Yes like you Eirlys I also have taken a break from fasting. I thought with Easter coming up (any excuse)and having things going on I would get back to it today. Now my son is working in the area and wants us to meet up for a meal this evening so bang goes my fast day again! Like you I am almost afraid to weigh myself as I also indulge in the evenings and when I am good I am really really good but when I am bad I just pick the whole evening. I have decided after my meal out (and pudding) this evening I will do my fast day tomorrow and Friday and then back to the normal fast days of Monday and Wednesday next week and will weigh next Thursday. That will have given me 4 fast days and I will try and eat sensibly in between. I blame it on Easter!!

Hi,

I find it is a similar problem and possible solution to when I gave up smoking a very long time ago. I found that doing something as an alternative helped enormously. Try crosswords, sudoku, knitting or really anything which uses your hands (preferably both of them) and that you enjoy doing. I have found that my grocery bill has been much reduced and although I haven’t done this it might be worth trying to do the sums to check on it. It was very useful when I was giving up smoking but I guess much more complicated in this situation.

I get round the problem by not eating until my evening meal and I’m not generally troubled by wanting to during the day. But I gather from other people’s posts that they would find this very difficult. You might like to try it? Let us know.

hi Lesley-Deanna

some of us take a wee bit longer to get going – I lost not an ounce in the first three weeks, I reckon I had to put the brakes on first.

Also, to be honest, I think it took me that long to get my head around it. Once I got going lost a lot quickly, my third month has not gone too well, but still heading down. Some seem to lose from day one, some lose steadily and for some its fits and starts. So dont be discouraged if you are a tortoise not a hare, you are only competing with yourself, after all!

Dont give up, read the posts, there is a LOT of soup eaten on fast days. The fast days really do get easier, just go steady on normal days too. Whatever you want to eat, just not everything you want to eat.

Good luck and travel hopefully.

Morning al someone asked if there were any oldies here? that’s me….replied twice to posts here but they haven’t appeared guess this wont either help!!!!!

Good Morning Lesley-Deanna,

I can understand your frustration in the fact that so many people have lost so many pounds and you (and I, probably loads of other members as well)do not seem to get the same results.

Well, I am convinced that we need to make a bit more effort and really count those calories on fast days also very important to watch the calories on non fast days together with drinking more water and walking a bit more for exercise.
This is what I am going to do to see if it makes a difference as I’m sure it will.
There is so much information all over the forum to help and it’s all free good advice.
So my request to everyone, is please keep posting, good or bad, so that we all get more enthusiastic in achieving our goals.

Hello Lesley-Deanna,

I am seeing your posts. I am 71 and looking in better shape, if not as fit, as I was when I was much younger, but working on it. Anyway, I am sticking with the eating regime and although I am at the weight I would like to stay at, I am really doing it for the other health benefits it is suppose to provide.

You do need to register and Log in each time you post if that helps.

Don’t get disheartened if you don’t lose as much weight as you would like to or if you stay the same. I have stayed the same for the last 3 weeks now and I know it is because I eat too much on my non fast days so I am now working at that. But honestly if I can do this anyone can! I have tried so many diets over the years (I am now 71)and nothing worked for me.This is the only plan that allows me to eat sort of normally 5 days a week without putting weight on. As I said in earlier post I did go a bit mad at Easter and have been picking in the evening but I am now back on track and not beating myself up about it.Fast day today and I have had Oat so Simple made with water for Breakfast (not very nice but fills you up!) 100g of chicken pieces at Lunchtime and this evening will have a Ready Meal for 300 calories. This comes to 498 calories. I sometimes go over by 50 calories or so but that is not the end of the world. Good luck everyone and keep going.

Right Everyone! This is where we throw out all negative thoughts.

From now on we think positive and we say “Every day, in every way I am getting better and better”. It’s an old maxim but it does work and, therefore, it will work where the fasting days are concerned.

Lesley-Deanna: Like you I have heart problems. Had a triple by-pass fifteen years ago (which is approximately how long they last!!). I take statins though I don’t like them as they have side -effects. I rely on oats, Benecol or Pro-Activ spreads. The latter were recommended to me by my heart nurse who said she was very sceptical when she first heard about them. To her amazement they worked! My cholesterol level is 3.75 now.

