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Australia Day 20.
Coda, This challenge is quite inspirational. I love that people are focusing on the journey and making this a way of life. Disappointments along the way are natural and an opportunity to learn more about our selves. The health benefits of this WOL are so worth it and the numbers on the scale and the inches lost are the bonus.
Today is another NFD.
USA (Minnesota) Day 19 at about 4 pm FD
Just coffee and water so far today. It’s going well. Little hunger so far. A two mile pleasant, but hilly, walk earlier. I may try to stick with liquids only on today’s fast as I’m anticipating a higher calorie than TDEE on Saturday. Hopefully, I will be able to catch up on posts tonight or tomorrow morning for my daily inspiration. Good luck everyone!
US SE DAY 19 – FD
Today has been one of my easiest fast days so far. I think I’ve discovered that eating an apple before noon is making me hungrier later on. Today I waited till noon and had some chicken for lunch. I felt very full and wasn’t hungry at all. When I got home from a dental appointment at 4:00 I had my apple then… but I have to say I wasn’t hungry before it but was after. It’s a dilemma because I feel that having the apple every day helps keep everything regular but obviously is making me hungry. I guess I could try eating it after dinner as a desert maybe… I’ll try that next FD.
Merryme – I love your attitude and should adopt it. No long term goals just keep on going till you get where you want to be… I like that!
UK day 19 a NFD for me today. I feel as though I have eaten a massive amount, but thinking about it I probably had less than I would have had on a normal day before I started this wol, I’m just much more aware of the amount I am eating. I did have a delicious raspberry pannacotta and enjoyed every mouthful! Fasting tomorrow and feel I need to after today.
Good Morning from South Australia Day 20
I felt quite hungry for part of my FD yesterday so I drank lots of hot, low cal drinks; herbal tea, black coffee, fresh ginger and lemon, and broth which helped. I also sorted out a huge pile of junk in my house; saved some, donated some and binned a lot of it. That felt great when I had finished.
One of my methods for not being overwhelmed by temptation on FD is to weigh myself at the start of the fast and write it down (I forget otherwise!) and then before I start eating the jellybeans, biscuits etc I reweigh myself. The shift in the scales helps me say to myself I can last until this FD is over. Another thing I do is put super tempting food in the bin instead of in me. It is very empowering to physically do this.
Baking on FDs often seems to happen to me as well, home made biscuits and cakes, dinners and pies. I think to myself this is a FD I didn’t plan for this! I manage by putting some aside for the next day.
And…Exhale I sympathise, I can put on 2 kilos in 4 days of sensible eating quite easily, especially on holidays.
Onwards and Downwards 60 Day Challengers
Hi everyone.
Northern Spain calling.
Had a NFD today and all went well.
Ate healthily and didn’t binge, which is a major achievement as this is my challenge.
Tomorrow I will fast again as I am fasting 3 days a week.
There are 3 beaches in my city and I need to be able to fit into my swimsuit without looking like an old beached whale.
I can’t believe it’s day 19 already. Time has flown.
I feel great any have learned so much from this forum.
Cheers
Pacific NW USA: still day 19
Cizzy2 and Melilotus: I can’t wait to donate my extra girth-wear! And perhaps making that statement I realize I’ve identified an issue – having found a solution now I want it to hurry up and get me to my goal/destination. I’m reminding myself this is a journey for life not just a short term fix. But actually, I have about 3 sets of descending sizes of extra-girth wear and it will be immensely satisfying to chuck them out of the drawers and closets one set at a time. I also have all my former clothes, grossly out of fashion probably, but I still visualize slipping on my old boot-cut jeans and western belt with the turquoise buckle that I used to love!
Coda – thanks for another quote for my mirror of post-it notes. I just sent your “challenges make life interesting” quote to my daughter who has a very challenging two weeks ahead of her and then asked didn’t she love all the meaning her boss was giving her life – lol!
