Day 25 UK – NFD but only breaking yesterday’s fast this evening….

@bert1802 – I too am de-cluttering. We sold our house very quickly about 12 months ago – the condition of the cash sale was that we were out within 7 days so we brought a lot of ‘clutter’ with us that we had intended to sort through. We moved into my Dad’s house (who had passed away)… Dad had been resident here for over 70 years but de-cluttering was never on his agenda. I look forward to completing but it’s going to take a while!

Thank you for your replies on ‘allowing for exercise’ – I haven’t so my halo is now shining very brightly!

So impressed with all the determination from those who celebrated Thanksgiving – well done!

Day 25 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Good FD yesterday – weight this morning = 54.2kg – happy maintenance!

Had a great Pilates workshop this morning then the whole group (9 of us) went out for a light lunch together – so eventually broke my fast at lunchtime today.

Going out this afternoon to visit a friend who has recently moved house, she invited a few of us for afternoon tea, will try to stay restrained and not planning on any food after that.

Planning on catching up and watching some of the Rugby once we return home late afternoon.

Stay strong this weekend fellow. November Challengers – 5 days to go after today!

Day 25 NFD, Germany
Just a quick share… My mom and a friend of hers are here for afternoon coffee and I made a very delicious apple crumble cake 😋. Even though I don’t normally eat sugar I allowed myself to have one piece with the others today. I promise to myself and you all now, that I will JUST HAVE ONE PIECE!!!
I know, otherwise I would feel very bad afterwards!
@at @missybear @daffodil2010 thank you for your understanding and caring words – I ‘m so glad we’re doing this together!!!
Take care everybody!
Lou

Post # 3-

@lilymartin – so true that losing the pounds & losing the clutter both take persistence. Sticking to it is the most important! We all want fast changes & instant results, but I’m finding Baby Steps add up over time to pretty sweet results!

After my recent surgery I couldn’t lift anything heavier than a full coffee mug. But I didn’t want my time off work for medical leave to fly by & then look back at nothing accomplished. So I assigned myself “a project a day.”

At first I could only manage cleaning out one drawer or one shelf inside a cabinet. But as I healed & got stronger, the projects gradually grew in scope. I could tackle a bit more each day. I’d set a timer for 15 minutes, because “you can do anything for 15 minutes” as the lovely Fly Lady says! Then if I needed a break, I’d sit down with my doggy & kitteh to read. Afterwards, I’d be re-charged for another 15 minute go-round!

I am quite astounded by the huge progress I’ve made around my home using small, incremental baby steps. Thankful shout out to the methods of Fly Lady and Marie Kondo.
Intermittent fasting works the same for me. Break my day or week up into manageable bits of time. Before you know it the tiny successes start to add up. Progress, not perfection!

Day 25 USA (Utah visiting) – NFD

Did pretty well staying under TDEE yesterday. Had a salad at the airport where I really wanted a big burger and fries. Yeah for self-control!

@trishp1961 – welcome! You will find this group very supportive and amazingly helpful. I’ve been on 5:2 or maintenance 6:1 for 20 months now. I HATE counting calories. But I have found with “My Fitness Pal” (we abbreviate MFP) it is much much easier. I downloaded it (just the free version) and can access it from my tablet or my phone using the same user ID. I don’t bother with the exercise planner, just use the daily meals. It finds all sorts of items from restaurants and even most fast food places. I have added a few of my own special recipes to recall them too. Wonderfully convenient.

Onward and downward.

@trishp1961 – Welcome!
I also use MyFitnessPal – just the free version – If you tend to have similar meals on a regular basis I find it easy to copy from previous to the current day. It also seems to have a really good ‘bank’ of foods to search and the portion sizes can easily be adapted.

I also have tried many ‘diets’ with mixed success. It is very early days for me but there’s some very positive stuff going on between my ears! So often I’ve given up when I have succumbed to temptation but with this plan there really is another day to fast if life gets in the way of your plan.

This is a wonderfully supportive group – I have learned lots from them already.

Day 25 – McMinnville Oregon USA – NFD
Yesterdays LF went well until evening and then I had some leftover meatloaf. Still haven’t lost the weight I put on while in Bend. 😕 I’m feeling discouraged as I’m gaining and loosing, gaining and loosing, with the net result of ZERO!!

@bert1802 – Count me in for December!!
@dykask – Good luck with the company reorg, very stressful.
@mjrbcd44 – Good job on the 4 lbs.

Day 25 Canada FD

Will catch up on posts during the day when I am feeling peckish 🙂

Still day 25,Germany, NFD
I’m so glad I promised to you and to myself just to have 1 peace of cake 😮
Otherwise I would have definitely had more!! I was tempted but stayed strong! Dinner was a little more than needed, I guess… But still OK.
@happymargo thank you for your encouraging words! 😊 I am unfortunately very bad in being gentle and kind to myself! This is probably why I developed an eating disorder in my youth! To relax…
While skimming through the latest posts I read about this magic cleaning topic (Marie kondo, right? And Lady???) this topic came across for me quite often in the last time which probably means that it is important for me! Is it one book or more that are good to read about this topic?
@anna6 like you, I am struggling with those last 2 kg and feel like my body doesn’t want to let go of it. I decided to take my part of the responsibility which is going on with this WOL to the best of my ability! The rest I can only let go… And even if it is only maintaining my weight from now on – this is still great and I can be very grateful for that!
Lots of love to all of you lovely people!

