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Feeling miserable again 🙁 have spent the day sneezing and i mean most of the day. If not sneezing, coughing and mopping a constant running nose grrr! I hate having the cold!
I have the deliciously ella cookbook and make batches of her granola but have not tried this dessert. I did try her alternative to icecream but it didn’t quite cut it with the family. Will try not to put any weight lost back on by mindful eating – such a good choice of words TTL
TTL yes I do have MFP and use it on FD days, however I think my NFD are my problem.
Mindful March has me being mindful of what I am eating and why, I not always hungry and if I can go all day without food there is no reason at all that I cant wait between meals…..sigh. My downfall is cheese and we (me really) don’t always measure and weigh the amount you hack off the block of cheese in the fridge and eat it before the fridge door is even closed.
It’s a NFD for me and I’ve logged everything on MFP and so far for breakfast and lunch plus 3 pieces of fruit I have eaten a grand total of 739 calories, that has surprised me. OK yes it still leaves me with enough for my evening meal which I’ve not decided yet.
So the moral of my story for me to listen to my body, don’t eat for the sake of eating and when I do eat log everything in MFP
I often wonder that myself Jayne – how come on a fast day I can do without (99.9%) and yet on a NFD that resolve can crumble so easily?
Thank you all for your caring thoughts 🙂
I am reading ‘fat chance’ at the moment – not far into it but I feel a sense of awe for our bodies – the process from putting something in our mouth to how the body processes it. Really amazing how it all works without us even having to think about it. How it takes what it wants, how it releases hormones etc when required and in the quantity needed. How much abuse our bodies can cope with and how it adapts – incredible!
So TTL have we a drum roll yet – do I need to get the CDM ready? I am eagerly awaiting your news.
Hi everyone, it’s been a long time. I totally dropped the ball in feb with checking in. I did complete my fast days but I have been over doing my non fast days. So my weight has not changed and I could use a little more slimming with summer season fast approaching. I love going back to the basics and the recipes. Looking forward to keeping up with the posts this month.
Chipmunk, I noticed the same thing, and thank you for posting that. I read the article about sugar at MFP which I found interesting and useful. But I became irritated by another blog post there that seemed so misleading and was trying to calm down first. MFP also had a recipe for a “low carb” tuna salad, but the picture showed lettuce (carb), cabbage (carb), red onion (carb), green onion (carb), peanuts (high in fat and protein, yes, but also….carb).
The “low carb” tuna recipe looked like part of a healthy diet and very tasty too. A traditional mayo tuna salad, to which this recipe is billed an alternate, is actually likely lower in carbs, depending on your ingredients. So why label this recipe low carb when it doesn’t really appear that way? The punchline is that it’s really hard to find consistent, reliable information.
With the salmon, calorie content probably varies from species to species, what the fish ate/was fed, and also the preparation method. One site I reviewed briefly implies that, gram for gram, even salmon cooked with dry heat has more calories than the equivalent amount of raw. Maybe not a surprise, but I never really ‘hurt my head’ thinking about that before!!!
And the only reason I’m paying attention is that I just bought 8oz smoked sockeye for my upcoming FD meals. The label says 2oz/56g is 70 cals, so 250g would have ~350 cals, though that would be a really big serving of smoked salmon. The fish is good and probably fairly healthy, and I’d hope the label is at least semi-accurate, but who knows? All any of us can do is to try our best to be faithful to our FD goals.
And in the meantime, I can’t wait to try TTL’s recipe, FD or not. It sounds absolutely amazing! ST55
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This is for you TTL – WELL DONE YOU – now don’t be going out and having a slap up meal to celebrate. So you are now official – Been there and DONE IT – we are following in your wake and will join you sometime – wait for us but do continue to shout encouragement from your tower. It must be a lovely feeling – I am so pleased for you.
Calling into the shops on the way home to get salmon for tonight’s dinner – you are inspiring!!
Just caught up on posts.
TTL – congratulations – that’s fantastic news.
stepped on the scales this morning for my weekly weigh-in. another 2lb gone. actually looking forward to my fast days this week to settle things back down after our weekend away. It was great to be able to enjoy loads of outdoor time in dry and sunny weather for a change – it just lifts my spirits so much and feels like Spring is finally on the way
Where is everyone this month? It seems very quiet on the forum. I am pretty much on track, have completed 4 fast days and a couple of sort-of fast days. Still have 4 more scheduled for the rest of the month so am quite happy, though I’m away from home most of the month so haven’t been able to weigh in. Will report in on Monday next.
