Day 22 Melb Aust NFD

I’m not sure why I write NFD, I’m aiming mostly for CDs each day, but I guess it takes the pressure off.

@mariaelena, good comments re clothes. I wouldn’t be too hopeful re the height, though. I think it happens to all of us. I’ve lost at least 2 cms (3/4 inch) and hoping not to lose more as I’m a couple of inches shorter than you to start with. Now only just over 5 ft.

@songbirdme, enjoy your wedding anniversary getaway! Fifty-three years is a “good innings” (if you understand the cricket terminology).

@jaifaim, interesting that it’s been so long since your last DEXA scan. I guess people don’t start thinking about bone strength until they reach their “more mature years”.
I was surprised @songbirdme that DEXA scans are only recommended every 15 years in your US state. Are you sure that’s correct? Maybe it’s dependent on age. Here in Australia for the over 70s, they’re recommended once every 3 years and if you have any broken bones, you can have one even more frequently, and they’re free. Younger folk have to pay unless there’s a clinical reason to have the bones checked. That would be things like long-term use of cortisol-type drugs such as pregnisolone, pregnisone, etc.

Okay, enough medical stuff. It’s hot here, I don’t feel like eating much, and what an advantage! 🙂

Onward and downwards everyone!

Day 23 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 217 lbs. Yay! Maintained! @songbirdme You’re right. The big picture is what counts. Hope you enjoy your anniversary getaway!

I think I may do a WFD today and Wednesday. And I might even experiment Monday with either an OMAD/FD500 or continue the WFD (it would be my first ever attempt to do so). The inflation/food shortage in America certainly is easier to face with this WOL!

Pocket list – day 23
@northgeorgia

Day 23 UK NFD

Quick check in for accountability. This morning I was up a whole 4lbs on Friday’s weekly weigh day tho hoping that will go down again in the next week!

I made it into town today and resisted all manner of cakes, biscuits and sandwiches, sticking to black decaf coffee & fizzy water. Then picked up a small bag of Cadbury’s mini eggs on the way home! I’ve just had a OMAD late Sunday lunch/early supper of baked sweet potato, green beans, brussel sprouts and M&S vegan kiev, apple & mango compote with vegan yogurt. Tbrings me in 300 calories under TDEE which will do me – I’ve got Friday’s EFS and the sugar/carb puffiness to counter

Looking forward to Mon-THurs FD800 again this week. I’ve not done meal planning but have a heap of healthy food to choose from and one portion of cabbage soup to start me off.

@songbirdme happy 53rd weddding anniversary, that’s wonderful! Hope you have a great trip

Day 24 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Busy weekend, and feeling tired, but the scales were kind this morning. As @jaifaim noted, Ireland had a sudden and quite unexpected relaxing if all restrictions (except mask wearing) and it seemed all of Ireland was out socialising in restaurants and bars on Saturday!

We were out too, the restaurant we had booked was full to capacity, then went to the pub and there was live music and sitting at the bar….and while greatly welcome to be coming out of this two year hiatus, it was also strange too!

Yesterday felt like New Years Day after the party..people wandering around trying to clear their heads 😄

Have a great Monday!!!

Day 24 – Ireland – NFD

Hello all!
I’ve had a busy weekend of work ao feeling tired but I am up for the challenge of a good fast day today.
No socialising for me because of that but will also be taking it slow and steady for the next week as am travelling the weekend after next and don’t want to miss another break away so still dodging Covid 🦠🤞as that now would be the only thing to mess up my travel planes.

I used to fly to the UK at least once a month for the past 10 + years and then on other trips but it’s been two years since I’ve been in a plane and cannot wait to get back in the sky. I’ll be nervous but can’t wait. Then I will be “out out” 😂 at music 🎶 and theatre 🎭 events planned over a five day break.. whoop whoop 🙌. It will be a shock to my cocooned system!

