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Day 11 – FD – South Africa 🇿🇦
Good morning all.
@merryapple thank you for your words of encouragement. I update the tracker daily.
Good luck to all the faster today, may we achieve our goals for today.
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@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@leoniraats
Day 11 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD
OH I am forgetting to post!!! I am still doing my ZBC (it’s hard, right now I am hungry, it’s 8am and about to log onto work), but will do it!!!
Weight. Well. Bobbing about.
But I continue with my daily exercise, walks and stretches and definitely have good balance, strength and flexibility, so that’s got to be good for bone Heath etc. I could feel the mental health taking a bit of a backstep on Tuesday (work related issues got to me) so I am actively trying to be mindful. Grateful. Taking time out. Breathing.
I wish I could respond to you all but need to start work. But I am here with you all on this Thursday FD.
Day 11 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
A much-needed FD today! 😳 Despite yesterday’s 10,000 steps (no pirouettes necessary, @merry🍎 😅) Complacency is the enemy of maintenance.
@ccco – well done on the almost 5 lb down! 🎯 We need to reward ourselves sometimes, but preferably with the non-edible varieties.
@merryapple – what a cute picture of Mr Mac! 😍
@stitchincarol – I love the giraffe quilt! And that’s a good-looking 160 lb after being away. Just maintaining is always more challenging when we’re travelling, so to lose even a pound is impressive 💪
@leoniraats – no luck required on a FD, just plenty of RESOLVE, a little planning & looking forward to Friday morning PFDS 🏋
“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive”. ~ Andy Grove
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@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@leoniraats
@daffodil2010
Day 11 – Ireland – FD- 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
Hello all 👋
@merryapple well spotted!!! You are indeed correct! 😂😂 there is a definite trend there… 🤔🙃😂
How did your exercises go? I did some squats, plank and lunges outside as it was weirdly balmy last night.
Awww, Mr Mac is just how I pictured him! He looks like a real gent. Too cute
@leoniraats I decided to keep track in the tracker too – thanks for the reminder… so I post here what I hope the day will be but will record on the tracker how the day actually panned out. Hope to be see a trend …
Hi @daffodil2010 – day by day … well done on ZBC! All of that daily movement should help with your mental health too 🙏. I’m doing the same… too many pressures (perceived or otherwise) in me taught at the minute. 💕
I did a @merryapple and got out first thing for lovely fresh air and a bit of a hill to push my lungs to help my brain this morning 🚴
@excelsior12309 I don’t know how I feel about guavas 😂😂 we don’t get them much here… they sound a little like gooseberries in that people don’t really rate them much except in jams etc… I personally like them.. and eat them off the tree but only when super ripe.. and then the birds have usually got them before me… thinking of birds makes me think of @songbirdme and @i-hate-lettuce 🦅… the webcams, the eagles, the ospreys… then I think of @at up in the same area as @i-hate-lettuce… see how our brains go off down a rabbit hole.😂 hi all!
@stitchincarol great to see you back and Mae’s quilt is just adorable! Fabulous well done to you!
@ccco I’m amazed at your progress not also your ability to fast on consecutive days 💪💪
Ok I’ve run out of free time for catch-ups.. I need more time in my day ⭐️
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
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@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@leoniraats
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
Day 11 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Probably OMAD
Yesterday wasn’t the best, as I had a problem pop up that was troubling, so I did what any reasonable person would do and tried to drown my sorrows in food.
It didn’t really work.
🤔
But today’s a new day, I’m coping with that problem, and we’re ready to leave for the airport an hour early–rather delightful to have pulled off everything on our to-do lists!
@ccco Well done on being down 5lbs!
@merryapple Yeah, I know…mind you, I NEVER bought the disgusting white bread, but no matter what kind of “lovely” (read: healthy) bread I brought home/baked, no one liked it, from DH to all three kids, and they’d all eagerly sieze on the whitest bread offered when we were other places. Weird people. And I’ve told them so. And Mr. Mac? Adorable.
