Day 24 – Canada – FD

Good morning everybody. It’s a sunny lovely day and it’s chilly, only 4C.
Doing my best not to gain weight but my mojo has definitely gone AWOL. Will try again today with a FD.

@litprof – you are so right, it’s a tricky balance. Unfortunately I don’t have a strategy that works but would love to hear others experiences. I still have 6 pounds to lose and I’m struggling.

@daffodil2010 – I know what you mean about not having a fear of fasting. It’s quite empowering.

@snowflake56 – book collecting sounds so much better 🙂

Good luck to all.

Pocket list day 24
@at
@timetochange
@lilymartin
@penz
@snowflake56
@daffodil2010
@dvw

Day 24 – USA/GA – NFD

Day off work! Whew. Of course with a holiday next week and vacation the week after, it means this is the first of three Mondays in a row that I’ll not go in to work. Yay! LOL

I need to clarify, the goal I met was my March/April goals of 221 lbs. My goal for May has not yet been met: 219 lbs. Hopefully, there’s still time to reach it. Today, the scales were arguing back and forth with me (don’t you hate it when you’re right on the line?), but they did finally concede to a weigh-in of 220 lbs this morning. A new low! My next FDs are planned for tomorrow and Thursday.

Good luck to our pocketlisters today!

Day 24 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500

I had a small victory yesterday evening. I wanted a second beer, but I kept thinking, “Nah, that’s two HUNDRED calories, and ice water is actually all you want, right? Right??” And, although it took lots and lots of wheedling, I succeeded in persuading myself that water was indeed all I wanted. Baby steps, you know, baby steps…and two hundred calories avoided.

At one point in the evening, I reached my arm out to grab something and was so startled at the pain, and wondered what I’d done to make that muscle hurt so much–and then remembered it was my first jab of the Pfizer vaccine, LOL! So far, that’s all I’ve felt, and I’m sure thankful for that.

@northgeorgia The surest indication that your eating habits are on target is when you have to swap out too baggy clothes for formerly-too-tight clothes; well done.

@ccco Perhaps your body is simply doing what @basyjames ‘s body did, when she didn’t lose much at all for weeks (months??) and then lost a boatload. But, I’m sure you’re right, that going dry will help you lose faster.

@lilymartin There’s little that’s as frustrating and disappointing as fruit that never lives up to your expectations. Well, perhaps that’s not true, LOL, as it is, after all, just FRUIT…but it is indeed a frustrating disappointment. Fruit is generally decent from the grocery stores around me, but also sometimes simply awful…and occasionally, glorious. We had a pineapple for Sunday brunch yesterday that was sweet and glorious, and the cherries I bought were a true treat. I didn’t think to see where the cherries came from, because it’s too early for most places in the States to be producing cherries already. Mexico, perhaps?

@penz I did indeed audition some capris to see what is fitting me better this year than last. The problem is that I’m only down five pounds from a year ago this month, so that’s not much of a difference in how clothes will fit. But, as slowly as it’s moving, it is at least moving, and my mojo is nearly restored to what it was before that lovely trip to Texas that totally eliminated the mojo I had in abundance pre-trip, LOL! Serious bummer on the too-tight work skirt!

@daffodil2010 Thank you for saying so nicely what I was thinking: @lilymartin, I smiled when you noted 11C as being cold. Guess it’s because Ireland is so far North, but 11C is quite ok, in fact it might even be that temp outside right now on this lovely sunny Monday morning, and some people going around in t-shirts. 😂😂😂 It’s all in what is normal, but, yeah, 11C (52F) doesn’t strike me as cold winter weather at all. Hopefully, @lilymartin, you’re laughing so hard at our two reactions, that you’re warming up from the burst of humor. 😁🥰 Good luck with your colonoscopy. I had a doctor’s appointment several months ago, and while there, realized I should have my cholesterol checked, and since I was fasting that day anyway, they could do it that moment. You’re right that this WOL makes fasting so easy!

