Day 4 UK FD

Checking in for accountability and speed-reading posts for motivation.

Slept late and tired after tomorrow so slow to get going – determined to start my week with prep for tomorrow and balance for today. Project stuff every day this week and aware i’ve lots to do. Rather than getting overwhelmed I’m going to prepare, prioritise and plan – getting better at working with what’s possible rather than trying to speed up or overstretch! Now for yoga & meditation, then crack on. So glad I’ve a freezer full of FD food that just needs heating up at the end of the day 🙂

Wishing you all a day of good decisions x

Day 4 – Iceland – FD

I am glad that yoyo-January is over and hoping for a straightforward-February! The weekend wasn’t very controlled but I am determined make today a good FD!

@judyjudes – thank you for very interesting links on antibiotics/ghrelin levels
@at – thank you for adding me to the pocket list 🙂

Have a great day everyone!

Day 4 USA (Illinois) FD800

Overate yesterday, but I’ll make up for it today with very controlled eating.

@coda – oh yes! So great to hear from you! I have to agree with @northerndawn completely and applaud what you began. This has become a safe and happy haven for so many of us. Your example of hosting has perpetuated oh so beautifully.

Onward and downward.

Day 4, Cornwall UK, FD

A bit late to be joining the Feb challenge, but here I am. Those who know me will know that I have lost 34kgs (75lbs) so far over the last 18 months or so. I currently weight 72.2kg and want to lose another 7kg to reach 65kg target weight.

I have stalled in my weight loss over the last few months and I ended January on exactly the same weight that I started it! So hopefully Feb will be a month I get off this annoying plateau.

It feels like I am struggling on maintenance and not even there yet! But truthfully, after losing all this weight, I am having to adjust to eating less for a smaller body. And I am experiencing increased hunger – something that does apparently happen to some people after they have lost a lot of weight. So I’m struggling with some demons at the moment. But am hopeful/confident I can keep the weight off and keep going to lose a bit more.

I do 5:2 on 500 cals and a plant-based Mediterranean Diet. It is tempting to add another fast day etc, but I find the 2 fast days OK so don’t want to rock the boat. My demon is to control eating on the non-fast days. So here we go February…

Day 4 pocket list:
@annemarilyn
@betsylee
@debster251
@diggly
@borealis
@gretta
@elektron
@emma1202
@judyjudes
@kaywesterman
@michelinme
@northerndawn
@shinything
@yellowandblue
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@jaifaim
@coda
@at
@shinything
@basyjames
@cornish-jane

Day 4, Raleigh, NC, FD

Not a bad weekend (stayed at my TDEE and walked 6 miles on Sunday) but managed to regain any perceived loss from my FDs last week. Trying to stay positive and motivated by reading your posts. As much as FDs can be challenging, controlling myself on NFDs is much much harder. Plus, I have a huge sweet tooth still and I often have a cheat meal once a week which is probably not helping my plateau issue… Taking a deep breath and forging ahead.

@basyjames and @at, love reading a little bit about you and what you do that has worked for you. It’s inspiring! Thank you for sharing!

@flourbaby, Thank you for sharing even your frustration. I have been at a plateau since October, and it’s encouraging to read you are still sticking with it and pushing forward. It helps me stay determined.

Thank you so much @judyjudes for the link about gherkin and leptin hormones. Very interesting.

@coda welcome back!

Good luck @basyjames with the 800cal challenge. so many of you seem successful with it, it’s making me wonder if I shouldn’t try it in March. Can’t wait to read about your success!

@cornish-jane, I’m sorry you have plateau’s but what a journey so far!

Day 4 pocket list:
@annemarilyn
@betsylee
@debster251
@diggly
@borealis
@gretta
@elektron
@emma1202
@judyjudes
@kaywesterman
@michelinme
@northerndawn
@shinything
@yellowandblue
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@jaifaim
@coda
@at
@shinything
@basyjames
@cornish-jane
@emma1202

Day 4 Eastern WA USA – FD

Thank you @at for putting me on the FD list. So far so good with staying on Keto choices – LowCarb Healthy Fat Moderate Protein. I’m entertaining the idea of going on a long road trip that may make it a little challenging but that’s okay. I have some cousins and friends getting away from the cold in the southern parts of the USA. I’m thinking of going down to connect with them and catch some warmth as well.

Day 4 pocket list:
@annemarilyn
@betsylee
@debster251
@diggly
@borealis
@gretta
@elektron
@emma1202
@judyjudes
@kaywesterman
@michelinme
@northerndawn
@shinything
@yellowandblue
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@jaifaim
@coda
@at
@shinything
@basyjames
@cornish-jane
@emma1202

We’re in this together!

