Day 21 – Ireland – CD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
157.9 ⬇️

Hi all thanks for the support yesterday and thanks for keeping me company @ccco! The evening time is tricky for me at the moment so seeing your post reinforced my willpower. Thank you!

I’m late today so rushing now but have a good day everyone! @iona72 I’m sure you will see a drop soon! What a lovely way to spend the day though 💕💕

Have a good day everyone!

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others

Day 21 North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

Hoping for a good fast day. It’s so cold all I can think of is stew and dumplings 😩

Pocket List – Day 21 🥑
@merry🍎
@brightonbelle
@michelinme
@missybear ?
@molij
@funshipfreddie

Day 21 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 235 lbs. Steady for three days, let’s see what happens for tomorrow morning 🙂

Pocket List – Day 21 🥑
@merry🍎
@brightonbelle
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia

USA. Day 21. FD

Pocket List – Day 21 🥑
@merry🍎
@brightonbelle
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@funshipfreddie
@northgeorgia
@ccco

Hurray! I am down again this morning! I think I have a found a way to lose weight. I only eat a meal late afternoon or early evening. That time of day seems to be critical, especially since that is my witching hour time! I seem to have killed two birds with one stone, the need to snack and the need to lose weight. I have been very good about it and have really stuck with it. Since me go down on the scales has also been a huge incentive to stick with it. 👍🏻

I have to go out right now but I will try to return and read everyone’s posts. Hope everyone is having a great day! 🙂

Day 22 NZ NFD 68.7 KG

It’s cool here today. Yesterday evening we had crackling thunderstorms with sheets of rain coming in at 45° 🥶
I managed to get through the FD yesterday. I’m hoping I can stay in the 68s through to the end of the month and on! More vegetables and more fish on the menu me thinks!!
@ccco well done! If you start feeling too hungry don’t forget you could have a boiled egg as a top up!
@stitchincarol and @northgeorgia Because you’re both doing all the right things I’m sure your WOOSH is just round the corner!!
Thanksgiving!! I’ll have to get organised so I can make my pumpkin cheesecake recipe for the Texan. After all it is only a once a year thing and it’s delicious – The crust is made with smashed ginger nuts and butter and I add more ginger in!!
@molij Yum!! Stew and dumplings!! just use a smaller plate!!
@missybear I hope that your FD went well despite the cool weather. As @funshipfreddie says, you’ve got a ways to go before spring turns up for you again!! But sure as eggs it will!!
That’s a tremendous toad. Not my favourite reptile because I always think of those cane toads in Australia which are poisonous.
On that note I’m wondering where @penz is?? Nothing personal just location word association!!
@iona72 I don’t mind Christmas but it really is for children except for Christmas puddings!! I make my great grandmother recipe – a proper pudding with made with suet!! At least you have Christmas in winter time when you can actually eat quite a lot. Our Christmas is in the summertime and we’re always torn between tradition and summer food!!
@ Brightonbelle See you Monday. Have a lovely relaxing weekend
@excelsior12309 Will you be back for Monday as well? Hope so!
You too @jaifaim!! Relaxing that is. Maybe prepare some soup so you have something filling as a backstop in the evening?!

Let’s all be Weekend Warriors!!

Day 22 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
159 ⬆️ 😩

I have no idea why that number is that number…. Good FD yesterday… now what I will say is my tester trousers are looser on me so… so patience is key. I hope this gives hope to others…

So glad it’s working for @ccco and others… ⭐️

@funshipfreddie it’s not you… it’s us 😂😂 you are a fabulous host scooping us up and keeping an eye on both the posts and the spreadsheet and popping people on the pocket list. ⭐️

@brightonbelle enjoy the break and see you next week!

@stitchincarol you are where I want to be! Only one thing for it… pull up my big girl pants and get on with it.. with a bit more effort.

@merryapple ah thank you! I’ll have a quiet and relaxing one one after this evening which is…. Our departmental Christmas night out… don’t even ask… December tends to be way too busy for our group so tonight it is… enjoy your Thanksgiving prep!

