Hi, would you mind if I joined this thread, starting the fast beach diet next Monday.

Though may not be welcome as Ive dubbed it the fast beached whale diet, I hate beaches, don’t own a bikini and I think I’ve had to postpone, or even cancel my holiday in June. But I’m game for a challenge!!!

Ive a friend whose parents have both done well on 5:2, she saw I was losing too, as she is on holiday in just over six weeks, we’ve decided to do this.

My friend is also 11 stone – Im about 12 stone 12, 81kg. I started st 91 kg so doing it for a bit of a boost, and to see if I can be strict with myself.

We’ll be doing zumba, walking and perhaps more.

She is having an indulgent week, as I have said no coffee and no wine, just for starters. And I have decided to have a few treats as well, though also practicing with a few full fasts.

Hoping to drop 4 kilos in the six weeks.

Hi Milena, Nice to hear from at least you have a lovely beach to walk along they are awful were I live but I do have some nice countryside to walk around but I am going swimming next week so will have to wait and see. Keep up the good work and hope you still are enjoying the diet. Alixxx

Hi Aliturner

Thanks for your reply. Milena and I are getting ready for next week. How do you find the fast beach diet. Good and bad tips needed.

Ginette

Hi Ladies, how is it going? What are you doing different go hour standard 5:2. Looking forward go seeing the bikini snaps, Ginette and I are probsbly not in thebikini range yet, but if this works we could do this bootcamp every few months.

Not sure if I could do a stone, but Im aiming for 10 lbs, though if I can do 12, I’ll be lighter than OH and son are now, though OH is doing a semi 5:2, he eats bacon and sausage sarnies, on fadt dsys he eats them in the Kitchen! Such support. He has lodt a few kilos, aiming to lose 2 more, do he will still be lighter than me!!!

Just need to work out how to do it, so will be using the planner.

Hi Ginette and Milena, second fast day went well. I am not going to wear a bikini but will hopefully fit in a size 12 bathing suit when I lose the weight. I think I would be last for advice as I was going to ask you both on your tips lol. Thanks for the pdf download Ginette really useful. I am also going out for a meal on saturday but just having cottage pie and about two glasses of wine. Hope you enjoy your meal and have a good weekend. Alixxx

No chance of a bikini at 7 stone overweight! (What a thought) I won’t even wear trousers as I have big legs. I know Milena has less to lose but I think bikinis may have to wait 2 or 3 years. Possibly then a swimsuit.

If this works I shall do it once in a while.

Ginette

Oh well Milena looks like we will be keeping each other company for some time then. Nice to do it with someone who has the same problems as well. I suffer from water retention and it does effect my knees. Try taking sea kelp (basically see weed in a tablet) the only time you shouldn’t take it is if you are on thyroid tablets. Any doubts check with the chemist. I find these help.

Only side effect is they make my hair grow faster!

Let’s hope we all keep each other company. As you say we can push, pull and encourage each other through this. Are you doing 2 or three fasting days? I think I shall start at 2 the first week and see how it goes. This is going to feel more like a diet than 5:2 only because we will be calorie counting everyday. I shall maybe have a day off of counting once a week on Saturday. I will decide by next week. I know I need to up intake at first as I dropped it right back. I will still be within TDEE range though. I was probably about 500 under and it didn’t help me lose more even though I was exercising more.

Not a straightforward calories in / calories out I am thinking.

Ginette

Hi Ginette, Yes I did the fast diet about 5 years ago and lost half a stone. I also have done the Dukan Diet about 3 years ago and also lost half a stone. I was diagnosed with under active thyroid 2 years ago and the weight has crept up on me and was quite depressed with other thyroid symptoms. Did quite a few diets but never really stuck with them mainly in the winter lol. But determined to do this one and just see if I could lose a stone. You all sound really positive with the diets and heres to us all giving support to eachother. I am based in Cheshire, England. Where is everyone else based. Have good weekend. Alixxx

Hi Ali, forgot to say, I live just outside Edinburgh.

How is the week going? Nearly over and just 5 more to go!!!! How often are you weighing, I’ve been doing it every time I go to the toilet it seems, well nearly, I need some self restraint. Planner seems to suggest writing down weight after every fast day.

