Day 30 – US – FD B4B
@gopackgo I hope your sinus and double ear infections get better soon. It seems I am always fighting sinus and an ear infection. I was bitten by a tick and acquired Lyme disease starting in my left ear. Sounds like your doing well with the yogurt, Kefir. You asked for other suggestions.😊I also take a good probiotic twice a day. Although I’ve just recently read sauerkraut is an even better probiotic because it stays in the gut longer and works as a probiotic. I also saw a recipe for homemade sauerkraut that is better because it has no preservatives.
Here is the link: http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-homemade-sauerkraut-in-a-mason-jar-193124
There may be better recipes, but this one seemed easy enough. I started a batch. 1 thing I learned: Don’t put it in a warm kitchen. Temperature needs to be in the upper 60°’s. And the cabbage can be finely chopped to work better. If your up for this it could work. ✨I’m going to do my 2nd batch sometime in the next couple weeks.
@jarbia looking forward to seeing you at the April Challenge ✨ You can join by clicking this link and signing in!✨ https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/30-day-april-2017-challenge/#post-199403
@flourbaby Yes! The magnesium oil has helped with my getting to sleep and staying calm during sleep 😴 Thank-you so much for the information. Your information has helped me get a good night sleep and stay on track and exceeding my goal this month.

We are getting close to the finish line.✨👍✨🌈✨

Here’s the Day 30 list of pocketeers, keeping you close!!!
@suse13

@and… exhale

@notmyrealname
@sirisan
@annemarilyn
@johnnyr B4B working on B5B
@okeydokey B4B working on B5B

@bert1802
@emme1956
@snowflake56
@tillergirl
@helenalee
@erika45
@schatziii

@mila69

@sarah57
@steffieagle

@jamba61
@chris274
@dutch

@lynzm

@flourbaby
@blueninjamum
@snowflake56
@songbirdme
@coda BSD

@strawberriesandcream – 800cal until end of March!
@redrockgirl302 – 800cal until end of March!

@fatrabbit – – 800cal until end of March!
@coda – 800cal until end of March!
It’s the final charge, let’s do THIS………….……………..ONWARD!!!!!!!

@bert1802 @schatziii please be kind to yourselves ✨From the videos I’ve seen of Dr. Mosley and experiments done: any day that you have fasted this month has brought your blood sugar to balance your bad fats lower, helped your blood pressure. Any other days you have fasted have helped to decrease dormant diseases and increased your brain neurons. It’s not all about the weight. It’s to help with better health, less stress. Congratulations ✨🎉 You have done that! ✨It’s a WOL and you are doing it!
@bert1802 Good for you! I’m so glad you are in the April group!
@schatziii give your self some slack. If today is good day for fasting for you, do it. If not know that you have that option after your master thesis. Or fasting may clear your head and help you research and write better now. Either way We got you! Good luck on your Master Thesis✨👏✨

✨✨Keep on Keepin’ On✨✨
✨✨Together we are Stronger!✨✨🌈✨

Day 30 – USA – NFD

Went a little over on my FD yesterday, but still a success. @gopackgo, feel better! @schatziii, thinking of you during your time of stress…sure you will come through okay! @saffy420, enjoy your vakay and congrats on your loss for March!

Day 30 NFD USA, WI

Weighed myself this morning. Down 13 pounds in my 17 days on the 5:2. Absolutely incredible. I’ll weigh again tomorrow, and measure, for my March challenge final total. Looking very much forward to fully healing and getting back in the gym to boost the results even more.

Thank you for everyone who sent well wishes! It means a lot! I’m armed to the teeth with meds and ready to get these germies out of my body (and head, uggggg). I am very much taking it easy today. That FitBit isn’t going to budge much. One thing that sucks is the morning pills all require to be taken “with food”, so my new habit of not eating until later in the morning/day has to go by the wayside for the next 10 days.