Have a good day everyone! 🎄😂😂

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 22 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

What a number to celebrate this morning: 153.8!!! I was sure yesterday’s WF would get me into the 154s, but I never expected the 153s, even if it is the very highest one, LOL. That number makes the thought of a FD500 on Saturday and next Wednesday (in addition to my WF on Tuesday) seem joyful…nothing like success to beget motivation! Today’s challenge is to eat minimally enough that my weight doesn’t shoot back up by tomorrow morning, my official weigh-in. For lunch I’m having a salad, I may make a skinny latte for myself mid-morning, and then I must resist all the cookie dough of the four double batches a friend and I are mixing up, scooping and freezing. And tonight, DH and I go out to a lovely pasta restaurant. So the carrot of that should carry me through the resisting of cookie dough, and if it’s simply too hard, I’ll put on a mask! 🤣🤣🤣

@merryapple Despite being a far distance from my goal, I’ve been close to goal often enough to know the final pounds are the hardest, so you’re doing a great job of persevering, and fish and veggies is a great way to blast through to your goal. 💪

@funshipfreddie No complex needed; you’re doing a great job. I miss all our absent people as well. ❤️❤️❤️

@jaifaim That is indeed very peculiar to be up after a FD! And I laugh at you saying so sadly that I’m where you want to be, because you must keep in mind that my number is a perfect number for you, but is still 20 lbs overweight for me!! 😂😂 I can’t help but believe you’re going to have a big whoosh here shortly, given your stellar behavior most of the time!

@northgeorgia Any way you could slip in an additional FD to compensate for Thanksgiving, so that you could then relax a bit on that day?

I made a list yesterday of all the things that need doing between now and Christmas, and it’s a daunting list, as it is every year. However, having it written down makes it feel far more achievable than the faint fear I was feeling before, so I’m off to cross the first thing off the list: clean out the fridge. Appropriate as we head into the holiday season, isn’t it?

Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 22 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Yesterday’s FD was around 800 calories but I’m content with that given I was feeling cold and hungry. Losing weight is harder than ever at this time of year, not only does the weather make me want to eat but ‘tis traditionally the season to indulge! Christmas does start far too early in my opinion, so much temptation around already.
I shall be very mindful for the next month, no mince pies, chocolates or Baileys before 23 December which will be my dad’s 88th birthday so a good day to begin the festivities 🥳

Have a lovely weekend everyone 🤗

Day 22 NE England NFD

You would think I would be grateful that my DH insisted on making lunch today? I urged him to make me a small meal but I imagine you can guess, that didn’t work out! Then after resisting fresh raspberries and cream after dinner, I finally gave in at 10pm and ate them. I do much better when I keep meals small but keep the vegetables plentiful. Must try harder tomorrow. On a positive note, I did not partake in the usually Friday night glass of wine but stuck to mineral water instead. I’ve made a big batch of vegetable soup, bulked out with pearl barley and spiced up with chilli and ginger. It will keep me away from any other carbs at lunchtime for a few days. I will get on the scale tomorrow to see the damage. 🤨 Determined not to Wander at the Weekend again!

Day 23 North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Really struggling to eat sensibly on a NFD. The cold weather has not helped me at all. I have managed to avoid the stew and dumplings but I have been snacking when I shouldn’t. It’s not helped that I have not been able to go out the last two days. The weather has been awful. The winds overnight were in the high 50’s and we have already had a power cut that lasted several hours. I have got a lot of nights out coming up. It’s the Dog club’s Christmas dinner this Friday and the week after we are going away for over a week to visit family. Christmas is with my eldest daughter and for the New Year we will be going to my sisters for 5 days. I am really going to struggle being sensible over Christmas. I just hope I don’t put weight on.

@funshipfreddie your mosaic is wonderful. You have been a brilliant host. I think it’s the time of year that is causing so many of us to struggle. Everyone will be back with avengeance in January. Very jealous of your warm temperatures.

@missybear we too have not had much snow since we lived here. We did have a lot of snow about 16 years ago. It even snowed on the beach. I admire your resolve at avoiding Baileys, chocolates and mince pies. I have already had a mince pie, hopefully I will be able to avoid the rest of them. Luckily I don’t like Baileys but I do enjoy a small glass of Sherry around Christmas time. My downfall will be chocolate and nuts, especially the chilli nuts from M and S. I really struggle to say no to them.

@ccco glad you have found a plan which is working for you.

@iona72 I hate winter too. It’s the dark that gets me down the most. I love the lead up to Christmas rather than the day itself.

@stitchincarol glad the cognitive shuffling helped. Glad your mojo is strong. Can you send some my way please.

@brightonbelle sending you a virtual hug and hope you are able to join us again soon.

“It’s not whether you get knocked down. It’s whether you get up”. (Vince Lombardi)

Have a good weekend everyone 💪💪💪💪💪

USA. day 23. FD

Day 23 Pocket List 💪
@stitchincarol
@ccco

Maybe tomorrow or Monday, I will try another WFD.

I kinda fell a little lucky that I don’t have to cook anything for Thanksgiving this year. That will keep me away from the nibbles. Christmas dinner, though, might be a different story! 🙂

I hope everyone is enjoying the weekend. It is cold here. I would really prefer FUNSHIPFREDDIE’s weather!

