5:2 :- 2 years on .. Backsliders and Rescinders: Recommit with me..

[Laska42]

Hi there, Im one of the 'old original' 5:2ers who started way back in August 2012 and lost 24lbs..

I maintained for over a year and was active on the Maintainers thread , but sadly since last summer/Autumn, ive backslid.. Now I'm 12lbs up off my lowest weight again

I know what to do , I know it works , but I can hardly say I should be on the 'maintainers' again. So im posting a new thread here , in the hope that I may find some other backsliders willing to recommit along with me before it's too late ..

Come and join me again before its too late.. We can regroup and get back on track.. I'm still managing to squeeze into my sz 10s (mostly) but I cant afford a new wardrobe, I dont want to buy a larger one.. and I certainly do want to get back to what I was (and maybe finish the job properly with another half stone off , so I can rejoin the Maintainers and comfortably say that this WOE is really this time going to stay with me for life..

So anyone with me? .. I have fasted today (first one for ages) .. WE CAN DO IT AGAIN!!

Yep, me, and I am not feeling ultra positive already!!!

Ate too much yesterday as am having a shitty week, but am letting it go and just doing FD as usual today. Am visiting MIL in hospital tonight with DH and kids which usually involves pizza as it will be around tea time. Am planning on not eating today to give me a bit of flexibility tonight..

Good luck with cookie baking...torture!!!! :)

Hello all.

saf/honey I remember you too,

Been utter mayhem this week, been working on non working days and not working on usual working days / going on training / eating lunches out etc etc.
All in all normal routine and fast days have been screwed sigh

Half term next week so just thinking about which days to try and do as FDs...

Yeah, but the great thing about 5:2 is that its flexible and its meant as a lifetime plan , a WOE not a diet..

So, we didnt all make it this week, but that doesnt have to mean total despair. Just leaving out some meals is going to contribute ..

Lots of naturally thin people, if they have a huge meal, or have an unexpected 'thing' crop up that they eat for ( see more below) *then just miss out the next meal quite naturally and dont even think about it as missing out or having a crap food week ..

So lets not think of those days we didnt quite make it as total disasters , but just try and just miss the next meal (or one the next day instead , if we cant fast for any reason) .. As a well known supermarket says 'Every little helps!'

So back to 'unexpected food'. I was fasting today .. doing really well ,all 500 planned in advance..smuggedy smug... Turns out it was someones 30th birthday .. I said no to the office pizza lunch .. that was ok thought id be ok .. BUT then she was presented with a special Tiramisu for everyone to share , made by an Italian lady in our office....

Well it would have just been rude to resist a very small slice after all the effort (and to taste one made by an expert) wouldnt it? So i didnt .. I know it wasnt mega calories ( a very small slice), but ive counted it as a Waitrose Tiramisu (thought that would be about the most lush) on MFP, at 265 cals just to be sure, and so im now just over 600 cals for the day ..

So thats my evening meal knocked on the head but I can live with that ....

Im cool with the decision to indulge (and it was really worth it ) .. It will have to be be no lunch tomorrow though. I really do have pizza and for dinner

Homemade Tiramisu would be impossible for anyone to resist Laska.

I managed to resist the cookie dough, they are all baked now and cooling so the smell is getting to me a bit but I'll hang on and run in the kitchen in a while and shove them in a container to take to school in the morning.

I had homemade carrot and lentil soup for dinner. Yummy.

Well done itsaboat.. hope those cookies all made it to the tin!. I am hungry now.. Tiramisu is not as filling as the veggies and chicken id planned.. ah well.... .
So its mint tea and bed with a book...

Well done all you sound totally in control I'm impressed.

I haven't really managed a 500cal FD this week a few TDEE and one 650 day
But as you say laska skipped meals are common among the thin!
I've done lots of that as I've had a busy week.
So weigh in today I'm 9st 8 which I'm pleased with.

