Day 5 – NFD – Ireland
Good morning…. it’s dark out there but I’m getting up to go for a spin 🚲. Still have rattly lungs but it should clear them a little.
I hope you are all having a good weekend. I feel like I’m back on the path – phew – and looking forward to tomorrow’s FD ✅
thanks @funshipfreddie for helping out re nickname change… it is such a shame it can’t be done… I’m sure years ago I managed to take the ‘ out if the j’ai in my name but I could be dreaming that…. 💭
@emmataylor I’m with you on that feeling of just being so annoyed with yourself but not being able to get yourself out of the feeding zone! We are all intelligent people who know what happens when we eat too much but sometimes you just can’t stop yourself …. it actually amazes me… a lot of the time…i think I’m in the good place now so hopefully can turn things around – 🤞sending you strength too for your trip away…
Thinking of all the Aussies out there… was chatting with my best pal in Sydney yesterday who was due to holiday in the worst affected area… mon dieu it is just so terrible … thinking of you all 💕
Have a great day everyone 💪
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 5 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

Not sure how I finished up on yesterday’s pocket list, because it wasn’t a FD for me; anything but! Let’s just say any leftover holiday treats no longer exist.

@basyjames – Happy birthday! 🥂🍾 🎂 🎉🎊

Pocket List – Day 5 🍏
@funshipfreddie

Hi CristyB – Funshipfreddie put them up on page 1 … but a quick copy and paste job, here they are …. I’ll know I’ve made it when ‘MOAM’ is added to the list! LOL

The list of acronyms & abbreviations from previous Challenges.

IF Intermittent Fasting
WOL Way of Life
FD Fast Day (500 cals)
MFD Modified Fast Day (800 cals) on the new Fast800, it’s a FD
WFD Water Fast Day (Water only)
CFD Controlled Fast Day (1200 cals)
NFD Non Fast Day
EFS Epic Face Stuffing (we’ve all had one of those days!)
5:2 5 days NFD:2 days IF
ADF Alternate Day Fast, FD, NFD
16:8 16 hours fast 8 hours non fast
B2B Back 2 Back (days of FD or WFD)
Hunger Dragon – that dreadful psychological beast that sometimes cannot be satisfied
DD, DS Darling Daughter, Son
OH, Other Half
LOL Laughing Out Loud
Keto, way of eating that generates Ketones
LC, Low Carb way of eating
LCHF, Low Carb High Fat way of eating
TDEE: Total Daily Energy Expenditure (see the ‘how it works’ link on the home page to work out yours)
TRE: Time Restricted Eating
OMAD: One Meal a Day

Day 5 – Cumbria UK – FD

Silly Saturday yesterday, weather forecast was poor so we’d decided to head off and sort out my wardrobe, needed a few things in a smaller size! Not  a bad reason to head for the shops.
So, a morning of browsing round and buying ended up with me getting a few bits and bob’s, us chaps aren’t good at ‘shopping’ . I knew what I was looking for and was done in an hour and ready for home, No ladies, we don’t understand.
However, I’m going to be somewhat smarter than I was and the charity bag is looking fatter instead of me!

Back home late afternoon, sat having a good natter, we decided to open the bottle of ‘bubbles’ we had been saving from Christmas, my OH loves Champagne! So pop goes the cork, one of the reasons why I wasn’t going to go for a dry January, I have all the willpower of a half melted Mars bar at times! (sorry@Flourbaby) The good news is my share of the fizz was only 285 calories, but the nibbles that went with it pushed me up towards my BMR.

Now for the silly bit, thought I’d just have a sneaky peek on the scales this morning….. down by a pound! Sometimes it just does not make sense!
Today, a cheeky FD as feeling good, all being well another good walk.
I keep mentioning walking, I reckon it’s rather underrated as an exercise, but I try to get out every day and march out, I feel better for it, get my head on straight and burn calories, so has to be a winner.

Take care all.

Pocket list – day 5

@Ihatelettuce
@funshipfreddie

Day 5 FD. Hi all. Let’s get the personal bit out the way 🙂 I’m 59, have been married for 36 years, am Scottish and work full time. I’m a previous faster and got down to around 9 st 3 Ibs 5 years ago on 5:2 500 cals. Back up to 10 st 10.6 Ibs and fed up with myself. I Have tried various attempts to get back on it again as I found it really effective. I loved the 16:8 pattern. I struggle with it now as for some reason my blood pressure seems to shoot up on my fast days. I never ever had high blood pressure and the GP seemed to think that it was an adrenaline response to my body needing food. Anyway I’m going for 800 cals straight for 2 weeks to see how I get on with time restricted eating. Not eating before 8am or after 6pm. New year resolution to get out and about and do some walking. Too much time spent on the laptop and in front of TV. Little else to do in he winter as I live on an island lol! Anyway I would like to lose 7 Ib’s this month so we will see how I go. I was 10 st 12 Ibs on Frid the 3rd of Jan so I’ve lost 1.4 Ibs in the past few days. Good luck all.

