Day 7 – Auckland, NZ – NFD

Amazing how much more conscious you become about what you eat on a NFD, eh?

@pamelav – thank you for sharing about your fingers and lack of pain. I think mine has improved too. I’ve just turned 45, and never expected to have pain in my finger joints at this age, but my Mum and grandmother both had/have arthritic hands, so I just figured it was genetic. This seems to be helping.

@quebecoise – get well soon! Sending warmth and sunshine from sunny NZ.

@rocy65 – where in Cornwall do you live? I was in Helston for 15 months, came back to NZ two years ago today!

Summary for my first week:

Day 1 NFD weight 111 kg
Day 2 NFD
Day 3 FD
Day 4 NFD
Day 5 FD
Day 6 NFD weight 108.8 kg
Day 7 NFD

@fuvvie – thank you for leading us. This is awesome!

Dayb6 – Staffordshire UK-fd

Just checking in:

@fuvvie Jan6-NFD

I did a fast from yesterday dinner to today’s dinner and had home made pizza (2 slices only and all weighed up coming up to 460 cal). Good news is that I resisted the urge to drink! Woohoo! But I had a big bag of pop corn and some peanuts and 2 glasses of pressed apple juice whilst watching a film and this made me go to 960. I’m def counting it as a NFD today sadly. BUT, I’m so. SO happy I didn’t drink and have no entries for all those empty calories on MFP.

Let’s hope I keep it up tomorrow! I will be on a NFD and keeping to my TDEE of 1200.

Good night peeps 💤

Day 6…..Florida…..FD

Have you ever been so tired, that you brain just can’t compute the environment around you? That’s me today…….
Seriously, it’s raining outside and it actually driving me insane….. I just wish it would shut the hell up.

I made it through my day, under 500 calories, fasting until noon tomorrow but again that may be longer as I may not even get out of bed.

Another astonishing busy day, thank goodness, they hired some today, hopefully, she’ll start in less than two weeks. Apparently, shes gotta put notice in at her other job. To be honest, the boss was asking for my feed back on what I thought of her and I’m not sure I gave any coherent answers. Let’s be honest here for a moment, I think I only said a handful of words to her under which most of those words were excuse me. When all I want to say was either keep up or get the hell outta the way!
I’m for sure on automatic pilot at the moment.

Please forgive me as I honestly can’t remember names with questions or comments. So, if you feel as if it applies to, please run with it because it probably does!

Headaches on or off FD, could also be do to the lack of potassium in your diet… Eat a banana.

Although riding a horse doesn’t count as walking, it can count as strength traing because of the use of muscle, with the weight of your body being the resistance.
Leg day! Because you are using your thigh muscle to stay on top, your core to keep upright and your arms to stop the furry beast from running amuck…. win win in my book.

Got to remember to take the list out of my pocket, or your all gonna end up with a bath in my washing machine tonight.

Did you know shivering helps the body maintain its heat therefore keeps the bodies metabolism moving…. burning more calories without putting much effort in! Stay warm my cold weather friends!

In Va down to Ga, they are using a new substance on the road called brine. The weather channel isnt saying what it is. do any of you know?

You could actually see a decrease in inflammation of the joints after and continuing on IF. Studies suggest the IF, can reduce inflammation in the body which includes bloating around the stomach region. We can get inflammation around our organs causing an increase of the waste line.

Okay, well the kid just came out and asked me to proof read his term paper. I told him, I was tired but .i would do my best. All I got to say is he’s one brave kid, considering it’s taken me over an hour to write this post.

Day 7 – Tokyo, Japan – NFD – 77.9 kg.

I drank a lot on my FD but fasting just seems to dry me out. However this the first time for me to crack 78kg! I’m down 2.7kg from yesterday so most of that is water for sure, still it feels good to be getting close to my goal of 77kg.

4 years ago I was at 106kg. The standard eat less move more got me to 94kg but that was 3 years of suffering. Last year I cut way back on sugar and that plunged my weight to 86kg where it stayed. 4 months of 5:2 has done the rest. Fasting is amazing and now I get to enjoy much more food than before. However I’m still avoiding the refined added sugars.

Day 7 Melbourne NFD

Day 6 Canada, FD

Hello to fellow pocket fasters. So far feeling great. Felt a bit weird around 3 pm this afternoon, but took the list of names out of my pocket and thought of you all,had a hot tea and carried on through the wobbles which were short lived. Thinking of you all as we go through the second half of the 36 hours.

I may be the furthest west (VANCOUVER,Canada)on the forum? Some of you already into day 7 so maybe finishing up the pocket fast

It is so encouraging to hear of the success of those that have been following this WOL for a few months. Love to read about your success and struggles.

