Day 22 – FD – UK

Adding myself to today’s pocket Fast List:

@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth

Today is my 2nd fast day this month and tomorrow will be my 4th. Have managed to keep calories below my TDEE every day but generally around 1500 not 1200.

Alcohol – managed to cut down massively. Only had 2 glasses of red wine last Sunday and two beers on Monday evening. Insanely though, I baked a batch of cup cakes – subconscious sugar panic. Have started exercising (starting slowly as per plan) more by walking at least 30 mins every day (this is a big change for me and one blister to prove how big!). Overall my energy and zest is much higher than it was and this is very encouraging. Will be weighing in on Saturday 24th so we’ll see!

Thanks to everyone for being inspiring and encouraging on here, it does feel supportive to be honest about progress and learn from others. Good luck to all Fast Dayers today!

Day 22, Newcastle UK, ?????

Good day yesterday, probably around 900 cals but good enough to get me going in the right direction again. We discovered some slow baked organic wholemeal bread in Sainsbury’s and it is simply delicious. My dinner was two slices, lightly toasted, drizzled with organic extra virgin olive oil, feta cheese, olives, sundried tomatoes, artichokes and a mixed green salad, followed by some semi-dried apricots and prunes later on.

Since cutting out cows milk I’m noticing my lower legs are not swelling up – and for all I’m around 6lbs up, I actually feel ok. I don’t miss the milk at all and have replaced my breakfast tea and decaf coffee with a variety of herbal teas. I calculated that by cutting out milk, in one year I should lose 12.5lbs if everything else in my diet stays as is.

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” – Confucius

Day 22 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline

Day 22, London, UK, FD

2nd FD of B2B, feeling especially positive this morning, maybe because yesterday came in at 475cals, the first below 500 in a long time, I’m usually good at justifying that extra 50+ cals and ending up closer to 600!!! I hope the feeling lasts and I don’t fall face first into a bag of crisps!!!

@daffodil2010, I have to agree with you, beef bone broth isn’t my ‘cup of broth’ at all, I made a huge batch to freeze and now it’s just for cooking, whereas the chicken broth has a lovely flavour and can keep me sane when the dragon awakens!!! I’m all for homemade natural products too, I haven’t bought deodorant in about 4 years (magnesium oil all the way!!) and I use a mix of baking soda & conditioner as a shampoo & Face, body and hair moisturizer is coconut oil.

@bigviking congrats on the anniversary!!! I’m going to put this out there for you in particular and any other brave members who would like to join me ……………………………… “ARID-APRIL” (excluding 1st & 2nd for obvious reasons!!!) So, I’ve said it, I can’t renege on the deal, it’s in writing ………………………… I’M GOING DRY FOR APRIL!!!!!!! Who’s with me??? …………………………..…. Is that tumbleweed????

Have a great day everyone, and whatever you do …………………….. DO NOT RELEASE THAT DRAGON!!!!!!!

Day 22……Florida…..FD

Sorry guys, I was out of touch for a minute or two. Life was just getting the best of me, still is but I’m starting to fight back.
I’m up two lbs, but I’m thinking that because of stress and because I found a drink, I’ve become to like extremely well. Blackberry lemonade…… oh it’s soooo good!
100 calories for 8oz is an ouch in the calorie count but…… we’re working on it!

I’m slowly working through the posts to get caught up!

When someone yells stop, I don’t know if it’s in the name of Love, it’s hammer time or I should collaborate and listen!

Day 22 – FD?? – London

Having a weird one this week! – Fasted great on Monday – no issues, Tuesday was a CD without realising, yesterday was supposed to be a FD but I caved at dinner time – so only really had one big meal yesterday and a few snacks. I’m attempting another FD today with a decent sized dinner this eve.

I’ve not been feeling great these past few days so I’m not stressing too much about not doing a complete fast, the main thing is to only eat when I’m hungry and not overeat.

Hope everyone fasting today is doing well! and well done to everyone so far!

@flourbaby & @bigviking – I would join you in giving up alcohol in April but I’ve been T-Total since December so it wouldn’t be fair! I’ve found that giving up alcohol has really helped me with energy levels, weight loss and not over eating/binging!

So I wish you luck in April – I will also be dry in April but more for my own personal reasons – but I will be supporting you through the month! I’ve learned it’s not as hard as you think it is and it’s surprising how good you feel without it. I find a nice mix of cranberry juice and cloudy lemonade with loads of ice is a great drink to have when socialising etc.

@flourbaby and @bigviking – Arid April sounds great, but I’m such a rebel as soon as I get too strict with myself I go the other way – so am aiming now for moderation – which means family celebrations only (i.e. no more than 3 units a week!) – I might be up for an Arid May seeing how I go in April though – but all power to you!

