Day 22, London, UK, NFD

@coda, what a fantastic surprise!! I did something similar for my mums birthday during my 1st year at university……………… I said I had to study, but arrived home unexpectedly……………….. bags of washing in tow of course!!!! I’m glad you had a great day!!! Have you ever thought about renting your family out??? I’m the imaginative one in my family, I wish I could surprise myself!!!!!!

@lilymartin, I frequently visit the rocky side, not by choice, it just seems to pop up on my smooth path every now & then!! Whether on the smooth path or the rocky outcropping, as a group we’ve ALWAYS got a hold of your hand, try giving yourself a break, don’t be too strict, keep FDs very low carb, drink enough water so you feel like your sloshing about!, re-read your past post where success was evident, relax and BREATHE!!! Do not deprive yourself but stay mindful, Stress makes weight loss difficult if not impossible – DO NOT LOSE FAITH, this DOES work, there’s no reason why it shouldn’t work for you (you’re not an alien are you??) I’ve got a tight grip of your hand!!!!

@lumat, I’m giving you the ‘pat’ (shove) on the back to boost you back onto the wagon!!! So, you fell off and had an ‘epic face stuffing weekend’, been there, done that……… now you’re back on the wagon, strap yourself down and don’t look back…… you’re not going that way anyway!!!!!!

@xrox, I’m planning to add exercise to my June challenge, no excuses ……’I can’t exercise………. it’s a FD!!!’
If you could start your posts with the ‘Day’ corresponding with the date rather than your personal timetable, it will make it easier for the challenge leader (@pissupoosa for May) to keep track, so as an example, for me today is Day 22, London, UK, FD. I love the visual of pushing through the barrier based on vast amounts of FAT getting shoved in the furnace, that will motivate me in June!!!

Good luck everyone, keep the faith, eliminate the weight!!!!!

Melbourne
Day 18 16:8 NFD
Day 19 16:8 NFD
Day 20 16:8 NFD
Day 21 16:8 NFD
Day 22 FD – wavered a bit today possibly up to 6-700 cals but still very light on with a dinner around 300cal.

Inspiring to read about the great losses!

@coda – what a lovely hubby – it sounded fab!!

Remember that hunger comes in waves: have a hot drink, ride it out, then pat yourself on the back 🙂

Day 20, Belfast, NFD
Day 21, Belfast, NFD
Day 22, Belfast, FD

Ooh, the usual weekend treats happened! Anyway, back to porridge today. Good luck all FDers today!

Day 22 – Cumbria UK – FD

Yesterday’s NFD went a bit OTT – DD returned home from her holiday with her BF – newly engaged 💏 so after hugs and congratulations – a few drinks, nibbles followed by dinner and more drinks, definitely no thoughts of calorie counting………….all very enjoyable though. Both looked well after their holiday and very happy. Thank you for your kind wishes @okeydokey @metatauta @Strawberriesandcream

Woke up this morning still feeling full – not surprised so welcoming a FD – low cal fluids only with some of my homemade Kefir this evening is the aim of the day!

Some great inspiring posts recently – @Strawberriesandcream @saffy420 @lilymartin @flourbaby – all reminding us that this is not a diet but a WOL and that it does work; but maybe not at the same speed of weight loss for everyone – some have a straightforward journey, others meander but we will all get there at the end in our time!

@coda – what a wonderful story, from what you shared with us previously I just knew that your OH would manage to surprise you – what a lovely family you have – very precious memories being made 🤗
@xrox – I too exercise on FD – going for hikes in the fells where I live or doing a 1.5hr Yoga class with no problems and as others have said it sometimes seems to lessen feelings of hunger!
@lumat – Even if you can’t physically see the results in front of you, every single effort is changing your body from the inside – Don’t be too hard on yourself – you can do this with the support of your global family on here – HUGS

Adding myself to the pocketeers list for Day 22 – also anyone else I picked up was planning a FD – AS TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
@lilymartin
@steve toon taxi driver
@lynzm
@jarbia
@coda
@lmrenfrey
@jmh44
@strawberriesandcream
@brightonbelle
@mia139
@lumat
@pippapah
@xrox
@yolina
@at
@biddiev
@belfastsink

5:2 is a WOL and not a DIET – therefore it’s a permanent way of eating and it’s all about creating healthy habits, rather than restrictions!
I think that most of us with time realise that all things can be enjoyed but in moderation – not everyday and certainly not in the portions we may have eaten in the past…..

