@audrey, Chubbychops is right. It’s somewhere on the site. Our bodies digesting food creates energy which equals heat. So put on your socks, a sweater and keep the kettle going on fast days. I have found the same, I was freezing last week.

@chubby, yes lots of us skip breakfast. Your body sees a new day as just that! So you don’t wake up feeling starving as lots of us thought we like. I guess our bodies are making automatic shifts into healthier eating habits. That’s what I love best about this WOL!

Welcome new chatters and those returning.

Hi AtlantaJJ

I’m the same as you I only had a little to lose last year and achieved my goal last year before going on holiday. Since then I’ve had to quit Zumba as I have been diagnosed with osteoarthritis in both hips, it’s really advanced in my left hip. Instead I now do yoga twice a week, hot yoga and restorative yoga: it has helped to strengthen my muscles and reduce the pain. But as I’m only 53 I’ve been advised to delay surgery as long as possible, as I the hip replacement will need replacing in 25 years!

However I’ve put on 5 lbs, so today I managed a fasting day without cheating – 550 calories so I’m pleased. I had porridge made with water for breakfast, 8 roasted almonds and plenty of green tea, then mixed veg with a small kangaroo steak for dinner and more green tea. I didn’t feel hungry when I ate dinner and will drink more before going to bed. I also walked to the hairdressers today at a by fast pace, so that felt good. Whilst on the Easter holidays From work I hope to complete 4 fasting days.

Do you any sites to track your food? My Fitness Pal is good, I use that. BTW I’m definitely in the menopause and have been put on a mild anti depressant for the night sweats and hot flushes, works a treat and lots safer than HRT.

Ali

Hi there everyone of you extraordinary women. I Just want you to know that you are all incredibly special. I realize now why this diet or should I say lifestyle, is so easy to stick with. It’s you!!!! Ginette, Audrey, Jaye,
you all know who you are, but what you don’t know is until now, how unsuccessful my dieting attempts have been lately. I’ve taken all your advice to heart and I just want to thank you for your help and concern. You make it easy to do what needs to be done.

I visited the doctor this morning, and was given some super duper pain pills for my feet and legs. This may or may not be the reason for my love note to you all, but what the heck. I meant every word. Anyway, the result of my visit is that she said I must have the surgery soon as my condition is deteriorating. My fight foot is getting almost no blood flow and as a result is becoming indreasingly painful and discoloured. A constant burning ache, not much fun!!! But I’m off to my daughters on Thursday so I’ll be in touch once I’m there.

Love to you all !!!!!!!!! Fran 🙂

The link to cheese sauce is below in UK. Not sure if tgey stock it is other countries.

http://www.mysupermarket.co.uk/sainsburys-price-comparison/Stock_Sauce_Mix_And_Gravy/Free_And_Easy_Dairy_Free_Cheese_Flavour_Sauce_Mix_130g.html

I hope the pain in your legs improve Fran.

Hi danielaevi,
I think what you eat on your non fast days depends very much on yourself, you can eat whatever you like as long as you don’t go over your tdee.
personally I limit myself to 1200 calories but that is because when I finally lose all my weight that will be the amount I am supposed to eat to maintain. I know some of the others eat low salt or low fat or no carbs like I said it’s up to you whatever you fancy. yesterday was a non fast day so I had a hot x bun, chilli with salad, slice of garlic baguette fruit etc.
Hope this helps I am sure someone else will have better information, I fast from bedtime on 1 day till breakfast approx 36 hrs.

Welcome to all the other new ladies if certain ages, I am sure you will find a wealth of information and support here, I certainly have, and made some new friends too.

Fran, have a great holiday keep in touch stay strong,
Audrey

Hi Danielaevi,
I have been very successful with this diet well way of life with losing my weight. I don’t really want to lose much more and to be honest have lost 20kg firstly by cutting out sugar, then cutting nearly out carbs then starting the 5:2 which has been amazing. On my non fast days I don’t count calories at all I eat full fat foods and try not to do carbs at all. I also try and do no grain and it has all worked extremely well for me.Oh it has taken my like 18 months or so and I do exercise everyday just walking but try and do 20 000 steps a day and some days get to 30 000 – just to give you an idea. Hope it helps we all do it a bit differently and I think you just need to work out what suits you GOOD LUCK

Thankyou so much Ali &Broomstick for your answers.I´ll keep you informed how tings are developing 🙂 !
danielaevi

Hi Audreyg

You are not a bad or nasty friend. You’re on the type of eating plan that gives results and slow resulting plans always work in the long run, calling it a diet is bad. Drastic diets lose weight fast and when you go back to eating the old way it usually all goes back on. With 5:2, 4:3, 6:1 or ADF it’s a new way of life that works and is achievable. I haven’t done it properly since last autumn and I lost 2.5 lbs yesterday and am doing it again today. I seem to find it easier to do it B2B, back to back. Funnily enough I find it easier when I’m off work as I don’t have people asking “aren’t you eating today?” They don’t understand the health benefits, especially important for me as there is cancer in my family. You might have got a new recruit for the plan!

