Day 8 – London – FD

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I need you all to help me not to go downstairs and get more curry. I have had my share for today. I am not actually hungry as such but it was too nice and I really really want more but I also really really don’t want to break the pattern. I changed the recipe slightly and it is so much better, or my tastebuds have gone into overdrive or something. How can sprouts taste so wonderful? I MUST wait until tomorrow to have more. I must…Drink a glass of water, that is a good idea… Stop gurgling at me stomach. Look at the size of you, you don’t need it. Really, you don’t. I mean it. Be quiet and get on with digesting what I gave you. Nagging doesn’t work on me. So.there. End. of. crisis.

3rd post – Day 8

I’ve just finished my Leek & Cheddar soup to give me a total of 508 for today, chuffed to bits, but I expect I’ll be getting up to go to the toilet during the night……….. 2 soups and 3L water will do that!!!

I hope my fellow pocketeers are still going strong, read my list & thought about you all as my soup was warming, I was getting desperate at that point and thought I might just eat the list!!!! Mmmhhhhh paper!!!

@strawberrieandcream………….so true, I often think undereating ‘stalls my engine’ and I plateau, and when the next NFD comes around, I have no control!!! So I’m yo-yoing which is a sure path to failure.

@okeydokey, Wow, you’re back to backing (b2b) like a pro!!! I just copy and paste the list directly from the previous post, hope that helps!!

@patiger, Pocketeers are members of small groups formed within this thread who coincidentally find they’re having a FD on the same day. Often someone needing a bit of extra support will post that they’re fasting tomorrow and could do with some support. Others also planning to fast will then add their names to the list and we all promise to keep that list in our pockets so we can think /send good vibes to those going through the same as us, whether easy or difficult any added support on a FD is welcome!!!

I mentioned Womens Day to my OH, he said..”But I thought everyday was Womens Day, or is that just my woman”………I had no response, I can’t tell if he’s on the wind-up, wants to check if it’s ok to make me a golf widow this w/end, wants to buy a motorbike…………or he’s being genuine!!!! Too hungry to question him anyway!!!

Second post.
Took my a while but finally catching up with all the posts!! 🙂

Happy women’s day to all the ladies in the group, you rock!.. for the guys, make sure you spoil your girl today (and always)!.

@lindasue — Congratulations on the birth of your great granddaughter! — BTW, not sure if someone else did but I posted about feeling the blues, I don’t want to change the life I have, the blues came from a loss and I doubt anyone else would dream of that. I’m in a better place right now and being in control of my diet is helping that too.. My best to you.

@obesa — I’m jealous, I need a spa day too!.. Enjoy!

@wtharvey — Where in VA are you? I’m in Norfolk. It’s nice to find someone close to home!.

@debster251 — I haven’t felt depressed in the last couple of weeks, I think this WOL is also helping, I started on Jan with 184 lbs, lost a few between Jan and March, Started 5:2 this month and I’m 174 lbs so far, I can’t tell by looking at myself in the mirror but I CAN tell my jeans fit better, that helps a lot!.. Thank you!

@fatrabbit. Oh I could so relate to your urges for that curry. Well I am new to this site I wonder if it would be helpful if I shared some of the distress tolerance or crisis survival skills that I teach my therapy clients here. I don’t want to violate any guidelines or protocol. I use them myself quite frequently. If they are appropriate and helpful I’d be glad to share. One of them we call STOP. . I like to imagine the stop sign when I’m feeling a strong urge to do something I don’t want to do, like over eat or eat something that’s not particularly good for me. So S stands for stop. T stands for take a step back. O stands for observe, for instance observe and describe to yourself what’s happening. Maybe reminding myself of Michael. And P stands for proceed mindfully. The idea is it builds in a pause. It gives me a chance to really think about what I’m doing and remind myself of Michael. Will use a lot of distract skills as well. That is Other activities that can distract us until the urge passes. Once you get the knack of it it’s pretty quick to use. It doesn’t always work but I find it is helpful to me most of the time.

If it was inappropriate for me to share this type of thing here, please delete and let me know and I will refrain. I found so many good tips here that I wanted to share as well.

Day 8 Pennsylvania USA ? The day isn’t over yet😅
March 1 NFD
March 2 FD
March 3 FD
March 4 NFD
March 5 FD
March 6 FD
March 7 NFD
March 8 ?

