Portugal day 6 second b2b FD
Yesterday FD was a warm up for today’s! I reckon I went over the 500 cal when I decided soup was not enough. I joined the rest of family and had a slither of lasagne and salad also. But today will hopefully be better. I am making dessert for company we are having tonight so I must not lick the spoon!! I did some HIIT this morning which felt good and hopefully a short walk this pm.
Have a good day all fasters and non fasters.

Georgia/USA/DAY6/NFD:

Yesterday turned out okay after my morning breakdown. LOL. All in all it was for the best. Helped me put things into perspective. Have a wonderful day!

Coda, yes I’m in upstate South Carolina so nowhere near where you’re going to be unfortunately.

Day 6 – USA (Utah visiting)

NFD — keeping busy with daughter and granddaughters. I am glad to be on maintenance and not having to fast too often trying to help feed them!

How y’all doing, pocket fasters? Hugs and support to you all!

Day 6| NFD|Toronto
FD went well yesterday. I have a question for the room; Is it good practice to think your current weight is what you see after a FD? I am starting to think that a post 2 or 3 days of NFD’s is more realistic, if not as encouraging? I guess it really does not matter as long as you are seeing a positive move to meeting waist size and body fat goals.
Best to all, especially the B2B’s!

Day 6 second post

B2B FD going ok so far, but my stomach sounds like it’s got a hungry lion stuck inside – roaring VERY loudly :-p

All the best to everyone – fasting or not

Day 6; Gloucestershire, UK: NFD
Oh dear Patti67…I fell by the wayside at 5.25pm yesterday….and I’m still trying to pick myself up..sigh!
How did you get on?

Hi Ciren as you got your porridge at 6.30am yesterday and lasted until 5.25pm that is almost a fast of 12 hours is it not? Not bad for someone maintaining. Still think you are too hard on yourself.

Day 6 – Cumbria UK – second b2b FD

Woke up early this morning 0530hrs not feeling hungry but just wide awake – strange …………

Good FD so far – had a lovely walk in the mist this morning with friends and felt good afterwards – enjoyed a skimmed milk latte afterwards and had a good catchup with the runners in our group as well

Tummy noises has been remarkably absent so far for me @pissupoosa

However by mid afternoon I felt very hungry, but thinking about the pocket fasters kept me on the straight and narrow and had a cup of hot water with lemon and hunger feelings went away – I then had a manicure booked so that kept me happily distracted.

Chicken soup for dinner and looking forward to that later – so will hopefully come in below my 500cals for the day again!

@august2024 – I would say that so long as you always weigh at the same time roughly eg. first thing on waking after a FD or a NFD it should reflect your true weight – weight does fluctuate throughout the week and time of the day

@happymargo – good luck with the recovery – you are wise to eat a healthy diet whilst recovering – plenty of protein to help with healing

@ciren2 – as @coda says look at the positive side of what you achieved and remember you are maintaining not trying to lose. I’m doing the B2B FDs to help negate the extra food/drink that will no doubt be involved in my visit down south to see friends – that thought has certainly helped my resolved to complete the B2B FDs!

I’ll be wrapping up xmas present later so that they are all ready to take with me tomorrow on my visit down south to catch up with old friends so that should keep me occupied and distracted from food thoughts

Good luck to the pocket fasters and all on this group who are on a NFD or FD

Trying to be positive, I AM, I am…but my weight is two pounds above my goal weight. I’ve put on two pounds. I MUST fast tomorrow, I MUST! When I start eating I become an EATING-MACHINE. I can’t help worrying that all that fat will come back….remorselessly.
Patty67: my team-mate…where are you, are you doing ok?
Coda: I SO appreciate your pep talks…what do/did you do for a living? I can imagine you as a counsellor!
AT: Thanks also…kind words mean so much to me. They DO help.

