Day 27 Ohio, US — NFD

The morning’s weigh-in showed 182.0 lb, so down almost a pound from the start of the month. It looks as though I’m moving down from the plateau where I’ve been at since the end of March.

I was able to extend the time for my daily yoga routine and I hope over the weekend I’ll be back to the normal routine. Even with all the rain we’ve had today, I managed to get a 30 minute walk in between cloud bursts. So little by little things are getting back to normal.

My GI system has been upset all day today, so I’ve had to go for very low bulk foods — a big difference from my “whole” foods approach. With any luck that won’t set back the progress with the decreasing weight.

@songbirdme Sounds like you are having a great time! Have you had a chance to go up into the mountains at all?

@stitchincarol Great news that the hymn-fest went well! And sounds like the afterglow was a big success too!

@funshipfreddie A computer tech told me that the present generation of laptops are designed to last only about 3 years. Compare that with the laptop I’m typing this entry in — it’s 10 years old and still going strong! Unfortunately, it’s not Windows 11 compatible, so its years are numbered, thanks to Microsoft!

@daffodil2010 The Hot Box session sounds very purifying. Getting toxins out of the system really helps with the weight!

Hope everyone has great weekend adventures!

Day 28 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

@songbirdme – Sounds like a fantastic time, as Bob Marley once sang … “don’t worry ’bout a thing, everythin gonna be alright” Have a great time and I’ll sit next to you on the 5:2 wagon when we gat back from out next jaunt away 😉

When we got back from Scotland we both tested positive for covid ! Luckily it’s been like a bad cold and after 4 days I’m about through it, it’s the cough that was annoying, keeping us awake at night. However, we’re getting ready for the next trip at the end of next week 🙂

Despite the covid infection I’ve got on top of the garden already, even putting the planters out, so everything looking rather nice, just an odd bit of strimming to do and a cut before we go later in the week.

Take care all

Day 28 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 211 lbs. This was after an OMAD lunch day yesterday (and no, it was not “healthy”) as opposed to a WFD, and yielded very similar results on the scales. Weight was down nearly 3 lbs over last week, on average. A week and a half ago, I weighed my highest of the year at 220 lbs. I hit 210 this week and maxed out at 215 last Sunday (been below 215 since). Still the holiday weekend to come, and have to figure out when the feast day is, because the other day is my FD.

I found the OMADs at lunchtime interesting. My WFDs are still working for me on my official 5:2 FDs, but instead of 4-5 lbs, this week only showed 2-3 lbs of weight drop, about the same as an OMAD. Very effective technique, and I think I might intermingle mid-day OMADs with WFDs to see what that does.

Jason Fung has now released a video talking about new studies show how eating carbs at the end of a meal has a more stabilizing effect on blood sugar than eating them first or concurrently during a meal. I wonder if that might translate towards less weight gain, too.

I won’t even see the 200s this month, I’m sure. But I’ll keep my 206 lb target goal for the month of June.

USA. Day 28. FD

Thanks, Michelinme, for offering to host June. I have lost 7 lbs. this month, although holding on to that seventh pound loss is difficult. I keep going back and forth with that list pound.

I know it is a holiday weekend here in the U.S. but I am eager to retain my loss, so I am continuing with my FDs today. I don’t see a pocket list, so I am assuming no one wants to fast today, so I won’t start. one.

Have a great day today wherever you are! 🙂

Day 28 – NFD

Thanks all for the good wishes on our anniversary. 28 years and glad to say we are going strong.

@northgeorgia I think it was @funshipfreddie who posted a link to a interview about carb timing at the end of the meal about a month ago and I’m fascinated. I often tend to end my meal with a baked potato, and tho I have been worried about so many carbs, that has never seemed to have a bad effect, just a wonderful satiated effect. I wonder if the timing is part of the reason🤔 if I want to remain ‘full’ and not hungry in the evening, that potato is necessary- and if I want to be cheerful and happy – eliminating potatoes from my diet would be impossible- so I’m following this somewhat closely.

An exciting development while exercising yesterday – double hoops around the waist! I don’t think my dyspraxic motor coordination will ever allow me to conquer the fancy hoop moves (particularly any that require timing and agile hands), but it appears two hoops on the waist is quite doable. It will up the difficulty and I need that as it has been hard to get my heart working hard with my regular workouts lately.

