Morning Everyone
How are you all today? Well 2 consecutive fast days wasnt as bad as I was expecting. On Monday I had 457 Calories and yesterday 554 so not really bad. I started to wobble and bit and almost ate my emergency banana half way through the day but another glass of water helped.

Mica-D – its very doable I’m a newbie here but its nice to have people to share with, it makes a fast day and normal day actually easier to get through.

Bootsy – I feel like a bouncy goat this morning, I’m not usually an early bird but have been recently.

Its a non fast day for me today I’m feeling quite good as the last 2 fast days have been relatively easy lets hope that carries on all day. Tell me do you write down your food for your non fast days or just your fast days?
I only do the fast days I’m quite strict on it and everything has to be planned, would it help me more if I wrote everything down?

Oh well have lovely days everyone, the sun is shining in Mauritius oh how I wish I was at home enjoying it rather than looking out of the office window, roll on the weekend
Take care everyone and happy fasting xx

Morning all .. Venting here .. Then will run away and start the day … I gained 2 lbs from one plate of food yesterday! I know it was that since it’s all I ate lol. I knew the plate felt heavy with all that cabbage, potato, carrots and meat but dang! And I know it will go away as soon as I hit the potty lol but still DANG!! Double DANG!!

And I haven’t slept in two days more than 3 hours each night and those were in my recliner rather than in bed … Hubs hs been snoring so I haven’t been able to stay in bed when I finally could go in….. I am exhausted and headachey and cranky .. So I decided to make tomorrow fast day and today a regular day … Especially since I have that thing at the library today … Which I’m thinking why oh why at this point ….

Another reason to love this W.O.E. I can adjust the days …

Everyone have a great day …
Man I just want to stand under a hot shower and go to bed … At least there is no cooking tonight .. Leftovers .. So only need to do veggies …. And if I feel like this when I come home I’m napping I swear!

Hi Lotta et al, would it be okay if I join you?

I’m getting married in June this year (10 weeks away, eek!) and have been following the 5:2 since September (well, dabbling more like). I’ve lost 10lbs since then but ideally like to lose another 7 or so before my wedding & extended honeymoon.

Need the encouragement!

Just spent some time reading thru this thread. What an inspiring and fun group you are! Is there room for one more?

I’m in Pennsylvania in the US where we’re just struggling to come out from under a terrible winter. Now they tell us that we may have some snow on Friday, the first day of Spring! WHAT???? Sometimes I think I won’t make it thru!

I’ve been doing 5:2 since January 4th, but only down 3 lbs or so. I do a lot of exercise, so I try to go more by how I look and my waist measurement which is down at least 3 inches. I do have a bit of an issue with eating too much on weekends, so I’m working on that. I have added a couple 1,000 calorie days to my week in order to get things moving. I was not new to dieting when I started 5:2 which I think can make a difference in how quickly you lose. I’ve been about this same weight for almost 2 years(after losing 33 lbs) so I have the maintaining thing down. The only problem is that I’m still 30 lbs overweight!

I’m in the middle of a fast day and drinking green tea to keep myself going. Hope you are all doing well!

Hi all not been on for a while great to see so many people joining in the thread. I’ve had a great holiday and put 6lb back on! I lose it fast but put it back on much faster. Back to 5:2 this week a seemed to get back into it ok which is great as I when I first did this was cold and had headaches.
Weigh day Saturday so fingers crossed.

