Fly in July 2024 World Wide Monthly Challenge
Day 0 New Zealand
Welcome to Fly in July𧨠â the next of our monthly challenges in 2024. All are welcome to join in!! @jaifaim is handing over to me, @merryđ after a stellar month with an extra focus on exercise – and alliteration!!
Iâd like to continue with these themes! Doing the 5:2 WOL to lose those extra cms/inches is all about the what, when and why you eat. Add exercise into the equation and youâll also get to feel happy, healthy and hip!!
Yâall be Fly in July!!
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These monthly challenges were started by @coda in May 2016 and have been going strong ever since. Goals can be overwhelming when viewed as a whole. But by breaking them down into small achievable pieces (monthly challenges), we are able to stay focused and motivated to accomplish our goals one step at a time in bite-sized monthly challenges.
There are no rules, but as a general guide, here are some tips for any new people:
1. Posting â Please start each post with the day of the month, where you are, and if youâre on a fast day (FD), non-fast day (NFD) or controlled day (CD). Weâre all over the world and in different time zones so it helps us keep track of which day weâre talking about, who else is fasting with us on a particular day etc. Look at the various posts, and youâll soon see the pattern, and will learn how useful it is for reading.
2. In your first post, please introduce yourself to the group â this helps us to get to know each other, which is especially helpful for newbies. Perhaps say something about where you started, your journey so far, what youâre aiming for or how you are benefiting from fasting. You might like to include your starting weight or your goals for the month. But you donât have to â share only what you are comfortable sharing online.
3. Spreadsheet â we will have a spreadsheet available and we will post the link on a separate post when we have it. It will be in alphabetical order by username. If you find it helpful, you can use it to record and track your progress as well as keeping track of how others are doing. It can help with perspective, accountability or planning. And if you need help just ask â thereâs always someone happy to help. But you donât have to use it if you donât want to. Itâs just another tool you can use if you choose.
4. Frequency â Some people post daily, others check in every few days. Some are brief, others are long and chatty. If youâre posting for a second time in the same day please head your post e.g. Day 1 â 2nd Post. Past history shows that posting every day truly does help with motivation for staying on track with your goals, so please donât feel shy about suddenly posting daily; we love new members!
5. Content of your postâ Comments or questions, complaints or celebration â anything youâd like to share with the forum. Recipes, tips, tricks and bright ideas are always welcome. Remember: we all have good days and bad days, days we fall off the wagon or days when we are hanging on by our fingernails, days when our mojo deserts us and days where we feel completely in control. So DONâT GIVE UP â whatever it is, you are not alone!
6. Community â This is a worldwide forum so thereâs usually someone online. We all do our best to offer advice, support and solidarity
7. Pocket lists âA âpocket listâ is a list of the names of people who are sharing the same goal on a particular day. Itâs great psychological support in mentally keeping that list in our back pocket, knowing weâre not alone. Anyone can join a pocket list or start a pocket list. Typical pocket lists are for FD but in the past theyâve been used for people doing daily exercise or planks, or DTF (dry till Friday).
8. 5:2 basics â answers to many FAQs plus top tips:â¨https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/
9. The âruleâ. The F word is not allowed!! (This is the only time I will use it â but here, the F word is FAIL.). We all stumble in our journey â it happens. But acknowledge it, think about what you can do next time, and continue. Weâre all here to help!
We tend to use a LOT of abbreviations in these posts. Hereâs a guide to some of the more frequently used ones:
5:2 â 5 days NFD â 2 days FDâ¨16:8 â 16 hours fast â 8 hours non fastâ¨IF â Intermittent Fastingâ¨ADF â Alternate Day Fasting (FD â NFD â FD â etc)â¨AF â Alcohol-freeâ¨B2B â Back to Back (consecutive FDs)â¨BMR â Basal metabolic Rateâ¨CFD â Controlled Food Day (a dayâs eating comfortably below your TDEE)â¨DH, DD, DS â Darling Husband, Daughter, Sonâ¨DTF â Dry âtil Fri (no wine, beer, etc.)â¨EE â Emotional Eating (reflex grazing out of a need for instant comfort instead of satisfying hunger)â¨EFS â Epic Face Stuffing (Definitely due to a faulty OFF button!)â¨FD â Fast Day (500 cals)â¨FD800 â Fast Day 800 caloriesâ¨Hunger Dragon â that dreadful psychological beast that sometimes cannot be satisfied. Some people even name theirs (e.g. @i-hate-lettuce had an inner warthog!)â¨IF â Intermittent Fastingâ¨Keto â way of eating that generates Ketonesâ¨KISS â Keep It Simple Stupid!!!â¨LC â Low Carb way of eatingâ¨LCHF â Low Carb High Fat way of eatingâ¨LFD â Liquid Fast Day (incl. tea, coffee, miso, bone broth & water)â¨LOL â Laughing Out Loudâ¨M/WOAM â Man/Woman on a Mission (courtesy of @i-hate-lettuce)â¨MFD â Modified Fast Day (800 cals) on the new Fast800, itâs a FDâ¨MFP â MyFitnessPal â a smartphone app & website that tracks diet & exercise.â¨NFD â Non Fast Dayâ¨OH â Other Half (eg spouse/partner)â¨OMAD â One Meal A Dayâ¨PFDS â Post FD Smugness (courtesy of moi!)â¨Pocket List â Names to âkeep in your pocketâ for a common goal for the dayâ¨TDEE â Total Daily Energy Expenditure (see the âhow it worksâ link on the home page to work out yours)â¨TRE â Time Restricted Eatingâ¨WFD â Water Fast Day (Water only)â¨WFH â Working From Homeâ¨WOL â Way of Lifeâ¨WOCA â Woman Of a Certain Ageâ¨WW â Weekend Warrior (c/- @jaifaim)
ZBC â Zero Breakfast
Hereâs the link for the Fly in July Spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WzBYA92AZ56xlyZwpAlcwEYpUEsDp_ioILL6LoK86OE/edit
10:57 pm
27 Jun 24