Day 10 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 235 lbs. I’m probably doing FDs without realizing it…
Anyway, I need to go into the office for a few hours to do something due in to Atlanta; too bad I left my laptop at work on Friday — otherwise I would have done all this at home.
Hello everyone. I started the 5:2 regime last July. Between July and the end of October Iost 9kg (95 kg to 86 kg). But since then I have stalled. Over Christmas when I didn’t fast I gained a couple of kilos. Those came off when I resumed fasting. On non fasting days my eating habits have been the same as when I was losing weight. What is the explanation? Having 3 fasting days is not really an option. Has my body found an equilibrium and something is stopping me losing more weight? Ideally I’d like to get down to 75-80 kg. I am female, 75 years old and quite tall (5’8” ish).
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Pocket List – Day 10 🍓
@lilymartin
@molij
@excelsior12309
Day 10-No. VA USA-FD
Joining the fasters today. We are supposed to have temperatures in the 60’s today, so a really spring like day. I am sure it will get colder in a few days.
Sorry to hear of all the sickness. I think our flu epidemic is winding down here, but there have been many sick people. The flu vaccine was not a bad match this year for the virus, but often the best it can do is keep you out of the hospital (and keep you alive). You cannot always dodge it 100%, unfortunately.
@ilona72, I am getting serious with you about trying to be consistent in IF.
@icystorm, I was very interested in the vegetable steaming using the Instant Pot and am going to try it.
@merryapple, lovely sweater (jumper)!
Stay strong!
Good morning everyone. Xxxx
A big change in the weather here today after the beautiful weekend.
Its been so lovely walking without a coat and spending time in the garden… soo back to house cleaning today.
A good weekend with eating .. From today I am trying to see if I can adjust the time of having my main meal… So just had a good breakfast big milky coffee banana on a slice of toast.. Satsuma and 6 walnuts. Feeling very full and will go till 4-5pm for main meal. Prawns on Jacket potato salad.
I did a big shop yesterday at Tesco ” Dave ” Butter beans are in a different place than I expected… I asked a staff and at the moment out of stock.. 47 p a tin.
Not sure what to do today its such a change in the weather lol. Whats every one up to.
Happy Monday.. Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Xxxx
Day 10 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 71.2 kg
Easy FD yesterday, but I was very sedentary due to not feeling great. I didn’t even make 3000 steps! Will do better today. I think I’m over the worst; just a bit sniffly with an annoying tickly cough.
Have a great week everyone 🎯
Pocket List – Day 10 🍓
@lilymartin
@molij
Day 10 country west Australia 83.6 kgs FD
Day 9 NE England NFD
I’ve had a lovely weekend, so lucky with the weather for our day at the coast yesterday. Today we have just been pottering at home. I have easily hit my goal of 15,000 steps per day averaged over the week, so must keep the momentum going next week too. Scale not moving but I’m not surprised. I am back to IF, the kitchen closed at 7pm this evening. Got a busy week of babysitting ahead, more so than usual as daughter has to work an extra day. Hope I can find some time to work in the garden, although the weather forecast is not great, back to a wintery feel.
Here’s to a great week everyone, stay strong 💪🏻
It must be disappointing not to see a change to the gut microbiome. I think I would also find it difficult to make lots of changes, especially since I’m cooking for more than just myself.
Day 9 – USA – NFD
Greetings, everyone! I hope you’re having an amazing day in your corner of the world!
I’m off to Whole Foods for some organic veggies to make my Instant Pot steamed veggies meal that I mentioned yesterday.
I hope everyone is enjoying the journey!
Kind regards,
Joseph
Evening!
Yesterday was a beautiful day again, we were a bit late up so the heath was very busy where Xena & I walked, cows grazing in one section so we avoided that! Son younger son to do the laundry run, & had a wander by the river… our usual pizza for Saturday night, I have a keto one. Woke earlier this morning so had a river walk, it’s finally a bit drier, but Xena managed to fall in a ditch & get filthy, so a bath when we got back. Church as usual, lazy afternoon. Got my 1st lot of washing dry on the line today! Made salmon burgers/ fish cakes tonight. Hope everyone has had a good weekend!
USA. Day 9. FD
When I lived in Paris going to school years ago, I say that the locals liked to go to the bakery each day for croissants and baguettes! Well, I don’t like shopping, so I went the very American way and bought a bunch of them to keep in my room. I ate the first one and it was delicious! The next day was a different story as the bread was hard as a rock. The family I was living with told me why.I needed to tell the baker that I wanted my bread made with milk and butter. I didn’t say anything, so I got mine made with water. I never knew anyone to make bread that could turn into a rock the next day! Live and learn!