Day 4 Belfast FD

Thank you for adding me to the pocket list

I had my first painting class this afternoon and came away heartened. Well, it wasn’t as bad as I expected. Good food choices made today and a light supper under my belt, I’m off to my swimming class feeling very positive.

I didn’t come this far to only come this far.

Day 4 Minnesota, USA FD (800)

Adding myself to the pocket list:

@annemarilyn
@betsylee
@debster251
@diggly
@borealis
@gretta
@elektron
@emma1202
@judyjudes
@kaywesterman
@michelinme
@northerndawn
@shinything
@yellowandblue
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@jaifaim
@coda
@at
@shinything
@basyjames
@cornish-jane
@emma1202
@ccco (800 cals.)
@northerndawn (800 cals)

Stay strong, everyone!

Day 5 Wellington, NZ, NFD

Sooooo lovely to have the kids and grandson here – he is such a ball of energy I wonder if OH or he will tire first! OH is in his element crawling around the floor being a lion. We’re off to the zoo today for some real lions.

NFD yesterday but was so busy didn’t really eat much and my kind new scale showed me 300gms down this morning. Result.

@cornish-jane you might want to consider a couple of weeks on the new F800 to shake things up. I found it easy to stick too – 800 calories seems so much more than 500! It seems most people are getting a bit of a whoosh on it.

Off to the zoo we go ho ho!

Day 4, Rocky Mountains, US, CD

My planned 800 cals day morphed into a CD of 1100 cals.
Went to Tai Chi class, then coffee with DH on campus. Walked home. Was so hungry. Oh well, tomorrow I am planning another 800 cals day.
@missybear: Happy 60th Birthday tomorrow! 😊🎶🎂🎁💐

Hope everyone has/had a good Monday!😊😊😊

Tuesday Feb 5, greetings from NSW Australia! FD.
Hi all, I am new to the fast800 way of life. I started last week and fell apart on the weekend and have found that reading through the forum posts has given me the motivation to give this another go. I’m trying to balance life, kids and work and somehow in between forgot to take care of myself, eating and drinking too much, something I hope to change. If its not too late could I be added to the February challenge? Looking forward to sharing my journey with you all.

Day 5 – Japan – WFD

Normally when I’m fasting I typically see a pretty good drop in calories burned as reported by my activity tracker. Today I ran 6k to see if that will help keep my calorie consumption up through out the day. I also hadn’t ran for a couple of months and was just curious to see if I could do it.

So far my calories are a little higher, should be around 1400 by noon. However, I’m still feeling the normal chills I feel while water fasting. It seems my body forces itself to conserve on body heat. It is especially noticeable with my fingers while typing.

Day 4. California NFD

Good 16:8 day with two meals. My fast day yesterday also went well and I just had one 477 calorie meal for dinner. It still hasn’t stopped raining here in California. it’s the most rain we have had in years. Luckily I got new tires today so I’ll be safe driving.

Happy birthday @missybear

Day 4, Oceanside CA, CD

I have been a Fast 5:2 woman since November 2016 following an 800 calorie per day FD protocol from the beginning. Walked with my Fitbit from January 2015 and lost 35 lbs and lost another 18 lbs by November 2017 with Fast 5:2 . So 53 pounds gone and maintaining to present. My reflection on this program is to plan meals, watch portions and get some exercise every day. Walking in fair and sometimes challenging weather keeps me happy, healthy and in maintenance.

I am 72, 5’3″ and 143 pounds. I love berries and a protein waffle for breakfast and a nice protein with veggie dinner. The fiber fills me up. It’s not really about calories. Eat whole foods including full fat yogurt, cottage cheese and half and half to stay satisfied. A square of dark chocolate now and then is good for our heart health. And there is room for a Cosmo cocktail and wine. Moderation is king.

I enjoy reading all the posts and the new members can learn from those participating from June 2016. We are living one day at a time. There is always a fresh start if we need it. Fast 5:2 is a sustainable way of eating. I love seeing the posts from @at, @songbirdme, @redrockgirl302, and @coda who started this challenge board in the spring of 2016. We can all succeed supporting each other.

As we move into spring and the rebirth of the earth (at least in North America) positive times ahead.

Day 5. UK. Fast800

I had a positive day again yesterday and shut my belly at 805 cals @ 18:00 hours.

Decisions, decisions. I can’t make my mind up whether to have homemade soup or salad for lunch. I’ll make a batch of soup this morning anyway, then it’s there if I want it.

@missybear HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Wishing you a great day!

@chipmunk13 How lovely to have family and grandchildren staying. Lots of memories in the making.