A less frantic week planned next week so will be able to plan for FD's. You in honey?

well I lost three quarters of a pound last week ! (better than none)and briefly hovered backintothe 10's But after a weekend looking after small grandson .. I'd put 2 back on! (hrumph!).. I'd been running around all weekend as well .but . I blame the carbs though had too may ..

Ah well ....I didnt fast yesterday or today... but will tomorrow ..
How is everyone else doing ?

Morning al - I am fasting again today... not been too good over the weekend as had two family parties to attend involving cake etc, but skipped breakfast both days to compensate. Am rarely hungry in the morning to be honest so am trying to only eat if I am actually hungry on NFDs.

Am fasting today to try and get a good chance of getting two in this week.

Haven't weighed yet since restarting as don't really want to know... am feeling less bloated and 'heavy' though. Am stuck between 11.2st - 11.4st and soooo badly want to break into the 10st something!!!

Good luck anyone else who is fasting today.

How fast have you all started losing again once you get back in to it?

Anyone fasting today?
I haven't fasted yet this week, so really need to start if I'm gonna squeeze 2 in.
How did yesterday go annie weight loss is slow for me this time round, Im having to be more strict on NFD's... not sure if I'm remembering last time being easier than it actually was!

Hi, can I join you guys? I've had several name changes, I think I was something like Always tired and then NotAsTired and then BouncyFun. While I was 5:2, I went from feeling sluggish to great, hence the name changes .

Unfortunately, I have put on 8lbs since I stopped, I can't remember when. I think it was about June. I also injured my knee, and then my back, which is still ongoing, and hurt my foot really badly as a result of my back injury .

I'm not sure that I can do all day fasts as I am on medication for my back that I have to take it with food but I do want to reduce my calories on certain days. So I'm a fraudster really but I still would like to post/support others and be supported.

Hi CoolCadbury, I remember you from before..

I've had a total failed fast day!! Did really well til tea time, then ended up eating out unexpectedly, checked calories for meal and it said 900 odd!!!! Was gobsmacked as tried to choose wisely, was also still hungry so have just scoffed 4 digestives. With cheese. And chutney.

Am now cross... But forgot how much I love digestives and cheese!! Lol!

Tomorrow is a new day...

Hello all,
Half term plus Halloween preps does not make for good eating behaviour
Am still around the 11st 2lbs mark which is where I've been for weeks. Feeling rather disillusioned and annoyed with myself for not being able to apply the same discipline and willpower that I obviously had for the first 6-9 mths of 5:2'ing

oh dear oh dear.

just had that final moment where nothing i try on looks ok and there is no magic combination that hides it or makes me feel comfortable.

i have gotten into my dressing gown as the only thing that doesn't make me feel fat

some of this is that my stomach has gone crazy bloated (i wish i would learn i can't take probiotics) and my stomach hurts with it and i'm remembering that's exaggerating things a bit but not that much.

i've hit my officially feel actually fat rather than a bit bigger line in the sand.

help me! i don't think i can do this! i've decided to try and eat healthily and lightly today rather than achieve a fast straight off. i've had a bowl of prawns with some vinegar on so far and have jackets in the oven for later. i guess i could have made 500 today but i'm on my second glass of wine - end of month today so all work done and invoices out (plus the horror of the scales big mistake )so an afternoon drink seemed in order.

Why is it all going pear shaped for us all... Literally in my case back up 2lb today to 9.10

I haven't managed a fast all week!
I may try again tomorrow if not I'll wait till Monday.

Honey don't despair your not alone, hence this very thread!
I think your right Dotty half term isn't good for fasting. I've eaten out most days this week so feel your pain Annie
On a plus I haven't bought sweets and choc to give to trick or treaters scoff!