Hello TTL I am still here!! I have been really busy with work so I have had no time to post. My weekends have also been very busy, mostly working as well! My husband is starting a new business so I have been helping him get it off the ground. Anyway today is a fast day for me 4th one this month – still on target for March.
Hope everyone is enjoying the spring weather and looking forward to the clocks going forward next weekend! I cannot believe it is Easter – it is so early.
Happy fasting one and all 🙂
I’m still here too, sorry I’ve been awol
Very busy at work and this is usually when I get a few minutes to look at what everyone is up to.
4 fasts done this month with another 5 to look forward to, yes I do look forward to them in a strange way, I like the feeling of being in control of my body.
TTL I use MFP on my fast days but now I have been using it on NFD as for me it’s a good idea for me to keep track of what I am eating (being mindful)
JFitzy yes Easter is almost here we don’t have any plans to go anywhere and work is closed for 4 days, I think my husband is hoping to work on his car and me in the garden.
On Mindfulness, one very important habit I’ve learned through Weight Loss hypnonsis tapes (Diane Ulicsni, if anyone is interested) is “put your utensils down”.
Between each bite, put them down. Do not put more food on the fork. You cannot taste the food on the fork. You cannot taste what’s on the plate. Taste what is in your mouth. Enjoy what is in your mouth.
It really slows me down and makes me much more mindful about what I am eating.
My little voice is Diane Ulicsni’s …’put your fork down’.
Hi all, sorry I havent been logging in, I have completed 5 fast days so far this month, and my steps are up to 11,000 a day. The weather here has been awful, very warm and humidity levels very high. As I am a water carrier, I feel extremely bloated all the time and feel very tired, consequently will power is at a low and I look and feel like a mitchelan man! I am not going any where near the scales until weather starts to get a bit cooler and then Im constantly running to the loo! Its very hard not to succumb to eating when I fell like rubbish and then if I do over indulge, it makes me feel even worse, and as this is the time of year that my weight sky rockets regardless of what I do, I have to be so careful, or else Im losing the same weight over and over. That being said, I so look forward to fast days, I feel a lot better and love being in control. I now have to learn to be in control on TDE days as well and plan my meals the same as on Fast days, thats the key. I think my problem of overeating is that I have to be in control of everything else, paying bills, running a small business, looking after my husband who is very naughty as far as food is concerned, cooking, cleaning etc. and sometimes its just sooo much easier to give in and blow out on food. I am also a procrastinator, and if theres a boring job to be done, Id rather sit down and have a coffee and biscuit rather than lift my game! so Mindful March is good for me to stop and think about what Im doing to myself.
Heres another chicken recipe I tried last night, I so love using stuffing mix on chicken and pork as I find them very bland. Mix up some stuffing mix as directed and put some on the bottom of the roasting dish. spread stuffing mix on some chicken thigh fillets, wrap them with a rasher of bacon. Place them on top of the stuffing mix and roast for about 30 mins with vegies. It only takes about ten minutes of prep time and the quicker Im out of the kitchen with all its temptations, the better!!
I re-arranged fast days this week to allow for a full bore St. Patrick’s day. My wife made a big pot of Guinness Irish Stew in the slow cooker. Sourdough brown bread and dessert was chocolate, ginger and Guinness cake. I drank 3 pints of it as well. So yes over my TDEE for yesterday.
I have been going over my TDEE this last 10 days frequently. Why I’d not hazard a guess. Winter too long? Though there is some heat in the sun and it warms to -10C during the day.
Not blowing way over my TDEE but over none the less. So MINDFUL, trying to be mindful and avoid the mindless trap. I actually caught myself opening the fridge an hour after I ate Tuesday evening. I wasn’t hungry that’s for sure. A mindless act. Old habits never die they seem to just lie in “weight”.
I watched a squirrel today at noon. He laid stretched out across several fence boards, catching the full rays of the sun from behind himself. Had a small mound of seeds from our bird feeder on the fence post in front of his nose. He’d take a bite and chew I could see his jaws flexing then he’d lay perfectly still. The wind would caress his fur and his tail would flex lightly in the breeze. Relaxed but knowing.
The white contrast of his belly fur and the reddish brown of his main coat contrasting on the fence boards. Small eyes flicking a black marble, ears twitch and flick listening and mindful totally of his surroundings. A minute or two then another small bite. He dined in exquisite elegance no rush, chewing and waiting between bites savoring each texture it seemed.
I need to learn to eat like the squirrel.
Good luck for the new job TTL – an exciting stage of your “new you” life!! Your lamb recipe looks pretty good calorie wise as long as you reduce the the oil content in both components. When I make chimchurri I find you never need as much oil as the recipe states, and if you just rub the leg with oil it will be fine. Portions for a kg leg though, I’d say serve 6 (150gms of meat per person seems plenty and FD friendly) and lots of vegies. Perfect!
