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Day 31 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
Finishing the month 1.5 kilos up?! Despite doing mostly 4:3. Back to basics in April!
Who knew ‘mad March’ would get this mad? Things are going to get very unpleasant here. The army has been deployed to help the police with enforcing the lockdown. It’s the poor who will suffer the most. Imagine telling six people sharing a one-room shack to stay indoors? It’s just not going to happen. Counting my blessings today.
Stay safe everyone. See you next month
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@michelinme – thank you for hosting March!
Day 31 Melb Aust TDEE
Finished this month with a loss of 3.8 kg, which is very pleasing. Not quite the 4 kg goal, but close enough. Had a TDEE day today to celebrate before leaping into April with a LFD tomorrow (to undo 2 hot cross buns and ice-cream from today! Still within my TDEE, just).
@michelinme, thanks for being our March host; see you in the April forum.
@snowflake56, yay for some weight loss!
Keep well, everyone.
Day 31 UK NFD
Pleased with my small loss for the month – Thanks for hosting @michelinme See you all in April
Day 31. NFD. London.
I hope everybody is safe and well. It hit me yesterday how long this will last, and I felt sad all day. But it must pass eventually.
Please count me in for the April challenge. My birthday month, but doubt if we will get out for a birthday meal. Later in the year, maybe. Take care all.
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@betsylee wow, I’m highly impressed!
@brightonbelle every loss is something to be pleased about!
DAY 29 FRANCE NFD
Thank you for hosting during March @michelinme.
I didn’t join right at the beginning of the challenge but joined on 3rd March (I think). If I count from 1st March, I’ve lost 4.4kg this month.
The FDs have been relatively easy if I keep busy so I’ve done a lot of gardening. For me it’s the weekend NFDs where I have gone overboard a couple of times. I’m going to sign up again for April and try to keep the weekends a bit more sensible.
What is a CD? What do people mean by back to basics?
Day 31 Oxfordshire, UK – FD
Last day of this challenge.
Looking back at my intentions from day one. 3 goals:
• to stick more rigidly to FD 500 – I have been more conscious of my calories, but not necessarily managing two FDs each week.
• to up my exercise. – I’ve started to run, only the last two weeks but…
• to stop the evening snacking on nuts and chocolate – better than it was but not completely gone.
Lots to tweak next month.
One final FD for this month then I will weigh in tomorrow for the figures.
@michelinme – thank you for hosting, I only hope I can do a good job in April.
@cavanya – congrats on the compliment, it’s great when people notice.
@betsylee, Clemmi & BrightonBelle – well done on the weight loss
I am so grateful that I have space to get outside. I can’t imagine what it would be like with children, or so many having to share a room.
@clemmi – back to basics is 500 cal fast day, more recently it was adapted to 800 cals which suits some but not others. CD or CFD Controlled Fast Day (1200 cals)
Day 31 – Lake district UK – FD
Good morning everyone, just!
Late on parade, just had to get out this morning, sunshine and cloudless sky helped, got home feeling good. Did I manage that far on a coffee, banana and bowl of cornflakes? LOL.
Many thanks to @michelinme for steering our wagon through the maddest of Marches. Personally, despite recent happenings, in a good place, new low weight and minus 4 lbs for the month!
See you all ‘over the page’ on April’s challenge.
Take care all.
Pocket list day 31
@i-hate-lettuce
@suki2
Day 31 USA (Illinois) DAFD
Yesterday’s FD went well at 450 calories. Maintenance is tough, but I’m doing it.
@michelinme – thank you so much for being a terrific host this month. May we move forward into a better April for all of us, around the world. This forum keeps us up with so many points of light of the sphere.
Onward and downward.
USA Day 31 FD
Joining the pocket list today!
Pocket list day 31
@i-hate-lettuce
@suki2
@ccco
Under the new restrictions here, as of yesterday, if we leave home for nonessential reasons, we will be fined $5,000 and given a one year prison sentence. I don’t think this would have happened, if people had complied with the original order. We can still take walks outside, which I need for my sanity. Yesterday, I mowed mine and my neighbor’s lawns! Ironically, I don’t have to do that. I live in a private neighborhood and our lawns are mowed by the community association! LOL I will do anything to find things to do!
Stay safe, everyone! 🙂
Day 31, London, UK, NFD
A quick & late post today.
I’ll check-in tomorrow with my Parched March results, however, I don’t think I’ll be celebrating …………. perhaps commiserating with a bottle of vino!! Actually, I think I’ll need to stay booze free for another month, working from home with a full wine rack might be a stretch too far for my mojo!!
Roll on April!!
