@at, hi and thank you for adding me to the March challenge. I have a long way to go and want to strike while the motivation moves me! Have entered my details on the spreadsheet, thank you. Apologies if I’m not on here much during the week but wishing everyone on here success with their WOL steps and changes. Have managed to have 3 days without alcohol but then two glasses of red wine with a lovely beef stew made by my husband. It did tip me 264 calories over my set 1200 for the day but on balance I’ve had a really good four days so not going to lose sleep over it but note that that is how I pile on the calories – it’s my weak spot.

Day 19 UK FD

Lovely to get on the scales today and not see too much of a difference after yesterday’s feast day. A pattern of 2 FD,4 CD and one feast day seems to be doing the trick for me at the moment.

Tho really hard to stand up long enough to get on the scales – am Seriously exhausted after yesterday’s adventures, spending 3 days’ energy in a day!

Very happy to have got a late-availablity ticket for my daughter’s opera this evening – I’ve not been to one of her concerts for a while and never to a Handel opera! Despite the energy/effort involved it will be lovely, and earn me plenty of parenting points too 🙂

Happy FD to everyone fasting. Hope we all have space to breathe and remind oureselves what a wonderful job we’re doing, investing in our health for the future 🙂

Day 19 Stevensville Maryland USA CFD

Doing another 40 hour fast, started at 8:00pm last night and will end tomorrow at 12:00pm, staying under 500 calories. Hope to do another one on Thursday. I can’t thank all of you enough for sharing your journey’s, it really has giving me the strength to keep doing this WOL not to mention how good I feel. Just need to add some walking once the weather takes it turn.

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Day 19 – Hampshire, UK – FD

Adding myself to the pocket list –

@flourbaby
@at
@ktcaroline
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@anna6
@snowflake56
@okeydokey
@dykask
@debster251
@annemarilyn
@arelkade
@mjrbcd44
@kerryn73
@merryapple
@nelly89
@fivetwofan5252
@diana123

Feeling grateful today. I might not be there yet, but I am closer that I was yesterday. Have a great Monday everyone.

Day 19 UK FD

Had a fairly controlled weekend, and back to FD today. Just trying to fit the fasting days in around days when there are no social events! Should be easy this week as only have a lunch with friends planned for tomorrow so far. Have been to the gym so feeling very virtuous!
Will check weight later in the week and update planner.
Good luck to everyone this week.

Day 19, Surrey (UK), NFD

Had an unplanned sort-of FD yesterday whilst watching All England badminton finals in Birmingham. Wasn’t too difficult given the stodge on offer at the food outlets. Still 1lb heavier than when I went away, due to too many meals out. One of them was an Indian meal which I think has a similar effect to Chinese food. Hoping it will whoosh out again in the next day or so!

Waiting for spring to make an appearance again! Fed up with this Arctic blast – brrrr!

Day 19 California FD

Good to see everyone back here after the weekend. And great to see I have lots of company for my regular Monday fast!

Adding myself to the pocket list –

@flourbaby
@at
@ktcaroline
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@anna6
@snowflake56
@okeydokey
@dykask
@debster251
@annemarilyn
@arelkade
@mjrbcd44
@kerryn73
@merryapple
@nelly89
@fivetwofan5252
@diana123
@redrockgirl302
@califdreamer

Day 19 Lancaster, PA USA FD

Only liquids today so far. We’ve had small wave of chills and possible flu here at our house… Making my appetite stay fairly low. 👍😂 That can help with not eating as much. Plus I think it is clearing out and helping my immune system while I’m fasting.

@at Your dress to wear to your niece’s wedding sounds like it looks gorgeous. I’m sure it is on you. How very fun and exciting to still maintain your goal! Congratulations to you!✨🎉
@annemarilyn I agree, I will enjoy time with my Dad and family. ✨🎉✨😊
@snowflake56 Your a Dear 💛heart, Thank-you so much for your compliment, it means a lot! Hugs 🤗 to you: ✨💛✨
@flourbaby Thank-you! It’s difficult, I’m hoping hubby and twins will eat the left overs. because even the leftovers can cause me to salivate….Must be strong…🙊🙈🙉😂 I don’t have an emoji of a woman dragging herself away from food. 😂😂🤣
If it becomes too difficult, a small portion of 500 cals or less for dinner would be ok.✨

SIGH… the flu…my stomach really isn’t feeling like eating right now.

