30 Day April 2017 Challenge

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SCS

3:51 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 Maine NFD – very controlled

Well yesterday was not a successful fast day, by any stretch – however, I just gave into my desire to eat everything I didn’t finish on Easter, knowing that I could push the reset button. Well, lo & behold, my weight stayed the same! Hope it doesn’t come back later! The only thing – both my knees are extremely achey. I really think the sugar caused inflammation – I’m going to double up the turmeric (I do notice a difference w/the capsules) & head for my walk.

@umka6 – I’m at 181 lbs – started at 198, my face really slimmed down when I got below 190. I think everyone is different, but that’s when I & people started noticing. Good luck!

Make it a great day everybody!

zenhamster

3:57 pm
19 Apr 17
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Hello fast-friends,

I’m new to the forum, and I’m glad to have found a busy, daily accountability thread, because that’s just what I need… I’ve had great success with both 5:2 and one-meal-a-day (OMAD) fasting in the past, but I’ve gotten slack this past year and my pudge has returned 🙁 … The last few days I’ve been trying to get back into OMAD, with a 21 hour fast / 3-hour eating window each day… but I’ve been blowing it! There’s no option but to get back on track though, so I’m going to start checking in here each day… Current stats 82 kilos / 26% bodyfat… I want to get my body fat down to 10% (which means losing over 10 kilos, depending on muscle gain – hey, you can’t blame me for being optimistic! Bodyfat is really the stat that I’m most interested in, but I’m putting a setting a weight goal of 70 kilos and we’ll see how things progress as the journey continues… if I’m putting on tons of muscle and losing tons of fat, I might not want to lose too much weight 😉

Anyhoooo…. thanks for being here folks… I’m ready to shed some pudge!

Hugs,
Lucas

AnneMarilyn

4:00 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 – SW WA USA – FD 800

Fatrabbit – Congrats on your steady move downward on the scale. Are you doing BSD all week or just weekdays?
I’m needing to more consistentlly move downward. This month it went the wrong direction even though I did many 16:8 and mindful NFDs along with 2 or 3 FDs each week. Perhaps I put more in my mouth than I thought on the NFDs. I want to continue moving downward instead of having to take off the pounds after NFDs. So wondering about tweaking further.

Sirisan

4:03 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 NFD St. Louis USA
Fast day again tomorrow. Busy weekend

Welcome to the new comers and best to all.

Maisie1

4:14 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 UK FD

Okeydokey

4:18 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 – US – FD 3rd b5b

@stone176055 1lb of fat is 3,500 cals. As I see it. I as an average of us individually have an estimated burn off about 1400 cals. to maintain our bodies at our goal weight daily. To help keep myself on track, I calculated; when I miss 6 meals I’m losing a lb. That’s basically 2FD’s. Considering that night time fasting adds more to the weightloss. It actually has been turning out on FD’s as 1lb. loss a day. When we get thinner it probably will change the time it takes to lose. But a lb is always 3,500 cals burned. This is a WOL, A FD is FD, whether your maintaining or losing weight. It’s just as important fasting during the week as it was when we started our FD’s. But it’s definitely worth it!!! To see and feel the beneficial results.
I hope this helps.✨
🌈🕊Feeling good about ourselves is one of the best ways to keep going. Be kind to yourself.✨🥗

Okeydokey

4:40 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 – US – FD
@erikaa67 with allergies, a combination of Flonase and Claritin seem to help us. I’m hoping you don’t have asthma.
@zenhamster luv your user name✨ I am confident you can build muscle and get healthier on this 5:2 plan. ✨✨Welcome to the group, please ask questions as needed. If you could post
Example: Day 19 – your location – NFD or FD
An example for me today is Day 19 – US – FD
You can do this!✨

Steve toon taxi driver

5:04 pm
19 Apr 17
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Must have ticked the email link my phones going mad

Obesa

5:22 pm
19 Apr 17
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To @annnursekirk …. it does come over that you are anti ‘Inlaw’ … but something I have found helps is to think to yourself. “Kill them with kindness”. Not literally, of course, but it helps if their values are different from yours and you can feel good about yourself being ‘good’ to them. It gets you through a bad patch.