@leoniraats Sounds like you’re doing well on all fronts; your determination and commitment are very impressive!
@daffodil2010 I’m thinking about how miserably hungry you get in the morning and a thought has occurred to me: would it be simpler to eat a protein-rich breakfast and skip lunch instead? It doesn’t give you as many fasting hours, but misery isn’t terribly pleasant! 😂❤️
@funshipfreddie LOVE the quote, and thanks for the encouragement for the pound down.
@jaifaim I hope you’re able to accomplish lots in efficient spurts so you can have a bit more down time–your posts have been sounding as rushed as I often feel.
Thanks for the compliments on the quilt for Mae; it was fun to take time to do it, and I’m looking forward to seeing it get used over the years.
I created a time-table for finishing DH’s fair isle sweater that I started January 2023, and if I stick to the rule of at least one entire row a day, I’ll have it done before Christmas. That one row, however, can take close to an hour, so it’s no small addition to my day, but I’m wanting it to be done so I can start other projects. 😂
Have a grand one, everyone. I am likely to be able to read posts while we’re gone, but between the pull of granddaughters and my dislike of posting on my phone, I’m not likely to post much of anything. We’ll be home about 8:30 Monday night, so I’ll “see” you all on Tuesday morning!
USA. Day 11. FD
Pocket List – Day 11 🍒
@merry🍎
@funshipfreddie
@leoniraats
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@ccco
Joining today’s pocket list! A little late!
I think that I can do all these FDs because my body has adjusted to it. I am not sure if that is good or not! I worry that this adjustment could mean I need even fewer calories to lose weight because I don’t seem to need what I used to eat to lose. Well, I guess, I can always readjust if I stop losing but I am trying to increase my exercise program. I am an older woman with severe osteoarthritis, so I have to keep that in mind when exercising. 🙁
I hope everyone is having a lovely day! 🙂
Day 12 NZ NFD 73.7kg Woosh!!
At last the 73s… I have ribs but they still fail the ‘dog test’ of a nice edge to the rib cage… As you point out @ccco, I too have never eaten so little and for me, baked so little and cooked such ‘simple’ food – more Mediterranean in style. I have started making biscuits rather than cake. One biscuit is smaller than a slice of cake. And if I make small biscuits sometimes I have two😅!!! On Monday I had to throw out banana cake made with three bananas and sour cream😋because it went mouldy…
I have had a good breakfast (after saying I’m not eating much) of porridge with a wee bit of cream and 1/2 tsp of brown sugar, sourdough and marmalade and 2 cups of tea… I do like to vary the amount I eat at different meals so my body doesn’t get used to routine… Who am I fooling?!!
It’s pouring with rain, the whole country is sodden except for east (Christchurch etc) of the Southern Alps which is still in drought.
@stitchincarol I can’t wait to see the fair isle jersey! Is it worth taking a snapshot and posting it?!! I have been spinning and have loads of wool to knit up. I need to get on with working out a pattern for my nephew.
@jaifaim It is a race with the birds to get to the Guavas. I love gooseberries too – similar flavour profile – sharp and sweet. But we can’t grow them here in Auckland. It’s too humid and they go mouldy.
I did a 2 min wall sit and a 1 min plank plus 60 sit-ups. I haven’t done any ex for a while so thought I should quietly build up the planks… plus my shoulder exs with the stretchy rubber things the Dr gave me. It’s too wet for a morning walk but might see what the weathers like later in the day. I need to do one more walk this week and I’m having a haircut on Saturday. I won’t want to wreck my new coiffure with a sweaty windy walk…
@funshipfreddie Looking at our current crop of world leaders that quote is spot on!! I have now looked up Andy Grove. He was head of Intel and a Hungarian American engineer who published a book called Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points that Challenge Every Country and Career.
I’ll eat lightly for rest of the day.
Thank you for all the Mr Mac comments 🐻❄️. I’ll get a Macintosh II puppy in around year I think, in time for next summer ☀️
This evening I’m going out to two art openings. Happy Friyay everyone!!