@erika45 & @teeny73 Welcome :). This forum is fab! Loads of support and advice. You’ll love it.

@dykask sorry to hear about your chills. Is it Raynalds disease in your fingers? I hope you feel warmer today.

Peace & Love

Day 5 – Ireland – CD
Dry til Fri February (weekends are too busy!) Sugar free.
Bread and Crisp clampdown🤞

Good morning!

Happy birthday @missybear! Have a fabulous day!

Welcome @teeny73! It’s so hard to do this on your own! You will find great support and positivity on these pages!

My fast day yesterday went well although I seemed to feel hungry all day…
Looking at the spreadsheet it seems that a lot of people are trying 800 cals for prolonged periods… well done to you all, I’m not sure I could ever do that…it’s hard enough for me to get through one day on 500cals with the promise of more cals the next day..😬 although having said that I’m tempted to fast again today and maybe try 4:3 this week to try move away from the bobbing numbers on my scales…

In a world where you can be anything…be kind 🤗
Onward and downward ⬇️

Day 5 UK FD800
Hi everyone. Happy birthday @missybear hope you have a relaxing day. Loving your colour ideas @snowflake56. I’ve just decorated the spare room; floral paper on one wall and then little green rolling fog on the walls. Sounds sludgy but it’s really pretty and I’m very pleased. Sorry you’re so cold @dykask. I find I’m really cold at bedtime on a FD and it takes an age for my feet to warm up. I often have a really restless night as a result.
I’ve decided to do FD800 mon -thurs and then NFD for the other 3. I actually find it bareable to fall somewhere between 500 and 800 so we’ll see what happens.
Have a great day.

Day 5 UK ?FD/?CD

Delighted to have a successful FD yesterday! I stuck to OMAD with a supper choice of frozen vegetable stews in the freezer, picking some protein & greens, and followed by clemtines & a sharp apple – total 540 calories. I also drank 3 litres of water (!) and a couple of marmite teas, and took a flask of fresh ginger tea to bed with me – yum.

After a challenging few months I’m hoping this balance of preparation and choice will make this month’s FD routine & sustainable for me. I may make today another FD – I’m out & about and want to swerve biscuits & snacks at lunchtime meeting. All too easy to fall into eating when trapped in a room with challenging conversations and food!

I didn’t get any project work done yesterday (!) but I did get myself wonderfully rebalanced with yoga, meditation, reading, writing and rest, and some planning & prioritising for the full week ahead. Sometimes the best thing is not to be doing but to ready myself for what’s ahead – a busy time, but I’m feeling better equipped and less overwhelmed 🙂

@missybear wishing you a very happy 60th birthday!
@daffodil2010 well done for cake swerving 🙂 Like you and @cornishjane I’ve also got 7kg left to goal after a long journey – we can cheer each other on 🙂
@teeny73 @erika54 welcome to the February challenge
@cornish-jane lovely to hear from you! Did you find a new yoga class?

Onwards…

2nd post

@shinything please ask for physiotherapy. In the practice I worked the patients always started with 3 times an injection (done by the orthopedist) with cortison combined with a painkiller and 18 times psysiotherapy. A physiotherapist knows what to do and can advice you on exercises you can do at home. If you leave it like this it will take forever and it could be you end up with a shoulder you can’t move much anymore. Take care of yourself.

Day 5 USA (Illinois) NFD

Did well on my FD yesterday despite having supper with friends. I took home half of my sandwich wrap and most of the fries. I know, not the best use of my 600 calories… oh well.

@daffodil2010 – half & half is a cream we have in the dairy section of our American supermarkets. It’s not as heavy as whipping cream. It seems to be a blend of heavy cream and whole milk. Often used in coffee.

@steffieagle – great to hear how you’re maintaining. Walking is so good, and you’re in the right climate for that! Here in northern Illinois, we are expecting an ice storm tonight. Ugh… just had a pretty fair thaw after the Polar Vortex, and now this.

@shinything – I agree with @snowflake56 to get therapy for your shoulder. Our Silver Sneakers teacher also works at our hospital pain clinic, and she is always talking about how moving our shoulders is oh so important.

Onward and downward.

Day 5 wet and windy Belfast NFD

Pilates and a doggie walk under my belt. Now some housework

@daffodil2010 💪😀
@missybear – happy birthday to you!💐
@snowflake56 – the class is watercolour so that’s my focus atm. And what a great colour scheme!
@flourbaby – I had hoped to go and see him but he doesn’t seem to be coming to Belfast atm. Being the geek I am, I watch most of those programmes and saw the Tapeworm on. Ugh!

