had put on weight. It is only temporary and I have control over what I do to rectify the situation. So tomorrow I fast. It’s not rocket science.
The head in the sand ‘ I won’t weigh until I think the scales are being kind to me’ attitude is possibly one reason I am here. The only person I am fooling is myself – and not even then because at the back of my mind is the thinking outlined above.
For me ignorance is NOT bliss. I want to know how my weight loss journey is going so I can tweak and twang to make it more successful.
And as always, weight loss is only one of the reasons for doing 5:2, the other health benefits enjoyed go without saying.
So for me it was a daily weigh and yes it was up about a kg – could have been worse ( old and not very accurate scales where I am staying with my boy) but tonight when home I will check on my new digital ones and see.
As Katie Scarlett O’Hara of Gone With The wind Fame said ” tomorrow is another day”
Enjoy the rest of the weekend all.🙃
Further to weather – still flooding in our part of the state. Unbelievable pictures and videos online from the Great Southern.
Day 12 – Perth AUS – NFD
D1 weight: 74.0kg
D5 weight: 70.1kg
D12 weight: 69.8kg
Goal weight: 68.0Kg (Revised)
Minimal loss since the previous week’s super duper loss, but I’m counting this as a good thing, as it means it was maintained! The biggest thing for me is that my top Michelin Woman roll (under bust) shrunk an astounding 3cm! Not much else moved in terms of kilos or centimetres, but to be losing that roll is AWESOME! Hopefully it and its three sisters can all shrink – or better yet, disappear forever – in the not too distant future 🙂
@happymargo Oooh the cheeseburgers with their little onions and adding extra pickles – that’s my exact weakness! 😀 I’ll use you as inspiration now. Replace my Maccas with vegies 🙂
@johnnyr I’ve started Irish Dancing for HIIT. Just doing drills sure gets the heart pumping! Lots of Youtube videos with beginner steps.
P.S. Everyone in this thread is awesome, and I’m not making that up. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Hi All,
I am getting very concerned that addiction to counting calories and weighing on scales may be detrimental to our fasting lifestyle. I am therefore not going to weigh in for the whole of March( I already gave up counting calories in favour of healthy eating choices only) No idea how this will go but wish me luck. This is about reducing stress and anxiety. I weigh daily at present because in the past meant ‘not weighing’ represented ‘not controlling’ what I was eating. I think I have passed beyond that stage now. Let clothes be my signs.
This is coming from ‘Eat to live not live to eat’ lifestyle change.
Day 10 NFD AZ USA. Hubs made clam linguini and had a glass of wine waiting as I walked in the door from a brutal 12 hour work day. I think he wants me to keep my plump lower half
Day 11 will also be a NFD. Going out for pizza for a friends bday. I think I’m going to skip all meals until then seeing I’m up a few lbs.
Between last month and this month it seems this’s about the time where a few of us lose focus. We came to this forum for a reason, so let’s stay on track!! Food will not win. Unless it’s pizza, pizza always wins. 😜
Second post:
@jojo58 Definitely agree counting calories is detrimental to long term maintainance and weight loss. I only count when my weight creeps up and need to rejig my portion control and I never count calories for veg. Concentrating on eating healthy foods is much easier and less challenging then focussing on numbers.
I’m one of those people who love jumping on the scales, sometimes two or three times a day! It keeps me accountable. If I stop then I’m in denial and usually gaining weight. This helps me understand my body and it’s performance. I’m only concerned with the weight on the scales after my second fast day. That’s the weight I record on the tracker.
@ciren2 (?) I too eat both probiotics and prebiotics for gut health. Love my pickles, sauerkraut, kimchee, yoghurt and kefir. I’m also a big fan of fibre rich unprocessed carbs and resistant starch (cooked, cooled and reheated pasta and potatoes) to promote healthy bacteria.
Onwards and downwards on our journey to a healthy, sustainable life style.
Hi jojo58
re addiction to calorie counting and weighing.
I have never been a calorie counter before November 2016 when I started this WOL. From November I was quite strict with the counting for some time simply because I really thought I was eating healthily – very little junk food, very little sugar as savoury foods are more to my taste, not much alcohol and lots of exercise. I hit 50 and the fat fairy came along and overnight superglued a Mac truck sized spare tyre around my waist. Funnily enough she also attacked a lot of my similar aged friends at the same time. Busy fat fairy! Anyway a lot of us couldn’t really figure out how it had happened. Long story short, started 5:2, worked out TDEE and idly started crunching numbers.
