Day 15. UK. Fast800.

Good Morning All 🙂

Me too @EmmaTaylor My body must have been telling me something yesterday as I ate wayyyyy of plan. Still under 1200 but definitely not Fast800! So more a CD.

I had oat bran, chocolate rice cakes, string cheese, a glass of pink bubbles, stir fried king prawn and brown basmati rice, berries & double cream. Was delish, slept over 8hrs and feel refreshed for the first time in a while :). Not been on scales as don’t want to burst my happy bubble that I’m in.

Off to clear some cupboards out.

Peace & Love

Day 15 UK CD

Weekly weigh-in shows some whoosh effect has continued as i’m down to 144.5lb. So far so good this month. Also lost 0.5″ from my waist and gained 0.5″ on my hips – or my fat suit is slipping 😀

Still feeling rough today but my poor immune system has begun to fight off virus, which is progress! Sore throat & headache, but beginning to feel more normal underneath rather than simply feeling weird. It’s related to having several autoimmune conditions – the body fights the wrong stuff. But onwards, and the sun is shining.

I just replaced bird feeders in my front garden and it was so warm I went back with coffee to read the post. It suddenly feels like late spring in the sunshine, tho still cold at the back in the shade. Such a quick change – two weeks ago it was snowing and last week was torrential rain!

Makes it hard to plan next week’s smart wardrobe – not least bc I look at what i wore last year and think, how did I manage on so few clothes?! (and how big are they now?!) Definitely time to trawl the charity shops soon – not least bc DD is moveing in a mere 10 mins walk away next weekend, and it’s one of our fave mooching activities 🙂

To all who are struggling with plateaus and no scale changes, I’d like to pass on some wisdom which both interested and encouraged me. I think it came from @basyjames and/or @bert1802 last autumn (Fall) in a challenge thread convo about plateaus. They were looking back with fondness at their plateau time, bc that’s when their shape had changed most significantly. And that’s also been true for me – I’ve gone down TWO WHOLE SIZES since I landed on this plateau last July!!!

Worth remembering too that scale changes are rarely linear xc in the early days. Once we’ve made more progress the weight loss slows down as our bodies adjust, adapt and get busy doing other things. This is a WOL which benefits health in so many ways, and just because the changes are not those we’re measuring doesn’t mean there are NO changes 🙂 Oftentimes the effect is felt much further down the road, or at health checks which discover decreasing blood pressure, or in subtle things like improved sleep or energy, lighter mood or better concentration.

So hold fast,because this WOL works. We’re learning new patterns, eating more healthily, enabling our bodies to function better and feel better. Trust that our bodies are doing something… even if it’s not clear to us. The subtle results build up over time and bring huge benefits – not least encouraging us to build healthier, happier lives.

Onwards 🙂

Day 15, Rocky Mountains, US, FD 800 cals

Nothing really planned today, a friend had to cancel our outing, now I have time to meet DH for coffee on campus early afternoon.
Snow 🌨 will arrive later today. I want spring 🌷 too but I have to remember we are still in the middle of February.
Will have a big salad with eggs, shredded mozzarella and avocados later. And, of course, nuts. I could live on nuts. 😊😆😉

Have a good Friday everyone! ⚘⚘⚘

Day 5- FD- Atlanta, GA- USA

Hello all!! Had a great V-day with the OH last night. He cooked baked chicken and salad, and this wonderful mac and cheese with jumbo shrimp and extra cheese! I devoured the salad first, then the chicken, and last .. I picked the shrimp out of the Mac-N- Cheese. LOL! I did eat about half of the portion, but I was ever mindful of my TDEE. Today I’m visiting family out of town for the weekend, but I’m sticking to the formula. Have an amazing weekend everyone!