I think my new diet is working too well. Now my blood pressure is too low. Trying to stay healthy is a real trip!! LOL.
Anyway, adding myself to the pocket list!
Pocket List – Day 9 🥚
@funshipfreddie
@ccco
Hope everyone is having a great day!
Zoe certainly helped me to lose an extra couple of kg but I haven’t seen the oft promised improvement in my gut biome that apparently some people see in a few weeks. That’s despite completely overhauling my diet since following their advice over the last 2.5 years. Unfortunately I’m not at all keen on most veg nor beans and things like olive oil instead of butter. I imagine that’s holding back my progress but I think I’ve reached the limit of just how much I’m prepared to change and what new foods I’m willing to try. Unfortunately I have something of a psychological block on trying new foods – I have to be in a very positive state of mind (tricky at the moment) and steel myself to do it.
Its been a busy week at work and I have been feeling rather tired, but then I am 64. Really looking forward to Italy for a week. Going with my son who has ended a long-term relationship and hasn’t been away for a decade. I think we will have a lovely time.
I have a uni student staying here, which is great to fund the holiday, but I am really looking forward to May and his departure. Absolutely no trouble and I barely see him, but it will be lovely not to have anyone else in the house.
I have become rather demoralised and hungry, so I haven’t fasted for a few weeks. I need to get back into the groove…
Day 9 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 236 lbs. @funshipfreddie Yeah, I had my shot back in October. I was surprised they said it was the flu; my assumption was allergies. Yesterday I did get the chills and then some body aches last night. I haven’t sniffled or sneezed at all. Just a dry cough and some congestion, headache, exhaustion…
Day 9 country west Australia CD
@funshipfreddie and @northgeorgia sorry to hear about the ‘lurgy’. Hope you improve soon. It sounds nasty.
@merryapple, loved the photo of you – you look impossibly young ! and your jumper is beautiful!! I love it. 😍
@penz, so glad Cyclone Alfred was not as bad as first forecast but it was still still bad enough. We have family at Ballina and Lismore and the potential flooding does not sound too good.🙏
Re French Women don’t get fat … coincidentally we had a French student staying during the week with a friend who lived in France for a while. Both said that the French people eat a lot of bread. The student said he had a croissant or pain au chocolate for breakfast every day and his family eat 1 or 2 baguettes every evening .
Our friend said that when he lived in France he definitely noticed that French women were not as ‘large’ as Australian women.
‘ Hunger pangs are the feeling of fat cells shrinking….’
Have a good Sunday😁
Day 9 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – FD
My cold seems to have gotten more severe during the night again; but I’m pretty sure that’s all it is, just a cold. And I’m taking Corenza C for it. My neighbours insist I play cards with them later if I feel up to it. But I don’t want to pass it onto them. But if they insist…? 🤷 This is going to be the easiest FD ever anyway.
@northgeorgia – you too?! We’re barely into autumn here, but every other person you meet seems to be sneezing or coughing. I usually get the flu vaccine around April. They say it’s no guarantee you won’t dodge the flu, but the vaccine can reduce the severity of the symptoms if you get sick.
@stitchincarol – you need a big house?! Or maybe you need to buy two smaller ones next to each other😅 So down-sizing is out of the question?
@at – I love that Jim Rohn quote – so true.
Happy S🌞nday!
Pocket List – Day 9 🥚
@funshipfreddie
Day 9 – Ireland – NFD 🚫 ✅ 🚶🏽♀️ 🌾
158ish
Hi all I am conscious that I’ve not posted for many days but I am here and am trying to apply myself right now.
I will come back later to post.
I hope all in Oz are ok.
Have a good day!
Onward and downward ⬇️
We rise by lifting others 💕
That’s a very impressive record, keep up the good work. I’ve looked at Zoe, are you finding it helpful?
Day 8 – USA – FD
@iona72 – Regarding your comment about dieting over the years and wondering where your energy came from, I completely understand! Our bodies are so complex in how our energy expenditure is governed.
@penz – I hope you did not receive flooding from the remnants of Alfred!
@ccco – Regarding DASH, that’s a great concept! I’ve read extensively about it before and have the e-book in my digital library. During periods when I want to reduce salt/sodium, I enjoy using Benson’s Table Tasty Salt Substitute. I love the taste of it, which is quite salty to my palatte. I buy it on Amazon in the US, but I’m not sure if it’s available in Oz, NZ, the UK, or South Africa.
