Day 10 MN/USA NFD

Good FD yesterday under 500, CD the day before under 1000, FD the day before that under 500. Weight back down to where I started this month.

Today I may see if I can stay under 1200, because I had planned to have a third FD tomorrow, but I have decided against it. It’ll be Friday, and I think I will treat myself to a good meal and then yogurt, berries, and honey instead of the usual Friday libations (staying dry ’til October). I will pat myself on the back for staying dry, and let myself have some extra calories, if I feel like it. Rewards are important, as long as they are healthy and appropriate, IMHO.

I’ll be thinking of you, @flourbaby………..Enjoy you Thai and have a little healthy treat to enjoy instead of the vino…………You said something earlier about not using food as a reward, but I think we’ve all been brought up with using favorite foods that way, and maybe it would be easier to substitute healthy favorites and savor those, than to try to change those ingrained beliefs entirely. I can’t speak for everyone, but it works better that way for me. I hate to feel deprived; because then I won’t adhere to my “healthy lifestyle” for the long term. Self knowledge.

Pocket list day 10
@snowflake56
@northgeorgia
@ccco
@basyjames
@bellyblast

ZBC day 10
@penz
@snowflake56
@northgeorgia
@ccco
@basyjames
@bellyblast
@northerndawn

DTF
@coco
@bellyblast

Exercise 30×5 day 10
@snowflake56 🤸‍♀
@northerndawn

D10 NFD UK lake District

Well after yesterday’s food my food cramming session I did not manage to get back to normal yesterday in fact yesterday became a food cramming day as well. To pay for it I was up all night with an upset stomach due to the quantity I had eaten. Today has been much better although I have not counted calories I have been mindful in what I have eaten. It will take my stomach a few days to get over it but I plan to be back on plan by the weekend

Thank you all for your comments and support . Over eating is something we all have in common.

@basyjames Self sabotage is a very easy thing to do. We have all been there. I find that as my clothes get looser and I start to feel more comfortable in my body, I let things relax and before I know it my clothes are tight again. Vicious Circle.

@stitchincarol This food cramming thing I go through happens every now and then. There is no rhyme or reason to it I just get the urge. It is not always what we would consider ‘bad food’ it can be anything just a huge quantity until my stomach is bloated. I am aware of what I am doing but just cannot stop. It will take me a few days to get back to normal so looking forward to the weekend and a nice plain salad. Also if you are bottling mojo please send some my way.

@alisa thanks for the webinar link. I just listened to one of his talks and plan on listening to some more. It’s all about conditioning and cravings.

@i hate lettuce. Sorry to hear about the surgery results. My thoughts are with you and Mrs I Hate lettuce. I think about you every time I am in the greenhouse. Don’t stay away too long.

@daffodil2010 You need to to get in touch with @stitchincarol I hear she is going to start bottling mojo. I have put my name down for a bottle. How’s the grounding mat going? My sheet came today so will be trying it out tonight.

Have a good evening everyone and will see you all tomorrow.

Day 11 – Japan – WFD #72

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2dB7UMLrs Interesting Q&A with Dr. Jason Fung.

Day 11, Emden Germany, NFD

@emma-taylor Thanks! It was easier than expected but it’s not a masterpiece. For the next dress I’ll try to make a paper pattern of this one and put the zipper on the back. I have very nice friends so they would never say I failed.

@flourbaby Enjoy your Thai dinner tonight!

@stitchincarol I hope you had a nice evening yesterday!

@lindab Welcome back!

@northgeorgia I use the tracker on this site. I can’t see a trend on it as I went up and down over the last 3 years and I’m not doing every challenge.

Pocket list day 11
@dykask WFD

ZBC day 11
@penz
@snowflake56

Exercise 30×5 day 11
@snowflake56 💃

Have a nice day everyone!

Day 11, London, UK, NFD

I’m really not looking forward to tonight’s Thai meal, I’ve started the month with dedication and determination hence the 5lb loss!! I just don’t want to stall my fat burning engine or awaken the carb dragon 🐉, ‘cause it’s a devil of a job wrangling him back into his cage!!!! I can’t stress about it, what will be will be, I’ll wear the ring that pokes the neighbouring finger, this annoyance will be my ‘mindfulness’ reminder!!! @northerndawn, I wish substituting was on the agenda for treats, but as much as I love yoghurt, fruit, pickles & nuts, they never seem like treats to me😢, just additions to a healthy diet. I equate “Well Done” with cake, wine, dessert, crisps & chocolate ………………………… it’s that endorphin thing!!!

