Hey 😊

Daffodil2010 I can relate to the loo dash of late! Especially after a successful fast or after eating a heavy meal!! I am not drinking enough water but am finding I am slowly building my intake. Would love to know what could be the cause of the loo dash! 2 minute plank Wowsa well done you. That’s awesome x👏🏽

I weighed in today at week 3. Wished I had counted the days!! I have stayed the same. Abit gutted as I have had a good week but still happy I am 8 lbs lighter than when I started.👌🏽

SongBirdMe I will batch cook some soup for work at the weekend and try and squeeze in 3 FDs.🥕🍒

@jaifaim under the desk plank made me chuckle hahaha🤣

I managed 1 min and 5 secs last night. Feeling better for doing it!!💪

I love this forum, it truly helped me not to reach for the comfort foods yesterday. MFP is defo worth tapping into – It helps me with portion control and tracking my cals.

All the best to every one who is fasting today.

Day 16, UK- NFD.

FD yesterday went okey – a little over, but okey.

PS- thank you to those who sent welcome messages; I’m a bit pushed for time this time, hence my very brief posts, sorry.

Day 16- Atl,Ga- FD

Day 16 Canton OH Fat fast day 2

Fat fast day 1 was awesome!!!!!!!

I nursed a cup of coffee flavored with a TBS of cinnamon powder all day + drank loads of water, and I was not hungry at all and no cravings. I also had a really long stressful day, I felt strangely rejuvenated and slept well. When I finally got home after my long day, my daughter said “that’s weird, I know you had long and stressful day but you don’t look it at all, I expected you to drag yourself in here” and she was right. All I had to eat yesterday were 3 eggs and 3 slices of bacon after a 25 hour fast. Scale this morning showed 2 pounds down. So total of 6 hard won pounds lost since the year began – and 10 to go

@bellyblast I also love the way I feel when I exercise, I agree it definitely makes me feel better. That is some cold weather you’re dealing with which makes it really hard to move-my sympathies 🙁

@daffodil2010 way to go on the 2 minute plank! I plank for 2 minutes a day but not straight through; I plank for a minute rest, then 30 and 30 seconds. I am trying to work my way up to a 5 minute plank – one day

Pocket list day 16
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@basyjames fat fast day 2

Day 15 – UK – FD800 (Day 5)

These B2B FD800 have been relatively easy, although I have felt very hungry at times, drinking lots of water has helped and the hunger feelings have not lasted long – planning on doing another FD800 tomorrow and then CDs on the weekend 🤞

Early morning aerobic class – back home for a shower – back out for a facial (bliss) – lunch with a friend (healthy and small vegetarian buddha bowl)

Now back home catching up with the cricket and being generally lazy – miserable outside, windy and wet, so glad to be indoors

Good to hear that some parts of Australia have got a good amount of rain at last – hopefully it will hit where fires are still burning 🤞 Not much details being given in the UK news atm

Going out to see a live telecast of the Royal Ballet’s production of Sleeping Beauty this evening – which includes the famous Rose Adagio – where one square inch of pointe shoe touches the stage and the million imperceptible calibrations it takes for the ballerina’s body to balance there. When she finally nails it she pauses an extra second, just to revel in the conquering of physics!

Interesting Ballet Fact – Sleeping Beauty was the ballet with which the Company reopened the Royal Opera House in 1946 after World War II, its first production at its new home in Covent Garden. Margot Fonteyn danced the role of the beautiful Princess Aurora in the first performance, with Robert Helpmann as Prince Florimund.