@fivetwofan5252 Congrats! 🎉on maintaining your goal weigh!✨🎉✨You deserve to feel good about it! ✨💛✨

✨Wishing everybody Well,✨✨

Day 19 North Wales FD

Adding myself to today’s list.

@flourbaby
@at
@ktcaroline
@daffodil2010
@missybear
@anna6
@snowflake56
@okeydokey
@dykask
@debster251
@annemarilyn
@arelkade
@mjrbcd44
@kerryn73
@merryapple
@ktcaroline
@nelly89
@fivetwofan5252
@diana123
@redrockgirl302
@califdreamer
@shinything
@molij

Day 19 still FD Oregon USA

Late to post and I see @dykask is already ahead of me to day 20.

To whomever so kindly added me to the pocket list today 😘😘

It’s 8:15 and I am just under 600 calories. Yes I am going to bed.
Oh @flourbaby how I loved the post. Needed a good laugh and though I don’t know what you look like I got a great mental image of the baggy “knickers”. It’s such a brilliant word isn’t it @metatauta? Far more fun than our underpants. 😂
I am sure all of you Brits hate it but Iove Bridget Jones Diary and one of my favorite quotes is “seriously naughty knickers”. Look for some of those whilst shopping @flourbaby!

I have been exhausted all day… it’s pretty amazing what a high stress event can do to you. I know I am not alone in that and my thoughts are with our folks who are struggling.
@coda you have been on my mind and hoping you are well!

@hyacinth we are headed to So. Cal next week and your posts have made me want to go see Getty mansion. Looking forward to warm weather that’s for sure!

I did step on the scale this morning and was down a pound from Sunday morning but still up 1.5 from Friday. Hoping tomorrow morning will see it gone but regardless am sticking to the daily weighing plan.

“Old ways won’t open new doors.”

Day 20…NSW Australia…CFD
Hi everyone, just checking in.
Bye for now!

Day 20, Finland, NFD

Good morning everyone! Hope yesterdays FD was successful for everyone. I enjoyed my FD after the splurge of the weekend. Scales are nicer looking today. Will try not to look at them again until Monday, as I don’t want to become fixated on the numbers, but rather just appreciate feeling better.

Woke up to another light dusting of snow today…I was told once that the new snow helps the old snow melt, so trying not get to depressed about the never ending winter. Am ready for spring to arrive!

Have a great day everyone!

Day 20 a crisp and gloriously sunny Belfast CD

Off to enjoy the sunshine with a walk with pup and some gardening to try to undo the ravages of the snow,

@merryapple – well done to you and Macintosh too.
Feel better soon @anna6, @okeydokey and anyone else suffering from seasonal ailments.
@michelinme – is your daughter a professional opera singer? A proud moment for sure!

I’m a bit disappointed that after a very tight FD and a really strenuous swim class (usually a recipe for a 2lb loss) the scales are up 1/2 lb. hopefully just a blimp and all the more reason to have a controlled week this week.

It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get up that counts.

Have a great day everyone

Day 20 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Good FD yesterday, slept deeply and now ravenous for breakfast. Exciting that so many of us can relate to baggy knickers! I haven’t weighed in at under 140 in adult memory so to be my current weight of 134 at 59 is a dream come true 😊

Have a brilliant day everyone and remember its just one day at a time.

BigViking it took me six years to go from 106kg to ~84kg I’m typically at. I was lower but I’m trying to build up my upper body. Still have a couple handfuls of fat in the front. My 32″ pants are wearable, but not baggy. You really rocked your progress!

Day 20 UK FD

We were snowed in from Saturday to yesterday, if we hadn’t woken this morning to sunshine and melting snow I might have been on a liquid fast, along with my oh! Day 20 already, this month is going so quickly. Today’s plan is to pack up and drive back home so the ideal day for fasting. I’m planning on nothing to eat till tea time when it will be a salad followed by the trusty 10calorie jelly. I might try another b2b for tomorrow as I have an all day meeting and will go for lunch with my friend who has a gastric band – the ideal excuse for me not to eat.

