Day 17 – UK – CFD

Good morning everyone

What a nice spell of autumn weather, cool nights but bright sunshine again! Making the most of it, quietly ! Last 2 days managed to creep up around the 10k steps, so fancy a ‘proper’ wander tomorrow, (supermarket delivery today) there’s a really nice parkland walk we’ve done occasionally so going to give that a go again!

Really good sleep last night, feel sorry for those who have snoring partners, I’ve had a restricted (swollen) airway for the last couple of weeks or so following the surgeries, but last night was much better for Mrs IHL, plus the Fitbit recorded over 8 hrs proper sleep for me, 2 hours of which was deep sleep, no wonder I feel good this morning! Inner Warthog seemingly not just for stomach growling recently though!

@snowflake56 – Glad the poaching tip might come in handy, we’ve always been the same to be honest, hate waste. So with getting a weekly delivery since the start of C19, its a good way of making sure fruit doesn’t get wasted, veg is easy, curry or soup!

@daffodil2010 – Good that Granddaughters test was negative, shame she had to go through the test, but better safe than sorry. Enjoy your 2 weeks of solid ‘bimbling’, pure ‘me’ time after such a long haul with work etc, hope the weather holds out for you both.

Might start up a NAB movement, for those who want to grab a bit of ‘me’ time and just relax and switch off from the world… NAB …. National Association of Bimblers.
Signature tune, would have to be, “Busy doing nothing” original version was sung by Bing Crosby in a 1949 film.

Take care everyone

Day 17 North canton OH CD

I stepped on the scale this morning and there has been a little drop. It made me feel really good because I struggled to stick to my personal plan yesterday; I was so glad that I had scribbled a few words of wisdom from @emma Taylor’s ex (@Funshipfreddie aka Brad) on a notepad that I kept at my bedside for moments of weakness

The First was ” Are you actually hungry?”
The second tip was “what are you trying to achieve?”
The third was “How will you feel about sabotaging yourself in the morning?”
The fourth was ” Is this sabotage worth sacrificing what you are trying to achieve?”

after reviewing my notes, my spine was strengthened and I was able to soldier on

@flourbaby no more bouncy scales, downward and onward. The mentality you described is really what has sabotaged me, I always felt like I know what I need to do to lose the additional pounds I will get serious about it later. No mas! my body is not as responsive as it used to be, the wiggle room is zero – and I refuse to begin a new wardrobe

@emma Taylor I did not think i would get married either, then I met OH and was married in a year! Did not want kids either – now I have 2 and they are the light of my life and the center of my world. the life I have now is very different from the life I envisioned for myself when I was younger; I thought I knew it all then and I constantly marvel at how fulfilled I am

@northgeorgia I love visual representations of growth and I love the idea of your obesity meter. Stay safe!!

@i hate lettuce, you sound so relaxed and at ease. I am very happy for you

Have a wonderful day folks, a little progress each day adds up to big results 🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️🤸‍♀️

Day 17 MN/USA NFD

FD Pocket list, Day 17🦠
@stitchincarol
@brightonbelle

ZBC Day 17🚫🥐
@stitchincarol
@brightonbelle
@northerndawn

Exercise 30×5🏋️
@stitchincarol
@brightonbelle
@northerndawn

DTF Day 17🚫🍸
@stitchincarol
@northerndawn (DTO)
@brightonbelle

Day 17 USA (Illinois) NFD

Been very busy today doing household tasks, mostly laundry, changing bed linens, and major task of closing up the pool for the winter. I’m tired now, so very glad we have leftovers for supper. Only have to make salad.

@snowflake56 – thanks for asking about DH. It was a very good day heading up to Mayo Clinic (one of their satellites closer to us, in Wisconsin). Now he will be able to do tele-med with a specialist at Rochester (Mayo’s main locale) for his continuing issues.

We had a delightful lunch along the Mississippi River at a Marina overlooking the water. Beautiful days although getting cooler.

@northgeorgia and @alisa253 – sorry you’ve had rain from Hurricane Sally. Hope you get dried out soon!

@emma-taylor – happy anniversary! It’s so nice when you’re really glad you got married. 🙂

@daffodil2010 – so glad your granddaughter’s test was negative.

Onward and downward.

Day 18 country west Australia CD
Scales SLOOOWWWLLLLLYYYYY heading south.
@brightonbelle, I try to keep to Mon, Thurs for FDs but recently have been very poor at keeping to this regime.
Am back in the groove somewhat…. I was doing very well yesterday with about 300 calories until 6pm when my DH had to come to town and suggested dinner at the local pub.
Guessing there is no way the beautiful fish and chips in a light crispy golden batter was less than 200 calories!!!!
Ah, well today will be far more controlled, though we do have to go back to town again at lunchtime…….

Day 18, NFD, Aus

TGIF!!! Been a busy week and am looking forward to the weekend. Enjoy it, y’all!

