Day 5 NSW Australia NFD

Hi everyone
I’ve finally decided to get back on track. It’s now been 9 months since actively following 5:2, my younger brother’s passing has had a big impact! Thankfully, I’ve only put on 4 kg – could have been a lot worse. I’ve been lurking in the background all this time 😉
I’m a young 66, married to a wonderful man, still working one day per week, involved in a couple of community groups ie Probus and Garden Club, a Carer to my lovely 86 yr old Father – he lives with us, and intend to rebegin my healthier lifestyle! I started this WOL in October 2017, and it’s life changing!

I may not post each day – will do when time permits. I enjoy reading, and get lots of motivation and tips, from all your posts.

I wish for you all an enjoyable life, as is possible. Enjoy whatever you are getting up to and bye for now xx

Day 5 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Happy Friday. Well, last night sure turned into a session, as well as our team in the pub, the management team arrived in for dinner, so there were rounds of drinks sent over to our table, craic and banter, sharing of pepperoni pizza ……..I stayed dry throughout and slipped off at around 9.30. (Just as the music in the bar was starting so the fun would probably have moved up a notch).

Feel wonderfully smug now. I had a great night out, I did have some pizza, but only put on a pound (which has to be all that sparkling water plus one non-alcoholic cider), and I feel refreshed. Ready to face the work day….wonder how my colleagues will be??? 😄

@flourbaby I do love a good session but having the car parked outside plus the difficulty and expense of getting a taxi from town out to my rural village sure put a stop to my gallop!! It was a great night though.

@arelkade Hi, welcome back old friend. It’s such a pleasure to see you posting before me again and reading your sign off “Enjoy whatever you are getting up to, and bye for now” ☺️☺️ You know that we welcome you with open arms.

It was such a rainy day and night yesterday, icy rain, brrrrr. This morning has dawned bright and sunny but really cold, minus 2 😨 This April doesn’t feel like Spring. I had potted on my tomatoes and put them out in the small glasshouse I have, they look ok, hope this cold doesn’t do any damage to my babies.

Have a great Friday. No FD for me today. Prepared a lovely chicken dish for tonight and really looking forward to some red wine 🍷 Loving Dry till Fri 🍷

Day 5 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Successful FD yesterday. Have a good weekend everyone.

Day 5 UK NFD

Yesterday morphed into a OMAD NFD bc felt ill, but v good decision. I’ve been much better all round at listening to my body since beginning this WOL, practicing good self care, realising when tired etc. The gift that keeps on giving 🙂 Weekly weigh in had me at 65kg still, and I don’t seem to have reinflated my fat suit. I’m not going to worry about this week’s FDs, be mindful this weekend and plan for two good FDs next week.

Feeling substantially better today for the food, bath & early night – there’s nothing like 10 hrs’ sleep to boost the system. Still super sneezy, headachy & tired so will do it again today. Delighted to be up and out without too much effort this morning, successful commute into town and good meeting. Time to pick up last bits, prep for the weekend and plan ahead for next week – then switch off into gentler things 🙂

Thank you @ciren2 for the reminder re drinking plenty of water on FD. I’d also forgotten about the importance of salt! I’ve fallen out of my min 2litres/day pattern bc the friends i stayed with didn’t have fizzy water. Need to consciously remind myself to drink more until it’s back into a habit. Started today, almost 1ltre before i left the house, took 2 x 500ml with me and rememebered to drink most of it while out. Planning and patterns works for me when building healthier habits.

@arelkade welcome back, we’ve missed you
@daffodil2010 well done on your dry night out 🙂

Here’s to gentle minds and wise decisions…

USA Day 5 B2B WFD

I am well into my B2B water fast and plan to eat again on Sunday. I weighed myself this morning and did lose a little weight. I am really full steam ahead this month because I am tired of being on this roller coaster!!

Adding myself to the pocket list:

@shelliz
@fiftyandfabulous
@ccco B2B

Good luck all you fasters!

