Day 15, FD, Hampshire UK

KEFIR is amazing stuff!

Just in response to your questions above, I have had great success with kefir. I make goat milk kefir and jersey full fat milk kefir and soya milk kefir.

It has made a massive difference to my digestion and now I actually take it on holiday with me otherwise I miss the fantastic effects after five days with no kefir.

It is cheap to buy and the grains are easy to look after. Go for it!

As for me, this is my 2nd FD this week. All going well. Haven’t really been hungry today – probably due to the huge amount of delicious pancakes I ate on Shrove Tuesday and then tasty dinner on Valentine’s Day!!!

Have a good day everyone!

Day 15, Emden Germany, NFD

@strawberriesandcream I’m so sorry about your foot, how long will it take to heal? When I look though older posts so many friends from last year are missing, I hope they just took a break and are doing fine.

@annemarilyn I hope your foot improves before your leave to Peru.

@ccco is your stomach any better already, hope it settles down.

@flourbaby I’m with you giving up treats for lent. I think it’s getting hard, I eat sweets every day at the moment. As a child I liked everything sweet, exept chocolate. I still like everything sweet but mostly I like Dutch liquorice (it’s different from German liquorice, less sweet).

Take care everyone!

Day 15, Atlanta,GA USA – FD

So far doing good and not hungry may be because of heavy Valentines day Dinner along with couple of martinis. Yesterday i ate just a fruit and few nuts until evening so that i can enjoy my dinner with less guilt.

Day 15 – Fife, Scotland, FD

Pretty physical day at work today but have managed to stay on plan. hoping to have dropped another wee bit tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed.

Rodger

Day 16 – Japan – FD

(LFD #13 in 2018)

Day 16 NSW Australia NFD
Hi everyone, just checking in!

Day 16 NZ

Just checking in, NFD for me, I did eat way too much chocolate and brownie this evening.

I went to the supermarket and found some low calorie options
– little packets of snacking seaweed, I think its called nori, its actually real good
– biltong (mine that I found was 100 calories for a good serving that I could have half of as one serving really)
– konjac rice/noodles/fettuchine – 5 cals per 100g (check it out!)
– apple crisps (baked apple thins)

If you are struggling with how to snack during the day have a go at some of those ideas, another I use is low calorie jelly

Day 16, UK, NFD
76.4kg. Yesterday’s FD was good, but I could really have done with my weight beng lower before the w/e. I seem to operate in a band about 3kg above where I want to stabilise. t the moment I am finding it tough putting in a 3rd FD a week, but without it, I fear I’ll stabilise in the high 70s, rater than low 70s. Maintenance is frustrating!

Day 16 Newcastle UK NFD 🇬🇧.

Day 16, Leeds UK, FD
Day 17, NFD
Day 18, NFD
Starting weight – 82kgs (Jan last week)
Weight as of today – 77.1kgs

@beddardo – Good weekend.
@michelinme — Thanks a lot, good luck to you too.

Half way through Feb, already feeling great. But have a scary feeling that i would blow it up in the second half of the month (hope not). Family been so supportive for me, but the wife now n then tries to feed me some food out of pure love 🙂
So far my feb goal of 79kgs has been smashed. Not being over confident. But I am very strict on my diet. FD has been mostly liquids (Green teas, herbal teas). NFD has no rice intakes, oats to start the day, 3 rotis with veggies for lunch, a veggie soup to end the day. Having hot water n herbal teas between the meals and fruits in the mix as well. Body feeling light, so happy with that. Having lower back pain (long standing issue for me). So not trying any physical activities as of now. But will try to do Planks from next week to burn the fat in abs 🙂
Good weekend buddies, keep the mind strong!! We can do this!! Positivity is the best part here.. STAY AWAY FROM JUNKS!!

Day 16, London, UK, NFD

Quick check-in today, hoping everyone is doing well.

