Joyous January

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stitchincarol

6:32 pm
5 Jan 25
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Day 5 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

Our promised snow turned into a few clusters that were blown to either side of the street. A little sad, but mostly thankful to have nothing to scoop! Our sons, in Lincoln, 45 miles south of us, got 3 inches, but it’s so dry it’s just blowing around, so they also have little to scoop. A heavy, wet snow will come, however, as it’s winter on the plains…

@northgeorgia Bummer; I hope the virus leaves you as quickly as it’s attacked you. Planning FDs around social obligations/choices is quite challenging!

@iona72 Bummer for your household as well; hopefully you also will all be healthy soon. Can any of your food be frozen for a later date?

@ccco Well, perhaps you wanted fewer calories that 890, but you do that very many days in a row, and you WILL lose weight. 👍💪

@jaifaim A SEA SWIM???? IN JANUARY IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE????? I think, dear woman, that you are absolutely nuts! 🤣😟🤣 I can’t quite bring myself to type the C word, but I’m thinking it. You know, the 15-letter one you say when someone has accomplished something difficult, or significant, or amazing. But, no, I can’t quite bring myself to type it because I truly think you’re nuts! 😉🥰🤣 Amazing, but nuts.

@funshipfreddie I’m sure you’re thankful for the cooler day today!

@molij I’ve certainly had days like that; hope all goes well for you today with what’s keeping you busy.

@missybear Well, CONGRATULATIONS! (for you, I’ll use the word…) When does escrow close? (That, at least, is how it’s phrased in the States, and means, when do you have to be out of your house?) And also congratulations for only a pound and a half over Christmas!

@brightonbelle Well, I’m certainly impressed to find you on the pocket list on a Sunday!

I made dramatic progress on the t-shirt quilt yesterday, getting about half the 35 t-shirts interfaced and cut to the right size. I need to sew a couple baby quilts also, but I’m determined to finish DH’s sweater first…hopefully tomorrow!

Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket List – Day 5 🥚
@funshipfreddie
@ccco
@brightonbelle
@northgeorgia??

ccco

10:06 pm
5 Jan 25
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USA. Day 5. FD

Well, my kitchen is closed. I didn’t end quite where I wanted to. I ate too much cheese! In any case, it was a healthy overload. If I can’t turn down cheese then I think for now that I had better not buy any! LOL Tomorrow will be a big exercise day, as I try to remove all that snow. Maybe, if we are lucky, we don’t get as much as has been predicted.

See you all tomorrow!

Merryapple

2:18 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 NZ FD 70kg

Hi everyone. I’m coming right😃
I have had an influx of out of town friends here so I’m busy catering to their whims while trying to cater to mine!!
A friend from Oz arrives in a couple of hours. I’m off to make the bed. I don’t know how long he’s staying…
All I want to do is watch the cricket!!
Cheers!!

Penz

4:52 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6, Aus, CD

Hello everyone and happy new year. Thank you for hosting, @stitchincarol. Your opening post resonates with me. Like others, the FDs themselves are not joyous, but the PFDS and end results are definitely worth focusing on and celebrating.

Well, I’m back on the wagon (a-gain!) but really really need to stick with it. I’m getting older and the weight distribution these days just is not flattering. I used to have a lovely small waist (ok, admittedly in my teens and 20s) and it’s now gone AWOL!

I’ve decided I am NOT going back to work after my paid leave finishes in March. This was a big decision for me but I now feel so much more relaxed having made it. Now to decide what I want to do for the rest of my life: get healthy, strong and fit!

funshipfreddie

6:48 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.8 kg

A real Sunday pocket list yesterday?! We’re a tenacious bunch of fasters! 🎯💪

@missybear – congrats on the house sale! 🥳️ And fingers 🤞🤞you find your new home soon 🏡

@merryapple – you’ve been busy?! I’m sure you’ll be relieved to eventually get your space & routine back to normal

@penz – welcome back! And congrats on making that huge decision to retire for good 🎉

@ccco – cheese is dangerous! 😅 I have to weigh it – no more than 30 g at a time, & I cut it into small pieces so it looks like there’s more 🤪

Many people return to work here today, so I’m hoping some tranquillity will return to our town. Schools don’t reopen until next week in our province though, so we won’t quite be back to normal yet.

