Day 7 – Lake district UK – FD

Good morning everyone

@songbirdme – looked at the The Iowa eagles webcam, magnificent!

@matpi – Yes odd how things happen, but this is only soft tissue injury. Had so many injuries like this in my younger rugby playing days, but three days in, just resting it, ice packs got the swelling down, compression bandage support, spending time with foot elevated. Down to using just one crutch just to ‘get going’ but I reckon by weekend I’ll not be far off.
We used to have matches Saturday and Wednesdays, training 4 days a week, yes this old guy used to be super fit and strong! Similar injuries back in the day saw me miss the first match following then light training and more often than not playing again within the week! Strong but maybe not always sensible …. 😉

@funshipfreddie – Take it easy buddy, back injuries much harder to deal with I reckon. Back and spine have so much work to do ‘controlling’ the upper body.

Hells bells, sounds like we need a bus to take us on a gentle scenic drive not the 5:2 Fasting Day wagon !!!

Take care all

Pocket list for Thursday’s FD
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce

Day 7 UK FD

Got to dash , lot of prep for my visitors arriving tomorrow Catch up later x

Pocket list for Thursday’s FD 🍇
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce
@funshipfreddie
@brightonbelle

Day 7 VA USA FD
Going for fast day today. My Amazing April so far has yet to develop, due to sabotage! Self-inflicted! and the extra calories weren’t even that delicious 🙁
It is hard to control old habits, sometimes.
Please add me to the pocket list for today!

Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD

Yesterday was a lovely day; I finished our tax work, the accountant gave us good news, and DH and I went out to lunch for sushi rolls to celebrate. There was a glass of white wine to go along with it, and I felt not the slightest guilt, LOL. Total calories for the day was probably closer to 900 than 800, but I called that a success.

This morning, however, I woke at 4, gave up at 5–and got a robocall at FIVE-THIRTY!!! We’ve never gotten one that early before, but of course, there’s no one to talk to on the call to voice my extreme displeasure. Does the rest of the world get these awful things or just us lucky Americans??

@songbirdme How fun to have another live video to watch! Thanks for sharing. I was astonished to read how large the nest is.

@matpi I’m speechless at the idea you broke your leg in two places and have zero memory of it. Speechless.

@linda.b and @jaifaim Yeah, we are a shockingly indulgent society worldwide, that being overweight and even obese has become so common. And when I see overweight children, I’m filled with such sorrow. I always figure that one reason I’m struggling with weight now, but didn’t when my kids were little, is because I was so good about not allowing them to snack between meals, and not having juices/cookies/chips/candy around as a common everyday treat. Now that I no longer need to be an example, my behavior much more closely matches the behavior I disallowed them, LOL…in other words, I’m shockingly indulgent around food and drink!

@daffodil2010 I always go up 2lbs on NFDs–always–so the fact you ate normally and didn’t gain seems impressive to me.

@i-hate-lettuce I’m still giggling: “Hells bells, sounds like we need a bus to take us on a gentle scenic drive not the 5:2 Fasting Day wagon !!!”

@funshipfreddie SO glad you’re feeling better. A mouse?? I immediately went to look again (I’ve left open that tab), and there was nothing to see but the sleeping eagle …perhaps I’ll see it later.

@brightonbelle Have a grand time with your visitors!

@northgeorgia Glad you missed any damaging storms last night. The wind is positively howling here…

Pocket list for Thursday’s FD 🍇
@linda.b
@i-hate-lettuce
@funshipfreddie
@brightonbelle
@excelsior12309
@stitchincarol

It’s still only 6:20, so whatever I do next has to be quiet so I don’t wake up DH in this quite small house. That means practicing the piano and vacuuming the rugs are both out, as is exercising…such a bummer, LOL!

second post

Mama Eagle is feeding her two babies and it is fascinating to watch!

Day 7 Ohio, US — NFD

The day trip was great! It was partially overcast, so not too dark, and it was pleasantly cool at 46 F (7.7 C) but with only a 15 mph wind. I had forgotten over the last two years how much I like road trips! As for eating, it turned out to be catch as catch can. That means most of the stuff I ate wasn’t like anything I usually eat. That also was good for a change of pace.