Give yourself a pat on the back and keep it up.
Ali x

Hi all lots of new names today.

Hi Audrey

No you were right you were only showing her that your way was steadier but you were showing a loss week by week. I struggled on other diets and had the yo yo weight loss when I was on them. This also meant yo yo emotions for me and then giving up as I was feeling deprived and also a failure. At least this way is a consistent method. The only ups and downs may be water fluctuations in our body or may be going over TDEE. At least we can see why.

There is only 1 week where I haven’t lost. For me a minor miracle.

Let’s hope she gives it a go.

Maybe suggest that she has a look on the forum.

Ginette

Hi Broomstick, danielaevi,

Welcome to the forum. Hi Ali

Audrey. Ali is spot on it is a good plan as we all know. It is annoying that people we work with can try and undermine us and can appear negative.

There are enormous health benefits and anything we can do to keep healthy is a big plus. Losing weight is also part of that if very overweight.

B2B I would find to difficult I do Monday and Wednesday like Audrey. Gets them over quickly and has been successful.

Danielaevi

Just changing or swapping some foods can really help. Adding vegetables to mash etc. there are many little tricks. I make a big pot of mince. Only 500 gms of mince @ 12% fat. I add 2 tins of tomatoes, onions, peppers, mushrooms, cauliflower and other veg into the pot. I use different spices to flavour it sometimes chilli or maybe oregano. I find the cauliflower takes on the flavour of the mince. This works out at about 6 meals and I serven it with vegetables. I don’t find I need potatoes with it. I put the button mushrooms in whole, this is something a friend of mine did and they don’t shrink down. Lovely…….

I also sometimes make it with quorn and can add different vegetable as I fancy. In quorn I always use lots of seasoning. The first time I made it I found it tasted bland no matter what I added. Then out of desperation I added fajita spice. Yes a strange idea…….unthought that as well. The result was delicious!! If you have never used quorn mince before they it looks like cardboard branflakes but don’t be put off. It is made from an edible fungus and provides protein. I always have some in the freezer.

Broomstick well done on losing 20kgs.

I had lost a stone before I started here that is 14lb

Ginette

@ Audrey, do you mean like how the avatar nearly pops when it tells you your weight!!!! Cheeky so and do. LOL

Jaye 🙂

Jaye

It is also really good when the Wii Piggy changes colour. I think mine changed colour twice when I was playing it before.

It will nag you. I like these little quirks they have built into it.

You will also later get the option for a quick weigh in. My Wii weight is a lot less than my own scales. I need to set my new scales up for the end of the week.

Imagine the avatar exploding. I never heard of that before.

I am just having a relaxing cup of tea before getting my new game out. My second hand game was far cheaper than a vets bill.

I bought some hunters chicken day for non fast days. I haven’t had this for a while. Piece of cheese WS definitely minimal so not too bad.

Not even hungry yet. Maybe a workout will up the appetite………

Ginette

Hi All

Update on Wii game review The biggest Loser Challenge here

https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/fat-busting-brits-%F0%9F%91%8A%F0%9F%98/page/2/#post-83712

Ginette

Morning Guys, almost afternoon actually,

I thought it would be nice to get to see everyone so I have created a new Face Book page just for my Fast friends.

My name is Jaye Blogs should have gone with Doe but thought I might sound dead lol. I’ve added a pic, I have blonde hair and wearing a blue and cream dress. Although it’s just a head shot but you’ll be able to find me through that info.

I would love to see you all on there, we don’t have to chat there if you don’t want to, but it is a way to send private messages if anyone ever needs to, plus I’m putting photos on to show my weight loss. For me it’s important to see the changes even if only I can see them.

Hope you’ll join me

Jaye 🙂

Good idea Jaye

How are you feeling a bit better I hope. Did you see that program about fat last night. Interesting. The exercise I did yesterday was very similar to the method that helps you burn double the fat you would have for 24 hours. I went to bed a lay their just thinking how nice it was to be still fat burning at a higher level. I think I did it about 7.30.

I am going to have a day off today. I watched the truth about fat just before I saw your link, so I will look at this later as well.

Today a well earned rest is in order.

Lost 1lb but I can see I am retaining water at the moment. Probably due to the exercise. Not sure the whys and wherefores. I ache a bit today. I bent down to pick something up and could feel the aches.

Not bad though as the exercise was fast and frantic.

As the doctor on the program said 20 minutes at 2 minutes pushing yourself as hard as you can and 1 minute resting is what you need even if you are speed walking or walking up an incline and then resting will do it. sounds a lot like HIT to me.