Day 23 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
159 🔂

Hi all, I haven’t had a chance to check in today but doing so before the day closes out and I’m not going anywhere @funshipfreddie not that I am back on form. Fun times had last night 💃🏻 🥂
Travelled early this morning and with mum and catching up with our carers today. As I always say we are so blessed with wonderful people to help us at this most difficult of times. This is a very long goodbye and I know that might sound a bit dramatic and you might wonder how you can manage to have normal day to day life and fun times around the gentle fading of your most loved one but that is our normal right now. Sometimes the emotion of it all hits you in the gut as it has done for me today but we still have some precious moments. 💕💕

Oiche Maith, Bonne Nuit! Night all! 🌙 🛌

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 24 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
159 🔂

Hi all and happy Sunday!
Thanks so much for all your thoughts and kindness. 💕I tend to just muddle on in day to day life and I don’t dwell to much when people ask how we are doing or how mum is as it’s really much the same except not so good as the days go on😊 … people are very kind but it’s a hard one to explain, particularly when people have not been through it or I can see them entering this phase with parents of their own, and we really do feel very grateful and privileged to have had this time with mum and to care for her in our childhood home and where she feels so safe and loved💕💕

@funshipfreddie I feel for your friend as it’s hard to be far away at times like this. When I’m not here I feel some guilt but I know that’s just how it is and life has to go on too.

@merryapple the tester trousers are very dressy and have 0 give 😂😂

Ok lunchtime here so must get going 💕

I may need 3 FDs too this week 🤗

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Day 25 NZ FD 69.6kg 🏃🏼‍♀️

I made a Korean Tofu dish last night which was quite salty so I’m hoping today’s FD will rectify my blip up. However I am going out for dinner at a friend’s and said I would take desert. I’m thinking a Spanish lemon olive oil cake since it can be mixed in my mixer.
I did a jig to YouTube music videos last evening wearing my new UFC 1kg wrist weights. I waved my arms around like a dancing boxer. It’s my new way of trying to keep my muscles on my right arm. Will it work? Who knows but luckily there were no observers 😂
@northgeorgia You sound fantastic and have a real sense of purpose 💪
@jaifaim Are these your favourite pair from another era??? I recall the excitement of you fitting into them!!
@ccco that was meant to read “great that the next generation is taking over festive duties”…
@funshipfreddie Yes, one week to go…
I have been all over the place this month but do want to get to the next jeans size 31×32 (I’m 32×32 now) and I’ll be happy 😃
Hope to see you next month@excelsior12309

Pocket List🍋
@funshipfreddie
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@merry🍎

Day 25 – Ireland – FD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽‍♀️ 🌾
158.6 ⬇️

Morning all!

@merryapple yes! the tester trousers are the ones I got back into in early 2023 and I was mid-150lbs and which I hadn’t fitted since 2001🤗 They still fit but are a little tighter on than earlier this year so that is my Non Scale gauge. Your dance weight session sounds fantastic and can only help with building back up your muscles. I hope dinner was fun 💕

@northgeorgia bravo on a good Sunday FD – great mindset.

@funshipfreddie well done to you too and thanks for the reminder I must look at the spreadsheet as it has been a few weeks. Good luck with the car check. Hopefully no work needed.

Have a great day everyone! I have a busy day in work which is a good thing as I need both focus and distraction if that makes sense.

Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

Pocket List – Day 25 🍋
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@merry🍎
@at ?
@jaifaim

Day 25 – UK – FD

Good morning all from a sunny (at last!!) Cumbria

I have been lurking in the background all month – managing to do 2 successful FD each week but unfortunately my NFDs have not been very controlled so I seem to be maintaining at the same weight and not losing……

I am logging for this last week to try and stay in control on the NFD and will aim for 3 FDs to see me end the month on a positive note

I had a nasty cold (not Covid) in the middle of the month that left me totally lacking in energy and feeling very tired but now recovering and almost back to normal

@funshipfreddie – my apologies for not contributing but it had nothing to do with your leadership 🤗 and I will join you for 3 FDs this week
@molij – sadly I have been like you in struggling to eat sensibly on a NFDs – but we can try to make this last week a good one
@missybear – I am hoping to have your resolve for the next 4 weeks at avoiding Baileys, chocolates and mince pies and I will add having more control on my NFDs – 🤞there is still time to lose a few lbs before Christmas week……makes me grateful that Thanksgiving is not a celebration here…..

OH and I are not big into Christmas but I did make my Christmas cake at the end of November as we both love fruit cake – no marzipan and no icing though – we don’t cut into it until the weekend before Christmas – I am also planning to make a batch of Italian Biscottis and Amaretti biscuits sometime in December, we are not big on mince pies but these are both loved by OH…..