@daffodil2010 I hope you enjoyed the celebrations 🎉

Re Dexa scans I was on prednisone for years when I was late 20s/30 as have an auto immune condition so had the dexa done back then. Bones all good 👍
Now am referred as I am menopausal so hoping there’s been little change.🤞

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 24 – Pocket List – joining @penz – anyone else?
@penz
@jaifaim

Day 24 UK FD

I’m joining the fasters today , last week of January really want to get a result💪

Pocket list day 24🌸
@penz
@froby79
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle

Day 24 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 213 lbs. Going for a 2nd WFD in a row. If I’m not mistaken @stitchincarol did an extended WFD before the holidays last year and was very successful. This will be my first (but not really) attempt to do so “back to back.” And I say “not really,” because I accidentally did this once last year in mid-November, but ended up breaking the fast around 5 pm on day two, resulting in pretty much a late OMAD that day. And I really wasn’t super hungry then. Tomorrow will be a regular NFD before another FD on Wednesday. I’m hopeful this will kickstart February as a plateau buster.

Pocket list day 24🌸
@penz
@froby79
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia

Day 24 UK FD800

Feeling puffy after my indulgent weekend and forgot to weigh myself first thing. I’m aiming for a solid FD today and hope for not too much damage left tomorrow, tho I suspect there will be. Funny how i can feel my fat cells reinflating when I have carbs or sugar…

Another Mon-Thurs FD800 for me – a new rhythm that seems to work… It’s *just* the NFDs i have to work on – as we all know only too well! Still, as this is my first challenge in c7 months I’m going to keep on counting all that’s worked to give myself max encouragement. I’m here, I’m in a new rhythm and I’m seeing that it works – as long as i stick to TDEE on NFDs.

I need to work on better sleep routine/earlier nights this week, despite it being a full week ahead of 3 very busy weeks. Today has zooms from 5-9.30 so it’s a slow start and beginning to get my head round complex papers – proving hard on a Monday!

Food today will be a substantial egg salad with green beans, pickled beetroot, little gem lettuce, watercress and pumpkin seeds and some sort of zingy dressing – ginger and lime? – then the last of the cabbage soup followed by an apple & mango compote and lots of drinks – marmite tea/herbal tea and fizzy water. I’ve got emergency blueberries on hand but will close the kitchen at 7.30pm. My system needs a clear out so i’m resisting the siren calls of carbs with as much energy as I can muster and the promise of colourful food. I’ll let myself have some red lentil and beetroot pasta tomorrow if carbs are still a siren call, but otherwise it feels like a day for braising red cabbage with apple and roasting beets ready for a dal. Meanwhile there’s still a whole pineapple in the fridge…

Pocket list day 24🌸
@penz
@froby79
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia
@at
@michelinme

TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!

day 24, NFD, Aus

Good FD yesterday. Had a light salad for dinner. I’m finding it a little challenging to do my usual LFD but my meal was waaay below 500 calories so I’m ok with easing back towards LFDs.

And I had 6 hours uninterrupted sleep last night. That’s a first for many many weeks. I feel great this morning!!

Day 25 – Ireland – CD

Hello all!

@stitchincarol stick with us!!! Don’t go anywhere! @mariaelena you are so right… yesterday is gone…just worry about today… I am trying to adopt this way of thinking along with not worrying too much about the future… the only thing we can control is right now… 💕

Yes I’m hovering too with many of you @betsylee, etc and @brightonbelle I’m going to give it socks for this last week too 👍👍 we can do this 💪. Come on everyone we are nearly there👌

Happy wedding anniversary @songbirdme 💕🎉💕 I hope that you have a very happy day celebrating with your DH.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 25 UK CD

Morning – very quiet today , particularly missing @funshipfreddie🇿🇦?

