5:2 diet

anika

zmikeo wrote: »

Hi all fast day today, and had the one meal again which as always was fish curry with spinach, but tonight instead of bulgur wheat or brown rice, I had couscous with it.
I must say I seemed to get a fuller feeling after the meal, so may choose couscous in the future.
Can't find where my DW found it, but she read that couscous was better for a diet as it swelled in stomach after eating, which I have experienced
Just wondered if anyone had any views on it ?


I have couscous and chargrilled veg on most fast days and it makes a massive bowl for well under 500k. I even have it when I am not fasting. I usually grate parmesan cheese on it, not to every ones taste, but I like it. As for drinks, I have soda and lime, that's refreshing and low cal. soda water and a dash of lime juice.

1940sGal

Morning all!

Well I've lost 1lb this week. Didn't expect any more than that tbh because at one point during the week my mum was given a shed load of bramley apples and a bowl full of blackberries by a friend so she decided to make 3 different crumbles. One apple, one apple and blackberry and one rhubarb and blackberry. And crumbles are my favourite dessert ever. I'm just amazed I didn't eat more than I did

Feel good today though. I tried a kettlebell workout at the gym yesterday and it was suitably knackering

Looking forward to the day I measure my waist and find it dipping below the 30" mark though. I'm close at 30.5 but I haven't lost anything from my measurements for ages, so roll on the day that starts changing again!

Have a great weekend folks

gwen80

Hi all

Finished my second fast yesterday. Will try to plan not to fast on a Friday again, just bad planning this first week and fear of fasting! It was actually fine. Had some hungry moments - to be expected, but nothing terrible. Had a M&S Feel fuller for longer or whatever they're called Beef bourginon meal last night as a change from the omelette.

What do people eat on non-fast days? Do you really eat normally or have you modified your diet at all? I'm planning on having pancakes with maple syrup this morning

G

Ruby_Ruby

Well I did an unplanned no food at all fast yesterday. I managed fine all day just the odd pang which came and went. Then I went to bed dreaming of banana bread and pancakes, and couldn't get a wink of sleep and had to get up about 4am to eat something. Oh well.

Gwen on non fast days I don't tend to worry about it, and have what I fancy, just maybe a little less of it than I did previously as I find myself asking whether I really need what I'm about to eat.

gwen80

Ruby_Ruby wrote: »

Well I did an unplanned no food at all fast yesterday. I managed fine all day just the odd pang which came and went. Then I went to bed dreaming of banana cake and pancakes, and couldn't get a wink of sleep and had to get up about 4am to eat something. Oh well.

Gwen on non fast days I don't tend to worry about it, and have what I fancy, just maybe a little less of it than I did previously as I find myself asking whether I really need what I'm about to eat.

How come you did an no food fast yesterday Ruby_Ruby? I just had my pancakes so hopefully it'll be ok. I plan to try to eat reasonably healthily (fruit and veg) for nutrition reasons, but not to sit there hungry on non-fast days. There are good kitchen facilities at work and I'm thinking of taking in a big pot of yoghurt for snacking on non-fast days. Have you really lost 9.5lbs in just over a month Ruby_Ruby? I'd be very happy if I could achieve something like that.

Ruby_Ruby

Yeah, I've been doing Alternated Day Fasting for the last month. That was totally unplanned as I had just intended to do 5:2 but I got a bit scared on my first week that I would over eat if I had too many feast days in a row, so I just carried on eating one day fasting the next. I lost 9.5lb in 3 weeks then stayed the same on the 4th, which was fine as I thought the loss was a little fast, and I was concerned about loose skin. :eek:

I kind of gave myself a break from fasting this week, thought I'd just do Monday, but half way through yesterday I realised that I hadn't eaten, and wasn't hungry particularly, so I thought I'd just carry on, then I wondered if I could just manage on low cal drinks and water.

Anyway all was fine until I tried to sleep, I ended up reading, doing some work online then finally eating at around 4am

I'm thinking about doing 4:3, Mon, Wed, Fri from next week

I've been fancying whole-wheat pancakes and maple syrup for a while now, that sounds like a good Sunday morning breakfast don't you think?.

gwen80

Ah, you've been doing alternate day fasting... Hmm, will have to check out other sig's to see how much weight people have lost on 5:2.

I think pancakes and maple syrup sound like an excellent Saturday or Sunday breakfast LOVE maple syrup...mmm...have you ever had those biscuits from Canada? They're like maple syrup flavoured custard creams...OMG...

Ruby_Ruby

No I haven't tried those Canadian biscuits, I'll have to have a look for them, they do sound yum.

You will still lose a decent amount doing 5:2, don't worry about it, there has been some very inspiring success on this thread, and I'll switch to that the closer I get to my goal

If you haven't already, I would check out MyFitnessPal too, and join the 5:2 group on there http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/logout

1940sGal

gwen80 wrote: »

What do people eat on non-fast days? Do you really eat normally or have you modified your diet at all? I'm planning on having pancakes with maple syrup this morning

G

I'm with Ruby, I just have what i fancy. I stay conscious of what I'm eating but I don't worry about it too much. Obviously i indulge at times but I don't go mad.

gwen80

I feel really dizzy again today. It is TOTM so it could be that or it could be the fasting or a combination of the two. Do other people normally feel dizzy the day after a fast?

G