Day 3 – Cumbria UK – FD

Good morning all,
Well the scales dipped this morning, 1 lb, which after all the seasonal feasting and the last party on Sunday night puts me back to 4 lbs over my lightest!
Weird way of saying I put a few pounds on after Christmas, but have managed to lose some of the gain in 4 days 🙂
So as usual, enthusiasm and bloody mindedness, throwing in another FD, mainly because I’m feeling good, so rather than have my ‘day off’ (feast) day today, going to make the most of enthusiasm and momentum! That and the weather is good and dry, so there’s a new (long) walk I want to try.

My way of doing things is count/write down calories, even if its only an estimation (don’t underestimate though, you’re only kidding yourself) my Basic Metabolic Rate is 1921 calories, (I actually ignore my TDEE figure, it tempts me into eating a bit more) so always try to keep under my BMR.
My usual ‘MOAM’ (Man on a mission) walks burn around 800 calories, so hoping today will be somewhere around 1200 calories burned.

I’m sort of joining those on a dry January inasmuch as I’m cutting right back on wine, despite having some beauties stashed away, I’m limiting myself to a maximum of one evening a week … or less, I know my weakness so keep my targets attainable!

@daffodil2010 … Nice to see a downward ‘bounce’ for you, weird how things happen with our bodies. Some weeks you thing you’ve done well and nothing happens or even a gain, then ‘bad week this week’ but drop a pound or two! Almost seems like no logic to it all.

@funshipfreddie … Hope you enjoyed your seasons festivities, won’t take you long to get back to this WOL, if you’re anything like me I was looking forward to getting back to FD’s.

Todays pocket list

@Ihatelettuce

Blimey, that was long winded for me 🙂
Right, Off for a march
Take care all

Day 3 – NFD – Ireland
Janudry 🚫
Have been struck down with a really sore throat and cold this week but hopefully it will pass… taking lots of paracetamol etc.
NYE was quiet here but very sweet with my mum and dad and my man…. we decided not to bring them to the bigger family gathering as they are just not able for that mayhem but it was lovely and a few of our gang staggered calling in to them throughout the evening.💕
I don’t know what this year will bring for me… I am prepared for a sad one just because of dad’s diagnosis and mums deteriorating state of mind… but…who knows… they are both with us (and together) and that’s the most important right now 💕2019 was rather a crappy year for me in many ways so am going to practice more self care/love/time out this year etc so that I’m In the best place possible to deal with anything that comes my way…. 💪

@basyjames you are on a roll with FDs!
Well done to @daffodil2010, @ihatelettuce and @caroline esty-akporokah who have started a downward trend already and @brightonbelle for getting to the gym…
great post @lilymartin 👍
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 3 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

My first FD of the month/year/decade!

Welcome to all the newbies! I’m just one of many 5:2-ers that proves 5:2/IF – whatever you want to call it – works! Once you’ve done a few tweaks, and gotten into a routine, figured out what works for you, and accepted that it has to be a WOL rather than a temporary fix, there’s no looking back.

I briefly went through a rollercoaster of emotions after waking up this morning. Realizing I was back home, & then remembering I’d promised myself that I would fast, urgh! So then I decided to brave getting on the scales instead of waiting until tomorrow; half-hoping the battery would be dead. And I’m only two kilos above my upper limit! I was absolutely gobsmacked (that’s British for ‘utterly astounded’). While I was away I did plenty of walking, but also plenty of drinking. I kind of stuck to a TRE pattern of maybe 14/10; but only because I just can’t face food first thing in the morning. I never once had the ‘free breakfast’, much to the disgust of the guesthouse owner. I like to try different places, & usually had my first of two meals around 10 or 11am. I never once counted a calorie or ate a salad. But anyway, I plan on doing ADF for a few days, just until my fasting muscle has been flexed a little.

@i-hate-lettuce – yes, I enjoyed the festivities, too much! My liver, at least, is glad it’s over. Another reason I can’t believe I gained so little weight; I must have averaged at least a bottle of wine per day! I’m certainly not complaining; but it doesn’t make sense… 🤔

@binklebonk – (great name!) some people find exercising on FDs intensifies their hunger; but for me it doesn’t make any difference. Exercising on an empty stomach, what’s known as ‘fasted cardio’ is said to lead to higher levels of fat loss; the theory being that your body feeds on stored fat & carbs instead of food you’ve recently eaten. But you don’t have to run a marathon. Even a good long walk would be beneficial.

