Day 21 – USA (Illinois) – NFD

Happy to be home, safe and sound, uneventful travel. Sorry to see lots of clouds here today, though, so the 85% Solar Eclipse we are due to get here in northern Illinois won’t be very good. I’ll see what TV shows though. Very southern IL is due to get 100% so I know people driving south to see it.

Happy too the home scale shows no change after being gone. YEAH! Looking forward to getting into fall clothes. Each season I find more things that don’t fit any more. Yeah for that!

Will hopefully get to read posts and catch up with you all later on — Onward and downward!

Day 21 Norway FD
Day 20 – NFD
Day 19 – NFD
Day 18 – NFD

On thursday i went on my RV-trip with some family members so i knew i wasn’t gonna be able to count my kcal this long weekend. I did my “thursday FD” on wednesday just to be sure. And was looking forward to a fast day today. I ate my only meal just now…and sorry to say, i kind of miscounted…or something…should have counted AHEAD of eating, rather than after…i ate 327kcal too many 🙁
I was already thinking about a 3 days fast this week, monday, wednesday and friday, so now i know i have to…im not gonna weigh in tomorrow morning either…im gonna weight until next tuesday, wait until I’m on track again. I have 180-something emails from this forum just waiting to be read, so i guess i have some reading to to.

Onwards and downwards.

Day 21 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Nice to be back home and to normal routines much as I enjoyed my visit to sunny Suffolk!

I normally do a Monday Fast but after fasting on Saturday just did not feel like it today so tomorrow will be my FD – going for a walk with friends in the morning and I have a late yoga class at 6pm so should work out – I have a fresh kefir batch brewing since returning home so will have some tomorrow

Met up with some friends for a coffee and a catch up this afternoon and heading out to a High Impact Pilates class early this evening – be interesting to see how I fare having done no exercise apart from my plank challenge for the past 10 days……..

@flourbaby – love those teal shoes – you’ll feel fab wearing them 👠could not find one in teal!!!!!
@metatauta – so good that this WOL allows for enjoying life and good food and a few 🍷🥂and staying in maintenance – I just seem to have reached this weight and maintained – I still fast for the long term health benefits and because I enjoy that lovely feeling when I wake up after a FD
@keetseel – good luck with the job application and I’m sure you got a big hug from your cyber family here instead of being able to hold that puppy when we read your post 🤗
@dykask – thank you for the feedback re your prolonged fasting – strength of mind on your part – well done
@bellyblast – join our “pocket winos” group – we all love our wine and just try to restrict ourselves a bit!!!!!
@carolmscotland – I save all of my calories except for a bit of skimmed milk in cups of tea for my evening meal when I choose to eat on a FD, sometimes I just drink water and cups of tea of 36/40hrs – all depends on how I feel. I’m not a breakfast person anyway so never feel the need to eat on waking! Since settling in maintenance on this WOL I eat when I feel hungry and not dictated by the traditional meal times
@annemarilyn – sounds like you had a lovely visit with your son
@brightonbelle – thanks for the welcome back – I visited Sicily several times when much younger and loved it there, the inner mountains are equally beautiful as the coastline – did some great walks! What a lovely highlight to your holiday!

We have 10 days left in this challenge after today – LET’S MAKE IT COUNT – a final push to the end of the month!
– Some good weight loss going on this month – you all know who you are – GREAT JOB
– Some are working hard at maintaining – Let’s keep going strong!
– A few are struggling – we are willing you all on………

I thought it would be a great quote to support those who are struggling and having doubts about what they can achieve:-
“Stop beating yourself up
Stop making a list of all the things you think you’ve done wrong
And start making a list of all that you do right
It’s time to be proud of who you are; and how far you’ve come.”

Day 21 California USA FD

Went out to dinner last night and ate only half of the eggplant Parmesan, but drank 2 glasses of wine. So pretty happy that today is a FD.
The eclipse just passed by a while ago. It’s getting brighter now. And warmer! I think I must have been one of those people, in a former life, who thought the world was coming to an end during an eclipse. It seems creepy.😁

Addiing my name to the pocket list:

@belmc
@onahealthyhigh
@dykask
@melf123
@mogaman
@ducks_d
@rocy65
@daffodil2010
@msraven
@liathanail
@missybear
@brightonbelle
@molij
@lyonlottie
@lynned
@yolina
@happymargo
@bert1802
@chumi
@penz
@berries63
@snowflake (b2b)
@debster251
@basyjames
@califdreamer

Day 21 USA FD!!

