Day 30, Germany, NFD
So much on my to do list today, so just a quick post… 🙋🏼♀️
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Day 30 – Manchester, England – NFD
Long post alert!
Yesterday’s day out with a friend for her birthday was lots of fun. The weather was glorious here! I hope you’re having good weather wherever you are. And the scales continue to be kind today. It’s amazing to know that I can relax very well at the weekend, but by putting in an extra careful/CD/FD in the week, that doesn’t affect things. I think I really love this WoL. I just hope things continue as they are currently.
@russetfox – a walking pub crawl sounds like just the kind of activity that me and my hubby would love! I hope you had a lovely day. Well done on the loss too.
@snowflake56 – thanks so much for hosting this month and your kind words about my -4lbs – yey 😃. Your care, motivation and support have been invaluable. And of course, thanks @ciren2 for volunteering for the job for April. I’m excited to be a part of this!
I love the ‘smiling is infectious quote’, but I’m pretty sure the original author is the wonderful Spike Milligan. (I’m an academic and I have to teach my students to make sure they reference the correct original author! 😂) It’s a full poem of his and it’s really great. Check it out if you have a moment. He also has “I told you I was ill.” on his gravestone which I think is brilliant!
Well done @debster251 – those of you who have been doing this for a while and are in maintenance are sooooo inspirational!
@dykask and @flourbaby – I completely know what you mean about that empty feeling. I never thought before that I would actually come to enjoy it, but I really do. And I get the being in control thing too totally!
@missybear – I know that you’re still trying to lose a few lbs, but it sounds like you’re in such a great place anyway being at your lowest adult weight. Again, this is totally inspirational to me!
OMG @debster251 – hahaha the news about your bra is amazing! Really made me chuckle too 😂 Is ‘congratulations’ the right work??!! 😂
We are at the end of the month. Well done everyone for being here. It doesn’t really matter what the losses/gains are. The fact that we are still here is testament to us being committed to being healthier and better selves. So well done! 😘
@debster251 I’m going to give you one right now 🙋 just in case you don’t make it! 😂
Day 30 Wales FD
Last fast day for March, where did the month go??
@snowflake thank you, I know the weight loss will get harder, but enjoying this speedy bit 🙂
@aglowworm was a beautiful day for walking yesterday, did 15miles with hubby and woofit, but I never learn to be more restrained with the alcohol 🙁
Pocket list day 30, in union there is strength!
@snowflake56
@russetfox
Day 30 USA (Illinois) NFD
Yesterday was one of those crazy eating days – probably overate too late, but I was just so hungry. Crazy.
@aglowworm – I also don’t really know about the colors on the spreadsheet. At one time the only color was us on maintenance, but the rest I don’t know.
Working my shift at the museum this morning. We had 150 the first hour yesterday! So many wonderful comments from people in our area.
Onward and downward.
Here’s our new museum website — I’m in the Cubs shirt on the board of directors: http://chomnwil.com/board-of-directors/
@songbirdme! A face to a name. Lovely photo. H
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Lovely picture @songbirdme
Day 30: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD
Nearly another month gone by, still flailing in the dust behind the wagon!
More boxes of flowers and mothers’ day cards in my delivery today, but not too heavy overall. Got home in time to take our little dog for her first hair-cut of the year, I hope she forgives me for leaving her at the groomer’s when she thought she was going out for a walk in the park!
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/april-2019-challenge/
USA Day 30 FD 800
SongBirdMe, I love it when I can put a face to someone on here! Nice photo and the museum looks lovely. I am sure the children will have a wonderful time there!
I see that ladies in the UK can still get bras fitted for them, Here in the U.S. that is hard to find, so must of us wind up with ill fitting bras from the department store! LOL
Anyway, adding myself to the pocket list. It is amazing how fast the months go by but at least it’s Spring now!
Day 30 Pocket List
@snowflake56
@russetfox
@ccco FD800
Have a great day, everyone!
Day 30 – USA – FD800
I spent Thursday and Friday off program celebrating with hubby so no counting or limits those days. We had a wonderful time doing a ton of different things, and a highlight was attending my first heavy metal concert. I even said yes to black leather pants for the occasion. Hubs was thrilled and thought I looked “hot.” 😀 This was a stretch for me, as I prefer Classical music and usually dress pretty conservatively. I have apparently turned a corner in my openness to trying new things and in my comfort level with my body. Anyone else finding the same?
Today, I’m back ‘in the saddle’ planning on going with an 800 cal day max. I’m going heavy on water fruits and vegetables to detoxify a bit from all the sugar, animal fat and alcohol of the past few days. I feel a bit “toxic.”
Tomorrow, I’m doing a 0 cal water fast to end the month. Feel free to join!
Gratitude for to everyone who participated in this challenge this month – we have great support here!
Adding myself to the list of fasters today – we are a tribe of 4 strong!
