Day 7 Ohio, US — NFD (70 bites)

A good NFD. Still seemed as though there was more to do than there was time. One of the nice things about counting bites is that there is no question when I’m on target or not. That has removed a lot of uncertainty about the NFD’s.

@shelliz Hope you make it a successful FD!

@songbirdme Also hope that your concert was great! It’s gotten so warm here so fast that I’m overdressing when I go out, since I really can’t believe that it’s not like the Arctic outside! We haven’t gotten any of your showers, just the clouds.

@ccco Congratulations on finishing the big fast! Seeing the weight loss is just icing on the cake 🙂

Day 8 – Japan – WFD #27 in 2019

Day 8, Melbourne Australia, FD.
Days 1 & 3 FD.
Days 4-7 NFD.

Question: I seem to have lost the search feature that used to be here… was it retired?

Hanging in there, but doing it a bit tough today – funny how some days are easy and others tough. I wonder if it is to do with what we eat the day or 2 beforehand.

@Betseylee, same-same ” I have major problems trying to swallow tablets unless I have them with food “. I struggle to swallow pills with liquid. I have found that I only need a very tiny bit of food, eg one almond or a cherry tomato and it seems to fool my brain into thinking ‘it’s okay to swallow’ if I then put the pill/s in at the time I’m ready to swallow. I found that my BP normalised whilst I was fasting last time, (last concerted effort) so it might pay to keep an eye on your BP, anyway.

Good luck to hula-hoopers – heehee, just had a vision of being able to look down on the globe from outer space and see tiny people hula-hooping here and there…

Day 8 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Ate too much snacks and chocolate yesterday, and today my skin is looking spotty. I just can’t eat chocolate without it going to my face. Never had teenage spots, super to be getting them in middle age….NOT 😡

Although I had slipped over the plateau boundaries a couple of weeks ago I have climbed back on. So hey ho, off we go.

Not much to report, Monday morning, blah. Trying to instill positive thoughts for the day ahead, but outside is grey and overcast and typically Monday.

Day 8. London. FD

Adding myself to today’s pocket list
Pocket list:
@shelliz
@stephsie
@jaifaim
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@emma-taylor

Have a good day all.

Day 8 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

Adding myself to today’s pocket list
Pocket list:
@shelliz
@stephsie
@jaifaim
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@emma-taylor
@missybear

Happy Monday everyone 😊

Day 8, London, UK, NFD

Well I fell off of the DRY wagon yesterday!!! I had a Spa day including lunch and a glass of red, unfortunately it didn’t stop there as I opened a bottle once I arrived home!!! Rookie mistake!!!

My hula-hooping is going well ……………………… not quite up to the expert standards of @metatauta or @rabbette, but at least there’s some improvement!!

I guess I’m pressing the reset button tomorrow (NO chance of success today) with a B2B2B. With the intention of going back to my first love of 500cals, I think 800 was giving me license to make good use of the extra 300, even when I didn’t need or want to!!

@daffodil2010, I’m all for the full breakfast on a Sunday morning, such a wonderful treat to look forward to sharing with your OH. This WOL really, really allows for actually having a life rather than putting life on hold for a (whisper it) D…I…E…T.

I hope everyone suffering some kind of bug or virus recovers soon, I think the crazy weather is to blame, I drove through a snow storm last week ………………… madness, I tell you, madness!!!

Keep the faith folks!!!

Day 8 London UK FD 800 (hopefully)

So after falling off the wagon on Friday, I’m ready to try climbing back on. Pollution where I am is fairly high today, so it may be that that’s making me feel a bit spaced out and runny nosed, rather than a cold. Or, as you say, @flourbaby, it may be this bonkers weather.

@stephsie – yes, sugary treats. That was my problem Friday – Amarillo biscuits, which probably weren’t that many calories in themselves, but I just wanted to eat afterwards

Day 8 UK FD

Rather relieved to be back on a regular FD for the first time in a couple of weeks. Somehow the holiday time was easier to be mindful… Came back last Tues straight into 5 full days, felt sick on Thurs so didn’t fast. Then slipped straight off the waggon over the weekend with vegan choc ices (sugar dragon!) and the sheer VOLUME of food… Talk about feed a cold… Somehow I lost all sense and became All Mouth instead

Woke this morning feeling puffy & hungry but so relieved I’d prepped ahead… was able to remind myself it’s MondayFastDay, and there’s vegan chilli and some cauliflower sitting on my “Fast Food” shelf in the fridge along with a small apple and clementine. Everything else is out of bounds until tomorrow… including the ENORMOUS jar of Italian truffles DD gave me yesterday for “Festa della Mamma” 🙂 Keeping it for Easter sharing…

Get well soon to those of you who are also feeling ill. Offering a hand to all who need to climb back onto the waggon – we can do this! And strength to my fellow fasters today…

Day 8 Pocket list.

@shelliz
@stephsie
@jaifaim
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@emma-taylor
@missybear
@russetfox
@ccco
@michelinme

Have a great day!

