Day 26, Newcastle UK, CD

A really good and dry (hurray) FD yesterday. Down another .3lb this morning. 6lbs in the next 4 weeks is now starting to feel achievable – although I still have a week’s holiday at friends’ in Dorset to navigate before our Eastern Med cruise 4 weeks tomorrow. I am noticing that 6lbs above my ideal weight, my face looks a little better for the fullness. However, legs and upper arms are certainly not! Ceroc was great last night, but my foot told me when it had had enough. Maybe need to visit a chiropractor.

@michelinme and @metatauta – thanks for the lovely recipes.
So sorry to hear of your brother’s diagnosis @diana123 xx

“Life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best.”

Day 26 UK FD

@diana123 so sorry to hear about your brother, i’ll be carrying you in thoughts and prayers

Unhelpful day yesterday, but trying to keep an eye on the Big Picture and how far I’ve come. And actually I’ve done OK, and probably just about reached my very gentle goal for April. Had a browse of the rest of the forum yesterday, and really glad to read some posts reminding me to keep 5:2 simple to be sustainable and effective.

Also looked at BBC website linked to its series on UK obesity and input my details to the “Are you overweight” test. AMAZINGLY I was just – just! – on the “healthy weight” – for the first time in a decade. Along with c26% of the UK population of my age/gender. Such a sense of wonder at the achievement! If you’re interested, it’s here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-43697948

@metatauta @borealis thank you for the recipes

@flourbaby I was just thinking exactly that about “treats” and true self-care, thank you for articulating what was not quite coming together in my head 🙂 Grain flour and sugar seem to be addictive to our poor brains, in a similar way to nicotine and alcohol. It’s a hard journey to know what works for us as opposed to what we crave or “want”, and how wonderful to be learning.

@daffodil2010 thank you for reminding me how much I would like to have an apple tree again – I loved the one in my garden which was originally planted in the early 1930s but sadly died five years ago. it began my journey with growing fruit, harvesting & foraging, making chutneys etc which still continue. I’ll plan to buy one in a pot with my birthday money – a wonderful treat to look forward to for June!

This is such a rich group, and I’m very glad to be learning alongside you all. Thank you for those who post thought-provoking or encouraging quotes, i’m inspired daily and very grateful for them.

Day 26 Fasting pocket list – Together we are stronger

@daffodil2010
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@missybear
@michelinme

Here’s the link to the May challenge
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/may-2018-monthly-challenge-2

Day 26 – Dubai – NFD

Just checking in. Thanks for the BBC link @michelinme. I’m still in the overweight category but hope to change that soon!! Good luck to everybody.

“Three months from now, you’ll thank yourself.”

Day 26 USA (Illinois) FD

Need a good FD today —

Onward and downward.

Day 26 UK FD

Having one of those days where everything seems to be going wrong *sigh* ☹

However, due to being preoccupied I have neglected to eat so I have decided to turn today into a fast Day.

Sending everyone love & positive vibes.

Adding myself to the pocket list:

@daffodil2010
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@missybear
@michelinme
@onlyhermes
@sarahbob

Day 26 UK FD ( 4th day of omad)

Despite 4 days of long fasts and one meal a day, not a single gram/ounce/bushel/ etc has been eradicated so far this week! I know the scales enjoy playing tricks on us so I will ignore them and carry on!
Onwards and downwards!

Day 26 – USA – NFD

Good FD yesterday, 438 cals. @hyacinth, so happy for you that you still have both parents and that they have each other. Seems like no matter where you are, it’s who you’re with that matters! And it’s a great reminder to make sure we don’t clutter up our lives and cause our kids to have to unsort everything. @mia139, I think you have a whoosh coming on! @ccco, the US mindset is used to paying big money for losing weight and acquiring good health; it’s still seen as bizarre on this side of the pond; they think you’re starving yourself or in a cult, lol! Decreasing your own weight by intermittent fasting and mindful eating costs nothing, and you are smart to keep it to yourself for now. I’ve lost 33 lbs. already, and people comment on the loss, but don’t care about how I lost it. The first celebrity news anchor, model or famous person that tries it and advertises it will bring curiousity, imitation and lots of positive attention. Too bad it comes to that.

Day 26, Gozo Malta, nfd

I don’t intend to eat over tdee but in the afternoon the snack dragon is attacking me.

I’m going for a two day visit to Sicily from next Sunday afternoon till Tuesday afternoon. I know I’ll eat splendid Sicilian food there but I hope I won’t overdo it.

In May I’ll have my birthday and then my nephew is getting married on the 27 May precisely. Our son finishes his exams on the 26 May. I have a new dress for my nephew s wedding which I bought from Sicily. It fits me now. I hope to lose a couple of kilos until the wedding.

