Day 25 – UK – FD
Day 24 – NFD

Day 23 did end up being a liquid FD just around 100cals and I also did a yoga class although it was a restorative one 🙏

Yesterday was a busy day starting with an early aerobic class, meeting with friends, catching up with the housework and cooking a yummy curry from scratch for dinner.

Today has been a FD around 600cals and included a lovely 1.5hr walk this morning. So I’m tucked up in bed with a cup of herbal tea and catching up on the forum……..

@coda – lovely to hear that you are in a good space and doing well x
@annemarilyn – how wonderful to still have both your parents around – hope they both had a lovely day on their respective birthdays – enjoy your family celebrations tomorrow – precious times xx
@arelkade – thinking of you and your brother – healing thoughts
@missybear – 17 months in maintenance and I still do 2 x FD most weeks for exactly those reasons – “allows me to not have to count calories on 5 days a week ” If it works why change it ……..
@bert1802 – hope you felt me holding on tight to you today so that we could both stick to that FD……hope the cold does not get too bad and you can enjoy your 3 day weekend
@sarahbob – hope you start to feel better soon
@ah-tee – great advice from @metatauta and remember not to add extra calories to your intake for any exercise you do as that is already accounted for in your TDEE worked out on this site 😇

Have a good weekend everyone wherever you are in the world and whatever you are doing – ENJOY LIFE AND MAKE THE MOST OF EACH DAY AS THIS IS NOT A REHEARSAL……..“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow” Albert Einstein

Day 26 – Japan – NFD

@arelkade – sending so many hugs and prayers that you and your brother will be able to bond even more than ever.

Day 25, Guildford UK, NFD

@shinything I am the same no weight shift despite fast days however I do whoosh from time to time and they are permanent losses. My last whoosh lost 2.5 kilos! This WOL works in odd ways.

I am confirming my commitment to host August thread, if that is free? I will need some guidance of course.

Mari

hello everyone day 26 healthy eating day NI

@arelkade – I am so sorry to read about your brother and the devastating news. I pray that over the challenges of the next months for strength to see you all through this difficult time. I hope during this time you can all reflect on what a wonderful relationship you have and take comfort in this. While the physical bond may be ending sooner than you would wish, know that love never dies and he will be with you all ways.
I am certain over the next while you will take every opportunity during this precious but sad time by telling him how much he means and maybe laugh at some good times gone by. I know I will be sending messages to all I hold dear.

Today is my sister’s birthday she would have been 64 but she was killed in a car crash just over 24 years ago and we never got to say good bye – so although the next months will be so hard – reminisce of good times while you can and hold each other in the hard and painful times. Love x

Day 26, Surrey (UK), NFD

Just back from a 2 week holiday so this will be brief. Hubby and I enjoyed a wonderful walking holiday in the Greek islands. I feel healthy and invigorated! Best of all, I managed to lose 2lb due to all the exercise and (relatively) careful eating – allowing for the odd beer or glass of wine! I did fit in 3 fast days on the travelling days. It didn’t feel like deprivation at all – in fact it saved the hassle of sorting out food when travelling to/ from/ between islands/ airport. Once again, it shows how flexible and accommodating this WOE can be!

Will catch up on your posts later – bye for now!

Day 26 London FD

Dear @arelkade – my heart goes out to you and your family, especially your brother at this very sad and ‘hard to come to terms with’ news. Utterly devastating for you all but a time to love, cherish and hold each other. Seeing my family this weekend and I will give them extra big hugs and tell them all I love them.
Love and best wishes to you, your brother and your family xxx

@basyjames – I hope it’s a mind shift as I managed an FD despite weird mood yesterday, feel more determined, especially as I can see rewards on the scales at the moment, a great incentive. My new determination fits in with @shinything the positive meaning of dreaming your death. I googled it and it appears, if you believe in these things, that it is all about inner change, self discovery, leaving the past behind you. Maybe I am entering my new personal paradigm and the new me!

@michelinme – sorry to hear you didn’t get your whoosh, it’ll happen.

Have a good w’end everybody.

Ta x

x

Day 26 – USA – NFD

@arelkade, my thoughts are with you, your brother, and your family as you deal with this diagnosis. It gives one pause as to what is really important in life.

Yesterday’s FD was a bust….I went food shopping yesterday. Note to self: do not go food shopping on a FD. Nuff said. I’m thinking of doing a bunch of CDs or 800 days until the end of May since I am closer to my maintenance goal and in no hurry to lose the last few lbs.