Chat Monday.

Day 18 – UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Weigh in Friday, managed a 1 pound loss this week (2 this month so far)

@basyjames – every little bit helps, the best record I keep is the Forum ‘tracker’ the downward trend maybe slow, but it is downwards!

@lilymartin – I had an ‘earworm’ yesterday, couldn’t seem to shake off ‘Busy doing nothing’ all day 🙂 Your fish and chips could well have been under 200 calories, for the first couple of bites! However, if you enjoyed it, you’ll happily have an ‘easy day’ to make up for it.

@brightonbelle – I’m ‘off the lists’ just now, having a bit of a balancing act at the moment, been advised to give FD’s a miss for the time being. But have got into the 5:2 ‘habit’ so ‘no day off’ 5 days at 1500 calories (well under my BMR) and my 2 MFD’s between 1000/1200. Should easily maintain, but any loss will be slow.
Having said that, as I said earlier, the scales were down 1 lb this week !!!

Was discussing my eating/drinking habits with Mrs IHL yesterday, how they have changed in the last 14 months. Evening snacks, gone from virtually every evening to extremely rare. Grazing during day, practically stopped, might be an occasional biscuit with coffee. Alcohol, no strong spirits, rarely wine, beer cut down to 4/5 a week, max! Portion control for meals, much better.

So no wonder this WOL is working, slow going it may be, but going it is!

Take care all

Day 18 OMAD London

@daffodil2010 – I hope you have a lovely bimbling holiday. Are you having sun in Ireland? Maybe an Indian summer. I’m sure it’ll be lovely to get away.
I’m hoping @ihatelettuce is right about easy on easy off! I feel somewhat fatter since I left for Italy but it’s much easier to control things when I’m at home. I’ve got loads of non alcoholic beer at home but I just don’t fancy it. I managed one last night then had a glass of wine. Ho hum. Happy Friday all.

@flourbaby – I think that all the time! That’s how I got here in the first place….

Day 18 USA (Illinois) NFD

Up and at’em this morning. Will have a healthy lunch after Silver Sneakers. Keeping at maintenance.

I’ve had to look up “bimbling” and love it. I saw this website full of glorious photos around Southwest England. https://www.thebimbler.co.uk/

Onward and downward.

Day 18 USA FD

Just popping in quickly as I am babysitting my grandson! FD today!

I didn’t see a pocket list for today, so I will start one!

Day 18 Pocket List

@ccco

DTF

@ccco

Have a great Friday, everyone!

Day 18 – second post

@basyjames, that’s an American expression also: earworm is when you can’t get a song out of your mind. 😁

Day 18 Minnesota, USA CD

Over TDEE for goal weight yesterday, so I have to make up for that with a day under 1000 cals.

@i-hate-lettuce Your day sounds perfect! As for the air-pots, we would have to figure out a way to drip irrigate them if we are away for a couple days. I’m quite interested in trying them next spring. Enjoy your “bimbling” this weekend, and your beer!

@northgeorgia I hope you didn’t get extremely wet from what’s left of Sally. Your weight loss journey is fascinating and inspiring. Congrats on your milestones!

@stitchincarol You’ve had a great week! I hope you can keep your mojo working over the next months, but even when it leaves for a bit, it does seem to come home eventually. But your are right to take advantage of it when you’ve got it! Congrats on fitting into that dress! I’m so looking forward to being able to say I’m at 150lbs.

@basyjames and @flourbaby I had a great week last week with a lot of mojo, but I have struggled this week and barely gotten through my FD’s, then overate yesterday. I was going to try a 3rd FD today, but I’ve decided I’m just going to stay sensible and controlled, and not push it this week. I think basic 5:2 is my bottom-line goal for this week, and possibly I’ll feel like putting on a bigger push next week.

@songbirdme So glad things went well with your OH, and you have things set up for his ongoing health care in a way that is so convenient. I would have loved the lunch along the river. Sounds lovely.

@daffodil2010 Have a wonderful holiday. It sound so relaxing.

Enjoy the weekend, everyone!

Day 19, Emden Germany, NFD

Another sunny day overhere, perfect to clean some windows. Although I’m retired, Saturday still is my main cleaning day, it’s just a habit. Our dance teacher filmed us yesterday while dancing the Viennese Waltz to show us where we go wrong, it was interesting to see us dancing. I’ll have to work on flexibility, my middle is quite stiff although I don’t feel it that way.

@i-hate-lettuce I love the word bimbling. What I notice after a few years of 5:2 is that our meat went down a lot, we eat much more vegetables nowadays.

@kazoo How are you, haven’t heard from you the last few days.

Have a nice day everyone!

D19 UK Lake District

Still here but only just.

