Atlanta,Ga/USA NFD/ Day 13:

I had a good FD yesterday. Did not succumb to my urges. They were less intense than the last FD. I had a decent 200 calorie meal last evening and that was just fine. I’m looking forward to these next two days of eating healthy. I tend to think about what I can’t eat towards the end of my FD’s, but this morning I didn’t think about it so much. I’m thinking about what I need instead. Its going to be a good week I think.

Day 13 / Tweed Coast Australia / NFD

I’m proud of myself. I declined sharing gluten free cheesecake that somebody bought just for me. Well, we’d made plans for me to come over to their house and they felt obliged to serve tea and something to go with it, so offered the cheesecake. I declined saying I didn’t feel like eating sweet things these days. I just don’t. I can’t believe I felt good saying this. Previously I would have felt guilty and wrong. It was such a relief to walk out of their door without cravings having been triggered from eating something I really didn’t want in the first place.

Hours later I was walking by a frozen yogurt shop, an old haunt of mine. I felt the pull to go in, check out the flavors and imagined myself sitting at a table next to the window eating a bowl of creamy fluff. I realized then that I was drawn there because I was genuinely hungry in need of some protein, so continued on and opted for a protein snack minus the sugar! It hit the spot and I feel free having made it through the labyrinth or food maze challenge that was today!

Tomorrow is a FD for me!

P.S. I find substitutes. I have a recipe for low carb paleo tortillas made only with coconut flour, psyllium powder, coconut oil, chicken or vegetable broth, cayenne pepper, ground cumin. I know it sounds like an odd combination and the texture is a bit difficult or maybe I haven’t yet perfected my technique enough, but as rudimentary as my batch turned out, they still tasted good, in fact nourishing! And even better, my toast, butter and jam loving partner liked them!

Day 13 Sussex, U.K.
NFD today.
Finally have new router and internet back on. I was bereft. Have just managed to catch up with all the posts and am re-inspired. Off grid and ate as though no one was watching. Up about 3lbs. Now ready to go again.
Good luck everyone.

Day 13: Gloucestershire, UK: Non-fast day. Yesterday’s fast day went well…not my usual 36-hourer though. I had porridge for bereakfast, but, importantly, nothing else all day.
Today I am eating…and eating….sigh.
I can’t seem to keep it in moderation. I have managed, over time, to make healthier choices, however. Nuts instead of Marzipan Ritter bars, less, or no sugar in my porridge, and starting today, ditching the apple and mango juice! I still eat far too much chocolate, but is 72% cocoa, so not as bad as it could be.
My weight is stubbornly 2 lbs UP after yesterday’s fast day. Annoying.
I know I am no longer fat, but there is too much on the stomach area still.

Day 13 NJ USA FD. Extremely busy weekend running into Monday so I am back on a fast day today definitely enjoying just peace quiet and lots of tea and ice water have a good day everyone

Gozo Malta

DebbieQ can you tell me how much calories you consume on a NFD? Is it within your TDEE?

Take care.

UK day 13…just made it for today’s report. NFD for me.

Day #13/ Mountain West USA/ FD

Day 14 FD NZ
I didn’t track yesterday’s NFD in MFP, probably still should be because I think I got off track a bit in the afternoon. Two ravenous teens waving food under my nose got the better of me and I did some unplanned snacking.
Kept it far smaller than I normally would but still it’s the snacks that add up to push me over, especially when they are mini marshmallows and chocolate related!
Not beating myself up about it though, today’s a FD and I’m feeling committed and strong.
If I try to do just a little bit better each NFD eventually I’ll make all the right choices more consistently.
I’m very much a believer in the 80/20 rule, do anything and everything the right way 80% of the time and 20% of the time I can be more relaxed about my choices.
If I take that in a meal context that’s about 3 meals per week I can slip in a less than ideal choice and still be kind to myself, acknowledging that food is about more than nutrition and fuel, not always, but sometimes, and that’s an important distinction for me. I’m human, I need to enjoy eating not fight against it all the time.
I’m sure many of you will disagree and are aiming for loftier goals than 80% perfect on your NFDs, but I’ve come to realise I need to be kinder with my self talk, I want to succeed and I don’t think harsh criticism and negative thoughts will help.
Kindest and realistic expectations are the way forward for me and I’m sending you all a kind thought while I head out the door for a strength training session.

