Day 5, 2nd post,

@debster251 – I’ll accept congratulations on the wine ……………….. can’t say the same about the chocolate, potato salad or angel cake!!!!

I feel a clear-out of the kitchen cupboards looming!!!!!!

Just watched a re-run of Horizon’s ‘Sugar vs Fat’ with the Van Tullekan twins, that 50:50 fat:sugar thing is what gets us every single time!! The rats given sugar regulated their intake to suit, the rats given just fat did the same, the rats given 50:50 fat:sugar cheesecake couldn’t stop and grazed & gorged ALL day long, resulting in rapid weight gain – sound familiar??? Not that I didn’t know it, but the LOVE I have for fatty sugary carbs (read cke or biscuits!) isn’t really love, it’s that destructive relationship I wouldn’t allow in any other part of my life!!!!!

The Dr at the end said (to paraphrase) that we needed superhuman self control because it’s purely a chemical reaction, being surrounded by the affordable & addictive stuff we call ‘food’ in order to prevent ourselves “sleepwalking into obesity” ……………..the truth really, really hurts ………… FD tomorrow I think!!!!

I know, cheery post……………. Not!!!!

Day 5 UK NFD

Another good day yesterday and so far, so good today.

I am 16:8 on a NFD to try to nudge the scales in the right direction.

So enjoying the sunshine – there’s something about not having to wrap up before you open the door that is wonderfully decadent!

Planning to enjoy the weather with a long run tomorrow.

Have a lovely weekend everyone

USA FD Day 5

After weighing myself this morning, I realized I needed another FD to fix what I undid!! 🙁 In any case, it is going well!

AT: Thanks for the support! I am back to the grindstone. This week I will be back on track, if I can keep myself very busy!

Onlyhermes: Congrats! Every ounce and pound is a win! 🙂

Toddybear: I am following you into those 16:8 days! They worked well for Diana123!

AnneMarilyn: Good for you! No undoing all that work is a great incentive! I had to pat myself on the back the other day for a similar achievement at my golf luncheon!

Have a great day everyone!

Day 5, UK, NFD

Its been a glorious day, so sunny and bright and not too hot either, just perfect. I used it to do all outdoor things like wash my car, go for a walk alongside canal, drive with the roof down … just wonderful 😊
I have been good with food today too, focused on my gut microbiome so decided to make some sauerkraut.

@daffodil2010 thanks for that little info about your bird feeder, it must be

entertaining watching them all feed 😀 . The only bird I saw on my feeder so far was a magpie, no other birds at all 🙁

@dykask so basically you are joining Club Tortoise? 😀 I totally agree with what
you said about going down in kgs slowly and holding that new weight for a long time. That’s the way to do it imo 🙂

@debster251 your post really touched me 😊 , I feel the same gratitude to this
forum and all the people supporting each other here. And I’d love to have robin
eating out of my hand 🐦

@dingping that story about that poor elderly gentlemen is heart breaking 🙁 , thank God he will be cared for now.

@at welcome back to UK 🤗 , its great to read about your holidays as well as the
fact that you maintained so well. Well done 😀

@onlyhermes congrats on the new down weight 😀 , keep it up.

@flourbaby I’d like to watch that program about fat and sugar, but I can’t find it, do you know if its on iPlayer maybe?

@malteserhead thats a good going, if you continue like that you might lose your CT membership 😂 . Only joking ofc 😀 , keep it up 😀

@hyacinth its a fascinating story about feeders and hummingbirds, I’d love to see them in action 😀

@michelinme it made me laugh reading about magpies untying the string with beaks & feet, how cheeky is that! 😮 On another note, I really like raw cacao too, its such a great addition to my oatbran as well as banana milkshakes and other things 🙂

Hope everyone has a great weekend! ❤

Michelinme thanks for your comment on liking my menues. That encourages me to share them. Tomorrow it’s chinese takeaway though.

Good night 😴🌙💤

DAY 5, USA, Missouri Ozarks, NFD (but trying to keep things controlled)

Doing great, ate out with friends yesterday and stayed sane.

