Day 28, NFD, USA
Ahhh, so nice to eat again after a FD yesterday so started out the day with my favorite “epic” breakfast: avocado toast & egg and top. (slice of toasted Ezekiel sesame bread smothered with mashed avocado and then a runny egg on top and a little sprinkle of sea salt — perfection). And I hopped on the scale and found I am 5 pounds down for the month, so almost there. I’m confident I’ll make my goal of a 7 pound loss minutes before the finish line, as it’s “that time of month,” so the lovely water retention is impeding more progress. But more importantly, my clothes fit better, I feel more clear headed and have adapted so well this month. Newbies: hang in there — it works — it may take a little time to get things moving and shakin’ but it’s a slow and steady decline in those pesky extra pounds of fat that have comfortably sat on your body).
RedRock Girl: great job — you’re almost there at your goal. You’ve got this!
AT: thanks again for being such a lovely hostess. I know it was a ton of work, but it’s all much appreciated. In fact, let’s all toast you with our lemon waters or ACV or kefir later. (or hell, a glass of wine).
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Think bathing suit season, ladies. Or if not that…. a nice new pair of fabulous jeans.

Day 28 – SW WA USA – FD

This is my 2nd day of a B2B. Some how I fell off the list AT & I’m not sure how to put myself on the list with the device I’m using to post.

Yesterday’s FD went well. I must have eaten a little too much or made a few too many choices that affected the scale at the conference last week. Yesterday’s FD moved the scale downward some & hopefully today’s will take it further to preconference weight. I’m glad there are a few more days to get back on track before the end of March.

Ciren2 – glad you’re trying another way to change it up. If we keep on keeping on, we will prevail!

Hi all day 28 UK BSD although it may be a lot lower than that – still trying to catch up on posts (book marked page 57 as my starting point after class tonight).

Had my Kefir pudding at lunch time with some berries and 1 tsp of honey estimated at 261 calories. Need to off set the weekend 🙂 which was a little indulgent and I found yesterday very hard – too many nice treats still around calling my name.

As I said I am trying the 800 BSD until the end of the month – I guess as long as I finish less than I started the month at – then it is a win.

Australia Day 29 NFD Had a good TDEE and an alcohol-free day yesterday plus 3 walks for a total of 2 hours. Typical of me that I am finally getting my act together … just as the challenge is finishing!

@hereigo why don’t you just post here and get to know some of us before joining the April challenge properly. Well done on your first fast!

Day 28 – Durham, UK – FD

Day 27, 26 – NFD

Crumbs I’ve missed pages and pages of comments. I’ll have to concentrate on staying on top of this for April!

Bit of a blowout over the weekend. Back to 85.x 😡 FD today, and planning FD tomorrow and Thursday. Will try to hold out as long as possible on Friday too… 80.x is clearly a pipe dream for March but I’d at least like to get to a steady 84.x and (this would be amazing) seeing just one 83.x would be fab. 🤞🤞

Hope you are all keeping strong for the final days of this challenge, and sending you all my positive thoughts and willpower!

Let’s bring this sucker home. xx

Day 28 | NFD | Bucks UK

Day 29 – NZ – FD

Day 29 16:8 FD country west Australia
Day 28 NFD
Day 27 NFD
Day 26 NFD

Having been without a computer or computer access since late Feb has been a bit of a trial but I appear to be back on track. Well, my computer is allegedly fixed so we will see…..hmmmm

I have found March the most difficult month so far, Feb not too easy either. I really think that it is the daily posting which helps me. I have bounced up and down around 71-72 kgs for the past few months.
Finding FDs good until evenings and then guesstimating ‘ about 500 calories’ and still not being as accurate as I could be.
Looking forward to April – who is hosting? ( have been AWOL most of March in terms of keeping up with posts)
Plan to be a daily poster again and … calorie counter😔 for another little while to get back to REALLY being honest with myself as to what actually IS 500 calories and what 1800 calories looks like.
For me, It has been so easy to get out of the habit of being honest with portion sizes and the ‘ this piece of … won’t matter’. Oh how we fool ourselves!

Day 28 NFD St Louis USA

Day 29 NZ FD

2nd post – A few effects from my 84 hours fast. (Which actually isn’t that long as many people fast over a week or more. However normally that is done in a more controlled setting and often with some medical supervision in case of problems.)

– My stomach is smaller, I’m eating less and feeling too full. It seems like more than a 10% reduction. I don’t know if that will continue.

– I can’t wear my wedding ring, it slips off my finger too easily. It had been headed that way for some time but it finally got too loose.

– I’m craving water for drinks. Normally I drink a combination of coffee, tea (hot & cold), water and diet soda. Today I did drink two coffees but everything else has been water. (Yea I know diet soda is the most evil drink in the world … sigh …)

Otherwise I actually feel good.