@Nella- Please don’t feel defeated. April is a brand-new month on your journey. That’s the beauty of this plan – you can have a so-called “bad” day, overeat, drink the entire bottle of wine, get the extra-large fries with dipping sauce and tear the thing apart … but the next day is a brand-new day. I look forward to watching your journey in April and pulling you along with us on fasting days! Stay connected next month.
@steffieeagle – your FitBit numbers inspire me! Right now it’s about 36 degrees, chilly and rainy with no sun in sight. Very gloomy day. I can’t wait until the weather warms up – I also love long, peaceful walks. We have a lot of beautiful parks and lakefront where I live, and hiking trail and such, and I can’t wait to get back out there.
My bread consumption has also gone way down since starting this. I LOVE bread – I went to school for baking/pastry arts and appreciate a great artisan loaf, either made by me or purchased, with loads of butter, NOM – but when you cut it out and stick to it, those cravings really go down. I always thought that was a load of crap when I’d read how cravings can go away, but it seems to be true.
@flourbaby – Great advice about this WOL. Loved reading it.
@schatziii – Hang in there … is there any way that you can still snack and “stress eat” but make some lower-calorie choices/options? Like, if you want a sandwich, skip the top piece of bread. Or, make a giant plate of veggies (for that satisfying stress crunch) with hummus, or yogurt ranch dip, etc. Air-popped popcorn. I replaced the full-fat mayo in the house for lower-fat, replaced the bread with natural thin-sliced whole wheat, etc, replaced ice cream with Halo ice cream (stuff is like 120-300 calories a pint0, etc. So that even when I make that sandwich or open the pint, I’ve made a better choice without even really thinking about it or having to do much.
I took this semester off but am back in the fall to finish up my RN degree, and school, kids, work (and being a single mom juggling all that) … I totally get the stress eating. But when I’m in the store, my thing is, if I don’t buy it HERE, I can’t tear into it at HOME.
@helenalee – From what I understand, Mosley initially said that 500 calories is just a general number for women that seems to be an average of the quarter of your TDEE, to reduce calories. It does not have to be exactly 500 calories by any means. He recently came out with suggesting that up to 800 calories on fasting days will still show great results. (But he also coincided that with kind of skipping the idea that on your non-fast days, you can go ahead and have those treats if you want, as long as you balance it all out).
My personal take on the new info is this. On my fast days, I feel I can go between 500-800 calories and be just fine. I actually haven’t gone past 600 on a fast day, and have gone below 500, but I think it’s a bit flexible. And on non-fast days, if I want a treat, I’m having it. All in balance, all in moderation. What’s funny is, the psychology of it all really kicks in. When you’ve put in the effort and succeeded on a fast day, and that next day you wake up feeling so light and energetic … you don’t want to dive into the donut you might have wanted the day before. That bag of chips isn’t so enticing anymore.
And your grapes and orange nighttime snack was almost identical to my evening snack the other night, except it was an orange and some strawberries. 🙂
@saffy420 – congrats on the 6 pound weight loss for March! Yay! I loved the idea of being just too peaceful and relaxed to give a whit about dieting. What bliss, hey?
@hereigo – Yay for your two first successful fasts! Keep on keepin’ on!!!!!
@blueninjamom – Yay for the back to back fasts!!!! You got this! Good job on prepping for it, too.

To everyone putting in that extra effort to end the month on a high note, or getting a jump start on a great April … YOU GOT THIS! WE GOT THIS!!! FAST AWAY, PEOPLE!!!!!!!

Day 30: Gloucestershire, UK: FD/CD
Ate nothing between 5.30 pm yesterday until “breakfast” at 3.30pm this afternoon after returning from my deliveries….so 22 hours. Now I’m eating for a couple of hours! Carefully.

2nd post – heading out for my “therapy walk” – hoping our Cliff walk along the ocean is snow free – haven’t seen it in a month & we did have that 20″ snowstorm while I was away.

Anyway, logged on for a catch up & thanks to@gopackgo, @ciren2 & @johnnyr – all very inspiring posts to give me something to think about on my walk!

Aren’t we quite the group?? Gives me hope for me personally & this world.

Stay well all!

Day 30–MASS, US–FD
Day 29–MASS, US–FD
Day 28 was supposed to be a FD but ended up a NFD.

