Day 13, India, NFD

The day started out as an FD but there is a sudden plan to go out with friends
tonight, so will be a controlled day instead. I love the flexibility of this
way of life.

Day 13 USA FD
Yesterday’s FD went well, so I’m going for a B2B to see if I can let go of a bit more of the overindulgence from last weekend.

@bert1802 all the best as you clean up. Seeing the images from various parts of Florida makes it look like a daunting task. I am supposed to go to a training in Orlando in Nov and I was thinking about the time the state needs to put lives and neighborhoods back together-never mind us outsiders coming into the state!

Day 13 Canada NFD

Have a great day everyone!

DAY 13 – USA (UT visiting) – NFD

Doing fine, maintaining well. Here at DD’s apartment, I climb 2 long flights of stairs to get up to her 3rd floor. I am sure it is good for me, but on the same day as my exercise class, Silver Sneakers, it can be quite challenging!

@annemarilyn – I like the Trader Joe’s dark chocolate with nuts too. I don’t think I have seen the SF one there… will have to look for it. I love that most Trader Joe’s food products pop right up in My Fitness Pal as well. That has been my calorie counter of choice for about a year now. I love that I have added my recipes that I routinely make by putting in the various ingredients also.

@coda – hugs and prayers for quick and easy recovery!

Onward and downward!

Day 13 – UK – FD

@basyjames – great news on the safety pin, that’s a real result, not just a bouncy scale
@coda – be kind to yourself, wishing you a speedy recovery after your foot operation
@bert1802 – thinking of you and all your friends and neighbours as you face the mammoth task of cleaning up.
@penz – hope you find your home soon and power is restored, we are looking forward to hearing from you.
@maayyaa – looks like you are taking to this WOL, well done on squeezing in another FD

Happy Wednesday everyone 😊

Day 13 McMinnville Oregon USA – NFD
I had a good FD yesterday, came in just over 500 cal. I’m going to play it by ear today, it may turn into a FD well shall see.

@rainbowsmile – No worries, just press the RESET button. Don’t beat yourself up!! 💕 ((((((Hugs)))))

@melf123 – Enjoy the beach, it sounds wonderful. 🏖Hope it helps with your sinuses.

@coda – Best wishes on your recovery.

@belfastsink – Your recipe sent me on a google search to find Waitrose Thai spice mix but it looks like it’s only available in the UK. Darn.

@bert1802 – So glad all is well!!

@brightonbelle – Difficult news, big hug to you! 💝

Day 13 – SW WA USA – FD

Not sure I stayed within calorie allotment for an FD yesterday. Just trying to be honest here. Planning mostly liquid today.

@coda – glad you came through surgery well. May your recuperation do the same.

@songbirdme – the TJs chocolate is Simply Lite no sugar added Dark Chocolate With Almonds 3.5 oz (100 g)bar Hope that helps for finding it. My TJs has it above the freezer section.

@basyjames – good for you with pants getting looser

@brightonbelle – that’s tough news. I pray things go well for your sister.

Remember, together we are stronger!

Day 13 – Reykjavik – NFD

In order to improve my ways from last weekend I decided to have a vegan meals on NFD´s this week. Yesterday I had a gorgeous homemade soup made from pumpkin and beans. I might have to rethink my prejudice on vegan food from now on! Who needs a meat anyway? Overrated 😉

Day 13–ABQ–CD

Had another crappy NFD yesterday. I was doing so well until about 8 pm, when I went on a *snack RAMPAGE*. Grrr. NFDs are definitely harder than FDs now.

I was listening to a podcast the other day that talked about now fatigue affects our prefrontal cortex functions. The newest theory is that, later in the day when we’re tired, we aren’t able to make the best, most rational decisions. This won’t be news to most of you, but it was a good reminder to me that I need to figure out a way to protect my lizard brain from letting me eat up all the food at night. Timer locks on the cupboards?

Day 13 Massachusetts USA FD Hi to all!

@keetseel

I’ve read research somewhere that says that willpower is a limited commodity too. So we are doomed!

You can buy plastic kitchen storage boxes with timer locks on them. But I think when I’m hungry I could probably break into anything! Or walk to the local shops… :O

😂🤣

Day 13 California USA FD

Doing my 2nd FD for the week, a day early because I’m traveling for work the following 2 days. Went out to lunch yesterday and over did it a little so up a couple pound again this morning. It’s probably water weight but still…

2nd post

So happy for you Coda that you arrived home and that all went well. Now all you need is to follow doctors orders to recuperate fully in the next months.

Good night everyone

Norway, day 13,NFD

Just checking in. Fast started a few hours ago (I usually start around 19-20), and I have been to my first yoga class in many years. Felt good 🙂
Looking forward to and dreading the FD tomorrow. Looking forward to Friday. Tired. Hungry. I’m going to bed now.

Good night everyone!

Day 13 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | NFD
FD tomorrow.

Day14/NFD/Melbourne Australia

@melf123 enjoy your break.

Looking forward to a few hours of wintery sunlight to work in my garden before the outbreak of rain.

