Sunny day 14 North Canton OH FD

I had to fix and resubmit some of the data for our audit, which was a bit of a bummer but nothing that I could not handle.

My housecleaning is coming along, I could not finish it all yesterday but I am well on my way

@stitchincarol you got married the day that you graduated?! Happy Wedding Anniversary!!! Your hymn-fest was so beautiful, thank you for the link. And thanks for the reminder and encouragement re-gaunt faces and low BMIs LOL

@timetochange another wedding anniversary! Congratulations!!

@litprof congratulations on your progress

@at I am sure that you will get your mojo back-you always do and you have been such an inspiration to so many of us on this forum, and I have been diagnosed with tennis elbow. I am being mindful of what I do with it, but I do not want to baby it too much.

I am so glad that things are slowly beginning to return to normal-ish re: masks. I am hopeful that as more of us get out there, we will all be Covid-free as we begin to interact and physically engage with each other again. It feels like we are emerging from a long winter

Pocket list day 14
@dvw
@basyjames
@snowflake56
@ccco. FD800

“Do not let the quest for perfection get in the way of the perfectly good”

Day 14 MN/USA. NFD

@stitchincarol – What a perfect day it sounds like you had, yesterday. Congrats on Anniversary and Hymn Fest. I will listen to it this weekend.
@timetochange – Happy Anniversary to you and your DH as well!
@daffodil2010 – Enjoy your weekend away!
@i-hate-lettuce – I will be away next weekend as well, visiting my DS and his family for the first time since January 2020. It is granddaughters graduation and we will be seeing several family members and friends. I can hardly wait, and I’m sure you feel the same to see your family. I’m so happy for you!
@northgeorgia – That’s wonderful progress! It won’t be long now before you are in the 2teens!
@litprof – Congrats to you for almost being there! And fitting into those pants again!
@snowflake56 – I really did enjoy my haircut. It’s amazing how the little things we all use to do routinely are now so appreciated.

Mask requirements have been lifted in Minnesota, though businesses can choose to still ask people to wear them inside.
It feels like we are coming out of a long, dark tunnel towards the light!

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

Day 15 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🏋️‍♀️ 🤸🏻‍♀️

Hi all, looking after my mum this weekend so will be trying to avoid the sweet treats here… it’s always a challenge although it was dad who really had the sweet tooth 💕. Mum is great as she really only eats when hungry and I never remember her binging or eating treats/crisps … Dad lived for dessert 😂 but again didn’t gorge the way I can… interesting…

Busy roads around Ireland as it’s the first weekend in months where everyone can travel outside their county so it was very noticeable last night driving home. Have a lovely trip @daffodil2010.
@emma-taylor it’s funny I used to fly at least once a month and I love travel but I have enjoyed the break from it more than I thought I would… I’ll be back to it whenever life returns to normal but for the moment im savouring the slower pace of life. Also like you, I am off the booze but I will have drinks for big occasions whenever we get back to being able to celebrate properly.. 🎉 when we can go out and sit outside in a resto I will have a glass of wine – that will be one BIG night to celebrate.
@at good to see you and knowing you your mojo is just around the corner 💪 😁
@snowflake56 I’m glad your friend is in good form… I’m reading your post and I wish i was more crafty! I’d love to knit or sew but don’t think I have the aptitude. I bough a crochet set in Lidl recently thinking surely I could crochet a Cloud ☁️ … but opened the pack and saw it was not for beginners and looked really tricky so packed it all up again and gave it to my friend 😂😂. Useless! I think if I couldn’t learn to do these things in Covid lockdown I never will (along with my plan to clear out my attic 😂😂)

For those of you reconnecting with family I’m so happy for you! Enjoy!💕

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 15 – USA/GA – NFD

Well, what chaos has ensued, and it all started yesterday around 10:30.

1. I discovered our allocations for our program is the same as last year, which normally would be OK, but there is a mandated raise that must be implemented, that could amount to trying to find $350,000 or more to be able to keep everyone on.
2. I’m going to have to redo a spreadsheet because I forgot to cross a T and dot an I.
3. Road construction destroyed our internet. The unnamed monopoly doesn’t talk to people directly and probably won’t be concerned that two people have lost service. I can see this dragging on for weeks. I’m connected via my mobile data right now.
4. Someone at work needs a password reset; another person needs me to type up a document with my signature.

*sigh* I guess I’ll just go into work Monday and look for another day off. I still plan to fast tomorrow.

On the bright side, I weigh 223 lbs this morning, which is my lightest Saturday weigh-in ever!

Have a good weekend!

