5:2 diet

Mado

Old_Socks_old_Stick wrote: »

I know, but I could have eaten something else as I felt hungry before I went to bed. I was ok till 4pm (yesterday) and then hunger really set in. I will probably do the same on Thursday, just drink green tea till about 4pm and then space the food out over the evening.

To be fair, the first few fasts, I went to bed with a rumbling stomach wondering if it was really wise. :rotfl: (and if OH could hear it).
If you opt for something containing pulse in the evening (there is a tomatoe and lentil soup recipe lurking around), you're more likely to feel full longer.

tesuhoha

I did my first proper fast today since Christmas. It was difficult because I've developed a chocolate/sugar craving and the desire to graze due of all the treats lying around. This fast is my life saver. I keep it simple drinking normal tea and usually eat some dinner. I've just finished a tuna salad with home made lemon oil dressing. The lettuce was crisp and delicious.

easilyamused

Only started this on Sunday (my first fast day - just to see how it went before going back to work) and today was my first fast day while in the office. Thought it would be awful, surrounded by people scoffing bacon sarnies for breakfast and cakes and wotnot, but I actually found it surprisingly easy. Decided not to have any breakfast, just kept myself going with herbal teas and water and then had soup, two oatcakes with low fat philadelphia and an apple for lunch and holding off as long as possible this evening until I have my Weightwatchers Ocean Pie (196 calories... not really the sort of thing I eat regularly, mind, it was on offer for £1 in Morrisons!). I was all ready to eat it at about 5pm, but have just had a few glasses of water and so far it's done the trick.

Interesting testing out how much you can push feelings of hunger and the effect on the body I'm finding.

easilyamused

Okay, lesson learned. Will assemble big chunky salad for dinner on Thursday's fast. One sloppy-swimming-in-sauce ready-made diet meal doesn't quite do the trick!! After a mostly liquid diet all day of soup, tea and water I definitely think I needed something a bit more substantial that involved chewing!

melbury

GreenFairy wrote: »

I've had entirely guilt free pizza and two rum and ginger ales this evening as a first-day-back-at-uni treat, happy in the knowledge that tomorrow is a fast day. I even took a week off over Christmas, ate all around me and still only gained a pound, which is gone already.

Some fast days are harder than others, but I love this way of eating. I feel great and there's no food forbidden, which would only make me want it more!

Lucky you, I didn't think I ate that much over Christmas but put on 5lbs in a week:eek::eek: Now have to set about losing it:(

melbury

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Anyone find that for want of a better term their kidney function and throughput increases massively on fast days or is it just me?

Definitely, even at night:o

Mado

easilyamused wrote: »

Okay, lesson learned. Will assemble big chunky salad for dinner on Thursday's fast. One sloppy-swimming-in-sauce ready-made diet meal doesn't quite do the trick!! After a mostly liquid diet all day of soup, tea and water I definitely think I needed something a bit more substantial that involved chewing!

You can make a huuuuge portion of green vegetables in a stir-fry that has some bite too and feels quite 'normal' too. I also like a large quantity of microwaved leeks with a spoon of light Philadelphia and a little bit of bovril/marmite in it.

silvasava

Second fast day yesterday & another one tomorrow. I seem to be able to last until about 4pm on drinks & yes I'm trotting to the loo more often although I'm not drinking any more than usual. I'm hoping its my body getting rid of all the excess - lol.
I'm going to report in at the end of the month with my weight loss (if any!!) When I weighed in last week I was 158.3Lbs & I'd like to get down to 145 - I'm 5'10'' so I dont want to be silly!

Old_Socks_old_Stick

My second fast day today too.

I've read the whole thread (took a couple of days:o ) and I've picked up some fabulous tips! Thank you to who it was who suggested the Hiary Dieters book:T, I have that book so I had a good look through last night. Thank you to who suggested the 0 cal noodles:T, next time I go to Holland and Barret I will be trying those too. And thanks to those who mentioned green tea:T, I am now drinking green tea with lemon on fast days.

I'm another who has found it quite liberating as in, not worrying too much over what I choose to eat. I tend to crave a food which can be high calorie but I won't eat it and then can spend days thinking about that food. Just recently it's been crispy prawns from Iceland :o Not massively high calorie, but enough to make me choose a lower calorie option. Yesterday I had the prawns without beating myself up about it if that makes any sense.

timeou

Mamjak wrote: »

How have you been getting on? Any more headaches or shakes?

I've not done it since

The following day of my fast I got the heaviest horriblest chesty cold which is still with me now (maybe the headache was part of that) - the thought of fasting whilst under the weather is not appealing at the moment.