@at – I saw the new Cats movie recently too. Yes, ‘bizarre’ is the only way to describe it. It’s the CGI, ie computer-generated imagery. It’s just too distracting. You can’t help but spend most of the movie trying to figure out what’s ‘real’ and what isn’t. It’s an amazing cast, the choreography was good; but it would have been so much better if they’d just worn regular cat costumes as they do in the stage production.

Any other Friday fasters…?

Pocket List – Day 3 🍏
@funshipfreddie

Day 3 Melb Aust TDEE

Hi everyone, I’ve put myself onto the spreadsheet in red now, thanks for setting it up @at, and @songbirdme for hosting us.

For me, it’s time for a new start. I’m a 70-yr-old female retiree, former med lab scientist then ESL teacher, single, in a household run by Wilbur, my ginger tabby, who still thinks he’s a tomcat and acts like it, too 🙂 I started 5:2 December 2018, went quite well for a while and lost 13 kgs. Have now regained about 8 of those in the past few months, due to a combination of personal stress and gross over-indulgence (partly as a stress response!), and am now reining in the sugar dragon and getting back on the wagon. Family are visiting from the States in June and I’d like to be considerably lighter by then. My dream is for a loss of 26 kg, but realistically, would settle for anything over 13 kg.

So, new year, new start, and on we go again.

Day 3 UK NFD

Well second post today to say on my first ever NFD I seem to have loads of energy from somewhere! 😄

@caroline-esty-akporokah: Three pounds down in less than a week….great stuff. Your name is SOOO long, I had to keep checking I was spelling it right! How did you decide on it?
@lilymartin: I love the “health professional who should know better” bit!

Pocket List – Day 3 🍏

@i-hate-lettuce
@Christy-B
@funshipfreddie
@therealwil78

I’m going to try a new easier way to start back on 5:2 (after so many failings). Twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays…..just go to work with no breakfast and see how long I can go without eating. No pressure, I can eat my “coming home from work meal as usual. It would be after 2pm and therefore getting on for twenty four hours with no food. I could graduate to a full, proper fast-day once I’ve mastered the twice-weekly OMAD. (One meal a day)
I did that yesterday, so next one is Monday.

USA Day 3 FD

Adding myself to the pocket list today!

Pocket List – Day 3 🍏

@i-hate-lettuce
@Christy-B
@funshipfreddie
@therealwil78
@ccco

Welcome, Flaquita from Cork! Although I am in the US. now, my family is also from Cork. Most of my relatives are still there, although a few live in London!

Hope everyone is having a great day!

Day 3 Canada NFD

I tend to stay off the scales as they bounce around quite a lot but weigh myself today as my clothes all seemed to be fitting nicely. I am at my pre-Christmas weight which is unbelievable!!! There was lots of wine, and delicious food over the holidays but I tried to control portions and used 16:8 whenever I could.

Posting everyday in December and having a plan really helped, being part of this forum is the best!

Congrats on such a great start @caroline-esty-akporokah
@karen250463 stopping eating is a skill I am trying to master.
@binklebonk I also like to exercise and now I have been fasting for a while I find that I can go for a long ski or walk and feel fine. I do usually have an apple or banana within 20 minutes and that helps
@basyjames your whoosh will come, those scales can be misleading

USA Day 3 FD

Good fast today! Glad it’s over! Haha! We seem to have multiple pocket lists today with different people on each!! LOL

For all the Australians on this site, I wish everyone the best. The national and international news over here has been following all those fires you are having Stay safe!

Second post

@angrypony love the story behind your name

@caroline esty-akporokah no need to fret, we will get used to it, just copy and paste

@flourbaby you are so right, we are not bins! Years ago, my youngest daughter (who was 7 at the time) said to me “mom you’re not a trash can, so stop eating junk” what a revelation. I also think you’re right about the mindset that sets in after a few years of this WOL, complacency sets in.

Successful nfd today because this has become a complacency-free zone. I have got to fit comfortably in my clothes and I’m going to win this fight!!

