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  • USA (MN) Day 18 NFD I love reading all of the wonderful wisdom and encouragement that is offered to those who are struggling (and don’t we all on occasion?). Such kind and caring people on this thread!

    I had a great meal when out for dinner last night. We ate at a Houlihans and I had the spiralized butternut squash lasagne, which was delicious, and a side salad composed of spiralized zucchini (courgette?) with olive oil, herbs, calamata olives, and cherry tomatoes. Oh, and a Long Island Iced Tea I should admit to. I went over my TDEE yesterday but it was so worth it. I ordered a spiralizer from Amazon when I got home and I intend to make all kinds of vegetable *noodles* this summer. I’m so happy to have something to replace pasta with.
    To everyone struggling: a day (or two or….) of not sticking to the plan is not a failure. Just another learning experience. Only giving up entirely would be a failure, IMO. I’ve changed my 6 week goal from having a certain number of pounds I wanted to lose, to doing at least 2 FDs a week and doing them well, and learning as much as I can about making this a way of eating that I can stick to for the rest of my life. Thanks to all of you I AM learning so much!
    Good luck to everyone!

    Switzerland day 18 NFD – quick hello to everyone to mark that I’m back from camping and back on the plan. Amazed to discover that my body is capable of putting on 2kgs in 4 days, as I thought I was being mostly sensible, but clearly not sensible enough… Looking forward to catching up on everyone’s news now I have wifi again!!

    Northern Spain here,

    Hi Everyone.
    Fasted today.Ate steak and salad at lunchtime and nothing else all day.
    It was hard as I WAS baking with my children. We made bread, cakes and biscuits.
    Note to self: bake on a NFD, or get a life!
    Didn’t have any of it though and feel quite proud of myself.
    Looking forward to my breakfast- homemade wholemeal brown bread with a boiled egg, or should I scoff the iced biscuits with chocolate buns?
    I know what I should do but………
    Onwards and downwards.
    Hopeyou are all doing well

    Thank you for my bone broth recipes i will give it another go.

    Having a bad day? – remember with a new day comes new strengths and new thoughts x

    Day 20 Uk fast day today. had chicken bovril at around 1 plus lots of water and coffee. Afew sticms of celery and pepper to stave off the huner pangs! I felt cold and headachey today for thr first time! My supper was noodles veg and some turkey breast so below may 463 cals. tomorrow morning first thing is weighin and measure, just once a week for me!

    France Day 18

    Oh K lo if only it was a D cup, gone are the days of being 34 D. I am now 34 F. I thought I might fit an E but I was a bit too premature in that assumption, nonetheless I bought two new pretty bras.

    Hannahwatto you are not a downer, you are confiding in us, and we care. The thing is you are resisting sometimes, and those are flag waving successes. Don’t castigate yourself for perceived failure, praise yourself for certain successes. It has a much more positive feel for yourself! I guess we all struggle, But we are moving forward. Chin up cherub!

    I am fairly sure my weight issue is as a result of too much alcohol. Only today in shops with well illuminated mirrors do I see how bad my body had become, especially my back. It makes me even more determined to succeed. I had not drunk any wine since April 12th, when I gave it up for a month. So it is over a month and I have bought an 18 centilitre bottle of Bordeaux to go with my last supper in Angleterre.

    The supper is in the oven. I rented an apartment here for tonight. In the meantime I am sitting here eating a divine young leaf salad, (with little violet flowers in it) There is a nice supermarket in the Brunswick Centre close by. It is a bit sad that the ready meal is for two people when I am only one person on a diet. I will have to resist eating all of it. But I will. I think my stomach has shrunk in its ability to take too much, which is good. I am also terrified of finding I have undone any of my hard work, by over indulging. The scales will reveal all when I get home!

    goldmoon I am with you on eating oats. I love porridge. I don’t take mine sweet, but just course oats salt and water. They are low on the Glycemic Index, very good for us on this type of regimen because they release their goodness slowly to us and keep hunger away for much longer!

    I had hoped to do two fast days which would have been very convenient, not having to consider food when I am away from home. However I felt quite dizzy this morning, and did not want to be off colour for my day’s jaunt to the bright lights. I decided to eat some of the scrambled egg on offer at my last hotel. Then I had some sort of prawn, grains and lettuce in Marks and Spencer for lunch. It was not very nice, and included sweet corn which I don’t like much. The result was that I left half of it. With tonight’s chicken Korma and rice and my naughty wine, I am scraping in just around TDEE. (Maybe) I have had no exercise as such but my feet hurt since I have been on them all day, all of which must count towards exercise?

    Fly home tomorrow.