Tomorrow, during my NFD, I’m preparing six veggies (cauliflower florets, broccoli florets, frozen corn, asparagus, zucchini slices and green beans) in my 6-quart Instant Pot, as described in the cool video below. I’ll use the Benson’s salt substitute and other herbs and spices as seasonings, post-steaming.
6 Instant Pot Zero Minute Vegetables
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xLZSqinSPU
@merryapple – It’s nice that you’ve enjoyed an exciting trip! That was sad news about your friend’s pup. As someone who loves animals, I have a lot of compassion for their suffering when they’re ill or dying. On a happy note, I hope you have a safe return home.
@funshipfreddie – You wrote: “I think the best way to enjoy food is to only eat when we’re genuinely hungry, so plenty of fasting works for me.” I completely agree! Your other points were also spot-on and make perfect sense!
@stitchincarol – I believe the book you’re referring to is “French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating for Pleasure” by Mireille Guiliano. I’ve never read the book, but I’ve heard about it over the years and read excerpts from it a time or two. I love your comments, based on her book, about how food becomes less enjoyable with each successive bite; therefore, we should capitalize on that knowledge and use it to our advantage. I hope you and yours are feeling much better now after your recent (and hopefully not lingering) winter illness.
@at – Major congrats on your nice loss after the B2B2B FD800s! That’s very inspiring!
To everyone, I hope you’re have a great fasting day or healthy eating experience in your corner of the world!
Kind regards,
Joseph
Very quiet on here today.
Day 8 – UK – NFD
Happy to have successfully completed my B2B2B FD800s – weight this morning 63.6kg – 2kg down from 2 weeks ago when I was 65.6kg 💃
Celebrated by going for brisk hike to one of my favourite spots, Lily Tarn, around 4.5miles – Fantastic weather for hiking – sunshine and very mild = T-shirt weather – planning another hike tomorrow with a friend and her dogs who have just returned from a stay in Spain since before Christmas – walk then brunch to catch up 😊
@iona72 – well done on the blood donation – my garden makeover has been a good investment as I am enjoying sitting out there when the weather is good
@penz – I was so relieved to heat that the storm was not as bad as predicted – I have an old school friend who lives on the Gold Coast and was relieved to hear from her but fingers crossed that flooding does not become a big issue either……
@ccco – I had a read up about the DASH diet – we follow a mainly mediterranean and low salt diet too, I don’t add any salt to our food and we have very little in the way of processed food
@merryapple – lovely to see you are back with us – so sorry to hear about your friend’s Westie and what a lovely photo of you in your son’s jumper
@funshipfreddie @northgeorgia – sorry to hear that you both have got the lurgy too – hopefully it does not develop into anything too nasty
@stitchincarol – a seafood buffet is right up my street 😋 OH and I are having a Thai meal tonight – looking forward to it after my 3 fast days!!!!!
Great Rugby match between Ireland 🇮🇪 and France 🇫🇷 (sorry to our Irish friends but France deserved that win) – Scotland v Wales next…and England v Italy tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow morning there’s the cricket Champions Trophy final between India and NZ (I’m supporting NZ in that one)
Pocket List Day 8
@ccco
“IF YOU REALLY WANT TO DO SOMETHING, YOU’LL FIND A WAY. IF YOU DON’T, YOU’LL FIND AN EXCUSE.” Jim Rohn,
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Oh, @northgeorgia, you have my most profound sympathy!!!!!!
Day 8 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 238 lbs. Well, guess who ELSE has the flu??? And I have to get over it in just slightly over a week before my flight. I had the flu vaccine, too, but I guess it was a different strand. Grrrr……..
Day 8 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 155.4
DH and I viewed three houses last night before being taken out to a seafood buffet at the Club where our boys work. One of the three houses was wonderful, and I thought it was perhaps “the” one…and then I realized there was no logical place to put my piano, my china hutch, the linen cabinet, the grand piano bookshelf, or my antique cookbook book case. And this was a 3,300 square foot house! Amazing how it could be so large but not possible.
Then dinner at the club was sublime. I was actually ravenous by the time we got there, which was almost the first time all week I felt true hunger pangs, so that was entertaining. And because alcohol is not recommended with prednisone, I settled on a glass of NA Chardonnay. I ate lots, but sure felt better after the dinner than I often do. And it was great fun to see our sons at work, and have people who know and love them be so delighted to meet us. A night we’ll long remember.