Will get plenty of exercise weed-eating this afternoon !!!!

To your health all !

Of course prayers are continuing for your brother, Diana. And for you and all who love him.

Day 6 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Quick check in. It’s bank holiday Sunday, the sun is shining, its forecast to be warm, and I am not working! Looking forward to the day ahead ☺️

Have a great day everyone

Day 6 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Its a glorious sunny morning here in Wales. Happy Sunday everyone 😎

Day 6, London, UK, NFD,

Aiming for a CD today, I should be ok.

I’m a little torn, because I want to enjoy the sun, but the housework isn’t going to do itself…………. Maybe I’ll delay the sun-worship ‘til tomorrow.

@shinything, I don’t think the Horizon programme ‘sugar vs fat’ is available on iplayer anymore, I caught it on London Live purely by accident, but you can watch it here

https://vimeo.com/channels/855696/115517953

The sun is shining, what’s not to love about this blue sky Sunday????

Day 6 – Dubai – FD#11

Just a quick check in – busy time at the moment. Good luck everybody.

“Three months from now, you’ll thank yourself.”

Day 6, Gozo, Malta, nfd

Diana123 congratulations 🎊 on your smaller size. Well done. Prayers for your brother.

It was Chinese food for lunch today. It’s sunny 😎 weather here in Malta. This afternoon I’m going out with my sister in law for a coffee while my husband watches football.

My son has his biology exam tomorrow and he’s studying right now.

Have a great Sunday everyone. Onwards and downwards.

Day 5 NFD
Day 6 NFD Oregon USA LONG POST warning (carb control)

Good morning from the PNW! Looking to be a cloudy but dry day here. I’ll take it!

So steady on with the LCHF diet and just read your post @diwantsthin regarding The Primal Fat Burner. I’ve read a similar diet I believe called the Wild Diet and it’s very much a cross of paleo and ketogenic. I just started this month with a LCHF (low carb high fat) strategy. My son has been on ketogenic for about three months now and has lost an amazing 40-45 pounds. He has gone “full tilt” and keeps his carbs to 20-25 grams per day. But he also eats whatever processed meats he wants to that are carb free. I didn’t want to really go too far down that path as it feels like sausage, salami, and pepperoni just can’t be good for you.

So…@debster251 asked as well, I’m not really following any “plan”. I’m not going full Wild diet which is basically the healthiest version of keto, and not going full keto either. My goal is to keep my carb intake to 40g or below each day.
On FD’s that’s of course a no-brainer. It’s almost impossible to stay at 500-600 calories and go overboard on carbs. On NFD’s (my nemesis) it’s helping me to NOT have to focus on calories because again if I focus on 40g of carbs it is really hard to go overboard on calories. Though I’m sure I could plow through a lot with cheese and those processed meats if I went down that path. 😂😂

For me what feels “easier” is that I CAN have a piece of cheese or handful of nuts and the carbs are very low. And happily I can have a very low carb beer (2.6g) and still hit my goals. It’s amazing that the recommended guidelines of carbohydrates is 225-325g for adults but under that, it says that if you need to lose weight you will get faster results at 50-150g.

I don’t know if I’m in full blown ketosis or not. I’m not buying the strips or really worrying about that as I will just let results speak for themselves. 😊

I have discovered that a cobb salad (something I LOVE) is almost a perfect keto meal.
Romaine lettuce, grilled chicken, hard boiled egg, bleu cheese crumbles, cherry tomatoes, bacon bits and sometimes avocado or olives, with a low-carb dressing (easy to find) it is a completely great meal for me and like around 5 net carbs and 35 grams or protein. I actually had one out last evening on Cinco de Mayo!! And was able to pass on chips and salsa, beans and rice, burrito…everything I LOVE about mexican food. 🌮🌯 I tasted one bite of jalapeno cornbread, but that was it. I did succumb and have one IPA last night, but still didn’t go over my daily allotment. That one IPA though, about 15g of carbs!

