Day 18, NFD, USA
Weight is coming off slow this month; 3 pounds down; trying not to get frustrated, but blame spring allergies, as it always effects inflammation in my body and tends to flare the ‘ol Lyme Disease up in bloom. (I feel it in the small joints of my hands and my digestion is way off – meh.) So the last ten pounds not easy, but I’m hanging in there. I am, though, staying in control – rather than letting food take control, so for that I feel I am succeeding. Sleeping better on FDs, though, so for all of you insomniacs starting out, your body does eventually get used to falling asleep on less!

Day 19/FD 800/Melbourne/Australia

@at thank you for including me on the latest pocketeers list. Yesterday was my fast day down under but since I’m on the new list I’ll stay on albeit at 800calories.

@songbirdme the following thread may answer some of your questions https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/maintenance-after-2-years-more-of-a-challenge . Adding a positive note to the conversation I’m still maintaining under goal despite the recent blip ( too much wine) and am finding it easier to maintain. The key for me is getting to know myself and my body, vigilance, fasting for the health benefits, enjoying eating foods I love albeit healthy ones and reducing but not eliminating carbs, they made me very, very hungry! Our journeys are personal, finding what works makes all the difference.

@okeydokey Great advice can I add being absolutely honest with yourself!

@orpheusx I’m so sorry. Take care.

Day 19 – Tokyo, Japan – NFD 79.2kg

I eat a lot of fruit yesterday, 2 bananas, serving of raisins, 2 servers of prunes and one apple. Overall I think I felt much fuller and my appetite was subdued so I probably eat less food over all. I did have three coffees with flex seed meal mixed in, I drink it with a straw. I like the texture, it is similar to bubble tea with tapioca, except the tiny bits of flax seed are much smaller. The hot coffee seems to bring the fat to the surface on the pieces of seeds and they become slippery.

@at & @lany36 – Walking up better than when you start sleeping while fasting is pretty common. I used to have a lot of issues sleeping while fasted but now I’m fine.

I’m horribly busy and have to maybe skip my exercise or at least scale it back. However I think there is no reason to scale back the fasting.
* Fasting is protective of muscle where as calorie restriction seems to be hard on muscle.
* Fasting saves time.

However I’m still taking my non-fast days. 🙂 My average weight this month is 79.5kg … just barely hanging in there.

Day 18 Surrey UK NFD

DAY 18. UK. NFD

I may have over indulged today ! 😂😂😂😂😂

FD tomorrow so hoping that will set me straight. I’m ok once I’ve done a FD but by the time I get to the end of the week, I’m fed up of them. I’m doing 4:3 at the moment.

Day 19, Vienna, Austria, NFD

Day 18 rushed by. But…..I DID NOT eat the food on KLM. Looked good. Had a little beer and water and felt good.

Amsterdam. Still no food. I got confused. Finally found gate to Vienna. Sleep on plane. Suddenly wide awake. KLM feeds you from AMS to VIE. I was so hungry. I ate the chicken sandwich so fast, then ogled my neighbor’s and said “are you eating this?” Another passenger gave me more of theirs. I felt like an animal. Hihi.
Then in Vienna, ice cold, rain. My BFF there. Nervous. Total car chaos outside. Brought me safely to my hotel. I am so hungry. I then walked 20 min in the rain to a new 24 hours Spar to get a tuna sandwich. Then 20 min back on dark back roads. No tuna sandwich has tasted better ever.

Adventures will continue, I am sure.

Thanks for all of you!!!

😊⚘😚⚘😊⚘😋⚘😊⚘

Day 19 – UAE – NFD

Day 19 Melbourne NFD 16:8

Thanks @at!

@monkeydo yes I struggle with getting exercise, too, during working weeks (no probs when I’m on hols, I love it, then). Just seems like another ‘should/ought/must do’ that is hard to fit in after working full time, maintaining house, maintaining garden, maintaining self, maintaining social relationships… I enjoy it once I start, but getting up/out to start is the hard bit. I have been on a few half-hour walks this month, which is better than nothing and I am on my feet nearly all day on the weekends, so I console myself with that thought and the aim I have: to join every walking group known to woman, when I retire! I hope you are enjoying beautiful Melbourne.

Turmeric – Dr Mosely likes it too, this is an experiment he did: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37408293

Day 19 • Munic, Germany • NFD

Day 19 UK FD800

Lost weight again, now 193.8. Progress is much steadier on the BSD at least for now. Ys did stick to his first fast day on Monday and didn’t go mad yesterday. He is fasting again today. He got up at a better time yesterday and hopefully slept last night.