Day 26, Gozo, Malta, nfd

Arelkade I’m so sorry for your brother s illness. I lost a brother and a sister through cancer. Prayers and virtual hugs 🤗 for you during this sad time.

Today I had a chicken salad. This evening it will be half a pizza. Tomorrow is my nephew s wedding. Then I’ll fast from Monday by doing B2B2B

Have a great weekend everyone.

Day 26 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Out today on the motorbike with DH and happily wearing my size 10 motorcycle suit ☺️ He told me that the bike was riding so much better now …..he could barely feel me on the back at all. I guess the 35lb loss since last year has made a huge difference to the suspension 😆😆

@ktcaroline Gosh no, not 50kg! Now there I have not been since the 80’s 😀 I meant heading into 8 stone land from 9 stone…I want to maintain at circa just below.

@arelkade My thoughts and prayers for you and your brother. Cherish this time. It’s devastating news. I lost a younger brother 20 years ago, he was knocked down by a car accidentally in the US on Thanksgiving 1998. It’s his 20th anniversary this year. I was so glad that I had visited him that summer and spent good fun times with him, but it was so terrible to lose him like that. Sending you lots of love, I always like that you are usually our first poster of a new day. Hugs 🤗

Day 27 – Japan – NFD family day

@arelkade I’m sorry about your pain and your brother’s pain. Thank you though for your thoughts about family.

Day 26 – SW WA USA – NFD

Kept to about a 16:8 today. Enjoyed several hours celebrating my parents – Some putting & bocce ball before going out for a meal together.

Then down to Anacortes for the night. Catching a ferry to the San Juan Islands tomorrow.

I appreciate this worldwide family.

Day 27, Cornwall UK, NFD

Been craving sugar for some reason and I’m not a big eater of chocolate and sweets! Maybe a psychological craving for comfort. I am making plans to expand my small business and I think comfort-eating is a way my brain tries to distract me, as it involves taking some scary risks!

I definately eat to protect myself from danger. It seems an odd thing to do when over-eating is also dangerous! People blame over-eating on a lot of things – evil food companies, no time to cook properly, too much screen time, etc – but for me its mainly a ‘brain’ problem.

Not to let those evil food companies off the hook…or celebrity chefs who tell us to eat healthy and serve up unhealthy calorific meals in their restaurants.

@arelkade – sorry to hear about your brother’s cancer – stay strong for him.

Day 27 UK FD

Wahooo, I’m feeling loads better today and have been out for a lovely walk with the baby this morning so I’ve already hit my 10,000 steps! 😁

I’ve decided to have an extra fast day and I intend to try my first b2b fast by adding it with my usual Monday fast day. Be interesting to see how I get on.

Today’s pocket list:

@rainbowsmile
@sarahbob

Day 27….Florida…..CD

Good Morning! I’m sorry I didn’t touch base yesterday. I rest the majority of the day, but I’m feeling a bit better this morning but definitely not going to push it.

@arelkade…..My prayers are with your family. My friends boss has prostate cancer, stage 5 and he did this thing called proton therapy and it helped him go into remission. Maybe it’s something you and your family can look into!

@at…….Thank you for holding on tight….. you helped considerably yesterday when all I wanted to do was munch on not so good things. There’s always something about having a sore throat that makes me want to eat. Like eating will help it!

@dykask….. I agree with you completely. I have been doing this WOL for a year and a half now. I have slipped off the wagon many times but by far it’s been the easiest diet so to speak. I slip up, I regain my composure, I hit very long plateaus, I don’t dispair, I keep at it. I lose weight slowly, my body always shows more than the number does. But I’m still here…. still making progress! It definitely is something that it maintainable.
I have done every diet under the sun, only to lose a few lbs and become bored. With 5:2, I pretty much do it with out really thinking about it. I still enjoy food and everything about it.
In the end, it may take me a month to lose 1lb, but the other benefits are so much greater than the weight loss. So, I’m a lifer now!

So today will be another lazy day for me, just trying to feel better. It actually may even turn into a FD, as I don’t feel like getting into anything in the kitchen.

I hope everyone enjoys the day!

I dream of living in a world where a chicken can cross the road and his motives are not questioned!

Day 27 Wales NFD

One of our cats is sick, she started vomiting last night and can’t hold food down so she’s fasting today and not happy……and it would happen on a bank holiday weekend, the vet is closed till Tuesday. We’ll fast her until tomorrow morning to rest her tummy.

