Day 4 UK NFD

Very pleased with my fasting start to 2021- was nearer to 600 rather then 500 but I’m aiming for complete honesty and accuracy on MFP as I’m aware that I’m overly optimistic when it comes to choosing options ⚖️

Also easing myself back into regular exercise,anybody else doing the new Adriene 30 day yoga challenge, only 2 days in but enjoying it

Good to see some new names and some returnees 👋 missing a few regulars,maybe joining later ?

@gary1745 – I’ve tried many different approaches to weighing Just now I hop on whenever I fancy but I only record losses – but like many things I think the main thing is experiment and find what works for you

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@froby79 I had to ask about pocket list when I first got here too. My understanding is it a list of the day’s fasters to ‘keep in your pocket’ – know that all of you are there for each other.

And, I am planning to restart strength training today, so I’m with you on that!

Day 5, NFD, Aus

Hello again friends! I’m back but not fully in the swing of this WoL. As @litprof so accurately put it, 5:2 works when I work it. So next week I WILL be fully back on the wagon.

Great question, @froby79, what motivates me? It’s cyclical – once I can back in the habit of fasting 2 days per week (I usually do Mondays and Thursdays), then I see results. I start to look better which makes me feel better, which then becomes self-motivating. It’s harder at this point in the cycle, where I’ve not had a proper FD in … let’s be honest here, months. It takes a lot more motivation to start to build that habit from scratch, So I will post for daily accountability but more to take inspiration from others, and to focus on (near term, reachable) goals.

Also, we’ll probably have a couple of big family get togethers around Easter and I WOULD like to be several kg lighter by then!

So true, @mariaelena about choosing the right diet for the right individual. This one works for me but I know would not suit the lifestyle and outlook (and therefore not work) for others.

Had another good reminder over the Christmas period. We were hosting two separate groups of guests and different times and I wanted to minimise the amount of cooking/food prep I needed to do. I have a couple of salad recipes that are the sort that improve over a few days sitting in their dressing. They were simple to prepare, tasty and healthy. I need to do more of this!! A little bit of work on the weekend, then I’m set with a fridge full of yummy good food that will easily last the week.

I long gave up new year’s resolutions, but I am focussing this year on building a better routine and habit. Back to my early morning dog walking routine (it really is lovely out at 0530 these days!), ZBC and dry to Fri.

We don’t get snow here in Canberra, but is it weird that I actually enjoy vacuuming??

Good to be back everyone and wishing you all a successful 2022.

Day 5 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Yesterday was a bit of a disaster. Well, last night anyway. The one or two glasses of wine I’d planned on drinking, well, not much left in the bottle this morning 🥴️

@penz – yes, that’s weird; very weird 😜

See you on the pocket list tomorrow, Thursday fasters 🎯

Happy Hump Day! 🐫

Day 5 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 214 lbs (last at this weight on Dec. 23). My father is having heart surgery today, so I’m just going to work at home today and be available for anything my mother needs. I had the sniffles last night so didn’t sleep too well. I am fully vaccinated and boosted, and have the flu shot, too. But, I suspect I caught my father’s cold from the holidays (he tested Covid negative last week for surgery). It’s hard to find any at home or on site tests right now. I think it’s already getting better from last night, so I may just quarantine a few days until symptom free.

Good luck to the fasters today!

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@michelinme, my first FD will be on Friday – please keep me in your pocket list! I’ll be sending good wishes your way, too. We can do this!

Day 5, FD, Northern VA USA
Well, we are on our 3rd day of generator power since the bad snowstorm knocked out power in our county. Fingers crossed the propane supply holds up until tonight, when allegedly the power comes back on. It is supposed to be near 50 degrees today, I hope that is true. We are on a well which is electrically powered, so if we have no power, we have no water (never mind showers, think other bathroom devices…..)

Weight is down about 1#. I do weigh every day, even though the crazy ups and downs of 2 or more pounds happen so often! Otherwise, I think I delude myself a bit about the trends…Anyway, forward!