@songbirdme, introducing the ZBC last month was something to boost my positivity since I didn’t have breakfast regularly anyway, easy win if you like!! I’m now realising that when I do it mindfully, knowing I’m on a list with others 🤗, it means that taste testing when cooking or having breakfast as a Sunday treat have gone, which only goes to help establish what we all want ……………………….. a WOL!!!! 🙌

@daffodil2010, I really hope there’s a whoosh coming your way, make sure you encourage it & guzzle that water!! For those who want to encourage a whoosh ………………………………….

http://100down.org/the-whoosh-effect/

http://fatburningman.com/4-simple-strategies-to-burn-fat-after-a-binge/

Stay strong everyone!!!

Day 11 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5

The birthday surprise dinner last evening was great fun, and while I ate a lot, I didn’t go overboard on anything, and the scales were nice to me this morning. So, now I hope life quits interfering, and I can stick to my plan. Although…life IS interfering. My eldest sister’s DH died last night from Alzheimer’s (it was expected) and I’ll be flying to California for the funeral whenever it gets scheduled in the next two weeks.

@linda.b, welcome! How many kgs do you want to lose? We’ll all be tickled to encourage you on your journey down.
@daffodil2010, I’m so sorry your neck is giving you a pain again, and that it may even be rotary cuff problems. We’ll be rooting for you that it’s a problem easily fixed…if there is such a thing with necks.
@snowflake56, congratulations on a finished dress that fits!! Job WELL done! As to canning peaches, you’ll find lots of help with an internet search, and I can’t help but be sure you’ll dazzled at how good home-canned peaches are. And this comment of yours: “I sometimes think, do I really want to reach my goal or am I secretly thinking I’m fine the way I am?” really hits the nail on the head for me as well. It’s a very precarious balance between wanting to be slender again and wanting to simply live life, and COOK, and EAT, and DRINK, and not care. Oh, and BAKE!!! If we could only lose interest in cooking, baking, eating, and drinking for an extended period of time, would being thin be sufficient motivation to keep us there? Well, from the number of us who got down to goal weight and then shot back up (myself included), clearly not. So I think the real secret is that we have to care not only for vanity’s sake, but for health’s sake, and that is where we often get off track, and forget that health is a huge player in this effort we’re making, and vanity is only a minor part, a side benefit.
@flourbaby, once I figured it out, your assurance that it was indeed a typo make me laugh out loud!
@basyjames, did you actually give blood yesterday? I’m the coordinator of our 6 yearly blood drives in our village, and I worried when you talked about how weak and tired you’d felt the day before. Hope you’re better today!

Okay, off to finish up my peaches: these I will peel and slice and mix with sugar and corn starch and put in a plastic bag and freeze; then when I want peach crisp for a special meal this winter, I’ll already have it half made!

Have a grand day, everyone!

@northerndawn – yes, I was told that my bone implant (for dental tooth implant) would defer my giving for a year. That had been in early February. Well, shore’nuff, they reduced that deferment to only 3 months, so called me to come back. And you’re so right, I do believe I am healthier because I give routinely.

Day 11 North Canton OMAD

@stitchincarol I have never donated before, and was really looking forward to it but they were running behind and I could only spare 30 minutes because of my busy schedule, once the time was up I had to go back to work. I will try again the next time they ask for volunteers. I am also really sorry for your loss; I am glad you had time to emotionally and mentally prepare

I met up with a dear friend for lunch and we shared a ribeye steak, and a blondie dessert and I had a glass of sangria. It was a very filling and enjoyable afternoon😋 I will log my calories in keeping with my new plan for accountability.

Have a good day everyone

Day 12 – Japan – NFD

Water fast went well. I’m thinking about switching to fasting for two days in a row and then 5 NFDs. There seems to be a lot of possible health benefits around 58 hours of fasting, although I need to dig into that more. I’m sure it also varies a lot from person to person. There is talk about reduced blood glucose being the major factor. For most people we run out of stored glycogen in about 20 hours. After that the liver has to start producing glucose from other sources. (Gluconeogenesis) As this happens the body shifts more to using ketones for fuel which are derived from fat.

I actually have a few concerns.
– For me, the second day of a water fast is much harder than the first day
– I don’t see a big drop in blood glucose until 3rd or 4th day, it seems to vary. I’ve only fasted past 4 days a few times. I don’t know if that means my body is slower. However ketones increase more quickly than blood glucose drops.

At this point I’m fasting for health and of coarse it keeps the body weight down. So I’m just thinking about this.

D12 NFD UK Lake District

Trying to get back on plan with a NFD today and tomorrow as planned then hopefully get back into fasting from Monday. I have been reading all the posts but just did not feel that I was ready to comment so I apologise if I have missed any that needed a reply to I will catch up.

You all seem to be pretty much on plan so have a good weekend everyone.

Day 12, London, UK, LFD

Confession time, my Thai meal was lovely as always, but @northerndawn ……………………………….. Oops 🍷, your vibes must have been diverted elsewhere!!!! We shared a bottle and although I didn’t need it, I wanted it and I enjoyed it, back on the dry September wagon today!!!

