USA. Day 21. FD800

The pocket list is so long that it is almost impossible to copy! LOL

Pocket List Day 21

@penz
@lilymartin
@daffodil2010
@johnnyr FD800
@clemmi FD800
@at FD800
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@ccco

ZBC 🚫
@northgeorgia
@at
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol
@brightonbelle

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@suki2
@brightonbelle
@at
@stitchincarol

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@suki2
@brightonbelle
@ccco (Dry January)
@at (Dry until 29th)
@stitchincarol (but perhaps only until Thursday)

Have a great day, everyone!

Day 21 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

I hesitate to say my mojo is firmly back in place, because it sure was GONE for awhile, but it certainly seems to be, and I’m so thankful! There is a huge part of me that believes daily walking with Leslie (or any exercise, but Leslie is what I choose) is a huge part of even having mojo and also of maintaining mojo. Who knows. But I’ve walked daily, and I have mojo, so there you go.

This would have been FD500, but I did that yesterday instead of FD800 and tonight we go out to dinner and tomorrow I fast again. I’m trying the EOD approach. I believe it will really help break my mindset that Friday, Saturday and Sunday are for uninhibited eating and drinking. I’ve tried to break myself of that impulse/habit/belief, but haven’t succeeded, so perhaps an EOD approach will do the trick. The amazing news is that, while I was 154 on Monday morning, I am 148.4 this morning. I know a huge portion of that is simply no food lingering in my belly since I’ve had so little food to eat so far this week. But it’s sure encouraging to be below 150 again!

Okay, there’s been lots of talk about Club Tortwah, but no explanation of where the name came from, or what it means…But, oh! @daffodil2010, you just explained it; thanks!

Welcome, @fastingto58kgs! For the record, ALL of us know better, LOL, so you’re in good company. Stick to the program, stick to us, and together we’ll encourage you until you’ve reached 58kgs!

Aww, @daffodil2010, loved your ginger cat story!

@clemmi What a lovely day you had yesterday, both activity-wise and food-wise. Skipping the guilt, embracing the pleasure, and returning to plan today sounds like the perfect attitude.

Ummm… @i-hate-lettuce , it’s probably too late, but this IS Thursday, and you could still fast…LOL! Too funny that you thought it was Friday already!

@flourbaby Wine gums??? What in the world are those?? Will it work for you to promise someone (promise me?) to exercise tomorrow? And then promise again the next day? That has truly helped me; I almost didn’t pull it off yesterday, because I wanted to watch the inauguration, but I figured out I could do it from 4:15 to 5:00–and then managed to make myself do so simply because I couldn’t bear to lie to @penz whether I’d done it, and neither could I bear to admit I hadn’t kept my promise. And perhaps daily exercising really is a huge part of why my mojo has returned? Dunno, but it seems quite likely. AND–loved your quote about if you wouldn’t say it to a friend, don’t say it to yourself. Excellent!

@ccco Congratulations on that low weight of 134!! Well, well done!

Pocket List Day 21
@penz
@lilymartin
@daffodil2010
@johnnyr FD800
@clemmi FD800
@at FD800
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@ccco

ZBC 🚫
@northgeorgia
@at
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol
@brightonbelle

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@suki2
@brightonbelle
@at
@stitchincarol

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@suki2
@brightonbelle
@ccco (Dry January)
@at (Dry until 29th)

@penz Today, I again promise you that I’ll exercise; I have every day this week!

“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – unknown

Have a grand day, everyone!

Day 22 country West Australia CD
Yesterday’s FD wasn’t…. but it WAS a CD so all good.
The scales show no change but I am just happy not to have to shoe horn myself into my jeans anymore!
@flourbaby, your replies often make me chuckle.
I can just imagine 2 Leslies walking off into the sunset hand in hand.
It did remind me of a joke. ” My grandma used to walk a mile a day – and now we don’t know where she is!!’
Hot hot day forecast so off to do the chores before it gets too hot then off to Perth for a part-tay tomorrow.
Have to dress up apparently – but do I have a dress that will fit?? Bit of searching in the wardrobe required methinks.
I have to say that posting daily and reading everyone’s journey – successful or not so successful ; with or without mojo; struggling/ plateauing or whooshing along all help to keep me on track.
So thank you one and all. I do really appreciate it.💐
Onward and downward

Day 22, NFD, Aus

My FD yesterday was a f*** (thinking of you @johnnyr!); started with work morning tea and ended in a bottle of wine. Back on the wagon next week.

