Dare to Dream

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ajdreams

7:17 am
30 Jul 14
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Hello All
I woke up this morning and realised that I really need to focus on getting my excess weight off before I start heading too far north or where I am happy being. Both pants and jacket were very tight and uncomfortable.
At the beginning of the day I thought I would do what I usually do and open up my calorie counting ap and start tracking the intake.
Just after lunch I was speaking to a colleague in the kitchen and I knew he does 5:2, it sounded pretty simple and easy to follow, so knowing that I had only consumed 400 calories, I decided that today should be day one.
So here I am. Daring to dream that I can shed some kilo’s prior to my European vacation is September.
Stay posted for updates!

TracyJ

8:52 am
30 Jul 14
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Hiya ajdreams, best of luck with 5:2 then. I hope your first ‘impromptu’ fastday went well and that you quickly find a pattern that works for you.

ajdreams

10:15 pm
30 Jul 14
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Thanks TracyJ.
Day one went surprisingly well. I am really keen to kick start it off and thinking that I might even try doing 4:3 for the first couple of weeks. Do you have any experience with this?

I’d really like to eliminate some of the bloating that I have before I go out with friends on Saturday night – can’t wait to dance the night away – it’s been too long.

Anyhow, I will try for another 500 calorie day today and then commence moderate diet on Friday.

Hope your journey is bringing you joy!

AJD

TracyJ

10:40 am
4 Aug 14
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Thanks ajdreams, it has and it does still 🙂

I’ve only done 4:3 once or twice following a holiday week really, so I’m not much use for tips on that but I’d recommend getting comfy with 5:2 first of all and then branching out to 4:3 if you feel that you’d like to and it would fit in with your lifestyle.

Best of luck 😀

ajdreams

11:27 am
4 Aug 14
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Hey TracyJ

Thanks for the advise, and glad to hear that you are having a good time doing 5:2.

I have been doing pretty well and have managed to do 3 x 500 calorie days since commencing on 30th. I have been eating pretty lean on the days that have been “normal” consuming about 1000 calories on those days.

I’m not finding it too bad and have been having 3 meals a day and keeping up my exercise.

So far I have lost 9cm and 3kg. I guess that means that it’s working.

Cheers
AJ

TracyJ

2:22 pm
4 Aug 14
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Hiya AJ, Hmmm 1000 calories seems very low for a non-fastday. Do bear in mind that this is supposed to be something you do in one form or another (4:3, 5:2 or 6:1) forever and it needs to be comfortable and sustainable in the longterm, so that you never feel like you’re deprived or ‘on a diet’ for the rest of your life, get all depressed about it and fall off the wagon.

If you’ve worked out your TDEE & BMR using the calculator in the ‘How’ section and 1000 calories is more than your BMR then fine but if it isn’t then I’d recommend that you go for a nice comfortable range between BMR and TDEE for your non-fastdays. It’s so easy to get carried away with a new regimen in the short-term but unless you’re going to feel satisfied on it forever then there’s no point going mad now and burning yourself out.