Gee quiet today

Everyone must be focused on their fast days.

Had 200cal in a boiled egg breakfast home made pumpkin soup lunch.

Will have banana, as it’s circuit workout day. Use a heart monitor burn between 550 and 700 calories. Need banana for quick energy so I can push muscles hard.

Roast lamb and veg small serving approx 300 calories.

Should take calorie load to about 590. So a negative calorie day

Hope everyone is having a great day

Hello to all……what a great lot of posts to catch up on! Welcome to our new members and well done everyone on your weight losses…won’t comment on each and everyone as when I go back a page I lose my post 🙁

Flemish! Wow 20 kgs! I will be so happy when I say that 🙂

Had major blow out weekend….BUT I am not going to worry about it. Am back into fasting today, just seem to be able to slot right back into it. Am just going to do a 5:2 this week, even though I have to try and make amends for weekend…..I’m happy with what I’ve lost so far and want to keep it slower now.

Am going to try out the cauliflower rice tonight with a stir fry and bit of chicken…

Hi all
Hope your fast day is going well.

I have had broccoli,kale and spinach soup at lunchtime, looking forward to stirfry veg and egg for dinner. Lots of green tea and water.I think I have become addicted to green tea….is that a good thing?

Fatbuster YIPPEE !!Well done!!What a fantastic loss! Super happy for you.

Thanks lindanaf!I definitely love the yeehaa dance.

WE CAN DO THIS!!Enjoy your day/night everyone!

FB! Well done you……you deserve to be happy! 7 kg in six weeks is awesome!

Vegie…..I will line up with you on your green tea addiction….I love it too….my favourite is Dilmah with jasmine petals …

I’m a bit like you, AndrewC….I tend to eat pretty much the same on fast days, so I don’t have work everything out….I too like to get some exercise in…..just a walk with dog today, but might go to gym on Thursday again…

Just after 5pm here, so really looking forward to organising my dinner and eating it 🙂

KEEP UP THE AUSSIE DETERMINATION everyone!

Hi all!

Aw Marelda, what happened? The best thing to do is not beat yourself up about it.

I had the most decadent weekend. Did nothing but cook and bake with friends and family. I made double layered coffee and baileys flavoured flan on Saturday. And yersterday we made oatmeal cookies from a vintage cookbook ánd I baked a pie. The filling was only date paste and fresh cheese so not too much added sugar. I did manage to catch a bug as well so fasting won’t be too hard today. Silver lining, right?

I’m making some fish and lentil soup tonight.

Hope everyone gets through FD okay!

Morning all,MY family weekend caused a blowout as well. So I’m doing my famous B2B again.
Work was busy yesterday, I was totally exhusted so had an egg & chicken omlette for dinner then bed at 7.30pm.Am working the next 3 days with the same busy client mix.

Welcome to our new members !!!!! You will enjoy Aussie Determination, G8T team with loads of support and encouragement!

FB- You are doing sooooo well , catching up to Mumma!!! I had better put my skates on.
Have a fabulous day team enjoy …….GO GAL

Good Morning One and All
Hope that everyone had a good fast day yesterday!!!
Mine was easy peasy and I finished at 385 cals. I noticed chills again last night, but as we know its normal, just had to layer up 🙂
AndrewofC, you are so good at calculations. i sometimes feel the need of paper and pen to write down everything to get final result…lol

Meralda, don’t worry at all, there is always next fast day lined up, I guess the most important part is to move on and as G says 5:2 is very forgiving. We all have pig out days and I think that occasional cheat days help the metabolism too.

Foxy, you are getting there again and 75 kgs is calling you already. We are in it together 🙂

GG, so good to hear from you, please take care of yourself during your busy schedule, hugs…

Bali2015…. Yahooooooo, so 5:2 does work and you DID IT!!! I can imagine how happy you must be to lose 10 kgs (or 9.8kgs). Wow you are a true inspiration!!!

TikiPink ( still love this name 🙂 ), you are already on the roll as you squeezed in walk during the first fast day. You are brave, Well done.. claps claps , claps (You deserve them)
And I need to slap myself as I did not go to the gym last night as something important came up. But no excuses, I need to buckle up… Thanks for reminding me and a wake up call…

Well, I have a lunch and movie date with my workmates today, so will try to eat something healthy. Note to myself: No wine with lunch.
Well, looks like the movie will be interesting. Going to watch Interstellar. So excited about it and I am definitely walking high with confidence after bashing those not wanted 7 kilos.
Another 7.5 kgs to lose before holidays. i really hope that I can hit 70 kilos by 25 Feb. Well, At least I am trying.

