Day 2 USA – NFD

Happy Sunday to everyone, and we in the USA will have Labor Day tomorrow. We’re stuck under a rain belt here in Illinois, so picnics are iffy. “Art in the Park” might still happen before more rain later this afternoon.

@northerndawn – great to see another alum of the @coda 2016 school! It will be fun to journey with you again.

@beththenew – when to weigh is a constant question. It seems best to just be consistent. I weigh daily and do recognize fluid retention lots of times. I love salt. A character flaw, I suppose, but so far not really troublesome. Have you calculated your TDEE on MyFitnessPal or some other way? I am 70 years, exercise 3x per week, and at 160# mine is 1790. On MFP I do not enter any additional exercise or it tips my TDEE up. I just use the free app on my iPad and phone. The data transfers to both of them – using my Facebook log-on info.

Off to play piano with church praise team. Onward and downward.

Day 2 – USA – NFD

@bellyblast and @northerndawn, welcome back! Looks like many veterans of 5:2 know that they can always return to this forum and do! I’m so grateful that I found it too! Wt. today is 148.2. The lowest I will go for a “range” is 145. After that, the face and arms become crepe paper! Will concentrate this month on toning up.

Day 3 Florida

NFD I weighed into day and off my August goal by .9. This stomach bug has lasted a whole week.:(
Hopefully, today will be the end. On a positive note, whatever I gained on the cruise I lost.:) So I set my goal for Sept to make what I wanted to originally reach. Once that is reached, I’ll set a new goal. Isn’t it amazing how this works??
This fall we are planning a trip to Spain – HOLA!! I’m brushing on what little Spanish I know. 🙂 We love Barcelona but this time will be going to Madrid. We will be touring all over Spain. Which means more walking which means losing weight. HA! It happened in the past maybe again. Anyone here from Spain? If so, any suggestions on what to see? I know there is so much.
Have a great day!

second post
have not had time to post or read all the posts for the past few months.
Just wondering if anyone knows how @fatrabbit, @steve toon taxi driver, @ diverdog, @bert, @flourbaby are faring?
I would also love to know how some of the other ‘ old crew’ are going.
If any of them are ‘lurking’ or reading , I would just like to say ‘hi’ and I miss hearing about you. 🙃

Special message to @northerndawn Here I am!
The reason I haven’t stayed is because I’m still struggling with motivation…I do lurk in the background….

Day 2, Emden Germany, NFD

thanks to my dear old friends for the warm welcome back, it’s heartwarming!

@dingping I also got through my first FD but it was a struggle, I was so hungry. At 7:00 pm I was feeling so cold, I had a glass of buttermilk, took a book and went to bed. This morning I felt great, first FD done. Do you fast one or two times a week?

@michelinme please take enough time to relax, you always seem to have so much work ahead of you.

Today went fine, DH is going for it, he only had dinner today, I was hungry and had to eat more, but had small portions.

Tomorrow will be the next FD, we have to get up early, the balcony has to be redone. Looking forward to the renovation.

Have a nice day/evening everyone!

Day 2, UK, NFD

I don’t know what made me weigh myself this morning, I usually weigh only after my FDs, but I stepped on the scales and almost fainted seeing 1.6 kg up 😲 !!! I don’t feel bigger though, so I don’t know what’s going on there. Ugrhhh 👿
Anyway, tomorrow is an FD so lets move forward 🙂

@minka its nice to hear that this forum has already been a support to you :), it has been for me since day one 😀

@beththenew did you work out what the TDEE is of your goal weight, not what you weigh now? 🙂

Welcome to the challenge @slj , good to have you here 🙂

Not much time to post, waiting for my friend to arrive any minute ….

Have a great Sunday everyone 🌸

Day 2, Rocky Mountains, US, NFD

Hiked yesterday and today. Feeling so much better when I am in nature and moving. Healthy food yesterday, portion control. Today will be the same foodwise. All in all a good beginning of a new month. 😊😊😊

Have a good Sunday everyone! 🌻🐞🦋

Day 2, Gozo, Malta, nfd

I’ve posted today and it seems that it disappeared.

