Hi guys, it’s weird because for works it’s been a quick week but for my stomach a long one. After last week’s doughrings attack I decided to fast Monday Wednesday and Friday this week, but I’m beginning to feel my willpower wander so thought I’d sign in and read some posts for motivation. :-). Not sure I’ll be doing 3 fasts within 5 days for a long while, it is hard. Hoping to have a smile on my face when I step on the scales in the morning.

I think I’m getting slightly obsessive with calories now as I weigh and write everything down (in my wee diary book) whether I’m fasting or not. But I think its a good thing as I can look back and see the kinds of things I’m eating and the treats I allow myself. I won’t always do this, still early days as only started 5:2 on 12 Jan.

I don’t sleep very well as a normal rule but it’s not any worse on fast days and I don’t feel starving when I wake but tend to eat within half an hour of getting up.

Monthly resolutions are a great idea! I think we’re all to quick beating ourselves up, it’s a habit we just get into I suppose.

Right, feel bit more motivated now. I watched my work colleague polish off an omelette this morning (big breakfast week this week apparently) followed by macaroni and cheese at lunchtime – while I sat and sipped my 44 cal slim-a-soup. I can do this! I can do this!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend and look forward to reading more of your posts 🙂

Hi Bootsy, yay I managed to stay strong last night and completed my 4:3, was nervous stepping on the scales this morning but I managed to lose another 3 lbs, so that’s 8lbs in 3 weeks, certainly gives me motivation to keep going although I’m still cautious what I eat on non fast days – had one boiled egg and one slice toast this morning and now about to tuck into a plate of homemade potato and leek soup. It’s amazing what you appreciate on a non fast day!

How do you calculate your TDEE? I normally have a rule of not eating more than 1700 cals on a non fast day.

Thanks Lotta, I won’t be doing it again in a hurry, it’s pretty tough and worse still was cooking normal family meals for hubby and kids and not stealing any leftovers! !

Thanks, I’ve used the calculator and worked out my non fast day allowance of 1581 calories which to be honest it’s less than I’ve been allowing myself (usually around 1700). Looking forward to baking an apple pie tomorrow and might even have enough cals for a small helping of custard.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🙂

Shaza 🙂

Hello all

Having just decided I’m fasting today and Thursday I am now feeling cold. I’m starting to think it’s all in my head rather than a physical sensation.

I undid some of my hard work last week because of some spectacular excess over the weekend (mainly in the wine department). But as it is February I will not beat myself up but instead take it as it is and try to make it better this week.

Good luck all you Tuesday fasters! I’m off to get my low cal prawn salad for lunch.
Lotta x

p.s. very naughty yesterday.
Came back from house calls & fancied a coffe so had my coffee…
WITH FOUR CHOC HOB NOBS.
;o*(
Lucy xx

Sorry Lucy, not long back from a shopping trip with my daughter, cost me a fortune and she’s only 9!!

I fasted Tues and Fri this week and wasn’t holding out much hope of losing any weight as I didn’t feel any different but when I crept onto the scales this morning was surprised to lose another 2lbs so that makes 10lbs in almost 4 weeks so I’m happy with that. Can’t say I’m finding the fast days getting easier but do feel like I’m getting into a routine.

How are you getting on, have you lost any weight since your last post and are those chocolate hobnobs safely out of reach?

Shaza 🙂

Hi muffin10, chocolate is also my downfall, your pudding night sounds fun 🙂 I think we are too hard on ourselves and we should just enjoy the odd ‘pudding’ night, after all the 5:2 is supposed to be a new lifestyle choice so we should allow the odd treat. My treat today was going halves with my daughter’s hotdog, a fair amount of chips then followed later on with a mars bar. Chilli tonight for tea but a controlled portion size. Tomorrow morning = bacon roll with heaps tomato ketchup, yum 🙂 🙂

I try to not have any treats during the week so I can relax a bit at the weekend.

Hi all. Lovely to read all your posts and finding it helpful to realise I am not the only one struggling with left over Christmas chocolate in the house 🙂 I’m getting a bit disheartened with my lack of weight loss over the last month. After reaching 63 kilos, I was overjoyed, but for weeks have just been bouncing between 63 and 64 and getting nowhere. I think my very social weekends are the undoing of me. 🙁 Help!!!

Hi Lotta, my weight has been coming down ok, 10lbs in 4 weeks but I’ve found today’s fast day really hard for some reason; have no energy and just watching clock so can get kids off to bed so that I can go to bed. There’s housework needing done but just can’t be bothered with it. Wonder if these are normal feelings after being on 5:2 for a few weeks. My inspiration is the fact that my work trousers are hanging off me! !! Lol! 🙂

Some days are harder than others. When I’m having a hard part of the fast day I just tell myself to get through the next half hour and more often than not the craving has dulled enough to be able to ignore it.

Hello all!
Am wondering if I should go to fasting once a week now just to maintain.
I think I might be obsessing about getting to 9st 3lbs (this would be a nice round 2st lost)
My clothes fit with wiggle room so do I really need to beat myself up about those last five pounds?
Love
Lucy xx

Hello Everybode

Like you, Shaza, I’ve really enjoyed my food today, without going overboard. Dal (daal? / Dhal???) for tea tonight – my fave winter comfort food!

