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Day 3 Sunshine Coast Qld Australia: FD:

FD going well. Have had a few pecan nuts this evening. Had miso soup in a cup for lunch, for the first time ever. Not too bad, but it does have 1.2 grams sugar. I guess that won’t do too much to the 500 cals. Haven’t read today’s entries so will try and catch up later this evening.

Day 3, UK, NFD

Day 3 Chester UK FD

Yesterday was NFD, during the week I try to keep NFDs to the cals suggested by mfp, this means that mon – fri I usually do 2xfd and 3x controlled days. The way I see it , this keeps me some cals in the bag for the unavoidable weekend splurges!

Yesterday I avoided the “tuck shop” which one of the girls in work had set up to raise money for charity. She’d filled two desks with all the rubbish but so good sweets you remember. Foam shrimps and bananas, false teeth, cola bottles – you get the picture. I wasn’t 100% successful and succumbed later in the day to licorice all sorts and a finger of fudge – it’s just enough to give the kids a treat😀.

It didn’t do too much damage, as I ended the day on about 1300 cals. Today’s FD will be an apple for lunch and soup with a slice of toast for tea.

Day 3, Newcastle UK, NFD

Yesterday’s FD turned into a CD – including one pint of beer – but I’m happy as I really was in control and mindfully made my decisions. Another whoooooooosh and reached a new all time low this morning of 133.3lbs. However, I’m out for lunch with friends today and no doubt will exceed TDEE. The important thing is that the trend of weight eradication is on a downwards trend – despite taking the scenic route. The flexibility of this WOL means it truly is sustainable.

Lots of comments and good advice from fellow pocket winos. Another thing that helps me is constantly reminding myself that moderating alcohol is not just about weight loss – in fact that’s just a healthy bonus. Alcohol, as we regularly hear, can cause a whole range of diseases, so aiming for some alcohol free days and generally cutting down is a very sensible goal for all of us. As some veterans of this forum will recall, I frightened the hell out of myself back in February and despite the occasional blip, I have changed my drinking habits massively since then.

@flourbaby – cankles? I call mine fankles 🙂 Yay for the whoosh @keetseel & @flourbaby. And for all those who have not yet heard of the Whoosh effect – here is the link: http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect/
@RedRockGirl – thanks for your response. Ever since Dr. M. said we could have 800 cals instead of 500, I think I’ve only managed one at 500!
Enjoy your vacation @sirisan. @amber22 – all the best with your new job and new healthy WOL. @rainbowsmile – take it day by day and visualise yourself in that little BL with no spanx 🙂
@jlmagadaniels – I’m shaking my head in despair…..I’d be tempted to ask where the healthy lunch options are.

Time for Henry Ford’s wise words again: “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.”

DAY 3 QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA FD
Feeling pleased as had meeting today with morning tea and lunch provided. Mnaged to stick to very small serve of ham and salad and a few strawberries and not one bit of cake!! @Brigton Belle congrats on passing up the wine. I too like a glass after a day at work but have managed AFD’s Sun-Thurs for last 2 weeks. 🙂
Good effort for me!!

This is amazing news! I see some people are saying even 800kcals is acceptable? I know I should always be consuming less than others as I’m only 5 foot 1 – short people are meant to eat less.. so unfair. I should succeed with 2 FD’s this week if I stick with it today!

Day 3 Netherlands FD

Finding it hard to fast when home all day (easier during term time!) Ate well yesterday so am hoping that today will go well. Lots of cleaning to do before visitors arrive tomorrow.
Am enjoying following all the posts too!

Day 3…..Florida……NFD

One can not continue doing the same things and expect a different outcome each time. Making one small adjustment can and always will change the outcome.

Today, is my last day of work for the next 5 days…. a nice mini break. We were going to go away but decided a staycation at home would be better. It’s going to be awful nice to have a break from the real world….. so to speak!
The OH is taking the same mental break as well. Our plans include getting the garden ready for our fall garden, fixing the hallway floor from our bathroom leak, helping the youngest with minor repairs on his car and being together. At some point, I’ll need to make a trip to the market, it’s been nearly 6 weeks since I last went. People are starting to complain there is nothing to eat…… (for those newbies, I only food shop once a month, it’s a great way to reduce you overall food budget if your looking to do it. If you want to know how to start let me know and I’ll give you tips )

@coda…. thanks for my well earned metal!

