Hi all downunders! A balmy 37 expected here today…bliss (rolling eyes)after the official 45.1 recorded on Friday.
@prc46 Those skin things are nasty!! My hubby has had 2 melanomas, several SCCs and countless BCCs removed…I think the skin specialist must be onto the third layer of skin by now:D. thankfully no further treatment was required for the melanomas and I am thankful every day for the diligence of our skin specialist.
An extra fast day yesterday and looking to do another on Tuesday…changing fast days from Mondays/Thursdays to Tuesday/Fridays starting this week. We’ll see how it goes. I am sadly quite sedentary (laziness being the only excuse)but I do go to linedance classes once or twice every week and starting up again this coming week after the Christmas break. Hoping that will shift a few kgs. I like my computer too much and spend way too much time sitting on my blot with laptop on lap!! Not only do I spend too much time on the forums but my hobby is digital scrapbooking, recording the lives of the 8 grands, so definitely too much time on the computer:D (but I love it)
Good luck with your fasting this coming week, everyone!

Hey JayBee, I’m from Sydney.

Does anyone else have this problem / any suggestions? I’m finding the fast days quite easy until 2am when I madly crave….and succumb to the craving for chocolate! Just a couple of pieces but enough to put me well over my fast day calories, obviously resistance is much lower at this time and when half asleep! I had a hot water hot choc at about 9.30 to try and combat but didn’t help….

@c_j_l Come onto the forums and be inspired by all the stories on here (stay away from the food posts though:D)

Thanks to you and to ihavea waist for posting your locations…I am keeping a notepad file so that I can remember where you are from when you post:)

Actually I started a new thread in the Suggestions forum asking if it is possible for our locations to display under our names where the date, time and “permalink” are displayed. The thread is here: http://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/where-are-you-from/#post-22632
If you would like to see that feature added, make a post in that thread to record your wishes. I don’t know if it can be done but I would certainly find it helpful:)

hi all,

I have just joined this forum.
I am from Adelaide, south Australia, and it is good to see so many people here from Australian and New Zealand.

I will probably post mostly on the Diabetic page as that is my main reason for joining, but will check in here from time to time.

cheers

I’m 57 and live in Sydney. I had lost 5.5 kg in 5 weeks but then came the holiday break and Ive put .5kg back on despite 3 fast days in those 2 weeks. It may only be half a kilo but I can see it in my face. I’m trying hard not to mentally panic and give up – that sounds a bit ridiculous as I write it but I’m sure you know what I mean. How does everyone else cope with setbacks?

Hi Peggy, just keep telling yourself that it’s a long distance marathon rather than a sprint….slow and steady wins the race.
There will always be a slight up and down, and sometimes a plateau in your weight, but if you look at in the long term, it’s worth it!
Try measuring your waistline, rather than relying too heavily on what the scales say. Don’t give up!

Greetings from West Logan shire, on the southern outskirts of Brisbane. Jaybee68, you and I seem to be at a similar stage on our weight-loss journey. I can’t see myself achieving a size 10 until at least another year. Like c_j_l, I have several “measuring sticks” in my wardrobe, from size 12 to 20! I started out on the Fast WOE as a size 20-22 and am now an 18-20 – that’s in clothing with elastic in the waistline (I haven’t worn a dress since my son’s wedding 2 years ago). I like to wear short or long pants/slacks and shirts or tee-shirts or other loose tops with sleeves (mostly from Miller’s or Suzanne Grae). I find that it takes me about 6 kilos between clothing sizes. I haven’t been a size 12 since 1993. Don’t be disheartened by your small weight gain, Peggy. Even when you reach your goal weight, the scales will keep going up and down within the kilo range. Your weight won’t stay static, but the Intermittent Fast regimen will help you maintain successfully for the long term. Just think of the Christmas period as a maintenance test. We will all be back on the weight-loss road with you again next week. Jaybee68, I love Tamworth – stayed there at the “Town and Country” Motor Inn on the way down and back from my son’s wedding at the Jenolan Caves in Jan. 2012 (before the Country Music Festival). Had the best Chinese takeaway ever there (my memories usually have food associated with them!).

Hello from Melbourne.

c_j_l, congratulations on your size 10s from Portman’s. Yes, I also use smaller clothes as my ‘measuring stick’. Seems more reliable than the scales or even the tape measure.

Gomarg, I found your comment that you find it about 6 kilos between clothing sizes very interesting, thanks.

Peggy, urge you to keep reminding yourself about your great loss of 5 kilos in such a short time. Am sure that .5 will disappear even faster then.

Heather

c_j_l, its still a smaller size, well done. The funny thing for me is the last time I was a 12, back in 1996 I weighed between 5 and 9kg less than I do now. Muscle versus fat composition has obviously changed, in a good way I think.

