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Hi Lyna and welcome:
Here is some information that might help: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/
Good Luck!
Hi Lyna,
I have just started too. Got through my first week with great results. Started at 83.3 k ( I am 1.77m) now, after one week, 81.2! Already lost a cm off bust, 3 cm off waist and hips. Actually, I do a complete fast on Mondays, just hot water with fresh lemon, to cleanse the whole digestive system I Am not sure if the 5:2 gurus accept this, but I like itš.
I wish you all the best- be strong. Tigris.
Good job, Lyna and Tigris. Weight loss is possible!
Try setting a timer, Lyna, for 2 hours and avoid eating until it rings. Then have a bracing or soothing cup of hot tea and set the timer again. Taking time in small increments can help.
Tigris, I think that ‘cleansing’ and ‘detox’ are just buzzwords for eating wholesome food. Good luck on your weight loss journey.
Hi Fasting-me. Thanks for your good wishes.No, the total fast isn’t eating at all. Warm water flushes out the whole digestive tract. It was great to do it after a pretty heavy drinking and eating session on new year’s eve!
I find that on non fast days i don’t go crazy, just enjoy some little addictions, like chocolate!
Hi Vicky and welcome:
About the worst foods you can eat on your diet days are those with sugar and other processed carbs – like bread, cereal, juice and the like. They make you hungry after you eat them.
The best foods to eat are those high in fat and moderate – low in protein – meat, eggs and the like.
Many people find eating one evening meal high in fat and moderate – low in protein works best. And quite a few find eating nothing at all on diet days works best of all.
I have offered some tips in a post I made above – ‘Basics for Newbies’ – hope they help.
Good Luck!
It was weight watcher bread so only 50cal a slice, but Iāve done it on my first day and Iāve still got 197 Cals left!! Ive had a mini fry up for my tea of 2 turkey rashers (like bacon) small tin of tomatoes and 2 more weight watcher bread Iām quite chuffed with myself lol but going to bed out of temptations way lolš
Hi
I just started again this week as I need to shift around a stone and a half.
I have just done 2 back to back days, as my week this week only allowed for fasting monday & today. It has been tough today! – yesterday was no problem at all. Next week I will definitely space out my days. I just wanted to check im doing this correctly.. I have had half a protein bar (as I was in the car today alot) Late lunch was a 90 calorie soup. Dinner was a low carb chicken and veg dish (FITKITCHEN Ready meals – are actually quite nice) and a snack of salted popcorn. With low sugar squash and black coffee i came in at around 505 calories. Is this ok? Thanks all!
Hi simcoeluv, I knew what you meant I was just saying and thanks for the reply…Iāve done another day today but I didnāt eat all day and made a carrot, leek and celery soup it was lovely actually š Iām enjoying looking things up and seeing how many calories are in what, it may wear off and soon find it a struggle but I donāt think Iāve done bad for my second day in š
Thanks Lyna2017.. but donāt beat yourself up this is the first time Iāve ever stuck to a diet in my life and Iām only on day 2!! I might be a flip on my next two days but hey just start again the next day just think if you wasnāt trying to fast you probably would have ate more good luck and keep trying
Hi Vicky:
Congratulations! Two down – ???? to go?
At the start, just try to focus on doing two correct diet days each week. After you have done 10 or more in a row, you can start to consider if you want to do anything different. By then, you should have lost some weight, and you might find your knowledge about portion size and what the foods you eat do to your body is greater than it was at the start.
Keep up the good work!
Hi,
I have started my 5:2 fast the week before Christmas 2017. Had a false start earlier as I didn’t read the book and didn’t do the fasting bit correctly. I found reading the 5:2 Fast Diet book very useful. Now I understand the benefits and all the tips of fasting and it has increased my motivation to stick on fasting. Prior to that I never believe I could do any fasting at all as I love food too much.
I’m still learning and had up and down days. I was very disappointed last week that my weight was moving upward slightly despite sticking to the diet and fasting. The weight is moving downwards now thankfully. I started at 77.1kg on 18 Dec and now 73.8kg. My goal weight is 65kg (I’m only 165cm in height).
Other discussion forums are useful resource, particularly tips about being realistic on weight loss, how to deal with stagnant period and how to stay motivated. I’m very grateful to read comments from by seasoned fasters like simcoeluv and co.
I have now more or less set the pattern on fast days (Mon and Thurs): black coffee and Jasmine tea only in the morning, one boiled egg at 12 noon or 1pm, 1 cup of raw carrots at around 2-3pm, another boiled egg at 4pm, mainly vegetables and tofu at dinner time. For non fast days I tried to go lower than my limit but not always successful.
