I did my second fast day yesterday. I followed my plan to get in two fasting periods of ~19-20 hours. I started a 6:30 the night before and ate one meal at 2:30 PM. I had a bison burger (no bun)and 3 cups of vegetable soup totaling about 550 cal. I was not hungry in the morning at all and made due with black coffee. I did 20 minutes of easy pedaling on the bike at 12:00. I did get hungry about 6:00 PM and was very tempted to eat but I stuck it out and did not. I went out dancing for 2 hours and felt fine. Drank lots of water. I slept well with the exception of getting up to pee 3 three times! Drinking a ton of water at night is not a good idea for a 64 YO man! LOL
No headache in the evening this time.

I’m drinking my coffee @ 9:30 AM PST and thinking about what I’m going to eat for breakfast.

Third fast day yesterday. First meal was at 2:00 PM. Lean ham and home made veggi soup. I went dancing in the afternoon for 1 1/2 hours. Then off to a Memorial day party in the evening and man all that food was so tempting! I had a very small portion of chicken kabob and about 2 oz of red wine. I think I went a bit over my 600 calories but I’m proud of not pigging out on all that amazing food available to eat.

Today is a regular eating day and I have a upper body weight workout and a dance lesson scheduled for this afternoon.

Fifth fast day yesterday. I had a meal at 8:00 PM the night before. Coffee in the morning. Ate my meal at 2:00 PM.For ozs of lean ham, a bowl of homemade veggie soup and 1/2 oz of macadamia nuts. I think this is only about 450 calories. (not sure exactly how may calories in the veggie soup)

I did 20 min of easy pedaling on the spin bike before eating and 1 1/2 hour of dancing in the evening. I was really hungry this evening but it passed eventually and I didn’t eat anything!

Seventh fasting day yesterday. Coffee in the AM had my meal at 2:00 PM 6oz Bison burger, bowl of veggie soup and 1/2 oz macadamia nuts. I’m getting used to this routine and I like it. It has given me discipline and shown me that I can go without frequent meals. I’ve been trying to compress my eating schedule on NFD’s as well.

20 min easy pedaling on spin bike in the morning. 1 1/2 hours dancing in the evening.

My pants are definitely looser!

9th fasting day yesterday. Coffee in the AM had my meal at 2:00 PM 5oz grilled chicken, bowl of veggie soup and 2 oz avocado. I wasn’t real hungry in the evening but I wanted to eat.

NEAT was 20 min easy pedaling on spin bike and 15 min of walking in the morning and 1 hour of dancing in the evening.

Today makes 3 weeks on 5:2. I’m down .8 lb and 1/2 % body fat this week for a total of 5.4 Lbs Tracking weight can be tricky as I was down another 1.4lbs but up .9% BF earlier in the week. Hydration, a good BM etc can cause fluctuation of a couple of lbs. As long as the trend is downward I’m a happy camper.

11th fasting day yesterday. Coffee in the AM had my meal at 2:30 PM egg whites scrambled with onion in grass fed butter, 1/2 avocado, salsa and a sprinkling of feta cheese. It tasted so good!

NEAT was 20 min easy pedaling on spin bike and 15 min of walking in the morning and 1 hour of walking in the evening

I’m really getting used to this way of eating and it is becoming the norm for me