I need to be mindful as it’s my birthday on Good Friday and then Easter Sunday after that. Still time to hit the last couple of pounds to make March target.

Keep on going everyone, keep strong.

Day 20 – Iceland – FD


Happy anniversary @bigviking – what a great success! 🏆

The sugar dragon is back and has been sabotaging my NFDs, have not had a sugar free NFD since the beginning of February😳
I am hitting the reset button now… no cookies/chocolate/ice cream for me for the remaining 12 days of this month.

And adding myself to the pocket list:

@cornish-jane
@daffodil2010
@at
@ktcaroline
@saffy420
@borealis

Day 20, Newcastle UK, NFD

Our lovely dog has definitely got a tumour but has rallied after being given some anti-inflammatory medication. We’re aligned with the vet that we’ll take it day by day and enjoy what time we have left with her. The sun is shining and the snow has gone, so we’re going for a gentle walk followed by lunch at our favourite dog friendly inn.

Knickers, Handel, a size 10 wardrobe on the cusp of being re-discovered. Your posts are so much part of my daily life – even if I don’t always get to post back. Thanks for the friendship.

I’m definitely coasting this month – but surprisingly feeling quite good about it. Staying under 140lbs seems like a good revised goal for end March and then I’ll set a realistic goal for April. Maybe I just have to accept that as we age, nature decides that a little extra weight is necessary for keeping bones strong and producing hormones that have stopped being produced from other places.

Had a lovely morning looking through old photos and feeling grateful for the great experiences I’ve had in my life. Makes me more determined to enjoy every day as it comes and take nothing for granted.

“Life doesn’t require that we be the best. Only that we try our best.”

Day 20 North Canton OH, Reset day and the first day of the rest of my life.

I’d rather not make excuses but moving has seriously hurt my game and the scales and mirror show it. I need to hit the reset button and I am doing so today. Hold me accountable everyone, this state of affairs cannot continue. I hate the loss of control, but acknowledge the stress of my situation.

Day 20 – NFD – London

Good luck to those fasting today! Today is a non fast day for me but I haven’t eaten much today at all – just one apple and a few slices of mango, I’m really not that hungry at all. I find that the day after a fast day I’m not that hungry.

Got on the scales today for the first time since starting the challenge – I’ve lost 4 pounds! Which I’m very happy about, coupled with the inches lost on my body, I’m very happy indeed.

I’m mostly happy because I haven’t put any food off limits. I’ve eaten mindfully and used my common sense. Eat when you’re hungry, don’t when you’re not. I’ve allowed myself to binge on the weekends and eat chocolate cake and ice cream which is me and OH’s favourite weekend treat.

I’ve had dinners out, takeaways and krispy kreme donuts! And on days in between fasts typically Tuesdays and Thursdays I naturally eat less and eat more lean meats, veg fruit and wholegrains etc.

I’m very pleased with my progress so far as honestly it feels effortless!

Can’t wait to see those results next week! Good luck everyone!

@Penz- very interesting point about barely eating when in teens – I was exactly the same! I barely ate through the day and just ate a good dinner and never really worried about weight – I remember hating breakfast and my mum would always send me off to school with a banana and a slice of toast which I always hated eating that early in the morning. It’s so funny how these things are instilled in us from a young age. I’m quite happy not having breakfast every day and don’t feel as though I can’t function without it. However if I fancy a bit of brunch on the weekend – I’ll happily have some!

Day 20, Rocky Mountains, US, FD

Going for another FD.

Have a good Tuesday everyone!🌻🌼🥀

Second post:

@metatauta: My red rocks are in Southern Utah. Love especially Capitol Reef National Park. Hopefully will get there for some hiking, red rock infusion and serenity before leaving for Austria 😊

Day 20 UK CD

Popped by to catch up and going away feeling inspired, warmed and connected. Thank you all for this wonderful group.

@cornish-jane i wish I’d read your post before eating a large lunch, just after doing yoga and while thinking about having a rest! I almost looked around to see if you were here 🙂 Thank you. I definitely need to put a similar note on my fridge – eat small after post-fast exercise.