@c_j_l – I’ve been sleeping badly on fast nights but for me it’s more a restless brain rather than hunger. (Maybe my brain is restless because it’s not busy processing food!) For hunger pangs during the day, I’m finding sparkling mineral water helps – it keeps up my fluids. plus the bubbles seem more filling than just plain water. Just make sure you get one without all the flavourings and sugars. And congrats on size 10! I haven’t been a size 10 since I was about 20, and only briefly then. (I’ll blame broad hips and a broad ribcage…) I would like to see a size 14 before the end of this year, though!

@peggy – My weight fluctuates up and down so I wouldn’t be too worried about half a kilo – that could just be extra water. I know a lot of people only weigh themselves every week or month or less often, but I weigh daily so I see all those fluctuations and know they’re normal. It’s all usually within a kilo, and more down than up, so I know I’m heading in the right direction!

@gomarg – very interesting about the 6 kilos between sizes – that’s probably going to be about right for me. I’ve lost a bot over 5 kilos in 2 months, and the Target cotton trousers I live in are starting to get a bit loose. Not too loose, yet, but I can see a day when I’ll have to go buy new ones in a smaller size!

My husband is supportive of me doing 5:2 and is kind of doing it with me, but I really don’t think he should lose much more weight so although he has a light dinner with me on fast nights, I encourage him to eat other things, too.

There was something else I was going to say/respond to but now I can’t remember what it was! The heat must be addling my brain (that and marking university assignments – they’re always brain-addling!)

Bron (near Armidale, NSW)

Thanks for posting your location Charlie…we were there in November, at Albury watching our grandson play hockey. Terrific commitment clearing your wardrobe of the bigger sizes…I have been on many different diets over the years and my wardrobe consists of a full range of sizes from 22 down to 14 (never got lower than a 14 on any of those diets). Maybe I should clear my big sizes too? Perhaps leaving them there is setting myself up for failure? What do you think?

I survived another fast day yesterday and felt good about it. Tomorrow my linedance group starts up again, so a bit more exercise into the mix should help.

Have a great day everyone

@jaybee68 definitely clear the wardrobe of the sizes that are now to big. I personally find it very cleansing and inspiring. Maybe even treat yourself to something new at your current size. I spent all my Xmas money on new gym clothing, the lululemon brand. It gives me an extra ego boost as its Canadian sizing and I can buy an 8, lol.

@charlie its awesome to look back at those bigger clothes and see how far you have come. Well done.

The scales are messing with my head currently. I saw my goal of being under 70kg on Xmas day, 69.8kg. Today after 3 fast days week I was 70.1kg. Guess I will see what the next wk brings…

Dayna

Yay, Charlie, good for you!
I have been tossing clothes that can no longer have darts taken in and was given Myer gift cards for Christmas, which I will keep until I’m slim and trim..lol!

Just out of curiosity, I measured myself this morning and find I’ve lost ..
16cm off my waist
5cm off my bust
and my hips are now 104cm (I forgot do them at the start)
My BMI has dropped from 30.1 to 27.9

Today is fast day and I’ve been busy with housework I left over the weekend, due to the extreme heat.
Storms are forecast this morning and it’s hot already!

Jaybee68, I’m near Bribie Is, north of Brisbane

Well done on all of you having a wardrobe revolution! Keep up the great work!

johno5 my advice to you is unless you absolutely have to fast on consecutive days, don’t try it. Many poeple find it too hard, and end up giving up. This way of eating is for the long term, and therefore, the easier and simpler you make it, the longer you will stay with it! With the non consecutive days of your choosing, the end of the fast day is just that! You then can look forward to normal eating the very next day.

Just try one day, see how you find it.

Thanks for the encouragement, I am back on the horse today and feeling calmer.

I will be resuming my first fast day tomorrow after two weeks non stop eating and drinking. I haven’t been brave enough to jump on the scales and won’t do so until I have completed two fasts, ie Tuesday and Thursday (hopefully). I am ready to get back into the routine though, so here’s hoping. Well done to all those people who have fasted thru the holidays

Hi everyone, (DH & I are in Adelaide)great to see so many people, more and more each day trying to see if the WOL suits them. DH and I encouraged and succeeded in getting 2 of our friends to try this WOL over the holiday period. They saw how positive we were about it, and went out and bought the book the following day.

After a few weeks of over indulging over Christmas / New Years – DH and I are now back into it. I have refused to weigh myself as I can feel I have regained some of my lost weight, but not too much…. I hope 🙂

We have decided to try AFD for 2 weeks and see how we go – well making our fast days Monday, Wed & Fri so 3:4….. is that AFD still?

