Well I’ve done it…no food….do I blow it and have supper?? Let me check on my fellow fasters….

Morning all – another rough night and up to work!

So glad to have made it through yesterday. Haven’t succumbed to toast yet, and having seen that Hedgehog is doing a back to back, wondering if I should too? The next 3 days are a little tough, as I have lunches booked for every day. Should be able to make that my only meal, but it’s a tough day if you eat too early, I sometimes feel. My head says this should be a FD…but I so love toast and honey in the morning! Oh the dilemma!

Not going to break my heart over it – it’s a first world trauma, after all.

I’ll let you know later what happens when it’s breakfast time for the rest of the household!

Mx

Minols, you can do one more morning without the toast and honey….its not as though you won’t be having it ever again 😉

Rough nights sleep for me. In fact I’ve been more awake than asleep. So much on my mind and can’t shut it down! I also wonder if fasting had an effect. It doesn’t usually and I didn’t actually feel hungry but I know others say that it sometimes affects them.

We have planned to go out for a few hours to Sidmouth for a walk but we’ll see!

I’m going to fast again today, but a normal one, so I’ll have 1 meal which will be tonight. That will give my body an extended fast so plenty of healing time. Might even tempt some weight movement!

Kay x

Morning all,

Kay, well done on yesterday 🙂 Sorry you didn’t sleep well though, it could have been the fasting or just a coincidence. Another FD today too 🙂 Your doing great x

Lynne, good luck today, you can do it 🙂 Great thing about this is that we can swap our days around x

I managed okay, had about 400 cals in all, so really pleased with myself 🙂 Having a low day today, but not a complete FD. Next one will be Thursday.

Have a great day, stay strong everyone x

A wave from having my cuppa in bed.. we are fasting today too..

Speak later
Jean x

Morning everyone.

I chickened out of salsa, I’m really annoyed with myself. I keep doing that, seeing things I want to do or want to go to, and then deciding I don’t have the energy and not doing it. It’s not even a confidence thing, I’m just so tired when I get home from work the last thing I want to do is go out somewhere. Letting my life pass me by. I’m not usually one for new years resolutions but this year I think it’s definitely going to be ‘stop chickening out, just DO it!’

On the plus side it means yesterday stayed as an FD. Not sure about today yet, think I’ll not eat through the day and have a low cal soup for dinner. My party top arrived, and though it fits fine, loose if anything, I still want to feel as confident as I can at my Christmas do.

I also got a new coat in a size 10, though I think it’s more the case it’s a generous cut rather than I’m actually a 10.

Is the seaweed low cal? I’ve never tried it, but crispy and salty sounds good.

I’ve not had too many disturbed nights, no more than usual really, so I’m glad I don’t have that side effect.

Hope everyone has a good day, best of luck to those fasting.

Hi everyone,

Wow, all those b2b fasts! Hopefully will see wonderful results 🙂

Just been for my walk, had to force myself today lol. Windy, but not too cold. Glad I did it now!!

Low day continuing for me.

Stay strong fasters x

I’m doing okay, thanks Jean! Had a meeting for another voluntary job I do, yummy biscuits provided, and bypassed by me!! Just toast for lunch, and then soup for dinner. Pseu- I’m wimping out of doing an exercise class before eating- it’ll be hard enough as it is! (Sorry you couldn’t face the salsa class, hopefully another time!) Getting a new coast and party top sounds good though! Did you do the cocktail class in the end?
Jean- very impressed with your DIY/ apprentice skills. It is easier to fast if you keep busy…
Kay- well done, hope that you sleep better tonight!
Minols- stay warm & stay safe on the road!
DF- sounds like you’re doing really well! Is the weight shifting still?
Lynn- hope that Bec enjoys her birthday, Chinese and cake sounds like my family’s celebrations!
Rowena- you’re very quiet- hope everything’s okay?

Hi all – so impressed with everyone’s self control today…wishing I hadn’t taken the easy route this morning, then I’d be feeling as good as you all do! (Mental note to self…do the tough thing next time!

It really is cold up here, today, so I’ll make sausage casserole tonight to warm everyone up…and I’ll only have a small bowl, I promise.

BTW seaweed very low cal – 11cals per packet, so even if I stuff my face with it, it’s still not damaging!

Mx

Having a sit….decided to have an oxo for a change….brings me back to when I was about 6 years old with a sore throat and off school…lol…although I had bread pieces in it, not this time…

Steve having ride on his bike with a camera on the front he is testing…it was only £25 picture not too great it may go back and invest in one which is more expensive with a better lense…men and gadgets !!