All righty, all righty, all righty, I off to see a man about a horse.

I was addicted to the hokey pokey and I turned myself around!

Day 3 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Woke up to a very wet Cumbrian day – will be doing some housework that I have been postponing………
Had a lovely day out with DD yesterday – healthy brunch, at least for me!!!……lots of window shopping and time to talk 👩‍👧

@rainbowsmile – staying in control whilst under great stress is doing great – just pop in daily and post here and know that we have got you whilst you are dealing with life
@amber22 – 👍new job and new WOL – you have got this!
@congen66 – welcome – never too late to join – read @debster251 introduction on page one and if you have time go through the posts briefly as some great advice already shared but just ask questions and someone will answer – very friendly group
@sirisan – have a fab holiday with the family
@missybear – rubbish weather here too 🌧☂️and looks set to stay!!!!!
@aoife1984 – I don’t keep sweets/chocolate/crisps or biscuits/cakes in the house so no temptations!!!! I keep my intake of cake for when I go out for a coffee with my OH (like this morning – a small slice of a yummy blueberry cake!) or with friends a couple of times a week only; but I am definitely part of the pocket winos 🍷🥂 who are trying to limit themselves to the weekend only at home and during the week only if social commitments arise…….and 600cals is definitely a FD!

PLANK CHALLENGE
@okeydokey @keetseel @lilymartin @lindasue @snowflake56 @lagrandebouffe @brightonbelle @debster251 @fatrabbit ??
As has been said by @lilymartin – it is very important to do an exercise properly if one is not to suffer any damage – form and holding a position properly is key – there are lots of videos on the net from beginner to advanced ones which can be helpful.
@brightonbelle – I started at High Intensity Pilates glass last week and part of the sequence we did involved the spider man plank! First time for me that one…..
With all the talk of “Chaturanga Dandasana” I thought I would clarify that this is one of the positions in the Surya Namaskar or Sun Salutation sequence in yoga. Here is a link with a video showing this rather hard yoga pose:- https://www.yogajournal.com/videos/chaturanga
Surya Namaskar or Sun salutation video link:- https://www.yogajournal.com/videos/salute-the-sun there is also a link on that page for a video showing a modified variation for beginners

“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking…….because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings……BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Day 3, FD

I do quite like FDs – no worrying about food just coffee and water! 
What a fun lot of posts to read this morning.

Coda! Thanks for the medal! Is it ridiculous to feel so chuffed to receive it? (And I was away the end of July so I didn’t sign off at the end of the month. Just moved straight into August!)

CalifDreamer: Interesting to hear of your weight gain after drinking wine. I only weigh myself once a week (or less) so I’ve not tracked my own consequences but I imagine it would be similar to yours. Esp if I’ve had a really big night I tend to crave greasy carb-laden food the next morning. If you walk around a lot at parties with the same drink in your hand that sounds like a good thing – extra exercise! 
Awilson – great tip re adding Pellegrino to a glass of wine. Perfect for hot weather. I also try to alternate a glass of water with a glass of alcohol to slow me down and fill me up.

Thanks for the plank challenge, Snowflake! I did a one-off challenge with my OH recently, but I like the different variations of the plank you pose. I’m with you! Have you got a link with pictures that show what the different plank positions look like? I think I understand the elbow side plank, but not entirely sure…

Keetseel – how did the sitting in a different chair technique work for you?
Well done BrightoneBelle for resisting your OH’s offer of a glass of wine with dinner. That was my undoing the other night – you did well!

