Hi Folks I’m back!! My family has gone & now I’m ready to re-start 5:2 again with 2 FD’s next week. And to log in daily as I have so missed that. But I had a wonderful 2 weeks with my brother & SIL and we had lots of fun AND lots of food. My brother said his 2 favourite memories were sitting on a rock overlooking a beautiful rocky beach having lunch. Lunch was a bought baguette, ham cheese tomato & we kinda threw it all together, along with a nice glass of wine. It was a gorgeous day with crashing waves over the rocks spraying everywhere (well not in our direction…the rocks are a little way offshore!). His other was another lunch! in a berry farm where the birds like blue wrens come down to your table & pinch jam sugar or cream. So many times almost got winged by a bird shooting past!!
Anyway now we have our house and our normal life back & I can get back into the routine I soo need. I will be using MFP as I feel that I’m going to need it for a while to keep me on the straight & narrow. I tend to make excuses for myself way too easily 🙂
Welcome Neptune good to have you on board & boy I wish I could lose weight so easily off my waist. It’s one area that refuses to budge much. Doggy take your 1/2 a kilo and celebrate I say!! I know we always want the earth but all those 1/2 kilos or 200 gr or whatever all add up and will get you the total you want………little by little. Lany a fabulous start to your 5:2 WOL. Way to go!!
A BIG hi to Fit GG CG Gyps Jade PH and Up. Have a lovely weekend all. I have nothing much planned and that’s JUST what I need. No visitors to attend to or to take anywhere. Just please myself 🙂 suejen XXXX

Gee you come out with some good ones CG! Where do you get them all from 🙂 It serves us well if we serve it well…..classic! Sj xxx

Hi All.
Yes, Lotus? Where is she?

Doggy, my bread substitute are corn thins. I love them!

Thanks for the welcome everyone 🙂
Great tips for bread substitutes! I now have ryvita on my shopping list.
Has a not so good NFD yesterday, my son was at kids parties all day and dinner sadly was take away – very unhealthy. I did enjoy it, but it was very fatty and I didn’t enjoy it as much as I used to….so that’s a good sign!

Today is a NFD as well, but determined to eat well and healthy, despite 2 more kids parties today – my son hardly ever goes to parties, but I think all his friends were born this month!

I have been studying hard and realised recently I very rarely do anything for myself, so I have booked a ticket to see a movie tomorrow once child is at school – usually my day for studying, but will relax and do something nice for my self while I am fasting.

Happy Sunday everyone.

Toughen the *uck up princess. When you are stressed you need to find your “happy place” that isn’t food. For me, my happy place is when I ride my bike. Find an activity that is your happy place.

Right!!!!!!
Thanks BB and CG! I needed to hear all that!
I will get sorted now.. 💪🏻

Hi all. Taking advantage of having nothing of ours in the fridge whilst dog sitting at a friends place and having an unexpected Fast Day. Also having a couch day to rest by weary bones so should work well.
Have decided to bite the bullet and stop making excuses and get back to 5.2 NOW..😠😠😠 So going to start by recording everything in MFP for all days to see where I have been overeating on Non Fast Days. I find that the best way to manage. You only have to do it for a week or so usually to really get and understanding once again of what cals all of the food you regularly eat really are and the positions you need to stick to.
HT. Sending you hardening up vibes😠😠 you can do this but it takes effort. I too have been making excuses but it must STOP. Head the advice from CG and perhaps start recording your food. I know it takes time but you do not have to do it after every meal. Even once a day at night when all your work is done is OK at least then if you have gone over you will know not to do the same again, and it gives you time to reflect, It is a learning curve and takes time to understand just what to eat. You can do this!! Just hang in there.

Neptune, good on you for doing something for yourself.. Make sure you drink lots of water too, have some on hand during the movie, will stop the munchies after you come out. Good luck

Doggy …well done for getting back into the walking, and catching up with neighbours. 🚶🚶👍👍

WOW…BB they are very strong words to use…BUT the right kind.Agree… HATH, bad food choices are never going to help get you out of your dark place.Good advise as BB wrote to find “that happy place” find it in music,movie, a walk on the beach enjoying the sun and the sound of the surf. Or get on the thread and download to us!
Five months ago I decided to give 5:2 a break…it was great not to fast and have any food and drink I wanted .I had hit a plateau that just would not budge….I become really frustrated . Still did pilates and walked BUT the proof was there that fasting worked as I gained a kilo for every month I was not fasting.I went from 74.5 to 79.8 in that time…today after starting back on the 1/8/16 I am 77.5kgs.
AUSSIE DETERMINATION will get you on track and the team will be there all the way with you…. BRING IT ON ….YOU CAN DO THIS!
HUGS…..GO GALXXXXXXX

Day 11 NFD NZ
Four NFD in a row, not quite so good yesterday or the day before. Back on track today though and looking forward to a FD tomorrow and a small vege based dinner tonight

I’m blown away with the support here..
Thank you all so much.
It’s onward and upward for me and as you say CG.. remember why you started…
💜