Day 5 UK CD

Another succesful FD800 yesterday. This morning I weighed in down another 1lb at 186lb. I’m also feeling thinner, that sense of my fat cells fit to bursting has gone. A LONG way to go – I’ve got about 40lb & 6 inches to lose from my fat suit – but looking forward to measuring this week’s progress on Friday.

Yesterday evening I upped the portion of pea pasta to make it more filling but actually was too full. Good news – my body is adjusting already and getting used to smaller portions & healthier food. i’m really aware of biscuits (my mother’s) and Christmas cake in the house but they no longer call to me in that irresistible way they did last week 🙂

Fortnightly veg box was delivered today along with supermarket order… which was mostly proteins and cleaning materials! I subscribe to a scheme which deliveries surplus/odd-shaped fruit & veg and my kitchen is now awash with giant sweet potatoes, cabbage and pears, tiny brussel sprouts, blueberries, clementines and limes, skinny parsnips, avocado and butternut squash and heaps of mushrooms. I love planning recipes around whatever appears – my own storecupboard challenge.

Today’s my first project work time – mix of emails and a couple of zooms balanced with home chores and centred round an online adapted yoga class at 2pm. I’ve got yesterday’s leftovers to eat up so it may actually end up being another FD800, but no pressure. Early supper sometime between yoga and this evening’s commitments, then an early night. Amazing how it’s so much easier to eat healhily after a few days fasting – the liberation from sugar cravings is wonderful.

@excelsior12309 i hope your power comes back on as scheduled

@froby79 I’m with you on the ‘no such thing as only one’! Btw the Day is the date, rather than the number of days you’ve been on 5:2. It’s there bc we’re an international crew and it helps us to keep track of one another

@betsylee you’ll be firmly in my pocket on Friday – we can do this!

@northgeorgia i hope everything goes well with your father’s heart surgery today

@penz @lilymartin lovely to see you back too. I really enjoy the rhythm of your daily postings from the other side of the world to motivate me each day

@songbirdme thank you! I’m good at eating healthily once I get going, and love cooking interesting vegan food. I just fell off the waggon for rather a long time. Very glad to be back here now – and thank you for hosting January’s challenge

@brightonbelle well done – it’s so much easier once we’ve got one FD under our belts

Right – off to yoga!

Day 5 – FD 500

Does editing a post delete it? Having some trouble here on the board.

Had my stew yesterday. It was yum. Added cannelloni beans (never put them in stew before) and it is loaded with veg, but I forgot to add water chestnuts (which I adore in stews because they bring a lovely crunch). I recently received a silicone freezer tray that will freeze exactly 1 cup portions, and portioned and froze extra into cute cube portions. I swing from enjoying food prep and cooking to hating it, so I cook for a family of 6+ when I cook and then freeze for easy eating on other days when I’m kitchen lazy.

@songbirdme – My DH adores hot cocoa, and that Velvetizer sounds amazing. Maybe next xmas I can budget that for him 🤔 – he’d never expect it and he’d use it every fall and winter day. Yes, proper hot cocoa means he goes through tons of milk in those seasons! I join him occasionally but use vanilla unsweetened almond milk in mine, and a sweetener instead of sugar. It is still an indulgence but not quite as luxurious as what he drinks.

@penz – how is the new job going? I get a certain satisfaction after vacuuming but, certainly don’t enjoy the doing it. Yes, it is weird, but in the best way 😀

@babs_b When I have difficulties staying on or getting on track with 5:2 – I go with FD 800’s for a week or two. That often does the trick for me. 🤞that is your mojo!

@betsylee I think protein is supposed to be very conducive to satiety but I have trouble fitting much in on a FD 500. But, I’m allergic to egg, so my protein options are limited and boneless, skinless chicken breast ( a low cal/high protein staple for me) doesn’t do the trick for me. When I FD 800 it is usually pretty protein heavy, and I rarely have any trouble. I’d also be interested in what others think on this.