Thanks @at, @songbirdme. We picked up our little guy at midday yesterday, super groggy and sleepy. Hated the cone of shame. But by 6pm he was back to his usual self and seemed not to hold any grudge against us at all. He did not want to comply with vet directions this morning for a short walk on the leash – he made it quite clear he expected to be able to do his usual long romp with his doggy mates and roam free. Ah, the powers of recovery in a young health dog!

So proud of you @stitchincarol!! I was about to promise YOU that I would successfully pull off two FDs next week but I’m away with work and visiting family so it won’t happen. However, I do promise that the first week of February I will definitely stick to my planned FDs.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Day 22 France NFD

I weighed in this morning and I’m exactly the same as last Friday so I’m not happy. I’ve worked out that over the week, I have deficit of about 4000 calories which equates as a loss of about 0.5kg so something is going wrong. I weigh all my food and track using MFP. I know I had a day off plan but actually, it wasn’t that bad and I was very active hauling trees about all morning.

The weird thing is, I’ve done this before very successfully (6kg loss in 6 weeks) so why isn’t it working now? I’m not just doing this for vanity- I’m doing it for my health else I would probably give up and go back to following the old style slimming world plan.

Any helpful ideas please.

Day 22, London, UK, FD

Just back from a 45 minute circuitous walk downhill, then up a 1:12 hill to finish😱, I may do the 1:12 hill first tomorrow (i.e. downhill!!)👍!!! It was penance, as yesterdays’ FD didn’t quite go to plan😟, my off switch is definitely broken!!! So, today WILL be a FD🙏!!

@stitchincarol, I’m not sure if the promising helps me, I think I just need to go grab a big, Big, BIG gun and go mojo hunting …………………. Again!!! I’m glad yours has returned & well done on the 6+lb loss this week, you should feel fantastic!!!

@basyjames, I know, I think I’m an egg snob, it has to be organic or at least free range. I think something in the processed feed for battery/caged birds makes me sick!! Newsflash …………………. Processed food is not good for you, even 2nd hand 😂!!

@ccco, well done on bolting that kitchen door!! Soooooooooo …..”I’ve been getting text alerts from the Secret Service” …………………Should I ask😲? Am I under surveillance for asking😱? Is this normal😳? ………………………. Or am I thinking CIA😉??

@lilymartin, I had a lovely walk in the crisp air this morning, ear-muffs, gloves and 4 layers had me sweating by the end!!! Of course I mean glowing, I’m not a horse!!! You can post me just a tiny bit of that heatwave anytime you like!!!

@litprof, that snack dragon 🐉 visited me last night too, hence the aborted FD!! The only thing that works is to empty the house, but I seem to be getting rid of the snacks by devouring them😤!!!

@clemmi, keep the faith!! Stick with it, maybe your energy expenditure has slowed the result on the scale, I bet there’s a few inches less of you!! The scales LIE all of the time😤!! Think of the science which doesn’t lie, perhaps your efforts next week will give you a 1kg loss, sometimes there’s just a little delay🙏!!

Well, I’m off for a cup of tea.
Stay strong everyone, this only works if you actually DO IT ………………………….. Note to self ……………………. “Just Do IT!!!!”

“It’s going to be hard, but hard is not impossible.” Chuck Palahniuk

Day 22 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500

It’s 4:15 am and I’ve been wide awake for over an hour and out of bed for a half hour. Not sure why my sleep was so interrupted, but oh well. That’s the beauty of my kids all being grown and gone, and not having a 9-5 job, is that if I’m awake in the middle of the night, I can simply go back to sleep when I want to, if I want to, and it’s all good. 😁

Dinner out last night was absolutely blissful. The food was lovely, the ambiance was lovely, the company was lovely (DH 💘), and we realized it was the first “fancy” meal out in well over a year. We’ve eaten out a handful of times in the past year, but all the kinds of meals/places where jeans and t-shirt would be acceptable clothing for the experience; there were people in very casual clothes last night, but being dressed to the nines was also in evidence. Now the interesting part will be to see how tough or easy a FD is today, not only following so much food/carbs, but also on a Friday, my usual day for celebrating the end of the week…you know, TGIF. If I can do this day okay, then I’ll know my mojo is back!

@lilymartin Have fun at your party today, and I hope you found a dress that fits and makes you feel lovely!

@litprof I have cabin fever so bad that even your work trip sounds absolutely thrilling, LOL! I hope it goes well for you!

@penz So glad your puppy is all recovered and fine! And thanks for the congratulations, but I have a sad confession. I tried. I truly tried. But I did not do a full exercise yesterday; the hours were simply too full of commitments (secretary job and piano lessons) and I didn’t pull off any but about 10 minutes. But that 10 minutes proves I tried, LOL! I’ll do it today and tomorrow, however, so I’ll still get five in this week. And I’ll hold you to that promise for the first week of February!