Day 2 – 5 – UK – NFD

No FDs since Day 1 but generally mindful eating so remaining just below the maximum of my maintenance weight range 💃

Apologies for not posting this week – keeping busy and active with plenty of exercise! and some good hikes in the surrounding fells of my cumbrian home.

I was so happy to hear that I will have a brief visit from one of my nieces from Australia in May and then her mother, my darling sister will be visiting for a week in October on what will be her first European trip – she and her DH are doing an 8 week tour of Europe and 2 weeks in the UK in total.

@m33 – I’m sure others have said but no one fails on this forum – a bad day does not constitute failure as you can just restart tomorrow or next week 🤗 and remember to drink plenty of water – if I think I’m hungry I drink a 300ml glass of water and find that this works well for me
@rabbette – totally agree with you – my biggest lesson was realising that what I considered to be a normal portion size was way too much – we all relapse every now and then but I have managed to remain in maintenance since Dec 2016 so it just goes to show it is certainly doable and I don’t feel deprived as I still enjoy my glass of wine and slice of cake/cheese scone just not everyday and certainly not in the quantities I used to eat before I found this WOL
@thestro @jlevin @yvette-hamilton @alisa253 @stephsie @piglizzy @missyp – Welcome to you all, you have taken that first most important step – stick with us and you can achieve your goals
@brightonbelle @biddiev – how lovely to have you both back with us x
@shelliz – thank you 🤗 I found that once I decided to do something about my weight FOR MYSELF it was the trigger I needed and whenever I stray I remind myself “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”
@daffodil2010 – 🤗 just read your post about the loss of your mother at a young age and just remember that although “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal – Love leaves a memory no one can steal” My darling mum passed away in September 2014 at the great age of 97 so I had her with me for a long time and a good friend wrote that message in a card and it gave me great solace at the time and I always think of my mum with great feelings of lovexx
@excelsior12309 – you popped in briefly in the Nov 17 challenge – lovely to have you back with us
@mogaman – lovely to have you back, stick with us and we will help you press your RESET button and dispatch those pesky 7lbs and the link to the spreadsheet is on Page 1 of this challenge
@beedoo – we had missed you – you are doing the right thing by reigning things in early before they get out of control – checking into this forum is a great form of accountability – just a word of advice on that left over chocolate – find a good home for them that is not you 😉
@cakeywakey – hello ☺️
@m33 – is it really Jul 17 since you were with us??? anyway lovely to see you here again but so sorry to hear that you have had poor health and a lot of stress over the past 18 months but we are here for you and you can do this 🤗
@gretta – so sorry to hear about your grandma – she sure sounds like an amazing 76y.o. – I’m sure her keeping fit will stand her in good stead for the fight ahead – sending you a big virtual hug xx
@therealwil78 – nice to have you back after your family spring break – hope you had a fab one
@arelkade – Welcome back – so nice to hear that you have decided to get back on track – losing a loved one is always so hard emotionally on us, and we all know what that does to our eating pattern but it sounds like you have not done too badly with the weight and as you say “I’ve only put on 4 kg – could have been a lot worse”

To all those on this April HHE (Hula Hoop Extravaganza) – good luck and I look forward to reading your exploits but I think that I will stick to my current mixture of exercise sessions as it seems to suit me!

Well it’s our first weekend for April – let us all enjoy it whatever we are doing and stay mindful in our eating habits and remember “Only I Can Change My Life, No One Can Do It For Me”

Day 5 – Eastern WA USA – FD

So far a true water fast day for me. I drank my coffee black though I do prefer some cream. Enjoying some water with a touch of lemon essential oil in it and now working on some ginger/turmeric tea from Trader Joe’s. Good for you @ccco for going for a 72 hour water fast! Don’t forget some salt from time to time to keep your electrolytes up. That reminds me, that I need to go pop a little pink salt under my tongue.

@Rabette – sounds like you’re making great progress!

@snowflake56 – thinking of you! Hope you’re doing well!