“ONLY I CAN CHANGE MY LIFE. NO ONE CAN DO IT FOR ME” Carol Burnett – so sit back and focus on all that is positive, beautiful and wonderful in your life.

Day 22 – USA (Utah visiting)- FD

Going to do a 800 calorie day today to keep on my maintenance.

@coda – how sweet! I so look forward to meeting both of you in Chicago!

Onward and downward.

Day 22, USA, Missouri Ozarks, FD

Hello all, back to fasting but might have to add more calories to my one evening meal.

Today’s weight 141.2, below goal weight of 145.

Felt very light this morning, not thin, not skinny, just light. That is exactly what I am hoping to maintain. I want to be fit but strong (this weekend I picked a 50 lb mineral block out of the back of the pickup and carried it several hundred feet as we forgot to unload it at the feeder. My husband said we could have driven it down there – I said, I will never get triceps like Pippa by doing that…. (Doubt that he knows who Pippa is).. Loved the wedding photos, by the way. Love the entire Royal family, especially Charlotte and George, how adorable are they?

Exercised a LOT this weekend.

Ready for an eating right, drinking right, exercising right week ahead. Wishing the same to each of you.

Day 22 – USA – NFD

hello again – @lumat – Come on, you can do this, we are all with you, don’t worry – just start again. You do realise that nothing you have done/eaten in the quantities you have has not been the same as we have all experienced over time. The times (hopefully now never to be repeated) I have travelled home in a car and eating something before I got home and hiding the wrapper because 1 I didn’t want to share it and 2 so I could pretend it never happened. I can’t imagine there is anything anyone on this group has done that someone else has not done the same thing – should that be falling into a large tub of ice cream or a meeting with a large block of cheddar cheese. Don’t beat yourself up – this happens to us all and not unique to you. It is what you are going to do now which counts.

@pippapah – yes off course you can eat what you want but there may come a point that what you want to eat is not getting you to where you want to be. Then you have a choice about what you need to do and off course the operative word as you say is ‘within reason’. My post about feast and famine explains it well. Will eating this piece of cake get me to where I want to be? Will it delay me getting there? Only you can decide, some feel it better not to tempt the dragon, others decide they don’t need that particular food/drink in their lives any more.

@at – I see good news about your friend – and congratulations on the engagement of your daughter – double reasons to celebrate. I have really enjoyed your posts especially of late – they seem so relevant to me – little God breezes to help me along – thank you.

Day 22 – NFD

So no loss but lots of 🍷 consumed over the weekend!!! I’m amazed I haven’t pressed the reset button back to my starting weight! Will put my best efforts into this week to hopefully hit my goal for May. Summer clothing is now on 😎

@chitowngirl – Happy birthday!!

Day 20 – NFD – Toronto
Day 21 – NFD – Toronto
Day 22 – ? – Toronto

We have a long weekend in this part of the world (Monday holiday today – yipee!) so i am undecided whether this will be my typical Monday FD or not. I would like it to be but am feeling hungover (lol) and meeting my MIL and her friends for coffee soon – if I can get away with just drinking a coffee I’ll make it a FD. However, if the ladies want to end up getting a lunch, I will make it a NFD and fast tomorrow. Will keep y’all updated. Oh, and generally, this has not been an overly indulgent weekend in terms of food (although 2 birthdays were celebrated and 2 slices of cake eaten!) but it has been indulgent in terms of my wine intake which is never good for weight loss. Drinking all the water I can to reverse some of the ill effects!

Day 22 – SW WA USA – FD

Going for a liquid FD.
Off to work so will comment later.

Pocket list for day 22:

@lilymartin
@steve-toon-taxi-driver
@lynzm
@jarbia
@coda
@lmrenfrey
@jmh44
@strawberriesandcream
@brightonbelle
@mia139
@lumat
@pippapah
@xrox
@yolina
@at
@biddiev
@belfastsink
@basyjames
@chumi
@annemarilyn

Day 21 Florida USA NFD Today, with going out to lunch and dinner, it was hard to stay under my TDEE. I did 20 minutes of lap swimming so I hope that helped. I really don’t like an overindulgent day. My dinner hostess served rich chocolate cake for dessert. I’d honestly rather enjoy just a bite of a good chocolate bar than a piece of cake.
Day 22 Florida USA NFD Unavoidably, there’ll be one meal out today but I’ll do better than yesterday. No time (or energy) for exercise today but housework counts, right? Have been doing a lot of that this morning. Greetings to all worldwide! ✋️

Day 22, Germany, FD

Day 21 – NFD
Day 22 – FD

It’s great reading everyone’s posts. Everyone is so dedicated to their mission, and even when they feel themselves derailing, they are dedicated to getting back on course. I’m so glad I found this forum.

