I think I am done eating for the next 23 hours; I had my last bite about an hour ago :)

I am feeling totally blah. I think this new found heat is draining me a bit. I have been just sitting around all day.

How is your tailbone, Jo?

Take it easy Sum, listen to you body.
You know, my tailbone has been better every day, especially since my Dr. gave me the go ahead to get moving. I think not sitting on it all the time has really helped. Here I thought rest was best, but maybe not at this point in the game.
I am done eating too (around 4:00 so I will be about an hour behind you tomorrow). Have to go finish updating my diary, but I think I ended the day around 1300 or so. I am not hungry for anything else today, yuck. Towards the end, I was just eating to get my calories up for the day, just not hungry.

Now that you mention it, I sort of have the blahs too. Just looked at my calendar, 9 days away from TOM, that is probably why. Should be a fun week :devil:. I am curious to see if IF helps or not with TOM cravings and hunger.

Remember last fall when I had this "Have To Eat Cake Every Week" thing going on??
I somehow got over that.....now it's pizza!!!
:tantrum:

I love this, made me laugh. At least there is more nutrition in pizza than cake!

I was scouring an old accountability thread from about a year ago trying to find information about a sports bra someone recommended (and I found it), but anyways, you were talking about cake All.The.Time! :rofl:

KIDDING! But I was going through an old thread and I happened to see that you have the same scale as I do and I just found out something interesting about it! I thought it was extremely accurate, every time you get on and off it gives you the same number, weeeeelll, it has a friggin memory! So if you are within a pound of your last weight, it will give you the same weight!!!!! That makes me mad.
So now, every time I get on, I hold onto the basket with the extra TP in it which weighs 2 pounds and then I step on without the basket to get my TRUE weight. Jeez, sometimes knowing you are 0.4 or 0.8 different from the day before makes a huge difference! I wonder if zeroing it out will do the same thing, I will have to try that.
Just thought I would let you know.

This explains why I usually step on....get a #...take the batteries out....step on....get another #....step off....allow it to "C"....then step on again and get the real weight!
YES! I'm obsessive and do this almost EVERY friggin DAY!

Oh, yeah , the pizza defo has more nutrition..it's called SODIUM! DAMMITT!
Why couldn't I have like a tomato fetish or a celery fetish???

Morning girls :wave:

Monday, Ugh!

Still fasting here. Woke up pretty hungry this morning, but the coffee is helping. This is the first time I will have finished earlier (4:00) so that may be the difference in hunger.

Planning to walk this morning. Some errands to run and things to get done, so I should stay pretty busy to keep my mind off fasting.

Lots of water weight came off yesterday, down to within 1.8 of my low on Saturday so that is a good thing.

Morning :sunny:

Missing my coffee :coffee:

I ate around 1800 calories worth food yesterday, and I was so full all night. I can't believe my maint. calories are 1900, I also can't believe I used to eat that and some more each and every day. :eek:

I am ready for my 24 h fast. -- Because my calories were so "high" my scale went up by 1 1/2 pound, also I did keep drinking water and ice tea all afternoon and evening long. I usually don't really get up middle of the night, but I had to go 3 times last night :D Quite annoying :lol: I am just cranky. I was b1tchy last night, I think it is PMS :mad: DH wanted to sit close to me and watch TV and I was just snappy.

Krystal: Pizza? Sorry :hug: Are you craving the carbs or salt? Eat pickles :D High in sodium but barely no calories. -- I am having problem with cheese, craving it and eating way too much of it lately. . I love it, and it hates me, so I am hoping I could cut that bad cycle. -- Maybe you could just slice up some tomatoes, add some mozzarella and oregano and melt it in micro? Sort of a pizza taste...

Jo I need new sports bra (s). Krystal just bought a fab one. My boobies are not being supported in my old ones any more. What was the one that was recommended on accountability thread? -- I haven't been there in for ever. Sometimes I think about GaininginLA...wonder how she is doing....

I hope you are feeling better Alaskan.

Yeah, where is Deb? Probably unpacking and laundry; All the nice after vacation stuff. :D

Krystal are you fasting with us?

:wave: Morning girls
I had to have a little :coffee: this a.m. Lots to do..up at 4.. it's meal prep/market day.
I'm attempting to fast for a bit today :crossed: 16 hrs, which started at 2100 last night (9).

I ate so much yesterday 3100+ cals.
I am completely carb loaded!!

I am having an issue with my right posterior tibial tendon! :tantrum:
It aches, especially on my runs. I have never had this before.
I will buy new inserts today for my Brooks--did I mention they were new, my socks are new.. now this!! DANG! I just wanna run!!
Why is this so much to ask????

I peeked at the Fast5 site. I do well with 16 hr fasts, but it's all downhill after that! :lol: It's because of all these d@mn carbs! I re-started taking my cinnamon caps Saturday to help with this.