@fivetwofan5252 How lovely that, despite an uncooperative scale, friends are seeing a smaller you!

@jaifaim So nice your migraine is gone and that you had such a great weekend!

YAY @northgeorgia on 220! Remember when you were struggling to leave behind the 230s?? And now you’re on the cusp of the 2-teens!!!!

@ccco Nice job on slowing moving down to your goal!

Pocket list day 24
@at
@timetochange
@lilymartin
@penz
@snowflake56
@dvw
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@ccco
@stitchincarol

Day 24 UK FD

Wow some great posts ! Unfortunately got caught up reading and have to go prepare dinner now ,catch up tomorrow

Pocket list day 24
@at
@timetochange
@lilymartin
@penz
@snowflake56
@dvw
@daffodil2010
@jaifaim
@ccco
@stitchincarol
@basyjames
@brightonbelle

Hi everyone. FD today and after the indulgence of the weekend, it is a welcome relief. Ran this morning and it was lovely but I now have an awful niggly right hip. It’s been a growing issue and I am hopeful that it will go away as I lose more weight. We’ll see.
@ I hate lettuce your meet up sounded lovely, how nice that we are beginning to see our families again. Envious of the walking holiday, I would love to get away and be in the mountains; sometime…
@stitchincarol delaying and resisting what you might want is by no means easy so well done you on the nice water! It’s part of the reason why I like fasting, because what ever I want, I can simply have tomorrow. Then I often don’t have it anyway.
@FiveTwoFans5252 I know what you mean about clothes getting loosed before the scales show. I am now beginning to get into clothes which were too tight and though I have lost weight, it’s not a massive amount as yet. Feels Good to be dragging the clothes out.
I plan to eat in a restricted window tomorrow, then FD on Wed and TRE on Thursday. Then I have a lunch out on Fri and Sat and a weekend away, so will need to take it easy, cutting a few meals out along the way.
It is a bank holiday here in the UK on Monday, so an extended weekend yay!
Have a Good day tomorrow everyone.

Day 25 – Ireland – CD

Hi all, an ok FD yesterday… over 500 but not by too much…. So it could have been better but I did resist the sweet treats and ate well.
@i-hate-lettuce your holiday sounds fab!
@snowflake56 😋 I love ginger nuts – they would have not lasted long in my house 😍
@penz no sign of @flourbaby and @michelinme recently – hopefully both are well and just busy…
Have a good day everyone.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 25 – USA/GA – FD

Well, with my niece and nephew now out of school, I suspected what was coming — “I want a cheeseburger!” So, four Wendy’s Biggie Bags with Frosties it was (including mine). My body warned me I didn’t really want Wendy’s, but I consumed all 1,300 salty and sweet calories anyway. If any redeeming thing, I didn’t eat much else that day, but did heavily supplement with fruit.

Anyway, a whooping 3 lb gain today to the large side of 223 lbs. Back on track for regular eating this week, and ready for day 2 of my 4:3. Next week, I’ll be back on 5:2, as I have to fast for my biometric screening Wednesday week anyway, and Memorial Day gatherings will determine which weekend day I’ll fast (probably next Monday).

@stitchincarol Good on you for resisting and having water instead! I’m getting better at that, especially with 90 degree weather here. You’re right. I haven’t struggled with hitting 230 at all this month, and now I’m knocking on the door of the 2-teens!

@basyjames I had a huge load of XXL shirts and sized 44 shorts I just bought last year that had to be packed away! Not too many “old” things to unpack, but it was still motivating. I whined at my newer, but now baggy clothes, how I really wanted to wear them. I tried most of them on, one by one, and realized they didn’t look good hanging loose on my body, so threw them into a pile. I filled up an entire storage bin in my shed while making room in the closet! I have a few more sizes I can fit into as I drop more weight, but several years ago, I ended up donating my really small sized jeans, trousers, shorts, and shirts because I never believed I’d fit into sizes from my early college years (plus, many of the shirts had gone out of style or had faded colors). So at some point, I’ll have to go shopping…

OK, back to work today and try to solve a month’s worth of problems in the next couple of weeks before I head to the beach. Wish me luck!

