Day 24 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

🇦🇺 Australia/New Zealand 🇳🇿 – where are you? 🧐

@stitchincarol – Just wondering – a year ago when you weighed 142 – were you water-fasting then? Or just doing regular 5:2? If you were doing the regular 500/600 cal fast days, then maybe go back to basics for a while? The main thing that helps me to get through my FDs is the thought of my evening meal. If I had only water to look forward to, I’m not sure I’d be successful. Personally, I don’t WANT to feel hungry on a FD (I’m not even sure if feeling ’empty’ is a thing for me) but it’s just part of the routine. Like feeling sweaty/tired/breathless are side-effects of exercising, hunger is part of fasting. It’s also a reminder that I’m doing something right. If it was too easy I don’t think I would feel as if I was accomplishing something, & the morning-after PFDS wouldn’t be a ‘thing’. I think the only time I enjoy hunger is just before I eat my FD meal, & my first meal on a NFD, because everything tastes so much better. I don’t think I ever go to bed hungry. Sometimes I still feel hungry after I’ve eaten my small FD meal, but that passes after maybe 20/30 minutes. If I ate too close to bedtime, that might be different. My goal with a FD, & fasting in general, is to maintain my weight; for health reasons & I guess it’s partly vanity too. I see very overweight people almost every day, & it’s a constant reminder to stay vigilant as far as my diet goes.

Gotta dash. Happy Hump Day y’all! 🐪 🐫

Day 23 – Ireland – FD 🚫🚶🏼‍♀️✅

Hmmm @stitchincarol… you got me thinking… I can definitely say I like the fabulous feeling of success at the end of a good FD and during the day I am beginning to quite enjoy the feeling of hunger and the resulting pleasure of savouring food but I do not enjoy feeling hungry in the evening before bed… 🥴

@missybear and @brightonbelle my thoughts are with you. It can be so worrying and it’s hard to just try put it to the back of your mind… everyone is so different but if it helps: I have not gone back to the doctors since my brain scans etc in February.. I was really worried but I had put it off as had done some research myself and I made some lifestyle/food changes which seem to be making a big difference so wanted to try that before seeing specialists etc. I must say that I did have access to my scan report and images and it looked to me like there was nothing too sinister and I figured that if there was something serious my doc would have called me in. I will go back in the next few weeks as would like to have the suggested further blood tests done and to put my mind at ease. I now also want to check for new intolerances etc. Our bodies are incredible things and often a lot of our ailments (even head, brain, bone) start with the gut.

@funshipfreddie I love plants but I’m having a hard time keeping them alive indoors recently… don’t know why that is!

@daffodil2010 I hear you re: the bike 😂. A little bit harder to get into than my road bike 🏍️ 😂

@excelsior12309 and @northgeorgia – we start again today 👍

Right I have to run… busy day ahead butI hope you all have a great one.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Pocket list day 24 💪
@jaifaim

Day 24 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 219 lbs. Hey, below 220 for a start…

Pocket list day 24 💪
@jaifaim
@northgeorgia

Day 24 almost day 25 country west Australia FD 800 80.4 kgs.
Half a kg to go by end of the month to reach my goal of being in the 70 kgs again after SUCH a long time.😱
When I started fasting on 5:2 back in 2016 a FD started after the last meal on Sunday night through to 8am on Tuesday morning. So 36 hours fasting.
That is what I try to do these days.
Along with many others though, once I have the first bite of food, that makes me hungry.
In the evening of a FD if I feel hungry I try to drown the hunger dragons with several glasses of water or a cup of tea. Or I go to bed early .
I just like the feeling of not being so fat!!! ( still a long way to go but that journey of a thousand miles…)
@missybear and @brightonbelle, thoughts with you across the miles.💐

Day 25 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Dad going into see a vascular doctor today then he might be sent to Accident and Emergency with thus mysterious growing cyst on his knee and hopefully, finally, somebody can DO something about it. There is a chance I might have to do a stint in the -A&E with him as he is deaf and needs somebody to be his ears, but hoping it won’t come to that and he isn’t there for hours on end.

Gah. So today is not an FD but going to FD good, as I have the previous two says, and hoping I don’t have to pull an all-nighter in the hospital and then driving to work straight after for the day.

My whole family needs positive thoughts!!!

