Extra Lessons In Tempting Essentials

Tinyshoes wrote: »

Good job I didn't, I would not have seen you.

The joys of a camo onsie!

Night all, I'm off to stansted in 30 so will think of you all snoozing.
First day back at work tomorrow and then off to the west end with my free tickets, gonna be kna*k*rd on saturday when dgd1 comes to stay the night.......she usually get s me up at 3am:(
sweet dreams xx

1,Start by searching '5 2 diet' in google - I won't list particular pages / articles I recommend. I am not an expert, I have only done this for a few months now. Please read around, most pages / receipe websites / pages specifically about the 5;2 will more or less say the same things. Wiki page is a good read as well as some newspaper articles.

Also this video is a must watch, go to link and see first post on wall, https://www.facebook.com/barnabasnfam This is the original Horzon Documentary by Michael Mosley which inspired me to start this months ago:)

EDIT 16th June; zmikeo has found a great article explaining exactly what the 5;2 diet is, just read it and don't buy the book I say, it can be found here http://the5-2dietbook.com/forums/discussion/137/what-is-a-52-fast/p1

2, Create a 'MyFitnessPal' profile - many calories for foods are already listed on there, I use it to calculate calories and also add my own for anything not on there/incorrect on there. I find using this invaluable on fast days. I am jelbab, http://www.myfitnesspal.com/jelbab on there, once you join, you may find and add me, we can work out calories together.

3, create a shopping list on msm...I have called mine 5;2, helps me remember all fast day foods and shows me special offers as and when they start up soon as I click my list on these fast day foods, so I buy more of these foods and stock up when they are on offer then, well I am a mse'r:)

4, start drinking water, a litre to 1.5litres a day before starting this. Do this for several days before starting, Your body will start to get used to feeling fuller on less. When you start off I would recommend you pick days when you know you don't have to do too much. It's either me being lazy or I just found it helpful lounging around, relaxing on my fast days in the first few weeks I did.

5, Vitamins- I found that having a multivitamin or B2 complex capsule plus a fizzy orange tab (one of those you pop in water) helps keep my energy up and helps me get through the day. Don't think you need to spend on fancy vitamins - i simply have a boots own multivitamin.

6,I will love to give you my tips, this should not be taken as - this is what you are supposed to do. It's just an idea of how I like to do it. Preparation is key. eg- make up sugar free jelly a day in advance, chop up veggies, red onions etc.

I restrict myself to 600 cals for the day.

Fluids- throughout the day, I have;
1 can of diet coke, 2 sometimes. 2 cals
Options hot choc.
2 cups of tea or coffee, with coffee mate light or dash of milk and sweetener = 80cals (roughly)
1.5litre's of water.

I find a full hearty breakfast is the way to start the day, 1 egg, 2 tomatoes, 1/3 tin baked beans, mushrooms, 1 linda mccartney sausage (60 cals) or quorn sausage. = @ 220cals meal

1 egg omlette, (whisk in some water with egg to make it go further,( with sliced green beans, cherry toms, peppers, red onion, baby corn. cut up all, mix all in a jug / bowl with egg and fry in a non-stick 1tsp rapeseed oil / extra virgin olive oil / or better still for this day, 1 cal spray. and once cooked serve with a large dollop of cottage cheese. = @200cals meal plus add cals for cottage cheese.

Greek 0% fat yogurt, pineapple, peaches, grapes, 1/2 apple(@ 18cals), natural granola, a dash of honey =150 cal breaki/meal

2/3 mug skimmmed milk or semi, 2/3 mug oats (great if you have the 65p chosen by you glitchy stuff, using mine up this way) and a dash of water, stick in microwave, out in 2-3 mins. chuck in some honey and or/or fruits = @140/170 cals

For meat eaters- Chicken salad, with newmans balsamic dressing or a ww o% dressing. @150cals

many more low cal meal ideas...I will share more

snacks in the day-

cup of tea /coffee / hot choc and 2 crackers with phili lightest, 3 helpings of jelly per day. fatfree yogs x 1- 1/2 pot at a time. Carrot sticks with cottage cheese.

