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I’m being a numpty again. Just checked my Yumnai scales app on phone and see that last recorded weight was actually 136.1 (which of course I now remember as that’s exactly what I started at beginning of April). I’ll take whatever news I get tomorrow and go from there. However, I suspect all the wine and curry last night will take their revenge.

Watched The Sugar Film this morning – what a very interesting programme. Already sent the link to my Dad. Spurring me on to be very mindful on holiday. I’ve drunk loads of water today after reading @flourbaby‘s tip. Thanks for that.

Great news for @bert1802, @okeydokey and @fordprefect – well deserved results.

Thanks @metatauta and @at, I’m sure we will. Birthday is next Thursday – on our first stop at Gibraltar. Happy Birthday @songbirdme for next Tuesday.

Had my first ever spray tan this afternoon and am feeling very sticky. An interesting experience…. OH said, “please don’t come home looking like Donald” lol.

Have a good evening.

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@Strawberriesandcream enjoy your holiday and birthday next week! Will miss your positiv comments and wisdom. Take care.

Newcastle another nice day
Day 29
NFD today
Hello everyone after not being in contact since Day 25.
Day 26 & 27 were FD’s
We had to do 2B2B due to both having committments together & apart.
Really it wasn’t so bad but it was difficult especially around 15:00hrs both days & after dinner.
I really have not cheated so I am really hoping tomorrow the scales will be kind.
I have not gone above 600 cals on both days & have tried very hard on NFD’s. Thought I would eat the house out on Friday morning but when it came to it, did not want to.
I have walked/run/keep fitted as well as 2 days on the ward this week so keeping fit as well.
The hubby has been able to pull his belt in a notch so well done him.
I did have a dessert of choclolate & caramel cake last night when we were out with a meal. My resolve is only 2 treats per week & to add another keepfit session of one kind or another. Plus looking for a new bike to get me through the C2C bike ride in September for Autism so will be getting a few more regular bike rides in.
Next week we are doing Tuesday & Thursday. Anyone else?
Will let you know the dreaded weight tomorrow.
Keep going all.

Day 30 UK NFD

Might find it difficult to post tomorrow so weight at 166, 6lbs lost over the month and 6lbs away from goal (5ft 9 in case anyone’s wondering why I am aiming for that.

Thanks again for hosting okeydokey!

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I hope we haven’t created a drought with all the water being consumed in hopes of a whoosh!!!!

I’m on my last 250ml to get my 3L!!!!

Day 27 Melbourne NFD
Day 28 NFD
Day 29 NFD
Day 30 NFD
have maintained 16:8 or 18:6 ‘moderately controlled’. somehow i don’t think I will have lost for the month (hmmm wonder why 🙂 ) but hopefully not gained too much. 3 FDs over the final week, but still with an evening 400 cal meal and milk during the day – Hoping it will have kept the Fat Fairy at arms length – we’ll see.

@ciren2 I was considering fading out for a month, but you have inspired me to stay here. I said to myself in November (month 1) I should allow one year minimum, staying connected to all you wonderful people, before I even consider going off to see how I go on my own. And here I was thinking otherwise…. after a poor month, even: silly me. So May is the start of The Next Six Months and finding ways to stay motivated, inspired and On the Wagon!

Big Congrats to all who have had a great month, slaying Fat Fairies and Dragons galore – well done !!!

To others who have struggled a bit (me included) – let’s hold virtual hands and just keep on keeping on: it’s worth it.

Big Huge Thanks for your mighty effort @okeydokey – just, like, Wow….. xxxooo

Day 30 – UAE – NFD (82.6kg final for this month..)

I weighed myself this morning and to my surprise I weighed 82.6 kg 🙂 … 🙂 … 🙂
Very pleased with the result, I guess my Omron scale is afraid from the competition and started to report positive results… my new Yunmai scale is coming tomorrow and I hope it does not show higher number, otherwise it will take the back seat.

As most of you suggested as long as the number are going down and add to it we are feeling healthy, it is all that matters.

My dearest stranger friends, keep it up, not the weight though, and I hope to see you all tomorrow in yet another challenge!

Thinking about it once again, should we call it a challenge or just WOL

Last day for the April challenge and I have lost 6lb. Not bad despite several blow out days. My wife who was not on the challenge did however take up the 5:2 during the last 3 weeks and has also lost a significant amount. (she does not want me to tell the world that this last week saw a 3lb loss for her alone doing 3 fast days.)
Keep going all you 5:2ers whoever and wherever you all are.

