Hi every one, I am sure your all far too young to remember the Fifties, so just for fun I am passing on a list of food in those days compared to current names.
Pasta was not eaten in Australia.
Curry was a surname.
A takeaway was a mathematical problem.
A pizza was something to do with a leaning tower.
Rice was only eaten as milk pudding.
A Big Mac was something you wore when it was raining.
Brown bread was something only poor people ate.
Oil was for lubricating, fat was for cooking.
Tea was made in a tea pot using tea leaves.
Sugar enjoyed a good press and was regarded as white gold.
Cubed sugar was regarded as posh.
Fish didn’t have fingers in those days.
Eating raw fish was called poverty, not sushi.
None of us had ever heard of yoghurt.
Healthy food consisted of any thing edible.
Cooking out side was called Camping.
Seaweed was not a recognised food.
Kebab was not even a word never mind a food.
Prunes were medicinal.
Muesli was readily available, it was called cattle feed.

Tim.

Here i am at 10.15 on a fast day and just starting to feel a bit peckish. That’s telling me its time to go to bed very soon. Tomorrow’s another fast day.

Today was easy enough.

I actually think that doing the fasting window before a fast day so that its a long time before you eat your first meal on fast day is a good idea. I did not feel hungry when i got up this morning. I just had a coffee and milk and lunch at about 11.30 then i had to go out, had 1 strawberry and a coffee while out, and my salad for dinner and a coffee when i got back. Its only in the last hour that i’ve started to feel a bit hungry.

So the day before my fast, i finished eating about 5.30 i guess. I wanted to finish at 4pm but was unable to be that organised. I have started doing the 16:8 fasting window on non-fast days. It was good that i wasn’t hungry when i got up. 🙂

I expect to feel ok tomorrow morning too.

But i am constipated. So i took some psyllium today and if that doesn’t work soon, i will have to take some senna stuff. I’m probably not drinking enough water. 🙁

I remember all of those Tim. It was fun to read thanks for the laugh. Yes I can remember the 50s. Starting my 3rd day on this programme.

Thanks for the info, haven’t been back on for a while. Removed 1’5 kgs and 2 inches not sure of centimetres from waist. Really pleased with how it is going. I am definetely in for the long haul.

Hi Girls! (Wave)

I’ve been reading the 38 pages from the closed thread about IF Support group. This is my first post.

I’m LOVING IF! It’s so easy. I initially started wanting to lose just 3kg (a small realistic goal. I’ve done that easily in about 4 weeks and now feel that I can easily lose another 3kg. When I say “easily” what I really mean is that I can do it! I love that I can have days where I can eat normally.

I’m mixing it up with various IF approaches. I generally do a 5-6 hour eating window each day from 3-8 as I find it easy not to eat until about 1pm. I can then hold out till 3pm to eat. I then have days where I only eat about 500 cals, and days where I eat whatever I want in that 5 hour window. I love that this allows me to have dinner with friends and be able to eat ANYTHING I want: dips, antipasta, chips, cheeses, dinner, wine & dessert. On the days I do that I usually put on about a pound but I don’t stress about it because I know that overall I’m on a downwards trend. And I love that I can have a great social life with this WOE.

Thank you so much to everyone for posting. It’s really encouraging to read people’s posts x

Hi Alison, I can now cook for the family without it bothering me. I have even made cakes and slices without breaking my fast. But at least with this WOE I know I can have a bit tomorrow – if there’s any left! It does help to already know what my meal is for the day.

I have really pigged out this week after being sick for a few days, so am looking forward to tomorrow’s fast day.

The weather here in Melbourne has been wonderful this weekend. I’ve been out in the garden weeding, and went for a big walk, even doing HIIT by running!! I have never run by choice in my life! I did 3x running for 40sec with 80sec recovery, and it wasn’t too bad. Really. Back out to the garden now so I can finish this section before the weather turns.

Happy fasting all 🙂

Alison – I wouldn’t worry about 500gm. I find my weight can vary by about 900gm within a day. And I’m always up after a non fast day.

I walked for an hour today. So I burned approximately 366 calories. You have to be in a deficit of 7000 calories to lose 1kg of fat. 366 is 5% of 7000 so I burned 5% of a kilo or 50gm. That doesn’t sound like a lot. But go get a stick of butter and see how much 50g of fat looks like. I don’t mind losing that from my tummy 🙂

Welcome chicitagatita, are you in effect eating only one long meal a day? That’s brave of you. I do know other people who do this but i have not yet tried it. But you would get full at least if you have all your calories in one sitting so it would be fun from that point of view. I never get full these days and sometimes i miss it, even though i’m always satisfied when i finish a meal.

Alison, i’m fasting today too. And i cooked a risky food and didn’t cave. It began just as stewed strawberries which was supposed to be an attempt at sugarless conserve but i blended up the pectin seeds and they were making the strawberries bitter so i decided to tip in all the remaining marscapone cheese. Now this combo of strawbs and marscapone is pretty toxic to me – meaning i love it and could eat it till there was none left but i did no more than lick the spoon to check its flavour.