@stitchincarol I’m sure it’s just a blip , as someone else commented you’ve got a lot on just now x

@at You got me thinking , I’m joining you today and tomorrow on FD800 in the Hope I can ignite some loss

I’ve only been skimming posts so hope to have a good catch up this afternoon Have a good one all

Day 25 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD

We got DS25 moved yesterday, and were home by about 6pm. He still has a few things to bring to the new place, but will be done soon. I ate more than a woman wanting to lose weight should eat, and chose to simply enjoy it. Today I’ll do my usual Tuesday WF and think through what I can reasonably expect from me in order to get back on track. And thanks, everyone, for the encouragement. I’m sure I’ll get back on track, and I promise not to leave, but the concern is how much damage I can do before I manage to turn this boat around. Oh well, eh? And, as much as I really want to be in the 130s rather than the 140s, I keep reminding myself that two years ago I was in the 160s. THAT’S enough to make me sigh a huge sigh of relief!

@mariaelena You’ve said so often how your progress is slow, but you’ve lost THIRTY POUNDS now??? WOWZA, honey, that’s a massive accomplishment!

@northgeorgia Congratulations for doing a two-day WF! And so lovely to hit that 211 low again! ‘Twon’t be long before 211 is a high number.

Out of the six homes I go to on Tuesdays for lessons, two of them have Covid in the house. Thankfully, the symptoms are mild in both cases and we may be able to resume lessons next Tuesday. I am so ready to be DONE with this awfulness–as, I’m sure, we all are! Fun detail about the funeral we’ll have at church tomorrow: he was 94 and he and his wife celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary a few months ago. Imagine! And when DH talked to the wife right after he died, she said, “I had so much I wanted to tell him!” (They’d been living apart for two weeks because he’d fallen and needed some medical care.) Such a wonderful love story.

Okay, I’m off to get some things done before I head out to teach piano. Thanks again for the encouragement, everyone, and have a good one!

Day 25 UK FD

Successful FD800 yesterday, coming in just over 700 calories. I managed to get to bed a bit earlier and slept like a log, hardly moving in the night. Still really tired but pacing as much as I can in the busyness. Here’s my second b2b FD800…

I’ve got a big zoom meeting from 7.30-9pm & just throwing together my OMAD now so I can digest during the meeting and jump into the bath straight after. Today’s feast is the second part of yesterday’s big salad – boiled eggs, watercress, baby gem lettuce, potatoes, green beans, olives, sundried tomatoes, pickled beetroots and a zesty dressing. I’m going to add on some vegan fish fingers – the same numer of calories as in the whole salad! – and finish with stewed apple, fresh mango and vegan yogurt.

My mother came for tea this afternoon – tired and aching, fed up with being in pain, 83 and not coping with life. But we talked knitting, books and grandchildren, wound wool and thought about warmer days, getting medical advice and next steps for her will-writing. At the same time DD was trying on wigs so we sent encouragement and feedback. I’ve finally caught up with all the odds and ends of more complex email, beginning to clear the decks ready for project planning. My brain was working better than it had in a while, but it’s been a strange day.

Day 25 Pocket List
@stitchincarol
@at
@michelinme

Day 26, Australia Day, country west Australia NFD
Past 2 weeks have all been NFDs 😲but lots of salads and healthier eating… at times….😋
Looking forward to staying in one place for a while now so back on the wagon and back on track and back posting daily and ready to run February unless someone else is really really keen!??
No time to read posts yet but plan to time permitting.
Hope everyone is going well health wise. Onward and …… just onward at present. 🤔
Happy to send some warmth to those needing it in cooler climes.
We have had 6 days at 39º or 40ºC !! Just enjoying 4 days of mid 20s and then back to 36-8ºC this weekend. It has been HOT.🥵🥵🥵

Day 26 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Oops?! My apologies, fellow-fasters. I really never planned on going AWOL. Just can’t get my fasting-head on this month, & I’ve been completely absorbed in painting my apartment. But I think the worst is over, & I WILL be on the list tomorrow! 💪

@songbirdme – belated congratulations on your 53rd wedding anniversary! 🤗

Happy Hump Day! 🐫 🐪

Day 26 UK CD

Wow 53 years definitely calls for a few 🥂🍰 @songbirdme x

Yes I’m “helping” decorating @funshipfreddie Very easy to get caught up

Nice controlled day today >500 tomorrow

Day 26 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

Weigh in was a much more comfortable 144.6 pounds, which I don’t like, but far prefer to yesterday’s 148.0. I must fly as the funeral music begins in just over an hour and I haven’t pulled music and practiced yet.

