Day 19 TD USA-WA
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Day 20/FD/ Aus
Joining the pocketeers
go:
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
Thank you for the link, interesting reading.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-4313396/On-5-2-lost-9-kilos-reversed-diabetes.html
@okeydokey Michael Mosley recommends his 8 Week Blood Sugar Diet.
@annemarilyn healthy fats include olive oil and rapeseed or coconut oil for cooking, ditching margarine for butter and eating full fat yoghurt ( and full fat dairy rather then sugar laden low fat products)
“Be wary of being in a constant state of self-denial. It is fatal to declare too many foods off limits, as this often leads to guilty, rebound overeating.” Dr Mosley
Day 19 NFD
@okeydokey 11lbs is awesome!
@gopackgo. So proud of you with your self control.
@flourbaby Thank you for your link to magnesium oil.
And ….exhale I’m sorry to hear your news. Lots for you to deal with.. all the more reason to keep active and lose those pounds. I have a similar problem and my next step is a hip replacement, so I’ve upped my daily exercises and am more mindful of my exercise regime. Good luck.
It has been an indulgent weekend and am not looking forward to weighing tomorrow.
Am home for 2’days and then off on my travels until next Tuesday. Life happens.
I will join the pocketeers tomorrow and hope for a b2b before I go.
Into the pocket I’ll go too:
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinny love
@debster251.
Good luck
I appear to have dropped off the list again!
pocketeers
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
Day 19 Surrey UK NFD
Over did it yesterday and today but will start again tomorrow and join the pocketeers.
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinny love
@debster251
@suse13
Good luck all.
Day 19 NFD St Louis USA
Re-posting as I couldn’t find my original post and thought I might not have entered properly.
@fatrabbit loved your rabbit stories. We raised rabbits for a while when my kids were little and we were living in the country. I obviously did not have the expertise and knowledge of the inter-goings-on in the rabbit hutch that you do. Feels a little rude referring to a person as fat rabbit but I’m guessing it’s fine for this site.
@jojo57 thank you for the tips about ways to resist chocolate. However if I had to totally stop eating chocolate I think I would wonder if life were worth living. 🙂
Adding myself to the pocketers for tomorrow as Monday and Thursday are my regular fast days. Getting so I rather look forward to it. I know evenings are my most difficult time. When I get home from work and I am sitting around I tend to snack. It hasn’t been difficult on fast days but I make sure I stay busy. That seems to be helpful for me.
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinny love
@debster251
@Susie13
@sirisan
May we all have a lovely fat free week.
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@Onhealthyhigh – seems you dropped off again so putting you back on 🙂
Pocketeers for Day 20
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG!
Hi day 19 UK nfd
Pocketeers for Day 20
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@georgia hugs x
@okeydokey AD = Alternative day, BSD = blood sugar diet
@strawberriesandcream so agree with hearing about others lives/feelings/successes and trials
@lany36 – have been there done that – who hasn’t? Have seen me eat a bar of chocolate and hide the evidence, is that me thinking it doesn’t count? Most times when I have eaten it quickly in case someone comes I haven’t even enjoyed it. Now I try to eat in the open and have been known to even give share. That way I savour it a bit more.
Day 19 – NFD USA, Wisconsin
Long, busy weekend. Phew. I had to bartend on St Patrick’s day, and I figured that I would have to take plenty of shots (not really an option to say no when customers want to buy you shots or want to play games for shots). I came up with a concoction that I could drink that would be relatively low in calories but still let me participate with my patrons. I bought Starbucks unsweetened iced coffee which has 10 calories per 8 oz and sweetened it with Stevia. I mixed about 12ish oz with about an ounce and a half of vokda (about 90 calories) and a touch of Bailey’s Irish Cream. That’s what I used to drink shots and it was tasty and didn’t kill my calories! And when people wanted to try, they loved it. Bonus. And if they don’t know that there’s barely any liquor in it, oh well. I ate soup and salad before work and didnt eat during my shift, and drank a lot of water.
Saturday I also had to bartend for a wedding. I skipped breakfast and finally ate about 2PM, had a very healthy salad of about 200 cal but with protein, etc. Brought a protein snack pack to work and only ate the almonds and cheese, skipped the processed meat that was included. Packed strawberries and a 100-cal Greek yogurt, too. Again, drank a ton of water. I looked at my FitBit and saw that I was on track to have burned 4500 calories for the day and went ahead and had two slices of sausage pizza that were delicious and I was starving. Then my man and I went to “our” bar and I ordered a vodka and club soda with lemon. My normal drink was always spiced rum and diet Coke, so I’m trying to clean up my drink, too. I indulged a bit in booze, but I burned so many calories, I was still ahead of the game.
