I started my fast this Monday and Thursday and I found amazingly that I was more satisfied on my fast days than I thought I would be. Granted I did think of food from time to time but the coffee and green tea helped tremendously. I lost two pounds but feel it was the two pounds I gained over our Thanksgiving holiday but still two pounds is two pounds lost. Interesting to note, Wednesday night I actually ate a lot more food at dinner thinking that it would help me not be so hungry Thursday, the next day, that I was fasting. Silly me. Won’t do that again next week. I’m in this for the long haul. I absolutely love the self-control factors gained in the 5:2 diet. I had 150 calories in the morning and 350 at dinner this week but I am going to change it up next week and have all 500 calories at dinner. I gave my husband the book to read so he can do this with me. My sister and I are doing it together which helps. Also I enjoy very much reading the posts. One plus so far from reading them is to make sure I stick to 5 and 2 fasts and 500 calories and low glycemic. In other words, don’t re-invent the wheel. Stick with what has been proven to work.

Thanks to all of you for your encouragement, storitier, stef, and xenos…I WILL POST AGAIN NEXT WEEK…looking forward to seeing more results. I am looking to lose 15 pounds. One more thing, did anyone buy the fast diet recipe book yet? Is it worth buying?

Thanks, Stef, I actually thought the recipe book was full of more 500/600 calorie meals…but you are right I don’t actually need any more cookbooks in a general sense..truth is working full time I prepare meals ahead of time (i try for healthy ones) using my crock pot and such. I plan on keeping my fast days simple with individually wrapped frozen salmon and other fish with a quinoa side dish and small salad but I’m sure I’ll soon be sick of that and will have to change it up. I don’t have the time to be fancy with these fast days, just healthy, low glycemic, low fat, low carb. So your family does not need to lose weight, that means you’re going it alone, huh? Good for you!!!

Thanks! I will try all of that!

LOL! The name came about because it is the beginning of my first and last name. My last name is a doozy. I am Italian but my husband is Polish. Thanks for the encouragement!

Hi and my first name is actually Valerie and my last name starts with Zgor and a bunch of letters in the middle and ends with ski….
Yes my sister and I are doing it together which is great. She started a few weeks before me but we definitely grunt with each other at times on our fast days which helps us get through the day

I started my second week of the fast and did not have breakfast but had all of my 500 calories at dinner. Interestingly I did struggle more but not sure why. It could be because last week my dinner conisted of fish for protein and this week I had beans as my protein and no animal/fish protein. I will again fast the whole day this coming Thursday. I am finding it very interesting that I do not wake up famished after my fast day.

So far I do not seem to exhibit a decrease in appetite on my non fast days. I, also, am in menopause for six years now. I am currently 55 years old and have found over the past two years have had trouble losing weight. I eat very healthy and walk an hour or two nearly every day. Not sure I understand much of this “new body” yet but not going to let it get me down. Just going to continue to plug away at this.

Nika

so you are on zero carbs for your non fast days or on your fast days as well as non fast days? If so, why? I thought the whole point to this was to eat what you want within the TDE on your non fast days.