Have a good weekend everyone and keep on keeping on 🙂

USA NFD Day 27

Sorry I have been out of commission! Still have been reading posts, though. I am babysitting my daughter’s two dogs while she is wile the way the hours in the Caribbean and wondering why I am not there too! 🙁 Anyway, I’ve overdone my exercising and am now trying to recover which means the only exercise I am getting is walking her dogs and even that’s hard. A few days ago I had a moment where I thought I was young again and got overzealous! I really need to stop that!!

I am on a seriously restricted NFD and will do alternate day FDs and NFDs with some serious restrictions until the end of the month! I’ve had a very stressful May but I hope June will be better!

Rainbowsmile: I remember your plight and my thoughts remain with you! I understand having been there, too! God bless!

cornish-jane: I am right with you! I believe I suffer from the same brain problem!! LOL Even when I step and ask myself if I am really hungry (and the answer is usually no), I still grab the food. When I was younger that was a good moment to go out for a run instead. I can’t do that anymore! It’s harder now for me to find a distraction! 🙁

Have a great day and/or holiday everyone!

Thank you, michelinme. That is a nice post! 🙂

Day 27, Gozo, Malta, nfd

We arrived from the wedding about one hour ago. Mass for the wedding was at 12.00. We had a great time and ate lovely food. My eldest daughter managed to get me on the dance floor as we surrounded the happy couple with other dancers. My son and two of my daughters danced a lot more but my expectant daughter didn’t. It was such a happy lively wedding and there was my sister who came from Milan as she is a sister from a congregation there and my brother and his family who came especially for the wedding from New York.

Tomorrow the first of a B2B2B

Good night 🌙💤 everyone.

Day 28 – Japan – FD 83.4kg

Weight way up, but I was really drinking a lot yesterday, eat a lot too and didn’t exercise. So mostly this is just water and food waste. Today I get back on the wagon. Yesterday though I had a Japanese tell me that I was slim looking (at least for a westerner.) Japanese are really into being slim so that was nice to hear what someone other than my wife thinks. It came up because we were having a conversation about food which came up due to my avoidance of cake/break. That doesn’t have anything to do with 5:2, just how I’ve always been.

@bert1802 – I agree this is a WOL. I don’t know if I’ll always stick to 5:2 style of fasting, but I can’t see myself not fasting in the future. The gains in body and how I feel are tremendous. The fasting has shaped my eating and it is far healthier than I ever eat in the past. Mostly it has been really easy. There are a few times I struggle a bit, but mostly it is just easy.

2nd post – Even though I felt sluggish and seems to have tweaked a shoulder a bit, I did a run. Now my weight is down to 81kg. That is how it goes with water weight, up fast, down fast. 2.4kg sounds like a lot but it is only 2.4L of water. The human body is any where from 50% to 75% water although most of the time it is problem in the 60% to 65% range.

Anyway, the workout was one of those where I’m happy about it after it was done. However it wasn’t too hard. I might feel it a bit later in the fast, we’ll see how that goes. I’m already 15 hours into this FD.

Day 28, Emden Germany,FD

After this weekend a FD is needed, only 4 days to go this month.

@missybear hope your cat is better now
@rainbowsmile what a great buy, this is fun isn’t it? Can you change the dresses so they fit or bring them back to the shop?

Pocket list Day 28

@snowflake56
@sarahbob 2nd of B2B
@anna6 1st of B2B2B
@dykask
@lilymartin

Have a good day everyone!

3rd post – While I’m pretty sold on the benefits of 36h fasts, I’m not so clear about fasting longer, at least very often. As we shift into ketosis we do lose some protein although it is mostly probably junk protein. However at some point, probably past 5 days of fasting the metabolism will likely start to slow down. How much probably depends on the person but it could be as much as 25% for some people. It might 30+ days of fasting to get there though. The first week of fasting likely sees increased metabolism.

The other more pressing concern to me is nutrition. I really try to eat a lot of nutritious foods on my NFDs to help make up for eating nothing on the fast days. That is one thing with a couple 36h fasts a week, it is a whole different matter if one is fasting for many days. Sure you can take a multi-vitamin, but the may not be very effective, especially fat soluble vitamins.

For now I think I’m going to keep my fast to the 2 36+ hour fasts a week with a rare multi-day fast here and there.

That being said, the results from 5:2 have been awesome.

Pocket list Day 28
@snowflake56
@sarahbob 2nd of B2B
@anna6 1st of B2B2B
@dykask
@lilymartin

Day 28 – USA – NFD