Day 8 US FD

It’s not Raining😀
@lilymartin My OH and I both have had regular migraines. Less now since fasting. Good to know that your migraine subsided after fasting. It isn’t easy but I’m glad you are in this supportive group! It is worth it.😊
@debster251 There are times when they compete with each other. But many times they go at their individual paces. I haven’t found that it is predictable. They each have their own, different learning style. They have their own strengths and their own weaknesses. I’ve noticed they do try to “keep up” with each other. @fordprefect would love a Ford Prefect😊 But we do not own one.✨😅
@onahealthyhigh At this point I can only imagine what a wonderful vacation visiting the rainforests would be. 😀✨
@tillysmum 👏 Good for you! Glad to see your blood sugar is down another point!✨
@mia139 ✨🎉Yay for you! 1.3kg is a nice loss for the week!
@brightonbelle One day at a time and We got this!✨Well, I’m telling myself, “Doing something towards my goal is better than doing nothing.” Since Friday it’s been a bit more difficult or it seems harder for some reason than it was in March, my first month of losing. Although today, I will endeavor to persevere.😊
@paulmarsh and @dunk Glad you are here!😀
@lumat I can understand, sympathize and relate how hard it is to function with little to no sleep. Our twins, especially our daughter didn’t sleep well and for years would wake up screaming and crying every night at 1:30. Sending you peaceful blessings and light to you and your children. Hoping you may find some one that can help you out when you need a helping hand. So you can get some rest.
@flourbaby I’m ready to start the FD’s this week. This weekend; counting calories and having fun while being careful was like going through a minefield. Not easy for me. I like the simplicity of FD’s😅
@saffy420 You deserve a wonderful new outfit that fits your new healthier, slimmer body!
@songbirdme So Sorry for the loss of your brother. Wishing you safety for your traveling to San Diego.✨🙏✨

@lou-belles I can relate. 😉Copying the pocket list can be tricky.😅

✨Let Today be the start of something new!
Wishing you all well ✨Pocketeers!

@fraub
@slogan15 – B2B
@sirisan – B2B
@brightonbelle
@rjw
@at
@snowflake56

@annemarilyn
@lumat
@okeydokey – B2B
@steve-toon-taxi-driver
@tillysmum – BSD
@sirisan – B2B
@coda – B2B
@mogaman
@lilymartin
@back2thefuture
@skinnylove
@lany36
@lola907
@tlc2
@yolina
@debster251
@brightonbelle
@lmrenfrey
@belfastsink
@and-exhale
@lou-belles
@lumat
@flourbaby
@saffy420
@happymargo

Day 7 – NFD – Toronto

Was a good Sunday with a delicious dinner out with friends, stayed below my TDEE!

Day 8 – FD – Toronto

Going well so far (only 10:20 a.m. in Toronto though ha!). Stepped on the scale this morning and bummed as after the copious drinking/eating on Friday my weight has blossomed up. Hoping that it will go down after my FD today and that I’ll finish this week at the same number (or less!) as last week. Had a proper sweat sesh at the gym yesterday (Sunday) to get the body fired up to lose! I liked the quote someone posted about Setbacks being Setups for Comebacks – this will be my motto as I start this second week in May of fasting!

Adding myself to the Pocketeers:-

@fraub
@slogan15 – B2B
@sirisan – B2B
@brightonbelle
@rjw
@at
@snowflake56
@annemarilyn
@lumat
@okeydokey – B2B
@steve-toon-taxi-driver
@tillysmum – BSD
@sirisan – B2B
@coda – B2B
@mogaman
@lilymartin
@back2thefuture
@skinnylove
@lany36
@lola907
@tlc2
@yolina
@debster251
@brightonbelle
@lmrenfrey
@belfastsink
@and-exhale
@lou-belles
@chitown gal
@pippapah
@dunk
@allsmiles

Day 8 – USA – NFD

@lola907, just wanted you to know that I found those 2.6 lbs. that you lost – they waded over the pond to me during this week’s weigh-in! Want them back? I’m not exactly on the lookout, though, for the inches lost lately, so I’m not too upset. My OH and I are seeing the need to cut back on our beer garden afternoons! Retirement is a two-edged sword sometimes! I am sure that is the culprit causing stalls in weight loss. Maybe I should start “the beer pocket” and become accountable???

Day 6,7 and 8. Wisconsin, USA – FD today

I apologize. Gone all weekend watching track and wrestling meets.