Today, again skipped breakfast (I am really loving doing that, I don’t *need* breakfast and it’s like mini fasts, too), didn’t eat until 330 or so. Had a large delicious plate of scrambled eggs, steak, veggies, avocado. Still came in around 350 calories. Plenty left for foodstuffs tonight, but I get in that mode where I know I’m weighing myself in the morning and don’t want to stuff myself. Anyone else get that way? I could almost turn this into a FD, but we’ll see what the body wants.
Tomorrow is a FD for me, I’ll add myself to the list. I’m cooking chicken in my Instant Pot today and making broth for the week.
Saw a picture of myself taken on St Patricks and really wish I looked smaller. 🙁 Nothing like a photograph to show you what you reallllly look like … ugh. Well, that’s why I’m here!!!
@lany36 – First, congrats on fitting in your measuring pants!!! Woohoo! They will only fit better and better as you progress! I have a pair of “goal” pants myself that I couldn’t even get over my thighs right now. They are size 10 legging-style pants (fit more like an 8, really) that I wore when I first met my man over 3 years and 45 pounds ago.
And with the chocolate bar … girl, we’ve all done stuff like that. I’ve made myself food that as I’m eating, I KNOW I’m not hungry, so why am I eating this … after the kids are in bed, like you said, secretive almost. One night, not even hungry, I made myself 3 ham, cheese, and mayo sandwiches in a row and tore into them. It happens, it happened, it is now in the past, and we move forward. Love yourself, be kind to yourself. We are only human.
@fatrabbit – I love your rabbit tales! Keep em coming!
@jojo58 – You were so on point with your “feeders” comment. My mom and I, although we are very close, have an odd relationship when it comes to food and weight. She is always on me about my weight, how I’m eating, what I weigh, and she is overweight herself and eats horribly to lose weight. She has said things that, even though I don’t think she means to, wounds. At the same time, she will try and force cake and cookies on me. “Just try this. Try a bite. Take some home.”
@strawberriesandcream – I loved your post about reading other posts and keeping up with everyone’s lives and journeys. I’ve only been at this a week but I like seeing other’s goals, struggles, accomplishments, and personal life details. Even if no one ever were to read my posts or comment, it’s still almost like a diary for me. Cathartic. And we are each the same with switching up our drinks to slimmer versions.
@gwendoline – Welcome! Like I mentioned above, I’ve only been at this a week tomorrow, so I’m new, too, but so far I LOVE this way of life. It just suits me. I think I’ve lost about 6 pounds this week and how amazing is that, and so surprisingly, I haven’t felt starved or deprived at ALL. When you eat clean, it’s amazing how much you can eat when it’s pure, clean food.
@fatteacher – great job planning the foods to eat before going out, and staying strong in the face of fried rice temptations! It’s hard to do, but you feel so accomplished when you actually do it.
@songbirdme – thanks for posting the link to that article! I’m going to read it tonight.
I’ll add my name to the list of pocket folk for tomorrow. We got this!!!
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
Still Day 19
I think posts are crossing each other, so added back on a couple of pocketeers:
Pocketeers for Day 20
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
Day 19|Toronto|CD/NFD
I’ll add my name to the list of pocket folk for tomorrow as we “Spring” into health and energy!
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@scs – well, my capital C “Control” was a bit off today when serving those cakes at church. I’ve already eaten two small pieces of the pineapple upside down cake. But like Dr. Mosely has stated, don’t completely deprive yourself (#9 at http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-4313396/On-5-2-lost-9-kilos-reversed-diabetes.html) so I had to taste my cake! It was a new recipe.
Pocketeers, you are among great friends who all support you, me included. I can’t fast on Mondays with activities going on where I need calories, but maybe in a few weeks I could join you. We’ll see.
Day 20 – Tokyo, Japan – FD 81.4kg
For a this time on a fast day I feel good. However the salad I had yesterday (probably enough for 6) really packed on the weight at least temporary. While it doesn’t stick to the ribs it seems to hold a lot of water until it passes through.
Adding myself to the pocketeers for day 20.
