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Adaline, I’ll leave day 9 as IF………I say as I lie here in bed with a noisy gurgling tum!!
Thanks heaps Adaline.
Good luck at school HealthyTanja, routines are usualy an easier environment to follow a program, I hope everything goes great for you, good luck with it all.
Will you did well to stay in control, I find fasting days easier when I’m in the groove and focused.
Have a great week everyone and may all our weight losses be huge!
Thanks heaps Adaline. VP
Day 9 | NFD
16:8 went well today. My first instinct after exercise and shower was to have breakfast because that’s just what I normally do. So instead I came on the forum und then figured out what else I can do to tie me over until lunchtime.
At 1pm a client came by the studio to discuss a painting and after he left I gave myself an hour to eat. I then went for a walk to the shops, cooked and did the washing. Keeping busy helped me reach dinner time without snacking. I allowed myself time for snacking until 8pm (which has been my food cut off for a year now and to which I can easily stick) but ended up only having a bowl of soup. Overall it was a very successful day 🙂
@violetp thank you! Very excited indeed. I am nervous about it because of my new eating routine but do hope that you are right and the structure will help. I’m hoping that I will be more focused on the work than food this time around. Last term I was snacking all the time and by the afternoon just needed a nap…
Day 9= FD
7 hour eating window today between 1100 am and 600pm. Thanks for the congratulations everybody. Glad things went well for you Healthy Tanja! I was afraid the first time I tried 16/8 also, and quickly discovered it was quite easy, made me feel better, and reduced my appetite overall. I thought it would do the opposite- which was what scared me….but not true. Overeating and way too much food and a sedentary lifestyle are what were making me feel bad….not fasting. I chew gum and drink lots of tea, different kinds- that helps. Also I think the fibre helps too. Hope it works out well for you.
Day 10= FD
20/4 eating window between 0800 and 1200 today, and 800 calories. Felt fine and hope I can sleep tonight 🙂 going to try for an 1100- 1400 eating window tomorrow…have some good frozen low carb meals I can bring with me as working out of town. Thankful for the time and energy to meal plan and prep over the past weekend.
Day 10 | FD
Success! Managed to have a small meal at lunch time and another one at dinner all within 500 cals 🙂
Not snacking during the day was a new concept for me at school and I actually enjoyed it a lot. Before I would have breakfast when I got there at 8.30am, a snack at 11am, lunch at 12.30pm and a snack at 3pm plus on most days I’d be snacking in between. No wonder that by the afternoon I was ready for a nap!
Yesterday I started feeling hungry about 10am but just pushed through concentrating on my drawing. Lunch was heavenly even though it was only fast day soup 😉 The afternoon was easy and I was wide awake the whole time!
Looking to do the same but with a proper meal at lunchtime. If I can do a day like yesterday on fast soup, I can most certainly do it today 🙂
Thank you for your not about IF vs NFD @adaline. These would be the correct labels if you want to backdate:
Sat 08.10 IF
Sun 09.10 IF
Mo 10.10 FD
Thank you also for the link to the other challange. I’ll look at it tonight.
@monabee have a good trip! Where is work takinh you?
Good luck @marcm!
@will and @violetp well done you two!
All the best for today everyone!
Day 10 = FD
Started off great but a headache set in around mid-afternoon and then faintness and nausea. It’s that time of the month so I generally don’t feel great but those feelings were amplified. I pushed through and ended 200 calories over. Not perfect but not too shabby. I think I’ll go 4:3 this week to make up for it.
Day 11. FD
I ate lunch today after a 24 hour liquid fast, I had intended eating dinner this evening but I wasn’t hungry so closed the kitchen and had an early night. I did an Adaline Special – OMAD!
Will you did awesome under the circumstances, I used to eat humans at that monthly time!
Oh HealthyTanja you have got off to a great start, good luck with keeping up the healthy habits.
44 hours is impressive Adaline, I hope you go great Marc, looking forward to the update.
Monabee I’m joining you on Adaline’s 10 week challenge.
Travel well folks and happy losing. VP
thank you Adaline- still going, on day 2 and feel great. The hunger cravings are going away thank God. Came so close to eating last night but slept on it instead and resolve has strengthened.
So for Day 10 it was WF (from 9th till now) and if I feel good I’ll keep going today.
For those with headaches – just and fyi – it helps me to have some extra water.
Giving yourself praise for the small victories give you confidence to crack on.
Day 11= FD
18/6 for me today- 6 hour feeding window. Although I ate well at about 1230- I was really hungry again at 1700- so I had a reasonable snack. My calories are more than the usual 800- total at 950 today. I will still call it a FD as I did not go over 1000…I think that works! Great to hear how everyone is doing well. It helps to glean from the wisdom of others. Thanks for the encouragement 🙂 I work regionally which means I travel locally anywhere between 2- 6 hours away from home to work. This just means more planning and ensuring I take food on the road. Also need to make sure I take care in the evenings not to entertain myself with eating while away from home 🙂
Day 12= FD
(@Adaline If it was an unsuccessful FD attempt should I mark it above as NFD?)