Wallop ! Right between the eyes. We’d all been consuming way, way WAAAYYYYY over our TDEE without being aware of it. Some health professionals, others fit and sporty people who knew about good fats, exercise, portion control etc ( a physio, some nurses, and a diabetes educator amongst us!!).and SO…
calorie counting for a while but not forever. Portion control ( using MFP) for a while but not forever. For me at least it is just until I get things to a stage where I can reasonably assess roughly the amounts that I am eating. I haven’t got there yet but the kilos lost and not returned mean that something is working.
Sorry but for me there is absolutely no point ( and this just applies for my weight loss because I am aware of the other benefits of 5:2) trying to lose weight if I am fasting a few days a week, which I still think really is simply extreme restriction of calories no matter what kind, and then pigging out or not being mindful for the rest of the week is self defeating.
For me, and I can only comment on my own journey, calorie counting, portion control and daily weighing keep me accountable.
( I have been a daily weigher for many years and watched the scales steadily head in an upwards direction. Even when I was obviously FAT I was in self denial. My family and DH were worried as I was getting some serious health issues and liking exercise less and less. However as my DH said the other day that saying ” woman who are overweight live longer than men who mention it!” is so true. He was really worried for me – he loves me no matter what size or shape and said he hoped I would be around for a long time yet- but no-one was brave enough to broach the elephant in the room, pun intended.
It took a photo of me at a wedding to really see how big I had become. NO more rose-coloured glasses. No more pretending the fat would somehow magically melt away while doing the same old same old. Time for action!! I saw a few programs on Dr M’s 5:2 ( had read and re-read the book a few times over the years without really doing anything about it.) Liked the idea of it as a sustainable WOL, came online and have been with the community ever since.
This is simply MY journey. It won’t be the way others do things nor would I expect it to be. I don’t have an addiction for calorie counting – it’s incredibly boring and often quite a slow process – but will keep crunching the numbers for a while yet. I will probably be a daily weigher forever, just something I do, but for now, for this season this is where I am at.
I haven’t been counting calories lately and there is no weight loss. It doesn’t particularly worry me atm as I have spent a few days eating and drinking more than is usual in a weekend due to social and family commitments.
I think we all do things differently and anything that helps a person sustain a healthier way of life should be embraced.
I have learnt a lot from this community and I am sure that it is the daily posting and reading that has helped me thus far.
Apologies for length of post but just trying to reassure you that this ‘addiction’ too will pass!!
Hi lilymartin,
I too needed to calorie count initially but I am now well versed with calorie values.
I appreciate your opinion and it is clearly presented but do you envision a future when these measures will not be necessary? I really hope so!
I believe I am sufficiently ‘in tune’ to know what my body needs and whether I have lost weight without using these outside tools. This is one of the benefits of taking the long road. Let’s see what happens in March.
I am prepared to be wrong, I have been many times.
I have requested the help of medical health professionals concerning weight control for years but they were all armed with the wrong information about what the body needs so it doesn’t surprise me in the least. There is no one diet for all but fasting does help lots of people. 5:2 in its pure form worked for me for the first three months effectively, since then I have tried every combination of plans within fasting. Currently 23/1 is working. But if it stops, what next? Hence I am investigating gut bacteria improvements and Insulin Resistance (Dr Jung) sugar is an issue many faster she need to address.
Hi jojo58
I most certainly DO envisage a future without calorie counting!!! and I’m hoping it is sooner rather than later . But until I can get a guide as to how I am going I will continue to plug the numbers. I actually haven’t counted calories for a few days – too busy.
I do use other measures for health/weight – clothes fit, waist measurement etc.
However it is just taking a bit of time to fine tune things for me . I don’t actually know the value of things calorifically.I have known people on diets who could quote how many calories in everything – that’s not me! I simply plug in what I have eaten and see how it computes against my TDEE and see if I’m in the vicinity. For example – if I have had 2 meals and feel a bit peckish I can see how many calories I’ve had for the day and whether I will eat a few almonds or an avocado on toast.
Initially I used it every day for every morsel.
I used to think I was doing fine on FDs when I had a lot of hot drinks. However I have a lot of milk in my drinks and I was consuming far more on a FD than I would have guessed. 6 tablespoons of milk per drink is much more than the 1 tablespoon quoted for on MFP.
I use calorie counting as a guide for quantity etc.