@at The breaks were in the larger of the two lower leg bones, the tibia. One thing I can think of that might have been connected with the breaks was a toboggan accident that injured the lower arm, wrist, and hand on the same side. I had to have a sling and splints on the arm/hand complex for many months and during that time my activities were really curtailed. That may have provided the rest that enabled the leg to heal behind the scenes. But that is only a guess.

@ihatelettuce Another rugby player! One of my nephews played into his mid-thirties, and loved every minute of it. Then he got an exec job and had to retire from the game.

@jaifaim Oh, I’m no forensic detective. I think that was the doctor’s little joke. He probably was thinking of the TV show, “Bones.”

Day 8 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Weigh In: 165.2

Lost a couple of ounces on an NFD that included a naughty Snickers bar, a slice of pizza and a glass of white wine! My metabolism sure is a funny thing 🤔

Crisp and frosty this morning, wonderful dawn walking weather. It’s another busy weekend ahead. We are getting new kitchen doors fitted Monday so tonight and Sunday afternoon we need to take down old doors and get kitchen ready, because tomorrow morning I sadly attend my uncles funeral, my late Mam’s brother, then I am bringing my Dad up to us for the evening. Roast beef dinner, roaring fire and a good movie with Dad are all on the cards. Drop him home Sunday.

So hopefully Monday the mojo will be back.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Day 8 – Lake district UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

What a beautiful morning, the sky last night was bright and clear with a fabulous crescent moon, so this morning was very chilly, but the sun is out and warming everything up quickly, including me!
Been out to the den without crutches this morning, when we looked at the ankle after the initial swelling had gone down, there was significant bruising showing, so it turns out it wasn’t a sprained ankle but a rather badly bruised instep! Result… the ‘RICE’ treatment, ice pack etc had worked its magic really well.

Ideal lazy job today, without risking recovery further…. lie on the floor and paint the skirting boards in the study! Mrs IHL will still find a job for a wounded soldier to stop him from boredom 😉 to be fair it was my idea as she’s been rearranging the study recently and new furniture arrives Tuesday so need to be sorted.

Have a good weekend all

Day 8 UK NFD

House is lovely and tidy and a few meals prepared so all ready for my visitors , who are travelling down from Yorkshire 🚝

Delighted to see I’ve dropped 2 lb but this has been a lot of hard work so dont t want to put it back on over the weekend so short term goal to stay steady and then get back to it Tuesday and be able to shed 1lb by next Friday 💪

Have a great Friday all

Day 8 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 215 lbs. Oh, I behaved badly yesterday. I was invited to a staff appreciation luncheon, and it was all downhill. They encouraged us all to come back for seconds (and I did). I went home to finish up working a few hours doing emails there. Some more snacking and a bowl of cereal, a sandwich please. A few hours later, my mother had made a pot of beans with cornbread. Yes, I’ll have some of that. Some homemade fries? Sure. And this nice banana pudding? Absolutely! At night still snacking on some pork rinds, fruit, cold cuts… I shouldn’t be surprised I jumped up 5 lbs in a day (yes, I know, mostly water, but this is how the retention happened).

So, I know many of you have experienced the NFD binges that we should avoid. But has anyone else discovered this —

On WFDs, especially B2B WFDs, not only am I disciplined, I don’t feel hungry most of the time. Yet on NFDs, I won’t necessarily say I feel hunger, but I can eat, and do eat. But I’m getting less able to tell when I’m full! My brain tells me to go ahead and eat something else, questions whether I getting all the nutrition I’ve missed out on, and wonders if how much I ate is enough.

I guess the moral is more water, creating complete meals and cutting the snacking, and avoiding the carbs that just make me feel hungry again right away. And even if I don’t have the sensation of “fullness,” just stop until the next meal time. I may just need to re-train my body to accept what a reasonable portion is at each meal?

I’ll have to keep this in mind for the next couple of days. Anyway, happy Friday!

Day 9 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD or fewer…perhaps 1000?

