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Hello Iona and Annette!
Well, I pretty much fell off the fasting wagon sometime in the middle of the fall term. I haven’t been on the scale, but can tell from my clothes that at least 5-8 lbs have come sneaking back. Frustrating how quickly they return, isn’t it.
I’ve started walking each day again for about 45 minutes. Also fasting from 8 pm till about 11am and trying to eat healthier. Fortunately most of the Christmas goodies are now gone.
I hope in a week or so I’ll have enough courage to face the scale again. I need to get back to every morning, like you, Iona.
Carry on everybody, and happy new year!
MM
Happy New Year everyone
I am now officially ready to get back to a better way of eating! We had a delicious roast dinner on the 1st and the leftovers the following day. As much as I enjoyed it at the time, I felt too full afterwards. Scale up a couple of pounds, jeans feeling more snug. I’m attempting an 18 fast from 7pm today and hopefully back into a more regular fasting routine.
I have my 60th next month so I want to have a bit of leeway as various celebrations are pencilled in the diary.
Good to hear from you, will be back more regularly now. 😃
Hello
I’m feeling positive about the week ahead! I will be cutting down on carbs and keeping well away from the biscuit box and drinking plenty of water. Still got quite a bit of chocolate from Christmas but other half will happily plough through those.
Like you Annette I will be watching the tape measure along with the scale. My trousers are not too tight to wear but they are also not as comfortable as they were. I noticed my step count has dropped off over the last few weeks so I made an effort yesterday and did 22,000. I will try for similar today. I did notice that sunset is after 4pm now, hurrah!
Have a good week everyone and check back soon.
Hi all!
Wow, Annette, that’s just my experience. If I look in the mirror head on I think I don’t look too bad. But from the side I’m just a barrel!
I skip breakfast most days of the week and eat a light lunch. But I do get hungry in the evening, and eat more than I planned many days. I’m adding a bit more to lunch hoping to stave that off. I do fast from about 8 pm till noon each work day, but I can’t say it’s doing much good (though who knows what I would look like if I didn’t 🙂 ).
Like you, Iona, my walking really fell off over the holidays and with below zero (Fahrenheit!) weather here in Minnesota. I’ve started walking on a treadmill 🙁 again and am doing two miles. I’d like to get that up to three, but right now two is all I (and my dog, who doesn’t understand why I’m not sitting in my chair and petting the dog!) can handle.
Hang in there, everybody. This is a way of life in constant adjustment!
MM
I am 2 pounds lighter this week and half an inch less around my middle so I’m very pleased. But I have eaten a lot less this week and had more salad than lately. Not had any bread for ages which hasn’t really bothered me until today when I really fancied it so I had bagel for breakfast, probably a backwards step. More salad for lunch and probably fish and veg this evening.
Big birthday next week and I have FIVE meals out with various people!! I won’t be using the scale next week!!
Stay strong, spring is coming!😃
Hi all, congratulations to both of you!
I haven’t gotten on the scale in weeks. But this morning when I was still lying in bed I noticed that my stomach was completely flat! Now, if only I could get it to stay that way when I stand up! 🙂
Like you both, I’m trying to cut back on the bread and the biscuits. And I can sympathize on the bagel, Iona. I manage a few days and then simply have to have a few crackers or piece of toast.
MM
Congratulations, Annette! I have read that skipping the evening meal is more conducive to weight loss than skipping breakfast. Alas, I find it easy to not eat in the morning, as I am not hungry, and to eat a light lunch after a 16 hour fast. For me, lunch at school is whatever I throw in my bag and I’m usually eating in front of the computer, so a piece of fruit and fiber bar, or cheese stick pretty much do it. And then I’m ravenous for a good meal in the evening.
Still avoiding the scale, but the mirror has been fairly kind recently. Of course I’m usually looking at myself front on, rather than from the side. Oh well, I think I’m holding my own at least.
Well done Annette. I would find it difficult to skip evening meals, we look forward to eating together when my husband finishes work. I don’t think I could sit and watch him eat while I had a cuppa!
My birthday celebrations are over now so I need to get back on track!! The scale hasn’t moved but the tape measure shows half an inch gain 😖
We have a lot of work to do renovating our kitchen over the next few weeks, not sure my back and knees are up to it but hopefully it will burn some of the lard!
Hi all. Good work Annette! I do find skipping a meal easier than trying to cut back on each of them. But for me, it’s really laying off the carbs that seems to make the biggest difference.
Iona, like you, I find dinner hard to skip since that is the meal that I tend to eat with others three or four days a week. Breakfast is pretty easy for me to miss. I teach in the morning on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On those days it’s easy to rush to the office and into the classroom, and by the time class is over and students ask questions, etc. it’s almost time for lunch. Harder on weekends not to want a bite mid-morning.
I haven’t been on the scale, but my clothes are feeling pretty good. I think I’m pretty much holding steady right now. I’d still like to lose 5-10 more pounds, and hope to do another five day fast, perhaps over our spring break.
Carry on, everyone.
MM
Hello Annette
That’s marvellous news, well done! So glad to hear you are finding it easy, you have got your goal in sight now.
I’m pretty much maintaining which is okay but I need to be losing! I’ve just finished the chocolates from Mother’s Day and as it is Monday I’m resolving to make more effort and hopefully make April count.
Good to hear from you, keep going…..downwards!!
Happy Easter to you too! 🐣
I don’t have any chocolates yet but suspect my daughter will bring some tomorrow, along with an Easter cheesecake she has made today 😋 it’s going to be a tough day.
I’ve done well the last couple of weeks, been very busy with DIY, got lots of steps in while painting -up and down the ladder! (new kitchen arrives next week).
I’ve been snacking at irregular intervals rather than eating regular meals and the scale has dropped a few pounds. No doubt it will be up again when I get back to my normal routine. Although I have a lot to do in the garden too!
I’ve quite enjoyed having breakfast and skipping lunch, usually it’s the other way around for me.
Keep going friends, we can do it!
Hi Annette, sorry to hear you had Covid, not good. Hopefully you will feel better once you get back to a normal routine. Scary to have the BP discussion, I hope you can manage to get it down without intervention. Makes weight loss more urgent I guess, but not any easier.
We are just back from a weekend in London so I wouldn’t be at all surprised if I caught Covid there, very busy everywhere, no masks, no social distancing – awful on the Underground.
I have my annual review for my Kidney disease soon so feeling a bit anxious about that, otherwise I’m plodding along on an even keel.
Keep in touch and stay strong!
Hi Annette! So sorry to hear you had Covid and about the blood pressure. Mine is also a little high. I do take a low dose of meds for it. Not happy about that, but it is what it is.
Iona, I hope the weekend is London was more fun than scary. We just got back from a week in a cabin on the north shore of Lake Superior. Hardly say a soul, which still felt good as Covid seems to be rebounding. It was barely spring there, but I came home to what looks like full summer! I can no longer see any of the neighbor’s houses, nor the lake across the road. Just a sea of green leaves.
Sorry to have been AWOL for so long. The end of our term just got really really hectic for me with student papers, grading, and two conferences to present at and a book chapter to complete. Whew! All that is done now, though I have two more conferences in June. Anyway, with the work the fasting went by the board. I’m starting up again this week with five days of the “fasting-mimicking” diet and then hoping I can get back to two meals a day and two 800 cal days a week. I haven’t recouped all the weight I lost, but much of it. 🙁 The “skirt of truth” goes on but has turned into the “straight-jacket of truth”! Once zipped (with difficulty) I cannot move!
So glad you two are still out here. Take care!
MM
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