Starting 5:2 today (2nd Sept) - anyone want to join me?

[BlackberriesAhoy]

So I'm fasting today for the first time. I'm not expecting it to be pleasant

I've planned to have raspberries for breakfast, homemade soup for lunch and grilled chicken with veg for tea.
I'm also planning to drink lots of water. I'm going to give dc a cooked lunch so that when I'm really hungry I'm not cooking their tea!

Let the fasting commence!

[tedmundo]

blackberries .. I am starting a fast straight after the evening meal on day 1, only 500 calories during day 2, then back to normal breakfast on day 3. I got this info from the FAQs on the fast diet website. Dr Moseley calls it a 36 hr. fast, as you only consume the allotted 500 cal over the 36 hrs.

My tum is less firm even after one day of careful normal eating. Gives me the encouragement not to eat too much on the NFD though. Chilli for tea. YUM!

[GoodtoBetter]

If I don't eat anything more today it'll be 613 kcals (fast day). I really fancy a banana (108kcals) whatdya reckon ladies?

[BlackberriesAhoy]

Yes, I read the same thing earlier. I'd hoped doing a 24 hour fast would be sufficient! Poop.

[GoodtoBetter]

Didn't have the banana and now going to bed. Looking forward to NFD tmrw!!!

[Disey58]

2nd fast day black tea so far non gym day so trying to keep busy. Feeling ok at moment and looking forward to evening meal.

[BlackberriesAhoy]

Fasting day for me too. One cup of tea and lots of water so far! I'm going to have an egg and salad for lunch and then an ainsley Harriet low fat chow mein for tea. Fingers crossed!

[tedmundo]

Good luck to Disey and blackberries on the FD today.

goodtobetter'.. Well done on not having the banana. Typing that feels wrong but we knew what we were getting into!

NFD today. Tuna salad lunch and scoffing it right now. Lovely!

I am tempted to do a FD tomorrow to have a 4:3 week to really kick start me off. I am feeling so motivated and want to make the most of it! Is everyone else only doing 5:2 or is anyone doing 4:3?

[BsshBossh]

Disey58 I've been 5:2ing since February and have averaged a 1lb loss each week, which I think is normal for many 5:2ers. Some weeks I lose nothing, others I lose a few lbs. For me it's not a quick fix but as it's only 2 days a week I don't feel deprived and so I am able to stick to it (well, aside from the 6 week blip that was the summer holidays ).

I total since February I've lost 24 lbs. Still want to lose another stone but because my BMI is now 23 (so within healthy range) I'm not in a rush.

[BlackberriesAhoy]

I'm sooooo hungry and I need to cook dc's tea

[carabos]

tedmundo you have answered a question I came on here to ask. I was being thick about the timings - say I ate dinner as normal at 7pm last night, do I then eat nothing all day today and eat dinner as normal again at 7 tonight? Or do I do as tedmundo says and eat dinner at 7 yesterday, 500 cals today and then back to normal tomorrow morning?

I'm not trying to lose weight, but I have a few friends who are doing 5:2 and thought I might try it for a week just to see what it's like [bonkers emoticon].

Everyone I know seems to be doing the dinner one night, nothing all next day (or a small meal such as a bowl of porridge at some point), dinner that night regime, but that pretty closely mimics how I eat anyway so it didn't seem to me to be fasting as such.

Are there lots of variations on this WOE?

[Disey58]

I haven't really thought about what time I should be eating waking up and having a green lemon tea and again during the day and having my 500 cals in the evening. Found my 2nd FD so much easier and keeping busy helped. Tedmundo I'm a bit like you not a lot to lose but doing it to support my hubbie he's lost 2lb this week so very happy I've not weighed yet.

[BlackberriesAhoy]

I've been crap today
I want to lose weight, I need to lose weight, I know what to do to lose weight so why can't I?
Not giving up though.