Just went to lunch with my son and had fish, salad ,an orange and carrot juice and a flat white coffee .
No idea of calories and no plan to plug numbers – but I DO intend to fast tomorrow!🙃
Day 12 UK FD
Still really full from last night as I ate late and too much as when I wanted to cook my sister was stinking up the kitchen with the dog’s food so I just grabbed a bowl of cold curry and ran but was still hungry later and aware of not having got anywhere near my tdee for the day and so ate again but too much. working this morning is going to be uncomfortable:( but at least it is drier if not much warmer. I got really chilled yesterday because I was just sitting much of the time. Just above freezing is the worst temperature for getting chilled. Just below it is drier and not so penetrating. And of course you stay much warmer when lugging buckets of muck about.
Day 12 Sunshine Coast Qld Australia: NFD: Sorry I missed yesterday LynzM. I’m totally non compliant at the moment. I’m at my daughter’ place in Toowoomba having picked up my husband from the airport, visited my mother-in-law and then came up here for my 3rd youngest grandchild’s 4th birthday. I am eating and drinking all the wrong things and really enjoying being part of the flow. But tomorrow is reboot. The fact that I will be 2 kgs heavier isn’t going to weigh me down unduly. Just have to start again, still looking towards 100 kgs by 26th April.
Day 11, Day 13 Dunsborough, West Australia NFDs
@jojo58 – thanks so much for detailing your 23/1 for FDs and 16/8 for NFDs. This is exactly what I’ve been doing and it’s working a treat. Whilst I don’t live and die by what the scales say, they are nevertheless a measure of how I’m going atm. I started the 5:2 WOL four weeks ago today, and have lost 4 kgs in 4 weeks and am very happy with that. However, I don’t count calories on NFDs, but am very mindful of what I eat. Some days I know I’m a bit over, and others definitely under, and I’m not stressing the day to day. If and when I plateau or start putting on weight, then I’ll re-think. Have cut out starchy carbs and sugar as you mentioned in your more recent post.
I’ve been having water kefir for a couple of years now and love it. Does anyone want my hints and tips for making fizzy kefir that tastes like home brew ginger beer?
Went out for lunch today and my main meal consisted of a prawn entree combined with a Vietnamese side salad. Eating out is my Achilles Heel, and this is the best I’ve ever done. Decided to have dessert of Lemon Polenta slice (gluten free) but it turned out to be something quite different to what I had envisaged. Ate the lot… cream and all… and felt stuffed afterwards. It really did look like a healthy option though. I eat out very seldom these days and I’m not overly concerned about 1 meal. Will make today a 23/1 NFD.
Happy fasting everyone. We are all doing so well fighting our own individual demons. Why is it that we know what to do but resist doing it? Baby steps is definitely the way to go.
Day 12: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD
Yesterday’s fast-day was…wait for it…A SUCCESS! The second for February, the fifth for 2017….yay!!!
Next one planned for TOMORROW. First day back at the Royal Mail, so away from the larder and fridge and out on the rounds.
@at: Did you do it?
@bert: Yoo tooo?
@reid: This is for you.
You may or may not have noticed that I too have recently had (hopefully past tense) a hard time with the WOL. Trust me, I know EXACTLY how it makes you feel. Depressed, miserable, wanting to leave the forum, a fraud, out of control etc, etc..
HOWEVER, whatever else you do, stay and check in every day, even if, like me, it was always either NFD or FD turned sour. People on here care….it’s a great comfort. I personally have started to use a CD to meditate before bedtime, as I was getting SO stressed with my failure. Maybe it’s the placebo effect, or maybe, it’s working, but I’ve done 2 fast-days this week after none for nearly a month. My first stone back-on was looming large…I was TERRIFIED. So, Reid, I’m supporting you and looking out for you. If you like, join me tomorrow on a successful fast-day. Biggest Hugs xx
Day 12, London, UK, NFD
Just about managed to catch up with all the posts, if I let it slide by a day, I have to make a real effort so I don’t lose touch with the enormous support, laughs and confidence boosting comments! You’re too many to ‘shout out individually, but you guys make my day!!
@johnnyr………re:£20……….eeerrhhh?……………………NO.
I too had to punch a new hole in my leather belts last week – nearly lost a finger in the process, thinking hammer & nail might be better (safer) than the carving knife! LOL, I dream of a 34” waist…………. Visualise & it will come to you!!!
