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@minnygirl I am in TX and I’m right there with you. People here think I’m crazy if I tell them I’m doing 5:2, my husband included. However, after I made him watch the documentary and read the book, he changed his attitude. I actually just avoid telling people except my immediate family. I have come to realize when I socialize, it usually has to do with food and or drinks. I don’t know if I can convince my friends to hang out and share some celery with me- ugh.
@whyamisoshy – I might written up at work if someone saw the title of this thread! haha
Welcome Cathy46, hope all your family were safe through the hurricane
Bathroom habits? Not after a fast day as I eat porridge, protein and veg so that keeps me regular but yes, twice on a non FD I’ve had a moderate sized bar of chocolate that has then gone right through me…
Didn’t do so well on yesterday’s fast but hadn’t made a firm decision what to eat in the evening and then was a bit anxious over something so ended up adding sauce and grated cheese to my meal
Hey ho, just keep swimming as Dory tells us….
@annabar. I think I will let my success speak for itself. When I’m down 10-15 pounds and people notice, that’s when I’ll confess. Lol
On that note….yippee!! I finally lost weight. After 1 1/2 weeks today I’m down 3 pounds. I feel pretty good! Thanx ladies, in order for me to do this, I need a check in spot. Somewhere to go daily to get new motivation. You are it for me !! 😊
Welcome diamonddazzle and hopefully you stayed the course on your fast day. As he tells us in the book and I keep telling myself, it’s only one day, you can eat normally tomorrow.
Having said that the other night on a FD I put bread in the toaster and then went to the loo while it was toasting and decided to ignore so it was still there the next morning. But I told myself, it’s only until the morning now, only until the morning, you won’t die of starvation, it’s only one day…and fortunately that kept me on track…that day. Every FD I need to stay on track
Why…..just pick yourself up and start again your next FD…you’ll get there…
Good willpower @katab with the toast incident, I too really like the way 5:2 is keeping me on track. I’m on a winning streak and lost a few pounds this week and just hopes it last.
To stop my bad habits i tried 16:8 – so far so good.
Hope everyone is having a good weekend ❤
@whyamisoshy 16:8 is another type of intermittent fasting, 16 hours (including sleep) and eating for 8hrs during the day… you don’t count calories but it should go along with low carb/healthy eating.
I may do most weekends for a bit but will most definitely find the low carbs a challenge…
Yea 5:2 is approx 36hrs according to the book but a large portion of that is sleeping thankfully.
Is it 36 hours? I have breakfast approx 0800 depending on my work, then eat about 6pm and try not to have anything until the next morning. I currently have an apple at lunch as suggested, I do a lot of driving so it helps me to feel I’m still concentrating because I’ve eaten something at lunchtime.
16:8 sounds complicated (there was me thinking it was 8 fast days within a 16 day period!!!) but we all have different ways of making the fasting principle work for us…I can really overthink things so try and keep it simple for myself…my engineering friends would go into all sorts of ratios and hours and statistics because they love that sort of thing!!
Yea it is approx 36hrs as you count from the last time you eat the night before your FD…. the great Dr Mosley probably explains it better than me –
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/different-ways-of-managing-your-fasting-days/
I like to keep things simple too and doing anything other than 5:2 on my working week will fuzzle my brain. For 16:8 I ate between 12pm and 8pm, I want it to be a weekend thing but we will see.
Well ladies, I’m approaching the end of my first week. Technically it doesn’t end until tomorrow morning but I got weighed this morning and had lost 3lbs ( I’ll take that!!).
It’s not a fasting day today but I haven’t eaten yet as one of my daughters and her family are coming over for a meal this afternoon. I had to buy a few little treats for the children ( well that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it ) so I might have to indulge just a little. I am also planning to have a glass or 2 of vino and I am not going to feel guilty at all.
Have a good weekend all xx
@missj 16:8 sounds great not sure if I’m disciplined enough to dare try it.
@cazzled enjoy having your family over and don’t feel guilty this is the beauty of the 5:2.
@why well done with the loss so far. Keep going! Good luck for tomorrow’s fast.
@katab you could make this with the tuna and cauliflower
http://realhealthyrecipes.com/2015/09/14/tuna-stir-fried-rice/
If you improvise a bit. Good luck with your fast.
Today was my fast day and I’ve done pretty well. I had a cup of tea in the morning then nothing until about 1.00pm when I had some low cal noodles
Then a Rachel’s rice pudding at about 5.30 with a couple of cups of tea and coffee dotted around across the day.
Over all I am within 500 cals and I’ve got a decent fast in at the beginning and end of my fast day. I find if I eat early I’m hungry during the day so I’m better waiting until at least 10 before eating then trying not to have anything else after 6pm.
Hello from Canada. I just discovered the 5:2 diet last week. Doing my first FD today. Would love to join the group if still possible.
I live in Toronto. I’m a mom of 2 young kids and want to get healthy on the inside and lose about 10kg.
I’m very excited to embark on this new journey to better health!
cheers
I did make it through the first day (Friday). I had saved enough calories to have a protein shake which was very filling. The hunger did seem to come and go like everyone said so thanks for all the great posts. Today is another FD and now that I’ve read more, I have a plan for dinner tonight which is so odd (that I have a plan…not that dinner is odd :o). Our lives are so busy I don’t even have to tell hubs and kids what I’m doing. They’ll never even notice. After the first FD, I was down 2 lbs. Probably water but scale has not budged in weeks. So whatever it is, its a nice change.
Welcome to the newbies
FD today but been really hard…usually I am on the road but working on my laptop from home and that has made the day very long and made the hunger seem more…shows you how much being busy helps me but how being at home increases my chances of snacking
Just had my soup and actually do feel quite full…have some banana in hand as back up….
Thanks @katab!
It’s the fat melting away @katab 😉
It’s my FD today, not too bad of a day but walking home from work did me in… roll on weigh day tomorrow…
Hi ladies, I’m right in the middle of a fast day and I gotta tell you…. I’m hungry! I’m stressed, which makes me want to eat. I’m cooking, which makes me want to eat. It’s gloomy out, which makes me want to eat. Do you get the picture? I just want to eat…..
But I won’t! Dinner in a few hours and then nothing until tomorrow! That’s all!!!!
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