Pocket list day 16
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@therealwil78
@basyjames (fat fast day 2)
@at (Day 5 of FD800)

“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”

Worked my day-off today….so should be a nice wage packet next week to show for it….over six hours overtime! OK…so it rained of course, but the thought that I was doing it on overtime helped me to plough on.
@daffodil2010: I suffer from the most terrible cramps in the backs of my thighs (mostly) and the agony is indescribable. Worse than childbirth. I absolutely can’t move for the ten minutes or so that it lasts. Usually at night…..if it ever happened while I was driving I’d crash the car!
Magnesium has helped me a lot. The frequency is less since I’ve been taking the capsules every day. Try it and see if it helps…
@at: You’re doing five days in a row? I’m in awe….
DD says it’s rained quite a bit in Melbourne, where she is, but the main fires are about 200 or more miles to the east, and they are getting all the smoke. It must be awful. My asthma wouldn’t stand it. Driving behind a diesel starts me coughing enough.
@basyjames: Your fat-fast sounds interesting. Is it really that easy? You sound great on it.
@caroline-esty-akporokah: I think 8 pounds in three weeks is an excellent start…some weeks will be better than others, it will slow, obviously, but EIGHT POUNDS! Fantastic and well done to you.

Day 16 UK FD

Yesterday became good solid NFD. I was hungry & didn’t drink enough while out & about – drinking lots of water seems to be key to finding FD less difficult, esp after B2B. Mindfully ate my way through an avocado wrap plus omelette & salad when I got home.

Stressful stuff with project work – juggling deadlines, projects and demands, and not got enough capacity. I think it’s partly bc it’s v early in the year to be doing events, plus I lost my rest days this week w dentist, strategy meeting & catching up with practical things.

I’m off for weekend conference tomorrow and nearly finished practical & personal preparation, then curling up with papers and laptop for a couple of hours before bed. Not the best sleep hygiene but I need to get the bitty things done so I can focus. It’s been a day/week of interruptions & i’m finding particularly hard to think.

Pocket list day 16
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@therealwil78
@basyjames (fat fast day 2)
@at (Day 5 of FD800)
@bellyblast
@michelinme

Still Day 16 for me @penz 😂 , and its been a successful FD day 💪
I know I’m late posting but I just finished work.
Adding my name to the pocket list:

Pocket list day 16
@i-hate-lettuce
@lilymartin
@flourbaby
@therealwil78
@basyjames (fat fast day 2)
@at (Day 5 of FD800)
@bellyblast
@michelinme
@shinything

Day 17: Gloucestershire, UK, NFD:

@dykask: Fruit is fine, when you eat fruit whole, you have the added fibre which slows down the sugar being taken up into the gut. Whole fruit is a natural food eaten by us for millennia, ice cream is not!
Pity I’m more of a processed sugar addict, eh? You’re diet sounds excellent to me.
@penz: What a great feeling to be back on the wagon….congratulations!

Got to go to work now….see you all later xx

Day 17 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

Pocket List – Day 17 🍏
@penz OMAD
@dykask WFD
@funshipfreddie

Day 17 – Cumbria UK – MFD

Good morning everyone.

Despite a very good week scales not moved downwards this mornings weigh in reveal, but… was out for a very quick MOAM walk yesterday and found the trousers, fresh out of the wash, usually a good fit, nearly lost them! They had to be held up with one hand in the pocket as I was marching out or they’d have tripped me up as they fell round my ankles 🙂
Another thing suddenly dawned on me yesterday, with this WOL I have more energy! Occasionally, especially during winter if been tired after a busy/hard day (even retired people have them) I used to nod off in the chair. Can’t remember when that last happened, funny how I only just realised.

So, not worried about one week without any downward movement on the tracker graph, have had odd occasions where it’s been longer. Still enjoying feeling good and only 2 pounds off my lowest, just keeping plodding away.
Home alone for a couple of nights so overdosing on fish, smoked salmon and scrambled eggs for breakfast, plain piece of fish for supper, water and coffee in between!

Take care all

Day 17, NZ, CD
Hi everyone. Sorry for being absent for a bit. After my friends stayed, my sister showed up and is staying at the mo. We’re having a family get-together to sort mum’s ashes, which have been in the spare room for 18 months.
I’ve not managed to follow the diet properly, but I have been managing to only eat between 12pm and 8pm with no problems.
Haven’t weighed myself yet, but I sort of feel like I’m in a better space with eating than I was….