Just started today and saw this summer challenge – and reading it inspires me, so thanks for the inspiration people! I have had a green smoothie with green protein powder this afternoon. And plan to use up the rest of my 500 calories with a piece of fish and some broth if I feel hungry. So far so good though. Rearranged breakfast plans Friday morning since that will be a fast day…I plan to do the 4:3 so that I can lose a bit faster. I need to and have put this off long enough. I learned about this a year ago and did it for a few weeks with great results. So I’m back after my doc told me lose weight or else I’m putting you on diabetes medication. I’ve been hovering and have finally tipped the scale – though he said losing weight should reverse it – and help the fatty liver they apparently discovered. I want to lose 50 pounds by July. That’s my goal. I think I can do it! One (fast) day at a time…

All of your stories are very inspiring. Congratulations to all of you for your success! I would like to join you 🙂 I am a 30 year old female weighing 180 pounds and would like to lose 50 pounds. I know this will take more time than just summer, but I look forward to seeing my summer results. This is day ONE for me! I stumbled across this site yesterday while researching the health benefits of fasting. I have decided to start this! I am doing a 4:3 for the first week to see what happens. I have been having stomach problems recently and I was originally researching fasting as a way of cleansing and healing the body, and I am excited to discover there is more to it than that!! Today is my first fasting day. My weeks are running from Wednesday to Tuesday since I wanted to start right away and it was the middle of the week. I plan to have a 350 calorie dinner tonight, a banana for lunch today, and drink plenty of water all day. Here I go!

Good Morning!

I’m in a terrific mood as the sun is shining, I had a good boot camp workout, and the scale was down this morning! It’s about time!!

My fast day yesterday was a struggle from start to finish. I ended up with about 800 calories instead of 500, but no matter, the scale did not care! Today I’m aiming for a “half-fast” of 1,000 calories. Shouldn’t be a problem. Tomorrow I look forward to eating a bit more.

Rho…misery loves company, so we’ll have to check in tomorrow with our snow totals! 😉 This is truly the Winter that wouldn’t die!

Have a great day everyone!

Hello Everybod!

Just a quick pop-in to say hello to all friends old and new. (And new ones here but old ones from other threads – You Know Who You Are, Lori_PA :-D)

I had a good FD yesterday – demanding but enjoyable. I had a few difficult moments late morning. To help me through, I visualised all these people, all at different times of the day and in different countries, who were at that moment fasting with me. Strength thoughts, indeed!

Lotta, I loved your summary of the flexibility of 5:2 – so true. It’s a Big Tent*, where everyone can get their needs met. * But not a big tent, like those tee shirts I used to try and hide myself in, teehee.

Speaking strictly for myself, am totally with ya, mogs, on defying the tyranny of the scales.

Good wishes to all,
Bootsy B.

I’m at 391 and I’m calling it for today ….. It was leftover corned beef an cabbage so salt will hit probably lol

Fast .. Only a little jealous of your weather right now .. Just wait till tomorrow night though Hehehehe. Lori i keep repeating “it won’t last it won’t last”.

Hi Bootsy

Charliebear hope you keep feeling better and yay for the hubs joining you I wish mine would

Hello everyone, happy Friday!

I survived FD 1 yesterday. I finished with 595 calories, a bit higher than I was aiming for, but they were all healthy calories and I am pleased. It was not hard at all because I kept thinking ‘I can have that tomorrow’ when i wanted something bad. I am even more pleased that tomorrow is here and I don’t want it now 🙂

My goal is to eventually get to where I can have one FD per week where I don’t eat anything at all besides water. The health benefits for doing this seem outstanding. I am just amazed that something so simple can do so much good for our bodies, inside and out!

I love reading all the posts on this thread. you are all amazing and inspiring 🙂

Aloha Friday! Charliebear-Pilates is awesome for your back and your entire Core. But do wait until you are fully recovered. I find it can be hard on my back when it’s acting up.
Mac-nice to get those comments!
Will be doing a 3rd Fast day tomorrow, don’t expect any issues. Reading through the threads reinforces my thinking and leaves me with positive thoughts to reflect upon.

Is anyone like me and you don’t feel you’ve really lost anything until you hit a magic number – for me it is 20lbs ….after that number I don’t stress numbers at all until I’m a lb away from the next decade of numbers … Now overall I’ve lost 58.5 lbs since my highest weight but I’m at 14.5 lbs lost since I started back … I will be interested in seeing the inches lost on the first .. I think I’ve done well with inches this month ..