You too, Blackcat. Where are you both going for your hols?

ONLY two pounds???

Time to jump around the room!!!!!!

Average weight loss is a pound, two is bloody amazing!!

Now the object is to keep it going, and to sneak in a couple of extra pounds to get to that stone – though we may be walking you around the block for a few hours to get you there. Great start though and not even a week yet.

I was going on holiday to France and Italy, we have a wee Lotus Elise, object was to be able to sit in it comfortably. I can fit, but its a long way to Italy, but we have sort of cancelled as we dont have enough money, but Im fighting the HSBC bank for a ppi claim, they have sdmitted they owe me and have made a couple of offers, but nowhere near enough, if I can get it sorted, may be back on. Self employed so no holiday pay, and earnings tend to go into into stock.

Ne’er mind, well get away somewhere.

Using the fast beach diet just to give myself a kick. I was under eight stone right into my thirties, size 10, too short busty and hippy to be a true size eight but I had an eighteen inch waist. I remember getting into size 9 gloria vandebuilt jeans, and a size 8 skirt, if it was floaty, bought size eight denim skirt once, i think i dislocated my hips!!! Back in the day!!! This size until I left Tyneside in the late nineties – downhill from there.

Sense tells me 10 stone might be achieveable, in a year, before 5:2, resigned to just getting old and fat. Now more and more hoping to get much lower. A dream, but hey, if you reach for the stars……..

First goal 60 lbs in twelve months, a third of the way there in a third of a year. Found a few gals, including Ginette, to share this journey with – probably the real secret of 5:2.

Onwards and downwards!

Black cat

How are you doing?

I saw that but a push up from the floor. Are these for Hiit? I n half a minute I might do three. Maybe it’s for muscle building. I have some weights. Only small ones. I meant boxing for Hitt. I love the thought of you on the steps. Didn’t I see somewhere they were saying you can do them on the stairs.

Wow I am impressed. Obviously son and OH aren’t.

Well done on your weight loss this week. I think I have lost half a lb went a bit mad the end of the week.

Jaye was telling me she weighs everything all the time. I only have done on fast days. Obviously next week this will change.

It will be interesting to see. Are you from Scotland Milena?

If you fancy a chat message me on Facebook with your number and I will can you as I get free calls every day. Don’t worry if you are too busy.

Ginette

Hiya

Book has arrived, all set for Monday, decided to have a weekend completely off 5:2. Bearing in mind on my ‘normal’ day I tend to count calories, just decided not to.

Strangely not working out quite how I imagined, had cake and latte for breakfast. Chocolate cake, but we had one between two, I had less than a quarter. Half a ham sarnie for lunch, home roasted ham.

Got some lovely jersey royals for tomorrow – I had potatoes sprouting in the kitchen, haven’t bought any in months. But just got six potatoes, two for me and four for OH, son doesn’t like them. So no roast tatties tomorrow, and no potato salad to use up cold jersey royals. Old habits broken!

Fois gras for dinner postponed, for at least six weeks, having prawns and salad. Will have wine, but it will now last the weekend, a glass of red after dinner, instead of a bottle with the fois gras.

Interesting, I think. Never made a mindful food choice before in my life!

Ginette, will post my phone number on Facebook, looking forward to a chat. At home working, so would welcome a break. Keep going, Ali and black cat, but be kind to yourselves.

Hi All

No drain tuna in spring water on offer at asda 6 individual portion cans £3.00.

68 calories. Nice with salad carb free noodles or whatever else takes your fancy. Has anyone ever had tuna omlette? I think I might have tuna, boiled egg and salad it would make a nice lunch.

Lost half a pound but I start FBD for Monday. I haven’t had tuna omlette but I was wondering if anybody else had. Video is only 4 minutes long.

Ginette

Morning Girls,

Jaye here, I’m joing Ginette and Milena starting on the FBD today.

I have been doing the FD for 9 weeks, today being the start of my 10th week. I’ve lost 32lbs. My first big goal was to lose 2 stone. I figured it would take 6/8 mths. I know believe I can be slim, maybe a size 12 depending on how I look as I lose weight. Don’t want to be slim but look haggard lol.

