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Hi Pally666, I started 3 weeks ago trying to spread the calories on fast days but most posts I have seen seem to be saying that people find it easier to fast all day and eat in the evening. Plus it effectively gives you a 24 complete fast period each time (dinner night before fast day to dinner fast day), which should be a good thing.
I honestly thought there was no way I could possily do that – but I can and I do and just fill up on water and fruit teas during the day. And it gets easier.
But you just need to find a way that works for you 🙂
Interesting posts. I seem to be doing well on the 5:2 after nearly two weeks, on Monday and Thursday. If and when I reach a plateau I might consider an extra days fast. On fast days I have a small breakfast, a very low cal snack lunchtime and rest of my 500 calorie allowance about 6pm. This way I seem to avoid the hunger pangs. I watch what I eat on non fast days keeping to about 1,730. I don’t actually count them, but have cut down on fatty snacks, biscuits and cake in between meals, use sweeteners instead of sugar etc. I’m eating more fish too plus stir fries with minimum fat and add water if a little dry. I always weigh portions on fast days to be as accurate as possible. So far so good!
In answer to Pally666’s question, At 71 years of age, with a few medical issues, I find I need something lunchtime, but it’s usually only a slim soup OR a small apple, around 50 cals on average, so I hope it won’t make much difference, as I still stick to the 500 cals for the day and have most of them around 6pm. As I said before it appears to work for me this way! I don’t eat anything else after 6pm, though may sip on a very small glass of diet lemonade throughout the evening. I think keeping to the calories on fast days is the important factor here. Doing it this way I can resist the temptation to binge!
Ann, Still doing the same old thing and still completely happy and satisfied with the plan and it’s results. I can tell that I am making progress by the way my clothes fit and by the way I feel about my body in general. I just feel that there is a bit less of me! I went on a 10 vacation to visit a daughter and fit in two fasts (which meant that I was missing at least one) but it seemed perfectly OK to do that. I think that having noticed some progress, and from a plan that doesn’t feel at all arduous, it makes me want to keep going and not give anything back.
I’ve been doing this long enough now that I’ve stopped counting how long it’s been because I think this is just the way I’ll eat from now on. Hope you’re doing well, too.
Hi Maybelle, good for you and I also see it as a lifestyle change
I have been doing this since June and have lost 5 kilos
It is very slow but am enjoying finding something that I can stick to
I do 2 days in a row, usually Monday and Tuesday. I have nothing to eat from 7pm Sunday night until 12 pm Monday and then again at 6 pm that night
Nothing again from 6.30 pm to 12 pm Tuesday and 6 pm again
When I wake up Wednesday I can actually last till about 11 am before I have something to eat, so am doing some quite long fasts
Mariao, Excellent! But I don’t know how you do two days in a row. I am just finishing a fast day today and the stretch from 2 to 7pm with only a carrot felt LONNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. Once dinner is over I am fine and will try and wait a bit for breakfast tomorrow morning. I don’t think in terms of kilos but it sounds like a lot!!! Yes, I think what’s important is thinking of this as the way that I will live from now on. I am hoping for maybe a half pound a week and that would be fine because it’s more than I’d thought I could accomplish ever again!!!
I’d find 2 days in a row tough. I like the idea that on a Fast Day, I always tell myself that tomorrow I can enjoy that nice breakfast and latte.
I opt to go Breakfast and Dinner only, saving as many calories for Dinner. Working through lunch, and drinking black coffee during the day – I am finding it easier to manage. Fasting days are becoming easier.
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