Hi! I’m totally new to this, doing my first fast day tomorrow! I know I always lose weight better when i’ve got a buddy to help – anyone want to join me?
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I mean I physically am struggling to eat on my non fast days lol. Every time I eat I feel full really quickly and feel nauseous, all I ate today was breakfast and a sandwich around 4pm I just don’t feel that hungry at all, strange haha. I’m planning on having a chicken salad but I’m not sure yet what about you?
Hello LondonGirl!
It’s my first day today and doing a fast day! To say i am looking forward to my lunch (home made soup for 108 calories) is an understatement!
I have atleast 42 pounds to go so we have a similar amount! Would you like to buddy up? I could really do with someone who is on the same path as me!
Im 25 btw x
I weigh on Mondays too! My first fast went okay – i was hungry by lunch time and again by tea time – but i stuck to.. I may have gone slightly over 500 but im not going to worry too much as it was my first time! I do feel like I need 3 small meals a day i dont think I could go all day without eating!!
Had a normal day yday, think I went a little OTT by sharinf a garlic bread with my other half but all in all it was okay! My tdee is 2250 and I think I was well within that 🙂
I dont really know what meals to make for under 250 as thats what i usually have left for my tea! So i had 100g sweet potato, 100gchicken breast and 100g brocoli! It filled a small hole! Ive just realised how few calories there are in lettuce/cherry tomatoes! So i think tea tomorrow with be a salad of sorts!
I have to have breakfast, im going to try Ryvita as they are only 37 calories – any idea for low cal spread/topping?
4 and a quarter is a brill first week loss – i had such a binge last weej I put on 6lb (wasnt on the diet) im hoping that some of that was water from such salty foods, so i would like to lose that 6 this week! But as we having a bbq on Friday for my friends birthday (with alcohol) and then an indian saturday night Im not holding out much hope!! Xx
Hi all,
I’m also just starting the fast, and would love to buddy up with someone. I did this about 2 years ago and it worked, but somehow I stopped and gained what I’d lost and some more, thus made a decision over the weekend to start again to get down on a level where I feel comfortable! I have about 2 stone to lose (might be a little less that I have to lose, but decided to set the goal high as I always tends to become more relaxed in my attitude once I getting close to the goal). The worst part is that I have some travels planned in the upcoming month, thus lets see how that goes… hopefully I’ll be able to stick to the fast at least the majority of the weeks, I decided that it’s better to start now, than push it for another month, even if I won’t loose to much in the beginning, it’s better than nothing or gaining!
Hi Nell. Im also struggling to find meals that I can make for dinner that are low in calories. I’m a very picky eater so on my fast days I usually have a tuna salad and soup but want to find more things that I can make so if you find anything else that is low in calories and filling please let me know. X
I am going to go to iceland/tesco in my dinner break to have a look at what readymeals they have – if theres something there for 250 then great – i can ‘beef’ it out with lettuce/cherry tomatoes!
My home made soup came in at 108 for a big bowl so i just need an idea for breakfast thats going to keep me full!
When are your fast days? X
Thanks! It does not fell like it will work at the moment, did a water fast yesterday and woke up this morning and had gained weight.. Think I’ll do another fast tomorrow again… I will spend 4 days hiking Friday to Monday thus hopefully that will show on the scale next week! Good luck to all of you that are fasting today!
Hi everyone, how’s it going for you? I had a great surprise stepping up on the scale today, -6lb (think spending last night in a hot spring might have something to do with it) But I’ll take it as a win anyway and for next week I’m happy with a small number! I’ll try to keep myself away from the scale at least until the weekend! x
Just broke my water fast and caved in for some food. But I’m not beating myself up too much as I’ve done 2 water fasts this week and will try to stay within 500 calories anyway with maybe a small meal again tonight if I’m hungry. Tomorrow I’m leaving for the US for 3 weeks, thus will be interesting to see how I can keep up the fasting and not over eat on the other days.. I’ve made a plan of fast days and how to save calories on days when I know there’s not as much social interactions as some others. I’ll see how it goes! Don’t know if I’ll be able to weigh myself during these weeks, thus it might be a big weigh-in once I’m back!
Hello KellyGreen and everyone,
Could I please also join/buddy up with you all? I have ~2 1/2st to lose to get to my goal weight – just gone below the 11st mark (10.9) when I checked this morning 🙂
I’ve been fasting for about 3 months. It’s been a slow (but sure) process. I fast on Mon/Tue and Thur usually – generally flexible if the social calendar requires it. I tend to bunch my 500cal into dinner – I find it easier to skip breakfast and lunch than splitting the calories.
I also work out 4-5 times per week – hot yoga, TRX, cycling and running in varying combinations throughout the week.
I live in London.
Thanks 🙂
Hi Kelly, I only drink water (and often some green tea) for the 36 hours and don’t eat anything. I find it almost as easy as the 500 calories (which I think in reality only should be 400 for me as I have a low TDEE).
Welcome to our group pissupoosa, do you find that this has become part of your lifestyle by now?
Hope everyone is doing well. I’ve decided to take a couple of weeks off of the fast diet as my mum passed away on Wednesday and I’m finding it too stressful trying to count calories at the same time as planning my mum’s funeral. Good luck to everyone I’ll get back to it as soon as I feel up to it! Xxx
Hello again everyone, I wrote a long reply yesterday but somehow the site managed to log me out and I lost the whole thing before I could submit! So here it goes again…
Thank you everyone for welcoming me.
KellyGreene – to answer your questions, in the last 3 months there was a lot of experimenting and adjusting to the changes, the progress has been slow. I’d say <0.5 Kg/week. But I’m ok with slow and steady. I’d also like to think that my slow progress with weight loss is a trade off between fat loss (fasting) and muscle gain (working out) :-p . The reason for thinking this is, I SEE a much bigger difference in my body shape than I can account for with just weight on the scales – I’ve gone down a whole dress and jeans size AND a bra size!
Also, I’ve found the fast days get easier the more I do it. My appetite has generally gone down as well, even on a non-FD.
Exercise is my anti-depressant. With losing my mom 2 1/2 years ago and my husband being made redundant at end of last year, made me look for something else to focus my energy on – and that was exercise.
I started 5:2 after establishing my exercise routine. This has enabled me to exercise even on a fast day without feeling any lack of energy.
Frida, I’m intrigued by your fasting method. How long after starting 5:2 were you about to do a 36hr water fast? I do find now that I can almost go without eating on an FD… so my plan is to try decreasing the FD calories gradually.
I’m planning to fast on Tue and Thu this week. I’ll write an update later in the week.
All the best everyone with your FDs and NFDs
Hi everyone! So now I’m back after spending 3 weeks in the US and my plan of fasting while there did not really work out… I’m planing on kick start with a water fast day tomorrow and then get 1 or 2 more of those in this week and weigh myself first next week to not get too bummed…
Pissapoosa; I’ve started doing the water fasts the first week, it was not really planned, but as I was not hungry I decided just to skip any food. On some days I’ve had something small in the evening in case I feel a bit hungry (think that might be the case tomorrow as I’ve been eating more than usual these past weeks).
How’s it going for all the rest of you? xx
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