We are still under a winter storm warning until around 9 am and its below freezing still .. Hope the sun works it’s way out quickly and the melt starts .. But the end of the week it will be in the mid to high 50’s (F of course lol. Otherwise yikes…)

Yay Mac on the stone lost!

I track my food everyday .. Does anyone else … I eat what I want on my nonfast days but I still track it in LoseIt..I’m finding it is rare that I actually get up to my TDEE and if I do it is a time where we have gone out .. Normally it seems to be between 900-1400 calories .. The 900 isnt all that often but it does fall in between that range – So how the heck did I end up at this weight? I’m probably not eating the junk at night since I have also made a “no eating after 8” as a general rule but that was for acid at night not weight loss …

Oh well it’s interesting .. And I will track foods and daily weights just because I think I have the heart of a researcher and I want to see trends over the long run. I LOVE not having to track foods and obsess about them other than 2 days a week … WW is a wonderful plan for people but not this people … I totally and truly obsessed about every thing that I ate on that .. I was making myself sick with it and when the scalable barely moved it ruined my day even my week … Now I have a momentary thought of damn I wish it were more but it doesn’t stick with me .. I only count my monthly weighin and measurements even though I weigh daily ..

Hi Everybod!

Result, Lotta! It must be so encouraging psychologically for you to see the numbers drop after your long, long plateau. And 400g is nearly 1lb, in ‘old money’.

Charliebear – good to hear from you. I hope the scan gives useful info for the right treatment. Pilates sounds good (when you are better). You might be interested in the Alexander Technique, too. Glad you have now got an FD buddy at home!

MAC2015 – hooray for passing your (mile)stone! I’ve taken the same approach as you about timescales. At first I set some targets eg ‘Size 14 by (last) Xmas’. Looking back, they were unrealistic. Now I am equally interested in fasting as a WOL and at the sense of self esteem around food which it gives me, so I am happy as long as the scales go down – however gradually. As I’ve prob posted before, I weigh myself very rarely, so I avoid seeing most of the ups and downs which no doubt happen. I just don’t trust myself not to get obsessed if I weighed more often. Rho1640, I couldn’t keep that attitude of being a ‘researcher’ on myself, though it clearly works for you.

I’m still not at that damned size 14 (US size 10)! BUT, I weighed myself yesterday, for the first time since end January, and I was 168 lb or 12 stone 🙂 For me, that’s a ‘magic number’ 🙂 and one I’ve not seen since the last millennium 🙂 It means that, since early September last year, I’ve lost 23 lb. I worked out that’s about 3lb per month which, these days, I feel very happy with.

rho1640, my experience with logging food is: I count cals on FDs; try and count to my goal weight TDEE for a couple of non FDs; try and eat sensibly for 2 days but without counting cals and then – let myself have one day a week where it’s eat what I like. Today happened to be that day! Burger (sadly, not a very good quality one), chips, shortbread, lattes.

Just wanted to post some thoughts on my FDs. They still vary enormously in difficulty. My first this week was a breeze but my second, yesterday, was much more demanding. What helped was knowing that I have 6 months of experience of fasting: I’ve had tough days before and got through them and felt glad the next day, so I could rely on that happening again. It felt like I’d built up good ‘fasting muscles’!

It’s been a bright but chilly Spring day here in the West Country in England. Very invigorating! I do hope yours comes soon, too, all friends in North America.

Bootsy x

Hi all,
It’s been awhile since my last log-in.
I’ve been continuously doing 5:2 even though I’m hardly seeing results at the moment.
Very frustrating to Br stucked in 70 kg and not breaking the 60iesh number. Seems like I’m just maintaining my wait. Thinking of doing 4:3. But then I know that 4:3 is much more restricting and demanding for me. Won’t feel like a lifestyle anymore. But if that’s what helps?????
I’m not really overeating at non FD. Sometimes I exceed my 1700 cal and mostly eat around 1500 cal.

