Gorgeous Mon. in sunny FL, fasting today and enjoying the weather. Outdoor stroll along the boardwalk should help control the weight gain from dinner out last night……I didn’t actually weigh today, last weigh in on Fri. had me just about at goal. Now I’ve decided 5 more lbs would be best since we are taking a cruise with our dear college friends in March.

northrancher, my FD goes like this….Bulletproof coffee in morning, full cup of coffee, 1 tbsp MCT Oil, C8 brain fuel, 1tbsp grass fed butter (unsalted) and 1 scoop of collagen peptides..approx 280 calories. I drink LOTS of sparkling water and Smart water, also green and black tea as desired.
Afternoon treat is a cafe americano with one scoop Keto Cocoa MCT oil powder w a little half and half, another 100 calories. Bone broth for supper and then coffee and a 240 calorie Kiss my Keto bar. 620 calories in total but seems to work well for me.

fasting_me hopefully the weather will improve soon but you sound like a hearty New Englander!
2.5 lbs after dinner out is a small price to pay after all your continued success…..YOU GOT THIS
World Series champions and Superbowl champions…..totally amazing. Proud to part of it.

Good morning LOCA, hope everyone is doing well.
NFD for me today, the past week has been filled with fun and friends………which, of course, means foods of all kinds. Since we were hosting my assumption is no weight gain because too busy to overindulge. Still weigh my original goal but would love to drop a few lbs. before leaving on a cruise with college buds the beginning of March.
Excited that tomorrow is a fast day but will enjoy a grass fed burger w cheese and avocado this evening…….haven’t decided on lunch but am eager for my bulletproof coffee this morning.

fasting_me I’m not surprised that your husband’s doc isn’t as well informed about Keto, there are too types, Dirty Lazy Keto (not recommended) and the version originally designed to help epileptics
and now used for Parkinson’s and other neurological diseases. If interested read Don Colbert, MD and best selling author, his plan works well with IF and all that Michael Mosley has taught us. I find that at my age fueling my brain w fat as opposed to glucose is a good choice for me. Sounds like more snow may be headed in your direction…..stay safe and enjoy all the beauty of NE!

Wow, 50-Fab, you have really changed your outlook and your motivation and your life. Good job! AND you are losing weight. Good advice from you. So glad Fasting is working for you, and that you have joined our Forum.

Fasting today. Down with a head cold last week, so I spent 2 days just resting and reading and lolling on the bed or sofa. That keeps it from turning into something worse — at least that works for me. Benefit: loss of 2 pounds! Grained it back, mostly, but am still where I want to be rather than higher in weight.
We had Felafel patties for breakfast, served with Greek yogurt and pineapple. For dinner, a Red&Green Shakshuka which was terrific.

Yes, soccerG, I am lucky that my husband Fasts along with me. Thankfully he sees the reason for it. If I weren’t planning the meals, not sure how much he’d do of it. He’d do OK on breakfasts, since he is the Breakfast Cook in the family. Several of my friends say that they wish they could go on the Fast, but their ‘husbands don’t need to lose weight’ so it wouldn’t work. And I look at the husbands and think that 5-10 pounds less wouldn’t hurt… I do Fast for myself too, not only to keep ODH company. I love your quote about planning/failing. I’ll use that!

50&Fab, hope this week is treating you well.

Wild windstorm today. Power is out in Massachusetts and other locales in NH. Can still hear the wind roaring in the trees, here after dark. Supposed to continue tomorrow. Snow squalls today were very exciting. Pretty too.

Welcome to the group, Stephsie. I’ve been Fasting for going on 6 years and find it the best method for losing weight and keeping it off. If you need any tested recipes, let me know. We eat breakfast and lunch on Fast Days in our house. On Slow Days, we eat 2 meals and a little bit at mid-day. My eating is more focused at getting Calcium into my body to support my bones. And of course on Fast Days, it is about weight loss. Eat protein [ex:eggs for breakfast] to feel fuller longer.
Good luck.

Hi fasting_me, thank you for the lovely welcome. Wow! You must have been one of the very first adopters of this way of life… we’ll done for finding it so early and sticking with it all this time, that is very impressive. My relatively new experience is so postitive… as you said, I believe that this can be successful and sustainable long-term, which is even more important. I’ve lost weight a few times before, but always subsequently put it back on again. I do think that I will be able to manage fasting one or two days a week long-term.
I don’t eat breakfast on any day as eating just makes me hungry 🙂 I do at least 16:8 every day and on fast days more like 18:6, I find it works for me. It’s interesting how we’re all different in the ways we find successful isn’t it? I’m vegetarian, moving towards vegan again (I managed it for six months a few years ago but my diet was dreadful as I didn’t cook at all at the time, so working hard at that now!).