Day 8, UK – FD

@penz – step away from the Burrito – we’re all here – we can do it!

Day 22 FD Oregon USA

Yesterday did not go to plan. The night time 🐉 found me and before I knew it I had ingested about 1200 calories. Add that to the 600 I had throughout the day and TDEE was over by about 300. 😔 It’s those 300 calories here 200 calories there that add up and pretty much the reason for my “running in place”( Yes and the EFS events).

Anyways….the scale showed with up 1.5 from yesterday. The FD should put me back to last Friday’s number but really need to start losing. Which of course means diligence on the NFD’S.

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline
@mjrbcd44

Old ways won’t open new doors.

Day 22 UK FD (2nd day B2B)

SLightly blew yesterday’s FD with two portions of homemade chocolate rice pudding (microwave brown rice, raisins, alpro coconut *milk*, cacao & cinnamon – around 400 calories, brought me to 700 odd for the day)

Not enough sleep but woke feeling brighter-eyed yesterday, altho with massive amounts of burning joint pain and still burning guts. Joint pain worst in right jaw & hip, but elbows, knees, small joints of hands & feet pretty full on too. I’m hoping it’s something positive as the result of a B2B and not fatigue, something I’ve eaten or the constantly changing weather.

On the very bright side, my official weigh in is tomorrow but i’d got out of the habit of daily weighing despite finding it helpful. This morning I remembered & approached the scales compassionately, fully expecting I would have put on weight as a result of rice pudding and the bread/guts discomfort since Tues.

I really thought the scales had broken when they stopped in the “wrong” place – 2lbs down from last Friday, which was 2lbs down from the week before – and got on and got off 3x before I believed them. At 158lbs /72kg I’m suddenly into the 150s, and have unexpectedly reached my halfway point 20lbs lost and 20lbs to go. I’m also almost at my wildy-revised goal for March of 157lbs, a weight I last embodied back in 2007 pre-first feet surgeries.

I feel as tho I spent most of Feb and the first half of March on a plateau, and carried on in grim determination bc I read other people’s stories here and believed it would eventually work for me too. I’m with you @daffodil2010 – once the body decides the plateau ain’t going to make you turn back it seems to let go and carry on with the weight loss.

@rainbowsmile yes to everything you said about clothes, thank you!

@daffodil2010 how wonderful to be interviewed about your work – I’d love to see you on tv if there’s a link 🙂

@cornish-jane – yes, bras too. I’ve got a drawerful of outgrown bras which I’ve looked at for the last decade & wondered why I’d kept them. Mostly bc they are beautiful! Bras are my extravagence, the one area where I’ve always gone for measuring before buying, and usually bought two new ones around every 6 months or so. Everything else I own comes from charity shops or ebay but bras are my wonderful starting point. Everyone laughs at me, but I feel wholly uplifted so it’s worth it. I think losing the old ones big baggy ones would be a fabulous thing to do 🙂

@strawberriesandcream really interested to know more about your dairy experiences and health improvements.

@flourbaby i’m with you on homemade toiletries, and using coconut oil as an everything-balm. I now buy it in 10kg buckets which last me around 12-18mths in baking, cooking and making toiletries. I’ve had to stop using it as a face moisturiser as my sensitive skin’s tolerance changed but i make one with a shea butter/almond oil base with essential oils, rosehip oil and vitamin e. Not yet made a good sunscreen but I may try adding zinc and see how it goes.

@basyjames Maybe it’s like a relay race – you’ve done your bit and passed the baton, now it’s the time to look after yourself and let others cheer you on.

@fatfingers got your hand, you can do this!

@diana123 that’s amazing – hope your progress continues well

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline
@mjrbcd44
@diana123
@michelinme

Been ninja’d by michelinme so correcting the pocket list 😂

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline
@mjrbcd44
@diana123
@michelinme
@shinything

Day 22, Emden Germany, NFD

Day 22, USA, NFD

@cornish-jane – toss em! Just my opinion, but I attribute having no larger clothing to grow into to keeping off the 20 pounds I lost 10 years ago at Weight watchers. Seriously. Who wants to go buy bigger. When things start to get too tight I know I HAVE TO get it under control. May not work for everyone, but it worked for me. Now I just need to get to losing again and toss this size for the new sizes I will buy next!

@daffodil2010 – I only have made yogurt once, but I strained it through some cheesecloth in the end to get a thick greek yogurt. The Whey (that drains off) is supposed to be really healthy too. I am not sure what your process was, could be quite different, but it’s an idea.