Day 15, UK, FD

I’m just about to have a home made soup for my first meal today, so I’m doing fine with my fast. Still plateauing though, but we carry on 🙂

@ciren2 thanks, I can’t remember if @anna6 said she was going away 🙂

@rafiki44 – “If your finger slips while hitting the submit button and you accidentally hit it twice you get a double post!” 😂

@cornish-jane thank you for the advice on tomato growing, I’d prefer to grow my own from seeds, but if its too late to start them in march/april I will have to go buy plug plants in May, I think 🤔

@daffodil2010 glad to hear kefir helped your DH, its a really great thing to drink for one’s health, so full of goodness 🙂 . I might end up following your example on tomatoes growing and put few small seed trays inside , near my windows 😀

@michelinme you are welcome, hope you enjoy the kefir xx , I hope you feel better soon 🤗

@missybear let us know how you get on with making kefir xx

@snowflake56 my shoulder is the same, I saw my doc who referred me for physio and to have a scan, but because I’m travelling for 2 weeks at the beginning of March, it will have to be after I come back. Waiting lists for everything here 🙁 . Thanks for asking xx And yes, lets try growing tomatoes together \o/ 😀 . I’m going to buy seeds and some small trays that I can keep inside until the weather is better and than plant them outside. Lets keep our fingers crossed 😀

@jaifaim to me, clothes fitting is better is more important than seeing numbers on the scale, you are doing well 😀

Have a great weekend everyone 🌼

Day 15 NFD-USA

I completed 5 fds in a row last week and then just 2 this week. Down to 161.3 Was 165 on Feb 1. So I’m close to my February goal of 5 lbs (or reaching 160). The 800cal fast days consecutively seems to be working quite well for me. Better yet, I slept great and I felt great. I wasn’t as tired.

So my longest fast streak was 5 consecutive days. (Was working towards the elusive 14 days)

Question: Do any of you do ADF? alternate day fasting? I think I want to try ADF with 800cal on FD. Does anyone else do this? Or has done this? Does it work? I’ve had much more success since I switched to 800 from 500cal fast days but I’ve never tried ADF because I assumed it was 500cal FD ad infinitum. I know it’s only 800cal (so 300cal more with my terrible math skills) but it makes a huge difference I think. I think I could be very successful doing ADF with the 800cal FD. Think I could just keep working away till I reach my goal. But I don’t know; I feel kind of like a lonely guinea pig or something. Like I’m striking out on my own weight-loss exploration or something.

Day 15 Ohio, US — FD(#54) ✔️

Just a regular FD, so that makes this week a 4:3. One thing I took away from MM’s new book is that it pays to emphasize FD’s as much as possible until maintenance weight is achieved.

@emma1202 On Longo’s website he posts a summary of 7 principles of his diet. Here’s the link: https://valterlongo.com/daily-longevity-diet/ It turns out that the diet he describes is pretty close to what I do on a regular NFD (not like yesterday!).

@lorky35 With 4:3 this week, I’m right on the borderline of doing ADF. I have been thinking about it. James Johnson in his book “Alternate Day Diet” says that he does 900-1000 calories now on his FD’s and I think that Krista Varaday recommends a 1000 calories alternating FD’s for maintenance. So it looks as though you probably could lose with 800 calorie alternating FD’s. It may depend on your own personal metabolism and amount of exercise. I also find 800 calorie FD’s much easier than the original ones, but I’ve gone back to the originals just to help with the weight loss and to give me a trifle more flexibility on NFD’s. I suppose that the ideal is to do alternating WFD’s as many people do here, but I haven’t worked my way up (or down!) to that yet.

Day 16. UK. Fast800

Peace & Love

Day 16 Herefordshire UK FD

Been away at my mum’s. Managed to cope with her stress and had a surprisingly enjoyable spontaneous day out at Weston super mare in the beautiful warm blue sky days we are having here. Lovely to actually enjoy spending happy times with my mum, these are very rare and have to be grabbed. Also spoke to the neighbour she’s having problems with who is an ******* but managed to get explanations and an apology for upsetting a 86 year old lady and he agreed to put right some fencing he’s removed. We’ll see if he honours this and wether my mum feels enough is enough to keep the peace. Yesterday evening she was still spitting blood over lies he told me, I can over look the exaggeration of truth I don’t know if my mum can, I hope so for her sake and health.
@michelinme – I like your wise words and those you remind us of from @basyjames & @bert1802.
@emma-taylor – you’ve swung me back to happy days with OH enjoying crazy Naples, we stayed in a converted convent down a typical old street where shoppers would haul there shopping up in baskets from the street and feast day celebrations seemed everyday with fire crackers going off in the street (no health and safety there!) We went on to explore the Amalfi coast – just wonderful.
Absorbing all the info on the tomato growing talk as we hope to get a veggie plot going here but are new to growing things from seed. Looked on a allotment web site for advice and inspiration, quite daunting especially as we have no veg beds yet, another job on the list!
@snowflake56 – definitely in for today and pleased to see @judyjudse joining us and hope @ccco will bring up the rear, to our small band of happy Saturday fasters. Still house sorting I see, it’s quite therapeutic when stuff goes rather than being moved around.
So definite FD today as tomorrow I’m spending the day with OH and our kids celebrating DS 30th b’day!