Let’s keep trying for good health!
Hi Vicky:
Yes, alcohol is allowed. Just try to keep track of the calories if you can, as they add up quickly when you are drinking them!
Another book to look for (not in competition with the Fast Diet book) is ‘The Longevity Diet’ by Valter Longo. He was featured in ‘Eat, Fast and Live Longer’ – the show by Michael Mosley that started 5:2 (.https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=eat+fast+and+live+longer+documentary&view=detail&mid=646873E81F5740699CC7646873E81F5740699CC7&FORM=VIRE). It will explain how you can get the ‘other health benefits’ alluded to in the Fast Diet book. I see that in the U.S., Dr. Mosley wrote a glowing review of The Longevity Diet on Amazon. I have read the book, and feel everyone interested in longevity and the possible benefits of fasting should read it cover to cover.
Keep going! It is not a short term fix. It takes months. It is mental. So you can do it!
Lyna2017 my soup was literally carrot, leek celery and an onion with 2 stock cubes and water, I just boiled it up and blended, oh and added a bit of chilli garlic I think it was under the the the 500 calories, got two large bowls out of it and Iāve found after fasting for 2 days Iām not really hungry today. Get the books of eBay there a lot cheaper
Thanks Lyna2017!
I very much stick to the recommendations of The Fast Diet book and fast on Mon and Thurs.
When I first started (before reading the book) I thought fasting was about eating 500 calories a day, and I struggled. I was on the verge of giving up till I read the book. It gave me information about:
1) the health benefit of fasting – this motivates me to fast.
2) we don’t need to eat constantly or we must eat breakfast.
3) how to structure my life to follow this fast diet and lifestyle.
4) Tips on what to do on fast days
What simcoeluv’s advice about limit card on fast day is spot on. If I eat bread in the morning I get quite hungry at morning tea time.
For me I skip breakfast for my fast as this is easier for me as I don’t feel hungry in the morning: zero calories drink (black coffee and Jasmine tea) in the morning, one boiled egg at 12 – 1pm, a cup of chopped carrots at around 2-3pm and one boiled egg at around 4pm, then dinner mainly consisted of vegetables and tofu.
For non fast days I tried not to eat bread in the morning too. Weekdays I will have a hot ginger and molasses drink and black coffee in the morning. An apple chopped into tiny pieces (this makes me think I have eaten a lot) at morning tea time. Then normal lunch and dinner. Weekend is more difficult with family around and I will have one piece of toast with one fried egg for breakfast with husband.
In terms of exercise I have started recently going to gym classes – combination of strength and high impact classes after absence for a while. During weekends I climbed a challenging hill with my daughter and split woods (using splitter not axe). I was very inactive for a long time and have found these exercises made me feel better.
My reasons for loosing weight:
1) I got to my all time high in weight back in Nov 17 – 81kg (same weight as when I was pregnant) and I could not fit into most of my clothes. I managed to loose some before the fast diet.
2) My knees were (and still are) in quite a bit of pain when I tried to walk up or down hills.
3) I’m only 52 and want to stay fit for myself and my family. My mum is in her seventies and I want to take her to visit places. My younger daughter (age 20) is suffering from a long term illness and I want to be able to help her.
All diets are about reducing calories and the difference about the fast diet is the health benefit from fasting.
I will not say it has been or it will be easy for me to stick to fast diet but I’m determined to give it a good go.
Hi guys! Just catching up on the thread…still on holiday and managing pretty well. I can’t weigh myself as no scales where i am, so i have no idea how the weight is going.
Probably having more drinks than i should, but have kept to my fast days and 500 calories. As i am in a swimsuit, bikini or tankini all day, feel very exposed and overweight, specially in photos next to my petite friend!!! Survived a cyclone…all very dramatic..Swimming several times a day, so getting plenty of exercise.
Really praying this will be the last beach holiday when I feel so unattractive in a swimming costume.
It is good to read all your comments to keep me inspired. Thanks for the support! Please keep it up.
Hi lynya2017
Iām not too bothered really because Iāve actually lost 3lb!! Im ready for the week coming and Iām going to try the slim range in pasta, rice and noodles theirs hardly any calories in any of them, and fill you up, im just wondering has anybody else tried these or the eat water range?
You were right to break the fast if you weren’t feeling well. 5:2 isn’t torture, just regulation! I got really hungry yesterday cos of lots of swimming etc….made it though. Yes. Hopping on and off the scales isn’t great but i will now be going more than a fortnight without weighing in…..miss doing my chart…..
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