Have a great evening everyone, onwards and downwards

Days 24, 25, 26 NFD

Day 26 – SW WA USA – FD

The weight fluctuations are interesting. I had a fairly controlled NFD yesterday with a 16:8 but up a pound this morning. On to FD #3 for this week.

@flourbaby – I agree with your thinking about not to “treat” with “stuff” that has no place in our lives let alone our stomachs. I need to consistently keep that in mind as I make choices.

@missybear – I appreciate your encouraging thoughts.

@hyacinth – good for you for not gaining as you purged stuff etc. with your parents.

Adding to Day 26 – today’s pocket list:

@daffodil2010
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@missy-bear
@michelinme
@onlyhermes
@basyjames
@songbirdme
@sarahbob
@ccco
@shinything
@mighty
@kaywesterman
@hyacinth
@mia139
@cornish-jane
@annemarilyn

Day 26, FD, Fast Fitness run in woods
Day 25, NFD, energetic walk in woods
Day 24, NFD, Fast Fitness and Fast Strength session in gym
Day 23, half FD, no exercise but busy day
Day 22, half FD, Fast Fitness bike ride
Day 21, NFD, gardening
Day 20, half FD (continuation from Day 19 FD), heavy gardening

Apologies, been missing in action. Crazy busy days! Thank you @flourbaby and others encouraging me to fight my plateau (alcohol is not the cause for me- I’m virtually teetotal. Nuts may be the culprit though). Tried an extended fast of 48 hours last Thurs/ Fri and am doing the same again today/ tomorrow. Let’s see what news tomorrow’s weekly weigh-in brings!

Day 27 – Japan – FD 83.7kg

I had a very late dinner last night … It was mostly salad and some fruit and nuts for desert. Okay is was a really large salad, really large but still probably less than 400 calories including dressing as I don’t use much. My gut feels pretty full this morning and probably the fiber is holding a lot of water to but a 3kg swing in weight is pretty large. That is why I weigh myself so much because I know weight can move around a lot within a range. Last Saturday I was at a low end of the range and now I’m at the upper end (I hope). 😀

Starting day 27 pocket list:

@merryapple
@dykask

P.S. – About dressing … I don’t use very much because my daughter who loves vegetables doesn’t use any. She says “Why are you coving up the taste of the vegetables?” I’ve been shamed into not using much and found I kind of like it.

Day 27. London UK FD

Adding myself to the day 27 pocket list

@merryapple
@dykask
@emma-taylor

Have a good day everybody. It’s gone cold here in London. Brrrr.

2nd post – Weight already down to 81.8kg … that is what I mean by weight range

@emma Taylor, I’ve been living in Tokyo for just over six years now. I’m actually a Montana farm boy that married a Japanese lady.

A couple years ago I got the idea in my head to build a simulation of liver functions to try and understand it better and maybe make an application. I haven’t done that yet but I did start studying a lot.

My goal this year is to get in 90 water fasting days. I’m working on day 28 right now so I’m a little behind place. I travel a lot at times so that makes it a bit tougher at times. That is why I’m counting my fast days.

I measure my weight multiple times a day because I know I have a weight range, not just a weight. Over the last week my weight has varied from 78.6kg to 83.7kg. A 5kg swing in a week is on the high side but it happens. Even weights taken at the same time of the day very some from day to day, although not as much.

I’m very much a numbers person and have difficulty with words. My wife is just the opposite.

Day 27 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Happy Friday everyone 💃 I love my job but I love when it’s Friday too and the weekend stretches ahead!! It’s been so busy in work, I have done about 25k steps each day, my FitBit group cannot compete with me this week 😄

It’s an NFD today but I plan to be mindful. I will rustle up a nice healthy dinner but I will also enjoy some weekend wine with that. Early night as we have to catch the morning ferry tomorrow for our trip to Manchester and youngest stepdaughter’s exhibition of her work. Really looking forward to that and very proud of her. Her mum will be there too so we will have a nice “blended” family dinner and drinks tomorrow evening.

@michelinme an update on my natural anti-histamine of a small amount of salt each morning….it seems to work. I have been taking a quarter teaspoon every morning and this week I have not suffered. Now to be honest I never really had classic hay fever with sniffles, runny eyes, but just a general fuzziness once the flowers and herbs started blooming. Going to keep it up. The less chemicals in my body the better.