Day 30-USA-NFD

Second post

I did not fast today. I did not so much fall off the wagon as end up under it. The wrost day’s eating for more than 3 months.

I WILL pull myself together and be fasting tomorrow! Hope everyone is doing better than me. It would be hard to be doing worse!

Day 30, NFD, USA
Just bought myself a nice blouse to celebrate the (almost) completion of the challenge. Donated some old clothes which felt nice, so overall lighter! Will post the final results of all goals set tomorrow.
Newbies; (gosh I’m a Newbie, only my 2nd month) but new newbies hang in there.! This is a healthy way of life. My weight loss has been slow and steady and I’m eating what my body wants on NFDs in so much more control then when I started. Craving healthy foods and haven’t had a “binge” this month whereas food takes control. So it does work with lots of patience. (And gallons of water)

@at

I will post my end weight for the month on Saturday April 1 as I have a FD on Friday, the 31st and my usual weigh in day is on Saturdays. Hopefully this can be added to the March spreadsheet

Day 30 | NFD | UK

Day 30 UK F800

I just had two not very pleasant days. First having dentist lose a battle to get my tooth out yesterday and then having to take two big beautiful old rabbits to be pts today:(( I haven’t read any posts but have successfully stuck to 800 calories each day. It certainly wasn’t difficult not to eat yesterday with my face so numb and battered. I am very surprised it didn’t hurt more today. I had a filling done too so at least it wasn’t a complete waste of time. I will really miss my old friends. The old boy might have tried to bite me every time I got too near him or his ladybun but he was a still a big favourite of mine.

Day 30-Montreal- FD

This will be my last FD this month, and hopefully I’ll see a 7 on the scales tomorrow morning.

Day 27 – FD
Day 28 – FD
Day 29 – FD
Day 30 – FD
Day 31 – US -FD

I tried to get everyone … if I missed your name, please copy the list and add your name for a new post.
Please NFD’rs and FD’rs and BSD’rs Have a great day!✨😊✨

✨✨Pocketeers ✨ Grab a hold and we’ll take care of you! We’ll be fasting tommorow and don’t let go we’ll be finishing stronger than ever✨
For Day 31:
@triplet (I believe will be the first to start Day 31….)
@at
@mrsgettingthere
@fivetwofan5252
@sirisan
@coda,
@fatrabbit
@redrockgirl302 and @strawberriesandcream – 5th day of 800cal
@bert1802 – 2nd of B2B FDs
@arvandee
@annemarilyn 800
@ciren2
@okeydokey B5B
@rachel
@chitowngal

Day 31 Melbourne NFD
Final day of this particular challenge and Big Thanks to AT for hosting the challenge: “A Stellar Effort” doesn’t even seem to do justice to your hard work – you went above and beyond.

@ciren2 well done you for hanging in with the team and it looks like you are making some inroads again!

I had a ‘fuzzy’ goal this month – to start working towards managing maintenance and undecided whether I should re-set a new slightly lower goal. It’s a bit of a trade-off as a female of a certain age, when you could easily spare a bit more off the butt, but you start looking gaunt and witch-like in the face :-)… I had another fuzzy goal to introduce exercise into this WOL as I am way too sedentary during the week, but f**led miserably on that score.

Anyway here is my progress thus far:
I am 165cm with a very small frame.

My MO has been: 5:2 Mon and Wed
FDs: 1 milky coffee/clear broth during the day and an evening meal consisting of 2 eggs or 1 piece of fish + a large salad with 2 tsp oil/balsamic.

NFDs have been 16:8 (although with milky coffee in the morning) then first meal at about 1-1.30. Have avoided bread (my nemesis) rice, pasta during the week, but have had 1-2 pieces of toast/day at the weekend.

I have virtually cut out sugar except for one bite of OH’s dessert here and there and birthday cake for a few days in March (it really was to die for).

I have 1-2 glasses of red wine on NFDs, maybe 3 on Saturday. Have close to eliminated snacking between meals, but if desperate, I’ve had a piece of cheese. On FDs if desperate to the point of the ‘what the hell effect’ I’ve had a hard boiled egg and so far those methods have saved me from worse. I have started making/taking water kefir. Ultimate aim is to eat a largely Mediterranean diet with a strong leaning towards LCHF and keep sugar in the next galaxy.

