Hello, b2tf, I would love to join (re-join?), please!

I took part in the first couple rounds of these Challenges & successfully lost 11 lbs.

Unfortunately, my running/ biking/ weigh lifting activities were derailed by severe foot pain… and I admit suddenly being forced into a sedentary lifestyle was difficult (and depressing) for me.

Thankfully, I have not regained any of my lost weight. Yay!

I am having surgery on my right foot tomorrow & then 5 weeks later surgery on my left foot. Full recovery will take 6 months…. But I know with the wonderful support of this group (I’ve missed reading daily!!) and the 5:2 Fast Diet, I will maintain & perhaps even make improvements during my post-op recovery time!

Let’s do this!

Need the accountability. I’m in for 30 Day November challenge

Hello Diggly, backtothefuture and simcoeluv

Thank you all so much for the helpful information on TDEE. Just one question. – when you add in your weight, do you use your present weight or your goal weight to get your TDEE. I have seen two schools of thought.
I had a very good second FD at was encouraging.

Hi Reid:

It is up to you. Using your current weight will give you your current, approximate TDEE. As it is approximate, it could be too high and if you eat to it you might not lose as much or as fast as you might expect. As you lose weight, your TDEE will decline, so you will need to recalculate every once in awhile.

If you use your goal weight then you pretty much get rid of the possibility the TDEE you are using is too high, and you also will be getting used to the number of calories you will need to be eating to maintain your weight when you reach your goal.

Your choice.

Good Luck!

Hi all!
yesterday was my 4 fasting day and I want to go in. The second week results is not so great as first week, but at all I have lost 3 kg! Please can I join the November Challenge?

B2TF thank you for heading the November challenge. Please count me in. I would like to continue losing one pound per week and really making this wol MY WOL permanently without so many struggles and setback binging.
I have been doing 5:2 since august and have found this forum very helpful.

Count me in! I’m new, scared, nervous, excited!

Hi action hero
It’s great to see a fellow kiwi on the forums, there’s another lovely kiwi lady in the October challenge that I hope will be joining us here too (timeforme)
I would love to be down 5kg by Christmas, we are so lucky to have the holiday season during our Summer and I want to have my summer body out and unashamed this holiday season. 5kg would get me to goal weight so here’s hoping we both see the numbers go down in November 😊

So how’s the weight loss going without giving up alcohol – I’m still hoping to be able to have a glass on the weekends! Lol

Hi B2F
Please count me in for November.

Alright, enough fence sitting from me – please count me in for Nov 🙂 – and I’m currently in Newcastle, Australia

Pretty much a noob to the IF life, and think my nerves have more to do with holding me back than anything else… Am I *SURE* I won’t die? Not been a serious calorie counter for longer than a week or two, separated by years, so it’ll be fun to work things out again.
Would love to lose some flab, but feeling good mentally and physically is more important.

Looking forward to the month and keeping up with everyone!

Count me in, B2TF~ I haven’t seen my name on a post that you saw my previous post about joining. But if you did and I missed it, well, we’re double covered!

Hi. My first day on here. Please sign me up for November challenge

Didn’t realise November was already up and running – sign me up please see you with renewed determination on Tuesday morning , I’m going for a 4lb loss .

Hello, please add me to the November challenge. I’ve dipped in and out of 5:2 so really need to focus on doing it properly. My goal is to be able to wear last years summer clothes comfortably!

Mazza1720 you don’t need to fast for three consecutive days on 4:3. I have followed 4:3 since late June successfully and never did it for even two consecutive days. I fasted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Now I’ve reached my target weight and wish to maintain at 6:1. In total I’ve lost 16 kilos since starting 5:2 on 6 June. 4:3 does give you a more rapid weight loss. You can do it and you will succeed. I usually skipped breakfast and ate lunch and supper at 200 and 300 calories respectively. I drunk plenty of sparkling water with lemon juice. Be careful to eat within your TDEE on the other four days which are non fast days. However I’ve been to weddings, parties ate Chinese takeaways and ate out at least once a week and sometimes I went over my TDEE.

Onwards and downwards, good evening/night.

Hiya b2tf – please can I sign up as well?

I knew October would be complicated but kind of thought I’d manage to stick to 5:2 on my own. Turns out that wasn’t such a great idea…

Looking forward to catching up with everyone!

hi please can i join the 30 days November challenge please ? I live in Spain but am English.. i work in Gibraltar in a betting company. I started 5-2 but went to Thailand and fell off the wagon big time, I have brought my husband a five day fishing trip to Gran Caneria for christmas and the hotel is a spa and i dont want to be a whale there, so am starting again now and need support to lose a stone before Xmas, i have three to lose but the more i can lose before our holiday the better i will feel. Thanks Guys xx

i am doing this, i saw in the daily mail today – I am suffering with a lot of migraines at the moment and as i will be in bed some of this …

TRY THE 2-TO-2 APPROACH
We’re not over-prescriptive about timings of a fast: the plan should be flexible, so it can be adapted to suit your lifestyle and daily agenda. That said, you can experiment with timing. You may, for instance, choose to fast not from bedtime to bedtime, but from 2pm until 2pm, with reduced calories (or none) consumed at all during that 24-hour period. Here is how to go about it:
● After a normal lunch on Day 1, eat sparingly, amounting to no more than 500 calories for women and 600 for men (or nothing at all) until a late lunch the following day. That way you fast while you sleep and no single day feels ‘deprived’ of food.
● You might choose to fast from supper to supper, which again means no day is All Fast and No Fun. The point is ‘adjust to fit’. If either of these approaches feels wrong, stop and revert to the usual 5:2 Fast Day approach.

Hi lzzy and welcome:

Here are some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Hi
Count me in, I need to lose 2 stone so will start fasting tomorrow (know it’s not November until Tuesday but I’ve had a stomach bug and haven’t got my appetite yet!)

I plan to go to the gym 3 times a week and not drink wine Monday to Thursday, also am going to limit carbs

let’s hope this works, people seem to have great results so I hope I’m one of them!

Hi there back2thefuture. I would love to join your November challenge please. I have dabbled with 5:2 from time to time but if I’m honest I have probably never given it 100% but am now determined to do so! So a November challenge is perfect for me! One reason I think I may fail is that I’m never sure on the NFD’s – some advice says 2000 calories, some say your TDEE, and then I’ve read a post on here earlier that says for even better losses to go with your TDEE based on your target weight so now I’m really confused! So if anyone can offer any advice on that I’d be most grateful as I’ve also heard that it won’t work if you don’t eat enough! Very confused! But hopefully the challenge will make me stick to the 5:2 this time around 🙂

Hi Bibi and welcome:

The way it goes you should eat to your TDEE or less on your non diet days. Some calculate their ‘TDEE for non diet days’ by using their goal weight rather than their current weight. This makes sure that they won’t be overeating on their non diet days because the TDEE calculator just gives an estimate and it can be too high sometimes. 2000 is just a number to ignore, as it is simply the average TDEE for a woman and means nothing for any individual. The basic rule is the less you eat, the more you lose – just common sense. The quickest weight loss possible is to eat nothing at all. If you want to slow down your rate of weight loss, eat more.

Here is how 5:2 works and some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!