I end at about 600-650cals a day.

Foods I always get in before a fast day-
Veggi sausages
eggs
0% fat Greek Yogurt
v.Low fat cottage cheese
Muller fat free yogs
Honey (manuka if you can, better for health, but any clear runny honey to drizzle)
Phili lightest 3% fat
v.Low fat cracker bread (Waity's sell a foreign make/named one, this is one with 17 odd cals each and is tasty(will look at packaging tomorrow when downstairs), but sada own low fat is fine too, bigger and 35 cals each, I snap those in half)
wholemeal bread-Hovis wholemeal is fine, works out gram for gram, same cal value as the nimble/ ww variety - but not completely sure.
Options hot choc bottle/ sachets.
WW Jelly Sachets (for us veggie's, this is the only choice, Hartley's fat free have pork gelatine in their new recipe-annoying! good for you non-veggi's to buy in though) 35p each, 5 flavours at sada, orange I liked the best. make them up with less water for a thicker jelly, it is still only 11 cals per bowl made up with one sachet. one sachet = 2 servings.
Almonds- a handful of almonds per fast day.
Dried Apple.
Dried Pineapple.
Raisins/Sultanas.

veg- carrots, mushrooms, green beans, baby corn, peppers

fresh fruits-pineapple, strawberries, raspberries, melon - cantaloupe or yellow melon, water melon, apples, grapes

tinned-peaches in juice, grapefruit segments in juice

Above are essentials I find best to have in stock before fast days. Also, good to have in your fridge for snacks on fast days- muller rice, 1/2 a pot at a time if you have to have something sweet and only if yogurt won't do, also, Walls mini milk lollies- 25cals per lolly. I personally refrain from having lollies or any ice cream/sweet stuff on fast days, but, my friends and family who do the 5;2 do. I explain to them time and time again, why have something sweet on the fast day when you can eat whatever you want 5 days per week. Answer I get from them is, because they have to have something sweet! :roftl:

Remember all my fellow lovelies on here, there is no pain in this 5;2 plan, don't feel sad that you are stopping yourself from having what you fancy on 2 days a week, whatever it is you do fancy- you get to eat what you want the day after

That is why I don't really see it as a diet, it's more a healthy eating plan:) A way that has helped me tremendously. You can lose weight or maintain it on this, it's brilliant in my opinion:) You can do it! :T

*FF sits here at this late hr thinking, I do sell this well:D someone, somewhere who invented this needs to pay me*

Right bed for me, hugs to all:) x x

silvercar wrote: »

A fellow poster has a very sick child who spends most of each day hooked up to a machine.

He is trying to get enough votes to win some funding. If you have a minute to read about it and hopefully vote, the link is here:

https://www.directdebit.co.uk/TheBigBreak/100GoodCauses/Pages/CauseDetail.aspx?CauseId=1627

This is his signature on here - if you want more details follow the links.

"Please take the time to have a look around [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] (his) Daughter's website https://www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
And also the website that researches her illness https://www.port-charity.org.uk (MSE Andrea says ok!)"

:sad::sad:

Haven't posted in aaaaages, so so so busy - can't keep up and didn't think it was fair to just read pick-n-mix style, but had to say thanks for this one - thanks to MSE Andrea for saying it was ok, and thanks for posting.

...and MORNING!! :j

silvercar wrote: »

A fellow poster has a very sick child who spends most of each day hooked up to a machine.

He is trying to get enough votes to win some funding. If you have a minute to read about it and hopefully vote, the link is here:

https://www.directdebit.co.uk/TheBigBreak/100GoodCauses/Pages/CauseDetail.aspx?CauseId=1627

This is his signature on here - if you want more details follow the links.

"Please take the time to have a look around [STRIKE]my[/STRIKE] (his) Daughter's website https://www.daisypalmertrust.co.uk
And also the website that researches her illness https://www.port-charity.org.uk (MSE Andrea says ok!)"