NorthernDawn welcome back. You’ll soon lose these 25 lbs you want to lose with this wol. You need to plan your fd and cd.

At thanks for your encouragement. I need it. I want to lose these for kilos to reach my target of 64 kilos. I’m currently 68 kilos. My BMI of 25 will be at 66.5 kilos.

Tomorrow is a fast day for me.

Good night everyone

Oops! That’s Day 2 Ohio, US, NFD

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Just going to add myself to pocket list for Day three. First day back in the office might not have a chance to check in!

Day 3 Pocket List
@arelkade
@beedoo

Night all!

Day 3 – Japan – FD

Water fasting … about 12 hours in, 24 to go. Mostly working.

Day 3 country West Australia FD
Joining the pocket list FDers.
I am looking forward to a decent FD as it has been some days since I did a ‘ good’ one.
I can often manage all day and am fine – not wanting/ thinking about food. Then I get home and about 7 pm start to get the hunger pang munchies.
Back in 2016 I had the steely determination and motivation to keep my mouth shut to food, drank plenty of water and managed to keep those pesky calories away.
Sadly, since mid 2017 my motivation waxes and wanes and I have eaten a LOT more than I normally would at times.😔
It is actually heartening to read of others’ struggles and know that this WOL presents it’s challenges for others too!
Makes me feel a whole lot better though not necessarily thinner or fitter…..!
Anyway welcome back to all the oldies and welcome to all the newbies.
Together we CAN do this.

For this month I plan to post daily and read all the posts; Lose some of the kilos I have acquired back
( will be happy with a 2 kg loss this month).
@at thanks for the catch up on previous Challengers. I will try to look up @fatrabbit‘s thread.
@michelinme I too adore carbs – even when I try to cut down on them they seem to leap out at me in unexpected ways and places, like the fresh Turkish loaf my DH bought on Saturday before lunch which we demolished by lunchtime!
And with DD visiting from Sydney for a few days toasted sandwiches are making a regular appearance …..
@wrxgirl best wishes for a quick recovery from your injury
@dykask, I am still amazed at your ability to fast so frequently with just WF. I obviously could do with some of your determination.
This week is Jean Hailes’ Women’s Health week so I plan to be kind to myself and actually DO some of the healthy things suggested rather than just read about them.
I am also going back to MFP to plug in the numbers. I do so dislike crunching calorie numbers but it is what helped me get my FDs and TDEE under control when I first started this WOL so I plan to do that for this month.
A beautiful sunny spring morning is calling along with our little birds – their chorus is amazing .
Off to make sandwiches and minestrone soup and cake for the 5 workers who have turned up for sheep work today.
Another glass of water calls…..😇

Day 2 Minnesota, USA NFD

Hello to Everyone;

First, I’d like to thank @daffodil2010 for hosting this challenge and warmly welcoming me back to the forum. There are so many people signing up that it seems you will be quite busy. I really don’t know how to add myself to the spreadsheet so I would be indebted to you if you would do it for me, please. I promise I will learn going forward.

Thank you to all of the “Oldies” and newer members that have extended a welcome back to me. It means a lot: @songbirdme, @anna6, @metatauta, and @at. You have all done so well! Do you think being part of this forum and the support it gives is part of your success?

@ciren2, come on, girl! We can do this together, and maybe more slowly this time. And more sustainable? Come back and keep me company. Let’s be members of the tortoise club and just go easily. What have you got to lose? (Maybe 10 pounds, maybe 1 stone?….good enough.)

I remember you, also, @at, and I have often thought of your mantra over the past year and half. I’d say I’m a perfect example of it: If I quit now, I’d wish I was now where I was then, to paraphrase. Yes. So true. Not desperate, though, because I know 5:2 works and I can get back to where I want to be. But definitely so much time wasted from then to now, for me. @at You are an inspiration going forward. Good for you and congratulations for sticking with the plan all this time. I admire you!