@fatfingers – Good luck from N. Idaho! I know there are various ideas about whether it’s good to fast or not when starting to feel under the weather, but I am reminded of the animal kingdom. That is their natural process. Find a water source and lay to rest and hydrate when ill. Hopefully this will prove beneficial to you too!

@diana123 – thinking of you with the mention of Maryland. School shooting over on that side of the states yesterday. Guessing that didn’t affect you personally. I have middle and high school kids so it strikes a chord over here. Hope all your loved ones were safe!

@michelinme – love that you got on and off the scale 3x! lol! What a beautiful surprise. Congratulations!

Day 22, Rocky Mountains, US, CD

Day 22 – USA – FD

Better late than never…I got a little bz today so did not read posts or log in and it’s mid-day. I’m thinking of making today a FD. I made homemade cream of celery soup and eggless bread the other day (all low carb too); since I don’t eat breakfast and was so busy running around today, I figured I’d eat that for lunch (I call it brunch). I’m so full that I don’t think I will entertain having dinner, unless it’s some shiratake noodles with a little sauce later on. I love that I can switch my FDs around. @diana123, how exciting that you are only 2 lbs. away from maintenance! Don’t know if I’m going to do Arid April, but I certainly have made progress with 5 days dry/2 days not this month. I switch those days around too, depending on my schedule. @cornish-jane, “uplifting” indeed…was that an intended joke? @michelinme, wonderful that you are in the 150s. So am I, and hope to continue downward. Will have to check out “MooGoo”.

Day 22 North Wales FD

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline
@mjrbcd44
@diana123
@michelinme
@shinything
@molij

Hope everyone has had a good day.

Day 22, Gozo, Malta, nfd

Tried for a cd. Ended eating 1.300 calories.

Good evening/night everyone

Day 22 Lancaster, PA USA FD

Still Fasting, Having a good Fast day today, planning on keeping it below 500 cals.
I weighed myself and I’m still holding 152 lbs.
Tomorrow road trip the North Carolina to see my Dad and family for his 75th Birthday. We will prob stay till Monday. I won’t be fasting, but I will try to keep it controlled. ✨🥂✨
Main stream health magazine in the grocery store … Big Headline… If you skip breakfast 3 times a week it is healthier and will help with youthful skin and body. We’ve known that for awhile now… Maunstream is slowly catching up. 😊

Adding myself to the Day 22 pocket list
@missybear
@daffodil2010
@cornish-jane
@aimingforhealth
@ktcaroline
@mjrbcd44
@diana123
@michelinme
@shinything
@molij
@metatauta
@annemarilyn
@okeydokey

😊☀️🎶Wishing Everybody Well! 🎶☀️😊

Day 23…NSW Australia…NFD
Hi everyone. Just checking in.
It’s a wet, cool Friday morning here – feels good.
Have a great day doing whatever you are getting up and bye for now!

Day 23 – Japan – FD 83.5kg (#18 in 2018)

Day 23, Finland, FD

Today is FD after not doing my usual one yesterday….it is just much easier at work.

Pocket list day 23, if you want to join us, please copy and paste and add your name to the list

@snowflake56
@aimingforhealth
@dykask
@kerryn73

Have a great day everyone!

Day 23, NFD, UK
79.5kg. Yesterday’s FD came in closer to 1,000 kcal than to 800. And Wednesday’s wine caught up with me, so only down 0.1kg. Looks like I’ll have to get back on the AFD horse soon to ensure I stay below 80kg. Arid April should help!

Have a good Friday everybody!

Day 23, Cornwall UK, NFD

Some days Fridays are just the best day of the week – all depends on what the scales say! Lost no weight last week, but down 0.8kgs this week. And another unbelievable 3cm off my waist – in one week – feeling good about that! Its been hard work shifting the tummy fat, but making some progress now. Weight now down to 82.1kg. Its a long slog getting my excess weight off but so glad I am sticking to 5:2.

So I’m off to have a celebration coastal ramble with the dog and OH around St Mawes Castle and the Carrick Roads while the sun shines! There’s a lovely walk from there to the St Just in Roseland Church which we might try and fit in before the rain sets in this afternoon. And visit the vege stall by the road in St Just where a local farmer sells his in-season food. I am trying to develop a liking for seasonal food, but still struggling with turnips!

@michelinme – hope you body aches improve.

Dear Friends, I’m sorry to tell you that we lost our lovely old dog this morning. I’m going to take some time out and will see you next month if not before.

Day 23, Cornwall UK, NFD

So sorry to hear about your dog @strawberriesandcream. It can be a sad time when you lose a beloved family pet.