5:2 Diet (part II)

adouglasmhor

Fasting today as well. Though that will go out the indow if I have to walk home from Motherwell to Glasgow this evening if the roads don't stay open..

fairy_lights

It's my second fast day today and I'm struggling more than I did on the first one. I saw a photo of a really cheesy pizza and now it's all I can think about
I've got a couple of ryvitas for my lunch and also brought a banana with me, but I weighed it and looked up the calories and was shocked high the number was. So I'll probably leave the banana now and save those calories for dinner.

fairy_lights

scarlet55 wrote: »

Morning everyone..

New to the thread, but I've decided to give this a go as I want to lose a few Ibs

I bought the zoodle chef last week, and I've been making noodles with courgettes - they're amazingly tasty!
I've also made sweet potato crisps to snack on.

Anyway first day today of fasting, wish me luck..:)

That looks like a brilliant gadget to have in the kitchen! Do you cook the vegetables before you noodleize them, or afterwards?
Apart from courgettes, are there any other vegetables you can use it with?

silvasava

Hang in there Fairylights - it WILL get easier as you adapt to suit your day and your needs.
I've managed to lose 2lb but I think I will probably end up with 2lb off 1lb on & losing 1lb per week but that's fine. I don't mind if its slow just as long as its in the right direction!!
Have a good weekend all.

fairy_lights

Well my fast day yesterday went completely tits up. I had to make a cake for a relatives birthday this weekend and ended up eating more than a little of the mixture, as well as some of the offcuts from the finished cake. Really annoyed with myself for blowing it but at least I now know not to put myself in the way of temptation on my fast days. Like Oscar Wilde said, I can resist everything but temptation!

scarlet55

fairy_lights wrote: »

That looks like a brilliant gadget to have in the kitchen! Do you cook the vegetables before you noodleize them, or afterwards?
Apart from courgettes, are there any other vegetables you can use it with?

You cook them after you've noodled them, 2 mins in the microwave, they really are like noodles...you can do carrots too, plus parsnips.
Also I've used it for cucumber in a salad, not really keen on cucumber tbh but for some reason I quite like it when they look like noodles..

Well first fasting day over - was really hungry last night, but funnily enough I'm not hungry this morning..lol

scarlet55

I was going to make today my second fasting day, but I really fancied a latte this morning, it's only 88 calories (Tassimo one) but as I had an omelette too it doesn't leave many calories out of my 500 to consume.

Will see how I go, I'm not beating myself up about it, there's always tomorrow!:)

spasguidedogs

Good morning

I have done 3 fasts so far, 1lb lost.

Weight 11:09

Only 19lbs to go :eek::eek:

adouglasmhor

Fasting today.

fairy_lights

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Fasting today.

Me too. I had a chicken salad sandwich for lunch so that's most of my calories used up for the day already. I'll have an apple and some celery this evening. I've convinced my boyfriend to give the 5:2 diet a go as well, so at least I'm not alone in my hungry misery
Having said that, This is my 4th fast day and I haven't found the hunger too bad yet.