Second post

Oh, and thanks for all the kind comments on my hymn fest. DS24 on trumpet was certainly not his most polished best–which is always so obvious, unfortunately–and there were a few other glitches here and there, but overall, it came out as I wanted it to. 🎶💖

Day 16 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🏋️‍♀️ 🤸🏻‍♀️

Hi all, hope all are well.
Great day here yesterday. Mum had her first haircut in 5 months and reconnected with her hairdresser pal. Very emotional 💕
I’m in tomorrow… badly needed 💇‍♀️
Also had our first catch up with mum and my siblings since Dad ♥️ left us… vety much unplanned but very special and lovely to be in the sun ☀️

Didn’t do too badly on the treats..

Hope you all have a great Sunday.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 16 – USA/GA – FD

Lots of crazy things going on now (still using my data to post; the internet technician is supposed to be coming by today, but I’ll only be able to show that the problem is their crew took down a cable crossing the road and cut it at the pole — so I know there won’t be any resolution today. I just fear it could be weeks on end. Still, I need the monopoly to be officially notified that we don’t have service as their app claims we do!) All that to say I feel fortunate there is a backup to do some basic things online through my cell phone.

Weigh in: 223 lbs, my lightest Sunday ever! Going to do a 4:3 week this week and possibly next week. If I can keep things going smoothly with things I can control (haha), then I may see some good results this month. My goal for the month is 219 lbs. My goal in March (and also again in April, both unmet) was 221 lbs. As our family vacation is in three weeks, I want to go into my first ever “off the 5:2 week” at a good place.

@stitchincarol Hope you had a good FD and glad the hymn fest went well!
@northerndawn Yep, hoping the 2-teens are waiting for me in plain sight!

Pocket list day 16
@northgeorgia (ZBC)

Day 17 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🏋️‍♀️ 🤸🏻‍♀️

Hi all!
I usually fast on a Monday but think I’ll switch to Tuesday this week….
Haircut today – can’t wait 💇‍♀️ So too excited to fast 😆
First time I’ve come home and weight is down so taking that as a tiny win today!
Happy day all!

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 17 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Great weekend away in Co Mayo in our camper. Lots of people travelling but still lots of social distancing going on, we are so used to it now I guess.

I feel a bit tired this morning, don’t know why, so have decided to FD tomorrow.

Also not looking forward to driving this week as DH told me that my handbrake has seized and I cannot use it so must make sure to park the car in gear, something about callipers, BUT, as he wont be able to fix it until the weekend, and I can’t drive the van or the motorcycle to work……I have to be super careful not to use my handbrake when I stop the car!!

But it’s an automatic response isn’t it? So to remind me NOT to pull up the handbrake I have put a big red woolly Christmas hat with a white bobble onto the handbrake 😂 The plan is that when I forget and reach for the handbrake the woolly hat wil remind me not to 😀

Have a great Monday.

Day 17 UK FD

Aiming for a good week , I too have got back in the habit of over indulging at the weekend Weight is staying stable so I’m going to try be super good Mon – Fri and even if I can lose 1/2 lb I’ll be happy

Pocket list day 17
@snowflake56
@at
@brightonbelle

Day 17 – Lake District UK – FD

Good morning everyone

Late call in this morning, a few thing to be doing before our break!
Usual Monday FD for me, going to be ‘eating out’ a fair bit over the next week or so, need to be good for the next few days 😉

Take care all

Pocket list day 17
@snowflake56
@at
@brightonbelle
@dvw
@i-hate-lettuce

USA. Day 17. FD

FD today! What with all the outdoor gardening and watching my grandson, plus playing golf, I am getting plenty of well needed exercise. Working on my house doing plenty of work that had originally been planned for 2020 but the pandemic got in the way but it does feel so good to see the results.

Pocket list day 17
@snowflake56
@at
@brightonbelle
@dvw
@i-hate-lettuce
@ccco

My weight seems to be staying the seem, so for now, I will take that! Hope everyone is having a great day!

Day 17 North Canton OH NFD

Today would normally be a FD for me, but I woke up feeling sore, achy and very fatigued with an itchy throat and lots of sneezing. I loaded up on my allergy medications and anti-inflammatories and decided not to fast today. I rarely nap, but I passed out for 4 hours yesterday after church services. I think my body needs the rest after all the recent stresses.

@stitchincarol yes you are right, I am a nurse but I left the bedside almost 9 years ago, and I now manage Medical Record Review for the insurance arm of the healthcare company I work for. After submission of results, there is much nail biting as we wait for our assigned auditor to verify our submissions. We submitted about 5,000 records this year and the submission has to be error-free before it is accepted. Our submissions determine our Star rating. Star ratings determine how much (or how little) reimbursements and incentives we get from CMS, which in turn determines how desirable we are to the general population during the next open enrollment period. As you can imagine, it is all a very big deal and I definitely feel the pressure as the leader of the team.

@snowflake56 I am so glad that your friend is doing ok. We will continue to hold her in our hearts and pray for her recovery.

