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  • Croatia, Day 12, FD
    Weight: 75.8 Kg

    Back2thefuture — Whew – what a game that was! Great playing, Giants, a formidable opponent.

    Forgive us, non-baseball fans, for our banter. Thank you LindaSue, for your loyalty to the National League. And Edzeko, nice to see a Wisconsin fan! (BTW, I hate it when our Bear fans are awful to Packer Backers. If the Bears are out of it, I am happy to be a Cheesehead.) I am a Chicago born gal, got taken to Wrigley Field as a little girl with my dad and brother. GO CUBS GO!

    Essex UK. Day 12. FD.

    Meal replacement drink for breakfast, soup for lunch but by tea time, I’m not likely to be hungry so early night here. I didn’t sleep particularly well last night so it’s not going to be an easy day….! I weighed in at 142lb today. Come Friday I’d like to reach 140lb. Here’s hoping. I’ll give it my best shot!

    Happy Wednesday all.

    Tweed Coast Australia / Day 12 / FD

    Protein drinks only so far and a bowl of cottage cheese sprinkled with blueberries will top off my 354 calorie allocation for this FD. I’m really trying to honor the 1/4 TDEE lately.

    I’ve come to learn that maintenance works best within a 2 kg window. In other words maintenance is easiest when one is allowed a full 2 kg weight variation on the scales. I’d figured in only a 500 gram variation and that has become unrealistic. So, in light of this new information, I’m rethinking my goal weight by asking ‘What is the highest weight that is acceptable to me?’ …and then counting backwards 2 kg from there and setting that as my new goal. I hope that makes sense.

    Surrey UK Day 12 NFD Checking in early today, won’t get anywhere near the computer for the rest of the day. Have a good day everyone!

    Newcastle UK – FD

    Good morning all. Hope all are well today.
    I’m fasting today and ‘almost’ looking forward to it. I felt a bit nauseous this morning (possibly picked something up from my youngest) so I’m sure that’s helping my focus today.

    Have fun everyone πŸ™‚

    Day 12 NFD Portugal
    67.8kg
    Really busy working day yesterday which made FD fairly easy. Scales show 0.5kg drop this morning but this is not likely to remain. I find it goes up again, maybe not so much, after a NFD. Will try to make good food choices today.
    Feeling really tired after a couple of long days and the 6:30 start to get kids out to school Comes round very quickly.! No energy this morning for my usual 30minute exercise routine. Weather is wet so not sure I’ll be out for a walk either.

    Have a good day/evening wherever you are.

    Day 12 : FD : Cheshire, UK

    Not sure how I will do today as I feel like I’m coming down with a cold and usually I want to eat, but if I do I will eat friendly food. πŸ™‚

    @songbirdme – thank you πŸ™‚

    JFitzy – Hope you feel better soon.

    back2thfuture – πŸ™‚

    Onwards and downwards xoxo

    Day 12 Italy – NFD
    Nearly made a liquid fast but, messed it up big time after 8pm. How silly to have thrown the towel in at a step from the finish line. Very frustrated with myself. I’m not going to try for the third day in a row to nail a Fast Day, my head obviously isn’t in the right place. I’m going for a day within my TDEE with healthy choices.

    Clarkey please don’t feel ashamed, there is nothing to be ashamed of. You are in the perfect place, here nobody judges you and we will get you where you want to be. Slowly but surely, day by day. Just stick with it through the bad times and the good. This place will change your life!!

    NZ, Day 12, NFD
    Finished FD at 4.00pm today – will try and limit night time snacking to stop scales bouncing back up!
    Tomorrow doing 2nd FD for the week & planning a light Friday in view of weigh-in on Sat morning.

    Clarkey, we’re all different shapes & sizes but here on the same journey/mission – lots of support, inspiration and motivation here. Welcome and best wishes. Xxx
    Lany36 – hope things improving & no-one else has caught bug.

