Day 28. OMAD. London

Thanks so much for hauling my sorry ass ( I think I’m American..) back on the wagon. I feel much better now. I know what I did wrong. I’d been stretching my five hour eating window somewhat, which wasn’t helping, and then I make a HUGE mistake. I must’ve been reading something and someone recommended a diet book, and as I was feeling rubbish, I had a look at the author on YouTube. He just shouted the whole time, about ‘ if you eat this, you are literally KILLING yourself’ etc etc etc blah blah blah. And it made me so depressed. I walked round with a big black cloud over my head all day. And I finally realised that the reason I like this WOL is this forum, with such nice, understanding, normal people, and its lack of shouty idiots laying the law down. I even ordered shouter’s book, but I’m going to throw it away without reading it!😀😀😀

Day 28 – Western Australia – NFD
Day 27 – NFD
Day 26 – FD
Day 25 – FD
Day 24 – NFD
Day 23 – NFD
Day 22 – NFD
Day 21 – FD

Yeah well… Try again in Feb 😛 The scales didn’t move much on my last weekly weigh in (200g, are you KIDDING!?) so “Fit Feb” it’ll be for me. Haven’t been able to exercise due to an injury but just got the all clear. As unfun as it might be initially, time to dust off the running shoes and chase down that wagon you’re all on!

Day 28 Oxfordshire, UK – FD800
Engineer arrived earlier than expected today, so all up and running properly now.
Yesterday’s FD was also successful, not quite as low as Tuesday but still saw a loss on the scales today.
Will do FD 800 today and then aim to be mindful over the weekend. That’s where it usually all falls down.
DH has been called to make an apt for vaccine so I’m hoping mine won’t be too much longer
Pocket List Day 28
@litprof FD800
@northerndawn
@daffodil2010
@i-hate-lettuce
@at
@basyjames WFD4
@suki2 FD800

ZBC
@at

Exercise 🏋️‍♀️ 30×5
@at
@basyjames
@suki2

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@ccco (Dry January)
@at
@stitchincarol
@suki2

Day 28 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

FD went well yesterday, and today I get to “feast.” (I’ve said, haven’t I, that I’m trying the EOD approach to fasting?) My weight fluctuates by about four pounds every day, and that’s terribly disconcerting, but the lows are still in the 140s, so I’m just giving the approach an honest try. Really, it’s nothing more than 4:3, except with a structure where the FDs are. I think that, for me, the important thing is to train myself what NFDs should look like, how much of a feast v. how much of a CD. The pattern of knowing “tomorrow I can eat” is proving beneficial, so we’ll see how it works out. As always, I won’t give up Sundays, so that makes the whole EOD thing problematic on Saturdays. Maybe this Saturday will go better than last Saturday, LOL!

Well, @litprof, I always remind myself this is a way of LIFE, and it sounds as if you’re enjoying life to the fullest; fasting can come after the fun!

@northerndawn I hope your cold is very short-lived and mild!

@daffodil2010 For all of my adult life, I’ve silently viewed being sick as coming with the silver lining that at least I won’t eat so much and may drop a bit of weight, LOL! In fact, I have to have a crown, the dentist told me, so I am planning the appointment on a feast day, to effortlessly give me an extra FD, LOL! So glad your mojo is back, but bummed you’ve discovered so many foods that are likely to be causing you food reactions!

@i-hate-lettuce Was this a homemade pizza on the grill? I’ve never, ever thought of doing pizza on a grill! Do you put it on some sort of stone, or right on the rack?

@at You have a truly wonderful DH!

@EmmaTaylor Love that you sorted out what happened. The mental component of this WOL is the most crucial to long-term success, in my opinion.

@northgeorgia “Only barely 228,” perhaps, but it is nonetheless the 220s!!! So happy for you.

@toady Where are you? It’s been a long time since we’ve heard from you, and I hope all is well!

@elektron So often this whole process feels like a series of starts and stops, but you’ll get there!!

@basyjames Your anniversary dinner sounded scrumptious, and I’m so thrilled you even had it to celebrate. God is good.

@suki2 Fingers crossed that you can get your vaccination soon!

