Day 4: Pacific NW USA, NFD

Did my HIT on the bike yesterday. Had halibut and tomatoes for dinner last night, and tasted the flourless chocolate cake that was plenty sweet. Came home and had berries and cream so that put me over my goal of 1200 cal. I set a low bar and that helped me to at least keep the cals pretty reasonable for a NFD. Today will be easier as we’re not dining out with friends like last night.

Micky42 I know you can do the liquid only fast but in my experience it’s the same challenge the day after as many have recounted after any fast day – the NFD’s are what are almost the hardest to control. My challenge is to be vigilant 7 days a week with 5:2 because any day I go over TDEE it counteracts what I accomplished on the FD’s. Planning exactly what and how many calories I will eat on the NFD at least helps minimize slippage. Maybe after we’ve been so successful supporting each other on FD’s we can devise a plan for supporting each other as strongly on NFD’s too!

Kay65 – I’m scheduled for a FD starting tonight till Sat AM with you (although in a different time zone).

I was going to wait on that Fri FD because I’m doing a b2b on Sun snd Mon with ETJ to finish off the challenge but I may have a smidge to eat with my Mom and brother Sun night when we make a hasty trip to see them. We want to bolster my 94 year old Mom’s spirits because my aunt passed away this week and she can’t make the trip to the funeral. I offered to take her but it’s not a good time for her to travel so far. My aunt actually passed at the big family party they were having on her 90th birthday. At least her entire family was there with her. They thought she was choking but turned out it was a heart attack. Pretty bizarre though. Any way, hate to make it all about me but I will still plan to fast those 60 hours and offer to make a nice brothy soup for my Mom on Sunday eve before we leave (serving myself just the broth) and leave her with the leftovers.

Hi And …exhale – welcome back!

Song – there is a phase 3 in September in the works. I also feel so much stronger with our group by my side!

Northern – when I’m feeling those hunger pangs on a FD I try to visualize my body’s mechanisms rounding the corner to burning those stored fat cells. I read somewhere it happens after 24 hours on a liquid fast so right when you said you were trying to sleep during that last 12 hours.

I am so envious of you Brits who can meet in person!

California, USA Day 4. Today is a FD. My scale was good to me this am. I reached my 2 lb goal of 168 lb. Now to maintain and keep going downward. I officially hit the 20 lb weight loss mark since starting the 5:2 way of eating. I will be enjoying my FD today. Good luck to the fasters today. Stay Strong!

Coda: I see you’ve seriously stepped up on the length of fasting…I can’t do it that long. I like my food too much to do two days running!
I am sticking with 3 X 36-hours (water-only) per week on alternate days with an eating weekend. I see you are roping me in on the organising….ok (if I can stay strong myself, of course..).
So, who else is joining me tomorrow? This (Thursday) evening til breakfast on Saturday? Liquids and/or water-only?

HollyLJ and Coda. Thank you for your support.

Thankyou micky42 and HollLJ it was hard especially as I had them feeling the car with yummy smell! But can’t let my buddies down!!
Tomorrow is going to be a challenge but by keeping my fast going til lunch time I’m hoping to stay under tdee!!
I will see how I am after this WF but if I feel I can’t control eating on a NFD then Ill go back to my 420cals! I would really like to continueW WFs for the health benefits.
So 9pm and still strong, I had the second half of my bone broth and finding sparkling mineral water a great help!!

Wishing everyone a very good night!

Stay strong Holly! Enjoy your tea and sleep well!

US Day 4 FD
BrightonBelle, thanks for the encouragement … I know I just have to stick with it and the weight will come off.
Following up on Coda’s post.. I will be doing the September 1 – 30 challenge. I’ll take roll once this challenge ends. Also Coda had mentioned that as the “lb” groups were such a success, we may want to continue them so I will keep track of that for those interested.Coda will be passing her big stick to me and I will have to test it out… LOL. Fast day is going good so far and I’m hoping to get another one in before weigh in… which I’ll do on Tuesday.

Australia – Day 3

Finally my sons birthday has arrived 🙂 We managed to get everything finished yesterday – as good as we could anyways. Next week I’ll be busy re-doing the bricks around the roundel, it took 20 bags of sugar cane mulch to fill just the plant area. The fountain looks great, but the solar hasn’t turned on yet so no jetting stream of water. We are taking him to the movies at lunch time to watch Koda and the somthing. I have to go out now and set the sheep up with a new bale of hay and some grain, clean and fill up the horse trough, and spread the remaining sugar cane out.
I am excited about tomorrow. We are going American BBQ, I have ordered (and received) different spice packs etc. My husband is obsessed with all the American BBQ shows, so it should be a feast tomorrow. My Dad’s excited about it too. They will be here a little later this afternoon.

