Well done on your weight loss so far. I have done much the same as you in just altering my everyday eating without dieting. I have lost half a stone in the last 2 months and really I shouldn’t lose anymore, but as hubby wants to lose half a stone using the fast diet, if he is maybe going to treat himself at weekends a bit, I thought we could do this together.
We have cut out where possible anything white, bread, rice, pasta (except risotto rice) drink green tea, water, save alcohol for weekends and try and not get crisps out. We do have normal potatoes but where the recipe allows for taste we replace them with sweet potato, ( I don’t like them with all the meals we have).
I’m hoping that even though our eating has been good at home the fasting will help at times like Christmas, where inevitably I need to lose 5 lbs or so by the end of it, only time will tell on that one.

Well done! I had my first fast day yesterday, and it wasn’t nearly as hard as expected. Felt really good by the end of the day (albeit a bit hungry). Good luck!

Great post tickatape I have kept it low key apart from on here i have not told my wife how much i have lost, or my mum, as i want to do it for me no one else, so good luck, and let us know how it goes I think its called walking the Walk not talking the walk cause i have done that too many times this time feels real, and you wont need luck it works !

2nd for us as well. I I didn’t have breakfast today, just had second green tea and not too bad. I’m at mums today and if I don’t eat she will moan ( haven’t told her as I am doing this for health rather than weight loss and she won’t understand) so I will have her homemade chicken/veg soup which I imagine will be the same calories if not less that my morning porridge. I’m making a vegetable curry tonight that has some potato in and and I’m going to add some king prawns for a bit of bite.
I know people generally don’t like plain rice cakes but I’ve found some for 29 calls so if I need one, I will have one tonight.
We will go for a walk tonight just to keep ourselves occupied and away from the fridge, more for hubbies benefit rather than mine.
What are you having for dinner tickatape, I’m hoping to get about 8 recipes in a log and just use them on fast days so I don’t really have to think about what we are going to have.

Hope you enjoy your tea, tickatape! Sounds delicious. My 2nd day went suprisingly smooth. Better than the first!

Think I’m going to have salad next fast day. I had veggie curry and as it was only 150 cal I added some prawns, only trouble is I was awake just after 5am today as I was starving, so think I will add more potato to the curry next time as there was only 50g in it, maybe another 50 will fill me up a bit more.
Just had my breakfast, yoghurt, banana and oat bran, usually that does me until lunch time but I’m still starving, hopefully another drink will sort me out.

Hi Ladies and well done for starting on the 5:2! I’ve been doing this since the last week in May and intend to finish on September 13 – my neices’s wedding! After that I will maintain my weight loss by doing a 6:1….I hope that works!

I just wanted to share a few tips with you, hope that’s ok? I’ve lost 11 lbs so far and am very happy with that, although I hope maybe another 1 or 2 before the wedding. I’ve also started a zumba fitness class and believe this has helped enormously. I hate gyms and exercise so was dumbfounded to realise I love zumba fitness!

Tips: 1 keep busy – most important; work, housework, reading, tv, cinema, walking, talking – anything to keep your mind focused off food. 2 drinking; the more water you put in, the fuller you will feel. 3 in a curry add lots of different vegetables and try to keep off the potatoes, the idea for the 1 day is to TRY and keep off the carbs – so onion, carrots, courgettes, cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus etc will all do the trick. 4 strawberries if you can get them really do seem to fill you up quickly but are low in calories. 5 home made soups are great, you can poach chicken in the water, add veg (not potato), coriander or other herbs – its filling and healthy. 6 rocket – I love the spicy leaves and they are low in calories, pile it up, add cherry toms, peppers, cucumber, beetroot, spring onion, radishes, smoked mackerel and some low calorie salad cream – yummy.

I find I deal with my FDs better if I don’t have breakfast or lunch (unless it’s strawberries) then eat about 6pm. I don’t feel any hungrier the next day at all so there is never the feeling that I have to make up for it!

There are so many things that you can eat on a FD, and keep in mind, it is just that day – and the best thing of all, if you can get your head around it – which I have now – is when I get a hunger pang I think “great, this is good, this is burning off the fat instead of storing it”!!!

Remember, don’t worry if you have a bad day, just choose another for a FD – we are human and shouldn’t try to be perfect.

Best of luck.

Well done tickatape. I do agree with your comments on calories, as I often underestimate these, so have invested in a little calorie counter book. I’m on my second week of the plan and so far so good. I find it quite inspiring reading everyone’s dieting experiences. I’m about 2 stone overweight and really just want to get rid of flab around the tum, so a few exercises would probably help. Any recommendations? – though nothing that involves lying on the floor, as had two knee replacements.

If you guys have an android/iphone you can get an app that scans supermarket barcodes for calorie info. You can also create your own recipes and it will give calorific content. it is called My Fitness Pal.

Well done on the Maths tickatape (I am maths tutor)

anniew7 try green tea with lemon with a slice of lemon in, really refreshing. I had been drinking that for a while but now it has become essential on fast days.

Hi tickatape, I really enjoy reading your posts. I’m sorry you are so stressed at the moment. it’s hard when you can’t sleep. I applaud your determination to stick with it!

just a quick suggestion for those bad nights. I have a lot of pain that keeps me awake. most “pain” medications don’t do much to help. I have found that the herb valerian helps. it’s for pain and it helps with sleep. must warn you though, it smells like a cross between something died and dirty socks. LOL.

hope your stressful situation is soon alleviated. oh, and everyone is entitled to a little moan now and again. good luck.