Day 17 2nd post

I seemed to have stuck a chord with my fruit comments, maybe there is a lot of closet fruit eaters! Mostly I only eat whole fruit, but I do eat some dried fruit because it is cheaper.

Typical fruit I eat per NFD
– 130g of frozen blueberries. Just happens the ones I buy are packed in 130g bags. I used to spread it out over two days, but now I don’t. I didn’t used to like blueberries, but since I started fasting I like them.
– ~1/2 handful of raisins — I just like them but I can’t eat too much at a time.
– 4 or 5 dried prunes and/or 1 or 2 dried figs. (These are sweet, I typically chop them up.) I’m more limited by the cost. I don’t want to spend more than 100yen/day on these and they are expensive.
– 2 to 4 bananas … sliced mostly. Bananas are still cheap. Today I bought 9 smaller bananas for 190 yen ($1.75 USD)
– A few other things like apples, mikan, watermelon etc.

So I eat a lot of fruit per NFD! Most of it for breakfast which is typically plain rolled oatmeal and fruit. 1/3 oatmeal, 2/3 fruit. (That is how I eat so many bananas.)

Typically probably around 700 calories of whole & dried fruit a day. Sounds like a lot. If I start packing on the pounds I can always cut back. 😀

Day 17- Atlanta, GA. – USA CFD

Day 17, Oxfordshire, UK NFD
Been a bit quiet this week partly due to decorating and partly due to other busyness.
Bad week as far a good choices are concerned. Sitting here reflecting that it’s probably emotional eating. Not as bad as it has been in the past but I succumbed to a bag of Maltesers yesterday.
I’ve got worries over my mum’s memory loss. I thought I was ok with it but I’m obviously more worried than I realised.
Anyway, I’m going to enjoy the weekend and I’m determined to have a good week next week.
I can see in my skin I’ve been eating more rubbish so I must do something.
Have a great weekend everyone.

Day 17 Canton OH Fat fast day 3 Canton

Another successful fat fast yesterday. I broke my fast after 20 hours with 4 eggs, half of an avocado and, several slices of bacon. I could have easily not eaten because I was not hungry, but I felt the need to eat a meal. Had an excellent night’s sleep and woke up before the alarm feeling well rested.

I always feel so good and sleep so well when I stay away from junk, so why do I self-sabotage? Why do I consider the bad stuff that makes me feel like crap as a “treat”?

I do enjoy eating fruit, specifically apples with the skin on and the occasional mango; usually when I am staying away from refined sugars and want something sweet, and it’s always satisfying when I do. You made some valid points @dykask.

Glad you got your fasting mojo back @penz

Good job on the drop @jaifam

@daffodil2010 I definitely see a whoosh in your future, you are doing all the right things. My experience with fat fasting has been so positive, I really think you will enjoy it.

@i hate lettuce awesome news on the falling pants. By the way if you sub the plain fish for salmon on your home alone diet, you have a fat fast meal plan

@flourbaby the scales don’t tell the whole story as you very well know. 30DS probably has something to do with it and I bet you have lost inches

Pocket List Day 17
@penz OMAD
@dykask WFD
@funshipfreddie
@caroline-esty-akporokah
@basyjames Fat fast day 3

Day 18 – Japan – NFD

The fast was easy and even seemed fast even though I pushed it to 40 hours. I could easily do a multi-day fast now, but I’m just not in the mode to do it.

Pocket List – Day 17 🍏
@penz OMAD
@dykask WFD (DONE!)
@funshipfreddie
@caroline-esty-akporokah
@basyjames Fat fast day 3
@at FD800 x 6

Wow @at & @flourbaby … doing FD800 x 6 seems very hard core to me. I’m fine with not eating, it is the under eating that gets me. I might be able to hold myself to 800 kcal for one or two days, but 6? I much rather eat nothing.

