Day 6 country west Australia (toying with another ? FD ) 81.7 kgs.
PFDS in spades @funshipfreddie!!😇😆
So fasting, as in ACTUALLY fasting under 500 calories AND watching calorie input to stay under TDEE actually work!! Who knew ??!! 😲😲
I guess we all do but thoughts and actions are 2 different beasts.🙄🙄
DH is away on business for 3 days so FDs are comparatively easy. I am simply NOT cooking – and I do so LOVE to cook.
Thought it was a good chance to reset and to refrain from the temptations of tasting everything I’m cooking. It has been remarkably easy since Monday.
Once the ghrelin and leptin ( hormones to let you know you are hungry or full ) are controlled then I find it somewhat easier to eat less. I also get a lot more work done!
@jaifaim, I too have given up chocolate 😲, wine 😲, cut down on carbs 😲and flat white coffees 😱😱 but I have a wedding in 8 weeks so am ‘shredding for the wedding’ as my motivation to adopt a more healthy lifestyle – which I had years ago but decided to ditch due to ?? temporary insanity which has lasted almost 6 years!!! 🤔🤔
@stitchincarol, apologies ! 🤗 I would never presume you were posting your weight for any reason other than for your own reasons. No, I merely meant that I was shaming myself ( an act of desperation and last resort to get ME to knuckle down and do 5:2 properly )😊 And so far it is working…..🤞🤞
@maui , it is bittersweet getting used to longer periods between visiting the memorial place of a loved one. 🙏💐 I don’t really know what to say except we’ve been thinking of you through the year and all the difficulties you have faced.
@songbirdme and @metatauta it is so good to hear from you – you are both stars in my eyes and good examples to follow. 💐
@merryapple, I do hope you come back with some berries. They sound delicious.🙂
@northgeorgia, life happens ! And leading up to Christmas is a difficult period regarding celebrations, parties etc. One day at a time. 🤗
My mojo is BAAACCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!! Apologies to all those struggling because I know how irritating it can be when someone is doing OK and you are not. ( been there, done that!!)
But here’s the thing – I realise that I CAN DO this for 7 weeks and 3 days which is only 1248 hours or 74,880 minutes.
SO I am up for the challenge !!!! They say it takes 30 days to form a habit.
Hopefully by doing 5:2 until the wedding I can really consolidate this new lifestyle. I did it in 2016. I CAN do it again.
Delayed gratification hey @funshipfreddie !🙏🤞🙏🤞
By writing such a long post and inserting so many emojis it has successfully helped me swerve the kitchen as I must away for work or I will be late.
Have a good day all.😊

Day 6 – Ireland – FD 🚫🚶‍♂️✅ 🌾

Hello @songbirdme so great to see you! 👋

@lilymartin good tactic! 📝 well done to you and I think we all need people who are mojoful!! To inspire us and to reassure us that the WOL works.. I have a trip early January which I need to get fit for so am focussed on that… I’m with you 💪 and by the sounds of it you will be fit and fab for the wedding dress 👗

@funshipfreddie I totally agree about maintenance although I haven’t been there too long…and have bobbed out of it many a time… it’s tricky… still have to work out my best method but will sit down and apply myself after Christmas… for the moment just getting back to the top of my happy range will be my focus for the next three weeks.
Enjoy your last rehearsal! Isn’t it crazy that you have gone from knowing nothing about line dancing to putting on a show 🕺bravo 🎉
@at I hope you had a great night out! 🥂 Raspberry flapjacks sound yum and a great idea to have a little sharp raspberry flavour in them.. I must try that. Do you use fresh or frozen?

@maui it’s so hard for you and I think of you often. What a terribly sad year it has been. You, @northgeorgia and @flourbaby are in my thoughts as we approach Christmas… I know you miss your loved ones every day but the firsts are difficult 💕 I’m glad to hear your accupuncture helped.. I find it so very relaxing after the initial pain 😮

@merryapple have a lovely trip – it sounds delightful and I can only imagine the berries you’ll bring home… mmmm yum jam for Christmas 🎄
@northgeorgia you are busy busy! Well done on getting back in rack with all you have going on.
@stitchincarol I had a bulky cardigan in yesterday under my puffer coat so both worked to make me feel enormous!!! You know what… it helped me manage my food intake 😂😂 maybe that’s the key!
But actually I received a lovely compliment from a colleague who hadn’t seen me in ages (with said bulky items off) who was wondering how I had trimmed down so much so no need to tell you that brought a huge smile and I skipped home in my bulky layers… warm and a little like the Michelin Man but with renewed focus. 😂😂
Speaking of which, @michelinme I hope you are ok.
@daffodil2010 also… sending hugs…