Day 5: Gloucestershire, UK, NFD:

@christyb: Great progress!
@caroline-esty-akporokah: It’s fine….we can copy and paste….it works! What is the origin of the name…..sounds sort of middle-eastern, or Turkish, or Greek maybe?
My dad came from Poland so, before I married, I was always having to spell my name…every single time!
@basyjames: Have a lovely birthday today xx
@binklebonk: My colleague from the Royal Mail is at North Island too….he had to go because it’s his daughter’s wedding. He would never have done the journey otherwise. Equally, it would take a lot to get me to visit DD in Australia! In my younger days I would have jumped at the chance.

Dare I say it….but since Christmas, my weight has slowly come down through reasonably careful eating! I plan to do a modified FD tomorrow, where I go to work without breakfast and then see what happens. That way I managed about 20 hours on Thursday. Coming home from a long day on the postal deliveries leaves me REALLY HUNGRY! So I’m not going to beat myself up if I crash and burn at that stage. My immediate goal is to break into the 50s (kg) and I’m currently hovering on the just 60.1kg mark.

Have a good day everyone. xx

Day 5 UK NFD

Happy birthday @basyjames 🎉

Great day out yesterday good long walk watched a game of rugby but quite a few beers followed by a curry but planning to buckle down with my first FD tomorrow

second post.
Prayers and thoughts with all those affected by the bushfires in the eastern states.
It looks and sounds absolutely horrendous.
We had a bad fire quite close to us in the Stirling Range National Park but it seems to be under control . Lost about 11 000 hectares but not the hundreds of thousands of hectares as in the east.
Devastating for all who have lost their homes, farms, businesses and animals.
Terrible for all the poor native animals too. So much destruction.

Day 5, UK, NFD

So far I feel I haven’t done too bad on my 2 NFDs, which are always more problematic for me than FDs. I decided I wont weigh myself for a while, until I actually FEEL that I lost some weight. Trying to avoid disappointments 🙂

@binklebonk ” I’d just like to lose 15kg immediately and with no effort, is all… 😀”
haha that made me lol 😂, that’s exactly what I’d like too *nods*
I hope 5:2 works for you! I’d say just take it slow losing weight, slow and steady is better and less likely to be a short term loss. As long as the scales are moving in the right direction all is good. You are an inspiration, to keep fighting after you’ve been through so much 💪

@flourbaby “the re-emergence of ‘Club Tortwah’ ………………….. unfortunately my tortoise has been shuffling backwards!!! …………………….. As if she wasn’t bloomin’ slow enough going forwards!!!!”
Mine too! This tortoise needs to turn around and start heading in the right direction 😡 🐢

Happy birthday @basyjames 🎉 🎈

Prayers and thoughts with all those affected by the bushfires in Australia. Absolutely devastating for all, humans and wildlife 😥

Have a good rest of the weekend everyone 👍

Day 6 country West Australia hopefully a FD
off to work so hoping a FD is the order of the day.
I often find it easier to fast when working .
When I’m home the food sirens call from the fridge, the pantry, the kitchen benches….
It’s not helped by the fact that I just LURVE to cook!!
Have been inspired by reading so many posts of 5:2ers who are exercising that I guess I should just put on my sneakers and DO something vaguely energetic.
I used to really look forward to exercise. Now sadly it seems it’s the thought that counts.
I think about walking, I think about going to the gym, I think about playing an hour of tennis – all while sipping a lovely flat white and eating a treat!!!!
Onward and downward…

Day 5 Ohio, US — MFD
Day 4 — NFD

Yesterday I got on a long phone call with a friend and just ran out of time to log in here. The verdict of the scales is that I’m starting this year off at 176 lb (80 kg), so my goal for this month is to get below 172 lb (78 kg). That won’t be perfect, but will get me back into maintenance range and it should be attainable.

With my schedule this week, it turns out that today needed to be a FD. With the semester starting again this week, I had forgotten to arrange other appointments so that I could fast on Monday. So it looks as though this week, my second FD will have to be either Wednesday or Friday. Since until the end of April my FD’s will be best taken on Mondays and Fridays, it probably will be better to fast on Friday this week, just to get the new pattern going.

@lilymartin My usual exercise routine is to do about 20 min of yoga first thing in the morning, then a half-hour of walking, often split into 2 or 3 segments, and then about 15 minutes of working with light weights. It’s really difficult to see how my schedule could permit much more than that. (By the way, MM has a great article on walking in the BBC News. Here’s the URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-42864061 ) Unfortunately, since New Year’s I’ve been a little under the weather, so haven’t been able to do the full routine on any day yet of this new year. With any luck tomorrow will be the day!

