5:2 diet

spirit

hello msgnomey,

I do mine on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday since I find work distracting and also not so easy to be tempted to snack on rubbish.

The first few fast days can be tricky, but after that you get used to it.

Good luck with the loss, I too am going to lose a similar amount to you.

adouglasmhor

Fast day today, wearing my new chinos and shirt in my new smaller size!! with an new hole punched in my belt.

anika

Hi all, fast day for me as well. I guzzle cold ginger and lemon tea all day, put in a jug with lemon and limes, better on hot days, but can't do much about the weather:o:o Stick with it if you are new, I find it has got easier as I go along and I am not so obsessive with the calories, I seem to know what to eat now. I always have tea and milk and then don't feel like I am going without! Youngs fish in batter, and yes a large one! With massive salad or veg and a dollop of tartar sauce. And plain yogurt for desert, that's me. I could eat something lower in calls than the fish, but just fancy it, and it is doable for 500 calls. Good luck to today's fasters:)

Mado

Well done to everyone.
Fasting today as well.

I don't know why but the scales are just refusing to move down for me at the mo, so can't seem to shift my holiday excesses... but since I'm in it for the overall benefits, I'm still sticking to it.

Dd made me buy a skirt that is just that little bit too tight for comfort (but looks great apparently...) so I have no choice anyway:D

System

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Fast day today, wearing my new chinos and shirt in my new smaller size!! with an new hole punched in my belt.

Well done you, sounds good
Fast day for me too, boiled egg for breakfast and another for lunch with green leaves and a mushroom, and lots of ginger tea.
My waist measurement hasn't changed but my trousers fit better! Strange.

mudgekin

First fast day for me. We will have smoked chicken breast for dinner tonight along with barley couscous with chilli, mint, and ras hanuf spices. I need to think of some veg but was thinking of baby tomatoes

I have had 4 cups of tea with milk today and that is going to be my biggest issue. I love tea and hate it without milk. fruit teas don't do it for me so I have asked DH to get lemons and also some bovril cubes for a change.

At this point I just feel bloated and desperate to get rid of the feeling that my skin is 2 sizes too small

balletshoes

mudgekin wrote: »

First fast day for me. We will have smoked chicken breast for dinner tonight along with barley couscous with chilli, mint, and ras hanuf spices. I need to think of some veg but was thinking of baby tomatoes

I have had 4 cups of tea with milk today and that is going to be my biggest issue. I love tea and hate it without milk. fruit teas don't do it for me so I have asked DH to get lemons and also some bovril cubes for a change.

At this point I just feel bloated and desperate to get rid of the feeling that my skin is 2 sizes too small

Try having slightly less milk in your tea each time you make a cup, see if you can cut down on the milk that way without getting rid of it completely. I'm a big coffee drinker and I'm gradually doing less and less milk in my coffee this way. I don't want to do away with the milk completely as I don't like black coffee, but dark brown is palatable .

I also felt bloated the first couple of fast days I did (I'm on my 6th one today) and last Monday I felt like carp all day, was absolutely positive I wouldn't make it past lunchtime without pigging out completely, but I held firm and I did it! No-one was more surprised than I was, let me tell you :rotfl:.

I'm not being particularly good on my feast days, but I think this is the beauty of this plan - you're only really depriving yourself on 2 days a week. Its a long-term plan, not a short-term result type of deal. As long as you don't binge your head off on your feast days, you should start feeling better and seeing the results.

tesuhoha

Mado wrote: »

Well done to everyone.
Fasting today as well.

I don't know why but the scales are just refusing to move down for me at the mo, so can't seem to shift my holiday excesses... but since I'm in it for the overall benefits, I'm still sticking to it.

Dd made me buy a skirt that is just that little bit too tight for comfort (but looks great apparently...) so I have no choice anyway:D

I was on a plateau for a long long time, about 5-6 weeks I think but I kept the faith and eventually my weight started moving down again. Are you eating enough on non fast days to keep your metabolism going?

elizabunny

Fast day for me too today. Well done everyone! Just sipping hot lemon and ginger so far today. My weight is stuck again too. Weighed in Friday -no change. Not too worried though, although I don't cheat on fast days I really do eat what I fancy on non fast days, so fully expect a painfully slow weight loss. as long as it goes down eventually I am happy. Planning an omelette and huge salad for dinner tonight.:D

Crispy_Ambulance

Fast day for me today as well. I've been feeling really hungry for the last hour (cycled home, so I'm guessing that's why) so I've just had a cup of vegetable bouillon and I've got an omelette and salad for later.

Haven't weighed myself for a couple of weeks but I'm not really after losing any more weight. It's more for health now.