@daffodil2010 – sounds like you had a lovely evening, and because of your choices, you were refreshed for today. As you mentioned, I wonder how your colleagues faired.

@missybear – yay! you had a good FD. It’s interesting how some are easier than others.

Need to try the hula hoop again today. Going for alternate days as @metatauta suggested.

Day 5 Pocket list:

@shelliz
@fiftyandfabulous
@ccco B2B
@annemarilyn

Day 6, Japan, NFD

No weight loss after FD… I need to be patient and keep going.
DH asks to eat out so I can see some food over the weekend… And there’s a party on Monday which is usually my FD so maybe do FD tomorrow? I have never tried to fast on Sundays, staying at home surrounded by food… sounds impossible already but I think I will give it a try if I feel like doing that tomorrow morning.
Wish everyone a nice weekend!

Day 6, Emden Germany, NFD

Sorry for not posting lately, too much going on in my mind. We’re trying to adjust the medication, not very successful until now. Will be back soon, I hope. Take care everyone! Hugs xxx

@ciren2 don’t worry about the spreadsheet, it’s updated.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Day 6 UK NFD

Obviously not in the groove yet , completely forgot to post ! Doing OK but working out how to do better on NFD in order not to wipe out good work achieved on FDs

Hello, all. Today marks 7th day on 5/2, due to starting on 30 March…down 3.2 pounds, so that is very motivating. Trying to keep to a 16-8 eating pattern, which I don’t find difficult most days. I am 68, work 4 1/2 days per week as a pediatrician, so busy mornings help keep me distracted–provided staff do not bring donuts etc in…they can lead to all kinds of trouble! Good luck to everyone!

Day 6-USA-FD800

Weigh-in day today and I was excited to break into the 130’s! 4 more pounds to go and I will be at goal. The (US) size 8’s in my closet that I was initially trying to get back into have already gotten baggy. However, I don’t want to buy clothes right now because my body is still in transition. Feeling grateful when realizing that this is the lowest weight of my adult life!😀

I normally do WF on Sunday, but our Laotian church members are hosting a potluck, so there is no way I missing out on that feast! So I am going to eat everything with Thanksgiving and without limits and hope for the best. 👍👍👍

Decided to rearrange my week’s fasting routine to one WF and two 800 FD B2B, yesterday and today. I love how flexible the 5:2 protocol is!

Starting a pocket list because I don’t see one yet.

Hope everyone is enjoying your weekend and celebrating all of your successes so far!

Day 6 Pocket List
@fiftyandfabulous

Day 6 UK EFS

No idea where this came from, but have truly overstuffed myself! Yesterday I ate to TDEE and felt v full and wondred how on earth I used to eat more…..
Today I ate FIVE small vegan choc ices, a packet of wasabi peas, a bowl of gf grain cereal with plant milk, a hot green salad with hummus and a portion of pear & ginger crumble with plant milk custard. Now Feeling v fat & successfully inflated my abdomen back up 6 month gestation size 🙁

Somehow the 6am start and 2pm home meant I was up for temptation – not helped by my cold. Harder to resist temptation when tired. I found the vegan choc ices on my way home and didn’t resist – any of them!! Also need to remember to take good food out with me… even an apple will do.

I’m pleased with the pear & ginger crumble tho – adapted a new recipe bc pears were on special this week. Made with lots of fruit & spices, only 1 cup oats, 2tbsp pumpkin seeds, 1 tbsp oil and 2 tsp sugar! It’s delicious 🙂 Going to freeze the rest for when my friend comes to supper next week. I’ve also batch-cooked 3.5kg vegan chilli for visitors & FDs over the next month or so 🙂

Off to wash up the mountain then heading for another early night.. feeling v tired today bc kept waking up last night – virus plus forgot to take my evening B3. I’d stopped appreciating how much it improves my quality of sleep. Back to looking after Future Me… including the one that will be glad of a CD tomorrow!