2nd post
FD going well, but I am feeling fat. I think a B2B might be called for. And then see if I can add a 3rd one… NFDs are definitely my problem, so I need to minimize them.

Day 21– Colorado USA– FD (2n dpost)

Finished eclipse viewing.🌗 It was cool. 😎
Didn’t have the glasses so made an old-school Boy Scout shoebox 📦 eclipse viewer. Performed admirably. Plus, we had completely clear skies & perfect weather for it.

Now I need to bang out my “100 Moves” before hopping on treadmill to catch up on this thread & get started on our Book Club selection. We’re reading Jodi Picoult “Great Small Things.” Know nothing about it, hope it’s good.

Stay strong Fellow Fasters!

2nd Post
@belmc & @belfastsink Great idea about a recipe forum! ✨😊✨
@at Thanks for the wonderful quote✨ Also do you have the location that I can purchase kefir? What is the procedure and, or recipe to make it. I’ve been only able to drink fluids lately, or “blended up” food in my Ninja blender, because of the issues with my teeth. At least I am eating less ✨

2nd post

Hi @okeydokey – I just use full fat milk and kefir grains to make my kefir, no added sugar required – here are two very useful links when you are starting out for making kefir at home that I found – you should be able to buy the grains via Amazon or google where to buy in America

http://www.culturesforhealth.com/learn/category/milk-kefir/

https://happykombucha.co.uk/pages/what-is-kefir

I initially got some grains from a local company that I found on line and the first two batches I made were not very good but by the 3rd fermentation I had very good kefir – taste a bit like runny greek style yogurt slightly sour

I often second ferment my kefir with fruit, raspberries or blueberries are my favourite – note only add fruit after you have strained the kefir from the grains or the grains will be spoilt.
I also sometimes ferment the kefir until the curds completely separate from the whey and discard the whey and then strain the grains from the curd and what you are left with is very much like a set yogurt

Hope all this is helpful
AT

Day 21–ABQ–CD

Thank you, Debster, AT and Snowflake! 🙂

Day 21 NFD St. Louis USA Solar Eclipse Day
Just got home from friends house who had a gathering to watch the eclipse together. It was hot, about 90, clear and sunny. The total eclipse lasted about a minute and a half for us. It was fun watching the sky change, temperature drop briefly, cicadas came out and night birds were singing. Most of the food was healthy except for the half of fudge brownie I ate, then my friend was a bad influence on me and we stop by the bakery and I got some kind of a le leche caramel cake. Will probably still stay within my TDEEs. Too hot to walk so may work on my dance movement routine.

Will be fasting with all of you tomorrow. I have met my goal but want to be diligent to maintain. I am confident that it’s the evening eating and snacking that does me in. Even though it’s mostly healthy eating, it’s the one thing I do that seems to make the most difference in my weight and, more importantly, feeling healthy and strong in my body.

@at I have ordered from cultures for health before and found their products to be of good quality. I’ve purchased Kiefer grains from them. I’ve never bought Kumbucha that way. I’ve gotten my Scobies from friends.

Thank you again for those who offered support for my brother and my family. We are still waiting for news about treatment so I probably will post again. Even though I know none of you personally, I so appreciate the many kind words and the support we offer each other in so many ways. It tends to restore ones faith in the goodness of humanity.

All my best to all of you.

Day 22 – Tokyo, Japan – NDF 76.3kg

Feel normal this early morning. I’m going to try to get in a hard HIT workout today, I feel like I really need it.

Day 22/CD < 1500 cal/Melbourne Australia

August hasn’t quite gone according to plan. A severe head cold and out of control NFDs and an over the top luncheon (3500 calories 😜) have played havoc with my goals. The two fast days last week saw my weight stabilise below my goal weight but only just. Friday night I uncorked a delicious pinot grigio with the aim to enjoy it over the weekend. Needless to say I drank 3/4, ate too much cheese and biscuits and promptly fell asleep during my favourite weekly program. Not a good look for a 65 year old, pocket winos!

I read an interesting article by an economist in our local paper. She had embraced the Kon Mari method of decluttering and organising and in doing so lost 10kg. When I started 5:2 I did the same. Preparing for retirement I wanted to be as healthy and organised as possible. Somehow the two went together. The article was the inspiration I needed to reset. I’m taking back control and have updated the spreadsheet for the rest of the month – CDs and FDs all planned. My pantry has been tidied up. Those pesky dried biscuits and dried fruit have been placed on a higher shelf out of reach. No more mindless snacking when I make a cup of tea. Today I plan to reassess my wardrobe. Buying a new wardrobe when I reached goal weight was really inspiring and motivating. I hope to recapture that feeling.