Day 13/ Minnesota, US/ NFD

8:30 pm here. A good NFD. I need a FD tomorrow, but we will see how that goes. I babysat my 3 month old granddaughter awhile today and will do so again tomorrow. I’m trying to help my daughter get the little sweetheart to accept a bottle of her Mom’s milk instead of thinking she needs to nurse. She will start daycare soon and needs to be able to accept a bottle from the “minders”. We are all a bit stressed about it. And, *not* a happy baby, to say the least. 😭 😳
Going to bed to relax and re-center. Anna6, I don’t know how you do it every day with children and several grandchildren! God bless you!
Good luck to everyone. Lovely posts about kindness to ourselves and each other. Stay strong.

Day 13, Québec

I was havin a perfect NFD untill I received a phone call that made me angry… And now I’m kind of taking my revenge by eating. At least I’m conscious of what’s happening.

I appreciate Adelinés template and am wondering if we could use it and still share our personnal feelings and experiences. These comments help us learn from each other and get stronger.

My FD yesterday brought a smile on my weight this morning. Youppi !

Bye bye x

Day 14 / Australian in Asia / NFD

Great to see everyone who has had a bit of a fall off the wagon getting straight back on. You all keep me so motivated.

I had a great fast day yesterday – as I said I struggled til I logged in here and though “nope, not quitting”. So thank you to each and everyone one of you (I may not do lots of personal replies, because by the time I’ve read it all I’ve forgotten who said what) but I do “cheer” and “aww, no that’s sad” at your triumphs and struggles. So glad I joined this challenge.

Well, today is the first day of “that time” for me so I’m ignoring my scales and will not worry about the scales for 4 days (still weighing – it’s good to see the changes so I’m less disheartened when I can look back at it the next time) as what they say will be meaningless for a few days.

Have a great day to everyone, fasting or otherwise.

Day 14, DE, IF 20/4

Ref October Challenge.
Because already 2 persons sign up on the other thread, I will run it anyway, if it will be minimum 5 participants. Maximum remains 30.

For pounds to kg conversion you can use google. Just type “pounds to kg” and it will show a converter. It will be used only 2 times: for the start and the final weight. In the rest of the days (which are not in my template) you can write pounds.

If October Challenge in the current version can not be runned, you can use that dedicated thread for a detailed daily journal, like here, but the first row must always be exclusively destinated for info needed in my template. So always the first row will be something like this: Day x (important: this is a previous / ended day – so you know for sure what type of fast it was) – FD / WF / NFD. And after this first row you can write everything you want, like how hard was the previous fast day, or your plans for today’s fast / NFD, etc.

I will create today a new thread for October Challenge (Adaline’s ver.) and if it will be min 5 persons to sign up (max 30) we running this version too. I will post later the link here, so if it will be other questions, to redirect there.

Have a nice day! ☕🌞

Adaline that sounds a bit confusing to me (and if it’s hard I know I won’t do it – I’m basically lazy) so hopefully there will be a challenge like this one. But it’s sweet of you to offer.

Go Holly! You totally can do this. And I find water fasting only until dinner so much easier – I hope you do too. Oh, and an early night. So I don’t eat my fridge.

hi all today is a fast day did not do one in the last 5 days though as it was a long weekend here – although i did bite into carbs and rice and occasional chocolates i didnt gain weight which was good – i did exercise though so maybe thats helped me maintain. so am still on the plateo of 66.6 – devils work i tell u wont budge from that number since beginning of september – am strong and determined from everyones post to keep at it today and this week. 87 days to go till my wedding and hoping to lose 7 to 8 kilos by than.

Day 14 – Switzerland – NFD
Thanks to you both, Adaline and Fuvvie, for offering to keep us in order. I’ll be bowing out for October as we have a two-week half-term break and I’m planning a digital detox (even our radio comes via the Internet here so I guess I’ll be reading a lot of books).
Yesterday’s NFD went fine – I try to eat up to my goal-weight TDEE on NFDs so I don’t have hunger as an excuse for snacking. Lovely sunny day – good luck everyone!

I understand that everyone is different motivated, so if someone can run the classical version that helped so many people, would be great. Fuvvie, I understand that you could.

But because I have already 2 sign-ups, it’s.. “unprofessional” to cancel at this moment. So for October, if it will be 5 persons signed up for my version, we’ll run that too.

