Hi all and welcome DragonMama,

I have lost my way recently but my clothes are getting tighter AGAIN so need to get back on track. So far only tea totalling around 55 cals with soup for dinner 350 cals. However I am absolutely starving.

How is everyone doing? That also includes you Elc???

Hi DragonMama,

Plan to try and do two days, usually Monday and Wednesday. Tiredness from excess gin over the weekend,2 day hangover and long day had me running for crackers and cheese today. I have had 860 cals so will need to change my days. Hope that you did better than me.

Hi Elc72. So sorry you don’t do good. Come on tell why you can’t be good to youself?? What is the Real reason?

Even if you do not want to say here, write it down. You will have to come to terms with the fact that you need and want to lose the weight. Why otherwise are you on this blog?

Some questions that I think you have to answer to yourself.

I would like to hear anything from you. Never give up on yourself!!!

Regards

Hi DragonMama,

Thank you for your support. It is a bit of a compromise but I am being realistic and it is doable so there is no reason that I can’t manage this. I have some course work to get through and I always munch my way through. Pity that I don’t much carrot sticks!

Hi all, I am in week 3 of my first time on the fast diet and so far so good. I’ve been inspired by a few friends who have been on this and done really well. It suits my mentality as I love snacking & therefore feel I can eat what I want on non fast days! For me the key to not overdoing it is to try & keep occupied – that said I did have a huge Sunday lunch with a bottle of wine BUT didn’t feel guilty as I knew I would fast the next day – although didn’t as felt too hungover! But I just fasted yesterday instead. You do still need willpower, but it has to become a way of life. Use the old adage ‘ everything in moderation’. Good luck everyone.

If anyone else requires their house to be emptied of alcohol and snacks I’m willing to provide that service.

Hi you guys are so funny!! But I can see that you are enthusiastic and that is a Good sign.

Yesterday was Day 15 and weigh day. I lost 3 Kg altogether and clothes is a Little bit looser and I feel so much better. Not so bloated anymore, I walk a lot easier can stand up without so much effort and my knees don’t ache so much. I sleep better and get out of bed easier.

This alltogether makes me Want to lose the rest 7Kg.

Good luck to you all.

Hi Dragon:

Why lose heart? The average weight loss for women on 5:2 is a little less than a pound a week. You have been at it for four weeks and lost over 6 pounds.

You are doing great!

Here are some tips – you might read the ‘Really – No Weight Loss’ link: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Morning all, well I have jumped on the scales. I am now a shocking 10 stone 9lbs. Over a stone heavier than this time last year. Therefore, I need to get back on track as my body now resembles that of a very big Santa. I am going to fast Monday and Wednesday with a couple of low cal days during the week. No wonder my fat clothes are tight. I will try and post daily to keep me motivated or publicly shame myself (I hope it is the former).

I hope that you are all doing well!

Hi Lazycat I have weight day today and standing on 73Kg and today were So good as 500 cal with breakfast and lunch and tonight totally overindulged. But yesterday Fast day and did good under 500. So don’t feel bad about anything. Totally I am 4 Kg down and feeling good.
Suffering from back spasm and today 3rd day that I could not do my Km walks but know that tomorrow will be good.

Please post regular and I shall help if u want

RegardS

Hi all,

DragonMama, thank you for your support.I am pleased to hear that your back is a bit better. Yes fitness levels appear to take ages to build up and go in a blink of an eye. I wish weight was the same.

So far today has went okay with 55 cals of fluids.Managed to refrain from munching chocolates at work. Of course it was the tallest skinniest girl that brought them in to stop her and her husband eating them.I am convinced that she is a feeder and we will see her on some trashy reality TV programme in the future. Anyway rice for dinner and I think it will be a very early night to stop me munching.

Elc are you still about???

Good luck for the rest of the day!

Good morning Lazycat, you know I made a plate of salad with 76g green leaves, 84g small tomato, 16g Feta cheese, 30g onion, 54g apple, 15ml olive oil. On the side Added 60g coleslaw and 64g Gammon (smoked Pork)
It all added up to 269 Calories,Its a Huge plate, and I was totally Full and as I had it 7pm I had no problems wiTh hungerpangs or headache and watched TV until 11pm and slept like a log. My total intake for that Fast day was 433 Calories.

Today will attempt a Fast day.

I hope that you all have a great 5:2 day. Good luck!

Hi jec:

WTG!

So many people quit the diet at their first ‘plateau’ or when they gain or if they don’t lose as much as they think they should. But your idea of simply sticking to the diet and not even knowing what the scales show works for very many people.

Congratulations!

Hi Jec, congrats on your weighloss, and never weighing is the tops! Good heavens how do you do that?

I weigh every day and weigh and write down everything that I eat and measure that I drink every day.

I do admire that you can trust yourself like that! Wish I can do so!

Hi lazycat glad to see you here again I keep my fingers crossed for you to succeed. I had fast day today with 400 cal. Not hungry at all, just miss the wine as other half threw toys out of cot this afternoon and I would love to have a glass.

Hope the best for you all. Good luck!

Good Morning LaZycat I am so glad yesterday went so well. Today regular day but low cal and as its so hot I tend to stay on saLads but with chIcken and Gammon. TemPerature goes up to 40 during the day!

I also stopped nibbling once I started I could not stop now I just don’t!

Good luck for today to all.

Hi Elc72 glad To hear from you good to hear you are doing well and glad you enjoyed your walk filled trip!! Good for you.

No live in South Africa about half an hour from the south Coast small town in the mountains. My 2km walk take me around the half of it!! We get rain right through the year but its very dry and can get extremely hot and wintertime extremely cold.

Good luck to you all.

Hi Lazycat I also could not yet do 2 fast days in a row and then I go totally overboard! Good. For you keeping it under 1000!

ElC we hope to hear from you often!

I hope that you all have lovely evening.

Hi Elc72 what IS. That??? Never heard of that before. Please tell!!

Enjoy you friend visit!

Hi LazyCat and Elc. Never heard of those noodles. What are they?

JEc would love to hear your ideas!

Yesterday was a good low calory day but tha aged grape juice pushed me over the edge!!

We’ll is was a good day anyway! Hope you all have a fantastic day today!

Hi,
I was very good all of last week and lost 3lbs. Saturday had a girls day out (way too much gin) and munched my way through the hangover on Sunday and the extreme tiredness on Monday. So to sum it up all my good work has probably been wasted. Has work Christmas night out on Friday so I expect Saturday will be lost (the only thing that will be lost) and I will munch my way through the never ending hangover.

Hi all and Happy New Year!

Well a new year and a new start. I have been eating and drinking way too much and it certainly shows both in the mirror and with my clothes. Therefore, I am all set to get back on track. I am trying for 3 low cal days, the usual Monday and Wednesday fast days and 2 days eating sensibly.