Day 30 Pocket List
Day 30, Rocky Mountains, US, CD
Almost finished packing. Soon printing out boarding passes. Might not have time to check in tomorrow so I would like to report today that I managed to get to the lower part of maintenance. Wiggle room for traveling.I will do 16:8 most of my time in Austria. 😊😊😊
@snowflake56: Yes, snow and freezing is possible until May. Planting (my tomatoes, hot peppers) is safe from May 15th on. Thank you very much for hosting our March challenge @snowflake56. You were a wonderful leader.💐
@debster251: Glad you liked my description of the outgoing March in my neck of the woods.😊😂🤣
@flourbaby: Can do MRI in the tube only with sedation. The claustrophobia is too much for me.😊
@ciren2: Thank you for hosting April. I might check in once in a while but will be returning to our May challenge around Mid May.😊😊😊
Congratulations to all for another month of this great WOL.
Have a good weekend and a great April everyone! See you all in May! ⚘⚘⚘
Day 30 London UK, FD800
I’ve filled in the spreadsheet – tomorrow is an NFD, so will take today as the end of the ‘fasting’ part of the month. I beat my target. 🙂
Today has been a buying food and cooking sort of day – preparing food for the freezer. Lunchbox bars for snatching quickly, the ‘Spicy Spinach and Lentil Dahl’ from the recipe book. If I’ve time, I intend to also try cooking the Red Pepper and Butternut Squash soup. 🙂
Thank you @snowflake56 for hosting this month (glad your BP is back to normal and no longer seems to need meds), and thank you @ciren2 for agreeing to host the April Challenge. I’ll trot over there and sign up once I’ve finished this post.
@hieiren – hope you’re feeling better now. Blacking out is definitely not a laughing matter – I think here in the UK we’d have been phoning the ambulance.
@michelinme – congrats for managing to stay vegan on a weekend away. That’s better than I did – I didn’t even try to keep fasting during a weekend away.
@aglowworm – congrats on hitting your target. And @russetfox, congrats to you as well! Walking pub crawl, hmmm?
@EmmaTaylor – yay for the good FD and may there be many more.
@fiftyandfabulous – the heavy metal concert sounds great. As does hubby thinking you’re hot 😀
@redrockgirl302 – enjoy Austria, and see you in May.
Day 30 UK NFD
A better day, tho still knackered! Managed to make mostly good choices again so hoping there won’t be too much of a reckoning when i get home on Tuesday.
I’m so lucky that my friend is following Slimming World and they usually eat tons of fruit & veg anyway. While i’m here they are both eating vegan along with me, except when we go out. And the hubband today said they’d definitely eat some of the same things again bc really tasty – result!!!
SO i’ve had a banana and apple mid morning, salad with 4 tortelloni at lunchtime & an apple while I was out. For supper I had cauliflower, 4 teeny new potatoes, peas and mushrooms with a huge salad on the side, plus tiny portion of vegan mac n cheese. Then a vegan magnum (who knew they did such a Thing?!!).
Off to bed – clocks go forward tomorrow and need to be up with the Vicar! I won’t be able to weigh in with monthe end until I get home on Tuesday but suspect I’ll have put on weight while away, not least bc no FD… but hopefully EOEO 🙂
Hope all’s well here. Sorry to skim posts and run… it’s hard when staying with others… less time to myself, obvs! But If you’ve lost weight this month – well done for persevering. And If you’ve not lost weight this month- well done for persevering! This is a WOL which will lead to success… it’s flexible and will pay dividends in so many areas of life. Keep on keeping on – you are worth it x
SO many thanks to @snowflake for your wonderful, brave hosting this month. You have been a star! And hope you get to the bottom of what is wrong v soon xx
Day 30- Ohio nfd
Sorry about last one. Joys of rushing and wanting to edit things. I’m certain it was from not enough sleep because of family over anything else. My boyfriend agrees on that since he pointed out how little I’ve been getting. He’s seen me do this since we met. My oldest took the phone from me so nobody could wake me before work after I did it. I do have a note on my health record of both vertigo and other unexplained fainting. But, feeling somewhat better with more sleep. Mother is currently getting her second colonoscopy since she is the same. It’s all waiting games now I guess. Update: next is camera to find bleeding source.
Just got to spend cuddle time with the “baby girls” aka guinea pig herd. The girls normally dump them on me or their brother when their cage is getting cleaned. They like burrowing under blankets and running around. I ended up feeding them their evening veggies. Now they are in their loft together.
It’s grilled cheese and tomato soup night here. And I’m definitely celebrating hitting just under 150 at end of month with this meal! Perfect for rainy day and night. May even add an active bit of game night.
@fiftyandfabulous Cool over the husband finding you hot! Which band did you see? I seem to remember a study where they said that similar brain areas were stimulated when listening to both Classical and Metal.
