London (Scorchio!), day 14, NFD

Fuvvie I’d love to continue with the October challenge, BUT I’m away from the 6-15th Oct on a 10-day meditation retreat and will have no access to my phone/internet. If you’re still OK with that, please add me.

In terms of Sept Challenge, things aren’t going too well. I feel stressed (I haven’t exercised since Saturday) and my cravings are back with a vengeance! I meant to fast today but now I have a headache and I’m hungry – so I’ve decided to postpone it to tomorrow.
As for weight – not much has changed on the scales (up or down), still hanging around 68.8kg.

Though I haven’t had a chance to read each and every post in detail, it looks like some of you are seeing great results from fasting. As soon as my little dark cloud lifts I’ll be back feeling inspired from all your stories. Need to get my self back up and on the wagon ASAP…

Have a lovely day all x

US, Day 14, FD….

Good NFD yesterday, but as far as the challenge goes, I am still holding steady in the low 120s. I had a few days in 119ville. Maybe my body is telling me something.

Delicious dinner of feta-stuffed lamb burgers, with sauteed spinach and arugula salad.

Instead of having the instant miso, I brought some miso paste in a plastic baggie with the leftover arugula. I’m going to see if the real stuff is worth the planning.

Hi all UK still day 14 – don’t worry about signing up for October just yet everyone – an invitation will be sent out and a link put up so you will all have an opportunity when the time is right.

Day 14. NJ U S A. NFD. Finishing up a 36 hour fast always feel so good. Tdee today and fast tomorrow – missed Monday did Tuesday instead so Thursday is here already –
so happy October is shaking out – thank you Fuvvie for stepping up. I love this format. Read every post with my hot water with lemon in the mornings. Stay strong everyone.

Adline: Good on you for liking statistics – so few understand them (I’m one!). Maybe one day I will join one of your challenges and learn something. I love people trying new things – just not ready to do it myself yet. And I’m impressed by you working all that out for everyone!

Day 14 second post
Happy birthday for tomorrow Ciren2!

This week feels like I’m walking through mud! – Monday’s 36h fast ended up being a 24h hour one (at least that) but ended up eating more at dinner time than I intended to. Yesterday was also an eating fest 🙁
Today, the only thing I’m looking forward to is my yoga core-TRX class after work, where I will be concentrating on nothing but my physical pain :-p

Thank you for understanding ciren2. It’s good to know I’m not alone. Tomorrow is another day – who know, indeed!

Day 14
Ontario
Walked again this morning 3KM, and out at lunch for another 1 KM
Yesterday good day for eating, staying under the 800 calories
I made huge stock pot full of bone broth (knuckle bones and trotter) simmered for 48 hours. Bottled that and then froze, and tried another batch but in the crock pot, used a couple of the bones from the stock batch, and on low for 2 full days. Turned out yummy, and now I have lots to use for drinking, soups, and many recipes. I made a batch of soup then for this week and that’s all I have for lunch, which is my first meal of the day. Supper last night was Nicoise salad, so fresh and delicious with green beans, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, tuna, sardines, parsely and onion with an olive oil vinagrette.
Beet and pecan salad tonight, plus the soup for lunch.
Not feeling hungry anymore and lost 3 of the pounds I gained on holiday so far which has only been 3 days. I can handle pound a day!

Aussie day 15 I too would like to do October challenge. FD today going to spend the day gardening out of sight of food.

Day 14 USA NFD

Day 15 / Australian in Asia / FD

Good morning everyone and happy anniversary Hanna and birthday Ciren2! I hope both your days are lovely.

Good non fast day for me yesterday. Hard, but good – stuck within my TDEE (although I did have 2 glasses of wine after dinner but made sure they fit in my TDEE). I put beef stroganoff in the slow cooker yesterday morning and it was a great smell to walk in to after work.

Fasting today – hope it’s not as hard as Tuesday was (I don’t usually like to do fasts with only one day in between, but Monday was a holiday so I didn’t fast). Water fasting until dinner tonight – delicious chicken stirfry with loads of veggies and garlic, ginger and soy sauce. Now I’m making myself hungry so shall stop.

Positive in PA hope you are enjoying your vacation.
Pissapusa and Ciren2 just keep going and forgive yourselves if you trip up a bit. Hang in there.

Extra warm thoughts to everyone else who I haven’t mentioned specifically. Have a great day everyone. Just keep on keeping on.

Croatia, Day 15, NFD
Weight: 76.7 Kg

Day 14 USA.FD. Having a good FD today so far. I will be drinking water the rest of the evening to keep from snacking. Evenings are a terrible time for me. I am wearing my “STRENGTH” inscription bracelet to help keep me focused on the end of my FD. My scale is showing a downward trend but have yet to lose all the weight I gained on my vacation. Stay strong!

Day 15 – Switzerland – NFD
Weight 91.2kgs. Supposed to be a FD but swapping with tomorrow as I feel a bit unwell. Still finding it hard to buckle down and log all food on NFDs so no secret where the gain comes from.
Best wishes for lovely days to Ciren and HannahW!!

Day14/ USA/ NFD 23:30 (11:30 pm)
I could not manage a FD today. I was great until 5 pm. Then, went off the rails. Why screw it up at that late hour? I really have no answer. It wasn’t with unhealthy stuff, but fairly high calorie proteins and fats. Cheeses and nuts. Those do add up, by the way, despite what some people want to believe. Especially, if you have even an ounce of carbs to go with them and get your insulin levels up.
It was a stressful day, but not the worst I’ve had.
I think that since I am within 2-4 pounds of my goal weight, I do find myself slacking off. It is hard to stay motivated enough to fast. So, maybe I need to look at changing my goal weight to about 4-6 pounds less, which for my height would still be healthy. Actually, based on height and weight insurance scales, I could still lose 11 pounds or more. Even more if my small bone structure is taken into consideration.
Or maybe, I need a bit of a break after 5 months. I haven’t gained or lost for the last 2 weeks, so that is something. My goal was to see if I could maintain around 140. Still 4 pounds over that, but maybe it’s ok that I sustain here for awhile. Well, I’m going to just be mindful of intake and see what will come over the next couple weeks. If I can manage a FD I will say so. If just under TDEE, I’ll tell you about that also.
Best of luck to all of you. It’s an interesting journey!