Hi to all, my friend put me onto the app pacer to calculate steps and its has an annoying little ping every hour to say get up and get moving you’ve been inactive for an hour, so thought Id share as at work and have a little walk to keep the steps up.

You are awesome CG! Better day today. Mind more in right gear!

Hello Aussie Determinators
Just came out of a movie. Too long and what a waste of 3 hours …. Ha ha ha
Also, lunch before movies, ended up having a glass of wine (oops) caremalised onion n feta polenta tart with salad and Burnt Lemon chhesecake for dessert 🙁
I enjoyed my cheesecake but I think went overboard with cals for today so no dinner for me. Will have just cucumber n tomato salad with clear soup.
May be a stupid question, but is this lunch going to ruin all my efforts??? Is it going to slow down my progress??? I dont know but I am getting worried now.
I know that i keep on advising others that its ok, but it is so hard to tell the same thing to myself.
Well, so looking forward to fast tomorrow.

Just had to eat at 3.pm …. had green peppermint tea & crustike with salmon slice 75cals & apple sooooooo good. ITS very hot here today so I was happy that I froze my litre bottle of water, it was so satisfying to drink throughout the day Would you believe some of my clients still had their heaters on!!!!Came home to the smell of hubby slaving over a hot fry pan making his famous spag bol sauce….. YAY ….. I don’t have to cook tonight!!!!!!.
Two more days to work.. I am so over it now.. have a lovely evening one and all…GO GAL

FB, I think we all go through that stage. In the beginning (once I actually plucked up the courage to weigh myself) I started weighing myself 3 times a day. Giddy if I was down, stressed if I was up a few 100g. Don’t worry too much about that. Once your brain realises that no matter what the little fluctuations are, you’re always still on a downward trend, you will relax automatically. You may actively know that small fluctuations are normal and natural, subconsciously you panic when you see the weight go up and then you get obsessed. It’s a temporary thing. It just means you care enough to want to do it right. I was up 1,5kg since Friday, didn’t sweat it one bit. That wouldn’t have been the case a year ago. I would’ve been worried.

BTW, I think it’s important to splurge once in a while. What we do is kind of extreme, mentally. It’s important to keep eating all the food groups (even a tiny bit of the bad ones) to make sure we don’t start seeing certain foods (or food in general by extension) as the enemy. We should feel comfortable treating ourselves without feeling guilty. I truly believe this WOE takes away the guilt of treats so we don’t crave them as much. That’s how it works for me. Eat well, be healthy, do your fasts as strictly as you can. Then you have anough deficit to treat yourself to a lavish meal every once in a while without feeling guilty or feeling like you took steps back in your weight loss journey. I’ve never gained fat from one day of splurging. Only water weight. I even lost weight all throughout the holiday season last year, with my normal fasting behaviour.

Just make sure that as you lose weight, you recalculate you TDEE so you know about how much food you should be aiming for.

Hi all!

I am logging all (!) my calories this week, which is a right bother but sometimes needs to be done (for me at least). I was logging my home-made quiche and learnt something new: apparently 1/4 of quiche lorraine is a whopping 880kcal! Luckily I had a beautifully modest day with banana omelette for breakfast (shared with someone so that’s only half a banana) and yesterday’s FD soup with 1 slice of bread with some Philadelphia. Even had an small oatmeal cookie for dessert, still ended up under 1500 kcal 🙂

Also, I ordered some corset tops today and the sizing chart advised me to get size 36/S, which is still mind-boggling to me. I went from child sizes directly into M as a teenager.

FB, I know what you mean. I often have lavish lunches when I’m on holiday (citytriping in France or Spain). I used to always still eat dinner, now I usually have an orange or sth instead.

CG, hope you’ll be alright. I feel bad about chuckling but in Belgium, Chiro is something like boyscouts, only by the time you hit 15/16 you’re mainly learning how to drink and smoke pot. It took me a while to reset my brain in English so I realised what you meant. My mother is starting to suffer from arthritis and she’s really struggling with not being able to do everything as easily as she used to. But she told me over the weekend that it seems to have gotten a bit better since being on 5:2. We don’t know if that’s a coincidence or not. I can’t believe you live in a country where orchids grow outside 🙂 I have some orchids but they’re on my window sill and very hard to keep alive. It’s the first time I’ve managed to keep some alive to bloom a second time.

GG, thanks. And ou are so right, the weight loss is just a symptom of our health and relationship with food improving. I used to habve terribly low blod pressure and my body regulates my blood sugar levels much better now. I’m not as often dizzy as I used to be. My body had to learn how to survive with no food until dinner time on FDs and now carried that ability out on regular days as well. I think lots of other diets don’t make you change your view on eating and food as much as 5:2 does.

