Day 2 USA NFD

Another late and quick check=in for me. My DH has gotten home from a trip south to visit our farmland and do business there, as well as spend a few nights in the country quiet of the place he grew up. He has about 4 days left of time off, and we’ve decided to take off early to our DS’s home, and watch our DGD’s last dance recital on Friday. Then to a few places to spend time with other family and friends, and back home Sunday.

I have decided to not do anymore FD’s this week, although I will try to stay controlled. That may be a challenge because we have a few very lovely restaurants on our list of places to visit.

Will be back next week and reset with at least 3 FDs planned.

Have a very Happy Birthday celebration @at!

Enjoy the weekend everyone, and enjoy your vacation @northgeorgia!

Day 3, NFD.

Great fast day yesterday and had a delicious FD dinner last night. It’s helping me so much getting started on a FD in the mornings having something delicious,hot and filling to look forward to in the evenings of fast days.

My only issue at the moment is hunger disturbing my sleep. I’m normally a monumentally good sleeper, so I guess a few hours here and there isn’t affecting me too much, hmmm….

@snowflake56 – hello! 👋 🤗

@at – HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thanks again for hosting during this two-birthday month for you!

@basyjames – your household fridge nightmares made me laugh only because so similar to mine!!! DH goes shopping all the time and cooks massive meals, but only does Window Eating (20:4) plus these days with the world coming out of lockdown, he’s out at least once-twice per week. The guilt of all the food in the fridge!!!!

@litprof – amazing results! CONGRATULATIONS!

@penz and @at – yes I have not noticed feeling cold recently, but I just assumed that it was because @penz is now in autumn and @at and me are in spring/summer ?!

Enjoy your day everyone 😊

Day 3, London, UK, NFD,

Whoops, just missed my 9am deadline!!😁

Another NFD for me, (so much for ADF!!) just feeling a bit ‘Meh’ today, so unusually for me I stopped on the way to work & picked up a meal deal, sandwich, crisps & a drink ………………………….. at least I chose water! 😇! Does that sound a bit like the guy in McDonalds who orders 10 cheeseburgers & fries ………………….. and a diet coke? 😂😂

Happy Birthday @at, Enjoy the cake, I’m sure it’s one of those zero calorie ones!!! 😉

I keep forgetting how desperate I am to get back into this WOL, as proven by the sandwich purchase😳!!! Today was a struggle to find work clothes that didn’t make me look like I was about to pop some buttons if I took too deep a breath!!😢 I’m lucky I didn’t bin all of my bigger clothes, I lacked the confidence & just invested in super strong safety pins …………………… this morning I had to remove a pin from my work trousers, I haven’t worn them since February 2020!!! 😲😭😰 Leggings in lockdown have given me a false sense of security and I seem to have been doing that ostrich thing regarding the number on the scale!!!
Time to get my head back in the game!!!

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” – C.S. Lewis

Day 3 – Canada – FD

Good morning and happy birthday @at. I hope you have a wonderful day 🎉

The scales read 134 this morning so I’m back where I was a month ago. Like you @missybear I’ve been allowing myself too many treats, too much cheese, chocolate and peanut butter. Still 6 pounds to get to my goal.

Looking forward to tennis tonight and hoping the rain holds off.

I love your CS Lewis quote @flourbaby, so true and so apt for the goals we’re setting. 😉

Hi @snowflake56. Hope you’re having a good time wherever you are travelling.

Day 3 Pocket List
@missybear
@dvw

Take care all.

Day 3 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD

I was outside yesterday from eight or so until five and got a ton done. I still have some zinnias to transplant, but my seedlings don’t even have the second set of leaves, so I’m waiting a bit. Possibly the best part of the whole day is that I not only hit 10K steps, but exceeded 2K calories for the day. If only I did that every day: weight loss would be much easier and faster!

@i-hate-lettuce I’m not surprised your usual routine is out of whack, given all the garden work you have to do! I’ll just bet you’re having a lovely time putzing around in all those yards.

@basyjames We’re still plugging away at the potato salad and the strawberry cake; the beans went in the freezer. I grinned at your description of who eats what and when; leftovers are clearly a huge issue in such a family, LOL! Have anything you could freeze??

@flourbaby It’s so wonderful to have you back with us; I’ve missed your chatter! Good luck with finding a great home to buy!

@brightonbelle That blankety-blank belly fat is really irritating, isn’t it? I’ve always carried my extra weight in my butt and my legs (even when I was 112, my legs were NOT thin) and had a flat stomach. Menopause changed that entirely; now I have a cute little pooch. (Since it doesn’t go away, I’ve decided to think it’s adorable. There’s no other way to tolerate it.) So I’m wishing you good luck in reducing your waistline!