Pocket list day 16
@snowflake56
@judyjudes Fast 800
@dingping
Have a nice day everyone!

Day 16, London, UK, FD800,

I had a busy day yesterday, my first skiing lesson ……………. or more like a 3hr torture session!!! My hips, shins and arms (not that I thought I was using those!!) are aching today, but I manged it all on an 800cal FD without dying of starvation or exhaustion!!! Who knew??

Anyway, I’m feeling like this 800cal thing is becoming a habit and although there are some ‘treats’ in the house, because I know I can’t have them for a couple of weeks, they aren’t whispering/ shouting my name from behind the cupboard door!!! i think they call that self-control!!!

I’ll try to catch-up on posts later, I hope everyone is having a suitably controlled weekend, whether fasting or not!!!

Stay strong folks!!!

Day 16, Rocky Mountains, US, CD

Yesterday morphed into a CD. Was all good at 800 cals and then could not resist the last eclair. 😊😆😂

Off to vet (puppy is better with the help of pills but digestion is still not what it should be), then grocery shopping at Trader Joe’s. Later walking to one of our coffee shops weather permitting.

Food will be chicken🍗, broccoli🥦, avocado🥑 and nuts🌰.

Have a good Saturday everyone! ⚘⚘⚘

Day 16: Gloucestershire, UK: yet another NFD
I’ve suddenly developed a horrible cold! The second this winter…and I don’t usually get many at all! Ugh.
The mail was unusually light today; so Monday will probably be horrendous. It usually evens out over time.
My after-work eating-session (usually large) went a bit out of control today…oops!
I wish I could get the hang of this fasting thing…

@shinything: Maybe I’m wrong about @anna6 going away on a holiday.I can’t remember now.
@anna6: where are you?? You’re missed.

NFD UK Birmingham

I’m enjoying reading through the Feb forum posts. Michelinme,
Dingping, Flourbaby and a couple of others really struck a chord and really want to thank you for sharing, and some of the posts are just too funny!
After a great FD yesterday I was surprised that I wasn’t really hungry today til after 11, despite being up with the lark. The weather was so nice this morning I even got the washing out on the line. In February! Truly the world is broken (but still gotta make he most of it when we have it!) Managed going up the park with the little monsters and crazy dog and came home CAKED in mud!
Still not got much appetite despite gardening out (getting the bulbs in finally!) and having a very active day. Skipped lunch but looking forward to Nigella recipe steak and tuscan fries for tea.. if it turns out ok!
Good luck to everyone losing or maintaining. I’ll keep (nosily) reading with interest x

Day 17 NSW Australia NFD
6.05pm Sunday

Hi everyone, just checking in!
On a current plateau – no up or down 😯 just constant.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and bye for now xx

Day 17 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Have a good Sunday all. We are out for a family lunch later and there will be wine. Monday will no doubt be the usual weekends gain. Oh well.

Day 17 USA (Illinois) NFD

Keeping at maintenance. Yeah for that. A little new snow this morning, but the drive to church ought to be fine. Then a hymn sing at a neighboring church this afternoon that is having a massed choir. I do love to sing. 🙂

@snowflake56 – I do always have protein for my FD late afternoon/early evening meal. It’s my only one of the day, although I generally eat a good apple about 1-2 p.m. Often the one meal is a good sized salad with meat either on it or separately. Even still, I am almost always cold, and the sleeping is fitful. Oh well – it is generally only one night per week.

Onward and downward.

Day 17
Florida
NFD
Too many potlucks = weight gain. Plus didn’t get my walking in like I did next week.
Will work on doing better for this week.
Have a great Sunday.