Second Post, trying to catch up on reading.

AT – best wishes to your daughter on her engagement and my congratulations to the lucky guy ! How exciting.

Coda, what a sweet surprise, it all sounded wonderful.

Okeydokey, how inspirational your success is to so many of us.

xrox – welcome ! To answer your question about exercise, I exercise every single day. I just love to feel the movement of my body and feel my muscles stretch, etc. If for some reason like logistics that I cannot hit the exercise room, I certainly do stretches or resistance bands or something. I love countertop pushups and chair tricep dips which one can even do in a hotel room on vacation or something like that. I even do that type of exercise at work as well as some over the door resistance bands that are great.

ChiTownGirl – HAPPY BIRTHDAY and MANY MORE !!!

Taraga, Way to GO !!! (and Charlie Chaplin was rather cute)

Day 22, Pacific NW USA, NFD; Day 16, 19, 23 FD (all the other days were 16:8 NFD’s)

Everyday when I try to catch up reading and then get interrupted or fall asleep it means one more day that I haven’t checked in with you all – instead I will break with my normal habit today and write first, so here goes a summary!

My weight is wavering right around 164 lbs. over the last 2 weeks. I’ve had 2 good FD’s per week. I feel good about my TDEE on NFD’s. I will be more active and exercise a little more with the better weather but I don’t usually shed extra pounds because of my cardio exercise, I exercise because of the additional health benefits. I am conflicted because my plan was to lose some pesky weight this month and I seem to be in a maintenance mode with 2 FD’s per week. I feel good about my health advantages of fasting but there’s still that little roll above the waist of my pants and skirts and the upper arm droop that I’m vainly wishing weren’t there. Nevertheless, I will carry on and try to figure this out!

2nd post

@chitown-gal – Wishing you a very Happy Birthday – missed that when I did my first post 💐🎂🎈🎁

Hope my fellow fasters are all going strong – I changed from a low cal fluid FD to an under 500cal FD instead so all good.

Brilliant yoga class this evening – really missed it last week when I was down south visiting friend

Namaste

Still day 22 –

@fatrabbit – down another pound, wonderful! What fasting pattern are you on at this time?

@bigviking – good for you for hitting a BMI of 25

@lumat – hang in there, we can do this!

@xrox – congrats on completing your 1st week & moving some weight

@belfastsink – porridge on an FD? I like that. I thought most were sticking to carbs on NFDs. But I love porridge myself.

Personally, I’m having a good FD so far. In a bit I’m calling to wish my my mom a happy 87th birthday. Trouble is she is in the hospital due to a fall and a surgical repair of a hip. So glad to hear that she’s progressing better than anticipated.

Day 22 : UK : NFD
Today’s fast day has become more of a control day. I managed till mid-afternoon on liquids only, but once the fast was broken 500 calories just wan’t enough, so looking to stay under 1000 and fast tomorrow, and then either Thursday or Friday. I also need to get some more fluids on board before calling it a day.

Update – decided to make today an FD after all!

Had a controlled lunch with my MIL and the day will be ending at around 600 calories so definitely over the usual 500 cal FD but so be it!

@belfastsink how I laughed when you said back to porridge. Not sure if this is an ulsterism but for all, going back to porridge means back to reality. Sorry @annemarilyn I don’t believe porridge was actually consumed.

@onahealthyhigh interesting link for stopping cramp.

Nite all x

Day 23 – Perth, W.Aust – FD
Day 22 – NFD

I might have reached goal weight, but I’m sticking to the 5:2 concept to make sure I stay there.

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

Day 22 FD St. Louis USA
when a teeny tiny bit over 500 cals today. Took a coworker who is retiring to lunch so I skipped breakfast to allow for lunch. Still stayed pretty darn close. Planning my second have back to back tomorrow.

@Chitown Girl. Happy birthday.

As I have been so proud of all my yardwork, this morning I discovered somebody came and dug up big holes under my birdfeeder. Since it was night time I’m suspecting either raccoons are a skunk. Decided to move the birdfeeder.

Hugs and prayers to all in Manchester tonight. Oh so sad to read the reports.

@chitowngirl – Happy Birthday to you 🎶🎶🎶! 🎉🎉🎉