Day 28…..Florida…..just seeing where the day takes me

Still not a 100% feeling better but better than I was. It’s been nice to lounge around for the last couple days but it would have been much better if I felt like myself.

I did manage to get on the scale this morning surprisingly, I’ve had a semi whoosh. I sat semi because I’ve never had one before. But yesterday morning I weighed in at 130.2 and this morning I weighed in at 127.8.

Now I know I’ve been sick and I have been eating as well, so hopefully, It was just my time. I will be mindful today of what I take in, in hopes not to have a major gain.

I am contemplating when I get down to 125lb., that I’ve done enough and go into full fledge maintenance and start the toning process. But again, I am sick and this maybe my brain playing tricks on me. I guess I’ll wait and see when I get to 125lb.

Well….Im headed inside …… finally able to sit outside, I woke up to no rain but it’s starting to get a bit windy…..

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

Day 28 USA (Illinois) NFD

Officially today is a NFD but I hope to do it a OMAD with lots of fluids going into me. It will be another very hot one in northern Illinois, so likely I will do a lot of reading outside on my lounge getting some Vitamin D therapy.

Hope today is great for everyone. Onward and downward.

Day 28 North Canton NFD

My weekend started well, I was very motivated and ready to stay within TDEE. I was pretty successful Saturday and Sunday morning. After church service on sunday, we lost our internet service, could not get tech support to respond and then my phone stopped working and it all fell apart from there. I am sorry @flourbaby, I was thinking about you as I stuffed my face with scones and pecan tarts. I was also having a difficult time filing a claim on my phone. It took a day and a half to get someone to talk to and because of the public holiday, I can’t get a new phone till Wednesday. This is going to be challenging; my phone is my trusty personal assistant and I feel like I lost my right arm.

I will have to reset in the morning. Today I am going to try to enjoy the public holiday with my family. We are cleaning up and setting up our backyard in our new home, lots of manual labor involved. We also installed our first bird feeder and entertained our first winged guest a few minutes ago. It’s so beautiful out here; a bit far from everything but I enjoy being so close to nature.

June begins in three days, I promised to host in June and I have set up the spreadsheet and link so that we can seamlessly transition over.
My best to you all

Day 28 – UK – NFD and again it will be a bit over…..
Day 27 – CD
Day 26 – NFD but a bit over at least not a Feast Day!!!!

Sorry I have been absent all weekend but a busy time socialising – my FD on Day 25 ended up being a relatively OK one at 567cals.

May has not been the best month but I’m still maintaining if a bit nearer my trigger weight…….I’m hoping for fairly good end to the end of the month will not be able to do a FD until Wednesday this week.

Been out all day and we have friends coming round this evening so just a quick visit on here to try and be accountable and make sure that today does not end up being a Feast Day…….

Thank you @basyjames for setting up the June Challenge and taking over as our host – I’ll definitely be joining and hoping for a more controlled month even though it is my birthday month – a big one this year!!! and I know that if “If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”

Day 28, UK, FD

Its been a good FD so far, lets hope it stays like that 🙂 . Keeping busy and being out and about definitely helps. Rearranged and cleaned my bird feeder as well, I hope my little birdies like it 😀

@mogaman good to hear from you, hope you are enjoying your trip 😀

@arelkade just wanted to send you a virtual hug 🤗

@missybear glad to hear your cat is feeling better ❤

@daffodil2010 thank God for that stop to buy icecream, I was cringing reading that! Stay safe 🤗

@basyjames thank you for stepping up to host June challenge, I was just about to ask who is doing it 😀

Only few days left now in May, lets do the final push 💪

@basyjames thank you so much for stepping into the helm of our little ship on the cyber seas for June

Day 28 OREGON

Hi all … busy weekend for us and about to busy on here : )
I did have a thought I’d like to share with you all

First, I do love the 5:2 fasting idea and have done other fasting stints in the past, so not actually that new to me or my bod for that matter.

Some other things that turn out helpful :

1. I love the feel of my belly when it’s on lean and empty (as long as metabolism=blood sugar is fine) — So, to add that into my own meditations so to make that internal “image” or “feeling” or even “memory” ha ha stronger and more a part of every day feels REAL GOOD to me.

2. To increase the times that happens, I do need to pay attention to how often and what I eat during every day. I could set up a log in which I check off every day I have that feeling and see if I can make a real “streak” of it. Or add this feeling to some other streak like thing I might be using at any given time.

3. So that means that this “aim in life” is to cultivate the feeling of a healthy, lean and empty belly on a daily basis. Cool, huh ?