So I had a really good CD yesterday – and now to really good FD today 💪

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Pocket List Day 6 🍋
@merry 🍎 – possibly..?
@lilymartin – maybe.?
@jaifaim – definitely

Day 6😱, London UK, NFD,

Well the days have gotten away from me………….. FD on Day 2 & Day 4, but Vast, copious, HUGE quantities of vino on Day 5 to celebrate both brother’s birthdays and my mum and dad would have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on day 5 too. (My eldest brother was born on their 1st anniversary🥰)

I’ve got lots of posts to catch up on, chew over, digest and comment on!! I’ve not started this challenge as I wanted to, but I KNOW posting is key to boosting my mojo, so I’m here from now on, even the weekends!!!

Until later, stay strong folks!!

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.”
— Dale Carnegie

Day 7 – Ireland – CD 🚫🚶‍♂️✅ 🌾

Hello all – a decent FD yesterday which hopefully will stand me in good stead for Friday and maybe a drop – we shall see!

@northgeorgia speaking of drops… I noticed your 6lb drop too!! Wow!! Well done to you!

@stitchincarol you deserve your PFDS ⭐️ isn’t it great to be proud of your own efforts and I believe this is so important for both the physical and mental side of fasting.. if you can do that – what else can you do? ⭐️⭐️
I’m proud of myself this week for implementing a few small changes which are just about discipline with food and exercise and I am already sleeping better and feeling stronger. 😄
@funshipfreddie I hope the last rehearsal went well 😄 What a couch on this week’s Graham Norton! I caught some snippets but must watch it in full this weekend.

Stay with us @flourbaby – we’ve got you 💕
What a lovely weekend if celebrations – so important to mark the big ones 🎈💕

I think 159lb is very doable @maui and I’m hoping to drop about the same … 3lbs ⬇️ would be fab as I’m bobbing up and down … we will get there… 💪

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 7, London, UK, FD,

Eggs and a small green salad for breakfast at lunchtime today (Go ZBC!!!) This should keep me satisfied until after yoga this evening, not that there’s much I can do about it, during class, if it doesn’t🤣🤣

I’m still playing catch-up, but so good to see your day 4 post @lilymartin, “And I LOVE carbs of every kind!!”………….. Preaching to the choir I think😂😂!!! There are lots of people out there “sleep walking into obesity”, they have no idea about processed food, the danger of carbs or what nutritional labels mean!!! The convenience of convenience is difficult for many to ignore!😢Funnily enough, I’ve been reminding myself daily that I’m happy knowing that I can live without bread, rice, pasta, cake & not feel deprived, because I KNOW that the food I choose is nourishing my body, it’s not supposed to comfort me, nor make me happy, nor relieve stress or any of the 1000 excuses I used to justify any EFS events (or poor choices🍷)!!!!! Food is not my support system, that’s what my family & friends are for!!!

@stitchincarol, I see your lightbulb!! If you enjoy a WFD there’s no reason not to do them, it’s the NFDs you have to watch!!! I think I started floundering when I started experimenting with WFDs, B2B2Bs, FD800s etc. etc. etc………………………. Now, I’m sticking to 5:2 but allowing a 4:3 if my NFDs aren’t as controlled as they should be. The beauty of 5:2 was in not feeling deprived and making up for it on NFDs, I started out compensating on NFDs but soon became acclimatised, and knew I wasn’t actually starving on FDs so my NFDs naturally became more controlled!!! I’ve never been as chuffed as at the start of this journey many moons ago, when I turned down a carby offer, a glass of vino or a biscuit/sweet/slice of cake even on a NFD (there was a heck of a lot of halo polishing!!!). I’m heading back there too, NFDs are not the day’s I sigh in relief, uncork the bottle or throw caution to the wind. It’s really not a NFD, it’s a ‘control yourself and plan ALL food with the same focus as a FD’ day; at least until it becomes 2nd nature, but remember complacency kicked you’re a*se last time😬 which was; deep breath; 40lbs ago😭😞!!!

