Day 24 – USA – FD
Sounds good @snowflake I’ll be fasting tomorrow Day – 24! If anybody wants to be added in our Pocket for support during your Fast day on the 24th. Just copy on the computer, hold down on iPhone screen until you see the option of select and copy. Copy our names below, then paste onto your new post. Then type your name at the end of the list. It could be different depending on what type of computer, phone or iPad you are using. If you have any questions just ask me, tell me what computer system you have. I will be glad to walk you through it.☀️

Pocketeers✨✨✨👍👍
@snowflake56
@okeydokey

✨Keep on, Keepin’ on☀️✨
🌈✨Together we are Stronger🤗

Amazing what you learn – I actually didn’t know there was such an exercise as feldenkrais!

Day 23: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD, as ever these days!

@snowflake56 thank you for asking. Dad got good news the second piece contained no cancer cells. Now they will just keep a close eye on him.

Day 24 – NZ – NFD

Day 24 NZ FD
Haven’t posted for a couple of days just been so busy. Time slips away. I’ll join the pocketeers today please.

3/23 FD USA, WI

Back-to-back fast days going on here – fasted for 38 hours on liquid only before breaking it today at lunch. I thought I might feel sluggish after eating but woah, it’s like a got a shot of energy. If I could have held off eating, I would have, but I also worked out this morning (3 miles on the elliptical), and by noon, I was definitely hungry. Also my first time working out after a long fast like that, and it didn’t feel any different than any other workout. Lunch was sauteed cabbage and onion, some chicken, and some of a bean salad that I made (black beans, tomato, red onion, avocado, mango, cilantro, lime juice, cumin). Sticking to the 500 for a fast day, I’ve got about 200 left for something later. If I even need it – feeling physically good.

Along with the London attack, yesterday a home inspector was shot in the head while sitting in his car in my city. Turns out it was my good friend from high school, her father-in-law. A bit of a heavy heart today.

Weighed myself – 188.8 lbs. Beat my goal for March and I still have 8 days left. Felt very good to enter a number on the elliptical that was in the 180s and not the 190s.

@fatrabbit – congrats on fitting in those pants! YAY!

@pashaw – I hope your OH recovers from his fall, and that your new supplements help you out with the hyperthyroidism. I can’t imagine how stressed you are, but try to remember to not be hard on yourself and take a little time for YOU, even if it’s just lighting a candle that you love, a bubble bath, indulging in a magazine.

Together we are stronger, indeed.

Day 23, USA, FD

Day 23, Virginia USA, FD

Winding down the 2nd day of a b2b. Staying busy.

Day 23 Surrey UK FD

Not a great fast today but keeping going.

@fatrabbit: feeling the same about our 800 cal experiment. 😊😊😊

Day 23 – SW WA USA – NFD

Keeping on with 16:8 at conference. Having some connectivity issues.

All the best to folks with personal challenges or broader ones. I’m amazed how you continue on.

Together we are stronger!

2nd post. Just had a coffee and a cup of tea so far today. Weighed myself and the scales are still at 80.5kg. On the positive side I have lost 2.5kg this month. I’ve just put a loaf of bread in the oven I will all of my willpower not too eat a crusty bit when it comes out. Working this weekend . Hope you all have a peaceful and happy weekend. My son works in Westminster right where the attack happened. My heart goes out to all who have suffered. God bless.

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@sirisan I would’ve gotten back to you sooner but I had to go to the Social Security office to request SS cards for our twin 16 year olds… a long and drawn out process.

I have the iPhone 6S Plus also, so I think it will be the same and pretty straight forward.
Some of this you already know. I’ll just go through the whole process to make sure there’s no miscommunication 😊

When copying from I phone 6 Plus:
✨Hold finger on screen firm enough for the bubble to pop up.
✨Then click select
✨With your finger Move the lower gold ball down passed the last person’s name for the Pocketeers ✨
✨Again move the upper gold ball up to the line above the first Pocketeers name. So you see a goldish highlight on all the names.
✨Then push the word copy with your finger.
✨Then start your new post. When you get to the location you would like to insert the names, with the gold curser blinking in the location. ✨Click paste.
✨Then add your name to the end of the list✨ and proceed as usual😊

Day 22 / Sweden / FD
Day 23 / Sweden / FD

Day 23 & Day 24 : Cheshire, UK : NFD

@at – a big thank you and hug for hosting the March Challenge. It’s surprises me how a person’s energy comes through their posts. Thank you for being so kind and supportive to everyone. It’s strange how uplifting it is to see a comment someone has directed to me and you have mentioned my ‘name’ several times this month and it’s lovely.