Day 30 – FIN – NFD

Today’s weight: 60.5 kg (-2.7 kg)

Waist: 64.1 cm (-1.2 cm)
Hips: 96.5 cm (-3 cm)

Not a bad month in terms of getting closer to my weight loss goals. At the beginning I though I was being overly optimistic setting my goal (as I only lost 0.5 kg in March, my first 5:2 month), but here I am, only 0.5 kg away from that goal and more or less at my usual weight.

Congratulations to everyone on your successes, challenges and sticking with fasting despite the occasional setbacks. I’m sure we’re all benefiting from this WOL even if it wouldn’t always be visible on the scale.

@sirisan, I’m sorry to hear about the loss of your Finnish friend. I hope you carry good memories of her with you. Many Finns tend to dislike the winter, but I assume it could have more to do with the darkness than the cold – snow makes the lack of natural light more tolerable as it reflects light. Despite that, I too do prefer say the Alps to staying in Finland, as over there you get both the snow and the sunlight.

@okeydokey, thank you very much for taking care of, keeping an eye on and encouraging our big community throughout April! Also, congratulations on your impressive loss this month.

Day 30, Switzerland, FD
Day 29, NFD
@at Thanks for the Kefir link. The Kefir drink I bought is really quite pleasant, considering I’m not keen on milk or yoghurts at all. Its health benefits are winning me over. Good luck everyone.

Day 30 UK NFD

Completed last 3 days as FD. Was also planning to do again today but having people for dinner tonight so will have a day of very mindful eating and stay aware of the final weigh in tomorrow!

Day 30 UK FD 🌈

Happy drink lots of water and wait for the whoosh day. 😂😂planning on ending on a good day, the results are not good ATM. Weigh in tomorrow. 😳

I did 40 days of Lent previously, showing willpower! Then Easter arrived, and a had a little bit of chocolate, which didn’t stop, the Easter Bunny came and stayed. Forever the optimist, things have to change so the invite to the water imp has gone out and this is my May plan. Drink more water.

Have a good last day all 😄😄😄you have only failed if you give up! I intend to read all the posts over the next couple of days and take advice from you all, what worked and what didn’t!

Day 30 Notts UK BSD

@lynzm you can’t imagine how your “drawer of willpower” helped me to stay focussed, the picture was so convincing. I thought if she can do that, I can too, and guess what: because of your willpower, I did it! You’re part of my success and I really thank you for staying strong for Lent! Hugs and xxx

Day 30 Belfast NFD
Final weight 158.25 – up 1.25😟 I’ve struggled all month and I’m just grateful the weight isn’t more. I’d lost my Easter weigh, but a couple seem to have crept on. Never mind, tomorrow is a new month.
Many, many congratulations to all those who have achieved losses – many amazing – and to those of us who have struggled, let’s leave the past behind and start the new month with fresh vigour. Together we are stronger.

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@lynzm and @snowflake56 that drawer of willpower has inspired me too. I have a file drawer containing a box of Continentals, two chocolate rabbits and an easter egg that I haven’t touched :)) It is just a shame it is not a suitable place to keep cheese! I had another Brie incident yesterday evening:((

Day 30 Newcastle UK NFD.
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
Weight 14st 2lbs loss of 16lbs I think.
Neck 16.25″
Chest 42″
Waist 39.5″
Hip 39.5″
Just come off back B2B fasting and a 23 mile bike ride couldn’t get my weight any lower maybe I should have cut my toe nails and trimmed my nasal hair lol 😉
Absolutely over the moon with that. Really don’t think I could have achieved that loss with out the April challenge and the support of the wonderful people who support each out on this group. I’ve only been doing the 5/2 since mid March and I’m really really impressed with it.
Good luck for the May challenge everyone. Stay focused people😇

Day 30 UK NFD

Weigh in yesterday was 144lbs so a 2 lb loss this month which I’m perfectly happy with Thanks for guiding us @okeydokey, see you in the May challenge tomorrow x

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Day 28 / UK / NFD
Day 29 / UK / FD
Day 30 / UK / NFD

Hi all, apologies for my absence, I didn’t want to get into the habit of checking in with the forum while munching away on NFDs. I have gotten through the week okay, even stumbled over an unplanned FD yesterday. I am looking forward to starting a new month next week. Final numbers for April:

Starting weight (overall, 20 Feb): 71.2kg
Starting weight (1 April): 65.6kg
Goal weight (1 May): 62.5-63kg (loss roughly in the 2.5 to 3kg range)
Finish weight (30 April): 63.2kg
Loss: 2.4kg

I missed my minimum goal by 0.2kg, which is a shame, but considering the second half of the month I’ve had I can just accept it and move on. Sincere thank-yous to @okeydokey for hosting us through what was such a difficult month for me and thanks to Easter some others too. Shout-outs, too, to the 5:2 veterans always on hand with help, advice, encouragement for us newbies (I may be starting my third month now, but still feel like one)!

