I’m from San Diego and I LOVE this diet! I’ve had extra baby weight for 3 years and this is the only way I’ve ever managed to budge the scale. I have always been thin and never really had to diet, but after I had my baby everything changed! I gained 28 pounds during my pregnancy, but I didn’t have a 28# baby (thank god for that)!!! I just never was able to lose the weight. I love to cook and I also love to eat and so I am absolutely horrible at dieting, so the thought of only having to be miserable, I mean dieting 2 days a week I knew I had to give it a try. Well, I’ve been doing it a month and I lost 6 pounds!! This is the only thing that has ever worked for me, and honestly once you find out which foods help you get over the FD the easiest, it just becomes routine! I find it best to keep myself the busiest on my FD’s too. I like a hard workout in the morning and then I like to do all my household chores on these days. I also find it helpful to wait as long as I can before I eat anything. So today, I got up had some black coffee, went to my gym for a hard workout came home and cleaned my floors and did some laundry. By the time I stopped it was 12:30 and I was ready to eat. I had a 1/2 c of low fat cottage cheese and added a chopped Roma tomato. This lasted me another 2 1/2 hours. I like to nap on my FD’s, it definitely helps with fatigue. When I woke up I made myself a fried egg and a piece of dry rye toast. I had another cup of black coffee. Then I ran errands the rest of the afternoon. When I got home I made myself a lean cuisine and called it a day. I drink lots of water all day long and I really haven’t had any issues with feeling nauseous or sick from fasting. In fact, I like the feeling of being light! It really has helped me even on so called cheat days! It’s really a miracle diet and I’m so glad I stumbled upon it.

Sue, Hi and welcome to intermittent fasting! I am in my third week of fasting, so still in a learning curve here too. I keep referring back to the book, ” The Fast Diet”, which is the foundation of this diet. They don’t really say just eat anything you want- this diet is more scientifically based than that. They recommend eating protein particularly, because it takes longer to digest than carbs. And fats don’t trigger insulin release, which is what makes us hungry. You want to stay away from the typical white carbs that turn into glucose in your body- they trigger an insulin release that makes us hungrier, and prevents fat burning- glucose gets used first. So for example an egg is a better choice than a pancake, especially on a fast day. They have some great recipes in there too, examples of low calorie meals.
If you really want to dig into the mechanics of all this, “The Obesity Code” by Dr Fung really gets into how we trigger fat burning- it is not just reducing calories, but also choosing the right foods. I’ll be fasting again on Thursday- but doing my best to choose real food, not processed, in the meantime. Not always successful, but more aware!

Hi everyone and welcome to the new posters.
I had a good fast day as well. I had such a busy shift, I didn’t have a chance to think about being hungry. It is getting easier to have a successful FD. I also like the light feeling. One thing I am getting past is the eating so I won’t get hungry mindset. I find that I am not hungry in the mornings and now know I can survive without eating until lunch.

Wishing everyone a successful eating/fasting day.

K-Lo, That baked trout sounds delicious! Details of how to bake it, please? I love trout and rarely think to cook it.

Some research shows link between aluminum and Alzheimer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056430/

I don’t know if it is correct or not, but many of my relative had the disease, so I want to be on safe side. Long time ago I thru away all aluminum containers, but only recently realized that I use aluminum foil to bake. So about 6 months ago I got rid of it too. I bought glass baking ware with covers. I highly recommend it for baking with out foil and also it cleans very easily.

Coldpizza, I visited Japan for two weeks in 1985. That’s about it.

I was shocked that I lost weight on vacation, as I did not abstain from alcohol. Quite the opposite. But I guess my eating was quite moderate, and NO snacking. We were just too busy. I had a great fast yesterday, and I’m down again. This is all quite unexpected. 4-5 pounds away from what I thought was a fantastical goal.

Re your post on aluminum, I thought those link to aluminum had been debunked over the years.

Thanks for referencing Jason Fung videos. Dr Fung so makes sense out of all of this.
5th week and getting into a groove.
Walked 5 miles this morning over hilly terrain. Off to eat breakfast. Have a great feast or fast day.

asauer, welcome and you will get there!

Hello! I’m young too and im from California. I just started the diet a month ago. I only weigh myself every two weeks. I’m not doing any excercise yet but I will begin too as soon as I’m done with finals at the end of this coming month. My initial weight was 145 lbs. My weight after 2 weeks was 137 and my next weigh in is this friday. I’m excited to see how I am doinf. Iv been taking pictures and it really helps because I can see the differences in the pics better than the mirror. I just joined the forum today.