Aussie day 20 thanks Coda 1st July noted.Dorothy G I am going to stick on my fridge I “choose” to eat 500 calories today yes my choice.Have to change FD to tomorrow Son and family just back from Bali and they are making a baked dinner for us Yum but that is 5.2 flexible. K-Lo I like sliced ginger in hot water but i have Lemon grass growing and the top of the grass is nice snipped and added as well also a bit of honey.
DebbieQ – I just read in a book my sister got me (Healing with Whole Foods by Paul Pitchford) that apple increases appetite. I read it and thought I’d come back and mention it since I saw what you said. Anyway..Perhaps right after dinner would be best?
Good night all! Finishing up my FD. Had lentil soup and sweet potato chunks for dinner. Watermelon for dessert later.
Australia day 20 – nonFD,
Hi to coldpizza, much easier to get back on the 5:2 horse Lol.
Hi Debbie, thank you, re attitude -my daily life has t o be very measured and paced because of my ME/CFS, so For long term things I can’t put dates on the end because I can’t rush at all. When faced with this type of illness one can choose to be miserable all the time and focus on what can’t be done, or one can choose to be happy despite it. I am grateful I have this condition here in a Western country where I have the best opportunities to live a good life. It’s a simple fact that if I got this in a 3rd world country or as a refugee in a camp I’d be dead. I’m grateful, and take life as it comes. I have a good life regardless, and I am incredibly grateful for 5:2. I believe it’s the only thing that could have rrid me of the weight I put on with CFS, as most of us do – about 65 lbs for me. I’ve really learnt that attitude is a choice🙂🙂
Merry
Day 19– Colorado USA
Thank you to everyone that wrote back with encouragement & ideas! I promise I am taking it all to heart.
Melilotus– I’d forgotten about positive affirmations & how important it is to fill my head with uplifting thoughts. As Coda keeps telling us, if you believe you can do it, then you can.
I’ll be spending some time tomorrow composing some positive affirmations to post to my bathroom mirror & fridge door for reading when I need encouraging!
Northern Dawn– I like how you view the only failure on this challenge is giving up completely. Which I won’t do. I’m going to adopt your suggestion of forgetting my particular goal weight for now & just concentrate on getting 2 solid fasting days each week.
I’m also going to start plotting my successes on a calendar as Coda recommended at the start. I look forward to seeing my gold stars adding up!
Many thanks to this supportive crew!!
Hi all pleased to hear how well lots of you are doing and the support going out to those having a little bump along the way! Lots of interesting posts to read!!!
Never heard of a chook…..😀
Coda, i love that you have a rotty! I just think they are so beautiful and to see mine snuggle up to my little one and give him a big sloppy kiss just melts my heart! The little one is now 14 weeks (8weeks corrected age for prem) and he is fascinated with the dog. My dog is called xena after the warrior princess! And my little boy is Remy Lebeau after the superhero…..sensing a theme lol oh and i cant forget my naughty little canary named manadarin after the comic villan hehe 😀 Anyone else have any interesting names to share…..Coda is a lovely name and i like the reasoning behind it too! My rotty has a tail but then she is a Husky, German Shepherd and rottweiler mix 😀
FD today, ate nothing until tea about 6pm but that was a family bbq and i thoroughly enjoyed pigging out!!! I am vegetarian so luckily i had limited options cooked just for me! Think tomorrow will be a fd too as i am feeling that way inclined…..my little baby has his first ever swimming lesson tomorrow so im really looking forward to it and think this will quite rightly consume my day which is great!
Day 20 Cornwall UK.
what an amazing group we are! Thankyou coda for starting this. so many inspiring logs, thanks merryme for your wise words! Today in NF day I had breakfast and been for a good walk, but feel SO hungry!! Crazy but it seems I’m much better with no breakfast. Grandson has surf lifesaving this eve on the beach so its fish and chips! I’ll endeavour not to eat the batter, though I could take something with fewer calories! oh the temptation!! Not sure my willpower is up to much today! But running around with little people, at least keeps me on the go, burning up calories!
