Day 21……Florida…..FD

Yesterday turned out to be a really good FD. I love when that happens! I’m going to try for another one today, I may venture up towards 800 calories though, only because my OH and OS are up north for their annual boys hunting week. So, I asked the youngest kid what he wanted so burgers and rice it will be.

It’s gonna be a late night as after work, I have to stop and get my stuff for turkey dinner. My boys fly in Thanksgiving, so we were not going to have a big turkey dinner but then chatting with the OH, he is having second thoughts on not doing it. So, off to the store I go……

Well…. it’s a quick post as life is moving a tad fast for me this morning!

I do not have ducks 🦆
I do not have rows!
I have monkeys 🐒 and they’re running the circus!

Day 21 – Perth, Western Australia – NFD

Day 21 USA (Illinois) – CD

Yesterday turned into a 600 calorie FD, and I know I needed that. Going to do a very controlled day today. The indulgences of the past week will be cast aside. Almost back to my exact 160# maintenance. Not thin by any means, but it seems right for me.

Yesterday it was finally sunny and quite warm for November, so the piles of leaves that have been mounting up for weeks finally got raked. Will do some more today, and hopefully be done with outside work for a while. I also will put away the fall decorations and orange (my favorite color) in the next day or so in favor of the red for Christmastime.

Still coming down from my concert high. I was happy to share the Facebook photos and videos.

@debster251 – you are so kind. I’ve been a singer and piano player since I was a girl, and I love feeding and watching birds!

@flourbaby – I love the idea of our new team of Spanx and 5:2! I really wondered if I would still be able to breathe well much less sing with those high-waisted Spanx pantyhose. It was okay, but sure hard to get on! I allowed myself an extra 10 minutes just to dress! After they were on, I discovered a built-in “hole/flap” in the crotch for bathroom ease. At first I thought I had ripped them right away. Not sure when I will be wearing them again.

Onward and downward.

@bigviking, those are really good distances to do on a daily basis! I can imagine that walking would keep the mind and the body too busy for food! I do long walks every so often with a walking group(around 13-15km) but I worry about feeling light headed on a FD, I might try it for once! Great for weight loss anyway lol 🙂

Day 21, US, NFD

Uncharacteristically for me yesterday’s FD involved food. I usually do a liquid FD. But my OH made a ham and cheese toastie with mustard for dinner, and I just had to have one. It was sooooo good. I really enjoyed its flavour, more so than if it was a “normal day”. We also had a very basic lettuce and kalamata olive salad. Still tehcnically a FD in terms of overall calories, but not my usual approach. Still, it does reflect the flexibility of 5:2.

Might be an OMAD today. See how it goes. (or chicken salad for lunch and another ham and cheese toastie for dinner!)

Day 21 NFD Oregon USA

Good morning from a very soggy Oregon. 😊

Very pleased with my FD yesterday and stayed at 485 calories. I am really finding decaf teas (flavors like peach, india chai spice, vanilla) to be my saviors in the night especially for that 7p-10p window (someone mentioned struggling then too).

I “cheated” this morning and weighed myself. Good news there I’m down 3.5 pounds for the month and moved into a “new decade”. Still 1.5 to go for my monthly goal. I wanted to see that post fast number for inspiration I guess. Also not sure that Friday morning after the Thanksgiving meal (sodium, heavy, etc) will be a good test. Going to do my second FD on Friday which I think will feel good after turkey day. 🍗

Another find that I had yesterday for FD. (And for those of you that don’t have Trader Joe’s near you I really AM sorry!) Trader Joe’s Spicy Black Bean Soup. Ready to heat and eat, only 70 calories per cup with 4g of protein and 4g of fiber in each serving. One tortilla chip crunched on top and it was sooo good.

Trying to stick to CD’s today and tomorrow as I don’t want to worry too much about Thanksgiving day.

Good choices and strength to all.

Day 21 – SW WA USA – FD

Decided to do another FD as well, seeing American Thanksgiving is this week & there will be lots of wonderful food.