Take care all and have a great day!

US Day 4- FD

Was very hungry today, but stayed at a quarter of my TDEE!

Italy Day 3 – NFD

I did it ! Having a cup of tea and will have breakfast at 9:00. I think i could go further but will wait until i get used to doing 36 Hours successfully.
I love the idea of working on our NFD’s all together thats what i find hardest..
Neostaford congratulations your weightloss is constant you must be very committed but surely you are nearly at your goal?

Day 3 Sussex U.K.
NFD again today for me.
Weighed in at 12.12 or 180lbs. Haven’t been there for many years.
I am so glad that I found this forum. It reinforces my thoughts when I have had a’bump in the road’ lol.
Such kind words and gentle encouragement, and love reading about the doings of all of you around the world.
Weather here has turned grey and miserable. Gales expected tonight! Hope the sun comes back soon for a bit longer before Autumn arrives. Managing ok so far with family. A real handful is the 2 and half year old. Feisty. I think they come out like that now. 5 and 11 year old much easier. Big gathering here at the house tomorrow with extended family, but feeling in control today. See that, trying to be mindful and stay in the day. Tomorrow will come soon enough.
Enjoy your day everyone.

Hello old friends and new!

Wow, there’s been a lot going on while I’ve been away, and a definite trend towards longer fasts and water-only fasts from what I can tell. I haven’t read back enough to work this out, but is it mainly because 5:2 wasn’t working, wasn’t giving results quickly enough, or just to shake things up a bit?

back2thefuture, hope your Mom is doing okay, and condolences to your family.

Coda, hope your Dad’s ulcer gets sorted so he can get back out on the links. Have a great time in the UK!

Japan was fantastic (Coda, you have a great memory!) and we made the most of it – I’m finding it tough to match my 15,000 step daily average now we’re home. I was impressed by the consideration and friendliness of pretty much everyone we met – even the big cities were a pleasure to be in. Food was regional, seasonal, sometimes surprising, but above all, fresh. A little too fresh (alive!) in a couple of cases, and mostly quite difficult to identify – I’m glad I wasn’t trying to use MFP!

Anyway, back now and first FD was actually quite nice – I got loads done! Please put me down for the next challenge too!

UK day 3 another switch yesterday so going for a fast day today

Day3 – USA – NFD

Forgot to post yesterday, but had successful FD. I was very tempted a couple of times to eat, but I held strong. Everyone was eating leftover BBQ at work, which was tough. I did a group run in the late afternoon, and they had food waiting for us afterwards. Ugh. I made an excuse, went home and had my soup. I feel good about that.

Tonight is the first high school football game and my son is in the marching band. I will be volunteering to help get the kids water. It will be a long day, since I will have to go to the field right after work. I packed a sandwich to eat at the game. Otherwise I’m stuck with the hamburgers and hot dogs that they sell at the game. I’m trying to plan ahead.

I don’t think I made the challenge, but I will weigh tomorrow morning. I’m looking forward to the September challenge.

Have a great weekend!

Day 3 – USA *San Diego traveling

Good FD yesterday. My future sister-in-law (my hostess, a vegan) made the most delicious salad for me. She added all sorts of things I don’t usually have on my salads that vegans have and use. She had made some white sangria for us to share when I first got here, though, so I had to really watch how much of that I had. Beautiful fruit chunks in it.

NFD today. Going to a Mediterranean restaurant for dinner with my brother.

Looking forward to Debbie’s commanding a new challenge in September! Yeah!

Cizzy – looks like you and I are just about the same weight. I have broken 165 a bit and really want to be to 160 before the end of September.

Downward we go!

Day 3 Minnesota, USA FD

Supper was 6:30 pm last eve and only water until this am, and only black coffee, so far. I’m planning a liquid FD today, but not a water (coffee, tea, water) FD. I think I’m done with them for now.
OH and I will go to local co-op to find some good bone broth or at least organic poultry, meat and bones to make bone broth. I do have some miso soup on hand that I will use this evening. I expect adding broth and miso to make my liquid FDs easier.