Sending RESOLVE to those having their first FD of 2025 💪

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer

BrightonBelle

11:31 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 UK f800

How fabulous @missybear now you have the fun of searching for your new 🏡

@penz welcome back and so happy you’ve made your momentous decision

Wow life sounds super busy @merry🍎

Fast800 going well for me still 💪

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle

AT

11:46 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 – UK – FD

A bit later than planned (my FD on Day 2 sadly didn’t happen!!) but definitely pressing my RESET button today with my first FD of 2025 – feeling positive and motivated!

Weight this morning surprisingly was 64kg – despite the many food and🍷🥂 indulgences partaken over the past 3 weeks in particular, but all the NY celebrations are now done and it’s nice to get back to normal

Good to see so many familiar faces back on a positive note for this Joyous January Challenge – thank you @stitchincarol for herding us back on the straight and narrow this month

Woke up to some snow yesterday morning and went for a 4mile snowy hike with friends – certainly felt like we were working hard – lunch was a warming bowl of pulled pork ramen and a light supper kept me at TDEE – Today the snow in our village is all gone but plenty still left on the lower slopes of the fells around us!

@funshipfreddie – thanks for that article – Really interesting – I think that’s what happened to me i.e. Weight creep reset my body’s set point – lots of good advice in the article and I hope to work on lowering my set point, I think I can follow the 7 practical steps to prevent weight creep except for emphasising breakfast over dinner – I have 2 meals a day – brunch/lunch and evening meal and due to the evening meal being the only one that OH and I have together it tends to be our main meal but usually eaten by 7pm except on rare occasions

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle
@at

“Weight loss doesn’t begin in the gym with a dumb bell; it starts in your head with a decision.” Toni Sorenson

NorthGeorgia

11:53 am
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 236 lbs. We avoided the swath of snow today, but we may not be as lucky on Friday. I hope we either get rain or snow, not ICE which shuts off the power and heat / hot water (for me) and makes driving impossible.

We’re still remembering former President Carter here in Georgia before his body is transported to the U.S. Capitol to lie in state.

I’m feeling better today, and yesterday was a FD. Going to try for another FD today and we’ll see what the week brings. I’d like to get in three FDs this week to get me going for the month.

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle
@at

MoliJ

1:37 pm
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 North Wales FD

Vegetable Garden tidied, it was dirty work as everywhere is so wet and muddy. We are having a massive problem with rats around the chickens. It’s the first year we have had this problem. What’s worrying is they don’t seem to want to take the poison. I am going to buy some peanut butter to smear over the blocks today to see if that will persuade them to eat it. Having had pet rats when my children were small I feel quite sad about putting the poison down.

We have decided to plant vegetables this year even though the house will be up for sale. We don’t know how long it will take to sell and we think that the garden will look better if people have an idea of what they can do with it. I am hoping the house doesn’t take too long to sell as my youngest daughter wants me to look after the youngest granddaughter one day a week something I am really keen to do.

I am feeling really positive about weight loss this month. I will be going to my daughters towards the end of the month but for the rest of it I will be in control of what I eat.

Went for a follow up scan this morning on a Thyroid Nodule I was diagnosed with three years ago. It must have changed as I have got to have a needle biopsy on it in the next month. Not looking forward to that.

@brightonbelle you are right we can do this together 💪 I too am aiming for less alcohol this month, hopefully year too.

@funshipfreddie not worried about the spread sheet missing its data, just noticed it was the only one which was like it.

@ccco the Maryland Hawk sounds very scary.

@stitchincarol looking forward to seeing your quilt. I love quilt making and have made quite a lot of them. Patchwork quilts are my favourite to make. I love watching the Missouri Star videos on YouTube with Jenny Doan.

@northgeorgia hope you are feeling better.

@iona72 I will be planting my tomato seeds soon. Hope you are all feeling much better.

@missybear. Fantastic news about your house sale and your small weight gain over Christmas.

Have a good day everyone xx

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle
@at

lilymartin

1:58 pm
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 country west Australia NFD 83.6 kgs

ccco

2:22 pm
6 Jan 25
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USA. Day 6. FD

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle
@at
@ccco

stitchincarol

2:51 pm
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

I quit eating around 4:30 yesterday, so it’s nice not to wake up with a stuffed belly. I’m not sure what we’ll have for dinner today, but I’m going to make sure I’m no higher than 1200 calories for the day. This is the week I start shifting this Christmas weight and all the rest of it besides.

@merryapple All your visitors sound delightful and overwhelming, simultaneously; it’s good to hear from you!

@penz Not only is it lovely to have you back with us, but what a huge and lovely decision you’ve made not to go back to work! Now begins the huge job of retirement where you get healthy, strong and fit, just like @at did when she retired, and just like I plan when DH retires in May. We can do this, my friend!