Day 6: Gloucestershire, UK, NFD:

I WAS going to go to work without breakfast in order to create as much of a FD as possible….but…I couldn’t face it! I just like to eat breakfast too much!

@caroline-esty-akporokah: Our last priest was from Nigeria…a lovely man, but after 6 years they moved him on to another parish.
@matpi: I’m sure you can do that to get back into maintenance-range…..there’s the incentive.

Better go now, or I’ll be late.
See you later, have a good day xx

Day 6 – NFD – Ireland
Hi all – Well my cycle didn’t sort out my cough and sore throat…. I have dicky lungs and lung function anyway so have to be careful so will go to the doctor if this persists… was in bed very early last night and will take it easy in work today… i need to feel better before next weekend and looking after mum & dad 💕
@ciren2 – well done on your loss already this year 👏
@matpi do you practice your yoga at home in the morning?
Have a great day everyone 💪

Pocket list day 6:
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@dykask (wfd)

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 6 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

I’m so used to doing Monday FDs, I almost feel like I’m playing truant! But I deserve it after yesterday. I was reading someone’s recipe for cauliflower soup around 7pm, when I realized I hadn’t touched a morsel the whole day.

@ciren2 – I was thinking about what you said, ‘I love the way you just brushed aside feeling ravenous…’ and apparently it’s a gender/brain thing. According to the results of a study from about 10 years ago:- “women have a much stronger reaction to food, such that whether they try to inhibit their desire or not, they have a stronger signal [in the part of the brain that controls hunger perception and desire to eat],” study leader Gene-Jack Wang, MD tells WebMD. Maybe that was nature’s way of ensuring we didn’t scoff everything during our hunter/gatherer days, before getting the food back to the women and children?

Anyway, I’m off the hook until tomorrow, so have an easy one, Monday fasters. 🍏

Day 6 Scotland FD

Managed to lose 3Ibs since Friday on the fast 800 diet. I figured I needed some structure that I would stick to so on day 2 I Started to do this Scottish diet. It’s part of a current Glasgow Uni Study and consists of porridge for b/fast and home made Lentil soup for lunch and dinner with one slice of whole meal bread. The diet itself is being controlled by experts and involves putting people on 850 cal daily but I’m sticking to 800 cals and just following the principles of it.

You can add in a piece of fruit and I usually buy big bags of prunes (additive and sugar free) and have 5 of them (50 cals) with a cup of tea. They’re preferable to biscuits and are full of fibre. I must say it’s worked because in 3 short days I’ve went from 10st 12Ibs to 10st 9Ibs. On my 4th day of this particular diet and I’m going to try to keep it up until the end of the week to see how it goes. I don’t eat anymore than 800 cals so theoretically I’m sticking to the principles of the 5:2 and TRE

Day 6 – Darlington UK – FD

I’ve had a naughty weekend mainly due to having a very upsetting call on Friday evening. Wine and leftover chocs were consumed so this morning I’m the same weight as last Monday. At least it’s not more I suppose lol!

No excuses now and back to it today with a fast 🙂

Karen

Day 6 UK FD

First FD of the year for me – keeping it simple OMAD >500 cals.

Know what you mean re the 800 @flourbaby but in the future I would like to dabble with some of the variations others have success with but for now I’m sticking to basics

Day 6, Oxfordshire, UK FD
Day 5 NFD
Definitely eaten too much over the weekend, so starting this week with a FD. To slightly offset the damage I did manage some lovely long dog walks.
@i-hate-lettuce – MOAM walking. I’m hoping our dog won’t mind but I’m trying to up my speed a little and make his walks more WOAM. We’ll see.

My regular yoga class started back today so able to break my fast a little later which helps with TRE I find.

@basyjames – happy birthday for yesterday

Adding myself to the Pocket list for Day 6 – TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!!
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@dykask (wfd)
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@jml60
@karen250463
@brightonbelle
@at
@suki2

Day 6 Lincs UK NFD

Great going today! After 2 hours work this morning went for a 2 mile run, then a dog walk. Keeping off the bad stuff and just healthy eating!

Day 6, VA, USA, FD

About me: Yoga Teacher married to my Sweetheart 10 years this past year with 2 cats that are very talented and do many tricks (like dogs would do tricks.) Started 4:3 in Feb of 2019 (5:2 doesn’t quite get me to losing status) and lost about 50lbs so far. I have around 15 to go.

