I have 11 signed up for our January accountability challenge (names below). Object – plan your fasts and stick to them and stay within your TDEE for non fast days. Weigh at beginning and post your starting point (if you want) and weigh at end (by all means post weight lost weekly throughout the month if you wish) but we are focusing on sticking to our fast days and TDEE on non fast days rather than numbers on the scales. Hopefully the end results will reflect the effort. I want to know week by week if you kept to the plan, how did you manage it, what did you think while doing your fast days – what went wrong if you didn’t and what can you do next week to make up or make sure you don’t go off track again.

Tell us if you are incorporating exercise into your routine.

Start date is Monday January 4th end date is Sunday January 31st.

Already signed up
Chipmunk
Me (Coda)
Fastnlady
Foomsy
GL502
Golden Sun
MaryWWriter
S1u2e3
SDS
Third time lucky
Upagumtree

For me I am committing to 3 fast days a week for the month of January – Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I have written them into my calendar and this should get 2016 off to a good start.I will be posting my starting weight after weighing in on Monday morning (4th)and will post my final weight on Monday 1 February.

What days are you committing to?

I have put 12 fast days in for the month of January eating between 400-457 on fast days (quarter of my TDEE). TDEE varies between 1830 & 1598 depending if I get out running. I am pushing myself this month to 3 fd’s a week rather than my normal 2.

Give me your total fast days for the month of January – and don’t forget perhaps add an additional one somewhere – just to push yourself a little 🙂
Write them in and commit! Remember you don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step!

Hi Mrs Pepperpot welcome. I see there is no info on your profile – go on tell us a bit about yourself, where do you live and any goal you may have.

Well done Billyb.for committing – if you haven’t already write your fast days into a calendar. Link is in one of the posts above for blank ones you can print and use. Now I want you and everyone to visualaise. I want you to think how you will feel as you get each fast day under your belt (yes even before you begin the challenge). If at all you think you can’t or it is going to be hard, rub that thought out and replace with can and see yourself finishing the day successfully. We are preparing to succeed in our challenge!

Remember – ‘I think – therefore I am’! You are what you think you are – start thinking of success – you will complete every fast day, you will keep within your TDEE and you know what – you will!

Mrs Pepperpot is that 12 fast days for you too for the month of January?

Well done Jo15 you have been doing well as I see from your profile lol!

Hi welcome aboard Jessie, Rommy and Zen – I have put you each down for 12 fasts for month of January.
I think the past couple of days have been the worst for me as I seem to have been snacking more and am looking forward to getting back into a routine and getting back on track to begin the next part of my journey.
I haven’t heard from a few of our previous little voices that said they would join this challenge as to how many fast days they are committing to and some of our previous members have not been back on this forum for a while. I hope to hear from you again as I know I found your input helpful when I joined little voices back in July.
I hope you are visualising the new you and visualising your first fast as to how successful it is going to be.
Well done to those committing to exercise as well as fasts – write it into your çallendar like any appointment you need to keep.
That’s a good idea about putting things into the freezer, I have some chocolates I could put away there – out of sight out of mind.

Hi Running north glad to hear from you again, what is the weather like in your part of the world at the moment? and welcome back Nirvana!
Jo I am sure if you stick to your fasts and stick within your Tdee on non fast days you will attain that goal of 5lbs. It does help to have goals within goals. The big ultimate one but lots of mini ones to achieve along the way.
When I started this plan I wrote down on a card my starting weight and then went down in 500g increments. As I achieved that weight I wrote the date I attained it. I also use the tracker on this site, I can see the blips along the way but I can see the overall downward trend.
I also want each of you to think if you are having a tough time what would you say to someone in the same position. Sometimes we are too hard on ourselves and we should treat ourselves with the same consideration we would show to others but remember visualise success – see yourself tick off your fast days on your calendar, give yourself a gold star and as each fast day is achieved you will feel your clothes looser and you will be invigorated to succeed.
For any rugby people out there, when Jonny Wilkinson lined the ball up for the final kick of the match the year England won the RWC. He had visualised that same moment time and time agaiñ in his mind. So make sure each night as you drift off to sleep you see yourself completing this challenge and how you will feel at the end. you may not be winning the RWC but what you will achieve for yourself may be even more important, a healthy body and happy mind.

Nice to hear from you TTL I have you down for 8 fasts and well done on working within your tdee. I have Mrs Pepperpot 12 and still waiting confirmation from foomsy,GL502,S1u2e3, SDS, Summer2016 and upagumtree.
For those beginning their first committed fast of 2016 on Monday 4 January – ask yourself if what you are going to do that day is going to get you closer to where you want to be the next day, the next week, the end of the month?
Good luck everyone and remember if you are having a difficult day put it in writing here first before you break your fast or eat something not planned. You usually feel better and someone maybe available to offer you the words of encouragement you need. Sometimes we have a mental tantrum, we want foods we know we don’t really want but with this plan you can have them – tomorrow and you know what, by the time tomorrow comes the tantrum has passed and we can say no quite easily and stick to the plan. Think of the reasons why you are doing this and visualise! If you are tempted what is your plan? A glass of water? A quick run up some stairs? Do you have any strategies you can pass onto others that have worked for you in the past?
Looking forward to recording a 100% success rate for first fasts – let me know daily or weekly whatever suits and you can post a starting weight if you like or keep it to yourself.

Hope you feel better soon Zen – nice to hear from you PJBR – why not commit to 12 fast days for the month of January and if you do more then all well and good but at least you have a commitment? Sometimes it is better to take things slow and steady.
I weighed in this morning at 76.1 which is a gain of 1kg – not too bad as in previous years I could have gained 3kg over Christmas. Rommy I have heard cider vinegar is very good to drink per say but I stick to my hot lemon every morning but maybe one day I will put in a splash of cider vinegar. Another wet and grey morning here in Northern Ireland – this has been the wettest Christmas I remember and it doesn’t seem like stopping 🙁

To those who have missed Action Hero I received this reply from someone who knows him. Hi Coda. I cannot report from personal sightings, but his next-door neighbour commented on Friday that she had glimpsed him in his home office, hard at work. So do not fear, he will return I’m sure, and is probably lurking on the Little Voices thread when he can spare a moment. 🙂

Hopefully we will hear from him soon.