Day 14 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 70.6 kg

Had the easiest FD ever. I spent most of the afternoon playing cards with neighbours on a sunny patio. Food appeared at some stage, but I wasn’t tempted, or coaxed into eating anything & I just had coffee 😇

@northgeorgia – nooo?! $15 for blank paper?! Buy a regular notebook for around $3 & write ‘Food is Totally Overrated’ on the front. You’re welcome 😜

I have to attend a Body Corporate meeting this morning, estimated to last around 3 hours 😒 So I’ll probably be breaking my fast only after 1 pm.

Have a good week everyone

Pocket List – Day 14 🥑
@merry🍎
@michelinme
@missybear
@northgeorgia

Day 14, FD (ish), Aus

Today’s planned WFD morphed into a 500 cal day, so not too bad.

More tmw, when I look forward to reading @stitchincarol‘s post-birthday feast report.

Day 14, London, UK, NFD

I’m with you @brightonbelle, I’m giving that reset button a good hammering this morning!! I appear to be doing 2:5 except the 2 weekend NFDs descend into EFS days rather than CDs!!😫😭 I understand the concept of 5600 cals per week, but I think I’m rebelling!!! I’ll try again from tomorrow to get through October with Outstanding FD800 results, I just need to find the resolve, determination & discipline I had the first time around on this fasting carousel!!!

@merryapple, I really hope the physio gets you back to normal ASAP!!!☝🏽

@funshipfreddie, last summers hols in Ischia included a visit to some thermal springs – https://negombo.it/en/
they had hot (38 degree) pools next to cold pools and I was completely addicted to jumping (ok, gingerly walking) from one to the other!! The effects surprised me as that cold shower business (still) sounds like torture ……………… my hand just refuses to turn the knob to cold!!🥶🥶🥶

I must dash, I’m still buried under deadlines and new tasks and general ‘stuff’ to deal with!!

Stay strong folks!!💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison

Don’t think you understand the concept of this diet.It’s about changing how you perceive food.Lifestyle changes etc.Your excuses are quite wearing and you’re on far too many antibiotics.Are you a wind up merchant??

Day 14 – NE England – IF 16:8 – DTF

Quick check in before bed. It has been a good day, lovely sunny, crisp, cold weather.
Eating has been controlled and step count is high!

@missybear great news with the jeans, I’ve had to buy a new belt for mine! Annoying that I bought them last year, hardly wore them and now far too big.

Day 15 Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 NFD

Successful FD yesterday, I was a little bit hungry at times and got very cold towards the end of the day but I slept well and I’m now delaying breakfast for as long as possible.

@molij if you’re up to reading forum posts, hope all went well with your operation yesterday. Wishing you a speedy recovery 🤗

@iona72 looking forward to a winter of slack and baggy clothes 😉

@northgeorgia good to see your enthusiasm to get back on the wagon but remember you have been ill, listen to your body and ease up if you need to, straight back into 5:2 with 4 days of 500FDs is ambitious, take care 🤗

Keep on keeping on everyone.

Day 15 – USA/GA – FD

Weigh-in: 238 lbs. Thursday may or may not be a FD. A business lunch meeting might be happening that day. Still plan on today and tomorrow being FDs though.

Pocket list – day 15
@excelsior12309
@northgeorgia

Day 15 – Rural Nebraska, USA – WFD

I’m just under 160 this morning after four NFDs, proof I didn’t go too nuts since my last WF, and I’m pleased. Looking ahead, DH and I both have a conference on Thursday and Friday, for which we’ll leave after choir on Wednesday; there’s no way I can be strong enough to WF on Thursday, so I either have to be content with one this week, or I have to do two days in a row. I’ve done that before–once–but the idea is daunting. I’ll spend my driving time between lessons today psyching myself up.

Okay, birthday dinner report. The appetizer was bacon brushed with maple syrup, cut in half, then wrapped around halves of brussels sprouts and roasted until tender. We went back and forth as to whether it was truly lovely, decided it was very nice, but not necessarily worth repeating. The soup course was a puree of sweet potato, carrots, and parsnips, someonion, chicken broth, and a bit of cream. I’d thought it would be glorious, but it was simply…not. We added more salt, more chicken flavoring, vinegar (several times) and finally decided it was as good as it was going to get. The elder son actually loved it, so I sent him home with the leftovers.