I want to respond to all the other posts but I am simply too tired to. I will catch up with you all later, but please know I am keeping you all in my heart.

Day 17 USA🇺🇸 NFD

Quick check in – been plenty busy. Silver Sneakers this morning was plenty strenuous but good. Going out to dinner with DH tonight, so glad for that. No FD today. Might do one Wednesday or Thursday as they will also be plenty busy. Agreed – busy days make for good FD’s.

@northgeorgia – why is it that Internet connectivity issues are so stressful?? At least they are for me. I think I have grown far too dependent on being connected with the world.

@timetochange – happy anniversary to you! May weddings. So wonderful.

Onward and downward.

Day 18 AUS FD800

It’s day 18 of the month, but day 14 for me of FD800: I’m doing FD800 5 days/week, with 2 days/week eating at or below my BMR.

I’ve now lost 2.2k in two weeks, which makes me so happy.

I really want to get down into the next kilo zone – this will take me back into what I think of as my normal range of weight, but in fact I haven’t been there for a while. 2k will get me to goal.

I’m interested to see how close I can get this month, as I am expecting to hit a giant plateau very very soon, giving the speed I have been losing.

Day 18 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD

Having an FD today and an early night as I have been overdoing it. I am sleeping well, energy good, BP normal, but there is that weight gain that won’t move and I really have to talk positive to myself.

That’s why I come on here for inspiration. I guess if I was not here then goodness knows what I would be doing (though I have always tried to be fit and healthy despite it all).

Hope everyone has a great day.

Going to ring my doctor now as I sent her my BP results of a week off the meds, and she left me a message assuming my results showed I was still on the meds!!!!!!! They were really good results, but I better set her straight on that.

Day 18 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in was 224 lbs this morning. I went into work, stressed out about a major budget issue and finally said to my co-workers, “I WANT A BURGER!” Then I whined back and forth for the next 30 minutes or so and settled for tacos at a Mexican restaurant. I ate one of the three tacos and the beans and rice. I’m a little ashamed to say it went downhill when I got home. My mom had made bread pudding and I thought I’d finish a very reasonable amount of rice and noodles from a Chinese restaurant my sister-in-law got from a Sunday takeaway. But then I opted to “finish up” some mother’s day leftovers of macaroni and cheese, stuffing, and ham. Egads…

OK, no more naughty weekday NFDs. My internet was restored Sunday afternoon, and my brother’s should be restored today. We shall see if mine gets cut off again. By “restore,” I mean the company tossed a cable across a neighbor’s yard who only cuts the weeds near the road about once a month, and said, “meh, they’ll bury it in about 3 weeks.” That usually NEVER happens — it takes months. So, I completely expect the line to be cut and we repeat all this again.

Pocket list Day 18
@at
@litprof
@daffodil
@northgeorgia (ZBC)

Day 18 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD800/CD

I have a plan for what I’ll eat today, I just don’t know how many calories it is, so I didn’t how to label my day. As long as I stick to plan it will be good.

Yesterday’s FD was so much better with my careful change of attitude. Every now and then I’d catch myself feeling sorry for myself, and I’d quickly squash those thoughts and replace them with thoughts of pleasure that I was ENJOYING a FD, and it was a pleasant day. Today, instead of waking up with relief that I “don’t have to fast,” I’m pleased to be planning out my day. Yeah. Maybe this was all that was missing from having mojo, was a careful determination of exactly what my attitude was going to be, and saying the appropriate things as needed. I didn’t immediately FEEL the things I told myself, but I was careful to say them!

@basyjames So sorry you felt so awful, and hope you’re feeling far better today. Your explanation about your job and your project was fascinating; the things most of us don’t know about jobs within medicine could fill a book!

@timetochange Happy anniversary!! Glad your fall in the rain was no worse than it was, and hope all the aches and pains are entirely gone now.

@songbirdme Where’d you go for dinner last night? I’ll bet it was lovely to be OUT.

@northerndawn Sounds as if your determination to be at goal weight for this weekend is having solid results in your daily behavior; well done!

@litprof Well, well done on finding a plan that’s working for you! 2.2K is no small accomplishment!!!

@snowflake56 It’s so tough to decide whether or not to bid on something when the auction’s online; good luck with determining your choices. Is it not even possible to walk through someplace to see things in person?

@daffodil2010 How lovely that your results were so good that your doctor thought you were still on meds! As to successfully losing weight, it’s clear that attitude makes all the different; what’s not so clear is how the attitude needs to change to find success. Good luck in thinking it all through and figuring out what change you need.

@at Well done yesterday!

@northgeorgia You’ve had plenty of stress to explain the overeating you had yesterday, but today’s FD ought to effectively take care of that! At least you have internet again, right?