Day 6, US, NFD

Hey ! I would love to join the challenge albeit a little late! I have been working out and on a low carb diet. My current weight is 210 and my goal is 160! We can do it!!! Need all the motivation I can get! My problem is always consistency particularly if the results are immediately apparent!! Lol Here we go! Good luck!!

Aussie day 7 well my FD yesterday went south will be doing it tomorrow stick with it everyone.

Day 7/NFD/Oman
I’m not eating breakfast today but we’re going out for brunch so maybe it’ll be a 16:8 day rather than 18:6!

To those of u having a tough day or even a tough week – stick with it. Tomorrow is a new day!

I’ve had a headache off and on all week. I read somewhere that cutting out or down on carbs can cause this too…i am a total carb addict. Trying to cut way down. It’s hard!

DAY 7 BUCKS UK FD

Nfd yesterday – think I kept under my tdee – went for a long walk, and then stopped at local cafe and had Eggs benedict with Avocado – yummy yummy….(Brunch) – and a sensible supper of Veggie burger and 1/2 jkt potato (without lashings of butter)and salad and avoided the Xmas cake.
I was surprised to see that I had still lost a teeny weeny bit of weight this morning.
FD to-day and have cheated by buying an M&S Count on Us – so I won’t have to think about preparing food or think about calories. My hubby is very good and will happily prepare his own. I seem to have got over the headaches and am drinking Oxo and Marmite for the salt content. Love reading the posts – and Bert1802 found yours hilarious. Keep em coming and stick with it. Oh! I weigh every morning to help keep things under control but won’t post ’til end of Jan – unless everyone else does.

Day 7: Belfast UK, NFD
Weight 162.25
Back to logging on MFP
Have just sat and read all your posts. I retired from teaching 18 months ago and while I don’t miss the workload, I miss the daily craic with my colleagues. This group is like my new work family! I just love the posts and the advice.
@weemee I bought a Fitbit a year ago and found myself dancing to songs on the radio (I was on my own at the time!) to rack up my steps even though I’d done 70 lengths of the swimming pool!I now try to do a small routine with squats etc – every little helps! However, I totally agree with Bert1802- horse riding is great exercise.
@pamelav I weigh myself daily but log once a week (Sat). It keeps me in control! Your stats and goals are very similar to mine. I lost 14 lb from May – Oct which was slower than I would have liked, put a few on over Xmas, and started this next leg @163.5lbs. So I’m with you all the way with your challenges! Good luck!

PamelaV– glad to hear you’ve already dropped 2 pounds & have noticed a lessening in inflammation/ arthritis. Fantastic results both!

As far as headaches, this has been addressed with very detailed answers several times on this (very fast moving!) thread. Go back & see my responses to Headaches/ Dizziness/ Light-headed symptoms on pages 9 & 13.
There is a very helpful link to Jason Fung on those posts too. Best of Luck!!

Hello day 7 nfd UK

As well as Happymargo’s pieces on headaches, easiest way to access her posts is click on her name, replies created and read rather than go back to the pages and read through lots of others posts. Bigbooty, who drops in from time to time as if by magic, shared this not too far up the page but I’ll copy it again as I didn’t know this.
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The headaches go away after about a month. Need to hang tough for a month. The headaches are a combination of dehydration, lack of salt, and the fact that your liver has no idea how to convert stored fats into glucose and ketones because it hasn’t been asked to perform that function in a very LONG time. The up shot is that your system is struggling to send enough glucose to your brain. Good news is that your brain will happily work on ketones as well. Just give your liver time to start making this again. Its forgotten how to do it!! Give it a month.

Next week I’m planning to do an extended fast starting from after dinner Sunday. I feel I need a reset, not sure how long I’ll do but will see how I feel each day.

@debster I totally get how this group becomes your friends. Although I still work albeit with only one other female now, no ones gets it like this group does. When I had a bit of a crisis last year – who were my best friends? Who, although we’re spread out over the world, offered support and advice? My virtual friends – who have found each other by chance. Ha ha ‘In all the threads/forums in all the world’ have a good weekend x

Day 7– Colorado, USA– NFD (but will only have 2 meals: brunch & date night dinner with DH.)

Yesterday’s NFD ended up being very low calorie, well below TDEE (unplanned.)

DH & I both had the day off work so decided to test-drive some new cars. My car is 16 years old & starting to have multiple issues. DH has been trying for years to take me car shopping but I’m proud I’ve kept it so long & it’s been so nice having zero car payments.

With all the crazy snow Colorado has been getting lately, I just can’t get thru the streets with my old sub-compact tiny car. After all the test-driving & negotiating (Ugh!) I selected a nice little cross-over SUV that has all-wheel-drive for safety. Can’t believe how much I love it! Wheeee!!

Anyway, it surprisingly took over 9 hours for the whole process. With no breaks for snacks or lunch.

