Hi FBBs hope all is well with you Xxxx
A cold damp day here .. we got very muddy and wet this morning.
Having a mindful Monday as extra carbs yesterday .. I did no cooking and just had French bread and cold beef for lunch and dinner yesterday With some fresh cream eclairs thrown in too. lol.
My Christmas food will need to be extended.. as I thought Kristy was coming 22nd till her Birthday 26th .. now its changed to partner coming here
on 26th till they both both go to Dorset on the 29th for New Year.
It will be lovely need to organise a cake now although lots more eating and drinking than I anticipated.. Will have to be careful.
Sym.. Did you have a muddy walk by the riverbank.
Brads .. Wow yes F1 was brilliant.. Max has really shaken it up the past few weeks.
Cant wait for the last race.
Hope everyone is well and enjoying your day.
Don’t be afraid to fail .. Be afraid not to try. Xxxx
Day 6 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Another “who knows”
I’ve suddenly tripped, fallen, and can’t get up. My WFDs on Tuesdays are the only thing remaining of my excellent behavior from August through the beginning of November. I could list out how awful my behavior has been, but I’ve been slowly understanding the problem isn’t my behavior, but my attitude. I no longer am caring about losing weight as deeply as I was, and that’s leading to behavior that guarantees weight GAIN, not even lack of loss. I know that in August, it was lots and lots and lots of soul examining that got me to a place where I began to steadily lose weight, so I’m certain that lots and lots and lots of soul examining is in order now to get me to a place of continuing to lose weight–or, at the very least, to a place where I maintain.
The key problem is that my weight got low enough that I was finally below 25BMI, and that felt like a license to cheat and indulge, you know? And I’ve cheated and indulged enough over the last few days that I’m certain I’m no longer below 25BMI. Is it actual weight gain? Not entirely, but I’ve truly chowed down many, many, many calories recently, sigh.
I know I’m not the only one struggling with this issue of making yourself care when you don’t actually care. If we can just control our thoughts and our attitude, the rest is rather simple, but those thoughts and attitudes are evasive and sneaky challenges to control!
So, I’m going to go get another cup of coffee, put some more ornaments on the tree that’s finally up, and do some deep thinking; I’ll be back later.
Hugs, all my forum friends!
Day 6 UK CD
Oh dear very bad weekend – started the celebrations way too early and can’t even face a FD ☹️Going for a CD, will be back with a different attitude soon
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Day 6 – USA/GA – WFD
I’m so disgusted at a weigh-in of 220 lbs this morning. I feared having nearly a week between FDs might result in this. A nine pound gain since Thanksgiving. Well, back to mid-November numbers. I should have put in another OMAD in my NFD line-up.
Anyway, thank goodness the FD is here. I may combine today’s FD with an OMAD or something on Tuesday. I am determined to get back to the low 210s.
Pocket List Day 6 🍋
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@high5
@i-hate-lettuce
@missybear
@jaifaim
@northgeorgia
22.11.21 90.8kg = 14’ 4” 14’ 4” (-10)
29.11.21 91.3kg = 14’ 6.2” 14’ 6” (-8)
6.12.21 91.6kg = 14’ 6” 14’ 6” (-8)
Only one fast day this week as didn’t want to reduce calorie in take at same time as dealing with a booster jab. Colder this week (snowing) so also eating more on non fast days. So happy with a very slight increase.
Back ‘on it’ this week …
Bowling cancelled today it’s pouring down. Horrible weather and the storm to come tomorrow 😱.Soon be Christmas, just ordered a bottle of Kendall mint cake liqueur after seeing it on TV yesterday. It looks lovely.
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Day 3 – AUS – 16:8
(1) lentil veg soup, mushroom spag leftover
(2) lentil soup with rice
(3) 1/2 mango
(4) Green tea and water
Gd part: 20 min walk
Bad part: strained back still recovering but better than expected
Start: 55kg
Today: 54kg
Updated Pocket List Day 6 🍋
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@high5
@i-hate-lettuce
@missybear
@jaifaim
Day 6 – Ireland – FD 🚫
Hello all! Happy Monday!