I got lots of gardening done yesterday, planting the rest of my veggies and some plants I’d bought, weeding and deadheading in my perennial bed, and just generally making everything look calm and serene instead of messy. It was damp and gloomy, but perfect weather for planting. I have NEVER had the garden beds in such good shape already by the 18th of May, and am so pleased with how easily it’s all coming together this year. Today, I head off to Omaha to teach a lesson and then run errands, so it’ll be a fun day.

It’s all in the attitude, so here’s mine: “We’re so lucky that we’ve discovered 5:2 and learned from first-hand experience just how effective and wonderful an approach it is to life!”

I’ve just created a post and it has disappeared. I needed to edit it after posting and it’s not come back! I am showing as just posted but there is no text. It might reappear tomorrow perhaps, anyone else had this problem?

Day 18 USA – FD

Was a full day, and as I kept busy, it turned into a 600 calorie FD. Yeah for that. Mostly because, dinner last night was steak, potato, salad, dinner roll, and a lovely glass of Cabernet.

@stitchincarol – that dinner was at Texas Roadhouse. Plenty of leftovers, though, but they will be for another day.

@northerndawn and @snowflake56 – I’m right with you with used bookstores. Unless it is something very particular, I buy books from our local one all the time. But then exact titles they do not have, I often can find them through Amazon used books.

Onward and downward.

Day 19 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Great news when I rang my doctor yesterday. She called me back and we had a laugh at her rambling phone message and assumption that I was still on meds, and now officially I do not have high BP and she was going to take that code off my record so that it won’t pop up in years to come if I need my medical records for insurance etc. Yay 💃

My foot is almost better too, walking without limping and can get some speed up, so that’s good.

Sheesh all the aches and pains, but I feel good today, done my workout, walk in the morning sunshine, getting ready for a busy stressful day in work, but I have the attitude that today WILL be a good day 👍

@jaifaim and @ basyjames I hope you feel better soon
@stitchincarol, you mental attitude to get through your FD has inspired me to get through today’s looming workday

Have a good hump day all 🐫🐪

Day 19 – Canada – FD

Good morning everybody. Just a quick check in to say hi and to wish everyone good luck. Thank you @stitchincarol for the inspirational comments about attitude and fasting. You are so right! I am starting my day thinking positive thoughts :).

Second-hand bookstores are so much fun, you never know what you’ll find. I love my public library system so I can read the book and not have to give it space in my home. 🙂 I already have too many filling my shelves.

Good luck to all.

Day 19 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

Yesterday went perfectly…right up until the time I decided to make a blackberry pie, and opened a bottle of red to keep me company while I baked. I don’t actually regret it; pie is my favorite dessert of all, is what my mom used to make ALL the time, but is something I generally only trouble myself to do at Thanksgiving. So to have found the ambition to bake a pie was delightful and I thoroughly enjoyed the results, especially since it was blackberry, a rare treat indeed these days. Growing up in Northern California (Redwood forest area), when the blackberries started coming on, my mom and sister and I used to go up in the woods multiple times to pick them. We’d eat ourselves sick while picking, LOL, and come home with loads of them to freeze, and Mom would always make either a pie or a cobbler for dessert.

So while the pie was absolutely worth it to me (I found the berries at a good price while grocery shopping and couldn’t leave without two packages of them, knowing a pie was in my future BUT thinking I’d make it on Friday), the deviation from my plan for the day points out the problem with 5:2 that we’ve all noted so often: FDs are FAR easier than NFDs.

So now I’m on a quest to see if I can find some attitude adjustment that will help stick to plan on NFDs. I’ll keep you posted. 😉 And tomorrow will be another FD, so at least two days this week will be according to plan, LOL!

Aww, @jaifaim, hope you feel better today!

@northerndawn Thanks for your words about the hymn fest. I love music above all, and on my Ascension Hymn Fest I let myself go nuts with how I play hymns. As to your weight…there is zero possibility that anyone could look at you and see the difference between 150 and 155. Zero. You will look lovely this weekend because you will be glowing from the pride and joy and love for your granddaughter, and I’m sure those you’re going to be seeing are ALSO worrying about their weight! So celebrate that you’re far lower in weight than you were, and know that you’ve done a terrific job!

@daffodil2010 It truly is all in the attitude, isn’t it? You’re already half way through your work down as I type, so I hope that determination to greet your day with strength is still strong!

@i-hate-lettuce Have a GRAND time!! Say hi to your kids for us all!

Yay, @northgeorgia, to be moving down and meeting goals! SO fun for us all to watch!

I’m delighted that my explanation about what I realized about my attitude to fasting was helpful to some of you. Now if only one of us could come up with an equally helpful attitude to not-fasting, LOL!

It’s another gloomy day, with showers scattered through the day, but it’s going to be warm, so I’ll get out in the yard and do some weeding, fertilizing and planting. Have a grand day, everyone, full of success at meeting whatever your plan is for the day!