Talk tomorrow. Xxx

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@daffodil2010 – sending positive thoughts your way and hoping your dad is seen quickly and there is some explanation for the growth. 🙏🙏

Day 25 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

@lilymartin – so close! 🎯

@daffodil2010 – hoping all goes well for your dad today 🙏

@jaifaim – I asked the same question a few months ago 😅 🦎

Hoping to go for a nice long walk, but waiting for something to be delivered. It’s so annoying when they can’t even tell you am or pm?! ☹️

Article from yesterday’s UK Mail:- https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12118523/An-apple-day-really-DOES-doctor-away.html

Hoping I’m not the only Thursday faster 🤔

Pocket List – Day 25 🍒
@funshipfreddie

Day 25 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 215 lbs. OK, hopefully will keep it under control through the holiday weekend. Very likely not to have another FD for a week…eek

Day 26 Melbourne, Australia NFD 78.05kg

I almost did not post this morning as I feel like I am well and truly out of control and my weight is just on a fast upward trajectory. Therefore, there is no point being in here. I am going to try to see whether me putting my weight as part of my post makes me more likely to keep control of my eating. @stitchincarol the BBL is that voice that says “I am an adult, and I can eat whatever I like. And I deserve it”. I am not going to try for a FD today but will tomorrow. Saturday is usually busy enough that I can keep away from food for most of the day.

Have a good day all.

Day 26 – Ireland – CD 🚫🚶🏼‍♀️✅

Woke with a headache so going to try get out for a good walk to clear it before work… not the awful worrying headache I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of but just a feeling of dehydration etc. Had accupuncture yesterday so that might be it…

@stitchincarol you should be very proud of yourself! One good day is often all that is needed for a good reset. I had that recently before holidays. Now I must apply it to me… 5lbs is not much to lose but I was there so recently it’s a pain but shur… holidays are just that and I let the good times roll on and on when I got back… 😁. Must truly focus now!

@daffodil2010 I hope everything went as well as it could yesterday for your dad and all of you.

@missybear it is great you are here and posting… hopefully all will be well. 🙏

@funshipfreddie I felt your pain yesterday – we have the same problem here with delivery times and being stuck to the house waiting for the sound of the van … it’s a pain in the neck! Hope you got out 🚶‍♂️ !

@malee57 don’t stop…. Your brain just needs a little switch… so does mine… I can be so focussed but then completely drop into the same zone you’re in… I don’t understand it snd it’s so frustrating but what we do now is that we can keep going and it WILL change… I found posting my weight as I neared my goal really helped me focus on that elusive number so see if it works for you… but don’t let it get you down if it doesn’t budge for a little while. It will!

@lilymartin you so deserve a win ⬇️ this month 👏 for applying yourself and for passing the mojo on to us… if we didn’t catch it it was our fault 😉

@at and all I hope you are all well. 💕

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 26 2nd post

Just a quick pop in to say thank goodness for the good news about your dad @daffodil2010. It’s such a relief for your dad and you that it the cyst is not too bad.

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Wonderful wonderful wonderful news @daffodil2010! 🙏⭐️🙏 Go and enjoy your weekend now. 🏍️ 📸

BTW – as we approach the end of the month I had committed to host June so I’ll set that up early next week. I do believe it will help with my motivation🤞
@at could you please set up the spreadsheet as I can’t do that in my phone and work laptop is tied down security wise so I can’t create files. 🙏

Day 26 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 152.0

Even as I’m delighted that I seem to be in control finally, I’m faced with a huge challenge: we’re driving to DD’s in Indianapolis for a long weekend. If DH and I had our druthers, we’d already be on the road today, but DS26 is going with us, and he doesn’t want to give up Friday tips where he’s a server. So we’re leaving at o-dark-thirty in the morning (much debate is occurring on just what time that will be for us) to drive the 11 hours to get there. The whole reason for the trip is that our foreign exchange student from Chile in 2013 is there with his dad and brother (to go to the Indianapolis 500), and we’re going to see him–it will be so fun to see him again after ten years! We’ll have however much of Saturday is left when we arrive, all of Sunday and Monday, and then drive home on Tuesday. I’m hopeful that there won’t be lots of snacking by all of them–there tends not to be–so that I only have meals to be challenged by. When we get home Tuesday night, we’ll have Wed-Sat to do our own preparation, and then DD and her crew will be here for the week so that DGD3.5 can go to Vacation Bible School that I run…I’m QUITE looking forward to that! DD and I have all sorts of plans, and the truth is that they’d have to be here for two weeks to realistically find time for everything, LOL!