Happy Sat. fellow fasters!
Welcome Stephsie, you sound as if you are meeting w success so I wish you well going forward. I so agree that we are all different and support each person in our common goal of good health and nutrition. Love your empathic and encouraging words to others.
northrancher, yes, it will become automatic soon. Difficult time for you which I totally understand,
hang in there as the family crisis sorts itself out. I know only too well that this is easier said than done but you are determined and unstoppable!
fasting_me, I giggled as I read your analysis of some husbands and couldn’t agree more! You continue to inspire and offer help to everyone..stay tuned, as I will need a lot of help after my 8 day cruise this upcoming week.
Oh dear, so happy to be at goal and worried about cruise but so fortunate to be going with college friends and our hubbys…..may not fast but will certainly try to eat mindfully. DH just said GOOD LUCK WITH THAT…..he knows me only too well LOL

padegoke, you can see — can’t you — why we would be reluctant to click on your link. It could be malware or a phishing expedition. I’d love to help you if you’re legit, but I’m not clicking. Sorry

soccer, make a plan on how to handle buffets. have a plan for a sit-down restaurant meal. and for goodness sake, pace yourself at the bar! That said, have fun on the cruise.

That’s right, northrancher – get outside and clear your head. Then get back to Fasting by keeping an eye on the goal you have. Snowshoes? We will await your next post to see how you are feeling.

Stephsie, 5 days later, what is your progress?

Hi there from a ex-kiwi living in oz. Im a 70yr old going on 50 newbie to this but have been a weight-watcher for years and yes you do get obsessed with food, always thinking about it. My only hint to you is record, record, record you food each day..HONESTLY.. always worked for me..i will be doing exactly that myself now.. I know what you mean by the cold weather in winter its hard to get motivated with the electric blanket on and ure nose is freezing LOL.

Loughborough Uni – Why put this request in a thread than be more honest and place it as a separate thread?
Looking up Loughborough Uni website 01509 222169 and According to their Contact details :
https://www.lboro.ac.uk/services/hr/contact/
Yet on the ‘Survey’ it claims that Paige Adeoke is an HR Assistant ? :
If you would like to ask any questions prior to participation please contact the research investigator, Paige Adegoke (P.I.Adegoke-15@student.lboro.ac.uk)

P Adegoke here has a linked in page now claiming 3rd yr student in psychology :
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paige-adegoke-a9a59a141/?originalSubdomain=uk

Humm I wonder which it is.
I ‘SAFELY’ looked at the ‘Survey’ and it far more about ‘how you feel’ than any diet !
Usual questions you might answer positively slotted in amongst questions you answer negatively whichis classic way to get people to answer over negatively than genuinely. Also there is ZERO information on what other issues you might have etc.
It isn’t a ’rounded’ nor informative questionaire so NO meaningful answers can possibly come from this poor attempt at any meaningful survey.

**I’d STRONGLY recommend that NO ONE bothers to go to the link NOR fill it in! **

It makes me wonder too if this a scam to ‘shame’ or perhaps try to ‘prove’ that when you eat a 5:2 or low calorie diet (only their interests) (not exactly what is totally going on here, & I don’t think they’ve even bothered to check what is going on)?? (Even if it’s real) – then I think they are out to show one gets depressed on this diet ?
All seems VERY fishy to me. I’m going to call L UNi and see if I can get to the bottom of this!

On the Loughborough Uni site I can find this Research study dealing with men and Type II diabeties with liver fat …
7 Mar 2019
Overweight men needed for study that looks at liver health and diabetes

https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/news/2019/march/overweight-men-needed-for-study-that-looks-at-liver-health-and-diabetes.html

Participants cannot be smokers or currently on a diet and they must be between aged 30-75.

All travel expenses will be covered and those that take part in the testing will receive feedback on all their clinical assessments.

This study is currently active and will run until the end of 2019.

If you are interested or would like more information, please email Dr James King at J.A.King@lboro.ac.uk or call 01509 228457.

Hi fasting_me I’ve now called and emailled a contact in Loughborough Uni and sent an email …. I will let you know the result. IN the mean time I’d advise : DO NOT respond to it!

Good AM All

Wrote after cruise, long, newsy catchup but it has gone to cyberspace or elsewhere LOL
So keeping this brief.

Son and Granddaughter visited til Mon., wonderful to spend time together.
DIL visited Grandson in Portugal for his 16th b’day. Now they will switch it up and son heads to Portugal for another b’day celebration.