Steely RESOLVE!!
Day 12 – NFD – South Africa 🇿🇦
Good morning everyone.
@stichincarol Thank you, you’re kind. It doesn’t feel like I’m progressing at all but I will keep my RESOLVE!
@merryapple great job, gosh I’m following your progress more than my own. You’re almost there. Keep up the good work.
@jaifaim ditto. I do the same. State my plans here and see the ugly truth on the tracker 😁 it’s a good tool as it gives you a truer picture of reality.
@daffodil2010 just keep going.
@northgeorgia well done. A pound is a pound less to worry about and a pound closer to your goal weight.
Happy Friday everyone!
Day 12 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.7 kg
Had a good FD, & clocked up + 12,300 steps 💪 But I was still surprised to be under 70 kg after what I’ve eaten this week 🐷
@merryapple – oh well done! That was a well-deserved whoosh! 🥇 I think Andy Grove could’ve used a better word than ‘paranoid’ though. ‘Vigilant’ maybe?
@leoniraats – I just had a peek at your spreadsheet numbers. It’s odd that your weight has gone up after your last couple of FDs. Are you counting calories, or just winging it? Do you weigh yourself at the same time every day? I’m just curious. Or you can tell me to mind my own business 😅 As for reaching 8000 steps, sometimes I catch up on them just by walking on the spot in the evening. It may sound weird, but it works. And if I’m watching something interesting on TV I can almost forget I’m ‘exercising’. For me it works out at roughly 7 minutes for 1000 steps.
@flourbaby – where are you? I’m sure we’re all dying to hear about your new place! 🏡
Happy Fri-yay y’all! 🍹
“If you eat what you’ve always eaten, you’ll weigh what you’ve always weighed.” ~ Unknown
Day 12 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 230 lbs. The 230s are ugly, but before the month is over, I should be saying good-bye. Considering I had a hefty weigh-in last week of 236 lbs after weeks of no fasting, I’ve been satisfied with this week. No soft drinks yet either! I was tempted yesterday on our meeting/field trips. But I failed in other ways — we tasted local honey and local candy/ice cream/etc, and I went along with it — and when you taste once, you want more! Anyhow, two more days of no fasting, and then back on the wagon.
Day 12 – Ireland – CD – 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
Hello all
@brightonbelle good to see you but I hope all is ok there with your FIL and all. 💕 remember to look after yourselves also.
@stitchincarol LOL – you are right… life is quite hectic right now but… I also post on my phone so I end up with lots of typos which I only spot once I’ve actually “posted” to the forum and reread..so I think you see the unedited version as you receive update emails… 😂😂 sorry! Often these contain lots of gobbledygook text as, and it’s a curious thing…, you enter the perfectly written text… it looks perfect and then you post it and reread words that are not even words in any language… I don’t understand it… I have two “keyboards” on my phone which may confuse things but even still.. many of the words that end up in my first draft of a post are neither English or French… 🧐🙃😂🤣
@northgeorgia I’m up again – let’s focus together next week. 👍 I’m committed to a better 3 weeks ahead. Will be coming in at 153-155 end April 🎯
Bravo @merryapple ⭐️⭐️⭐️ in the 73s and a whoosh… I love to hear of whooshes! I want one toooooo☝️
Excellent @funshipfreddie – surprises like that are just great! I’m sabotaging myself a little this week and don’t really understand why… but at least I’ve recognised it… 👍
@leoniraats keep going “poca a poca” along with @daffodil2010 and all of us… it’s great for us all to find inspiration here!
@flourbaby I hope all is going well.. 🙏
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Also just to say… bravo @ccco – with osteoarthritis exercising is not easy… that and your weight loss is an inspiration ⭐️⭐️
How are things now in the Baltimore Bay area without your super important bridge??
USA. Day 12. FD
Ugh! My weight has stopped going down!!! Oh, well! Back to another FD! Perhaps, I need to lower my calorie intact again!
