Hi all,

I was a totally greedy girl yesterday, gave in and bought chocolate. However today was different thankfully. I downloaded to couch to 10k and started on the programme. Slightly annoyed was I was previously ably to run 30-40 mins now I an starting from scratch again. Anyway day 1 done and dusted and have eaten just under 1200 cals. Really hope that I can keep this up.

Elc, good news about not gaining, especially as you were on holiday

Good luck for tomorrow if your fasting

Elc, I do think that you have been very hard on yourself, 9 and a half and even 9 stone 8lbs is perfectly fine for your height. Enjoy your meal!

Didn’t do fast yesterday as was so tired and wanted tea, toast and couple of biscuits. Fasting today and so far so good. May do tomorrow as don’t want to keep postponing fast days as not led to no fast days and weight gain.

Oh Elc, I bet being back at work after a month off is a sore one!

Today 392 cals but craving toast. I have never done 2 in a row either but will give it a go. Want to try and go out a jog tomorrow after work so hope I survive a 2nd fast.

Good luck and let me know how you get on.

I went over my cals yesterday and caved in as I was at a course today and had cheese toasty. May leave it this week and try and have low cal days then try for next week.

Elc, let me know if you managed 2 days in a row?

May I join you? My first fast is tomorrow, but I’ll usually be fasting mondays and wednesdays. I’m based in Australia.

Hi Sunshiney, it will be lovely to have you join us.Hope that your fast goes okay. Let us know how you get on?

Elc, booze is a killer. I don’t have that excuse over the past couple of weeks but still struggling to get 2 successful fasts.

Will have to change my fast on Wed next week as have a work dinner to go to. May try Mon & Tue. Really should wait and see as when I plan it all appears to go wring. Pity that it doesn’t work the same when I think that I will drink and eat too much. However I need to get my fat ass and ever expanding belly getting smaller.

It’s 7:40am on my first ever fast day and I’m feeling positive about succeeding today. I’ve just done my starting measurements, which are shocking, but I have to believe that they will improve! I hope you don’t mind me recording them here – I want to be accountable, so making my measurements public is part of that, even though it’s scary!

Weight: 100.3kg
Bust: 111cm
Underbust: 93.5cm
Waist: 96cm
Bellybutton: 106cm
Hips: 120cm

So it’s pretty clear that my lovely hourglass from when I was slim has blown out into a not so lovely stout pear shape! I hope to whittle down my waist and hips, in particular.

Ok, off to get ready for work. Fingers crossed for success today!

Hi all, i am a Mon and Wed faster. Started 5:2 again on 1st of september. To date i have lost just over 3kgs. I weigh myself just twice a month. So next weigh in is on the 15th of October next week Thursday. Aiming to lose a total of 11kg to get to my head/goal weight of 70kg. Fasts have been going on pretty well and i also do intermittent fasting almost everyday more of a 14/10 rather than 16/8. Looking forward to encourage and be encouraged as we all continue our respective journeys.

Hello Foomsy! Your 14/10 daily fast sounds excellent! I read some about that and thought, “Not for me!” because my work hours alone are nine hours. But your post reminded me that I could just do the hours that I can each day (in addition to my 5:2 days). At any rate, I did hear (I think it was from Dr. Longo) that the daily fast is very helpful.

Hi all and welcome Chuck and Foomsy. It is lovely that you have joined us. It is great to hear how others get on.

Foomsy B2B does sound tough. I have not done B2B but have considered it.

Sunshiney, how did you get on with your fast?

Well 1lb off which is a miracle considering I went over my cals on Monday’s fast the fail my Wednesday fast. Really struggling to get 2 successful fasts done. Never mind I will keep trying.

I managed my first fast ok, though late afternoon was a struggle. My next fast is tomorrow, so hopefully it is a little easier. It was nice to see the scale drop a little post fasting, as that helps with my motivation!
Definitely not going to try b2b fasts anytime soon, though I do sometimes do 16:8 fasting on normal eating days.

I’m joining in, too. I’ll (usually) be a Monday and Wednesday-er, but this week it will likely be Monday and Friday, due to a work dinner on Wednesday. I am starting at 154.4 lbs, which is high for me. I tend to hover around 150 as a rule.