I fast Monday/Wednesday and the odd Friday. For me I wanted to change my relationship with food, stop obsessing about carbs. I lived on bread, cereals, tea cakes, hot cross buns and crumpets. I was a terrible ’emotional’ eater but actually realised through research and doing this diet that it wasn’t ’emotional’ eating it was addiction to carbs/sugar. Emotional hunger comes on suddenly and won’t be satiated by anything other than high sugar and 50/50 foods (half fat/half sugar foods the absolute worst foods. Think cakes filled with lots of cream, the more you eat, the more you want. These cause our brains to not shut off and get the signal we are full. It tells them it wants more and more. We feel sick by the end but never satiated). Two things happened for me. I re educated myself about carbs, sugars and fats. I now eat a diet that is supported more and more by scientists and even my own Doctor. High fat, high Protien, low carbs. Void of as many processed or package foods as possible and I eat lots of fresh veg, salads, fruit. I eat cheese, full fat cheese and butter! And still I lose 2/3 a week. I don’t eat pasta (maybe once a month, or regular potatoes, I eat sweet potatoes that are low GI and I buy low GI bread. The second thing was the Fasting itself. Going onto 500 cals a day if you are savvy and understand you must eat well particularly on these days, well you avoid sugar and carbs and eat good protiens and veg right. No saving cals for a biscuit or a sugar in your tea or you’ll be starving. Plus the point is to stop the sugar rush on FDS. So I stick to it ridgidly on FDS, I eat just one meal in the evenings. Within the first week I had broken my addiction to carbs, in fact I became a bit of a carb phobe knowing that they had helped me way more than i ever thought to become a massive 18 stone 2. On none fast days i don’t eat sugar much either and carbs mske up only 20/25% of my diet. I eat carbs with protiens because they are processed and used better by our bodies this way. In 10 weeks I have had 2 slices of cake, I enjoyed them but I can’t say I miss them. I gave up diet coke/sodas which are proven to make you gain weight. They turn off our full receptors stopping us msking the hormone that tells us we have eaten enough. I drink soda water or sparkling mineral water with a slice lemon and ice. If I am pushing the boat out I might have one small dash of squash in it lol. I still love food and still eat out 3 times a week.

The two things I will be giving up to do the FBD is my skinny cappuccino (although I may be tempted to try a caffiene free one at Costa) and Prosecco which is my drink of choice when I go out on Saturday nights. I’ve a help in hand on Saturday as I’m not going out anyway. Other than that I already stay 500 cals below my TDEE of 1966 on NFDs.

So that’s my journey through Fasting so far. It’s been thouroughly enjoyable I have to say. I love fast days!

I am joining more for company with Ginette and Milena as I am not sure how successful my HIIT sessions will be. I live in a small first floor apartment and my exercise will have to be Boxing on the wii so I can fit it around some physical problems.

Good luck and happy fasting

Jaye 🙂

Hiya

First day started and finished.

Had my lovely roast lamb and Jersey totals Sundayevening, the wine was delicious. Hope to do it again in six weeks. Managed to keep to under 1600 calories too, though I think the third of a magnum for pud May have just edged me over.

Full fast from 8pm yesterday. not even bothering with teas or coffee, just plain tap water. Will probably finish around ten in the morning. And easier than I ever imagined.

Did twenty press ups. And walked three miles. Not a lot but many a mickle meks a muckle.

Went to bed last night feeling I could run a marathon, today though was quite tired until about 11, full of energy since.

Giving up the lattes and the vino for six weeks, and no sweet treats, so it’s good to be journeying with you Jaye. Keeping carbs in for a week or so, but might drop them for a week or two. Same with grapes and dried fruit.

A friend noticed I had lost weight, only 2 people have noticed so far. Strange.

Going shopping for gym gear Wednesday, wonder if they do sports bras in my size? Just jogging bottoms, my legs and lycra, definitely not a match made in heaven!!

How did week one go, Ali and Blackcat?

Hi ladies!