My office neighbor has a large shiny bowl of Hershey kisses out directly in my line of sight. My co-workers like to tell me about how much they are enjoying them as they walk by my desk. I made it until 3pm before blowing 200 of my 500 calories on chocolate. Then I made the poor decision to cook a delicious and elaborate dinner for my husband. Of course I joined him in the eating bit.
Dusting myself off and starting again tomorrow with a FD.
Any tips on the Hershey kisses?
“Any tips on the Hershey kisses?”
In a moment of weakness, log onto the website and read out aloud your forum avatar. OK on a more serious note. Take an apple to work for an afternoon snack. We have a very beautiful girl in the office. Her weakness is chocolate. Over the course of a year Ive seen her put on about 10 pounds, and her chocolate addiction doesn’t seem to be slowing down.
Day 12= IF
16/8 today- one of those days where I just wanted to keep on eating and eating….thankful it stopped though and at least made my 8 hour eating window. I thought the calories would be seriously out of control – but not as bad as I thought-1600 calories…
As for the kisses- Willworkforhealth any chance of adding something nice on your own desk to distract your line of vision? something inspiring? Maybe your co- workers would talk about your inspiring thing instead of the kisses…I have a lighthouse picture in my office. It reminds me of security, safety, and principles that cannot move. Just a thought- decorate a little! It makes a big difference in my workspace. I also have my work goals around me…to try to stay on course. They remind me of my personal goals too- and to stay on course with them. Just a thought 🙂
The link above is no longer an active group. Much of the site is still accessible with many topics on fasting and experienced fasters. I recorded my experience with
My longest water fast somewhere on that site and having good people like yourselves for company makes all the difference.
Let me know if you check it out and what you think.
@adaline IF is correct for Day 12. Thank you
Thanks all for the tips. I like the idea of imagining plastic and getting something nice for my desk. I think I’ll buy myself flowers today. Much better than plastic.
Good luck to all today!
Day 13 | FD
Went really well even though it was a very stressful day. I was glad today that I’m living 5:2 now and also follow IF because before a “all going wrong day” like this would have been met with non stoo snacking. It all got a bit much on my way home and I devoured a whole 300g cucumber in less than 10 minutes but I can live with that lol.
Thank you all for your support and advice and for sharing your stories. My life is actively changing right now and you’re all helping me see through the transition phase 🙂
Day 14, OMAD, under 1000 cals………….an Adaline Special!
I hope the past two days make up for the sins of Wednesday!
HealthyTanja you have me in fits at the image of you attacking the cucumber!
Great info Adaline, I’ll check out that link. A friend who is doing Octsober (an alcohol free challenge) thinks of alcohol as ethanol, that’s a bit like your plastic chocs!
Weigh day for me tomorrow…..may the scales be kind!
Stay strong and focused folk. 🙏🏼👙
Thanks for the offer Adaline, I’ll tell him. I gave up sugar some years back after reading Sweet Poison and went on to a Whole Food Plant Based diet, (Forks Over Knives) eating only 3 meals a day with no snacks. I’m also doing a 12 month alcohol free challenge and I’ve now discovered IF……Lordy I’m so saintly there isn’t much left for me to give up!!
Good luck with the junk challenge.
Day 13 = FD
Back on the wagon! I’m thinking Thursday might be a better second fast day than Wednesday for me.
@violet the book Sweet Poison sounds like it was convincing. I’ll have to check it out!
Weigh day. 77.6 – 0.3 loss.
Sweet Poison was a very convincing book Marc. I don’t have a sweet tooth and don’t go for sweet foods at all but I soon learned how much sugar is in processed foods, everything from baked beans to crackers!
Have a great weekend folks.
May your food choices be wise and your scales kind. VP
Day 14 | IF
Another successful day although I think my digestive system is becoming sluggish. I hardly feel hungry now (except right before lunch) and instead feel rather constipated. Even after a successful FD I don’t feel nice and empty. Hopefully my system is just adjusting and will start working again better soon. Am a bit worried that slow digestion is linked to a slow down in metabolism…
@adaline, your junk challange sounds interesting. Gonna think about it 🙂
@violetp, you really have eliminated a lot! Inspirational!
Day 15, NFD
But a good NFD.
Sorry it was you Will who mentioned the Seeet Poison book and not Marc, have a read and see what you think, its worth it,
HealthyTanja. I’m ancient..in my 50s so I have been investigating health stuff for a long time, I started making real changes about 6 or so years ago, it was and is a very gradual process.
Day 15 | NFD
Didn’t make it till lunch time today as I woke up super hungry. Overall the day wasn’t too bad.
@violetp it is a gradual process indeed. Gave up diet coke from one day to the next 5 years ago and then stopped all sodas in January this year. Good riddance! I tend to make chains of successful days which helps me build new habits.
Day 14 = NFD
Day 15 = NFD
Had a work conference. Long days locked in meeting rooms with piles of carbs and sugar. I did okay the first day but it was madness the second. Overall, my diet is improving and I’ve lost 4 pounds.
This group has done wonders for me. It’s so valuable hearing about your journeys.
Day 16. NFD
Good one, way to go HealthyTanja, I tend to tackle one thing at a time with no time restraints, taking on too much is overwhelming.
WillWork you did great……..work conferences could have you eating the leg of the table sometimes if someone boring rattles on, so top marks.
Hope you all have a successful week folks. VP
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