Day 30, Belfast, FD

Last fast day of the month, so I’ll do my weigh in tomorrow.

Thanks so much @jessyoursize for hosting November’s challenge.
@bert1802 thanks for hosting December’s challenge…the danger month haha lol!!

***DAY 30 POCKET LIST***

@steve toon taxi driver
@toddybear
@stephies
@maayyaa
@bigviking
@aprilsunshine
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@tsubaki
@lynned
@borealis
@flourbaby
@belfastsink

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!x

Day 30 – Massachusetts – CD

I was whooshing all day yesterday guys! This morning I decided to check the scales for a preview and I am .6 pounds away from my November goal!! What an amazing comeback from Thanksgiving. I don’t know if this will last, and if it doesn’t I’m counting it as my final weigh in for the month, hehe. My time has also just started 😭 so very probable it won’t last, but I’ll try weighing tomorrow and see what happens.

@debster251 – I am really excited to develop a relationship with the water! I injured my knee hiking one year and my body has not been the same. It caused me to decrease all physical activity which led to weight gain. 😔 I’m hoping that swimming will become my main aerobic activity once I get good at it. And breathing was something I never learned … I grew up swimming with goggles that covered my nose so I was always just holding my breath when I swam.

Thank you guys for making my first month on 5:2 so great! Thanks @jessyoursize for hosting and everyone for being so welcoming. 😊 Looking forward to December with @bert1802!

Day 30 Akron Ohio 4th FD in a row

@borealis thank you for the enlightening information

@dykask you summed it up beautifully, “Fasting does not win all the battles, but it is winning the war” with your permission I would like to adopt that as my mantra for December.

I am enjoying this process of listening to my body, and going what it leads me rather than what conventional wisdom dictates (you know the usual: eat breakfast, eat three times a day, etc. etc.) I also have difficulty eating the amounts of food that I was once able to put away without any thought; in fact unless I add dessert and sweets to the mix, I am frequently unable to eat up to TDEE on my NFD.
Now if you add alcohol to the mix, everything I wrote above flies out the window 🙂
My final weigh in for November shows me holding steady at 155pounds with a BMI of 23.2. This is the very top end of my happy weight range; however considering my epic face stuffing for 5 straight days over thanksgiving, I am not complaining. Thank you 5:2. Can’t wait to tackle December with everything I have learned.
@jessyoursize thank you for hosting November, these are for you

https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/white-daisies-on-summer-day-gm119587147-14694176

See you all on the other side!!

Day 30 – USA – NFD

Good FD yesterday at 431 cals…@Daffodil2010, I feel the same way! I’ve been wobbling back and forth in the 160s this month and will probably not hit my goal of 164, but it’s better than the 170s again! I have another FD tomorrow and will do my November weigh-in on Saturday. @lilimar, looking forward to “seeing” you in December…for me, slow and steady means permanent weight loss on this way of life. @jessyoursize, thanks so much for hosting November. @missybear, good for you losing 3.4 lbs this month, very commendable! @fatrabbit, as always, you are a role model for this WOL; you will be in maintenance soon enough! @debster251, when you talk about breathing while swimming, I feel the love, lol! Some of my best conversations have been underwater as I breathe. Good therapy! Question:I have a WW scale that gives me a body fat reading of 37 or 38, but the calculator here on the site is 28.8. Anyone notice the same thing?

Day 29NFD
Day 300FD Oregon USA

Busy few days and the beginning of the busy holiday season already and extra calories/temptations at every corner!
I loved reading all the “all time low” successes from the non-newbies @at,@BigViking,@fatrabbit and anyone else I am forgetting but read!
@cornish_jane @bellyblast @borealis really appreciate all the information and empathy with the wakefulness from fasting. Going to try magnesium tonight after today’s fast and see if it helps.

Here I am at day 30 of my first month and so excited and grateful for finding this.
@jessyoursize thank you for hosting and @bert1802 and all other December challengers see you there!

**DAY 30 POCKET LIST***
@steve toon taxi driver
@toddybear
@stephies
@maayyaa
@bigviking
@aprilsunshine
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@tsubaki
@lynned
@borealis
@flourbaby
@belfastsink
@mjrbcd44

Good choices and strength to all!

Day 30, FD, USA

Thank you @jessyoursize for being our host this month

And thank you all. I’m having one of those sh1tty days at work and was all set to console myself with an egg and bacon roll. On a FD! Instead I turned to the forum to help me over the bump and now I’m sipping on a hot mug of chicken bouillon. Crisis adverted!