I had a busy day yesterday – started with a lie in and then a swim 🏊♀️ 🥶. It was a glorious morning ☀️and I was just going to walk but the beach was beautiful and I had my swim bag in the boot… definitely wakes you up 🆙
Started on organising mums decorations but will wait until next week to put the tree up 🎄
This time of year is tricky with mum as the number of Christmas ads on already for weeks now means that she thinks everyday is Christmas Eve and she stresses about not having enough done 🙄. I do wish you could choose to, or pay for, ad-less TV 📺. 😖
Thanks @stitchincarol it is tough sometimes but we do also have some very special times and also a lot of laughs… so much honesty in Alzheimer’s patients 😂
I also caught up with good friends this weekend for lovely bright walks so feel blessed. But… I also tripped back to my new favourite bakery … yum! Walks and spins 🚲 do tend to include nice coffee stops 😋
So still alcohol free 🚫 but sugarful 😂
@stitchincarol yes it’s finicky posting on the phone for sure but it means I can post on the go… although I work all day on my pc it is very tied down security wise so no access forums etc…
I must catch up on posts later today..
Sending good thoughts for this week…
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
Go Monday fasters 💪
Pocket list day 6 🍋
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@jaifaim
Still Day 6
Oops @i-hate-lettuce and I were posting at the same time so just putting me back on the list.
Pocket List – Day 6
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@high5
@i-hate-lettuce
@missybear
Day 6 Wales 🏴 FD
Declaring myself on a FD, fruit and yogurt for brunch and omelette with veg for dinner.
Pocket List – Day 6 🍋
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@high5
@missybear
Stay strong fellow fasters 😊
Day 6 – Lake district UK – FD
Good morning everyone
@funshipfreddie – Yes, I’m back, returning to the usual Monday and Thursday FD’s 😉 UK temperatures -11 …. Not at the moment, was 7 deg yesterday and a bit milder today.
@daffodil2010 – Keswick’s at the opposite end of the county to us, but like all of the county rather a beautiful area, enjoy your visit.
@high5 – My ‘neighbour’ @at is hosting this month 😉
Great morning wandering round the Christmas Market yesterday, small town where wife lived for many years, so was nice for a visit. Forward planning, pick out a parking spot on the edge of town and walk in and NO breakfast before leaving home 🙂
Take care all
Pocket List – Day 6
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
@high5
@i-hate-lettuce
Day 6 U.K.- FD
Well, here I am, better late than never!
Last week I was just not in the zone for fasting for various different reasons, each day there was a new reason not to fast!
So I feel like I have put on tons of weight because prior to the week of not fasting I had done only two fast days per week and my body needs three days of fasting per week to maintain and/or drop weight.
So I am hoping for a 4:3 this week. And also hoping for some miracles on the scales, ha ha ha ha!
@northgeorgia – Thanks so much for hosting November!
I need to go and get acquainted with the December challenges I don’t even know who is hosting it yet!
And then I need to catch up with all your posts!
Catch you all later xx
Day 6 – 2nd Post
Oops? @daffodil2010 – we posted at the same time. So pleased to hear you got that nasty plantar fasciitis sorted out 🤗
Pocket List – Day 6 🍋
@daffodil2010
@funshipfreddie
Day 6 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
Where are my fasting buddies? 👀 I’m sure few of us are in the mood for fasting as we head into the silly season; especially on a Monday. Wishing everyone RESOLVE this week!
Together we are Stronger 💪
“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” ~ Jim Rohn
Pocket List – Day 6 🍋
@funshipfreddie
Day 6 – Ireland 🇮🇪 – FD
Still staying at same weight even if I don’t want to be here, but better than a gain. It looks like I have spent most of 2021 in and around this weight. I blame hormones, and I am really trying hard, however, I do feel great compared to 6 months ago ☺️
I have a visit to my physio tonight for that old plantar fasciitis but I think it might be the last one as all I am not suffering anymore, and the core excercise that she has me doing have really helped hugely…..who knew that it was a trapped nerve in my back all along? Now all I have to do is think first, pull in my core muscles, then take that step….and NO pain 💃
All Christmas shopping is done! Even helped DH gets his done too, so now we don’t have to worry about that.
@at We Are taking the camper can to the Lake District, coming in via Stranraer, and spending time at DH’s sisters place which is near Keswick I think. We have the van so can go explore 😀
Have a great Monday all. Pocket list day 6
@daffodil2010
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Are you tired of taking pills and tea just to loss weight?