    Take care all xxx

    Australia, Day 12, NFD

    UK day 12 NFD – I usually fast on Wednesdays but I’m meeting an old friend for lunch, so I’m aiming to swap to Thursday,

    Coda – you and your May challenge got me started and when I look at what I’ve achieved since then I’m amazed so slow and steady for us ❀️

    Georgia/USA/NFD/Day 12:

    I got a good workout in this morning. Feel like I’m getting back into a routine again after time off. I am still up 3 lbs. though. A little discouraging I must admit. I’m just going to stay the course and trust the plan works.

    NYC, Day 12, FD…120.5

    Back on the wagon after a few days upstate closing up the house until May. I overdid a bit here and there but damage was limited.

    When we arrived home, I made a big pot of bean/veggie (turnips, parsnips, carrots, zucchini) soup. That will be my dinner tonight.

    Hi all UK day 12 NFD

    For breakfast (eaten about 11am) I had my homemade bircher museli with nat yogurt so lots of good seeds. Lunch I am having an omelette from the healthy restaurant and for tonight, making a big pot of lamb stew for everyone. I am feeling good and very positive. Hope you are all having a good day but if you feel a bit disheartened, please don’t – it will pass as long as you don’t give up and you will begin to make more headway in your journey.

    Day 12 USA (Illinois)

    FD for me today. Will do a light meal about 4 p.m. today because I need to help with some stuff about 5:30. If I have no obligations on a FD, I can do a liquid only for about 36 hours, but if I have to do anything physical or something takes lots of thought, I am better off with a light meal.

    Lael – I like your idea of the ‘window’ of acceptable maintenance weight. I will make mine 2 pounds variation, and that means I am in my current maintenance goal. Up or down 2# is good for me.

    Hang in there, everyone – your goal can be achieved with this WOL and diet! Clarkey, you are among friends and like-minded people!

    O & D

    Day 12, Brussels, FD

    Water fast today and the plan is to do a 500 cal fast tomorrow as I have a few things to do after work tomorrow and will be home pretty late (I’ll bring a homemade tomato based veg soup for lunch tomorrow). I’ll see how that goes, in case I don’t feel too well or if I’m very hungry I’ll eat a normal dinner tomorrow night. I’ll be away all weekend thus official weight in this week will be Friday morning.

    Good luck to all of you!
    x

    Good Morning All, USA, Missouri Ozarks – Fasting Day (3rd in a row).

    Congrats to the Cubbies on a great win and Congrats to the Giants on yet another great year. What a game ! I can only imagine the excitement in Chicago and for all who are diehard fans – as Redbird fans we are pretty spoiled as we have had many victories over the years. I am very happy for you all.

    Fasting yesterday went very well, better than planned. Planned on having a small bowl of homemade chicken and dumplings that I made on Sunday (and they were yummy) and a nice slice of buttered bread but made a large salad instead with red wine pomegranate vinegar and didn’t need anything else.

    Tomorrow is weigh in day. Started at 153, was down to 149 last week so hope that held and wasn’t temporary loss.

    Enjoy your day all, rainy here but not blustery.

    Day 12 South Florida NFD
    no weigh in

    Essex UK.

    Supposed to be a FD but I’ve gone over my calories! Clean food, grapes, satsumas, dried dates & a yoghurt (188 Cal’s so not the best) plus a mug of Ovaltine (200 Cal’s). I’m disappointed but it’s not because I’ve eaten cream cakes & chocolate. I’ll make tomorrow a FD. 😐

    Day 12| NFD| Toronto, Home of the BLUE JAYS!!!
    FD yesterday brought me back into line from a body weight view but I remain challenged by body fat %.
    Best regards

    US MOUNTAIN WEST/ DAY 12/NFD. ran/walked 4 miles on treadmill. Orchestra today.

    Day 12. Wisconsin, USA. Yay Cubbies! My 47 year old husband and his siblings have been waiting their whole lives for this. I don’t care so much myself, but for their sake…

    NFD. Ground hamburger, spinach and salsa for lunch. Raw veggies, a few nuts, and a couple of “cookies” made with almond flour and butter to get me to supper. Maybe a nice vegetable soup for supper.