Day 29 Glasgow NFD

Day 29, Germany, NFD

Hiiii everybody aaaand the 84 hrs people there! You are super perseverant! Congratulations for ur great results. And here me… my Fd yesterday was totally easy and fun. Happy to see one month of my fasting restart is over. and Oooops! after one year last night I understood all the while I was calculating my TDEE wrongly and maybe that’s why I did not have remarkable results. Actually, I used to calculate it based on my current weight not my final desired weight. No problem, life is a course of learning 😀
Have a day of weight loss 🙂

DAY 28 UK F800

Woke up really early with Brexit uppermost in my mind. The triumph of the tabloids and lying politicians over common sense:(( A black day, so depressing:(( Democracy at it most blatantly defective, just mob rule, the (bare) majority taking rights away from half the people plus all the coming generations and making the world a less stable place to boot throwing out the truth and not believing the facts. The government has been peddling optimistic claptrack because they have to to keep their jobs, but they know what they are doing is stupid, they are just too cowardly to stand up and sacrifice their careers. They are hoping to get rid of lots of inconvienient people and environment protecting laws as a reward for their bad behaviour in order that they and their cronies can make more money. It is probably a good job I am having my broken tooth pulled today as otherwise a comforting binge to add to my despair would be fitting. I have been trying not to think about the political situation but today the deed gets done and we move another step closer to the brink.

Day 29 FD Portugal

Going to try another FD today. Get stitches removed this am at dentist. @fatrabbit, I hope all goes well today at your dental visit.

3 days to go…wow where did March disappear?

March 29 NFD Sydney Australia
two days to end of the month. clothes definitely looser, food intake is under control, even chocolate slip ups are much less.

Day 29, Switzerland, FD

@johnnyr I joined the fast diet in March with a bootcamp mindset to kickstart the umpteenth attempt at losing weight … the story of my life!! ADF was hard at the beginning, but the consolatory thought of being able to eat the next day has kept me going. Fasting has been a true revelation, bringing improvements to my general wellbeing beyond all my expectations (energy energy energy, better sleep, clear head) To be quite honest, I’m pretty impressed that I’ve made it this far, too 🙂 I have been consuming my 500 calories worth of food on the FDs which has mainly consisted of a 2 omelette egg with a handful of asparagus or broccoli at around 4pm and lots of tea (with milk) and clear broth throughout the day. My plan is to gradually shift from ADF to 4:3 and eventually 5:2. I’m also wondering which will yield the best results (ADF, 4:3 or 5:2) but I suppose I will only find out in the months ahead …. yep, I ain’t going nowhere! Exercise is a non negotiable key player in any weight loss regime as well as the individual – we’re all unique and our bodies respond in different ways. It’s definitely not a “one size fits all” … time will tell.
How long have you been on 2:5 and how much weight have you lost?

@at / @metatauta / @okeydokey Your comments have given me a huge morale booster THANK YOU

Good luck to everyone out there …. 2 days to go and counting!

Day 29, London, UK, NFD (much needed after b2b!!!)

I’ve had a craving for cheese this last week, so today I’m having some, I won’t be able to include the wine (Mmmmmhhhhh) which goes fabulously well with it, but I figure my boss wouldn’t like it!!!

My b2b went well and on average for the 2 days I logged in at 530cals each, so my final FD for March will be Day 30 with a (hopefully) controlled Day 31 so my April day 1 weigh-in should be kind!!! March has flown by but I’ve really adopted this as a WOL, so Aprils challenge isn’t completing the FDs, just achieving a target on the scales!!!

I’ve been thinking how to summarize this month…………. The word that springs to mind is ‘easy’, but I’ll let you all know on Saturday when the final results for March will be in!!!

Good luck everybody, BIG push for the final couple of days, WE’VE GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!

Day 29, Cumbria uk, FD
Day 30, Cumbria UK, nfd
Day 31, Cumbria UK, FD

Day 29 – FIN – NFD

Last FD of the month coming up tomorrow, and conveniently it will once again be a travel day for me. I don’t really know what to do with the end-of-the-month weigh in since I will be away until Sunday and I’m not sure if there’s a scale I can use in my destination (the reason for the trip might also keep my mind on other things; I will be wearing black).

@bert1802 I agree, it really is a good thing that you are free to make changes to your diet as you see fit. Even though I’m by no means an expert, I do think that this WOL and the fasts makes you pay more attention to what you eat and how it makes you feel and thus help you make more informed choices based on that. For instance, after Monday’s FD I’ve felt like my body isn’t really agreeing with bread so that gives me an additional reason to cut down on consuming it. On another note, happy belated birthday!

@fatrabbit It is saddening that in a time everyone should be looking out at the world and the effects our actions have on it the leaders of the UK (and the USA) have decided to shut their eyes to the outside and only look for internal short-term popular and economic gains that in the long run will be devastating not only to themselves, but to the world in general. Not to mention that – like you said -, targeted, intentional misinformation has been a main factor in driving people to vote for these changes. What will the world come to?

Day 29 UK NFD

Day 28 – Queensland, Australia – NFD
Day 29 – Queensland, Australia – NFD

Cruising to the finish. I will post my weight Friday, the last day of the challenge. Hope everyone is reaching their goals!

Day 28 – CARDIFF UK – FD

Starting Weight : 165.5lbs

Today’s Weight : 163.5lbs (2 lb) March Target 8. 5lbs

Not a great NFD yesterday and really struggling at the moment, too much going on. Hoping for a good FD today for an end of month push

Day 29 Australia FD

Really struggled today and went a bit over but actually really happy with that as didn’t think I would be close at all for a while there.