See you all next month.

Day 30 USA (UT visiting) – NFD

Good FD yesterday right at 600 calories. I ended up being out for supper with daughter, so my soup and bread totaled a bit more than a normal FD, but I am good with that. Maintaining 162 well. Also had a massage in the afternoon, and my masseuse is happy for me at maintenance. I see her once a month, so she knows my body pretty well! 🙂 I’m able to do a Silver Sneakers class almost every day out here in Utah, so that is good.

November is over. Wow. Now on to keeping this weight off in December. If I could manage a few more pounds off, I would be well into 150’s and 24 BMI, but I’m not going to stress over it.

Onward and downward!

Day 30 Canada NFD
Last day of the challenge. Congratulations to everyone who have lost this month, there are amazing success stories!
Thanks @jessyoursize and @bert1802 for leading the monthly forums.
See you for the December challenge!

Day 30, Gozo Malta, nfd

I weighted at 65.3 kilos this morning but today I went over tdee. I need to be more careful these coming days. I don’t think I lost anything this month but I maintained my weight.

Onwards and downwards here comes December

Day 30 California FD

Will do final weigh in tomorrow and post the results. Today is one of my regular FDs so hoping to see at least a little loss. I haven’t been vey mindful on my NFDs so hoping for the best!

**DAY 30 POCKET LIST***

@steve toon taxi driver
@toddybear
@stephies
@maayyaa
@bigviking
@aprilsunshine
@daffodil2010
@debster251
@tsubaki
@lynned
@borealis
@flourbaby
@belfastsink
@cornish-jane
@califdreamer

Day 1 NFD Brisbane, Australia

@bert1802 Please add me to December, and many thanks for hosting.

Sorry I have been absent for a while. I have worked 18 out of the last 19 days with our State election, but the end is near. My usual day job is a stay at home wife and Mum, so when I take on full time work it is a challenge to keep up with my usual day duties. In saying that I have enjoyed the work and have been working with a fantastic group of people. I have put my earnings away and will start planning a nice holiday for my DH and myself in 2018. The other bonus is I haven’t had time to think about being hungry on fast days 🙂 So I have had a successful November and lost 2.2kgs and 5cm from my waist. For the first time in well over 20 years I am under 70 kgs. My goal for December is to get to 68 kgs before Christmas.

I am looking forward to catching up with all your posts on the weekend and sharing in your successes.

Good luck everyone for December.

Day 1,Germany, NFD
Wow! I almost reached my November goal! My first LFD yesterday was great! I can really understand now why some of you are doing this regularly. It will be my new way of approaching my FDs for sure! I found it so much easier than eating up to 500 calories! Plus I really felt kind of high with it! 😀
1 more Kilo to tackle in December and I am down to my absolute dream weight!
I will stick to not weighing myself during the month!
C u all in December!

November goal: 137
Final weigh in: 139.5

At least I got into a new decade to finish off November 🤗

Thank you so much @jessyoursize for hosting November, I can almost hear your accent when you tell us “Ya’ll made this the best November…..”, you are truly motivational ☺️

Off to update the sheet and post in December.

Morning all

Final Post for Nov:

I weighed my self this morning and tho I haven’t achieved my Nov Goal happy to say that I have lost weight. More than all that I have been very careful about what I feed my body. I have never been drawn towards fast food, may be the odd indulgences, but my genetic make up is the one where I just need to sniff food to put a few pounds on :-). All goes straight to the waist. My OH always says a moment on your lips is a life time on your hips. I dont even need it on my lips, just need to see it.

Nov was my first time trying this WOl in a few years and I am proud to say I have managed to complete it on a very positive note. Thank you for all the support and encouragement here.

My starting weight was 58.75kg(129.52 pounds) at the beginning of Nov
This morning I weigh 57.5 kg (126.76 pounds), So it looks like I have lost about 1.25ks in Nov (2.76 pounds). Very happy.

I think expecting to loose more was bit over ambitious.

I have not checked my body measurements, so not sure.

Thank you @jessyoursize for hosting November and everyone else in this forum for your support.