@annemarilyn @debster251 @songbirdme thank you! DD studied/trained as a professional singer for years inc undergrad & post-grad before deciding the life was not for her – the competitiveness and insecurity really don’t gowith her temperament. She has a different day job but regularly sings services, concerts and broadcasts and occasionally other things, like this Handel opera. It was such a delightful to watch her perform in a way i’ve not seen for years, and in a wonderful production. I’m exhausted but v glad i went.

@rainbowsmile @flourbaby Knickers and clothes sizes – what a fabulous conversation! I was a size 12 when i got sick, went down to size 6-8 – underweight, but I was sick – stayed there for a year or two then steadily up to a 10. With various treatments I put on weight until 2007 I was 11st/154lbs and in size 14-16, until I stopped smoking and hormones changed. When I started this WOL 3.5 mths ago I was 178lbs and wearing stretchy baggy clothes as I couldn’t fit into my size 16s. I’m JUST beginning to fit back into some of them now, at 161lbs. I’ve given away most clothes on the journey but somewhere I’ve got a bag of my favourite size 8-10s, which would be from the early 2000s!

@strawberriesandcream so sorry about your dog and glad to hear about the bounce-back and the understanding vet. Your day today sounds lovely, I hope it was good.
@mjrbcd44 Well done on keeping on keeping on. I hope the effects of stress heal soon, the rest will follow.
@bigviking happy first anniversary and congratulations on an epic achievement!
@ktcaroline and all others struggling with flu and viruses – get well soon
@basyjames getting through a move is so stressful! Well done in getting back on the waggon – we’ve got your back!
@borealis – you can beat the sugar dragon!

Goodness, I got quite lost in this forum world and still have a wodge of careful emails to send before the end of the day! Thank you for being a wonderful distraction in the midst of weariness and the loud call of the sugar dragon 🙂

Day 20 – SW WA USA – FD

Happy Spring to those in the northern 1/2 of the globe! I know there’s still a lot of snow in places but here we have a sunny day for this day!

@cornish-jane – I’m working on extending fasting too. I’ve been refreshing myself on Dr. Jason Fung’s idea of fasting to change things up a bit.

@Debster251- FD and scales are up. Hate when that happens but then I try to remember it could be sodium in what I ate, food in transit… it’ll probably register the loss tomorrow. Last night my meal was a taco salad at a Mexican restaurant without the shell. The scale didn’t go down much this morning like it usually does after a FD. I’m looking forward to a lower number tomorrow.

@bigviking – congrats on what you accomplished in 1 year!

@missybear & Strawberriesandcream – being under 140 lbs sounds like a dream. For you it has come true. I still have a long way from that possible goal, but it does sound lovely and good to have those who’ve accomplished it.

@songbirdme – thanks for the link on sugar that I want to check out shortly.

Adding myself to the Pocket list for Day 20:

@cornish-jane
@daffodil2010
@at
@ktcaroline
@saffy420
@borealis
@anna6
@annemarilyn

Together we are stronger!

2nd post – a long one, so only read if you’re feeling philosophical!

@ccco OMAD is One Meal a Day

I was listening to an interesting Australian Broadcasting Corporation podcast on cravings today. The full transcript is here http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/craving/9333844

The speaker was talking about how cravings “contracts” our experience, but the joy or reward we get from indulging in that craving “expands” our experience. Curiosity also expands our experience. So the presenter suggested the following approach to combat cravings:

“So if you dive into a craving…so typically cravings are unpleasant, they are contracted, we want them to go away, so we feed them, we smoke the cigarette, we eat the cupcake, whatever, but in a sense we can actually turn toward them and get curious about what a craving feels like and we can flip the valence from unpleasant and contracted to starting to move in the direction of expansion through curiosity. And so here now we have this inherent capacity to not only be with the craving and ride it out but start to change the quality of our experience simply through injecting that bit of curiosity into it. And in that sense those cravings have less control over us and we have…I wouldn’t say we have more control over them but we are less likely to get caught up in them or get in our own way.”

In short, mentally delve into and be aware of that feeling of craving, but just don’t cave in. Explore the dragon, don’t feed it. Food for thought indeed!