Pocket List Day 28
@litprof FD800
@northerndawn
@daffodil2010
@i-hate-lettuce
@at
@basyjames WFD4
@suki2 FD800
@ccco

ZBC
@at

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

DTF 🚫🍸🍷🍺🥂
@ccco (Dry January)
@at
@suki2

Have a grand day, everyone!

@northerndawn – I’d better not name the shouty man. Don’t want to encourage any trolls….. suffice to say he has a very lean and hungry look😳😳😳

Day 28 USA (Illinois) NFD

OMAD today. Hang in there everyone.

Onward and downward.

Day 29 – Lake district UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

@stitchincarol – Pizza stone on the BBQ is fantastic, one of our better buys, pizza gets a nice and crispy base, for Mary Berry fans … no soggy bottom!

@daffodil2010 – Your fruit list, a lot of those foods listed I had to recently avoid, mostly acidic, I remember trying a tomato one day when I was staring to improve! It was a while before I did it again. Luckily finally near back to normal now where foods concerned.

@at – Thanks for your comments, both of us are going along very nicely, Mrs I-H-L doing well, out for walks now most days.

Last weigh in day of January, very pleased with where I am.

Not sure if I’ve ever really admitted to anyone (other than Mrs I-H-L) the truth about my weight. I’ve just come across an old weight record from September 2014, at that time I was rather embarrassed by my weight.

I was 20 stone 5 lbs – 285 lbs – 129.3 Kg – BMI of 40.9
Today 14 stone 11 lb – 207 lbs – 93.8 kg – BMI of 29.7

Loss of 78 lb or 35.5 kg

58 lb or 27.7 kg of this was since July 2019 when I joined this forum and started on my 5:2 adventure with help and encouragement from strangers (now friends) on the Monthly Challenges.

5:2 really does work!

Take care all.

Day 29 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 229.2 lbs hehe Have my doubts that I can keep it under 230 through Monday morning, but still satisfied that the slug has headed for the downhill slope!

My city was on national news because a tragic industrial accident at a poultry plant. It happened yesterday morning where at least six people have died (several more still in the hospital) from a nitrogen leak. Praying for all the families affected today.

Trying to add some healthy bits back into the diet (easy to overdo the heavy carbs and fats in the winter), so had a nice bowl of oatmeal with bananas this morning. Hope everyone has a successful day!

Day 29 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500

Some nice things to report: 1.Yesterday’s “feast day” just felt like what used to be normal meals, back when meals were just meals and I didn’t overeat like a glutton. 2.When I went to bed, I weighed less than my typical weight the morning after a “feast day.” 3. I was only up 1.6 pounds from my weight yesterday morning, after a FD, when I’m always down nicely.

It’s too soon to say for certain, but it’s appearing this EOD approach, this 4:3 thing is going to work for me. Regular 5:2 works, I know it does, but it wasn’t working for me because I was abusing those 5 NFD days and wasn’t finding the will-power NOT to abuse them; this EOD seems to be accomplishing my goal of teaching me to eat reasonably on NFDs, what we’re supposed to do. I haven’t seen a 147-point-anything, let alone a 146-point-something, since before Christmas and I’m impatient to get to the low 140s and lower, so my fingers are crossed that I’ve found the “magic combination” for myself.

@northerndawn Isn’t it glorious when we have a lovely night of deep sleep? Those were the norm for me until my early or mid-50s, and then everything changed. The things you don’t know to treasure until they’re gone, LOL!

@johnnyr Good luck on your decision whether to leave self-employment for the job or not. I can well imagine how complicated the decision is!

Wow, @i-hate-lettuce, what a journey you’ve travelled, and what amazing results!! You are entitled to feel hugely chuffed! (Love that term!)

@missybear HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to you! That’s a great loss for you, and better than I do in a month, so I’m quite envious! Well done!

@northgeorgia Such a shame about the accident, and so scary that they can’t find the source of the leak. Prayers, indeed!

@suki2 May not be as much as you wanted, but it’s in the right direction, and I’m delighted for you!

Today may be the day when I finally finish this quilt I’ve talking about. The tough border is just about finished, and then it’s only easy borders after that before it’s finished and I can take it to a quilter who’ll do the quilting stitches that make it a quilt. Silly terminology, that the same word is used for two very different details, huh?

Have a grand day, everyone!