Pocket List Day 12
@ccco
I have to read everyone’s posts later. Spring brings too many chores and at my age, I move like a snail! 🙁
Hope everyone is having a lovely day! 🤗
Day 13 NZ NFD 74.0kg…
I’ve had a poached egg on sourdough for breakfast and I’m off to Piha Beach, a Wild West Coast beach. The Piano by Jane Campion was filmed there, which inspired Alexander McQueen’s early haute couture collections especially Highland Rape. I shall be wearing my red band gumboots, shorts and a waterproof jacket… It’s 98% humidity here thanks to the current weather systems coming in over the ocean from the tropics.
👋
Day 13 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
Almost half-way through Amazing April already?! I had a sensible Friday, & I’m aiming to be on my best-ish behaviour today. Then I plan on being on the pocket list with @northgeorgia tomorrow.
@merryapple – I hope you enjoyed the beach. No shorts-wearing here; it was 11 C when I woke up a couple of hours ago 🥶️ Feels like winter’s arrived early. But the sun is shining & it’s supposed to creep up to 19 by lunchtime.
Michael Mosley’s column:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13300829/health-secrets-drink-wine-blush-cancer-risk-waistline.html
Have a good weekend everyone 🌤🌈
“You are not going to get the butt you want by sitting on it”. ~ Unknown
Day 13 Indianapolis NFD
Hi, all! We’re having a wonderful time playing with the older two girls and holding and cooing at Baby Mae. Today we’re going to Spring Fest (formerly Bug Bowl) where, among other activities, we can enjoy chocolate covered bugs… cockroaches?? https://ag.purdue.edu/springfest/ I’ll report back if I end up managing to ingest anything… 😂😂😂
Food-wise, I’m doing okay. Sleep-wise, not so well, since I’m posting at 3:04am! Oh well.
@penz You’ve sure been silent; having a grand time on your year off?
Okay, perhaps back to sleep now. Have a grand one, everyone!
Day 13 – Ireland – NFD – 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
Hello everyone, I woke early to cycle but one look out the window and back to bed it was… more foggy/mist and rain here at the sea and not a day to be safe on the bike. I’ll see if it improves later but will just get out for an hour or so while mum sleeps. Mum sleeps most of the time now.
@ccco what are you down to now ⚖️? Seems like you have been on a great losing streak recently but maybe your body needs a day or two to settle and get used to the new weight?
@funshipfreddie enjoy that sun and the warmer temperatures later! A friend is just back from
a family trip to SA 🇿🇦 and was regaling me yesterday with all their news… I asked him if he had a lekker time – he had no clue what I was asking 😂😂
@stitchincarol yummm! Chocolate covered cockroaches🪳 (I can’t believe there is an emoji for them!) – mmmm not sure I would partake… 🤢. Have a super special time getting to know lovely baby Mae 💕
@merryapple I hope you enjoyed Piha beach – I looked it up – so beautiful! Your post sounded so super light and happy and I hope a fun day was had in your red band gumboots! (Why is there no emoji for gumboots/wellies)?
Ok will read another chapter of my book and then get up to seize this misty day.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 13 – post 2
@jaifaim thank you for your kind words of encouragement.
Day 13 – starting an FD tonight – NZ
Wt: 111.5kg
Sorry team MIA again. A lot has been happening and I’ve been so busy but committed to coming on here every week minimum. Keeps me motivated.
Between now and Feb I’ve been doing 5:2 most weeks had a few hiccups here and there but would say I stayed on course most of it.
Anyway glad to be back!
Day 13 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 229 lbs. Well, there’s a rumor the family wants to go somewhere tomorrow, which might mean the FD will have to wait until Monday. No soft drinks yet, but if we travel and do fast food, it might break the streak. Anyway, been proud of myself and it has made me realize how often I might have been sneaking a sip over the past two years. I know I have a few business lunches next week, but I am ready to focus with @jaifaim to get the weight under control. I want to be a bit lighter and closer to my weight last year by the time my mid-June vacation rolls around 🙂
USA. Day 13 FD
I have been so good on my FDs lately but I seem to have stopped losing weight1😡
I will keep trying. I am sure the weight loss will start up again! Jaifaim, I still weigh in the 120s, which is a lot for me. I am small and until I was in my 50s, I always weighed 100 lbs. I want to get down to 110 lbs. I must be eating more than I thought! At the weight I am now, I am very sluggish.