Can not believe it is the 6th really? I have totally missed you guys/gals out there, but I’ve just not been on the computer really unless it was to look up symptoms of my poor kitty (who was having quite the upset tummy/bathroom) since Jan 1st *she has improved since then and I’m still keeping VERY close eye on her.

I’ve been able to sneak in a couple of FDs and a couple of OMADs and that has kept me pretty much in range.

Not really a gain or loss from Dec – yay considering I was not at all into counting ANY calories and I did have some nights crunching on chips/crisp (which I am losing my delight in… and while in one respect that is great news, I confess I am a little disappointed.)

I did find that straight up FDs were a bit more challenging and found that I did love having some broth when I got up in the morning on the couple FDs I managed. I will guess it is from the increase in sugars or starches that I indulged myself with over the last 4 weeks!

Catching up on post!

@flaquita – the bathroom squats are just a great Idea, I will need to work that into my routine! LOVE IT!

@basyjames – noting your comment about the scales going up after 2FDs and workouts: make sure you are drinking your water. I have noticed that after workout days (or a workout in general) if I don’t get enough water my body holds on to more weight/water. Seems ironic to drink water to get rid of water/weight, but I have seen and felt a difference. Otherwise it also sometimes takes 2 days for results to show up on the scale. You got this, keep at it!

@angrypony – Ha! I too had a grouchy pony! Funny enough I did not want a pony (my parents got it from trading some goats) The pony was older but still pretty lively and yes while riding her she would buck and try and throw me off. (Thank heavens there were no low branches she would have totally done that to me!)

@binklebonk – read your post about weighing after Tea and shower! Don’t weight after you drink liquids and/or take a shower. Your body absorbs water even in the shower. I have experimented with this idea and I always weight at least 1lb more after a shower than before the shower.

@basyjames – ✿.｡.:*🎂✿🎉☆:**🎊:. Happy Birthday .:**🎊:.☆🎂✿🎉*.:｡.✿

@at – reset is always nice after good company and food! Good luck on your morning of Broga and coffee! I make breakfast for my SO on FDs, so its always Black Coffee for me too!

Day 6 Pocket List

@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@dykask (wfd)
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@jml60
@karen250463
@brightonbelle
@at
@suki2
@ccco
@rabbette

I am really struggling to get into the swing of this!
First full week of work after Xmas and New Year. I was going to have a FD yesterday, but a new person started at work and I had to sort morning tea for everyone. I ate mostly little bits of cheese and strawberries, but ended up grazing bits through the day. Then polished off a bottle of bubbles with my sister when I got home. I had a dinner of smoked salmon and a big salad, but I am sure I went well over 800cals, definitely way over 500cals.
I did go for a 6km walk, but I don’t think that makes up for all the scoffing and wine.
I guess all I can do is try again – aiming for another FD on Thursday…

Day 6- Cork,IE – FD

Late posting today but better late than never 🙂 Managed to remember to take my lunch with me today so as to resist the temptations of the work canteen. I am pleased that I am managing fine on the 800cals per day for the moment. I am splitting them across 2 meals, lunch at around 12:30/13:00 and dinner around 18:00. I am drinking plenty of water and herbal teas along with my beloved coffee. One of my colleagues brought in a load of sweets from a trip abroad and I am proud to say that I resisted them all, I wasn’t even tempted. Small steps….

@rabbette Glad you liked the idea of the squats, it’s been a game changer for me. I have now started varying the type of squat to target both inner and outer thighs. I drank so much water in work today that I had frequent visits to the bathroom and my poor thighs and glutes are feeling it now 😀

@jml60 welcome to the group. I am new to this WOE as well but there has been great support as part of this challenge.

@cristyb well done on the run. I am building up to getting more activity into daily life.

@ccco Crowley is quite a popular name here alright 🙂 Trinity has a lovely campus, my friend did her MBA there and I attended her graduation and thought it was beautiful. TBH you have probably seen more of Dublin than I have as I only ever seem to go there with work 😀 I lived in Spain for a few years and saw more of Madrid than Dublin 🙂

Hope everyone has a great evening!

Day 6 pocket list
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@dykask (wfd)
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@jml60
@karen250463
@brightonbelle
@at
@suki2
@ccco
@rabbette
@basyjames
@flaquita

Day 6 Canada FD

Happy to be joining the troops fasting today. Will catch up on posts later when the need to eat kicks in!
@flaquita I have lost posts as well. I think what happens is that you are logged out if you take too long, the top of the screen shows you are logged in though which is a bit misleading. I always copy my post before hitting send just in case!
Hope everyone is having a successful day 🙂

Day 6 pocket list
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@dykask (wfd)
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@jml60
@karen250463
@brightonbelle
@at
@suki2
@ccco
@rabbette
@basyjames
@flaquita
@bellyblast