Chris274

5:41 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 Hampshire NFD

blueninjamum

5:41 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 – FD – Canada
It feels so good to be having a FD after all that driving and topsy-turvy travel!
Sane. I think that is why I’ll keep going. My willpower is engaged. I plan to head to the gym for some HiiT this afternoon to work out and then have a small bit of steak, brown rice, and veg for dinner.
@okeydokey – thank you for the 1 lb = 6 skipped meals, that is very helpful.

annnursekirk

6:22 pm
19 Apr 17
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Will defo try the tips Okeydokey.
Yes you are right Obese I do come across very anti. Never used to be but I realise that now, thanks for letting me know. I will try as it is only a few days left anyway.

annnursekirk

6:24 pm
19 Apr 17
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Another post from Newcastle.
Question from the other half. Might sound a bit odd but here goes.
Has anyone else noticed that during FD they urinate lots more?
Is it because we are drinking more to stave off the hunger pangs or something else?

Ciren2

6:47 pm
19 Apr 17
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@at: Many thanks. xx

fatrabbit

7:03 pm
19 Apr 17
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2nd post

@annemarilyn I have been doing it everyday but didn’t manage it on Sunday. Or last Weds. So that was two days off in the last week, although unplanned. I am also using an eating window of 4 hours coinciding with my hungry afternoon time. Coffee gets me through the morning and different teas through the evening. I hope it suits you too.

Obesa

7:29 pm
19 Apr 17
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@annnursekirk. Just turn it on its head and all will be well. I think a lot of us have been there.

SkinnyLove

7:57 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 20 / UK / CD

Right, let’s make this quick: I fell off the bandwagon today. Actually, if I’m honest I haven’t been back properly on the very same since coming back. And once I got started, I really made it count–I guess that’s something?

I think I have figured out what is bothering me, which is a start (as much as trips to London always energise me I have realised how I cannot stay around here much longer but am not quite there yet), and I’ll try to do something about it tonight (working on making London or some place else happen!). Still, the next three days all present their individual snacking pitfalls (coffee time tomorrow, birthday celebrations for friends both Friday and Saturday). I’ll keep the reins as tightly on these as I can, i.e. main meals will conform with FDs and the extracurriculars will be as controlled as possible. I have some sources of stress–events taking place next week that I have masterminded and that better go well–but I do hope that from Sunday onwards I can make a serious effort towards proper 5:2 again.

-Rachel-

8:05 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19- Montreal – NFD

Just having breakfast after a 40h FD yesterday, which went well. I’ll weigh myself after my Friday FD. Good luck to the fasters today!

Suse13

8:21 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 Surrey UK NFD

I should have had a FD today but messed up. Will make it a FD tomorrow.

TripleT

8:29 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 20 NZ NFD

erikaa67

9:09 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19, FD, USA
Okeydokey: Thank you for that informative article on benefits of fasting for chronic Lyme Disease. My goodness, you are an angel. I was just thinking today (as I was feeling lethargic from the inflammation/spring allergies not the fasting), that perhaps a different “approach” may help me shed these extra 10 pounds, as well as keeping the inflammation at bay. But, then I read that article, and think I may stick with this, but also take out the grains, until the “flare” is under control. Yes, Lyme Disease is insidious; mine was caught years too late, but I am much better than some are who suffer from it.

Onahealthyhigh

10:26 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 20/NFD/Melbourne Australia

@Ciren I want to shout across the globe YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I get where you’re at. Those nasty hangry hormones leptin and ghrelin wreaked havoc with my mind when I reached my lowest weight. It was as if I was at war with my own body and had to constantly battle to stay below my happy weight. Not a lifestyle I wanted. Have I won the battle? No! But I’ve found a truce. This WOL is a big part of it but I also need my toolbox to keep it working.

There are times when I fall through the hole in the wagon and fasting is the last thing I can do and that’s when I haul out my tools. I have a lot of tools but my favourites are the ones I hate. I have a photo, you know the one you want to rip up because you were never that big. I put it on my computer home page where I can’t avoid it. I haul my scales out and put them in the middle of the bathroom floor. When I’m happy I love daily weighing when I’m not I hate it. If my scales are out of sight I know I’m losing the plot. In my mind I replay a conversation I had with a ‘friend’ who used every trick to undermine my confidence and sabotage my achievements. I should thank her. I’m amazed her last words laughingly delivered, ” the next time I see you, I’ll see more of you” have had such a lasting motivational impact. No, she won’t see more of me!