Yesterday wasn’t in the least normal and I’m partly entirely okay with it, and partly quite disappointed in myself. After Tuesday’s loss to food’s siren call, I was careful to run lots of errands after piano lessons in Omaha so I’d get home late, and it was 8:30…and then, long story, DH and I turned right around and ran into town for some other errands, getting me home to stay at 9:10. I had decided to make a cheese omelet for a small supper to make today easier, and I did, along with such a small amount of wine that it was four swallows.

So far, so good.

But then I got some pistachios. And more wine. And more pistachios. Then DH scolded me (bless his heart, for this is what I’ve asked him to do). So total calories were, I don’t know, maybe 600? Or maybe more, sadly. And the worst of it is that I wasn’t so hungry I wasn’t content to go to bed; it was getting through today when I have to fast until my doctor’s appointment at 2:45 that had me concerned, and then not to overreact to eating when I got home.

The fascinating thing is that I’m down a little more. And I’m feeling good, not as if I’ve been water fasting. So, however much I’m disappointed in overeating last night, today should be easy.

@at Have a lovely time in Suffolk with your friends!

@matpi I’m glad yesterday went so well for you; a change of pace is always lovely, huh?

@linda.b Your play tomorrow sounds wonderful, enjoy! And what a great thought! “Everything is permitted but not everything is beneficial. The choice is ours alone.”

@daffodil2010 “Roast beef dinner, roaring fire and a good movie with Dad are all on the cards.” Can I come too, please??

@i-hate-lettuce Wow, that’s a serious bruise on your instep then, to cause such problems. And you still have no idea how you got it?

@jaifaim Yeah, your weight isn’t down as much as you’d like, but it’s still a true accomplishment to be below 160, so you deserve kudos for that!

@brightonbelle Have a grand time with your visitors!

@funshipfreddie I’ve begun “getting the hang” of Wordle and have succeeded most of the last couple weeks. And, yup, today’s was a challenge for just the reason you alluded to.

@northgeorgia You described exactly what I go through on many Friday and Saturdays. And also, your comment that on WFDs, my body isn’t particularly hungry. I’m beginning to wonder (based on last night’s eating, and this morning’s scale drop) if such an extreme isn’t best for my body. Time will tell, right? The thing I point out to myself, and will remind you, is that we’re not gaining. That’s huge, that we’re not yo-yoing beyond a five-seven pound range. It’s also part of learning to maintain. We both have more weight to lose, but we’re doing some good things even as we struggle to lose more.

@babs_b Here’s a shorter version of what I just said: Yup, disappointments…but you’re here. You’re still trying. You’re not giving up. We’re all doing fine, and will eventually achieve our goals as long as we keep turning up.

Okay, much to do before my weekly Zoom call with my sisters at 11. Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 8 Ohio, US — MFD

This was a low energy day, probably due to what I ate on my road trip. On the other hand, the fasting has gone well.

@lilymartin May your recovery be quick and complete!

@stitchincarol I hope that you had a great Zoom visit with your sisters!

@babs_b and @northgeorgia We just learned in French class today that in Quebec pork rinds or pork scratchings are called “oreilles de crisse”, or “Christ’s ears”. Apparently something from their Catholic church traditions. But in Canada they often eat them with maple syrup.

@northgeorgia Something Krista Varady mentions in her book on intermittent fasting is that on non-fast days people tend to eat more than on ordinary days, but only maybe 30% more. The idea is that when you couple a fast day with a non-fast day, you are still eating less than you would on two ordinary days. And eating less is the whole idea! So perhaps if one looks at the average, one’s “naughty” days aren’t really all that bad.

Hope everyone has a great start to the weekend!

Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Weather for ducks here; it rained all night long & will continue all weekend, but I’m loving the cooler weather & having to sleep with a blanket ☔

@northgeorgia – I don’t really like feeling full, so I don’t think I’ve ever binged on that scale. Not with food anyway. I guess my problem is the ‘liquid calories’ 🥴️

have a good weekend everyone ⛅️ 🌈

Day 9 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: still at 215 lbs. At least not a gain…

Next B2B WFDs start tomorrow 🙂

Day 10 – Sunday- Gold Coast Queensland Australia – NFD

Had a wonderful day out with gal pals yesterday to attend a matinee play in Brisbane, a city about an hour and a bit away; I drove two of us & we met the 3rd friend there. We arrived early to enjoy a stroll around the Saturday morning farmers market outside the theatre before we went to lunch. I was well prepared for a restaurant lunch before curtains up, having looked at the menu online and decided beforehand that the Salt & Pepper Squid on Green Salad was for me. Sabotaged by my gal pals though! They decided that the Ploughmans’ Lunch, a shared platter for three was the dish du jour….. uh oh!😟
All I can say it was delicious but not on my plan for the day! We ploughed into it! 🤣😜😛 Couldn’t help myself with the cheeses (my personal weakness!). The meats were not ‘clean meats’ for want of a better word (like roast beef etc) but rather all salami type slices, very fatty (and, I mean, not the good fat). UGGHHHH! Yes, of course I ate them as was that was on offer and now am very sorry because up went the scales this morning 😏😣😥.
Ok, got to learn the lesson from this. Increase RESOLVE and don’t feel I have to join in but can be an outlier and order what is right for me. This is absolutely how I ended up overweight so must make better choices in future to stay on track.

So this coming week, I have some work to do quickly to counter this. Must do it as Easter is fast approaching and we all know this is going to be a challenge diet-wise. I’ve allowed for it in my Amazing April plan, but need to be very mindful not to go overboard. How does everyone else feel about it? Do you have a plan to traverse the Easter festivity diet challenges? Please share.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 9 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Bright and early here this morning, after more jobs yesterday (I was banned from setting up tables and chairs at Mrs I-h-l’s fundraiser and was under instruction to take it easy) ….. so while I was unsupervised and home alone, I set about removing a granite worktop and making good the wall ready for kitchen furniture arriving this week 😉

Luckily it was fairly straightforward (apart from the fact granite is extremely heavy, but managed to remove it without any damage to either the kitchen or myself!!!) and the job was completely finished before management arrived home 🙂

So, enjoyed a glass or three of rather nice red wine last night, slept like a log, this morning, scrubbed up, smartly dressed with the intent of NO work today, apart from prepping the veg for a pot roast. Might even have another day off tomorrow and go fishing 😉

Take care all.

Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@stitchincarol – sorry for the bad news re your cholesterol levels. Cholesterol seems to be such a controversial subject, & there’s so much conflicting information. But I believe there’s an alternative available now to replace statins, a twice-yearly injection? In the UK anyway; maybe it’s not approved in the US yet.

Going for another Sunday FD due to lunch date tomorrow.

Happy S🌞nday y’all!

Pocket List – Day 10 🥑
@funshipfreddie

Day 10 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 215 lbs. Three days in a row. Interesting. Better than weight gain. It’s a pound lighter than the last three Sundays. Had I been on more mindful behavior this weekend, I might have been in an even better position but the abandonment to gobbling and guzzling was strong.

Hoping I find my post-Easter commitment soon and resume the downward trend. I’ll not be fasting on Easter, of course! So my plan is to have today and tomorrow as B2B WFDs, then another WFD on Thursday. Next week, I’ll continue the B2B WFDs to Monday/Tuesday, and continue with an extra WFD on Thursday. I may try that pattern for a few weeks. But with Memorial Day in May, even that pattern won’t suffice permanently 🙂

It’s not mid-month yet. Is there time to meet the goal of 206 lbs? Hmmm, I don’t know. But I need to try harder!

