But basically : If you are new to fasting / 5:2 ~ welcome, introduce yourself and join in If you are returning to 5:2 ~ welcome back If you are a long standing Faster ~ great to see you still here
For those who wonder : BigChocFrenzy is taking a break from MN after several years running these threads. She drafted me in to make sure everybody stayed well and supported. She is still watching the research so updates will come along.
I will put the full header into the next thread, updated where needs be.
I ended up with a B2B this week as I was too busy to eat lunch and today is a mini fast as I've been to work and left DD2 home with the older kids for the first time and I was too worried to eat😢 everything was fine, I working 2 days next week but DH will be at home (putting even more strain on the broadband)
Thanks, they are all very sensible and get on really well, they had a great day, everyone was fed and done their work by the time I got back, the novelty may wear off before half term. We do have family in the village in case of a real emergency its just that first time wobble on my part
Place marking! I'm afraid my resolution to avoid the vino save for Friday and Saturday has failed tonight after a pretty dire update about my dad's covid condition 😭 but food has been on point. Small victories. The only way forward is through...
In all honesty, we hit the bottle pretty regularly to cope with mum's terminal illness and death and I don't want to do that again. Fine having a stiffner on a difficult night, but keen not to go back to regular drinking more days than not. So I'll keep an eye on that...
And huge hugs to you @harriethoyle - sounds like you’ve been having an incredibly tough time. Well done on taking on the additional challenge of looking after yourself by putting in the effort on 5:2 whilst dealing with everything else...I can imagine it would be much easier to say to hell with all of that!
Another semi successful FD. Hoping that 2almost-fasts back to back will deliver some gains. I’ve been fantasising about proper cinammon buns for weeks and ended up baking a batch today, so of course had to have one of them at 4pm with a cup of tea. Cos no, I couldn’t have it tomorrow, or I could but it wouldn’t be warm and fresh from the oven! But apart from that I only ate around 400 of super healthy stuff (butternut squash and chickpea stew, half a slice of sourdough and a small bowl of soup) so I’m hoping the scales will be forgiving in the morning. Yes, I know BCF wouldn’t approve
Feeling very pleased, I had put on 3kg exactly over Christmas and after my two FDs have lost 2.7kg of it.
Going to have a really healthy weekend and absolutely go for it next week. I feel I could get another 1kg off. Just shows that this can work if you pay attention to every meal and do not snack!!
Not sure of the total calories, but part of last nights supper was tofu rogan josh ..... One jar of rogan josh sauce (308 calories) One box of Tofoo plain tofu cubed and lightly fried (344 calories) stir together to cogitate while rice cooks (around 100 calories) LUSH meal for two .....
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