My plan was to serve the plated salad simlutaneously with the main course, but both sons overrode me, and said, no, let’s just slow down, eat the salad, then cook the pork chops. So the salad. It was GLORIOUS. Here’s the recipe: https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/berry-beet-salad/ I used canned beets, and we all adored it, and will keep it in our permanent rotation. It strikes me as a perfect Christmas salad for you southern hemisphere people, because the colors are so gorgeous, and the fruits are in season for you. The only changes I made were that I used canola oil rather than the walnut oil (didn’t have any and DS28 is perhaps allergic to walnuts besides) and didn’t add feta because none of us wanted any–we were all getting full, LOL!

Then DS cooked the pork chops and they were perfect. I had bought bone-in, which I’m sure adds to the flavor. https://bakeatmidnite.com/blackberry-pork-chops/ I ate only half of my chop, and the leftovers yesterday were equally excellent.

I made the caramelized onion pasta, using a GF ravioli I happened across at Trader Joe’s, and it was really yummy; I’ll do the caramelized onion sauce again: https://iamhomesteader.com/caramelized-onion-pasta/ With little butter/oil and only a cup of cream between the four of us, it was even not decadent.

Green beans rounded out the plate.

Then, dessert. https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apricot-almond-layer-cake-231811 I made the apricot compote and the candied almonds on Friday, and baked the macaroon layers (what they call them, but I think it’s actually macaron layers) on Saturday, then it was a five minute job on Sunday to whip the cream and assemble the whole thing. Gorgeous. Yummy. And surprisingly good, possibly even better despite being a bit soggy, on Monday. A perfect dinner party dessert because most can be done ahead of time, and there’s little time that’s required on the day of the dinner.

The boys arrived just after three; we started with appetizers at 5:30 and were done with dessert around 8:30.

And best of all, while I certainly had wine with dinner, I introduced a mocktail I’d discovered to everyone, and DS33 and I both loved it and had two: 8 ounces juice (I had tangerine juice on hand for it), 4 ounces Owen’s ginger beer (I specify the brand because there’s a distinct “evergreen” flavor to it that I find intriguing and delightful), and 2 ounces lime juice, all served over ice. Total: 160 calories. I happily sipped away on my two over the course of two hours, never missing the alcohol.

And that’s my report. You didn’t expect me to sum it up in four sentences, did you??? 🤣🤣🤣

@brightonbelle Yeah, I read that @marsbar post…what even is a “wind-up merchant”??

@molij I look forward to hearing your report when you’re able, and pray the surgery went very well!

@merryapple My heart aches for how frustrated you must be with your bum hand. Is it still painful, or is it primarily an issue of being useless for the time being?

I have a crazy busy week to get through (for those of you who remember my quarterly “Leaguer” obligations, I’m working on that again) and it won’t be much better next week, but then I think–HOPE–it settles down to something steady. In the meantime, I’m going to do my absolute best to talk myself into being excited to do a WF from Monday night to Thursday morning…perhaps I’ll hold out a Starbuck’s latte as the Thursday morning reward for following through, LOL! That would be a gentle way to break the fast.

Must get going. Have a grand one, everyone!

Pocket list – day 15
@excelsior12309
@northgeorgia
@ccco
@stitchincarol WFD

2nd Post – Day 15

@stitchincarol – I think our posts over-lapped – wind-up merchant (plural wind-up merchants). (UK, colloquial) One who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes.
Maybe the post was intended for another thread..? 🤔

Day 15 – NE England – NFD- DTF

I have been thinking all day that it’s Monday, but it’s not!! October is whizzing by, winter looming -urgh.
I have done ok with eating today, I had breakfast which is unusual for me but felt quite hungry and had a busy morning out, so figured it was better to eat something sensible at home rather than be tempted whilst out.
Scales were the same this morning, hopefully by the end of the week I will see some progress.

@michelinme sounds very hectic hope you get the batch cooking done, its very satisfying isn’t it!

@funshipfreddie my day feels like a blur too.

@excelsior12309 some days it’s difficult to get as much walking as I would like. I am hoping for a good day tomorrow but some rain is forecast.

@stitchincarol great report, thanks.