See y’all on day 4

Day 3 – NZ – NFD
I’m not sure how much to trust the scales – I expect I will just need to track my weight over time and see how all this is going.
But I weighed myself this morning and I was 0.4kg down on yesterday. Then, after a cup of tea and a shower, I weighed myself again and was 1.2kg heavier!
How did that happen? I didn’t drink a kilo of tea!
I haven’t really done the 5:2 properly yet, so I will just give it another go next week – aiming to fast Monday and Thursday.
Although my BF is due back from sea on Monday so that might all go to pot….

Day 1-3 VA NFD, FD, NFD – I did ok on the fast day (yesterday) until the late night call of a sweet treat (via my inconsistently supportive DH) got to me. Still dreamt of what I would eat today yet ate sensibly after all. I am better prepped for FD 2 now that I have experience and am out of the sweet treats.

My brief: Retired 68 year old married fem (5’6”, 189) with a DS and DD and one wonderful DGS. Have some other health issues (diabetes, hypertension, thyroid issues, arthritis, Lyme, yada, yada, yada), which I hope will disappear or be mitigated by this process. Id like to lose 45-50 pounds by year end.

Day 4: Gloucestershire, UK, NFD:

Just calling in very quickly as I have to get off to work. Yesterday’s deliveries turned out OK, weatherwise, as the early rain cleared just in time for us to go out! DD has reported arriving safely back home in 28 degree Melbourne and has put her shorts and T.shirt back on….to her relief!
@binklebonk: one of my work colleagues set off to New Zealand yesterday for his daughter’s wedding. He was NOT looking forward to the long and arduous flight. Are you in North or South island?

Day 4 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Good morning everyone,

Fabulous day yesterday, bright and sunny, no wind, big MOAM walk !
Luckily there are loads of walks in our area, many within a two mile radius of home, so if the weather turns poor can head home fairly quickly.
New walk yesterday, had my eye on it for a while, but it turns out not as far as I expected, so extended it on way home. The new part was from the water mill, up the hill through the deer park, there must have been a herd of almost 100 fallow deer near a stand of tall beech trees. I walked past them about 50 yards away, they never spooked, which is unusual.
Bit disappointed though, did just under 7 miles, burned off 1050 calories, but put on a couple of pounds or so ! Well, the ground in deer park was soft, must have been carrying over a pound of mud on each boot LOL … Lost it on the road home though.

@flourbaby …… LOL putting me as Honorary member for the DRY-JANUARIANS LIST … have cut down significantly already.

@binklebonk … Don’t try or expect to lose too much too quickly, you’ll end up disappointed, give yourself a target that is achievable. If you lost 1 lb or .5 kg a month look where you’ll be this time next year! Slowly and surely and don’t worry if scales fluctuate, play the long game.

@funshipfreddie … quickly on, quickly off, well done buddy, think I’ll be throwing in 3 FD’s a week as well this month.

Off to the shops to top up the wardrobe today, smaller sizes required!

Take care all.

Day 4 – Cork, IE – FD

Woke up early and planning a productive day of taking down the decorations, cleaning and recycling, such fun 😀 At least I will appreciate the clean house afterwards.

@ccco there seem to be a few people with Cork connections on this forum, always nice to have the connection. Have you ever been to Cork?

Ireland in winter has limited daylight hours so I do need to get outside more while it’s bright. I gave into the lure of the scale this morning and delighted to see a loss of 4lbs. This may be water but it’s still a downward trend which I haven’t seen for a while and which motivates me to keep going.

@jaifaim i started using MFP again recently. I am not particularly a fan of logging my food and calories but it is useful when getting used to the reduced intake on the FDs. As you say, it’s also very useful to keep track of patterns.

Off to do my recycling now.

Day 4 Pocket List
@flaquita

Day 4 Oxfordshire, UK NFD
Hoping to keep busy with dog walking and undressing the tree today.
Visits with my mum are always inactive as she doesn’t walk far and the return journey means I’m in the car for 2.5-3 hours depending on traffic.
Got to see my great nephew though and he is gorgeous.

Have a good day everyone

Day 4, London, UK, NFD,

Another NFD to contend with, I may have to attempt a FD tomorrow since I don’t go back to work until the 7th, FDs at home are tricky, but it’s something I have to learn to do unless I intend to work eternally!!!

@binklebonk, you have had a difficult time recently, there are so many benefits to IF, I truly hope 5:2 helps in all areas. For me, I’m focussed on weight loss, but as a side effect I’m hoping that it wards off Alzheimers (my mum has it) indefinitely!!!

Well done @flaquita, the scales can be so motivating, when they’re being nice!!!