I’ve re-discovered very dark chocolate as a treat, as well as raspberries and strawberries which are the lowest carb fruits.

Today I’m trying to make a low carb bread mix that I bought. Here’s hoping that it’s better than the disaster I made at the beginning of the week.

@songbirdme–thanks for the shout out on our lovely Pinot Noirs! Friends if you haven’t had an Oregon Pinot Noir, I can only say you MUST. 🍷 I live right at the gateway to wine country so come one over, up or down and we can go wine tasting. Happily most wine is relatively low carb so I can have a glass of wine (or two) if I plan ahead.

@at I really like most Austrailian wines but have not heard of that one.Would like to try it simply because of the name. “Nanny Goad” ❤️️ Glad to hear you are safely back home and look forward to hearing about your spring walks.

@flourbaby you are allowed those days of indulgence as you will so quickly dispense. You have been a rock star and a great inspiration for me as you show that you can lose your mojo for a bit, but not just throw in the towel and give up. (Which so many of us do). And really who can pass on potato salad?? 😊

@kerryn73 I laughed out loud at “I love my sofa” only because I can totally relate. I used to (about 6-7 years ago) be a real exercise fanatic. Loved zumba (still do really) and did it at least five days a week. About five years ago I trained and ran a half marathon. AND THEN…I went back to work full time. Since then, my exercise routine went out the window. EVEN THOUGH, I went back to working 3x days per week in August of 2017 (nine months ago) I have not been able to motivate myself back to consistent exercise. I too, love my couch, my bed, my chair in the backyard. You name it. I kept saying that once I lost a little weight on 5:2, I’d start again. Well I did lose 10 pounds and had a goal of running another half marathon, but that got derailed. I’m giving myself May to build this keto habit, but I am going to get back to exercise too. At least with walking which clearly is a no-excuses really work kind of exercise. ❤️️ I’ll cheer for you!

@Diana123–that is just fantastic! Nothing better than smaller sizes. I have clothes I could fit in when I lost a lot of weight in 2009-2010. I’m hoping that by August I can fit into them again. And buy some new ones! Healing and comfort for your brother. 🙏

@Sarahbob–you have just found out why many of us call the scale “Cruella”. Also why many have different strategies for weighing. I’ve tried them all–daily, weekly, monthly. And can only say that don’t give it another thought. Keep doing what you’re doing because it WILL get results. I have a tendency to reward and implode based on a number on the scale and it’s incredibly frustrating, so I really get it. Just know that your efforts will pay off and stay the course. 💪🏼

@daffodil2010 in the spring days I just imagine you walking around the Irish countryside (or riding on the back of a motorcycle) with a big smile on your face. I hope your Sunday (bank holiday) was fantastic.

@shinything your day and mood is infectious! So wonderful to enjoy the sun, the birds ( we have six different birdfeeders as it’s my DH’s passion) and getting things done. My car could use a good washing, so I think I’ll follow suit.

Alright my friends….I have taken up a lot of space in our forum today.

For all the newbies, I’ll only reiterate what so many have said. This place has become a great source of support, inspiration, and sanity. I’m ever so grateful to it’s international flavor, laughter, love and kindness that I always find.

I have no sign off this month….so I’ll only say, have a great day everyone! ❤️️❤️️

Day 6- UK- FD turned CD

Thanks for konjac noodles, I won’t blow all my efforts and will stay between 500 and 800kcal!
Too difficult to fast on a long weekend!
You all are such an inspiration today and every day. I like reading your ups and your downs, it makes my day lighter and often keeps me on track!
So a big thank you too All!!
Xx

Day 6, USA, FD

Way to go @ccco!

Just a quick check-in and putting myself on the pocket list which…hmm..scrolling back through today’s entries is apparently only @ccco and me. 🙂 (I hope it’s okay if I take the liberty of adding you.)