US, Day 20, howdy from New Jersey.
FD yesterday…hah! no way I stuck to 500. Hubby home from a business trip and my older son came for a visit and got in a few hours early…so we opened a bottle of wine. But no worries, I’m still on track. 120.4 today. My latest short term goal was 120s by Memorial Day (May 30), so here I am a few days early. The real hurdle is the long weekend coming up. Extended family gathering near Lake George, NY. LOTS OF FOOD and Liquor. Hoping to stay strong but I now know that if I don’t, so what? To paraphrase Scarlett O’Hara Meade Kennedy Butler, “I’ll fast about that tomorrow. After all, tomorrow is another [fast] day.”
NFD breakfast. A corn tortilla (my carb allotment) filled with half a tomato and half a perfectly ripe avocado. That fat should keep me happy for a while.
US SE DAY 20 – NFD
Happy it’s Friday … end of a long week. I’ll weigh in tomorrow. Fingers crossed.
Dorothy – thanks for the info on apples. I honestly had never heard that before but I looked it up and there it is. I’ve no idea how, with all the things I’ve read on diet and food, that I hadn’t come across that little tidbit before. Goes to show, you learn something new every day.
Merry – I’m even more impressed by your attitude now given your circumstances. I truly believe that how you chose to deal with challenges has a huge impact on them. A positive attitude goes a long way and I’m so happy that you choose to live life to the fullest. 65 lbs is a HUGE success for you and gives me hope that if I continue this WOL (and I do believe I can) that I can be just as successful. How long have you been doing 5:2?
Have a great weekend all!
Day 20 — Colorado USA
Did quite well yesterday, stayed well within TDEE. Helped keeping busy with loads of housecleaning to catch up on. Really worked up a sweat! Counting that as my exercise. 😉
Today is fast day. Have lunch plans with a friend, we have plenty of chatting & catching up on news to do. Plan to order a mixed veg salad with grilled chicken on top. Skipping breakfast & dinner.
US/Day 20 – FD went ok yesterday (over my 500 — but MUCH less than I would have eaten normally) weighed in today and have to be happy with the results considering I had a “chocolate binge” day this week. Slow and steady is good (although that is an ongoing argument in my head — because I just expect things to move faster — unrealistic)! NFD today but plan for a 3rd FD tomorrow as I have a mini goal to meet by June 6 (leave June 7 for family vacation/my 50th birthday celebration)! Have a great day/night all!
US/day 20-NFD: today I will eat normally as a usual day, yesterday was my fasting day which I restrict calories to 500, but today will eat normally without counting calories.
thank you coda for the challenge,I hope you can extend the challenge or start another one once it ends,Please count me in if you do,thank you again
wish everyone wonderful day
all remember if you break your fasting day for any reason then it is not the end of the world,leave the day behind you and keep moving forward,you still have lots of days ahead of you to prove your success
🙂
UK day 20 . Dinner out with old friends last night ,nice healthy food and really enjoyed a few glasses of wine,didn’t enjoy the headache this morning though . I’m pleased with how the first half of this challenge has gone but I’m going on holiday on the 9th June and my goal is to feel comfortable in my holiday clothes so I really need to step up in the 2nd half – no fad crash diet but just keep trying to make the right choices
Thanks for doing this Coda, count me in for July
Québec, day 20
NFD today but I will be eating with all my mind. Birthday supper of a good friend tonight I was prudent and offered myself to prepare desert … Not to calorific.
Coda I won’t be posting for a few days, I was just offered to go out on a kayak camping trip with friends. I have a lot to prepare because I almost didn’t kayak last summer because of my mother’s healt. It will be soooo pleasant ! It’s a long week end here.
I will be Fasting 2 days, as usual, next week.
