Day 28, London, UK, NFD

I’ve another full day planned for today so I’ll hopefully keep things controlled eating-wise.

I’ll try to catch-up with posts later today, for now …………… Stay strong everyone!!! we’re so near the end of the month, I’m using the last few days to stabilise my resolve, & getting ready to give the reset button a hefty whack for October!!

Day 28 Ohio, US — MFD

Just a quick check in before folding up the rug for the day. The MFD has gone well.
Have a great Sunday all!

Day 29 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD

All my good intentions for a NFD went out of the window yesterday; so I really plan on knuckling down today. No hangover at least. Last September FD tomorrow… ⚖

What a convincing win for the Boks yesterday?! 57 – 3 against Namibia 🥊Shame about Ireland. Sorry, @daffodil2010. Less said… But they’re still in the tournament. Watch out Russia.

@pandora777 – welcome!

@betsylee – thanks for offering to host October. Count me in👍

Happy S🌞nday!

Day 29 UK NFD

@funshipfreddie We are a big rugby family but struggling with some of the early starts As you said Boks looking good they boosted my fantasy team in the league yesterday I don’t think yesterday will thwart Ireland and what a great result for the game 🇯🇵

Day 29. London UK. NFD. Please count me in for October’s challenge. H

Day 29 USA (Illinois) NFD

Fun reading about various sport aficionados here! Most Americans are into baseball end of season and football (NFL or NCAA) beginnings of season. Rugby? Ho, hum… I don’t know anyone who cares that there is a world cup. Sorry, world! How much I learn from you all! And Fantasy Rugby? Wow! We have our NFL Fantasy team that’s 1-2 right now. More games today.

Great to read about everyone’s adventures.

Onward and downward.

Day 30 – New Zealand – FD

Last day of September. Weighing in tomorrow morning so that gives me a last chance fast day and workout today at lunchtime. I’ve seen big changes in my body over the last month. When I suck in my tum I can see the outline of my rib cage and my abdominal muscles. Also my wife likes to sleep with her leg draped across my hips, but the last couple of weeks she’s been complaining that she can feel my hip bone…. I must be making progress 😉

@songbirdme – at least when the rest of the world has a World Cup we invite more than one country to take part, unlike USA’s World Series of baseball 😉 I’m loving this World Cup, usually over here we get New Zealand’s games and that’s it but it’s cool to be able to watch other countries you don’t usually get to watch. Great to see a couple of upsets too. A team of amateur players from third tier Uruguay taking out a team of professional players from second tier Fiji, and then of course the hosts Japan taking out world number 2 Ireland. Japan’s coach used to coach and play for my home province of Otago.

Day 29 – USA – NFD

@betsylee, thank you for volunteering for October! Please count me in as still in maintenance.

Day 30, Emden Germany, FD

after a month of struggling I managed to lose 2 kg/4.4lbs. I’m very pleased with it and thanks to all for the support when I wanted to give up. I know it’s not an option but I was so tired of losing and gaining all the time.

@flourbaby having a doctor in the house is handy mostly, blood test this morning went well, potassium and sodium stable after 5 FDs.

@rabbette thanks, lost 1,3 kg or ~3.3lbs over the last 5 days, not bad at all.

@lilymartin lovely long post! No, I won’t give up, I’m back in the game because of all the support given here.

@dingping how lovely to hear from you, I’m really missing our Saturday’s chat, it was special! I’m glad to hear you also enjoyed this lovely summer. Our garden is still quite unorganized, but all the plants did well this year. I didn’t know Richard Booth passed away, he left a great legacy so many can enjoy. Hay-on- Wey is on our list in the far future, can’t leave the cat alone for more than one day, he’s too difficult to handle for others. I so hope you come back to our Saturday’s FDs! Hugs xxx

@pandora777 welcome!

@betsylee thanks for offering to host October, I’m in!

@rafiki44 thanks for hosting September and doing the spreadsheet for the October Challenge!

Pocket list day 30

@neilithicman
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56

Have a nice day everyone and see you tomorrow on the October Challenge!

Day 30 UK Lake district

Morning everybody,

FD today, last day of the month has seen me on the scales back down to my lowest weight again (despite holiday, BBQ’s etc)
Only started 5:2 Friday 26/7 since then lost 16 lbs, feel a whole lot better and my clothes are growing, belts all having to go down a notch and the ‘wear for gardening only’ pile of stuff got so big my OH has made me put a lot of clothes in the charity bag!

Have a good one those on a FD today, but take care everyone, see you over on the October thread !!!

Pocket List – Day 30
@neilithicman
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@ihatelettuce

Day 30 update …

I’m going to break my WFD day early, at only around 22 hours in. I’m not feeling well enough to continue this time. So I’ll try again on Friday.

Day 30- Atlanta, Ga- USA- FD

Can’t believe its almost October!! This year is flying by. Has anyone posted the link for October’s challenge yet? i think I missed it.

Day 30 Canada FD

Going to finish up the month strong with a solid FD. @rafiki44 thanks so much for hosting this month and @betsylee for taking over the reigns- I am in for October!
Pocket List – Day 30
@neilithicman
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@ihatelettuce
@bellyblast

Day 30, Melb Aust. NFD

After a recent holiday, I’m finishing up 1.5 kg more than I was at the start of the month. Eek! Reached my maximum allowed gain. Downwards for October!

Thanks for being our September host, @rafiki44, and hope to see everyone again on the October forum, which is now up and running. Thanks to @rafiki44 for setting up the spreadsheet and starting the active thread.