4. Now another thing is this: I am a musician and all the people close to me play instruments or sing. So “Practicing” is something squarely in my personal and our friend and family vernacular. Here are a couple things I’ve lit upon to Practice, just like a practice my guitar and singing vocals:
a. Practice eating 1/2 portions as many times as possible in a given day. This will help the Empty Belly but can also be done by eating slowly and mindfully, as well as with some other little tricks.
b. Here’s one that came to me this morning : I have a bit of an “addiction” to a 3:3:3: mix of organic peanuts, macadamia nuts and raisins. (so what’s to suffer! lots of cals in that no matter how else good – a very “cal dense” food indeed and can easly just swallow up to abt 5-600cals without even sitting down!!!). …… So the thing I’m going to Practice is to have a clamor (i.e., “craving” for this thing – or of course, something else – another thing I like too much is real good craft beer, India Pale Ale please with at least 85 IBUs). So, first NOTICE the clamor/craving and SECOND, ha ha just say NO. Meaning that for this particular clamor/craving, I will not reward it. I will simply NOT give in to it. Do something else. Put it into a meditation and watch what’s happening in my mind and heart and bod while I am holding off. ETC !

All best today !

Ah-tee

Day 29 – Japan – NFD 78.4kg

@rainbowsmile I probably wasn’t clear. Fasts of less than a week typically increase metabolism. At some point though with longer water fasts metabolism could slow down. The turning point might be 5 days for one person and 10 days for another. However that prob00ably isn’t a permanent slowdown just like the short term increase is temporary. Some people see as much as a 14% increase in metabolism with a four day water fast. My own personal experience is my average heartrate is higher the day after my 36h fast. During my fast it depends of how hard I workout.

With the 5:2 fasting there is little risk of metabolic slowdown and most people may see an elevated metabolism. I don’t think very many people here are interested in water fasting more than 4 or 5 days.

Day 28 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD
2nd B2B

Loss of nearly two pounds water weight, but still higher than I have been for the past two weeks. The ultimate goal of 125 was so close on Friday but now it’s 4lbs away. Keep going and never give up.

To be honest, I have never felt better, and all of a sudden my DH keeps commenting on his much I have lost….telling me he will have to bring me out to dinner to fatten me up (yes please DH 😄). We took photos when we were out and about on the motorcycle this weekend and it was great to see that I did not look like a tiny Michelin Man in my suit. Motorcycle gear is so unflattering unless you are a willowy 6 foot model type 😉).

@annemarilyn I googled San Juan islands, they sound so tropically exotic, but they are in Washington state. I look this forum for introducing me to new places. Enjoy your trip, you sure have great travels with your son ☺️

@shinything I hope your neighbours gripes over your bird feeder be not stopped you. I cannot keep up with the demand on mine now! Birds have nested in the trees and bushes around my house and now there is a constant clamour from all the fledgling birdies demanding to be fed. I have so many different varieties feeding off the fatball feeder at the same time….I will have to introduce a ticketing system ha ha 😀

@bert1802 You and I are in the exact same boat…..waiting to hit 125 then make the decision to head into maintenance. Not long to go now I hope.

Pocket List Day 29
@daffodil2010

Day 29 – Dubai – FD#18 Second Post

Adding myself to the pocket list:

Pocket List Day 29
@daffodil2010
@stoic

Day 9 – UK – Reading – FD

Oh, I was doing so well and then someone brought home pizza last night. An instant 1kg gain. So, so unfair. So trying to undo some of the damage this week. Adding myself to the pocket list:
Pocket List Day 29
@daffodil2010
@stoic
@flourbaby
@ktcaroline

PS So nice learning little snippets about everyone through your comments ..

Day 29…..Florida…..FD

I do not want to go to work today, just thought I’d put that out there. Although, I am feeling a better, I still feel like I wasted the weekend away by being sick!

I was surprised to read how many others are in my weight range, fighting the last few lbs to go into maintenance. I really think, I’m ready but at the same time a little hesitant. I guess it’s the fear of the unknown that gets me. Plus, these last few lbs have been so difficult.
Only 2lbs to go, so I’m assuming, I should be practicing maintenance sometime in June.
Well…..I must be off or I will not make it to work on time!

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

Day 29 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

I was hungry most of yesterday but clung on to the FD wagon by constantly reminding myself of the delicious breakfast I could have today. This morning arrived and I wasn’t feeling hungry???? So I went for a lovely walk before enjoying blueberries, banana, a handful of mixed nuts and Greek yogurt 😋

@snowflake56 and @rainbowsmile you have both made me think about the clothes hanging in my wardrobe that I save for ‘best’ and end up never wearing. Think it’s time to smarten up and put my smaller self out there in decent attire!!

Happy Tuesday everyone 😎 its a glorious sunny day again here in Pembrokeshire.

Day 29 London NFD
Day 28 NFD
Day 27 FD

I’m on the brink of a new weight range, quietly excited that a planned FD tomorrow will push me over so going to be very vigilant today.

Sunday spent at my mum’s trying to heal and understand a rift that has developed between her and my brother. Sadly no further forward with this.

@rainbowsmile – I’m just understanding the affect of having grown up with confusing relationships from others, always blamed myself and sort comfort from food. I seem to be controlling or have no need to comfort eat like I used to. Can’t put it down solely to 5:2 as I have spent the last four years working things out in my head and thankfully fasting has entered my world at a time when I have the mental strength to do it and a determination for things to be different.

