Hello Everyone, It is morning in Melbourne Australia, and what a lot of interesting posts I have woken up to!

I’ve had to look up what a soup maker is, check which state is MA, and go through caravan envy!

Welcome Rachel! I’m so glad you said you feel good on fast days. I was so nervous on my first fast day, and at the end of the day I felt so good that I knew 5:2 was for me. Quite often people bemoan that they aren’t losing weight on their scales, and I always think “But how do you FEEL????”

I don’t count calories or own scales (although I looked up calories to work out what I was doing on fast days) so I concentrate on how I am feeling, and how my clothes are fitting (and quite a bit of looking in the mirror 😉 ). I am just glad to be eating and feeling better, and not putting on weight. So it is a continual delight to find clothes getting comfortable, then too loose, then finding more, and changing my style as I get thinner, and basically have lots of fun.

Like you, I started concentrating on the fast days, and then realised the non fast days were all part of it too. Off shopping today and buying green beans! They are what I am hungry for! (Other things as well!)

Chronic ill health keeps me out of the work force, so I am not much use with the business lunches. Planning is everything. Your plan sounds good!

Woohoo Patty on those smaller pants! Ooh a frittata sounds good. Must buy eggs!

SteppingOut your soups sound delicious! I love soup too, especially on fast days. But don’t tempt me with another gadget!!!!

Audrey I am glad you got your Mothers Day things! 🙂

Happy International Women’s Day all you International Women! Cheers!

Hi Clinque

I’m another one who weighs everything and calorie counts everythingAll those years of trying to loose weight by counting calories mean it’s now an ingrained habit to enter everything in my fitness pal. When I made my soups I entered the recipes and number of portions into MFP, so it works out the calories for me, without even thinking about it. I have been entering every new meal I create in there for years now whether I,m on a diet at the time or not. 🙃

Morning all,

I had a lovely day yesterday, but it is back to a fast day today for me… had a quick peek at the scales and I am down another .5 lb so if I keep it off its 7 lbs since I re started 52 in January. ..

Going back to basics has really paid off with me, plus being able to exercise a little has also helped. …

Have a great day everybody

Audrey

Hi everyone, it is a lovely cool evening here, I hope it is lovely wherever you are! Whatever time it is!

I think most people here weigh, measure and count, I am definitely an odd one out, but like to mention it when it comes up, so other odd bods know they aren’t alone!
Wherever they are! 😉

Audrey, what a lovely part of the journey you are on! Congratulations!
Back to basics is good! I hope you are having a lovely fast day!

I’m fasting tomorrow, Thursday!

Hi Fiona. Your post is a bit confusing. Are you saying that you are happy with your weight, and exercising, and eating a variety of food, but in spite of this you think you are eating too much?

Patty

Smaller pants whoop whoop!! Always a good feeling when you go down a size.

My mum always says little pickers wear bigger knickers. … haha lol …

Well done on the work front. …sounds like you are in a good place at the moment. …

Cinque yes I too was confused by the post from fiona?

Bye all

Audrey

That’s so true,

I don’t know about you but growing up we were taught always to finish your food, mum used to say there are children abroad starving, so cLear your plate …. I still can’t leave food on my plate. ….

Perhaps I should invest in smaller plates….a lifetime of habit is hard to break….

Audrey

I just found out about this plan yesterday. I am diving right in with my first fast day. So far, so good. I broke my foot in November, so in addition to the “I’m 60 and short” issues, I’ve been gaining just from lack of normal activity.

I just got the all clear from my ortho yesterday. Back in heels!!! I’m looking to lose 10 – 15 pounds over all.

Good morning, it is cool and wet here. Bliss. The lorikeets are raucous in the eucalypt tree. It is a welcome fast day (I ate too much yesterday) and I am sitting here with my first cup of tea.

Patty, what an exhausting day! I used to teach primary school and I remember how exhausting a normal day is, let alone new grades and switches through the day. I am so glad you enjoyed it, you sound like a great teacher! I hope you get a lovely restful day today! Or is it gym?

Such good poems and saying about pickers and plates. I remember a tired mum saying she ate what was left on the littlies plates because it was easier than walking to the compost bin. It is true. You get that tired!

I do manage to leave things on my plate = sometimes. A very difficult brain rewiring, but I could see I was treating myself as a garbage bin, so I keep trying not to. But it is much more satisfying to accurately predict how much food I need and then to eat it. An ongoing skill. Good luck with those small plates Stepping Out!