Weigh-in yesterday 131.1 so all is good there. That is about 3 lb down from the beginning of May. April (with my vacation) was a holding pattern. I’m still losing weight, but slightly slower than pre-vacation, so next month I need to slow that some more. These are vanity pounds and a buffer zone between me and overweight as I am convinced I am at a healthy point right now. My brain says 125 to 128 would be a good goal, I guess I will see if my body agrees.

So, DH has just awoken, so I’m off now. Have a fabulous weekend all!

Day 29 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Thanks for the covid concerns, think I’m already through it, Mrs IHL is nearly there as well, thank goodness for the vaccines. They’re not perfect, we’ve suffered what I believe is called a ‘breakthrough infection’, where although vaccinated a variation (breakthrough) can still get you, but the actual affects are very much less than a full blown infection.

The Ospreys, only camera 2 working at the moment, it’s comical to watch the newly hatched chicks, completely bald at the moment, mum keeping them covered when it’s cool, but when food arrives, they’re feeding well.

Looks like a BBQ day on the decking today, lazy Sunday I think, might even break out a beer 😉 Thinking of beer, the Den brewery hasn’t been in action much this year, not been drinking as much (that could change a bit when summer in the garden with friends starts happening) but the longer time the beers are settling and maturing is making a difference. There’s some really nice bottles been sampled and the extra time makes the difference.

Take care all

Day 29 – USA/GA – NFD

Weigh-in: 215 lbs. Yesterday I did not eat at set meal times and just grazed all day, and a 4 lb gain is my reward LOL! Today we will celebrate the holiday weekend, so no fasting today, although I did do a ZBC unintentionally this morning; I do plan to do a FD tomorrow, even though it’s my day off and I’m at home all day. Eeek!

On the other hand, I do have some motivation. I kept hearing a few comments on how my suit/sports coats were too large, and I kept thinking — I can’t fit into the smaller size yet. I thought I would try it again, even though I don’t think the scales have moved much. Yes, the one I’m thinking of is still too small. But I had forgotten that I had a “middle sized” one in the back, waiting for me to shed a few more pounds. Well, let’s say that I can’t wear it buttoned up while sitting very comfortably, but it does fit, and if standing, I can button it up and even raise my arms without any major tightness. So my size dropped from an original 54R down to the 52R I had been using for a year or so, and now it’s 46R (yeah, the 42R will take a little longer). I have some slacks, jeans, and shorts also just begging to be worn if I can drop another size in the waist. OK… come on summer slimming!

As we head into June, my plan is to continue the WFDs just twice a week, and see about adding a lunch-time OMAD in there.

Day 30 – Monday – Gold Coast Queensland Australia – FUN DAY (FD) – yay! 2nd post

oops forgot the pocketlist!:

@linda.b

Day 30, Germany, NFD
Day 28 and 29 NFD

No FD for me today as we’re off to see friends and stay there for a few days. After being back here for a month, I realize my heart is not into this and this is not the way I want to live my life. I started this month having a healthy weight and losing 1.6 kg doesn’t make me healthier. I missed cooking every day and trying out new recipes together. I do well on 18:6 and leaving out breakfast most of the time so I’ll be continuing that.

@at Thank you for hosting this month!

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 30 – Lake District UK – FD

Good morning everyone

Quick call in, off out to one of the lakes for a mornings peace and quiet! Really good BBQ yesterday including beer, so steady FD today.

