Day 28 – Cumbria UK – NFD

After yesterday afternoon’s thunderstorms and rain the sun has come out to play again although slightly cooler than yesterday – the flowers in the garden, especially the roses are starting to look amazing with some wonderful scents from the old fashioned roses…….

A very controlled NFD yesterday – came in under TDEE despite 2 glasses of a wonderful rose with dinner last night.
I’m on Day 4 of my trial week of using MPF – coming in below TDEE on NFD and well below 500cals for FD…… I’m trying to eat what I normally would do but maybe knowing I’m inputting everything that passes my lips is also playing a part?????? I don’t think that I will continue with the MPF after the end of this challenge but it has confirmed that my idea of calories consumed is generally on target. This matches up with the fact that I have maintained at below my target weight since December 2016.

Been out for an early morning walk already this morning ended up with coffee and cake at our favourite local cafe reading the Sunday papers

Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend

“The secret of being HAPPY is accepting where you are in life and making the most out of every day.”

Day 28 UK NFD 🌈

Getting ready for my big three day push tommorrow and trying not to overeat today.

Drink water, slowly, been more tea and coffee today as it’s a little cold. Gym soon.

Keep on keeping on 👊🏻

Day 28 Newcastle UK FD.

Day 28 – USA (UT to IL) – NFD

Traveling home today. It’s been a wonderful time here with daughter and granddaughters, but time to head back. I’m anxious to get on my home scale, but feel confident that I’ve stayed under my 160# maintenance as clothes all are still very good. The gym scale has been pretty kind here.

Getting excited to meet @coda and @chitowngirl in a short while in Chicago!

Onward and downward!

Day 28, late, FD country west Australia
well, yesterday’s FD …wasn’t. I kept under TDEE but not under 500 calories. Just got the munchies after all the gardening and ate more than anticipated.
However… today is a true blue, dinky di, ridgy-didge FD !!! Under 500 calories even when I went to lunch with my sisters and they ate roast pork and I ate scrambled eggs sans cream, so feeling VERY virtuous. And if the scales don’t show a decrease tomorrow morning I shall thrash them a la John Cleese in Fawlty Towers and his mini.
@jarbia, so sorry to hear about your holiday. I saw the pictures on this evening’s news and it looks horrendous. I think everyone in the whole WORLD knows what I think of technology !!!!!!!!!
@krisnia, so sorry to hear about your medical ordeal. Glad you are on the improve.
Hope this coming week is a better week than last week on the international arena.
As for this WOL, I too will try to give it a big push towards the end of May but thinking/hoping June is better. ( I believe I said that at the end of March…. and April…. as well!!)

Day 28 Lancaster, PA US NFD 800

Had 1/4 cup of cottage cheese with 2 tblspoons of blueberry yogurt. After all the FD’s this month, a bit of yoghurt and cottage cheese, my body is thanking me. I’m looking at a 800 NFD for today.
@bigviking Keep watching those patterns. I think you might have something. If you keep on consistently you will learn about the timing of the plateaus and how to easier get through them. Success is on the other side of plateaus. 😊 I haven’t found a pattern for me accept to keep on even if it is losing 3 lbs for this week after a 2 week plateau. I know wine, rum, simple sugar, carbs will each be a cause of a plateau for me. When I am able to get back to running/ aerobic dance classes… that might not be the case. 1 drink might not be a problem.
@at I love that “The secret of being Happy is accepting where you are in life and making the most of every day.” Thanks for sharing that.😊

Day 28 USA-WA NFD
Thanks so much for the support. I’ve actually been able to go out and run yesterday and today, which felt awesome. Going to go for a controlled NFD again and build up my strength a bit more.

Day 28 UK NFD

Happy to add my name to the B2B2B fasters for the last 3 days of the month! Need a big final push…. Good luck to everyone for the end of the May challenge…

Day 28, Germany, NFD
Today I ate a lot and I feel guilty :-/ fortunately tomorrow is a fast day. Going for a b2b2b.

here I add my name to
Pocketeers for B2B2B – Days 29, 30, 31
@schatziii
@flourbaby
@loubelles
@lynzm
@scs
@okeydokey
@strawberriesandcream
@happymargo

Day 28 Belfast NFD.
Thank you Okeydokey. I shall continue to make my vegetable soup I think. Have made several batches of natural yogurt, all of which were successful and very simple. No fancy equipment. I use a good natural yogurt to start and full fat milk. My last batch didn’t work at all. I’m not sure why.
http://m.wikihow.com/Make-Natural-Yogurt-in-a-Thermos
@fordprefect, occupants of houses in lofty heights often dont reflect the honest and aspirational views of the masses. Don’t apologise.
Oh Jarbia, how sad! I’m guessing you got caught up In that nonsense at Heathrow. I hope that the rest of your week makes up for the shaky start. I’m sorry I have no car seats to loan to you
@at. sadly I’m working too hard at making the most of every day. Fallen off the wagon and it’s out of sight…..
Big wedding tomorrow so another day of indulgence. Then it’s on the treadmill in earnest. Onwards and ….upwards? Oh no!