Pocket List – Day 10 🥑
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia

Day 11 – Monday- Gold Coast Queensland Australia – FUN DAY (FD)

@betsylee that is so interesting about the CT calcium score. We learn so much on this forum.
@lilymartin – hope you are on the upward swing of COVID now, this new variant (Omicron BA2) in Australia is really knocking down a few people I know, including DD and S-I-L last week. Happily they are all recovered now if that is some little encouragement for you. It is not a joy I’ve yet to experience but have the foreboding that it could happen at any moment.😯 As I’m on my own now, I would have to recruit friends to drop off supplies during any isolation.
Well, today is FUN DAY … YES!😍😍
Went for early morning walk, 90 minutes with lovely blue skies for a change. As I walk past my local Medical Centre, I dropped in to check again on the arrival of the new flu vaccine for over 65s. Hooray, it has arrived at last, so have booked in tomorrow morning to get the jab on tomorrow’s walk. I usually have it in March but this year availability has been an issue here. But happy to have it as this weekend (Easter) am going to granddaughter’s big equestrian event which means, by de-facto, mixing with lots of folk from everywhere and don’t want to come home with either the flu or covid. She’s 18 (GD) and competes at an elite showjumping level. This big event was postponed over the last two years (covid!) so we’re really looking forward to seeing some excellent rides over the weekend. Just must make sure that I keep away from the food vans!
@jaifaim – we’ll all be hoping for miracles post-Easter and then have to go into damage control🙃😕🙃 afterwards. Oh dear!

My WEIGH DAY is tomorrow, but I’m seriously not hopeful for a drop but fingers crossed not a big rise🤞🤞

So as we enter Easter week, “It’s going to be hard, but hard is not impossible.” Chuck Palahniuk

cheerie dearies

So I’ll start the pocketlist for today:
@linda.b

Day 11 – Lake district UK – FD

Good morning everyone

Monday and a double FD … Fasting Day and Fishing Day, off out to share the lake where I have seen the Ospreys fishing in the past, fantastic sight, just sat and watched! That’s it, breakfast coffee finished, I’m off 😉

Take care all

Pocket list Monday 🤩
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce

Day 11 – Monday- Gold Coast Queensland Australia – FUN DAY (FD) 2nd post

@jaifaim – I hear your dilemma re the Hot Cross Buns!
I’ve put my Hot Cross Buns individually in the freezer to bring out one at a time. Because I have to buy GF ones, they come in a pack of three but nevertheless too tempting; so keep them in the freezer for rationing….. so far so good, haven’t had one yet.👼👼 even though I think about them a lot! ha ha!
When I was a child, we were never allowed to eat them before Good Friday, my mother would bake them herself even though I was often sick afterwards which was attributed to the Easter eggs in those days but turned out I was coeliac and it was the buns and bread making me always sick. I was like a stick as a child and actually had issues with being underweight! Hilarious to think that now, hey! Baking my own is not an art I’ve accomplished for GF hot cross buns. I’ve tried a few times but they come out very crumbly instead of hot cross bunnie! So buy them from a GF bakery nearby.🥰🥰 so much better than mine!

So that is my strategy for dealing with the temptations of Hot Cross Buns this Easter…. bring them out of the freezer just one at a time. RESOLVE!💪💪🤞🤞

Day 11 – UK – FD800

Good morning, all! I have spent the weekend consuming way too much wine and then recovering but I had a brilliant day with friends for the first time in 2 years so I’m not complaining. We had brunch at the top of a skyscraper in London, it was beautifully sunny and we had the most amazing views over the Thames, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and many other sights. It really felt special.

Today is our first FD800 in weeks. I feel a bit worried if I’ll manage it but I’m going for it. Soup for lunch and a F800 recipe for dinner. I’m still deciding if I’ll do them b2b like I did before or if I’ll go with a 5:2 approach but all I’m focusing on right now is getting today’s in the bag. I’ve roped DH into it again and he’s planned out some of our meals which really helps both of us.

Fingers tightly crossed for a good day and RESOLVE by the bucket-load!!

Pocket list Monday 🤩
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce
@babs_b

Day 11 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500

I have a prepackaged salad in the fridge that DH and I will share, and some precooked chicken breasts in the freezer that together come in under 500 calories, so that will be supper. The weekend wasn’t awful, but as usual, it wasn’t restrained. Someday, I’ll learn that skill again.