    Aussie day 19 just woke up and read all the posts from overnight thinking of everyone struggling with different issues stick with it we are all with you. I am going to make a big pot of veg soup and freeze in portions for fast days I haven’t been organised enough, going to make sure to stick to a low GI diet on NFD love all the info and recipes that are posted.I keep saying that but everyday there is more to keep me motivated thank you everyone.

    Rocy65 day 20?????

    ABC1, well, I’m down from an E (or DD)…and I’m not quite 5 2″. My husband refers to me as his LGBT wife. (Little Girl, Big Tits). I am not amused.

    Aus Day 19.
    K-Lo you made me laugh. My husband calls me “tits”, I too am 5’2″. I’ve gone from a size 14B to 12DD! Does that mean my breasts are bigger in relation to frame? Very confused.
    NFD for me. Enjoyed porridge and coffee for breakfast. I love my soluble fibre. Have decided no-carbs is not for me. Focusing on personalised nutrition. A little bit of what I fancy does me and my weight good.

    … and a chook is a chicken here in Aus.

    Good morning from South Australia Day 19
    A chook is a chicken
    It is lovely to read all your posts. I am still on track and have now lost 800 grams over the past 3 weeks. I am aiming to lose 1.5 kilos over the 6 weeks altogether. I have been on 5:2 for 7 months now and am now only 5 kilos from my goal weight.
    Lots to do this week including 2 birthday celebrations, so finding FDs is a struggle but I am having one today. I am catching up with a friend but it will just have to be black coffee or one small wine rather than a lunch. The terrible sacrifices I have to make!
    I have gym class today as well and I am not feeling at all motivated but the gym bag is packed and waiting by the front door and all I have to do is pick it up and get in the car and I am on my way.
    I hope we all have a great 5:2 day:)

    USA 18 of 42
    FD feeling a little hungry,drinking lots of cucumber water!
    Waiting on chicken to finish cooking.Planning a big green salad with homemade
    balsamic dressing and goat cheese YUM!
    cheerful dieting everyone!

    Québec, day 18
    NFD and going fine.
    just came back from the market to buy flowers.
    Also bought fresh crab, yummy.

    I’m loving this diet and this group so much. Thank you all !

    Day 18 California, USA. Today is a NFD. I have been on antibiotics x 24 hours, feeling better and hungry. I am going to make salmon and a salad for dinner. I am well under my TDEE today. FD will be tomorrow.
    I have enjoyed reading all the posts. This thread has been very encouraging and supportive especially in times of struggles. Thank you, Coda for starting this challenge. I hope it can continue.

    Australia Day 19 – a FD for me and I know it sounds weird but I am looking forward to it as it gives me some structure and control. Don’t ask my why NFDs don’t do that! 🙂 Thank you all so much for your support – it means so much and helps me stop going back down that black hole. What a great group of people – the stories, the laughs, the view into other lives and best of all knowing we are not alone in our struggles and in our desire to live a long, healthy, happy life. Am looking forward to the next challenge, thanks Coda.

    Day 9 USA. FD for me. my 3rd fast day on Monday was really hard. My mind was ready to quite and try the 16 hour lean gains type of fasting

    had a very much better FD today. I didn’t eat during the day: sipped tons of hot water with slices of lemon and ginger and drops of stevia – which also helped me detox ….and not feel the detox symptoms of fasting so much

    and had good energy and concentration.

    this has been a great day. maybe it DOES get easier. and maybe i am learning a bit about what does and doesn’t work for me on a FD.

    make it a great day, everyone

    Australia – Day 19 – 23 days to go of challenge 🙂 The 21st is my brothers birthday, which more importantly is the half way point 😉 Well to me, anyway, lol.

    It’s strange thinking that words we use everyday people haven’t heard of around the world! A chicken is a baby chicken, a chook is an adult chicken. The one’s that give you eggs 🙂

    A non fasting day for me today. Started with my porridge to break my fast 🙂 It seems quite literal now!

    FASTS – 9 NON FASTS – 10

    UK day 19… NFD today…but a bit discouraged by yesterday’s FD. I find it really hard to have any will power in the evening and gave in to biscuits as sweets last night. What am I…a child that I can’t resist jelly beans? Ridiculous! Obviously I didn’t eat as much as a NFD but I can’find really claim a proper FD either…and after all the work I’d done through the day. Losing weight is hard enough without me sabotaging myself.

