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Hi everyone i’am starting tomorrow would love to chat, give and recieve support in my 40’s have 3 stone to loose tried last 20 years, well it only ever dropped by half a stone then whoop back on again bet you all know that feeling oh and work at a desk similar to yourself getskinny and even with my little dog i don’t do a lot of exercise but am hoping to improve and motivate myself to walk and exercise more :-00.
Hello! I’m looking for fasting buddies, too! I think I will usually try to fast on Mondays and Thursdays, but love the flexibilty of being able to change days. I’ll give tomorrow a try. I would love to lose about 15 pounds (about a stone?). I think having some support will really help keep me on track!
Hello everybody,
Would love to join you! I am also looking for buddies. Last summer I gave 5:2 a try and lost about 3 stones (which had been creeping on for the last 10 years). Came Christmas and 1&1/2 stone was put back on very quickly! (I do love my mince pies…). after several failed attempts, I have managed to get back on the wagon this week and have already lost 4lbs. I have found this much harder than the first time round, possibly the lack of inspiration from this horrible weather? I know that with this way of eating it is possible to break the barrier of yo-yo dieting. However, no one said it was going to be a walk in the park. It takes some effort, but it is worth it! Hang on in there!
Hi getskinny & your new gang!
I’ve just finished my first 2 days of fasting, so would also love to join in. I’m 48 & have about a stone & a half to lose. I’ll be doing Monday’s & Thursday’s mostly.
I’m very good at losing my motivation when my scales disagree with me, so I’ll need all the help I can get!!
Happy fasting everyone!
Hi All and good luck everyone.
A good tip give to me is drink plenty on the fast day. When I feel hungry I have a drink of water or green tea and its helps a lot with the hunger. Also I have learnt that there is nothing wrong with feeling hungry.
The most important thing I say to myself is, it takes time, its not a race and even if I don’t lose weight the fasting is really good for me so why not carry on.
Well, it’s 10:15 on my first day…..had a coffee this morning (with half a cup of hot milk), but will try not to eat for as long as possible. I know when I’ve done this before that eating breakfast just kicks off my appetite, so I’m aiming for 13:00 and then maybe 17:00. Usually, I think I’ll try and do Monday and Thursday, but as I decided to start the 5:2 half way through yesterday, thought today would be a good day to start.
Hi all.
I am seriously looking at 5:2 now. New Year, Fresh Start. I lost a stone on Slimming world and it is a good plan in that it taught me to eat more fruit, exercise more and think about what i’m actually eating but it was always with the end idea that I would 5:2 as a my life plan. I don’t have alot of weight to lose but i do need motivation to keep healthy. First fast day will be Monday I think.
I would also love to stay as a group. I suppose, if all those who want to just keep replying on this thread, we’ll all stay together.
I think it’s great that we’ve all started pretty much together & as you say, we could all support each other knowing that we’re all at the same stage & experiencing similar ‘pain’ at the beginning.
My next fast day is Monday & im already not dreading it as much.
Hello people
I would like to report on my failed Friday night. However, I have realised what is that made me fall off the wagon: healthy snacking. I started having plain yoghurt with fruit and the rest was a spiral downwards that finished with chocolate. If I had planned what was I going to have for dinner and waited, resisting the temptation to snack, I think I would have been all right. As it was, even if the first snack was healthy, at the beginning I will need to plan each meal in advance so I can look forward to a rewarding full plate, rather than piling up calories with highly calorific small bites that do not fill me up and leave me wanting some more….. As DFaithfull said in another forum: plan in advance. Wise words.
1st fast day I had a small Thai chicken soup from Vital around 13:00, then a Pret tuna Niçoise salad (minus the pot of dressing, which is amazingly more than the whole salad!!) and a banana when I got home from work (plus two strepss as I have a sore throat at the mo!!). Find it easier to get pre-prepared to be honest, as can check calories on “my fitness pal”, rather than guessing if I make myself.
Good job Peggy! I also had a successful first day of fasting yesterday! Thanks to a hard boiled egg and this vegetable soup recipe: http://www.laaloosh.com/2008/02/19/the-infamous-0-points-weight-watchers-soup-recipe/ I almost lost it by snacking on some bread just before dinner (snacks are my downfall, too, MMP), but had then just had a bowl of this very low calorie soup, and I estimate I was under 600 calories for the day. After several previous unsuccessful attempts, knowing all of you are there really helped me keep me on track!