@songbirdme, so lovely to hear your dulcet tones🎶. Well, you know what I mean!!! You are going to NAIL this tricky challenging month!!! I’m with you and @jaifaim, skiing trip at the end of January and would you believe ………………… nothing fits??!!!😱😯🤣

@jaifaim, thanks for keeping me in mind, I’m under no illusions, my cross Atlantic friends have to right phrase …….Xmas 2023 is going to suck!😭💔💔😭

@funshipfreddie, month 15!! That’s amazing, you must feel fantastic🥇🏆🥇🏆🥇 Although I’m trying to be mindful, I’ll still have a glass or 5 for celebrations like B’days and Xmas of course, I think the universe might tilt slightly to the left if I gave up for anything more than a month here & there!!!🤣🤣

I’m sooooo willing to be healed ………………………………

“Before you heal someone, ask them if they’re willing to give up the things that made them sick!!” – Hippocrates

Pocket List – Day 7 🍒
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
@flourbaby

Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD – 159.6lbs

That abrupt climb in pounds this morning makes it look as if yesterday were a serious “Now a Feast Day,” but it’s merely because of the sodium in the sushi we had at lunch. I was very careful to record everything in MFP, and I came in at 1665, 165 calories over my goal, but considering the 15,000 steps I got (yup, was a very busy day) and the 2,266 calories Fitbit says I burned, my eating calories were still well under my total burned calories, so I’m counting yesterday a solid success despite the scale number this morning.

Today is completely rearranged, with piano lessons moved to tomorrow instead, and all because we have a funeral tomorrow morning and lots to accomplish before then, but I think that I’ll be fine to water fast because I’ll still not be home, but at church doing things and then running a bunch of needed errands.

@flourbaby Yup, I too am RESOLVED to be here on weekends as well!

@maui I think you’re absolutely right that 159 is very reachable by the end of the month.

@jaifaim Tell us yet again what your symbols mean, would you? There’s a new one that’s making me notice the familiar ones…

@funshipfreddie Darn. I’d have loved to read that article, but the Times wants me to have a subscription in order to do so. Are there any extra details in the article other than how you described it? And the article on exercise looks delightful! 😂 As to WFDs, what I meant was that you questioned if WFDs were actually beneficial to me, and now knowing the background of too few calories for you, I can well understand why you wouldn’t be interested in them!

@flourbaby You had a wonderfully rich post of great thoughts, and this one resonated the loudest for me: “Food is not my support system, that’s what my family & friends are for!!!” It’s such a joy to see you solidly on the wagon and building your mojo muscle.

@northgeorgia Oh, no wonder, LOL! I couldn’t decide if I were more startled by your impressive weight or by your absolute silence on the accomplishment! 😂

I’m up way early today–it’s 6:30 and my post is already done, coffee is done and poured, and I’m even dressed and not in my nightgown–but there’s so much to do that when I woke up an hour ago, I chose to get up and get started rather than go back to sleep. We’re supposed to get to 62/17 today, which will break a 105 year old temperature record; I’m sure looking forward to it! I’m hoping to spend an hour in the yard getting the last of the leaves up; we’ll see if I manage to pull that off or not.

Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket List – Day 7 🍒
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
@flourbaby
@stitchincarol WFD

Day 7 USA, Hawaii, NFD
162 pounds. Busy day planned, but I want it to login to start the day off right.

Day 8 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.7 kg

@stitchincarol – Stingy New York Times?! Asking people to subscribe to read an article almost a quarter of a century old?! I went back to the article to see if there was some other way to share it, & I was asked to subscribe too. So I got my spare laptop out & was able to open the article long enough to take a quick screenshot of most of it….

[It is a depressing article of faith among the overweight and those who treat them that 95 percent of people who lose weight regain it — and sometimes more — within a few months or years.
That statistic has been quoted widely over the last four decades, in Congressional hearings, diet books, research papers and seminars. And it is the reason so many people approach dieting with a sense of hopelessness.

But in fact, obesity researchers say, no one has any idea how many people can lose weight and keep it off. Now, as researchers try to determine how many people have succeeded, they are also studying the success stories for lessons that might inspire others to try.

”That 95 percent figure has become clinical lore,” said Dr. Thomas Wadden, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania. There is no basis for it, he said, ”but it’s part of the mythology of obesity.’

Dr. Kelly D. Brownell, the director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, said the number was first suggested in a 1959 clinical study of only 100 people. The finding was repeated so often that it came to be regarded as fact, he said.

Since then, nearly all studies of weight-loss recidivism have followed patients in formal hospital or university programs, because they are the easiest to identify and keep track of. But people who turn to such programs may also be the most difficult cases, and may therefore have especially poor success rates.