My other tools are the ones I embraced as part of this WOL. BUT I will not count calories daily nor restrict myself daily to eating under TDEE. Instead I record a guesstimate at the end of each day in a food app. The app graphs daily energy intake providing a visual display of my eating habits. If there are too many peaks above my TDEE I know to reduce my food intake on subsequent days. If my mental state doesn’t permit fasting then I try to skip meals or eat in a smaller window to make up for overeating on other days. This works for me and I’m beginning to think that varying daily intake may have reduced the impact of the hangry hormones.

Don’t beat up on yourself. Know you are not alone and hang on to your friends on this forum. They are a great ‘tool’ and they care.

dykask

10:44 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 20 – Tokyo Japan – NFD 80.4kg

Well I eat less, I think but the scale is up. Weight is fickle. I have a bit of a stomach ache this morning, but that isn’t uncommon for me. It seems my hay fever is kicking in. So far I’ve only taken medicine once this year for it, but that will probably change.

https://intensivedietarymanagement.com/youre-always-hungry-fasting-28/

I find that blog entry interesting and it seems true for me. In general when I eat a little, I can soon eat more. I always felt the idea of eating many small meals in a day was crazy and I’ve found for myself that snacking doesn’t help tame the beast. I have found that I can easily delay breakfast and at this point if I just skip it my body typically stops producing hunger signals.

Coda

11:03 pm
19 Apr 17
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Hello all uk co down day 19 successful day.

I believe I am winning in wrestling that Dragon. No rubbish eaten today although may have been over 800 cal. Kefir and chia seed with berries at lunch time and a very nice halaumi vegetable stack for dinner though added a fillet of sea bass that needed to be used. Also drank almost 2 lires of water so pleased with today and putting it down as a successful step in the right direction in putting the dragon under lock and key.

Minnygirl

11:19 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19, Dancing in The Rain, USA, FD. (They are getting easier!!)

monkeydo

11:54 pm
19 Apr 17
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Day 19 NFD Melbourne, Australia
Day 20 NFD
Weight now 77.9kg
Goal 73kg

Weight is down even with occasional junk food dinners, as I’m not eating as much generally. Also don’t have my own kitchen (staying with a friend) and finding it harder to manage my food. Figuring out how to make that work. Going to try and stick to a menu plan. Not tight, but a kind of clear set of go-to meals. Mostly veggies and protein. A bit of fruit, nuts and dairy. Fermented food every day.
Finally started exercising again. Tricked myself – only 5 mins a day required and I exceed that easily. Somehow that works on my tricky psyche. Yesterday did some sprints across a footie field – walking in between.

Working on my skin now. I have problems with blocked pores and consequential break outs. I’ve been reading online and it can be a leaky gut issue. I must be able to fix this! Avoiding grains (which I am already) is a positive step, lots of water, exercise, some say dairy, but I like it. Might have to experiment.

Anyone have any ideas on adult skin issues? I’m in my 50s but it has been an issue on and off my entire life.

Lany36

12:36 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 FD NZ

@onehealthyhigh – Please don’t be offended, I don’t mean this as a reflection on you, but your friend sounds awful. In my opinion anyone who you accept as a friend should be a person who is honest, loving and supportive. I have several friends who I trust to be honest with me, there’s times when I need them to give me a reality check, constantly agreeing with me just because they are my friend doesn’t always benefit our relationship and I am grateful to have people who trust and care enough about me to be honest when they don’t agree with me. But, in your friends case disagreeing with you doesn’t sound like an difference of opinion it sounds like undermining and judging you and real lack of support.
I hope you didn’t accept or let your friends lack of understanding or support resonate with any truth.

@monkeydo- I’ve had adult acne all my life, dermatologists and GPs have given me every medical treatment there is. I’ve even had laser treatment. The best regimen I’ve found which has worked for me for several years now, is daily wash with Proactiv wash, morning application of Proactiv serum and evening application of a mild topical retinol cream. I aim to get at least 30mins of sunlight on my skin, it’s a great antibacterial, never exercise or sweat with any makeup on and I pull my hair into a topknot at night so the oils from it don’t touch my skin. I also replace my pillow case every second night, turning it over in between replacing to avoid accumulating oils embedding in my skin.
The nutrition side I’ve found has not at lot of impact for me, so long as I drink an average of 2L water everyday and avoid my environmental triggers like pollens and dust that’s the best I can do.
Hope something in there that can help you too🙂

Mogaman

2:21 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 19 Florida USA NFD Mildly indulgent today but still
below TDEE. Have to get back into exercise habit after travel. It’s hot enough for swimming. Already looking forward to FD on Friday again. Wishing the best to all Fasters today. 💪

Onahealthyhigh

2:24 am
20 Apr 17
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Hi @lany36 no offence taken. I did put friend in quotation marks. She would better be described as a work colleague, one whom I couldn’t avoid. My recent retirement solved that problem.