Weighed March 6 181 lbs. 82 kg
Goal weight for March 171 lbs. 78 kg
Goal for end of June is 131 lbs. 59.4 kg

@mogaman I understand how great it is to get out. I had Brocken my leg I’m still in physical therapy and I have Lyme Disease. Hoping fasting will help! I don’t know 🤷‍♀️ what it’s like to have MS but I realize what your doing by getting outside will help! Keep up the Good work! 🤗🎶🤗

I weighed myself 3/6 at 181 lbs.
Now on 3/8 I weighed 177.6 . I lost 3.5 lbs in 2 days…. maybe I shouldn’t eat Philadelphia hash this evening, even if I cook 👨‍🍳 it for my family. I don’t have a clue what 300 calories of Philadelphia Hash is.😅🤣

@flourbaby That really 😊✨😊Cheered me up😊 I was wondering what back to backing (b2b) meant!🤣

@sirisan, thank you for your post. It is absolutely appropriate to share your hints on how to manage our behaviours. All the best 🌹

Day 9 Melbourne NFD
Day 8 NFD
Day 7 NFD
Day 6 FD

Whoops forgot to add my name on the previous post. This is for tomorrow, Day 9, FD

@ciren2
@redrockgirl302
@fayefaye
@at – not doing a FD but for moral support and hugs as required
@and…exhale
@missj2002
@triplet
@metatauta
@erika45
@flourbaby
@notmyrealname
@reid
@mamacat ?
@bert1802
@schatziii
@wtharvey
@norrieb
@johnnyr
@strawberriesandcream
@pashaw
@jarbia
@fatrabbit
@monkeydo
@rocy65 – not FD but for support
@annemarilyn

Day 9/FD/Aus

Woops I seem to have fallen off the list but happily not off the wagon.
Hint for those who lose long posts. Copy as you go then if you need to leave the page and lose your post you have a copy to fall back on.

@ciren2
@redrockgirl302
@fayefaye
@at – not doing a FD but for moral support and hugs as required
@and…exhale
@missj2002
@triplet
@metatauta
@erika45
@flourbaby
@notmyrealname
@reid
@mamacat ?
@bert1802
@schatziii
@wtharvey
@norrieb
@johnnyr
@strawberriesandcream
@pashaw
@jarbia
@fatrabbit
@monkeydo
@rocy65 – not FD but for support
@onahealthyhigh
@annemarilyn

Post 2

Today I have managed to extend my fast to 5pm. Unusual for me as I will usually have 2 hard boiled eggs for breakfast on a FD, then nothing until dinner. However, today, other than a coffee with a little skim milk I have had no calories throughout the day. Feels really good and I may try this more often. Surprisingly clear headed and energetic. Planning on about 5oz of steak on top of some salad greens for dinner and that will be it for the day.

@sirisan thanks for the STOP acronym, I will be using this for sure!

Day 8 : Cheshire, UK : NFD

I may have fallen off the wagon 🙂

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I’m fasting tomorrow 🙂

@anna6 – so sorry to read the stories about the collapse of the azure window. We took a boat trip around it in 2015 when we visited Malta and Goza and just loved it.

Day 8…..Florida…..FD

Ohhhhhh Ciren….. did you feel me squeezing your hand ever so hard today. I almost thought I was going to break you itiy bitiy fingers. After lunch, I was sooooo hungry. But thanks to the list in my back pocket, I was saved!
Rough day….. have no idea why I am so hungry….. my belly is being really loud and obnoxious since like 1 pm. At one point it yelled out feed me, women, I had everyone in the room looking at me!!!

Fatrabbit….. you sure made me feel better, I thought I was the only one who talked to her stomache…..

Okay some one asked what the pocket pals mean….. so here it goes…. it is group of us well maybe a stadium full of hungry people coming together for a FD. We all choose a particular day, like today. We sign up, then everyone on the list writes everyone’s name on a piece of paper. We stick it in our pockets and pull it out and read all the names when we are having a moment. It is a great way to get much need support when we can’t jump on the thread.
I hope that helps!

Speaking of tomorrow pocket day, It won’t be a FD for me but I will remain on the list for support, love and hugs! But I am FD in on Friday, so, any b2b2b, I got you!

Okay well it finally time to eat my evening calories, so I shall be off…. Mrs. grumbly gut, is starting to annoy me now. I guess the 50 calories I have already eaten today is not enough for her! Such a pain the arse, she is!