    Minols-not sure from your comments if you ate jelly beans/sweets and biscuits but if you did..it’s not your fault but your/our biochemistry which is wired to search for and binge on the sweet stuff(according to Robert Lustig-paeditric endocrinologist) in ‘Fat chance, the hidden truth about sugar,obesity and disease. A very interesting read about the why and how the western diet with processed food is making us fat, why calorie is not a calorie,how to avoid food that has hidden sugar along with suggestions of what to eat. No weird complicated boring food either and heaven knows I am fussy. I feel much much better, have stopped having sugar in my tea after 40+ years and no longer hide/buy the sweet stuff on a daily basis.
    You may find that by reducing both the visible and hidden sugar in your daily diet, that you will reduce significantly/completely the need to eat poor choices in the evening.It certainly happened to me after eating more wholefoods and snacking on fruit/nuts.

    Thanks Annette, for your understanding and advice.

    Anonymous

    NL day 19
    Oh no…! Yesterday I found some almonds….need I go on and say what happened?! So, today is my FD. I might do 3 total this week and today I’ll walk just a bit farther!

    UK day 18 lm beginning to be more aware of my cravings and triggers, yesterday my FD went well, but as I started to prepare dinner couldnt resist having the odd nibble here and there and even after my meal couldn’t stop thinking about food , woke up this morning expecting to be ravenous but wasn’t , guess it’s all part of the journey learning to listen to our bodies more and ignoring the bad habits developed over a lifetime , reflecting on it I doubt if I have ever really been hungry , more a case of missing the instant gratification . It’s a lot to work on

    Australia Day 19 FD You know the small changes you make are working when hubby says this morning “it’s fish night tonight right?” The Tuesday FD is chicken for dinner and the Thursday FD is fish, trying a range of recipes. I set this routine to make the fast days as easy as possible, and it is! Can anyone expand on the psychology of sabotaging our efforts? I did last weekend and need some motivation to avoid doing the same this weekend.

    Hi Strongstrongstrong – I am checking you in as day 18 cus you are in USA, Brightonbelle as you are in UK you are on day 19 as that is where we are in this challenge. This challenge will end June 11th but if you joined later you can carry on if you wish although another challenge will be starting 1st July (everybody note that date – more details later)

    USA, 19 – Hello from Jersey City (posting before I head to the office). Yesterday was a decent NFD. And lo and behold, a woosh this morning, down to 120.6. Holy Shamoley.

    And today is a Fast day. I sliced up some fresh ginger last night to bring into the office for my hot water. If I can’t last until dinner, I will wander out for some real Miso from a local sushi spot. My hubby has been out of town and will be home this eve. My older son is coming in for a long weekend. I am a happy camper. I hope you can tolerate my good mood this morning. The good news is it probably won’t last until 10 am.

    Uk day 19

    My second weigh in and I lost another 4lbs. To copy K-Lo Holy Shamoley! It was a FD yesterday and, at one point, I began to wonder if I was snacking without knowing – I felt so good and so un-hungry.

    Tonight I am out for a meal but have looked online at the menu, made my choices and entered generic figures on MFP. Not accurate I know but it means that I can eat sensibly throughout today and minimise the damage tonight – hopefully. I don’t know if this will work but I do know that it is a vastly different approach to one I would have made before. “hey – its a nfd and I deserve a treat right?” I would have eaten normally, even having something at tea time before going out – often feeling quite full before I start the meal! What a mind shift.

    US/Day 19 – Fast day today for me and I too am very happy it is. Not feeling 100% today so am glad I planned it out. Avocado Toast for blast then nothing until dinner of grilled chicken tenders and roasted asparagus. YAY we are going to do another one on July 1st! CONGRATS to all making huge progress — sure is motivating. K-LO: you make me laugh out loud regularly! (Posts here and on other threads I follow) — you are very witty and have an amazing sense of humor — love it! Here to wishing everyone a successful day!

    Coda, let me also add my thanks. I will re-up in July

    19 Challenge – Brazil
    Do not lose more weight, but I’m less measures.
    Moving on! I will persist because fasting is already part of me.

    Australia Day 19and almost bedtime – FD,

    FD went well today. About 3pm I thought I could eat a meal, but it wasn’t a challenge to wait till 6pm when I eat my first calories on a FD.

    Well done ANAIDE! A smaller measurement is great. Keep on. It’s working.

    Switzerland Day 19 – NFD
    Quietly trying to make mindful food choices and stay within my TDEE. Key to all this is MFP and keeping a note of everything. I know it works, I just have to keep on keeping on.
    Big hello to everyone else on the challenge!

    USA Day 19 / 23 to go.
    Did not complete my FD yesterday. Trying again today.

    Day 19 uk, nfd. Sorry coda got confused!! today I weighed and measured, to my delight down from start weight of 74.5kg to 70.5kg, and 2 inches off my waist. I’m over the monn!
    looking after grandchildren for a few days, which is delightful and fun, but also a lot of temptation around!
    I am not calling this a diet because it’s a life changing way of eating, and one I intend to continue. the arthritis in my knees is already feeling less painful and I did a long uphill walk this morning, slow but sure and no pain!

