Day 8 Belfast NFD 🐢🍷🗡💪16:8.

Had a good but ‘relaxed’ FD yesterday – didn’t count but came in around the 700 cal mark I reckon.
Yesterday, I went down and signed up as a volunteer with the Red Cross. It is a community project to support people over 18 who have become isolated. For the first time since my retirement, I feel quite excited about my role. It’s funny what stopping work does to your self esteem without your really realising it. 😀
@basyjames – I’m so glad for your result! I was recalled the year before last, but all was OK, so I feel your angst!
@bellyblast and JonnyR – no shame… life happens!
@steffieagle – my boys did the national parks trip a couple of years ago, and OS, who is widely travelled, said he never been anywhere more beautiful. It’s on my bucket list!
@cleo120 – very happy belated birthday
@maayyaa – your recipe sounds lovely. It has encouraged me to experiment with it on my next fast day.
@coda – I’ve done headstands, backbends and handstands (well the prep for it😜!!) in yoga. I don’t do it often enough to fully succeed. However, I CAN still do a full cartwheel! It’s a confidence thing. I hope you report back to say you’ve done it. It might spur me on!

When you read about the awful global weather, it makes you feel guilty about moaning about the rainy

No booze or sugar since last Saturday. Now comes the hard part. Happy weekend everyone and stay safe. Xo

Day 8…….Florida…..NFD I think?

So, as many of you know, I’ve taken on a new challenge through flylady.net, in attempts to declutter and downsize my unneeded personal crap! So, I’m in the kitchen this week….. So, as I’m giving my kitchen a good scrub down, I have moved something’s to there rightful places. Since this occurance, I now have a random alarm going off at 4:45am, waking up the whole house! So, I’ve just spent the last hour finding every item with an alarm on it and moving it all to the garage. The further east room from the bedrooms.
So, I’m cruising on 4 hours of sleep today!

P.S. I don’t have a dirty home, it just amazing how much crap and unnecessary items can accumulate over time. It’s just a matter of ridding myself of the unnecessary chaos in my life…….

Now, on to Miss Irma….. Apparently, she’s shift again towards the west. Which means it’s closer to my home. We’re as prepared as we can be, now the only left to do is hit our knees and let our faith lead the way.
@penz…… I’m not sure where in Florida, you are or where north your headed but be safe my friend.
As far as eating, I’m a bit all over the place, hoping to rein it in a bit today! I’m up in the scale department but that’s just par for the coarse not to worried about.

Okay,, well I must be off…. my dryer needs a new roller, so I’m off to get the numbers so hubby can run to the appliance repair shop and get it fixed.

My husband told me to stop acting like a flamingo, so I had to put my foot down!

2nd post.
My 34″ jeans were starting to feel a bit big. So after walking the dogs this morning, I looked out a pair of 32″ unused Levis my son rejected some 4 years ago… ok, there’s a fair amount of flab hanging over the top, but I am wearing them! Considering I saw in the new year in size 40″ jeans, I am very happy 😀

Update – I did eat a light supper with my family. I told my wife 3 times I wasn’t eating but she forgot and made me a dish anyway. Since I headed to China tomorrow I decided to just go with the flow. It was probably around 500 calories.

At first I felt real hungry and thought I was going to have a tough time of it, but now my hunger faded. I guess my body is more flexible now.

Well I probably won’t post too much more for a while. I try to catch up when I’m back.

Day 8 Canada FD

Thanks @debster251. Yes life happens!

@johnnnyr I had an east FD yesterday, hope your next one is the same

@basyjames. That’s great news!!!

Have a healthy day on every level fellow September Challengers

Norway, Day 8, NFD

I have been travelling with work and haven’t had the time to check in the past two days. I will read up on all posts tonight!

Work travel…4 flights, 4 countries in 30 hours. A lot of airport food. But I tried to stay sensible and not eat more than needed. I hope I didn’t eat too many kcal to ruin the week. I have a party this weekend in which I plan to just put the 5:2 in the closet for a day and enjoy life, friends, food and a lot of alcohol.