I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! 🤗
Day 14 – Ireland – NFD- 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
@fastingnurse great to see you and I hope all
Is ok with you. We always hope people are checking in in the background so great to see that you were! 💕
Hi to everyone else out there… we miss you but know you may be out there checking in. 👍
Up And out early this morning … I did fit a cycle in yesterday but just a short one… 22km in the afternoon.. it was sunny – hooray! And then… it rained 💦🙃😂
@northgeorgia, @ccco we are on the right path…
We will get there. 🎯
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 14 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
@northgeorgia – enjoy the outing. I’ll just have to bask in Monday morning PFDS without you 😜
@fastingnurse – welcome back!
@stitchincarol – chocolate covered 🪳?! No – not even if you held a gun to my head 😱
@jaifaim – well done on that short – 22 km?! – bike ride! I guess that’s one way you really can get the butt you want while sitting on it 😅🚴
I finally got my shiny #62 sorted out 😎
https://imgur.com/a/4wHb9U6
Happy S🌞nday!
“Unless you puke, faint or die, keep going”. ~ Julian Michaels
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@fastingnurse
@at
@funshipfreddie
Day 14 NZ NFD 73.5kg
I’ve had a lovely weekend with far too much to drink…
I’m watching Florence and the Machine on YouTube.
Monday is a new week.
@funshipfreddie Judge Judy will be right along I fear…
@fastingnurse Great to hear from you and have you back in the fold.
Bedtime for me.
Day 14-No. VA USA-FD800
Doing oK on NFD, I find I actually have to keep calories below the calculated limit on the 5-2 website in order to actually lose weight. In other words, about 250 calories less than the non-fast day recommendations. Perhaps this is a function of age and slower metabolism. I am trying to eat lots of protein and still am avoiding sweets and breads, and that seems to have helped me the most.
My weight is almost 20# less than a year ago in March 2023, but I still have another 15# to go to meet a reasonable goal for me to maintain. But right now I am at an intermediate goal which I didn’t think I would see, six months ago! Group support is helpful, even from half a world away!
@funshipfreddie, your house numbers are brilliant. @stitchincarol, chocolate covering would not help me swallow any insect deliberately. EWWWW.
Welcome back, @fastingnurse!
Pocket list Day 14
@fastingnurse
@at
@funshipfreddie
@excelsior12309-FD800
Day 14 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 231 lbs. Boo to the 230s, but still, yay!! I’m at the exit door. Outing has been postponed to next Saturday; my nephew was suffering from horrible allergies like I was, so going somewhere to enjoy the floral outdoors would not be a great idea today. Because of that, it’s a WFD! And best of all, I should also be able to have a FD500 tomorrow.
Avoiding soft drinks was difficult this week, and I did slip up and have sweetened milk yesterday — but it was a bit of a reward to myself for avoiding the more addictive carbonated demon all week long 🙂 I think it has helped though in not as much weight gain. In fact, last week was about a two pound average loss over the previous week (although I’m 2 lbs heavier today over last Sunday).
I wasn’t so “good” yesterday with snacking all day, including some candy, and couldn’t really decide on a meal most of the day. But even so, the weight gain was only two pounds, which was also the maximum weight gain for any day in the previous week. I have noticed 4 lb gains were common when the soft drinks flowed freely — I think not only due to the empty calories being stored away, but those kind of carbohydrates make you crave more food (not to mention a refill on your soft drink!). I don’t eat as much fast food as I did, either — they package those “deals” with a soft drink. I would rather pay nearly the same price for a better quality meal at a “sit down” restaurant, and following my nephew’s lead, I’ve opted for water with my meal so I can savor the food more. As I said, my goal is to make enjoying a soft drink as rare as enjoying a slice of cake or fancy dessert.