Day 28, USA, Missouri Ozarks, NFD

Today’s weight 142.8, below goal weight of 145.

Survived the storms last night, hope the same for my fellow Midwestern posters.

Spent the day doing yard work, picking up sticks, mowing, messing with my flower beds – had a wonderful time. Ham and beans were simmering all day, will make some nice hot cornbread and we will relax and eat on the patio and enjoy the beautiful yard.

Strawberry shortcake for dessert !!!!!!!!!

First, I shall hit the exercise room while hubby showers – then later take a hot bubble bath.

To your health, all.

Day 29 Country West Australia possible FD 72.9 kgs
yesterday’s FD went so well and I woke this morning not feeling hungry so keeping the fast going as long as I can. Drinking plenty of water – that always helps.
I have also taken up the knitting needles again!
It’s a triple win. My hands are occupied so I don’t eat . The squares I am knitting will be made into a rug for charity ( it’s getting colder here in Oz.) AND I am finally making inroads into the mountain of wool I have accumulated over the years.
I am a ‘closet ‘ fabric/ wool buyer. I adore the colour of some balls of wool and the feel and look of some fabrics …. Lets just say that if I sew and knit every day until I am 150 I might make a slight dent in said mountain.
Re the mountain of weight loss, still plodding along on the rocky route.
@annemarilyn, so happy about your father and brother’s reunion, also your dad’s 90th birthday – quite a milestone. One of the saddest things I hear from people is when they have been estranged from family members and the regret and sadness that can bring to all concerned.
@happymargo and @songbirdme I find that tracking is the only thing that works properly for me. I am not planning on doing it forever ( though it feels like it at times!) but until November 2017 I plan to keep tracking regularly because I just find I am not a reliable guesstimator.
@debster – life happens! Enjoy the wedding.
@schatziii – don’t feel guilty. Food is food is food. Some we should eat less of, some more of. Some days we should eat less and so it goes.
Food nourishes us and we need it. I suggest we shouldn’t feel guilty about food or the amount we consume. Guilt can lead to derailment faster than just about anything.
And hey, the wagon’s not out of sight – we’re simply resting the horses just around the corner.
Go well all.🙃

Day 29 UK NFD

181lbs. Another failed fast. Gave into temptation and had an extra bowl of yoghurt with a chopped chili and nuts and seeds on it. Broke my eating window and am paying for it on the scales this morning. It is a bit unnerving how I an gain weight by eating barely more than half my TDEE. I can’t have had more than 1100 calories yesterday and TDEE is supposed to be over 2000. Still it was more a psychological temptation than a hunger one. I was tired and wanted something nice. I just can’t get away with that. There are plenty of other nice things to do than fill my face. Eating is over so fast and leaves such undesirable results behind that it simply needs to be for nutritional purposes only. I should have just had a cup of cinnamon tea.

Unfortunately Jolly and Magic seem to have had a bit of a scuffle overnight. There is rather a lot of Jolly’s fur scattered about:( He looked fairly cheerful though so I haven’t separated them yet. Maybe they still have a chance. Rabbits can be very awkward! They are not the sweet fluffy blobs they are reputed to be.

Day 26, 27, 28, 29 – UK – NFD’s

Well I went away on a girls break and really enjoyed myself. I was so much happier than I would have been if I had not started 4 weeks ago as I was able to wear nice clothes that I haven’t been able to fit into for a while.

I consciously decided to eat and drink whatever everyone else was having, knowing I would come straight back today and be strong again. It is quiet hard as I am out again tonight for a birthday party. It’s funny to think, I am almost annoyed that I can’t do my fast days at the moment, as I just love the results, I was getting on the scales. I will do FD tomorrow and Wednesday and hopefully offset the damage caused, really looking forward to getting into better shape and going for it in the coming months with the support of this wonderful forum.

Good luck to everyone

Day 29 Belfast NFD

Hip 38.5″ not height lol

Day29, Newcastle UK, FD (first of B2B2B)

We enjoyed having family visit yesterday and took them out for Sunday lunch when we all had a main course and dessert plus drinks. It was a treat to have yorkshire puddings and two small roast potatoes with my beef followed by the deep filled apple pie with a small scoop of ice cream. I am definitely not feeling guilty. Nor would I want to eat like that on a regular basis. This WOE has really changed my mindset and works so well because of its flexibility. Apart from a small handful of nuts yesterday evening that is the only meal I had/needed.
I still feel my experiment of not counting calories (nor have I been on the scales since last weekend) is working well. I am judging myself by how my clothes fit and I’m comfortably back into my UK size 8s (4 blouses that I love so much I’ve hung on to them for 6 years and haven’t been able to wear for at least the last 4). However, after 4 days with three meals out and an excess of wine on Saturday night, I am well aware that I have to buckle down and achieve 3 fast days to negate any upsizing that might otherwise occur. Unlike last week I’m determined not to let down my fellow pocketeers (and mountain climbers).