@rainbowsmile, you were so entertaining as a host last month! Totally enjoyed reading some of your posts. Please, take care of yourself and do not hurry your healing. I know from experience that it might set you back weeks if you try to. Not worth it. Be patient.

@wrxgirl: Yikes! That sounds like a terrible day. No fun to be in those boots, but it is for the best and soft tissues take longer to heal than you would think. Be kind to yourself and also, as with Rainbow, be patient and let it heal well.

I have a yellow legal pad in from of me and I’m trying to write down a bit about each one of you posting on the forum, in order to get to know you all, and to be able to respond in a personal way to all of you lovely people.

Positive thoughts to everyone tomorrow, fasting, maintaining, and controlling TDEE.

“Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It’s the courage to continue that counts” Churchill

Day 3 – Melbourne AUS – FD

Hi everyone! I’m a couple of days late checking in for the September challenge, but I’m definitely here!

I didn’t quite hit my August goal, the scales seem to bounce around a bit, and being 3k off goal has meant even the small losses are huge wins. I’m also tracking body fat/muscle mass every few weeks so i don’t get discouraged when the scales dont move – and over the last three months the scales have hardly budged, but i’ve gone from 22% – 18.5% BF, which is the important thing i guess!

Day 1 started off strong with a 12km run (training for a half marathon in 6 weeks – feeling incredibly unprepared but optimistic, it has just crept up on me!), though Saturday included plenty of wine, which made my NFD yesterday a bit of a feast.

FD today, today, and feeling pretty good.

Will catch up on all the post later this evening.

And thanks for hosting @daffodil2010 – August was my first challenge and i just love how supportive and welcoming everyone was, so looking forward to this months challenge!

Gretta

Day 3 UK FD

First fast day of the month and I will kick it’s bum. My daughter goes back to school tomorrow so no doubt I will be subjected to tears and tantrums today so I must resist reaching for carbs. NO STRESS EATING SARAH!!! lol

@beedoo I REALLY didn’t want to do 30DS at 9:30 last night after being terrorised by the baby all day but I did it. Yaaaay!!! 😁 Level 1 is horrible. It’s those damn anterior raises, I hate them, grrr!

Good luck to today’s fasters and I hope everyone has a great Monday.
Day 3 Pocket List

@arelkade
@beedoo
@dykask
@lilymartin
@snowflake56
@greta
@daffodil2010 1st of B2B
@sarahbob

Day 3 – UK – FD

Morning all – a quick log in from me, working on a very tight deadline this week and miles behind where I’d like to be, thanks to the epic kitchen refit (which is now FINISHED!!! – All bar a new threshold for the doorway but I can certainly live with it like this!).

Today’s my first proper FD in over a week, though it feels like such a long time ago. I’m sticking to fluids through the day and will be making a little curry this evening with the leftover chicken from our roast dinner yesterday. Feeling very full / bloated from the EFS – looking forward to giving my system a little time to relax!

@at thanks for the offer of support!! It’s amazing how hungry sitting and reading academic journals can make you! Water will see me through, no doubt. And if I get really hungry, there’s an egg in the fridge or an apple in the bowl for a FD snack. Glad you enjoyed your jazz concert – me & my DH are big jazz fans too. We’ve not made it to a concert for a while, but hoping to see Kurt Eling soon.

Day 3 UK WFD

Yesterday wasn’t quite an EFS day but didn’t get my calories from helpful places (bread, cake, bread, salad, bread, yogurt/nuts/banana/cacao) – 2/5 for achievement 🙂

Weight today 3lbs up on Friday, not quite the perfect start to Sept’s Challenge! Aiming for WFD day today, break tomorrow lunchtime or supper time – perhaps even go for a FD tomorrow and get good start to week before going away for training day where it’ll be more difficult to control what I eat.

Feeling bright and motivated this morning, day getting off to slow start but just about ready to get going with an hour’s gentle yoga & meditation before getting going with writing. Need to get two short reports drafted and sent off for comments today, and two talks mapped out and first drafts written – FOCUS! Will try and break it up by taking things outside to scribble on, and short breaks eg to write & post card to sick friend – a trip to post box can sometimes be just right length to refresh my head. Aiming to finish by mid-evening, wind down before very early night. Today I have the opportunity to shape my week, taking good care of Future Me.