@missybear thank you for your wise words regarding every day we choose the better option for our health is for our long term benefit and NOT meeting a goal. I needed to hear that. ☺️

@dykask I too weigh multiple times a day but take the first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything, and hopefully using the loo, as the real measure. I often see a difference and know there is a huge range. I am now at the top of what will be my “Acceptable Weight Range” when I get to goal which is circa 5lbs away. Can’t say I am a numbers person though (numbers often hurt my head 😀) but I love charts and mapping and seeing how things go up and down.

Whatever way we do it, if it’s working, keep at it. Have a great day all 🤗

Day 27, Cornwall UK, NFD

Weekly weigh-in shows a 0.8kg loss, down to 79.0kg. Very relieved as I lost a kg last week and thought I might bounce back over 80kgs. Its a mystery why some weeks work better than others – or maybe its just that scales are a very unreliable measure on the micro level! Down another 1cm on my waist but the bum isn’t shifting this week.

As I only weigh once a week, here are my April results, with target achieved to go below 80kg:

Weight: From 81.6kg – 79.0kg, lost 2.6kg
Waist and hips: Lost 2cm on both

I had a blip in the middle of the month when I wasn’t well, but got back on track and very pleased with 5:2 and plant-based Mediterranean Diet. My OH has done well this month too, and we were talking this morning about how much better 5:2 is compared to ‘dieting’. We have treats, drink wine, go out, fall off the wagon, and we don’t feel bad about it because most of the time we are sticking with the healthy eating and the fasting and we are MUCH healthier for it. Really hope I don’t back track.

I watched the obesity programme last night on BBC 1 and the future solutions described at the end were weight loss surgery and maybe a new drug! NO mention of potential side effects of surgery and drugs. And no mention of fasting as an alternative, risk free, more successful approach! Lots of good things discussed too, so don’t want to be too negative. I too want to know why fasting is still seen as odd and dangerous by some people, or a controversial subject to be avoided???

Day 27, Newcastle UK, NFD

Whoosh!!!! Down another 1.4lbs since yesterday morning to 137.7lbs. I know daily weighing isn’t for everyone, but it’s definitely helping my focus this week. This is the lowest I have been since the 7th of March.

@missybear – thank you for a well timed & inspirational insight 🙂
Welcome back @hyacinth – a good job done and another good job about to be done. Congratulations on your 10lb loss so far and maintaining during what must have been a pretty stressful task.
@mia139 – I forgot that yesterday I would be meeting my friends for brunch. I had a huge bowl of porridge with a sprinkling of granola and a compote of apple, raisins and cinnamon. I did actually leave a little which is unheard of for me. There was no way I could get through the rest of the day with nothing else, so later on I had two small slices of wholemeal toast, dribbled with Organic EV Olive Oil, topped with two grilled plum tomatoes. Remembering my commitment to OMAD a day this week, I called this a snack. I didn’t expect as big a loss this morning, but maybe having my main meal earlier in the day made a difference.
Lol! @metatauta – yes, it is slow battle to conquer the wine devil – been a little like a cha cha recently. However, another dry day yesterday – I WILL win this battle. Your excellent progress is definitely inspiring me.
Enjoy your Sicilian break @anna6 – I’m sure you’ll do no damage at all. Are you a fellow Taurean or a Gemini?
How you doing @redrockgirl302? Are you back on track yet?
@kaywesterman – “watching the local gator in your back pond”?? That’s one heck of a large pond you’ve got there! 🙂
@annemarilyn & @flourbaby – I read about a great app yesterday which I downloaded to my phone. It is being developed by Psychologists at the Universities of Exeter and Cardiff to help retrain our brains so that, instead of reaching for an unhealthy snack, we’ll be more likely to go for a healthy item. It’s very simple to use and they are currently using users’ data to continue development. It’s called ‘FoodT’ if you’d like to take a look.
@dykask – I tend to agree with your daughter. I find a drizzle of olive oil on salads or some butter on hot veg to be quite sufficient if I do want something. ps. do you get home to Montana at all? I absolutely love that state – my very first ever visit to the US started in Billings with a week travelling through Yellowstone down to Jackson, Wyoming followed by two weeks on a proper working ranch back in Montana, the 2nd week of which was taking the cows down to Wyoming for the winter. My ex husband and I are proficient western riders having owned QHs and competed western in the UK, and got to round up mares & foals then bring them back to the ranch from their summer grazing. Happy days!! ps. I had to wear a pair of my husband’s jeans to travel home after 3 weeks as I put on one stone with all that hearty ranch food. Just as well it was on indian territory so alcohol was not allowed!!
A tough month for you @mjrbcd44 – onwards & downwards!
Missing both @fatrabbit & @steve toon taxi driver amongst others. Hope you’re ok?