Hoping everyone OK…All is well here…

Jean x

I’m starting to lag, getting those burning eyes that come along with exhaustion, could easily have a nap. Not hungry, but the thought of going to the gym class is making me cringe.

Eek, I gave in but only had some cheese and hot chilli jam, no crackers!

Only a light dinner planned so will still be within allowance.

Pseu and hedgehogs, you’ll be fine when you start your class. You body will find something to convert to energy 🙂

Hopefully the wobbly bits, Kay! I have plenty of those to spare…

Morning all.

Up way too early again. I made myself stay in bed until 6 and forced myself to relax – hah! Didn’t work…now I have a headache! Not going to eat until lunch when a few of us are going round to a colleague’s to ‘christen’ her new kitchen. When you don’t get to live in your own place it’s always lovely when the congregation decide to renew something major like that! So i’m hoping to keep it low or non-existent apart from what I eat at hers…but i’m not going to be a party pooper if she’s gone to a lot of trouble to make nice things!!

Hope everyone else is on for a good day.

Mx

Morning all,

Jean, enjoy your meal and the Xmas markets 🙂 I miss working in the city when the markets were on, always had a lovely feel to the place.

Minols, enjoy your lunch!

NFD for me, but again a low one. Home-made burger and salad last night, I’m so lucky my OH loves cooking lol!

Its still so dark when I get to work in the mornings now, and then dark when I get home. Roll on summer! I like winter when I’m inside, cosy and warm but working and being out and about, not good! Took me 2 hours to drive home in it last night 🙁

Stay strong anyone fasting today 🙂

Hiya.

Hedgehogs – kickboxing must have given you superpowers to resist those chips…the wee boy is obsessed with power rangers just now, and tries to kick box his way through the dog walk!

Jean – really hope you have a good day in York…my second favourite English city. But if you find it flat, why not try the Christmas market in Lincoln? On the top of our only hill, so definitely not flat. I was a wee girl when it first started up to celebrate the twinning with Neustadt, and it was great then – I can only imagine it’s fabulous now – it’s in the precinct around the cathedral and spills into the castle – or at least it did a few years ago when I last made it home at Christmas…maybe I’ll have a quick google and investigate, for old times sake!

Mx

Morning everyone.

Jean – I’ve always fancied York but never been, apart from a work trip to the outskirts where I didn’t get to see anything. 🙁 Swansea is looking quite festive, the Winter Wonderland opened on Friday, and the Christmas lights were turned on on Sunday. Hopefully York has a bit more spirit this time around!

Dragonfly – Two hours to get home! Nightmare. I’m sick of the dark too, not to mention the rain. It’s stopped here at the moment but is meant to pick up again later. I definitely agree – it being dark outside makes it cosy when you’re at home, but not when you’re slogging through the rush hour. 🙁

Hedgehogs – Good on you for going to your class! I always find it fascinating in my combat class to watch other people and try to guess who’s done martial arts before, you can normally tell. The person windmilling next to me… no. The person doing a textbook perfect roundhouse? Yup. I struggle fitting in the moves sometimes, especially with blocks, because I automatically do it how it’s meant to be done rather than the rough approximation that actually fits in the choreography!

I weighed this morning, and in two weeks I’ve lost 0.8lb. Not happy with that. I’ve been out a couple of times, but nothing major, not been gorging on gateau or anything, and yet barely any movement. Can’t even blame it on food in transit, since I was really good all weekend, Monday was an FD and yesterday was probably 600 or 700. So annoying! I feel smaller, but apparently it’s just psychological. 11lb to go until I’m at my target, and it looks like I’m going to have to battle for every single one. 🙁 I know I should just be happy it’s not a gain and there’s some movement, but it’s so disheartening.

Afternoon everyone

Miserable day here, about to tip down any minute.

Only had a couple of prunes so far today, to try and get things moving, and managed liquids only yesterday. Really pleased this morning as the scales were kind and the 3lb I put on over the weekend has gone. I had some very salty food so a lot of water retention. This loss is only temporary though, Chinese and cake tonight will soon get the scales moving the wrong way.

Hedgehogs, well done with the kick boxing, far too energetic for me.

DF, at this time of year my favourite saying was ‘we may as well be working down the pit, we come in and go home in the dark’.

Jean, hope York doesn’t disappoint. I’ve only been once and the only thing I can remember is the smell in the Jorvik Centre.

Pseudo, keep at it. Have you tried weighing more often to see if you can see a pattern?

Minols, Cardiff Christmas Market is the opposite of Lincoln’s open from 9th November to 23 December, and the Winter Wonderland is open even longer. Can’t believe how early you’re up, but a busy time for you.

Kay, hope you have a great time away and Neil has a wonderful birthday.