@dykask, your scientific approach always fascinates me!! I look forward to hearing your results after the 5:2 experiment. Is it possible that your glucose levels aren’t very high anyway, so the drop is minimal?

The fires in the USA are scary, I hope our members across the pond are staying safe🙏!!

No doubt, it’ll be quiet here for the weekend, I hope everyone is staying mindful.

Pocket list day 12
@snowflake56 LFD
@flourbaby LFD

ZBC day 12
@penz
@snowflake56
@flourbaby

Exercise 30×5
@snowflake56 🤸‍♀
@flourbaby

“Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.”

Day 12 Minnesota, USA MFD

I stayed under 700 cals yesterday, which means my average for the week is 883 cals/day. That wasn’t really planned, but I’m thinking I might as well go for another under 800 day to make a full week at about 800 cals daily. I had indulgences last weekend as it was a holiday weekend in US, so I’m hoping to get back on track to lose at least 4 pounds this month. Hopefully, I’ll lose more since I am aiming to be dry until October. It is really making fasting easier for me to swerve the alcohol.

@flourbaby I think I was using most of the vibes I should have been sending to you to stay strong, myself. When prepping dinner I was thinking how nice a glass of wine would be tasting. It took some determination not to open a nice red. Anyway, I’m glad you enjoyed your dinner and time out….you had already done 11 days or so, while I haven’t quite hit the one week mark, so no judgement from me! We will see how I do next weekend when I have a possible outing planned.

@snowflake56 You are doing so well to stay motivated in maintenance, better than I did in the long term, and here I am just wishing I was back at the BMI that you are at now! You’ve done well and will continue to do well, I’m sure.

@northgeorgia Congrats on that post NFD weight! You know that means next week is looking great!

Pocket list day 12
@snowflake56 LFD
@flourbaby LFD
@northerndawn MFD

ZBC day 12
@penz
@snowflake56
@flourbaby
@northerndawn

Exercise 30×5
@snowflake56 🤸‍♀
@flourbaby
@northerndawn

Day 12 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5

I was startled to find the scales down a bit more this morning. Clearly, eating only in the five-hour window works as long as I don’t go nuts with how much and what I eat. I was looking in my closet for what I’ll wear for my BIL’s funeral and found an appropriate black dress. Its fit is acceptable, but would be far better with five additional pounds off me. That won’t happen by the service on 9/25, but perhaps three?? It’s ironic to me: the only other time I wore that dress was for my mom’s funeral in March 2015; this funeral on 9/25 would be her 102nd birthday.

Thanks so much, @northerndawn, @basyjames, @snowflake56, and anyone else who thought them but didn’t write them (as I’ve often done) for the condolences.
@basyjames, just for the record, I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t have let you donate given how lousy you felt the day before; you really need to feel FINE to donate without having any side effects. At this point, try finding a local drive, and especially a SMALL local drive, because the wait times are shorter for little drives (like mine). Plus, the Red Cross isn’t currently accepting walk-ins; you need to have an appointment so that there aren’t lots of people gathered next to each other waiting. You can go to redcrossblood.org to find a drive, and then just get onto the schedule regularly; before you’re done, schedule an appointment for the next drive. (Says the long-time coordinator of blood drives, LOL.) And your lunch sounds lovely!
@i-hate-lettuce, so very, very wonderful to hear from you, and I’m so glad this second surgery seems to have had better results and that you’re feeling a smidge less of the grimms! Prayers for your healing continuing!

My usual piano lesson for today, where I drive into Omaha to teach, is cancelled, so I have the whole day at home to myself. I have all sorts of plans for what I’ll accomplish and for what I won’t do (eating, LOL!). I hope you all have great days and evenings with whatever is on your agenda!

Day 12 – Second Post

@songbirdme, yes it is tough to remember my mom (Daddy died in ’67, so I remember him little), and yet the older I get, the more respect I have for Mom, and wish I could tell her so. <3

In case anyone wants to join me in my quest to lose weight but especially size in my midsection/hips, I came across this 7 minutes in 7 days YouTube video and am committing to do it for a week. Wanna join me and we can compare results??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL_dE81O_mw

Day 12 – THIRD post

@songbirdme, I just heard that the Big10 is voting sometime in the next 72 hours about a return to play. Whoot, whooot, whooot!!!!!

(for the majority of you who do not understand, Nebraska’s University of Nebraska, the Cornhuskers, is also in the Big10, and those of us in Nebraska are horrified and broken hearted that there’s no college football)

Whoot, whoot, whoot!!!!! FINGERS CROSSED FOR A RETURN TO PLAY!!!!!

🙂

Day 13, Emden Germany, NFD

It’s going to be a beautiful sunny day here so ideal for working in the garden, weeding is on my list today, my DH plans working on the new fence.