Day 19 – Post 2

Our village, from the air taken from a drone. We’re it the area near the end (the older part of the village) at about 7 minutes into the clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=214&v=6k1XrFT5y9c&feature=emb_logo

@emma Taylor

Silverdale area is another nice spot, we wander there from home in another ‘series’ of walks.

The walk yesterday itself was just over an hour and a half in a big loop.

The 360 view I was describing was from the top of Helsington Barrows, a large limestone hill, just outside Kendal, quiet during the week, best avoided at weekends.

Day 19 UK NFD

Oh dear halo slipped a bit yesterday 🍺But I did enjoy a few beers on a lovely sunny seafront so I’m accepting it as my “day off “ and moving on

Despite a small hangover managed the 7X7 exercise I too very much doubt they’ll deliver @stitchincarol – but they won’t do any harm

What keeps me going ? – There really is no other way Think we all knew being overweight wasn’t great but now it’s more important than ever

Aiming to stay steady over weekend Have a good one all x

Day 19 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5

Despite what felt like loads of food last night AND two glasses of wine, I was 150.2 this morning. I got on the scale several times during the day yesterday, just to see if my weight had snuck back up to 153 when I wasn’t looking, LOL! And of course it was 151 because I had several cups of coffee and then a large iced tea, but when I was weighing 153 that much liquid would have put me at 154. I’m so thrilled with finally having lost a few pounds!

@songbirdme, @annabelle48, @brightonbelle, I loved the descriptions of your al fresco meals, and makes me want to enjoy a similar experience myself. And, @brightonbelle, you’ll have to share what results you do/don’t get from the 7×7. My waist and hips are both down about half an inch…but I truly believe that’s from the three pounds I’m down, not from the exercise.

@flourbaby, try persuading yourself you’re doing 5:2 for the health of it, then, every day that you’ve done it for the health of it, you’ve succeeded…and when you slowly lose weight, that’ll simply be an added bonus to celebrate: “Wow, not only am I getting healthier and healthier with this fasting, but I’m even losing weight! Sweet!” See what I mean? That’s what I’ve had to do, because I too have zero patience when I’m way over what I’m comfortable weighing, and the process /does/ take far longer than we’d like. I don’t know if you can play mind games with yourself like that, but it’s maybe worth a try.

@northgeorgia, as to your question, yes, the more I lose and the closer I get to goal weight, the more it motivates me and gives me confidence. It’s rather unfair that we can’t have that same motivation and confidence when we’re further from our goal weight, and need even more to lose the weight! And, your experience with the weight being up a smidge but the clothes fitting that didn’t last month is a prime example of one of your motivational posts, that sometimes we don’t lose weight even though we lose inches. Nice victory for you!

And today’s question, what keeps me from being discouraged? My goals this month were all on what I would DO and not on results. Clearly, I was hoping and expecting my actions will give good results, but when my focus is on achieving my action steps, it’s much easier to stay motivated whether or not I get results.

@snowflake56, I would adore taking ballroom dancing, but DH has two left feet and zero sense of exactly where the beat is (and has never enjoyed dancing, even before we knew each other), so I just have accepted that dancing is not part of my adult life even though I did ballet (pointe), jazz, and tap all through my childhood, and thought then that I’d /always/ dance. So, when you dance, could you dance just a bit for me every now and again?? 😁

@i-hate-lettuce, loved, loved, loved your description of your walk, and then the drone video of where you live. Thanks for sharing, and feel free to share such descriptions as often as you’d like! ❤❤

Pocket list – Day 19

ZBC
@northgeorgia
@stitchincarol

Exercise 30×5
@stitchincarol

Tomorrow we celebrate DS’s 24th birthday with brunch right after church and then an evening feast with an amazing cake. Today ought to be a LFD to make up for all tomorrow’s calories, LOL, but I’ll just do my best to limit how much I eat, and then, whatever the reality, hop back on the wagon on Monday.

Have a grand weekend, everyone!

Day 20, London, UK, NFD

Mornin’ All!! I’m feeling a bit more positive this morning, I was on a bit of a downer on Day 18 (apologies! 😲) and missed posting yesterday, but I think, hope; this is what I needed to reset properly. I ate freely, no gorging or binging, there are NO snacks in the house so it was all healthy foods high in protein & fibre 👏👌👍 This actually hasn’t resulted in a 40lb gain as I feared ………………….. I need to reassess my relationship with food and remember as a WOL, I will actually have to eat normally from time to time & not stress about it. Mindful doesn’t mean restrictive!!!

This morning, I was up early finished 30mins with Leslie and today will be a cook & freeze day with an evening of pampering. I find I must have a plan otherwise I just bimble the day away 😎!!!

@emma-taylor, I’m right there with you, I start out with really good intentions ………….. just the one glass with dinner, only to wake up the next morning & have to stick the empty bottle in the recycling bin!!! 1 glass🍷 = 1 bottle🍾!!!