Day 31, Japan, NFD
Yesterday turned out to be a feast! Very lovely family gathering tho… Sometimes needed. That lead to me missing the target by 0.1kg but seems that everyone count their weight after the last FD? If that then I beat my target XD
Here are some pictures of cherry blossom this year here around Tokyo! Took only with my poor smartphone through out these two weeks. I may update a little bit in April as it’s still not the full blossom yet.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/TL4gStwiv6gttDu5A
Thank you and good job for March, see you in April!
@hieiren @bluesqueak Hubs obviously needs his eyes checked. He’s a keeper tho. 😉 I actually did enjoy the concert, the music was quite intricate. The band is called ‘Dream Theater.’ Hubs has been a big fan of theirs for years. I appreciated the band much more live because of the energy and the fact we were in the sixth row. It’s nice to enjoy shopping for clothes again, too!
Link to Dream Theater’s “Gift of Music”
https://youtu.be/fae4FQ4McSY
Day 31 – USA – FD
Going out like a lion with a roaring good fast day! Rawwrrrr 😉 Starting a list a bit early.
See you in April!
Day 31 Pocket List
@fiftyandfabulous WF
Day 31: Gloucestershire, UK: NFD
A rather sleepless night, my asthmatic cough is really bothering me at night ever since I went down with that horrible throat virus about four weeks ago. I sound like a seal barking! I’ve still got to wait until the 12th before I can get an asthma review at the doctors’. I took advice from this forum and upped my inhaler puffs morning and night.
Last day of the March challenge, so thanks @snowflake56 for being a lovely host to us all. Also for being my spreadsheet-expert for April xx
See you on the next challenge everybody….
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/april-2019-challenge/
Day 31 Melb Aust CD
Haven’t done well the past week, but glad the “damage” isn’t as bad as it could have been. Not meeting my March goal, but at least I did lose 1.6 kg, which is better than nothing. Back on track today after a few days of battling over-indulgence. I’m sure April will be better, and it’s good to “turn over a new leaf” with the new month.
@snowflake56, you’ve done a fabulous job hosting us for this month, thanks heaps.
@ciren2, Sorry to read that your asthma is still troubling you. I’m glad you’ve upped your Symbicort morning and evening as a temporary measure. Much safer.
Another thing to consider as a possibility: Although Symbicort has Ventolin in it, I also take a puff of Ventolin a few minutes before I take the Symbicort, mainly to reduce any airways spasm, so the Symbicort can get down to where it’s needed. At this time, that might also help.
Second thought – do you have a peak flow meter and an asthma treatment plan? If not, that’s something to consider discussing with your asthma nurse when you see her. Good luck with it all.
Final day Belfast NFD
So my weight is firmly back into my maintenance range. Goal met. Only three days when I’ve fallen off the sugar and alcohol wagon, and waist is back to 33”. Waist to hip measurement is 0.86 which is too much, so work in progress, but generally very pleased with this month.
@shelliz thank you so much for sharing those beautiful pictures.
@ciren2 you might have been flailing in the dust behind the wagon this month, but you’re in the driving seat next month! Thank you for taking over the reins.
@Redrockgirl – enjoy your trip.
Thank you @snowflake56 for your excellent stewardship this month. I’m sure when you look back, you’ll be delighted at the new skills you’ve learnt!
For all those who’ve lost weight or inches, a very well done. Anyone who has not achieved what they’d hoped for, stay strong. This is a WOL and we’re in it for the long haul.
“It starts with a DREAM
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Add FAITH and it becomes a BELIEF
Add ACTION and it becomes PART OF LIFE
Add PERSEVERANCE and it becomes a GOAL IN SIGHT
Add PATIENCE and TIME and it ends with a DREAM COME TRUE”
Doe Zantamata
Day 31 – UK – NFD
Dear @snowflake56 – I am so sorry for being absent for the 2nd half of this challenge but just needed a break I think after hosting Jan and Feb. I’m still in maintenance and keeping up with my exercise regime so all good! Just wanted to pop in to say a big THANK YOU to you for conquering for fears and stepping in as our host for March – you did a wonderful job as we all knew you would and these are especially for you 🤗💐
It’s going to be too much to try and catch up with what has been happening to everyone but you have been in my thoughts and so whether during this March Challenge you:-
*Achieved your weight loss goals for the month
*Holding firm in maintenance
*Standing still on that plateau
*Even gained a bit
Join us for a new start with the April Challenge and in the words of Martin Luther King Jr. – “TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN FAITH. YOU DON’T HAVE TO SEE THE WHOLE STAIRCASE, JUST TAKE THE FIRST STEP”
Day 31, London, UK, NFD
It’s Mothering Sunday, and I’ll be off to my mums’ to cook lunch with my brother and spend the day making some memories with them!! Of course, it’ll be a NFD!!!