I took the plunge and weighed in this morning after a fast day yesterday. The previous 10 days had been a series of putting off FDs because of a range of social events. At first I thought I’d manage to still be staunch through a couple of the days, but when I am with friends and its a social, convivial occasion, I can’t be bothered.
After all that, I was prepared for a nasty surprise on the scales (haven’t weighed in since 3 March as no scales available), but glory glory hallelujah! down 500gms. Yes, not exactly blow the trumpets but hey, it beats going the other direction!
SO, here I am with 10 days left for the month. We don’t really get in to the whole Easter Egg and big lunch thing so I have five fast days planned to ensure I meet my target for the month (actually that’ll give me 10 FDs but considering the number over over TDEE days, well…….
Have a good end of month all, and for those with a penchant for Easter eggs, buns, lamb etc – Plan for it and enjoy it then get back on task.
ThirdTimeLucky. I’m not an author or maybe I am having several things published over the years. Actually receiving payment for 1. I did cash the cheque.
I write for myself some and keep them. What do I write about? I try to catch the “moment” the feeling. I live my life in moments. “If you don’t live for the moment you’ll surely die not finding a moment at all” – My great grandfather at 87 as he took me into a roadhouse in North Carolina I was all of 11 at the time. (illegal bar off the side of the road. siding boards so warped you could see the back 40 through the front wall of the house my first taste of shine drank from a jam jar, quiet and dim men with no purpose, no place to be and no reason to get there.)
Gosh I had to scroll down to almost the bottom of the page to find our post.
Work is crazy busy at the moment as Easter is just a couple of days away and as the post and our delivery people will be closed Friday and Monday, you’d think this holiday had just been announced with customers just realizing…..sigh
Anyways it’s a fd today and I’m really cold and hungry. To top it off I need to go grocery shopping after work, this is not a good combination and I need to be strong and only take a hand basket so I can’t carry much.
7 fasts down and 2 more to go for March, no idea what my weight is (maybe able to check on Friday morning), I’m not too bothered as some weekends can be rather heavy on the booze side.
Hope you are all doing well and keeping out of the fridge
Just checking in with everyone. FD number 8 for me this month, and still sticking with my plan. On track for 10 FDs this month. I’m getting near the weight I want to maintain (though my goal weight is a bit lower) and am finding the last pounds to be intractable. I’ve been pretty good on NFDs and very good about going to the pool, but the last 2 weeks, swimming feels like a struggle to stay afloat. I’m thinking that the problem is more in my head than anything else. Anybody else battling to stay true to themselves and their plan? ST55
You are singing my song SWEETTOOTH!! The closer I am to goal – 2k to go this morning – the less that seems to be happening. My weight is static, though my NFDs are not perfect so to be expected that it would be slow, my measurements also the same. I’ve been hovering around here all year! I’m doing alternate fast days this week to try and move a bit more.
Hi everyone – I am gradually getting back to the land of the living. I just seemed to go into a deep place I found difficult to pull myself out from – I couldn’t face even looking on the forum or even on the internet – I just had no interest in anything. Needless to say I have put some lbs back on and even though I know I need to do something, each day I start a fast day and each day I give up 🙁 no resolve at all for some reason. New month tomorrow so hoping that will give me a little lift in a new start – again. Have not had much energy and have not started back to my running but maybe that is what I need – push myself and kick start the feel good factor.
If someone wants to start an April little voices forum thread we could just post as and when we need to keep in touch rather than have a leader as such. The people that are here are very good as a group in helping one another. It would be such a shame for it to disappear as it has been such a help to me. Take care all x
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/little-voices-april-drop-in-and-drop-down/
Bit the bullet and just did it – see you all on the April drop in forum
Coda x
Late but closing out March was over and done. I hit all my fasts for the month. I did go over my TDEE frequently not a lot usually, St Patrick’s day was an exceptional blow out however.
Weight lost 3.7 lbs. and I punched a new hole in my belt. Four shirts from the back of the closet now fit well. Not snug but not droopy and saggy as my others have become. I have four more in the two small stash then I’ll have start buying new shirts.
March was a wicked month. Though the weather broke at the last week and it got all the way up to plus 8C. April and we’re in a blizzard again. Go figure.
Closing out March.
I have been away for a few days so haven’t checked in. But here I am again, and ready to drop in to April.
CODA you and I seem to have gone through the same funk. I too started fast days only to abandon them and go off the rails, rescheduling only to repeat the pattern.
Let’s put it behind us. 😉
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