Day 6, London, UK, FD800

Soup & Soup today…………………….. it’s too cold for anything else!!!😢😢 But (silver lining) at least its FD800 friendly!!🥳🥳

@northgeorgia, one day at a time of swerving as much as you can, will reward you with a downward trend. The prospect of a ‘bad food choice’ day does NOT make it so!!! Choose wisely at your lunch, just choose YOU!!!

@metatauta, if I swerve the booze and choose healthy (non-beige!) carbs and drink at least 2.5L water/day, I can usually get a -5lb week. My biggest problem is consistency as staying on track at the weekend is my biggest challenge. So, no vino in the house, an hourly timer on my phone to remind me about chugging water and a weekend menu pre-prepared so the Gruyere doesn’t scream my name when I get to a @stitchincarol level #3!! I’m at a B’day party this weekend, I’m taking alcohol free, 0 Carb gin (AF wine is pants!!🤮) and I’m planning to eat before I go so there’s NO chance of getting to level 3 whilst there!!🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

No judgement from me @merryapple, your system is working marvellously for you and a hill walk or 2 will get rid of that cake!! For me, I never get to the point where I have ‘lurking’ cake, it arrives at the house ……………….. then I might spend 30 mins talking myself out of eating it, 5 mins later it’s gone!!!🤭🤭

@snowflake56, unfortunately lots of the original features are missing except the picture rails, dado rails and art-deco banisters, which the surveyor said need replacing because the gaps are too big!!🤨 Personally, I think it’s just better to keep an eye on any visiting small children who might fall through rather than rip out the essence of the house!!😲😲

@jaifaim, thank you cara!! I AM great!!🤣🤣I’m working that fasting muscle sooo hard!!!💪🏼💪🏼 Now to get the plank beyond 30sec!!!😳

@funshipfreddie, the perils of eating out!! I hope your tummy settles. I doubt any commercial establishment has the same hygiene standards I do in the kitchen, so I’m always checking for cleanliness when I eat out, from the front window, floors & general décor to the cutlery & tablecloths!!! It’s the reason buffets aren’t my thing either @snowflake56, too many hands touching or people talking/coughing near exposed food!!! Y’all know I love a flour based treat, but the open pastry displays in supermarkets give me the heebie-jeebies!!! I can practically see the apple turnovers absorbing the airborne germs!!😳🤮🤭

Enough!! Back to work, stay strong folks!!

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you” – Anne Lamont

Day 6 Wales FD
Another brief check in today, lots to do so should be a good FD!

Just seen it myself. It is a small Greek island and hopefully he will soon be found, safe and well I hope.

3rd Post – Day 6

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Day 7, Germany, CD

No time to read or post this morning, woke up too late.

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 7 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.2 kg

Quite a pocket list yesterday?! I hope all the fasters are experiencing PFDS 💪

Oops?! The stomach upset was all my fault. I had some sliced beef on Wednesday night. It was vacuum-sealed, so I didn’t think it mattered about the power being out for two days whilst it sat in the fridge. But apparently it does. It was also 2 days beyond its ‘use by’ date. That’ll do it, right? 🤮 It looked & tasted fine, but I won’t make that mistake again. Not the best way to lose weight. Don’t try this at home 🥴️

@jaifaim – those Gaelic words look like what comes up on my screen after Boo Boo’s taken a stroll across my keyboard 😂 It must be a tough language to learn. I just saw your post. Weather was okay yesterday. A cool 20 C but it was good to see the blue sky again & the sea no longer looked like pea soup. I forgot about my steps, but my fitness tracker buzzed, literally as I was getting in bed, to say I’d hit 8000 steps 😇

@flourbaby – I love going out for lunch, & I always eat out on NFDs. I tend to stick to the same couple of places, but I’m going to another different one today – The Lemon Tree. It’s got good reviews & the friend I’m going with has been there before. Now that I don’t drink or gamble anymore, it’s about the only thing I splurge on. Throw in a sea view & bring me a cappuccino at 20 minute intervals & I could sit there all afternoon 😅

Search still on for Michael Mosley:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13503585/search-Mail-Dr-Michael-Mosley-missing-Greek-island-holiday-walk.html

Happy Fri-yay! 🍹

Day 7 NZ NFD 73.2kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

Oh my goodness… I just read your Daily Mail article @funshipfreddie. It is not looking too good for Dr Mosley – A super hot day and rocky hills surrounded by water… His poor wife and family. This news has rather taken the wind out of my sails…

@funshipfreddie I have been introduced to a great Texan singer called Charley Crockett (direct descendant of Davy Crockett!!) by my Texan friend. I thought you might be interested to hear him in view of your line dancing. He’s had an old fashioned life on the road in Texas and New Orleans which you can hear in his songs, like $10 Cowboy.
Yummy salad @stitchincarol and a sweet story about the 4 year old.
I hope everyone had PFDS… The pocket list has become more akin to a handbag list (apologies to the blokes).