Keep it going everyone!

Hello to all Aussie Determinators 🙂
This is my very first posting although I have been on the 5:2 for some time now.
A little about myself. I am female in 50s and no surprise started packing on the weight. I tried different diets but couldnt stick to any. Diets that use to work for me were not working. I even joined weight watchers which I liked but got tired of counting pro points.
My job is office based and the only excersise I was getting was waling up and down the aisle of Woolworths. I suffered from two frozen shoulders which limited my ability to excersise. I was unhealthy, my clothes no longer fitted. I became depressed and felt I should just succumb to this change and embrace my new body..except I did not feel healthy.
I kept hearing my husband talk about how a number of his friends were on the 5:2. I laughed at yet another fad diet. I did some reading on it, read Michael and Mimi’s book and thought what the heck.
24 weeks later and 10 kilos lighter I am truly a new person. I have not joined a discussion group before but have always wanted to. Whilst I am having huge success on the diet its been a lonely trip and its good to hear what other people are doing to get through the fast days.
My best tip for others is to treat yourself on the fast days. Spoil yourself with eating food that you dont normally eat. I have varieties of tea that I dont have on any other day, I have lo cal Jelly and popcorn. So I look forward to my special treats. I think I have bored you enough now with me. I look forward to chatting with you all!

Welcome 5 2 luvinlife! What a great testimonial to the 5:2 WOE and life. You have done so well! I too am in my 50s….a few of us are I think. So glad your joined our thread and conversation, especially as you have done it alone so far. We will love to hear more from you and your journey!

Hi just hoping to join in for some support. Starting with my first fast day tomorrow. I have 5kg to lose before Feb, hoping that is achievable.

I’m so weird… Or maybe I’m not….. But I genuinely- two weeks in- love the disciplined feeling I have with my food on fast days. There’s temptations but the voice in my head reminding me of how great I felt seeing a two digit weight on the scale yells louder than the temptation. Walking to and from work has been great too. Not only has it saved money, it’s between 2-3kms (depending on which way I go!) each way. hoping the doc clears me to jog soon… But till then, this walk is my saving grace.

Good Morning One and All
Another day and I know a fast day for most of you. Enjoy your fast and make sure to drink up a lot as that really helps to keep those hunger pangs at bay.

Welcome 5 2 luvinlife and Breezeaw…. as CG said lots of support here, so hopefully you will settle into the routine just fine.

Sezzie, you are doing so so well, you are starting with a lot of conviction which is amazing. I am waiting to get into that jog routine too. Don’t know when will I be able to do that again 🙂

Foxy, SERIOUSLY, I was reading your post and thinking OMG, someone else had the same lunch as me and suddenly I realized that you were talking about me. ha hah ah a. A big thanks everyone to re assure me that I did not go over the top that day and thanks heaps to help me come out of that not necessary guilt.

CG…. I am so with you when you wish that your husband was as good as Chiro 🙂 My OH doesn’t like to be touched and feels if I go for a massage there is something wrong with me … Men 🙂

My fast day yesterday went well and I finished at 420 cals, this also included two squares of dark chocolate worth 70 cals. I am happy as still finished it within the goal. Feast day for me today and lunch is sorted. Brown rice with tomatoes and capsicum and low fat Greek yogurt. topped with some Indian Chaat masala… yum yum yum.

Tomorrow will be fast day again for me, so looking forward to that. I think next week I will convince myself to do only two fasts as I want to see if 5:2 works for me as good as 4:3. I have been doing 4:3 since I started, so maybe time to make some tweaks.

Just a question and hoping that someone can help me. I have started to notice that I am getting constipated now. (Sorry TMI) I make sure to eat my fiber but its not helping. Last thing that I want to do is take any meds to get me going. Any suggestions or advise to get this sorted? TIA.
FB…

Hello TikiPink
Good to hear about your 2 kilos loss. Awesome work and congratulations!!!
I am sure that getting your hair done would have been very satisfying. I did it to reward myself for the weight loss. Normally, I would reward myself with a nice dinner but I think this is better option and long lasting too 😉

I start my fast day with a medium skinny cappuccino (no sugar- 2 tabs stevia). this takes up approx 130 cals. The rest of the day I drink heaps of iced tea (self made- no sugar), herbal teas, green teas and sparkling water. I do count calories for these as well as flavored teas come at an expense of 8 cals per tea bag. So, for cold teas I keep on refilling water and it works very good for me. So until dinner, I consume only around 160 cals. Sometimes, if I get hungry I get a can of coke zero and that helps a lot.

