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Good for you…you show them. I have found that it’s very hard to lose weight with just exercise alone. The thing I love about 5:2 is that it really changes you…you think differently about food and you enjoy the fasting once you get in to it as when you feel hungry you know your body is fat burning…a lot of eating is just habit as we are so used to feeling full that we have lost touch with our bodies and what real hunger feels like…and the best part is that you know you can eat again the next day! Go for it and dont let the negatives stop you:)
Welcome bigmarie…..this is a get way of life, I have only been doing it for 3.weeks but I am totally hooked and would never go back to any other restrictive diets, I have tried and failed at most of them and was sick of thinking about what I could and couldn’t eat, I was actually gaining weight while I was trying to get my head around which plan I should try, this feels like freedom at last. I have a stone and half to lose, but I really don’t care how long it takes, I want this weight loss to be forever. My clothes are loose, my first weigh in will be end of November so not sure what the weight loss is, but it is really working! Good luck.
Bigmarie..a little update..I starting reading Michaels fast exercise today and he totally agreed that its difficult to lose weight with exercise alone..he gave one example of a female having to run 6 miles to burn off one chocolate muffin…imagine that…I am keen to read more about his High Intensity Training as he states that the combo of that and 5:2 ultimately gives you the best results. Just reading at the mo but would like to give some exercise a go!
I think of the exercise this way.
if weight lift 3400 caloies of energy, but you eat 6800 calories more than bmr . Youll gain 1 lb
After I got used to the fast days and have become a regular faster. I started putting more attention on my feed days for exercise when I have more energy . But also started eating healthy foods on feed days and the starchy foods sparingly. . Especially more fish .
KEEP ON KEEPIN ON 🙂
Hi Bigmarie
Reading your post and you are coming across as a stealth and steady woman who will show them! I did fast diet during the summer and lost 9lbs and really felt it, however once winter has crept in I have struggled and stress has led me to feed the greed! I am keen to get back on track, I am so impressed that you haven’t weighed yourself and wonder how you keep the motivation going? I seemed to need the feedback of weight loss. But I understand that it’s also good to not have the potential knock back of having not lost. Cheers and good luck cant wait for the weigh in.
Thanks Bigmarie for replying, feeling despondent – tried to fast yesterday and got to 8pm via cups of tea, then my daughter started eating some Pringles…and guess what I did, I ate about thirty, telling myself that they are thin so can’t be very fattening! Ridiculous. My husband thinks the whole thing is ridiculous, which is no help. He tells me to run more, well I try and run a few times a week, nothing spectacular but I have a go, and it does nothing for my weight loss and I definitely reward myself afterwards with food/wine. I think my problem is that I don’t need to lose a huge amount, and I have lost weight in the past without really doing much more than cutting down. Now i am older, everything is slower, and I am concentrating on losing weight more which has a bizarre counter-productive effect on me and makes me reach for the crisps/wine. I con myself that I eat well because I rarely have potatoes, rice, pasta, never eat chocolate, but I am clearly doing something wrong. Just cannot see how I can change my mindset, because I KNOW it is in my head, all this lack of willpower. So hard over Christmas, too.
Hi ladies
Fast day today. Plan is..
Cup of tea and hot water for breakfast.
Then off to fiddle lessons with the kids and lots of non secret pressie wrapping and tidying.
Then for lunch. Tangerine and 40 cal soup.
Tea..salmon which I picked up in lidl.. the fancy stuff with the cracked black pepper, maybe a hard boiled egg and salad. If I have the cals..a few olives!
I have 4 young kids in the house, so temptation is never far away but I have to use the flash back memory of how colossal I looked at my brothers wedding!. I do also find that a fast day gives me a sense of accomplishment and makes me feel good that im trying as oppose to just lying down to the five stones which have arrived in the past 10 years..how did that happen!?
Good luck everyone over the next week.
Jeany x
Hi Bigmarie. I joined this forum recently and survived a couple of fast days but then really struggled due to Xmas dos! I am back on it now as I have a ball to go to in February and I want a lovely new dress for it in a smaller size!! Have not got much to lose – ideally 10 pounds, although I am happy to lose inches rather than pounds!! Just wondering if you have weighed yourself yet although I realise inch loss is just as important! Well done for coming this far and inspiring lots of others on this site! You will definitely show them! 🙂
Well done bigmarie!thats absolutely amazing and you are not far at all from your target. Its absolutely testament to your resolve!
I have had 2 days of lack of resolve but have drawn a line in the sand. The overeating and the laziness incurred does not do wonders for the self esteem!. Although have had a little pick at leftovers this morning..protien am aiming for soup lunch and soup tea to ease me back in. So will count today as a non fast day, but need the fix of a little more control. Out tomo evening but very busy sunday so that will be my fist back to normal fast since the festivities and really looking forward to it!
Would also love to know big marie what you do on normal days as I also feel I am a bit too indulgent occasionally. Xx
Pippa..
Just reading your post. Hope youre okay. I have just visually drawn the line and am stepping over it back into where I want to be going. I kind of looked at Christmas as a bit of a reminder of how I feel when I over indulge. Its instantly gratifying but makes me feel crappy once ive scoffed and lazed about. If I have learned one thing its that I am the only one who can do anything about what I put into my big belly..sorry bellies!!! So if you have had a wobble. Shake off that wobble and aim for the wiggle you want! Xx
Happy New Year to you all! Am also going to get back on track tomorrow. Looking forward to it in a strange sort of way! Had far too much food over the Xmas period and as a result seem to be constantly hungry. Need to get back in touch with what real hunger feels like. I have 7 weeks until a ball and would like to lose around 5-7 pounds by then or at least a few inches! Good luck every body. Keep in touch!
Today was fasting day for me too. It was harder than usual (only just starting on this new lifestyle of regular fasting, but have done many single day fasts in the past). I think it could have had something to do with a very disturbed and short night (coughing nearly 2 hours and needing over an hour to warm up when I went to bed) and getting over a cold which hit pretty hard. Been feeling cold and tired most of the day (temperatures over here are above 0 and the heating was on) too.
I did do my mini-workout which I started just before New Year and want to do at least 6 days out of 7 – literally just 10 minutes of very low impact slow muscle development – but had to skip for 3 days while feverish and really low. I also got myself out for a walk to the post office, a bit less than a mile (1.4km) return trip; and did some cleaning.
What did I have today?
Coffee with a little cloud of milk, turmeric, cinnamon and cardamom at about 8:30. A big bowl of lettuce with raddichio (sp?), a purple carrot, a mini red pepper, half a small onion and 6 slices of wafer-thin turkey ham tossed in a dressing made of tomato concentrate, mustard, apple cider vinegar, lime juice, salt, pepper, oregano, basil, parsley and water at about 1:15. Then a soup made from chicken broth, broccoli, carrot, onion and 2 small pieces of chicken which had been tossed in a BBQ spice mix, garlic and olive oil and sautéed (had that for dinner last night with a smaller portion tonight). In between about 1.5 liters of water and a cup of spiced roiboos tea.
All in all about 460-480 calories, maybe a bit less.
Looking forward to bed tonight and to my normal coffee with frothed milk when I get up in the morning. I’m also looking forward to Thursday, second fasting day of the week.
Take care everyone and sleep tight!
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