5:2 diet

~Chameleon~

Jacky-f wrote: »

I usually only drink tea at breakfast and lunch then have a 400 calorie evening meal and some melon or grapes before bed.

The only problem I have found is that I wake up very early the next morning (about 5am) and get up and have breakfast as I am so hungry.

Could you perhaps try something like a boiled egg or piece of ham/chicken before bed instead of grapes/melon? The protein would be far better at staving off the hunger than high sugar carbs.

trf1960

Fast day for me today - anyone else? I am glad to say that the weight is coming off at roughly 1lb a week which is great as far as I am concerned - nice and steady. What I am bothered about though is that my clothes don't feel any different and yet I have lost the best part of 10lbs since starting this diet? I go to a gym 3-4 times a week as well so would have thought I would have toned up by now so what is happening ??

~Chameleon~

trf1960 wrote: »

Fast day for me today - anyone else? I am glad to say that the weight is coming off at roughly 1lb a week which is great as far as I am concerned - nice and steady. What I am bothered about though is that my clothes don't feel any different and yet I have lost the best part of 10lbs since starting this diet? I go to a gym 3-4 times a week as well so would have thought I would have toned up by now so what is happening ??

What sort of exercise are you doing at the gym?

Jacky-f

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

Could you perhaps try something like a boiled egg or piece of ham/chicken before bed instead of grapes/melon? The protein would be far better at staving off the hunger than high sugar carbs.

I probably should try protein. I know I'm a bit of a carb addict. It's always carbs I crave, particularly bread and fruit.

trf1960

~Chameleon~ wrote: »

What sort of exercise are you doing at the gym?

On the exercise bike, rowing machine & treadmill I type in the amount of calories I want to burn off (250 or more in total), I then use the machines ie. ab crunch etc. I do a couple of minutes on the power plate machines for legs and abs as well as weights for my waist etc. I spend about an hour and half at least three times a week in the gym. Granted have only been going for the last three weeks but what with doing the 5:2 for the past 5/6 weeks would have thought I would see some improvement by now or am I being unreasonable ?

Any

OH and I had our first fasting day yesterday.
He said it was easy for him apart from missing snacks.
Well I bet it was!! I've done all the research, counted out calories per meals and cooked it!!

We've had tiny bit of mussli in the morning - I normally eat breakfast home before I leave for work, but then I eat at 11am banana or something, so instead I left it until I was really hungry which came at about 10 o'clock and that got me through to lunch.

Which was moroccan soup with chickpeas, at 150 calories. It was very filling I have to say, I chose something low calorie but chunky hoping it will be better then pureed soup and it seemed to work.

And then for tea I made prawn red thai curry (recipe from low calorie diet website), with only 80gr prawns, 100gr potatoes and diluted coconut cream (and pepper, spices etc obviously)!!:eek: The ingredients portioned out on the side looked scary - but once all cooked and plated out on plates that made it look that there is a full plate off food:rotfl:, it was O.K.
This recipe was 266 calories.

So I think we've done well for the first day. I think it is doable, but one definitely does have to be prepared for it and shop and cook for it in advance. Off to buy scales today too to be able to track any progress... we've never owned any!!!

We've decided on fasting days for Monday and Wednesday (when we have no other commitments that would intervene with the plan) so this week really was just a trial as there is 4 days until the next day.

zmikeo

Any wrote: »

OH and I had our first fasting day yesterday.
He said it was easy for him apart from missing snacks.
Well I bet it was!! I've done all the research, counted out calories per meals and cooked it!!

We've had tiny bit of mussli in the morning - I normally eat breakfast home before I leave for work, but then I eat at 11am banana or something, so instead I left it until I was really hungry which came at about 10 o'clock and that got me through to lunch.

Which was moroccan soup with chickpeas, at 150 calories. It was very filling I have to say, I chose something low calorie but chunky hoping it will be better then pureed soup and it seemed to work.

And then for tea I made prawn red thai curry (recipe from low calorie diet website), with only 80gr prawns, 100gr potatoes and diluted coconut cream (and pepper, spices etc obviously)!!:eek: The ingredients portioned out on the side looked scary - but once all cooked and plated out on plates that made it look that there is a full plate off food:rotfl:, it was O.K.
This recipe was 266 calories.

So I think we've done well for the first day. I think it is doable, but one definitely does have to be prepared for it and shop and cook for it in advance. Off to buy scales today too to be able to track any progress... we've never owned any!!!

We've decided on fasting days for Monday and Wednesday (when we have no other commitments that would intervene with the plan) so this week really was just a trial as there is 4 days until the next day.

Well done starting, if you like butternut then I would consider replacing the potato with it, well that's what I use.
I like to make my curry base up in advance and freeze, then all I have to do is get it out the night before a fast and then add fish or whatever to my curry. If you also like spinach then that is good for bulking out a meal and for easiness I use bulgar wheat instead of rice, then just soak in boiling water for about 30 mins then you can run boiling water through it in a sieve.

Any

zmikeo wrote: »

Well done starting, if you like butternut then I would consider replacing the potato with it, well that's what I use.
I like to make my curry base up in advance and freeze, then all I have to do is get it out the night before a fast and then add fish or whatever to my curry. If you also like spinach then that is good for bulking out a meal and for easiness I use bulgar wheat instead of rice, then just soak in boiling water for about 30 mins then you can run boiling water through it in a sieve.

Thanks, I will definitely try the butternut. How many calories in that per 100gr please? Does it mean I could bulk it up?

I make my own paste, that is the most time consuming part. I already had that in the fridge actually, once made it lasts in the fridge up to 3 mths and we like red thai curry normally.

Wheat is a very good idea... I could definitely use it in soups to bulk them up into real meal. Not sure about instead of the rice though... worth a try!

zmikeo

Any wrote: »

Thanks, I will definitely try the butternut. How many calories in that per 100gr please? Does it mean I could bulk it up?

I make my own paste, that is the most time consuming part. I already had that in the fridge actually, once made it lasts in the fridge up to 3 mths and we like red thai curry normally.

Wheat is a very good idea... I could definitely use it in soups to bulk them up into real meal. Not sure about instead of the rice though... worth a try!

Going by the book, it is 40kcal for 100g, so that means more in your meal
I also find the bulgur wheat a good replacement for rice.

Any

zmikeo wrote: »

Going by the book, it is 40kcal for 100g, so that means more in your meal

:T:T:T
Yaaay, that might make even OH like butternut squash:rotfl::rotfl:
(I love it)