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Hi all,
I haven’t read posts as I’ve been in the city for 5 days with Miss G’Day for her annual medical appointments – we always incorporate a few extra days on these trips for an extended mum and daughter time away. I have to say I was a little apprehensive with the recent covid outbreaks now the state borders are open but to date it appears we didn’t visit any of the exposure sites, although it does seem to take up to a week for the government to release exposure sites so fingers crossed. It appears that being double vaccinated, masks, social distancing etc don’t prevent the spread of the virus, although vaccination does reduce the severity if caught.
I was expecting a huge weight gain as we indulged in foods that we don’t normally eat but surprisingly my weekly overall weight compared to the previous week was only an increase of 0.3kg. I expect the amount of walking we did helped as we stayed North of the city and walked to and from the city each day, as well as all the walking around the city – averaged 20,000 to 25,000 steps per day.
We had an apartment with cooking facilities so made our breakfast and evening meal which was healthy, but indulged for lunch. My lunchtime meals consisted of woodfired pizza, Indian byrani and hot chips with tomato sauce. What I thought would lead to a huge weight gain was the 2 scoop icecream cup we had each day – yes each day. There was a boutique icecream shop just up the road from our apartment and I have to say I totally enjoyed the indulgence. One of my double scoops was always pistachio (my favourite) and I tried a different flavour for the second scoop.
We had a wonderful time, spent a day at the Zoo, went to the Art Gallery (much to Miss G’Day’s disgust when I suggested it but she did actually enjoy it), did an Escape Hunt, went shopping, wondered around the parklands and caught up with some of my former work colleagues from the city office for lunch.
No time to catch up on posts I’m afraid (although it does look quiet on the forum) as I have a mountain of study to catch up on. Hope everyone is well.
Most of the clothes I’m giving to the charity shop have been in my possession for 10-20 years. Around 50% are of a size I’m never going to allow myself to be again and the others are either I’m never going to be that skinny again or why did I buy that.
They are now packed in the suitcase I’m also donating.
Day 5 – UK – TDEE
Another busy – enjoyed a 10km+ hike with a friend today, rather chilly especially when the wind was in our faces but felt invigorated afterwards!
Managed another TDEE to complete the weekend with some control – feels good.
Won’t be able to join the FD tomorrow as going out for an afternoon tea to celebrate a friend’s birthday but will make that my OMAD so should be a CD…….
Inspired by @missybear I too checked back – when I first joined this challenge in November 2016 I weighed exactly what I weighed at the start of this challenge having already lost 2.5stones by doing 5:2 on my own!!!! I eventually dropped down to my lowest of 53.1kg in the new year and was told by my family and friends that I looked a bit gaunt but I remember feeling good – these days I seem to maintain around 57-58kg……should I accept that as a good maintenance range for my height of 164cm??? I think that my aim should be around 55kg but will see what life brings…..
Missing a lot of old friends on here – if anyone is around please pop on to say hello and let us know how you are doing….
“If I quit now, I will soon be back to where I started. And when I started, I was desperately wishing to be where I am now”
F1 wow.
Day5 🇺🇸 NFD
Weekend’s going well without overeating so far. “The Nutcracker” ballet was terrific – orchestra fabulous and Joffrey ballet choreography marvelous. Eating Italian for dinner then “A Christmas Carol” tonight. Raining in Chicago but at least it is not snow.
@i-hate-lettuce – we also thought about a local Christmas Markt Fair for gluehwein but due to rain opted not to. I will make some at home. Our first Christmas married was in Germany so it has many memories. DH was in American Army.
All for now.
Onward and downward.🥂
Morning all
Cinque, the tee pads are concrete or paved areas that you tee off from in frisbee golf, You need them rather than just the grass tees in regular golf because you get a running throw in frisbee golf whereas regular golf you stand stationary. The tee pads we made we got two different shades, did a dark border with dark numbers and a light background. This is the number 9 tee pad that I did
Yesterday We got a few more done, we have 6 of the 9 tee pads done now so should be done next week if the weather holds.
Ljoyce, well done, 1.8 kilos is an awesome loss to have for a week of fast800.
Well back to work today for a rest 😉
I’ll catch up with you all later, have a great day everyone.