I feel like in the future sometime I will try a 3-4 day “purist” water fast for the health benefits. I feel like that’s a possibility now that I’ve done it for 40 hours. Funny how when you wake up in the morning, the hunger has gone away from in the night.

B2tF, I hope your mom is doing ok. Thanks for the visualization of my body kicking into the fat burning mode when experiencing hunger pangs. Very helpful.

Cizzy2, great job! Your cortisol levels must be pretty high some days with your shift work and Emergency Room stresses, and you have lost fairly steadily despite that. Well done!

Ciren2, thanks for the encouragement! I don’t know how you do 3 water-only fasts a week. Are you close to your weight goal now? Seem to remember you were about 7 pounds away a few weeks ago. Is it slow going now that you are so close? Is that why you are doing the 3 water fasts/week?

And….Exhale, welcome back! Glad your trip was so fun.

Coda, I hope you find answers to your dad’s leg ulcer. I’m sure it’s a worry at his age. He sounds like a great guy and wonderful role model for living life fully as we age!

Lisahawk, don’t worry about whether or not you meet the 3 lb goal. And, btw, I think you need the carbs for your running. In the past when I did strict very low carb diet, it really affected my speed for walking and running and other HIIT, but not stamina or endurance. (yes, believe it or not, there was a time I was into running and also weight lifting). Can’t believe it is football season already! Autumn is just around the corner. Then, unfortunately, winter. 😡

Patti67, congrats on new number on scale! Makes running after feisty 2 year olds and all the rest so much easier, doesn’t it?

Asweet, you are doing great!

ETJ, have a great couple of family days!

I’m looking forward to focusing on highlighting successful NFDs at or below TDEE, as well as successful FDs. In the end, I think they will be the biggest challenge for me.

Good luck, each and every one!

Day 3, Gloucestershire, UK: Fast Day. Less than 12 hours of 36 to go.
Coda, back2thefuture, Kay65…anyone else fasting 36 hours today….how are you doing? Keep on keeping on. Drink plenty of water to keep hunger pangs at bay is all I can say. I’m currently STARVING!
NorthernDawn…my goal weight is so close…maybe three pounds to go plus a bit of leeway for when I learn how to maintain. It’s slow at the moment…hopefully a pound per week. I aim to reach my goal weight by September (early to mid-) Twenty five years of fatness to be behind me, eh?

Day 3 Los Angeles. NFD today; it’s our daughter’s 19th birthday so I’ll have to keep close watch on myself during dinner and dessert! Everyone is doing well — congratulations all around, and stay strong.

Day 3 update

I made it! Fluids only but now Im in bed to avoid any temptation.

I hope the scales are kind in the morning as they were horrible this morning!!

Well done everyone on the fast!

Kay

Day 3, Québec,

Congratulations to all who have had success and all who are still holding on. We make such a wonderfull team.

Eventough I didn’t fast yesterday, the scale was nice this morning. In fact, the app where I keep track of my weight and calories, etc even sent me a new badge ! Yyyyyyeeeeessss ! I have lost 10 pounds since my highest weight last november. Slow but steady. I never would have made it without your support. Thank you, thank you.

Please count me in for the next challenge.

I agree with many others that we should put our biggest energies on our NFDs. I noticed on my part that what happens too often is that when I’m under my TDEE I tend to let go and so I finish my day by going over my allowance. My biggest pitfall is to eat … Just minutes before going to bed on me NFDs. Then I go to bed and think to myself gggrrrrrr why did I do that ? What’s the idea ? So I guesse that going to bed ” sober ” will be my biggest challenge for the coming times. Will have to learn to wash my teeth earlier in the evening.

Have a nice one !
Bonne journée x

Ireland day 3 fd

Staying on track but I feel I’ll be letting my 4lb buddies down come weigh-in …at this stage I’ll be grateful for any loss at all…but I’m not up and that’s always a bonus…

US SE Day 3 FD. I think some of us have done extremely well during this last “lb” challenge and others not so much. I have to say I think I’m in the not so much group.. but as Coolcat says… no gain is a win too. Quebecoise, I am so with you on the eating before bed. I do the same thing and unfortunately I seem to crave sweet things then. I agree that maybe we should concentrate on our NFD’s next challenge and see if the group effort will help make a difference for those of us who are having a hard time with them.