Oh my goodness, you guys!
I’d forgotten about the magic of bone broth, until I had a giant turkey carcass to deal with. It went into my Instant Pot with onions, carrots, celery & seasonings for 18 hours.

After going to the gym, then getting home & taking my dog for a run, I *really* wanted lunch. Instead I heated up some bone broth & YUM! Lunch was averted (saving up my calories for a delicious dinner I’m cooking tonight with eggplant & lots of cheese.)

Day 26 NFD Country West Australia
In contrast to yesterday, today is cool , windy with a grey cloudy sky.
Off to church then lunch with friends so will try to be controlled.
@happymargo. I remember reading about FlyLady many many years ago. I loved her ideas and especially that you can do anything for 15 minutes a day. I followed her ideas a bit spasmodically.
The children did comment that if I actually DID the things she suggested rather than simply READING about them I might make more headway ( true but so much more fun reading about it than actually doing it back then!)
@awilson, I know how you feel. I bounced up and down so much with the numbers on the scales without going below a certain weight, that I SHOULD have lost weight with the simple bounce bounce bounce!!
Stayed on a plateau for about 16 weeks!!!!!! ( true) but stayed with 5:2 for health reasons.
Am back in the groove and still have a lot of weight I’d like to lose but taking it one day at a time.

@bert1802, I so agree regarding attitude. I am currently reading ‘ Don’t Sweat the Small stuff’ (- and it’s all small stuff).
Finding it a very inspirational little book. Good for bedtime reading as the chapters are only 1 or 2 pages with lots of lovely words about kindness, gratitude etc etc.
I read it years ago and it just chose itself to be read again. Funny how a book will sometimes grab your attention to be read or re-read.
☺️

Day 26 – Japan – NFD 81.6kg

My weight went down on a non-fast day, from 81.9kg. There is a lot of randomness in scale readings! Don’t let the scale reading get you down. Look at the flab around the middle or where ever you pack it.

Yesterday was pretty active but I often have active days.

Today is Sunday, I’m only trying to worry about my soul and let everything else worry about itself! Nothing in this life seems to last very long. Next week I turn 58. However I feel more like 28.

Day 26, UK, FD
Up 0.4kg since yesterday. Based on calories consumed and expended, this must be water retention and food in transit. FIVE days to go for the challenge – best of luck with food choices everybody!

Day 26 Wales NFD

I’ve planned controlled NFDs within TDEE and 2 FDs for the rest of this month. Keeping motivated but I do keep forgetting to drink enough water.

Day 26, Gozo Malta, nfd

Today I cooked Sunday lunch and we’re celebrating my youngest daughter s birthday. It’s carrier and orange soup, oriental poussins with sticky mixed vegetables and red velvet cake which I cooked both yesterday and today. I’m serving both sparkling white and red wine with the meal.

Tomorrow I’m starting fasting B2B2B. Have a blessed peaceful Sunday everyone, onwards and downwards.

Day 26, London, UK, NFD (CD)
Day 25, London, UK, NFD,

Somehow, I missed posting yesterday, that’s a first!! I managed my Xmas do like a pro-faster, I couldn’t believe the lack of veg on offer, so stuck to a modified LCHF and to two kalimotxo’s (redwine/coke zero) which are a wine drinkers’ saviour on these occasions, back on the wagon ‘til Dec 1st now. Funnily enough, I didn’t feel the need to scarf down every morsel on my plate (clean plate syndrome) nor ‘make up’ for fasting, sometimes I ‘bank’ FDs before big events so as not to feel guilty, no need this time, yeah me!!!!!

Thanks @emma Taylor, I’m off to check out the soberistas web site, sounds interesting …………… for January!!!

@fatrabbit, I know how you feel, I missed the article, but I keep thinking my brain re-training is a very slow process, because I tend to either feast or fast. If anyone has a link to the article please re-post it. Talking of brie, it’s the thing (along with ALL other cheeses) I’ve missed the most during the dry challenges…………… it’s been off the menu as cheese = red wine!!!!!!

Just a few days left of this challenge, then preparing for the inevitable Xmas excesses!!!! I need to get a plan in place for Dec otherwise I’ll be hurling myself off the wagon before I know it!!!!

Stay strong everyone, we’ve got this!!!!!

2nd post

@flourbaby well done on not falling in the Clean Plate trap!