I got 4 Jaffa cakes to watch with that program with a cup of tea…….made myself laugh. 172 calories but I was well under for the day.

I hope everybody’s doing well today and are going to treat themselves to a small Easter egg. As the program said you have to have some fat. I have very little. Maybe why I haven’t much energy.

Have a nice holiday Audrey. I hope Mum gets better soon.

By the way link here to 4 minute you tube clip on HIT. it compares two people doing different exercises.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F4S3-Jk0OCY

Ginette

Hi all you lovely ladies,
Well, I never made it to my daughters’ for Easter. It just seems to be one disaster after another. This time, I was happily asleep, then awakened to use the bathroom and in fact ( pardon the gory details ) felt I had wet myself. I looked down and to my horror, I was covered in blood. My leg was gushing blood from some undetermined source and I was not able to stop it. I tried unsuccessfully for about 10 minutes then woke my husband who called 911 for an ambulance. At the hospital, it took them several hours to fully stop the blood flow at which time they sent me on my merry way. To make a long story short, I saw my doctor who managed to get me an urgent appointment with the vascular surgeon to arrange for my surgery this month. I see him on April 23 and will have the surgery within a week after that.The problem is that the bleeding was due to a build up of blood due to the poor blood flow in my legs and the potential for developing a blood clot. So, once again I’m forced to take it easy, and again my poor old hubby is taking up the slack. The 5/2 is also on hold, but only because I’m busy worrying about other things. Still not over eatting though. I seem to have lost much of my appetite. I’ll keep you posted on my progress towards becoming able bodied once more. I’m sure looking forward to it.
I sure hope all of you had a better Easter than I did. And I hope all your fast days were a breeze.
Love to you all.
Fran 🙂

Quick hello to you other guys, I felt Franee was dressing of her own posting lol.

Ginette, well done with all your exercises!!! You are doing brilliantly. I’m still lacking in energy a bit but pretty much fine now. I’m fasting today, really happy to be back to it. Had a successful week. Starting off at 16.5.5lbs. I’ve not added the extra half pound to last weeks loss, I’ll add it to this weeks. Did lose 3lb without it though. I was good all week plus no alcohol at all. Had a fantastic plate of pasta for dinner last night lol. My first since I started. Still didn’t go over TDEE and had lost that 1/2lb today. Can’t complain at that! Still can’t believe I said no thanks to dessert and that I can happily watch others eat it! I feel like someone has removed the ‘foodie’ part of my brain and replaced it with a naturally slim person with great healthy eating habits. I love that fasting has had this effect on me. I’ve completely changed around food. My sister said yesterday that for the first time in my life she thinks i will get ‘slim’. She’s never seen so much determination and happiness in me about losing weight and how it’s making me feel. She’s been around my struggling her own battle most of our adult lives. She’s now struggling with a bad knee which is changing her life as she has bern very active. We skways say ‘she will meet herself coming back’ lol. She’s put weight on quickly over the last couple of months because of it. I dropped her an ’emergency fast day’ pack yesterday. Ot contained Miso soup, low GI bread (real emergency lol, more for none fast days) Lemon & Ginger Tea and fresh lemons. I’m going to support her getting back int fasting. She lost lots for a wedding a few years ago and kept most of ot on. Went up-down a little untill lately were it’s been more gaining.

Hello Fastdiet, nice to see you popping on. I take anti inflammatories too but they don’t seem to bother me do far. My sister is like you though. You need to have a bit of breakfast with them even on a fast day or at least a small glass of milk. Enjoy the rest of the weekend. How nice having beach weather!

Hi to Audrey who i know won’t get on but we are thinking of you lol.

Dinner sounds lovely Graham. I should start putting a sauce on my meat. I’ve taken to eating steak, med-rare leaning more to rare I ask for here lol. Med-rare comes more like med otherwise… Pffffft

Hi to anyone I have missed and the lurkers please say hi and join our face book page.

Jaye

Hi Ginette

In the words of Barbossa, them’s just “guidelines”rather than rules!

avast, me hearties!

We can work on the guilt! Lol.

Fasting today, just fizzy water so far, but off to Costa, this could be tricky, but a coffee with OH and son is a treat after working again today.

Hi all,
Well, I’m back on track and feeling much better. I’m downstairs so access to proper fasting food is right at hand. I decided that as long as I’m feeling good I would try a fasting day so today was it. I know I said I wasn’t going to worry about dieting, but it’s just that sort of thinking that got me in this shape to begin with. Once again you all have opened my eyes to the reality of just what’s at stake here. I can continue to find excuses or I can simply get on with it. A soft boiled egg and a toasted english muffin for breakfast and a broiled shrimp salad with oil and vinegar dressing for dinner was my only food for today. And yes, It feels great to have that non-stuffed feeling again after eatting.

