Blow out! Do I start again?

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Frances83

1:13 am
8 Mar 14
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Hi!
I started the 5:2 earlier this week and completed two fasting days (on Tues/Thurs). But then last night (Friday, non fasting day), because it was Friday and I had the house to myself (blah blah blah, excuses, excuses!), I had a complete blow out and binged on absolute crap!
What do I do now? Do I start again? I am having a fast day today (even though I have already done two this week) as I figure I need to after going waaaaay over my calories last night. Should I do another fast day tomorrow as well?
I weighed myself this morning and I have put on about 5-7kg in the last two months, so I am hoping this will work!
Thanks in advance!

Frances83

1:19 am
8 Mar 14
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BTW – I am in Australia, so I’m on the metric system!

lizinoz

1:37 am
8 Mar 14
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Hi Frances, the beauty of 5:2 is that if you stuff up you can just start again the next day! By all means do another fast today but then leave it until next week before you start your next two. Make sure you’re aware of your BMR and TDEE so that you can try and stay under your limit on your non-fast days – that way you don’t have to worry about doing an extra fast!
By the way, there is another thread aimed at those of us in the southern hemisphere called, Hello Southern Hemispherites (oddly enough!) Good luck on your fast today!

Frances83

4:25 am
8 Mar 14
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Thanks Liz for your reply!

I have a TDEE of about 1800 and my BMR is roughly 1300. I try to stick to around 1500-1600 on my non fast days, so fingers crossed this should work!

I have just spotted the southern hemisphere thread – looking forward to touching base with the Aussies in here (and NZ’ers too of course!).