To get a more accurate picture, two researchers are studying long-term dieters for a project called the National Weight Control Registry, and have found it surprisingly easy to collect success stories. About half the people who maintained a substantial weight loss for more than a year had done it on their own, they found. This suggests that many people have found ways to lose weight and keep it off, but have never been counted in formal studies.

”There is something very optimistic about this whole data set,” said Dr. Rena Wing, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and the Brown University School of Medicine. ”Without much effort, we have identified 2,500 people who have succeeded.”

Dr. Wing and Dr. James O. Hill of the University of Colorado are collaborating on the registry project, which they began five years ago with financing from drug companies and other sources. They are compiling detailed histories of successful long-term dieters — people who had maintained a weight loss of at least 30 pounds for at least one year. Most of the volunteers were solicited through articles in newspapers and magazines. ”It was really to convince ourselves and convince the world that there are people who are successful, and then to learn from them,” Dr. Wing said.

To their surprise, Dr. Wing and Dr. Hill found that on average the respondents had maintained a 67-pound weight loss for five years. Between 12 and 14 percent had maintained a loss of more than 100 pounds.]
That’s the gist of it; the rest was mainly quotes from people saying how they’d lost the weight, e.g. cutting out the bad stuff, creating good habits and having a little of what they craved instead of being too restrictive.

@merryapple – it does feel like we’re all in sync with the mojo. Enjoy the concert!

@flourbaby – I love that quote, so true!

@northgeorgia – oh no? Like @stitchincarol, I thought you’d been way too blasé after posting the ‘217’ 😅 Never mind, you’ll get there 🔜

Happy Fri-yay y’all! 🍹

Day 8 – Ireland – CD 🚫🚶‍♂️✅ 🌾
157 lbs

Hello all – no clue what’s going on… but the body is a strange thing… I’ve had a good week but the scales or my body are playing with me.. expected to actually be a little below 155lbs today but nope… I’m ⬆️ 🤨. Won’t pay too much heed… and will hope it’s a blip 😂

@northgeorgia awww thats a shame but you are doing really well and 217 will show on those scales 👍
@flourbaby you are emanating very strong mojo vibes 💪
I’m busy trying to get my cards away too @at – I love sending and receiving them 🎄📝 🎄. I will be trying the flapjack method this weekend..it sounds just perfect! 😋

@stitchincarol my little icons help me keep on track with those habits or WOLs I’ve adopted and yes sometimes dropped.. the 🚫 is AF so I don’t drink alcohol unless it is a particularly big celebration and generally still don’t but say New Years Eve or a wedding I might have a drink to toast 🥂. Also I like to taste new things so sometimes will try something maybe on holidays but in the main I steer clear of EtOH (😉 @merryapple). It just does me no favours… 🚶‍♂️ is exercise – the aim generally is to do an hour of some exercise each day… I became a little lazy after holidays in October so this is the main focus now as I miss it when I don’t. ✅ is for no added sugar… the hardest of all for me! And again I’ve slipped recently but back on that now and 🌾 is the new one this year which is a sheaf of wheat for gluten free – what I have 100% applied myself to since mid 2023. Funny – what should be the hardest for me (I adore bread, pastries, crackers, grains) has become the easiest as the resulting headaches, low mood, joint pain which come on so quickly after eating gluten means it is just not worth the pain… Christmas will be tough and I’m not sure how I’ll navigate it but I will … 🎄⭐️🎄

@funshipfreddie wow how interesting about oatmeal! So for me interesting recent findings in switching things up: I used to find porridge (oatmeal) taken in the morning would make me feel super hungry soon after (I put this down to glucose spikes) so I became ZBC on week days.. but since becoming aware of the gluten intolerance I have switched to GF oats… now I have a very small serving about an hour before bed and… guess what… better sleep… I don’t understand it but long may it last ♥️💤 ♥️

@merryapple Kia Kaha to you too! I’m envious it sounds like you’re having such a lovely time – so very special – enjoy every minute amongst those wonderful people💕 🍓 🎶

Hi @daffodil2010 – just spotted you posted but haven’t caught up… just good to see you! 😄⭐️😄

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 8, London, UK, NFD

Late on parade today after a terrible night’s sleep and then an unwanted 5am wake up from Bo-Bo!!! He’s lucky I didn’t skin him alive!!!