As to being up 1.4 lbs? I finally figured out one of the biggest reasons I’d lost so much weight is that, despite my best efforts, I was a bit dehydrated. So between more calories last night than I had the rest of the week combined, and the many, many glasses of water I had, it’s a miracle I’m up so little! Nonetheless, it’s far below the 161.4 I started on Sunday morning, so I’m thrilled.
@icystorm Decades ago a book came out about how French women stay thin–does anyone remember title/author? I didn’t read it all, but I remember what she said about enjoying food: You take the first bite and it’s the best thing you’ve ever eaten. You take a second bite and it’s almost the best thing you’ve ever eaten. You take a third bite, and you’re bitterly disappointed it doesn’t taste as good as the first bite, so you take a fouth bite. She explained that we tend to keep taking bites, hoping it will finally taste as good as that first bite, but it never will. So stop. I don’t very often find that sort of restraint, but it certainly has proven entirely true! And I absolutely agree with you about a device to tell us how many calories start on a plate, and then remain on a plate! 👍👍👍
@at Oh, how fun to have your garden thoroughly redone; I’m sure you’re excited to see its full-summer glory! Well done on three FD800s this week!!!
@iona72 The problem with the flu shot is that it apparently doesn’t have any impact on this year’s influenza A, for which I’m thankful because DH and I realized we’d completely forgotten to get ours this fall. 🤦🏻♀️ And don’t let me scare you off of your TDEE calculations! I was impressed, not doubtful!
@penz So glad you’re having a reprieve from Alfred!
@merryapple What a lovely and welcome post from you! I’m so sorry about your friends’ Westie; that had to have been a tough point in the trip. You look lovely in that too-big sweater, and it’s delightful to see how thin you are! And the sweater? Gorgeous. Well, well done. I love the small band of stitching after the ribbing, before the cables begin; it’s that kind of detail that sets a sweater apart. Safe travels home!
@funshipfreddie You poor thing. I hope that cold that’s attacked you is dispatched quickly!
Today is the day to tidy up the house. It got quite cluttered and I’m sick of it, LOL, so I’m actually looking forward to the process simply because I know I’ll so fully appreciate the results!
Have a grand one, everyone!
USA. Day 8. FD
Good morning, everyone (at least here it is morning). Another DASH FD, so since there is no pocket list, I will make one.
Pocket List Day 8
Have a great day, everyone!
Good morning everyone a nice sunny day. The scaffolding is coming down today or tomorrow. So will have to wait and see what happens next. Sirloin steak for tea tonight. What you all having?
Day 8 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD
Wow?! Some long posts to catch up on today!
My cold came out with a vengeance during the night, I woke up with a runny nose & a mild sore throat. But it’s definitely not the flu. My appetite is certainly not impaired 😅
@stitchincarol – Good to know you’re on the mend at last! I haven’t noticed exercise minimising my symptoms. On Thursday when I first felt like I was coming down with something I did 2 x 20 min brisk walks in the afternoon heat, the 2nd one with 3 bags of groceries. I didn’t feel any worse for doing that, but I try to listen to my body.
@merryapple – great to see you back! And to be able to put a face to ‘@merryapple’. You don’t look anything like I imagined, in fact you look much younger!
@excelsior12309 – fingers 🤞 for a quick sale!
@icystorm – I think the best way to enjoy food is to only eat when we’re genuinely hungry, so plenty of fasting works for me. My first meal of the day is usually after a +/- 16 hour fast; longer on FDs – & my first meal is always the most enjoyable & tastes wonderful, regardless of its simplicity. I read not too long ago there’s a margin of error of around 10% with calorie-counting, no matter how precise we try to be with the logging. And the same foods can impact different people differently, depending on genetics, metabolism, intolerances etc. So the fewer meals & different foods we eat on FDs, the better for accuracy.
@ccco I’m so glad you like the YouTube yoga classes, & that the DASH diet is working so well for you! 👏
@iona72 – enjoy your day out at the seaside! 🏖
Have a good weekend everyone 🌤 🌈
Day 8 NZ Dunedin NFD
Greetings all!! It’s Saturday here in the deep South. I had black pudding and tomato on sourdough for breakfast then went to the weekly market where a mutton pie found its way into my hands… I have bought beautiful southern Blue Cod for dinner since I’m on cooking duties!!