I will try to live up to the excellent hosting tradition for October.

Day 30/137.8/FD – cycle started (VA, USA)
Day 29/136.2/NFD
Day 28/135.8/FD – new ATL
Day 27/137.0/CD – dessert evening

Waking up Saturday morning doing the morning weigh in and seeing that I hit a new ATL ((after eating a decadent *not small* serving of dessert)) the night before. Ummmm yeah. I don’t know if it takes a couple days for the scale to know that I ate a dessert, hence the increase showing up Today *which also has another factor of my cycle and well we all know that causes bloating.

A side note on bloating when losing weight is that since my clothes are already a little big I didn’t notice the UGH feeling of putting on my outfit to have it be snug. I still feel a little poofy tho.

I think I’ll do all measurements tomorrow on the 1st of Oct. My cycle will have too much influence if I do the measurements today.

@flourbaby – I have a feeling “normal” lunches & (breakfast instead of dinners) will NOT be a part of my future. I like a good brunch on the weekends *the only time I really get a chance to eat breakfast food. I miss breakfast food and I know I could eat it anytime, but I really do seem to enjoy it more as the first meal. However if I have an early breakfast, I’m hungry all damn day, so no thank you to that feeling. I also LOVED your reflection you shared with @penz & @emma about the Over Eating bit… it is so true. I had not even recognized that I was a bingers until this WOL. Recently I have paused my own binge that was taking place. *surprised myself* I drank some water – it didn’t help, but I was able to choose some wiser options when the weird snacking monster showed up. It felt good to see it and catch it early.

@snowflake56 – Yay -4.4lbs that is great! Remember there is the flux, but just come back to your FDs with love and determination and what ever sneaks on during the NFD will start its downward trend with your FDs. I noticed you mentioned a cat and having a little difficulty? May I ask what the difficult part is?

@rafiki44 – thank you for being our September host!

@pandora777 – oooooh I have read that the maintenance process is just as important as losing process and can be more challenging b/c then you don’t have the same “happy high” from the scale moving downward. There is a reason it is called a WOL and it is important to understand that in order to maintain one will need to have at least 1 FD or some other way to keep the weight/food in balance with life.

Pocket List – Day 30
@neilithicman
@dykask WFD
@snowflake56
@funshipfreddie
@ihatelettuce
@bellyblast
@rabbette

Can not believe it is the last day of September.

2nd post

gosh, I’m so hungry, going up to 800 cals.

@ciren2 yes! Please do come back, I need all the help there is next month!

@rabbette He’s an older rescue cat and often extremely afraid of hands but not always. It’s difficult to describe where the problem is. He’s very sociable and wants to be around people so everyone wants to pet him. He then sits in front of somebody and when someone wants to pet him and puts his bend hand forward slowly to let him sniff, sometimes he just sniffs, sometimes he hits with his nails out or not. Before he plans to hit us or anyone he warms you with a certain look. He must have had a broken upper jaw in his past the vet found out. When he’s on my legs, he can be very relaxed and when he rolls over to either side you can touch him everywhere apart from his head. Sometimes he allows me to brush him but not for too long. It’s hard to explain, esp. in English. He’s funny, adorable and chats all day long but he’s the most difficult one we’ve ever had. He’s not mean, he seems to be afraid of hands so we think it’s better not to have a catsitter when we’re out.

Day 31 – New Zealand – NFD

90.9kg!!!!!!

September has been an amazing month for me. I went into it weighing 95.3 kilos and a goal of getting to 92.5 kilos and came out of it 90.9 kilos with 2 inches taken off my waist and the beginnings of my abs starting to show. I’m now in the last kilo of my ultimate goal weight of 89.9 (just so I can say I’m not in the 90’s anymore). I’m well on track to reach my goal by my 41st birthday at the end of October. I’ll definitely be joining up with the October challenge to get rid of that last kilo.

Day 30 NFD Italy 🇮🇹 on holidays
See you all in October… sorry I have not been very present on the forum laterally.. life in Ireland is very busy these days but I’m
on holidays in sunny Italy which is fabulous… I have no idea how much I’ll have gained when I get home but I’m not going to worry until I’m back on Irish soil…
I hope you have been getting along well and see you next month!
Thanks so much for hosting this month @raffiki44 👏Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕

NZ Day 30 (But actually 1st October here)
Not the greatest of months, but a small loss. Thank you @raffiki44 for hosting us all this month. I am in for October, I recently got a new job and need to wear a uniform, went for a fitting last week and deliberately chose to get a tight fit – no excuses now. Have got 4 weeks until I start my job so will be very focused for October. Sorry not the greatest of posters, but enjoy reading about everyone’s exploits. Thank you all.

Final Post

So September just got wiped from the calendar & my memory FOREVER!!! My weight seems to have followed my mind-set for the month …………………… Up, Down, Up, Down ………………………………….. you get the picture!!

Anyway, October is another month, hopefully there’ll be a LOSS ……………………… 10lbs would be lovely!!!

Thank you @rafiki44 for hosting us all this month, I’ve felt myself slipping, but I can’t even imagine where I would have been without daily posting and reading everyone else’s posts, as they say, ‘a problem shared is a problem halved’, ‘many hands make light work’, ‘the more the merrier’ & of course ……………………… ‘misery loves company’!!!!

See ya’ll over in October.

Day 30 – USA – NFD

Thank you @rafiki44 for hosting us this month! I weighed in at 135.6 and my goal for the month was 135. Just looking to maintain and stay healthy food-wise and exercise-wise. Looking forward to October’s beautiful weather and the changing of the leaves.