I honestly think this fasting diet helps to reduce chances of Diabetes 2. Statins can increase chances of getting the latter I have read, and I was actually summoned to have a glucose fasting blood test. Fortunately this was negative but it served as a warning. The 5:2 diet has been shown to help and that’s another reason for following it.

SOUP is our saviour. Buy a soup making machine, pricey, (shop around) , but worth every penny. Then use the Weightwatcher soup recipes. These are low in calories and delicious.

I have tried ready meals but liked only a few. Trying to work out my own calorie-count, I found boring. I now find:

No breakfast. I am fine in the mornings.
Soup for lunch
Different Soup for evening meal
Bedtime drink of low-calorie drinking chocolate.

“Boring” I hear you say? That’s a negative thought. OUT with it!
Be POSITIVE! It’s one day then you get a break before the next one.

As I wrote in an earlier post the evenings are the worst. I try to watch a programme that interests me. I have taken up cross-stitch again. (You can’t indulge whilst thus occupied). I use my I-Pad a lot, (Scrabble, e-Bay, Facebook, Gardening sites).
The evenings pass quickly and next day normal eating can re-commence, though I do find I don’t want as much.

However I am with Lesley-Deanna on one point : I do wish I could magic away my tummy. My Other Half gets quite cross with me when I moan about mine. He says we have an unrealistic view of what middle-aged and older women are really like. Helen Mirren is an exception!!! Sadly.

Hi everyone. I’ve been following the 5:2 regime for 18 months and I lost 11kg in 10 months but it was very undulating and there were times I was downhearted. I bit the bullet and kept on going and my cholesterol lowered, my blood sugar came down from pre-diabetic to normal limits. Once I figured out that my TDEE was only 1400 cals things became a lot better and weight came down. I ate 500 cals on fast days and 1200-1400 cals on non fast days. I used an app on my iPad called ‘my fitness pal’ which figures out the calorie count for you. You punch in everything you eat and it tots up the calories. Now I still follow the 5:2 but eat a bit more than 1400cals on non fast days. If I overdo it though my weight goes up, so one always have to be vigilant and those evening munchies still pose a problem for me on some nights. I don’t beat myself up anymore. Keep going all of you, the benefits are more than weight loss.

My apologies kiwiflyer 79

I should have suscribed to this site.

The Wii has many different exercises on it.

The beauty for people who don’t do these type of exercises are they start at 2 minutes long but are addictive, be warned. If you don’t succeed you will often try again all adding up.

The exercises are entertaining and made me laugh the first time I tried them. It took a bit of time to get the hang of especially the bird and the obstacle one. The pinball machine also sharpens your brain as you have to add up. I will try to find my longer explanations and post them here.

If you click on my name you will find a little abit about the threads I am on and you can alo find my replies. They go back to March I think, maybe February. Not sure when I joined. I have started a thread my 10 week weight loss week by week.

Have a look on there as I also post hints and tips.

Ginette

It’s great to get on line and read a lot more tips and helpful suggestions from our members.

Reading many positive posts certainly keeps me focused on this healthy lifestyle, so thank you to everyone for your help and suggestions.
Ginete K, thanks for the site, I will follow up on that.
Meanwhile we are taking a short 3 day trip,to Holland to view the bulb fields, leaving on Sunday and camping.

Well I weighed myself today! Am still 7 stone 11 pounds. When I followed the Fast Diet conscientiously I actually went down to 7 stone 8 pounds. However my body likes to be between the 10 pound and the 11 pound weight so I am listening to it! Just pleased I haven’t gone back to my original 8 stone 4/5 pounds. Doesn’t sound that heavy, I know, but when you are short with heart problems, every pound counts!

I enjoy all the tips here. One you might be interested in : Lecithin Granules. They help ” to ensure an ample supply of substances that help break down body fat.” and so are ideal for dieters. Also help the brain and the heart.

Too many Easter eggs ??

Another likeable aspect of this diet for me is the fact that one can indulge occasionally. Maybe not on the fasting day itself but the next day.

ah2424: I’ve been there. Just don’t weigh for another few days!! It’s surprising how weight fluctuates.

Thanks Eirlys.I was fed up this morning about putting on weight but am taking your advice and will wait a few days before weighing again. I am definitely going to keep going on this plan. Nice to get encouragement from everyone.