Its now 5.30 and there’s not long to go before this two-day fast is all over for another week. I’ve also cooked a leftover leafy green soup, and stewed apples and lunch. And i haven’t had anything since lunch as i’ve got no calories left.

I hope that by now you’ve eaten something more substantial than a piece of fruit and feel better. I know its hard to study and not eat. If you eat a big meal before having to cook for the kids at least you should be able to resist eating their food. The harder the study the hungrier you’ll be.

Maybe next time don’t pick a study day to fast if you can help it. I don’t think the two really go together. You need your brain power and fasting means an underfed brain.

P.S. The strawberries and mascarpone sounds DIVINE! I think preparing that for others takes way more willpower than not eating till 5pm x

This is my 2nd fasting day and so far all good.
3 days into my first week. Am a little hungry.
Beautiful sunny day today spent some time in the garden … trying to keep busy.
I am enjoying reading all the post from you all .. very encouraging.

Ok, so husband and i are three weeks into following the 5:2 regime. And it is going well! We are keeping notes as to what we eat on the fasting days, and are getting used to what foods are better to eat. A strong reliance on eggs….and have discovered that the egg white haas only 17 calories, so we have one full egg plus two whites as a scramble and it’s only about 100 cal! Also been blitzing cauliflower in the food processor to make ‘rice’ and adding lots of vegies plus small tin of tuna for dinner. And homemade hummus…..what a winner as an alternative dinner with carrot sticks! I have this awesome book called “this=that” which shows real-size photos of huge array of foods, all in 140cal size portions. That has been an excellent resource and quick check for us. I am not a big fan of getting on the scales, prefer to judge things by how my clothes are fitting, as i do several weight-bearing exercise days during the week to build muscle tone. So not really sure yet how the weight levels are panning out. The bonus i have found is that i am also eating less on the non-fasting days, as overall my appetite is reducing. Marvellous!

Chicitagatita, ah no i was asking your about your daily routine, not the fasting routine. And you are confusing me.

I don’t know what you are doing. Can we speak English and not numbers. How many days are you fasting. And what are you doing on your non-fasting days? Are you eating one meal and eating 200 calories? plus a few cups of coffee. I don’t think so but that’s what you seem to have said.

No the strawberries are for me. I just have to eat them another time. Not today. Strawberrries were cheap this week 4 punnets for $5.

Alison, i’m glad you got through ok. Its nearly time i went to bed if i don’t want to tempt fate too much more. Its 9.20.

Foxy i could never understand the appeal of egg white. I’m more of a traditionalist. I need to eat the whole egg unless its made into a meringue .

Hi all Monday fasters, it’s the first day of spring and the sun is shining here, so I hope you all have a glorious day and enjoy the process, no matter how detailed or relaxed it is.
It seems we all find our own best way forward in the 5:2 way of life, so have a lovely day!

I’m off to do a little bush-dancing in the dunes, flouro yellow shirt, gloves, hat, boots and all!

Cheers,

Yep now i gotcha chicita gatita. Since last week i’ve been doing an 8 hour eating window on my non-fast days too so i guess its similar to you. Except i don’t even drink coffee milk outside my eating window. My coffees have a 1/4 cup of milk in each so that’s a total of one cup a day i tend to get from my coffee.

Its great to practice restraint this fasting way i must say.

I survived my two day fast. Woke up feeling good but the scales are stuck and didn’t show a loss at all. I’ve come to the conclusion that its probably due to me starting to eat psyllium fibre which must be holding water in my gut. If that’s true, then my weight should start going down again soon. Today was 63.4 but i have already been as low as 63 and i just haven’t seen a single day this year below that yet. I was really hoping to see it today.

My goal is 60kg.

IHAW, how nice to go bush dancing. I’ve never actually been to one. Have a great time.

So this afternoon i’m going to work! How exciting. Actually i’m volunteering at the local community centre. And its good for me even though it throws out my whole day.

Does anyone have any expertise at using online booking sites to book the cheapest flight going. I want to go to Japan for cherry blossom festival next year but while i can find a pretty good fare, id on’t seem to able to book the baggage i need for my bike and people tell me that jetstar offers even better deals than this so i should wait a bit longer. I’m afraid i might miss out if i don’t take this $8oo in total fare.

Hi all, happy first day of spring.

Alison, I too find it very hard to cope with upsets on fast days. Tried to analyse but nothing makes sense. Hope things are better today.

Pattience, I always use Webjet, which has been around for ages. Do take care to check the final price though as the fare prices displayed against the flights do not include the surcharges and whatever.

Happy Monday fasting.

Hi all Monday fasters as NickyF said its Spring and I hope your fast has got off to a good start.

Is anyone out there struggling today? If so give us a hoy…… your not alone.

Tim.

