Hey there, I finished my FD a bit over (wine). No binge.
Stood on the scale this morning. My goal is to be down 5 pounds by October 1. I have 4 days of vacation in September.
Focus, Grasshopper, Focus.

Floridagirl — Yikes, hopefully the storm will divert/downgrade in the next few days. I too have difficulty fasting if I am at home all day. All the best.

Hi everyone, I am back from the summer holidays and unfortunately ended up putting on 2 kg during the hols. Boo hoo but now I have started my fasting. Albeit a bit un-intentionally yesterday. I didn’t have time to have lunch and then I had a small pasta salad that took me in under the 500 cal deadline so feeing fab today! Yay! No more this week but will keep of the vino and sweets. Will go back to doing 2 FD’s next week. Usually Tuesday and Thursday but will see what works.

Floridagirl – I really hope you avoid the nasty Irma coming your way. It looks absolutely terrifying. Stay safe! Sorry to hear about your binge – I am the same – always better out of the house than hanging around the biscuit tin…

Ratatouille – well done on no Binge! Hope you have a great time when you go on vacation in September

Breakfromcookies – good to see you back here. Hope you are getting into the swing of things. I usually fast on a Tuesday and Thursday but sometimes I do two in a row if I have lunches/Dinners on either of those days. Good luck!

Alisa – hope all is well with you?

Take care all
Lotta xx

Hi there,
Lots of good posts to respond too and will do so in a day or two.

Floridagirl I am thinking of you. When you have the chance (and hydro?) let us know how you are.

Floridagirl – I will join you on making today a FD. Good to read that you suffered no major damage. Whew! whew!!

Hi Slimmedown, I would really like to follow your journey with managing BED. Please keep posting if you think it will help you. I could helpp me. I congratulate you for having had the courage to discuss with your doctor. Also, refreshing to read that your Doctor looked beyond saying “eat less”.

Mygan/lotta – I hope that you are getting into the day to day back to school and life routine and that you are able to do the the two fds this week.

Hi everyone
Still only able to do one FD a week so far. Falling at the hurdle and I am blaming work which has been horrifically stressful this week. But actually it’s more about letting go of the feeling that food is a reward… can’t quite shake it this time around. Will think positively. Good FD though and better at the not drinking so feeling overall good.

Floridagirl – great to hear from you and that you are safe from the storm. It looks incredibly sad seeing the devastation in the Caribbean and the US. Hope you are soon back to all the mod cons.

Ratatouille – well done on your FD! Thanks for asking about me. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed with work/family/life at the moment. Before I would have used that as a reason to “treat” myself to lots of sweets/pastries/wine & junk food etc, but today I will reward myself with a long evening walk instead to try to ease my mind. Let’s see how that works out 🙂

SlimMeDown – welcome back. Very interesting post reg your B.E.D diagnosis. All the very best of luck with your recovery and it would be very interesting to hear how you get on even if you are not doing 5:2.

Alisa – a “wave” to you if you are reading these posts. Hope you are ok?

Take care lovely people!

Lotta xx

Ratatouille, congratulations on the successful FD!

Nice to hear from you, Lotta. I think that I have been using the storm as an excuse to be a little naughty myself.

We are still without all services…and it is really HOT! I am hoping that we will get power restored today. I am determined to get back on track this week. I am having a FD today and then hoping to do another on Wednesday.

Have a great week all 🙂

Friends! OK – let us do this! It is October. I have a major business event around November 6. This is the month for me to practice self care whilst I prep with all my might, time and energy for November.

Floridagirl – you just came through a hurricane and a long power outage. Me? All I have to do is focus on eating well and not not not bingeing. My task is nothing compared to what you have been through.

I will do a FD on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Anyone want to join me?

Two words for this week for me –> no bingeing, and then three more —> care for myself.

Let us keep our eyes on the prize!

Hey there Alisa!

So glad to hear from you ratatouille!
“thread” friends…I like that. 🙂

I think that it’s great that you have a plan…and I like hearing about it. Planning helps a lot. So how did your FD go? I hope that you were able to stick to your plan.

I am fasting on Mon and Wed this week. I am still having trouble sticking to my plan to start exercising again 🙁 I was able to talk myself out of it Monday and Tuesday…:( We’ll see what happens today…I know that I just have to do it!

Sending you positive vibes.

Greetings, yesterday’s nfd was good. Now, I had planned to do a FD today, but lo and behold, last night someone knocked at my door with freshly picked chanterelle mushrooms from one of our Gulf Islands. Gotta eat them! Found a Patricia Well’s wild mushroom, paramasan and arugula salad tonight. Yum!

Have a good day!

Hi SlimMeDown,
Your side was interesting to read.
I am a fitness trainer myself, and I keep doing experiments on myself and my students. And I have noticed that the problem of self-sabotaging or binging occurs with most people, even myself. What I do to achieve better results with my students when following 5:2 diet, is to first ask them to do a 1 full day fast and study themselves for that day and the next day, as well as a day before the fast. I ask them to fill out a sheet of paper for all 3 days to record their activities they did and foods they ate and times when they ate it, and preferably the calories they consumed at what times. (Lets call the 3 days as Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 – Day 2 is the fasting diet). After that, the next time I ask them to do the fast, I ask them to stick with the diet of Day 1 on Day 3. I first do this 4-5 times once per week, so that their mind and body get used to it. And after that I ask them to follow a 5:2 fast diet religious for 3-4 months. This way I get better results with my students.

Hi there, I am doing ok. No binge eating, so no binge eating momentum. Happy Monday to you. Good luck on your FD floridagirl. I have a lot of turkey left over and will enjoy this with other healthy food this week.