@daffodil2010 Have fun with your friend tonight; enchiladas sound lovely! And, as I was lying in bed, I was thinking of you standing in your grass in your bare feet, cup of tea in hand. What’s your typical temperature at that time? Right now for me it’s -6C and I can’t even imagine trying to do that. Is it warmer for you, or are you made of sterner stuff than I???

@clemmi The biggest mistake we make is thinking that weight loss simply behaves. We cut calories, the weight falls off. The weight DOES fall off…but not necessarily in the time frame we expect. Back in October, I kept stressing the importance of focusing on our actions and trusting the results will follow; when our one goal is how much weight we want to lose it’s far too easy to feel like a failure when it doesn’t come off even though we have indeed stuck to our plan. So keep your goal as doing exactly what you’ve been doing, because you have succeeded entirely, and the weight WILL come off. It will, I promise!

@i-hate-lettuce Loved “the best dressed gardener” comment, and laughed out loud–not something I should be doing at 4:40am when DH is asleep on the other side of the wall, LOL! Glad you figured out the day of the week!!! 😁🤣😂👍

@flourbaby You’re in my pocket today, and I’ve pulled you firmly onto the wagon (did you notice that strange tug just a moment ago??). You’ve got this, lady!!

Pocket List Day 21
@litprof FD800
@flourbaby
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@stitchincarol

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@ccco (Dry January)
@at (Dry until 29th)
@stitchincarol (dry ON Friday!!!!)

Have a grand day, everyone; I imagine I’ll be back to chatter later, when this half of the world has woken up! 😁

Day 22 – USA/GA – NFD

Hope we all can hang in there a bit longer! Today’s weigh-in is 228.4 lbs, so I think I can declare the plateau has finally ended. Whew! Now not to go crazy over the weekend.

I haven’t talked about my obesity meter recently! (It’s a visual bar graph formula I put into Excel for each day’s weigh in). Although I didn’t have an obesity meter at the start of 2020, it was off the scales at 113%, so not just obese, but “morbidly obese.” When I reach 0%, I’ll be considered “overweight” instead of “obese” by health authorities. When I started 5:2, I was right at 100% obese. Today, I am a little over 37% obese, just three pounds away from the 1/3 mark. My hope/goal is by the end of summer to break the obesity meter and just be “overweight.” Then, of course, I’ll make an overweight meter haha

For those of you who are rechecking calories and doing the right thing, please keep on keeping on. It might take a few weeks, but things should start showing movement soon. Day by day is deceptive. Week by week is better. But I also added a month by month average tracker, and I really like how it simplifies my average monthly weight loss. Yeah, December and January were really slow for me, basically flat, but it is starting to show a slight trend downwards even in that period.

Good luck to all on the pocket lists today!

Day 22 UK NFD.

Had a proper walk today – which with lockdown and weather has become a bit of a rarity

@nellen -Someone from the forum usually volunteers to host the next monthly challenge ( although I think @at has got lumbered with doing the spreadsheet) If no one wants to do I don’t mind doing it but I have a vague recollection that there were 2 volunteers for Jan ??? But I can’t trust my memory these days

@snowflake56 hope you are ok , and do rejoin whenever you feel like it x

Day 22 North Canton OH FD800

I was on a Zoom call yesterday with a close friend that I have not seen in a while and she texted me later to ask if I had lost weight, she said and I quote “You look amazing”. That completely made my day 😄😄😄 the scales are not budging but apparently all the fasting and strength training is paying off; and that my friends is what I call a solid win.

@daffodil2010 “restaurant” at home with OH is how my 20th year wedding anniversary is going to go. We are having fun planning a menu and figuring out what to wear. This upcoming anniversary is particularly sentimental because we separated last year and almost got a divorce. After some time apart, we decided to work things out and recommitted to each other. It has been wonderful ever since, we realized we were taking each other for granted, and allowing resentments to creep in- and stay. We learned a lot from that awful period and are doing things a little more differently. I am so thankful that we came through this test stronger.

@clemmi I understand the frustration, because the exact same thing could be said for my situation. The first time I did 5:2 (5 years ago) I lost 20 pounds in 8 weeks. The weight just fell off, and I was not even that strict. This time, I am allowing minimal room for error and I have been stuck at same weight for 4 weeks. So here is my tip: recalculate your TDEE based on your current age and goal weight, make sure you underestimate your activity level, then keep track of your inches. If you are doing this right, your inches will shrink even if the scale is not moving. You are burning fat but water weight may be clouding the picture. Also keep the big picture in mind, weight loss is not a linear progression, if you have a good system and you stick with it, you will see results over the long term.