I made a nice beef saag for dinner last night and it was very popular, in fact all of it and the naan bread I made got eaten so there was no leftovers for my lunch today, I guess I’ll have to make a bigger batch next time.
We have enough cupboard space in our house to keep all sizes of clothes. I have jeans in Sizes 8 to 14. Of course it depends on the brands, but I just can’t give them to charity in case I can rewear them. Also, it’s rather fun to open a drawer in a spare room and find something different to wear. P
Evening All…
A nice few hours with my daughter…with interesting overtones with younger grandson. I think he is causing great trouble within the family. He spoke twice to me…lots of testosterone!!
A nice dry walk with Charlie this evening…the river is running very high, we were paddling through it this morning along the path, it has gone down a bit this evening.
Walking with Natalie in the morning on the river bank..looks like a muddy one!…then on to sisters and onto cemetery where mum and dad are.
Have a good evening all…
Jean x
Day 5 – 16:8
Quiet day planned. Since the week was hard, I really only completed 1 FD. Plan is to be more strict about adherence next week. Haven’t overeaten but not been particularly good. Salad on menu for lunch and a nice dinner with homemade chicken fried chicken cutlet is on husband’s kitchen plans.
Good wishes to all.
Day 5 UK NFD
Will squeeze a FD In tomorrow, then off to visit family up North . Horrid grey cold drizzly day here today Have a good Sunday all
Day 5 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 218 lbs. Yikes. It’s OK, tomorrow is a FD. I’ll try to be mindful today. Sometime, I have to start Christmas cooking, though.
Good luck, everyone!
Well Amazon, you’ve sold me on a toasted marzipan topping. And who knows, maybe even a simnel cake at Easter 😂
I’m terrible at letting go of old clothes! Maybe they will fit me again… maybe they will come back into fashion… 😂
Yes January for the big push. I aim to lose 2 stone by August 2022. Not sure if we will be going on any holidays in between. That’s the problem holidays you can say add a stone. There’s no point going on holiday if you want to lose weight while away. It’s a nice sunny day today. Just been to the park with Heidi.
I think if you look around the fora lots of people have had weight loss. Personally I lost 17kg in the first 6 months. I’m still doing 5:2 almost 9 years later and the weight has stayed off.
Day 5 Wales 🏴 NFD
Having a dry weekend which seems to be helping with sensible food choices. I decided to stay off the grog for a couple of weeks post booster vaccine to ensure my immune system is working at optimum and the timing is working well with my intention to be very, very good as we approach silly season.
I enjoyed an early morning walk around our local coastal town this morning. It was quiet and lovely to see the Christmas decorations outside the shops and church, haven’t been there much this year as it has been so crowded. Wonderful to start the day enjoying the sea breeze down by the harbour and my breakfast tasted delicious when I returned home hungry.
Happy Sunday all 😊
Day 5 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
I hope the Brits are keeping warm; I hear some parts of the UK will drop to – 11C today?! ❄️
See y’all on the Monday pocket list
Happy S🌞nday!
hello everyone
I am pleased to report that I’ve had a good week and Fast800 has gotten easier as the week’s progressed. I have a mostly missing appetite (which helps a lot) and a routine that is currently working for me. After one week of roughly 800cals a day I’m down 1.8kg. The coming week presents many challenges, including a high tea (which I’m hosting), a kid’s birthday party and a birthday dinner. How I manage all of that on Fast 800 I have no idea. The kid’s party is easy enough – just don’t eat – it’s such a flurry of activity that nobody will notice. The high tea is a minefield as there are only 4 of us, so I can’t hide in the crowd. I think moderation is the key with this one. I will include some healthy nibbles which will help and I can just have a little of the higher calorie treats. Luckily everything I’m making is bite sized. The birthday dinner is at my nephew’s house and I don’t know what the menu is – hopefully I can find some healthy choices and skip dessert.
Neil, sounds like you burned off those extra calories with all that work. Hope you settled back into 800cal days without difficulty.
Merry, the flurry of activity that Christmas requires is challenging for all of us, but I can only imagine how much harder it is for you (and Cinque) with ME, when energy is always in short supply. Glad to hear your eating program is getting results.
Cinque, excellent that you had an impromptu catch up with a friend.
Isn’t it funny how Fast800 impacts your appetite. I have also missed meals – just because it got so late that it seemed easier to wait for the next one.