I really only want to lose about 8 lbs. Seems like that should be easy, right? However, for whatever reason, it isn’t. I’m a strength athlete and it’s very difficult to balance body composition goals with muscular power needs, and add onto that being a 47 year old woman, and therein lies the dilemma.

I did a daily IF (14:10) a few years back to make weight for an international competition, but fell off of it after that because the daily fasting was messing with my menstrual cycles and making me obsess about food–literally counting the seconds until I could eat breakfast, for example. Not mentally healthy for me to have a constant rigid restriction surrounding food.

Today is my first fast day and I am starving! I’ll have Panera for lunch, I can eat a salad and a cup of soup for 300 calories, then eat a greek yogurt with peanut butter for dinner tonight.

So, just wanted to say hello and get on this topic so I can follow along.

Hi all and a very warm welcome to Tkinsley and DragonflyZoe. It is lovely to have you join us.

I didn’t do a fast today (over tired and wanted comfort food for dinner) and will not be able to do one on Wednesday due to work dinner. However, I am considering Tuesday and Thursday. Will let you know how I get on.

Those who are fasting I wish you luck.

Well done Skylander! Halfway there must feel great 🙂

Lazycat, I’ve ended up having to redo yesterday’s failed fast day today, so I’ll be a Tuesday and Thursday faster this week as well.

Felt very bloated when I woke up this morning, but hoping to see some measurement reductions by the end of the week! Fasting is going well so far today.

Hi Elc,

I’m on my third fast day today. It’s been going well, apart from having to do-over my second fast day because I blew it!

Hoping to have good results at my official way in at the end of the week.

Hi All, Get back on that wagon ladies, tomorrow is Monday, first fast day to the week. Good luck.
Elc & Lazycat I am still willing you on, as you know I have been at target weight for sometime now but have found I still need to fast 2 days to keep the weight from creeping back. Keep posting, we need each other.
Cheers, (raising a glass of red) well it’s not Monday yet. Goosey xx

I’m normally a Monday/Wednesdayer (not sure if I can say I’m normally anything, since I’m really new to this, but I am fasting today (Sunday) instead. I traveled home from Tampa today and it seemed like a good day to fast, since I was stuck on a plane and in the airport for many hours.

I’ll weigh in tomorrow… I absolutely hate weighing the day after flying, but I’ll call it a wash since I’ll have a fast day to offset that.

Good luck tomorrow, everyone! Get back ON the wagon.

Hi All,
Yes Lazycat, I am managing to stay within my wriggle room, but only just. I am afraid of the dreaded creep, So deep breath and fasting today, and wed. Have had a coffee, and I am going to make a big teapot full of lemon and ginger tea which I will drink throughout the day, just to get water down. May help with the dehydration. 🙂 Now I wonder how that happened. 🙂 ! Be a big brave girl and join me eh? Goosey x

Well that’s OK, 500 calls. Just don’t have any more, drink tea, water, miso soup. You never regret doing something hard . Love Goosey X

Just wanted to pop in and say “hello” and that the effects of fasting seem to be lasting…LOL!

I haven’t fasted in a month and a half but I have not put back on any of the weight. I think I changed my eating habits and even when I’m not actively tracking my food, I am eating less. Certainly have given up the fast food; saving money for a trip to Switzerland. 😀

Good day to you all. I just loved reading all your Posts. I joined 1 Nov and lost 2 kg. Saturday was Fast day and went well. So I tried Fasting again Sunday, it was a disaster and I had 855 Calories instead of 500. Now I think I must also make it this Wednesday and maybe Monday following. I thought that the fasting Must be 2 days in a row.
Something about myself. 64 female 5’9.75 S African. Starting weight 77 KG. That’s about 12 stone plus a bit and I need to go down to 68KG.
I am a fattist! And HATE beiing overweight and my whole life I had to Watch myself and last December diagnosed with high bad cholestrol had to stop smoking! Knew allways its bad but I enjoyed it. So I gained this 9kg and could not shift it at all until now and I am MOTIVATED!!! Good luck to you all.