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
2 nd post,
Good evening all, just been catching up on everyone’s posts. Some good results, well done. I agree that you shouldn’t deprive yourself of food groups unless they effect your health. For example pork and bread upset my stomach so I now don’t eat these things.
I believe success lies in finding healthy alternatives to carbs and sugar based foods but they must be very tasty, they need to satiate your appetite, give you a seretonin kick. My favourite at the moment is cherry tomato sized red peppers stuffed with cream cheese rolling around in oil. Simply heavenly, kept in the fridge and limited to 4 added to salad. Other tasty options are chicken drumsticks, cooked and left in the fridge. Homemade yogurt, add your favourite berries or nuts.
Basically I love anything curried! Eggs, veg, zero noodles or cloud bread with passata, sun dried tomatoes on top or bowl of spicy soup.
Can you add a great snack food that isn’t going to wreck a weight loss plan?
Some foods should be considered like cigarettes, a habit you need to break. Once given up why return to it and ruin your healthy lifestyle. Personally I see chocolate in this category, simply wasted calories. If you must have it make sure it’s high cocoa content ( less sugar).
Look after your body now and it will look after you in your old age. Keep active in mind and body too, plan for the future.
Tomorrow is a new day, find a new way to move forward. Your old habits need to be history. Good Luck Fasters.
If you are having a weak moment, post on here, you are likely to get an immediate response which may stop you sabotaging your plans.
Day 20 – Perth, W.Aust – NFD
Day 19 – NFD
Day 18 – NFD
Day 17 – FD
Oops, seems I have forgotten to check in for a few days now, but I haven’t forgotten to 5:2 Still on track and back is getting better, so looks like I can get back into some exercise too. We are celebrating “bike week” in WA at the moment, where we are encouraged to give cycling a go, or just cycle a bit more. Participated in my favourite event yesterday, the Giro d’Perth, which basically is an old fashioned car rally but on a push bike. You get given a map and need to find answers to questions at different points on the map. It’s not about how fast you go, but how much fun you have on the way and discovering areas of the city you may not know you could get to by push bike. Spent a lovely day pedalling around the city with my OH.
Be strong, be kind, be fabulous.
DAy 20 FD- Syracuse, USA
Husband thinks I should avoid my usual Starbucks beverage on fast days. We disagree on how many calories are in a splash of cream. Don’t tell anyone, but he’s probably right. (We have a pretty serious “right-wrong” tally going.). I don’t know; my beverage makes me so happy. I will happily sacrifice food calories for my coffee beverage though. Can I give up my drink without letting him know he’s right? That would be doubly painful!! 🙂
Day 20 NFD Amarillo, Tx 151
GoPackGo
Songbird
Today was a good day. Spent it with my husband and son before he had to go back to college. It was a NFD so I got to go to a Mexican food restaurant and actually eat with them. I did not have any of the chips and salsa, and I ordered a taco salad without the cheese and very little meat. I used the salsa for dressing instead of Ranch, so I felt like I did pretty good. I go back to work tomorrow, so I decided to make some low calorie cabbage soup to take for lunch. Thanks to all of you for the good advice about lunch time at school. I don’t want that to be the reason I get off track. I am a little disappointed, though. I literally didn’t eat but 40 calories yesterday and when I weighed this morning I had not lost a pound. I won’t let that discourage me. I know I need to start exercising again, but don’t really feel like it, yet. I could use some encouragement to begin. I love to read all of the post it helps me keep on target. I am excited to see all of my students tomorrow and hear all of their stories about Spring Break. Everyone keep up the good work and good luck on your FD tomorrow.
Day 19……Florida….. NFD
Hi!
I know I’ve been a little lacking in the posting department the last couple days. It’s been a whirlwind of a week.
I’ve had a good time catching up with friends and family and seeing how much my home base has changed since the last time I was here.
The whole time I’ve been here enjoying my time, I have also been eating way out of my own comfort zone and the fear of gaining all that weight lost has been plaguing me as of late. For the most part, I’ve at least tried staying with in my fasting window. Some days are better then others….. I’ve even been avoiding the scales here like they are the enemy.
I think, however, I may venture onto them tomorrow. In an odd kind of way, I’m looking forward to heading home and getting back to my way of eating. I guess my fears of weight gain besides a lb or two has really gotten the best of me. I’m wondering, if everyone with a good amount of weight loss has the same fears of weight gain as I have the last 5 days?