What an eventful trip we have had not the least because after getting to Westport over the Southern Alps my friends’ wee Westie wasn’t doing too well. They took him to the Vet there and didn’t come home with him 😢because he had an undiagnosed abdominal tumour and was heading into end stage renal failure. He was a year younger and a great mate of my Westie Macintosh so I was pleased to be able to see him off… We carried on and I have done lots of walking, enormous amounts of eating and drinking and completed every scheduled FD. If I am below 70kg when I get home it will be a minor miracle!!
My nephew, a starving student, is here at Otago University so I have taken him out to several restaurants… My favourite dish was a plate of fresh fat Bluff Oysters, a delicacy unsurpassed anywhere since they grow out in the deep freezing Southern Ocean!! I handed him his homespun Gotland jersey finished in time for the cooler weather which fits thank goodness!!
I have posted a photo of me wearing it (hope you don’t mind…) – the temperature is 10-15 degrees cooler here than in Auckland!!
https://i.imgur.com/yBKYnnh.jpeg
I fly home Monday and will be a perfect 5:2er for the rest of the month!!!!!
India vs NZ is coming up shortly for the world cricket finals!!!
Fabulous to hear all the enthusiasm from everyone and I’m looking forward to be back in the fold!!
USA. Day 7 FD
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I just closed my kitchen! Another successful day! I also just read everyone’s posts. Stitchincarol, I am glad you and your husband found out what was wrong with you and you are now in recovery.
FUNSHIPFREDDIE, I just had a chance to watch that yoga class. I liked it, so I wrote the youtube address and will do it tomorrow. I have to agree with everyone that doing this via youtube is so much easier than trying to find an outside class.
AT, DASH isn’t about the calories but mostly cutting back on salt. However, by cutting down on salt, I have also dramatically cut down on calories, although I think my initial loss has a lot to do with water weight, since I am trying to eliminate salt retention for my heart. Today I only ate 585 calories but I ate alot! I had brown rice, a drumstick soup, 1/4 cup walnuts 1/2 cup blueberries. an egg over multigrain bread, 1 cup of spinach, jello, and 1/8 of a sweet potato. That is a lot of filling food. For new information, I measured my food to count calories but I also counted the amount of sodium I ate, which actually is easy to do. It’s all out there on the internet. I was disappointed to see that even a teabag has sodium. LOL. I am totally full and full of energy. The U.S. government’s NIH recommends no more than 2.300 mgs. of sodium. Today I managed to eat 1,135.1 mgs. of sodium. Yesterday, I ate 651.5 calories to keep the sodium down but I was also full. I know that doesn’t sound like much food but I am doing well. I am also exercising and taking my walks easily. I feel so much better. I can eat anything I want as long as I can keep down the amount of sodium I eat. I can eat even more if I stick to low carb vegetables. I think this is working for me. I already gave of sugar and white flour years ago but I was seriously addicted to salt! Anyway, I hope I can happily keep up with this program. I think I can.
See you all tomorrow!
Day 8, NFD, Aus
Hello all
Looks like former cyclone Alfred has literally had a lot of wind knocked out of its sails so has been downgraded. Much relief. Of course, there’s still the risk of major flooding, which has plagued the region before.
Evening All..
A lovely day again.. I have been to Hull to collect something last minute I could have done without it as I got in a gridlock in the city centre!
I stayed the same today although my head isn’t back from holiday mode.. must try harder !!
Hemmy..
Lots of snowdrops and daffs out around here.. I must go to cemetery and see if Steve’s have come up, they are usually a bit later. You are very good with your weight. Well done on your 1lb off.
Dave..
Sorry to hear the roof is still causing problems. It must be hard to find.
Hedgehog..
My floor is lovely.. it’s the non slip shower tray, I wouldn’t recommend. I suppose I will get better at cleaning it.
Your HS families seem to come and go with more new ones…well done on loosing.
Going to see Jacqui and Philip for lunch tomorrow..
Jean x
Hello
Scale holding steady, I’m feeling motivated at the moment, hope you had a good week @annette52 ?
A trip away gives a good focus. I would love to go to Italy again.
We are off to the seaside tomorrow for a family day trip. Fish and chips may be involved! Then back on the straight and narrow to try and break the plateau.
Day 7 NE England NFD
I donated blood today so I had an email this morning telling me to make sure I eat and drink plenty today.
Yay ~ breakfast!!!
We also had lunch out with M in L to celebrate her birthday, so I definitely ate more than usual today.