Somehow my weight is at goal, two lbs gained on cruise are gone and made it to the gym yesterday.

fasting_me, ready for Spring?
northrancher, thinking of and cheering you on
stephsie and kiwi, keep on keeping on

Hope everyone is doing well

Stephsie, so nice to hear that you have fond memories of New Hampshire. You do have a long road ahead of you for weight loss, but Fasting is a Lifestyle. From April to late September my husband lost enough weight that his clothes no longer fit. It works and you can do it too. Plateaus happen. I think of them as the body taking time to re-adjust to weight loss.

Kiwi, I was so sorry about Christchurch. You have a fine, strong, resilient country which is full of good people.

Soccergran, glad the cruise was fun and not ‘broadening.’ How much longer will you be snow-birding in Florida? The maple sap is running here and the snow is melting.

Good weekend, everyone.

northrancher, glad to hear that your weight is heading down again. Hooray. If you google my ‘handle’ you will find my Fasting blog on which I post menus for Fast Days. Those might give you some ideas.
In the mean time:

Egg-Mushroom Toast: 156 calories 6 g fat 2.6 g fiber 10.5 g protein 16 g carbs [9 g Complex] 69 mg Calcium NB: The food values shown are for the toast, egg, mushrooms, and the fruit, not for the optional beverages. PB GF – if using GF bread This is yummy. The eggs are creamy and the mushrooms lend a mysterious layer of flavor. I like this better than poached eggs.
1 piece 70-cal multi-grain bread one 2-oz egg 1/2 oz mushrooms, chopped 1 Tbsp chives, chopped 1 tsp thyme 1 oz of apple Optional: blackish coffee [53 calories] or blackish tea or lemon in hot water 5-6 oz fruit smoothie or berry-yogurt smoothie https://wordpress.com/post/fastingme.com/11792 [88 calories]
Toast the bread. Spritz the non-stick saute pan with oil or spray and gently cook the mushrooms. Put the chives, thyme, salt, and pepper in with the egg and beat it up. Scramble lightly with the mushrooms, keeping the eggs moist. Turn out over the toast and plate the fruit. Sip your beverages and have a good day.

Chickpea Ragout with Meat: GF PB nb: entire batch has 484 calories, so divide into portions
divided in 2: 242 calories 4.8 g fat 10.7 g fiber 11.7 g protein 40.3 g carbs 51.3 mg Ca
divided in 4: 121 calories 2.8 g fat 5.3 g fiber 5.8 g protein 20 g carbs 26 mg Calcium
This is from Jacques Pepin’s Fast Food My Way. Although he doesn’t mean my kind of ‘Fast Food,’ Pepin has long been a proponent of healthy cooking. He presents this as a side dish, but for our purposes it is best prepared as a main course with seafood or or meat for more protein. If you want to eat it on its own, top it with some cheese.
½ tsp olive oil ½ cup diced onions ½ cup scallions, chopped 1 Tbsp garlic 2 cups diced tomatoes, fresh or canned and drained 1 and ½ cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed if canned ½ cup chicken stock ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper
Heat the oil in a saute pan. Add the onion, scallion and garlic. Stir briefly over the heat then add the tomatoes, chickpeas, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat until liquids are mostly evaporated. If using now, separate out your portion and keep warm. Cool the remaining ragout and freeze it in serving portions.
3 oz chicken breast [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]
3 oz pork tenderloin [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]
2 oz lean beef pieces, not ground beef [if cooked, mix in with the ragout to warm the meat] [if meat is raw, add to the pan along with the tomatoes and chickpeas]

happy Weekend, everyone.

Go away, Fitsn — you are just trying to sell us your dumb red tea.

northrancher — what are you eating these days? We enjoyed shrimp egg rolls for dinner last night. Very good. [homemade, of course]

Stephsie, keep us updated on your progress.

soccergran, are you still in Fla? Spring is springing here in NH — day lilies are up and most of the snow is gone [except North of the barn]. The birds are singing loudly and new ones come back every week.

Having trouble posting! My earlier post disappeared when editing it and when I tried to re-post, it doesn’t appear 🙁

Hi all,

Fasting Me, yesterday was a FD & I had oatmeal with blueberries, strawberries, almonds and cinnamon. Lunch was an apple/cherry/walnut/mushroom spinach salad and dinner was plain non-fat yogurt. Today is all bran cereal with blueberries & unsweetened almond milk, lunch will be a salad with tomatoes, carrots, corn, chicken and dinner is salmon with asparagus with quinoa. Drinking water or sparkling water with a lime or lemon. I track all my food, water & exercise on a Fitbit.