All details here: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/october-challenge-adalines-ver/

So, yes, better 2 than none. 🙂

Day 14 Australia NFD
Water only fast yesterday went really well. Made sure I drank heaps of water, 4 litres, as I hadn’t had enough the two days before. Think that really helped as was very suprised when I checked on the scales this morning. Hoping to even get a little lower than after last fast day and made it 700 gms lower! Yay! I have been a little slow lately though so nice to move a bit like that. Another water fast again tomorrow hopefully. Still have visitors staying so not so easy, but hopefully I can as it feels great when I have accomplished it.
Thanks you for all your wise words and sharing of experiences. I find it hard to keep track of who said what and comment on the posts when I get down to commenting myself, but they are all so encouraging and helpful and motivating. I read the last challenge before this one which I wasn’t a part of. But it really helped keep me motivated and you have all shared lots of great ideas. Thanks so much and good luck to you all.

Day #14/USA/NFD

Happy to see the scale go down after a NFD! That is unusual! I am quite hungry this morning, so I guess I didn’t eat up to my TDEE yesterday. I don’t keep track on NFDs, but I was careful to stay low carb and it makes a difference.

Another NFD today and then back to fasting tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Hi UK day 14 NFD but haven’t eaten yet as just not hungry so will see how it goes as the day progresses.

FUVVIE – many thanks for putting your hand up – I would have taken over if no one else had volunteered. It is quite easy and you don’t need any specific skills and you don’t need to work from a spread sheet either. Pen, ruler and paper will suffice if it suits better albeit a spread sheet may make putting everything in order a little easier to find names. To keep it simple just list the names of people participating and tick the days they check in. I listed everyone and printed it off and ticked everyone in manually. I think identifying if someone has gone awol and it is mentioned it keeps us on our toes – that we are not anonymous. I put notes on ie if someone is going on holiday or away for the weekend or hasn’t checked in for a while and if needed they are deleted. I also put wee notes if someone has a birthday or something has happened. I never give Neo a tick but put his weight so I can see how our silent man is doing lol. You don’t need to convert lbs to kgs or vice versa either everyone knows what they lost and in the currency they lost it in. I think it was only in the first challenge I put a collective weight loss but in subsequent ones I didn’t and I don’t think anyone really missed it.

ADALINE – thank you so much for offering your obvious skills, it is very much appreciated. Anything that helps people keep accountable is to be welcomed. To be honest as I usually view the posts on my phone when I looked at your spreadsheet I felt a bit out of my depth. These monthly challenges work for me and I hope for others. But if anyone wants to do a tandem challenge please feel free or if one works better don’t worry – this is all about trying things out and tweaking things around.

Stay strong x

Day 14 Edinburgh, UK.

Thankyou fuvvie, I know you will be a great coordinator for the next challenge. You have been really supportive and motivating since I started 5.2 on the May challenge! Ive enjoyed being on this journey with everyone and it really works with being accountable, posting daily.
I love reading everyone’s posts but do find it hard to remember who said what and to respond and be as supportive as I would wish. We are all juggling work, family, friends and whatever life throws at us! And then trying to look after ourselves to get fit and be more healthy! I think we’re all pretty amazing!!!

Queb – I remember being in the same place a few weeks ago one person made my life really difficult (a family member which makes it harder) and the emotional eating kicked in! I was angry with myself for allowing this person to ‘get under my skin’ I had benn doing so well! I had such great support from my fellow 5.2ers. You are doing this for you, please don’t allow this person to throw you off the horse! They simply are not worth it! x

So today I weighed on my daughter’s scales they put me 1kg heavier which I’m fine about as I’ll use it as my marker. Fast day today so far so good! I’ve done my pilates and strength exercises. I’ll have my miso soup at midday and planning an omelette with veg this evening.

Very best of luck everyone, stay strong, dont beat yourself up for small blips! Climb back on that horse, don’t look back to yesterday look forward, each day is an opportunity to get back on track.

Day 14. Sussex U.K.
FD.
Thanks Fuvvie. I will be with you in October, please. I find the spreadsheet thing a bit intimidating at present but so lovely that Adaline is doing something like that. Something on here to suit everyone.
Well said Rocy, every day is a new opportunity.

Back2thefuture thankyou for the link to what the fat website! Just what I’ve been looking for! Really explains low carb healthy fats way of life!