Later!

Day 26 – FD 500

Pea soup (yum) on the menu but do I pair it with fiber (veg) or protein (nuts)? 500 days are difficult in this way as 1/2 if what I read says get my protein no matter what, and the other 1/2 ranks fiber above protein.

For this reason, I’m thinking that when I modify for maintenance my first change will be to just shift to FD 800’s and get the rib sticking healthy entree (soup or stew, usually) plus additional veg AND lean protein in on those days.

There is so much conflicting advice re protein, and from vices I respect that I am left scratching my head. I lean towards the get a higher protein amount in. It is also difficult because so much advice assumes a 2000 cal TDEE and when you are short and female, the number is considerably lower making it difficult to reach all the ‘eat x amount of y daily’ goals. Quite frankly I worry much about my vegetarian sister’s protein intake, I just don’t see how it is possible she gets enough.

Busy here again, but I can report that my cats are so happy to have my DH around again, and that is a joy to see. All our cats are rescues but one of them, Charlie, was found eating out of the dumpster next to my husband’s workplace. A pirate kitty, with one eye, but that eye is trained on my husband’s every move, whenever Charlie is not sleeping in DH lap. Ever hear that old Carpenters song ‘Close to you’? I swear, I hear it in my head every night when DH comes home and Charlie adoringly watches and cuddles to DH! It has taken years for Charlie to fully warm up to me, and it always feels like an honor when he gives me a few minutes of head bumps and cuddles – always to return to his soul mate, my DH, in short order.

Wishing everyone well today! So good to see folks that have been away for a bit!

Day 26 Pocket List
@jaifaim
@northgeorgia
@mariaelena

Day 27 country West Australia FD
Looking forward to getting back into the groove.
Mondays and Thursdays my ‘usual’ FDs.
It’s been a little while so I’ll see how I go!
@songbirdme, belted congratulations on 53 years of marriage. What a great milestone for you.
Hope you enjoyed the day with your DOH ( dear other half!)💐
Onward and onward my friends! Have a good day.😎

Day 27 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@penz – thanks for putting me on the list. I guess I can’t back out now… 🤔

Haven’t been near the scales for ages & my head has been firmly buried in the sand. But I’m going to do at least two FDs before the end of the month. I’m going low-carb too for a while on NFDs to try to get back to where I was before I fell off the wagon. Just started reading ‘The Real Meal Revolution’ by South African Tim Noakes.

@songbirdme – I’d love to swap temperatures for a couple of hours; 10:30 am here & it’s already 30C. I’m actually looking forward to the rain we’re supposed to get tomorrow.

Pocket list – Day 27
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@lilymartin

Day 27 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 211 lbs. Well, it doesn’t look like I’ll quite make my January goal, but on the other hand, I’ve hit my all-time low twice this month (including today). Next FD is probably Sunday, so some weight will come back on, but looks like I’ve managed to move the needle from the higher end of the 210s towards the lower end. I should be able to surpass this month’s target in February.

Off to work!

Day 27 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WF

Yesterday’s CD was probably too high to be a true CD, but it was lovely to have given myself permission to simply eat at regular times. Thursdays are easy WF days, like Tuesdays are, so I’m good for this one day and then have to face the weekend. 😒

@froby79 SOOO frustrating to be doing everything right and not have weight drop off! How many carbs are you eating? Cutting out as many as you can for now will probably help a lot. On the other hand, I’ve been known to say that we can only control what we eat; our body is in complete control of what we lose, so it’s very possible your miracle will happen assuming you’ve been on target with your eating. Have faith!!