Hi Everyone boy the forum is buzzing! Takes quite a while to read through all the posts but that’s good. We know that many others are out there cheering us on 🙂
Lany I agree we DO have to praise ourselves for things we got right, acknowledge the bits we got wrong and then just move on. I’ve spent too long on way too many diets to be so hard on myself any more, or to feel the guilts that should NOT come when we’re doing our best on most days to eat healthy. Now having said that occasionally I have had to ask CG to give me a kick in the pants cos I’m just not taking 5:2 seriously or feeding my face day after day with no thought about FD’s!
GG I’ve done about the same as you but in less time methinks – 9 1/2 weeks in America put on 5+ kilos but must admit that fasting was just too hard. But like you I’m determined to get back to where I was…and then move on down folks.
Thanks PH I reckon any FD”s that you can fit in will be a bonus with all you’ve got going on. All the best with all those open house days & extra visits too. But if you’ve decided to start again now & use MFP that’s wonderful. that’s what I’m going to do. We all suffer from food amnesia and some of us worse than others! I think I’ll be horrified when I record on my NFD’s what I’ve eaten. I just keep shoving food in my mouth & yet on a FD I can go almost all day without so it’s pretty ridiculous to keep saying to ourselves I’m hungry all day!! NOT TRUE 🙂
Doggie you and me both re the mirror. In fast I just realised that I’ve got back to the stage of avoiding every mirror/shop window I come across & that’s just not on. So I need 5:2 to rescue me & I need to serve it well as CG puts it. Let’s both work on that body image & get it to a much more acceptable vision!!
CG I’ve given myself a damned good talking to & I’ve started preparing for tomorrow. Ready and rearing to go!! Happy to be back with you all 🙂
Hath as others have said you’ll have days like that. We all have them from time to time but they DO get less and less and the cravings for many foods – especially your personal weaknesses do lessen and almost disappear I promise you! And not having stuff in the house is part of the planning & preparation – or replacing of certain items with healthier ones. I do find that for me NOT having my weaknesses in the house is the only way to go.
Neptune I too LOVE your idea of a healthy treat for yourself! Great beginning to your journey. Hope you’ve survived all the kid’s parties.

Well looks like I’m back with a vengeance!! Better stop NOW before I write a book. Best of luck everyone with your planning & preparing. Get it done today so you’re all ready & rearing to go. And then all you have to do is persist and have some patience if the hunger pangs set in. Best thing about them is they ALWAYS go away…truly. And a drink is often all we need…then another…and another. Have a great FD all. sj xxxx WE ARE A STRONG TEAM OF AUSSIES (FROM ALL OVER!) SO WE CAN DO THIS 🙂 🙂 🙂

Hi everyone
I’m 21 from Canberra, and used to post in this forum back in the early days (about two years ago I think) when I was on the 5:2 diet. I think I fasted for about 8 to 10 weeks and went from 65kg to 60kg (very close to my goal). At the time I was working full time in an office job, and still living at home with my parents so I found it very easy.
However, I moved out of home at the beginning of last year (into a share house) and started university, and since then my eating habits have gone out the window, and everytime I try to fast it barely lasts a day. When I’m studying or working on an assignment late into the night (already feeling very frustrated) the last thing I need is to feel hungry. I’m also terrible about being organised and cooking for myself so often when I finish an assignment at midnight and am driving home from uni, the easiest thing seems to be to get McDonald’s which is not only extremely unhealthy, but I really can’t afford it either.
As a result of all this, I’m back up to 67kg,and especially at the moment (when I’m incredibly stressed at uni) I can feel the weight coming on very fast and I just feel unhealthy (I realise I’m not ‘overweight’ at this point but I could easily become very overweight if I continue on this path, and I feel unhealthy).
So as we come into spring, I want to start the 5:2 again and am hoping that posting and committing on here will help me stick to it. I’m also wondering if anyone has some tips about what I can easily make (I’m a useless cook, and don’t have much time), especially for taking to the library/uni with me, and keeping me sustained through essay writing.
You guys really helped me out last time, so it’s good to be back!

Thanks everyone!
Georgie

Hi all. Late post just to let you know fast day successful…yeah!! Talk to you all late tomorrow as I have Pool in the morning at 8am and I can’t wait to get back to it..🤗🤗🤗

Thanks everyone!
I was also wondering what people do in terms of consecutive or non-consecutive days. Last time I did 5:2 I was doing consecutive which worked quite well for me as I liked to get it done in one go, but do you guys find that one way works better than the other?
Also, it’s amazing to see how much people have progressed since I last checked this forum in early 2015. Well done everyone!!

Morning all. Fasting today after a big weekend. Georgie, I do Monday and Thursday. It seems the best option for me.

