So far so good, on my first Fast day. I have been hungry just before lunch but I always get hungry before lunch! I am breaking up my 500 cals so I had a small bowl of soup and will have dinner later on 🙂 hoping I dont feel overly hungry tonight!

I have been trying to drink as much water as possible Lizzie. Been up and down to the toilet all day though haha!

Teeshabell, I couldn’t cope with cakes etc round me!! Good luck for tomorrow.
Georgie, sounds like a lovely day.

I’ve purposely not done much cleaning today, thinking that I need to keep super busy tomorrow for fast day 2! (particularly after the couple of pancakes I’ve had!)

Morning, my 2nd fast day today.
I stayed in bed as long as I could this morning,
Git the kids off to school, now rather then straighten up the house a bit as I normally would before the gym, I’m going to straight to the gym for a longer workout and leave the house til I get home. Feel the need to keep very busy today.
Again I’m aiming for just one meal around 5pm.
Good luck all those fasting today.

Hi all. Sounds like everyone doing well. I’m looking forward to my 2nd fast day tomorrow. Am working in the afternoon til 8pm so hoping that will help. Haven’t been very strict on my no fast days (had pancakes too yesterday Lizzie which I never do) so will be interested to see what happens on the scales.

Hi all,
Joan, I definitely found planning helped.
Rach, from what I read you don’t need to be strict on the non fast days. I’m not counting on those days just trying not to go crazy!
Georgie, having water at your side is a great plan, I think you already said that you don’t eat after a certain time which is another good one. How about doing something to occupy your hands? Knitting, cross stitch, a crossword, ring someone?

I’ve just had my meal, had gammon, veg & egg and a banana as I was only at 400 cals. Feeling stuffed at the min. Kids to karate shortly so that will keep me busy.
Teeshabell, how’s your fast going today? Must be hard with birthday cakes around!
Good luck to everyone who is fasting tomorrow xxx
(Sorry for typo’s autocorrect on phone and I’m rushing!)

Teeshabell, sounds like my idea of hell!! lol
Back from karate and had a long hot bath, now tummy is grumbling so I’m going to have another cuppa and watch a bit of tv before bed.
Pleased with how well today has gone and found that I’ve been more productive as I’ve kept myself so busy at home 🙂 House looks great, even hubby commented when he came in.
I’m considering making this week a 4:3 by fasting again on Friday as I’ve found it ok these couple of days I’ve done and I don’t have any plans for Friday.
Anyone else done 4:3

aw fab, nice to to be doing it alone, found this thread useful to keep me on track. Quite often we have plans on a Friday as we haven’t this week I thought I’d try and make the most of it!

Hi everyone, really keen to get support. I, 3 days in to the 5:2 having fast Monday and Tuesday. It went really well, but suffered with a 2 day headache and extreme tiredness.. is this normal? any advice would be gratefully accepted. I’m not feeling hungry and have even stopped drinking tea and coffee and instead lots of hot water with a slice of lemon.
Oh now I’ve typed my plea of support, I think I’m replying to another post, so maybe I need additional help??
Lainie12

Thanks Lizzie. Will try to keep occupied but if you saw my attempts at knitting or cross stitch it would certainly put you off your food! As to phone calls, funnily enough I have just had a call from an ex client (I used to run a domestic abuse charity) asking for help for someone so have a focus this evening.
I also was thinking of having Friday as a fast day as well as tomorrow. Think it will be good for me.

Hi all am into my second week of 5:2 , have been feeling really great. My fast days are Tuesday and Thusday, I find that this suits me because I work Wed, Thurs and Fri. On my first Tuesday I had porridge and berries found that I was really full, at lunch time I go to yoga so did not think about food. At 6.30 I had a ready meal 300 cal and this was enough to keep me going until bedtime. I must say that even on non fasting days I am not over eating. Sleeping better any generally feel better!! Oh I lost 2lbs on the first week. Weighing myself on a Monday morning. I want to loose about 20lbs, so my goal is by the end of March I want to have lost about 10lbs. Goal is to reach my target by July when I am off to Sorrento for my holiday. I also have Crohns and had 10 inches of my colon removed! Too bad it was not 10 inches off my waist😜

Second fast day underway. Made the mistake of eating biscuits last night. Not a good idea I don’t think. Felt awful when I got up but feeling better after a black coffee. Drinking plenty of water and going to buy fresh soup to take to work.Having a big bowl of porridge before I go which should hopefully fill me up. Think next time I’ll try your tip of fasting from 6pm the night before tramcaur.Does this make you less hungry?

Hi Plainy
Tell me more about what was going on in you mind when you started to gain weight again in June?

I know that I started this diet last year and managed two/three weeks, with good weight loss, and then let it all go when we had guests come to stay. I just couldn’t seem to get back into it.

This is the thing that worries me most, becoming distracted and ‘falling off’ the Fast:diet wagon.

Hi Rache
I’m on second fast day today too. Green tea so far today. I will try to postpone eating as long as possible. Hopefully till about 5.30

Hi Elaine
Holiday in Sorrento in July is a nice incentive. Just ‘feeling’ better helps me keep going. I’ve got mini goals to help as well, but I’ve got much more to lose than you.