All the best on this final weekend of April – let’s make it count.

2nd post

@flourbaby – in my book a dry FD will be a fast day without alcohol 🙂
@debster251 – I think maybe the app I mentioned in my post above could be the one in the programme. I have it recorded to watch as I was out last night.

Day 27 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Good FD yesterday. Looking forward to my usual weekend treat of a glass or two of red wine. I’ve found that allowing myself to enjoy alcohol 3 evenings a week works well for me as I don’t feel deprived and it keeps me focused on FDs knowing that my reward of 🍷🍷 is only ever a few days away 😉

Happy Friday everyone.

3rd post — This fast is going pretty easy, I guess that is an advantage of stuffing myself with fiber.

@Strawberriesandcream, I don’t get to Montana too often although I’ve taken my kids out the family farm a couple of times. It is only 3/4 section (480 acres) and my father lives there as well as a couple of cousins.

I’m impressed at all the praise for my daughter’s food wisdom. She is actually a very fussy eater and I don’t know why she embraces mostly plant based foods. She does like processed meats and candy but I try to limit that. Otherwise it is just milk, a few eggs and sometimes cheese.

That brings up an interesting point. Watching some vegan youtube rants against dairy I heard the claim most Japanese are lactose intolerant multiple times. I think I heard the claim of 86% are lactose intolerant in one rant, although often they just say most Asians. You simply can’t believe those kinds of claims. In six years I have never meant a single Japanese that was lactose intolerant. I think my daughter had one classmate that was, however the only drinks they allow in schools up through junior high is milk and water in Japan. Even the teachers drink milk. I have no idea where someone came up with such a crazy claim. Japanese don’t drink as much milk as in western countries but that is because it is expensive here. Typically a liter of whole milk runs ~ $2 US. Tea is a lot cheaper and drank more. Vending machines though often have drinks with milk in them, it is pretty common. Coco, royal tea, coffees and just plain milk typically what you see. Multiple types of teas, water, favored water, juice, juice soda type drinks and some soft drinks are also common in vending machines. Not as much cheese eating in Japan because Japanese cheese isn’t that great and nice imported cheeses are expensive. However the Japanese make up for it when it comes to ice cream, especially ice cream bars and soft ice cream. Dozens of favors and types, maybe hundreds. Sometimes there are favors that only show up for a few weeks. Very popular. Maybe no one ever warned them that ice cream has lactose in it. 😀

Day 27 Stevensville Maryland USA CNFD

Today is the start of my 3 CNFDs right now I am not even hungry, stress causes me to not want to eat. I have been like this for years. @snowflake56 my brother will be 62 in June. We are one year a part. Poor thing isn’t doing so well today. Looking forward to seeing him tomorrow.

We are having a huge boat show at the marina this weekend, I have to work both days. Staying busy is what I need right now.

Weigh in this morning same weight as last week, but that is okay still at my goal weight. My BMI is now 22.2, when I started this WOL in mid January it was 28.6.

Go be love, the world needs you. Have a great Friday everyone.

Day 27, USA, CD

Good morning everyone! Checking in and sending warmest wishes for a happy and peaceful weekend. 🙂 Give yourself the same kindness that you give to anyone else you love.

Day 27 – USA – FD

Adding myself to the pocket list for today:
@merryapple
@dykask
@emma-taylor
@snowflake56 1st of B2B
@metatauta

@mjrbcd44, what stamina to drive 26 hours! @cornish-jane, admirable results! Keep going! @flourbaby, I totally agree with your conclusion about the food industry; that includes the pharma industry as well! @debster251, love your sense of humor. Hang in there! @Strawberriesandcream, hurray for your whoosh! @kaywestern, when you casually mentioned the gator in the pond, it cemented my resolve not to move any farther south than Tennessee, lol! You’re a braver woman than I! @fatfingers, congrats on reaching 165! Isn’t Cruella (my scale) fickle? @missybear, I’m back on track also with 2FDs and 5 dry days this week. I’m determined to keep it up! You’re an inspiration! @dyask, isn’t it amazing the stereotypes you run into? I noticed YouTube gets out of control with some stereotypes of people. @songbirdme, you are maintaining so well! Congrats on your 4 lbs. whoosh! Once I hit maintenance, I’m going to do a major clothing overhaul and get rid of all the US size 14/16s. @diana123, here’s hoping your brother gets the best care in the hospital and recovers; I admire that you are continuing to focus on your health.

Day 27 UK NFD

Today the kids have been driving me nuts. I was having a really good controlled day until an hour ago when I gave in & reached for the chocolate 🙁

Oh well tomorrow is a new day.