Pocket list day 25
@jaifaim (CD)
@northgeorgia (FD500 + ZBC)

Day 25 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

I’m actually hoping to make this a FD800, but it’s also Blood Drive Day so I’ll be there from noon to seven this evening; we’ll see how things go and how I feel after giving blood.

Yesterday’s FD got turned on its head when DH and I decided that spending an hour organizing our storage room in the basement deserved a reward. So we headed to Omaha, grabbed a Schlotzsky’s* sandwich at the drive through, then went to a Brewery Taproom a block away (where they serve no food, so you can bring your own), got a beer and enjoyed our food in the sun on the patio. At this point, I was at 530 calories, and felt no guilt. Then we drove two blocks to the second-run movie theater–and they’re closed on Mondays! SERIOUS bummer! So we ended up running some errands and window shopping in some favorite stores, and got home earlier than we’d thought. DH had a second beer at some point, and I took a couple swallows, and then I had about a hundred calories worth of those yummy cherries I mentioned yesterday. So, although the calories were far over 500, they were not nutso, and the scale rewarded me with 148.0 this morning. I certainly won’t make beer a habit on a FD, but it’s so lovely to get nice results even with one!

*If you don’t know Schlotzsky’s, then let’s have a moment of silence in honor of the deliciousness that is a Schlotzsky’s sandwich….And since the smoked turkey option I chose was only 320 calories, let’s make that a double moment of silence!

@basyjames Bummer on the serious allergy issues last week; hopefully the pollen behaves itself better from now on; summer isn’t as bad for you, is it? Or is it??

@i-hate-lettuce So lovely hearing from you on vacation; have a grand time, and we look forward to the report when you have time or get home!

@timetochange Your discipline as you approach eating and exercising is inspiring. I’ve not managed to exercise with any enthusiasm or consistency since before Easter…”Someday,” she says with a sigh…

@penz I’m not thinking brutal honesty is all that helpful; well done on following through with your FD on Monday!! And, yeah, I’ve been thinking about @flourbaby and @michelinme a lot; I hope they come back eventually. I’ve also been curious about Noom, but it sounds too much as if it’s tied to self-control in a way that will make me chuff, so I’ve ignored it. Has anyone in the group tried it? Your story about your dog loving veggies enough to pick them himself made me roar with laughter. We used to have a dog who loved veggies, but she sure didn’t try to pick them herself!! 😂🤣😂🤣

@snowflake56 Your “ginger nuts”…do you mean pfeffernusse or something else? My MIL used to make those so well.

@fivetwofan5252 Bummer on the bad FD. We have indeed all had them!

@dvw Your little vacation sounds glorious; enjoy yourself!

@northgeorgia That’s the only downside of losing weight, is no longer being able to wear clothes you love. It’s a very TINY downside, however, LOL!!

@nellen How fun to have a kitchen reno in your future, despite the challenge of packing yourselves as well as the kitchen. Two pounds seems like a small price to pay for adding back in alcohol, and I’ll just bet that, with some focus, you’ll drop them AND keep the wine!

In the process of cleaning out that basement storage room, I went through a plastic bin of summer clothes that haven’t fit in awhile. And, while some of them did indeed fit now, they were almost all of them too outdated in style to keep, or simply no longer interesting to me, so I have a stack of clothes to take to Goodwill this morning. It’s nice to see such a huge stack ready to leave the house!

So I’m headed out the door shortly, and figuring that as busy as I’ll be today, I may just make that FD800…we’ll see! Have a grand day, everyone!

Day 25 USA – NFD

Just home from a wonderful massage in town this morning. I woke up early with designs on laundry, sheets on the clothesline before rain. I managed that, but I also indulged on some chocolate chip banana bread my piano student gave me yesterday. Their dad is the former community college choir director who was not rehired this year (still do not know why, he is excellent) so I asked them to pay me for lessons with an occasional baked item. I seldom bake myself as I know I would eat too much, so this is a good win for them and us.