Nov 2: 65.8kg waist 75.1cm hip 104cm BMI 24.8

Dec 1: 62.5kg 72.5cm 100.5cm

Jan 12: 61.2kg 71.5cm 99 cm

Feb 8: 60 kg 70.5cm 99 cm

Mar 30: 58.3kg 69.5cm 97 cm BMI 21.9

Overall, I am happy, although I can still pinch more than an inch in the belly-fat department! I will stick with this regime over April and re-assess at the end.

Day 31 NFD sunny country West Australia 71.9 kgs

Not too bad considering the number of days I have been AWOL. But SOOOO glad to be back in the habit of posting. Makes all the difference for me.
A HUGE thanks to AT for being the ‘cat-herder’ and Marching along.
Looking forward to April.

2nd post … My average daily weight in March was 79.6kg … so now I have a goal for April to keep my average daily weight lower than that!

May not seem like I’m pushing that hard, but I’m also trying to do some strength exercises to build muscle and that also tends to pack on the weight. I think it actually is going to be a difficult goal to achieve. I’m thinking when my average weight is 75kg that is maintenance time.

13 weeks into the year I’ve fasted 27 full days (assuming I don’t crack today.) There are also a few skipped meals in there. My typical fast is 36 hours without more than 25 calories. The calories are mostly from coffee/tea/sugar free mints, etc. (I know that is bad for me)

@gopackgo – When you get back to using the gym, don’t be surprised if your weight goes up. Lean body mass is wet and heavy compared to fluffy fat. It is totally impressive how much weight you have lost though! GREAT JOB!

Day 30 Failed FD NZ
Day 31 FD NZ
Yesterday fasted at least 24hours and had my controlled 300cals ….then blew it out of the water with lollies my husband bought home! What was that about??
Today successful FD anout to have my Probably 500cals

DAY 31 – UK – FD

Will weigh-in 1st April.

DAY 31 UK F800

weight March 1st 209 lbs
weight March 31st 201 lbs
8lb loss for the month which included a three week plateau, so better than it looked as if it was going to be, but I didn’t reach my goal of going under 200 lbs.

Waist and other body measurements down by 2 inches. Did reach the goal of reaching a height to waist ratio of 0.5.

Many thanks to everyone for your support and to At for leading the challenge this month.

Day 31 UK FD

Hoping my dreadful day yesterday won’t have put my March loss of 6lbs as per last week at risk. I will weigh and post tomorrow. Have given up all hope of losing another pound this week and will be very happy not have put on.

I need a successful liquid only fast today to get me back in the zone. Have a great last day everyone.

@fatrabbit

Brilliant progress! That height /waist ratio is a really significant sign of progress.

Day 31 – Durham, UK – FD/ CD 83.4kg

Day 30 – FD (sorry, can’t remember if I posted yesterday or not!)

Well, after a B2B2B this week, I did manage to crack 83.x kg. Woohoo!! Started at 85 on 1 March and, went up and down to nowhere until finally – 83.4kg! It feels like a breakthrough.

It’s been a really difficult month for me personally, so even though I wanted to lose more in March (of course! Don’t we all?!) I’m really happy to have come through with some positive (negative!) movement.

I’m going to stick it out as long as I can today too – I’m not feeling unbearably hungry, so why not?

So I’m a maybe for today’s pocket list, but at least I’m going into April feeling stronger about this. My goal for April is to hit the numbers starting with 7!

Thank you so much to all of you for your support this month. It has meant so much to me to be part of such a wonderful, supportive team. Well done to all for March, and April – watch out, we are coming.

Strong. Determined. Powerful. Together we are stronger. 💪💪💪😊

Day 31 -NZ – FD

Last fast day achieved for the month. Fasting has become easier as I have gone thru the month and it has been the accountability of the group and checking in daily and reading everyone’s posts that makes you realise you are not alone which has really helped. I am looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow morning.