Tired of playing around with these 230s. And not too fond of the 220s, either. There isn’t room in my schedule for a 3 day B2B2B Fast as I was able to do back in January, and it REALLY helped. But even so, I should be getting within range of my 225 lb. target for April this week. I would like to get partially back into the 210s by mid-June in time for vacation. If I can get the momentum going and my body cooperates, I might even get back to the 200s this year, and then the 190s beckon, which will be an exciting day!
Pocket list Day 14
@fastingnurse
@at
@funshipfreddie
@excelsior12309-FD800
@northgeorgia
USA. Day 14. FD
Pocket list Day 14
@fastingnurse
@at
@funshipfreddie
@excelsior12309-FD800
@northgeorgia
@ccco
Still trying to lose more weight but adhering to my FDs.
Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend! The weather here is beautiful!
Day 14 – NFD – South Africa 🇿🇦
Hi everyone. Had a relaxed weekend. Tried to tick all the goal boxes. Although I didn’t meet all my goals, I kept at it and kept showing up for myself. Tomorrow is a new day.
Everyday we get a do-over.
Well done to everyone still persuing their goals and not giving up.
Have an awesome Sunday eve.
Day 15- Ireland – NFD- 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
Got Up And out early this morning … and got a good cycle in in the bright cold sunshine – it felt like February- was beautiful 😍. Then two walks with family throughout the day – a lovely way to catch up and clear the cobwebs 🕸️.
Good to have you back @brightonbelle 💕
@merryapple – sounds like a wonderful weekend and a lovely contented post – so glad you are well 🤗
@northgeorgia huge bravo to you on a week off soft drinks! It’s no mean feat to give them up and they are such empty calories which can start tte cravings for sugar … even the diet variations will do that… just brilliant – well done to you ⭐️
@excelsior12309 wonderful weight loss in a year ⭐️
@leoniraats same here… although busy it was relaxed if that makes sense… could have made some better choices but most were good. My exercise goal this weekend was my priority so happy with that.
@funshipfreddie the numbers look great! 🤣🤣 yes cycling is a great sport as you can sit on your bum…I never thought of it like that!
@ccco you are so focussed you will get there… it’s harder as we get older but you’ll do it.
PMA : My target 🎯 will be reached this month. 15 days yo go 🔚.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Pocket list Day 15 🚩
@jaifaim
Day 15 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.3 kg
A real Sunday pocket list! I hope everyone had a hassle-free FD as I did. It’s a good way to start the week, knowing you’ve only got one more FD to accomplish 🎯
@merryapple – I’m not scared of Judge Judy. The numbers are a bit larger than I thought they’d be when I ordered them though. I didn’t imagine they could be seen from the International Space Station 🤣
@brightonbelle – it’s my age too, & the year I was born.
@northgeorgia – have you tried sugar-free soda? It’s very easy to get used to; in fact regular soda tastes too sweet to me now. And I don’t think diet soda makes me crave sugary treats. I do have a very occasional regular milkshake when I’m feeling reckless though.
@jaifaim – loving your RESOLVE – “My target WILL be reached this month” 💪
More pills anyone…?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13306793/statins-pills-cholesterol-cut-heart-attack-risk-experts-drug-killer-blood.html
Day 15 – FD – South Africa 🇿🇦 78.5
Relieved my weight has gone down. Still not on target to achieve my month’s weight-loss goal but working hard at it.
Setting some additional goals for myself to assist with that.
@jaifaim WELL DONE! I am so glad you managed to achieve your own personal goals over the weekend. Well done on the 22km cycle as well on Saturday. It’s tough to be on a bike especially on the hills. You did a marvelous job with your resolve. I wish you luck with reaching your target weight at the end of the month.
@northgorgia well done on the soda abstinence, you are doing such a great job. You will get there. Just hang in there and persevere.
@funshipfreddie good job on your fasting day yesterday.