Day 3 Pocket List – add yourself if you’re fasting

@arelkade
@beedoo
@dykask
@lilymartin
@snowflake56
@greta
@daffodil2010 1st of B2B
@sarahbob
@babs_b
@fatfingers
@michelinme

Day 3 Northern NSW Australia FD

Doing well this FD. The D-Ribose I took this morning was worth calories spent! I was able to breeze through a number of very physically active hours early in the day without feeling usual fatigue when I do so.

Day 3 Pocket List – add yourself if you’re fasting
@arelkade
@beedoo
@dykask
@lilymartin
@snowflake56
@greta
@daffodil2010 1st of B2B
@sarahbob
@babs_b
@fatfingers
@michelinme
@missybear
@minka

Day 3 Spain FD

Really new to all this (only started 5:2 last week!) and today is my first FD in September, although did 2 last week. Not finding them too difficult on the food front, I make a big pan of vegetable soup in advance for around 350 calories and eat that all day, which allows me a hard boiled egg and a yoghurt for snacks if required. What I am find difficult is alcohol! My OH and I drink everyday and I do need to cut down! Going to try going to bed early tonight to avoid the temptation 😊

A little about myself – I’m 61 and live in northeastern Spain with my husband. At my heaviest I weighed 114kg. I got down to 100kg and had a gastric bypass. I have lost 32kg and have kept it off for 7 years. Really, really want to lose anoth 4-5kg so that for the first time in my life I will be at a ‘normal’ weight.

I used to do a lot of walking/hiking, but I was very ill last year with thromboses in my chest and this has left my chest pretty weak. Would really like to do the Couch to 5k challenge, but first of all I’m upping my walking to build strength and stamina.

Really excited to be part of this challenge and I look forward to getting to know you all better 😊

Thank you @daffodil2010! Think I’m going to need a lot of help and support😊. Always find first couple of days ok, but tend to quickly lose interest☹️. Hoping with this WOL it will be different as even on a FD don’t feel deprived as I can always eat what I fancy tomorrow😊

Hi,

New here and would love to join the September challenge.
Started 5:2 in May with success but unfortunately the summer treats have had their effects…

Day 3: FD. Hoping to start with a positive day!

Day 3 – UK – FD

Hello from a drizzly Cumbria today!

Looks like I wasn’t the only one that had an EFS weekend – too much wine and good food so pressing my RESET button with a minimal calorie FD trying to keep to water and cups of tea with skimmed milk only so will definitely be joining the pocket list for support!!!!