I wish everyone success and more importantly POSITIVE thoughts for the rest of the week. Where there is a will – there is a way!

🙂

Hello fellow Canberra-ite. I too saw this diet on a documentary televised on ABC or SBS. Went out and bought the book and read it in a day. I have tried every diet – and struggled with all of them. Agonised over every gram weighed. No more. I’m going to make friends with food – properly.

Thanks for posting your locations everyone, it sure helps me to get to know you. Well done to those who had losses, well done to those who completed successful fasts, well done to those you are climbing back on the wagon…it’s all good!! I have a fast day today AND the first linedance class of the year, so we will see how that goes. Sadly the weight is not falling off me. I am not counting cals on my eating days so perhaps I am going over the TDEE…I am just a tad over 5ft and rather sedentary so it is not a high number of calories daily.

@jaybee it sucks being vertically challenged doesn’t it. Doesn’t take many kg’s to show on a short frame. Any way here’s to making the best of what we were dealt!

@ihaveawaist well done on the loss, it really motivates you to keep going doesn’t it! 65kg is my next goal too. I will reassess when I get there to see if I could actually live and maintain anything lighter.

Fast day today and Thursday. Here’s hoping the day passes quickly.

Hi guys,

I’m in Melbourne, where winter appears to have never left !!I started this eating strategy around mid November and have been on it ever since, quite happy to stay on it for the rest of my life really, but my goal is to eventually attain a 6:1 strategy and maintain a weight of around 70kg’s.(20kgs to go). I cant believe in the last 6 weeks I have been to umpteen functions and dinners and Xmas parties and not once have I felt the need to hold back with food or alcohol.I had 3 Xmas functions on Xmas day alone but took comfort in the knowledge that I didn’t feel a need for ‘Seconds’I don’t always overeat on my non fast days but I’m pretty sure in the book it says not to have the feeling of going without, so i don’t !
I have lost 6kgs in that time and I am at a stage now where i can confidently slot in an extra fast day if i feel i have overdone in the previous couple of days .
My blood pressure readings have been miraculous 113/75 where they had previously been 150/90. I am urging my brother to go it , as like me , weight has always been a problem, since our late twenties.
Cant wait to see the doctor in the next month or so and get new blood readings.
Haven’t hit a a plateau as yet, but I’m sure it’s not too far away, might go to an ADF when that occurs.
Cheers

First day done. It wasn’t too bad. I did feel hungry – or was I mistaking ’empty’ for hunger? Anyway I survived it and felt a small achievement. I still wonder if this will work; but I’ll give it a solid effort and see what happens. I still don’t quite understand TDEE – grateful if someone could explain how I apply this? Good luck everyone – I love reading your posts!

@ihaveawaist. thanks I enjoyed being back at dancing…all my friends are there:) I have done OK on my fast day today too although I didnt measure exactly the meal I am eating tonight. We’ll see what the scales say tomorrow. Congrats on your 1.1kg loss, that is tremendous and I am so jealous:)

@dayna..Those extra kgs sure do show up on short people.

@roba..It is funny isnt how we mix and match between metric and imperial. I have no idea what weight I am in stones, and I have no idea what height I am in metric:D

Hi Joestar, you have done so well on 5:2, great job. To see not only the weight coming off but also the improvement in your medical stats must be so gratifying.

@Snazzy Jazz, congrats on surviving your first fast day. The sense of achievement is very empowering I think. I didnt have a clue about TDEE either at the beginning, some nice person pointed me in the right direction like Gomarg has pointed you:)

There is a beautiful cool breeze blowing here this evening. So pleasant after the past few hot days with hot winds. A balmy 31 degrees max today and 28 at this moment…I can live with that:)

Hi everyone, welcome to the newbies. To FVR two months ago I saw the documentary and knew I had to give this WOL a serious go, then when I weighed in on Saturday I had lost 9.2 kg from my start weight, and by this morning even more. Give this a serious go, the only thing you have to loose is the extra kg that you do not want anyway.
Joestar, well done on the blood pressure, I thought I had done well getting mine down to 123/74 but yours is amazing.
I did take the hint and buy two new shirts in my new size, and Aussienow, since starting I have lost 12 cm off my torso, that’s shows how much fat my organs were competing with. Well good luck everyone with your fasting for the rest of the week. My other treat is that I have ordered the books Fast Diet and Fast Exercise just to keep me more on track. Cheers Charlie.

Hi all, I’m from Perth
I did my first fast day yesterday. It went really well considering I went to the movies with my kids and a friend. All I drank was water. The popcorn smelt fab but I was strong. I didn’t eat from 8pm Monday until 7pm Tuesday. I tried firstly on Monday but had to restart as it was soooo hot here. I had a couple of beers, as you do