@michelinme Don’t you hate that puffy feeling? That was my favorite part of when I was below 140, that I FELT thin. You’re doing so well with your eating that I bet you’ll lose the puffy feeling soon, and start to FEEL thin soon.

@songbirdme Wow on your temps! We’ve been in the single digits (around -16C) but that’s nothing compared to your below zero stuff! The year DH and I married, it was -20 (-30 C) on Thanksgiving, with a windchill of -30. This California-born-and-bred gal was quite astonished, and took a picture of the thermometer outside and it’s in our photo album. Hopefully you warm up soon!

@daffodil2010 Amazing story about how your colitis went away. And whatever the true cause, I’m very glad for you!

@funshipfreddie I think of you as one of our firmly-on-track members, so to have you ignoring fasting as much as I is very reassuring, LOL! There went January, eh? Oh well, we can be diligent for what’s left of the month, and then start fresh in February.

@northgeorgia It’s such a joy to see your steady progress.

@brightonbelle What decorating???

@lilymartin A resounding YES to having you host February! I’ve personally found hosting to be very helpful to staying on track, and have been thinking I should host again soon, but am feeling far too busy to do so, so I hope you find hosting to be beneficial for your own journey!

I got the baby quilt back from the quilter but haven’t had time yet to sew on the binding, and today won’t be give me time to start either. I’m excited to get started on the final stage, knowing it won’t be long before it wraps up DGD#2!! Tomorrow will be the day, finally!

Pocket list – Day 27
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@lilymartin
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol

Day 27 – UK – FD600/800

None of my planned FD happened this week but at least they were mostly at TDEE’s so trying really hard for a FD today 🤞

Started the day with my regular Aerobics class this morning and walking into the village for a 6pm Pilates one soon.

@stitchincarol – I’m not happy with the scales either but I already knew that before I stepped on them today 🤭 – Please stay with us – remember that TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!
@lilymartin – great to see you back with us – 6 days at 39º or 40ºC is way too hot for me 🥵fingers crossed that your FD was a good one and thank you for much for volunteering to host our February Challenge 🤗
@brightonbelle – sorry to have let you down this week – I do hope that you had more success with your FD than I did
@mariaelena – sounds like you are reaping the rewards of staying in control of your eating habits – great work 👏 slow and steady does it! Perhaps you could host our March Challenge??
@funshipfreddie – great to see you back on the forum too – if it’s any consolation we all fall off the wagon from time to time – the main thing is that we strap ourselves firmly back on it as an old timer here @bert1802 used to say – I also agree that going low carb does help
@songbirdme – eating my calories early in the day did not work 😢 I’m trying for my first FD for the week today as I stepped on the scales and it confirmed that I am a few lbs over the top of my target range too so will be aiming to press my RESET button with a more controlled finish to this January Challenge which hopefully will set me up for the shortest month challenge in February 🤞 Your temperatures are the other extreme of @lilymartin – I don’t think that I would want to set foot outside 🥶
@northgeorgia – you are doing great – stay positive and you will get there sooner than you think

Pocket list – Day 27
@penz
@funshipfreddie
@lilymartin
@brightonbelle
@stitchincarol
@at

Day 28, NFD, Aus

Well, we’re not allowed to use the f-word on this forum, but yesterday’s planned FD did not happen. I had a real craving for a hamburger and chips so that’s what we had for dinner. My only consolation is that the burger was home made (except for the bun) so I know what went in it. Beef patty, swiss cheese, tomatoes, lettuce, beetroot, pineapple and egg. And I expect that list of ingredients, especially the last three, will draw some comments!

Hope you did better than me @funshipfreddie.

I echo @stitchincarol – did I miss a post on decorating @brightonbelle?

Anyone heard from @flourbaby? Are you out there? Thinking of you!

Time to reflect, resolve and recommit.

Have a great weekend everyone!