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Hello! Today is my first day too! My partner and I decided to try this new regime for the health benefits as well as the weight loss. Day one has gone well – I skipped breakfast and then had a quinoa stirfry with a small piece of steamed cod for dinner. It was 407 calories. Hope your first days have gone well! 🙂
Hi Anniem61 – I felt the same yesterday! Weirdly motivated! I worked out today that I did 20 hours of fasting before eating in the evening. You can do it! This morning I woke up normally and did not feel ravenously hungry, in fact it was a good hour before I sat down to a healthy breakfast of poached egg, bagel and avocado.
I am fasting again tomorrow and feeling quite excited!
I read the book and found it really motivating – the line about tomorrow is another day – will power, patience and delayed gratification – really resonated with me! If I only have to wait until tomorrow it has to be doable!
Keep me updated with your progress!
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23 Feb 16
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Read the book. Follow the plan.
1. Calculate your BMI and TDEE from the calculator under resources at the top of the page https://thefastdiet.co.uk/how-many-calories-on-a-non-fast-day/ BMI has very little to do with weight loss. TDEE is what you need to know. Do your calculation using a lower activity level.
2. Pick two days to fast. Monday and Thursday seem popular. You stop eating the evening before your fast day. If you must eat on your FD you have to stay withing the 25% goal of your TDEE (defined as approximately 500 Cal for women and 600 calories for men). Do NOT go over your allotment! Go to bed. Get up and eat normally as long as it is within your calculated TDEE.
3. You can either calculate your TDEE for your goal weight and eat within that from the start or you can recalculate your TDEE for short term goals. IE. you weight is 198 lbs calculate your TDEE for 190 lbs. When you reach 190 recalculate your goal for 185 when you reach 185 recalculate your goal for 180 etc down to your goal weight. Many people have success with small goal sets. You reach a goal! It reinforces what you are doing. Set a new goal.
On the other hand if you eat for your end goal TDEE you will lose weight quicker as calorie restriction is greater and when you do reach your goal you won’t have to learn to maintain because you’ve basically been eating that way all along.
You can do this! You will be amazed at how strong you really are. Welcome to the 5:2 pattern of eating and a whole different relationship with food.
Check out https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/ there are a lot of answers, experience, and encouragement in there.
It does not matter what you eat or drink as long as you stay within your TDEE on non-fast day/feed day (NFD) and you eat within your 25% allotment (500 – 600 calories approximately)on Fast Day (FD) Nothing is forbidden on 5:2
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