@froby79 I’m reminded of a potato chip marketing campaign “can’t eat just one”. I relate to that can’t stop, but for me it isn’t sweets, it is chips/crisps. If I start eating a bag, I finish it. Luckily there are some versions of those snacks that don’t appeal to me, or my DH might revolt at my current rule of not having chips/crisps in the house.

@excelsior12309 wow I’m keeping my fingers crossed you get your power back ASAP

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@mariaelena – this was the link I meant to post
Lentil Soup with Lemon and Turmeric – Inspired Tastehttps://www.inspiredtaste.net › lentil-soup

Day 6, NFD, Oz

So true @Babs-b, I’ve also done only 1 day in the office so far and already want another 2 week break!

Building up mental excitement to do the year’s first FD on Monday.

Day 6 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@froby79 – I’m the same with biscuits too! That’s why I don’t buy them. I’ve got a sort of ‘all or nothing’ mentally sometimes. The access to alcohol/bottle size isn’t an issue. I’m not sure they even sell those dinky bottles here. I had a cupboard full of booze last year, & yet I didn’t touch a drop for the whole of October & November. I just need to get my head in the right place; but I find abstaining much easier than cutting back. I need to get back to MFP too. That went out of the window late last year; but I only reached my goal weight after I started using it every day.

@songbirdme – 😂 evaporation! That must be it?! I mean, it has been very warm here. 😜

@northgeorgia – thinking of you & your dad 🤗

No more excuses; the 12 days of Christmas are well & truly over. 🏋️‍♂️

Pocket List – Day 6 🍓
@funshipfreddie

Day 6 – Ireland – FD

Hello everybody and happy new year!! I am just popping in to say I’m here after a very busy Christmas break but I’m looking forward to joining you all for January’s challenge.
I’ll pop back with my introduction later today but thank you @songbirdme for hosting us for January and thank you @at for minding us through December 💕

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 6 – USA/GA – FD(?)

Weigh-in: 218 lbs. About to take my mom up to the hospital and drop her off. I won’t be allowed in, but I wouldn’t want to. I’ve come down with what I think is a cold. I’ll go get tested today if I can find a location that has an opening. They haven’t confirmed that surgery is scheduled for today, but I’m hopeful.

I always go iffy with FDs with odd situations like this, especially when confounded by sickness. However, I also have found that spending all day hydrating instead of digesting seems even more helpful when sick. We’ll play it by ear. If I feel like I need more, I may add broth and if even more is needed, soup, to make it more of a FD500.

Unfortunately, I did drown my sorrows with a third of a bag of Doritos last night. I haven’t done that sort of comfort eating in a while. Thankfully, the bag is in the trash now. For shame. I have to do better.

Pocket List – Day 6 🍓
@funshipfreddie
@i-hate-lettuce
@missybear
@northgeorgia (probably WFD)

Day 6 UK FD800

Weighing in at 186lb again after a CD but feeling much less puffed. I’ve snuck back into ‘overweight’ category which was my first goal for this challenge – woop woop! Next up is to get under 13 stone.

Just a few days fasting has already helped me with breaking habits and building new routines. Yesterday I made space for online adapted yoga class and rather than grabbing something after evening commitments I took time out to prep early OMAD supper at 5pm. I felt overfaced by the veg so set half aside for today – the first time I’ve noticed something like this in months.

Supper was half a baked sweet potato, leftover cauliflower, beetroot and spinach sauce with panfried tofu and mushrooms, warm fruit salad with soya yogurt and passionfruit. After my meeting I was hungry so mindfully enjoyed a slice of (homemade vegan gf grain-free) Christmas cake…actually weighing it up rather than impulsively eating. I enjoyed every crumb and still came in at 1000 calories 🙂

There’s rather a mountain of project work to get on top of but I’m going to pace myself. Today is for clearing emails and planning space for substantive work. I’ve also got help in the house today so making the most of that to clear boxes and clutter. Supper will probably involve vegan fish or jackfruit, depending on my energy to cook.