Okay well, seems like such a depressing post but I so need to tell someone my fears besides my hubby, who although extremely supportive just can’t understand it. He believe I should just step on the scales just to see where I’m at good or bad. In attempt to quell, my never ending fear. I know, I’ll gain some weight, I can actually handle 5lbs, anything over that may just kill me.
Thanks for listening. Sorry, I’m so far behind on reading. Hoping to catch up on the plane ride home……
Peace be with you all!
2nd post
So far so good. I haven’t had any hunger waves and I’ve been fasting for about 18 hours, halfway. I’m just starting to feel a little empty. My takeaway is one day is probably enough for pushing extra fiber. I probably didn’t even hit 50g yesterday. My salad was HUGE though … I was as full as I care to be after eating it. My supper was also modest because I wasn’t really that hungry after the huge lunch time salad.
Still I can’t be sure I will keep doing this as it takes effort to have such a large salad!
Day 19 / Sweden / NFD
Sunday went well. There’s room for improvement with Fridays and Saturdays though.
As Monday and Thursdays are my usual fast days, I’ll add myself to the list.
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
Take care
Melbourne
Day 19 NFD – Party Day at the Yarra Glen Cup Picnic Race Day!Lost $$ but not kg!
Day 20 FD – have been too busy to worry about food, but at 5.20pm starting to look forward to a big salad with some grilled fish.
@lany36 – please please don’t beat yourself up over being a fallible human being. I’m sure nearly all of us here have been there. Actually I have noticed how women, in particular, use terms of ‘good’ and ‘bad’, ‘wicked’, ‘virtuous’, ‘sinful’ etc about both certain foods (eg chocolate cake is wicked (in the old sense) ) whereas lettuce is good and virtuous. Same with eating a small portion or a 3 helpings. But when it really boils down, those sorts of descriptors don’t help. Food just ‘is’ really. And eating just ‘is’. We are not ‘bad’ for eating 3 helpings – is that skinny teenager next to you ‘bad’ for eating 2 burgers, chips and a thickshake? I don’t think so – just being a teen, really. I think that the concepts of Everyday food (and Everyday portions) and Sometimes food (and portions) is better. Not to be ‘PC’, but because it’s Real Life to make a variety of choices as we go along; some that are great and make us happy and some that we regret to some extent….because hindsight is wonderful but never comes at the right time, drat it! I would be waaay too embarrassed to tell you about my regretful actions in various spheres. YOU, Lany, are a Good person!! Additionally, you are an Insightful, Honest and Brave person, to write down in public, something you didn’t like about your action that night. Big pat on the back and all kudos to You I say xx
Dy 20, Germany, FD (3rd of planned 4 FS’s)
@okeydokey and @jarbia, I made it trough my second fast day yesterday, feeling great and proud of myself. The postponed dinner came: 70 g steak with delicious self-made herb butter and 200 g French beans. I also did my exercises 15 min of cycling, 15 min rowing, 20 min cross-trainer. Try to continue this today and tomorrow. Thanks for the help!
Good luck to all pocketeers, we can do it!
Australia Day 20 – FD – black tea for breakfast, black coffee for morning tea, was going to have miso soup for lunch but had a long client meeting instead where I ate one piece each of sultana cake and caramel slice! This was the leftovers I bought in from home. Fortunately I had cut everything in to small pieces, trying to help everyone with portion control, and so my calories are still only around 400 but could have been so much less! I will have only miso soup for dinner so will have completed a 36-hour fast by 8am tomorrow but am still cross at myself for giving in.
Day 20 UK FD
Yesterday was not a controlled day. Not at all. I won’t go into detail but it wasn’t pretty and just when I thought I had got my head around this. One thing it involved was a large chocolate chip cookie. The effect on my body was extreme. I immediately felt exhausted, thirsty and wretched amd for the rest of the day I felt that old type of hunger, not my new needing healthy sustenance hunger, but the old ravenous even when I should be satisfied type of hunger, wanting food like refined carbs. I hope i can avoid doing that again. Apart from a few seconds chewing it did not feel good in any way.
