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Day 5, Brussels, FD
Hi all, FD today, is going pretty good. I had some homemade veggie soup for lunch at work and think that will be it for today. I’m also thinking about adding a new FD for tomorrow, I’m so close one of my milestones (I’m at a BMI of 25 at the moment and want to get it to 24,9) thus doing all I can at this point to make that happen sooner rather than later!
Good luck to all of you if fasting or not!
x
@therealwil78 definitely take your own snacks… we stock up on beef jerky and mozz sticks are excellent and full of protein – even trail mix without the chocolate is better. I recently found some Turkey Sticks and picked those up for the upcoming NZ/Australia trip – haven’t tried them but imagine they are good – packed with protein – and sodium but still better than sugar and fat!
2nd post
FD crisis, just got a bad case of munchies and have turned to you all in an attempt to stop myself in time before i blow my 500 cals.
Reading all your posts has calmed the hunger dragon, and i CAN get through the rest of the Day.
Therealwil78 if i were you i wouldn’t overthink it too much. Nothing devastating will happen if you miss 1 FD, you had great results for September and will get right back on track. Just try to make the best choices you can while you’re away and we’ll be here for you when you get back.
@hollylj – 1 of my ‘tricks’ is to spend time ‘making’ something.
if it is a cup of tea or coffee – i deliberately go slow while doing it.
also, i have Fiber Gummies to help out. 2 of them and a big glass of water (hopefully with lemon) and then go the long way about making tea and i can distract myself long enough to talk myself out of it.
Deep Breath. 🙂
@hollylj I popped into the forum for the very same reason. I care for people which includes cooking their meals. Today I also had to bake a birthday cake. There I was licking the spoon without a thought for the FD I was doing so well at!!! Doh.
#therealwil78 the fact you are mindful suggests you don’t want to faulter so don’t beat yourself up! You are in control. don’t over think it. You will be able to get back on track if it doesn’t go completely to plan.
Day 5, Québec, NFD
Coda, i totally agree with your idea of visualising. I personnaly “solved” 2 health problems with this technique.
I once had an abscess growing very near my left eye. It went on growing for almost a year before I could meet a dermatologist and an opthtamologist. They said the operation would be very delicate and would leave a scar almost 3-4 inches long. One added that sometimes that kind of abscess just goes away like it came. I decided to help myself and repeated myself thousands of times ” my eye is ok, I had an abscess but I’ts gone just like it had come “. To my great surprise, two days later I suddenly noticed that there was NOTHING left near my eye ! Believe me, This is the pure thruth !
Another time, my doctor told me that my X-rays showed that I had osteoporosis in my hips. She gave me advices and a prescription for Calcium and vitamin D pils. I forgot to take them ( not vey intelligent, I know ) but repeated thousands of times in me head ” my hips are strong, my bones are perfect, the are hard and strong … “. Well when I met my doctor a year later she said ” great, your new x-rays show that your hips are now much better. So I recommend you go on taking Calcium and Vitamine D.” I looked at her and told her I hadn’t taken them. I told her my visualizing approach and she was very happy for me ( she is a great, human doctor and she practised a lot of outdoor sports, we were friendly ). I now systematicaly take my pills but these two personnal experiences were very significant.
VISUALISING Does work. There are serious experiences showing that athletes who visualise themself training get the same results as those who really train. I didn’t invent this !!!!
So maybe we should visualise ourselves Slim and healty !!!!! Why didn’t I think of it sooner ? Thank you one more time Coda for your precious advices.
Bonne journée ensoleillée x
Sussex UK day 5 FD
Just got in from work at 6.30 having left the house this morning at 6.45 – I could eat a pile of buttered toast! But thanks to all you lovely people, I will stay strong – even if it is GBBO tonight.
Coda, couldn’t agree more about visualising and it’s one of the techniques Paul McKenna uses in I can Make You Thin. Another intriguing visualisation is to imagine the one thing you really crave and then imagine, in full technicolor, eating it and enjoying it – it sounds counter-intuitive but in a scientific test, it seemed to reduce the craving – it’s almost as though the mind doesn’t really distinguish between reality and imagination so thinks it has had the food.
Love to all of you facing Matthew – I hope all is OK
Keep smiling and O&D
SSB
Day 5: Pacific NW USA, going for 48 hours liquid only which will count as two of the 3 days I will fast this week.