Hello to everyone else. Hope you are all going well.
Morning All…
Rainy morning hope it stops before our walk… lazy start cuppa in bed as usual..
I went to a ‘ Kitchen Party’ last night ( don’t ask) a new kitchen!.. good food and drink..
It’s a bad month for fasting I have 5 days before another meal out so I have to make the most of it…
Going to daughters for lunch taking Xmas things up, time is ticking by, she’s busy at school.. so trying to get organised.
Kay..
I have put a few Xmas bits up. My two vases of Xmas tree branches, only put a few baubles as the branches won’t hold heavy toys, I need some florist wire to hang some fir cones on if I can, I have some small ones.
Dave ..
A few more days and you can start your Xmas decorating. I think everyone is busy at the moment trying to fast. A big push to get on track in January.. it’s keeping the damage low.
Jean x
Day 5 – Lakes UK – NFD
Good morning everyone
@northgeorgia – Inclined to agree with your last comments, since taking up the 5:2 WOL I’ve found my eating habits have changed, most of the time I’m in automatic pilot and even on a ‘bad’ day still choose wisely. Even the occasional poor choice, the portions are nowhere near as big as they used to be, so either way it’s an improvement! My 2 month absence from the forum, I hardly thought about 5:2 WOL and no damage done, but still glad to be back 😉
Having said that, off to a Christmas Market today and see what temptations are on offer! Did this a couple of weeks ago at another much bigger market, found the Gluhwein was just one glass and the food was shared with Mrs IHL. Crickey, less that 3 weeks to Christmas …..
Take care all
just asking
Very quiet on here today. 😩
Happy,
I can recommend toasted marzipan but you have to keep an eye as burnt marzipan is a 2 second loss of concentration away 😆
I have a sack of clothing on my bedroom floor waiting to go to a charity shop.
I’ve been walking round it for a month but I’m going to pack it into a bag and take it next week when I collect my new glasses as I’m tired of having to walk round it!
Day 4 – 16:8
Feeling like myself again. Can’t do my hula hoop exercising due to post dermatologist visit wounds on my back 😡 (long story but insufficient medical ’care’ will mean much longer recovery process- yes, will have to find a new dermatology group, 😡) @stitchincarol, I guess I might have to try planks. How are you doing with that, btw?
Glad the weekend is here. Weather pretty wonderful, but I do personally prefer cool autumn weather instead of this ‘unseasonable’ warm. Guess it’s the new normal.
Wow, I guess I’m grumpy today, so I’ll sign off. Wishing everyone well.
Wow Neil! (I had to google tee pads, and still don’t quite know what they are!)
Have an easy day today and enjoy those 800cal.
I’m going well, and feeling good. (I might have had too many calories too yesterday, but not too too many, and I’ll do better today).
Sending out good wishes to you all.
Day 4 – Rural Nebraska, USA – OMAD RBS
DH and I and another couple went to a college Christmas concert last night and it was lovely, but we got home late, which got me to sleep late, so when I woke up this morning, I had to leap into clothes and go straight to church for our cookie boutique. It went well, and I’m home now, ready to tidy and clean and get the Christmas decorations all put out. Busy day, but that will help keep me from wanting to nibble… hopefully, anyway!
@jaifaim I truthfully have no clue how others post on their phones, as I’d never remember a thing if I had to do that. I have two windows open on my laptop, and read in one, click on the other to type, then click back to the first to scroll down and read the next. It’s the ONLY way I can keep track of specific things people have said. Must mean I too get distracted easily! 😂🤣😂 And those of you who care for parents with memory issues get special medals for patience and wisdom!
@at Great quote, LOL!
@songbirdme and others In all my research on how to do an authentic Christmas Pudding, I read that “figgy” simply refers to all dried fruit, probably raisins and currants, and does not specifically mean actual figs. Do all you who actually actually eat them every year agree with that? I got my second pudding made yesterday, and had to do it without currants because the grocery store I went to for other things didn’t have any, and I simply didn’t have time to go to a different store hunting for them. So the two I made are not identical, but they’re close, and I’ve decided to shrug and call it good. 🤷♀️
And, in closing, I’d like to say…I’M HUNGRY. GAH. I need to get busy so I quit thinking about how much I’d really like to eat right now, LOL!
Have a good one, everyone!
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