Lots of inspirational posts and great losses. My heart goes out to @mogaman and @sirisan. @belmc a 600 – 800 calorie day is considered a FD under the new rules.
@at and @okeydokey welcome back.

We all know what we have to do to achieve our goals but if we don’t change our bad habits adding good habits will not help. Especially in the long term.

Day 22 Sydney FD

So excited to have almost finished two months of fasting and eating healthily.

Pocket list fasters for today from the spreadsheet. Please add your name to it if you’re also fasting.

@at
@keetseel
@losing_it
@mari84
@snowflake56

Hope you’re all excited for today!

Day 22 Lancaster, PA 2 of 3 B2B’s

Adding myself for Fasting, Day 22 ✨Wishing Everybody Well!✨

Pocket list fasters for today from the spreadsheet. Please add your name to it if you’re also fasting.
@at
@keetseel
@losing_it
@mari84
@snowflake56
@okeydokey

✨We Got This! ✨💃✨🕺🏼✨💃✨🕺🏼✨😊✨

Day 21, USA, Missouri Ozarks FD

Back to work, back to fasting. I’ve been MIA for a couple of days (they were NFD’s by the way) because I got stung a few times by some type of bee, wasp, hornet, something – stung on the top of my forehead but my entire right side of my face swelled up (eye swollen closed, black underneath, very filled with fluid like it might burst open, yikes ! ) However, it is much better today, just a bit warm, swollen and bruised. Looks like I went a couple of rounds (losing ones) with Rocky Balboa ! BUT I did get a lot of yardwork done before calamity struck so it’s all good.

Hope everybody else is doing well and that they do not have a fat, hot, swollen, bruised face…

Day22, India, FD

Day 20 UK NFD 🌈
Day 21 UK NFD 🌈
Day 22 UK FD 🌈

Hi all, had a lovely break, didn’t go away anywhere just seeing family and friends and relaxing, which also involved a lot of drinking and eating, I would say my eating was good, my drinking was not 😂😂😂
Back on it today, work, healthy eating and exercise. Sometimes I feel a break gives u renewed energy.

Have a good day all. Keep on keeping on 👊🏻 Just do it!

Day 22 Ireland NFD

Good FD yesterday but no scale movement this morning. Ho hum.
DH cooked a huge steak with a bottle of red wine for dinner while I primly had my FD broccoli and chick pea soup….so many credits for me.
I am doing a 16:8 NFD today…with homemade tomato soup and a tuna sandwhich on home baked oat bran bread for lunch. Then a beef and carrot casserole for dinner. It’s coming in around 1000 cals on my FitBit food tracker.

I have found that if I have a big breakfast I am ravenous by lunch so skipping breakfast as much as possible will be the way. But as I speak, my DH has the grill on for sausages ( he is off today) so I better get to work quick 🤗

Day 22, Shanghai, NFD

Thanks @at for the links about kefir. I am trying to decide between making kefir or kombucha. Much of it depends on how much room it will take up as my kitchen is tiny.

Am now back at work and suddenly the FD is no problem. On holiday, towards the end (being a teacher, the summer is a vast stretch of temptation) I could not maintain the momentum. The call of chilled white wine in the evening was too great. And it is never just one glass of wine with me, I am afraid.

Very envious of listers in the US who got to see the eclipse.

Anyway, very happy to be back in the community here and also relieved that my motivation is back intact after a couple of dodgy weeks. Looking forward to a strong finish to August.

Day 22 – Woking, UK – NFD
243.5lbs
Am now exactly 3lbs down for the month against my target of 4lbs so on track. Yesterday was a good fast day – 645 calories. Gym tonight so should be a good day.

Day 21 | Cork, Ireland | FD
Day 22 | Cork, Ireland | CD (800 – 1000 cals planned)

Day 22, London, UK, FD (1st of B2B2B)

Quick check-in, sighing in relief (again) that it’s a FD!!! I’ve got to stop using FDs as a cure-all, after an overindulgent weekend. I need to be mindful at ALL times otherwise I’m doing that bouncy-bouncy thing, I hate to do, with the scales!!!

I need to take some time out to plan my weeks meals which will keep me on track!!

Stay strong & keep the faith people!!!!!