I’ve been remembering back in the day when I was 132, still two inches taller, and had a BMI of 22–so, thin. But all of my life, my stomach has been like a balloon: put in lots of food and it pooches WAY out; eat minimally and it becomes flat. So even at that thin weight, I had to work at getting my stomach flat for special occasions where a poochy stomach would interfere with the appearance of my outfit. So, back then, it was all about “shrinking my stomach,” which meant eating food that didn’t take up space–so a small piece of cheesecake would be preferable to a footlong deli sandwich, even though the calories are probably about the same. See what I was doing with that at the time? That’s exactly what’s going on with me now: I water fast during the week, get a “shrunk” stomach, then stuff it full over the weekend.

This week is busy enough as it is without adding the burden of guilt over good/bad eating, so I plan to stick to my FD today, my WFD tomorrow, and then eat as I will, but in quantities that don’t take up much space, as I used to. I don’t actually remember the kinds of choices I would make back in the day, but I’m going to try. It’s not a week when I’ll have time to cook at all, let alone lovely dinners, so it shouldn’t be tough to eat little. Regardless, the skirt fits me nicely enough already, and any success I have this week will simply make it look that much better.

@linda.b In hindsight, I’d say you made one mistake with your lunch with your friends on Saturday: you didn’t tell them ahead of time that you’re being very disciplined and what you planned to eat in order to stay on track. Try that next time, and I’ll bet it goes well, don’t you suppose? I have three friends and we meet up three or four times a year for drinks and food, and the last time we did was on a Tuesday…my WFD. So I let them know ahead of time that I was only going to be drinking water, and not eating, and they thought I had doubled in weirdness (they think I’m weird anyway, LOLOLOL!!), but it didn’t impact our lovely evening, and I found it shockingly easy to maintain RESOLVE. But. Regardless. One indulgent meal is not going to ruin on the progress you’ve made. Consider this: take a plate, put a hunk of cheese, some broccoli, and two oranges on it and go weigh yourself, holding the plate. Your weight will be up, right? But when you’ve eaten that stuff, it doesn’t mean you’ve actually gained weight, only that you’ve put some food inside yourself. Saturday was more food than usual. I’ll just bet you’re fine by Tuesday morning, if not already Monday morning!

@matpi You have serious French skills then. It sounds fun to me…but more on a theoretical level, not on a practical, let’s apply this, level. 😂😂 I’m glad you’re able to do it and are enjoying it.

@jaifaim You and I think alike!!!!! 😂🤣😜👍🤣😂😂 No, one indulgent day–or even three–won’t derail your goals, because you’re still here. But, oh, your logic sounded so very, very familiar!

@i-hate-lettuce I agree, except your name needs to be in there, LOL!! “And @stitchincarol I’m sure I’m with the others here laughing at you going home to work on the granite worktop because you were banned from lifting furniture 🤣”

@funshipfreddie Interesting about the twice-yearly injection; I’ll ask my doctor when I go back for the follow-up visit in July.

Oh, @betsylee, you DID tell me about that before, and I completely forgot! Thanks for the reminder; I’ll also ask my doctor about that in July. Or should I ask sooner, before I’ve taken many of the pills?

@northgeorgia I once did a FD with an Applebee’s meal: their grilled chicken meal can come in at 500 if you make excellent choices on the sides, so maybe you can build yourself up to that by Thursday, and have your cake (Applebee’s) and eat it (a mere 500 calories) too!

Okay, I’m not replying to all of you because my to-do list is hollering for some attention. Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket list Monday 🤩
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce
@babs_b
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol

Day 11 Ohio, US — MFD

The fasting went well today, but tonight I’m quite tired, not exactly sure why.

@stitchincarol Might it be possible to eat some foods that don’t take up much space, yet also are low in calories? Of course lettuce might work, but there may be other more appetizing foods that would do the trick!?

As for the French course, the method that’s being used is called “communicative.” And the emphasis is supposed to be on everyday conversations. I still wonder about the choice of the “everyday” vocabulary, though. Today we had the word for “watermelon.” It’s difficult for me to envision a trip to Paris, where I would order watermelon in a restaurant. If you were in a Parisian restaurant, would you order watermelon?

Pocket list Monday 🤩
@linda.b
@jaifaim
@i-hate-lettuce
@babs_b
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol
@matpi