Welcome aliajolly- I am happy you found us! Congratulations on your weight loss- love the idea of taking pictures but I just don’t think I’m quite ready for that kind of honest visual feedback!! Pictures don’t lie and I started this diet after seeing pictures of myself- my face looked round as a moon and I just couldn’t believe it was me.

Just watched a Dr Fung video and I am so impressed with him. Finally someone’s making sense about weight loss and why we have all been failing at it.

Texas here.
I had been on the diet for over a year and a half lost 60 pounds, kept it off for the year. I loved it but life kicked me and I ate my way through it. I’m re-starting today with a successful fast day. I need to drop the 40 I picked up and get moving on living again

No pictures of me, please. I’m not very photogenic, although when I look at my baby pictures I was a cute kid and wonder what happened?

I’ve heard the aluminum and alzheimer’s connection for years and have been avoiding aluminum as much as possible just in case there is a connection. Other than cooking utensils, some brands of baking powder have aluminum in them so if you’re a baker check the ingredients before using it. Also a lot of deodorant has aluminum in it.

Have a great day, everyone.

Bronx

Things are awfully quiet on this thread today ….hope everyone is well. Fasting day tomorrow so planning today. Made a creamy homemade avocado cilantro dressing to top a chopped power blend salad! (And I add chopped herbed chicken to it too!). Pretty low cal — dressing is about 40 calories for 2 tablespoons. Having the salad today, plenty leftover for FD dinner tomorrow! 🙂

Hoping to start my fasting after dinner tonight and see if I can do just water/coffee/tea until dinner tomorrow 🙂 Not sure since I work out early tomorrow. Might need to do some yougart with a tablespoon of whole fruit jam for sweetness ……..hmmmm……busy scouring the Internet for 5:2 ideas, recipes, advice, struggles, information, etc.

Hi Everyone, Fasting day for me today. I worked out today for the first time ever on a fast day. During the workout I felt a little weak lifting weights but afterwards I felt normal and didn’t experience the slump or hunger pangs I expected post workout. I watched the Dr Jason Fung YouTube videos someone suggested (thank you) which talked about working out on a fast day and how you get more energy on a fast day so to workout so thought I’d give it a try. Dury is out. I’ll let you know nice I complete the day whether it worked or not. My husband has been fasting along with me and has lost 6lbs already in just over 2 weeks. He is the poster child as he has never dieted in his life so hasn’t messed up his base metabolic rate which I think I have with my yoyo calorie reduced diet. Anyhow we are doing it together and seeing results! Have a good day All!

Just a note as far as recipes: Krista Varady has some very good, simple recipes in her book, “The Every Other Day Diet”. I’ve put together a binder with recipes I’ve used on fasting days, and have added quite a few from her book. I’ll be away for 2 1/2 weeks next month, and I think my partner can handle putting together a quick fasting day meal while I’m away, using some recipes from her book.. (Michael Mosley based his 5:2 book on Krista’s research.) We are in the rhythm of every other day fasting, now, and having read Jason Fung’s “The Obesity Code”, are going to try a 24 hrs fast. As we also incorporate 16:8, 24 hours shouldn’t be too difficult. Finally seeing the scale starting to drift down again,albeit slowly. Moreover, we both are feeling better overall, despite our crazy rosters! (Both of us are over 60, still working as nurses, so rotating shifts).

Thank you rlw66 for such a great dressing recipe! I am going to make it for a fasting day next week. By the time I had decided to fast today, I added up my already consumed calories and I was almost six hundred… so I had my glass of wine and a chicken-veggie-tomato sauce stir-fry without the rice. And a small cookie:) So.. I am going to try a fast day tomorrow while going out to dinner. I think I will save all calories for later in the day- a first for me. I love the way on this thread everyone is finding their own way through, using the basic info and then tweaking it. Good luck tomorrow for those of us fasting!

hey uswoman thanks for the additional recipe info 🙂 love it!