@i-hate-lettuce – your meetup with children sounds so fabulous, especially after all this time! Yeah for your walking as well. Bet thigs are beautiful there. Also so glad for your feeling so healthy. That is answers to many prayers.

@timetochange – good for the clothes feeling different! But so sorry for the hip issues. I was just remarking to my masseuse this morning that my hip has been so much better for a while now. Wish I knew just what was different (diet? exercise?) but any sciatica seems ever so much better. I hope you are pain free soon.

@penz – your report on NOOM does not surprise me. After finding 5:2 with my only expense being the cost of the book, I am ever so skeptical of any diet plan that costs money. Even ones that suggest their food is best confounds me. I just asked Alexa the weather in Canberra, and it sounds like you are getting around freezing. No wonder the doggie digs up the garden veggies?! He must know everything will be harvested soon, and he has good taste going after the cauliflower! 🙂

@basyjames – great to see you back again.

@fivetwofan5252 – some FD’s and nights are worse/better than others. Sorry yours wasn’t good at all. Hope the next is better.

@nellen – news has told us about your cicadas! I remember my first childhood experience with them, the noise and presence makes my skin crawl just thinking about them. Won’t go near any forest preserve for sure! Right now for us in Illinois it’s maple seed “snow” (helicopter seeds) everywhere. Enjoy your new kitchen and the trip west.

@stitchincarol – your Schlotzsky’s sandwich sounds divine! Couple that with a good brew … yummy! Hope your blood drive day has gone smoothly. Take care if you donate yourself today.

@ccco and @northgeorgia – changes of clothing is somewhat of a mixed blessing, isn’t it, on our WOL. When my trousers all started falling off (none would have had belt loops) I just had to go shopping. I will admit, it was fun getting a new wardrobe!

Onward and downward.

Day 26, U.K. FD800

@penz – That is so frustrating about your lovable dog! He sounds like he had a lovely time!! But the results of his antics sound depressing 😐

I too would be frustrated, annoyed etc and just feel like giving up… sounds like you’ve had one of those days where one thing is compounded by another.

I seem to remember you’re in Audit? I’m sure you have a great career…. I know this is the time of year that the big audit firms talk about promotions/reshuffles etc….

I have to say I’d probably just have a glass of wine, so don’t listen to me!!!!! Or else, promise yourself one on Friday night instead???

Good luck with it all…

Day 26 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 221 lbs. Excited to be within a couple of pounds of my month’s goal; hoping I hit it, but if not, still very proud for getting to 220 and 221 this month, particularly after the Mother’s Day blip. Of course, I have an excuse every month going forward that I have to be careful with: in a few weeks, there’s vacation which will throw off my June. Then there’s Independence day in July, my birthday in August, Labor Day in September… maybe October will be OK before the Thanksgiving and Christmas season haha! I must remember, one feast won’t hurt me, but be careful of leftovers and repetitive feasting!

It’s been a long struggle to lose 15 lbs (since mid-November), but this month has really been good, and I’m hoping my body is ready to “move on.”

Have a great day!

Second post
Ah, my kitchen – I am trying to decide on counter tops and am leaning towards a dark charcoal soapstone. By any chance have any of you ever used soapstone as a countertop. Any words of advice or warning?
Thanks

USA. Day 26. FD800

I didn’t find a pocket list for today, so I will start one.

Pocket List Day 26

@ccco

Water weight must have gone away because I am happily down 4 lbs. If I can lose one more pound before June 1, I will have met my 5 lb. goal! Yay!

Take care, everyone!