@stitchincarol I’ve only had Influenza once and it was awful, days spent in bed. I always get vaccinated in the autumn now. You have made my question my TDEE and perhaps it is a little lower as I feel my exercise level falls in-between light and moderate!
@at my garden is at the mercy of lively spaniels and excitable toddlers but I would love to have a professional makeover. We face NE so in winter get next to no sun and in summer we dodge the shadows, not much grows in the dry, cool spots under trees and high hedges.
@excelsior12309 good luck with your building, if you sell will that enable retirement?
@icystorm when I think of the dieting I’ve done over the years I wonder where I got the energy from!
@ccco I find YouTube yoga to be great, especially a rewind when unsure!
Off for a day out at the seaside tomorrow with my sister and some extended family, weather forecast is good, fish and chips may be involved.
Have a great weekend everyone, stay strong. 💪🏻
Evening!
Dave- really well done with the half a stone off, you must be top of the group! So frustrating with the roof leak, did your son get back safely last night?
Hemmy- well done with your weight too, the no alcohol definitely suits you! I made keto hot cross buns when I did keto before, but they weren’t great!
Jean- shame you don’t like the new flooring…good to be in the mood for spring cleaning, I’m not there yet!
Nana- hope you’re having a good break away…
I lost half a pound this week so back to pre- Christmas weight, still a ‘weigh’ to go, pardon the pun!
Rang my new HomeStart family today (sorry Hemmy, you’d asked about that, I have 2 again), we went into Ipswich & had a wander by the waterfront & a coffee, resisted a cake! Stopped at a garden centre to get seed potatoes, they out now for chitting. Cleaning & ironing done too. Carbonara for dinner tonight, pasta for hubby but I have mine with spinach.
Have a good weekend everyone 🥰
Day 7 – UK – FD800
Overcast but dry and very mild for my group walk this morning – good company and lots of chat as usual.
@ccco – I too was going to recommend Yoga 🧘♀️ with Adrienne – she has a wide range of yoga sessions available on YouTube and I like her style – Can I ask how many calories are you having on your FD following the DASH diet and how long have you been doing it?
@excelsior12309 – looks like it’s the 2 of us on FDs today – I’m hoping that it was a good one for you too and good luck with the new real estate agents
@stitchincarol – good to have an answer to you recent ailments – Fancy you remembering about my garden – I actually had it redone at the end of last year, I got a local company to come and do a garden makeover which I’m very happy with and they are doing the ongoing maintenance as well….but I won’t see the full effect of the new planting until next summer most likely!
Really happy to have stuck to my planned B2B2B FD800 to end the week on a positive note
Pocket List – Day 7 🥦
@at FD800
@excelsior12309 FD800
”Don’t give up what you want most for what you want now.”
Day 7 – USA – NFD
Greetings, everyone. I hope you are all well in your corner of the world. March is moving along very quickly. It’s hard to believe that in only a week from tomorrow, the month will be about half gone! Time flies! 😲
Although today is an NFD for me, I will definitely make it a CD day and remain within my TDEE. 😀
@iona72 – Thank you for the well wishes! I hope the same for you in return! I strongly agree with you about the chore of calorie counting—I did that for a long time. The imprecision of the process was maddening. For example, some of the C8 oil or olive oil on a salad isn’t consumed, so one needs to carefully measure the unconsumed remnants left on the plate or in the bowl after eating. Yes, I did that… for years! 😲
I think we have to settle on approximations because precision in calories, macronutrients, micronutrients, etc., doesn’t always align with expectations—especially when considering hormones, the thermic effect of food, stress, exercise (or lack thereof), food toxicities, and more!
It’s amazing to me that in the year 2025, we still don’t have a device capable of scanning a plate of food at the molecular level to provide a complete nutritional breakdown inclusive of a spinach leaf buried at the bottom, to every molecule of C8 oil drizzled over your salad, to everything in between. Simply scan the plate before eating, scan it again after you’re finished, and you’d know precisely what you’ve consumed. 😲
We can scan exoplanets light-years away and generate detailed reports on their composition, but a plate of salad or a bowl of soup? Forget it! Likewise, by now, we should have some type of Star Trek-style medical tricorder providing a continuous, non-invasive scan of every hormone level and every nutritional deficiency or excess in our bodies. Okay, rant over! 🤣
@excelsior12309 – You wrote: “Just one of those days; none of the food was particularly memorable, either.” I couldn’t agree more. For many months now, I’ve found that no food is particularly memorable or enjoyable. The big daily menu question—”What sounds good today?”—doesn’t seem to have an answer. Maybe that’s a good thing because it means I’m exhausted with food and my “food deliciousness meter” has flatlined. In theory, that should make IF much easier, but overcoming the boredom factor remains a challenge. I’m working on it! 😀
Best wishes to everyone in your corner of the world!