Looking forward to wearing ‘feature belts’ and getting into smaller sizes, dilemma though as all are in storage what with the house moving limbo!

@shinything – what’s not to like about a bird feeder?

@snowflake – Forgotten snickers bar, what’s one of those??

@ktcaroline – those unplanned things, are often our downfall, frustrating, but dust yourself off and put it behind you.

@michelinme – hope there was a lot of love and laughter when helping your mum plan her life celebrations. x

@basyjames – many thanks for running with the baton in June and a seamless handover from the fantastic job @michelinme has done. Thanks and good luck to you both.

Ta everyone, have a good day x

Day 29, Gozo, Malta, fd

Baked chicken legs, onions and potatoes. I didn’t have potatoes except a small piece.

Have a great Tuesday everyone, onwards and downwards

Day 29 USA (Illinois) NFD

Had a good CD yesterday – actually only about 1000 calories, so almost a semi-fast day. OMAD with my mid-afternoon apple for regularity, then big salad with supper. Lots of liquids all day in our heat wave in the Midwest.

@ah-tee — I thoroughly enjoyed your analogy to practice. Yup, our WOL is almost a constant practice of control. They call doctors and lawyers exercising their practice too, but I never have equated that to our musician form of practice. Oh well, all a bunch of semantics.

Onward and downward.

Day 29, UK, NFD

Yesterday FD was a success, under 500 cal, and scales decided to acknowledge that finally! I saw 53kg, my target weight for May! 💃 🎉 It will probably bounce back a bit now, but it doesn’t matter, once you see it it will become new normal soon 😀

@daffodil2010 it hasn’t stopped me feeding brdies, I think they were just a bit shocked, as one can be, with the bunch of noisy starlings that just fledged and were demanding food and attention from parents, I was too haha 😀 . You made me laugh with the ticketing system for your feeder haha 😂

@dingping I don’t understand whats not to like about bird feeder, it gets a bit noisy sometimes with starlings but its not a bad noise, and definitely nothing like some people make with their wild all night parties. The whole issue put a downer on me though 🙁

@@Arelkade hiya hun 🤗

I couldn’t help but notice that some of our friends are missing from the forum, and I hope everyone is ok and just busy 🙂 .

Have a great day everyone ❤

Day 29 – USA – NFD

Second post: @shinything, love your comment “once you see it, it will become your new normal, speaking of the low end of what @dykask mentioned as our weight “range”.

Day 29 – USA – NFD
Second post: @shinything, love your comment about seeing the low end of a weigh-in and it becomes your new normal, which goes along with @dykask‘s comments about weight “range”, not just a specific number. My lowest so far this month is 157.6, even though my “range” has been 157.6 to 161.2. So I know that with a whoosh before the end of May, my lowest in the range is reachable.

Day 30 – Japan – NFD 79.3kg

Day 29 – SW WA USA – NFD

Another 16:8 but also celebratory food.

@daffodil2010 – there is so much to see in this world. It was fun exploring the San Juans with my son & yes they are lovely.

Heading home & back to work tomorrow.

Day 30, Cornwall UK, NFD

Planning on doing my final May weigh-in on Friday 1st June – that makes a 5 week month for me and maximises the potential loss for ‘tortoise’ month!🐢

I’m having to adjust to eating less now I weigh less – the only downside of weightloss!

Our lovely 2hr yoga group only had 5 people attend yesterday and the teacher is threatening to wind it down! Trouble is people get busy in the summer with visitors etc and she has to ride it out to September when they will return. I suspect its not easy earning a living as a yoga teacher! I so hope she carries on, as TV-yoga just isn’t the same, and all the alternate classes are miles away.

@daffodil2010 – scary story about the ice cream. I bet you felt very strange afterwards.

Day 30 – Dubai – NFD

Well yesterday’s FD was a good one and I’m at 145.4 pounds. Just .4 pounds to go until I meet my first big goal. Of course I would really like to lose more than 5 pounds in a month but in order to do that it means not having the occasional blow-out. My last treat was a delicious M&S volcano cake – they come in a package of two but I only ate one – I count that as a win!

Thanks @basyjames for hosting next month, much appreciated – count me in.

Thanks @michelinme for the encouragement. I just might try another FD tomorrow after your inspiring words!

Day 30 North Wales NFD

Thanks @basyjames for hosting the next challenge please count me in. I seem to have had a good maintenance month so far. FD tomorrow so my final weigh in will be on the first. Hope everyone has had a good month.

Day 30 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

May has flown by, thanks @michelinme for being a terrific attentive host and loved the size guide link, it seems I am a size 10 in some stores. I can’t wait to go shopping now!! Tomorrow will be a FD so official weigh in for my first month of maintenance will be Friday.

Enjoy today and keep on keeping on 🙂