USA Day 17 FD800 (16:8)

Adding myself to the pocket list

@ccco FD800

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Day 17: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD

Feeling groggy with lack of sleep and a horrible cold. I hope DH doesn’t get it, or I shall truly suffer…
@northerndawn: hope you’re feeling better soon.
@lorky35: I read a book on ADF called “The Alternate Day Diet” by James B. Johnson in the early days and found it very informative and inspiring. A lot of interesting science. I believe it was around before Dr MM and his 5:2 book. Why not see if you can get hold of it?

Day 17. UK. Fast800

Weight loss has slowed right down. Nothing to add to that really other than just imagine how much I’d weight without being mindful and deligient about diet & logging my food intake. Yesterday was a little under and today has been a little over.

@northerndawn I hope you feel better soon! Look after yourself.

@ciren2 I really sympathise about lack of sleep. It impacts everything, including food choices. Hope your cold goes quickly too and bypasses your dh!

Peace & Love

Day 17 UK CD

yesterday turned into something of an EFS – tired, ate &stayed up later than was helpful, had had carbs and became All Abouth The Mouth!

Today has been better,not least bc I’ve got that horrible fat-under-skin bloated post-carb feeling. Not drunk enough water and feeling distinctly yuck still, sore throat headache and much more coldy now. Clearly I’m going to be spluttering over the conference hundreds this week.

Whizzed thru posts and now going to eat, drink gallons of water & have a realxing bath with Call the Midwife ahead of reasonably early night. Need to hit the ground running tomorrow and definitely need to start the day with yoga & meditation.

Hope my challenge buddies are not feeling too derailed: we need to share the Mojo round and keep each other going 🙂

Day 17 Ohio, US — FD(#55) ✔️
Day 16 — NFD

No check in yesterday since I was sick with some sort of GI virus (???). I was in bed most of the day, and ate very simple, easily digested food and that took me over the sugar limit.

I wasn’t sure if I’d be up for a FD today, since I felt a little queasy when I got up. The weather report said that by mid-morning we’d be hit by a major snowfall and since I wasn’t able to do my out-of-town grocery shopping yesterday, I decided to give it a go and try to do it before the snow hit. Since time was of the essence, I left for the 25 mile (40 km) trip to the next town without breakfast. I did make it back before the snow, but because I hadn’t eaten yet, it just made sense to go ahead and make the day a FD. All in all it’s been a low energy FD, even so, I suppose that my metabolism is still percolating away, burning up those calories.

@redrockgirl302 Great emoji’s!!!

@ciren2 Hope you’re able to shake that cold off fast!

@northerndawn Being gentle with ourselves when we’re sick is the best part of wisdom. Get well quickly!

18 – Perth AUS – FD (not counting calories though)
17 – NFD
16 – NFD
15 – NFD
14 – NFD

Lots of NFDs there. But on the good side, I’m off the plateau… weight went up, so not stuck on the same number! Haha

Here’s hoping I can rein in the damage before the challenge ends by getting back into fasting. Valentine’s Day triggered some nasty old habits and the sugar demons were WIDE AWAKE for the next couple of days. I did say I wanted to trial the whoosh effect. Here’s hoping it works for me!

Hope you are all tracking along OK 🙂 Ten days to go and I am 3.5 kg from goal. WHOOPS! 😀

Day 18 – Ireland – NFD

Good morning all.
My weekend was definitely NFD … catch up staying with friends and dinner out on Saturday followed by a visit home to my elderly parents on Sunday…
Caution went out the window as it always does with friends and this is why this WOL suits me best as I will reset this week having spent precious times. Sharing some yum cream cake with my dad is the best 😁. He’s not really supposed to eat too much sugar either but… there you go…
It wasn’t all bad though as although I came off the wagon, I only had three alcoholic drinks on Saturday night, and before I would have had at least double that with these friends and enjoying traditional music etc.
Lunch out with work today so shaking up my FDs a little…

Wishing everyone a good day today!

Onward and downward ⬇️

Day 18 UK FD
What a lovely weekend! The weather has been positively spring like and I’ve dried washing on the line for the first time in ages, in February! Small things make me happy! We have friends for a night tomorrow so fasting well today and Wednesday. Happy Monday everyone