Day 18 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

@caroline-esty-akporokah – day 21?! You gave me a fright there for a minute 😅

Still struggling to shift a last, stubborn kilo, after another 3 FDs this week. So I’m obviously still overeating on NFDs. And ‘dry til Fri’ became ‘dry til Thurs’ when I somehow shifted a bottle of black cherry merlot. 🤦‍♂️ I’m going back to the gym next week when the current heat wave is expected to end. No more excuses!

@dykask – do you speak any Japanese? I hear it’s a really tough language to learn. I’ve been trying to teach myself Spanish forever, and that’s supposed to be fairly easy for an English speaker.

Have a good weekend everyone 🌈

Day 18 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Gorgeous frosty chilly morning. Sun is shining so it will be a great day. Going to sow my tomatoes today and that, for me, will mark the start of the gardening year ☺️

Have a great day. I am so hungry this morning so I will have a good weekend style brunch, and gearing myself up for next week’s Fat Fast. Keep the updates coming @basyjames

👍

Day 13- FD
Day 14 – FD
Day 15 – NFD
Day 16 – FD
Day 17 – FD
Day 18 – WFD

Cork, IE
A quick update as I haven’t posted all week. I have been working away from home for most of the week and got back to my own bed on Friday night. I had an event in a 5 star hotel on Wednesday which was a rare treat, hence my NFD, but I was actually not terribly tempted by the dessert on the day and only ate a small part of it. I think my palate is less tolerant of sweet things but to be honest savoury is my usual downfall.
I started a WFD last night and intending to extend this to tomorrow morning depending on how I feel. Feeling good so far and I need to keep an eye on my water intake as I tend to drink less water at home than at work.

Not much movement on the scale this week but I can see differences in my shape and my jeans are definitely feeling looser. I have been keeping up with the plank challenge but struggling to get past the 30 second interval! Bit by bit 😀

I hope everyone has had a good week and I’ll post more regular updates now I am back home again.

Nothing changes if nothing changes

Day 18 UK NFD

Again hoping to show some restraint as really want to see some reduction in weight by end of month Don’t get disheartened @flourbaby – I’m a very sloooww loser – strangely enough A very fast gainer though – hang on in there

Off for a lovely walk on the South Downs this afternoon – and I’ll enjoy a beer when I get to the pub

Day 14 Canton Oh CD

I completed my 3 day fat fast with encouraging results; I’m down 2.6 pounds with 0.5% loss in fat. Im pretty impressed to get those results in 3 days.

The next step is not to use that as an incentive to go crazy this weekend. Every inch towards my goal is a victory that I can’t take for granted.

@daffodil2010 it was pretty easy and kind of a no brainer. I stuck to eggs, avocado and bacon plus lots of water. I also added cinnamon to my daily coffee, which I took black and only needed one cup of. I had no cravings and more importantly I was never hungry for the entire 3 days, so it was easy to wait until I got home from work before eating a meal. DD made one of her irresistible giant cookies on day 2 and offered me a bite but it was remarkably easy to say no and move on. All in all, I’m glad to have this tool in my arsenal to get back on track.
Off to shovel the driveway, it’s a white out today!
Happy fasting all and watch out for those pesky weekend minefields

Day 18 – NFD – Ireland
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Hi everyone! With my parents for the weekend so this is where the challenge to stay off added sugars becomes more difficult so will see how that goes but will enjoy the time with them. Biscuits may be had…
Dry Januarians stay strong 💪 We can do this…… Feeling so good in terms of brain fog, body tone etc
Suki2 I hope everything is ok with your mum… my mum has Alzheimer’s but just wanted to say that you should try not to worry too much…elderly people suffering from infections or dehydration can suffer from memory loss…
Have a good day all!
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 18, UK, NFD

second post

@bellyblast usually I stick to 500 calories on FD. But for the fat fast there was no calorie counting, I ate until I felt full then I stopped. I followed the rules that were outlined in the link that @flourbaby shared with us. My goal was to jumpstart my weight loss because it felt like I was putting in a lot of effort with minimal return.

It seems that its all paying off though; I have lost 7 pounds, 1% body fat and 3 inches around my waist since the year began. 9 pounds to go till maintenance – Onward!