Day 27, NFD, Aus

I’m so glad I did not see your post last night @fivetwofan as I might have used that as the excuse I was looking forward to have that glass of wine!! Fortunately, I took the Bad Dog out for agility training (dog sport where dogs are run through an obstacle course). For one reason and another we’ve not been to training for 5 weeks and I’ve done no “home work”. We’re still learning but he was awesome!! Did everything I asked of him and he was able to do all the “new” skills even though we’ve missed weeks of foundation training. I was on such a high at how well he’d done that my grumpy mood vanished and I successfully completed my FD with a cup of peppermint tea. Halo is shining this morning.

Which is much needed as I hopped on the scales for the first time since November. When I say “hopped” I meant, I gingerly crept up to them whispering sweet nothings in hope of a favourable response. Depending on which of the three readings it offered me, I’ve put on 5 kgs. Ouch! I need to hang on to that mojo and renewed commitment to DTF.

Thanks for all your kind words re my career, @ FiveTwoFan, @daffodil2010, @nellen. I do have options but my challenge is deciding what I really want to do when I grow up!

Isn’t soapstone a very soft substance, @nellen? If so, maybe not a good choice for a countertop. We have an engineered quartz in our kitchen – it’s man made, more expensive than laminate but cheaper than granite or marble (at least in Australia) and it’s tough and very forgiving of potential stains.

Way to go @ccco!

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I’m not risking editing the above as my post will disappear!

Correction for the « devil » paragraph:
it should NOT say « first day «  it should read FAST day!

Day 27 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

Loving the banter on the forum, it’s such a great place to come when the world seems crazy and normality is here. Loving the kitchen stories, wow @snowflake56 that’s so cool how you bring your kitchen with you when moving house.

@nelken, I giggled at your woo-woo description, but only because I am into those things too…..so with mercury in retrograde that might explain a lot re my own ups and downs the past few weeks.

@stitchincarol, right there with you at not losing anything since November and in fact I have put on 3lbs since my hospitalisation in April, despite everything I try. However, I feel healthy, BP good, so hopefully soon

@fivetwofan5252 so funny with your devil comment to @penz to have the wine….and yay that she didn’t!

So my FD was good, lost a pound, but felt really good mentally yesterday. I am trying my darnedest to keep my mind in a positive frame, but there are dark thoughts in the background that I am trying to ignore. I am normally a super positive person so will pull out all the stops to keep that way. I just want the next few weeks to over and then a good recovery from the 17th.

And yes @snowflake56, thanks for reminding me, now I CAN have my birthday weekend away to Dobegal, the weather is supposed to be warm and sunny, so much to look forward to.

Right, back to get office today and glad of it. I had to WFH yesterday as I was not allowed to drive for 24 hours after the sedation. I felt fine, but officially if anything had happened I would have been “under the influence” 😱 Never that in my life behind the wheel!!

Have a lovely Thursday. I have booked Tomorrow and Monday off so wil have a long weekend in the garden.

Day 27 North Canton OH NFD

Love the banter on the forum 😁😁

@penz your dog is priceless!!! I am sure you were horrified at the time, but in retrospect you will be laughing over that story for years.

One more week to deal with the craziness of my project- which is why I have not posted the last 2 days, however I successfully completed my portion yesterday after almost tearing out my hair. While attempting to fix a minor detail, I missed something and almost lost the whole thing!!! The horror!!! anyway, our data analyst was able to fix it all and save the day. He deserves a gold star and a hill full of roses!!!

@nellen engineered quartz would be my preference too like @penz said. How exciting to remodel your kitchen though- what a great project-with a proven return on investment.

@timetochange, @fivetwofans5252, @ccco and @daffodil2010 congrats on the losses and looser fit. every step forward is a win!

Our team is getting together in person for a picnic in the park, its our first face to face in more than a year and I am here for it!