Like HollyLJ, I went to 4:3 last week because I needed a little bump after not seeing any weight loss a few weeks ago. And today’s weigh-in shows I’m now down into the 170’s which was my goal for the September challenge so I am just one week over! And like Frida I am getting close enough to the “healthy” BMI range (I’m 5’9″) and that has also been one of my goals. For me, my goal weight has a lot to do with remembering where I know I felt the best. When I was last at the weight I’m at now I was starting to anticipate surgery and sliding into all the emotions and weight gain around that recuperation. Now I’m going totally in the opposite trajectory! I just pinched myself! I also feel like you Frida, the sooner I get to my goals the sooner I will be able to ease up on the throttle a little and make my plans about how to maintain this WOL for the rest of my life.
Itsmytime, Hannah and Bajlish – we need to remind ourselves what Coda says about the scales, they’re fickle, and the variation can go just as easily either way! It drives me crazy to see all the fluctuation so to compare apples to apples I only weigh myself after a FD, it’s the best way I know to try to match up the variables??!!
Erica – thanks for clarifying, when you wrote time before last that you had a ‘block of dairy milk’ as a treat I should have known it was probably milk chocolate you were talking about. I invisioned some wonderful new cheese or yogurt concoction!
Lael – vent here all you want, get it out so you don’t have to stuff it down with food!
Therealwil – as long as you stay below your TDEE on those 4 consecutive NFD’s – no harm, no foul!
Coda – thank you, you reminded me of the first goal I visualized my first week of 5:2, the comfort of pulling on those old jeans I’ve saved all these years! Today I’m wearing just one size larger so it’s coming true! In visualizing I also heard it’s good to add details from all of your senses.
USA DAY 5 NFD
Extremely tired, at work, day is just starting so I’m here at least another 7 hours.
For breakfast of 2 free range eggs and 2 slices sourdough bread with pepper cheese. I was hoping a nice breakfast would pert me up but only made me more tired. I should have known that would happen. Just water and coffee for rest of day. Stress with son here trying to change flight to beat hurricane Matthew back home to Orlando. He’s trying to leave today instead of tomorrow. I wish he would just stay here till it’s over. I suppose the airlines will settle it for us if they aren’t flying into Orlando.
Day 5 Cornwall UK.
Successful fast day despite being a very emotional one!
the person causing me problems has tried again and tonight I could easily hit the wine, bread, cheese and chocolate, but I will not allow her to do do this!! I will be strong even though the hunger pangs are biting!!
Stay strong every one!
Day 5 – FD…..first of the month.
I signed up but didn’t realise postings were daily. I will endeavour to post daily from now on. Re-starting the 5:2 has been difficult this time and I think I may have gone over my 500 calories today. I have a few personal and work challenges at the moment so I’m not going to berate myself. I feel it’s better to attempt and gather momentum then to wait until my life is back to normal with probably more weight to lose.
Day 5 USA (Illinois)
NFD – prayers for all of you who are being (or will be) effected by Hurricane Matthew. My parents were south Florida residents for 40 years, so I know what you’re going through in preparation and precaution.
I’ve had 2 kind of funny eating days: good breakfast with eggs, etc. then only a little snack for lunch, some string cheese and my daily apple for regularity – really has worked for me since starting 5:2, someone in a previous challenge recommended it. Then a fairly normal supper. As much as I hate counting calories, I just expect this to be under my TDEE. Hope so!
SaltySeaBird – I love buttered toast too! Hope you’re able to shoo away that temptation! Cinnamon sugar on top of the butter is especially a treat.
Rocy65 – let any frustration from other be ‘water off your back’if you can. I know, easier said than done.
Onward & downward!
Rocy write a letter to said person, tell them exactly how they make you feel and you are not going to stand for it and why, get it all off your chest – then rip it up. It really is very therapeutic. They are not worth knocking yourself off track, you want to give them 2 fingers be more determined and loose weight. Who was it said about wearing silk – can’t remember the full story but it was something about the best way to get your own back. Maybe someone can remind us. Stay safe stay strong everyone x
Still Day 5: Pacific NW USA, FD
Coda – it may have been me. I saw a card that said “The best revenge is to get thin and wear silk.” It may be more appropriate for our group as we know “getting thin” is relative to each of our own goals, not the emaciated modern stereotype of beauty. But in regards to the dilemma Golden and Rocy find themselves in I think it applies! Gals, you have a strong support group here, download, rant, rave with us – not with the pantry!!
Maui – who would think stress from a weather system in the Atlantic would affect you in Hawaii? That’s evidence of this planet growing smaller, I guess. Safe travels to your son, I’m sure it will turn out fine for him! Us mothers can’t give up worry about our children no matter how grown up and independent they are!
