Symba7– What?!? You’re stock-piling bottles of Red Wine AND bars of chocolate? When we reach our Goals, I nominate celebration party at Symba7’s house! 🙂

SlimnHealthy– Good luck fasting till festivities today! That’s my plan too. Aiming for just calorie-free liquids until the neighborhood block party, grille out. We can DO IT!

fastdutchgirl– So glad to read “mice meat” was just a typo! And “Cheers!” to another cyclist. 60 km is quite the ride. I have to break up my 42 km commute with an 8 hour work day in between 🙂 (also I’m only up to doing it twice per week. Will try more as my endurance improves.)

Rocy65– The birthday celebration you described sounded so lovely…right up to the violently sick part. 🙁 Hope the little guy feels better quickly!

Pinkie2– your “large helping of ice cream for lunch” sounds fun. Ice cream is my giant weakness, can’t even have it in the house, I’d fall face first into a pint jug if it was around. Totally understandable.

Clemmi– we’re all rooting for you to fit into those jeans after this Challenge too. You can do it!

B2tF– Wow! good job on the giant freezer clean-out! Making room for the good (Mmmm! Blueberries.) That task is on my To-do List too, been putting it off though because it’s so pretty outdoors, I get distracted.

Sbird220– Your body will adjust & the Fast Days do get easier. Be sure and check in if you have any questions or concerns, there’s loads of experience & support on these forums.

Dorset UK Day 4
NFD

So yesterday was a FD and I managed with a meal of just over 300 cals in the evening.
Did my 20min HIIT and decided that 3 minutes of abs exercises is probably ok so didnt do the plank!

Today I skipped breakfast and ate just after 1pm and enjoyed a bowl of yogurt with sugar free muesli. That felt like a treat 🙂
Fridge is looking a little empty so tonights meal will be a salad with whatever I can find to go with it. Shopping for top up healthy food tomorrow!
I have already done my 20min HIIT which I found really hard today. I dont know if it was because of my fast yesterday …. anyway I did it, and as Ive done my exercise early in the day I will do plank x 3 later on, although I dont expect to manage beyond 50 secs each…we’ll see 🙂

Weight is down another half pound, so a pound off from Friday, but its only Monday, so head down and onwards to see what the scales say this Friday.
Tomorrow is another FD, as well as Thursday, as Im doing 3 a week for July, so that could be challenging….will have to plan lots of things to do to keep busy!

Im reading all the posts, its great to see so much positivity but there are so many I cant remember who’s who so cant comment on them all!!

Keep going everyone….today is mid way through the week…3 days down and 3 days ahead 😉

Day3/4 France NFD

There is so much going on. I don’t know what day it is. Yesterday I was pumping out the pool and mowing more grass. The pool had too much cyanuric acid. Ok so now it is filling. It is nearly there. It takes ages to fill and I am scared witless of forgetting about the water running, so I have to keep checking every couple of hours. I plan to let the place to earn a crust in the summer, and I have a sort of semi camping place I made up in the barn where I live when all this goes on.

Sorry, I know this is nothing to do with diets.

With Brexit my pension has plummeted, and we have to do something to make ends meet. In France we expats are all terrified of being kicked out since if the British no longer honour our health payments then we have no health care. I so hope article 50 never happens.

I went to the chamber of commerce last week to declare my new business.

I went to see the consultant again this morning, again I have to go in to hospital, in August, which is one of the weeks I was still hoping to let the place. I have it on special offer by now. The season is very short. So far I have let four weeks. There were five, but one cancelled.

I have a growth in my throat and some thing wrong at the other end, and the consultant thinks he can send cameras up both ways and then we will see. You can imagine how today’s fast day panned out.

There was a small triumphal moment when he asked me how heavy I was, and I said 69 kilos. It used to be 80 kilos.

I am all over the place; cleaning the house, removing things to the apartment in the barn, mowing grass, planting flowers in tubs, worrying if they might dry out. It has been a nice sunny day today. I wish I wasn’t crying so much.

I should be happy. At the weekend a fairly eminent body in the UK wrote to me to ask if I want to work with them on line teaching basic finance and management accounts in French. That used to be my career, in London, though not in French. I should be interviewed any day soon on line.

I haven’t done any planks yet. I did look at a you tube to tell me what a plank was, does that count?

Hi, I’m from the UK, am I too late to join? I have started 5:2 today and this is my first FD, couldn’t join before as Internet has been down.

