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hi @basyjames, thanks for hosting, I’m in!
Liesbeth
Oh yes yes yes! I am so in!
It has been a whole year since my last 5:2!
I left the Nov 17 challenge around this time as I found out I was pregnant!
I did 5:2 for my wedding and from Jan 2015- Aug 2016 (my wedding) I lost 23kg through this WOL. I maintained my weight after that until around Nov when i noticed I couldn’t handle my FDs anymore, so i panicked but a few days later I realised I was preggers! 👼
Anyway i am totally wanting to go back To it and lose the weight. Today is my first day so will be hopping on the Nov challenge.
Yay! X
@basyjames, thank you so much for hosting the November challenge! I’m in as well.
@basyjames: Me too (on or off the wagon!).
I am in!
Happy to found this forum! My name is Mina, 62 yrs young and lives in Portland, Oregon with my husband and our fur baby. Up to a couple of years ago I have always kept my almost ideal weight with clean eating and exercising, however, in the last two years, the overeating has cost me extra 30 lbs and I am hoping this plan can help me shed the extra weight.
I’m in!
Thanks for hosting this months challenge @basyjames!
I’m getting married on the 17th November (not long now!!), and will have a week off following that (and although I try to eat mindfully, I don’t fast on holidays), so would love to be part of the November challenge to get me back on course when I’m back! I’m pretty much at my goal weight, so really want to keep it that way!!
Gretta
NC USA
I’m back for more.
This will be about my 3 month on this WOL. I started at about 199 lbs and am now 182lbs. My goal for November is to get under 180 which while only 3 lbs away my be tough with Thanksgiving coming up. I also decided I may try to just count Calories on FD days and not track on NFD.
Sign me up please – I need to get back on track. Self-sabotage is my game, any excuse to stop this routine and I am all over it.
However, my oldest sister has just been told she has Type 2, and I don’t want that to be me in 5 or 6 years. Now is the time to get a bloody grip!
Ultimately, I need to lose 30kg. 5 kg by Christmas seems like a worthy goal. Let’s go for it!
I am sticking with our WOL for maintenance. Haven’t missed a challenge since @coda hosted in May 2016, so why miss this one!
@basyjames – thanks for taking the reins!
Yes please @basyjames and many thanks for taking over the reigns.
My mojo is so wanting but where there is a glimmer and a will there is hope!
November already feels likes it’s going to be a good month, spreading my hope and optimism to all.
Ta x
Hi, count me in and thank you 🙂
I’m Lizzie, queen of fad diets and the ‘I’ll start tomorrow’ delusion. This has to change so I’m going to take it slow and steady with 5:2. I have a long way to go but am planning on enjoying the journey.
Hello to fellow 5:2 newbies and the wise owls who have proven that it’s worth sticking with it.
Hi Basyjames
Many thanks for hosting and count me in. I will be off to Spain to the Finale of the Moto GP for a few days mid month, followed by my stepdaughters graduation in Manchester, so lots of things to look forward to. I am 51, married to my lovely DH, into motorbikes and travelling, and enjoying being slim again…..I am a yo yo weight on/off since I stopped smoking in 2002. This time it’s staying off….I mean it!!!
I plan to stick to classic 5:2 because after 16 months I was losing my mojo due to a huge holiday weight gain that won’t shift…….I need to keep reminding myself I have lost over 30lbs, my BMI is still healthy, it’s only a few pounds….NOT a few stone.
See you all in November.
Dear @basyjames – thank you for hosting us for November 🤗💐 I’m definitely in as these challenges are my lifeline in maintenance!
Welcome to those new to these challenges @yirrakurl (I think I remember your name from that Nov 2017 challenge) @chance @rhubarbbutnocustard (I remember your name too!) @lizziestar – remember that this is not a diet but a Way of Life (WOL)
I have been in maintenance for 22months now and this is my motto “if I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. and when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”
@basyjames, thank you very much for hosting the November challenge. Please count me in too.
Hi @basyjames, please put me down for the November challenge. I’m just coming off the October challenge, and although I don’t post regularly, I enjoy reading about everyone’s progress, and I have my daughters 21st in early December as a motivator.
@at
You are so amazing!! You are so kind to remember all of us!
Hi Everyone
@basyjames thank you for starting November’s thread. I joined the forums mid October 2018, so this will be my first full month.
I’m nervous about adding myself to the spreadsheet. Could someone add me please?
I’m in the uk. I’m trying to lose about 30lbs for Christmas …. I’m joking 🙃 Over the next year would be great though 👍.
Thank you @basyjames for taking over for November and please count me in.
I am a retired primary school teacher with two boys and a fur baby. I am quite active, walking the dog daily, swimming twice a week and doing Pilates. I also volunteer. I follow a daily 16:8 regime and usually fast on a Monday and Thursday.
I have been doing this WOL for nearly two years and am a fully paid up member of Club Tor-twah (the tortoise club) I have lost 30 Lbs and am in maintenance.
My goals for this month are to drink more water and target the excess flab around my waist.
It’s good to see returning faces, particularly those from further back. Welcome to anyone starting their journey. This is a way of life, not a diet and it really works. The inspirational stories you will read here are testament to that.
Good luck everyone
@basyjames, of course, I’m in for November; after-all I have to get my inspiration & mojo to continue with this WOL from somewhere!!!!!
After a successful October I know the self-saboteur in me is going to try to gain the upper hand………………. so I’m IN!!!!
@basyjames Thank you so much for hosting this month. We’re in great hands!
I’m definitely on board for November. For me, this forum goes hand in hand with this WOE. It has helped me reach my goal weight and maintain it…so I’m not going anywhere!
A bit about me:
Living in London since I was 18 and still very much in love with this city I call home. I am now 38 years old, Mama to my darling, mischievous, full-of-fun, active 2 year old boy, wife to my love, and part time professional (Monday to Wednesday, which is when I tend to fast).