Tweed Coast Australia / Day 6 / NFD
Thanks Fuvvie! I’ve been reflecting on the difficulty some members were challenged with during September and knew that I could be standing in their shoes at some point myself. Well, feels like that now!
My eating has gotten out of hand and I’m still reckoning with the underlying reasons. This week has been a perfect storm starting with lack of sleep and now a growing awareness of being deep into a situation in which I want to extricate myself from though feel struggle to do so. In other words, feeling between a rock and a hard place!
Last night I thought of what I need to be inwardly to maintain my 57 kg weight outwardly and I came up with a number of imperative conditions:
1. I need to be behind myself as my own best support and care person.
2. I need to be doing what I love.
3. I need to regard myself as a loving mother would her own daughter.
I need to take some difficult steps to realign myself with the above. Those steps feel scary! I’m a work in progress and will keep doing as many good things as I can through this difficult time.
Perth, Australia, Day 6, FD/NFD
I’m not really sure if this is going to be a fast day or not. I was asked yesterday to be an extra in a film being directed by Ben Elton. Filming today, and I was trying on outfits last night, was bloated, and thought I’ll just fast tomorrow to make sure I prevent this. All good, except I know I’ll be required to eat and drink during the filming and depending on how much will determine whether it is a FD. Pretty excited though, never done this before.
Anyone preparing for hurricane Michael, thoughts for safety are with you.
Best be off, time to shower and get ready to be a star 😂😉
Good luck to those of you on fast days
NZ, Day 6, FD
Hello all – have quickly jumped on to get inspiration/motivation to help carry me through this FD!! Feeling a bit wobbly (inner strength that is!!). Water intake has been very slack today so will have a couple of glasses now.
Snacked too much yesterday afternoon so started FD early yesterday evening – didn’t have dinner as I was already too full & husband was going to be home late late from work so I just made dinner for girls.
Will hopefully read everyone’s posts properly tonight – best wishes for all those facing Hurricane Michael.
Take care all.
Almost 11 pm here & going to bed. Just wanted to say thank you Fuvvie and everyone–the accountability of this challenge kept me honest on this FD. More than a few times, my brain tried to talk itself into having some of the kids’ pasta, having a small glass of wine, etc etc. Knowing I’d be checking in gave me the strength to tell myself to knock it off and wait for tomorrow! Thanks again!
USA Day 5 FD
Second FD of the week and it went well. May go for a third on Friday. Weekend plans of travel to visit son and his family, so I need these FDs and low calorie days leading up to that.
I hope everyone in hurricane Matthew’s way stays safe and sound…..and dry. Rocy65, if I remember correctly, that person who is a thorn in your side is a family member which makes her hard to entirely ignore. But I hope in the future you can limit the time you must be around her and the power she has to upset you.
SheillyBee, how awful that time in your life when your parents passed must have been for you! I hope you had supportive friends and family. It takes a long while to come to terms with losing your parents. If one ever really does. I hope your cherished memories give you the comfort and strength to do so.
Good luck everyone.
Day 6, Brussels, NFD
Will not fast today but I’m thinking about doing it again tomorrow. Feels like my weight is stuck between 65-65,5 kg and that I don’t manage to get below 65. This morning I’ve gained 0,4 kg from yesterday morning even after a fast day yesterday where I only had soup for lunch (weigh the same this morning as I did when going to bed last night…)
@back2thefuture; it’s interesting how a small number really can get the grip on you! I have the feeling that as soon as I get to the 24,9 I can stress down a bit. I would like to loose some more after that to get a bit further away from the BMI range of 25, but hopefully like you said focus more on just making this part of my life and not focusing on the weight.
Good Luck everyone!
x
Day 6 Italy – NFD
Thanks for all the help yesterday when i was giving in to temptation. It really helped, even though i’m pretty sure i went over the 500 cals. So i won’t class it as a FD.
Starting today i’m going to dust off myfitnesspal and track what i eat…i find (found) it a very useful tool. Slim Christmas Holly (my alter ego that i am visualising ) would have kept on the straight and narrow.
Today we have a lunch out planned and possibly an aperitivo or pizza. Will track to stay within TDEE
HannahWatto yesterday is what it is. Make today a good one. Have you tried marking your ‘sabotage’ days on a calendar? Cancel the Day with a big fat black marker just to see the extent of the problem. I bet there are nowhere near as many as you think. You can do this, i loved Lael’s last post…treat yourself as a loving mother would her daughter.