Day 29 North Canton OH NFD

Cruella showed a 2 pound drop today! I was not expecting that at all, but more importantly, I have lost 3 inches around my middle. In addition, my jeans are saggy and I have to keep hiking them up. Isn’t that a hoot? I was so worried late last year that I would have to buy bigger jeans and now my jeans are too loose.

@JohhnyR congrats on the loss and sending positive vibes regarding the (possibly) new job. You have quite the decision on your hands, and I know it is not an easy choice. I will be praying for wisdom on which road to take for you.

@Emmataylor hungry looking people tend to be very easily triggered, LOL. Ok, I should not laugh.

@missybear congratulations on your loss. That is wonderful!

@fivetwofan5252 feel better

Have a great day everyone, and find reasons to smile today 😄

Second post

@fivetwofan5252 I hope you’re all better now!

@northerndawn I am indeed using Krista Varady’s book as my motivation for how I’m approaching this. While it’s 7 years old, I can’t see how any truth she states then is no longer truth now, you know?

I have two thoughts on how to determine goal weight. I have always thought 132 was a great goal weight, since it’s what I weighed for a long time as an adult (between pregnancies, anyway). Except at the time, I always thought I should weigh 125, but never pulled it off. When I was in my early 20s, I got down to 112, which was lower than I’d been in high school, and stayed there for five or six years. I think that’s too low for this 62yo woman, however, and have no dreams of being that skinny–which is what I was at that weight–again. Truly thin at 125, however? Yeah, I think so.

Why? Because things that used to be firm aren’t. Because there’s lots of saggy skin that comes with 62 years of living that I didn’t have at 32, and I want to be so thin that saggy skin doesn’t end up looking like fat. Because being truly thin is often cited as being conducive to living longer, and I like life enough to want more of it. Because, if carrying up a 5# bag of flour from the basement is tiring, just think how much better I’d feel if I lost the 5# extra from my body, you know?

But. Right now, my goal is to do EOD so that I lose SOMEthing. It’s been so long since I lost weight (and I have daily charts to prove it), that focusing on 125 is simply discouraging. So I don’t focus on where I want to get, but focus on how I want to get there. EOD fasting (for now, at least). Far less alcohol on the days I do drink. No gluttonous behavior. Moderation, in other words. Because, until I’m that thin and can adopt @at ‘s motto, all I can do is appreciate how it feels to behave as if I’m that thin.

Plus, the advantage of taking so long to lose weight is that I’m learning to maintain as I go. I haven’t lost weight since July, it’s true, but neither have I gained (except for the Christmas bit, which isn’t the same thing to my mind as failing at maintaining).

We’re each of us so different in how we think that my thoughts and opinions may not be particularly helpful to someone else. Whatcha think, @northerndawn? Anything relevant to you in my rambling?

Day 30 QLD NFD

Today was supposed to be a FD800, but a friend kindly gifted us two places at a fancy cooking class and we have come home with two proper French fruit tarts.

I have invited friends over tomorrow to help us eat them! They are very decadent. I’ll have to pack them off with the leftovers.

Day 30 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

@stitchincarol & @northerndawn

Following my post yesterday and your comments about my ‘journey’ I had a look in the wardrobe as I knew there were some old trousers put aside for wearing when decorating. They were huge, pointless keeping them, no end of bailer twine or hairy string would’ve been needed to keep them in place!

Since 2014 I have changed shape a lot and lost a lot of weight, the first stint from September 2014 to July 2019 I lost 20 lb, which I was pleased with, but knew I needed to lose more.
It was in July 2019 I ‘discovered’ the monthly challenges.
To be honest I’d got myself in the right frame of mind or suddenly realised that in my mid 60’s I needed to turn things around and not just be round. Like @stitchincarol, I enjoy life and want to make the most of it.

I think my journey through from July 2019 to now and losing a further 58 lb to get where I am now really helped with my health issues end of last year. I wonder how well I would have been able to fight if I was still carrying all that weight, It certainly wasn’t easy as it was, but if the weight was still there, the outcome may have been different?

However moving from a BMI of over 40 and classed as Morbidly Obese to 29.7 and now classed as Overweight, has had the medics full of joy to say the least. It’s mentioned in virtually every medical report that comes through.

People who have known me for years are amazed at the difference and say so, as ‘it’s impossible to not notice’ as someone put it after nearly walking past me, not recognising me for a moment!