    I busted up my FD yesterday with a glass of wine last night. Darn. I blame it on the Cubs. Even though I had the wine well before I knew there was reason to celebrate. πŸ™‚

    Day 12 | Ohio, USA | NFD

    FD was good yesterday. Had some kimchi broth around 3 p.m., then later dinner of some lentil soup and veggies with the family. Have already found myself eating more this morning than I normally would have, so am tracking today’s food on MyFitnessPal.

    FD tomorrow. Have a great day everyone.

    London Day 12

    This month is flying by! I am going to walk home from work tonight and hope to go back swimming tomorrow. Pilates at the weekend – I need to make up for my lack of exercise as I haven’t been feeling great.

    Had beetroot and horseradish soup for lunch – it was delicious!

    Chicken for dinner tonight.

    Hope everyone is well and have a great evening πŸ™‚

    Day 12: Gloucestershire, UK: Fast day. 5pm: Just had a bowl of porridge with NO SUGAR! Now I will go out for my 1-hour brisk walk.
    If I eat nothing else, this will be the first proper fast day for over a week.
    So….fingers crossed.

    Day 12|NFD|Bucks UK

    Not counting calories but keeping my eating habits on check (I think).
    Accomplished a 3 miles walk from walking too and from work… singing and dancing part of the way… I look nuts HA!
    I’m no longer a sweaty wreck when I get to work in the mornings.

    Missj2002:
    Singing and dancing…..that’s a new one! I daren’t try that here….I’d get some funny looks!!
    Like you, I don’t count calories either.

    Hi all 2nd post

    Bajlish don’t be too hard on yourself. Don’t strive to be perfect as I think the perfectionist in us is our downfall. Because we didn’t do it perfectly we feel we failed. Rather just accept you could maybe cut the ovaltine next time and move on. I really wouldn’t make tomorrow another fast day unless it was already planned. Just move on and prepare for the next planned fast day.
    Here is another saying I am very fond of which maybe new to some of you – “challenges are what makes life interesting, overcoming them is what makes life meaningful”. Maybe if you have difficulty in achieving something. Think how you can get round it. Sometimes by just changing the order in a routine it gets a better result. Stay strong x

    Sussex UK Day 12 NFD

    Australia Day 12 NFD and Day 13 FD – apologies Fuvvie for not checking in yesterday. I was at a seminar for carers of people with mental health issues. It was fantastic and later I will share some of the insights. I must run now.

    Day 12 NJ USA. NFD. Flew up north this morning to babysit my grand puppies for 10 days and attend a family wedding. Nibbling on Halloween candy which I would never have in my house…we give out quarters!
    But determined to stick to my program. Have a stong day

    Uk
    Day 12
    Nfd
    Woohoo I got to go swimming and have a sauna and a jacuzzi. Badly needed, I can tell you! Last night we were treated to dinner. And wine. And a night cap. Felt dreadful all night and this morning for some reason…today had 800 cals, mainly soup-based with salad. Lots of water and herbal teas. No weigh in until we get home on Fri. Hope everyone had/has a wonderful day!

    Gozo, Malta

    Day 12

    FD

    Today ate around 700 calories instead of 500 calories.

    My daughter andI went out with her son and a granddaughter and I bought a dress for the wedding we have on 5 November. It was nice to try smaller sizes dresses.

    Tomorrow my daughters nd I ave a baby shower party of a niece who lives in Malta. We are going so I need to plan and eat a light lunch and maybe coffee and milk only for breakfast.

    NorthernDawn you’re right about play school being a germ factory. Our preschooler of three years always brings viruses which her sister and cousin catch!

    Take care everyone. Stay strong you wonderful people.

    Day 12 Cornwall UK

    Managed to fast til this evening but it then went haywire!! Ah well tomorrow is another day!

    O&D

    Day 12: Pacific NW USA, NFD, 1 lb. down this week, sometimes more, sometimes less but at least so far the scale is still going in the correct direction! 1/2 inch off in the 3 regions we measure on the tracker (my neck stays the same so far).