Hi Aoife1984 – you’re welcome! Sounds like you’re doing extremely well to stay under 1000 calories per day all week. That must be well below your TDEE! I’m one of those people who eats nothing on FDs. For me, I find that psychologically easier than eating only a very small amount of food and then being tempted to eat more. I still have my coffees in the morning, and if my tummy rumbles, then I just have a drink of water or some hot herbal tea. At the end of the day, when my OH eats his dinner, I just ignore him and tell myself that I’ve gone the Entire Day without eating, so there’s not reason to blow it at the end and eat something. Like you say, I just don’t think about food.

Strawberriesandcream “a new all time low” – what blissful words! Doing a little happy dance for you.

And returning to the sort of theme we had going in the July challenge, I caught myself thinking about Vanilla Slices yesterday. Who knows these? Thick custard sandwiched between flaky pastry, ideally topped with passionfruit icing. Yum!

2nd post

Lol think we all need to be careful when typing ‘pocket plankers’ ha ha

@fuvie was that 1.2g of sugar in 100g or per serving? I just looked at my packet and while it states 1.5g that is in 100g whereas per 10g packet it has just 0.1g of sugar.

@flourbaby – off course you deserve the medal – you saw the challenge out to the end which is what counts. Good to know you are displaying it proudly lol.

Anyone else who took part in the July challenge – your medal is waiting and if @chitowngal goes back she will find I have correct my error. So sorry!

@debster251 – not many remember the Cadbury Dairy Milk medal ha ha – yes perhaps a bit ironic I present a chocolate medal for the challenge but at least you can’t eat it. Enjoy your time away and celebrating YS’s new home.

@rainbowsmile – someone on a previous challenge posted something when they were going through a divorce or received advise about wearing silk or something – I will do my best to find it or if any older members can remember what it was please post.

Day 3 – USA – FD

Day 3 USA-WA FD
@coda thanks for the medal-I love it!

@okeydokey, @snowflake56, @lindasue and others planking their way through August and wondering about balancing their chaturanga with their parvotonasana (translate doing some think that really engages the core, pecs, and upper arm muscles with something that releases those same muscles by doing something that stretches the hamstrings, stretches muscles you were engaging, and engagines the trapezius muscle-yes, I realize anatomy language is like Sanskrit to some!)-the bottom like is to engage, then release, relax, and counter stretch. Yoga relies on this strategy to keep the body healthy. So if you are intensely using a group of muscles, what can you do to really release them after the engagement, and then, can you balance that by using another group of muscles(ideally, the opposition muscles-for one group to contract, another has to be releasing). I have been doing planks and variations for awhile, I teach them more days than not, but you do need to pay attention to form and listen to your neck, rotator cuffs, and leave time to release and counter stretch. I’m with all you plankers in your challenge!

@foodfreedomgirl I know Spirit Lake-my grandparents had a place up there when I was a kid! Beautiful area.

To everyone in the Pacific NW of the USA suffering from extremely high temps and also excessive smoke and nasty air from forest fires in British Columbia-be well and take it easy. Our air quality here is terrible today!

I’m inspired by all the posts to have a simple FD today. I can’t go zero calories or even close, or I don’t do well teaching my yoga/cardio dance classes, and I’m still figuring out exactly how much I need to eat on a FD to teach well and not get light headed. What I eat matters as much as how much-I know that! Planning it out in advance also really helps.

My best to fasters and non fasters, plankers and non-plankers today!

Day 3, Rocky Mountains, US, 800 cals

Checking in! 😊😊😊

Day 4/NFD/Melbourne Australia

Day 3 Akron Ohio FD. I am back in the swing of ADF. When I started this WOL in Feb, I started with 5:2 and once I adjusted I switched to ADF with at least one B2B a week; I was hoping for quicker results and it worked out for me at the time with a 21 pound loss over 4 and half months. My plan this month is to go back to that with the goal of eliminating the 5 pounds gained during my recent vacation and family trips.
Love the pocket plank idea. Prior to our vacation, my family of four took the 21 day plank challenge. Planks are the best!

Day 3 – Finland – FD

Thank you for hosting this month’s challenge, @debster251! Please count me in as well. I will be pretty busy this month working on my thesis, but hopefully I’ll still be able to log in at the very least each week.