@northgeorgia I hope everything goes well with your dad’s surgery

@daffodil2010 @jaifaim lovely to see you again. I’m FINALLY back on the waggon!

Pocket List – Day 6 🍓
@funshipfreddie
@i-hate-lettuce
@missybear
@northgeorgia (probably WFD)
@froby79
@jaifaim
@michelinme

Day 6, driving to the Denver airport too fly home

Our flight was changed from almost 9:00 tonight to 10:30 this morning, so the end of our vacation is coming sooner and far more abruptly than planned. That may mean I can actually do a FD today, and perhaps even a WFD. I do know the gluttony ends now. Family fun has meant I’ve struggled to read and stay caught up with all the posts and that’s okay, but I am very much looking forward to being a regular contributor again. Talk to you all soon.

Day 6 – 16:8

Yesterday’s FD 500 went well.

I adore my new 1 cup silicon freezer tray, makes it so easy to store my soup/stew, and will save tons of room in the freezer. I got approximately 7 servings of stew out of my Monday cookery, and did the math, that comes to less than $3 a serving with 0 extra sugar, no preservatives, relatively low sodium and healthy not-trans fats. This makes me very happy.

I’m a M & W faster, so I send today’s fasters (a big group!) good thoughts.

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No surgery today. The team will discuss at 4 pm to determine if he will be a candidate for tomorrow. So far, he’s scheduled to be second on the list tomorrow.

Day 5 NFD
Day 6, FD

I’m still in with this group.
Yesterday was a plain NFD. I have an important question for myself (been trying to find THE answer that could help me): why am I so tempted to eat eagerly at night time ? I noticed that it often means that it is time to go to bed … but 8pm is a bit early hahahaha !!!
Yesterday I managed to wait 20 minutes untill the eager goes away… but it came back later on and I « had » to eat tons of peNut butter with a spoon directly from the jar. Grrrrr !!!

FD today Starting with a good omelette. I add very low fat cream cheese and mexican salsa from the store. (Vegetables, almost no fat). I am planning to go walking in the forest w my dog or cross country skying.

The sky is gray and it is difficult to find motivation.

Bonne journée belle gang !

Day 7, NFD, Aus

Oh bad me, I did not thank @songbirdme for hosting. Thank you for keeping this important forum going. Very gracious of you to do so, esp at the beginning of the year when often things are so hectic.

Ha ha, @froby79 – we have TWO panettones at home. Fortunately, I do not like them so they are no temptation at all. Good luck with your resistance.

My thoughts are with you and your family @northgeorgia. Hope all goes well. (And you can forgive yourself those extra Doritos at a time like this.)

And sorry if I missed it last month, but how did your OH’s reunion with his family go, @daffodil2010?

Have a great weekend everyone!

Day 7 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Yes, an FD on a Friday!!! DH has joined me on the weight busting life and Saturday is our only permitted day for wine…..so I am also pleased to report so far it’s 3lbs loss since Tuesday morning….and I have started walking with Leslie Sansone again (with DH clumsily on board)…….motivation is high.

But sorry guys, I still have not been able to catch up on January posts and really want to update you on Lake District Holiday and a super family Christmas….no time now so I will pop on tomorrow for accountability.

Anyone joining me today?
Pocket List Day 7
@daffodil2010

Day 7 – Lake district UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Well the first week of the year has seen two good FD’s and a fair bit of walking. Only an odd glass of wine and lots of water, so the Christmas gain is dropping already by 2lbs 1kg. Determined to keep it up and get back down to my ‘buffer zone’ weight in the next couple of weeks.

@funshipfreddie – That’s what I’ve done at the moment, substituted red and drink white, only it’s red wine to white water 😉 … however it won’t last, will have the odd drink over the weekend as I used to do on my 5:2 ‘day off’.

Take care all