Take care all

Pocket list for Monday

@linda.b
@i-hate-lettuce

Day 30 – Rural Nebraska, USA – CD

It’s Memorial Day weekend. Originally called Decoration Day, it began as a day to decorate with flowers the graves of those who died in the Civil War; eventually it was expanded to include all who had died in wars. As I did for years, lots of Americans simply see this as a weekend to go shopping and to have backyard barbecue parties–or simply to do whatever it is they normally do, LOL–but many communities across the country have Memorial Day ceremonies, as does my own village. Some are held at cemeteries, but here it’s held at the Village Auditorium, a community space for such things. It’s put on by SAL (Sons of the American Legion) and DAL (Daughters of the American Legion), who are adult children of veterans. We have an invocation (DH takes this role), a reading of the poem “In Flanders Field” by the high school student who’s going to Boys’ or Girls’ State, a musical piece played by the high school band, a military speaker (some of whom are really fun to listen to), usually an officer of some sort from the base in Omaha, and then a reading of all community members who’ve ever died in a war, and where they’re buried. The ceremony ends with some of the men going outside to do a 21 Gun Salute–7 rifles shooting in unison three times–and then a trumpet playing Taps (that’s where DS25 comes in). All the veterans wear their uniform hats and parents bring their little children and it’s wonderfully appropriate and meaningful for the day. After that, there’s a potluck at the American Legion Hall, and then DH and I will do some yardwork, then we’ll have a backyard barbecue with DS30. Rather a perfect day.

The 50th on Saturday was fun, and my husband enjoyed himself more than he has at any event for years. He wasn’t such close friends with his classmates, and is only in touch with one of them, really, but they were all set to have a good time remembering fun times and they sure did!

And tomorrow I must fast. I’m going to do a WF because I need a drastic kick-start to resuming 5:2…I haven’t even weighed this morning because it’s too depressing to see how high the number has gone by now. So: TOMORROW!!

@northgeorgia Going from a 54R to a 46R is huge; congratulations!!

@linda.b Loved your description of what you eat on FDs; thanks for sharing!

@snowflake56 Have fun visiting your friends! I do hope that wasn’t your way of saying goodbye to us for the long term rather than just for a few days.

@at Ahhh, your personal motto hit me square between the eyes this morning: “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” Yup. I suspect my weight is above 150 this morning, so I’m clearly headed back to where I was when I started. Okay, no quitting for me. I’ll eat moderately at the potluck, and moderately at our own BBQ this evening, and nothing in between, and that will be a good start for tomorrow’s WFD.

Have a grand one, everyone!

Day 30 uk
89.45 – gain
Keeping with it
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The June monthly challenge is up – come on in!
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/jump-in-june-june-2022-monthly-challenge/

Day 31 – Tuesday – Gold Coast Queensland Australia – NFD🌸🌼🌻🌺🌼

Last post for NURTURING MAY. It just went so fast for me. I didn’t reach my goal, but close, very close. The strange thing is the closer I am to my goal the harder it is to whack that last little bit of fat off the planet!🏌️‍♀️ I have stuck to my protocol diligently and not ‘fallen off the wagon once’ but that last little bit of fat is hanging in there regardless! 😜😝😜
In 2019 I did exactly the same routine and lost 11kg in exactly 11 weeks. I was sure I could replicate that success again by totally applying myself to the challenge but it has eluded me thus far…. ableit not by much… but still not there yet!
On reflection, I’m thinking that there is a difference, and that is the RAIN during February, March, April and May. I guess I’ve underestimated the value of my daily walks into the equation. Just musing….

Today, Tuesday, is my WEIGH DAY for my own ACCOUNTABILITY and because it is the LAST day of NURTURING MAY. In total I have lost 1.7kg over the month and annoyingly am just .7kg off my goal. In fact I would like to go just another 1kg beyond my goal for a little wriggle room when I transfer over to WOL maintenance. So JumpInJune is locked in for me and beyond that too. I-H-L, you are such an inspiration as an example of life beyond IF and incorporating WOL into enjoying life in a balanced way onwards. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I wish to replicate that too!

@ccco wow 8.6lbs in a month… that’s 3.9kg in myspeak! You are awesome, seriously awesome!!!!🤩⭐⭐⭐🥇🥇🥇🏆🏆🏆

@at Thank you for the June spreadsheet and hosting NURTURING MAY… I’ve filled in my bits.👏👏👏

@michelinme Thank you too for taking on the task of herding us all into the corral for next month’s challenge… Well done! 😀😀😀😀

Must get back to work…. A BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT DURING NURTURING MAY and look forward to meeting up in Jumpin June!

“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”…. so into June we go!

Day 31 – Tuesday – Gold Coast Queensland Australia – NFD🌸🌼🌻🌺🌼 – 2nd post

@i-hate-lettuce – both live cams are up and working now. However, it looks like one the chicks may have succumbed. It’s not with the other two under Mum and not moving. Not looking good.