***DAY 21 POCKET LIST***

**If you want to join just copy, paste and add your name**

**WE CAN DO THIS!**
@onahealthyhigh

@daffodil2010

@debster251

@flourbaby (2nd of B2B2B2B) WOW!!
@stephies

@belfastsink

@lynned
@borealis
@annemarilyn

@songbirdme – thank you for sharing your music with us. You looked great & I enjoyed the music!

@fatrabbit – I echo @metatauta, how low are you going? You’re fairly tall, if I remember. You do inspire me to keep on keeping on.

Together we can all do this!

Day 21 Canada NFD

Wearing a pair of jeans I haven’t been able to get into for years!
This WOL is teaching me so much about how much I need to eat.
I now know that I was cramming way to much in and didn’t connect the unhealthy feeling I carried around as simply too much of everything!

Off to manage my day, have fun everyone

Day 21 Akron OH. FD
I haven’t posted in a couple days, it’s a short week with the holidays coming up buy the work load remains the same.
I agree @bellyblast this WOL has taught me to listen to my body in a way I never used to, I love it.
Happy thanksgiving to everyone who celebrates the holiday and my best to you all.

Day 21 – 🇬🇧- NFD

I had planned for FD but as with this WOL I haven’t beaten myself up because a friend wanted some support & 🍷!!!! Just shows this WOL makes us better friends too 😊

Day 22 – Japan – NFD 82.5kg

I’ve been thinking about what I need to do to retire. While I’m still years away I’m not decades away. Anyway fasting is a great retirement diet, it works and it is cheaper than eating!

It is interesting how much really bad advice is given to people about money. The common theme is start saving when you are young and compounding will make you a million or millions. Well I did and I lost it because life happens and when it is a choice between retirement funds or your baby dying what are you going to do? Anyway last year I was able to save more than I lost even considering lost compounding. Most people use absurd returns in their computations to justify that. Much better advice would be just to stay out debt! Do what ever you can to avoid debt. As your skills and earning improve you have more options when it comes to retirement savings.

The same is true with diets too. Lots of absurdity out there. A most common on is not eating will force your body into starvation mode and you’ll get fat. It is like saying the way to get rich is to never invest in anything. Fasting doesn’t make you fat, eating does.

Day 22 FD Country west Australia
Had a good FD on Monday, controlled day yesterday and trying for another FD today.
Need to be a lot better with 5;2, as I was this time a year ago when I first started!
It’s good to be back on an even keel after a few weeks of illness ( don’t want to get that virus again in a hurry), caring for mum and life in general.
Have caught up on a few posts but will try to read most over the weekend.
Wrote a long post yesterday which disappeared into the ether.
Belated ‘Hallo’ for yesterday which was international ‘Hallo’ day and the thrust of yesterday’s post.
So ‘ Hallo’ everybody. Hope today is the best it can be for all of us.

Day 21 Sarasota, Florida NFD @simmogirl You’re being way to hard on yourself- fish is healthy. It’s not like you ate chocolates (which I’m inclined to do.) Today is the first day I filled a giveaway bag with clothes now too big for me. Hey, I like some of them but… I stayed under 1000 calories today. I think I’ll do my FD tomorrow in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday- the biggest eating day in America!

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Ugh… Flying off the rails tonight.

I swear NFD’s are harder for me than FD’s.

And @at was it you that shared an alcohol link? If so can you reshare please? I can’t find it and would like to read.

Reset tomorrow. Again.

Day 21 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – NFD

@awilson, @debster251, @metatauta, and everybody else who commented on my stepson, many thanks. It’s very worrying. He has been transferred overnight to a main educational and specialist hospital in Dublin as the regional hospital can’t stop the bleeding. His pain was getting worse and he is on morphine. One of the scans earlier showed a shadow on his kidney. Prayers and healing reiki for this kid, he is only 26. Hopefully we have a better update today.