Aiming for an OMAD & very CD today, I’m back on track after the B2B2B so I don’t want to hurl myself off of the wagon …………… again!!!

To the sweet lovers (Mmmhh cola bottles!!) out there, I can limit sweets as long as they’re not in front of me, then all bets are off and I could (I have) demolished an entire bag of wine gums in under an hour!!!! Cake on the other hand is a bit more of an issue as I’ve inherited my mums skill for baking and making ANYTHING taste good with a bit of flour – so tiny dumplings in soup or stews made from flour & water, pinch of salt (who doesn’t have those in the kitchen??)…………….. done, and heading for my hips!!!!!

@strawberriesandcream, unfortunately my love of wine gums and all sweets really, is probably equal to my love of cake & bread & biscuits!!!!!!!!! Well I didn’t get here ‘cause I adore carrots!!!!!!!!!!

Stay strong everyone, locate that mojo & that wagon then hang on for dear life!!!!!!!

Day 16……Florida…..FD

So far so good, in the no soda or sweets challenge. Minimal cravings! I feel bad for my OS, he gave up all caffeine, he was suffering last night and going through with drawls. Hopefully, he feels better this morning.

About the shootings and gun control…… My OH and I raised our children around guns being avid hunters. My children went on their first official hunt at the tender age of 8 years old, official carried a gun in the woods at 12.
From the time my kids were babies we began teaching the importance of gun safety. It’s not guns that kill people it’s people! As parents it is our duty to teach our kids about gun safety regardless if we carry, own or even if you don’t believe in them.
There way to many gun influences in our life that show guns as cool toys not deadly machines. Video games, television, movies and even music, so it’s not about controlling our guns but controlling how guns are perceived in our daily lives.
My prayers to anyone who was effected by stupidness of people!

Today is an FD, a light lunch and fish for dinner!

I talk a lot of smack for someone who tips over while trying to put on their underwear!

Day 16 UK CD

Really long & chatty post- feel free to skip!

This morning weighed in for the first time in a while – usually I’m a daily weigher but got out of the habit when busy. Also I’d got a bit down watching weight go the wrong way while off track for the best part of a week in a sugar & caffeine fest. Gave up the scales but instead of giving up the WOL I hit the reset button – thanks @bert1802 🙂

Delighted to find I’m 165lbs/74.8kg – down 2lbs/1kg since 2/2 and 13lbs/6.2kg since I began this WOL on 1Dec2017. My fat suit has also shrunk as I’ve lost 0.5in from my bust, waist and hips since 2/2 and 3inches all over since 1Dec. THANK YOU to whoever said to hold the tape measure back where it started and rejoice in the gap. I wouldn’t have thought i was any smaller, but what a difference 3 inches makes!!

Most exciting movement for this month is that my BMI has “shot” down to 26.6 – from 27 on 2/2 and from 28.7 when I started on 1Dec2017. That’s quite a happy movement, and a lovely gain for only 2lbs weight loss. Considering that less than a week ago I was feeling miserable post-sugar fest, abdo puffed back up to around 6mth pregant size and carrying a sense of failure on my shoulders, it’s wonderful to know what a button reset and a few days of mindful endeavour can do. 3 FD later, and the scales have turned – quite literally 😀 – and I carry a small but solid sense of achievement.

This week it was suggested that we live a joyful Lent (“do not put on dismal faces”!) and I’m really enjoying finding things to celebrate.

Yesterday’s FD was the 2nd of unplanned B2B. Ultrasound was fine, and I used the hook of being out to do some grocery shopping. Nothing super exciting but all useful, and great to have the opportunity after a very full 6 weeks so I now have some sunglasses, hair colour and replacement toothbrush heads! I looked ahead and bought a couple of Quorn frozen meals on special offer for NFD, which seem much harder than FD esp when busy. They’re not going to be as good as homemade but a jalfrezy and a paella will feel like a treat.