Hi rachH76, There are several things that make a 6pm the day before better for me.
Doing a 6 to 6 means that I am not going to bed on a full stomach and that means I sleep better.
Also it means that I am eating, albeit a much smaller meal on Fast Day, at the same time as everyone else.
The bonus being that as I prepare our two dogs evening meal, I am not tempted to say “to hell with them, I will have their dog food instead”. <GGG>.

Seriously though, the 6 to 6 is easier to achieve a 24 hour fast before I have a 300 cal meal. Also this gives a bit of leeway for a supper if needs be.
Like the whole Fast Diet, it just fits better with my lifestyle.

Hi Plainy. Have you tried having a reduced calorie chocolate drink such as Options for when you need a choco boost? I got some last week when my sister was staying. She is on the FastDiet and always has some in the cupboard for when she needs a boost but doesn’t want succumb to a sugar fest. She says she often wants one but tries to delay indulging by 5,10,15 mins whatever she can manage.

Hi everyone
just a quick question do you think I should stick to my TDEE on none fasting days because by the look of the figures it recommends my TDEE is around 3000 kcal which seems a lot? Any advice or experiences welcome??!

Hi Plainy,
Have a look at the FAQ’s at the top of the page, which should help with some queries. As regards your TDEE, make sure that you pick an activity level that is accurate for what you are doing now. Try writing down everything that you eat and drink for a week, a bit tedious, but just for 7 days, which can be a complete eye opener in where those calories are coming from. You might also note your mood. There was someone on this forum who mentioned HALT, the premise is very simple, before you eat/drink something ask your self ‘am i hungry?’ ‘am I angry?’ ‘am I lonely?’ ‘am I tired?’. I found that really helpful and as a result made some different decisions.

I see no reason why you cannot reduce your TDEE, but make sure that it isn’t ready meals or take aways. Processed food is full of sugar, sugar is keeping you on a cycle of bingeing, so reduce the sugar in your diet(watching out for hidden stuff in baked beans, jar tomato sauces etc) and you will feel better, the desire for the sweet stuff will diminish and if you drink fizzy drinks, then stop them now. Have a look at what you eat over the day, especially breakfast.

It is a lifestyle change, not a diet. Think about what you like to eat that is unprocessed and aim to eat wholemeal bread, fruit and vegetables, unprocessed meat, brown rice and wholewheat pasta, eggs, cheese, nuts, legumes, yoghurt etc. Aim for whole grains, porridge is very good. Avoid anything that has the word’diet’ or ‘low fat’ as they are invariably stuffed full of sugar. A really interesting read is by Dr Robert Lustig( a paediatric endocrinologist in the US) who has been studying obesity and why/how we get fat and what we can do about it, busting all those diet myths along the way-such as eat less, move more(why they don’t work). The list of foods to aim for is from his book ‘fat chance, the hidden truth about sugar, obesity and disease.’ It will make you think about what you eat and why, the role of the food industry and the misinformation that we have been given and how/why.

Read the packets of the sweets etc and look for the amount of sugar within. Anything over 22g sugar is high, so avoid. WHO Guidelines are for 6 teaspoons of sugar per day=24g sugar. I know that you will find the numbers truly shocking once you start to look as I did( a recovering sugar addict).

I eat a much better diet that is not weird or expensive, or antisocial to maintain. When I have over indulged(as I did yesterday) I eat less the next day. I feel better and no longer hide food or go out to get that chocolate fix, it is liberating and I am much much slimmer.

Morning all,
I had planned on doing an extra fast day today and I’ve not had anything as yet but dh is on his way home as theres been a serious accident on the motorway and he’d been stuck since 6.50am so he’s freezing and the road to work is still blocked (he works 1 1/2hr away) so he’s going to work from home.
I’ll see how today goes but won’t beat myself up if I don’t do the full day, as I have done 2 fasts this week already.

How is everyone? Rach I think I’ll start mine at 6pm on Sunday night too.

Georgie, I think that sounds very sensible, hope you are feeling ok now..
Hubby is home now so we’ll see how the day progresses, at the minute I’m clearing out food cupboards and wiping down , anything to keep out of his way whilst he’s working and keep me from sitting and eating!

Found fast day yesterday a bit of a struggle, but managed to control myself and am really pleased that I can have a good feed for the next three days. I have been eating quite a bit under my TDEE, so perhaps that’s the reason.

Lizzie and Georgie, I don’t think I could even contemplate 4:3 until I’m much closer to target weight and 5:2 is really bedded in. I don’t feel confident that I’ve got it embedded yet.

Stir Frys are on my agenda as is fish.

Don’t you love the flexibility of this WOE? I tried ADF with MWF being my fast days. It just didn’t click with me. But 2 days? Yes!
I’m weighing after each DD. This week I lost 1/2# each day. Am happy with this as it feels real, like it is weight gone and not simple fluctuation.
Have 2nd day of golf tourney today followed by dinner to celebrate winners. Glad it is an UD.
Have a nice weekend everyone!

Oh sorry. Way of Eating. And Down Day (DD) and Up Day (UD).

3# is great! Congrats.