At dinner time I prefer lots of soup(mushroom soup, veggie clear soup or even homemade pumpkin soup). Last night I made clear veggie soup (lots of low cal veggies capsicum, spinach, carrot, mushroom, spring onion, and only around 20 grams of corn as it is high in carbs) with 40 grams of hard organic tofu to get some protein as I am a vegetarian. I do not add any oil or butter, but do add a tsp of vegeta with some soy sauce and chilli sauce. I make sure to count calories for sauces as well. Last night I had two bowls of this soup with a lebanese cucumber and 100 grams of strawberries and I was so fulllllllllll….
All this was only 350 cals.

I like to treat myself with something sweet for doing well all day, so I either eat 150 grams of Soleil diet yoghurt @ 68 cals or Nestle diet chocolate mousse @ 68 cals. but last night had 2 squares/pcs of dark chocolate for 70 cals as I was stuffed and could not fit in youghurt or mousse. So, even after chocolate, i finished at 420 cals.

Hope this will give you some ideas for fast days.

Thanks for the full run down FB, I think I’m going to make soup my friend. I have a natural aversion to it as I prefer crunch and bite but that addiction has got me to where I am today. My cupboard is full of herbal teas so again I’m going to take some to work today and hopefully keep myself going until a bit later on. I’ve boiled 2 eggs to take also and I’ll snack on them until dinner where I’m hoping to have a small piece of salmon with a tomato snd onion salad. The diet choc mousse is a good treat and I have one left from Monday so If I’m ok with cals I’ll have that too. If you are allowed 500 csls what are the benefits of using less. And I’m not sure why everyone is still counting cals on their normal days? Are the losses far greater when doing that? I can’t see it would be as the best loss is around 1kgaweek either way. Anyway I better put my skates on and get to work. Catch you all tonight

Good morning everyone! Have a great day all that are fasting and also all that are not! 🙂

FB….I love the sound of your lunches, they always seem so healthy! I have toyed with being a vegetarian several times throughout my life, but just have to admit to being a carnivore…..but I do love vegetarian food and cook it often.

FC…..thanks for the recipe, I will be putting that one to the test as well, sound delicious!

Tiki…..sounds like you are all organised, and trying the soup will be a good idea. Many of us experiment with trying new food on fast days and it can make you look forward to them. I myself usually eat a heap of salad vegies with some protein as I find that this makes me feel most satisfied. BUT I just found out how low prawns are in cals, so I am planning a large prawn cocktail with fat free thousand island dressing for dinner….and lunch will be 2 corn thins with light cream cheese & smoked salmon yum!! Can’t wait for that one….I will have a small side salad with it as well..

Thanks CG for your continued support and encouragement of us all, you are our band leader and give us heaps of motivation…..so hope you have a great one too! Weigh in tomorrow, not expecting much…..I’m still a bit over from last week, will have to see what tomorrow brings 🙂

Waving at you go girl! Hope you are not worked to death yet! We miss hearing from you xx

Hi All,

Getting my head back in the right place. Re-joined the local ladies only gym yesterday. It’s sort of like Curves but a little better (for me) plus they will allow my 8 year old to ‘hang out’ over the holidays which is great.

Last night I took myself to a ‘Hunger Games’ movie marathon. The first movie started at 6.15 and the second finished at 11.30pm. I packed my healthy snacks: almonds, strawberries and some blueberries so that I wouldn’t have anything naughty at the cinema. Weeelll, I don’t think I psyched myself up enough. I started off with a Choc Bomb and then at intermission I had a milk shake and a biscuit (you know the large café size biscuit)!

So, my challenge to myself today is the following: I am going to see the latest release of the ‘Hunger Games’ franchise –

Oh my goodness! I just put the name of the films and the Five Two fasting idea together! How hilarious!

– at 12.30pm today. I am NOT going to eat a thing except my steamed and slightly fried spinach with garlic and chilli after the film. I will NOT have any sugar in carbonated drinks and I may have a black coffee or tea.

Right. Challenge down. Time to get on with some chores, then look forward to my reward of seeing the film in Gold Class!

If any one is interested the idea of ‘preparing for food triggers’ comes from a book written by David A. Kessler, MD “The end of overeating”. Great book and I need to read it again. I was writing some notes on the book so that I can post reminders up on the wall about not letting triggers ‘get me’ before I have had time to think about whether I am hungry or not!

Hope I haven’t rambled on too much, but hopefully my lesson can help someone else. AUSSIE DETERMINATION Love to all, Reldz