Day 22 – Japan – NFD (HED Happy Eating Day!)

45 water fasts done in 2019 so far. My weight this morning was at 78.8kg taken at a comparable time to my lowest 76kg weight. However that was at the end of last summer too and I’ll probably trim down a bit in the heat. This morning I did 30 pull-ups and I’m slowly working at it trying to build up strength. Now I need to work on range of motion too.

While I admin people that can maintain a BMI in the low 20’s, I’m feeling well at a BMI of 26. Much better than when my BMI was 35! Ugh that is had to believe that I was there.

Day 21, Rocky Mountains, US, NFD

Big hike with Mick and DH (he took today off work because it was such an unusual cool day (17 Celsius) with sunshine and a cold breeze from the Northwest- perfect for hiking).

@ciren2: Doggie school yesterday went well. Now we have to continue training until our next class. Doing short training sessions three times a day.

@matpi: Sending you hugs!❤🐕❤

Hope everyone had a good Summer/Winter Solstice! ⚘⚘⚘

Day 22: Gloucestershire, UK, NFD:
Very quick check-in, before work. Must wash up my breakfast things; don’t want DH coming down later to find a mess!
I’ll catch up later.
Bye for now xx

Day 22 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@michelinme & @missybear – awesome results!!

Wishing everyone a good weekend

9 days to go – let’s make them count!

Day22 Herefordshire U.K. should be an FD! It will be an FD!!!

Struggling but will apply @funshipfreddie ‘s machismo approach and put my head down and push forward. Will keep myself busy with garden work, glorious blue sky morning here so not a bad day to be outside.

Well done @keitii.

@xatie – you can do this, adding you to the pocket list as you sound like you could do with our collective support.

@michelinme – go gently, it can take awhile to absorb things.

@debster251 – sounds a special time, one to bank, what a beautiful and perfect place to find yourself reflecting on life.

Joining the Saturday fasting crew, thanks @snowflake56 for the shoutout!

Good luck all and well done to those blitzing June.

Day 22 Pocket List
@keitii
@snowflake56
@xatie
@dingping

2nd post

Hi @xatie – great you’re checking in regularly, I find it helpful on fasting days, hence me being back here now! Hope your day remains focussed and positive, you’ll feel so brilliant once you achieve success. A Pocket List is literally a list of people who declare they are fasting that day on the challenge. It gives many of us just an extra boost to know that others are doing the same thing, for me it adds an extra layer of accountability. The day at the start of everyone’s posts literally refers to the day in the month and not the number of fasts completed. You might find it helpful to look at the beginning page of this challenge which explains a lot about abbreviations used and the general format people use when posting.

Hope all Saturday fasters are staying strong .
Ta x

Hi Dingping,
Thank you for all that. I’ll read through if I’m tempted by something to keep me distracted. Is the pocket list on this thread or another? Do people just say ‘I’m fasting today’ on this thread? Hope your day goes well.

Hi Xatie,
Welcome to this great international forum. You couldn’t be in a better place. A pocket list is basically a list of people who are fasting on that day. It is nice to know that you’re not alone, especially when things get tough so adding you name to the others can give some extra support. If you read the very first page, you’ll find a great introduction and a lot of hints and tips. Good luck in your journey.

Day 22 country West Australia NFD
Day 21 NFD
Day 20 NFD

@flourbaby and all others who have referred to the wagon .
After a plateau for SOOOOOOO long that I set up house there, I started falling off the wagon, then was clinging by a fingernail, finally gave up and jumped off. The wagon was well out of sight and I just thought ‘ oh well….’
Recently started running after the wagon and grabbed on and was holding on by just the fingernail of my little finger. Body bouncing along the track, it was a very unpleasant bumpy, bruising ride.
BUT I managed to hoick my knee up to the edge of the wagon.
So currently am hanging on for dear life ( and better health!) like they do in the cowboy movies.
A very visual person I now laugh at the image of myself being bounced along half on/ half off the wagon.
This past few days when I have felt like overeating I think of that mental image of me bouncing along on the road clinging to the wagon, with all my friends on board ,and it makes me determined NOT to let go of the wagon and NOT to give up.
So for all those doing it tough, we know what you are feeling, but as I said a few days ago please please please don’t give up.
This WOL/WOE really works and it takes work TO work.
Be kind to yourself and know that we are all on the wagon, or in it’s vicinity, to help you.
I have been drinking more water and exercising more since starting to post again and wow! it feels so good.
Will try for a FD tomorrow but church the out to lunch and out to dinner with friends so might be stretching it. We’ll see…
Have a good day/night all. Thanks for being here. You are the planks under my fingernails.😀

Day 22 UK NFD

Quick weigh in this morning showed 142.5- 2.5lb down on the month & 2.5lb from my original goal. Yay!