@happymargo……….. Mmmmhhh RED, RED WINE…. My nemesis (although bread, cake, chocolate, biscuits and flour products in general are on that list) LOVING the fairy visits right now, hope your dinner was fab, no details please because I’ll probably read about it on my Day13 FD!! CANNOT get the picture of a mango out of my head…………….. more to do with you and @johnnyr than hunger!
@rocy65 – I love the loose clothes even the saggy knickers, but I have to make the effort mentally, as with food, to throw/ give stuff away – I’m such a hoarder!! As for nails (and loose skin) I have used MSM and Biotin for a number of years. I put MSM and vitamin C in my 1st Litre of water for the day and I take 1 1000mg biotin tablet/day. I think they work in conjunction with the coconut oil I slather on – EVERYWHERE – and re-apply after every handwash. I hope that helps. Enjoy your week away, stay mindful!!
@dykask, maybe you could try MSM, either topically or ingested to turn that belly button frown upside down!!! Nothing like a tummy massage….Purrrrrrrrrrr
@lilymartin and @jojo58 – Chuckled at the image of the fat fairy and the mack truck…………then remembered she knows where I live too! Uurgh…….why doesn’t she visit the men I know?? I find I have to calorie count because any form of guessimating only leads to disaster for me, MY portion of cashews is not THE portion of cashews……………I’m still in training to learn portion control, when I weigh and calculate calories I’m still shocked at how tiny ‘proper’ portions are and how many calories they contain………………..Who knew!! You give me hope that it will become ingrained and I’ll be able to judge portions………one day.
@ciren2, congrats, congrats, congrats so pleased for you, you seem to have kept the faith and are an example of persistence personified……………… I fear I would have caved, I hope your struggles are in the past………..Stress & Sugar……who invented those anyway!!!
Planning to break my water fast today at midday for a 40hr fast. Today was weigh-in day, down a total of 3.8lbs since 1st Feb, very happy!!
Good luck all, and thanks for the support, indirectly, even when answering someone specific, I’m sucking up all the good vibes!!!
P.S. lunch with niece on Friday……… explaining to her that, by all accounts I’m a bit of an apple with a substantial amount of pear thrown in for good measure…….. Laughingly asked my niece why I had to be greedy and a bit of both……. She said that meant I was probably more of a butternut squash……(cheeky cow!!) is it evil that I expect middle age will creep up and bite her on the enormous bum she didn’t see coming!!????
Day 12 Kent UK NFD
My time is all over the shop at present, asleep in the day awake at night, don’t you love jet lag? Had to cancel Aquafit as I overslept.
Good news 1 1/2 lb down today so 4.5 lbs total February so far and we are only half way point. I have been yoyoing a bit due to my digestive system being at sea, long flights not great for healthy gut. Determined to see off another 1-3lbs by the end of the month. Let’s go folks! Well done Ciren2 good to have you on board. Was it doing 23/1 that helped?
Mimigogirl – I don’t do 16/8 on NFD I do 23/1 everyday, I find the same routine really helps and you soon get used to it. Just keep drinking every hour. Pretty healthy kidneys these days too, green tea is a great anti- oxidant. Tomorrow I start adding Kefir to my routine. I will have it everyday as gut bacteria is a priority for me. I would love to add your water Kefir to my recipe booklet thanks. Please tell me the purchasing source on Amazon too. Otherwise I will get the wrong type again.
Just discovered I bought the wrong sort of Kefir, one off use type, but never mind.
Hi all uk days 11 & 12 nfd
@reid we have all been there but like any storm it will pass just keep holding fast x
Day 11 NFD Sydney and Day 12 NFD Sydney
Long term Goal weight: 70-75kg
February challenge goal loss 7-8kgs
Day 1: 86.7
Day 4: 85 (1.7 in Feb)
Day 11: 84.5 (2.2 in Feb)
Day 28: 79 (7.7 kg in Feb)
Had a stressful week – overindulged and only lost half a kilo. But that’s alright at least it isn’t going up. My jeans are feeling positively baggy.
This week focused on eating at my goal weight TDEE instead of up to or a little over my current TDEE on NFDs. Also working at getting the fast exercise routine locked in as a regular habit.
Have lost 5 kgs in 7 weeks so not bad really.
Have a very stressful home life right now. Haven’t been able to contribute much on here time wise, but want to say what a rock this has been.
Wishing you all the greatest success. It just seems so doable.
We are nearly half way there.