@coda Well, I wantet to get married (not a wedding, just to be married), my boyfriend was not so eager, but when I told him (as a joke) that I could name our baby anything I wanted without his approval (I was pregnant with our first), beacuse I had to confirm to the govenment that he in fact was the father beacuse we were not married. And if we did not agree an a name I could just not confirm him as a father and decide, haha. (I say it again, we were joking around, I would never do this). I think that struck him, that he had to be approved/confirmed as a dad was something that made him feel …something. So we just decided to do it in secret, just telling two friends beacuse we needed witnesses. We went down to the town hall after work, in jeans and whatever we were wearing that day, and just did it with no fuzz. . It was on Valentines day actually (coincidence) <3
It has been now 3.5 years, and I hate lying more than I thought I would. I am not a good liar, I never lie intetionally, so I don’t like it. I have a new job and it is a common qustion when you get to know new people, if we are married. And also friends and family are asking if we plan to marry. So, I was kind of hoping we could tell everyone and get done with it :p We’ll see. 🙂

Thinking a lot about the people in Texas, in Florida and now in Mexico. It really feels like the apocalypse, just on the other side of the world. I can’t even imagine what it must be like to be there right now.
Happy fasting, and have a great weekend everybody 🙂

Day 8 – USA (UT visiting) – NFD

Yesterday’s FD went well – just ate my perfunctory apple for regularity (who recently mentioned constipation? that works for me) and then salad and grilled turkey for supper.

Watching the hurricane news is almost unreal. We loved St. Martin for our 25th wedding anniversary trip – such a magical island. So devastated with this storm. And my parents were still alive in Ft. Lauderdale for Andrew – I remember so well my concern for them then. Irma is described as so much worse. The evacuation is underway, and how dangerous that can be.

@bert1802 and @penz — hugs and prayers for you as Irma approaches, looks like all of Florida is in jeopardy. Wow.

@metatauta – leg cramps have been part of my journey also but not so often now on maintenance. I have heard magnesium is a good answer. I may add that.

Onward and downward all.

Day 8, London, UK, NFD

Quick post & a little late checking in, yoga class last night, followed by pilates this morning, I’m going to feel them both tomorrow!!! Well the B2B2B went well, always relatively simple on work days. Congrats to my fellow mini-challengers!!!

I’m aiming for a VERY CD today, as the start of the weekend is usually signalled by the popping of corks!!! I need to make today a 20:4 minimum otherwise there will be snacking to substitute for vino like last weekend. Dry wino’s stay strong this weekend, you know you don’t NEED ‘it’.

@bigviking – an 8” loss is nothing to be sniffed at, an inch per month…………. Impressive!!!

Stay mindful over the ‘tricky’ weekend everyone, don’t let these 2 days derail the weeks efforts!!!

Day 8 – SW WA USA – NFD

After 4 FDs with small amounts of food, now to be controlled for the NFDs. Keeping the eating window shorter sounds like a good idea @flourbaby. Also, listening to my body as a couple of others mentioned, not eating just because… being sure I’m needing food.

@bert1804 & @penz – are you needing to evacuate?

@maayyaa – thanks for sharing your recipe. Sounds like some yummy flavors!

Yes, together we are stronger!

Little add on:
I am Franco-American living partime in southern France, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

@mimianne feel free to join us today for September!

Normally you start your first post of the day with the day of the month, where you are, and whether you are fasting or not (FD or NFD). For example “Day 8, UK, NFD” and then anything else you want to add or comment on. There is a spreadsheet that some people like to track progress in. Others, like myself, just post on the thread. So to join, just post 😀 Oh, and Welcome!

Day 9 NZ NFD
What does BTB, B2B, and CD mean?
I measured myself to day and was pleasantly surprised at my losses over the week. Motivated to carry on 🙂

Day 8, Emden Germany, NFD

Thank you for the welcome Big Viking,
I like the idea of interacting with others doing the same plan.
Best to you.

Day 8 Massachusetts USA NFD Tonight wedding festivities begin. I’ve eaten fairly lightly today. I won’t consume anything at tonight’s party that I can have on any old day of the week! Except a wine cooler!

Day 9/NFD/Melbourne Australia

Stay safe @bert and @penz.
@okeydokey?

I am restarting 5:2 and would like to join you. My first fast day will be Sunday. Thank you.