    (So, a little bereft today 😩, stages of grief and all that, but I’m reminding myself about what really matters in the world (not a game series!) and in the end the Giants couldn’t have lost to a better team! Wishing Cubs fans what they’ve been waiting for over the next 14 or so games!)

    I had a very good 36 hour fast that ended with poached eggs over steamed chard and crumbled bacon for breakfast this morning. My weight losses are definitely slowing down but I wore a leather jacket today that I haven’t had on since 2009. A little tight but I don’t need to zip it!

    Lael – your goal calculations sound very reasonable. I’ve decided to aim for an arbitrary size represented by the smallest clothes in my closet (and when I last felt the healthiest) and will 5:2 or 4:3 until they’re comfortable. I’ll see what BMI I’m at and decide from there.

    Have a healthy day everyone!

    Day 12. Sussex. U.K.
    NFD.
    Just checking in.
    Mashed cauliflower with garlic and Parmesan, shredded cabbage and chicken thigh baked with tomatoes,
    mushrooms and harissa paste. Just yummy.
    Good luck everyone.

    Sunshine coast Aus Day 13 FD: Hi everyone,
    I am so impressed with those who plan what they are going to eat. I wish I were a planner. I don’t know how I brought up 5 children and managed to get to work on time, and all those things that just have to be done. Routine I guess. But when it comes to food, it’s a case of looking in the fridge and cupboard and taking it from there. I see some really interesting meals planned on these pages, and your food yesterday looked fantastic, Patti67. I have all those ingredients so may give it a go.
    I did buy bones yesterday though to do some bone broth. I wanted ham hocks but they are now hard to get as they are seen as a winter soup basic, and as it is spring, they don’t have them in the deli section any more. Have to find them in cryovac packs and for some reason that doesn’t appeal. Anyhow, broth is made and will have that today for lunch and dinner.
    Will check in later. Looking forward to seeing Clarkey checking in.

    London | Day 11 | NFD | 16:8
    London | Day 12 | NFD | 16:8

    One meal at lunchtime and one for dinner. Works really well πŸ™‚

    Day 13 NZ FD
    Still a bit tired from broken sleep with a sick child and a day of cleaning up after the mess – 9 loads of washing blankets, duvets etc etc.
    I’m just pleased he is feeling better and I got one good day of wild spring weather to get most of it dry.
    I’m really hungry today, I usually love my FDs and find them easy but today is dragging and I’m preoccupied with thoughts of food.
    I have no intention of giving in, the hunger waves will recede but I’m looking forward to my 1/4 TDEE tonight. Liquid only just isn’t for me, I know 5:2 works and I don’t need to try and improve the plan, I’ll just plod through my grumbling tummy noises and look forward to a normal meal tomorrow

    Just re read that post – -gosh I sound like a grump!
    Really shouldn’t post when I’m this hangry!

    USA (Minnesota) Day 12 NFD

    Perth, Australia, Day 13, FD

    Lany36 – glad to hear that your little one is on the mend.

    I’ve woken up with a headache today that seems to be getting worse as the minutes pass by. Not impressed, I still have an assignment to complete, another to start and a test to study for. I’ll have my coffee, see if a shot of caffeine eases it, otherwise it will be meds and a trip to my little masseuse guy, or some sleep. Hopefully it won’t impact my fast day too much.

    Day 12. E. Canada, NFD.

    Mixed news. I know that on a NFD we are supposed to be able to eat what we want, within our TDEE. Well, I certainly ate to the TDEE because today I had two cookies. Which I know from the store website came to 360 calories. That’s almost 1/4 of my TDEE right there!

    If I obsess every time I succumb to eating something sweet, I will put too much pressure on myself and that pressure will increase, not decrease, the chance I will fail (again) to keep the weight off. But at least close observation of what one is doing, helps one learn why one does what one does. First: I had promised myself a lunch of avocado on 1/2 a bagel. But with no bagels to hand I had a bowl of squash soup with goat cheese stirred into it, instead. Problem: the soup was a little salty, which made me yearn for something sweet. And I had no fruit to hand, either.