@bert, Glad you enjoyed time with family and I can really relate to what you’re saying regarding the fear of weight gain. I had lost around or approaching 2 stone (28lbs) at Christmas and then went into a complete fortnight of family activities with lost of food involved, mainly cooked by me. I did not go overboard, largely avoided breakfast, chocolate and sweet treats like turkish delight I would usually have gobbled down, I also got a liquid fast in on an unexpected free day, but I had eaten much more than usual and lots of richer meals, even though I tried to keep portions low. I didn’t weigh. After new year I was horrified to think about weighing and being faced with the inevitable gain, like you I didn’t think I could handle a big gain. So I didn’t weigh until a week later. In that week I did two liquid fasts. When I weighed I was a pound up on pre Christmas weigh. That was fine I could totally get my head around that. That came off the next week. I think the trick might be to draw a line and get straight back on now and weigh according to your own psychological need. You will probably feel right back in control after a single FD.
Day 20 FD
I feel very thankful for the replies to my post. It really does help to know I’m not the only person who has done something with food that they are not proud of, and that it doesn’t define me.
Successful under 500cals fast today.
I have the kefir and chia seed bowl planned for midday tomorrow to break my fast after the gym. Should put me in for a total of about 42 hours
Day 20 Kent UK, FD goal 4 lbs this month
Morning everyone, looking forward to a fast day, I always do on Mondays. I will be walking, going to dance class, swimming and gardening. Tonight I get to rest my body but exercise my brain in a game of bridge. I will refuse chocolate biscuits and just eat a salad for dinner tonight. I will only be drinking water today, hot with lemon, cold with lemon and fizzy with cucumber.
Have a good fast day pocketeers.
Fat teacher, I suggest you get a pedometer and start with walking, promise to add one hundred steps per day until you reach 10,000 per day. Swimming is fantastic for relaxation and you can count lengths. Neither exercise should give you injuries and both will help you sleep.
Bert1802-don’t weigh for 5 days, quickly gained weight can be lost quickly too, why punish yourself, you had a good time, move on and Stick to TDEE or fast to 500 calories.
Day 20 UK FD
I am not best pleased with myself as not only did I have a bowl of cereal after lunch yesterday but I also went on and polished off the cheese after dinner. Now I need to add tasty cheeses to the don’t buy list. Such a shame as a bit on mashed beans makes a lovely fast day meal. I just kept having a bit more until it was gone. It wasn’t hunger, it was a pattern I fell into. At least it was a NFD though. I had thought I had retrieved my resolve but clearly not. Today is going to be a challenge especially as it is a quiet day, and forecast to rain all day. I suppose I ought to vacuum the house, there is rather a lot of hay and fluff building up and I have my new Dyson to do it with and it will cheer my mother up a bit although she would rather be able to do it herself but she gets dizzy if she bends over and puffs and pants when she takes even a few steps. But on the whole she has recovered remarkably well from her last stroke, she was bedridden for months afterwards and made no sense at all. Not that she makes much sense now, especially as she is rather deaf and won’t wear a hearing aid and so randomly chooses what she thinks you said and replies to that and then goes off on rambling stories about people you don’t know who did things for Jesus and so are examples to us all…I’m afraid I don’t listen any more either. She put me off her friend Jesus years ago. Apparently I am lucky she is a Christian or she would never have done anything for me. Speaks volumes about her that one!! I probably ought to stick to writing about rabbits! But I have been thinking about the reasons I let myself get and stay so big and of course childhood plays a big part and she was responsible for much of it, including my feelings of being unlovable. I am feeling a little bitter. But I need to let it go, I can’t change the past, and being a parent is impossible to get exactly right, I have made plenty of mistakes myself. But I can change the present. So onwards… I need to laugh at it, my life is satisfyingly surreal. Farce is the normal around here.
Day 20, Switzerland, FD
Back on the forum again after a few days away …
Day 15 NFD
Day 16 FD
Day 17 NFD
Day 18 FD
Day 19 NFD
Day 20 FD …. weight loss 0.7kg 🤗
I’m aiming to stay on AF for the whole of March as I started the fast diet with a serious kickstart in mind. Apart from a very welcome weght loss, I am focusing on the sense of wellbeing I’m discovering: a clear head, the increased energy … I haven’t needed to nap during the day!! and sleeping soooo much better. No other diet I’ve been on before has EVER made me feel so well. Can this be true??? I’ve even exercised on FD’s and have not blacked out and been carried off on a stretcher!! I’ve secretly been dreading this would actually happen to me.
Good luck to everyone out there 🌈🌈🌈
Pocketeers Make your Fasts count!!!!