Well done Peggy1969, I’m so trying to talk myself into getting back out running, but it’s just so cold!!! Havnt ran since about November, different things got in the way, not that I’m any good at it lol but I enjoy it when I’m in the zone, I’ve decided to do my first fast day today, instead of tomorrow so I’ll let yous know how it goes
Well done Peggy1969! With this cold it should count as double calories lost!
Good luck Gonnabslim on your first fast day! not easy on a Sunday.
Yesterday, after regaining my enthusiasm and doing a brilliant fast for the whole day, I had to attend a party in the evening, which unfortunately involved a sit down dinner. I still don’t feel strong enough to say “no, I don’t want to eat that thank you”. Wouldn’t you think it is rude, especially if the host went to all the trouble to prepare something?
Anyway. Back on the good steps today. As I mentioned before, instead of snacking I have had a salad for lunch and I felt full the whole afternoon. Now preparing dinner of chicken with vegetables.
Tomorrow is fasting days for most, good luck!
MMP, of course you cracked!! I’d never do a fast day if I was planning on going anywhere….there’s no way I could sit down and not eat with everybody eating around me – no way in the world!
Fast day number 2….I had to have a half and half coffee (half cup skimmed milk). Can’t start a work day without a coffee and hate black coffee. Busy day ahead….lots of interviews, so hope my stomach doesn’t rumble all the way through them!
Good luck this week everyone 🙂
Good luck everyone who is fasting today, my fast day 1 was successful, in total 457 calories, I had a low cal ready meal with salad for dinner, then a small amount of frozen blueberries with a low cal yogurt poured over, then a low cal hit choc before bed, and of course tons of water, amazed at how thirsty I was 🙂
Well done Gonnabslim, that sounds incredibly successful! Are you like me in that you have nothing all day until your evening meal? Today is only my 3rd fast day, so I’m still sussing out my regime.
Just wanted to say that due to you lovely people, I was actually looking forward to today!! I’m raring to go this morning & I’ve ‘enjoyed’ my herbal tea. However, let’s see what I’m like by 3 o’clock this afternoon, ha ha.
Hi all.
I’m starting a diet as of 1st Feb as i need to plan my meals (a bit) and also get supplies.
I’m going to be doing the 5:2 diet as well as cutting down and eating sensibly.
My problem is that i have been on diets before and struggled, A LOT !!!
I’m 42, i’m now a grandad to the most gorgeous grand daughter but i’m also 23 and a half stones in weight but i am 6ft 2ins so dont look massive (if u know what i mean) but do look fat.
I was told 6 years ago by a person at work who was a bit of a fitness freek that i wouldnt live more than 15 years.Then last year i did a death clock thing on facebook (i know facebook) but it said in 10 years time i would die. Now with the arrival of my grand daughter i feel i NEED to do something.
The problem is i am a big eater and will find this 5:2 diet VERY HARD. I have a friend who has been doing it for 2 years roughly so he’ll be able to help. I have a picture on my phone of my grand daughter to remind me WHY i’m doing this but my problem is i’m already thinking that i cant do this 🙁
PLEASE PLEASE HELP ME !!!
Many thanks
Pobster30, you CAN do it! You’ll have us lot nagging you now!
Lots of us are new to it too, so we’ll suffer together.
What I learnt last week:
When I feel REALLY hungry, it does wear off
With every hunger pang I try & visualise the fat being eaten away
Drinking water / herbal tea helps
After a successful fast day, I was SO proud of myself which is a huge motivator
May I join you? My name is Erin, from USA, 36 year old mother of three, and I have those last 10 pounds that just keep creeping back up. In 2011 I lost 35 pounds on the HCG diet (500 calories per day for 42 DAYS!!!) and maintained 25 of that loss through low carb/high fat. I will forever be on low carb, as it has been a lifesaver for me in so many ways. It’s just that even low carb my weight seems to just keep creeping up :(. So here I am. I a have done intermittent fasting in the past and had quick results, but just couldn’t find a way to permanently fit it into my lifestyle. Then I stumbled on the 5:2!!! I am a week into it and doing my third fast today. It’s nice to know there are so many of you out there fasting along with me right now. Even though you are so very far away–and have awesome accents ;).
Blessings!
Hi Erin, we sound very similiar :). Also a 36 year old mom who had those last 10 lbs. to lose. I started 5:2 in October and had shed the weight by December :). I am now pushing myself to lose another 5 lbs. I think this will give me a little more “wiggle room and get me closer to an ideal weight.