@songbirdme, thanks for the Bimbler link and @i-hate-lettuce the video was spectacular, no wonder you’re inundated with visitors!!! I’ve found my future career ………………………. “Professional Bimbler” 😎

@northgeorgia, I suppose the thing that keeps me going despite the plateaus or the upward trajectory on the chart or the fact that I SEE skinny friends eating anything & everything in sight without effect😤; is that there’s really no alternative, It would actually be a slow suicide to just stop trying!!! Ah-ha, I get it now, you guys have ‘barbeque’ whereas we have “A” barbeque!!! I hadn’t realised you didn’t have both. However, I have one question😜 ………………………………… do you have barbeque at a cookout😳????

I’m planning to take the remainder of the month at a gentler pace, no angst, or stress!! I’ll listen to my own pep talk and ………………….

…………………………………….Keep the faith, there’s no alternative to this WOL, stick with it!!!!

Day 20 – Lake District UK – NFD

Good morning everyone

Glad you enjoyed our area from a ‘drones eye view’ it really is a very nice place to live. We were made very welcome from the very start when we moved here 14 years ago, felt as though we’ve belonged here right from the start.

Another glorious morning, although night time temperatures are dropping off, very nice during the day. Have started taking cuttings from some of the plants in the garden for next season, but this really warm spell has them looking very sad in the greenhouse. However, remarkably resilient, but keep them damp and they’ll come good.

@songbird me – Even though its on TV, it’ll be good to see your local team back in action. We’re still ‘behind closed doors’ for most of our rugby matches, not quite the same without the vocal accompaniments, but good to see anyway.

@brightonbelle – Halo slipped 😉 Don’t think one would suit me, I think it would be forever round my ankles tripping me up! Always been a bit of a rebel and full of mischief. Anyway, glad you enjoyed a beer or three on your ‘day off’.

@stitchincarol – Funny how you lose weight often when you think, not a chance! I must admit it takes some getting used to, which is why I like the Forums ‘Your tracker’ builds the picture up (or should I say down) nicely.

@northgeorgia – Very easy answer to yesterdays question – I just remember where I was a couple of years ago, I am not going back there!

@kazoo – The weathers glorious again this morning, enjoy it and your swim (that waters going to be cold in W’mere keep your vest and socks on!) You’ll soon be back on form 😉

Weight loss and trying trying things on….. We’re coming up for our 40th wedding anniversary.
Because of the nature of my job, I stopped wearing rings around 36 years ago. (too many injuries to fingers) needless to say by the time I’d retired, the weight had piled on.
Last week Mrs IHL was digging through her jewellery box, came in the lounge with my wedding band and signet ring. I had tried them on a few years ago, not a chance, nowhere near able to get them on, but this time, slid on perfectly!
So a very happy Mrs IHL seeing me with the wedding band back on! … me too 🙂

Sunny Sunday morning, been quite busy this week, average steps over 8k per day (which is excellent considering taking it easy) so going to try for a lazy day I think.

Take care all

2nd post

I meant to write mozzarella.

3rd post

I got too hungry so had 200g of cottage cheese but if I only eat the mozzarella/tomato/basil/olive oil as planned I’m over 800 cals so it stays a CD.

@kazoo Of course you can do this and of course I’m trying to help you to stay here. We’re in this together! I often don’t know where I’m going wrong and why I lose it but try to get back again because I don’t want to gain weight. I know that if I stop posting, I’ll go back to unhealthy eating. If I post every day and don’t eat well for a few days, I know that at some point I get back on track. After 3 years I know I can’t do this on my own. So try to keep posting and ask for help if you’re stuck, someone here will try to help you. Just forget about the chocolate bar, it happens to all of us. It doesn’t really matter as long as we get back on track again and now you are back! I also plan to make the most of the remaining 10 days so I’ll join you.

I think it was @annemarilyn who started the egg fast back in June 2019. I looked back on her posts and found information on two sites:

https://ketogenicwoman.com/category/egg-fast-diet/
https://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/egg-fast/

I have no idea if doing this is healthy or not (probably not) but it suited me because I love eggs. A few of us did it but not everyone liked it or felt well while doing it. I’ll just try it but if I don’t feel well, I’ll stop.

I hope @annemarilyn is still doing well, I miss her and I also miss @dingping, my companion on my Saturday’s fasts.

Day 20 Wales NFD

Well so much for taking a break from the forum……. I have totally lost the plot, feeling down and can’t stop eating and drinking all the wrong things, needless to say I am really struggling with maintenance and haven’t dared step on the scales. So I logged back on to try to grasp some control and I see that @snowflake56 and @kazoo have been having a similar struggle to me. Is it all the bad news in the world getting to us. I have never done an egg fast but I am going to try an egg FD tomorrow to see if it will push me into a reboot 🤞