Day 8, Québec, NFD

Hi everyone and @basyjames. I did a lot of thinking in the past days and I decided to hop out of the September challenge. I will still eat mindfully, I am still sugarless and I reduced my wine intake. In fact I have acquired good habits and I entend to go on with those habits. However, I feel that I need a break at this point.

Thank you for all the nice help and the interesting exchanges of information.

Take care everybody, especialy those living in dangerous aereas. I might add that for the last 4 years or so I’ve been ending all my emails with the following sentence : ” The planet is not warming, it’s dying. “.

It is so sad to see all this going on !

Merci et bonne soirée xxx

Day 9 – Tokyo, Japan – NFD (1 of 9 B2B … 🙂 ) 80.5kg

We’ll see how it goes … I’m not too crazy about real Chinese food so probably won’t be overeating. 😀

Today I did 201 of the arms back pushups. However I won’t have time to try to do more today. My 7 day fast seemed to have kicked my strength gains up a few notches. I often hear how some people that fast for 7 or more days think they put their bodies in to a starvation mode and end up packing on the fat when they start eating. It is just total nonsense. Some of these people I’ve heard advocating total bed rest while fasting. Besides being insanely boring, it is the lack of exercise that wreaks their muscles, not the fasting. Probably nature is just trying to cull these people out because if you really didn’t have food in the ancient past, the last thing to do is just lay around resting.

I’m one of the first to say exercise isn’t so great for weight loss. However that doesn’t mean exercise isn’t important. Often someone is trying to link exercise and weight or dieting. They are completely different things. Fasting and exercising are two different things and they aren’t mutually exclusive. So if you don’t want fasting to result in losing muscle, the solution is just to exercise.

I’ll be back in about a week.

Very happy to read that you got a good report, babyjames. Now treat yourself to something nice to celebrate – NO, not that whole chocolate cake, more like a hot bubble bath (and maybe a piece of cake).. And, very happy for you.

Day 8 NFD St. Louis USA

All my best to all of you.

Day 9 – Woking, UK – NFD
241.8lbs
Day 8 – Woking, UK – NFD
242.1lbs

Struggling a bit to shift the travel weight, but possibly the 17st 1lb was a artificial low. Hopefully get back there soon.

DAY 8 – UK – NFD

DAY 9 – UK FD

So much for enjoying and succeeding with a fd on Monday – the rest of the week has been impossible for me to fast…(not an excuse) but life (I hope) back to normal now so hope from now on I can do regular fasts until the end of the month. I need to get
my regular routine back.

Day 9 – Cumbria UK – NFD

Happy maintenance 💃at 53.6kg/118.2lbs/8st 6lb this morning!

A good FD yesterday involved only cups of tea with a dash of skimmed milk and plenty of water during the day and a glass of homemade kefir late evening to ensure a good night’s sleep = 175 calories in total.

Enjoying my first cup of tea this morning whilst I catch up here as I have a busy day ahead – will break my fast with brunch out with OH but will keep it controlled and healthy!

@mimi-anne – Bienvenue and @gratitude – nice to have you on board – The beauty of this WOL (way of life) is that you can change your FD to suit your personal life, mine are usually Monday and Friday – I like Monday as it is a RESET after an indulgent weekend and Friday sets me up for the weekend but they I do vary depending one what is going on in my personal life. I have been in maintenance since Dec 2016 but still do 2 x FD for the longterm health benefits and as I no longer want to lose weight I have to ensure that I eat a bit more on NFD – I had settled on 55kg as my target weight but naturally this seems to have settled around 54kg.
@keetseel – Do a happy dance that you fit into your interview skirt and pre-desk-job pants 💃and stick to the basics of 5:2 and drink plenty of water, whenever you think you are hungry drink a glass of water and see if that satiates your hunger – stick to the plan and the weight loss will kick in again – stay strong!
@quebecoise – si triste d’entendre que tu nous laisse, fais-nous un salut et dit bonjour de temps en temps. Restez avec le mode de vie 5: 2 mais surtout être heureux et sain et profiter de votre vie 🤗
@lindasue – glad to hear that you managed to finish the painting without anymore wasps incident 😉

Looking forward to a busy weekend and we even have some sunshine to start the day after all that rain we had from mid afternoon into the night but more rain this afternoon predicted so I’m off to make the most of the good weather……

“Motivation is What Gets You Started; Habit is What Keeps You Going”