@Imrenfrey – I hope you have a lovely week away. Typical British weather for half term – hope it improves.
@annemarilyn – ditto @lilymartin‘s comments – a lovely story to hear – thanks for sharing.
@Schatzii – There is no need to feel guilty at all. You know that with this WOL you can have your cake and eat it – within reason.
@triplet – in my experience there are people who feel threatened when they see others succeed where they may not be doing so well. Their comments usually need interpreting. So ‘my goodness, you’ve lost loads of weight, in fact you’re looking a bit thin/gaunt and losing all your womanly curves’ actually translates as ‘Shit – I’m as jealous as hell, you look fantastic!!’. Just ignore them and do what you feel is right for you.
@yolina – glad to hear you enjoyed yourself. You sound totally in control and have quickly embraced this WOL.
@steve toon taxi driver – that’s life – I hope you enjoyed your day – you are doing so well.
@lindasue – pleased you didn’t didn’t suffer any storm damage. Sounds like the most idyllic day.

Well the rain has now slowed to a steady down pour! That pile of post holiday ironing is calling my name…. Have a good day whatever you do.

Melbourne
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Day 29 16:8 FD

Not keeping up with posts at all atm, sorry! Still maintaining, had a wobbly day yesterday, with 3 meals. I think I will bow out for June re posting and pick up again later in the year. Will post finals in a couple of days.

Day 29 Notts UK BSD

Hi everyone, sorry not to have posted for the last few days. Really needed to regroup/rethink my tactics. Stupid eating over last few days shot my blood sugar up 2 points – so disappointed with myself. SO! picked myself up, dusted myself off and am starting all over again. Have decided to use a fitness app (MFP seems to be popular) even though I really loathe and detest calorie counting – but clearly I am not getting things quite right and maybe it will also help me keep my head in the right place.

Bon chance to everyone for weigh ins for end of May and onwards and downwards into June.

Day 29 Australia FD

Day 1 of b2b2b and feeling great. Have completed a zero calorie day (haven’t managed that for ages) and have drunk my planned 3 litres of water. So great to be doing this with a lovely group. Am planning to eat within my fd limits tomorrow and if feeling up to it doing Wednesday another water only fd to see the month out. But I’ll see how I feel on Wednesday.
Good luck pocket group we can all do this together.

Day 29 Oman NFD

Day 29 USA-WA FD

Day 29 – Cumbria UK – ?FD ?NFD

Had a very mindful eating weekend – is this related to my trial of using the MFP APP for the last week of this challenge? Pocket winos 🍷you’ll be pleased to hear that this included 1/2 a bottle on Sat and Sun night!
Not sure what today will be yet???? Went out for brunch with OH and consumed most of my 500cals but may well go on with water/tea only for the rest of the day…….will report back later. If not today then tomorrow will be a FD before last weigh in for the month on Wednesday 31st.

After the gorgeous weather yesterday – rain today……….was planning for another session in the garden this afternoon but now catching up on the posts on the forum instead.

@bert1802 – are you OK? not heard from you for a few days????
@annemarilyn – glad to hear your Dad’s 90th went well and that your brother and Dad found a way to overcome their differences – life is too precious not to!
@krisnia – 🤗glad to hear you are now over the worst of your recent health scare
@debster251 – 🍷we all do every now and then 😉
@snowflake56 – is the “S” back? hope you are keeping well otherwise x
@okeydokey – great will power holding out for that 🍸until the June wedding and you are welcome – it’s one of my favourite quotes – a good motto for life methinks!
@jarbia – I feel for you – hope you got to Northern Ireland OK after your traumas at Heathrow – all so frustrating
@lilymartin – love your reference to Fawlty Towers 😃
@songbirdme – Agree I’m using the free version of MFP too – I’m interested in the psychological effect it may have on my eating/drinking……..
@triplet – as others have said you are doing this WOL for you and people who feel threatened when they see others succeed do try to get you down – ignore them and do what you think is good for you x
@yolina – Remember that it’s OK not to eat/drink what everyone is – you can choose what makes you happy and satisfied and still join in with friends! I often follow 24:4 days when out with friends for an evening and stick to a starter and main or main and pudding with low carb choices but enjoy the 🍷and finds that this allows me to stay within my TDEE more or less……
@tillysmum – you can do this – good for picking yourself up and getting back in the saddle

I am STRONGER than any EXCUSE – I am the only person who has control over my eating habits. I can always resist something if I CHOOSE to. BUT remember that life if full of compromise and that applies to your WOE too!

Day 29: UK : 16:8

Yesterday I ate in about a 6 hour window, and kept below TDEE so as I’m away I think rather than trying to do 500 cal fast days today and tomorrow or Wednesday I’m going to try and keep my eating to an 8 hour window to incorporate lunch and evening meal and then I don’t need to count so much.

Scales were kind this morning, although not mine, so weight is 77.9kg. I don’t have a tape today. Might find one by the end of challenge.

Is there a link for a June Challenge?

I’m sorry I’ve only been a very intermittent visitor and not kept up with things at all.
I am away on our Holy-Land trip for 10 days during June but hope (oh SO much) to be back de-stressed and therefore re-committed to the 5:2 life style.
Boy do I need it!