@at Happy, happy birthday! Enjoy your special meal tonight, and treat yourself well today!

@songbirdme I’m thinking your “accidental” 700 calorie days are part of why you stay in maintenance…there’s a lesson there for the rest of us!

@northerndawn Have a great little getaway, and enjoy that dance recital!

@snowflake56 When do you head out for your traveling?

@fivetwofan5252, @penz I too always figure that I only suffer from the cold of FDs in the winter; in the summer, it’s delightful to not be quite as hot as the weather says I ought to feel!

@daffodil2010 How nice to be down a pound! Have a grand four-day weekend!

I was awake at four o’clock this morning and was about to fall asleep again, when I realized the supplies we need for Vacation Bible School this coming week haven’t arrived. It was all over at that point. I got up and checked the website, and they’ve shipped and ought to be here tomorrow, so it’ll be fine, and I went back to bed. And eventually gave up. Don’t you hate that? I’m so sleepy now, however, now that the day is well and truly begun, LOL! Oh well; there’s always tonight!

Have a grand day, everyone!

Day 3 – UK – FD

I’m a couple of days late to the party! I’m F31 living in London. Largely looking for a way to lose the pandemic kilos I have lost in a way that fits around my lifestyle. So two FD a week and tracking to TDEE on others. Currently 68kgs and I have about 11 kilos to lose – although I know this won’t all happen this month!

Glad to be in the Challenge!

Day 3 UK FD

Another straggler checking in Will catch up on posts tomorrow
Day 3 Pocket List – I’m that late it’s almost tomorrow already 🙂
@missybear
@dvw
@stitchincarol
@effelle90
@i-hate-lettuce
@brightonbelle

Day 3 Manchester UK – FD

So it appears that I’m not the only straggler today. I fear that I will be about as diligent at posting daily as I was last month. I do love reading everyone’s daily news though and it really does help keep me motivated.

First FD of the month today. My last one was Sunday. Both days went ok and today I still have a few calories left so DH is making me a cup of tea with milk to finish off the evening.

@at – Happy Birthday! 🎂🥂🎁. Hope you’re having/ have had a fabulous day.
@northgeorgia – congratulations on your improved biometrics. That’s great news.

Hi to @susan_dormi and @effelle90 and good luck with this months challenge. I did my first last month and managed to lose 9 pounds.

Pocket list for today.

@missybear
@dvw
@stitchincarol
@effelle90
@i-hate-lettuce
@brightonbelle
@brewster

Onward and downward!

Day 4 AUS NFD

I’m having a meal out tonight, so OMAD’ing it, but doubt I will come in under 800.

My weight has been stuck at the same spot for a week now, right at the bottom end of the current kilo I am trying to get below. Don’t you hate it when the scales stick at the xx.1 mark??

Unlike you, @jaifaim, weight comes off my belly easily, and my face last of all!

Yesterday I saw a colleague for the first time in ages, who immediately said “well, you’ve lost weight!” Most people are too tactful to blurt this sort of thing out, but I was pleased it’s actually noticeable.

Day 4, Emden Germany, FD

As I’m still at home, I might as well do a FD. Covid numbers in Emden are high at the moment, we were doing quite well but now we’re at #1 in Germany so not good at all.

@fivetwofan5252 and @dvw Hi, it’s a bit weird to be at home and not really taking part in this challenge.

@susan_dormi and @effelle90 Welcome!

@stitchincarol The plan is to leave next Tuesday and come back home at July 3rd for a few days. We can’t go to the Netherlands because of the restrictions so we’ll go to my DH’s family first and then to move on to friends in the town we lived in before moving up North.

@jaifaim Thanks, enjoy your weekend with the family!

Pocket list day 4
@fivetwofan5252 FD800
@snowflake56

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 4 – Lake district UK – NFD

Good MORNING everyone 😉

Trying to make sure I get back on track, scales show a slight increase this morning so despite a couple of easy FD’s this week there was a gain. Going to be a little difficult this next week, another short break as of Monday and the breakfasts are legendary, how I’m going to convince Hazel I don’t need feeding up I’ve no idea? However, I’m near enough my target weigh I’m not worried but I’m at the limit of my buffer zone.

@litprof – It still amuses me when I meet up with some people I haven’t seen for a long while, there have been a number who simply didn’t recognise me, I’m a totally different shape these days since starting 5:2 almost 2 years ago.
I have a section off an old (but little worn) belt I shortened, as the first time I put it on I needed to put new holes in it, but it was so long it looked silly. I shortened it by 8 inches / 20 cm and have the offcut sat here on my workstation as a reminder.