Hi team. Welcome Georgie. Hat my tip would be not to keep temptation foods in the house. Give away or just ditch all the junk stuff. It’s almost a possible for most of us to resist that yummy chocolate, packet chips or whatever.
GG, SJ my experince of having a break from the 5:2 is a mirror image of yours. When I first started to fast I was loosing a kilo a week and thought I’d be down to my target weight in no time. Needless to say as the months went by it became more difficult to loose those kilos. I did , however, manage to drop 11 kilos in about a year. Then I struck the plateau and got disheartened. Stopped for six months and have gained 10 kilos. I think IF any of us start to feel disheartened again we need to share it on this site. We can encourage each other and remind ourselves that the 5:2 does work. Yesterday I made another decision. I’m going to give up alcohol ie wine. I will start with this week only and see if I see any noticeable difference. All those empty calories aren’t doing me any good. Having a few drinks before our evening meal has just become a habit. So I’ll let you know how I get on.
XX Doggie

Hi team…. YES ….we are ready to kick this fast day off! I started yesterday so am doing my famous B2B.Just get your head in the right space and you will have no problems doing one yourself. Have been busy this morning…pliates 1hour ..done washing…done…water ,green tea, miso and hard boiled eggs ready for my afternoon shift. Am going to take my pedometer with me….This facility is big so am interested to see how many steps I will reach by 10.30pm tonight.Already have 1000 steps clocked up at 11am.
I am positive those fasting today will be successful. OUR AUSSIE DETERMINATION IS STRONG! We have done this before and know the rules of engagement…its a great day to kick some kilos! SO BRING IT ON!
SUEJEN ….I am with you ALL the way today.We are both the sam weight ….SO LETS DO IT GAL!!!!
Have a wonderful day…….love snd good luck ……GO GALXXXXXXX

DOGGIE….I agree with you about getting on the thread for support when we are disheartened by the pleateaus that during the 1st 12mths many of us went through. Why did we not turn to each other.?..this time We will.
We have seen the benifits of this WOL and know that it works with using the 4P’s to help us achieve the goal.
This time last year I was 71kgs….I was caring for Dad and really did not eat very much in those 14 days.
Good luck on giving up the wine ….be kind to yourself sometimes…..GO GALXXXXX

I think it was Chopper Reid that said people needed to harden the *uck up. My wife actually met him but that’s another story.

CG, it was me not BB!

I stand by it but in saying that, I do think we need to be forgiving of ourselves when we err. It is just one day.

However, maybe it is just me who needs to harden up! I was down 13kg’s to 63 in July last year. I have been hovering between 67 and 68 for ages now. I let myself put it on and when I finally started 5/2 again, I have made every excuse under the sun for why I am staying the same. Yes, I’ve travelled a lot and so forth but if I really want to lose weight I just need to get on with it. It isn’t as if I don’t know how!

Was I being blamed for something?? Really depends on how people respond as to how you go about motivating them. Some people like a stick, some the carrot. Having said that its almost impossible to know what approach will work given that it is impossible to fully understand the make up of a person on a forum.

Hallooo the thread?! Lots of new people since I last posted. Hi to all. Glad you found Mecca (and the mother hen!)See you haven’t lost your edge, CG. heh, heh, glad you’re in a clucky, forgiving mood over your chicks, cos I’ve sure been bad!

Weighed in at 90.5 kgs last week, but happy to say have dropped to 88 after a fast (egged on by PH) beginning Sat midday and just about to end with a steak and eggs and a bottle of red. PH and I have a 5 kilo challenge to Christmas. We’ll see if I get the gobbles and ruin it! If you recall, I got stuck on a plateau (84/86ish seesaw) for 6 months and just went on the gobble in disgust. Stupid! Maintaining was better than gaining and healthy choices at least kept the energy levels up and the aches and pains down. Now my back hurts, my bum’s sore and I can’t swing a leg over the bike! 70 looms and I feel it!

So… Thought I better also check in for a little butt therapy! Don’t think BB was being hard on UP, just responding to a request. Lord knows, I’m pretty profane in the low patches! And anyone who sticks on here soon learns ALL about the characters on this forum, BB, we’re a family. Good on you and all who seek to face the mirror with real hope! And AD. Doesn’t come any better than the support you will find here. I mean, even I’m not allowed to pick on myself! But seriously, I don’t deserve sympathy, you lovely lot. I’m just lazy and now I plan to fix it. Again!

Gedday Dawg, how you doin’? Looking good by the sound of it. Onya’. Peppers must be a staid old hound by now. I’ve been gone so long. Not to my betterment in the weight dept. Like GG I took time out some six months ago and have regained more than half of the 10 kilos I lost. So am glad to find old friends still here and look forward to meeting the new. Not that I will be any less erratic at posting than usual. Oh, and didn’t we say we were just going to keep it to dietary waffles on here? oh, dear…. there goes the neighbour hood….fasting wafties straight up. better go eat…..and DRINK….Mmm.. Margaret river Sav…. Hi Suejen, glad you had a great trip! xxx gyps xxx

Well done GG. Good we are all starting back on track together. Haven’t got my head around exercising yet, but it has to come. Use it or lose it was never truer than it is for me right now.xxx gyps

SUEJEN sounds like after that loooong walk along “THE MARGARET RIVER” A looong glass of MARGRET RIVER SEMILLION SAVGINON BLANC 2015 may be the drink to have…. mines is in the fridge getting chilling cold for tomorrow night.
We will have those allovious kilos kicked away in no time with our walks and B2B ,occassionally a Sav ….if we can stop at one !……GO GAL