Day 31 – USA – NFD
Thank you @michelineme, for hosting during this historical month; it will not be soon forgotten! Congratulations, @snowflake56 and others @betsylee, @clemmi & @brightonbelle on the dispatch of pounds this month! I’ve gone up and down from 134 to 138 all month, but always seem to level off at 135, which is below my goal weight. As long as I curb the reckless intake of Reese’s peanut butter eggs and the occasional piece of pizza, I’ll be fine. Beer? That’s another story, haha!
Day 31 Florida USA Thanks again @michelinme for such a great job hosting. I lost 2 pounds doing the whole month as a Fast 800. My body doesn’t give up the weight easily! Icould say that I’m at my goal (118lb- 5’1”” tall) and since there’s the threat now of getting sick thats a healthy place to land. In normal times, I like to be a bit below that but these are not normal times! Thanks to @suki2 as our new host. I’ll watch for when the Spreadsheet is up. Stay well one and all!!
Day 3 North Canton OH NFD
An ode to March 2020:
Oh! The horrors you brought;
An increased awareness of a novel infectious virus, global pandemic, social distancing, and a reminder of our frailty
But you also provided joys we took for granted
gentle walks in the park, time spent with family, the kindness of strangers,
and the love of the people we cherish
You will not soon be forgotten, Mad March 2020
you made your mark on history
and reminded us of our attachment to toilet paper
Adieu!
See you all on the other side
Day 31 – Ireland – FD – second post
I’ve decided I’ll go with one more FD while I can….
So…. haven’t lost much this month but given a ski holiday way back before C19 hit and many many EFSs during that 10 day break I’m really very happy with my closing weight of 168lbs… my aim is to come out of this nightmare transformed 😂😂😂 let’s see if I can do that… so planning a very good effort for April! Being busy helps ✅
I’m walking early in the morning on the beach, do some work, then joe wicks workout at 9 am (my nephews do it intheir house so it’s something to chat about) and then back to work with some exercise at the end of the day… will bring in yoga with Adrienne and some meditation – really it’s not too bad a crisis situation 😂🙄😂
@michelinme thank you so so much for looking after us in this toughest of months ever!!! You have done a great job of checking in with us all and motivating us along the way.
Thanks @suki2 for offering to host in April… hosting is great as it helps to keep you focused on the WOL and means so much to everyone here.. so thank you! we can all help you along the way if you need it…
See you in April
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Day 31 UK FD
Fasting again today for hopefully a good end to the month. So busy at work I did not have time to eat anyway!
Thanks to @michelinme for hosting and guiding us through March.
Onwards and downwards in April!
Take care and stay safe.
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@basyjames thanks, it’s so true!
@jaifaim, @betsylee, @michelinme, @metatauta thanks! Losing or gaining weight is very unpredictable, sometimes nothing you do seem to work and suddenly it does.
See you all in April, I hope it will be a good month for everyone!
Day 31 – UK
Managed a good under 500cal FD yesterday and did a CD today with plenty of exercise
Monday – 3/4hr Broga – 1hr Pilates and 1hr Yoga
Tuesday – 8+mile Hike and 50mins High Impact Pilates
Be interesting to see what my weight is tomorrow?? 🤞it is not above my top maintenance range but March has been a funny month so we will see……
Made a Gluten Free Clementine Cake this afternoon for an elderly neighbour who is strictly gluten free as she has coeliac disease – hope it’s OK and she likes it…….I hate not knowing what the inside is like before I give it to her……
Thank you to @michelinme for hosting and guiding us through March 💐
Goodnight or Good morning depending on where you are – See you in the April Challenge!
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Well I’m ending this Parched March Challenge ……………… exactly where I started!!! I expected the booze eradication to help, but in truth, the eating hasn’t been perfect, there have been crisps, chocolate, winegums & bread!!! Add that to the ‘time of life’ nightmare and it’s to be expected.
Thank you @michelinme for hosting us during this exceptional month, I hope to see everyone in the April challenge!!!
Day 2 – Ireland – CD
Hi all, early beach walk and joe wicks followed by Work work work here. But just stopping for a bite of lunch. I find that I am cooking up lots of interesting lunches and light dinners and feeling the benefit of that. My corona transformation plan continues.. 😂😂
I was speaking with friends in the US last night and I’ve come to the realisation that we actually don’t mind this pace of life for the moment… Like others, I am
seeing it very much as a reset and think it will be interesting for our world. Will we learn and hold onto the lessons we learn right now? I do feel for the very poor end of course the homeless though… across the world 🌍
I’m loving the fact that there are ducks 🦆 all over the roads in my area because there are so few cars 🚗
@daffodil2010 Great news that your Step daughter can come home and it’s great that she can avail of social welfare here 👍
The loss of earnings in some sectors is just dreadful 😭
@hyacinth welcome back! Welcome to the newcomers @kimjoy37, kcslemer304 and others! Great to have you here!
Have a good day all!
Onward and downward ⬇️
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