    Somehow I think that not eating my promised meal, threw me off. I also need a planned fruit dessert. I’m a dessert person, always have been. I just have to remember how good I feel when I eat a healthier dessert than a cookie, because that’s what I want to do long term.

    Thanks to coda for the reminder about perfectionism. I think I should try to stop weighing myself so often. Ease up, girl.

    Second post – here are some insights I took away from yesterday’s forum. I hope no-one is annoyed by me sharing these with you but those who have been on the same last few challenges as me will know what the last months have been like with my brother and son both suffering from depression and my brother being an alcoholic. I have been feeling so guilty because I have not been able to “fix” them and it was such a relief to hear yesterday that I can’t fix them – all I have to do is support them. Anyway here are some of the points one speaker, Petrea King of Quest for Life, shared re how to obtain peace of mind (and I apologise now if I misunderstood any of her points):
    1. Regain control over our response to issues/negative situations.
    a. Don’t just automatically react but respond in a considered and appropriate manner. Petrea said that if we just automatically react to something we will likely react in the same way we did as a child and carrying all the resentments and issues from childhood into the current situation.
    b. Ask yourself what you need to do for yourself to be in good shape etc while in the crisis; You need to take care of your personal, physical, spiritual, and emotional well-being
    c. We need to let go of whatever has happened before and not blame what happened to us in our past for what is happening now
    2. Commitment to living – revere the life you have
    a. This shows up in your priorities – what do you spend your time doing?
    b. You are not your body; you need to nurture your body to make you better able to deal with a crisis, to help a person with a mental illness.
    c. You don’t want your brain running the show; use your mind don’t let it run you
    d. Be aware of your body – aware of what you are sitting or standing on, how your clothes feel against your skin, what happens when you breathe in and out, etc. Petrea said that if you are concentrating on those personal physical experiences then it is very hard to feel anxiety.
    e. Be in company that uplifts you and supports you in the direction you want to go
    f. Have a deep respect for yourself
    g. You are not your feelings – not I am angry but I feel angry
    3. Issues with communication – We can’t communicate properly with people if we’re not telling them what is going on and what you need
    a. You can’t just hope for change, you need to make an effort
    4. Issues around forgiveness – don’t act as if you are carrying around a wound from the past; let your past go and deal with today
    5. Sense of challenge – this is where we make meaning of our suffering;
    a. Find a sense of purpose in your life
    b. Hear someone’s pain without trying to fix it – you can’t β€œfix” people, you can’t force them to go down the path of your choosing; all you can do is support them and make sure they are getting the professional help they need
    6. Sense of connectedness – be connected to your family, friends, community, country; you’re not on your own

    USA HAWAII DAY 12 FD
    24 hours zero calories. Dinner tonight will be organic salad greens with grilled fish. Hoping for a good number on the scale tomorrow.

    Croatia, Day 13,NFD
    Weight: 75.7 Kg

    Day 12, QuΓ©bec NFD

    Sea kayaking 17 km today. Very proud of myself.

    A very nice ride with all the automn colours in the trees.

    Second post Day 13. Thanks Hannah for your post. I think this thread helps 2e to become a reality. I hope so, anyway. 3a really resounds with me as well. 4,5 and 6 are also ringing loud bells. It sounds as though you attended a really excellent forum. So glad you feel that you now have insights that will help you to cope with the load you have been carrying. Big hugs.

    Day 13 : NFD : Cheshire, UK

    Successful fast day yesterday. Went over 24 hours without food. Just drank water and herbal tea. I drank a lot of water because my mouth was so dry due to the start of a cold.

    I’m hoping to be able to last until after 12noon before I eat anything solid today. I had a bit of an indulgent weekend so I’m hoping that these fasts will assist with damage control.

    Have a great Thursday everyone! πŸ™‚

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