Thanks for tip on getting through ‘the next half hour’, muffin10, I’ll bear that one in mind. Princesspeers, must remember my own advice!

Lucy, well done on your 1 st 9 lb weight loss. Sounds as though you have arrived at a good place and it could well be punitive on yourself to try and lose those last 5 lb. I expect you have kept an eye on your BMI? And your waist to height ratio? (Am sure you know, ideally waist measurement is 0.5 of height.) If you’re there or thereabouts, I’d say give yourself a big pat on the back and go to 6:1 🙂

Keep well, everyone.
Bootsy xx

I’m the same. I just have the kids chocolate that I eat for them. Lol

Thanks everyone for the sympathy, I got through Tuesday ok but I did go to bed at 10pm just to get away from temptation.

I always thought I’d clean and sort to avoid thinking of what I couldn’t eat but I am just like you Shaza – I don’t have the right attitude to housework on FD’s. 🙂

Well done Lucy!! It really sounds like you are ready to move onto Maintenance Mode! A pat on the back from me too – I’m hoping to join you there soon. Let us know you find it!

Bootsy, Princess and Muffin – thanks for all the tips and fun posts! It really helps me to read them and keeping focused.

Weighing in tomorrow after today’s FD. Today has been speeding by because of Work and I have a very busy afternoon ahead with Swimming, Dentist apt and play-dates for the kids.

Lotta xx

Hello Everyone

I reckon this is the Busy Mums’ Thread, given that it was so quiet here last week over half term. Well, as a semi retired 🙂 non-parent 🙁 just saying hello and I hope you all got your offspring off to school ok this morning.

I feel I’ve been doing ok over the past few weeks – except for the past couple of days. I just looked back at the last time I posted about having a wobble – it was about 2 weeks ago. Guess it’s that old wiggly line again! I hope I can rebalance myself and get my motivation into gear again asap. Wish me luck!

Look forward to hearing how you’re all doing – and Good Luck to you all.

Boosty X

Hi Everyone
I’ve not been on here for a while as I took a week off 5:2 over half term. Back on now and on my 2nd FD this week. It’s a bit routine now so don’t think too much about it. So far almost lost what I put on over the last very overindulgent week.
But it’s fine – I can lose it again and this time I will keep it going.

I have a new goal and that is to have reached my overall goal of 60k by the 10th of May. Me and hubby have been invited to a VIP trip the south of France at the end of May and I want to be able to buy some nice clothes for the trip.

Today has been hard – I bought a baguette for the kids and all I can think of now is how lovely it would taste with lots of cheese, tomato and salad (and mayo)… but I can have it tomorrow so will save a nice piece for breakfast.

Muffin and Bootsy – glad to see you are still here.
Well done Muffin – 2 lb is better than nothing and you are still going in the right direction.

Bootsy – I think you are right about it being busy mums thread or maybe everyone is doing so well they have followed Lucy over to the maintenance threads 🙂

Maybe this thread has run it’s course and we should set up a new one for reaching our summer goals instead? What do you think?

Anyway – take care and good luck with the fasting everyone!

Lotta x

Hi guys, finding the 5:2 a bit hard going just now, I fast okay but non fast days are taking over my mind, I weigh everything and want to keep to 1500 cals so not undoing the good on fast days. I used to think I was feeling empowered but the honeymoon period seems to be over, into week 6 now. Hasn’t helped that my new scales have me about 2lbs heavier although the overall weight loss amount should still be the same. 🙁

yeah, maybe a new thread would re start our motivation, need a second wind to get back on track again.

Hi all I saw this thread and thought that’s an acheivable goal. I have been following 5:2 for the past 6 weeks and lost 14lb. A large amount I know but I have another 56lb to go. Hence the Christmas goal!

Hello Everybod!

muffin10, thanks for your kind thoughts

Welcome Manchesterlass – bloomin’ good going so far!

Shazaslimby – I hear your struggle and damn those new scales! Is 1500 cals your current TDEE? Or is it maybe your goal weight/bmi TDEE? It’s just that 1500 seems, to me, a low amount for everyday consumption. It’s brilliant you don’t want to undo the hard work of your FDs but maybe trust yourself enough to programme in the odd treat?? (Hmm, note to self – “Better practise what you preach, BB”)

Lotta – I think a new thread might be fun! We could go off on our Spring/Summer pledge, leaving a note on the metaphorical mantelpiece here for anyone who pops by, telling them where to find us. Then we could all troop back to this thread in the Autumn and set our Xmas aims 🙂

I think it was you, Lotta, who posted your ‘monthly resolution’ for Feb. So if we don’t head off to our Summer Pledge Thread, maybe instead we could set monthly pledges on here?

I remember my Feb pledge was to fast Mon and Thurs, in an attempt to introduce some structure into my 5:2. My conclusion is that it worked ok for the first couple of weeks; but then . . . it all went belly up. I remember someone’s resolution was to be nicer to herself. I think I’ll try that one instead. My aim for tomorrow is to eat to my current TDEE, which is about 1800 cals. After my struggles last week, I am going to ease myself back in gently.

Best wishes to everyone for the coming week
Bootsy x

Hi everyone
For those of you who would like to have a thread to follow for that summer goal, I have just created “Who wants to join me? Summer pledge”.
Hope to see you there.
All the best
Lotta xx