Thank you
Jayne

ABC1 – :hugs: You poor thing. That is a hell of a lot on your plate. I really hope there is nothing much wrong. Good news on the job though.

Day 4 (USA-IL) NFD
Happy 4th of July to all of us Americans!

Lazy day for me but will try to workout some. Found a good place for a 15 minute brisk walk to do early morning or at sunset.

BBQ and picnic this evening with family – will do my best not to overeat! (or over drink but like lots of you, I do love my red wine)

Day 4, India, FD
Scales showing 3.5 pounds gain after no fast day for last 7 days and really eating ANYTHING on the family vacation last week. I am being positive that a lot of it would be water weight, since I am feeling really bloated. Today’s fast was a bit tough.. started a headache around 10 in the morning (maybe it’s because of such a long gap in my fasts.. body is less used to the fasts now???). Ending today with exact 500 calories! No exercise today. Will be more active from tomorrow.

Day 4 Italy – NFD

Done a couple of 20 second planks. Should finish the day at about 1800 cal.
Can’t wait to get on the scales tomorrow!

India. Day 4.
FD 292 calories.
Struggled through this one:( so I’m glad the day is almost done. Worked out at the gym.
Gn

Day 4 – USA – NFD

Did a Firecracker 5k this morning. Felt great to get some exercise in but boy was it HOT! Running in Florida is tough in the summertime. Cook out tonight, then FD tomorrow. I’m already worrying about it. I know it will get easier, but it still seems very hard to me.

HappyMargo- I see that you are a runner, too. Do you run on FDs? I’m trying to figure out the best timing for FDs and runs. Thx.

UK day 4 NFD for me, fasting tomorrow and looking forward to imposing some self-discipline, I have been well off track during the hiatus. Too many social events, delicious food and chilled prosecco! Really enjoying catching up on posts as usual, ABC1 my heart goes out to you in particular with so much uncertainty. I’m also mourning the BREXIT outcome from the other end of the entente in the UK. I was planning to spend some proper time in France when I retire, a couple of years at least, and had just managed to persuade my husband that it would be a good idea. How much worse for those who already have plans and lives in place. I work with people from all across mainland Europe who are feeling unwanted and fragile. Sorry everyone,rant over. ABC1 good luck with the interview process and the medical tests.

BRAZIL DAY 4 CHALLENGE

Was happy with the weight Friday, but this weekend was exaggerated, today I’m afraid of scales, fast and HIT today, I think I will repeat fasting tomorrow too.

Hug to everyone

Day 4 Minnesota, USA NFD

ABC1: I hope you have good luck with all of your plans and health issues. Be good to yourself!

Happy and safe 4th of July to my fellow Americans! Good FDs and NFDs to everyone!

California, USA day 4. Today is a FD. It is also a work day. I am sitting amongst cake,pies, and all sorts of goodies. The break room on a holiday can be tough. Fortunately my work assignment will not allow me to revisit this room until I am off duty. I can stay strong. Reading the posts and writing this post really helped to stay away from the goodies. Now to get out of here and take a walk. Have a happy and safe 4th of July to those who are celebrating today.

Ontario
On day 1 (July 1st) before I left for the beach I weighed 178 pounds and seem to be stuck in the low to high 70’s for quite some time. Has been incredibly difficult but definitely intend to drop to the 160’s before August 1st.
Today is fast day and plan to fast at least 1 more, maybe 2 (Wednesday and possibly Friday) with all other days following 16:8 and eating LCHF.
Did my morning 3KM walk, and keep going out for short walks for breaks today. Hard to be back to work!
More important to me than the weight loss will be dropping my blood sugar counts. Have dropped them already to 6.4 but want to go below 5.9.
This seems to be the key to success for me – fasting in some form all week long. With the longest (2) being 24 hours eating under 500 calories those 2 FD’s. I don’t count calories eating LCHF just know what to eat and what to avoid. Fasting helps determine if I am really hungry or just want to eat out of boredom/stress. Lots of water, Perrier, and coffee today. Not so hard…

Ontario
I forgot to say that this morning I also weighed 178, the same as Friday July 1st.
My biggest weight was 218 and that was 1-1/2 yrs ago. Generally I do weigh myself each morning. I have used tape measure but generally just measure waste (38 inches) and bust (41 inches).
Not even my husband nor my 2 sons know my weight. I only ever say how much I have lost to them.
So not so easy to have it keyed and posted on a forum. But I will persevere.
Perhaps I will count the LCHF meals I eat on NFD’s. I typically just eat when hungry, trying to postpone as long as possible and on FD eat one meal early evening. I also feel hungrier if I eat at lunch, and I very seldom eat before 11:30 a.m. anyway.
My goal weight is likely 150, but am happy with 5 pound increments.