Really funny things you remember, as I commented to Mrs IHL the last time I was this shape was back in the early 70’s during student rag week and I was voted (not politically correct these days) “Dish of the day” by the girls of the student union spectating at the Wednesday rugby match 🙂 😉

Take care all

Day 4, London, UK, NFD

Well!!! What a turn up for the books, after bemoaning my ‘sandwich, crisp, water’ meal-deal purchase yesterday, I found myself so busy at work that I didn’t eat anything and got home past my cut-off time of 6.45 so ………………………….. it turned into a LFD!!!! 🙌 Definitely patting myself on the back & polishing the halo this morning😇

Welcome @susan_dormi & @effelle90, y’all have made the first and most important step to improving your health …………………….. actually doing something!!! These challenges have been invaluable to helping me stay on the straight & narrow, I step off from time to time😱, but I never venture too far since this is where my mojo feels safest, I’m glad to have your company this month!!!

@i-hate-lettuce, it never hurts to remind the other half precisely how lucky they are to have you!!! The ‘Dish of the day’ indeed, I don’t suppose ‘beefcake’ was on the menu😜😂😝!!! Sooooo politically incorrect, I love it!!!!!

I’ve had my NFD mocha this morning and the dragon may well be roaring 🐉, but I’m not actually hungry, so I’ll do some work accompanied by the tuneful grumblings and break my fast when I’m good and ready 😀!!

Happy Friday, folks, stay strong & remember …………………………….

“It’s going to be hard, but hard is not impossible.” Chuck Palahniuk

Day 4 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 223 lbs. Unfortunately, weight is trending upwards going into vacation. Hoping the train wreck will be limited when I hop back on mid-month. Will try to do a quick check-in tomorrow morning before we drive down for the week. Like April, June may be a “lost month,” but I’m in this for the long haul, so I’ll get there.

Good luck to everyone! See you soon.

Day 4. USA/DC NFD
Oh my, so far I have totally flopped at getting back on board here. Clearly just too much going on – all fine and mostly good, but just on overload. Besides trying to organize a kitchen renovation here (and thank you to those of you suggesting I stay clear of soapstone), I am packing up to move out West for the summer, and our son just returned from his posting overseas. My head is spinning. So I have not even contemplated a FD or journaling or drinking lots of water or pretty much anything except trying to keep my head above water. But I really will re-engage once some of this settles in.
I love reading everyone’s posts – so glad to know you are all out there busily working at this life style we are all striving to maintain.
Enjoy your weekends

Day 4 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD or something

Yesterday’s FD was unconventional, to say the least. I had to run to town around one o’clock and was starving and was quickly running out of will-power to stay the course. So I had a Whopper Jr, hold the mayo, heavy on the onion, lettuce and tomato. That’s about 300 calories. The additional veggies give a lovely crunch and chew, and it’s not a bunch of fat. Then, just after five o’clock, I had to head back to town to pass the quilt I finished back in February to the friend who’s going to quilt it; we met at a coffee shop, and I had a latte (decaf!) with skim milk and no flavorings. That was about 180 calories. Then I came home, still hungry. That’s when the naughty crept in, and I had some chips and smoked peach salsa I made and froze last summer, left over from what I served on Monday. The calories of the salsa were negligible; the chips probably added up to 150, maybe? I didn’t actually have that much. So, odd assortment of food for any day, but especially for a FD, but the scale this morning was a lovely 148.2. Slowly, slowly, two-tenths of a pound by two-tenths of a pound, I go down…

Today, I have an appointment at 2:30 in Omaha. DH is going with me, and I imagine we’re going to want to go out to eat afterward. It could be bad. On the other hand, perhaps we’ll go out for oysters on the half shell and a beer; that would be a mere 300 calories at most. We’ll see!

@litprof How gratifying that your efforts are being noticed!

@fivetwofan5252 “ANTIPODEANS”?????? How in the world do you know such a word well enough to drop it into casual chatter?? I’m thoroughly impressed! And, thankfully, I noticed the pronunciation when I looked it up, so now I’m not saying it with the accent on PO anymore. 😏 Delightful description of how the chatter progresses.

@snowflake56 So nice to hear from you, good luck on your FD, and have fun when you leave next Tuesday!

@daffodil2010 I was asleep by nine last night, and slept to 6:30 this morning…slept so well, in fact, that I don’t even remember if I had to get up to make a trip to the potty. SO much better. Have a lovely time in Donegal!