@snowflake56 we will miss you and hope to see you again sometime in the future. Hugs from Ohio

@nellen never fear, @brightonbelle is right. And you are in for a treat because I will be hosting this lovely group in February. I am still trying to find a delightful and appropriate adjective that captures the spirit of the month-and the group. Suggestions are welcome!

Pocket List Day 22
@litprof FD800
@flourbaby
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@basyjames FD800

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@stitchincarol
@basyjames

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@ccco (Dry January)
@at (Dry until 29th)
@stitchincarol (dry ON Friday!!!!)

USA. Day 22. FD800

Pocket List Day 22

@litprof FD800
@flourbaby
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn
@ccco
@basyjames FD800

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@stitchincarol
@basyjames

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@ccco (Dry January)
@at (Dry until 29th)
@stitchincarol (dry ON Friday!!!!)

I hope this time I got the pocket list right. I added back @basyjames.

thank you @ccco, our posts must have crossed 🤸‍♀️

Day 23 – Lake district UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

What a fabulous day yesterday, mild, no wind, blue skies!

Skeins of geese flying North towards the mosses, must have been several hundred early on, tremendous sight. We headed out for a reasonable walk and found it was very mild, so in the afternoon I headed out onto the back rockery.
Boots on and it wasn’t too wet or slippery, managed to do the last of the pruning that I hadn’t done before Christmas.
Loads of bulbs coming through, Hellebores in full flower and snowdrops breaking bud!
Felt very satisfied when I was finished. Sat later with a coffee and piece of fruit loaf, as it started towards dusk, was treated to a massive murmuration of starlings flying past, there were thousands of them, just above rooftop height of the bungalows opposite, fabulous!

This morning, cold, snow falling and still dark at 8.40am, winter weather eh!

@snowflake56 – Hope you’re OK, we’ll still be here if you feel like dropping in anytime, just take care.

Been keeping busy recently as Mrs I-H-L had surgery a couple of weeks ago and its my turn for the nurses outfit 🙂
Luckily we’re as good as each other, she’s doing well and recovering fast, apart from putting a load through the washing machine on a bit higher heat than I should, all going really well.
Not only am I domesticated, I’m quite a dab hand around the kitchen and meals are not a problem, so the medics have kept us both busy during lockdown one way or another.

Take care all

Day 23 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD of some variety 😜

I am so thankful to be back to my controlled, decently disciplined self! And I really like what the scales have done: Thursday was 148.4, out to dinner that night; Friday was 150.8, FD500; this morning is again 148.4. Two days does not mean this EOD approach is going to work, but it’s certainly encouraging! I have lost and gained the same 3-5 pounds over the last six months and am ready to find an approach I can manage that will continue the downward movement!

So today is going to be a FD, but I’m still figuring out what the calories are in the soup I’m going to make so I can decide how much other stuff (bread, butter, beer) I get to have with the soup.

@fastingto58kgs Piece of trivia for you: FDs are much easier and less hunger-riddled if you haven’t had a crazy amount of carbs the day before–is this something you already know? So if you’re inclined to consider this, you may want to avoid an excess of carbs on Sunday to make Monday’s FD easier. 😉

@i-hate-lettuce Aren’t the extreme days so funny? Mild and gorgeous, then cold and snowy? Loved your descriptions! Hope Mrs IHL’s surgery wasn’t anything awful, and so glad she’s healing well.

@northgeorgia That truly is a milestone, to be 229 after an NFD! (“a NFD”??? LOL) You’re definitely making progress!

I’m going to walk with Leslie shortly, then it’s off to town to get groceries, over to church to be secretary and to practice the organ for tomorrow, then home again right as the new batch of snow arrives so I can get the pot of soup of and go back to my sewing room to work on that quilt. I actually started this quilt five or six years ago, and it feels like the project that never ends, but I truly am getting close to a finished top. Perhaps by the end of January, certainly in February! I promise that, when I actually finish the thing, my shout of joy and relief will be heard around the world! 🤣😂😁💪

Have a grand day/evening, everyone!

Day 23 USA (Illinois) OMAD

Sun is shining, cold but nice to see sunshine. Doing pretty well.

Onward and downward.