@dykask I just meant it was five days left of the November challenge, rather than something specifically for myself. But now that you have put the thought in my head… I’ve never gone beyond a 3 day fast and I am slightly curious about whether I could do 5 (which would be close to 0kcal LFDs). The last 5 days were supposed to be 3 FDs and 2 NFDs, but I suppose an extra 2 FDs would help with getting me to a level I’d be happy to maintain at. And yes, to all intents and purposes, I am now slim with a BMI slightly above 22. Amazing what losing 29kg can do to your BMI 😀

Gosh…. I hope this works…..

https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/december-2017-challenge/#post-231413

Dec. Challenge!

Day 26 – Colorado- NFD

@bert1802 – my fav habit picked up from Fly Lady is the swish & swipe.
Every day I swish a soapy toilet brush & then wipe down my bathroom counter. At first I’d only remember to do it 3-4 times/ week. Now it’s easily done daily. And I’ve added a quick mop of the floor (with those little pop-up Clorox wipes.) My bathroom stays so shiny clean!!

November really kicked in for me on 11/20/17 when I finally came off those awful medications. But I have a Looonnnngg way to go till goal, so I’m definitely in for December’s Challenge too!

No need to add me to the chart though. I’ve been enjoying tracking on a big paper calendar in my kitchen. Every day I jot down my 1- Weight, 2- Workouts & 3- FD/ NFD/ or OMAD.
It’s motivating & easy to glance at when thinking of snacking… all the info is staring me in the face from my kitchen wall. Helps me to pause & reconsider!

Day 26 London UK NFD
After months of refusing to weigh myself I think the time has probably come. My OHs weight has slowly been creeping up. He definitely won’t fast and he definitely won’t cut down his wine intake, but he is normally slim and won’t like facing up to the fact he’s put on a bit of timber round his middle.
The only way I can think of doing this is if we try together. I think my BMI is around 26, and I’d like it to be around 22. In the past, when I’ve weighed myself, if I’ve lost weight I tended to scoff because I thought I could, and if I put on weight I tended to scoff because I was disappointed. End result – scoffing!!! Anyway, I’ve grown up a bit now ( 60 this year, so it’s about time..) and I’ve learned from this group that the scales tell fibs, but if you stick with the WOL they will eventually shift. I’ll try to keep track myself first, and might get to the spreadsheet if I can get organised.
Have a good day all.

Day 26 – Cumbria UK – NFD

A very good CD yesterday – weight this morning 53.7kg/118.4lbs – on track to be a few lbs below target before my pre xmas visit down south to see friends!

Cold day here – beautiful sunshine initially but by lunchtime we had a light drizzle which has continued for the rest of the day!

@trishp1961 – Welcome to the monthly challenges – great support with no judgement here – looking forward to getting to know you in December
@miraclelou – I love an apple cake too – I have this lovely recipe for an Italian Apple cake made with a light olive oil instead of butter and it is fool proof to make and is so light 😋- good job on sticking to only the one serve!
@happymargo – good to hear that your recovery is going well x
@flourbaby – Just no to red wine and coke – I don’t like a white wine spritzer either – prefer my wine unadulterated!!!!!
@bert1802 – thank you for getting the December Challenge underway – love your introduction to it ☺️

I’m going to see Suburbicon tonight – it does get mixed reviews but our film group like seeing films that challenge a bit and certainly we often sit in the cinema discussing the film for several minutes when everyone else has left……….

“TAKE IT DAY BY DAY BECAUSE RESULTS DON’T COME OVERNIGHT. CHANGE DOESN’T COME IMMEDIATELY, BUT KEEP WORKING AT IT AND YOU WILL GET THERE”

Day 26 Sarasota, Florida FD I pre-entered todays 2 meals. It won’t be hard to not eat all day because my stomach still isn’t right. I found quite an extensive thread on effects of the 5/2 on digestion on another 5/2 forum. Many people suffered what I’m suffering- diarrhea. Many wished, as I do, that Dr. Mosley would comment on this. It’s odd for me because I was on the 5/2 most of 2013 and this year I’ve been on it since February yet this is a new problem. Constipation I dealt with before with success but this is different. One fellow dealt with it by taking a tsp of Metamucil every morning. I sent my husband out for some. Also postponing my lap swimming again today.

Struggling with 5:2 lately and so I just fast when I can. I got bad news that my kidney cancer is spreading and I’ll start chemo soon – after more scans & biopsies. I suppose the good news is that the fasting will become a lot easier on chemo. Haha. I’ve lost 24 lbs total though and am now a normal (well, higher end of normal) BMI. I can honestly say that 5:2 and resulting weight loss & normalized blood glucose has made me feel much much better than I was feeling before I started. I’m in the best shape I can be to win this battle but taking a break for a while. Wish me luck & if you pray, a little prayer for me would be most welcome. Keep up the good fight all!

Day 27 NZ

My apologies to everyone. I have had a really awful month and haven’t focussed on the challenge. Roll on December!

@Melania–prayers sent.
So sorry for your news but keep up the fight and take care of yourself.