UK Nottingham Day 6 FD
On to my 2nd fast day this week and the scales have gone down today after 2 NFDs, now stands at 239.8lbs. I have read that quite a few of you, use MFP on your NFDs, I think I will dust down my app and give that another go, hopefully to keep a track on my intake on NFDs.
Yesterday’s food wasn’t too bad, no breakfast had a sandwich and banana for lunch, followed by some pizza and salad for tea, I did however have a very small portion of Ben and Jerrys cookie dough 😫.
Tonight I fancy a fish finger sandwich, with lots of vinegar, I will only eat one meal today, as I find if I eat earlier in the day, I get hungry.
Hoping I can stay on track cx
Day 6 : FD : Cheshire UK
Thank you Fuvvie for your kind words.
Today, I intend to have apples if I feel hungry during the day and I will have fish and vegetables for dinner.
I need sometime to catch up on all the posts so that I’m familiar with everyone.
Good luck to everyone and I’m pleased to be part of this challenge. It feels a bit challenging at the moment but I know it will get easier as I gather momentum through the support of this group.
🙂
UK Newcastle – Day 6 – FD
Good morning everyone 🙂
I’m looking forward to a successful FD today. As others have said, coming on these boards (particularly this thread) helps me no end when I’m feeling a bit weak-willed. I find that I’m never ‘starving hungry’ but what I am is tempted to eat mostly because my mind will constantly wander to thinking about food. I feel so good when I wake up after a FD so I try to bear that in mind when I get tempted.
I definitely ate over my TDEE yesterday but as long as I’m looing 1lb a week I’m happy with that (let’s see next weigh-in!). It’s almost an experiment to see how much you can eat on NFD before the weight loss stops. I expect I’ll have a couple of weeks of experimenting 😀
Good luck and best wishes to those affected by the hurricane!
Zelle x
Day 6 Portugal
FD
68.3kg. Up a little from yesterday but I was not as careful as I should have been. It was a national holiday here and we had friends over for a meal! However, we did go to a park and I ended up doing about 12000 steps. Could have been worse!
Today I did 30 min low impact workout already. Hoping to get through this fast day today! Loads of work to do so plenty to keep me occupied. Not very good at drinking lots of water, will keep sipping all day.
Have a great day, wherever you are today!
Surrey UK Day 6 FD After dropping my daughter at the station this morning I came home and had a desire to eat something and then I remembered this forum and everyone who posts, and that gave me the strength to resist. That is just awesome! Thank you to everyone here, I am deeply grateful!
Coda I totally agree about visualizing, it really does help. I went to the park with the dogs yesterday and met up with a lady I hadn’t seen for some time. She walked straight over to me and said ‘you know I hardly recognized you, you have lost a lot of weight! How are you doing it?’ I was quite taken aback, because firstly I didn’t feel as though that much had gone, but looking back at when I started and up to this point, it has been I think, around 10 kg…so now looking forward to losing another 10, and then another 10, then I should be in better shape. Don’t care how long it takes.
E Canada, Day 5, FD
Ugh, didn’t make it again. Got a last minute call from a friend whom I hadn’t seen in awhile and we went to lunch. The lunch was okay – I had a large plain caffe latte, and we talked so much I doubt she noticed that was all I had.
But my visualization plans for what I was going to have for dinner went out the window – I cooked two chicken breasts ahead of time, spouse had his usual, and I, well, I had maybe half of my portion. Except I wasn’t supposed to have any at all, just the cottage cheese and tomato I had planned. I even had a small amount of dressing with the salad portion of dinner. So I think I ate at least 800 calories. Over again by 300.
And I got very little exercise in owing to the lunch and work to do in the p.m
Good news – I haven’t gained. And again, I ate healthy stuff – no ‘disposable’ calorie foods.
Hello, I started the 5:2 on September 26, starting weight 87.6 kg, around 13 st 8 lbs, have been doing 3 fast days a week as have found the easier than expected! I put a lot of weight on in last 2-3 years after being diagnosed with rare auto immune disease called scleroderma. Now having 3 monthly treatment at the Royal Free in London. Feel losing some of this weight will help me both to get more mobile and ease some of the symptoms such as joint pains. 10 days in I have lost 3 pounds, so feeling quite encouraged so far! Would like to be counted in as part of the October challenge please. Good to see lady from Yorkshire up there, our favourite place for a holiday!
Regards
Nin from Norwich
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