Day 31 – Lake district UK – PFDS

Good morning everyone

The FD’s just seem to get easier, after almost 3 years of being on the 5:2 WOL, it really has become automatic.
We were just talking about it last night and can’t remember the last time we had the likes of cheese and biscuits for a late supper or anything much to eat after evening meal! My eating habits really have changed, yes I do eat the wrong things, but not much as I have also found I can rarely eat large meals!

Had a fabulous morning yesterday, millionaires fishing, wandering round one of the trout lakes, no one around apart from me and the wildlife and some excellent brown trout fishing. Enjoyed it so much Mrs I-h-l is off to the shops and I’m going off to another lake, this is the one the Ospreys fish so I might get a sighting of an expert at work!

@linda.b – Had a quick look in but mum was keeping the chicks warm, couldn’t check on numbers, will try and find out later today. Survival of the fittest I’m afraid, there’s plenty of food about as our club waters are a supplier of food so we know what is available for them 😉

@at – Thanks for hosting this month, I’ve been away for over half of it unfortunately, but still managed to maintain where I was, so all is good.

Take care all

Day 31 UK OMAD/FD800?

Yesterday’s FD800 was fine tho supper was a bit late. I skipped quorn chicken with my dal in favour of soya yogurt with my berries, so came in at 710. The scales haven’t budged but I’m feeling less puffy again – it’ll be interesting to see how I weigh & measure on Friday.

Today a friend is coming to supper. I’m aiming for that to be my OMAD – probably salad, dal or chilli with red rice then berries and yogurt – so will keep going on black decaf coffee, fizzy water, marmite tea and peppermint tea until 6pm. It’s all so much easier once i’ve got a couple of FDs under my belt again.

Thank you @at for hosting May – you are always such a wonderful encourager!

@ccco amazing result for this month.Sorry you have been sick – weight loss can be a silver lining

Pocket List – Day 31 🍋
@funshipfreddie
@michelinme

Day 31 USA (Illinois) FD

Pretty long travel day yesterday, but home safe and sound. LOADS of laundry (the tropics always leave clothes so damp) and yard work to do today. Also, finally we will open our little backyard pool. That takes a lot of work for DH and me, so it will be easy to fast today.

Scale showed up 3.4 pounds (1.5 kg) so I have work to do.

@michelinme – I saw you’re taking us on for May! Yeah for you! Will see you all over on that side.

Onward and downward.

Day 31 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD

@northgeorgia Your Memorial Day weekend and mine both got all switched around: we were supposed to have only DS30 with us on Sunday evening, and ended up with DS30 and DS25 with us for an unexpected lunch on Monday and then DS25 unexpectedly got the evening off work, so they were both with us for supper on Monday. Lovely day. I ate too much, but not hideously, but the scale is ugly: 150.6 Ugh, ugh, ugh. Today is a full day of piano lessons, so it should be easy enough to have a successful WF, and tomorrow I turn over a new leaf and learn to exercise self-control again.

Perhaps DTF is in order? Or perhaps not since that seemed to encourage out-of-control glasses over the weekend!!

Thanks, @at, for your encouraging words over the month; see you all in June!

Day 31 – Ireland – CD ✅ 🚫🚶🏻‍♀️

Hello all! Back to work and life and have had a busy time since I came back. France was fabulous and it was so great to get back there after such a long time. I hadn’t realised how much I missed it.
Making tentative plans to revisit again later in the year but probably Paris catch ups mostly with maybe a trip to the south. Friends and family dotted around the country mean there is always an excuse to visit.
I have lost my fasting mojo a little along with my exercise and low sugar mojo but will get back there and @i-hate-lettuce thanks for posting your wise words on post holiday efforts a little while ago 💪 you make a lot of sense and I needed to read that then..
Mum has tested positive with Covid in the past few days which is such a shame as we have kept her safe for so long… although she does not seem to be too badly affected and doesn’t even realise herself so here’s hoping that like many it will just be a case of R&R and she will be back to full physical health🙏 ♥️.
I’ll be back in June. Thank you @at for hosting May and sorry I’ve been away for most of it..

@matpi – oh so glad to hear that your results were all good! I would celebrate too!!

@at – you are such a terrific host. Oh so supportive and helpful you are! Thanks for caring for everyone so well. 🙂