Have a great day everyone

Still Day 13 here –

@belfastsink – TY for the recipe info. Sounds yummy. I think I may try it using the Miracle Noodles. The flavors sound great!

@happymargo – back to liquids today, so far so good. If I understand correctly, your liquds came to around 500 a day? I had a follow-up Dr. visit and I was 3 lbs less than earlier visit on 8/22. Headed the right direction!

@bert1802 – no news from @penz yet that I’ve seen. Hope she fared (sp?) well during Irma.

Still day 13 –
Made it through for a liquid day. Added in a tomato bisque soup so coming in around 450 or so.

@maayyaa – being on a plateau is no fun but you’re right it’s also good not to gain. Wow that’s rough for people to lose their jobs. Isn’t that quite uncommon in Norway? My former husband is now married to a Norwegian & living in the southern part of the country.

Day 14 – Nuremberg, Germany – NFD
Heading home this evening after a day of workshops. Not a bad non fast day yesterday. Deliberately had a small lunch as I went out to dinner with colleagues last night.

Norway, Day 14, FD

@maayyaa Oh no, I hope you are not affected! Well, I am sure you will be emotionally affected due to coallegues losing their job, but I hope you get to keep yours! I know a lot of peolple who lost thir jobs in 2015 (I lived in Stavanger back then), and it was horrible to watch. I too had to receive “unemployment money” /dagpenger for a while there, until I got a temp-job. Now I luckily have a permanent postion, not in the oil business. Btw: sent the soup yesterday, sorry for the delay, and I am still with you on the f*** platau. Don’t care, feels good to fast and just keep going, it WILL change evetually. I think I will be doing 4:3 next week, like you are this week 🙂

@annemarilyn Due to the oil crisis, over 40 000 people have lost their jobs the last couple of years here in Norway, so it has been really dramatic actually (considering we are only 5 million people in this country, that is a whole lot of people). But we have a quite good system where you get unemployment money (dagpenger) for max 2 years. But it is not much, and with the prices for housing and food, many people have not been able to hold on to their houses etc due to this.

FD today feels OK, I think. But my mother in law is coming over for dinner this afternoon, and she is bringing the food, so I don’t look forward to saying “no thank you”. And also we are telling her about the sected marriage. But I really do think she will just be pleased. Told my dad yesterday and he was surprised but not angry :-p

Happy fasting!

Hello day 14 fd? Co Down NI
Foot still numb from nerve block and still getting to grips with crutches. Once all the feeling comes back I should be able to put my heel down.
@mari84 – do you get on with your mil? Will the dynamics change when she realises you are officially her dil? I never really got on with my mil until the last 10/15 years. But then she doesn’t get on with lots of people especially her other son/daughter in laws.
I have over the years found with any diet that I would have 3-4 week plateau b4 dropping which I now understand is the whoosh effect. On previous ‘diets” tho they were not sustainable for me as a wol and they were costing money! Unlike 5:2 which is free. While i am very much a 🐢 i am still here, keeping on and learning all the time, listening to my body and what works. Off course without my friends on these challenges it would have been a very lonely journey – so thank you again for your company and sharing your ups and downs. Together we are 💪❤

DAY 14 – UK – NFD

Probably ate 1000 cals. yesterday – so not a fast day, but mindful eating! Had held off ’til 4.00pm and then just had to eat…so all those cals in one hit. Hopefully mindful eating again to-day.

Hope you’ll soon be up and about Coda – but don’t rush things – patience always pay off.

Good luck all.

Day 14 – France – FD

FD and hope I can do it. Extremely floppy this week, the change of seasons has hit me hard. Am seeing an etiopath this evening for my chronic back problems. This will be a first, has anyone ever seen one?

@brightonbelle Healing thoughts for your sister, bon courage.

@tenoro We eat vegan several times a week, it can be very tasty and satisfying. In fact we only ‘do’ meat once a week.

@mysugarabstainerfriends Yes still going strong. Well, strong isn’t the right word to be quite honest. Have had a few cravings, especially when I made a lemon drizzle cake for DH and baby boy. But hey, what’s wrong with plain yoghurt!

Hugs to all

Day 14, London, UK, FD (2nd of B2B2B2B)

@brightonbelle, I hope the prognosis is positive for your sister, fingers crossed…xxxxxxxx

I think I need to induce a whoosh this week, so I’m writing this to keep myself accountable, if I’m going to manage my allotted 8700 cals this week (Sun is weigh-in day) then I need to do a B2B2B2B of 660cals/day starting yesterday and consume no less than 2.5L of water per day!!!! Lunch out on Tuesday was surprisingly high in cals, lesson learnt!!!
I’m self-sabotaging and that’s without the influence of alcohol, so back on the strict counting cals, healthy choices, low sugar & low carb wagon………………… I seem to have been rewarding myself a little bit too much, slipping over the top of TDEE and not the right stuff………….. How did this stuff get into my house anyway????? I’ve been breaking my own rules, I know that ‘if it isn’t in the house………. I can’t eat it’, ‘water is my lethal weapon’ and ‘the kitchen is CLOSED at 7.30pm’………………… I really need to get myself back on track with what I know works!!!!

I hope everyone is managing this WOL with ease!!!!