Here’s to looking after Future You too… what’s the wisest decision you can make today? x

Day 6 NFD

I made “healthy” cowboy cookies. I love cookies and I’ve wanted them all week so I made them today! This recipe has a lot less sugar than other recipes for cookies.
I also finally did my meal planning on a NFD. Whew that was easier than planning it tomorrow on my FD oh my gosh talk about major self control or I’m unaware *till now* that I’m into torturing myself (by looking up recipes for the whole blasted week while fasting)

On an upside after I made the cookies (I ate 2 of course) then I did my 10 minutes of Hooping I figured I’d have another cookie after, but instead I walked in the Kitchen and went for a glass of High Quality H2O! And didn’t even feel like I wanted a cookie yay! I even went back for seconds on the H2O!

@shelliz one of my fasting days is usually Sunday and I find that it’s not too bad (except for the meal planning that I was doing) as long as your loved ones/friends understand. I have always had broth or a very light soup on Sundays in the evening. Especially if I am home at supper time.

@dykask Oh My Gosh! I had to look up Pike pushups. My shoulders hurt just watching that being done. I teach and do yoga about 15 times a week and while we have down dog I can not imagine lowering down with it. I think I would shred my shoulders!!! Be mindful with YOUR shoulder too. I’m rather weak in the shoulders, but I remember ignoring an injury in my shoulder and then within about 2 more days of my ignoring (what I thought was light amount of pain) I couldn’t MOVE my shoulder. Good for you on the 350 pushups geez. I think I got tired after reading that. Haha – Plank pose would be good for your core and back, but if your back is not feeling up to par, then plank will prob also not be good right now.

@brightonbelle: I can also have that issue. I made adjustments, such as keeping track for 2 weeks of ALL my calories (I’m not a fan of calorie counting) However, it was helpful to SEEEEE where I was gaining more of my calories (((Hello Stouts!))) and then it was easier to make adjustments and/or reason with myself like – hey remember brain that a Rasberry Stout of 12.7 oz has Calories: 276 – I now take a bit more time to ENJOY the stout or not have a second one.

Day 6, UK, NFD

Its been a good day food wise today, but last night my friend came around and we had a couple of 🍷 , ooops 😳 . But never mind, we carry on 💪

Sorry I’m not posting much, or should I say making short posts and not replying much, just having a busy, intense spell 🙂 . Hopefully not for too long ….

@matpi my shoulder feels better after I exercise, but its very painful to actually do it, so I sometimes just can’t 😬

@arelkade so good to see you back xx

@ciren2 thank you for your encouragement 😊

I hope everyone is having a good weekend 🌼

Day 7, Japan, NFD

Yesterday we had some shabu-shabu of lamb and veggies in buffet style and it was lovely. And not a lot of calories because shabu-shabu means everything is quickly boiled in some clear broth, and lamb is said to have lower calories and fat than pork or beef.
Thought about FD today but decided to go onto NFD. I’ll try to make it a CD… we’ll see.

@dykask @daffodil2010 I used to live(study) in the states and UK for a couple of years, and I totally agree that tipping is so confusing..! Btw I’m Chinese living in Japan but we don’t tip in China as well as Japan. I’m going on a holiday to Italy later this month and I am worrying about tipping already! DH has never been out of Asia and I’m sure he’ll be more confused than me hehe. Culture difference!
And I remember in USA we had to calculate the tax other than the price listed and that was confusing too…

@annemarilyn wow that’s really some thing to be able to fast on Sundays! My DH knows I’m doing this WoL but we always eat out or do some baking on Sundays which is very hard to resist 😛 Yeah the problem is mainly me I guess…ouch!

Day 6 Ohio, US — FD(#71)
Day 5 — NFD (70bites)

Just a quick check-in. Both days have gone well, but have been so hectic that I’m extremely fatigued right now. With any luck, things will settle down a little bit now.

Hope everyone is enjoying the first new moon of Spring!