I hope to be able to check in during my holiday. I will miss you guys if I don’t.

And I hope to see many of you in the April Challenge.

Cheerio for now 🙂

Day 21 FD NZ
22 NFD
23 FD
24 NFD
Think I posted on 21st but can’t recall and I’m too busy to go looking right now just quickly updating things in my last few minutes of lunch break
Had a lovely spiralised courgette with cherry tomatoes and pesto topped off with some Haloumi for lunch. Delicious LCHF and very satisfying.

Day 23 – Perth AUS – FD
Day 24 – Perth AUS – NFD

2nd Post –

Well, it *was* a great fast day, lol. I fasted for the 38 hours, worked out, had a light, filling lunch, and an even lighter supper. Took a couple of mini peppers, sliced in half, used a 25-calorie pepperjack spreadable cheese wedge and spread it on them. 1/4 cup cottage cheese and some strawberries rounded it out.

Then I went to see my boyfriend who shoots pool on Thursdays. I walked in and he told me that he ordered me some crab rangoon – one of my favorite foods. I CANNOT resist hot, fresh crab rangoon, and I didn’t! YUM. Only drank water.

Technically, if the new guidelines are 800 calories, I didn’t go over for a fast day. I’m still counting it as one because I was only at around 400 cal before eating those, and I’m done for the day, until tomorrow afternoon.

There’s a thunderstorm here right now, I’m lighting some candles and enjoying the night. There was a time I’d pour a glass of wine right now, *just because* it fits the mood and not because it’s something that I truly want. No wine tonight – tea is in order.

Hope everyone’s day went well!

Day 23, Oceanside CA, FD Weight 150.7

Weighed in with 1 pound loss and at my GOAL WEIGHT last two mornings. Thrilled to report a total of 8 pounds in the last 14 weeks since DH and I embarked on this journey. He is down 22 pounds. So my loss averages 1 pound every two weeks and his is just a bit more than 1.5 pounds every week.

Today we both took two walks and played 18 holes of golf in between. My step count today with Fitbit including the golf is 19,494 equating to 10.64 miles. For us the Fast 5:2 works with regular daily exercise.

We are eating 600-800 calories on our fast days and the combination is a winner. Nice week coming up with visit with our daughter and son-in-law and two little granddaughters. Our daughter is a Physician Assistant (PA) and she’s the person who recommended Fast 5:2 to us in November. All good in our family.

Day 24 – Netherlands – NFD

Day 24 UK NFD 🌈

I had a lovely meal out with friends last night, we shared a starter, I had steak, potatoes and salad for main and coffee for afters. Loved and enjoyed it.

This morning still feeling full and heavy, I do not like this feeling, will just drink warm water and lemon all day, has my stomach finally shrunk? Definitely been having smaller meals lately. I think it was also the richness of the food, I had a steak sauce, butter on the potatoes and dressing on the salad. Those hidden extras.

I think with Fast days you realise u can get by on fewer calories, so on NFDs you start to realise you don’t need as much as u previously thought and eventually naturally cut down. This didn’t happen straight away for me, but with time.

Have a good day all xxx 🌸

Day 24 Tas Australia NFD

Day 24, Germany, FD

Good morning to everyone on this beautiful sunny day!

@gopackgo I know now it was thougtless to write about what happened, to us is kind of normal, I didn’t want to upset any of you. What was interesting for us was the connection between my saying: “I could have this as my last supper (the cod-fish-cheeks)” and then having the small stroke. It was a little bit macabre.I never was very interested in food, I always just ate because you have to. I never had a wide range of foods I eat, my DH almost likes anything but had to eat most of unknown things on his own. Since I’m reading the posts on this forum, I’m willing to try out new things to eat, like the cod-fish-cheeks.

Now to everyone who hasn’t tried the Konjac noodles. They don’t have any taste at all, they are I not slimy at all, had a good bite and are very filling. It’s a strange idea that something so filling just has so little calories. So for us they are a good alternative to pasta. It’s about the sauce, not the pasta for us.

Good fasting for our small group and hope all the ones having a NFD can resist all the temptations, they seem to be everywhere when you’re craving.

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@lynzm how is your “drawer of willpower” doing?

Take care everyone!