Patty, woot for your swim suit! I hope you had a lovely church dinner! Best wishes for your fast day!

Hi K-Lo, Welcome here! How is your fast day going? It might be finishing now, as mine is just starting.

Cheers all!

Hi Cinque,

I am sorry if I am confusing you. Let me clarify things here again, I was trying to say that I am eating too much, never fasting but I don’t have any fat. I never felt any disease at all. So I would like to ask you guys that is there any problem with me or I am fit at the moment lol….

I was went out yesterday evening with my family and we had lots of food in BBQ. We enjoyed a lot and after that we all went for a long walk and then sleep. My mother still doing fasts and all but I really don’t understand that if we are eating good food and exercise on daily basis then whats the need of fast there. Correct me please if I am wrong. I have joined this forums just for my mom.

Thanks

Finoakay

Agree with Audrey – you probably don’t need to fast – apart from weight the other reason really to fast is health – I do it for weight and health as I have had breast cancer and they now know that what we eat and how we eat can seriously affect our chances of getting it back/making it worse.

They also say that fasting improves health, energy and stabilises wonky blood sugars etc. If you read the books – they do cover a lot of it in there – it may help you figure out if it makes any sense for you.

I tend to feel that if you are healthy, at a weight that suits and feeling good – why change what you are doing? Best of luck.

Manonceres

Hi Audrey,
That will be a delightful meal!
Hi Manonceres!

I’m just finishing my fast day with a big bowl of miso soup packed with greens and also chicken. Delish!
It was a good fast day, well under 500cal and made me feel good.
Plus it is raining! Sweet sweet rain!

Whoop whoo. ..I am back in my smaller pants yeah!

Just wanted to share this…..

Audrey

Well done Audrey that’s great news 👍🏻
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Yay Audrey! 👖👖👖👖 Audrey Smallpants!

I really like how we all respond to Fionakay from different angles, I hope you find useful info here Fiona!

Stepping Out, I am beginning to know the feeling, but I truly think I wouldn’t mind! Here’s hoping we both keep just enough breast to put a curve in a dress. 👗👗👗👗

Hello and welcome to the newcomers again. It seems there are new people joining this thread every day!

K-Lo, I love Trader Joe’s. Unfortunately there isn’t one near me. I can only shop at one when I go to my son’s which is an 8 hour drive so it’s not often. Congrats on being a pound less already. It won’t necessarily go back on after a regular eating day. The thing with intermittent fasting is it changes your metabolism so the weight stays off. I was surprised at how much my body changed after starting 5:2. I lost some obvious inches pretty quickly.

Congrats to Audrey on the smaller pants! 👖 It’s a great feeling isn’t it? Haven’t had to worry about a smaller bra yet but I’m sure I’ll have to sooner or later. Dennis won’t be too thrilled about that accomplishment though! 😜

Had another odd day at substituting yesterday. I began again in the autism support classroom but was moved later into a 3rd grade when that teacher had to leave for a sick child. There is another teacher in the autism support room plus some aides so they were able to spare one adult. I thoroughly enjoyed 3rd grade. The school had a fire drill just after lunch but they’d forgotten to alert the police or fire department that it was just a drill so police cars and fire trucks showed up very quickly. Ooops. Never a dull moment. Working two full days in a row was extra exhausting. Today I have a day off so I might just take a bit of a nap. 😫💤

Today is Thursday, second fast day of the week. It’s a good thing, too. Last night at our church dinner I over did it on the desserts. I’d made the tres leches cake and had to sample that. There was also a pan of pistachio tarts of some sort so I had to taste one of those. Then when I got home I had another slice of cake and, later, a glass of wine. At 10pm, way too late for sweets! Didn’t sleep too well after that but tgif-d!

Fionakay, at the top of the page on this website is a marker titled “Why Fast?” check it out to find out what the benefits are.

I saw a guy on Youtube talking negatively (and without proof) about intermittent fasting. His video is actually called “Dr. Mosley is killing people.” He had no scientific explanation of why he was so opposed to intermittent fasting, just ranted on about it. I have a feeling he has never even read Dr. Mosley’s book or any other research about intermittent fasting.

Anyhoo, I’m off to enjoy the rest of my fast day. Tomorrow is another work day for me. 5th grade this time. Have a lovely day. Patty

Hi Fasting_me, what an elaborate ad for your website! And O look, all your other posts the same!

