Day 13, India, NFD

I am being mindful today.. had tea since morning, plus a few spoons of fruit custard I prepared for a lunch potluck today. Won’t be eating anything before the potluck, so that I can stay inside my TDEE today. Yesterday I went almost 500 calories over my TDEE 🙁 .. It’s rightly said.. my FDs are just becoming maintenance fasts if I keep on eating over my TDEE on NFDs.. will change this from today.. I have to make it a part of my life.. and not wait for my life to fall in place to start eating less.

Keep the motivation coming ladies! It stays in my head for hours after I read your posts.

Slim & Quebecoise – hope you both are coping up well. **Hugs**

Day 12: Pacific NW USA, traveling NFD, feels like a 1500 cal day but haven’t put it on MFP yet.

3 year old grandson was beside himself with glee over a surprise for me after we got to his house – he had helped make me a gluten free birthday cake with whipped cream topping with berries and peaches. I ate 1/2 piece which was the first high glycemic carbs I’ve had since April. No discernible ill effects yet and he was so over-joyed it was worth it.

It’s too late to catch up on so many posts but will keep checking in daily.

Good wishes to all!

The Netherlands – Day 13 (fast day)

My weight this morning: 66.7 kilos (147 lbs).
My length: 165 centimeters ( 5 feet 4 inches)
My BMI: 24.5
My measurements:
Waist: 75 cm
Hips: 96 cm
Thigh: 49 cm
Upper arm: 26 cm

I lost 1 lbs since the start of the challenge and a few centimeters! The weight loss isn’t going as fast as in the beginning, but I’m still losing weight and I’m stiil shrinking, so I’m very happy!

Today is a fast day, a bit difficult because I have a social thing at work with drinks and snacks, called ‘a borrel; in Dutch. I’ll stick to mineral water (I have to drive) and I hope there’ll be cucumber and celery sticks.

Morning all. Had a good fast day yester day bit had to work late so didn’t make my pilates class so I went swimming at 6.30am this morning to make up for it. Feeling very virtuous!!! 😂

Northern Spain day 13.
Good morning everyone.
Fast day today.
Had a good day yesterday, ate well and didn’t overdo it. These good habits are beginning to kick in but I have struggled against it!!!
This time round I find that excercise helps enormously. Walking and pilates are having a huge effect on the outcome of the diet.
Thanks Coda for the link.I saw the article and read it.
Today we will have homemade vegetable soup and an omelette.
Now, that’s not exactly punishment, is it?
Hope everyone has a good day wherever you are and whatever you’re doing.
Cheers

Day 13– Colorado, USA

Merryme– thank you for taking the time to write such a sensible & inspiring post! I feel as though you’ve grabbed me by the shoulders & given me a good shaking! 🙂
Now I plan to have a terrific Fast Day today!

Day 13 – NH, USA

NFD again today but yesterday I didn’t even get close to goal; only 700 calories and I should be consuming almost 1500. I’m just not feeling right today and the idea of food is making my stomach queasy. I don’t want to stay too far under my calorie consumption for too long, I’m sure a few fasting days in a row won’t hurt me,…right? I hope everyone has a great day today!!

USA, Day 13. NFD today. Yesterday was a July birthday party at work, I succumb to temptation and ate some sweets and cake. Scale was not happy about it. Will avoid carbs today and will fast tomorrow.

SlimnHealthy, good luck with a new meds, and hi from “neighbor”. 🙂

USA, Day 13, FD. I had a good NFD, dining out at a new local restaurant with my son. When the waitress put my plate down in front of me, I looked at the portion size and said “okay, I’ll take home half.” AND that’s what I did.

Still holding steady at 120 and change. No loss during this challenge…thus far, but I have a feeling that next week is my week settle into 119 territory.

Instead of regular squats, I have been doing 30 second wall squats.

This morning I sent off 6 too large bras to “Free the Girls” in Chesterton Indiana, a charity that helps girls freed from sexual slavery.

Day 13 USA (Illinois)

FD for me – thought about waiting for FD til tomorrow, but am going to be busier today, so easier for me to fast. Supper last night was a Long Island Iced Tea and cheese popcorn, probably not the best choice, but that was what I was hungry for. Oh well.

NorrieB – 16:8 means you fast each day for 16 hours and eat only during 8 of a normal day. My daughter said a friend of hers has done only that style of fasting and has lost weight well. Some NFD’s I do a 16:8. I have also heard of that being a good maintenance for when we have lost the weight we want to lose.

At my new exercise place yesterday I saw a Curves friend (our local Curves closed, so we are going to different places in town). She noticed my weight loss but encouraged me not to lose much more so my old-self wrinkles don’t show too much. I also have seen skinny women of advanced age (65+) who really are more wrinkly than they should be.

Day 13. FD. Yesterday’s NFD went okay. I would like to encourage all who struggle to keep things under control on NFD’s. That is hard. I am observing, however, that over time, as I further cement my Fasting habits into my wiring, my NFD’s are less likely to present a problem. The body adapts, and expects less. Keep that long term goal in mind. Throw a bad day into the light. Name it. Don’t let it eat at you (no pun intended), and begin again.