Kind regards,
Joseph
The roof is still leaking 😬 they came round asking about it yesterday but we haven’t had any rain until midnight last night. Hope your like the butter beans Hemmy, not a great loss if you don’t but a gain of you do. Not that many calories in them. I’ll try and start the painting in the morning. Just a pain if the roofers need to go in the bedroom.
Day 7 – Rural Nebraska, USA – NFD – 154.0
We have answers: we’ve both had Influenza A. It was too late for that medicine you get when you first come down with it, but the doctor gave me prednisone and something that’s supposed to help some with coughing. And I actually ate last night, not lots, but mmore than a bite or two which has been my norm, and I’m still down 0.2 pounds. That’s the part of this sickness that I’m absolutely loving; I’ll celebrate weight loss however it comes to me, even when I’m most definitely not celebrating the vehicle that delivered it! So I’m far better today, which simply means I’m still struggling to act like a healthy human. Influenza is no joke!
@at Your “light lunch sitting out in the garden” sounds so lovely. Is it doing well, your garden, or is it in need of the person who came and helped you tame it a few years ago?
@iona72 Wow. A TDEE of 1925 is impressive compared to my 1350! You sound like you’re on a perfect path to continued and steady weight loss.
@funshipfreddie I feel for you, that you’re coming down with it. Back in my healthiest days, I found that if I did a hard 30 minute walk on the treadmill, it would help minimize any cold I was getting; have you ever noticed that helping?
@excelsior12309 Oh, excellent news indeed to have found a real estate agent who may be able to sell your building!
@ccco YouTube is a wealth of exercise possibilities; I hope you delight in Adrienne!
Okay, now that I’m no longer contagious, we’re off to get the oil changed and run a few errands; then I’m sure I’ll need a nap after such exertion, LOL!
Have a grand one, everyone!
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Good afternoon everyone..Xxxx
Another warm day but not much sun today… Lovely that the ground is drying now.
A good morning weigh in.. lost 1 lb so my happy weight now.
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Cold chicken breast.. fried mashed potato .and peas. I might do some garlic mayo
Dave.. I will look for those butterbeans first thing when I shop. lol I have written it them on my list.
I would leave the painting till you really feel like it Dave .. you have had a lot on with the roof.. and Denise not well. Just relax a bit. The painting will still be there.
What is everyone doing on this Friday .. “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” Xxxx
Just had my car valeted. Nice and clean and smells nice inside. Bought some paint brushes and a new waste bin at the grange. Some good deals on paint there.I bought some polo shirts at sports direct the ones I have on are 4xl so I got some smaller ones. Only trouble is all shirts are different in size. What’s 2xL in one shop world be XL in another. Depends on the make, why can’t they all be Chicken stew for tea tonight.
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Thank you, FUNSHIPFREDDIE. That YouTube idea is a great one I didn’t think of before! I am checking out the link you sent. I sure could use yoga for stress relief, as it is recommended. The world could use that right now! I think that cortisol is a problem for me and it is an issue coming out of stress, so I have read!
Excelsior12309, that sounds like a dreadful commute. I am glad I don’t have to do that anymore. When my brother was alive and worked in D.C., when he got caught in that loop around the city and just sat there for ages, he would call me for entertainment! I do miss those days!
NorthGeorgia, have fun on your getaway! I wish I was going on one where there is a lovely warm beach! I could use it. 😊
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Enjoy your day, everyone! 🤗
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Day 7 – USA/GA – NFD
Weigh-in: 237 lbs. About a week and a half before my getaway — I need a break. Hopefully, I’ll lose a couple of pounds next week before going.
Day 7-No. VA USA-FD800
Well, not a fast day yesterday, much overeating. Just one of those days; none of the food was particularly memorable, either. Then on the way home, the drive is usually 20 minutes and took more than 90 minutes because a major road was closed because of downed power lines, pulled down by an over-height truck. The road north and south was closed for hours.
On a positive note we met with a new real estate salesman who does commercial property and is extremely successful in our area, so maybe the building will get gone this year!
So, starting again, today, as we do!