Day 19 – South Korea – NFD
short update:
day 17: FD
day 18 NFD
day 19 NFD
day 20 & 21 B2B FD.

DAY 19 – UK – FD

Trying a b2b – just trying to get back on track after over indulging on holiday and Easter. Must say, it is surprising how good it feels to be “in control” again – I never dreamed I would ever enjoy the discipline of this WOL……Bring it on !!!!

Day 19, Newcastle UK, FD

Day 19, Germany, NFD

Day 19 UK NFD
I didn’t overdo Easter at all, I overdid yesterday instead and now I am suffering for it 👎

Day 19……Florida…… FD

Well, I managed to at least stay on the wagon yesterday. A big thank you to everyone who held onto me for dear life. My foot did manage to slip through the hole, it only dragged on the ground a minute or two before you all helped me pull it back in.

Is it possible to stop the wagon when we see a home improvement store, I really need to fix this hole…….

Well not much else to report at this time, so I’m off!

Be classy, sassy and a bit bad assy!

Day 19 – US – FD

Day 18 was supposed to be a FD but I gave in to the hunger dragon around 11 am and ate a salad and some salmon. Then had another salad in the evening, with lots of olive oil on it, and some yogurt with fruit, so definitely over my 500 calories. Happy news is I was down two pounds today.

Day 19-US-CD 16:8 (weight 209.8)
Day 20-US-FD
Day 21-US-NFD

I m seeing progress! I just want my face to think out and the double chin to diminish,

How much weight did you lose before you started seeing a noticeable difference in jawline and slimness of your face?

2nd post – NFD
The extra fruit is killing my appetite. I eat well enough but very limited amount of snacking, an apple mid-afternoon. This morning I also doubled up on the oatmeal but that is only 100 calories.

It is hard to estimate but probably 300 to 500 fewer calories in the day but I actually feel fuller. Whole fruit is filling when you eat 5 or 6 servings of it.

Day19-Sydney Aus-NFD 69.5
Seems I need to control food on NFD as well. @okeydokey Thanks for the advice.
How about exercise? Can I loose weight if no exercise?
Anyone also found bowel habit changed? I used to be in the morning once get up. Now seems not regular anymore.

Day 19 lancaster pa FD.

Day 19: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD (but didn’t eat til 1.30pm, so quite good for me)

@at…thanks for listening to me, and hearing. What has changed? I don’t know…since reaching my goal I just seem to have lost the plot. I feel alone with it too. Nearly a stone back on since I fell off the wagon in early January…nearly half of what I lost. Failure breeds failure, the same way as success breeds success.

Don’t let it happen, you people out there.
It’s a WAY OF LIFE, NOT A DIET.

Day 19 – Cumbria UK – FD (3rd of B2B2B)

Really enjoyed my meal yesterday evening – low calorie spicy mixed seafood stew with red peppers, tomatoes and spinach – so managed to stay below 500cals……😇

Today will be another 500cal day and going well so far…….I’m out to see COPPÉLIA by the Australian Ballet tonight – it is meant to be a live telecast – looking forward to that and it will keep me well away from food!!!!

@okeydokey – 🤗 you are doing such a fab job keeping us all on track this month
@orpheusx – we are here for you if you want to pop in anytime to talk – it does not need to be about 5:2! You take care of yourself and know that your friends on here are only a log in away – “Those we love don’t go away, they walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard but always near, still loved , still missed and very dear ” HUGS
@erikaa67 – stay with this WOL – just check that you are not overdoing the calories on both your FD and NFD – have you thought of trying 16:8 way of eating on your NFD – I found that really helpful when I was stuck on a plateau last year……
@coda – how did that “talking to go”???
@redrockgirl302 – nice to hear from you – keep us in your backpacker for support xx
@fatrabbit – good job – something is definitely working for you – keep doing it
@bert1802 – 💃 just for you
@fayefaye – sounds like a lovely break in Hastings
@stone176055 – you don’t need to exercise to lose weight – you just need to eat less calories BUT exercise does make you feel good and improves your mental well being. However exercise can speed up weight loss if you don’t eat extra calories to make for it!
@ciren2 – Love yourself enough to live a healthy life! I’m going to keep holding on to you tight every day until you are ready for me to let go – You will get there – just keep going – HUGS

I saw this and it made me laugh – it should resonate to us all who have a love/hate relationship with those bathroom scales…………”cruella” anybody?
“In the middle ages, they had guillotines, stretch racks, whips and chains. Nowadays we have a much more effective torture device called the bathroom scales”