ccco USA Day 13 FD

Hi, everyone! Sorry to be checking in so late! I was able to read everyone’s posts and I am glad to see so many successes, For those who are struggling, I am there right with you. I have been failing my FDs lately due to stress eating! Ugh! I am not even hungry! Just keep eating! Today I think I have it under control, although I usually don’t stress eat until the evening. I’ve got my fingers crossed and I am focused! Exercise went well and I began a new plank. I will try to describe two planks I’ve been doing tomorrow when I have more time! 🙂 Have a great evening, everyone!

Day 14, Newcastle UK, ?

Day 14 – Japan – NFD 82.3kg (after two meals)

#24 done, 6 more fasts to get to 1/3 of my goal for 2018. I’m a bit behind.

Day 14 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Drank more red wine than I should have last night and feeling a bit fragile this morning. Need to be more controlled over the rest of the weekend. Drink more water, drown that dragon!

Enjoy Saturday everyone.

Day 14, Gozo Malta, nfd

Babysitting and keeping control over what I eat today. Have a great Saturday everyone.

Onwards and downwards.

Day 14 – Iceland – FD

Day 14 UK NFD

Yesterday was a controlled day and the scales rewarded me this morning with a 2lb loss, taking me back to pre Easter weight. @flourbaby, glad I didn’t see the reduced bunnies. My mind automatically insists half price means half calories. @debster251 enjoy the wedding. @merryapple, hope the doggie is ok. My shih tzu had cruciate trouble, obviously after wed stopped paying insurance as the premiums were excessive. The bank balance is still recovering.

Happy weekend everyone.

Day 14 – USA – NFD

Great FD yesterday, 495 cals. Made cream of carrot soup for the first time, which turned out to be my dinner, along with a fried peeled zucchini cut in slices and sprinkled with salt, pepper and olive oil cooking spray. Despite the good FDs, I seem to be holding onto water, as the scales showed a 1 lb. rise since yesterday, so remembering Dyask’s comment about a “range”, I guess I’m still in the range. Walked 40 minutes 2x this week around the park because the weather was nice. Still losing inches all over. If I could just lower my alcohol to 2x a week consistently, I would be meeting my April goals.

Day 14 UK NFD

My partner has gone away for the weekend so I am alone with the kids. If I don’t survive the weekend it was nice meeting you all. I just need to try not to stress eat and go to my ‘happy place’ & all will be well. 😁

Day 14 NFD Oregon USA

Made it to Spokane.

Had a couple of late night beers after the long drive and feel icky this morning. Also ate candy on the drive which I haven’t really had so could be part as well.

Looking forward to a pleasant day exploring campus with #4 son.

“Have a 🔥 in your soul and grace in your ❤️.”

Day 14 – SW WA USA – NFD

Just lost a post on my phone so changing over to a computer.

@mjrbcd44 – enjoy Spokane! I didn’t realize you were headed there for the college visit. My adult children live there & my son works in the University District. I’m headed over there this summer when my final year with the school district wraps up.

@debster251 – Have a great time at the wedding!

@daffodil2010 – glad you’re enjoying the precious time with your dad!

@metatauta – those inches decreasing is definitely an encouragement on the journey.

Together we are stronger so I’m going to plan on keeping on even though the plateau I’m on is getting quite old. Some other scenery has to be in the offing.

Day 14 Stevensville Maryland USA CNFD

Today I stepped on the scale and saw another pound down, I keep going from 131lbs to 129lbs glad to see I am not going crazy and others and yo-yoing as well. Still going to work this WOL thru April in hope of a 5lbs loss at the end of the month. I am still pleasantly please with my journey so far. Hoping to start maintenance next month.

The best preparation for tomorrow is to be your best today. Have a great Saturday everyone.

Day 14, Rocky Mountains, US, NFD

London UK day 15. NFD
Can I start a picket lust for people who are struggling? I seem to be going backwards…
@emma-taylor.

Day 14 USA (Illinois) NFD

Traveled home from Texas just fine – lousy cold, rainy, windy weather here, but good to be home. I’m always curious when I’ve been away just how my home scale will show how I did. I always weigh in the morning, so will see tomorrow. I think I ate pretty healthily.

@mogaman -I’m with you about skipping meal(s) so I can eat something I really like. I am skipping supper because I had ribs at lunch in the Austin airport at Salt Lick. Very tasty, meaty, and the sauce was not sweet. Delish.

Onward and downward.

ccco USA Day 15 FD

Yes, Emma Taylor! Can you add me to you pocket list? I am struggling, too! We can struggle together!

Day 15, Cornwall UK, NFD

@sarahbob, my OH is also away this weekend and what did i do yesterday – ate 3 slices of buttered toast! We are doing 5:2 together so my slip up has made me realise how much he is helping me just by being around and keeping me on track. Healthy eating is definately a family thing.

Also a stress thing, as my cold has degenerated into a chest infection and I just want to slip back into my old bad eating habits for a bit of comfort. I am deluding myself about how long it will take to recover and continue with 5:2 properly.

I’m joining the struggling club! 🙊

@emma-taylor
@ccco
@cornish-jane

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Hi @cornish-jane
Sad to hear you now have a chest infection – please get better real soon. Fortunately my head cold feels a lot better than a week ago – now have a ‘fuzzy head’ so still healing. I can relate to your food choices – when we are unwell, the comfort food dragon raises its head. Just go with it, feel better about it and get back into 5:2 when you can. Take care, drink lots of fluids, and have medication for relief of symptoms. I hope you are better soon!