Luckily, my body’s now well-accustomed to intermittent fasting & took the long day in stride. I noticed a few waves of hunger around 2:30, but drank a bottle of water & was fine till we made it to dinner.

WOW have things changed following LCHF & fasting. In my previous life I would have been low-blood sugar crashing & truly HANGRY (= hungry + angry.) But now it’s no big deal. I simply drink more water & promise myself I’ll get to eat later.

It was an excellent surprise test & I passed! My body has adapted to this new WOL splendidly!

Day 7, London- aiming for a FD

Yesterday was my first successful FD for 2017, yay. Scales show 0.7 kg down (but I’m still slightly above the weight I ended Nov with).

Will carry on drinking tea and black coffee until the evening, but then we have friends coming for dinner and I’m cooking, so may go over 500 cals. This is still a success for me, though- I realize what a constant grazer I’d become, so a 46h fast is not something I thought I am capable of, only a few months ago (am a newbie).

Enjoy the weekend, lovely people!

Day 7 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Pocketeers – Yesterday I carried on fasting until my evening meal last night when I broke my fast with a lovely homemade fish curry and a couple of glasses of wine (so achieved fasting from 2000hrs Wed 4/1 until 1900hrs Fri 6/1 – 500cal consumed in that period)

Weight this morning still just below my target = 54.8kg/120.8lbs – have now stayed at target or below since 7th December! YAY for me!

Went for a lovely brunch with the OH before food shopping this morning – enjoyed poached eggs, sourdough toast and avocado – my all time favourite with a flat white – no more food required until my evening meal tonight which will be some left over vegetable tagine I made on Thursday night.

How did our pocketeers get on – Pissupoosa – B2tF – Bert – AnneMarilyn – Coda – Well Rounded??

I am with the group on here who have mentioned that they have moved to only two meals per day on a NFD day.
Since following this WOL – I do not find that I need to have food on waking up and no snacking in between my meals – I don’t feel the need – and it does get easier to say NO when others keep offering you food – I will often go out for a coffee with friends or my OH and not need/want to indulge in cakes whilst they do!!! I think they have just got used to my WOL and no longer find it odd BUT sometimes my first meal of the day is coffee and cake late morning!!!!

I forgot to mention that like others I also gave up sugar in my tea/coffee some 4 months after I started this WOL – my OH does not have sugar in anything so I decided to just stop – I missed it dreadfully especially in my tea for some 2 months or so but suddenly I stopped missing it and have not looked back.

At the moment I remain frustrated at not being able to do my normal walks/yoga sessions as my left hamstring/Baker’s cyst is still hurting – patience is a virtue or so they say………..

I have enjoyed reading the various posts on this forum, we are such a big group now and cannot stay on top of all the names but I hope the following comments are helpful.

If you are new to this way of life and are struggling with fasting – I would advice that you do 2 x 500cal or 1/4TDEE days per week, NOT consecutive days initially and split your calorie intake into two meals during the 24hr period – try this for a couple of weeks. Then try to have all your calories in only one meal per day for a couple of weeks.
Perhaps you can then move to trying minimal calories e.g a dash of milk in tea/coffee and some low calorie broth/bouillon and no solid foods for the day and hey presto you are nearly on a water fast only.

Since reaching maintenance I have moved to 16:8 days on my NFDs and usually manage to stay within my TDEE but sometimes exceed that……….My FDs vary from being a one meal of below 500cal or sometimes it is a minimal calorie fluid only day, depending on how I feel.

Since reaching maintenance I have kept fasting for 2 days a week and the reason for continuing fasting for 2 days a week is to gain the benefits as clarified by this quote from Dr Mosely’s book (Page 70) – what more encouragement do we need?
The benefits of Fasting include:-
– Weight loss
– A reduction of IGF-1, which means that you are reducing your risk of a number of age-related diseases,
such as cancer
– The switching-on of countless repair genes in response to this stressor
– Giving your pancreas a rest, which will boost the effectiveness of the insulin it produces in response to elevated blood glucose. Increased insulin sensitivity will reduce your risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cognitive decline.
– An overall enhancement in your mood and sense of wellbeing. This may be a consequence of your brain producing increased levels of neurotrophic factor, which will hopefully make you more cheerful, which in turn should make fasting more doable.

How is that for motivating us to start or continue with FASTING for the rest of our lives?????

Day 7……Florida….NFD

So, here’s the scoop this morning….. I awake way before I want to be, but at least I feel as if I’m actually functioning rather than being on auto pilot!

Finishing strong with my pocket pals……. will break fast around noon today!