@jaifaim I hope the morning walk cleared your headache. Are you still having the worrying headaches?? And thanks for committing to hosting June!

@daffodil2010 What lovely news about your dad’s cyst! Hopefully today’s work day is not as stressful as yesterday’s, and have a grand weekend!

@funshipfreddie So lovely that you got your delivery and a walk as well. And I’d forgotten, but love the concept of accepting the DESIRE to eat, even as you choose not to do so.

Chilean son has asked for my chocolate chip cookies, so I have those to bake today, and the usual commotion of getting ready for a long trip, but life has certainly slowed down to a lovely pace…it’s a great relief to have peaceful quiet time. I have a few things to plant today, but am holding off on most things until we’re back so that nothing dies from lack of watering. I won’t be posting while we’re gone–well, probably?–so I’ll be back on the board on Wednesday.

Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 27 – Ireland – NFD🚫🚶🏼‍♀️✅

Morning! Oh my it’s a beautiful day!!
Lots of plans for fun in the sun today ☀️
One word @malee57 – Stay!

Thanks all – the walk yesterday morning helped! The headache was just a normal headache – sort of sinusy… not the one I was having investigated… it passed… thankfully… 🤗

Wishing you a lovely day. I am still bubbling around 159/160 but…. Tried on summer jeans I was going to give away as they weren’t nice on me… one last try on this morning and I’ll have to find something else to give away as I seem to be fitting them better… so there you go… up 5lbs from April weight but things are changing subtly.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

2nd Post – Day 27

Dr Mosley’s weekly column:-

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12130175/DR-MICHAEL-MOSLEY-Look-viruses-gut-live-100.html

Day 28 Melbourne, Australia NFD 76.9kg

I got through yesterday’s FD without too much difficulty. For me it helps when I know I have forum friends around the world sending their mojo to help me. Dinner was a great big plate of stir-fried vegies with egg and tofu which was very yummy. I need to have most of my calories in the evening or I don’t sleep well so I usually plan a reasonable sized evening meal. Whenever I felt like another piece of fruit, I would think I can have it tomorrow. And I got through.

A wet cold miserable looking day today. I’ll do some housework and then maybe go out and go riding on the train just to see what is at the end of the line. I do this on trams rather than sit inside and do nothing.

Hope people have a good day.

Day 28 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD

It’s a lovely, sunny day today. I’ve got stuff to do, but don’t want to do it 😅 Feeling very lazy, which I think is my default mode. But I’ll go for a walk & enjoy the sunshine/sea & then I WILL do some yoga & a few chores when I get back.

@malee57 – well done on the successful FD! 💪 When a FD gets tough, which it usually does at some point, I try to remind myself that it’s not supposed to be easy. If it was, everyone would be doing it. It takes tenacity; it’s not for the fainthearted. But it’s manageable. Just reading a chapter or two of a fasting-related book or an on-line article can help me to get through a tough spell.

@ccco – how did the water fast go? 🤔

@jaifaim – thank you! I had to look up ‘druthers’ too 😂

This is interesting… https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-12131811/Patients-claim-weight-loss-jab-unexpected-effect-stops-bad-habits.html

Have a nice S🌞nday everyone

Day 29 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Is it day 29 already? Had a wonderful weekend. Sun was nonstop and in Ireland that is so welcome, and the 40 shades of green are so beautiful when the sun shines.

We took a 459km trip on the motorcycle on Saturday, I was delighted to be able to hop on and off the pillion with not much trouble (the motorcycle suit with all its body armour weighs 14lbs alone!!) so all my exercising worked a treat.

Yesterday was a potter in the garden day, listening to music, enjoying the sun.

@stitchincarol, yikes 11hours of a trip by road!!! Enjoy.

@jaifaim wasn’t it glorious this weekend. I saw lots of bikes out around me this weekend and I thought of you ☺️

Have a great Monday. I am hoping work wise it is not as nuts as last week but let’s see. I don’t mind, as next weekend is the bank Holiday weekend and I have taken the 6th off (my birthday) so I have a long break away to look forward to. Xxxxx

Day 29 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

Easiest FD ever yesterday. Probably because I ate way too much Friday & Saturday. My weight’s been slowly creeping up all month, but I’m still within my goal weight & actually feel better around 69 kg.