@shinything – your experience with the scales on Day 2 is the reason I only weigh once a week after my 2nd FD – always a positive experience for me ☺️
@michelinme – 🤗let us support each other after our rather disastrous weekend – Hope that you have a productive day with your writing – you can do this!
@redrockgirl302 – you had the sort of weekend I wish I had 😇
@matpi @skinnyminny57 @laurello – welcome on board 🤗 anyone can join the monthly – use the spreadsheet if you find it helpful for accountability. We are an international group here who are very supportive with no judgement – someone will always answer your questions or offer support
@anna6 – you are very welcomed – looks like we are on a FD today together so we can do this!
@beedoo – Thank you – hope that you enjoy your weekend trip to Lille – Highlights include its enchanting old town with magnificent French and Flemish architecture, art museums, stylish shopping, very tasty food and a surprisingly good nightlife scene – did you know that in 2020, Lille will become the World Design Capital (the first French city to do so), with design agencies and other creative enterprises opening their doors to the public, and exhibitions and festivities throughout the year.
@arelkade – as you can see a lot us have joined you on the pocket list you started for today so just think of us all in your back pocket offering support and you will do this FD x
@cateaus – we all do this at our own pace – there is no competition or right or wrong way – personally I found following the basic 5:2 when I was trying to lose weight very effective – I have since moved to doing 16:8 days everyday as I have never been a breakfast person and do find that if I eat early in the day I tend to want to keep eating……
@lilymartin – I use MFP too – usually very helpful to keep me accountable or to make me realise how much I can eat like I did this weekend!!!!!!!!!
@northerndawn – Thank you – you know what to do and you are stronger than you think and you will achieve your goals x I find opening 2 tabs of the challenge on my laptop makes it easier to read one and type on the other! love the Churchill quote too
@snowflake56 – I think you would make a wonderful hostess and there are many of us who could help you with the spreadsheet – lots of personal benefits from hosting to be gained!
@gretta – great job on that body fat drop and planning a 1/2 marathon in 6 weeks 🏃‍♀️ impressive!
@daffodil2010 – I’m with you in “support and encouragement from this forum is truly world class.” I truly believe it’s what has kept me in maintenance!
@sarahbob – I’m in awe of you doing the 30DS at 9:30 last night – now that is commitment!
@rainbowsmile – sounds like you need one of these 🤗 I love this from Van Morrison, “And the Healing Has Begun” here is a link to it:-
Van Morrison – And the Healing Has Begun Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
https://genius.com › V › Van Morrison
@babs_b @fatfingers – lots of company on the pocket list today
@skinnyminny57 – Pocket list is a list of everyone on the challenge doing a FD or sometimes for a special challenge e.g. 30 day shred or alcohol free month…..We mentally have it in our back pocket to keep us motivated during the day – I have added you to today’s list
@fivetwofan5252 – welcome back – I think you were with us in April – you will soon dispatch those 5lbs

Good luck to everyone fasting today, especially those like me that had an EFS weekend 😈 and to those on a NFD enjoy staying within your TDEE

Day 3 Pocket List – Copy and paste not forgetting to add yourself if you’re fasting

@arelkade
@beedoo
@dykask
@lilymartin
@snowflake56
@gretta
@daffodil2010 1st of B2B
@sarahbob
@babs_b
@fatfingers
@michelinme WFD
@missybear
@minka
@shinything
@skinnyminny57
@fivetwofan5252
@laurello
@at

I love this quote from Helen Keller “We can do anything we want as long as we stick to it long enough.”

Day 3 Stevensville Maryland USA CFD

No time to read post today just a moment to pop on for accountability and to add myself to the pocket list. I will print in out and stick it in my bra for support today.

Quitters never win! Winners never quit. Hang in there everyone and have a great Monday

second post.
So… today’s FD went really really well. Under 100 calories until 7.30 pm when I arrived home from work to …. lasagne and salad made specially by my DD.
How could I refuse the lasagne after all her work??!!
So I ate a lot of salad and a small serve of lasagne which morphed into a somewhat larger serve with the second helping ( what was I thinking on a FD and all..)
Anyway, I may just have scraped in under TDEE ( though doubtful ) BUT I did drink a lot of water, peppermint tea instead of my usual 3 or 4 flat white coffees which I love.
NO chocolate or wine or dessert was consumed so at this stage that is a win!!
@rainbowsmile and @at, I have used MFP since joining in November 2016. I used it for some months to get a handle on TDEE as I often found I had to be much more mindful on NFDs than on the FDs.
I prefer not to count calories but the past several months have shown me that you can fool yourself a lot of the time!
Will try for another FD tomorrow despite having to cook biscuits and cake for morning tea ( required) and despite going out to dinner with friends at a restaurant that does not serve a simple salad.
It does feel good to be back in the groove.
@dingping, I know how it feels to fall back into that negativity. We will all help you with this WOL.
@shinything, yes I wonder what it is that makes us self-sabotage? It would be helpful to know but in the meantime, I’m with you – and we can do this together.
@fatfingers, plenty of moral support here to help you make that last hurdle.
@skinnyminny57, welcome and congratulations on your earlier weight loss successes. I had your exact ‘ handle’ once on another completely different site!
Just having another cuppa and then bed to slay those pesky hunger dragons.😁