    Good luck everyone!

    Day 19 FD for me today, still at our daughter’s in Utah (USA). I bought fixings for Greek salmon yesterday and hope she will be able to share it with me tonight for supper.

    With gym exercise yesterday, I was pretty hungry for a NFD. I think I still stayed under TDEE although I hate counting calories! She bought a beautiful Danish coffee cake for us for breakfast yesterday (large round ring) that said 1/12 was 170 calories! So I got from “3 to 4 o’clock” for my whole breakfast. Talk about empty calories?! But sure was tasty and sweet – raspberry. https://www.kringle.com/?gclid=CLnBiOCe5swCFYSDaQodrqAPQQ They had it at Trader Joe’s here in Utah made in Racine, Wisconsin.

    Know them Edzeko?

    2nd post for the day. – just wanted to note that today was a FD and I completed it successfully even though I had to make an orange and poppyseed cake tonight for a baking competition tomorrow. I had committed to it before this challenge started. And I have to get up at 5am tomorrow to make Anzac biscuits and damper. Fortunately because it is for a competition I don’t get the chance to eat any of it!

    Anonymous

    Well done Hannah! Way to go :>
    I think I caught a cold yesterday. Not 100% today but still fasting.
    There’s so much info on the ‘net. In the 90’s I purchased the book “Eat more weigh less” by dr. Dean Ornish. It’s about reversing heart disease. That was an interesting book with lots of great recipes. Ornish worked with dr. Neal Barnard on the book “Turn off the Fat genes”. He begins by explaining the dynamics of nutrition. Very interesting book too. There’s a video on youtube (dr. Neal Barnard) with tons of information on the healing power of diet/nutrition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nVhGTmT4TA
    Just good info to read/listen to.

    Coldpizza. – so you didn’t finish your FD. Such is life – you fell off the horse, so just get back on. Thus is a new WOL. (Way of life). When you fall off the horse, unlike on other diets, you don’t have to walk away saying I can’t do all this constant deprivation, because it’s not constant de privation. Your 2 FD’s you are learning what not eating feels like and what hunger feels like maybe, and you learn it’s nothing to be scared of. Many of us who’ve been doing this for awhile look forward to our FD’s. On the 5 days, you’re learning what it is to eat normally. It’s all about the learning ho w we personally interact with food – emotionally, psychologically and physically. If you fall of the horse ask yourself why, what happened, what was I feeling, was I hungry, tired, thirsty, cranky, celebrating, bored, and learn from it by having a strategy to deal with the situation next time it arises.

    I never set a date on a goal – I just keep going till I get to my next mini-goal, then I decide on the next mini- goal and so on. No dates. I’m doing it till I’m done. That’s it, and if I fall off the horse, Just get started again the next day.

    Cheers,
    Merry

    USA Day 19: FD for me! I choose to only eat 480 calories today. I choose. I’m not doing it to deprive myself. I can have what I want tomorrow. These thoughts are helping me. It’s something I want to do.

    Had some black tea this morning and water. Notice myself a bit short with my kids already…trying to snap out of that, because that will not do good for any of us. I’m feeling hungry but I’m about to head out to meet a friend with her kids for a “nature trail” walk at a park. That usually snaps me out of the “I’m hungry” feelings.

    On exercise: I noticed I am a fair-weather friend with exercise. If it’s cold, cloudy, and wet…um..no. But if it’s sunny I am all energized and ready to go! Must be something about spending most of my life in sunny Arizona. Love me some sun.

    Coda – yes, I agree with everyone..Thank you for your initiative and leadership with the challenge! I’d definitely do another one in June.

    Day 19 UK: Non-fast day. Not very hungry and still a bit whoozy after the anaesthetic yesterday. Just getting round to cooking my midday meal at gone four!
    Dutch, your kind words. Thank you. I must be mad really!

    Pacific NW USA: Day 19 NFD plus 16:8

    Yesterday FD went well, stayed busy outside in the sun. Today is cloudy and cool and I can’t decide if I’m feeling sleepy or calorie deprived, but checking in I don’t feel hunger pangs (maybe I have DorothyG syndrome and just feel better in the sun?!). I’m sleeping OK but noticing this past week that if I sit still I start to nod off.