I will weigh myself on Sunday in order to get my starting weight for the challenge. As far as what comes to my goals, I hope to be able to finally break the 59 kg limit I’ve been slowly inching towards and move closer to my overall goal. In order to make the month more successful, I’m planning on keeping an eye on my NFD food intake, setting my lowest TDEE as the limit (I’m going to be sitting around a lot, after all).

I’m also interested in joining @at‘s plank challenge! I have a pretty strong core – I did the example plan you wrote here without any breaks today – so I guess I have yet to find a plan that challenges me (perhaps I’ll add time to the forearm and high planks as the weeks proceed). For others looking for an easier plan, here’s one option you could follow: 30 day plank challenge.

My fasting has been as following so far:
today – 493 kcal, 2.0 l water/tea so far
Day 2 – NFD
Day 1 – FD (0 kcal) – very much needed after the overeating I fell into over the past weekend – despite not eating anything throughout the day, I still felt stuffed the following morning.

Day 3 Lancaster, PA FD
I’m in the zone, Only water and 1 cup of coffee since yesterday evening. I’m wanting to save money and lower cals., they go hand in hand.✨
@at I love your saying ✨“A bird sitting on a tree is never afraid of the branch breaking…….because her trust is not in the branch but in her own wings……BELIEVE IN YOURSELF” I 💛 that ✨

🎉✨✨Congratulations @strawberriesandcream on your success! As a favorite US Country song by Garth Brooks, goes… 🎶🎶 😊I’ve got friends in 😂low places ✨🤠😊🎶🎶
@aoife1984 Yes It’s ok to not eat on a FD, some of us find it easier and it works well. Some like a few hour fast break keeping the calories down below either 300, 500, or 800 no simple sugars. If you do eat, making it a healthy choice makes all the difference in the world to be able to continue with fasting and or IF intermediate fasting. 💦Drink plenty of water regularly to help the whoosh effect! Thanks @strawberriesandcream for the link of the Whoosh effect: http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect/ Best wishes and Good Luck!
Pocket Plankers 😊
PLANK CHALLENGE started,facilitated by @at 😊✨✨😊
@at @okeydokey @krisnia @keetseel @lilymartin @lindasue @snowflake56 @lagrandebouffe @brightonbelle @debster251 @fatrabbit ??

Add your name if you are interested in joining in😊

✨Today, I’m going to test the waters and see how much, 😊 or how little I can do😂 I am going to give it a try.

✨Wishing all smooth sailing and an enjoyable day!
We Got this✨😉 Good Luck ✨

Hi have gained lot and would like to loose those extra KGS….today’s my first day.Being with you all may I be consistent.
Thank you

Day 3, Emden Germany, NFD

@okeydokey, my back is much better now, I can do my normal exercises. At my FD I always have yogurt, milk or soup with crème fraîche for dinner. It could be a mind thing though, when I was a child my mother always gave me milk when I couldn’t sleep, so perhaps it’s just the remembered feeling that lets me sleep.

@keetseel let’s do it!

@krisnia thanks for the explanation

@at thanks for the link, it looks so graceful. This 5-minute-plan looks like a good plan to me, I think can do it, perhaps at the end of the month I’m able to do what @chumi can do without any effort, just great. This is a challenge I really like!

Day 3 – SA – NFD

I decided to move my fast day. I haven’t had a lot of sleep in the past three days and I’m a little stressed from work. Yay for 5:2 flexibility!

Day 3
FD, I was up way too early soooo this is going to be a long day! But all is good so far! Dill pickles,black coffee and cucumbers so far 👏

3rd post @califdreamer – It was one of the best things I found about this WOL – re-discovering how nice good food tasted. When you only have 400-500 cals to spend you spend them wisely and I for one cut my meal up in tiny little bites and I savour each and every one.

Another good fast day – one cup of coffee in the morning and one cup of miso soup at about 2pm the rest of the gaps filled with water. Fish with tomato salsa and a little bit of potato salad made with new potatoes for dinner. NFD tomorrow as going out with OH for a meal – looking forward to it already.