Hello – cautiously optimistic

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CL_monochrome

11:51 am
29 May 14
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Hello everyone

I just wanted to introduce myself. I’ll have been doing the Fast diet for 3 weeks tomorrow now and have lost 5lbs so far. I hope this increases when I have my weekly weigh in tomorrow morning!

I also did the plan for about three months last year but I didn’t keep a proper track of my progress and eventually stopped – only to gain a pile of weight.

I’ve started again this time after finally admitting to myself that none of the standard diet clubs work in the long-term. They all work in the short term but you just don’t keep the weight off. I have to do something because despite the fact that I say I’m happy with my body, I’m not really.

I love the Fast Diet because it’s just two days a week and you can be relatively ‘normal’ the rest of the time. It’s also starting to change my massive (irrational) fear of hunger and helped me realise that I won’t die if I’m properly hungry.

My goal isn’t to be skinny – it’s just to be a curvy woman in the healthy weight range. I have around 23lbs to lose and I’m starting to feel like I can really do it! I tried some clothes I’ve been struggling to fit into on earlier this week and although I’m not quite there yet, I’m a darn sight closer than I was before I started fasting!

Good luck everyone and thank you for listening to me blather on!

Claire xx

franfit

3:06 pm
29 May 14
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Hi, Claire, congratulations on re-starting 5:2 🙂

The weight usually comes off a bit faster in the first week or two; average weight loss with 5:2 is one pound per week, with people who are larger to begin with losing more faster, and weight loss being slower the less there is to lose. But it does come off if you stick with it — I’ve lost 40 pounds in 40 weeks of 5:2 plus increasing my walking to 10,000 steps/day. But some weeks the scale doesn’t budge, or even goes up a little. I carry on and the weight loss gets going again.

One tip I have is to calculate your TDEE for the weight you would like to be and one activity level lower than you think you are and use the non-fasting days to try to find satisfying ways to eat that number of calories per day. (I say one activity level lower because most of us actually overestimate the amount of activity we do and underestimate the number of calories we’re consuming, and because I think that I would gain weight if I ate the amount that the calculator says I can have. It’s only an estimate and an average, not a precision instrument.) That way you’ll be ready to maintain your weight loss once you get to goal, and doing 6:1 can take care of the over-eating that occurs because of the “occasions” that arise in life.

It sounds like you’re off to a great start — good luck!

Cath525

8:17 pm
29 May 14
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Hi!

This is a good read!

Indeed, there are countless methods on how to have a healthy body! In my case, I read books, blogs, articles and journals like http://healthturtle.com/fitness/ to keep track on my weight loss journey.

I hope this helps!
Catherine

CL_monochrome

7:51 am
30 May 14
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Thanks both – Catherine I’ll definitely follow that link up.

My weight had stayed the same this morning, which I was expecting due to the Indian takeaway I had on Wednesday!

But I had a good day fasting yesterday and have started the day with scrambled eggs and mackerel (non-fast day) and definitely feel more slim.

Have a good weekend everyone xx

kilda

1:31 pm
30 May 14
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welcome, CL! I’m 20 weeks in, and 40 lbs down. So stick with it, good things are ahead!

CL_monochrome

11:59 am
2 Jun 14
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That’s amazing progress! Well done