Would you mind if I joined this challenge as well? I have been doing 5+2 diet for a while but I hit a plateau just before Christmas and my weight loss stopped. I was on and off on 5+2 since then and I just started a 6 week period of 4+3 to get things going again. I just started my 2nd week. First week I managed to loose 4 lbs, hopefully this week will be in similar readings since I would love to wear a bikini this summer as well! I’m currently 13 stone 1 lb (including the 4 lb lost from last week) and I’ve lost 1 and 1/2 stones all together but I want to reach my pre-pregnancy weight of 12 stone 5 lbs. Would love to loose more ideally but even managing that would be brilliant!

Well got to the end of my second day. 1005 calories. I didn’t even try and go so low, that was just a normal day with no treats Tomorrow is a fast day.

I knew I wasn’t eating anywhere near target.

Had a mad 5 minutes with the dog as I chased it to try and take a branch off of it. We had a lot of fun (this was in a garden). I turned this into HIIT exercise.

Jaye I see on another thread that you have been getting pain from this. It does stay somewhere that if you are new to this start at 10 seconds x 3 for three times a week. Are you doing more? I have started at this and will increase as I get comfortable with it. Looking after my knees. I also did my ordinary exercise today for 20 mins boxercise. It would have been 30 but I had to go out in a hurry.

So fast day as normal, but I will try to increase calories on Thursday.

I’ve got a headache tonight although I have had seven cups of tea and a pint of water so I am not dehydrated.

Off to see Heath trainer tomorrow. So last of our sessions, apart from 2 follow ups three months apart. I have been with him nearly a year.

After the follow ups you have to leave it for three months and then you can have a second referral.

Hope you are all losing.

……not a midget gem in sight either.

Ginette

Hi

well a good start, press ups done, walks done – exept today but its a lovely evening for one – also using dumbells – picked up he really heavy ones – and put them done straight away. Every journey with one step. Found the wee ones and have been doing arm exercises.

Only some of you will be inpressed by the above, but its a lot for me!

Full fast Monday, 850 cals yesterday – you can eat a mountain of veggies in a stir fry, and the meal out tonight cancelled, so expect to be well under 1000 cals today, not quite intended but hey ho!

Thinking of a full fast tomorrow, but I’ll see how it goes, never done two in a week, though applepie on another thread does, and manages very well.

Waiting to hear from Nessie, who is suspiciously quiet!!!

Not weighed yet, thought to leave it a few days – which is a first for me, I usually weight half a dozen times a day!

Hope y’all are doing well!

Hi all

Well saw my trainer today and he was pleased as I had lost 5lbs since my last visit which was 6 weeks ago. So not bad. Now I haven’t got to see him until 10 weeks time. I am really hoping to get into the next category down. That will be still obese but out of morbidly obese.

I have told him I WILL be in that category.

I went to morrisons to get the naked noodles today and the greeter offered me free tea and cake. It was really bad timing. Last week I would have had it I love everything free. This week I said no thank you. He was quite persistent, so I told him I would come back in 6 weeks. How good was I.

Up to 405 at the moment so room for a piece of fruit.

Fast days are easy, it’s the other days I have to think about. I just bought Hoisin and garlic sauce to go with my noodles. Anyone know what this tastes like. This is new to me. My freezer is crammed ful of vegetables from shopping today and I did 30 mins boxercise today. I am just recovering.

I shall probably save my stir fry until Friday.

CC so pleased that you found it easy. It does get easier. I found that after the first week. It now just falls into place. I am so pleased that you didn’t give up.

Ginette

I don’t eat breakfast either. I also love vegetables.

Before this week I didn’t count apart from fast days. No I am counting. I don’t have a lot of carbs excluding vegetables. I love the sound of that museli. I think I’d better call in to Aldi’s and get myself some.

I also wasn’t restricting myself it just happened. I need to try and up the calories so these sound just right.

Imagine trying to find something to increase calories!!

Ginette

looked it up it says 390 calories for 100gms. Would that be a sensible size portion Milena?

Milena I am already virtuos doing FBD hahaha. So 50g it is then! I will let you know when I get it.

That will be less than I am having for lunch now in calories so I need to find something else healthy to add. I have started having 2/3 Brazil nuts a day as they are healthy and can improve selenium levels.

I am seeing my doctor at the end of the month and so I will ask for my bloods to be checked. At least I know where I am then. Would be nice to have the scientific side as well.

Ginette