My sausage breakfast sarnie is sitting on my desk, I’ll have it for an early dinner when I get home as I’m not hungry now, a colleague bought some walnuts from her tree (in the Ukraine!!) to work and they might just be the best nuts I’ve ever had (2 handfuls proves it)!!!

@daffodl2010, so good to hear from you!! You sound like you’ve been through the wringer, feeling a bit overwhelmed, I think. I hope the grounding and some semblance of a ‘normal’ work routine with the part time office helps. Hang in there!!!

@northgeorgia, you should be doing some serious halo polishing and embrace the smugness!!! You’ve tested that muscle to the max!!💪🏻💪🏻Providing I’m not hungry or holding out to break my fast, I can meander up and down the biscuit or sweetie aisle of the supermarket looking at the processed mountains with disgust and revulsion, just so I can walk away with my nose in the air!!!! But, never, Never, NEVER when I’m hungry, for therein lies the path to EFS madness!!!!

My brain is working very slowly today, sleep deprivation has switched ½ my grey matter OFF!!📴

Keep the faith folks, I’m planning a FD and a post for tomorrow!!! That’s as far as I can think!!

“Sometimes when you are in a dark place you think you have been buried, but actually you have been planted.”

Second post

I’ve realized I truly need to take in my laptop this afternoon for its check up, as it’s running WAY too slowly. That’s relevant to all you because, while I still will fulfill my commitment to you all and check in tomorrow morning and Sunday morning, I won’t be as chatty, because I don’t “type” on a phone nearly as easily as I do on my laptop.

So, now that I’ve gotten the explanation out of the way on my laptop, you’ll understand a short post in the morning!

😲😂

2nd Post – Day 9

@daffodil2010 – I don’t know how I missed your post, duh?! So happy to see you back! 🤗

Day 9 USA/Hawai’i FD800
162 lbs so back down even though yesterday’s FD didn’t happen. I am going for it again today. Finding it unusually stressful just dealing with the normal little bumps of life. Makes me think I should hide myself away from all human contact for awhile so I don’t accidentally ruffle anyone’s feathers. Lol
I know I’m not alone … everyone here has something in their life they are learning to manage. All together we will be ok.

Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD 😇

@stitchincarol – 🎵Happy Birthday to you! 🎶 🎉 🎊 🎈🎂🥂 Our performance is on Wednesday – one show only – live – at 10 am! 😳 🕺

Fat Pride. What..? No. Words fail me.. 🤔
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12845863/Fat-Pride-America-culture-One-six-deaths-linked-obesity-liberal-states-banning-fatphobia-discrimination-law.html

Michael Mosley’s weekly column:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12843797/Why-cold-good-brain-sleep-waistline-helped-son-floor-plunge.html

@maui – sending you a virtual hug 🤗🤗 Be kind to yourself. Ask yourself what you would say to a close friend going through what you’re going through. I’m not sure hiding yourself away is a good idea? Go & ruffle a few feathers 🙂 We WILL be okay 🤝

@flourbaby – hop on the Sunday pocket list! Tomorrow you’ll be glad you did 😀

Happy S🌞nday y’all!

Pocket List – Day 10 🥗
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia

Day 10 – Ireland – CD 🚫🚶‍♂️✅ 🌾

Got out before another storm due today… 🚴
Focus in place for the afternoon after coffee and treats this morning.
@maui, @funshipfreddie has already said what I would say… please try to push yourself towards people rather than away if you can… although it’s hard to motivante yourself to donso, it will be better for you and people will want to be there for you… time spent in our own company is fabulous but too much time alone can make you feel so detached.
With you in spirit across the miles and if you do step back just remember we are all here for you virtually. 💕

Strength to all struggling now. 💕

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others

Day 11 FD Auckland 80kg

I drove back to Auckland y’day and after all our sunny beachy Bay of Plenty weather was met with humidity, clouds, drizzle and the rat race of big cities!
Saturday’s concert was incredible – a mix of traditional waiata (songs), chants and newly composed material with backing from classical musicians. The setting had the ocean on one side and cliffs on the other. A series of theatrical scenes were acted out on the stage by dancers and actors with traditional Maori Kapa Haka training. At the finish I was part of a haka of 1,000 people showing their appreciation. WOW!!