I seem to be stuck on a plateau 2lbs above the top of my maintenance range. Those Christmas lbs are certainly holding on tight!

Have a good day one and all

USA Day 5 FD (800 cals.; 16:8)

Up a little on the scale today but I know why! I indulged in some Skinny Pop popcorn, which is good, but it was salty. No popcorn today.

Adding myself to day’s pocket list:

@judyjudes Fast800
@daffodil2010 Fast800
@diggly Fast800
@michelinme
@flourbaby Fast800
@basyjames Fast800
@ccco Fast800

I am glad so many of us are trying the Fast800 approach. I seem to be having so much success with it. I did read online last night that after awhile (not sure how long), even with Fast800, our weight loss will slow down a little. No matter! I am playing it by ear and using this opportunity as another learning curve. I am also trying to learn how I will maintain my weight loss and I am learning some ideas. I am one of those people who doesn’t like to remove food groups, so for me I need to learn portion control, so I can eat whatever I like. I am truly learning how. This morning I had three small pancakes with butter and syrup, well measured. While the pancake mix wasn’t Keto (I saw that in the store, too), it was a high protein mix where I could combine the mix, 1 tsp. of extra virgin olive oil (which makes everything taste better for me), and water. Low calorie, very filling, and quite delicious!! Along side that, I had a slice of turkey bacon for only 25 calories. Every day now, I am having a great new type of portion control meal and I can’t complain because about any of my meals. I don’t even feel like snacking during the day or during my witching hour, which occurs after my 16:8 window closes.

I saw that in a Daily Mail online article that Dr. Mosley dabbled with the tapeworm idea. I know that in the early 20th century during my grandmother’s time, tapeworms were used for weight loss. Beyond me how anyone could do that.

Well, this post is getting too long, so will return later! Happy Birthday, missy bear!

Day 5 Minnesota, USA FD

Sorry, @at, for adding myself to the pocket list yesterday….you had already done that and I didn’t read through it very thoroughly. As it was, I ended up with a 1200 cal CFD. Mondays are hard for me for various reasons, but I’m sure my weekend NFDs and increased carbs are the main reason. My appetite is always increased on Monday. I try to increase protein and decrease carbs on Mondays, and that does set me up for a more successful FD on Tuesday. I’m planning to also fast tomorrow but not sure if 800 cals or under 500. We’ll see how today goes for total cals.

@basyjames….what an interesting plan for the month! I’ll be looking forward to your updates on progress. I may try something similar in March.

@missybear Happy 60th Birthday!!!! Enjoy your day and your dinner tonight. You only turn 60 once!

@cornish-jane….You have lost so much weight already, that if I were you I wouldn’t feel badly about your plateau. I’m having a hard time getting under 150 lbs (68.9 Kg), and I haven’t lost anywhere near the amounts that you have. I feel like I am getting used to eating at this weight (again), and if I push to hard to go below, I’ll start feeling like this is more a diet than a WOL. I think it’ll all balance out in time and I’ll get closer to 65kg. hopefully when I can get outside and be more active, again.

It’s so icy here that I can’t even venture out to the gym to walk the track. Over 200 people treated in the Emergency rooms yesterday for falls on the ice (we had a thaw and rain over the weekend and now it’s refrozen into a skating rink). Expecting 4 inches of snow on top of that today and 6 more Thursday. It’s so hard to get in even 10,000 steps at home….just so boring walking around the house.

Adding myself to day’s pocket list:

@judyjudes Fast800
@daffodil2010 Fast800
@diggly Fast800
@michelinme
@flourbaby Fast800
@basyjames Fast800
@ccco Fast800
@northerndawn

Good luck everyone!

Day5 Central Coast California, FD

Hello all, I have to say all your posts have helped me a great deal I love hearing how much you have lost and how you have managed and what you have for breakfast if you have anything and what you are making.

Im reading the book again for the third time and am beginning to plan out how to do this. Ive got the exercise thing down, with the exception that its been raining here for the last two weeks and Ive only got to the gym, but once it warms up a bit and dries out Ill get the bike out again.

I learned a new thing: If you brush your teeth before you drink ginger tea, it taste like soap! what a boo boo that was!!!!

For the last week I have pretty much gained a pound every day. But I turned the trend around yesterday I hope: 150.1 yesterday and this am 147.1 so by solving the stomach problem and eating one egg AM and a fairly small portion of ratatouille PM! it was all enough. Finally!!!!!
Wish me luck for the rest of the week. Weight lifting tonight.
So the thing that keeps me going as a 65 YO is that I want to try pole dancing! but I have to get some strength back in my arms, I watched a class the other day and could only look at the pole !

Hope this gives you a giggle, all the best for the week for you all