I had good NFD’s. I believe my body has switched into fat burning, so hunger that used to feel excruciating is now mildly annoying, and then it passes. I remember when I first started this a year ago. I could not understand when people said their fast days went well. Fasting felt unbearable to me.

Now, I understand the science of being fat adapted, and the practical application is being able to go without food for much longer. I feel so grateful to have this knowledge. I’d like to share it with people in my life, but have learned the hard way that many people are not interested, and find the subject annoying. 🙂 So, I am very happy to be here.

Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Day 8! MT USA – FD

This will be an interesting one – long day yesterday and I didn’t eat well so I have a feeling I’m going to be real hungry today! I can do it though!

Hello everyone!

Day 8, Houston USA, NFD

Weighed myself this morning and I lost 4lbs from last Monday, pretty pleased with that, considering that I did nlt do any exercise last week due to exams.
Also noticed that my favorite pair of pants were slightly loose on the waist and thighs… I did not have the time to take any measurement yet though, will try to do it this evening after work.

Recap of Day 7 (4th NFD of the week):

Breakfast:
– Coffee Cake (1/2 slice)
– Black Coffee (1 cup)
I noticed that the Coffee Cake tasted too sweet and I could only ate 1/2 slice, cutting sugar in the past week definitely changed my taste buds…

Lunch:
– Stir fry tofu with honey sauce (1 cup)
– Blanched broccoli (1 cup)
– Plain Iced Tea with lemon juice of 1 lemon

Dinner:
– Duck Confit (1 thigh)
– Parsnip puree and side salad
– Red wine (75 ml)

Throughout the day:
– Water (2 litres)

Today is NFD as I can’t handle Monday with fasting…

Will do B3B FD on Tue-Wed-Thu and try to squeeze in some exercise this week.

Allie

Can’t remember who posted but found this definition of White Pudding on Wikipedia:

White pudding or oatmeal pudding is a meat dish popular in Ireland, Scotland, Northumberland, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland. White pudding is similar to black pudding, but does not include blood; it consists of pork meat and fat, suet, bread and oatmeal formed into a large sausage. Hog’s pudding, made in Somerset, Cornwall and Devon, is similar, although it is much spicier as it contains black pepper, cumin, basil and garlic.

I love black pudding but I could fancy a slice of Hogs pudding!

Adding myself to Day 8 pocketeers:
@fraub
@slogan15 b2b
@sirisan b2b
@brightonbelle
@rjw
@at
@snowflake56
@annemarilyn
@lumat
@okeydokey b2b
@stevetoontaxidriver
@tillysmum BSD
@lilymartin
@back2thefuture
@skinnylove
@lola907
@yolina
@basyjames b2b

Day 8 – FIN – FD

I’ve had my ~500 kcals for the day – ended my fast a little after 14 o’clock, and had my last meal before 19, so that makes this also a 19:5 day. I’ve eaten a pear, homemade vegetable patties and cherry tomatoes (250 g) for lunch and a few slices of cheese and turkey cold cuts followed by curd (250 g) with pureed strawberries and a sprinkle of ground flax seeds for dinner. I also assume I’m at about 2 liters in liquids atm. Working in another liter feels like a bit of a stretch as it’s already past 21, but I’ll have at least a few more glasses.

@okeydokey Thank you very much for your kind words and encouragement. She (my grandmother) passed away a few days before I joined the forum in March, so I’ve had some time to adjust to the thought of her not being here anymore. Still, I would lie if I said it wouldn’t affect me still (especially my ability to do my studies, which I should very much be doing at the moment as I have a final DL for a project in 3 days).
At first I noticed that fasting made me more mindful in terms of my NFD eating (I also seem to get full on less food compared to before), but I have started to struggle with the mindfulness after the reintroduction of sweets/sugar to my diet on Easter. Not too surprising taking into account even what little I know about sugar. I think the key for improvement for me is being able to keep sweets to a minimum and aiming for one “candy” day a week, something I haven’t been able to accomplish yet.
I try to be lenient to myself, but I suppose the frustration I get from being paralyzed in other fields of my life shows itself also in my relation to eating.
Thank you for your advice. It’s great to see how both you and @at still seem to continue volunteering as co-hosts this month and share encouragement and positive energy to the rest of us (as do so many others here as well, and it’s truly wonderful).