I have made the decision to make Sat. mornings, my new weigh in day. I’ve been debating all week with myself about it. In the pervious challenges, I was a Tues. morning girl but during the holidays I didn’t weigh in until the last day which happen to fall on a Sat. morning and this challenge started on Sun. So, there you have it!
This morning, I weighed in at 153.6lbs, I’m down but by how much that I don’t know.
I should have put it in the tracker first but didn’t! That’s next!

Coda…. Sorry, you had a sleepless start to the slumber phase of your day…. hopefully today runs smooth for you. I actually thought brine was a salt solution for meat as well.i just can’t imagine using on roads before a winter storm. From what, I gather from the weather channel is that they use it as a deterrent before a storm to keep the ice and snow from accumulating on the road ways. It’s a new system they invented if that’s the right word… I hope it works for the safety of all those travelers. I would really like to know what it consists of?

HappyMargo….. I’m so glad life is treating you so good these days…. oh, I love the new car smell…..

Fuvvie……. My love….. I can’t say how much I appreciate you! You are kind, strong and dedicated. Our friend list keeps growing and your star shines even brighter on us!

Lily Martin……. ouch! I’m sorry….. it’s no fun whacking your head just as your eyes are opening….. I’m an Epsom salt user, it works wonders on bumps and bruises…. run a hand towel under very warm hot water, ring out, wrap 1 cup of salts in the towel place on bump. It will soothe and decrease the blood pocket form at the bump and will take the pain away in a 20 min. Application. Hope that helps!

To my vino enjoyers whom are going dry…… A friend of mine gave up the drink, by adding sparkling carbonated water to her wine. She increased the water as she decreased the wine until she was only drinking the water…. she also said the carbonation, helps with hunger. She doesn’t IF, but she is strict on her meal times. This helps her maintain her weight without counting calories. Maybe this could help you all…..

Well, my coffee cup is empty, time to get this house clean and those Christmas dec. down until next year!
Cheers!

Day 7, NFD, AZ USA.

Decided to go to the gym this morning before work so I packed my bag last night. After my workout I went to get dressed and realize I grabbed a pair of old jeans that are ridiculously snug. I feel like the button on m jeans is yelling “shame, shame, shame”. But on the good side it’s going to keep me from eating too much today because I can barely breathe!

Day 7-NSW-Australia
Sorry didn’t post yesterday both NFDs. Thanks emilymeg sleep has been an issue for decades but FD is making it a little harder. Finding that I’m not feeling very hungry at all on NFDs and I’m still making healthy choices but am eating some meals for the sake of it. It is only the first week so i will figure it out as i go along. I don’t think i will weight myself everyday – don’t want to get disheartened if there is not much movement. Maybe once a week just to see if I’m on track. Really need to up the exercise not sure how i will do it with work, the kids and everything else – walking an extra 30 mins a day at work. Things are going ok i think.
The joy of this forum is that we are extending our journey across the globe with some of us freezing and others sweltering in the heat – not matter where you are i hope your enjoying your day.

I’ve been struggling with the proverbial last 15 pounds for many years. I tried a modified version of 5:2 a couple of years ago, but I did not give the program enough time to work. I often would get within ten pounds of my weight goal and then revert to bad eating habits. I restarted the program again a few days ago. Unlike in the past, this effort feels different and more sustainable. I look forward to joining the 30-day Challenge.

Laddie….. I don’t know anything about the strips, so sorry on that but I can help with the eating part.

The dangers and the damage you will do by not eating, I am sure you know, so no lecture on that.

How ever, let’s give you some food for thought, to make you less afraid. This WOL is not based on not giving up what you love and enjoy, but to teach us on how to enjoy it without undoing what we worked so hard to accomplish. Eating hamburgers or fries or pizza or cake or this or that, is not going to hurt you. It actually may help you!

Look at that sentence one more time hamburgers or fries or pizza or cake or this or that….. See that one repeating word? That’s not a AND, that’s an OR, which means a choice! Choose one…… ONLY one….. AND pair it with something healthy, a salad, veg (fries are not a vegetable).

What I’m talking about is moderation, the difference between the word OR and AND.
OR is a choice….AND is automatic. See the difference.
Moderation is the choice of enjoy the things we love and incorporating them into a healthy diet, not using them a a remedy to cure all that bothers us. They are not a forbidden food that is there to taunt us!

Now, when I say they may help us, is such an odd statement because they can actually help us to lose some lbs. The great thing about our bodies, is that it adjusts to what we do, when we don’t eat our TDEE, is adjust by using our extra weight for fuel. When we eat, it stores it, it stores our excess…. for later. When we juggle our food, we confuse it….. so it ends up using our extra weight for fuel causing weight loss even at a higher caloric intake. Which is why, even the why just doing a 16:8 produces weight loss!

Having that burger OR that SLICE of pizza, is not going to hurt you. Just make sure, you enjoy it along with a healthier foods!

I hope that helps…..

Cheers!