@i-hate-lettuce “Dish of the Day”? Eight full inches?? Such a fun memory, and such an amazing accomplishment.

@at Scones, jam and clotted cream? Prawn paella? I love hearing the things you eat on any day, because they’re always interesting, but yesterday’s food sounds particularly delightful; I’m so glad you indulged yourself on your special day!

@flourbaby Wowza, a LFD because you were too busy to eat? Truly impressive, and that halo is gleaming clear across the ocean to me in the middle of the States!

@northgeorgia Have a grand time on vacation, and don’t let the numbers trouble you; you’re right that this is just a blip!

@dvw You raise an important point: the things that tempt us are the very things we ourselves have put into our grocery cart. I MUST remember not to do that, I MUST remember not to do that, I MUST remember not to do that….

@nellen From your description, I can fully understand how overwhelming your life is at the moment. But, as you said, it’s all good, too, isn’t it? No worries; you’ll fast again eventually, when the dust settles! Just hang in there until then.

@missybear A successful FD sure makes us glow the next day, doesn’t it?

I’ve entirely ignored my house this week, so it’s time to start tidying. The windows are open and it’s a gorgeous morning and still cool, but we’re supposed to get up to 92/33 today, so summer temperatures have arrived. Have a grand day, everyone, full of resolve, restraint, and reasonableness!

Day 4 UK – NFD

Friday has turned into my weekly, Not too Bothered about the Calories day. I still count and behave myself most of the day but dinner is what I feel like cooking or ordering in. Tonight it’s pizza from my favourite place. I’m having a sourdough base with anchovies, olives, capers and mozzarella with a rocket and tomato salad and a balsamic glaze. It’s glorious and I really look forward to it. I will be washing it down with a couple of beers and will refuse to feel guilty about it. We have to be able to sustain this WOL so I allow myself a weekly indulgence. Fortunately it doesn’t seem to have hampered the weight loss any (so far)!

@daffodil2010. Have a great time away in your camper this weekend. Our elderly wagon is in the garage for some tlc. It needs a new clutch so we won’t be driving off into the sunset for a while.

@at. Are you a jam first then clotted cream person or the other way round? Love cream teas and am looking forward to the odd one or 2 when we go to Devon next month.

@ihl. Dish of the Day – I suppose it’s more flattering than Man of the Match. 😁

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Day 5 – USA/GA – NFD. Stop to 5:2 until June 13: VACATION

225 lbs. Wow, funny how the body can put on all that water weight so fast. Anyway, not going to let it trouble me. I’ll rejoin the challenge June 13, when I return home.

Good luck to all!

Day 5 – Canada – FD

Good morning everybody.

The scale is holding fast at 132.8. Today I’ll go for a nice long walk along the water if I have the energy after my garden chores. My plan is to move a small boxwood to the front garden bed, plant some marigolds and seed some bare spots on the lawn. Maybe if I write it down I’ll actually get it done. 😊

@stitchincarol – little by little, it all counts! Yesterday I caved in and bought some cheese and will hope to manage the amounts I eat. 🙂

@ihl – I agree wholeheartedly-the battery operated trimmer is so much nicer than having to use an extension cord! Is it possibly quieter than the electric or gas powered? My mower is electric and the worst part is the cord, urggg. My trimmer is new too, the brand is Radley.

@brewster – your Friday meal sounds delicious, I hope you enjoyed every bite. It’s a great idea to have one day to just eat what you want, it helps this WOL to be sustainable.

Have a great Saturday.

Day 5 Pocket List
@dvw

Day 5 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD800

Yesterday low-calorie raw oysters turned into fries at our first stop and potato chips covered in hot sauce, blue cheese sauce and bacon crumbles at our second stop, among other yummy things. Oh well; that was my day of indulgence and today I’ll fast to compensate.

So lovely to read everyone’s chatter–cheese, electric v. battery grass trimmers, water weight gained, etc. I again slept hard and long last night (sure makes up for that 4am wake up earlier in the week!) and am having a hard time waking up. But, remember that it’s been shown one good way to help with weight loss is to get enough sleep? So I’m feeling quite smug that, if sleep truly helps that immediately, I’ve been helped tremendously two nights in a row!! 🤣

I have decided to plant my tiny little zinnia sprouts, and I have a few plants that need dead-heading, and then I need to finalize some staffing for Vacation Bible School this coming week. I keep trying to find someone else to take over the running of it, and am having no success. Once it begins, however, it’s all easy, so the most work is almost at an end. And when DH retires in three years and we move, someone else will HAVE to take over the running of it, LOL!