Day 24 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

@stichincarol – Yes, winter weather as you say can flip in an hour or two. I remember a few years ago I was on 2 -10 afternoon shift on a quick change over, shift partner and I went to the pub on the way home for a swift couple of pints. Wandered home, nice evening, not particularly cold. Got up just after 5am for the 6 – 2 morning shift, there was 18 inches of snow!
Re Mrs I-H-L – she was in for repairs, which went very well indeed and she has recovered very quickly indeed, just still being careful not to undo the fix, so my turn to look after her!

Not as cold and icy as forecast, will give it a couple of hours and head out for a wander today.

Take care all.

Day 24 US/DC. FD
Oh dear – yesterday was a bit of a disaster all around. @stitchincarol – you and me both. I grazed all day, right up until about 9 last night. And of course the scales told me so – up 1.2 lbs. But I knew that without a scale. So, today – an unanticipated FD. Gotta make up for it, right?
It’s cold and chilly in DC this weekend. Surprisingly so, as we have had a really remarkable mild (weather wise at least) winter so far.
Plan on yoga this morning, maybe a spin class this afternoon.
Honestly, I feel pretty yuck from everything I ingested yesterday. Hey – maybe I will learn from that. I really was like a garbage disposal. Lovely image, huh?
Have a good Sunday everyone.

@northgeorgia – you are really an inspiration on many levels. thank you

Day 25, FD, Aus

FD!! I thought of you last night @stitchincarol, and decided I WILL do a FD today. And at least you tried, which is all one can really ask! My resolve was also strengthened when I looked in the mirror and thought I just look old and fat. A little voice said to me ‘yes, but you can do something about one of those.’ Too true. I can’t reverse time but I can reverse weight gain.

I echo everyone’s comments, @snowflake56 – stay well and come back when you’re ready. You’ll walk into open arms.

Feast Free February, perhaps, @basyjames? Or maybe that’s putting the emphasis on the wrong thing… Fabulous Fasters?

The unicorn technique, @missybear? I cut my OH’s hair on the weekend with clippers – scariest thing I’ve done in years but it turned out ok. At least he felt he could go to work without having to hide! You-tube was my friend too. Good luck!

Thinking of you across the ditch today @fastingto58kgs – you can do it!

Thanks @Ihatelettuce – not only is this forum supportive but it’s informative. I had to look it up as I did not know that geese in flight are called a skein. Thanks! Google tells me that the word applies to flying ducks too but when they are in the water, they are called a paddling. Isn’t that perfect!

Day 25, New Zealand. FD – 16:8
Fasting today. Enjoying a coffee while colleagues eat their lunch 😂 half way there

Day 25 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Quick check in. Have a great day everyone lets do this.

Day 25 – Lake District UK – FD

Good morning everyone

More snow this morning, we rarely get any but this is third lot recently, someone somewhere is getting a lot if we’re getting some!

@penz – Its funny the things you pick up ie skein of geese, it depends where in the world you live sometimes. Great for quiz answers if they stick! We have a large Heronry in the woods by the estuary, the collective for Herons is a siege or a sedge, there can be a couple of dozen fishing the estuary when they’re nesting feeding young.

@lilymartin – Yes Mrs I-H-L had to have a patch to repair a previous Op hence ‘repairs’ remark. She’s doing incredibly well, we’re both quite strong both in character and constitution. We had quite a long walk yesterday knowing it was going to be cold/icy today. We’ve kept saying we’ll slouch on the settee and watch a film one afternoon when the weathers bad …. It’s never happened yet so become a standing joke!

Take care all

Pocket list for Day 25
@penz
@fastingto58kg
@lilymartin
@daffodil2010
@clemmi
@i-hate-lettuce

Day 19 CD
Day 20 CD
Day 21 FD
Day 22 NFD
Day 23 NFD
Day 24 NFD
Day 25 Oxfordshire, UK – CD
Goodness, hadn’t realised it was nearly a week since I last posted.
Anyway, MiL has been discharged from hospital and now resides in a care home about 20 miles away. This is meant to be a stepping stone before returning to her flat. DH still can’t visit due to Covid restrictions but has dropped off clothes, etc. and saw her through the window. Hospital managed to lose both her hearing aids during her stay so new ones are on order.
I have been keeping up with my exercise regime and DTF, but I haven’t really been fasting too well, so I’m hoping for a push this last week.
Had a lovely walk Saturday due to the sunshine and yesterday through the snow, it’s a bit more slippery today but still enjoyable.
Will catch up with posts later.
Have a good day.

Pocket list for Day 25
@penz
@fastingto58kg
@lilymartin
@daffodil2010
@clemmi
@i-hate-lettuce
@northgeorgia

ZBC
@northgeorgia