Thank you @Mitchelinme for hosting a lively May thread.
31 days of wonderful support.
Finished at the weight I started but that’s better than I thought in Birthday month.
Downwards next month
Mari
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Day 31 USA (Illinois) NFD
Yes, @arelkade it is still the 31st here! Happy for your success this month! ANY loss in my book is a success – it’s not a gain!
See you all over on the June board, I hope.
Thanks so much @michelinme for being there for all of us in May.
Onward and downward!
Day 31 – UK – CD
Another hot day up here and a rather humid one at that but thankfully none of the bad weather some places further down south have been experiencing – we had some rain last night but nothing today.
I cannot believe that this challenge is already at an end – May has not been my easiest month in maintenance but I’m sure I’ll come in still under the top of my target range when I weigh in tomorrow……
My struggle this month has been with eating more “rubbish” food and overindulgence of 🥂🍷therefore ending up with way too many feast days……I need to make sure that my choices are healthy ones for June and that will be my main focus for that month!
After yesterday’s successful FD (365cals), today was a very controlled day coming in around 1000cals and I also fitted in an hour aerobic class this morning and an evening hour of pilates with lots of core work and drank over 2L of water so a good way to end the challenge!
@sarahbob – Happy birthday for today – good to hear that you had a fab day x
@coda – great to hear that you have rediscovered your mojo in May and that you are making a downward progress once more and thank you I’ll keep pushing through x
@flourbaby – I’m with you for June
@fatfingers – great job on eradicating those 5lbs and getting closer to your target
@lorky35 – welcome back – I remember you were last with us in September – I follow a 16:8 eating pattern every day and on FD it is a 23:1 – I never eat on waking and break my fast late morning or lunchtime on NFD and on FD I save my calories for an evening meal apart from some skimmed milk in tea during the day. Looking forward to having you join us in the June Challenge
@shinything – thank you xx
@emma1202 – your trip for your FIL memorial sounds just the thing sharing memories and the love and warmth of family reunions are just what makes it so special 🤗
@annemarilyn – thank you – I’m sure I will as I’m never going back to where I was……
@merryapple – keep at it – remember sometimes we have to be a bit selfish and ensure that we have some “ME” time xx
@daffodil2010 – so much common sense in your Day 31 post – loving it
@penz – your post resonated – let us make June a good one!
@emma1202 – any loss is great and 3.5lbs is not shabby – great job!
@michelinme – what a horrible day – hope you feel better soon and I think you need one of these 🤗
Thank you for your kind words and for being such a great host during the May challenge – these are for you 🤗💐
I’m also starting our June Challenge with a FD tomorrow – I see that @rainbowsmile has started a Pocket list so I’m adding those who have stated an intention to fast as TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER
@rainbowsmile – 1st of 3 B2B2B and monthly pocket wino challenger
@coda
@at
I have been reminding myself of this “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”
Final Post
Start May weight- 130.5lbs
Goal – loss 5lbs
End May weight – 125.5lbs
Result – loss 5lbs
Yay 💃🏁🏍
May has been a good month. I have finally seen 8 stone on the scale (OK, also with a 13.5 at the end of it 🤗), but as someone said here recently, I think it was you @shinything, once it’s been spotted once it will become more familiar ….or something like that 😄
Just half a pound away from ultimate goal and bottom end of my Acceptable Weight Range (AWR – hey we need another 3 letter acronym don’t we?…. 😀)
Have a super Friday.
Final Day London ?FD or ?very controlled CD
It feels like exam results day! I give myself B+ and a could do better!
Weight lost this month 3.3kg and now in a new weight range. I thought I would be whoop whoop whooping but I feel quite flat, maybe the length of the journey is just dawning. Can’t decide whether to go for another FD today to consolidate on the 0.3 kg that has pushed me below.
Definitely whoop whooping A* pupil @daffodil2010.
I’m sure as the day goes on more will be reporting back and I’m sure there will be many more happy stories to be told as well as a few commiserations required. We are all winners really as we recognise the importance of the journey and sharing that travel together, we have to learn and grow from our mistakes, our success’ and from each other, otherwise this WOL will never be assimilated into normal life and that’s the ultimate goal, weight loss is the bonus, well that’s what I’m telling myself and I think I believe it!
@arelkade – glad you popped in.
@stoic and @ktcaroline – hope your final push has put a smile on your face this morning.
@snowflake56 – I’ve never ‘forgotten’ cheese either but it can sit in my fridge and be ignored more successfully than chocolate, don’t know who is better off, cheese or chocolate?
@michelinme – What an awful day you had yesterday, hope you’ve woken up restored. Thank you for all the energy you gave us, always feel a bit guilty reading your posts as you are such an incredibly busy person and yet you found time for all of us – THANK YOU, you’ve been a star and an inspiration, such a shame the whoosh never happened for you this month, it must be round the corner. Take care xxx
Thanks everyone. x
Final post
Start May weight 55.5 kg
End May weight 55.4 kg
Stayed the same, can live with it. Made healthier choices this month but seem to think, I can eat more, when the food is healthy. Have to work on that.
@michelinme hope today will be a better day!
@daffodil2010 I’m so pleased you almost met your goal, well done!
@dingping when eating cheese I have the illusion I’m eating healthy proteins and I need fat every day. It’s also a childhood thing, we had to eat a slice of bread with something healthy, before we could have something sweet on the next slice.
Last Post, Cornwall, UK
Well, all your lovely people, this is my last post and I can report a 1.9kg loss for the month, down to 77.1kg. Its been busy and weird and too much beer but it has not mattered! I am so pleased to be keeping the momentum going and gradually getting to my goal. And 2cm each off my waist and hips.