@snowflake56, what a fantastic host you’ve been this month ………………… I thank you!!!!
I end this month lighter than I started it (I blame the ski trip!!) but still ½ lb higher than I started December. Xmas indulgences, missing January mojo, excessive Feb B’day celebrations and a wine & cheese fuelled ski trip have ALL done me in!!! Of course, nobody was force-feeding me!!! Oh well back on the Dry hula-hooping wagon for April I think!!!
I’ll post my final months’ weight tomorrow, which should keep me a bit mindful at todays’ lunch.
I hope everyone here still agrees, without these challenges, whether you gained, lost or stayed on the plateau, without the accountability and just the process of checking in ………………………….. it would have been soooooooo much worse!!!!!!
Onward to April everyone, I hope the hula-girls (or boys!!!) have been polishing their hoops!!!!
Day 31
Florida
NFD @snowflake56 thank you for hosting March. I’m excited to say, on your watch, I have gone under the 170 lb mark. YAHOOO!!!
Reach my goal for this month and I didn’t think I would.
Keep on keeping on.
Have a great Sunday.
Day 31 USA (Illinois) NFD
Well, another month is done.Keeping at maintenance has been easier because of all of you taking this path with me. Huge thanks to @snowflake56 for your kind and wonderful support of all of us! (Yes, the molecules are quite a hit – a local science teacher’s daughter is now professor of chemistry at Indiana University and devised that for her doctoral dissertation, sharing it with us!)
Onward and downward.
Day 31 Bristol UK NFD
This is my first month challenge and I wasn’t quite sure what to do so have sat back and just read all the messages. I managed to hit my target this month (although i had to throw an extra FD in yesterday), so I am very pleased. I’ll try to join in more next month.
Could someone tell me what CD stands for?
Cheers,
Stephsie
@stephsie: Good for you, hitting your March target. CD is “controlled day” more food than a fast-day, but still being careful,eh?
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@stephsie from what I have read CD stands for controlled day or 1200 calories.
Someone here has a link to a post that shows all the acronyms.
Welcome to the pack xx
Day 31 – Ireland NFD
Hi all, sorry for being MIA for the second half of March. I came back from my holiday to family and work pressures so have not been home and therefore haven’t had the opportunity to check in easily… it has been a bit stressful but hopefully April will hopefully be an easier month.
I will catch up on all the posts tonight or tomorrow but I hope that you are all doing well!
Thank you @snowflake56 for being a fabulous host this month and taking time to support us all along the way..
Weight went back on during skiing and the past week but it feels like maybe not as much has gone on as past holidays … will weigh in for the start of April..
see you all next month and thanks for being there 💕
Day 31, Germany, NFD
Actually decided to fit in a 6-day-cabbage-soup diet week! I’ll do it the way your link tells @fiftyandfabulous. Today was already the first day and that went well. On two days I’ll still count my cals though.
This morning I had a nice surprise on the scale. I weighed myself again and was at my lowest weight this month – only 400g away from my March goal, yeahhh!
@snowflake56 Thank you so much for hosting us in March! You did an awesome job and I felt that you really cared for all of us! ☺️
@emma taylor congratulation on your good FD! Hope you can take lots of motivation from it!
Onwards and downwards! ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Day 31- Ohio nfd
According to the spreadsheet, I missed my weight goal by 0.8 lbs. Oh well, I hit my most important goal, which was to not give up or have any guilt after. I know I would have given up if it wasn’t for all of you. The hula hoop is ready; think I may turn the shed into a mini workout area once the weather warms up. No, I refuse to acknowledge today’s weather. At least it will warm back up tomorrow.
Hope all the Mothers get to enjoy UK Mother’s Day.
@fiftyandfabulous Dream Theater!!! In case you didn’t hear the squeal when I read that. I keep having conflicts getting to see them. You definitely got to see one of the good bands then.
@snowflake56 First and foremost huge hugs and thanks for this month. And I’ve been doing that since I was little, but nothing is out of the ordinary to cause it. I just get told to remember to slow down when it happens. My oldest friends just grab me and wait until I’m good again. It’s really to the point of annoyance to me.
Thank you @snowflake56 for hosting us this month! You were a great host.
Day 31 London UK NFD
Busy NFD day eating through some more of the bad stuff in my freezer. Strangely, this included a blueberry muffin. 🙂 And a baked potato, though I ate that with some nice healthy mackerel in olive oil and spinach.
Thanks, @snowflake56 for being such a great host. You certainly made me feel welcome and I think you were an important part of this being a friendly and supportive thread.
Hope everyone celebrating Mother’s Day today had a good one!
Day 31 NZ NFD
@snowflake56 THANK YOU for all your work this month you have been a great host. I haven’t posted most days but usually get to catch up on posts and enjoy everyone’s comments. I managed to reach my March goal – thanks to you all. Now on to April…
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