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Hello JGJenks! Probably water retention – I’ve noticed that as well some days. But 8 pounds over the long haul is definite progress!!! Just starting out on the diet, but I’ve been loosing weight all along just from normal diet and more exercise (hopefully gaining muscle mass over the past few months too); I’m down to 160 pounds/73 Kg, a loss of 5 pounds/2Kg since Monday. Probably the 52 Km bike ride today helped, though in this heat, I’m sure some of that is water loss. But the body’s switch to repair-mode and burning off the brown fat has me convinced this is the diet to be on, hopefully I’ll have the self-discipline it takes over the long haul. Best of success to you, and to Chrissie and to Carla! (BTW, I was well over 200 pounds / 90 Kg+ last year, and I’m feeling great now; it’s well worth the effort!)
Hi, Emlo6 – Your weight is your weight – I don’t think there’s any point in trying to ‘fix’ the weigh-in to get a more favourable reading on the scales. Everybody’s weight fluctuates by a few pounds quite naturally from day to day – if not hour to hour – due to a variety of temporary factors, so perhaps it’s just sensible to weigh yourself a maximum of once a week, on the same day and at about the same time each week. That way, the variable factors iron themselves out and you can get a good, overall trend.
Many people recommend using a tape measure on various body parts (e.g. waist, chest/bust, hips, upper arm, thigh, neck, etc) instead of or as well as scales, because they’ve found that one’s shape can change to the good even when the scales don’t move. All best wishes for achieving the results you’re aiming at.
Are you all really weighing in once a week? At this point I weigh in every morning before eating or drinking anything,
as I’m trying to see how much or little I need to eat on the non-fast (feast) days. I would really like to lose another 10 lbs. and have heard this is where weight loss slows to a snails pace, at least for some of us. I previously lost 25 lbs. (on the HCG diet). This time I really would like to stabilize and not regain weight and repeat the same old cycle.
On my 2 weeks of 5:2 fasting I’ve maintained (141 lbs,), losing around 1 3/4 lb after the fast day, then regaining on the “feast” days. I am pigging out a bit after the fast day, maybe that will taper off.
Weight can fluctuate so much even in one day. I weigh myself once a week, first thing Saturday morning and measure body parts at the same time.
Check out what your body needs in terms of calories with the TDEE calculator on this page and see if you can increase your exercise.It doesn’t have to be scary and walking is very good.
I have no idea where this notion of feast comes from. The idea is to be eating normally on non-fast days. I am always more hungry the day after a fast in the morning, but find that a handful of brazil nuts really help me keep going until lunch.
Hi, I have just joined and just started on the diet yesterday. I am 65, male, and fat! My starting weight 16 st dead. Target weight 12 st and I aim to do that over 52 weeks.
I weigh myself once a week on a Monday – have done for years and take my blood pressure on a Tuesday. (Average ~ 148/88)
I guess I am posting so that I can be scolded and to give me an incentive!
Oh my fast days are Thursday and Friday so weighing is into the middle of the normal days.
Like Annette and David I weigh and measure once a week on Saturdays. Tomorrow is my next weigh-in. I should think that daily weights would be very discouraging.
Have noticed an odd side-effect of this Fast Diet, though. Yesterday was a non-fast day for me. Was invited to a steak dinner out with a group of friends. Only months ago I would have happily eaten the steak…with a baked potato loaded with butter and sour cream…a salad with dressing..Texas Toast…a Coke and then a piece of pecan pie for afters. Maybe with ice cream.
Last night (by choice) I enjoyed the steak with sauteed onions and peppers…salad with lemon juice…and the toast…with sweet tea…but had no craving for a potato or pie. Was talked into getting a small cup of ice cream and ate 3 teaspoons (came with the meal) and felt…over-stuffed…like it was entirely too much food, anymore. Went to bed looking forward to today’s Fast.
Realized it was the most food I had put in my body in a few weeks…and did not enjoy the sensation of being too full.
The Diet seems to be modifying my eating habits 🙂 Shrinking my stomach or what have you.
Fresh peaches for breakast and I feel great!
Me too Carla.Today I went swimming and 30 lengths later met a friend for coffee and cake. I enjoyed what I now see as a rather large almond croissant mid morning, lunch was salad because that’s what I wanted.
I am certainly much more aware of what I am eating and I think that’s a good thing. I do not want to get fat again!
I adore roast potatoes and had noticed that I am giving myself both smaller potatoes and less of them. I just don’t like that over-full feeling over my tummy afterwards.
The genius of this way of eating is that as nothing is forbidden,I don’t crave something and then feel guilty. If I want chocolate, then I have it. But i want it less and less and find I am choosing smaller amounts.
Hi Emlo6 – You said “Puterman, I was under the impression that the fast days were to be non consecutive!!. Am I correct in thinking this.”
In “Michael answers frequently asked questions” he says….
Q. Do the fast days have to be non-consecutive?
A. The short answer is that it doesn’t matter. Some people prefer doing two days back to back, others prefer to split ie Mondays and Thursdays
I personally decided – for no particular or good reason – to go for two days on the trot.
My first week back fasting on Tuesday and Thursday this week. Last week was a bit of a write-off as husband was home on holiday so let things relax a little! Tuesday weighed in before fasting and was 10st 1lb.
My usual weigh day is Fridays and last Friday weight 9st 11 3/4lb, so just shows what a weekend of overeating and drinking can do and my weight went up to account for it!
So weigh in today – Friday 9th August – 9st 10 1/2lb!! 🙂 🙂
First official weigh in on this diet. I weighed in at 13st 1.5lbs last Sunday morning I fasted Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday. I totally overindulged on Monday but the other non fast days were ok. Went out to dinner on Thursday and had a good few beers. So that’s why I added an extra fast day. Today I weighed in at 12st 12.5lbs so a 3 lbs loss. Very happy with that and I hope I can lose some more next week.
2 weeks in and 6lb weight loss very happy. I had previously lost 30lb but could not shift the last 14lb but thanks to this new diet the weight is just falling off, I cant believe it the scales haven’t moved for months, but I am now confident I will reach my goal and feel more alert. Now weigh 10st 13lb
JGJenks: Don’t stop posting. I’m fairly new and your updates are so inspiring! I only started on Thursday (first fast day). My next fast day is Monday and Tuesday is my weigh day (because that’s been my weigh day on WW and so I don’t want to change it. I will post in here on Tuesday after I’ve weighed. I lost 7kg on WW, but then got bored because watching everything that goes in your mouth every single day is so hard.
I found my first fast day pretty easy, and didn’t overindulge yesterday (I thought I would inhale everything I saw, but I just ate fairly normally). I”m hoping to see something nice on the scales on Tuesday.
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