Thanks to all of you for your replies.

@audrey – Thanks for your reply and I would like to clarify that I have got tested and I am not suffering with thyroid.

@cinque – Thanks for the link. I will go through it may be ti will help me out.

@shirley – Yes both of us almost eating the same and I can understand that my mum need more calories then me. I am not comparing myself with my mum, I was just asking because I don’t have any idea why to keep fasting.

Hi Audrey

Have a good time at the van, hope the weather is kind to you.

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I have finally lost an inch and a half round my waist woo hoo 💃🏻

Hi Fiona

Back again, I ment that’s why your mum may still need to fast. If your not overweight and not gaining weight there is no need for you to fast or change your eating habits at all.

Shirley….wow well done…. big hugs and congratulations from me…..

Audrey

Hi Audrey

Just back from my dogs Hydrotheropy (posh work for swimming) got to try to get him fit enough to run on the beach. Please don’t use up all the good weather next week save some for the week after so I can enjoy it too.😊

I am already dreaming about having fish and chips on the sea front. 😋

Hi cinque it better not come back next week, we are of to the coast in the van the week after and I’m not expecting to loss anything while away. I’m just hoping that fasting will stop me gaining, mind if I do I plan to do 4.3 when I get back and get rid of any weight gain.🙄

I did NOT gain anything back from my non-fast day. Nice!

Morning all
Setting off soon, been on scales 1lb down….

Good luck to everyone, will be back in touch later on in week. ..have a great weekend

Audrey

hello all! And congrats on all the success stories. Weight and inches lost WooHoo! Today is a fast day for me and I’m sitting here with a cup of black coffee ready to begin my day.

I had a splendid girls’ weekend. All of my sisters, my daughter, granddaughters, and girlfriend were on hand to help celebrate my upcoming birthday (March 17)🎂. All hubbies were away so we had a slumber party, staying up late, talking, playing games, talking, eating, talking….Everyone is focusing on health these days it seems and the weather was excellent so we took a long walk and had great food to eat. Roasted veggies, pulled pork in the slow cooker, asparagus, and wine. There was also pineapple upside down cake, my favorite, and a banana cream pie. A meal fit for a queen. Lots of laughs. Lots of love. My youngest sister, 57yrs, just recently finished treatment for breast cancer and is just now feeling up to a gathering such as this. She had lost all of her hair due to chemo and it’s growing back. Very short and very white. It’s GORGEOUS! She’s still uncomfortable with the length and the white (she’d always dyed it in the past) but I think she was happy to hear all the positive comments about how great it looks. Sunday morning after church we had a lovely breakfast of eggs mixed with the leftover roasted veggies. More games and chatting. Best weekend ever. Hated for it to end. ❤️‍❤️‍

Shirley and Audrey, your camping plans sound like a lot of fun. I’d love to camp near the shore and walk my dog on the beach somewhere. I think I’ll have to live vicariously through you and enjoy your stories of camping.

Cinque, has your daughter got settled in? So happy to hear the official baby news. What a joy!

Have a great Monday everyone.

Patty

Hi All, I have been MIA for a while, traveling and all (for work), but so glad to be back and checking in! It was great to read all the success stories – what a hard working bunch you all are!

My biz travel was not as damaging to my progress as I thought it would be. I started FastDiet 4:3 on February 15 and weighed in at 186.4 pounds. Today is the first day of my second month and I weighed in this morning at 178.2. That is 8.2 pounds in a month. I’ll take it!!

The biz travel, which I am expecting more of in the next few months, is a challenge to be sure – I’m a corporate trainer and so there are always candies on the work tables, and lunches are provided – and there is a certain expectation about the trainers (part of the team, etc.) so I can’t afford to be stand-offish (which is how it might be seen if/when I ‘passed on’ the great food the client is providing. It’s a matter of figuring out how to finesse all this, and it may get easier once I know what the patterns and schedules will be. Perhaps I’ll end up doing 5:2 and my “2” will be the weekends!

Anyway… so great to be back here. Patty, I’m so happy for your sister that her treatments are done, yay! And I make up that she’ll come to appreciate her new hair! Helen, I totally agree, the freedom on the non-fast days that low carbing never gave me is really wonderful! Even if it is just a few crackers with a tad of cheese, that is the thing I miss most when I’ve low-carbed.

Cheers all, and I hope you all have a fabulous week! XO – Rachel