Today’s pocketeers:

@fraub
@slogan15 – B2B
@sirisan – B2B
@brightonbelle
@rjw
@at
@snowflake56

@annemarilyn
@lumat
@okeydokey – B2B
@steve-toon-taxi-driver
@tillysmum – BSD
@sirisan – B2B
@coda – B2B
@mogaman
@lilymartin
@back2thefuture
@skinnylove
@lany36
@lola907
@tlc2
@yolina
@debster251
@brightonbelle
@lmrenfrey
@belfastsink
@and-exhale
@lou-belles
@chitown-gal
@pippapah
@dunk
@allsmiles
@basyjames – B2B
@chumi

Day 6 – UAE – NFD
Day 7 – UAE – NFD
Day 8 – UAE – FD of 4 b2b

Day 7 NFD and day 8 will be FD London Uk

B2B FD day 8 & day 9

A workout done felt good

keetseel, your post made ME laugh ! I think you might get by with drinking a wee bit of Epsom salts, a wee bit of vinegar and a wee bit of hot water (if not too hot) but not sure about the Dawn liquid ! That might indeed make it a “cleaning” tea, pun intended…

Love your beautiful city, spent many hours at Rio Rancho and OldTown – even wandered up to Sante Fe on many a day. Just a stunning area to live in.

Thanks for your kind words, the older I get and realize that my days on this mortal Earth are getting shorter – I try to embrace and be grateful for each and every moment that I am alive.

Day 5- NFD
Day 6 -NFD
Day 7 -NFD
Day 8 was going to be a fast day but it’s all gone down hill. Had big plans to remain on track over the weekend but no where near it! Struggled today and now beating myself up grrrr 😡In stead of throwing in the towel I’m going to take a deep breath and try again tomorrow and do a fast day. Wish me luck !

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Day 8 Florida USA FD Coming to the end of a successful FD. The key for me is advance planning and pre-recording my calorie intake. Dinner tonight was spiralized sweet potatoes with tomato sauce and 1 meatball. It was very satisfying (with 1 tsp grated Parmesan). I had my usual Monday 90 minute yoga class. I wish everyone well as we continue this journey together.

Day 8 | Alaska | FD

I started the 5:2 plan last Monday after a indulgent weekend. My starting weight was 152.6 pounds. before that my weight was right around 150-ish. After my first fast I lost 3.6 pounds but then after a day of eating normal had bounce back of 1.6 pounds putting me right at 150.6, which is probably my true starting weight, if that makes sense.

My next fast was on Thursday and I lost 1.4 pounds but instead of eating normal on Friday, I had a run-in with Cinco de Mayo and let’s just say I got down to the get down with the chips and cheese dip, the next day the gain was right around 3 pounds. So I did a 36 hour water fast from 9pm Fri – 9am Sun and lost 2.6 pounds, I ate normal yesterday and fully expected some bounce back today, but to my surprise I was the same weight as yesterday 147.8 – no bounce back! Yay! So I’ve lost a total of of 4.8 pounds but if I’m totally honest, my real starting weight was right around 150, so I’ve really lost about 2 pounds. I’m thrilled, just the motivation I needed to get me through this fast day.

Instead of spreading out my 500 calories, I’m waiting to eat them all at once with dinner. Only have 3 hours left until dinner then off to my boot camp exercise class.

@debster – congrats on your loss
@lumat – a teething baby would drive anyone to binge. Hugs.
@lilymartin – You crack me up. I hope you made it through your fast without resulting to tripe or getting a migraine. I life in what we call the “banana belt” of Alaska, so it doesn’t get as bitter as some of the more northernest regions. Today it’s 55 degrees and sunny.
@metatauta – No thanks, I don’t ever wanna see those 2.6 pounds again unless it’s as a loss! Retirement sounds awful – can’t wait to try it. 🙂 Only 25 more years to go.
@edzeko – interesting concept. Fat adapted? I am in my 2nd week of fasting and it still feels unbearable at times. I’m glad to hear that with time I will adapt and it won’t be so bad. While in fast I’m like “wow, this is painful” but when finished I’m like “that wasn’t so bad, totally doable”
@allie123 – Wow, 4 pounds! Congrats on your loss!
@tillysmum – Maybe it’s the American in me but anything that has blood or meat in it has no business being called pudding! lol – thanks for the info 🙂
@keetseel – Half a pound? That’s all? I think you did well! Glad you didn’t detox with weed killer! I just love breakfast too much to skip – it’s my favorite meal of the day, I’m also rather fond of lunch and dinner :0)
@skinnylove – Isn’t great to feel good in your skin, to where you felt like you could have a cookie. Love me some yoga too!