Us chaps aren’t as good as you lasses at talking about health/weight issues, but I thought it time I put pen to paper/post online/talked more openly about it.

So hopefully I think it worth posting for the benefit of others, maybe spur them on?

It’s been a slow journey, not always easy, but very successful so far. My target, not so much about losing more (it might happen!) but for the time being not put any back on.

To everyone on the Monthly Challenges, thank you, we’re all in this together.

Take care all.

Day 30 US/DC FD800

good morning all. I cannot believe we are at day 30. Hooray to us all.

@stichincarol I can so relate to all you are saying. Long ago I weighed between 120-125 (probably in my late 20s) then it went to between 125-130 (30s and 40s) now my goal is 135 and I have to work to not be in the 137-142 arena. At the moment, thanks to all of you, I have gotten to 133. I am amazed. But then I hear my mother in my memory saying that at a certain age (which I have definitely reached) either your butt can look great or your face but you can’t have both. Still makes me laugh.
I think I am going to try to switch over to maintenance, but I know me – without the rules (2 FD a week) I can slowly but surely find my way right back to where I started.
My fantasy of “if I lose it, it is gone” has to bite the dust.
Maybe I better try Dry February as well – somehow the notion of reintroducing wine AND going to maintenance seems a bit contradictory. :((((
Still hoping for that vaccine – hope springs eternal and all that jazz.

@northerndawn – grazie, mille grazie – you have helped me more than you know.

snow storm a comin’

Day 30 Oxfordshire, UK – NFD

@stitchin carol – thanks for your congrats, hugely motivating. Well done for sticking to your plan yesterday.

@northern Dawn – you’re right its not an easy month to lose weight in any year and this January has been no exception. Now MiL is in the care home I think I can focus more on my needs. It has also helped that my yoga class focus for the month was how to cope with stress and how to reduce it where possible. I hope to be able to make use of those strategies going forward.

@ihatelettuce – your way of life always reminds me of my later father in law, brewing and growing veg etc. Unfortunately he was also hugely overweight but never took the doctors seriously. Thankfully you took control, what a fantastic success story.

This afternoon I’m meant to be doing the garden birdwatch. So I’d better get on to it. Enjoy the rest of the day.

Day 30 US/DC second post

@stitchincarol – I am not altogether sure how I am going to approach maintenance and honestly it makes me nervous. I think I will go to 6:1 and see how that goes. Not really wanting to commit to another dry month. Maybe I’ll switch to no alcohol till the weekend (can’t recall the abbreviation).
Who knows – for all I know tomorrow I’ll get back on the scale and realize I am not done yet. ha ha ha. Any thoughts or words of wisdom would be much appreciated.

Day 30 US/DC NFD
@stichincarol – thank you. I think that’s a really good idea. stick with the 5:2 (even when I get grumpy). It really does help me to stay conscious of when I am actually hungry versus bored or when it’s just my mouth that is hungry. And – adding back the wine will add back calories, so it will help me understand what I can consume and eat and stay at the weight I want. Yes – this is really wise advice. It should help me to learn and incorporate being conscious of consumption of both food and alcohol and try to learn some measure of moderation – which is definitely NOT an adjective anyone would attach to me. :))))

Day 31 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Firstly thanks to @northerndawn for hosting this months challenge, hopefully we will all be ready for the next one 😉

January can be an odd month for many reasons, flat after the Christmas holidays, winter for us in the Northern Hemisphere and not forgetting the restrictions many are under due to Covid!

Must admit Rejuvenating January has lived up to it’s title for us, things have really improved here in the I-H-L household over the month.
Not least Mrs I-H-L has been (literally) repaired with surgery early in the month and is doing incredibly well, even started doing some baking again.
Me, well I am also continuing on in leaps and bounds, weight has settled nicely, even started back on my 5:2 FD’s. I think the Chemo/Radiotherapy which finished 9 weeks ago has upset or even killed off my ‘Inner Warthog’!

I’m certainly in a much better place regarding personal health and weight, in particular I’m talking more honestly about it. Previously I would never discuss it, typical bloke! I honestly believe this forum and Monthly Challenges have helped me in more ways than just weight loss.