Welcome back Cool maybe we should all re commit next week, as running out of weeks before Christmas

morning all. well even my one light day has seen a drop on the scales. today i'm going to aim for another light day - don't know if it's wise or not but feel more like easing down into this than going straight to fasting. though to be fair i naturally have long fasts anyway as i don't eat till at least after lunchtime generally.

focussing on eating better food currently and trying to avoid beer or bread or pasta a bit so i can stop feeling this bloated and sluggish and get a bit of motivation going for fasting and energy for exercise back.

thinking i may have to make myself do something like couch to 5k. if you remember i was walking like 9miles a day in my old job between there and back and school runs and walking around at work. now i work from home and i literally barely move so that as much as my eating has contributed.

i have at least a stone and a half to lose and perhaps even more importantly a brain/life to retrain so this doesn't have to go round in circles every couple of years with putting on and losing the same stone and a half or so over and over again.

hmm 2 light days and the scales are down 5lbs - that doesn't sound likely does it? i'm assuming the day i weighed myself first was a random upswing as much as any downswing that's come after itms.

it has also given me some hope that i can turn things around and that it does make a difference.

it may be that that bit that has dropped off wasn't settled weight so much as a clogged up digestive system and water retention from junk food.

either way it's 5 less real pounds i have to lose.

Good for you Honey great news!

I have dropped 2lb back 9.8 by doing absolutely nothing!!
But it has focused me to make sure a successful FD happens tomorrow so as not to see a jump upward again.
Although I'm typing this with tea and biscuits in hand

Hi all

I am giving myself a break - my MIL died yesterday (expected, she'd been deteriorating and had cancer) so I am being mindful in what I eat while dealing with my DH, FIL and BIL as well as funeral, family etc etc.

Am not weighing for a week or so, will see what happens. Will still keep popping in here and trying to log food on MFP.

sorry to hear that annie - hope things go as well as they can x

chocupid - nice when it drop isn't it? i weighed myself again this morning and i'm still there so hoping it 'counts'.

still have a lot to lose though - a stone and a half would be nice but that takes me to territory i can never seem to stay in unless living in a different climate. i'd settle for a stone and staying steady or gradually reducing from there by virtue of increased exercise and consistency. would like to lose that initial stone fairly rapidly though as it has NO business being there at all!

next step for me, starting today, is to reduce the eating window and increase the fasting window. so aiming not to eat until at least 3 today and then keep it healthy and light but not count calories.

Oh sorry to hear your sad news Annie my SIL lost her dad this weekend too so feel your pain.

Been good all day just fruit and nuts so far (and not covered in chocolate either)
But I'm in a hotel for a training event and it's bloody freezing!! I'm dreaming of getting into bed fully clothed and ordering room service!

Good plan Honey how's everyone else doing? Very quiet here!

well that 5lbs is still off this morning. i ate badly yesterday and didn't feel good for it. i did keep it in a small window though.

wondering whether i can manage a fast day today. why is it so hard to take the plunge? i used to be able to do 24hr fasts!

where are you all? i'm still fasting and beginning to have hope i may make it putting off eating as long as i can as i seem to recall as soon as you eat it gets harder.

how's everyone doing?

Did you manage a fast today Honey?, hope so, if your still doing well get your nails painted, teeth cleaned and go to bed

I haven't done one yet this week had two nights of little sleep so I'm just too tired so looks like tomorrow will be my first. So I will be using all the tactics above.

Maybe we should join the main thread again for motivation, it's soo quiet here!

Still here, still making no progress and overeating like a woman possessed!
However, having seen my flabby arms and double tummy whilst at dance class this morning I have decided it can't continue.
Hardcore self discipline is going to return to my life for the remainder of the school term in a concerted effort to shift a few pounds and some of the wobble
I've also realised that whilst I eat an ok amount of veg I definitely don't eat enough fruit so am going to go shopping tomorrow to ensure I have some relatively healthy food in for when I get an attack of the munchies. But tomorrow's a FD anyway, so NO SNACKING

Same boat as you, dotty. Been overeating and no fast days for weeks. It's been a stressful couple of months for me, but I can feel the weight piling back on. Need to sort it!