Instead of buying sweets as a treat for myself I bought some tulips on 2for1 offer – gave one bunch to the friend who’d come with me and kept one bunch for myself. We were both really happy with these. Today I’m loving having a sitting room with tulips and daffodils – cheers my soul and lasts a lot longer than a bag of veggie Percy pigs 🙂

@cornish-jane – congatulations! and me too with the added life-changing experiences 🙂

@nesslook2018 thanks for the ideas of apple crisps and snacking seaweed

@songbirdme – i think each country’s TV chooses their own theme music? I think the BBC use a different theme song each competition, tho C4 paralympic coversage uses the same one over again.

@mjrbcd44 – Go for it with the baking, you’ll be amazed what’s possible. I was never a baker and only learned to bake stuff in the last few years. In starting this WOL have refound my joy of making things from scratch, finding parts of myself I’ve not seen for 20 years.

What started me baking was researching online for a gluten free cake that diabetic friends could also eat for a particular party and finding it was much cheaper to make one. Over the last couple of years I’ve gradually loaded up and now have a great storecupboard of healthy stuff including coconut flour, cacao, almonds and healthy versions of standard baking things (gf baking powder, coconut sugar etc) so can rustle up a healthy cake or flapjacks at the drop of a hat. Since starting this WOL I bake weekly – a healthy cake & bread and try to spend one or two sessions each week making food from scratch.

I also buy coconut oil in a bucket to use for cooking, baking, hair treatments, skin creams and bath products, to use & give as presents – I rarely buy presents these days. Spring-autumn I pick berries from my wild garden and forage from trees & bushes in surrounding streets, making chutneys, james, cordials and liqueurs. Making things can become a really reflective time, like gardening or painting or washing up – I feel in touch with the world and connected to so many other people using their hands to shape something of their daily life. I think I’ve become a witch!

Day -16- USA – NFD

Day 16, NFD, US

Successful FD yesterday and how nice is it to wake up with a clear head and .5 kilo lighter? Great way to start the long weekend.

@michelinme – I’ve bought some coconut stuff ( oil maybe? Anyway it’s solid) and I haven’t got a clue what to do with it. Any advice appreciated.

Did LFD yesterday. It felt quite difficult but I feel better today. I think I’ll try to do one a week, and one ordinary fast day.

Still not drinking. Bearing in mind how many calories I used to take in as alcohol, I’m surprised weight isn’t dropping from me. But I’m much happier, and this WOL suits me, even if weight loss is slow.

Have a good day, everybody.

Day 16 – UK – FD
Day 15 – NFD
Day 14 – NFD

Very annoyed with technology – just wrote a lovely long post and lost it 😠

Devastated to read about yet another shooting killing so many young lives once more 😢

@strawberriesandcream – sorry to hear about your foot – OUCH!
@daffodil2010 – I am also an avid Kefir fan – have been making my own milk kefir for nearly a year now and I drink a glass every day and account for in it my calorie count

So nice to be getting back to my regular classes (Yoga, Pilates and aerobics) after a 4 week break and don’t my thighs know it……..
Lovely walk on the fells today near Coniston with my regular Friday group – sunshine but with a cold biting wind at the top!

I have a very nurturing weekend planned starting with a FD today and tomorrow morning I’m attending a 2hr Pilates workshop – Focus on Fascia Lower Body and will break my fast with a light lunch out with the group afterwards!
On Sunday I am attending an all Day “Love Yourself Yoga Workshop” which will focus on many heart opening and feel good asana and also practice a range of Pranayama (breathing exercises to cultivate loving prana/ life-force). A light vegetarian lunch is provided by our teacher followed by a walk through an ancient woodland! and we will also meditate and explore peacefulness through Yoga Nidra 🧘‍♀️

Every time I get out on the fells it makes me realise how lucky I am that I get to live in such a beautiful part of the UK and that I have good health that allows me to get out there and for this I also give grateful thanks to this WOL 5:2 has allowed me to shed some kgs, improved my asthma and given me great energy – Life Is Good!