Thanks everyone for keeping me going!
And a big thanks to @michelinme for keeping us all going. I still havn’t made the Elderflower Champagne yet – will post more on the equipment and recipe in the June Challenge!
Final Weigh-In Day, London, UK
Well, I had thought about fudging my May results, but I’m amongst friends, so here it is …………………. There has been a re-acquirement of 3lbs!!! (2 of them just last night!!!) So, I’m back in the 160’s having eradicated then reacquired throughout May, I had a 4lb whoosh during the 2nd week of the challenge, then everything went to pot and here I am!!! My increased exercise has been great for toning so I’m 2 inches down all over, I guess I’m happy with the visual shrinkage and the number on the scale is just that…………….. a number on a scale ……………………. And as Shakira said “My hips don’t lie!!!!!!!!!”
Thanks for hosting this month @michelinme, you might need to omit my results from the spreadsheet …………… nobody need to see a +lbs!!!!
Anywho, I’m off to Pilates, see you all in June’s challenge!!!
Day 31 Wales 🏴 NFD
End of May challenge final post…..and end of my first month of 5:2 maintenance during which I learnt to accept a fluctuating weight range around my goal weight of 133 lbs, thanks to @dykask and @molij and @at for drawing my attention to the ‘range’ concept when I flew into a panic at the sight of 135 on the scales. I’m still undecided what my acceptable range will be so this will be a work in progress for a while. I began May at 132.8 lbs and today weigh 132.2 lbs so I can declare May a success 👍
Now to keep on keeping on, so I will ‘see’ all you lovely people in the June challenge 🤗
Final weight 54kg this morning so maintaining OK despite this being my first month since reaching maintenance in December 2016 that I have not felt in control and have made poor food choices!
Thank you for hosting this month @michelinme – see you and hopefully many others in the June Challenge and I’m certainly aiming for a more healthy June 😇
Thank you so so much @michelinme for hosting this month! Thank you for sharing a bit of yourself and being so genuine. I really appreciated your support and your posts.
Final May post
Thank you @michelinme for hosting May, awesome job keeping up with all the posts; really hard to do.
May was middling for me, I kept gaining and losing the same three pounds which was frustrating but I acquired some much needed self control and I lost inches. My clothes fit beautifully and I have filled out in certain areas I wanted to.
the journey continues…
Final May post
Sorry to say my final weigh-in lets me know that I’ve temporarily added 5 lbs. I started the month at 203 and headed downward to just the other side of onederland one day. This last part of the month I’ve enjoyed a lot of retirement celebrations. 208 lbs is the result.
It’s still been great to be part of this forum. On to June.
Final post
Starting weight May 1st: 83.0kg
End weight June 1st: 78.8kg
One of my main goals for May was to have a steady and balanced month… well that did not happen! I had a good, moderately disciplined first week, then a second week+ of EFS and finally pulled myself together on the 20th and have been very, very diligent for the past 10 days. So I managed to reach my goal weight for the month, but it seems that I cannot finish a whole month without at least one week of “holiday eating” which means I have to work much harder when I get back from my imaginary culinary vacation😅
Obviously my goal for June will be moderation😇
@michelinme – thanks again for doing such great job as a host🌼
Now over to the June challenge, hope to see you all there!
Final post for May
Stating weight: 54kg
Final weight: 43kg , my goal weight! 💃 💃
I know its late (been hectic at work) but I just wanted to make my final post here and announce that I reached my May goal, really happy about that 😀 . I know 1 kg might not seem much to many but slow and steady is the right speed for me 🙂 🐢
@daffodil2010 – “but as someone said here recently, I think it was you @shinything, once it’s been spotted once it will become more familiar ….or something like that 😄 ” – it was me yes 😀 – “once you see it it will become new normal soon.” And I really believe that 😀
Once again, thank you so much for hosting this month’s challenge @michelinme 💐
Hi everyone
June Day 2 NSW Australia NFD
Special request:
Just wondering if our link for June has been made available yet – I’ve been through a few days worth of posts and seem to have missed it! Sorry for any inconvenience and thank you for any assistance in advance.
Had a wonderful day, yesterday, with my brother for his birthday, OH, sister, other brother, nephew, and father. We all enjoyed just being together!
Enjoy whatever you are getting up to and bye for now!
Good morning @arelkade missed your early posts! How nice you celebrated your brother’s birthday yesterday. Is he getting any therapy?
The link to the June Challenge: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/june-2018-monthly-challenge-hello-summer/#post-256028
Bye for now!
Hi @snowflake56
So sorry I’ve been a bit slack in posting lately.
My brother’s specialists met yesterday in conference, on his birthday, to discuss any viable potential treatment – we are still waiting for the outcome of the meeting – thank you so much for asking. We are hoping for a miracle against all the odds!
Thank you so much for the link – very much appreciated.
Looking forward to better results in June! Bye for now xx
@michelinme – haha, that is the thing, even after seven months I still haven’t managed a whole month of 5:2, I usually do a condensed turbo-version at the end of each month in an attempt to make up for my previous sins 🙈☺️ Thank you for your kind words and your sensible advice – I will make it my main aim for June to follow it, now it isn’t about the speed anymore (admit that at the beginning I wanted to lose the excess weight as quickly as possible) but about making this a sustainable WOL 🙂 And it has been a pleasure to assist with the spreadsheet, we should team up again sometime, maybe May next year 🙂
Final post
Been abit slack towards the end of the month, but not as terrible as I usually would.
Start weight for May- 233lb
End weight for May- 222lb
Target-10lb
Achieved weightloss- 11lb.
I am happy with my results, I’m not quite at the stage where I’m managing to be consistently good yet but it will come in time. Well done to everybody else for completing May.
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