Onahealthyhigh

2:30 am
20 Apr 17
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@monkeydo. Could you have perioral dermititis? I suffer from it and it presents similar to your description. There doesn’t appear to be a cure but it can be controlled. There are a couple of facebook pages that I find helpful. Have a look just in case.

Taraga

4:17 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 – UAE – FD

neostaford

4:29 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 Croatia NFD
Weight: 76.9 kg

mila69

5:12 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20, Germany, FD

Chris274

5:57 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 Hampshire FD

LynzM

6:27 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 19 NFD 🌈
Day 20 NFD 🌈

Sorry forgot to check in had a bit of drama here, nothing I can’t handle bit of work stress, however put my mind in a little tizzy and eating well went straight out the window, carb city yesterday. Along with the Easter chocolate I still had a right little feast. Realised this morning when I am at a more even keel than emotional one.
Lesson learned, going to try and Fast all day as out tonight for a meal later.

Need to get on track after the Easter break also, funny how a few days off can set u back a few days more, hats off to all those who jumped back on the wagon, I need to work on my discipline, which I know I have.

Also I know I feel more sluggish and felt much better before. “Self sabotage dragon be away with you” 🗡🐲

Jarbia

7:22 am
20 Apr 17
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DAY 20 – UK – NFD

fatrabbit

7:32 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 UK FD800

Erika45

7:46 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 Portugal NFD
Day 19 FD (I can’t remember if I logged in yesterday)

This week has gone well after all the Easter feasting. So far mon, tues and wed have been FDs although Tuesday would have been around the 800 cal mark, as opposed to 500-600 cal on the other two days. Today we’re taking the kids out for burgers at Steak n Shake so I will enjoy the steak, but stay clear of the shake.
Sleeping very poorly at the minute … pretty sure it’s menopause related. Any tips for better sleep? It feels like I’ve tried everything. No problem getting to sleep but wakening anywhere between 3 and 5 am. Last night particularly bad.

Georgia83

8:21 am
20 Apr 17
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Im back! Im so sorry for missing the first 20 days but been abroad on holidays and completely fell off the wagon.
Back on track now! Will need to reacess my goals this weekend as i might have put on some weight meanwhile.
Anyway.

Day 20 (day 1 for me?)
FD
Liquids (lots of) until dinner time. 500 cal dinner then.
Lets get back on track for that summer dress!

BrightonBelle

9:12 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 UK FD Pleased with how the weeks going

@onahealthyhigh Your post really resonated with me – I too avoid the scales when I know I’m not going to like what I see . Im hovering around 24 BMI so the top end of the acceptable range so reasonably happy but like a little wiggle room but it’s taking some getting there !

@georgia83 I’m going to try and emulate you today Good Luck x

Obesa

9:16 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 UK. FD

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9:19 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20, Newcastle UK, CD

OK. Two fast days completed – despite being up to 800 cals. Scales are looking kinder but still 1.2lbs above my lowest weight recorded week before last. Plan today is fast until I meet my friend for an early evening meal – and make a good food choice.

@onahealthyhigh – helpful and entertaining post. Just what I need today. Thanks.
@skinnylove – you are in control because you are thinking ahead and making plans. Enjoy your weekend knowing you have your next FD in your sights.
@coda & @lynzm – I’m imagining the three of us standing shoulder to shoulder in battle with the self sabotage dragon. ‘Get back in your cave Dragon!!’
Welcome @zenhamster and welcome back from holiday @georgia83.
@fatrabbit – so good to hear of your continuing progress – on all fronts!
@minnygirl – your various daily activities seem to be doing the trick! 🙂

Let our various wagons head in the right direction today – Together we are Stronger!

Steve toon taxi driver

9:24 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 Newcastle UK NFD.
Struggled with the FD after I consumed my last food at 7.30pm last night stayed hungry till bed time. Ended up going to bed early watching a bit of tv around 10pm.fast will finish at noon today funny not hungry at all like every morning 😱.
Read that this diet is not sustainable I’m finding it fits well with work and lifestyle preparation seems to be the name of the game.
Anyone been on the 5/2 more than a year and how your finding it ?