Thinking of you all and wishing you a great weekend!

To those who are struggling – Be Strong and Fabulous – Never Give Up. Everyone has bad days so pick yourself up and keep going. Firmly press that RESET button and remember that Progress means that you might not be where you want to be BUT you’re not where you used to be! Plenty of time left in this February Challenge for a last push towards those goals – Great Job by those who are losing and to those who are maintaining 👍

Day 16 NFD Oregon USA

A disappointing weigh-in showing me .5 lbs back up. I know all the reasons this week but it is still discouraging. I think I may be dubbed Queen of the tortoises. I should still be in the losing steadily crowd based on amount needed to lose but nope…😒😒

@songbirdme your post resonated with me so much. I grew up in a musical household and raised my boys in one as well. Jaws, Harry Potter, of course Star Wars and the Olympic fanfare are iconic and evoke so many happy memories. What is your favorite musical? Even though I love Rogers and Hammerstein, I have seen Wicked four times including once with Kristen Chenowith and Idina Menzel. 😍

@flourbaby–I didn’t mean to start the candy 🍬🍭🍫 thread but while we are here it is clear that the UK treats and US are quite different. For me it was and still is Hot Tamales, gummy bears, Sweet tarts, and for candy bar a Baby Ruth. 🙂

@michelinme…oh your post was wonderful and I can now imagine you gathering berries out in a forest. I live in a state known for emphasis on gluten free, vegan, and natural foods. (Lots of “hippies” here in Oregon) so I know I could probably even find a course. Maybe you will inspire me–though it would be a new skill set as I really struggle in the kitchen most of the time.

I also need to run today but it is dark and rainy out this morning so am postponing. Hopefully that won’t mean skipping altogether.

Definitely feeling like I lost my mojo this week. Not sure my 3×800 plan will work out. Mostly because it seems like I can’t stick to the number. Just becomes like a NFD instead of true fasting. Might need to reassess. Also just find my smile.

Have a great day everyone.❤️

This week was just blah. Sabotage after sabotage. so dust off and get back on track on Monday, in the meantime I will try to be mindful no sense in going overboard.

I wish you all the best.

I am so sorry I have not had time to read posts and respond, it’s all I can do just to log in daily for accountability. I promise to do better starting next Monday.

Day 16 MI, USA FD
Day 15, NFD

Movies with buttered popcorn don’t help when trying to lose weight. Saw
The Greatest Showman with DS yesterday, loved the music.

Back up to 147, hopefully a fasting weekend here will help get me on the right track.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend🌞

Day 16 Sarasota, Florida FD I’ve been doing fine on maintenance by having 5 CD’s/ week (under 1000 calories.) My sister put ice cream in my freezer last week 🙄so (now that it’s gone) I’m going to fast today so my week is not over 6000- my formula for success.

Day 15 – FD but not
Day 16 – NFD

I feel you @basyjames. This week has just been full of uncontrollable cravings for some reason. Best to start fresh next week. We can do this, we still have a little less than half of February to go!

This has been the first week since I started 5:2 where I didn’t successfully fast. I’m not sure why it was so challenging to me this time, but it’s been rough on my mind. I”m just going to take it as some weeks you eat more than normal and some weeks less but it will all average out as long as I keep sticking with 5:2.

Happy Friday everyone!

Day 16, Cornwall UK, NFD

@michelinme – I am impressed with your ingredients cupboard – do you have a good recipe for dairy-free flapjacks? What do you think about replacing butter with coconut oil? I too am a forager – mostly for elderflowers – as my OH makes a lovely elderflower champagne. We get stopped by visitors in Cornwall asking us why we are picking large amounts of flowers off the bushes. I think some of our old foraging traditions have been forgotten by many – more for us!

@ccco – here are the shooting stats for Chicago from the Chicago TRIBUNE:
http://apps.chicagotribune.com/news/local/young_victims/

Baltimore may have exceeded this, but these are just from guns.