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
I have about 15 hours to go …
Actually I’m doing really well with this fast so far. It seems that stuffing my gut with fiber really helps me with the fasting.
Day 20 Oxfordshire FD
A big thankyou to whomever it was who mentioned Butter Bob around day 17. Watching him has revitalised me. I agreed anyway with his messages but I love the “male” approach he has to fasting. It’s a job, get down and do it. Keep it simple.
Although my intention was to stay under 168lbs., I am actually 4 lbs down now. Every time I get on the scales Now I yell ‘Butter Bob’. Just love him.
@luna09 – I find a downside of fasting is I often have too much energy to sleep well. It doesn’t seem to impact me but sometimes it does make for a long night.
Day 20 UK FD – right need to get serious I’ve lost 6lbs this month but unfortunately it’s the same 2lbs off & on 3 times ! I only want a small loss this month but I definitely want a loss! just read through all the posts and am amazed at your endeavours Gopackgo in particular wow that’s some willpower ! Fasting today and I actually enjoy and look forward to Mondays now just need to stay focused on NFD
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
@brighton belle
Good Luck all x
Day 20 – Switzerland – FD
Feeling much better today, so back on the FD wagon with the pocketeers.
@debster251 – yep, have to get serious on this. Doctor was very sweet and said he knew he didn’t have to tell me that the best course was to lose weight. Am toying with idea of new 5:2 ‘boost’ of 2 weeks at 800 kcals per day to kick-start the process. Will see how the next couple of days go and take it from there.
@fatrabbit – something about fasting is helping me unpick all the complicated threads that have led to me making the decisions I have, to get fat and stay fat, and now to leave that bit of my life behind. Feels like a positive process; hope your Dyson work-out helps.
@missymay – well done on the half-marathon! what an achievement!
So, joining hands with these brave and determined people:
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
@brighton belle
@and…exhale
Have a great Monday!
Day 20, Newcastle UK, FD
@at – sorry to mess you around – yesterday’s FD did not happen afterall. It was an over TDEE NFD. So, having drawn a great big thick line under my weekend, today is the start of 5 days straight fasting on up to 800 calories per day. A bit of an experiment really to see a) if I can stick to it and b) the result after 5 days.
@lany36 – the ginger parkin that I wasted 189 calories on yesterday tasted awful. Pure sugar and yet I finished the lot. I don’t feel guilty as I would have in the past. It’s done, I’ve moved on. We’re all human afterall – as Rag & Boneman sings.
@ratrabbit – wow – you having a great writing style – have you ever written/thought of writing a book? I was riveted to your post re your Mum – funny and yet sad. Well done and thanks for sharing such personal thoughts.
Off to the hairdressers now – she has a job to do to put right the mess she made last time!!
All the best pocketeers – I’m with you.
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
@brighton belle
@strawberriesandcream
Day 20 UK FD🌈
2nd FD (B2B2B)
So second day and feeling fine. Not hungry, off to the gym today, lunch, then facial, then work till late. Key to FDs – keep busy.
@snowflake56 keep up the good work you are on your 3rd FD now aren’t u! Thanks for thinking of me, I’m wishing you on too!
Come on the pocketeers and this fantastic group! Day 20 we we have 11 days left to make a difference to this month. 😊⚖️👖👍
Surrey, UK
Days 18 & 19 NFD
Day 20 FD – so I’ve added myself to the pocket list:
@august2024
@micheleas
@okeydokey
@jojo58
@goldensun
@annemarilyn
@snowflake56
@skinnylove
@onahealthyhigh
@debster251
@suse13
@sirisan
@coda
@gopackgo
@dykask
@orpheusx
@brighton belle
@strawberriesandcream
@southcroydonkate
Thanks for having me!
Day 20 – Chester UK – NFD (I think)
Lots of calories over the weekend, too many in red wine form means today will probably turn out to be a FD or a very controlled NFD. My normal days for fasting are Tues and Thurs and I don’t want to get out of that routine as it’s working at the minute.
I’m a bit worried re next week as we’re away for the week istaying in a holiday cottage. There should be lots of walking (good) but lots of temptations (bad). We also have Mother’s Day on Sunday which means a big family meal – I’m the one that makes the desserts (yes plural) and I know my family won’t be impressed with fruit salad. So hoping to be either fasting or well below TDEE until the weekend. Wish me luck fellow 5:2ers.
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19 Mar 17