During my recovery and recently Mrs I-H-L’s, we would get deliveries of ‘goodies’ appear on our doorstep and not just the weekly groceries.
Of course we are ‘shielding’ and self isolating (but luckily still able to get out for walks) so every now and again the doorbell would ring, open the door often no one there, but a bag with some goodies and a note wishing us well. Friends and neighbours have been fantastic.
The nice thing is the knock on effect, the husband of a close friend of Mrs I-H-L has just come out of hospital, so on our walk we were able to ‘repay’ the fun and leave some baking and some of my beers for them. In fact the recent baking mostly went to friends and neighbours, the feelgood factor is really rather good. As an old friend once said, “It’s nice to be nice!”

Take care all , see you all in the next monthly Challenge.

Day 31, London, UK, NFD

Well, It’s the last day of this challenge and I have to own up to not being entirely present throughout, the mojo seems to be treating my house like a hotel!!!

@emma-taylor, isn’t it strange that we, who have a teeny-tiny issue with controlling our weight😜, keep looking for THE answer even after we’ve found the one thing that worked, the one thing we could sustain, the one thing that didn’t promote deprivation and the one thing that didn’t put a flashing sign on our heads saying “ON A DIET” as we declined ALL social events, ordered the lettuce platter for lunch and generally got hangrier😤 & Hangrier😤😤 & HANGRIER😤😤😤!!!!!! This truly is easy, it’s sustainable, the wagon does NOT run smoothly, but we all know the tools are there to be used, we’ve just got to stop faffing about and USE the knowledge we have ………………………………….. I’m totally speaking to myself here!!!!!

@northgeorgia, I too have re-evaluated my goals, it’s not as though I’ve got a slinky dress to get into for a special event anytime soon, we’ll call that goal shifting the ‘Lockdown let-off’

Absolutely jaw dropping results @i-hate-lettuce!!! Kudos to you!!! As much as we all come in different shapes, sizes & colours, the shame of being overweight is so intense, when I think back to the bad old days, I feel the heat rising throughout my body, embarrassment, shame, I could cry. Uurgh!!! What we do to ourselves and others!!!

@fivetwofan5252, The fabulous @basyjames will be hosting our February challenge “Fab Fasters in February”, which is now up and running, See you over there!!!

@northerndawn💐, these are for you, thanks for herding us cats for January💐, I feel as though I blinked & missed it, but maybe it’s been a gentle slide back into this WOL!!

See y’all over in February everyone, it’s gonna be “Finger out Feb” for me!!!

Day 31 OMAD. London.

I’m with you @flourbaby. I know it’s the only thing that works. I’m just messing around too much at the moment. Gin Stephens suggests breaking your fast with a small snack, and then eating your main meal after that. That’s what I’m doing, but tbh, I’m not at all hungry after my small snack, and could happily skip my meal, which DH and I have together. I think he would be quite fed up if I stopped eating any meals with him, so I need to stop having the snack part. It shouldn’t be hard, but I regard that as the one time of day I can eat just what I want, without having to accommodate anybody else. Just being selfish really. I’ll have a go today. I got carried away with a bag of peanuts last night and I feel like a heffalump this morning. 😳

Day 31 – USA/GA – NFD

What a pleasant surprise! After three NFDs in a row, dropped back to 228.8 lbs, so I get to record the end of January as 228 lbs! I fell short of my goal this month of 225 lbs (but I didn’t foresee half a month of stalling out on the holiday plateau), and just barely short of my December goal of 227 lbs (maybe this week, though?) after underestimating the power of holiday baking and temptations.

Technically, that’s 4 lbs lost since Jan. 1, but I was 230 on Dec. 31 and 229 on Jan. 4, so that number is a little misleading. It’s just been a seasick ride since Nov. 30 at 232 and ending Jan. 17 at 231: other than the 229 on Jan. 4, that whole period of Nov. 30 – Jan. 17 kept between 233 and 230 lbs, back and forth, back and forth LOL

Still, I am happy to be in the 220s. Although I do daily measurements, I found that doing weekly and now, monthly, measurements, show a better overall picture, especially on plateau periods (and I post this in hope to offer encouragement to anyone that hops onto a plateau). My daily chart shows a plateau as a horrible glob of up and downs that stay within a set range over weeks and weeks. My weekly chart is a bit cleaner, but also showed a flat line of the weekly average weight for much of the same period. The monthly chart was more interesting. Averaging out the weight for the month showed that even during the plateau period, there was weight loss! This little bit of movement encouraged me. I can’t show a chart here, but let me share the data:

* November: 5 lbs lost (over Oct’s average), 2% body weight lost
* December: 3 lbs lost, 1.75% body weight lost
* January: 2 lbs lost, 0.75% body weight lost

So, the weight I lost between October and November was the same amount I lost for December and January combined. Now with the plateau ending, I should expect an increase in weight loss for February, but it’s also a short month. This can help me, at a glance, set my goal that should be attainable for the upcoming month (but also putting just a slight challenge element to it, too). So probably 4 lbs.

See all of you in February!

Day 31 UK NFD

End of month check in

I’ve been absent for the last 3 weeks with post-covid hypertension. I took time out from fasting while adjusting to medications and trying to get on top of BP. AND my laptop died 10 days ago which has made everything harder – particularly within lockdown.

On the bright side I’ve kept going with veganuary, eaten easy healthy meals in 16:8 and the 6lbs I lost at the beginning of the month has stayed off.

Thank you all for being welcoming, supportive and lovely as I appeared, got sick & disappeared!
@northerndawn thank you for your gentle & generous hosting.

See you all in the February challenge xx

Day 31 UK NFD

Thank you @northerndawn 👏January has certainly been challenging for me but hey it’s a new month tomorrow and I can reset

Day 31 – UK – CD

Had a lovely 10km walk on this cold and generally cloudy winter’s day, the sun really struggled to break free of the clouds – Back home to bake a batch of Spelt and Raisin Scones for OH and tried a new recipe for an Apple Cloud Cake – low calorie as no fats in the cake mix – be interesting to see how it turns out!

I am aiming for an alcohol free CD today – hopefully setting me up for a FD500 tomorrow to start the new challenge as I mean to go on 🙏 I am going back to basics with the old fashioned 5:2 with 2 x FD500 each week for February – there it’s in writing now……..

I have to admit that despite all my good intentions December and January has not been the best food and alcohol wise!! and now I have to face the facts – those trousers are definitely feeling a bit tight 🤭 I have avoided the scales since the beginning of November when I weighed in at 56.5kg, slightly above my target range………So tomorrow morning I will step on those scales 😱 and face “Cruella” and then join @basyjames as as “Fab Faster” for February!!!

I have 2 special meals ordered during the month – a tasting menu for Valentines day and a seafood menu towards the end of the month – these will be accompanied by wine but otherwise I am committing to a Dry February – I have no choice if I want to stop that weight gain trajectory “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”

@basyjames – your anniversary dinner sounds very 😋 and I am looking forward to joining you as a “Fab Faster in February”
@i-hate-lettuce – What an amazing journey – Total Loss of 78 lb or 35.5 kg – 58 lb or 27.7 kg of this was since July 2019!!!! I agree that losing that weight must have played a great part in your swift recovery from the intense treatment regime you underwent at the end of last year and I am so glad that you both you and Mrs IHL had a “Rejuvenating January”!!!
@missybear – you had a great January – well done on dispatching those 4.8 pounds!
@northgeorgia – I heard about that tragic industrial accident at a poultry plant on our news here!
@fivetwofan5252 – my “January didn’t quite go as planned” either but certainly not due to ill health but to gluttony on my part – I do hope your health issues are resolving if not resolved already x
@northerndawn – I’m with you in that I too have eaten far more carbs in the last 2 months so should not be surprised that a weight gain has ensued….😢 Good to hear that your cold seems to be improving
@stitchincarol – loved your post – inspiring me for February
@northerndawn- A big THANK YOU for hosting this months challenge- these are for you 🤗💐

Huge congratulations to those who lost weight small or large; achieved your goals for the month or have successfully maintained 👏
To those who seem stuck on a plateau -“When you get to a plateau, think of it as a landing on the stairway to your goal. And maintenance is a lifelong plateau, so a bit of “rehearsal” for maintenance isn’t the worst thing in the world” 😇
To those like me who have struggled or even put some weight back on – Tomorrow is the start of a new challenge – Let us all move forward together “The struggle you’re in today is developing the strength you need tomorrow” 🤗

“The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.” BUDDHA