Where is UpNorth? I’m in the midwest. Check in when you get a chance :).
Em
Hi all. day one well underway for me today. have just had “dinner” LOL. actually it was pretty good. 1/2 pack M&S braised beef with onions and carrots – 173 calories and some steamed cauliflower and cabbage. Kallo blueberry and vanilla corn and rice cakes are delicious and 35 calories. Small amount of low fat yoghurt and some cherries and an apple complete the day. Looks like water for the rest of the evening 😉
Hi, can I please join this group, it seems really strong and supportive – just what I am needing right now. I decided in October last year to “stop dieting” after years of being consumed by it. I realised 5.2 would be a gd strategy as although I didn’t want to diet anymore I still wanted to lose weight…….so, from October to December I lost a steady 1lb a week and was totally amazed at the results as I certainly wasn’t dieting on non-fast days, but just not stuffing my face anymore. Since Xmas however I have been struggling to get started again, with thoughts of weight watchers and slimming world, I am getting really annoyed with myself. So I am reaching out for support, I will start this week and fast on Tuesday and Friday, I didn’t think quick enough to start today but from next week it will be Mondays and Thursday’s I do my fast. I should add I have not been on scales since Xmas either. Thank you for listening and good luck to everyone!
Hi and welcome everyone:
Here is some information that could be helpful as you go forward with 5:2:
https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/
Good Luck!
Hi All
Can I join your ‘gang’? I have just found the 5:2 website after watching the horizon programme a couple of weeks ago. I began my first 2 fast days last week. Think I am going to do Mon/Tues as I don’t work those days and find it easier to do it on those days. I have about 3 stone to lose. I lost a stone last year through the usual diet route (the not very easy way) then had an op in Sept which took the energy out of me and I pilled all the lost pounds back on! I will not be beaten and I must begin again in earnest….2nd week of fasting began today. Good luck everyone.
Larxx
Hiya All, would also like to join this group please and thank you. On my 3rd Fast Day – in my 2nd week – long way to go – yes have a lot of weight to lose (several stones) but more importantly for me I want to feel healthier – I am 52 and just had to go on blood pressure tablets – have never suffered with this – also have bad knees – damaged one a couple of years ago and the weight combined with injury means am now in constant pain – done just about every diet there is – one which worked the best was the lighter life plan (eg vlcd) but as soon as came off piled it all back on – this seems to me to be an acheiveable lifestyle – surely even I can manage 2 days a week. She says hopefully xxx so good luck everyone and here’s to a great week.
Kaz
Hi everyone,
It’s nice to see so many people starting the same process in one place! I downloaded the revised Fast Diet book over the weekend and jumped straight in with my first fast day today. I cooked a low GI soup from the BBC ‘What is the best diet for you?’ website yesterday and took a 200cal portion to work today and I’ve had smoked haddock, spinach and poached egg (recipe from the book) for dinner (just over 300cals).
What’s everyone else had? I normally snack a lot at work and usually eat breakfast religiously so it was a bit tough to skip it but I knew once I started eating I’d find it harder to stop!
I’m psyching myself up to make myself some lunch for tomorrow and resist the urge to pick at it tonight!
S x
helen yep I fasted all day, till dinner time, don’t know how that will work on work days though, I’m still working it out,
and omg upnorthmum 42 day fast!!! That must’ve took some serious willpower, I’m impressed 🙂
Well done mlc100 on your fast day, how have you felt with thirst??? I was surprised at how much water I consumed, must’ve been near 4L, so spent most my time running to loo lol
And hi and welcome to everyone, look forward to hearing how you all get on, and supporting one another #letsdothis xxxx
Hi Esjaypee
The Low GI soup sounds good. I made a lentil hotpot in the slow cooker for my tea. It’s about 150 calories per portion and so easy to make.
Recipe. 1 onion, 2 x average potato, 2 x carrot, 2x celery sticks, 1 tin of chopped tomato, 2 tbsp. of tomato puree, 1x garlic clove, 800lr of vegetable stock (OXO vege stock is what I used for the calorie count). 225g of red split lentils and a sprinkle of mixed herbs or seasoning of sorts, Shove it all in the slow cooker. It makes about 5/6 portions.
Any other easy veggie recipes gratefully received. 🙂
Larx
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