Steely RESOLVE!

Day 7 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 229 lbs. Yikes, maybe we’ll hear some good news about Dr. M soon.

Day 8 NZ NFD 73.0kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

It can be tough keeping everything together to stay on the downhill slide… Three weeks to go and I’m aiming for the 72s… Last week I exercised more and ate less but where oh where is a 72🫤on the scales…
I have been on ant patrol in the kitchen… Two separate nests invaded so I had wee blobs of ant poison around the place. It becomes obsessive, like dispatching your meece @stitchincarol.
@missybear Wonderful to hear you enjoyed a FD!!! As for no weekend EtOH… 🤔
@jaifaim I have switched to planking just before bedtime. They warm me up and relax me and I cannot say I’ll do them later! Hope your training bike rides are going well and you’re swerving the weekend temptations!!
@funshipfreddie Poisoning yourself??! I wonder how many others managed to do the same thing…??
@flourbaby Breakfast at 2pm? I hope your brain is still functioning!!

I looked up the BBC website for news on Dr M. It sounds very strange that he has completely disappeared but🤞a clue will appear.

Steely Resolve… and watch those carbs!

Day 8 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 229 lbs. Well, I’m happy to say that I seemed to have reverse the naughty end of May weight gain. I can’t get too excited because although I have a busy week next week and can do a 5:2, I have a full week of vacation after that.

Anyway, I am proud of the average 4 lb weight loss over last week so I think reset is accomplished on that end of things 🙂

Planning on tomorrow being one of my FDs for next week.

Day 9, Germany, NFD

The weather is beautiful this morning, we plan to go for a walk this morning and this afternoon we’re off to the natural history museum.

@jaifaim Yes, everything is fine here.

@merryapple Welcome to the 72s, 72,9 kg was my highest weight in 2017, as I’m short, I looked quite chubby. I’m glad to have a normal weight again. My husband is doing well, he stayed one night in hospital instead of four due to something else they found. He just made and ate ham and eggs on freshly baked bread from the bakery next door and the smell makes me salivating so I’ll make a smaller version of it.

Still hoping for a good outcome on Dr M’s disappearance.

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

So cold here?! At 8 am it was 9 C 🥶️ The sun is shining though, & it’s supposed to reach 19 later, so I’ll get my steps in then.

@merryapple – you did it! 🥇🎯

@jaifaim – I think our posts crossed yesterday. Have you heard of Benny Lewis? An Irish guy who runs a website called ‘Fluent in 3 Months’. He’s authored a book with the same title, & written a few others. He claims he can speak 20 languages ‘to varying levels of fluency’ but there’s a lot of scepticism around his claims & methods.

Rumours & conspiracy theories starting to swirl around Dr Mosley’s disappearance. I wondered how long it would take. His poor wife & kids..
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13509461/michael-mosley-rescuers-cave-abyss-underwater-tunnel-system.html

Plenty of room on the pocket list for some more Sunday fasters 💪

Pocket List – Day 9 🥕
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia

2nd Post – Day 9

Very sad news. RIP Dr Michael Mosley 😔

Day 9 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 230 lbs. I’m so sorry to hear of Dr. Mosley’s death. He has touched so many lives, including mine.

I am planning for a FD today, but I heard my family threaten homemade ice cream later today. My usual excuse, “I can have some tomorrow,” won’t fly because I travel 3 – 4 hours away after lunchtime at work on Monday to overnight for our statewide meeting that takes place on Tuesday, and there’s not much room in the freezer — but maybe I can skip it until Tuesday night. Thursday is my graduation dinner with about 30 others who participated in the county leadership program this past year. So, Wednesday is my only other FD for the week. Then there’s vacation the week after with no FDs. What a odd month!

I’m 4 lbs lighter over last Sunday. I want to log what I did so I can look back and remember, because by the last week of the month I’ll need to do something like it again 🙂 I did a WFD on Sunday, then FD500 OMADs on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

I have done better with controlling the snack demon and keeping the junk food at bay this week.