Trying to hold off eating until tonight but tired as up a lot last night. Phil has another infection. He’s getting really good at them, unfortunately.

Not sure yet if fasting tomorrow or Friday, but sure I’ll have company either way.

Lynne x

My first post so hello everyone and hope you’re all succeeding. I decided to try this 5:2 after watching an old BBC Iplayer episode of Horizon which really struck a chord. Weighed in at 106.6kg on Monday (my first FD) which was a further prompt to get going. Surprising how often one has to go to the loo first day but settled down now. Got a spinning class tomorrow which will be my second FD so wondering what that will feel like. Will report back Friday if I survive! ….. good luck everyone.

Hi everyone 🙂

Jean, how was lunch and the markets in York? I know my mum and sister go Xmas shopping in York every year! On my FD’s I usually sort my own meals out, its easier that way. I don’t think my OH knows what a calorie is 😛

Kay, enjoy your evening and celebrations 🙂

Lynne, exactly! Its dark every time I’m in the car at the moment lol, I miss summer!

Pseu, I know how disheartening it can be with the scale, are you losing inches though, with you saying you feel smaller? Keep at it, the numbers will come down 🙂

Minols, how was your lunch today?

Gommine, welcome back, I bet Italy was wonderful .. somewhere I’ve always wanted to go!

Michelinstar, welcome to our group! Hope you keep posting here 🙂

Again, the rain held off while I went for a walk at lunch, it was so windy though. I always feel great when I make myself walk, sometimes I have to push myself though lol.

Enjoy the rest of the day and have a great evening later!

Ill be back tomorrow for second FD of the week 🙂

x

HI all – ate a little too much, but all good stuff! Soup was the ‘best’ thing, but had a piece of bread with it, and then cheese and biscuits (irresistible) and cake and coffee. Could have been so much worse, but that should be me, apart from keeping the boy company, so I can chalk today up as a low day.

Gommine – welcome home. I think you were sorting out your parents house? Sorry, memory dodgy. How was it?

Hi MStar – welcome to the gang. Sounds like you’re getting off to a good start.

Mx

Pseudo- you’re losing inches though, aren’t you- you’ve had belt trouble & bought new things in smaller sizes, if I remember right, so something’s happening! Like I keep telling myself, muscle weighs more than fat, with all the exercise you do, your muscle tone must be improving 🙂 I really wish I’d measured myself at the start, so I could see the difference that way. MStar- there’s a tip for you, measure everywhere so you see improvements!!

Afternoon All..

We enjoyed York, Xmas market double the size from last year, a few songs about…they really should put more music on….Haddock and chips in restaurant..a good walk around stopped and had a pint beer and half of Guinness …feet hurting a bit now…

Minols…
I have only been to Lincoln Xmas market once it is really good …don’t know whether Steve would make it round and you have to park and ride…Lincoln is a nightmare for parking and costly now at the best of times..

Your kitchen do sounded good with lots of bits and pieces eaten…

Pseu..
These plateaus are a nightmare, you can only continue and you will start loosing…sometimes a naughty blow out kick starts you..fish and chips for us…we are coming to our two year birthday at the end of the month…see if we have stayed the same for a year!…I think slightly up but we will see…

Kay…
Enjoy your trip away and I hope Neil enjoys it all…well done on the weight loss it does so get hard, I think you are doing better than me…I am really struggling to get the holiday weight off…it will eventually..lol

Lynne..
Well done to have moved the 3 lbs that’s really good…Phil is really in the wars at the moment hope he soon picks up…enjoy the Chinese and cake this evening…that’s the way it is…

Gommine…
Lovely to have you back….hope everything went as well as it can…weigh in for us to on Friday..😬

Mstar…
Hope you join us..plenty of support and moans with us…the journey is never smooth..

DF…
These dark days are terrible..I hate them…I carried my brolly all around and it never rained…very windy at times…we really enjoyed it this year…

We are fasting tomorrow..hope a few will be joining us..

Jean x

Psuedo:

After two months you are experiencing a real plateau. This might help: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/on-plateaus/

Good Luck!

Thank you for the link Simcoeluv, great reading and very helpful. 😀

Out of curiosity, do you guys use the TDEE calculator on this site as your aim for NFDs or do you get the figure elsewhere? The link mentioned it often comes out differently depending what calculator you use. I find the TDEE a bit daunting, it always seems so low to religiously stick to – and it seems that might be where I’m going wrong, estimating my calories on NFDs rather than writing them down. I always mean to work it out… and then don’t. :S

Today has turned out to be an FD, just because I was feeling too tired and depressed to eat anything. Was debating doing three FDs this week, will see how tomorrow goes.