Day 15, London, UK, FD,

So yesterday, again, wasn’t as controlled as I would have liked, so today will be a FD to make up for the indulgences (@saffy420 the bunnies were a BIG mistake ………. ½ calorie …….if only!!), so it’s 3:4 this week with my usual B2B2B Tues – Thurs.

Wow @debster251, I can’t even imagine the willpower required to have a bag of winegums in the cupboard; I would imagine I could smell them through the kitchen door, the cupboard door & the packaging, or hear them calling my name ….…………. and then give in & scoff the lot!!!!! And, yes there were bunnies, lots of them in the trolley, only 2 in my tummy though, which isn’t as good as it sounds, ‘cause each little bunny was 150+cals each!!!!! I could have had an entire lovely meal for that!!!!! Much the same as that 500+ calorie bag of winegums!!!!! Empty, empty calories!!!!!

@sarahbob, are you surviving??? I’m picturing you sitting in a little bubble of Zen calm, sipping peppermint tea as your kids run around in circles leaving mayhem and destruction in their wake …………………………… am I close???

@mogaman & @songbirdme, similarly, I skipped dinner on Friday because I had already eaten several chocolate bunnies!!!! I think I would have preferred ribs though …………………… good choice!!!!!

Still sticking to Arid-April – I had to avoid the wine aisle in the supermarket and decline a dinner invitation yesterday to do it …………………. I know my limits…………. But I’m still on that particular wagon!!!!

Keep the faith people!!!!!!

Day 15 – Iceland – FD

My planned FD turned into EFS yesterday evening… and the scales are up 1kg since yesterday😧 I am really going backwards, undoing last month’s success🙈
Today I am hitting the reset button yet again! Today WILL be a good FD and for the next two weeks I will not let the sugar dragon sabotage my NFDs. 🐉🚫

I too am joining the struggling club! Onwards and downwards! 💪

@emma-taylor
@ccco
@cornish-jane
@borealis

Day 15 UK NFD

had a little too much wine last night but managed to keep within calories expended as per Fitbit (always my goal at the weekend). I tried Konjac rice last night, it was on a special offer in the supermarket. Thanks to some tips from here I washed it in cold water to take away the smell. I didn’t tell my OH he wasn’t eating real rice and I thought I’d got away with it 🙂, unto about half way through when he realised he wasn’t eating rice. I don’t think I’ll repeat the experiment , I think I’d rather do without rice altogether on a meal than eat it again.

Sunday lunch later with mum n dad so anouther round of wine drinking🍷. It’s what weekends are for😀.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Day 15 – USA – NFD
Made low carb chicken kung pao and low carb chicken curry yesterday….ate all 4 servings last night of the kung pao….got the recipes from Keto Connect. Up 1 lb. this morning, whoops. Got up in the middle of the night twice to drink water, lol!

For all those struggling, hang in there! It’s a marathon. For those who are sick, hope you feel better. Spring weather has a way of messing up the respiratory system sometimes.

Day 15….Florida…..CD

Okay, I’ve decide that I’m just going to try for a controlled day, see if I can waddle my way into a FD. Right now, Imjust finally enjoying some relaxing time out on the patio before the rain comes in. It seems like this is the first time, I’ve done this since getting home.
I have tomorrow off but a dentist appt and Trader Joe’s will take me into the real world so to speak.

So, my plans for today are to knock out some of these house hold chores, re read the 5:2 basics and formulate a plan to get back on track!

Okay, I’m off

Your riding a horse at full speed, a giraffe is next to you and a lion is chasing you….
What do you do?
You get your drunk ass off the carousel!

Weighed in today. Awesome the scale moved to a negative. 🙂 I was worried as I haven’t been able to get a lot of walking in due to problems with walking. Today is an NFD but will continue to monitor my portions. #excited!

Day 15 UK CD

Yesterday was more of a Feast Day, went over TDEE by c200 calories so keeping a better eye today. Took a couple of apples, carrots & hard boiled eggs out with me this morning but not cheese or bread.

Stayed out longer than planned but ate my packed lunch & had coffee with a couple of young friends one after the other, catching up with their news and listening to their issues. A pretty full-on day, but worth it. Got stuck in the rain and on transport on the way home with engineering works & closed stations, treated myself to a free soya milk hot chocolate – a well spent 250 calories.

Feeling a little better/fitter & less anxious but the fact that I have to go out Again tomorrow makes me mindful of good self-care. Need to get some yoga & physio done ahead of prep for tomorrow and another extra early night. Definitely eed to stop avoiding a particular piece of admin and DO something – work out first step, or even try to work out why I’m so anxious about it.

Going to spend a bit of time experimenting with cauliflower & sprout curry for the next few FDs, and making a small low carb, sugar-& gluten-free birthday cake for colleague ahead of a teatime meeting tomorrow. Usual Monday FD for me, around an unusually full day.

@cornish_jane hang in there, hope you feel better v soon x
@bert1802 good luck at the dentist tomorrow
@toddybear congratulations on your 10k!!
@strawberriesandcream loved the quote, thank you