Hi rho and welcome:

There is no need to eat to your TDEE on non diet days. You can eat less with no danger to your weight loss. Remember, the basic rule is the less you eat, the more you lose.

Some people that believe you must eat to your TDEE on your non diet days believe in the ‘starvation mode’ theory. That theory is a myth – it is totally wrong. See the FAQ at the top of this page, or this post by Dr. M: https://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/topic/food-thought-fast-day-starvation-mode/

Good Luck!

Hi sunflower:

No. The less you eat, the more you lose.

Good Luck!

Hey Shaza!

Delighted to hear from you. Was a bit worried you’d lost heart as you had seemed a bit down in your last few posts on the ‘old’ thread. A big well done on your loss and great respect for your perseverance. I reckon you are now officially a Role Model 🙂

Good luck for the week ahead to Everybod!

Bootsy
x

Thanks Sim … I’ve been rereading the book to refresh my memory on it but I’ve been stressing about it … I feel much better now … Can you tell I was making myself crazy over this lol

I normally fast on Monday but today just worked out to be a low cal day that ended on 459 .. So I may make today my fd … One of those days where people were In and out all day and never got a chance to eat …and made homemade baked beans that ended up being dinner on toast ..plus tomorrow my BIL is having a hip replacement so we may end up going in to see him and see how he is doing tomorrow night ..which could be take out or restaurant so it works out good I think

Yes, we are pretty much snow free now, but still cold! I want the mornings to warm up so I can alternate going out for a run/walk with my boot camp workouts. I’m trying to be patient with this weather, but it’s not easy! I’m aching to get out on the golf course too!

Fast day Monday for me. Not sure if my 2nd will be Wednesday or Thursday, but I’m thinking it’ll be Thursday. We’re leaving on Friday to go away for the weekend, so that will entail eating out quite a lot, so I best have a repair day directly before we go!

Keep reminding myself to drink lots of water. I slack off on that on the weekends so I must get back into my 72 oz. plus goal for the day.

Ok everyone……glasses up……drink! Water, of course!! 😉

Hello everyone, I dropped off for a few days haven’t felt particularly great, had a nagging headache/migraine since Thursday thank fully feels better today.

So how is everyone?

I weighed in today and even after a bit of a foodie weekend I am pleased to say that a kilo has gone plus centimetres off my bust, waist and hips

1st fast day of the week tomorrow and I’ve found a nice sausage casserole recipe http://www.52recipes.co.uk/2013/02/20/sausage-casserole/ I think I am going to adjust it further and use veggie sausages. I am vegan on a Tuesday so with spicy veggie sausages I think this will be lovely. It helps give me more focus if I make something new for my fast days and I really really look forward to eating it.
I don’t think I will do consecutive days this week, it was easier last week as there was a purpose and my week was unbelievable busy so it was fairly easy. This week I think it will be Tuesday and Thursday.

Oh well I hope everyone is well and have enjoyed Monday, congrats everyone on your journey so far.

Bootsy, I too think I’m developing “fast muscles” – I’m definitely finding it easier as time goes on. Today I’ve barely even thought about it.

And on from that, I hear ya rho1640 – obsessive regimes get me down. I did Slimming World and while it’s great for a lot of people, I found it an absolute chore. I *hated* going to the meetings, I couldn’t see the point of them. Many people find the support really helpful, I just found it a drag. Bunch of fat folks sitting around with lips wobbling because they’d been “naughty” and had a piece of toast, and then some bore dribbling on for ages reading out their FAScinating food diary. And then we’d all “analyse” what wrong for them, and yet at NO POINT did someone observe, “well, it turns out I’m a greedy b****** and I just really fancied a cake”. </rant>

Resented paying for it too – I figure that not eating anything is free! 5:2 has had the unlooked-for but most welcome side effect of saving me a few quid a week. I’m gaining pounds hahahahhhahah </wit>

Don’t know what I weigh at the moment, but found a top in the back of the wardrobe at the weekend and lo! what once was clingy is now loose. Booyah.