[tedmundo]

blackberries .. Was today a FD? If so, just write it off and try again tomorrow. Don't beat yourself up. It is only one day.

carabs .. The FAQs on the fast diet website is great. I am too tight to buy the book but the FAQs seem to cover most points! It seems to me that there is a day of 500 cal and then normal again the net day.

disey .. DH is thinking of joining me too. It would be easier! I want to lose about 10lbs and finally get back to where I was 3 DCs ago!

[BlackberriesAhoy]

No, it was a NFD but I went totally overboard on the calories

Better day tomorrow.

[GoodtoBetter]

Fasting again today, so that'll be a 4:3 this week to try and kick start things a bit. Had a coffee so far.

[BlackberriesAhoy]

Good luck goodtobetter!

[tedmundo]

Hope everyone is having a good day. blackberries .. Ahh don't worry too much then. Just be extra virtuous on the FD!

Weigh in tomorrow morning. It does occur to me that a weigh in after a FD would look better on the scales but perhaps not a true reflection of weight truly lost! Today is a NFD so the scales tomorrow should not lie!

[BlackberriesAhoy]

I'm weighing in Mon morning which is the beginning of my FD - yes, it would make sense to weigh in after a FD but I think might give an artificially low result and I don't want to feel like I'm not losing any weight if I weigh in mid week and am still the same (not that I've thought about this at all...ahem...)

[GoodtoBetter]

Gah! STARVING! I've had today:
3 white coffees
1 herbal tea
a few sticks of carrot
grilled chicken
3 chips
now going to have a little bit of porridge.
Can't wait til tomorrow, going to have a toasted bread roll with honey and a coffee for breakfast and then PILs for lunch. Might make a pineapple upside down cake tomorrow too, he he he!
Will be weighing on Monday. 74kg was my starting weight and I'd like to lose bout 6kg really as that's a weight I have been before and felt good at. Hoping to get back to doing the shred next month (too much going on this month, I'm not realistically going to do it).

[tedmundo]

goodtobetter .. I am sorry you are starving! Poor you. At least you know on this diet you can tuck into a lovely breakfast tomorrow. Honey roll ...

The porridge should help! Get an early night too.

My NFD is ending with a couple of glasses of prosecco. Much needed.

[GoodtoBetter]

Well, I've had some porridge and a banana, which brings me in at about 550 kcals for today. Still hungry but I'm going to have a big glass of water and go to bed in a bit.
what I like about this woe is that I really ENJOY my food on NFD!

[GoodtoBetter]

Weigh in today and I've lost.......







0kg!

Maybe I'm eating too much on NFDs (certainly did yesterday). I'm not sure whether to fast today, was going to do Mon, wed, fri again and then 5:2 next week, but that means I'm almost doing Alternate day fasting. Maybe I'll fast Tues and Fri.

How's everyone else?

[tedmundo]

Oh nogood .. You sound remarkably chipper still though. It may be worth trying less calories on NFD to see where it gets you.

I have lost 2lbs this week. That is a good start and I may well keep up the 4:3 for another week. It is a NFD today and I am going to try not to snack. Very difficult though.

Ds2 starts school today so I may need some comfort food! I am going to miss him!

[GoodtoBetter]

When I did 5:2 back in May I didn't lose at all for 3 weeks and then 1kg one wk and 2kg the next. Going to try to take tge long view and not fall off the wagon. NFD today I've decided. Will fast tmrw and Fri.

[thereistheball]

I'm going to read through all this later but can I ask if I'm too late to join? I'm a week behind you, so doing my first fast today. So far so good: milk in my tea this morning x2, no breakfast, and I've just had lunch of a two-egg omelette with five cherry tomatoes, one block of defrosted spinach, and some basil leaves, fried in sprayed olive oil. So far I'd guess about 200 calories? Tonight it's prawn stir-fry with those zero-calorie noodles, beansprouts, carrot, red onion and red pepper, with lots of Tabasco and some soy sauce and sesame oil. I have black coffee and a miso soup for snacks. I think this sounds doable, but let's see how I feel at the end of the day!