Day 9, Melb Aust (12:45 a.m. at start of day 10), CD for 9/4

@ciren2 and @snowflake56, opened the spreadsheet on the first page to make an entry – empty, no info.; everything has gone!!! Is there another copy drifting around somewhere?
I’ve been very busy so haven’t made entries for the past couple of days, so I haven’t gone back to pages 5 or 4 to see if there’re any comments about it.

Day 8
Florida
FD today. So far so good although I am getting hungry. One more hour for dinner. My weight stayed the same which is okay with me. I didn’t walk as much last week and was afraid I gained. Keeping it below the 170 line. 🙂
Hope everyone has a great day.

Adding my name to the pocket list.

Day 8 Pocket list.

@shelliz
@stephsie
@jaifaim
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@emma-taylor
@missybear
@russetfox
@ccco
@michelinme
@rafiki44
@kaywesterman

Day 8- Ohio fd

Fd take 2. Lucky I had originally planned it for today. And I have refilled my water bottles to take to work. The village is repairing lines AGAIN, so no water. Yes, there are a couple packs at work, but they usually get used during the day. And I get to try a new idea I have towards making me less likely to have cravings. I accidentally threw out my bank card, so I can’t buy junk at work since I don’t carry cash on me there. Now, I literally am stuck with what I take to work. Just need to brew coffee now. Big thermos helps. Planning on making the end of lunch soup after I finish the coffee. Coffee flavored miso? And now the kid has me going tomorrow to a place where there is all meat sandwiches as a family meal. I need today to be a fd to figure what I CAN eat there. Besides baklava or rice pudding.

I think my body is holding and adding pounds one weekend of the month. I checked today and the weight is already dropping.

@daffodil2010 That meal sounded delicious. But eww on the side effect to chocolate.

Hope everyone else is doing well.

Day 9, Japan, NFD

I managed to escape before the food – especially the sweets – was served at the party yesterday! Delicious curry left in the fridge at home but I succeeded in only having some kefir and konjac for dinner. But that konjac I ate with spicy oil…the oil was probably not necessary at all…and I actually felt quite full already after the kefir but still wanted something else…
My FD has been quite loose recently and that’s probably why I’m not making a lot of progress, just going back and forth. I see that some of you are on or planning to go onto a big fast, maybe I should try that before going to the long holiday at the end of this month…? Need to do some research.

@brightonbelle What a relief to know about tipping in Italy from someone who’s so familiar with it! That is definitely helpful. Thank you!

Have a good day everyone!

Day 8 , VA, USA, NFD

@daffodil2010 – yes Raspberry Stout, (similar to guinness in that they are both stouts) There are even more kinds such as
Gingerbread
Bourbon Barrel Gingerbread
Kentucky Christmas Morning
Apple Brandy Barrel Gingerbread
Rye Barrel Gingerbread
Rum Barrel Barrel Gingerbread
Sidamo Coffee Stout
Bourbon Barrel Raspberry Stout with Vanilla Beans
OH an let me not forget

Christmas Pancake Stout (yes it taste like maple syrup and stout)

and these are only the stouts made by Hardywood. I live in like the mecca of microbreweries and a large portion of them make at least a couple different stouts. Hardwood does the most stouts.

There are other breweries that make their beers after pies. So far the Mississippi Mud Pie, was very notable as a favorite of mine.

So you can see I’m kinda in a pickle. (or should I say a dark river of stout)

Day 9 Melb Aust FD (just after midday)

@ciren2 & @jleven, so glad you could resurrect the spread sheet – that was a bit of a shock yesterday evening, finding it blank. Happened last month once, too – maybe there’s a gremlin lurking in the system??? 🙂

@shelliz, I’ve also had a fairly unsuccessful few days, and plan to do several B2B2B2B, to get myself back on track plus shake off this plateau I’ve been on (which discouraged me, which led to the unsuccessful days! Sigh!)

Hi @biddiev, glad to see someone else has the problem of being a day ahead of everyone else – that’s why I usually post in the evenings. So, as two of us are already fasting today, I’ll start the Pocket List.

Day 9 Pocket List
@biddiev
@betsylee

2nd post

@betsylee 4 FDs B2B sounds ambitious! I’m a little bit scared of the so-called hunger mode, where your body feels you are in severe hunger and tries to store every single calorie without consuming any. But I think it’s similar to FD800 (800cals for 20days i remember?) LFD or WFD sounds attractive too… so many choices!

@betsylee @biddiev As long as you put the day count in front of the pocket list i guess it’s okay to post in the morning? 😀 I’m in UTC+9 so a bit early of a lot of ppl too hehe

5’10. 34 year old male professional in LA. Trying out IF/ Fastdiet on the recommendation of a registered dietician I saw on a lark. I’ve done WW, Atkins and calorie cutting in the past for weight loss with positive but not permanent results. Fasting seems to be a discipline I can enjoy as long as I’m healthy and not overly stressed at work! I ballooned up to 225 recently, started IF at 218 after just calorie cutting, now down to 214 in just a week of IF!

