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5:2 diet

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  • crumblepie
    crumblepie Posts: 424 Forumite
    The 24 hour awake thing on the first shift was my downfall too. I 'cheated' last week and ate a normal but small dinner then started a 24 hour fast, so doing dinner to dinner. It says in the book that doing a 24 hour fast is ok BUT...

    I failed miserably :o as a hot cross bun and a creme egg may have fallen into my lunch bag along with the soup and salad I had planned. :) Just in case I was hungry of course but it was all scoffed.

    That's why I'm on another variation on the theme this week.
  • Mado
    Mado Posts: 21,776 Forumite
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    crumblepie wrote: »
    I failed miserably :o as a hot cross bun and a creme egg may have fallen into my lunch bag along with the soup and salad I had planned. :) Just in case I was hungry of course but it was all scoffed.
    .
    Oh well... accidents happen!
    I know that I almost invariably eat everything I take with me, so these days, I pack my lunch bag very seriously (or leave it behind on fast days).

    Stir-fry tonight...
    Planning to add water chestnuts with the greens; bought some on the other day and found that they are incredibly low in calories (18 kcals for the entire tin!:eek:). Great for the crunch factor!!!!
    I lost my job as a cricket commentator for saying “I don’t want to bore you with the details”.Milton Jones
  • elletee
    elletee Posts: 383 Forumite
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    crumblepie wrote: »
    I'm on shifts too and started 5:2 three weeks ago. I've sat and tried to do all kinds of variations of time to get the 24/36 hours + 500 cal combination but confused myself.

    The main thing for me was being on night shift and awake IYSWIM. Because most people have dinner on Day 1, sleep, eat 500 cals day 2, sleep and eat again on breakfast day 3. I was trying to do the same thing but working overnight meant it wasn't working for me and I was eating more than the 500 calories and seemed to be going days without eating properly.

    So this week I'm doing the following:

    Today is a fast day as I'm not working so 500 cals today.

    Tuesday - working overnight and eating normally.

    Wednesday - I'll eat when I get home from work in the morning, not a full blown dinner but a sandwich or something. Then sleep and count the 500 cals through my night shift until Thursday morning. Then I sleep again and have a normal dinner Thursday night. So I get my two sleeps in:D

    In theory this will work but I'll see how I get on.

    How confusing :rotfl: I'm glad you've got your head round it.

    At least with not eating a big meal during your Night shifts your Circadian Rhythms will be happy lol
  • azureblue_2
    azureblue_2 Posts: 308 Forumite
    IYSWIM sorry, means what?
    :hello:
  • crumblepie
    crumblepie Posts: 424 Forumite
    azureblue wrote: »
    IYSWIM sorry, means what?

    if you see what I mean.
  • adouglasmhor
    adouglasmhor Posts: 15,554 Forumite
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    elletee wrote: »
    Well done on completing your first week - it does get easier honest !:)

    Love the sound of sweet potato based noodles!! Off to google them now! :) (But how did Falafel mix end up in a Chinese supermarket? lol)

    Good luck

    Our local Chinese supermarket has a Polish section!!!!
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  • 1940sGal
    1940sGal Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    I love the 5:2 diet, my weight loss has been slow but steadily travels in the right direction, so I've never 'given up' like I have on any other diet.

    Lost 20lb now and am well aware it shows, but have noticed 1 negative thing. The odd 'friend' and a 'colleague' or two, who know me more than well enough, seem to be deliberately choosing to say absolutely nothing. Yet people I see just as often, but know much less, have all wasted no time in offering congratulations and enquiring "how have you done it".

    I've purposely tried NOT to be a diet bore, and don't go round shoving my daily/weekly/overall weight loss in failed dieters faces, so I find it a bit hurtful that this small pocket of people can't say "well done", particularly when I know full well they have a good look at me when they think I'm not looking.

    One person in particular did brilliantly on Weight Watchers, I never failed to offer encouragement and compliments, she's done great and I told her so. Yet now the boot is on the other foot & she knows I started doing 5:2.......barely a word!

    Aren't people strange.

    Well I must say I've experienced some of this recently from a colleague. She's part of the 'weight loss club' at work, and another colleague is always asking her how she's got on. Anyway she's always happy to talk about herself but as soon as I get asked how I'm getting on she starts finding derogative things to say about the diet. Daft things like 'yo-yo dieting never works' and 'its stupid to starve yourself' (even though I've tried explaining how it works).

    Annoying to say the least, particularly when I'm feeling so positive and trying to stay that way.

    Oh well, I guess you can't please all the people all the time :o
  • Bennifred
    Bennifred Posts: 3,986 Forumite
    1940sGal wrote: »
    Well I must say I've experienced some of this recently from a colleague. She's part of the 'weight loss club' at work, and another colleague is always asking her how she's got on. Anyway she's always happy to talk about herself but as soon as I get asked how I'm getting on she starts finding derogative things to say about the diet. Daft things like 'yo-yo dieting never works' and 'its stupid to starve yourself' (even though I've tried explaining how it works).

    Annoying to say the least, particularly when I'm feeling so positive and trying to stay that way.

    Oh well, I guess you can't please all the people all the time :o

    The proof of the pudding is in the eating - which you can do guilt-free on non-fast days, and I bet she can't! I'd just smile (and be determined to do better than her, lol)!
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  • 1940sGal
    1940sGal Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Monday morning yuck ! Lost another 2 1/2 this week and finally didn't do the overeating thing after weigh in Saturday but did yesterday with chocs and rubbish feel crappy so really happy to fast today this is something im aiming to get under control over the next few weeks .... Got a cupasoup and fruit for lunch in work with my milk for coffee comes in at 200 cals, so aiming either for some homemade soup or salad and chicken breast for dinner. Have a good day all ...

    Don't beat yourself up, I was good all day yesterday until I went to ASDA with sis and treated myself to a Creme Egg Easter Egg :o Still got 1 creme egg left though. That's for tomorrow, today's been a fast day for me too. :)
  • 1940sGal
    1940sGal Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Bennifred wrote: »
    The proof of the pudding is in the eating - which you can do guilt-free on non-fast days, and I bet she can't! I'd just smile (and be determined to do better than her, lol)!

    Precisely! I know why she's miffed. It's because her weight has stayed the same for a while now (though this is confusing because she tells the other lass she's lost x amount then tells me she's neither lost or gained) while I've been losing it. But then she admits to never exercising so what does she expect?

    On the plus side, I've just finished off a beautiful, and VERY spicy, chicken curry which came in at 246 calories. Had tomato soup for lunch with a pumpkin seed Ryvita, which was also very tasty. Followed by a tangerine. Fab fast day today :D
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