Back to 5:2 and it was a good FD yesterday-slightly strayed over the 500 cal as I was quite hungry at bedtime and had a yoghurt, but I never beat myself up about this small stuff. A nice 2lb loss this morning so what this WOL has taught me is that my pounds are very easy come but relatively easy go too 👍

Now I just have to move out of the 140’s and make a move towards November goal which was 137. At least 4 pounds to go and my sisters Hen night on Saturday 🍾.
Today’s NFD will be hopefully a CD, then a B2B FD with Friday being liquid only.
That’s the way to do it…..☺️

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@daffodil2010 I’m so sorry. My thoughts are with your stepson and you.

Day 22, Belgium, NFD

@dykask, I was thinking the same thing, I’ve been saving a lot of money on food since I started this diet ! Killing two birds with one stone lol AS for money, I’ve come to the same conclusion, debt is the killer, buying good quality products that last is worth every penny, live simply 🙂

@miraclelou, have fun with your Tupperware party tonight 🙂

@steve toon taxi driver, so sad about Rodney Bewes, loved that show, it reminds me of my days with my parents, as you say sitting around telly. I’m trying to do that with my daughter but the only way she’ll sit through someone on telly with me is if I put youtube silly videos lol

@daffodil2010, thinking of you and your stepson, 26 is so young hopefully he’ll pull though soon! keep us posted

@maayyaa, keep strong ! you can do this (oh and I wouldn’t have resisted desert either lol)

@simmogirl, sometimes will be slightly over, some days way under 🙂 1kg in a week is really good anyway !

@califdreamer, looking 11 kg in a year and sticking it out for a year is great !!

@bellyblast, congrats on wearing “those” jeans!! I’ve got a pair waiting for me to get back into them lol

Hello to all I haven’t mentioned individually !

Yesterday finished my first B2B FD at just around 500 and I was very pleased with this, I also found it easier than I expected. Today will be hard as all my NFDs seem to be pfff

Clothes feel looser but I still haven’t weighed myself, I’m worried about being disappointed and giving up, I’ve been on so many diets that just don’t work out in the end.

Anyway, have a good day all ! I need to sort out my car as the battery was flat this morning (my fault I left the little roof light on 😛 )

Day 22, London, UK, FD (3rd of B2B2B2B)

All going well so far, I think my body has welcomed these B2Bs with open arms after the abuse I put it through over the weekend!!! I’m gaining back the control, however my company Xmas ‘do’ with wine this weekend is making me anxious………….. not good!!! I may choose to drive just to impose a better booze situation & stay (mostly) faithful to my fellow Dry Winovember-ers!!!

@metatauta, I’m not sure if it’s determination or the shame!!!!! I’m accountable, so I’m putting it out there, there were biscuits and pringles involved in my 2nd EFS weekend this month (Epic Face Stuffing)………………eeurgh!!!!

@awilson, the 5:2/Spanx club is open to all, only 1 requirement…………………….. you must have at least 1 wobbly bit that NEEDS to be tamed!!!

@miraclelou………………….Mmmmhhhh Thermomix………………….. it’s my kitchen gadget dream, I think I would sell a body part to have one!!!!

@simmogirl, no self-flagellation required, 35cals is nothing, I’ve been over by 350cals and still called it a FD, LOL!!! The key is to not make it a habit, just choose your own limit, say 550cals and be happy with it or more importantly……. Consistent. Good Luck!!!

@mjrbcd44, here are the booze links I posted yesterday …………………………. “enjoy”!!!

http://www.calwineries.com/learn/wine-and-health/science-of-wine-and-health/calories

http://freefitnesstips.co.uk/5-high-calorie-alcoholic-drinks/

@maayyaa, that sugar/carb dragon lying in wait in that dessert is unfortunately now WIDE awake and roaring for more, More, MORE carbs!!!! I’ve been trying to drown him for the last week with Litres of water, but he’s still tempting me. Lesson learnt (again)………………… do not wake the dragon!!!!!