Wishing you all a great weekend filled with small everyday pleasures x
Day 20 Gloucestershire UK: Fast Day today. I’m finding it quite hard today as I am not at work and won’t be until 1st June. A real challenge. This is the method I’ve found best: I start from whatever time I finish eating on the previous non-fast day, usually mid- to late afternoon. Then I have nothing but water until 24 hours are up. Then I stick to 500 calories (roughly, as I never count them) for the rest of that day and then weigh myself the following morning before breakfast, hoping for a decent loss. I’ve got two hours to go until I can eat today. I don’t count calories on non-fast days either, just try to be sensible.
Coda, thank you for initiating this challenge….I’ve never stuck to a diet before, and I’m sure it’s the group-support that’s made a difference.
Day 20, Wisconsin, USA. Momentum is real. I forgot that my body take can takes weeks to respond. We are a day away from three weeks, and there is NO doubt that we are on to something with this WOL. As I said yesterday, for me, talking about the numbers makes me nervous. While I most definitely am keeping track, I feel like if I put so much emphasis on the lovely number I saw on the scale today, that number will have too much power over me. I don’t want to be distracted from my mission of creating habits that will last a life time.
At the beginning of the week I wondered if the extra pressure at work this week would affect my fasting. It did not. That tells me I am doing better at building this “habit”.
Truthfully, there have been so many stories and thoughts on this forum that have taken me from a bad place to a good place instantly. I believe it is this forum that has been the key to my success for these three weeks. Thank you all so much!
USA Day 20: NFD for me. My fast day went well yesterday and am heading into the weekend. Graduation party tonight and treats after..will choose wisely. Also, anniversary date with my husband tomorrow night–either Thai or Japanese, so I know I will be able to get something healthier..plus, I love them.
Focusing today on staying hydrated, getting a workout in, and making healthy choices.
Been reading the Fast Diet book and he was saying how not necessary to count calories on your NFD’s. I like that..but somewhat don’t trust myself yet. Hmm..just contemplating. My husband doesn’t like me to count calories..thinks its too obsessive and then feels restrictive.
Day 20 California USA. Today is a NFD. Official weigh in today is 175 lbs. that’s 5 lbs since this challenge began. Today will be a long day for inactivity. I am taking my mom to the doctor. This is a 5 hour total sitting time trip. Plus I promised her lunch in order to get her to come. She has dementia, T2 diabetes and can be very stubborn. I am hoping this WOL will prevent the health issues my mom is having. We are the same body types. Pure apples!! Big bellies and skinny legs. Must hit the road. I will get caught up on the posts later today.
Happy Friday to all!!
Northern Spain.
Fast day here in a very sunny climate.
Had some delicious grapefruit and homemade vegetable soup. Will have Greek yoghurt later with an apple and that’s me done for the day
I like what you are saying Coda, as we approach the half way mark,it’s good to take stock.
I haven’t weighed myself for this challange as I tend to judge by my clothes, but I am rethinking this as I write.
Scared of what a small piece of metal will say!!!!
It’s great to see everyone so positive
Cheers and chat to you soon
Pacific NW USA: Day 20 FD
A couple of things occurred to me while reading about all of your activities this morning. We are witnesses to each other’s “first weeks of the rest of our lives” as we provide mutual support for our better WOL while everyone continues to participate fully in all the varieties of life. (Which for me includes learning that chickens who lay eggs in Aussie-land are called chooks, thanks for educating me!!) And second . . . IF/reducing energy intake is actually a good habit for brain and body, isn’t deprivation and many of us report that we like it. At least for me it gives me the feeling and hope that I have a plan, a chance to make sense out of a life that seemed to be spiralling out of my control. I feel happy, not stressed!
FD today:, starting with my pot of white tea, going for my 3rd PT appointment for the week, looking forward to walking and ducking the hail, wind and rain and realizing I’m getting used to “less food is more life”!
California, day #20, NFD. I’m doing good.
About health, fitness and old age:
http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/charles-eugster-fittest-oap-on-planet
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