@meery🍎 I’m starting to get jealous now, 😁 wow amazing job on your weight-loss that is just fantastic. Hang in there, you’re so close.
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕 (copied from @jaifaim)
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@at
@jaifaim
@leoniraats
@merry🍎
@northgorgia
Day 15 – USA/GA – FD
Weigh-in: 227 lbs. Good drop this morning. Today is a FD500 OMAD. Hopefully, the weight will move more than just a few ounces 🙂 Come on, 225!
@funshipfreddie Diet soda tastes nasty to me. I heard if you force yourself onto it, you won’t go back to the regular kind. I probably shouldn’t go that route; my mom did decades ago and she’s only gained weight over the years, so genetically, it might not really help me stop the cravings 🙁
Pocket List 🚩
@at
@jaifaim
@leoniraats
@merry🍎
@northgeorgia
USA. Day 15 FD
Pocket List 🚩
@at
@jaifaim
@leoniraats
@merry🍎
@northgeorgia
@brightonbelle
@ccco
Day 16 – NFD – South Africa 🇿🇦 77.6
Had a Gr8 FD yesterday. Consumed 357 Cals and burned 752 Cals.
Water 2.25L,steps 12,773.
1h45 walk, lots of hills and 12 flights of stairs. Happy for the further Weight-loss but should weigh 77 kgs at this stage if I want to weigh 76 at the end of April. I will just have to work really hard over ne next weeks. At a in-person seminar today (all day) so can’t take that many bathroom breaks so water intake out of the question. Also won’t be able to put on much steps or do much activity today. Hope it doesn’t show tomorrow. Hope yesterday’s fasters had a good day. Good luck to those fasting today.
Day 16 – Ireland – CD – 🚫 ✅ 🚶♂️ 🌾
Good morning! I’m tired this week but feeling much better generally. Had a lovely blowy beach walk last night – the sands were shifting big time… crazy winds so no bike 🚴 @brightonbelle yes you said it… reset and half a month to go💕
@leoniraats well done on all the achievements yesterday ⭐️ I find it very hard to come in under 500 cals… so bravo to you!
@funshipfreddie thanks! I thought over the weekend that I must believe it and it will come.. there’s no point setting in to this WOL or each month if you don’t believe it will work.. well done on the good Sunday FD – you’re so right just one more day then to FD in the week- good thinking!
@northgeorgia 👏 cutting the fizzy drinks is a huge achievement – I’m sure you’ll notice the difference in a few weeks.. I drink mostly just fizzy water now and tonic if I am out of an evening. I don’t like the diet drinks and aspartame etc leaves a funny taste in my mouth.
@ccco 💪
It is very quiet here… hi to everyone here but not “here” 👋
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others
Day 16 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
@northgeorgia – I’m sure you’re right. No soda of any kind is the best approach, & we’d all be better off just drinking water. But I’m not a fan. I gulp down half a litre in the morning, & another half in the afternoon. And I get the rest of it from tea & coffee ☕️
@leoniraats – looking good! You’re well over the half-way mark to reach your goal, & still two whole weeks to go!🎯
@jaifaim – it IS quiet so far this week; more ‘Absent April’ than Amazing 😅 Your comment regarding reaching your goal reminded me of that great Theodore Roosevelt quote ~ “Believe you can and you’re halfway there”.
Off out to enjoy the sunshine. Have a good day everyone 🌤
Day 16 NZ NFD ?
It’s the remains of the day… It’s my birthday tomorrow but the build up has already started!! It’s also the Auckland Art Fair and various art openings. I hosted a lovely artist from Guadalupe, Paris, London and Berlin. He wanted to go up Mt Eden to see the sunset. He set the pace with long legs and a long stride which was my power walking pace. When we got to the top he was absolutely exhausted. I was quite pleased that I am way fitter than he is since he’s 3/4 my age!!!
I had a friend to stay overnight, he’s been replaced by my art therapy student tonight for the rest of the week.
Tomorrow morning is Mt Eden walk first thing and coffee with friends.