Today was a FD, my third 600 calorie day and it went great. I do obsess about food, but I’m no longer feeling the every 20 minute hunger pang. I think I’m getting a hang of this!

Day 9 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

I did not have an FD in the end yesterday, even had some wine 😨 , but scales still kind. Yup @annemarilyn, for some reason I was feeling down, all that grey murky weather and cold is just getting too much. I mean the temperature says 10c but the cold North Easterly wind from Russia makes its biting cold.

Anyhow, doing my FD today. Plus, my brother is conducting a practice interview with me over the phone at 8 tonight so no time for stuffing face.

I have been called for that job interview tomorrow afternoon, so today will be mindful and preparing answers, and getting in the zone. Should be ok…..having been an interviewer many times in the past I have a better handle on how to be a good interviewee…….I hope 🤔

@snowflake56 that’s the unfortunate thing about the Google sheets with access to all, it just takes someone to press the wrong button and not realise and it’s gone. But there is always a way to get it back. Good job 👍

Day 9 UK NFD

Slowly getting back in the swing of things yesterday’s FD seemed a little easier than last week , really enjoyed breakfast this morning will prepare for tomorrow’s FD and then work on a strategy to not blow it at the end of the week

Day 9, London, UK, FD (1st of B2B2B)

I’ve got my positive head on today, I’m determined to stay dry for the remainder of the month ………………….. It’s NEVER as good as I expect, leading to headaches, poor sleep and awful food choices. I really love the discipline of a FD, I can actually feel my body sigh in relief when it’s a FD!!!!!

Welcome @jlevin, as I say to all newbies, follow the basics until you get comfortable with fasting, then you can either stick with it until the inevitable plateau, at which point you’ll be confident enough to go B2B2B+; water fasting, liquid fasting, 16:8 or even 23:1 or any combination that suits you!!!

@daffodil2010, fingers crossed for your interview, you’ve got this!!!!

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~Dr. Seuss

Day 9 London UK

Yesterday’s fast day 800 went well; despite waking up several times in the night I feel a lot better this morning. Either the mysterious spaced out feeling was a bug which is going, or the anti-histamines are kicking in properly. I actually felt well enough this morning to do my RCAF exercises.

@debster251 – raining in London and sunny in Belfast? Has the world gone mad? 🙂

@gretta – so sorry to hear about your Grandmother. Spend as much time as you can with her, and remember to look after yourself as well. Will pray for you.

@stephsie – yes, I am definitely prone to the sugar demons. Chocolate I can take or leave alone, but a pack of sugary cakes or biscuits just looks at me and begs: ‘Eat me! Eat me all!’ Then I feel hungry about half an hour later.

The only solution is to have no biscuits etc. in the house, but that doesn’t help when a friend offers you some while you’re in *her* house. 🙂

@snowflake56 – hope you’re feeling better soon, and thank you for your care for the spreadsheet!

Day 9 – Manchester, England – FD

I haven’t been around for the past few days due the run up to the Easter break being incredibly hectic at work. I haven’t been strictly following FDs due to the chaos, but I have kept the WoL in mind and tried to be mindful in my eating. So far, the scales have been behaving themselves and actually slipping down slowly, slowly. I think that this is testament to the flexibility of this WoL. By keeping it in mind, I have still made good choices or been able to balance out some of the less healthy eating I’ve done. I’m not so concerned about when I feel hungry and am able to resist temptation (some of the time!).

Anyway, I’m throwing myself back into the 5:2 proper today with a FD. I’m a bit tired after the weekend, but hoping that I can stick to it today. I feel like my body needs a bit of a break after a busy weekend away with friends and all of the fun that involves.

@gretta – I’m so sorry to hear about your amazing grandma. I hope you’re doing ok. She sounds wonderful. I hope you get to spend some lovely, quality times with her. Congrats on hitting your April goal so early! Inspirational!

@betsylee – what are you studying? I also used to do ESL teaching 🙂

@daffodil2010 – So well done on resisting all that temptation on your work night out! I’m not sure I could’ve done that!! You did so well. And good luck for the job interview. I hope it goes great.

@russetfox – I’m sorry to hear you’re going through a tough time. It’s awful when there are things coming at us from various different directions all at the same time. Take each day as it comes. It’s ok to not be ok. This will pass and things will get better, even if it doesn’t feel like it at the time. Make time to be kind to yourself and try not to be too hard on yourself. Sending virtual hugs 🤗

To all you hoopers out there, I was never able to do it when I was younger, but with all the chat on here, I’m kind of tempted. I don’t have a hoop though. But you all could convince me to try to find one from somewhere!

I’m adding myself to the pocket list for today. Stronger together!
Day 9 Pocket list:
@biddiev
@betsylee
@gretta
@ciren2
@snowflake56
@aglowworm