Day 15 Italy – NFD
I did it! I managed a Fast Day, didn’t make it on liquids only but kept under 500 calories…just. I caught myself in front of the kitchen cupboard just in time after i had been swimming but had a cup of tea instead!
I think i might do another one on Friday just to get back in the swing of things.
Happy birthday Ciren2 and Happy Anniversary HannahWatto, remember that lovely post of Coda’s about fasting and feasting? Well these are definitely occasions for feasting, celebrate well and create lovely memories. We’ll all be here tomorrow to pick up the pieces!!
Dmw2 don’t beat yourself up about it, just try again to Fast. Thats the beauty of 5:2, theres room even for a small fish and chips every now and again. Has your Mum stopped feeding you? I’m sure they will be very proud of all the effort you’re putting in…keep clocking those kilometres up on the exercise bike, they all count.
Fuvvie, i will stay on for October with you, you write some lovely inspiring posts even when you have so much on your plate, i’m sure you’ll make it a great month as we start the countdown towards Christmas. I’m already visualising the new slimmer me opening my pressies on Christmas morning

UK day 15 – FD and ready for it! I’m going to try for fluids only until tomorrow.

Day 14: Pacific NW USA, NFD

So many posts, some of you twice since I last logged on. I’ve got to keep up! I’m so happy Fuvvie will be heading up October and Fuvvie, you’ve already dropped so many pearls of wisdom that I’m sure you won’t be slowed down by being the leader.

Bethany – what happened with your son??

I had a successful 35 hour liquid only FD yesterday. 35 instead of 36 because I woke this morning very ready for breakfast. I made a BLT lettuce wrap with an egg and avacado – yes, I added everything! Dinner was tuna salad, berries and cream for later.

So far, the first half of this challenge, I’ve shed 3.5 lbs. My weight losses are slowing down, wonder if I should try ADF?? No time to slack off now! I do still have my sights set on fitting comfortably into one of my former US size 8 jeans as a milestone. Along with some traveling I have to do in Oct we are also expecting a new grandchild to arrive and that will mean seeing the “in-laws” and the rest of the family. And the end of Oct is my 6 month anniversary with my new WOL so I have many reasons to keep my shoulder to the grind stone the rest of Debbie’s challenge and into Fuvvie’s!!

Day 15 / Tweed Coast Australia / NFD

Stepped on the scale this morning after yesterday’s FD and weighed slightly more than I did after previous FD and so I feel I’m in ‘consolidation’ phase after the larger than usual drop in weight last week. This is fine because sometimes I feel like I almost have to emotionally ‘catch up’ or grow into my new lower weight, especially when the loss is quick and sudden.

Fuvvie, I know what it feels like to be on a plateau. Sounds like you are gaining clarity on what steps to take to help you move through. Good for continuing to avoid sugar and grains. That’s not always easy!

Day 15 NFD NZ
Totally lost the plot today. No excuses, no regrets other than the low level nausea from too much food with no nutritional value!
Had a super busy day at work, that doesn’t stress me, I much prefer to be challenged and busy while I’m working so that wasn’t the cause of my binge.
I have an early morning meeting tomorrow, hubby is staying home to get the kids to school so I’ll go straight from the super early gym session to the meeting then work through with the intention of walking the dog at lunchtime and having a single meal in the evening.
I may not restrict to a full fast day of under 500cals but I’ll aim to stay low and hope to make up some lost ground from today’s massive blow out.
My weigh in will be Saturday morning, just too much going on in the morning tomorrow to time a weigh in correctly.
Hope everyone else has stayed on track, think I’ve eaten enough spare calories for everyone today!

Day 15 Australia FD
Water fast again today. Doing well so far, though still plan on drinking another litre of water before bed to put me over three litres. Am really looking forward to breakfast though.
Happy birthday Ciren2! I hope you have a great day.

Ciren2 just saw it is your birthday today. Have a lovely time x 🙂

Surrey UK Day 15…..Sorry about the hiatus, we have continuing connectivity issues. I hope it is sorted now. Still very much on board….having a fast day today, weigh in tomorrow. Haven’t had a chance to read through all the posts, but am dying to do so! May we all make good decisions…I find I have to be really in the present moment to choose, otherwise habit takes over. Good eating and good luck to us all!

Atlanta, Ga/USA/ Day 15/FD:

I am excited about today. I think I’ve finally got this thing down! I’m drinking my rocket fuel this morning and not really feeling any hunger.

US, Day 15, NFD..

FD went well…except for the handful of yogurt covered raisins. I had a lovely dinner of tomatoes, spaghetti squash and some Beemster gouda.

Patti67, I make delicious savory pancakes with chickpea flour. 1/4 c. flour, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, 1/4 c. and one egg. Salt and pepper. I use olive oil for cooking but you could use any oil including coconut. I top with red pepper/eggplant spread or just them plain. My niece makes them for her 3 year old and tops them with natural peanut butter.

Today’s breakfast was an avocado mashed up with a tomato. Dinner will be shrimp baked with tomatoes and feta cheese. Are you all getting a tomato theme? Getting all I can until they turn to mush. Here in the Northeast, tomatoes turn to pulp in the winter. I don’t touch them again until late spring. A good thing I love Brussels sprouts!