Good luck to everyone whether it be a fast or being control – you can do it!

Day 9 – Perth, W.Aust – FD
Day 8 – NFD
Day 7 – NFD
Day 6 – NFD

Oops, looks like I’e been busy enjoying life again and have forgotten to post for a few days. Still here and still focussed.

MAY we all be strong, resilient, resourceful and aMAYzing.

Regarding the US News link ranking diets (and the low ranking of the 5:2 Fast diet), I think it misses the whole point of “on non fast days you can eat normally”. On those 5 days we have the opportunity to follow DASH, mediterranean, MIND,or any other healthy eating plan to improve the outcomes of the 5:2 WOL.

On reading the descriptions on the three top ranked diets, I discovered that dh and I have been, unknowingly, incorporating the MIND eating plan into our successful 5:2 WOL since the end of January. Others have reported following LCHF and ketogenic eating plans in conjunction with 5:2.

At times I do wonder if people visiting this site for the first time would think that 5:2 Fast is only about weight loss, and its perceived health benefits as a WOL get a little overshadowed.

Still day 8 –

@Deliska – If you’re asking if some of us do 16:8, yes indeed. I have my coffee with a little cream in the morning but no solids often until noon or so. A shorter eating window works well for quite a few of us.

Day 9 NFD/Melbourne Australia

Miss Piggy and the carb Dragon have had a wonderful time partying at my expense. Up 2.1kg since April. Drat I really lost my way. Truth is I lost interest in preparing food. (Thanks mousey! And yes they are still here. Will have to call in the professionals.) Sometimes life gets in the way. Whilst it sucks I can’t really blame anything or anyone but me. The next few days will be interesting. They’ll prove just how successful embracing this WOL has been. I don’t feel as if I’ve fallen off the wagon, just taken my eye off my goal. Planning to fast tomorrow.

I tried catching up on 9 days of posts. Phew you’ve been a busy lot! I’m afraid I’ll just have to admit defeat.

Ha ha I’m now a member of the 3 Pocketeers – fasters, winos and beer lovers. @bert I’d be delighted to accept you as an honorary member of the wino Pocketeers.

For accountability:

September 2014 – 74.3kg (starting weight, BMI over 29 – goal to reboot health.)
April 2015 – 59kg (goal)
July 2015 – 54.5kg ( lowest weight, not quite sustainable)
March 2016 – 56kg (happy weight)
January 2017 – 58.7kg (whoops)
Feb 2017 – 57.2kg (reboot – onwards and downwards). Joined the February challenge.
March 2017 – 56.6 kg
April 2017 – 55.6 kg
May 2017 – 56.2 kg
May 9th – 57.8kg – gained 2.1kg
Positives: I weigh less than January and I’m still below my goal weight.

2nd post.
You West Aussies have been busy. @perthgirl could you share the link please? Great post by the way. I couldn’t agree more. @lilymartin thanks! I can’t get the song out of my head. I think I ate it all – brown bread, sausages and savs! Not savs perhaps, much prefer black or white pudding.

Day 9 UK FD

Yesterday turned into a fast day after all, so a bit of compensation for the bad weekend, but weight has still bounced up to 188.8 lbs, not too surprisingly. I am fasting again today so hopefully that will go away again, although it may take a few more days. Still I know it will go, I have confidence in the process now. And I should after all this time. Six whole months I have been doing this now! I am so pleased I started. I feel so much better in so many ways. The sixty odd pounds gone is actually the least of it, just a bonus. These challenges have helped so much, thank you everyone who has been so supportive. Together we are stronger. I will hopefully get caught up with the posts again soon.

@annemarilyn do you do 16:8 every day? or just on FDs?

Day 9, UK, FD
5th FD of the month. Good luck everybody!

Day 9 UK NFD 🌈

Visitors going today, tomorrow back to normality and maybe an FD. I need it! Have a good day all.

@lilymartin – loved your post on day 5/6 you put into words exactly the way I feel.
@backtothefuture – love the books on the scale idea,gonna do that as a visual of how much I need to lose and watch it reduce
@bigviking – well done on your journey so far