Day 12 / FD / Oman
FD going really well today. Last week’s fds were really difficult. I had a few very indulgent days over weekend but managed to stick to 16:8. Surely this has to count for something?!!
Haven’t weighed in a few days so tomorrow I’m hoping the scales are down a bit. Good luck to all today!
Day 12 Melbourne NFD
Bad day, too much starchy carb and not feeling good from it.
@ciren3 – yayyyy!!! Go girl!
@curlytot – thanks for your kind response
@mimigogirl – yes please, would love your water kefir instructions
Go Team Feb !!
Day 12 – USA – FD
I am on a bit of a roll with these FDs. I traveled from Missouri to Hawaii on Monday and back on Wednesday for business. Wow – that was some TRIP! While I watched what I ate I gained 1.5 lbs from what I suspect was primarily water. Upon my return, I immediately did an all liquid fast day followed by another FD that I broke last night at dinner time with an omelet. Success – took care of that water weight and then some!
I think I will continue today on liquids until dinner time again as I am feeling pretty good and still have a goal of breaking 140 this month.
Weighed in this morning and have lost 11 lbs since Jan 1st. Pleased with the results for sure. The weight is going in the right direction and I feel so much more in control. The inches lost are dramatic!! When I decide to go overboard that’s what I do – and then move on without regrets. It really feels like this WOL is THE WOL for me now. I don’t have that feeling of being on a diet like I have in the past – I focus on the day to day decisions around NFD/FD and each morning recommit to how I want the day to look making sure I plan for special treats from time to time. With this approach, I feel in control even when I am having a glass of wine and pizza with friends. No guilt, just choices.
I enjoy reading as many posts as I can each morning and again in the evenings and appreciate the fact that we are all on our own journeys yet have so much in common.
Stay strong everyone – this WOL truly works!!
Day 12 NFD, Newcastle, UK
So far so good in that my food intake has been so much more sensible than usual on a weekend with today shaping up to be a possible FD. However, it’s so wet that we haven’t been out for any exercise. It’ll be a short walk this afternoon at the very most. Tomorrow I plan to go swimming first thing and work towards a routine of swimming at least 3 sessions a week. Weather permitting I will build in some walking to and from the pool. A chance to start some HIIT training as per Jojo58’s advice.
Being part of this challenge and reading all the posts is making a huge difference for me. Thank you.
Day 12, USA, Missouri Ozarks, NFD
Current Weight 148.6, Starting Weight (last Sunday) 152, Goal Weight 145
Looking forward to another successful day, got in a lot of extra exercise yesterday as it was in the 80s, in Missouri, in February !!!! Broke all time records. Spend several hours outside with the horses and picking up sticks, doing yard work, etc. Felt great, had a veggie filled omelet and toasted raisin bread for dinner – slept like a baby lamb.
To your health, all.
FlourBaby by MSM do you mean Methylsulfonylmethane? Personally I thinking I need to do a longer fast with hard exercise to force my body in to using the excess protein hanging around my belly button. Argh … I’m already hungry and tomorrow is a FD. It seems like it will be a long one and here I am talking about doing a longer fast.
For the many people counting calories, I’m not actually trying to diss it. I used to do it a lot until it drove me slightly insane. Anyway it is important to know what you are eating. While I don’t actually believe it is only about calorie consumption, there is no doubting if you are eating a lot more than you need you are likely going to pack on the fat. However, it isn’t always true that undereating strips off the fat. The body fights losing weight and has a whole host of dirty tricks to try and get us to eat more.
After fasting I do tend to overeat a bit but that naturally reduces on succeeding days. Frankly I’m humbled by the will power shown by many here. I don’t eat a meal while fasting because once I start eating during a fast I start feeling hard hunger. Then to hold myself to TDEE would be really hard too on the first NFD.
As far as the fat loss I’ve had … 5:2 has taken off about 7kg of fat so far, but I had lost about 19kg of fat before 5:2. The first 12kg was pretty easy with moving more and eating less, but after that it was two years of pain and suffering for no real gain. Then about 7kg more after I cut refined sugar and actually started to eat a little more. The fat I’m losing now I probably wouldn’t be able to lose without fasting.
In my mind I’ve actually just taking the FD meal and adding it to my first NFD. So even though I don’t eat while fasting, I’m probably not losing fat any faster on the average. Right now though my weight is kind of stuck, but I know I’m losing fat because of the increasing amounts of loose skin.
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