I also peeked at a few "Go Gluten Free" sites.
I'm attempting to help my poorly active thyroid.
There will be so many new changes after this 1/2, if I make it through it!
My friend Ncuneo from here and MFP just completed her 1st Full in L.A. yesterday. That goal is just not realistic for me! As much as I love running, 4+ hours of it would be torture for me!

K9, sorry I never got back to you about the fast 5, I totally forgot. Glad you found the info you needed. I think I like fast 5 better than lean gains so far, but I still need to give it time before I settle on one or the other. I may just keep mixing them all up to suit my days.
Sorry about your sore tendon, that really sucks. Hope the new inserts help. It does suck when your head is in it and your body limits you.

Sum, the sports bra Stacygee recommended back in that thread was Enell brand. She called it "Boob Armor" so that made me curious. My girls could use some armor! There are some places in Michigan listed if you search by state. www.enell.com
It's funny because I remembered her calling it that, so that is what I searched under and there were several threads that came up with sports bra recommendations. You may want to do a search for "boob armor" and check out some of those threads too to see what others recommend for boob armor :lol:

Looks like we all did some calorie/carb reloading this past weekend huh?

Sounds like a good one :D Didn't Stacygee have a tummy tuck done? -- She kind of disappeared, I wanted to see the after results....she posted all the way to her surgery.... I guess she was really happy with the results! I want one!!

Day is going excellent! We walked our 5.5 mile loop and when I got home I stepped on scale just for the kicks before shower and I was 146.5... Down from 149 this morning...boy that really made me focus on this fast :D -- iIwas hungry at the beginning of my walk, then I just focused on pushing myself hard and hunger disappeared. I am drinking a ton of green tea. -- I am off to run some errands, so my day will go a bit faster.

Were you spiking Krystal? Or were you being naughty with your pizza?

Kristiina: Totally being FOOLISH with that :jeno:
I hope this is over sooner than that cake thing!

I made it 14.20 hrs today. I was hungry at 8 am & ran some errands for the remaining 3.20 hrs. I'll try again tomorrow, which should be easier since I work.

I'm retaining water like crazy. TOM is a week away, & I feel pretty darn fat today. This SUX!

i feel slightly better every day....my legs and knees have been aching really badly and im not sure if it's from the running or from being sick because normally i dont ache but normally i dont run 5 days in a row either...still have alot of crap in my sinuses and chest but it's clearing slowly

im toying with the idea of taking a week break from working out this week while i'm home with the kids on spring break...im not sure...i'll probably end up going to work out because i like it...but im wondering if my body is telling me to take a break...the last major break i took was about a week off in mid-december with traveling and a bad ear infection

Krystal, TOM is a week away for you too? omg, we are all on the same cycle. A bunch of cranky girls.

Alaskan, just read something that recommended that if you work out a lot it is important to take a week off about every quarter, so that would be about right for you. Hope you have a nice relaxing vacation.

Sum, yes, she had a breast reduction/lift and a tummy tuck. I kind of miss that she didn't keep up after either. She posted right after and said the tt was really painful, yikes. It would be worth it in the end though.

I am just waiting out my last few hours. I may stop a little early, I hear a salad calling me, but then I think, well only 2 hours to go, why stop now?

So let's make sure that the 3 of never meet on our TOM week :lol:

DH and I decided that we are starting to eat all organic (if possible) and buy free pasture & grass fed beef, wild caught salmon etc. -- I went and did my shopping at Whole foods, and yes this is going to get expensive. -- I do feel better for feeding my kids this way. Funny thing; all the organic and non-genetically modified fruits are tiny....like how they used to come from our apple trees at home etc. We are so used to the modified stuff and all of it is just huge.

Our garden will be even bigger this year than it was last year. -- We ordered heirloom seeds (non-genetically modified) and started all the seedlings a few weeks back.

I fear we are going to turn into some super health nuts :lol: I do tend to get obsessive and go over board..... Both my husband and I are WAYYYYY type A personalities. -- Now that both of us are on this health kick, it can get scary :eek: :D So smack me if I get out of control!! Like I am gunna smack Krystal here for having a pizza fetish right now. *SMACK*

I have only 25 minutes left on my fast and I am not even really hungry. Strange. I am going to make a mozzarella/tomato/basil salad as a snack. YUM. -- And then I won't have any more cheese! I promise!

I am proud of all of us :grouphug:

I made it! It helped that I had to run my youngest to the orthodontist during that last hour :lol:

I just ate a 700 calorie salad :eek:

But, we have an event to go to at school this evening, so I will just eat another small meal around 6 before I go to that and I should be good for the night.

Still feeling kind of blah this afternoon. . .