It is interesting how many more bad days I had on the first challenge than I am having now. That’s because this way of life is becoming more habit, and less an act of my will. The process is fascinating to me.

Of course, others have talked about emotional/psychological reasons related to food. Those issues have to be dealt with as well. For me, the issue has always been more a matter of math. More going in than out. I’ve tried to sort through my eating habits and look for something deeper. I haven’t come up with anything yet. Other than a basic willful ignorance on my part. The sad truth is, even though I like to exercise, and get plenty of it, my body still just doesn’t burn as many calories as I would like it to in a day. That’s just the way most bodies are made. Especially bodies of women past 40. Boo hoo. Good thing I love a challenge. 🙂

Just thinking out loud. I like your new acronym Delwct.

Delwct I also do 16: 8, eat during the 8 hours only generally between noon and 8, fasting for rest of 16 hours. The less meals I have the better it is for keeping my insulin levels lower – as I am considered as having insulin resistance or metabollic syndrome. 1-1/2 yrs ago the doctor was going to put me on metformin but I convinced him to wait, that I would drop some weight so my A1C would drop. This is a slow process, hard to lower the counts, but that is and remains my goal.
I am not sure if 16 8 lowers weight so much as reduces meal times negating the spiking of insulin. But I think in combination, and especially with 2-3 days of 24 hour fasts, and eating LCHF has put me in the best position to continue to both drop weight, so my A1C drops as well. My goal is to have my A1C down to 5.5 or less.
Weight loss since start of journey is 43 pounds. It continues to be slow process, but alot of that has to do with being insulin resistant. But it does come off. I never count calories (but I do try to on FD’s). I just eat LCHF and if I did count, likely low in calories as the fats do fill you up nicely! But of course high in calories.

US SE Day 12 NFD. All going well so far. Need to have my daughter lock up the Smartfood popcorn (white cheddar)…. yum yum….boy am I addicted to that 😊

Slimn, when I was in my early 40s, I was a strict low carber and I got down to 116 — and stayed in that vicinity for quite some time. THen I inched up to the low 120s…then mid…then high. And then I broke my dang foot last November. Now, at 60, I weigh what I did when I got married.

And as today is a fast day, I walked right by the free brownies, ice cream and crescent rolls (they resembled croissants only in curvature) on my way to the microwave to heat up my miso soup.

I just ordered a size 6 swimsuit from Lands End. Now THAT may be wishful thinking!

Day 13 Los Angeles. NFD going well so far. DebbieQ i know what you mean about that Smartfood cheddar popcorn!

ETJ, Back2TF, Jayne, BrightonBelle, Anna, Debbie and Coda…….thank you all so much foryour good luck. Late this afternoon I got a phone call that I got the job. I’m thrilled! Great job at the Immigrations Office. Taking me out my comfort zone and challenging me but that’s what I need right now. Celebrated with my sister who spent the day here today. We started shopping for clothes – a size 38 so that was a good start of the day. In the evening we had wine before dinner, then a big salad and chocolate ice cream after. Not going to count calories …don’t want to know!! Was a great day all in all.
I haven’t read the posts today.
Beep—–NL day 13 NFD

Italy Day 13 – NFD
Weight 77.9 kg

I managed not to go over the top today. Clocked in about 1700 calories. Went swimming and did 75 squats.

Feeling more in control- its all in the planning
Congratulations Dutch👏

UK day 13 checking in. Feeling guilty that I’m not contributing this time around, sorry everyone, just keeping on keeping on and hoping to catch the wave again soon.

Absolutely delighted for you Dutch!

US Day 13- NFD

Feel like today was pretty good. The kids in the camp I’m helping with made coral polyp cupcakes and I kept myself away from them so I wouldn’t eat any of the cupcakes or frosting! Fast day tomorrow!

Congrats Dutch!

Fuvvie – right on! Happy dance!

Dutch- congrats on job!!!!

I was about to eat my children with butter tonight (FD) but instead had a half cup red beans out of the kids dinner. Sometimes one must choose the lesser of evils. 😋

Australia – Day 14 – 17 days to go of challenge 🙂

Dutch – a huge congrats! That is great news.

An eating day today. Almost half way through this challenge. It is flying by! Feeling a bit better today, so hopefully am on the mend. It is finally not raining today – a big positive. Hopefully we can have a few days or weeks to dry the place out. I was feeding the sheep the other day and my gumboot got stuck in the mud and I fell on my butt into a freezing puddle of sloshy mud and water, lol. Hubby was out with me and we both had a huge laugh. I just sat there and said “I don’t know how to move!” The sheep were staring at us, probably thinking I was half crazy. I finally managed to get out and had to come in and wash everything. The kids I think thought I was half mad too, haha. The farrier came out to do the horses feet today and this afternoon we are going to town.

The jumpers and pj’s I brought in an AUS size 14 fit perfectly! The long sleeve shirts looked so small, lol. I didn’t think they’d have a hope of fitting. And fit really well!

Ireland day 13 nfd….can’t believe how easy it is to stay in my tdee…with calls to spare 😎

Australia Day 14 FD – hey Slim – were you really going to eat your children with butter? 🙂 Did they complain? 🙂 My knee is still bad, I can’t walk any distance. Am dreading tomorrow’s weigh in.