Onahealthyhigh

9:43 am
20 Apr 17
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@stevetoontaxidriver I started in September 2014 and yep it can be sustainable as long as you think of it as a way of life and not a diet! It has it’s ups and downs but I’m extremely thankful I found it. Been maintaining below goal weight for over 18 months.

FlourBaby

9:53 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20, London, UK, FD (3rd of unscheduled B2B2B!!)

Surprisingly easy couple of FDs under my belt and I’m comfortably on my 3rd!!! Is this the 1 and only positive associated with my TOM?????

@onahealthyhigh, I’m glad you have your toolbox handy, but just so you know ……………………..I would have kicked her arse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ‘Friend’ indeed!!!! I’m angry for you, I see how it motivates you but I’ve been there with my (‘if we can’t say it, who can??’) family……… (the answer family, just so you know…………….. is No-one!!!); and I know, when it hurts it hurts. I can’t take those people who feel they HAVE to comment!!!

I hope everyone is well and managing this WOL without too much stress, angst or guilt…………. Remember, there’s no timetable, you don’t have to lose 1lb/week, you don’t have to do B2Bs, 6:1, 4:3, 5:2 or ADF…………. You DO have to do what suits you, whether that means taking a stroll beside the wagon for a wee while, jumping on and OWNING that wagon with B2B2B2B2BS, completing 10mile runs daily or sticking to the simple but effective basic 5:2 we know and love!!!!

Keep the faith people!!!!!!!!!!!!

Steve toon taxi driver

10:20 am
20 Apr 17
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@onahealthyhigh.
Wow well done you. Just the encouragement us newbies need to here. I’ve got my youngest son wedding in a few months so quite focused on getting the weight off.
I’m impressed by the health benefits of the fasting way of life too.
Being a cab driver and taking a lot of people to hospital it saddens me how many people are in poor health not all of their own making. I really would like to get to and through retirement fairly fit and healthy. See what life throws our way.

Onahealthyhigh

10:30 am
20 Apr 17
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@steve toon taxi driver
I started this WOL for the health benefits. It really has made a huge difference to my wellbeing and fitness. I’m 65 and feel fitter and healthier than I have done in years. I wish you all the benefits and a healthy and fit retirement.

AT

10:54 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 Cumbria UK – NFD

Successful B2B2B FDs done – had a glass of home made Kefir this morning for breakfast but will only eat when I feel hungry today.
Day 1 – fluids only (was meant to be a water FD but max 200cal due to Kefir intake)
Day 2 – 500cal
Day 3 – 500 cal

I’m out for an Indian tonight after seeing a film with some friends – we are seeing A Quiet Passion – biographical drama about the life of Emily Dickinson starring Cynthia Nixon as the American poet. Has anyone else seen it? what did you think?

@zenhamster – welcome to the forum and welcome back to the 5:2 WOL – you know it works but you have to see it a permanent change to your WOE and not as a diet! There is great global support on this forum – join in.
@okeydokey – love your the 1lb = 6 meals
@annnursekirk – Yep we do tend to visit the loo more often on FDs – I think that most of us will drink a lot more fluids on FDs plus if we are burning up fat it releases water…..
@onahealthyhigh – great post – I also do not count calories daily nor restrict myself daily to eating under TDEE.
This is my tool if I feel I have over indulged (as in Easter Weekend) I mentally firmly press a RESET button and do what I think is needed e.g. this week I did a B2B2B FDs and will weigh myself on Saturday as I may do another 500cal FD on Friday. I changed my WOE and hence my WOL and I am not willing to go back to where I was a year ago!
@dykask – thanks for sharing that link – I’m like you in that it is much easier not eat early on as FD as once I start eating it seems to trigger a need to continue eating – I have any food I eat on a FD around 1900hrs and keep some calories for skimmed milk to add to tea/coffee during the day and lately I have been having a small glass of Kefir as well.
@coda – keep it up – going in the right direction x
@georgia83 – great to have you back – hope you had a fab time during your holidays
@steve toon taxi driver – I’m with @onahealthyhigh reply to you – I started this WOL in January 2016 seriously – I reached my goal weight in early Dec 2016 and have maintained below that since then; I do have bleeps but never let it go further than those few days before I firmly press my mental RESET button e.g. see what happened with Easter. I stuck to it during holidays and all emotional stresses in my life as I felt that this was one thing I was doing for ME and only I was in control of it!! I dropped from a size 14 to a size 6/8 (I’m only 5’4″) and my health has also greatly benefitted – minimal medication now required for Asthma and my blood cholesterol have dropped by over 1 point and is near to normal (I have familial high blood cholesterol) and I have heaps of energy and feel really good in myself.