Pocket List – Day 9 🥕
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia

I’m new here and sort of floundering around but feel that this regime will suit me well. I’m Mary, a retired American marketing professor living in the Loire Valley of France. Recently, my doctor said that the bad news is that I have fatty liver disease but the good news is that it’s reversible. Sure, if I give up French wine and cheese! I really need to lose about 20 lbs and have probably lost 200 over the past 10 years, but always the same 5 lbs (off/on/off/on…). Anyone have success with this regime?

I am heartbroken with this awful news. I have all of Michael’s books, and was always impressed with his wisdom and kindness ( as seen in his TV specials) . I had to come on this site to be with those who would understand, I never knew him but I am tearful. Condolences to his wife and loved ones. What a loss.

Day 9 USA (Illinois) NFD

Saying hello and best greetings to you all —- I’m an old timer who is happy to be keeping at maintenance

SO sorry to learn of the death of Dr. Michale Mosely — it was his first book I read back in 2016 or so and have been able to keep at maintenance because of 5:2 or ONAD.

Hugs to you all —

Day 9 – USA/TN

Sad to hear about Dr. M. In his honor, hoping to continue 5:2 with good results!

Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 69.7 kg

Monday morning PFDS 😇 @merryapple – I AM cold! Another 8 or 9 degree morning. I bought a couple of hot-water bottles yesterday 😅 It turned out to be a nice day though. If the sun’s shining & the wind stays away it’s perfect walking weather by mid-day.

@jaifaim – It is unbelievable. A tragic end for someone who helped so many people. I’ll always be grateful to Michael for making the documentary, ‘Eat, Fast & Live Longer’.

@liffster – welcome to 5:2 and to the forum. Thousands of success stories here! If you’ve read the book or clicked on ‘How It Works’ on the homepage, then all you have to do is jump in & try it. I’ve been fasting for about 10 years & I joined these challenges 6 years ago. Here’s a link to the documentary if you haven’t seen it:- https://vimeo.com/259080453

The latest from the UK Mail re Michael’s tragic accident:-
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13511611/michael-mosley-final-moments-map-trek-search-death.html

Pocket List Day 10 🫡💕
@jaifaim
@at
@leoniraats
@merry🍎

Day 10, Germany, NFD

It’s so sad to read about the death of Dr Mosley. He changed the lives of so many people for the better including the lives of most of us here. I will always be grateful. My thoughts are with his wife and family.

@jaifaim The news after my DH’s surgery was partly good/partly bad. We’ll know more after the pathology results are in and new plans can be made. It was nice he came out so soon, we enjoyed discovering a new town together.

@merryapple I enjoyed the ham and eggs so much, I ate the same for dinner.

Day 10, London, UK, NFD

I’m so sad about Dr. M’s passing. Such an inspiring man, personable, funny and a tad goofy!! Such a tragic end for someone who practiced what he preached and made us all just a bit more willing to take the ‘doctors’ advice. I’m eternally grateful for 5:2 and will go forwards with renewed dedication to honour a brilliant man. My thoughts are with his wife & children.

I’m super busy today, not working but I’m at home waiting for several deliveries to get this garden done once and for all!! It would have been impossible & distressing to do it whilst my mum was with us, but now it’s become such a jungle the workload is immense!!! Slowly slowly!!

“In the end, the best diet is the one you can stick to and which fits best in your life” – Dr. Michael Mosley

Day 11 NZ NFD 72.6kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

Haha @funshipfreddie!! I don’t really do PFDS because I’m only ever a step away from an EFS!!! Sad but true!!!
@stitchincarol Wow!! You need some downtime!! I hope that involves knitting!!! I have sorted out how to knit top down sweaters but I’m doing the most complicated thing I could do… using short rows to shape a raglan neck then I’ve drafted up a fern pattern to turn into 18 wedges around the shoulders. When people ask what I’m up to, I say conceptual knitting because the image in my mind is transferred via equilateral equations into stitches…😵‍💫 (apologies to non knitters…)
@flourbaby At least you have ‘staff’ to help sort out your jungle!! I need help!! We have had so much rain half the garden thinks it’s Spring and is growing despite just entering winter…
@northgeorgia Keep at it. You’ll sort out a game plan for yourself 💪
@snowflake I luv the fact that your breakfast and dinner were the same!! Best of luck with the pathology results.
@missybear That is so descriptive – a rose bush blown over by the wind!! At least it is used to being pruned!!
@jaifaim You need to add in the phonetic spelling for the Gaelic so we can say it out loud!!
Thank you for the Dr M quote. As always, such practical advice…
@ccco Good to see you’re back from NYC and posting.

Steely RESOLVE!!

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@flourbaby