Day 6. Sussex U.K.
FD.
Ciren – each tomorrow we start again. Remember, keep on keeping on. You WILL be strong again.
Let today go and look back at how far you have come. It is fantastic.
I was going for 500 cals yesterday and today but both days I am nearer 600.
I do ok without breakfast. Much better if I just have water for most of day. However yesterday I was meeting friends and went for a cheese and spinach omelette. Then got talked into small trifle. Grrrr.
Today have been out with OH. Small chicken salad for lunch. Homemade soup tonight.
We are both retired and it is sometimes difficult for him to eat on his own. He doesn’t have any hobbies. Just twice a week to the gym and daily dog walk. We spend almost all of our time together and he is skinny! So I think I sometimes eat to keep him company. Snacking in the evening etc. Ridiculous.
I am going out to choir this evening so hopefully will be safe.
I think I will try and miss out breakfast on a regular basis and drink less tea and coffee.

Hi Ciren lol no I am not a counsellor. I work in an office.

Two lbs is nothing – for your exercise this week I want you to step on the scales once a day, same time and same clothes, if any. I want you to note it and move on, don’t think about it, don’t worry about it – just note it. I want you to do this for a week, you are just observing your body as though you are viewing someone else. Not sure if you noticed my weight increased 3lbs overnight (no rhyme nor reason) and has gone down just one lb since. You don’t know how lucky you are being at maintenance, how many people would love to be where you are. So lets get things into perspective, you have lost how much? The fact you are still here, I have every confidence in you, even if you do not, that you will not put the weight back on. You have found a way to live for the rest of your life. It would be only if you abandoned this way way of eating, then you may have a problem. Why not enjoy this new found slimness that you have achieved. Instead of beating yourself up and stressing – relax a little. Observe and congratulate yourself on how well you look and how far you have come. Remember my climb up the mountain? When I got to the top I enjoyed the panoramic view – which was the whole point of climbing the mountain – if I thought the homeward journey would be as hard as climbing up would I have even started? Remember the fast/feast, as long as you follow that you will be fine. Observing and noticing how you feel and if you feel heavy, then fast. You are in the fine position of learning how to maintain. It may take a bit of tweaking but beating yourself up is not the answer. Tell me what would you say to someone else? I can’t imagine you would be saying you must fast, you must fast! What if you tried to do a few 12 hour fasts a week, begin with breakfast as you have an early start and an evening meal 12 hours later, then you will fast overnight. Rather than beat yourself up because you are not doing 36 hour fasts. Try this and observe, if you need to tweak it, you can. I don’t think you need to be doing extended fasts when you are maintaining. Begin easy and if you need every once in a while to extend then do so. You are just stressing yourself, as if you haven’t enough stress getting all that extra post and parcels delivered. What do you do to relax?

Day 6, Gozo. Malta, NFD

Ate more than my TDEE today. Had a breast ultra sound after a memogram came with a suspicious spot, and I was told that it was normal. My husband and daughter come with me. Such a relief.

Good evening/night everyone.

Day 6 USA Hawaii NFD
18: 6 today…LCHF seems to be working… finally got up the nerve to step on the scale this morning after several weeks. 169.8 lb which barely takes me out of the 170’s… hopefully for good. Probably had some 24 hour periods with 500 calories or less but I’ve been too busy to focus like I should. Anyway, I was pleased with the friendly scale this morning. Everyone’s posts remind me to never give up. I grabbed onto the 18:6 and 16:8 eating windows just to keep afloat during a rough time. Hope to get focused and properly log my FD’s going forward.

Day 6…. Florida….. FD

Day 2 of our b2b, I feel good and my moodiness has subsided. Thank goodness!
Most of the day, it was busy, so to be honest, I’m not sure if I was hungry or not. Although, dinner is in the oven so my belly is a talking.
I’ve only eaten 110 calories so far, roast beef and veggies for dinner. I’ll stay with in my 500 calories!
Since I feel nice, I’m going to continue on to the third day.
Well, dinner is a calling! Have a great night!

Day 6 – London, UK – NFD

Sorry I’m afraid life got in the way of my b2b FD this week!! However I hve eaten minimally and, whilst not 500 cals, certainly not more than 700 and lots of exercise too!

Off to Rome early in the morning so, with the itinerary we have, will be off the radar ’til Sunday!! Will definitely be going for b2b FD Sunday dinner to Wednesday breakfast next week….love Italian food!! On the upside we will be moving non stop so hopefully help damage control.