FD Pocket List:

@ccco
@onlyhermes

Day 6 – USA – NFD
Day 5 – USA – FD

Got my FD in for this week a day late, 561 cals. Did not measure this week, but size US 14s are very loose, hoping to get down to a solid 12. Size 10 would be great, but I doubt I could sustain it with only about 9 lbs. to go before maintenance. We’ll see.

Rooting for you, metatauta! 🙂

2nd post – Ugh … VLDL, LDL type A, LDL type B … I’m so confused and clearly I don’t know how it actually works. The only thing that makes sense is too much processed food is bad for us. At least most of the “experts” agree on that.

Day 7, Emden Germany, FD

Day 5 & 6 NFD, way too much sweets.

@kerryn73 welcome back, I decided to stick to the basics as my life was complicated enough when I started 5:2, as it worked to well, I never changed it.

@diana123 isn’t it great to buy clothes in a smaller size?

@sarahbob don’t be dishearted, this WOL works, your weight will go down, just stick to it.

Pocket list Day 7, if you want to join us, please copy and paste and add your name to the list

@snowflake56 1st of B2B
@at
@arelkade
@dykask
@molij

Have a good day everyone!

Day 7, London, UK, NFD

Today a better food day is required, I’m falling into that – ‘relax, it’s the 1st week of a new challenge’ – trap!!! Desperate to get back to work tomorrow, just so I can regain some B2B2B control!!! @shinything, although not quite an EFS, yesterday was certainly a FS day ………………… I’ve got to get away from this tendency towards self-sabotage as soon as things are running smoothly. I used to have friends who did the same with good relationships, I always thought they didn’t believe they deserved that ‘Happy Ever After’ thing …………………….. I wonder if subconsciously I don’t think I deserve to be slim & healthy???? Time for some self-reflection & self-care I think!!!!

@mjrbcd44, Thank you, I really wish I had read your post prior to falling face first into that jar of peanut butter …………… @penz, if you’re out there, I was using an ENORMOUS spoon in order to fool myself ……………. What’s a few spoonfuls after-all!!!!

@dykask, every weekend for me is a 4 day weekend and this one has proved harder to deal with than most, I might need to change things up a bit and throw a FD in here or there over the 4 days, because at the moment, I’m a bit ‘all or nothing’ so CDs aren’t working.

At least there hasn’t been any wine, just PB, chocolate, biscuits, cashews & cheese!!!

Enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday and this fabulous weather everyone, despite a ‘few’ issues I’m staying faithful to this WOL; Onward & Downwards folks!!!!!!!!!!

Day 7, UK, FD

Much needed FD today as I’m still feeling the effects of my FS the other day. I’m working today so that will make it easier. Not nice to be working on bank holiday and this glorious weather though, but hey, it has to be done 🙂

@diwantsthin congrats on loosing 2kg in 2 weeks, thats great 👍

@kaywesterman have a great trip 😀

@daffodil2010 I’m jealous that you can watch birds on your bird feeder, I saw few of them on mine briefly, but so far no action there 🙁 . Maybe they are nervous about the new place to feed?

@flourbaby I will join you in self-reflection & self-care, lets stay strong and carry on 🤗

Have a lovely day everyone ❤

Pocket list Day 7, if you want to join us, please copy and paste and add your name to the list
@shinything
@missybear
@snowflake56 1st of B2B
@at
@arelkade
@dykask
@molij

Day 7, USA, FD?

2.5 pounds down, yay! Today was supposed to be a CD, but I’ll be so busy and I feel very good and energetic this morning so I may make it another FD. I really like getting those extra ones in when I can.

@flourbaby, I can so relate to your thoughts. Locking in our successes is what that Jamie Foxx quote was all about. We need to lock in our success and then make it our new normal. You do deserve it, and I appreciate your post, because it brings to mind old and unhelpful self-talk that I’ve had. I’m clearing out my closets and trying to clear out my old mind-set too. 🙂 We’ve got this!

Have a great day everyone! 🙂

Adding myself to the list:

@shinything
@missybear
@snowflake56 1st of B2B
@at
@arelkade
@dykask
@molij
@onlyhermes