I started 5:2 with a goal of losing 5kg (11lbs). I had put on the extra weight during and after pregnancy. Although if I’m honest the month I got pregnant my weight was at the highest it had been in years so I can’t blame pregnancy entirely! Two years after having my little boy, my self-confidence was at an all-time low. I hated looking in the mirror and trying on clothes. At 5ft 2 and a half inches and a petite build, every extra lb shows. I had all but resigned myself to thinking that this was my new post baby shape and that I would just have to get used to it. Then I saw the BBC Horizon documentary by Michael Mosely and decided I had nothing to lose…except 5kg of course!
Once I started I found 4:3 worked for me and I combined that with a brisk one hour walk every day. I also logged everything I ate on My Fitness Pal. I reached my target 8 weeks after starting and I can’t quite describe how wonderful it felt to stand on those scales and see the magic number appear! I switched to 5:2 (500 calories) and found I was still losing weight. I have now switched to 2 x 800 calories FDs per week and the rest are TDEE (with 1 or 2 indulgent meals…or more in October!) however I am still trying to find the right balance.
October was a bit off plan. We had a couple of long weekends away and many, many indulgences. For November I’d like to:
Go back to posting here everyday
Logging food and weight – to find a healthy balance, including indulgences…let’s be realistic (chocolate is my greatest weakness)!
Meal planning in advance (and I don’t mean 5 mins before the mealtime!)
Focus on good nutrition and cook more often
Exercise daily – complete Jillian Michaels Ripped in 30
LET’S DO THIS – November is going to be our month!
Hello old and new friends 😀
I’m in, thank you for taking the hosting job for November @basyjames 🌹
I didn’t have a successful October, so I’m looking forward to correct that in November 🙂
Good luck to us all 🤗
Edit: quick question regarding our spread sheet, it seems that weekend days are not showing/highlighted correctly?
Thank you @basyjames. Going forward what do I put in spreadsheet. Sorry for being thick lol.
Day 0 UK
Muchas gracias @basyjames for hosting us all in November! I’m looking forward to being part of my 12th challenge – what a difference a year makes 🙂 x
Count me in @basyjames 🙂
@judyjudes – You can put in as much information as you like into the spreadsheet. Some put more than others, and some not at all. I put in my starting weight and my goals for the month. Also, I’ll mark FDs or NFDs.
Looking forward to the new month tomorrow!
Count me in @basyjames, and thanks for hosting in November!
Day 1 – Melbourne AUS – NFD
Has been a fairly overindulgent start to the month, exhaustion has set it (with a touch of anxiety) and that has manifested in mega sugar cravings. Morning tea at work with delicious blondies has not helped.
Will have a cup of peppermint tea, lots of water (and maybe some chocolate), and ride it out.
Hope you all have a great month!
Day 1, Emden Germany, NFD
Hi old friends and a very warm welcome to my new friends!
My journey so far:
I’m Dutch (from Limburg), 62 years old and recently retired. I never had any weight problems and always was a stable 56 kg until 7 years ago when I started a new job as a practice manager. My weight got more and more due to ice cream and sweets, it was 72.9 kg December 2016. In January 2017, weighing 70.9 kg, I decided something had to be done and started to lose weight on my own. Started 5:2 at the beginning of February. From March on I joined the challenges. It worked very well, the weight just fell off, the support I got here was amazing. I reached my goal being 56 kg on March 29th 2017 and maintained until July this year when I left the challenge. Without support my weight crept up again. Lost the excess weight during the September challenge, s oback in maintenance again. This morning my weight is 57,2 kg. My goal is to keep my weight in the range of 56-58 kg, below this weight I think I’m too thin. We have to go to a wedding on the 10th of November so my DH decided to lose a few kilos, he stated at 80.9 kh, this morning his weight was 77.4, he wants to stabelize under 76 kg.
@at Happy wedding Anniversary!
@claire-suzanne Happy Birthday and a very good start in the new job!
Have a nice day everyone!
Day 1, Cornwall UK, FD
I’m in. Thanks @basyjames
Hoping for a good month and trying to shake off 2kgs to get under BMI25. Its taking a while because i’ve become very good at fasting 2 days a week but not so good in controlling myself on the non fast days. But having shifted 34kgs so far i am not complaining and am keeping going. I see it as practice for when i get into maintenance! I need some inspiration to do the final stretch of the marathon…
Day 1 UK FD
I’m rolling over from the October Challenge and looking forward to sharing the next month with old and new friends.
I’m a fifty plus lady who has always struggled with my weight and it will be awhile before I’m happy with myself.
Started this WOL in February but have struggled with consistency so I have had ups and downs but overall I’m heading down.
Going to take it day by day and nurture my mojo which has been very floppy this past month.
Wishing everyone lots of good health, happiness and downward success.
@claire-suzanne – good luck with the start of your new job and happy birthday.
@snowflake56 – love your cat rescue story from the October Challenge you obviously have some cat whispering skills!
So hoping all our mojos are fired up for November!
Day 1 – Ireland 🇮🇪 -FD
Hello November!! A new month dawns bright fresh and blinking cold here, in the minus C again. I feel bright and fresh myself though at the start of this new challenge. It’s an FD today and aim for LFD …..I have yoga tonight so may not have much today until after yoga….will wait to see how I feel. FD is much harder when it’s cold.
I had dinner and wine with my friend last night but surprisingly feeling good today. My village was awash with spooky goings on and fireworks when I got home, too late for trick and treaters, but the older kids and adults were letting off fireworks on the green. My poor cat, although kept in the kitchen for the day, was spooked by the loud noises, so I had to give her special lap sitting and petting treatment 😄
Have a good Thursday all.
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