Have a nice day everyone- I am off work Friday to Tuesday, its a much needed break from work, I will try to log on and check but am fully aware that I may not make it. So I will say my good byes to May while I can. Thank you @snowflake56 for being such a great host🌹💐🌺🌻🌼💞

Day 27 – Rural Nebraska, USA – FD500

I caught myself thinking a few minutes ago, “Yup, today’s a FD and tomorrow I get to ignore it all and have a break.” Hmmm…is that why I haven’t been losing weight, because I consciously plan to sabotage myself on a Friday after a successful week of control? So now, I’m spending the day celebrating today’s FD and looking forward to tomorrow’s controlled eating, LOL. “So there, self; you do NOT get to go nuts tomorrow!”

And I have good reason to be so determined, despite two NFDs in a row, I was still only 149.0 this morning, so I’m clearly on a downward path, yippee!

Yay, @ccco for the loss of water weight; good luck on losing that final pound yet this month!

@jaifaim Serious sympathies on the EFS troubles you had, but so glad your mojo returned so nicely to have a good FD yesterday.

@penz Yay for self-control and peppermint tea; well done, you!!!!

@fivetwofan5252 Nice news that the belt is smaller by another notch now. Isn’t it fascinating how bodies continue to lose size even weight the weight isn’t budging?

@snowflake56 What’s fascinating about “gingersnaps” is that they are often a chewy cookie, with no snap at all. On the other hand, if you buy them in the store, they’re smaller, and have a pronounced snap and are crunchy. The best thing I know to keep cookies soft is to slightly underbake them; as they cool out of the oven, they continue to cook to a temperature that has them safe to eat, but they are and remain soft and chewy. You might try figuring out just how short a time you can bake them to achieve the softness you want…although, that’s suggesting you have a boatload of cookies/biscuits in your house, which is not necessarily a wise thing for any of us trying to control our weight, is it?? 🤣😂🤣

@daffodil2010 a four-day weekend sounds glorious; have a grand time bimbling around in your garden!

@timetochange Nice job on the jeans being loser than they were last time!

@basyjames Congratulations on finally being done with your huge project, and have a grand time at your picnic!

@northgeorgia My hope for you is that you behave more like @songbirdme did in Utah than like I did in Texas…she came back the same weight, and I haven’t yet lost what I gained while there, sigh…So perhaps you need to be firm with your family about how you intend to eat–or not, LOL–while on this beach vacation. I know it sounds nuts, but after I made the decision that was how I was going to behave on our vacation to family in California last summer, I really did succeed at it with little difficulty or commotion. Whatever you choose, and however you approach it, good luck with reaching the 2-teens sooner than later and with having a vacation free of dramatic gain.

The only problem with DH’s day off being Mondays is that, when a Federal holiday falls on one, it doesn’t feel particularly different than any other day, LOL! But some dear friends and their DS29 are joining DH and me, and our DS29 and DS24, on Monday afternoon, and I’m really looking forward to it. I’m barbecuing/smoking beef ribs (normally do pork, but found these and was intrigued) and making beans and potato salad plus a green salad. For dessert, I’m making a fresh strawberry cake. My friend offered to bring something, but I told her not to bother since I already had so much food planned.

So, in that spirit, I’m really focused on eating little, and well, over the next few days, so that even if I go nuts on Monday, it won’t be a disaster.

@at Have you been busy with wonderful long hikes that you’ve been so silent?

@northerndawn I’m puzzled that you’ve been so silent since your DGD’s graduation last Saturday. I hope it was a glorious day, and that you’re simply busy and basking in the glow of a wonderful day.

Pocket list day 27
@northgeorgia (FD500 + ZBC)
@stitchincarol

Day 27 USA – FD

My pint blood draw yesterday went fine, but I did find myself quite hungry into dinnertime and evening. Going to join the pocket list today, maybe 800? My last FD was last Friday, so one a week is working for me in maintenance. I have quite a few errands to run today, so this ought to be a fairly easy FD.

@stitchincarol – thanks for the props about my time away from home (and scale) in Utah. I guess the years of maintenance is why it still works. Enjoy your Monday with family and friends! DS will be 47 on the 30th, the traditional Memorial Day, and he always loved back in the days before the Monday Holiday Rule that we had a picnic for his birthday. Oh well … he’s living in California now, Anaheim the place of his birth, being a Disney Authorized Planner.