I made a cauliflower soup yesterday, all portioned and frozen for the FDs to come; I find soup the most filling and satisfying on a FD. This time 3 years ago, I couldn’t imagine soup without thick crusty bread slathered in butter!! ……………. Apologies to those fasting today, just delete that image from your mind!!!

Stay strong folks!!!

Hi everyone.

@jaifaim @funshipfreddie thank you I will try that later and change my name. If not I tried..

I have realised I have put on a stone in extra weight since May after leaving slimming world in July!!

I was up and down for over a year and couldn’t see the point in wasting my money and only losing 4 pounds in a while year which was not worth the fiver spend every week!!

After having 6 children and aged 45, I have found the weight harder and harder to shift. I live in the Wolverhampton UK and work full time, whilst juggling church, kids, hubby and the gym! Phew..

Can you believe this is day 8 on this fast diet plan and I have lost 4 pounds in total..

I can’t tell you how happy I am.

I have even done a 45 min body combat class at the gym which I completed very early this morning before I became hungry. Well worth it…

I am having liquid only on Saturdays and keeping my calories close to 500 and in weds having food and liquid up to 600 and see how it goes!

So happy I found this site and lovely to see everyone motivating each other.

In my pocket today are:
@funshipfreddie
@flaquita

@flourbaby and @matpi We got this and can do this. I love the comment we aren’t bins and refuse to consume everyone’s left overs even though I hate wasting food.

Have a fab day and apologies for the long message!

USA Day 4 NFD

Flaquita, I have been to Cork numerous times, as have my children. My last name is Crowley and as you probably know there are many of us there. My sister lived there and in Dublin. She did her post graduate work in Dublin at Trinity and she lived there with her husband, too. Her daughter lived in Dublin, also attending Trinity, and visited our relatives in Dublin many times. We have very few relatives in the U.S. Only my father and mother had children! LOL It’s always a pleasure to be acquainted with people from Cork. I knew that there is someone else posting here who is from Cork, as well.

Today is a controlled NFD. For some reason that I don’t understand, when I went into my profile, I saw that my TDEE has been changed to a higher number! Well, I guess I now eat more food and still lose weight but I don’t trust myself, so I carefully measure all my portions.

Hope everyone has a great day!

@funshipfreddie: Ha! I love the way you just easily brushed aside feeling ravenous on your fast-day…..if ONLY I could do that too! But, hey….
@caroline-esty-akporokah: Hey, I did it! Copied and pasted…..I think it has worked. So, if you can’t change it, no worries!
@gamebird: Welcome. Join us any time…..we’re a great team.
@karen250463: Ah, yes….comfort food and drink. Put it in the past. The beauty of 5:2 is the flexibility. You’ll be fine. xx

Pocket list⬇️

@funshipfreddie
@flaquita
@bellyblast

Day 4 California FD

I’ve finally managed to post and I’m getting out of the holiday slacker mode I’ve been in for two weeks. I did continue to do a 16:8 eating regimen but that’s it and I haven’t weighed myself yet, eek! I’m doing a FD today but I think my son wants to meet for a meal so it may be another day of over 500 calories. Kept up my exercising including weight training so there’s that! No dry January for me because I don’t usually drink more than one a week anyway unless I have guests. I am starting a 7 day sugar challenge from the New York Times on Monday with a coworker. First day is no grains or sugar for breakfast so I’ve got that down okay! Second day is eliminate most sugar from packaged food.

Day 4 UK FD

Well I ran Parkrun for the first time since being injured in May. Nearly 17000 steps today and clocking my food on My Fitness Pal to keep me on track. All good so far!

Day 4 Oregon NFD
Extended my fasting window to 18 hours today. I was able to get busy with laundry, then working. Did a short but fast (for me) run this morning as my running partner couldn’t meet up so I had to try to keep up with my husband.
It sounds like many of you find a calorie tracker useful which makes sense. I need to dust off my neglected My Fitness Pal account for starting up proper fast days (Monday, gulp!) I have used it in the past, it was helpful albeit tedious:)
Will catch up on posts shortly!

Day 4 Canton Ohio CD

I originally planned a FD but DD offered to make me a low carb breakfast and I decided to enjoy the moment. This is my birthday weekend, and I turn 45 in the morning.

Day 5 will be an OMAD, I’m really excited to keep this going and take charge of my health.

See you on day 5