LD, you may only have done one fast, but the 12K run is impressive. I’m trying the couch to 5K program again – cautiously. Every time I’ve tried to take up running I’ve injured myself – I’m a klutz with bad joints. But I’m hoping that now that I weigh less it won’t be as much stress on the legs and feet. I did the first workout this morning, which is alternating brisk walks with jogging for a minute. A whopping total of 5 minutes total of running. So I’m quite impressed with your 12K!

I’m sitting at the same weight for the 3rd week in a row but I’m hoping it will go down next week when the time of the month is over.

Ha, I felt so guilty when I signed back on after eating the bagel to see Hilly’s stern admonition to move away. 🙂 didn’t quite make it under 500 yesterday but it was 540, close enough for me. 🙂

Kilda now I feel guilty for admonishing you about the bagel!! 🙁

Will be a first for me three fasts, don’t think I’ll make it a habit!!

Hoping to sneak a run in later but we’ll see, has been a long tiring week!!

Hey don’t feel bad Little D, we all have weeks when one is all we can manage but we just keep looking forward and keep going.

🙂

Ha ha am sitting watching Dr Who at the mo, wondering my daughter thinks I’m the anti-christ for suggesting I take her injured toe that is still bleeding several months after she first hurt it!!

x

I didn’t manage the run, made the mistake of sitting down!!

However managed to keep to 500, ah tomorrow’s breakfast is going to be good!! 🙂

Night all and have a fantastic weekend.

x

Morning Everyone,

I am just emerging from a nightmare few weeks at work and stepping back into normality (I hope). So nice to see that this thread is still going. I haven’t fasted for ages but am fasting today so will see how that goes. Haven’t dared step on the scales either and think I will give that a few weeks before i try again.

LD – you just need to keep going, maybe don’t weigh yourself for a few weeks or measure instead of weighing?

Think today might be a bit of a struggle as its been so long since I have fasted but in a weird way I have quite missed it so looking forward to getting back on the wagon. Onwards and downwards to our stone goal….

Now where was I!!

So Little D, that is tough! But you have to think about the bigger picture, you are healthier and smaller than you were. As Jenki says you could steer away from the scales for a while. The only other thing you could try, is keeping within your TDEE on your non fast days – not something I ever really want to do, so wouldn’t blame you if you didn’t want to! I did buy the fast bikini diet book and that basically advocated fasting three times a week and keeping within your TDEE on non fast days for six weeks before reverting back to normal. Something to think about maybe depending on how work is and how you feel.

Fasted yesterday and am again tomorrow!

x

Hi girls how are you doing?

Looked up mine BMR 4917 Kj/1175 calories
TDEE 6717KJ/1616 calories

that’s for lightly active, don’t know how people fit anymore in!! I go running 3 times a week and have a fairly active full time job!!

Must admit i only count calories on fast days and that’s why it has worked for me, I can be “normal” on the other days!! Think generally I eat less and make slightly more sensible choices!! Plus if I have too much of something bad, it makes me feel ill with hang-over type symptoms!! (Especially chocolate cake!!

Was lucky and have lost this week which has taken my total weight loss since 6th Jan to 2 stone!!! Can’t quite believe it.

So keep at it everyone xxx

Morning all,

Hilly – am fasting today as well. So far so good but then it is only 11am! Still haven’t dared step on the scales as think that it will be much higher than I want it to say! Maybe after a couple of weeks of fasting and exercise i will take the plunge again!

Have a great day everyone.

best of luck little dragon for ur fast

Hi BrisTon welcome to our little gang 🙂

When are you next fasting?

A negligible loss of 0.2 lbs for me this week!! But I feel smaller, having to do bras up an extra notch and belts etc, so things must still be moving.

Good luck to any Friday fasters.

x

Hi BrisTon,

how are you getting on?

Where is everyone else?

Hope you’re all ok?

x

Hi Little D,

sending you some hugs!!

Still plugging away here but it’s very very slooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!

Miss you

x

Hi there Kilda good to hear from you 🙂

I’m getting there slowly, stayed the same last week and gained a bit the week before!! But am 6 1/2 lbs away from my original target and finally have a BMI of 24.9 🙂 When I get to my target (something I couldn’t imagine being before I starting fasting back in January!), I’ll see where I am and how I feel; I may try for an extra seven pounds but that would definitely be it!!

Has snow arrived with you yet Kilda? Just dark and a bit rainy here!!

Love to everyone in our little clan.

xxx

Hey there Killy Happy New Year 🙂 I’m still fasting was 9 stone 3.5 lbs just before Christmas – suspect slightly more now!! That means I’m only 3.5 lbs away from my original target! 🙂 I’ve decided to try and lose a bit more to get 8 and a half stone (119lbs) and then will be moving to 6:1!!

Glad you’re still going xxxx

I’m with you! I haven’t lost anything in ages and got discouraged so here I go again, along with you!

Happy Fast Day!

Aud x

Hi LD my initial goal is 10.10 but I would love to get to 10 stone dead. I am not sure if that is possible so 10.10 by 1 April is my aim and then I will take it from there.

Good luck and let’s stay in touch even if only weekly 🙂

Ah welcome back fasting friends 🙂

Haven’t dared to weigh myself yet but my work trousers are still too big, so hopefully not too terrible!! Am going to weigh Thursday morning, having completed my second fast of the week.

I have plodded on, don’t lose anything for ages and then a jump and then staying the same. Has been a huge change in my body shape though, have hardly any clothes that fit now, have gone down a back size and am trying to get my head round the fact that I am now quite small!! Had a bit of excitement before Christmas; was interviewed by a Daily Mail journalist and they sent a makeup artist and photographer to my home. Am buying the Daily Mail every day to see if I’m in there (not so far!!), funny since it’s not my paper!!

Keep going everyone and never mind if you’ve had a few months off, now is the time to get back on track and before you know it you will be feeling heaps better and slimmer again.

Am fasting today too! Had a tough day at work today, with two boys fighting, felt decidedly wobbly afterwards!! But I haven’t cracked so far. Am going to go for a quick run and then I can tuck into my skinnylicious soup whenever I want, which is around 280 calories for the whole pot!

So pleased to see everyone back.

x

Hi just in case any of you pop by,

I’m going to feature in the Daily Mail tomorrow in the last day of their week on 5:2 fasting with an emphasis on exercise tomorrow.

x

hi all! It’s good to see the old gang posting in here again!

Today is my one year anniversary of doing 5:2. I suspended it for 2 weeks during my wedding/honeymoon in Hawaii in August, which gained me 6 lbs that took a month to come back off.

I was running for a while but a minor injury knocked me off it for a while, and then it got so dang cold. I will get back to it when it gets a little less frigid.

When I started a year ago, I weighed 200 lbs and wore a size 20 (US). I said I would be happy to get to 160 and ecstatic to get to 150. Today, I weigh 140 and am between a size 10 and 12. I’ve exceeded my original goals, but I would like to lose 5 more vanity pounds and get to 135. That would put me at a bmi of 22.5. I think that will take me till about April, so it looks like spring/summer will be goal time for most of us!

Here’s to all our goals! Hilly, did you end up in the Daily Mail? Would love to see it if so!