Day 7 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Morning all. . Me, well as its Sunday, it’s cooked breakfast time…..sausages, pudding, eggs….yummmmmmm.. Definitely not 5:2 but it’s the only breakfast with DH of the week so going to enjoy it.

He is off to work later so I have a Sunday afternoon to myself. Chilli and kale seedlings to be pricked out, sweet peas to be sown, and Sunday newspaper to be read. Looking forward to a relaxing day.

Have a good Sunday everyone.

@ccco I am thinking of you and your mammoth WF and I hope you enjoy breaking your fast today.
@rabette just wondering what a raspberry stout is? Stout to me is alcoholic like a Guinness, so is it a raspberry flavour….oh my, that would be nice. I like my Guinness ☺️

Day 7Belfast NFD

Back from 3 nights in Tallinn, a lovely medieval city. Clear blue skies and 16 degrees, I was considerably overdressed! Good food and three nights of drinking (unusual for me) have pushed the scales up a bit, so important FD tomorrow.

Yes, @ jaifaim last month’s progress was very pleasing. Have stepped off the sugar and gin wagon for a few days while I was on a short break. Back now with renewed vigour!
@hieiren – I’m glad I’m not the only one who can’t hoop! All this talk of hundreds of rotations is quite intimidating! @metatauta – surely with YouTube and your instructions I’ll master this?
@gretta – so sorry to hear of your grandma’s news. Enjoy your precious time with her.
Thank you for your hooping rules and link@Rabette.
Good to see you back @arelkade.
@daffodil2010 – high five for the willpower! 👏 your tipping comment reminds me of an incident we had in Canada. We were at a harbour restaurant. The waitress brought us a drink and the menu, and half an hour later still hadn’t taken an order and we couldn’t attract her attention. OH went up to the till to pay for the drink and go because he has no patience for bad service. He paid for the drink, (no tip) and the waitress said to him, ‘In our country it’s usual to tip’. Quick as a flash his reply was, ‘in our country we only tip people who bother to serve) and with that we left her open mouthed and went to eat somewhere else!
@dykask – very impressed!

I’ve skimmed the last few day’s posts and will try to catch up later.

Happy Sunday.

Day 7 UK NFD

Week one done with mixed results will weigh in tomorrow and refocus for week 2

USA Day 7 NFD but 16:8

Well, I’ve completed my huge fast and glad to be eating today. This morning when I awoke, I stepped on the scale and to my amazement and delight, I dropped 2 lbs.! Yay! Yesterday it looked like I had lost nothing after all that effort. Even though I didn’t eat, the lemon flavored seltzer water really kept me feeling full. I will try another 24 hour fast tomorrow and hopefully I will have eaten enough today to accomplish that! Also, because I started out fasting not sleeping, I thought I would google search that experience, I found quite a bit about it. It proved very interesting. I got the most info on keto insomnia. It worth reading and very interesting!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Day 7, VA, USA, LFD

Got up at 8:30am taught a workshop (3 hours) home feeling hungry and tired. Had some broth and I’m going to grab a nap – I have to go back and teach later this evening. I can tell I’m dehydrated but I’m feeling resistance to drinking water. So after the nap maybe I’ll feel better.

Wow so far I’m the only one fasting Sunday!?! There’s got to be others and I missed them.

Pocket list
@rabbette

Day 7- Ohio fd

Woke up feeling like making today a fd even though I hadn’t planned to until tomorrow. Stomach is better but still icky otherwise. So, I am planning mostly miso soup and applesauce with some cinnamon for the day. Actually that sounds very tasty.

The oldest has been panicking about military so I get to deal with this a while. At least he keeps going back to doing it. Plus he doesn’t like that my lower clothes are starting to want to fall off. Insert sarcasm. That’s supposed to be his thing! \Insert. I may be looking for those smaller pants which also means shopping at thrift stores again. Since I hate doing shopping for clothes, I think that becomes an excuse to sabotage. Feeling healthier needs to be more important than facing clothes that I need to remember.