“The Key to Being Happy is Knowing you Have the Power to Choose What to Accept and What to Let Go”
Dodinsky

chumi

10:59 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20 – FIN – FD

My slump continued yesterday, with both the curd cake and most of my share of those tar-and-salmiakki liquorices (didn’t stop at 20 but instead when only about 10 were left) finding their way into my mouth and stomach. Unsurprisingly, I was not feeling that great at the end of the day and thus today’s fast feels very welcome. I wonder why I end up eating things that actually don’t taste that great and make me feel a lot worse afterwards. I assume the accumulating stress and lack of sleep (I’ve been sleeping maybe 6-7 hrs a night this week, which is not enough for me) and perhaps also the incoming allergy period are playing a large factor.

I ended up breaking my fast in under 12 hours, since I ate pretty late yesterday and felt I needed to nourish my brain with healthy fats – 10 g almonds (~60 kcal) – before driving. Haven’t eaten anything else yet, but my stomach is currently complaining and that’s not a good thing when you’re in a space where other people are trying to work. Not going to have anything (big) until later, though, as there’s a chicken salad planned for dinner.

@umka6 I’ve been able to see a difference in my face already after losing 2 kg, but on the other hand, I’m at the lower end of the normal BMI range, so a few kg might make a bigger difference where I’m at as opposed to someone who has more to lose. Speaking from my own experience, I think it’s almost silly how one’s so easily blind to the changes when the weight goes up and notice them so clearly when the weight goes down. I’m not sure whether anyone around me has noticed, though – other than one of my thesis advisors telling me not to kill myself by overworking I haven’t gotten any comments even loosely related to my outer apperance as of late.

Bert1802

11:44 am
20 Apr 17
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Day 20……Florida……FD

I’m so happy to report, I stayed in the wagon yesterday! I could see the whole but I also felt those loving and caring hands holding onto me! Thank you all!

Ciren……. I feel you! This month I’ve had my fair share of Ugg days…… I think the worst feeling is thinking I will never overcome them and I always live in that state. The way I see it, as long as I keep trying, I’ve will never lose the battle. On one hand alone, I can count my true FD, the others were just attempts but the key I believe is still trying. You have us so you are never alone in the battle!

Umka…… I’m not sure when the results showed up in my face but then again, I didnt really pay attention. I can tell you though, I did start dropping clothes sizes long before I had lost a bunch of weight. I was in a tight 12(us) and with in a month, I was wearing loose 9(us). I went from a xl shirt to a lg. Now 23lbs gone for good, I’m in a size 7 (us) and a med shirt.

On a healthy…… I dislike toxic people…… That women sounds awful, so glad you don’t have to work with her anymore, but I know how disruptive those type of people are. My mom happens to be one of those people and I have learnt the hard way to things, 1…… no matter what, you don’t have to engage with these type of people even if they are related. You can walk away from them and stay away, if they are detrimental to your well being.
2……. toxic people try to hurt others in their words and action because of how they feel about themselves. When they speak ill of you, they are not speaking about you but rather at you about how they feel about themselves.

Steve our taxi driver……. I’ve read those same statements about every diet under the sun, heck, I’ve even read that being a vegan is not substanable. So, what gives right? Well, the way I see it, is that by public opinion saying it’s not substanable it’s an easy out for those who tried but gave up. Did you know here in the US, it’s the food industry and the govt who devised the food pyramid. It was devised to make the food industry richer, most popular diets are controlled by the food industry to help them get richer.
This hogwash about eating 6 small meals a day to lose weight, a concept created by the food industry to….. get what?….. get richer! So, of course, leading food industry professionals are going to say 5:2 is not substanable because we are not consuming their products. So, they are losing money! Just food for thought, anyways!

Okay well, I’ve got to go….. Another day another unearned dollar!

Be classy, sassy and a bit bad assy!