Memorial Day in the USA, Reconciliation Day in Australia & a bank holiday in the UK today, so I’m guessing there won’t be a lot of fasting going on 🤔 Enjoy your break, fellow 5:2-ers

@jaifaim – I’ve never done yoga outdoors. I usually do it in the lounge with a yoga video playing. I know most of the basic postures, but I like the guidance/pace of an instructor, otherwise I tend to rush through it.

Got to dash, have a good week everyone 🎯

Day 29-NO. VA USA-FD

Got to be a fast day today, as yesterday was an entertaining of family day, and after a large glass of sangria, I am not sure I can account for what I ate…I don’t think it was a huge amount, but it did involve party dip and chips and also some Mac and cheese, courtesy of Ina Garden, (so very rich)…So of course, weight was up 3 # overnight!!!
Anyway, back up on the wagon today! Also looking forward to June Jumpstart, and thanks to @jaifaim for hosting!

Pocket list, day 29:

@xExcelsior12309

Day 29 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 223 lbs. Yeah, this matches my high from this year from February. Two more NFDs ahead, too. Yesterday’s family reunion was full of carbs that just enticed me to continue snacking into the afternoon and evening. Gaining eight pounds in four days is mostly bloating, so not too upset. I just have to take a look at what new things I’ve learned this year.

* Carbs are soon gone and can make you hungrier than before. Reduce the carbs, and it will reduce the cravings and the snacking.
* I can lose weight on NFDs, but it means restricting meals to one or two satisfying ones a day, which means a carb reduction in those meals.
* Breaking the widespread habit of constantly eating and snacking is key. It is easy to fall back into those habits because everyone seems to do it, and invites you to do so. I shouldn’t eat if I’m not hungry, and what I choose to eat can determine how much I eat in the next few hours.

Anyway, got to stay focused. The year is almost half over and I’ve moved the needle in the right direction and then snapped back to where I was. The emotional roller coaster surely had a lot to do with it, but I’m ready to see more results.

Day 30 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Loving this sunshine, it’s so rare to look at the forecast and just see sun sun sun for the next week with highs of 24C! I know that’s not terribly hot for some of you, but it’s fabulously warm for us!! Yay!

@lilymartin, oh goodness me, that’s terrible regarding your late brothers brain damage. Thinking of you. X

Thanks @jaifaim for setting up June, can’t believe we are nearly done with May already.

@funshipfreddie I didn’t realise it was a UK bank holiday yesterday, but as most of our business is with the UK, we had a very welcome day of “catching up with things” and clearing the backlog…..so today we are ready for the UK to come calling 😆

Have a great Tuesday all.

Day 30 – Ireland – CD🚫🚶🏼‍♀️✅
157.1lbs back on the right track but no PFDS here… poca a poca…

Bonjour!

@lilymartin hello!!! So good to see you! I am so very sorry for your traumatic loss and with no clear answers it is terribly sad for you all 💕
Yes I cannot wait! I lived there for a long time so I am very excited and I am very lucky as can stay with friends and family 💕
I love Atomic Habits @lilymartin it’s on my bedside cabinet and I know some recovered addicts who benefitted greatly from the book.

Great to see you @excelsior12309! We were a lonely crew yesterday – hopefully due only to all the Bank holidays!

@funshipfreddie thanks for the updated pocket list!

I won’t make goal 🥅 tomorrow and June will be tough… but I’m back with a little more mojo thanks to you all🙏

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 30 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 224 lbs. The scary thing is that I’ve not weighed this much since September 2021. The good thing — a 9 lb. gain in five days is not fat.

This is what happens when your planned cookout of steaks, chicken, pork, and burgers fall through and you have pizza in the evening instead. Sad day, but moving on…

Day 31 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Last day of May, still the same on the scales as the start of the month, better to maintain than gain etc.

Looking forward to June but it will be tough as there is a bank holiday, mine and DH’s birthday, a weekend away, a girls night out, and a family visit…..but I have already hopped on board the June wagon to keep myself steady.

Have a great day. Lovely to hear you had a great visit with Chilean “son” @stitchincarol, and oh @funshipfreddie, that “owners meeting” sounds so boring without even being there 😄

Happy hump day.