@leoniraats You’re making terrific progress. Thanks for the encouragement too.
@jaifaim I love wild beaches too but our short legged furry friends get sandblasted by the wind so we had to find a more sheltered area for them at Piha.
@funshipfreddie I don’t know what’s worse- treatment for heart disease or the disease itself…
@brightonbelle Good on you for the <800 cals to get back on track. A lot can happen in two weeks!
@excelsior1209 Congratulations on being half way there!!
I have to go to bed. It’s 2300hrs…
Steely RESOLVE!!
Day 16 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 226 lbs. OK, nice! Just a pound away from my goal weight for April 🙂 Had to break fast this morning in preparation for the board meeting. It’s usually a sandwich of some sort, but last time, we were surprised with salads! Mom also cooked a nice meal last night, so I politely “made a plate” for this evening. Anyway, tomorrow should be another FD.
@funshipfreddie Yeah, well, I know I’ll have another sugary soft drink in the near future. It would be good if I gave them up for good — so your method isn’t a bad one for something with zero calories! I think for me, I’ll just have to settle to have one “as frequently as cake.” I can imagine the disaster if I had cake every day LOL 🙂 I will be curious in observing the effect on weight it has. I think once I have that drink, I will mark it down in my charts somewhere, so I can trace any patterns. @brightonbelle I actually have some carbonated water in the refrigerator. Of course, those were probably bought more than a year ago so…it might not be so fresh!! It’s spring going on summer, so eating more citrus with plain or fizzy water might be a big help. @jaifaim Yes, I did that a few years ago, so this could be key to get me moving the right direction again. Goodness, I have even caught myself at some restaurants asking for three or four refills — that’s ok if water, but destructive otherwise!!
Day 16 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD – 165.0
Well, so much for my lovely weight the day we left. I’m guessing I’ll be 161.8 tomorrow morning (although, of course, hoping for even lower 😂😂); we’ll see how well I know my body.
We got home at 8:30 last night and by the time I crawled into bed, it was raining with thunder and lightening and strong winds…a lovely lullaby. We had a grand time, the baptism day was a treat as our SIL’s grandmother, age 94, came for some of the day, and I got lots and lots and lots of time holding Baby Mae. And the eldest DGD was so dismayed when she heard Gaga and Pop Pop were leaving the next day that she wrapped her arms around my leg and wailed that she didn’t want us to leave.
❤️
What I’ve realized is that I use every excuse there is to eat/drink what/when I shouldn’t. Shouldn’t as in, I’m not hungry, it’s not a healthy choice, a real meal is right around the corner–truly SHOULDN’T. So my goal for the rest of April is to notice each and every excuse and shoot it down like in a video game (which I do not play, but see examples of while I’m waiting to play solitaire 😂).
We are indeed very quiet right now, aren’t we? And this is the limit of my own contribution today, as it’s time to get ready to head out for piano lessons.
Have a grand one, everyone, and happy birthday on the 17th, @merryapple!
Pocket List Day 16 💪
@jaifaim CD
@brightonbelle FD800
@stitchincarol WFD
USA. Day 16. FD
Thank you, @jaifaim! Today, I am happy again! My scale started to move downward again. I just need patience!!
Pocket List Day 16
@ccco
@excelsior1209, half way there sounds heavenly! Wonderful!
FUNSHIPFREDDIE, I am addicted to soft drinks but I haven’t had one since I was 18 years old! When sugar free soda came out on the market back then, I was all in! Now I mostly drink caffeine free diet Coke and I am fine with that. Getting started might vbe hard but one you are there, it is doable! The same thing happened with white flour products like bread. That was even harder than the soda! Now, if I even look at something llike white bread, you would think I was reacting to poison! LOL
@merryapple, Happy Birthdsy in advance!👍🌺🎂
USA. Day 16. FD
Pocket List Day 16 💪
@jaifaim CD
@brightonbelle FD800
@stitchincarol WFD
@ccco
Must have just missed stitchincarol’s pocket list!
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