Peace be with you!

@goldensun – just hitch a lift back on the wagon. I am fasting tomorrow. Sorry just can’t seem to copy and paste from ipad for some reason.
@jarbia, thank you for your reassurance. It helps! Hope you are picked up and dusted down now.
@hannahwatto – it is just hard sometimes to get in the right zone. If life is a bit haywire fasting can make it easier though. You will pull it back though. Think of the times you have done that before.

I can really relate to those struggling at the moment. Sometimes it is just difficult. Many of us are undoing whole lifetimes of conditioning which damages us. How can that be easy? But we all know if we hang on in there it won’t feel so hard.

So I’ll be fasting tomorrow with the following:

@goldensun
@NellaJimenez
@saffy420
@sirisan
@annemarilyn
@onahealthyhigh
@missymay
@-rachel-

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Hi,
can someone please tell me what b2b means? Thank you very much. 🙂

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Someone asked about the pocket group, the pocket group seems to have evolved this month.

It used to be a group that were setting themselves an extra challenge now and then, for example if you wanted to do a B2B Fast(back to back) or a whole weekend Fast, or 72 hours Fast. Whatever the challenge was there were spring out groups that we called pockets and the did the challenge which was different from the day to day Fasts. I think I named them pocketeers? (Claim to fame) However the pockets have been around before me! I joined in November.

You would write down the name of the challengers and put them in your pocket so to speak, so that you would make extra effort and would think of them when resolve was weakening. Different from just doing a Fast day.

This month this seems to have changed slightly into anyone that needs a bit of encouragement has said what day they are doing and anyone doing the same day is in a pocket with them.

Both are good, the nature of this group is that you will always be doing the same FD as someone else in the group. Everyday could be a pocket day?

We have never had such big pockets, we seem to be naming every one doing a Fast that day. Not sure why? But was in the Monday one. I did a B2B also.

Happy to go with the flow! 😀

Thank you @goldensun for resolving my IT incompetences.

@debster that did make me laugh. I wasn’t especially looking forward to grandchildren or bothered one way or another, and the idea of being a grandma made me feel ancient. I have two now and don’t care about being ancient and tell everyone I am a grandma. I just adore them. All I can say is that I think it is like nothing else. You still have that wonderful, unbelievable first grandchild to look forward to. I just wished I had already been retired when it started.

Day 9 NZ FD
Proper fast today. I’m not struggling so far and I feel empowered to make it through tonight after work on my 1100kj bowl of coconut milk soaked oats and slivered almonds with some blueberries
I know the oats aren’t low carb and maybe not the best FD choice, but I have been loving this Bircher bowl lately and it fits my allowance for a FD meal.
I figure it is best to have something to look forward to on a FD when I’ve been feeling so close to giving up altogether rather than force myself to have the protein and fat just for the sake of trying to fit my macros.
I still get good nutrition but don’t feel deprived, when I’m struggling to see any benefit from all the effort of fasting I think every little bit of positive reinforcement has to help.

Day 8 – USA – FD
Second post – Dearest @at, you are such a peach to spend all your time accumulating all our statistics and laying them out for us! I must say you are too kind, though, with my starting weight. I wish it were true, but it was 186.8, not 168.8…..I would love to snap my fingers and say it was so, but I have to live with those extra pesky 20 pounds and lose them! Thanks again!

Adding myself for tomorrows pocket fasters.

@goldensun
@NellaJimenez
@saffy420
@sirisan
@annemarilyn
@onahealthyhigh
@missmay
@-rachel-
@sarah57
@dykask

I need to get myself back on the wagon!

Day 9 Sunshine Coast Aus FD->NFD
I seem to be really hungry lately. Have had lunch. Will not have dinner but am over the 500 cals but well under 2200+ that I am allowed to have for my TDEE.

Good luck to all the fasters today, namely
@ciren2 @redrockgirl302 @fayefaye @at – not doing a FD but for moral support and hugs as required
@and…exhale @missj2002 @triplet @metatauta @erika45 @flourbaby @notmyrealname @reid
@mamacat ? @bert1802 @schatziii @wtharvey @norrieb @johnnyr @strawberriesandcream
@pashaw @jarbia @fatrabbit @monkeydo @rocy65 – not FD but for support @onahealthyhigh @annemarilyn @onahealthyhigh @missmay @-rachel- @sarah57 @dykask