Evening folks 🙂 Welcome to all the newbies (I feel funny saying that, technically I’m a newbie myself haha). This thread is a great place for suggestions and even just support when you’re struggling.

As for me, tomorrow is my first fasting day for the week. I’m down to 69.5kg although I’m not sure if that number is accurate because I’m both sick and dealing with additional body bothers. I suspect I’m retaining water weight for several reasons. I hope so at any rate, I’m happy to be at 69.5kg but my clothes and rings feel the way they do when I’m about a whole kilo lighter so there’s a good chance that I’m just carrying around a heap of extra water.

I did well with food today, sitting at around 1400 cals but I dropped about 300 in exercise today. No exercise tomorrow which is a VERY good thing as I don’t think I could exercise and fast given that I’m still recovering from being sick. I’m feeling much better than I was, but I still don’t think fasting and exercising is a good idea together when I’m not up to par.

Hope everyone is doing well. I’m not sure what I’m going to eat tomorrow, my normal ‘go to’ breakfast is cottage cheese with banana, strawberry and a touch of regular fat free vanilla yoghurt to sweeten it up. Unfortunately, I’m out of all three! Might have to make a shopping run in the arvo to pick up some supplies and just fast until then. That will be a struggle, so far I’ve been having tiny low cal meals throughout the day to keep me from hating life lol.

Hi Everyone i went over my TDEE today with going out for dinner by about 200 calories. I am a bit disappointed but I also enjoyed eating “normally” with friends. I do really love that unlike other diets I don’t beat myself up & throw in the towel. Tomorrow is another day and if I just keep going I’ll still be trending down.

Tomorrow will be a fast day for me.

Kits – it sounds like your doing really well. Good on you.

Pattience – a 2.5 day fast! That’s amazing. Don’t worry about it not showing up on the scales. It will! Within 2 days I bet you have a HUGE drop x

You do lose a lot of water when you reduce your carbs as you will on a fast day. This is normal. And of course when you go back to eating normally again, your weight will bounce back up with the water but hopefully some of what you lost in those few days was some fat too.

On any diet everyone loses a lot in the beginning if they are eating healthy food because they are eating a lot less carbs and probably a lot less salt as well. I’ve become more aware of the carb factor since doing a stint of low carb a couple of months ago.

Its also in synch with that when people start to get headaches. That’s pretty standard at the beginning of low carb diets too. This is dehydration due to loss of body salts. So if you are experiencing any headaches, take a salty type of drink such as miso soup. and then keep drinking plenty of water.

Thanks for reminding me it is spring today Nicky! Down south in WA it doesn’t feel like it, but there are LOADS of wildflowers everywhere. P 🙂

Foxy, i only think about eating a lot of food on the day following my fast. I tend not to over do it, apart from the first time. I haven’t experienced nausea all year.

I don’t eat much fast food at all. I’m into whole foods. Its probably the fat that made you feel nauseous as greasy food does that sometimes.

PVE, water does build up in certain conditions: e.g. after exercise, particularly extreme exercise, with increased carb intake, increased salt intake, and i know psyllium holds water and expands – put some in a cup with some water and see for yourself. So you will hold it until you pass it. All these conditions are of course temporary. There are other more serious conditions that cause water retention too.

Hi Foxy.
Tell OH that I had to buy a leather punch to add holes to my belts. 😉 he’s not alone.
Ros.

Hi Foxy

The best belt investment I ever made was a man’s plaited one with two rings for the ‘buckle’ – infinitely variable and has stood by me through thick (waist) and thin. I now have both black and brown ones so all colour circumstances covered.

The best are made from kangaroo hide by RM Williams. Staggeringly expensive at first look but I have had mine for more than 30 years without serious deformation, still comfortable and in good condition. Works out very inexpensive on a use/wear basis.

Nicky

Hello again all. Made it through today without busting up my 500 cals. In fact, according to my calculations I still have another 60 cals up my sleeve. I’m not sure if I believe that, I think I may have missed something or forgotten to track something somewhere in there.
It’s ok though, I’m going to have another cuppa (to warm me up, I don’t care WHO says it’s spring it’s freezing here! Hahaha) and try to keep my mind off being hungry. The yummy breakfast I have planned for tomorrow is keeping me going 😉

That being said I think today is the easiest I’ve had it so far. Didn’t really get SUPER hungry until this arvo and it seemed to ease off a lot more quickly throughout the day when I did get a noisy tummy. So I can attest to the fact that it does get easier. I also noticed that my portion sizes are decreasing on non-fast days which is great as that’s one of the main things I struggle with. Especially portions of carbs, hubby made pasta for dinner last night and I could only eat half the bowl. I stopped when I was satisfied instead of eating it because it was there. Gotta be happy with that.

Sure Patience. Water retention can be the result of a severe medical condition, but in normal healthy people it is only temporary as I said. That is why our weight fluctuates and it is by graphing the tends that you see the long term effects…hopefully towards a healthy weight if you need to, or to maintain at your goal. P