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I’ve lost a stone since my blog entry in May 2022. Weighing in at 13st1 (183lbs). Slow and steady wins the race.

It’s annoying that I’ve piled so much on over the last 5 years. I was 43 pounds lighter at some point 5 years ago! And if I carry on losing a stone every six months, it’ll be 18 months to get back to that.

Of course. today marks the traditional pre-Christmas diet to offset the rest of Christmas. Lots of fish and veg on the menu for the next 7 days.

Will update when I can.

I got a WiFi connected scale on Prime Day. It’s cool, because it tracks weight over time, which means I can keep track of how fasting & dieting is working (or not!).

I’ve settled on 3 day fasts every two months. Just finished one which means my next will be around 12th September.

Had my first real period in a long time yesterday – thank goodness. Thought I was menopausal, but no.

13st6lbs so a long way to go. Slowly, surely.

After an unspecified illness (not through privacy, because the doctors could not figure out what it was), and a heavy course of antibiotics, I reached 14st2lbs. No, no, no, this isn’t what I wanted.

After a 72 hour fast, I was down to 13st10. Not even difficult, I felt too ill to eat. Now steadily breaking the fast with high nutrition soup and crackers. Gut bacteria gets battered during anti-biotics, so yoghurt to restore that. Lots of high-nutrient high-vitamin food. Need to use close date food until end of month so the plan looks something like this.

23rd LUNCH: Carrot and Tumeric Soup + 4 Crackers.
DINNER: Butternut Lentil Spinach Soup + 4 Crackers
SNACKS: Salmon and Cream Cheese Rollup

24th BREAKFAST: Eggs and Salmon
LUNCH: Kalles & Rotbread + 2 Plums
DINNER: Pea + Coconut Soup + Crackers + 1 dragonfruit
SNACK: 2 Kiwi Fruit

25th BREAKFAST: Fruit salad and yoghurt
LUNCH: Skip
DINNER: Dragonfruit & pumpkin pasta
SNACK: Any fruit

26th BREAKFAST: Fruit salad and yoghurt
LUNCH: Kalles and Egg on Rotbread
DINNER: Breadfruit and Plaintain Rundown
SNACK: 2 x Custard apple

27th BREAKFAST: Dragonfruit and yoghurt
LUNCH: Skip
DINNER: Pumpkin Pasta w/ Parmesan
SNACK: Any fruit

28th BREAKFAST: Skip
LUNCH + DINNER: Kalles + rotbread
SNACK: Any fruit

29th Eat remaining fruit, eat remaining salmon.

30th FAST DAY

31st FAST DAY

Fasting is hard. You have to be in the right mindset. Once you’re in the right mindset it’s easy, easy, easy. I’ve always fasted with caffieine, but I’m about to try a “Dr Funk” fast. Dr Funk is a vitamin water drink, two cans gives you your RDA of just about everything.

I’ve chosen to start this fast with caffiene but ween off onto Dr Funk. 24 hours in. Let’s do this.

I’ve mentioned before that I really enjoy fasting. I usually last 36 hours without any struggle whatsoever and I’ve done 48 hours before. I’m now 66 hours into my first ever 72 hour fast and this is a completely different beast. Hunger is just now starting to rear its head but I need to sleep anyway – basically down 7lbs and after a massive surge of energy, now feeling weak.

Refeed at 6pm.

No Weight-Gain Over Christmas

Still at 13st6, and about to do a 72 hour fast and detox (in fact, I am 24 hours in). Getting under 12 stone is my initial aim for the year, and we’ll take it from there!

At least it saves on the food bills…

I’m down a total of 6lbs from the 10 day plan. Whilst I have the time, I will keep on cooking and prepping in advance, as it seems to be the best way to portion control and eat heathily.

I’m going to do another 16 days of the plan up until Christmas, have a free 3 days over Christmas, and hoping to be under 13 stone to start the new year.

I’ve had success with Amelia Freer’s plans before, and so far, so good, again. 3lbs down since last weight in, 13st6, and feeling full and happy. No delivery food all week (although I need to get some lighters and milk today, but maybe I’ll walk to the shop), a lot of cooking but my storage system meant I could make meals in advance.

3lbs is nothing really. But I can really feel it. My energy levels are going up, and my ability to sit still is going down. Let’s keep going on this!

Yes, I have put on 3 stone over COVID-19. I am currenty at an ‘all time high’ weight of 13st 9 and would have probably been breaking 14st had I stood on the scales at the weekend. I know I’m carrying water weight, but…. not that much water weight. And thus starts my “Completely Healthy Until Christmas Day” plan.

I’m on Day 3 of Amelia Freer’s plan right now, and already, half the veg I’ve bouht is going out of date. I’ve made my betroom humous, nut granola, spiced seeds – had my chia pot and overnight oats (overnight oats work really well with pomegranate). Opted for plain cooked prawns with a slice of gluten free seed loaf last night because cooking was out of the question. Hoping to spend more time at the cooker today though to save anything expiring.

My 12 Days of Christmas (24) look something like this:

1-8 Carry on with Amelia’s suggestions

9-10 Fast

On day 11, I’m treating myself to a steak and chips

12 -22 Restart Amelia’s plan

23-24 Fast

Let’s see where I am end of December!