I dropped off a big bag of my oversized clothing and some $ to a organisation that raises money for food boxes and has a community garden there. I went into the bakery next door and bought a chicken salad sandwich. When I came out a wee 5 yr old kid called Hika was patting Mr Mac. He looked at my sandwich so I asked him if he would like to share it. We sat together on the table and chairs on the footpath. Then his mother came over. She’d been sorting something out on the phone and looked quite stressed, probably gang related because she said she’d just returned from the High Court in Auckland.

So here I am again on a FD, doing the washing and needing to post Xmas presents…
I’m going up to our village shops to meet a friend for coffee shortly. In the meantime Kia Kaha everyone. And remember, if you’re feeling stressed or losing your mojo, do something nice for someone else or pass it forward and your mojo will be back with a smile 🥰

Pocket List 🎁
Merry🍎

Day 11 – Ireland – FD 🚫🚶‍♂️✅ 🌾

Morning all! Well done to the Sunday fasters ⭐️💪⭐️

@merryapple – what a cute and uplifting moment you had.. children are just fabulous when you are feeling blue but also little acts of kindness make such a difference for both the person you are helping and for you.. 💕💕
What a special trip you had… time away from life 💕💕
Hold on to both feelings.

@flourbaby I’m so sorry to hear you had a sad day… they just come and knock you off your balance sometimes…I’m glad to hear you are ok though and that Bo-Bo is back to having fun 🤩

@northgeorgia sad for you too! How beautiful to have a little wren sing for you and so true that there is beauty in every single day if you look for it. And those are super wise words… if you are satisfied don’t seek out treats.. I had a classic weekend in that I ate quite well at mealtimes and was proud of myself but chose lots of crisps etc because they were in the house… not because I was hungry… that and cycling coffees and treats etc I’m showing at 158 this morning!! Flips sake! What an eejit 🙃

@maui I’m glad to hear you are ok… there are great people around you so stick with them. After dad died I realised that there were some people in my life who just weren’t the supportive friends I thought they were… it was during Covid so that did complicate things – but I’m now pretty selective with the company I keep and avoid those people who seem to bring me down with negative thinking or selfishness.. I sometimes miss them and fun we might have had and will see them if I really feel like it but I go in prepared… 😍💪

@daffodil2010 where are you? Hopefully see you later… 🌼

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Pocket List Day 10 🎁
@merryapple
@jaifaim

Day 11 – UK – FD
Day 8-10 – NFD

Busy week and the days just got away from me – despite only 1 FD and some overindulgence I seem to have weighed the same on Day 9 as I did on Day 2 – I’ll definitely take that

@stitchincarol – I did something similar – typed my message in between doing other chores – pressed the submit button without saving and my message disappeared so a quick one for accountability as I need to ensure that I join today’s pocket list for motivation and support

A busy social week ahead so planning on OMAD on those days with a FD800 on the other days
Day 12 – Meal followed by a live telecast of The Nutcracker with some ballet friends 🩰
Day 13 – Christmas lunch for the group I volunteer for every Wednesday
Day 15 – Meal and jazz concert with 🎺 friends

I would love to end the week with a loss 🤞

Need to get ready to walk in town to meet my regular Monday coffee afternoon group soon then I have a yoga evening class so will try to catch up tomorrow

Pocket List Day 10 🎁
@merryapple
@jaifaim
@at

Day 11 USA/Hawai’i FD800
Quick sign in so I don’t skip a day… off to dentist and then acupuncture.
Something positive….Yesterday I invited a friend over that I thought would enjoy a home cooked meal.Made a salmon dinner that we both really enjoyed along with good conversation.
Best to all for a great day or evening… depending on location.

Day 12 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@merryapple – well done!! Just 5 kg more & you’ll officially be in the healthy weight range 🎯 Re the 30% though, I think that was when I said 2 x FDs per week was nearly 30% of the week (28.57 to be precise) But that would only be if someone was doing two water fasts. Otherwise, I’ve no idea! The big event is tomorrow morning 🕺

@at – you’re so active & busy, do you really need to do two FDs? 🏃

@flourbaby – I also have those hermit tendencies. I’d be quite happy on a desert island, with just the cat & a radio. Well, maybe a good wifi connection & a laptop too. And Mr Delivery 🤪 “Hell is other people” ~ Jean-Paul Sartre. I guess he meant some, or most other people.

@stitchincarol – Well PHOOEY 🤣

Urgh, I really don’t feel like fasting today. But the line-dancing gang is going for lunch tomorrow after our little performance, as it’s our last meet-up until January. And Thursday’s out, so here goes…

Pocket List – Day 12 🥚
@funshipfreddie