I will be starting tommorrow. I will try to skip breakfast and have a small lunch(soup) and dinner. I did it before and it seemed to work for me.

Also starting tomorrow. Aiming to lose at least a stone by March. Thinking of 3 meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner…going to be a challenge, but would like to lose weight as soon to be mother of the bride! I am a vegetarian so need to give some thought to dinner as usually fall back on cheese and carbs… Must learn not to binge on non-fast days!

Also starting tomorrow, with a breakfast and diner planned. Will have to convince my dear work colleague that tomorrow will be a latte free day. Good luck from the Netherlands everybody!

Hi:

For all of you starting tomorrow, here are some tips: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/the-basics-for-newbies-your-questions-answered/

Good Luck!

Hi Ab:

Still down 50.

Its all in the threads.

Good Luck!

Started last week and am on my 4th FD today. I’ve lost a couple of pounds quickly because my diet style changed so dramatically, I think! Will see if it keeps up the loss. I’d like to lose 20 pounds and wear my favorite clothes again.
Good luck to everyone!

@bookworm. Unless you have permanently damaged your thyroid then a hypothyroid condition is just a “correct” response due to poor diet. By poor diet I mean a diet with lots of sugar and simple carbs. Such a diet will mean that you have elevated insulin levels. Under such conditions you can not access stored energy reserves (glycogen and fat). As a result your best alternative is to severely reduce your metabolic rate AND to be constantly grazing all day long to ensure you have enough glucose present. Cut out all sugar and grain based foods for six months and have your thyroid function rechecked. No pasta, bread, pizza, biscuits, rice, potatoes etc. Get all your carbs from veggies. try ait and see what happens.

@Mtkat. The average overweight person stores about 550g (1.2 lb) of glycogen. For every gram of glycogen you also store 4 grams of water. So initially fasting means you are severely depleting those glygogen+water stores. A weight loss of 2-2.5kg (4.5-5.5 lb) in very quick time is not uncommon. It slows down after that to somewhere between 0.5-1kg (1-2 lb). That is when you start consuming stored fat.

How is everyone getting on?
Due to life getting in the way I am on my 2nd FD today and going to try for a liquid fast

I’m on my 3rd fast day today 🙂 feeling hungry but alright. Keep checking in with myself about the reasons I’m doing this to preempt any “cheating”. Have dropped 3 pounds since starting last week, and hope to have dropped another 11 pounds at the beginning of December, as I have my birthday coming up. 🙂

Good for you, @bookworm! 🙂 I also lasted until around 7 pm today. Broke my fast with sushi – subbed rice for broccoli “rice” and everything amounted to 470 calories 😁 fighting a craving for the vegan Nutella in my cupboard right now… grabbed a Coke Zero instead. Argh. Just 12 hours till breakfast tomorrow morning……. when are you fasting next, @bookworm?

Oooooh bookworm, that is great! Incredible! Keep it up! I ‘m jealous! Not really, I lost 1.2 kg in 2 weeks. Am really chuffed as well! 😀