I’m still trying to locate a second hand Wii fit plus so I can start my exercise regimen. My sister Debbie
( DJ757575) and I have been scouting around to acquire one. You’ll know when we do, because you won’t hear the end of my bragging when I add exercise to dieting and I start on that long road back to health. I’m feeling pumped !!!!! And it’s not just all that hot air I’ve been full of lately ( ha ha).

It seems as though everyone had a good Easter, non dieting as well as dieting. So let’s continue onward and upward, or should I say downward. Love to all. Fran 🙂

Good morning to all fellow ladies of a ‘certain age’,
I have just started the 5/2 lifestyle. Completed one whole day so far. Big whoop, right? I didn’t find it too bad, though I think, after reading some of the comments, that I should have paid more attention to what I ate on day two. After a lifetime of sedentary jobs the pounds have fairly packed on all over the place. However did I let that happen? Ready to get serious now about my health. Some would say it is too late, but I say ‘Never Say Die – or Diet’. I don’t know about you Ladies, but I certainly never thought my body would betray me the way it has. As George Burns used to say “If I known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself”. Ditto.
I am working my way through all the info here. I appreciate the difficulties and I realize now that my optimistic goal of shedding some 50 lbs before summer may be a tad unrealistic. So I shall lower my expectations to 49 lbs.
We’re all in this together. Cheers!

Hi Applepie,

Thanks for the words of wisdom. So no more chocolate bars on my normal days, huh? Bummer. But as I’m more interested in losing weight and getting fit and getting my blood work in line, I guess they’ll have to go. If it goes as slow as some of the women are saying, I may have to tag a year on to my summer goal. Oh well. It’ll still come off. Of that I am sure.

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. Same to yourself. Happy Fasting. Though with a moniker like ‘Applepie’ I think I’d be feeling like some all the time. lol.

I’ve only just started doing this diet so it’s my first week. My husband (61) has lost 7lbs and I have lost less than 1lb. Admittedly I only have about 10lbs to lose he has about 2st but it is a bit disappointing.

I am fatigued all the time and very tired on the day after my fasting day and think that my body is protecting itself by not releasing any energy from my fat stores but just leaving me without energy for the day???

Am eating a healthy diet (Slimming World) on the non fasting days!!

E

Hi Lainey

Have you got to the end of your fast days for this week? I always way myself the second day after my last fast day. I used to go to slimming world but loved the fact that I could eat pasta and potatoes. Sadly my body used to store this as fat. I didn’t really lose weight on this. I went with someone who used to do mostly read days and had about 1 green day a week. She lost a lot of weight. I remember her taking three sandwiches to work they were made with Danish bread and eggs fried in fry light. This was the only carbs that she ate, although she did eat vegetables with her evening meal.

This works for me. I do try to have lower carb days and now only have potatoes about twice a week. I have bread on about 5 days, but I am going to cut down to 4 and have an omelette or soup instead one day. I do eat granary or wholemeal bread and plenty od salad in a sandwich.

You are probably just adjusting to this way and if you stick with it you will lose. You may lose at smaller amounts as you are near your target. Maybe do a little more exercise.

Good luck

Ginette

Hello Ginette,

Thank you so much for sharing with me. I so appreciate your insights. It makes a huge difference to get advice from people who are actually involved with the programme and can relate. The advice from yourself and Applepie is being taken to heart, believe me.

You’re doing really well too. Almost half a stone a month too. I like your idea of cutting 200 cals from your TDEE – a term I didn’t learn until last night. It makes perfect sense that you would have to adjust your numbers as time goes on and weight is lost.

Today is actually only my second fast day. I still haven’t even finished reading the book, but I decided to go ahead and join the website anyway. And I am so glad that I did. Nice to know there are people out there who are going through the same thing.

I have started reading the labels more thoroughly. I confess I didn’t throw out all the foods that I had in my cupboard that I wouldn’t buy now. But I do cut the portion. Only a taste now, not a whole serving – or two!

Thanks again for encouraging me. You guys are an inspiration, not only to me, but I’m sure to all those around you. Makes me feel hopeful and energized.

As I said to Applepie ‘Watch this Space’ Yeah! We’re gonna do it! This is our time!

Hi Helen

I have read that book twice and another one as well. There are things you miss first time as it is such a lot to take in. The TDEE is in the right hand corner of the page. Look under Fast Diet tracker. So far you either enter your weight in kg or lbs, I know that they are working on adding in stones and lbs.

Hi Goforgold

I would always give a new plan about 10 weeks and then look back and evaluate whether it is working for me. My first 10 weeks were good with only a little effort.

You will find this way of eating changes your taste. I must admit I wasn’t expecting that but I am pleased with the changes.

Ginette