    One of my goals needs to be interpreting my body/mind/spirit signals correctly and staying aware. Example per BrightonBelle: if I’m cooking under any pressure I “lick the spoon” mindlessly and don’t even realize I’m on autopilot until I’ve practically eaten half a meal! Same with feeling tired right now, my inclination is cure it with some sugar and cream (and dark chocolate) in a coffee. But I can’t cancel the 2 doctor appointments so instead I’m sipping white tea and getting encouraged by K-Lo, Rocy65, Anaide and Daisyandmillie and those comments about new bra sizes!

    Day 19. Wisconsin, USA. I’m so impressionable. Upon making my grand stand in favor of low carb NFD’s yesterday, I read a lot about your porridge. I decided by porridge, you must mean oatmeal, right? I then decided it might be okay to add porridge back on to my list of “can have”. Besides the mere power of suggestion, I was also influenced by the fact that I remembered a negative side effect I had during my extremely low carb days. Poor digestion. As many of you know, when you have poor digestion, trying to find a solution to your poor digestion becomes quite a preoccupation.

    So, I am adding a bit of porridge into the mix, as well as a bit of rice. I believe if I continue to eliminate refined flour and sugar, the positive effect will be the same: I’ll enjoy the benefits of this WOL, without having to count calories. So far, it’s working.

    I also am taking great effort not to become fixated on the numbers on the scale. If this WOL truly does lead a person to their ideal weight, and to good health, then (for me)obsessing over the numbers may be counterproductive, and missing the point. I’m only speaking for myself. Others may absolutely need the numbers to stay the course. They don’t seem to help me.

    This forum has been the key to my success so for, which is another interesting social experiment in and of itself. I’d like to think more about that when I have time. Stay strong, friends! Keep posting. 🙂

    Hi

    Well done all – nearly at the half way mark but some good results and laughs along the way!

    Here is one for you – Challenges are what makes life interesting, over coming them is what makes life meaningful.x

    Also think of our attempts as versions – didn’t get it quite right? Move to version 2 and just keeping trying – doesn’t matter if you end up at version 35 or 135 as long as you keep on trying.

    Merryme,

    Thank you for your encouragement. 🙂
    Yes, I like that no matter what, I still can continue to fast.
    Your analogy with falling off a horse did make me laugh. Two or three years ago I decided to learn to ride a horse (since I live in TX), and I fell off a couple of times. It took time for me to be back on the horse, because I could not ride for a couple of weeks after each fall. So damage from falling of WOL is much smaller: I can start fasting the next day! Love it!
    All we need to do is NEVER GIVE UP! 😀

    Québec, day 19

    Yesterday was a NFD. Everything was going just fine untill I made de decision to eat around midnight instead of going to bed as I should have. So I ate, and ate and ate while surfing on Internet. Grrrrrr !

    This seems to come back as a pattern for me. I’m tired, I should go to bed but I resist and then I eat mindlesly. Knowing that I’ll try to change this ” non-food hunger ” ( as Dr melissa McCreery says on her Web Site ” Too much on her plate “).

    FD today will help me.

    Bye bye

    Day 19 France. fast day

    Just got home. I have fasted today, which was hard walking past so many lovely English sweets in the airport. Weigh in tomorrow.

    USA day 19
    yesterday was non fasting day
    today is fasting day
    wish everyone great day

    Day 19, California USA. Today is a FD. It is just after lunch time. I am feeling some hunger pangs that water is not taking away. I will try some broth or miso soup. I am hoping writing this post will distract me. I am trying to save my calories for dinner. My husband and I are going to a charity event this evening and usually go out to dinner before the event, but not tonight. However, we are going to another event tomorrow night. I will be able to enjoy dinner and a glass of wine tomorrow. Tonight it will be just water. That’s ok. I don’t feel deprived with this Way of eating. I am down nearly 14 pounds since April 11. I am not counting calories on NFD. I do not have an exercise plan except 10,000 steps a day. I know I will hit a plateau and will need to up my exercise. I will deal with that when the time comes. For the time being I am enjoying the success I have had. Today I put on a T-shirt I haven’t been able to wear for awhile because my belly was too big. I think I am going to go through my clothes this weekend and purge my super fat clothes now that I am fitting into my fat clothes again. Tomorrow is my official weigh and measurement day.

    Wishing everyone a successful day 19!!!

    California, day #19, FD today. Going fine, I just had a vegetable soup (home made) and a Ricola instead of dessert. This was lunch. Dinner is going to be a huge salad.
    Tomorrow a NFD.

    cizzy2, congratulations for the weight loss! I lost 10 lbs since April 6 so I went through my closet this morning and put the fat clothes in a box. Boy, that felt great.

    All the best!

    Cizzy2 I agree, this is not a race but a way of life. You need these treats otherwise what is the point? Life is to enjoy not feel deprived. X

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