Hi, I’m Sandra. I am 31 & live in northern ireland. I started the fast diet last wk. I weighed myself on the Wednesday morning and was 11 st, 7 lb. I fasted thursday and friday and found it easy enough to do, the hunger didnt bother me at all thankfully. I then went camping over the weekend and ate like a mad women lol I also enjoyed a few cocktails. I have to be flexible with my fast days due to the shifts I work so this week monday & Tuesday were my fast days. Come weigh in on this Wednesday morning I was hoping for a loss but not expecting much due to my weekend of over eating. When I looked down and the scales read 10 st, 4 lb I thought I was seeing things. 1st, 3lb off. I could not believe it so I measure myself. I had lost 3ins of my waist, 2ins of my hips & 1in of my thighs! I also tried on trousers that didnt fit a couple of wks ago & tho they were still a bit tight they fastened. I dont expect to get a loss like this again and since I dont feel I have a huge amount to lose I am happy to lose the rest at a slower pace but I am also delighted at the results of my first wk. Has anyone else experienced this kind of loss at the start of this? I love the fast diet! I know it is something I could stick too and I am finding that I look forward to my fast days as much as look forward to my feed days after! I feel so great after just a wk both physically and mentally! Definitely a new way of life for me!

Yeah I love this fdl. Find fasting very easy and feel great since I started it. It brings me a sense of normality that I never had with other diets as I cn eat the things I want to and still get results. On my feast days there is no routine as I want to be free to enjoy what I want and not worry about feeling restricted or bad if I go over my calories. I am still new to this so I am still feeling out what works for me. The days I fasted before my weigh in I ate around 200 cals each day. I felt satisfied with this but would have ate more if I had needed to. It was enough for me tho and to b honest I could probably have fasted completely except I took a headache on the first day and did not want a repeat of that. I have been getting my calories from homemade soup, oxo cubes and whole milk in one or two cups of coffee (tho I’ve now discovered I like it black so have done away with the milk on fast days). I purchased some zero high5’s&that along with the extra caffeine from my black coffee has made such a difference. Not even a hint of a headache. I am fasting today and so far havnt felt the need to eat. I am happy with how this is working for me. Eating very little on my fast days works best for me as I am the kind of person who keeps picking at food once I start eating, also I tend to eat alot on my feast day. I am hoping as I adjust to fdl I will natural strike more of a balance with both fast days and feast days but for now this is working for me so I will take it each day at a time and make changes when necessary 🙂

I find 200 a comfortable amount for me. I could more easily eat less than more. I think its about knowing what works best for u individually. I know if I eat more I will want more as its why I have struggled with my weight in the past. I think we are all different and what works for some doesn’t work for all. I dont believe I am at risk of going into starvation mode because I eat unrestricted on my feast days so it sort of balances out. I really don’t know how I lost the amount I did so quickly but I had gained between half a stone-a stone in the last few months so maybe because of the recent gain it was quick to come off again. I dont know. Pehaps I’ll gain some back next weigh in and it’ll b slower after that but I hope I have just found the best way for me and it will be a steady loss from here on out 🙂

Usa – I exercise daily. I walk my dogs at least 3 miles everyday and I also run at least once a week, sometimes up to 3 or 4 times so I am pretty active too. Have to be when you have two big dogs to tire out before you leave the house for work 🙂

Couscous – Thanks for the comment. Yes I understand what you are saying. I am very realistic. I understand how the body works as I have studied fitness and nutrition. I do not know why I lost so much in my first week, perhaps it is to do with some of it being a recent gain. I do not expect to have anymore loses like this and would not want to. If I gain some of it back in the next week then lose gradually after that I will not be disappointed. Our bodies or amazing, complex things. I will just keep doing what I am doing as I love how I feel with dfl!

I have a yellow Labrador called Summer and a brown Springer/Labrador cross called Phoenix. Love them to bits, they are a handful but great dogs. Also they keep me very active between daily walks, occasional runs and agility at the weekend! Ha ha yes have to tire them out, Summer was a very bad pup, chewed lots of things in my house no matter how much I walked her first but she has stopped all that since I got Phoenix thankfully, good for her to have company and he is better behaved than her which is good because I moved house and would not want them to do any chewing in this one too lol Safe to say with all the exercise they get my dogs don’t need to go on any diet/life style changes 🙂