Pocket list day 27
@northgeorgia (FD500 + ZBC)
@stitchincarol
@ccco
@songbirdme

Onward and downward.

Day 27 UK FD

Pocket list day 27
@northgeorgia (FD500 + ZBC)
@stitchincarol
@ccco
@songbirdme
@northerndawn
@brightonbelle

Fingers crossed for weigh in tomorrow

Day 28, London UK, FD(???)

Morning All!!!!

I was wondering how to start this post, how to explain my absence, how to update everyone on the complete and utter nightmare of the last few months. This is, after-all, a fasting forum!! For those who don’t know me & don’t need to know why I’ve been MIA since mid-Feb ………………….. feel free to skip this post!!!

It’s taken some time to compose, I actually started this post on 22nd May, and I’ve been editing it down from novella size!!! Anyway, here goes …………………….

Many of you know that my mum has had Alzheimers for many many years, well controlled with medication and she’s been living relatively independently up until my dad passed away in 2017, then my brother moved in as company (and to help out) rather than because she couldn’t cope. Anyhow in January this year having worked our a*rses off to keep her isolated and away from the Covid madness, she injured her toe, no big deal, referred to a podiatrist, no big deal, but in the space of a month the wound had deteriorated to such an extent and another toe was showing similar signs that she was referred to the vascular clinic by the podiatrist as he felt the circulation was poor!! Anyway, without giving TMI – 2 leg arteries are blocked only 1 viable one, toe turned gangrenous, infection has spread to another toe, medics😤 believe ‘self-amputation’ 😱is better than angioplasty (at her age) or surgical removal (again, at her age) mental state has taken a big step down (I think pain induced!!) she’s on liquid morphine, codeine and a morphine patch. So, my beautiful 😍mother 💕 who has the highest pain threshold of anyone I know is really suffering & struggling with the pain😭. The offending appendage was finally removed this Tuesday, no anaesthetic since it was dead (He said😤) ………………………. she screamed, I cried, traumatic doesn’t quite describe it!!! This whole situation is soooooo very hard for me (I know it’s harder for my mum😳😭, that fasting has been sporadic at best. So my flat is up for sale, I’m aiming to buy a larger house with a garden, move my mum in, rent out her house which will pay for carers to look after her in my house ………………………….. I promised no care home many years ago, so I’ll try my very best unless it becomes unsafe. It’s a plan, and my plate is very very full at the moment ………………. In many respects!!! So here I am, back where I belong, finally placing myself 2nd on the list & looking to give & get the support we all need to get this weight issue, health issue, poor eating habit stuff under control.
I think I’m 10lbs up on where I was this time last year when I had a successful ADF month with LFDs (WHAT!!!!) I couldn’t imagine a LFD at the moment, but obviously I didn’t die from a whole month of them last year ……………………….. it’s ALL mental strength, which I’m a little short on at the moment😭!!!!

I’ll try my best to be present & correct throughout June, but bear with me, I’m out of practise!!!

Lovely to see so many old friends are still here, too many to name as I would hate to miss anyone, but whether you’re with me because you’ve got red wine 🍷 in your veins, never met a carb 🍩 you didn’t love, are going through hot flush hell 😤 or one of those maintainers😇 I aspire to be …………………………… y’all know you keep me honest & make me feel like I’m coming home!!! Phew!!

Here’s to knuckling down for June!!!

“To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.” – Anatole France

Day 28 Wales NFD

@flourbaby 🤗🤗🤗

May has not been a good month for shifting the regained pounds….basically no progress because I haven’t been fasting properly. I have had a persistent episode IBS lasting weeks and have been more concerned about restoring balance in my gut than the numbers on the scales. I think my tummy is beginning to calm down so I’m up for a Reset in June and looking forward to being with you all again for the daily support.

Off to get my head in gear for the Reset….and another dose of kefir!