Day 4 Cornwall UK. A fast day today and all has gone remarkably well despite an awful night with little sleep. Grandson still unwell, but hope tonight will be better poor little mite. Everyone was eating up/ grazing on the leftover party food all around me today, but I resisted temptation and the great thing is it wont be there tomorrow to temp me!!
I had an hours pilates class this morning, not been able to get plank done today.
ABC my thoughts are with you in this time of uncertainty, it’s a worrying time. Sending you positive thoughts for your health results. Big hugs.

All best of luck to everyone, stay strong. Onwards and DOWN!!

Australia Day 5 NFD – well. Had my first fast day this challenge yesterday and it went really well. I was a little worried that after two weeks of over-eating I would struggle with the fast day but stuck to only black coffee and black tea and didn’t ever feel particularly hungry. I got two walks in but no other exercise. I always intend to do my strength exercises and stretches at night but it is dark and cold when I get home and I lose all motivation. Perhaps when I get more weight off getting down on the floor won’t seem such a big issue. Happy day all.

Northern Spain day 4.
Happy Independence Day to all of our US dieters.I bet today is a NFD for lots of you!!!!

Walked home after work today -7km and went to a pilates class this evening. I think I’ll cancel tomorrow!! Even though the class was brilliant I noticed howhen stiff and infledible I’ve become over time. The walk helped me to relax as I walked the stress out of myself after work, it was therapeutic.I arrived home calm and at peace with the world.

Congratulations Jayneb69 on battling cancer. It can’t have been easy but well done and good luck with everything in the future. We’ll all be rooting for you.

Today was a fast day and I just had lunch. Salad with a homemade beefburger. That was that. Drank lots of water and got on with it.
Looking forward to a boiled egg tomorrow morning
Cheers

lisahawk– yes, I do run on Fast Days.

At first I was worried I’d get even hungrier, but I tried it a few times & I don’t notice any difference. Just feels like a Fast Day!

I like the idea of having no food in my system, so my body relies on my fat stores for fuel. I’ve had even better luck with long-ish distance biking on Fast Days. Really torching calories & fat cells.

The only exercise that really makes me want to eat is weight training at the gym. I’ll usually do that right before my 500 calorie dinner. It makes me even more careful to re-fuel with protein & veggies, keeping it healthy to rebuild my muscles!

Good Luck!!

Day 4 (again)– Colorado, USA

dalhiafan– my 5:2 plan went completely off the rails during our hiatus too. I’m just glad my weight didn’t fully rebound! We’ll all get back into this together!

ABC1– ((Hugs)) for all you have going on! Come here to rant all you need to. Best of luck on your medical tests & job interview.
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Got my Run in this morning before too hot outside. Then did my planks. And also completed my Upper Body weight training.

Later, I hopped on my bicycle to ride to the grocery store. Got there, locked up my bike & realized I’d left my wallet at home in another backpack. Had to make a repeat round-trip back home & to grocery store again. Ugh!

I’d say I got my exercise in today, for sure! 🙂

US Day 4- NFD

Was going to do a fast day today, but we decided with all the leftover food it would be waste to not eat it. Still feel like I did pretty good though. Even after pigging out yesterday I managed to not gain any weight so don’t mind reducing fast days from 3 to 2 this week!

Day 4 USA (again)

HappyMargo and Coda: thanks for the input. I will run tomorrow (FD) and see how it goes. I’m running on the beach with a group, so should be fun. I’ll drink lots of water all day. Thanks for all the great advice!

I ate too much today, but tomorrow’s FD, so it’s ok. Hopefully I didn’t do too much damage.

Ireland day 4 nfd….still getting used to the new regime while adjusting to the change in time zone on vacation…not doing too bad considering….

Day4 NFD Wisconsin
Trying to kick a cold and slept for 2 hours this afternoon. I had chicken fajitas for supper and I really think I might be feeling better after 9 days of this. More family time today and as I served lunch I realized I wasn’t really hungry so I opted for a couple grapes and was content. Mindshift happening as I listen to my body rather than following the “rules” about keeping my metabolism going by eating very 3-4 hours.