I’m finding I have to move to lose weight. Fasting alone is not doing it for me. I’m perplexed by it, because it worked before. I am walking at least 30 minutes/day and getting to the gym to workout with weights, but I haven’t lost more than the 3 lbs. from last week. I’ll keep at it and switch to the old Weight Watchers plan, if I don’t see any progress. Following that plan resulted in a 30 lb. weight loss in 6 months, so I may have to return to what worked for me. But, I know there are benefits beyond losing weight in the 5/2, so I’m hanging in there.

We’ve also been getting lovely spring weather- today it’s in the 70’s–but tomorrow, a snow storm will hit us. My trees are starting to flower, so this storm is concerning. Enough is enough! I’m six weeks away from toes in the sand in Florida, so I’ll grin and bear it 😉

Stephsie, soccergrandma…I hope you are both doing well!

AuroraMagic, I appreciate the encouragement & I agree it’s a WOE! I see that I need to limit carbs & add protein. I’m pretty good at limiting sugar, but so many foods include sugar that getting to zero would be impossible for me. I did lose another pound and have noticed my stomach going down, so there is some progress. I’d like to get to a point where I’m not thinking about food so much! Whenever I restart 5/2, I find food & tracking is on my mind, so looking forward to getting to a place where I know what to eat and eat only when I’m hungry. Getting in the flow is taking more time this go round.

The rhubarb is up, the early daffodils are up, and we had snow last Wednesday! All part of the fun.
Weight has sneaked up this week, but tomorrow is a Fast Day and that should do it.
Stay well.

Hi Ladies!

Everyone is so quiet. I hope that means you’re all somewhere having fun 🙂

Since I last posted, I had my annual physical and it was a bit dismal. My weight was higher than it was last time I saw my doc in October & my cholesterol high and he pretty much gave up on me and prescribed a statin. I have debilitating muscle pains on statins & I’m already on a blood thinner, so I’ve decided to rely on my former PCP’s advice that I don’t need a statin and not take it. My former PCP felt that with exercise, low carb and losing weight, I could reverse it.

I’m determined to get this weight off. I don’t know why IF isn’t working for me this time. I keep thinking the Eliquis might be causing me to gain weight. Anyway, I’m back on IF, eating mostly plant-based, low carb, no sugar, no dairy, no red meat–trying to move toward being a pesco-pollo-vegetarian. Walking or going to the gym 5 days a week. Thus far, I’ve lost 6 pounds. My kids gifted me with an Apple Watch for Mother’s Day to help me keep track of my activity, food, etc. and it has an alarm to remind me to take my med.

Today is a FD. Oatmeal with cinnamon, almonds & blueberries for bfast; lentil soup for lunch and a spinach salad for dinner.

Hope you all are well and enjoying Spring weather where you are. We had snow a few days ago in Colorado, but the sun is shining now and my flowers are all planted! Happy summer days ahead…

Anyone on this site doing The Fast 800, with the 800 calories for 8 to 12 weeks??? Could you let me know?

Hello! During menopause, I gained a lot of weight, I had constant anxiety and did not know what to do, I read at https://menopausecoach.com/menopause-symptoms/mental-symptoms/menopause-and-anxiety that can help maybe sport, long walks and the right medication, I went to the doctor, she advised me on the right nutrition for this and I started going to fitness, after that it became easier to lose weight. Good luck!

Hi everyone,
Hope you’re all well. I’m 52. Isolation and full time study hasn’t been good for my fitness or weight. I find now that I’ve gone through menopause a couple of years ago that the 5/2 diet hasn’t been as effective and my weight fluctuates terribly. I’m a constant craver so have adjusted to 16/8 IF every day. I don’t eat until noon or 1pm and find it’s going well.

What I’ve learned:
– we can’t eat much at our age, unless we exercise heaps. I aim for 1100cal/ day or I put on weight.
– don’t “eat normally” on NF days/ times. The sugar/ feasting gives me terrible hunger and cravings the next day.
– if you love to eat, exercise! Even if it’s short spurts like jumping jacks or household exercises throughout the day. It builds muscle and sparks your metabolism.
– my aim is to get back to young adult weight, and I’m nearly there. Unfortunately it’s not good for the face, and hard to shift around my middle. A juggling act. Key aim is to be strong and healthy. BMI is the best goal.

Blessings,
Sharon

Wow only 1100 calories per day. I eat this when l want to lose weight. When l go on maintance l will eat more. According to this site for my age and height l could eat more than that to maintain, even when sedentary. I just don’t think l could eat only 1100 calories per day forever as l am always hungry and it’s just not sustainable for me. Glad lm not the only one reaching for my young adult weight, even though my shape will always be different now that l am going through menapause.