Hi From Derbyshire – today a new chapter

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UnaDeLuna

1:38 pm
29 Mar 15
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Hi I’m Una, 45 and live near Chesterfield. After seeing the Horizen program a few months back and doing the BBC test and finding out I was a Constant Craver and that this diet would be ideal, it got me intrigued. However, I delayed going further as couldn’t see me being able to restrict calorie intake twice a week and what about the rest of time sticking to a diet?

However, researching more into it and the book arrived yesterday, I now know I wanted to give it a go. So only up to page 74 and rather than waiting til 1 Apr (thought good time to start) I’m actually doing my first fast day today, why delay any further, okay maybe cheating a bit after having a lay in with clocks going forward last night.

Okay. I’m not quite properly prepared with today’s main meal (it’s left over pasta bake which is around 600cals) but currently weighing in at 18s 9.5lbs (118.6kg) and eager to get started its not going to make much difference if its slightly more cals than suggested.

Have planned next fast day for Thursday and will look to get the recipe book. In addition I am looking to reduce amount of sugar intake on non fast days as know its having a bearing on constant cravings along with health issues, will be swapping for something better for me. I rarely drink soft drinks and nornally go for diet variety, I have one black coffee in morning with 1/2 teaspoon of sugar and then drink water rest of the day, not big on alcohol, so it mainly comes from the sugar I put on top of porridge (at least tablespoon) or Granola (don’t add sugar as too much in it to start with), then throughout day its mainly chocolate.

Good luck to any other newbies starting and look forward to sharing experiences and progress.

UnaDeLuna

1:46 pm
29 Mar 15
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In addition to really track progress, as well as weighing myself this morning I’ve taken all over measurements as in past on diets I’ve found when I plateau on weight loss my body seems to catch up and I lose a substantial amount of inches.
I do breast/chest, waist, hips, both thighs, calves and upper arms. Its suprising where the inches/cms comes off. I only check these once a month to get results worth noticing.

Kitty1964

3:06 pm
29 Mar 15
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Hello Una,

Measuring yourself is a great idea! I have been measuring waist and hips since December, and it’s really encouraging to see the graph go down. I’ve lost 14 cms from my waist since it was at its highest just after Christmas, which is great. It helps to see the graphs going down if I have a plateau which is frustrating!

Kitty.

UnaDeLuna

9:05 am
30 Mar 15
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Hi Kitty, thats amazing results.
I’m going set myself small targets of 5 to 7lbs over 3-4 weeks periods to start with, as it then seems easier and doable targets, than looking at the whole picture which is over 100 lbs.

Yesterday was great – considering I wasn’t prepared properly for evening meal. To some people they would think it was a failure but not to me. I went all day with just a banana at lunch (not best option I know) and then ate the worse food possible on a Fast Day – left over pasta bake ready meal. When looking at it in the bowl it should had satisfied any appetite, I ate it slowly and conciously but then straight away and even after drinking water I was hungry or my body was telling me it need more. I succumbed to the chocolate bar – 16 squares to be precise so basically ended up doubling the cals.

But Do i feel like I failed – No, not at all. I achieved more than I would have done than if I’d just put off starting the fast day. I’ve worked out on a normal day my breakfast would have been around 600-700cals (granola & skimmed milk) and then there would have been the grazing till lunchtime, which would have probably been cheese sandwich, crisps/snack and chocolate, followed by more grazing and the pasta meal and more chocolate. As a guestimate I would think around 3500 cals in all, no wonder I’m 18s 9.5lbs.

So no I did not fail, I feel amazingly positive – I learned from it and it means I can make a smarter choice and be ready for my next fast day on thursday. Not only that I can start to look at making right choices on my non-fast days as well. I might not get it right all the time but that’s life.

xXx

Kitty1964

1:32 pm
30 Mar 15
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Hi Una,

Well done for making a start! I don’t think you’ve failed either, even though you had a slip in the evening with the chocolate, you’ve got valuable insight into how fasting affects you, and you can take steps to avoid being in that situation again, now that you recognise the danger signs.
I agree that setting small targets is a good idea – otherwise the hill will seem too steep to climb.
It sounds like your downfall is sugar – have you been following the BBC series “The truth about …?” The truth about sugar is still available on iPlayer. The people on the programme lost a lot of weight just cutting out sugar!

By the way, I read a few months ago that heated-up pasta was healthier than fresh -some of the starch turns to fibre, which means fewer calories! 🙂

Have a good week,

Kitty