Good luck all, will look forward to trying to catch up on the many posts I will miss!!

Day 7 – Melbourne – FD

Have guests for nibbles/drinks early evening, so not eating all day, hoping to find no more than 500 calories in party food… hmmm… maybe I should cut up some vegie stix.

Well today was a NFD and I’m sure I have exceeded my daily calorie allowance. I had breakfast this morning and for some reason that seems to set me up for eating/grazing all day long, especially later in the afternoon. I am better off not eating until lunchtime and I like the feeling of an empty stomach. Someone asked me this morning if I had lost weight though and that made me feel good.

I will do b2b FDs from 8 pm tonight until Friday morning, eating under 500 calories for dinner on Wednesday and Thursday. I hope that can reset my mojo.

Day 7 (30+7) Sunshine Coast Qld Aus: Unexpected guest in form of my daughter and 2 granddaughters turned up at lunch yesterday. So all I managed was 40 hour fast. Thought I would fast today but indulged in lunch with my g-sons as I cooked them rice noodles with healthy stir fry. May have esten some nuts. Isn’t it incredible how quickly what you have put in your mouth slides out of your mind😳😢. This is meant to be a way of life or a way of eating but I still very much have a diet mentality. The mind games really are the hardest. Are they driven by insulin? Don’t know.

Day 7 UK NFD

A much needed successful 36 hour liquid fast yesterday. Thank goodness for the accountability here. I am sure I would not have made it through yesterday without that. Have decided to break fast this morning but will be keeping it low amd planning the rest of the week to give the best outcome for weigh in on Saturday. Respect to those of you who weigh daily. I don’t think I could take the pressure!

Anna6, happy to read your good news.

Have a good day everyone.

Day 7 | Derbyshire UK | NFD

Correction again b2tf! Many apologies, yesterday was a NFD although both Mon and Tues were low calorie days. Due to unexpected family concerns I won’t be able to fast this week, but I will be very mindful of what I eat and try to remain as low cal as possible.

Good luck this week to everyone else xx

Day 7, FD, New Zealand – second post. Just finished dinner on third day of fasting. Probably over 500 cals, maybe 600-650, but seeing as I’m about 72 hours into back-to-back fasts, I’m giving myself permission for a few extra mouthfuls. Am actually amazed I am capable of 3 days consecutive fasting – not so long I would have convinced myself I would faint from hunger if I didn’t have chocolate between lunch and dinner! And now Iook – I’m enjoying the experience of eating just once day and appreciating food all the more. And really appreciating that I can fit my old summer clothes comfortably.

Day 7 – London – FD
It has warmed up in London so fasting should be easier today. Planning a liquid only day.

UK day 7 NFD Been debating how to post this – Didn’t complete the b2b, a friend turned up with mince pies to accompany a cup of tea and I chose to eat it, other than that it was a good day so taking a leaf from Codas book I’m looking at it as a partial success, I’m going back to basics ( again !) 2 non consecutive fasts a week and what I really need to work on are the NFDs – so today I’m aiming to eat sensibly but most importantly NOT obsess about food which I found myself doing yesterday .

Alanix – hope you enjoy Rome I was there in Feburary and it was lovely without the summer crowds.

Day 7, Australia FD

Day 3 of b2b2b! All done and dusted, off to bed soon. Stayed under 400 cals today, really looking forward to breakfast tomorrow and all sorts of food I have thought about at various times today. I wouldn’t be surprised though if I wake up not hungry though and don’t eat until lunch time, as that is what seems to happen. It’s mainly the idea of the did that I want I think. Either way I’ve completed my b2b2b and hopefully I’ll see a drop tomorrow on the scales, hoping to reach my goal by my birthday which is this weekend. Last week I was 300 gms over it but this morning after b2b fasts I was 1.1kgs above it! Very funny how the body holds on and let’s go and who even knows. Have made sure to drink more water today and hopefully that helps.
Great job all of the pocket fasters, and all the b2b2b fasters you may still be going. Keep it up!