The excitement for this week is that DD27 is coming with DGD20months next Wednesday. We have a family wedding on Friday night, and I’m so excited to have them here until the following Monday evening. I planted radishes that should be ready to harvest while they’re here, and I’m thinking DGD will really enjoy pulling at leaves and finding a radish at the bottom of them!

Have a grand day/evening, everyone, filled with resolve, restraint, and reasonableness!

Day 6, Emden Germany, NFD

@daffodil2010 Happy Birthday 💐 and good luck with your surgery on the 17th, I’ll be thinking of you!

@at, @dvw, @daffodil2010 The Covid numbers in town are still too high but they seem to go down, were on place 4 now. We’re safe and will take care, the towns we plan to visit have low numbers.

Have a nice Sunday everyone and see you somewhere in Autumn!

Day 6 U.K. NFD

Hooray I managed a good fast day yesterday, so that’s a total of 3 banked for last week.

The Michael Mosely’s wife’s recipe book is knocking out the park ATM! We had the Sesame Salmon last night and it was incredibly good!

I have discovered one recurring issue with eating 750 calories on a fast day (rather than my old regime of 450 per FD).
I get more hungry during the night!!!!!! It sounds counterintuitive to say that I suffer more with hunger in the night after eating 750 calories rather than 450, but I suspect that the larger food volume must temporarily push one’s body out of the fasting state. Hence the hunger?!

Anyway, I’m just finding 750 calories SO MUCH EASIER to do! So the night hunger disturbing my sleep is a small price to pay for such an easier ride!

@at – what is the herbal remedy that you find helps with night-hunger-sleep-disturbance please? Would love to try it!

Weight-wise, I’m currently plateauing at 3.6 LBS above my goal weight. However DH says I look like I’ve lost more weight ….
As usual with me, that is maybe not quite translating through to the scales just yet… looking forward to the numerical confirmation at some stage during June!!

Out to lunch today! Yum! 😋

See y’all on Monday!
Xx

Day 6 – Canada – NFD

Good morning everybody.

Had a pretty good FD yesterday and a lovely walk. It will be another busy day today, mostly continuing to work outside. Scale at 133, just 5 pounds to reach my goal but it’s slow going.

@at – thanks for the cheese meal suggestion. Sounds perfect 👌 Congratulations on the weight loss!

@fivetwofan5252 – you’re so close to your goal, wow -good for you. Sounds like the 750 cals is working for you. I find camomille tea helpful.

@stitchincarol – how lovely to have your grand daughter visit, so happy for you, enjoy.

Take care.

Day 6 USA/DC FD
Okay, that’s it – time to get my act together again – quickly! Enough of the “life has gotten in the way”. If not now, pretty soon I will be getting in the way, of everything. So – fast day for me. finally.

It’s pretty toasty here and humid but green and flowering and quite pretty (except for the cicadas).

Have spent the last few weeks packing up my kitchen for our renovation, helping my son move back in to his condo following a 2 year posting abroad, and getting ready to head out west for the summer. I have totally ignored me (except that I am the beneficiary of all of the above and a grateful one at that.). But now, time to focus on me and my health and my weight and what exactly is going in my mouth (fairly non-stop at the moment.)

So enough about me. I love reading everyone’s posts – so lucky we have this community all over the world, cheering each other on. We are indeed a fortunate group.

Happy Sunday. And here’s to a mindful week.

Day 7, FD, Aus

Day 7 already? How did that happen?? Had a EFS weekend so am looking forward to and need this FD.

It’s 10.53am as I post this, @northerndawn. I’m on the east coast (in Canberra), @songbirdme – a long way from Perth!

Thinking of you @flourbaby. A house sold on our street on the weekend for $1.4 million. Crazy. (That’s a USD$1.08 million or UK pound 765K equivalent.) I am so glad we own our home – I don’t know how people can break into the market with prices like that. Good luck with your house hunting.

I was almost at the point of buying jeans at Christmas. This morning I pulled on some old ones and I mean PULLED them on, telling myself that they were just tight coz they were fresh from the wash. Sigh. Thinking of you @flourbaby, @missybear and those others who have slid on the wrong direction lately – we need to get back on this 5:2 horse!

Oh I laughed, @stitchincarol, at your logic in deciding your cute little pooch is adorable!!! The only pooches of mine I like are my four-legged variety. And peaking of pronunciations, I heard something on the radio the other day about the history of the Adirondack chairs – I know what they are but until listening to that interview, had NO idea where to place the emphasis when saying the word!