Going gently today, glad to catch up with posts from yesterday
@matpi grief is grief, and the depth of it a reflection of the depth of love x
@dingping thank you-and for the reminder that some things take time to process x
@matpi thank you. I also love Phos hilaron. It’s been going round in my head all day today 🙂
@funshipfreddie @snowflake56 thank you 🙂
@debster251 thank you for your lovely reflection on home – no apology necessary x
@jaifaim hope it’s a good weekend, tho a difficult one x
@missybear congratulations!!

Tomorrow is lunch out with DD, close family & her new BF. Staying away from alcohol bc tired, project stuff to do and meetings Monday am. What could possibly go wrong?

Onwards! 🙂

Day 22 – Eastern WA USA – NFD

Today is my first transition day after 5 days of the Egg Fast. I’ve gone down several pounds and want to try to keep them off as I transition back to keto eating and fasting.

So enjoyed a walk yesterday evening on the summer solstice. I drove out of my tree lined neighbourhood to an area that had a wonderful walking path and view of the valley and open sky. The colours were soft last night and the skies interesting with some lovely wild flowers, grasses and shrubs in the foreground. I was amazed at the wonderfully friendly folks that were out walking and many also trying to get some sunset pictures. It was a little cool for the first day of summer but still lovely!

@songbirdme – thank you for the link on some of the benefits of fasting. I’m going to share the link with my son, letting him know that one of the reasons I’m fasting is to protect my brain against degenerative diseases. My mom is suffering from dementia and he has expressed that he hopes I won’t have to deal with that. It’s hard to watch a loved one disappear as it were due to dementia…

@debster251 – enjoy your special sister time! Glad you felt free to share some of your reflections 🙂

@lilymartin – glad you’re bouncing along with the wagon! The journey is definitely not always smooth. But if we stick with it we’ll get there! 🙂

Okay, need to get out if I’m going to catch a Farmers’ Market!

Enjoy the weekend fellow forum friends!

Day 22, Rocky Mountains, US, NFD

Late check in. Have to read posts later.
Another very busy day. Vet (eye specialist), Petsmart, grocery shopping, éclairs shopping. Naughty but the French patisserie is closing for vacation for 6 weeks. 😊😜😝 Then another big hike with the doggie. Now chilling and soon off to bed.

Hope everyone had a good Saturday! ⚘⚘⚘

Day 23 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Quick check in as loads to do today and it’s only 7.30am.

I am pressing a big reset for tomorrow and will take on board @funshipfreddie‘s masochistic approach and just DO IT.

@lilymartin loved your post re the wagon 😆

Can’t believe it’s the 23rd already. Yet another month that I won’t make my goal. Oh well. Oh, and I will soon set up the July thread to get us all ready for another month.

Day 23 UK NFD

Day 23 – Ireland – NfD

Hi all – well after two Gloriously sunny days the rain has come here…
welcome Xatie! As others have said if you read the posts that @penz posted on the first page of this thread most of your questions will be answered but any other queries just ask… we’ve all been there .. starting out… good move 👍
thanks @michelinme! It can be tough sometimes but we had a really lovely sunny smiley day yesterday… they are such a tonic for us all… the ☀️ really helps in that regard.
@annemarilyn I’m with my mum who has Alzheimer’s this weekend… I’d love to think that there are steps we can take now to avoid suffering this terrible disease in the future.. 🙏
@debster251 your post really resonated with me… I completely understand your grá for English villages… my man is an Englishman and they really don’t do villages anywhere better than the UK in my opinion. Also, my parents live in a beautiful part of Southern Ireland and I dread the day that that’s not my second ”home “ anymore…
@ciren2 I’m sure you will do really well today 👍
Getting up soon after two early starts Friday and Saturday and meeting a pal for coffee and a rainy walk…
Have a good Sunday everyone!
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 23
Florida
NFD @redrockgirl302 thanks for you comment. While I’m seemed to be feeling better, will have an MRI done on Monday. It’s hard to believe I may have some serious things wrong when I feel fine. Hoping it will be just a fluke.
I’ve been able to maintain under the 170 mark. 🙂 Trying to keep it going. The heat is on so staying inside much of the time.
Hope everyone has a great Sunday.

Day 23 UK NFD

Checking in for accountability. Either stomach bug or I must have eaten something off yesterday… gut pain all night and upset stomach this morning. I would have stayed home but rare family lunch

Drank SO much water today – maybe 4.5 litres? Made it out this morning for church and family lunch. Skipped cake, pudding and alcohol in favour of lots of water and little food – but had a lovely time with family 🙂

Just tried on my first size 10-12 in 15 years and they actually fit – albeit PJs! Going bed v early – full day tomorrow and there’s no such thing as too much sleep 🙂

Article in today’s paper about studies into individual nutrition included the ideas “food labels – can account for only 40% of how an individual might respond to meals” Fascinating stuff. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/23/eat-more-avocado-what-i-learned-from-the-study-that-will-change-how-we-eat

Day 24 – Japan – WFD #46/2019

Rainy day and I’m sore from pullups on Saturday. So I probably won’t workout today.