YAY Princess Cilantro — I’m hoping for that tomorrow on my fasting day! 🙂

stay strong tomorrow notfastenough — just think how wonderful dinner will be. SO WORTH THE WAIT. 🙂

I too love all the input, ideas and thoughts shared here 🙂 — good group of peeps!

positive thoughts to all tomorrow, those fasting and those trying to eat under their TDEE 🙂

K-Lo,

I used baking powder last week when I cut one of the dog’s nails too short and it started bleeding. I read somewhere to mix baking powder and corn starch and apply it to the nail to stop the bleeding. It didn’t really work but made a nice mess on the dining room carpet.

Bronx

Good morning,
Today is my fast day and actually looking forward to it. My “fat” clothes feel a bit looser today. Tomorrow will be my weigh,measurement day.

Princess Cilantro– your FD dinner sounds wonderful! I will be saving my calories for dinner which will be salad and chicken. Keeping it simple since I am not much of a cook (but learning).

Wishing everyone a successful fast/feed day.

Sick with allergies and sinus this week. Not planing any fasting at least for the rest of the week. Feeling low, since I already know that I will not see my goal loss this month. 🙁
Reading the forum, trying to get my spirits up again. Realized that I am sipping black coffee this morning like it is fasting day. Maybe I could do 18:6 for 3 days, and watch my calories.
Looking forward to May. May 1st is Orthodox Easter (Pasha), and finally the Great Lent will be over. I am missing eggs, butter and meat. Cannot wait to cook and eat them again. 🙂

Today is my second FD for the week too. I am a little hungry. Have had60 calories. Will be eating in about 3 1/2 hours so I know I need to occupy myself with a walk and a cleaning project I have been putting off. I am thrilled to know Princess Cilantro you no longer getting shakey with hunger and your brain remains connected. It is big…Huge. This is what makes this way of eating great. There are more positives than just on a calorie counting diet and to think they extend for some of us beyond the fact that we just have to do this one day and then go back to normal. I am up 2 lbs and hope to make a dent in that tomorrow morning scales. I believe it is the snacks on food days.
Best to each of you on FD and on Feed Day.

Coldpizza– hope you feel better soon! Sinus problems are such a pain! Hang in there and stay strong! Soon you’ll be back to your normal self!

Hey all —

Ditto – Coldpizza ….hope you feel better soon!

Enjoy your dinner out notfastenough!

CaliBikni – AWESOME!!! Nice progress……. 🙂 (posting recipe soon!)

TexasFoodie – I agree….it feels good to take “control” again. I’m working on that too ….and PeaJay that is what I’m trying to pay attention too — I seem to do pretty good on FD….it’s my regular days and I really need to pay attention to what I’m eating and why. I started writing down (not just putting it in an app) everything I’m eating and the calorie count so I can look at it in black and white one a regular basis! I also make notes about the day — hard day, easy day, hungry day, etc., ….I think it is helping me stay a little more “focused” ….doesn’t mean I’m not eating sweets (dang it!) ….just means I see what I’m doing 🙂 I have a ways to go!

I’m waiting for my FD dinner of lemon and herb cod and steamed asparagus to be done 🙂 have not eaten much at all today…..all is good 🙂 I also weigh in tomorrow morning and am hoping to see a slight downward trend 🙂

Seems like a fair amount of us do one of our FD’s on Thursday — that’s kinda nice 🙂

Good Morning,
Haven’t posted in a bit – I have been hanging in there but it’s been rough.

My fast days are great. My eating days leave much to be desired. I tried fasting two days in a row but that was pretty harsh so I am back to ADF this week. Today is a fast – phew.

Will keep at this because losing a little at a time beats the heck out of gaining it all back.
Happy fasting to you all.
Cheers

Good morning everyone!!
I had a good fast day yesterday. Saving my calories for dinner worked well for me yesterday. I thought I may have gone a bit over my limit, but the scale was good to me this am. I am down 8.5 lbs.

Calibikini–congrats on the weight loss. I,too, am watching Dr Fung’s videos. I will not receive his book until next week. I have listened to several of his lectures. I am amazed at the information. I loved hearing the science of how obesity has become such a problem. I really need to watch my sugar consumption.

Coldpizza–I hope you are feeling better soon.

I am hoping to stay within my TDEE until my next fast day. Already this morning my husband wanted to go out for breakfast. I asked if he was hungry, and he wasn’t. He is the type who eats according to the time of day instead of when he is hungry. He has agreed to put off eating until lunch. I am hoping for a 16:8 today.

Best wishes to everyone for a great weekend!!