Hi kkirkm

I will ofen have very week juice but with hot water and in a pint glass. This is nice. I currently have the summer fruits one from tesco I also have a very weak version of this in cold water on the other days during the week. So weak that it just looks like tinted water. I don’t really enjoy water on its own.

I am on other threads and not in the age range of people here but enjoy this thread and I love to see that you are all having the same problems as us LOACA and mid fifties thread.

I hope you don’t mind me joining you all once in a while.

Ginette

Hi Ginette K
Thank you for the Michael Mosely link, very interesting. Like you I am also not very fond of water. I sometimes just put a little squirt of Robinsons no added sugar (the little ones you just squeeze in a drink) it has been on offer in Tesco and its handy as you can carry it in your bag and just put one squirt in a bottle of water. I am going to try a pint of hot weakened juice on my fast days especially when the hunger pangs are trying to get the better of me!! Thanks for your input and as a youngster! you are very welcome on this site. Yes no matter what age we are we all seem to experience the same problems. Kind regards.

I love it too Eirlys also an Oxo in hot water I don’t know how many calories though) Ginger Beer, lovely could just drink a glass of that now!

Bunnie: very mixed re-actions to that belief. You simply eat the Marmite as normal and some say it has worked for them. Read somewhere it is the Brewers’ Yeast content that is responsible for this: mosquitos hate the smell. I have taken B.Y. in the past as it is a very cheap source of all the B vitamins. I believe as a result my hair is still its original colour ( mouse)!!

Hi All

I am just starting to watch a series Back in Time for Dinner. This is about a family who literally go back in time for their food choices. The kitchen is redesigned to suit. So week 1 starts with no fridge, milk kept in the larder in a basin of water which is on a marble slab.

The tin opener bit is hilarious, I have used one of these as my Nan had one. Wondering if I can another one now. Rationing is till in place and they are eating bread and dripping as part of their meals. I have never had this but older peopke in my family have and they look back on it with fondness.

You can find the program on the iplayer it was on BBC2. For those of you not in Britain this can be found via the link below:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NDuGNwJ2pCo

I am just off to see if I can find the food survey they mention.

I can put the link up to I player if you like there is 4 episodes 50s onwards.

It will be interesting to see how food has changed over the years and how it has effected our weight gain

Ginette

Tried fasting all day today until about 6pm – didn’t find it all that bad – kept sipping my fizzy water. No visitors around today – off seeing the sights, so no temptations and was able to do a little gardening. The last two weeks have been difficult with friends here – eating out and so on – hopefully by the weekend I can truly make an effort. I must say all this talk about dripping is taking me back – nothing quite like bread and dripping with the jelly from the bottom of the basin and lots of salt!

I don’t exercise apart from a little gardening now and then. Should walk, really, as this is an excellent way to lose weight, though maybe my sauntering isn’t what one should do.

fasteddie: Every little helps. Half a pound loss every week for a year: nearly two stone.

Bunnie: I have never eaten bread and dripping but I love bread with lashings of butter.

Other Half bought me some Genoa Cake as a treat! Help!

down from 11st 3lbs to 10st 13 in two short weeks but combining fasts with low-carb diet now after reading How We Get Fat: mine of info on how body really works and does not diss the fast diet, just explains that doctors/state giving wrong advice or misinterpreting for years. Insulin, and the carbs which makes it flow, is the enemy. Intend to get appointment for yearly test when I reach 10st 7lbs, the top of my safe BMI. I have had to cut the exercise as well this week due to circumstances so the loss is positive news.

Hi Everyone,
We just got back from a camping trip to Holland to see the bulb fields and it was well worth the long drive as the flower displays and aroma was very special.

So now back to concentrate on getting the weight off.
Well done to Eirlys and Fast Eddie, your hard work and great results are inspiring.

Thanks Ginette for the link to meal plans.

I am going to pick out the one’s that I like so pick and mix, to get some stricter control on my fast and non fast days.

These are recipes for 300cal 5:2 meals.

There are 50 of them so a good chance you can find something you like. Link below:

http://www.womanmagazine.co.uk/food/slimmer-dinners-meals-under-300-calories/

Ginette