Day 24 – Brisbane – FD

Had a good weekend. Stuck fairly well to my calorie limit but did finish the weekend off with a big family dinner. Enjoyed cooking up a vegetable lasagna and trying out a new soup recipe with vegetables & lentils, flavoured with cumin and tumeric. Simple and delicious. My walking partner friend shared the website with me and I look forward to trying out more recipes over the coming weeks. If anyone is interested, here is a link to the soup recipe (although I realise those in the northern hemisphere are probably not interested in soups at this time of the year!).
https://www.skinnytaste.com/red-lentil-soup-with-spinach/?fbclid=IwAR1S5vSiVsHn-9-ChWhY5U8J8HFaJ8J5j3UQjU6kC4lKPTkenFayx1EC_3w

@penz – yes, I will try to lose another half kilo in this final week of June. I have a trip to Hobart planned for two weeks from today and would love to be a kilo lighter by then. I can’t remember the last time I lost weight in winter but, thanks to this forum, I am breaching new territory!

Love the commitment of everyone over the month and look forward to finishing strong with you all!

Day 24 pocket list:
@penz
@dykask
@keitii

Day 24, Emden Germany, NFD

@redrockgirl302 I’m glad Mick is doing so well.

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 24 – Melbourne Aus – FD

Massive day of EFS yesterday, and feeling it today. Still in a massive slump exercise wise (the shoulder is still out, but there’s no reason I can’t start jogging, or going to a spin class…still nothing), doesn’t help that we had one of the coldest days on record yesterday, still…no excuses, right?

@lilymartin I had a chuckle at your description alongside the wagon – I’m also currently one knee hooked on, and hoping to hoist myself back up!

Sounds like there’s some great work happening on the forum this month, all very encouraging, and why I love it here so much!

Day 24 Pocket List:
@penz
@dykask
@keitii
@gretta

Day 24 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

Checking in for FD company. Have a good day everyone 🙂

Day 24 Pocket List:
@penz
@dykask
@keitii
@gretta
@funshipfreddie
@missybear

Day 24 – UK – FD

Early start with a 7am Broga Class with OH – feeling 💪 as managed to do complete sets of the following:-
3 sets x 8 Chatarunga pushups all from a plank position for the first time (usually do one set then drop to my knees for the others) went into downward dog for 2 breaths in between each set
Holding a sumo squat for 25 breaths with hand and arm position changes after each 5 breath, last 5 are done with heels raised and arm held up above the head then upright for 2 breaths rest and back down for a second series!
The rest of the class was equally strong – certainly brought on a sweat this morning 🥵

Went out afterwards with OH and 3 others from the class for a coffee – they all had breakfast as well but I enjoyed my one flat white for the day – planning on water only for the rest of this FD

@kaywesterman – I see you are having an MRI today – fingers crossed all is well
@redrockgirl302 – sounds like you are enjoying time with your dog 🐶
@michelinme – hope your stomach is more settled today and great news about the size 10-12 PJs
@songbirdme – it was a wonderfully restorative week – feeling invigorated and chilled at the same time 🙏
@penz – sounds like a restorative weekend for you – good on you for listening to your body – Thank you for OH’s birthday wishes he had a lovely day
@matpi – YES to freshly picked rhubarb from your garden – poached rhubarb with granola/porridge, rhubarb crumble or mackerel with a rhubarb relish – some of our favourite 😋

Doing post holiday laundry and catching up at home for the rest of the morning, meeting with friends for coffee and chat (sparkling mineral water for me!) this afternoon then a yoga class late evening should help to keep me focused on this FD

Adding my name to the Day 24 Pocket List as TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER!
@penz
@dykask
@keitii
@gretta
@funshipfreddie
@missybear
@at

Day 24 USA (Illinois) NFD

Rainy day today in our “Summer that Wasn’t” weather. Almost the end of June, and still no really hot weather. Very strange.

@dykask – I am right with you being happy with a 25 BMI. Doubt I will ever be any thinner than I am now with maintenance at 160# (72.5 kg) and very content this way. At 71, who needs less fat to make more wrinkles?!

Off to Silver Sneakers shortly. Onward and downward.

Day 24 UK FD
Day 23 NFD
Day 22 NFD
Day 21 FD

So… Good news and bad news. Good news is that I managed to run 8.5miles yesterday (1,206 kcal) ; my calf muscle was still a bit twingey towards the end but seems to be ok today (fingers crossed). Not a particularly fast run, but hugely enjoyable in spite of the 250m elevation gain, and enough to convince myself I can do my 20k race on the 30\6. What better way to finish the month 🙂

Oh, the bad news is I don’t seem to be losing any weight. Surely this cannot last if I’m fasting every weekday?

Pocket list:

@penz
@dykask
@keitii
@gretta
@funshipfreddie
@missybear
@at
@johnnyr