Day 7 – South Africa 🇿🇦 – NFD 71 kg
It’s very quiet here! Can’t believe I’m the first one to post – at 10:20 am SA time. I just heard on the news about Cyclone Alfred, due to make landfall in Queensland, Australia later today.
I woke up feeling a bit under the weather yesterday morning, like I was coming down with a cold, or worse. But I decided to stick to my usual Thursday FD, & I think it helped. I slept better last night, & hopefully it’s just a mild cold.
@stitchincarol – 8 lb down is quite a silver lining! But I hope the worst is behind you & you’ll be able to enjoy the weekend 🤗
@ccco – I’m so glad the DASH diet is working for you! And – 6 lb down already! 🥳 🎯 Have you thought of looking for a yoga instructor on YouTube? This is a 28 min class from Adriene, especially for seniors & it’s got millions of views:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFhG-ZzLNN4
@penz – I’ll have to try that Waffle word game, thanks!
Happy Fri-yay everyone! 🍹
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Thoughts and prayers for everyone up North feeling the impacts of the cyclone. I hope you are ok Lindsay
Thanks for the good wishes regarding a job. Some progression this week, 2 potential interviews and a call from my old bank asking if I would come back. It would be a totally different job but in the new project (replacing mine that was cancelled) which would be great as I like to see things through to the end. Just waiting to hear more details and what money they are offering. It is in the business again so I know they don’t have the big budgets that the technology teams have but I also told him the previous offer was way too low. This is a totally different business area and it is within a big budget project rather than just BAU so I think they will be able to come up with a decent offer. Let’s see what happens
Wow Quacka, that sodium count blew my mind! So many people don’t realise what they are actually ingesting as they don’t check
yay for a kilo gone Neil! Freshly baked bread is my arch nemesis. I cannot resist so I don’t make it and steer clear of bakeries
Cinque I hope the bad things amongst the good things that happened a couple of days ago are all gone and resolved?
Well the weekend approaches, not that it means anything to me whilst unemployed! Take care all
Hi, I’m new. I’ve kind of done intermittent fasting for years as I could never stomach having breakfast. However I’m now 48, have had a full hysterectomy, so in medically induced menopause (or whatever) I am getting rotund around the middle and nothing I do works. My main question would be, if doing the 5:2 would I need to make any adjustments for the factors mentioned above? TIA 😄
Good morning everyone
I managed to make it through my FD on Wednesday with great difficulty lol. Weight was 76.1 kg yesterday morning so didn’t quite make it to the 75s but that’s ok. Next week I will be there for sure!
I had a bit of a funny thing happen on Wednesday FD, well it made me laugh at myself anyway!
I bought these low carb, low cal noodles a few weeks ago called Qetoe noodles. (I’ve been meaning to tell you all about them but keep forgetting.) I thought I would try the ones that are like 2 minute noodles (beef or chicken) for a quick easy “meal” at work on FDs and I had my first pack a couple weeks ago. They were quite tasty and about 120 cals for the whole pack so that fitted in to my FD well. That is until I read the rest of the nutritional panel! There is over 3000 mg of sodium in that pack and that is 1.5 times more than the daily recommended limit! There is a flavouring sachet that comes with the noodles that is like a saucy oily liquid and this is where all the salt (and most of the calories) is. I actually contacted the company and asked them about this. Anyway, what I have been doing instead is having the noodles without the flavouring or sometimes just a few drops which is still great on a FD. So, on Wednesday I had my plain noodles with a few drops of the sauce and my own homemade bone broth/stock, which I remove all the fat from, and it was good but I was still so hungry. When I finally got home and was making dinner I realised what I had done. I counted the calories for the noodle with the flavouring instead of without and no wonder I was so hungry! It was 25 cals instead of 120 cals. Duh!
Anyway with dinner and my 25 cals I ended up under the 500 cals for the day, where as I am finding it suits me better around 600 cals on a FD.
If anyone wants to try any of the Qetoe products I can let you know that the rice and the noodles are the best products. I have also tried the pastas. The long pastas are not bad, the fusilli is terrible and the penne is ok. I forgot to mention that the noodles are also available plain which are the ones I will be buying.
Oh my goodness Neil! Fresh bread AND bacon! Two of my favourite foods lol. Well done on the losing that kg again.
You are so lucky to have all that yummy homegrown fruit. Sounds delicious.
Hi Cinque and thanks for the encouragement. X
Hope you all have a lovely weekend. Xx