@funshipfreddie So have you gotten your planter home? Are you going to plant something in it, or just have some sort of branch arrangement in it, or just leave it on its lovely own?

@brightonbelle Well done on F800 going well for you; you’re making it look easy and you’re motivating me to set some determined goals for myself!

@at Thanks for commenting on your set point and that article, as that reminded me to go read it; @funshipfreddie was right that it’s probably nothing we don’t already know, but it was still motivating to read it. Here’s a question for you: did you find the routine of working or the freedom of retirement easier for setting fitness and eating goals and then achieving them? I know you didn’t do that until after you retired, but perhaps that was more to do with your decision than with what was possible. DH and I talk almost daily about our impatience for him to be retired, but also about the challenge of an entirely open schedule. You’ve certainly set the bar high for what can be accomplished when someone retires!

@northgeorgia So glad you’re feeling better. Well done on accomplishing a FD yesterday, and well done on choosing to do one today as well!

@molij Yeah, the Jenny Doan vidoes are good to watch, and so are the Jordan Fabric videos. I’m still trying to figure out when I can work on the t-shirt quilt again, but am delighted to be starting the ribbing today on DH’s Fair Isle, exactly two years since I started it. We’re planning to take down the decorations today, but I also want to FINISH that sweater…it’s time, LOL!

@lilymartin Congratulations on being down 1.6kgs!

@ccco Have you ever mentioned how much weight you’re wanting to lose? Do you have a goal date of when you’ll have lost it?

It’s a rather brisk 4/-15.5, and the feels-like temp is -10/-23. But the skies are blue and we have no snow to scoop, so I won’t care a bit once the furnace gets the house warmed up; until then, I’ll stay covered with my lap quilt and get started on that ribbing.

Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket List – Day 6 🍌
@merry🍎
@jaifaim
@molij
@northgeorgia
@teneer
@brightonbelle
@at
@ccco

jaifaim

3:25 pm
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
158.6 lbs ⬆️

Hi everyone! great to see so many people posting and with us this month! In particular a big welcome back to @penz 💕´

Just a quick check in from me… first day back in work and it’s a shock to the system – a greater shock than my swim 😂😂 @stitchincarol I can’t possibly think what that word might be 😂😂 In all, I swam three times over the break.. Saturday was the coldest air temperature…

Keeping up with my exercise etc 💪and am back in the daily posting zone from today. 🗒️ 🖊️

Congrats @missybear 🏠🤩 that is wonderful news!!!

See you all tomorrow 💕

Onward and downward ⬇️

We rise by lifting others 💕

MissyBear

4:22 pm
6 Jan 25
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Day 6 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 CD

Today was to be a FD but I didn’t sleep well last night so I’m feeling the need for a little more food than a FD allows. Decorations down and packed away this morning, I wonder where we will be living when they go up again next Christmas.

@stitchincarol the buyers want us to move out by April 😬 its a tight timescale!

@penz congratulations on your decision. I have never regretted early retirement, freedom from the rat race was well worth having to budget more carefully.

Happy Monday everyone 🤗

Penz

5:00 am
7 Jan 25
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Day 7, Aus FD

In posting this on my phone so apologies for so the typos that I know will occur.

Easy FD today as I’ve had to drive z dad to Sydney for a specialist appt before driving back home. The doctor is running late so it will be a very long day. But so easy to stay away from the fridge!

Did my big walk with the dogs this morning. I read somewhere that doing 10 000 steps a day is the same as 70 marathons a year. That’s a great fact (I’m not analysing it too much and want to belueve it to be true!) to use for motivation!

Still catching up on everyone’s news but seems lots of exciting things have/ are occurring.
Chat more tmw

funshipfreddie

5:35 am
7 Jan 25
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Day 7 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

@at – I’m glad you liked that article. I do the same – two meals a day, but usually a snack around 3 or 4 pm too. And all within an 8 hour window.

@stitchincarol – yes, my planter is home! It weighs a ton now 🥴️ I only got around to doing the top perimeter after Christmas. But my ficus tree is standing in it now. I put the existing pot in the planter, because I don’t want to risk the tiles falling off if I put soil/water inside. It looks okay anyway. Here are a few hastily-taken pics. The light’s not so good this morning though, & I don’t know how to change my camera settings. But I’m very happy with the way it’s turned out..
https://imgur.com/a/N9iskfF

Gotta dash! 🏃

Pocket List – Day 7 🍒
@penz
@at FD800
@brightonbelle FD800