@i-hate-lettuce I’m so glad you’re back with us again and sounding positive again.

@northgeorgia I love the garland idea but don’t want to lose much more weight, perhaps a few pounds.

@northerndawn Yes, I’m doing well at the moment. A few years back I was in maintenance for 18 months and then lost it and gained a lot. I don’t want it to happen again so I have to find things that motivate me. I tried on rings yesterday and some of them are still too tight on my finger. My next goal is to be able to wear them again.

@stitchincarol I watched the video but I can’t do the jumping up and down, it puts to much pressure on my ancles. I’m afraid I’ll have to skip that challenge.

Not much lists for me today, only the ZBC.

ZBC day 13
@penz
@snowflake56

Have a nice day everyone!

D13 NFD UK Lake District

Stomach really settled down now can’t believe how long it has taken so a NFD for me today and I will be joining the ZBC and the exercise pocket list. F800 tomorrow.

@snowflake56 Enjoy your garden.

@i hate lettuce Glad you are back posting. I did miss my early morning gardening fix.

ZBC day 13
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo

Exercise 30×5 day 13
@kazoo

Happy Sunday.

Day 13 UK NFD

So had a couple of days off and generally relaxed on things this week , delighted to see I’ve held steady Planning big push next week I’ve been doing a lot of ab Pilates recently and seeing a very slow change so I’ll join you next week @stitchincarol

See you all Monday – I’ll be in every list going 💪

Day 13 Minnesota, USA NFD

Well, I couldn’t quite stay under 800 calories yesterday so the average for last week, according to the calorie tracker, was 891/day. I would expect to see some results in the next week if I don’t go overboard on any of my NFDs.
Today planning the weekly get together/BBQ with DD and her family. Steaks, hamburgers, and grilled sweet corn, berries and nuts for the little girls snacks prior to the main meal, and s’mores for them as dessert. They love toasting the marshmallows over the open fire in the fire pit.

@i-hate-lettuce Glad you’re back to posting…I’m really considering getting a couple air pots for next spring……you said you water twice a day……is that required? Or can you get by with once a day or less? Sometimes we aren’t here to attend to plants daily. Anyway, if Covid is under control next year we are hoping to get back to some day trips.

@stitchincarol I’m thinking the 7 day work out might be doable for me with some modifications…..I’m having a knee and hip issue at the moment with my excess weight, and I will try some of those moves in a less intense manner and see how it goes. Always fun to do a variety of things. Leslie really gets my heart rate up and I feel pretty “worked out” after doing her videos, then adding an out-of-doors walk around my hilly neighborhood.

@kazoo Glad you are feeling better. See you on the lists tomorrow.

@snowflake56 Have fun in the garden! It’s such good and lovely exercise.

ZBC day 13
@penz
@snowflake56
@kazoo
@northerndawn

Exercise 30×5 day 13
@kazoo
@northerndawn

Have a pleasant Sunday, everyone!

Day 13 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD

@songbirdme, you played piano and sang for church; I played organ! (Also sang, but I’m thinking you meant a solo, and I just sang along with the congregation.) We had a simple brunch and are hanging out now. Haven’t heard yet whether Big10 football (for @songbirdme‘s Illinois team, my Nebraska Cornhuskers, and others) is going to play or not…impatiently waiting to hear and hoping for a yes.

Can’t do my 7 minutes waist/ab workout just now as there’s only space in front of the living room TV and not only does it have on a Packers/Vikings game at the moment, I’m not interested in doing that in front of husband, son, and great-nephew, LOL! But there are still plenty of hours left for that yet today, and I know SOMETHING is happening, because my muscles in my midsection were a smidge sore this morning.

So I’ll just do some embroidery, or perhaps read a book and enjoy this lovely sunny Sunday. Catch you all tomorrow!

Day 13 – Second post

@songbirdme, BIG10, OCTOBER 17!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you to the rest of you for indulging our excitement, LOL!

Day 14, NFD, Aus

Still away with work so this, for me, is being a Stagnant September. Which should mean I’ll have an Outstanding October.

Good to see you back Mr IHL.

Day 14 – Japan – WFD #73

With the pandemic, I’m not missing many fast days due to travelling!

On Friday I hurt my right hip while running. Nothing serious, just need to let it heal. After skipping the weekend for exercising I did about 1/3 of a workout today. So far so good. Just some stairs and mostly push ups. I tend to avoid things like push ups while fasting, but have never noticed any harm from them. It is all the fear mongering around protein I guess.

Exercise has many benefits, but for the most part, weight loss isn’t really one of them. It seems to be pushed that way, but it is probably mostly from people that don’t exercise much. As you have less fat and more lean body mass, the scale tends to show more weight. Fat is dry and fluffy compared to muscle. Still that isn’t a reason not to exercise.