As the sun is shining I’m going to aim for quick 5 mile walk at lunchtime before I meet with friends for our regular Monday afternoon tea/coffee/chat……

Pocket List – Day 25 🍋
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@merry🍎
@at
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle

USA. Day 25 WFD

Today will be another WFD. I think I should do that every Monday! To this end, I am joining today’s pocket list.

Pocket List – Day 25 🍋
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@merry🍎
@at
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle
@ccco

I hope this compensates a little for the upcoming Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday. I plan to be careful with my serving sizes but I will try a little of everything. Apart from the turkey, I don’t really know what is being served this year. This is the first year in 45 years that I am not cooking and hosting that meal. I think my time has come! LOL.

I hope everyone has a wonderful week! 😀

Day 25 North Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 FD

Hoping for a good fast day today. Going to eat soup in a bit. Feeling more positive and hoping for a good week. Last week wasn’t a good week for me.

@missybear oh noooo not marmite tea 🤢

@stitchincarol brilliant weight loss.

@brightonbelle glad to see you back and feeling more positive.

@at nice to hear from you. Hope you last week is good.

Pocket List – Day 25 🍋
@michelinme
@missybear
@molij
@merry🍎
@at
@jaifaim
@brightonbelle
@ccco WFD

Day 26 NZ FD#2 69.8kg👀 🏃🏼‍♀️

Really??!! We were served dinner – salmon quiche, asparagus and salad. I ate up what was on my plate – all good and healthy. It was baking that did me in. My friend said someone else is also bringing desert so just bring half. Well a cut cake is an available cake and slices just seemed to melt away with cups of tea😃 We both made lemon cake. Mine was a lovely Spanish recipe with olive oil, yoghurt, lemon zest massaged into sugar, lemon juice and almond flour added to the flour. Hers was a flour based lemon drizzle cake made with sour cream. The drizzle didn’t have any sugar in it (cooks choice) which meant it was a little sharp. Mine was better!! So I came home and had another slice to confirm with a wee glass of Stones green ginger wine on ice. Go figure…🙄 Today is another FD… On the upside I’m still under 70kg!! There is no down side…
I’m off to physio shortly so had better get cracking.

STEELY RESOLVE!!!

Day 26 UK CD

Phew just had to run across London stations to catch a train ……absolutely done in , bit of a reminder how unfit I actually am, anyway delighted to have completed FD yesterday, probably just one more for me this week , catch up tomorrow when I’m back home , even typing is a struggle on this bouncy train 🚂

USA. Day 26. FD

Decided to do a FD today and tomorrow, leading up to Thanksgiving dinner. I know that there will be lots of food and I don’t even know what it will be. That means I will try a little of everything but I don’t know how many calories that will be. Maybe Friday will have to be a WFD!

Thank you for putting me on the pocket list, FUNSHIPFREDDIE. I definitely belong there. I can’t believe that November is almost over! Also, thank you for the article. Sometimes I am not able to read the British articles but this one let me in. I used to be able to get into all of them.

Stitchincarol, sometimes I do that, too, but generally it means I ate too much salt.

Northgeorgia, I forgot about the reaction we can have to eating carbs. It would expect why some days I just want to eat more even though I don’t need it.

It’s been raining, which we need, but we are entering a real cold spell. Looks like Winter is right around the corner. I am not loving that. I am a Spring and Summer person.

Hope you are all having a wonderful day!

Day 26 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

A lot of distracting life stuff going on this week, nothing major just the house and DH’s health occupying my headspace so not leaving much room for thinking about 5:2ing. Lucky then that I got back into my 5:2 rhythm last month because I seem to be doing Monday and Thursday FDs and ZBC NFDs without giving it much thought. Clothes fitting better but I’m already nervous about stepping onto the scales at the end of this month after reading about the cruel fluctuations some of you are experiencing…..those fluctuations are the reason I only weigh in once a month, I find the undeserved gains wreck my motivation.

@merry🍎 your lemon cake with a glass of Stones ginger wine sounds divine! I’ve never drank ginger wine on the rocks, I always think of it as a warming winter tipple so drink it at room temperature….something new for me to try.

Strength to the Tuesday fasters 💪

Second post

I came on to renew my focus…not a bad day and a nice lunch out… healthyish… maybe it will be a OMAD today…

@at enjoy your evening! I will be very interested to hear what you think of Small Things Like These. The book is just beautiful and I’ve seen the film. Claire Keegan is a fabulous writer. If you haven’t read Foster or seen An Cailin Ciuin (The Quiet Girl) I would highly recommend reading/watching that. ♥️🎥♥️