Hi

I’ve been doing this for 3 months so thought it was time I stopped lurking.

I do zero cal fasts Mondays and Thursdays; have had 2 weeks off for holidays.

I’ve learnt so much from everyone on the forum, especially long term fasters, so I haven’t panicked when I’ve gained some weeks or now that I’m stuck at 10 stone for a bit. Also many thanks to USA and others who have done research on nutrition and fasting and shared the info – Dr Jason Fung’s lectures are amazing and I will follow up on the Wheat Belly and the Grain Brain too.

I’ve lost around 10 lbs so far and rediscovered my waist. Best thing so far is that my knuckles are less stiff than they were. I can make a fist when I wake up with far less resistance than I had before and I can make a fist any time later in the day with no problems at all. I must see if the knees have improved – I’ve gone off fell walking a bit because of the pain of going downhill. I don’t know if the improvement is the fasting itself or because rebooting eating twice a week gives me more control on the feed days and I’ve cut down on junk, carbs and snacking (but am far from angelic, as eating nothing is far easier than eating a little or avoiding a particular food).

So when the weight isn’t going I tell myself that my body has something more important to do than dump lard!

Greetings TracyJ, ghostgirl and Nika!

Well I’ve climbed two little fells (on fastdays!) and the going down was not so bad but the real proof will be in the spring when I try the steep scree descent from the top of Skiddaw! If I had run downhill and not used my knees as brakes in my youth my knees might be in better nick but I would rather go uphill twice than down and at my age daren’t risk a crash landing on the bottom.

Otherwise I have lost two pounds in the last week despite a mega latte and chocolate twist in Costas on Saturday. It seems as if this diet works over a period and no need to obsess about ‘what I did wrong’ in a particular week, just keep going. Perhaps I am a bit complacent as I’ve just snuck into ‘normal’ BMI. I’d love to know what my weight should be – could I get down to 9 stone? I’ll see at the end of another 3 months.