@daffodil2010, my thoughts and prayers are with your stepson.xxxxx

@steve toon taxi driver…………………….. Great idea!!!! I’m off to buy some tape in preparation for Xmas!!!!

@bigviking, you’re not counting down to Dec 1st for anything special are you?????!!!!! Oh, yeah, I remember!!!!!!!

I’m feeling that light & airy FD feeling I love, I just need to remember it vs the bloated uncomfortable NFD binge feeling when I’m reaching for the biscuits & crisps I have in the house just to torture myself!!!!

Happy Fasting everyone!!!!!

Day 22 Belfast NFD

As I opened the door after my weekend, the sugar monster came out of its cage and won’t go back in 😰🐉. I went completely off the rails. Sooooo… I’m just having a CD till I get my head round this. Yes @flourbaby ‘Epic Face stuffing’ is just the phrase. Why do I do it?
I actually thought of taking a breather from this WOL but that would be suicide. SO…. this morning I put on a skinny jumper that didn’t fit a few months ago to remind me why I do this.
@flourbaby – that article made me cringe! I shall be crying into my gin! 😢 On a positive note, I’m a Dry till Fri girl, if that’s any consolation
@dykask – do I understand you lost a child? I can’t imagine what that would be like. I’m sure that pain never goes away.
@at – I’m sorry to hear about your sad news. There are times when living a distance from friends and family is so hard. Coda gave an indication that she was taking a breather, but would check in sometimes.
@lilymartin – glad to hear you’re on the mend.
@simmogirl – you’ve done really well. 35 cal is neither here nor there in the big picture. Don’t beat yourself up. Just be pleased with yourself for your success. 👍
@maayyaa – today’s a new day! Hope you enjoyed the meal!
@daffodil – thoughts and prayers with you and your stepson. Xo
@bellyblast – I think a 👖 moment is the ultimate proof of your success. Well done.
@SteveToonTaxiDriver – I’m taking up your suggestion of gaffer tape over the mouth today. 🤐

Remember: Every day is an opportunity to start again and be better

Day 22 – Perth, Western Australia – FD

Day 22, South Wales, NFD/CD

Hello everyone, just catching up on posts today.
@daffodil2010 – hoping you have good news on your stepson very soon
@simmogirl – don’t worry about 35 cals (Michael Moseley’s new ‘Blood sugar diet’ mentions up to 800 cals still counting as a FD! Congrats on your great results to date.
@missybear – congratulations too on being within a whisker of your goal. That is fantastic!
@belfastsink – I know what you mean about the food programmes on FD. I must stop!!

I was feeling a bit down about being stuck on a yoyo/plateau this last week so I got looked at some old photos from February/March and a photo from last month – it definitely boosted my mood to see what a difference the 28lb weight loss makes!

Day 22 Akron OH FD

Day 22 USA (Illinois) CD

Maintenance is my mantra – doing well at that. The indulgences will be offset by FD’s quite well.

@happymargo – Long Island Iced Tea is also my favorite summer beverage! I discovered how many calories they have last summer, but yes, still did have one every so often, but I counted them on MFP. On our WOL we can do that!

@awilson – happy to have you with @flourbaby and me on our Spanx Team! And yes, the flap opening was very convenient!

@dykask – retirement and 5:2 go well together. The main problem is, for me anyway, keeping real busy on FD’s so as to not be hungry and want to cook. (I love to cook)

@daffodil1210 – so scary for your stepson indeed. Hugs to you and your family.

@bert1802 – most of my fall decs are outside, just a few things inside, and they go well with my orange Fighting ILLINI football helmet mailbox. 🙂 I will wait until December to put out Christmas items. We will all help you with December hosting greetings, and people have been good about updating the spreadsheet if they so desire.

Onward and downward.

Day 22 – USA – FD

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Thanks Bert1802 for hosting December, please count me in.

Happy thanksgiving day to all Americans in this forum.

Good night everyone