By the way, welcome to my neck of woods @at, Hope you are having a fabulous time with your friends here in Suffolk. 🙂

Final November post – Ireland – CD
I am so grateful to you all for the online support provided by this forum.
I came back to 5:2 in mid October as although I am very active and thought I was eating well the weight was creeping back on… I started out at 183 lbs in mid October and came down to 178 lbs by November 1. I set my goal for November to 173lbs and am thrilled to report that my final weigh in this morning reports 171 lbs.
I am realistic and know that the initial weight loss is quite speedy and that this will slow down but I feel great and that’s what 5:2 is about. I love this WOL!!!I’ve had nights out…some alcohol..some cheese and treats but in the main I am way more mindful of what I’m consuming…thank you @jessyoursize for hosting this month and to @bert1802 for setting up December.. I plan to continue with you all for the most challenging month..🤗

Final post for November

Starting weight Nov 3rd: 104.8kg / 231lbs
End weight Dec 1st: 99.1kg / 218.5lbs
Total weight loss: 5.7kg / 12.5lbs
FDs: 9

I am new to this WOL and it has exceeded my expectations on all levels. I reached my (optimistic) 100kg goal for November and then some. I hope to make fasting a permanent part of my life from now on.
Thank you all for being such a huge source of inspiration! Looking forward to the December challenge!

FINAL POST**

Start weight: 168lbs
Goal weight: 163lbs
End weight: 161lbs

7lbs down. happy days. I think this is the first monthly challenge that I’ve met my goal.
Now, the challenge is to keep it off during December 😉

Thanks to all, see you in the December Challenge

Final post for November…

Start = 156 … on 11/20/2017. . Very late start.
Week # 1 = 155.4 … 11/24/17
Week # 2 = 154.6 … 12/01/17

So final results for 5:2 in Nov. = 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg) lost in just 10 days.

I got off to a late start toward the very end of Nov. due to medications. But I am OFF them now! Yay!!
And ever so happy to be back on board the intermittent fasting 5:2 WOL. Looking forward to good things in December.

@jessyoursize – Many thanks for hosting our Nov. Challenge. This thread means so much to such a large group. Thank you for keeping us going!

Final Post

Target loss: 7.8 lbs
Actual loss: 7.2 lbs

So close to my goal! Very pleased given Thanksgiving and the fact that I started the month late. Looking forward to December!

Final Post
Starting Weight 182.5
Ending Weight 177.5
Goal: 177.0

So…didn’t quite get there but very pleased with my results especially considering a few days where TDEE was completely blown out of the water. Losing weight during the month of my birthday AND Thanksgiving seems like a real victory.

Thanks to all of you and @jessyoursize for hosting!
Here we go December!!

Final Post – McMinnville Oregon USA – FD
Up 2 lbs. from start of November. So glad I get a fresh start with December.

@jessyoursize – Thank you for hosting November.

Final post for november from me too:
First of all: Thank you to each and everyone one this forum and on these monthly challenges. I know i couldnt have done this without it!

Did my final nov weigh-in this morning and i made it!! I saw the number 84 with just a .3 in addition 😊😊😊
Im on a company cabin trip with OH this weekend, all my dogs are at my moms house.
The cabin is at a Ski Resort called Bortelid, really a winter wonderland. You should google it. Its almost a «mini Colorado»😂

Well, hope to see all of you in December Challenge. I’ve hit the magig number -10kg in 4 months. 3 months until my USA-trip, would love to lose 7-10more kg by March 7. 2018. Can I?

Final (late) check-in for November,

Busy doctors’ appointment, pilates and shopping filled day.

I’m still catching up with the results, but there are some fabulous numbers eradicated this month….. @borealis, you’re a star!!!!

For me, this is the first month, in a while, where the bouncy bouncy scales were caught on the downward trend for weigh-in day………………………

Nov aim – eradicate 4-5lbs (start weight 161lbs)
Dec 1st weight -156.8lbs, so I banished 4.2lbs

Happy to be moving in the right direction!!!

Thanks @jessyoursize for hosting this months challenge, I look forward to ‘seeing’ you and all my other international friends over in the Dec challenge where @bert1802 will herd us cats like a master ……..errhm,…………..cat-herder!!!!!

Final November Post
Day 30 Mountaintop PA USA, NFD

Solid month of maintenance with end of month showing 1.2 lb loss. 18 pounds gone in one year. 140.3lbs final number. Up a pound and down a pound is fine. Enjoying the continued energy and fun of wearing new smaller size clothes. My semi-annual doctor visit all positive. I don’t know that the IF Fast 5:2 protocol is widely known in the US. I am grateful that my Physician Assistant daughter told me and DH about it one year ago.

Off to December maintenance. Walking more challenging with colder weather and we are having hunting season in PA, which keeps me out of the state Gamelands. I can share the forest with the sportsmen for a few weeks each year.

This WOL is good for maintenance. Happy to read all your inspirational posts throughout the month.