I am oblivious to what else has been going on in the thread, but I hope you’ve all had a good/better final push for this month: onwards and downards! I’ll see you all over in the anniversary thread, WE CAN DO THIS!

Day 29, Mountaintop PA, NFD
Day 30, Mountaintop PA, NFD Goal weight 150!

Final weight for April at goal of 150.0. Thrilled with losing that final pound and will continue with 2 FDs on Monday and Thursdays for May. Clothes looser, especially in the bust, waist and hips thanks to regular walking along with the IF Fast 5:2. I have a pile of pants to take to the seamstress. Always fun to fit into old favorites.

@okeydokey You have been such a positive cheerleader this month. That enthusiasm showed on your scale with the amazing 10 pounds lost. With time and perseverance we see results. Thank you.

Day 30 – USA – NFD

This month whizzed by so fast! I blew 3 out of 9 fast days by being sloppy about my calories, so I weighed in today at 181, down 2 lbs., which was only half of my goal. I switched from inside exercise (bike, hula hoop, weights) to outside activities (gardening, raking, shoveling, trimming) this month. I elminated early breakfasts and now only eat 2 meals a day (16:8); I guess it’s true that if you do something enough, it becomes a habit. Hope I can do better in May.

Thank you all for your informative, entertaining and heartfelt daily comments. Looking forward to the May Challenge!

Day 30, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, NFD

Hi dear ladies and gentlemen,

A quick hello from Austria! I miss you, dear co-fasters. Hope everybody is doing well. After Vienna, Austria, I flew to Dublin, Ireland with a dear schoolfriend of many moons. She was fun to travel with and I did NOT follow 5:2, it was impossible, nor she follow her BSD. The trip was phantastic, best weather, great sights, super lovely people and rich food and for me lots of great Irish beer. We arrived back in Austria on Friday and my body was not happy with me so a did a true 48 hours fast with only herb tea. Today I am almost back to myself. The belt of my pants is in the same notch. Yeah!!! I think our crazy walking helped as well.
@okeydokey: Thank you so much for being our host. You did an absolutely lovely job!!!😊⚘😊⚘😊⚘😊⚘😊⚘ For my end weight for this challenge, please keep my last weigh in. The belt feels not tighter. I did not find a scale anyway. Hihi! 😅😅😅
I will not do the May challenge as I will be in Austria as well as Italy for another month but will join again in June. Hope to see all my old friends then and meet new ones.
Thanks again!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Day 30 USA FD
(Day 29 was a NFD) Final weigh in for April: 132 lbs.

@okeydokey Thank you for being such an excellent host and coach for April!

I am back from a very long drive over and back across the beauty of WA State (you go from wheatfields to desert, to mountains to rainforest and ocean, all in a drive!). A loooong day of meetings that ended with a complicated argument about parliamentary procedure ….and a bit of a whoosh weight loss. I think the nuances of the arguing must have scared or bored the weight out of me (@fatrabbit I think I would rather be locked in the shed with you!).

Anyway, ending the month with more of a loss than I expected and can start focusing on May and my final goal. Thanks for this forum! I missed all of you while I was away❤️

Day30 – UK – NFD

Just checking in, we’re away for the weekend so no access to scales till Tues/ Weds @okeydokey, I’ll go with the last weigh in and declare 5lbs lost for April (still waiting for a whoosh moment). I haven’t been taking measurements but I did try a dress in the other day that I have my eye on for our cruise in July. It zipped up quite easily, after Christmas the zip wouldn’t go anywhere near. Still a bit tight in the bosom area but as every woman on this forum knows that’s the first area the fat goes from so feeling confident I’ll be the belle of the ball(in my head at least)
The weekend has been strictly NFD, and I’m diligently tracking on mfp, doesn’t make for good reading! Still done quite a bit of walking up and down hills so hoping the damage isn’t too extreme when I weigh in.
Taking all the advice and trying to drink more water – definitely fallen off the water wagon last week.

Many thanks @okeydokey and all you other 5:2ers out there, you’re all so inspiring.